george will, cokie roberts, ed gillespie and jon karl. republicans al rally around a top candidate early on. it seemed like every month there was a new top candidate, what's been going on. >> an astonishingly resistant to mitt romney. at the end of the day, they may settle on mitt romney. they're going to shop around. >> let me ask you, ed, that broad-based resistance has brought us now to newt gingrich being at the top of the pack, is that something that gives you confidence, should he be the nominee, your party will be able to regain the white house? >> they'll be the odds-on favorite to win the white house in 2012. obama's approval rating, the right direction, wrong track, whomever emerges as our nominee as a very tough primary process, is likely to be the next president. >> you know that there are republicans up there, nervous, if gingrich wins, they're going to lose everything. i talked to good friends of yours, if newt gingrich is our nominee, we're in serious danger of losing the house. >> jon, i think we're going to have a very le

best suited by experience, temperament and philosophy opted out. >> >> cokie? >> for me political disappointment, is not partisan. as a reporter, it's if somebody doesn't run. i have no disappointments along those lines. this has been great. >> what was the biggest surprise for you? >> the republican field's up and down nature as we saw in jon's piece. >> it's not usually that way. >> it's not usually that way at all. and the fact that they still haven't settled is really quite interesting. >> so, what is then for you, ed gillespie, taking what cokie said about the republican party the biggest failure of the year would you say? >> i'm not sure about failure, but i would agree with george in terms of disappointment that mitch didn't run. john thune and haley barbour as well. if those three had been in the field it would be a more fulsome field right now. so, i think there's a sense of disappointment amongst republican those three opted out rather than in. >> do you think mitt romney, the sort of anyone but myth, is actually going to be the nominee? >> i don't kn

. >> reporter: abc's cokie roberts has covered presidential politics for four decades. >> that personan, is going to have a tremendous power. she has the ear of the most powerful man in the country. and she can't be fired. >> reporter: in this roller coaster of a republican race for the nomination, the spouses are taking center stage. there's ann romney. >> i think more and more people are figuring out that mitt is the one who knows what he's taking about. >> reporter: she and mitt romney have been married 42 years, happily, by all accounts, and more and more, they want you to know that. in romney's latest ad? >> i think people understand that i'm a man of steadiness. >> reporter: and in ann romney's account on the campaign trail of how her husband has helped her live with multiple sclerosis and the depression that came with it. >> he doesn't give up. he sticks with you. he -- you can trust him. >> reporter: the point is clear. they aren't them. >> ka list is a and i. >> reporter: calista gingrich is newt jigingrich's third wife. >> as you probably know, my husband newt is a republica

ford's longtime friend and former first lady roslyn carter and journalist cokie roberts gave eulogies. mrs. ford was buried aside her husband, former president gerald ford and his presidential museum in grand rapids michigan. this service is about 90 minutes. [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] [background sounds] i know that my redeemer live with and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth as though this body be destroyed, yet shall i see god who i shall see for myself and my eyes behold and not as a stranger, for none of us live with to himself and no man diet to himself, for if we live we live and to the lord. if we die we die and to the lord . whether we lived there for or die we are the lord. blessed are the dead who die and the lord. even so say that the spirit for the rest from their labors. [background sounds] [background sounds] >> the lord be with you. let us pray. ogata of grace and lori, remember that for you this day our sister betty, we thank you for giving her to us, our family and friends to know and love as a co

rosalynn carter and cokie roberts were among the speakers. also the unveiling of a statue of president gerald ford in the capitol rotunda. members of congress and the president's children spoke at the event. you can look at that at 1:35 p.m. eastern on c-span2. bill clinton was among the speakers at events commemorating world aids day earlier this month tr. other speakers included alicia keys, bono, and marco rubio. >> thank you for putting this together. this is world aids day. only somebody like you could get together a panel like this. for your work, it has been amazing. thank you very much. [applause] >> most people are actually here to see alicia. feeling the same. look, this is an extraordinary moment just to hear the words out of the mouths of this president, speaking of the possibility of the end of this disease, the greatest health crisis in 600 years, is extraordinary, it is an extraordinary moment for so many people, activists. activists who have worked longer than i or alicia -- it is just one of those moments. i'm just thinking i

longtime friend rosalynn carter and journalist cokie roberts were among the speakers. an unveiling of president gerald ford of the capitol rotunda. his children's book that the event. you can watch that tomorrow. up next, a discussion of national innovation policy with former white house advisor fell -- phil wiser, who now serves as the in of the university of colorado law school. -- as dean of the university of colorado law school. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> all right. if i could have your attention, tonight is a special homecoming for me. we have done a series of the phil weiser one-on-ones. we had them on line. we had some great discussions. brad said he needed to turn the tables. i said all is fair game. i will start by giving a little bit of a presentation, so i can get out some of my thoughts. then i will let him have at me. we are going to be on c-span. there is a chance you will be on tv. if you wish to remain anonymous, you need to sit in the back of the room, behind the camera. however, if you are in front of the room, all is fair game. your questions

former marching band member cokie is known as the baped's historian.ow did a group started as a hometown club essentially wind up conducting such, apparently, violent hazing rituals? >> unfortunately, it's kind of like that book "lord of the flies. where you have young people, young minds that a lot of times are unmonitored and unsupervised. >> reporter: in fact, students have told cbs news they believe champion died after a red dog order raising ritual called crossing bus sea. but along the way, what happened? >> they punching you and beating you. >> reporter: all the way to the back? >> all the way to the back. >> reporter: do you think that is what happened to robert champion? >> if he was on bus c and that is where they found him, yes. >> reporter: now police are still investigating the champion case and they have not released any information to the official cause of his death. back to you. >> anna werner in atlanta, thanks very much. >>> terrell brown is at the news desk for another look at the headlines we are following this morning. >> good morn

longtime friend and former first later -- first lady, cokie roberts.ents children spoke at the next event. you can watch the tomorrow at 1:35 p.m. eastern on c-span2. tuesday on washington journal -- "washington journal" a discussion on libertarians in campaign 2012 with nicholas p.. -- nick gillespie. after that, it look at the drawdown of troops in iraq. and later we will chat with jeffrey passel on the statistics of illegal immigrants in the u.s.. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. wednesday morning on "washington journal" spotlight on magazines, historian and author command a foreman on her newsweek cover story about margaret thatcher's tenure as prime minister. you can find a link at our website c-span.org and see the author wednesday morning at 9:15 a.m. as she takes your phone calls. up next, an event looking at former president ronald reagan's use of intelligence leading up to the end of the cold war. the cia, co-sponsors of this event, released more than 200 declassified documents, photos, and reaping videos. you're from former

journalist cokie roberts was among the speakers. also the unveiling of the statue of gerald ford in the capitol rotunda. members of congress spoke at the event. you can watch that tomorrow at 1:35 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> next, remarks from google executive chairman eric schmidt, who spoke recently at the economic club of washington d.c. about the history of google and the companies latest efforts in the mobile world. he also warned against an internet piracy bill making its way through congress. the stop on line piracy acts, which he said would result in the development of software that could be used by other countries to promote censorship. >> today we have eric schmidt, and i would like to introduce him and then he will make some remarks, and then we will have time for questions. and i have your attention for a moment, please? thank you. eric schmidt is the executive chairman of google, and for 10 years and served as its ceo, from august 2001 until april of this year. during the time that he served, its growth was phenomenal.