the streets of chicago. >> michele, everybody thinks that killed the democrats in 1968. >> you see daley lip read later and you look another what he said and it was not kind at that moment. while they were showing pictures of the police man handling the protesters. r-, the protesters knew they were watching. many people involved in the protests said then certain that the american public would be repulsed by what they saw. in fact, the opposite happened. the majority of people were repulsed by the anti-war movement. more repulsed by that than the treatment of those protesters at the hands of the police. >> for dick daley and the democratic machine, it had this exposed on national television. they were not used to the sunlight. chris: the national nightmare of vietnam gave way to watergate. hundreds of hours of house and senate hearings and 85% of americans were watching. here's a key moment. >> from 1970 then and until the present time all of the president's conversations and the officers mentioned and telephones mentioned were recorded, as far as you know? >> that's correct until -- unti

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. >> suarez: are there litical rercussions forlontime mar richard daley?mayor daley has ways been a tough-le mayor. not much has semed to faze him. ople are upt abouthis but since h hasn't rais taxes, which peop are even probably me concernedabout, he's ill pretty much gettg a pass on this, and the other thing is ere are no challengersn sight ashis popularity does take some hits but there is no one coming up saying, "i want to be the next mayor" that at this point has a partilarly credible llowing. >> suarez: i as in part because this is aity and this is a mayor that are paticularly proud of how well t city works even when things an't going wellthat it's a high-svices city, and that therere libraries in evy neighborhood in the city and on and on th would seem to well,be chicago taking a kock during a tough time economically. >> we, it is taki a knock, there is no doubt about it, chicago is aity that worked is one of themayor farite expssions but chicago isn't immune to theseough economic times and i think peoplere -- the citizenry generally is understandin

. >> suarez: are there political repercussions for long-time mayor richard daley? mayor daley has always been a tough-line mayor. not much has seemed to faze him. people are upset about this but since he hasn't raised taxes, which people are even probably more concerned about, he's still pretty much getting a pass on this, and the other thing is there are no challengers in sight as his popularity does take some hits but there is no one coming up saying, "i want to be the next mayor" that at this point has a particularly credible following. >> suarez: i ask in part because this is a city and this is a mayor that are particularly proud of how well the city works even when things aren't going well, that it's a high-services city, and that there are libraries in every neighborhood in the city and on and on. this would seem to -- well, be chicago taking a knock during a tough time economically. >> well, it is taking a knock, there is no doubt about it, chicago is a city that worked is one of the mayor favorite expressions but chicago isn't immune to these tough economic

, brother of richard daley, has the title of midwest director. now, how many fortune 500 companies have a midwest directors, not another one, it is political protection, pure an simple. andrew: got it. peter flaherty, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, judge. andrew: i get a lot of e-mails about the constitution, with people wondering where congress gets the power to do x or q or z. i will tell you where e e e e e andrew: welcome back to the program. i'm constantly getting questions of how is this legal? how could the government be allowed to take over healthcare? there are limited delegated and discreet powers of congress in the constitution. stay with me and take a quick look at them. this is directly from the constitution itself. the congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, to pay debts, to provide for the common defense and general welfare of the united states of america as a country, to borrow money, to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states and with the indian tribes, to establish a unifor

powerful force, a person pulling the strings in the obama camp is bill daley and one of his closestriends is jim johnson, chairman of fannie mae. his qualifications for the largest mortgage company in the world was that he had been walter mondale's campaign manager. he puts him on the board there. glenn: real quick, let me ask you -- why is no one connecting these dots? >> that's what drives me crazy corruption is killing this country. it is corruption on on the republican side and the democratic side. it is a cancer on the society. no one will touch this story. nobody has made this connection in the media, well, because they have decided they have a new role, which is to serve as lackeys. glenn: you are a democrat. i am an independent. i am a conservative. let me tell you something -- >> both these parties are in trouble. glenn: they are in deep trouble. you bring us any connections, i will air the story with my last breath. >> there is so much to uncover. glenn: you stay close to us, sir and we will uncover it. >> will do. back in a minute many >> when an angry mob does this. next

, brother of richard daley, has the title of midwest director. now, how many fortune 500 companies have a midwest directors, not another one, it is political protection, pure an simple. andrew: got it. peter flaherty, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, judge. andrew: i get a lot of e-mails about the constitution, with people wondering where congress gets the power to do x or q or z. i will tell you where and where it doesn't, next. reading about washington these days... i gotta ask, what's in it for me? i'm not looking for a bailout, just a good paying job. that's why i like this clean energy idea. now that works for our whole family. for the kids, a better environment. for my wife, who commutes, no more gettin' jerked around on gas prices... and for me, well, it wouldn't be so bad if this breadwinner brought home a little more bread. repower america. i hope our senators are listening. [bell ringing] the way the stock market's been acting lately you may wonder if you've been doing the right thing. is the advice you've been getting helping

mayor richard daley says the move will save more than $8 million. >>> 16 stars will strap on their shoes for the next season of "dancing with the stars." they on built their biggest test yet this morning. -- they announced their biggest cast get this morning. >> this dance floor is not for the faint of heart. >> fun of the -- >> get ready for the ninth season of "dancing with the stars," as a new cast gets ready. >> it is three weeks of double eliminations. we will lose about half of our cast within that period of time. it will be a bloodbath. >> four singers, macy gray, donny osmond, aaron carter, and my up. -- mya. >> she will fall into a category of have-danced before. >> nfl hall of famer and michael irvin, natalie coughlin and ultimate fighting champion chuck lavelle. -- ludell. >> you want to be nice to him every time he dances. >> it also includes actor ashley hamilton, melissa joan hart, and debbie mazar. kelly osborn will give ago this round as well as mark dicasts coast. -- decascos. a couple of models will show off their moves and finally, former house majority leader, tom del

they cover the daley story. and they pay living wages to journalists. chris: will online do it? will your operation? >> absolutely. it's a question of resources and the will. there's a lot of rigor online of journalists who are doing it in their individual blogs and need leadership and budget. it is expensive to dig and report. that will come and it will be done. >> there's also an online organization called pro-publica which is run by the former editor of "the wall street journal" which is devoted to investigative journalism. you have to figure out a way to keep that model, to finance that model. because otherwise, news organizations lose any moral authority they have. and what i -- what i fear is we're going to lose the ben bradley model from the newsroom that we had during watergate with all the young reporters working together. there was a group effort. blogging is very solitary. >> that's because blogging is -- implies solitaryness. when you grow these sites you have a newsroom. like at our office. chris: but you're still going to be competing against -- i mean, tina is one

mayor daley says the move will save $800 million.ighters say the region is so dry it doesn't take much for a spark to develop into a wild fire. a fire near santa cruise is 60% contained. more than 2,000 people fled their homes to escape that blaze. luckily here we've got a little more humidity in the air. >> no rain, at least not for now. that's going to change. we could use the rain. looking outside right now, it's quiet, it's calm. expect a little bit of patchy fog to develop later on tonight come tomorrow morning. lo but ok at these temperatures. 79 degrees at this hour. children's hospital after a daytime high of 91, currently 73. in woodbridge after a high of 96, our final stop takes us up to germantown. 76 at this hour. and the dew point levels in the mid 60s. that's why it's so uncomfortable. 922 for the official high at reagan airport. we've now cooled down to 80 degrees. the same in hagerstown. a bit cooler off to the north and west. the mountains ni 65 at this hour. the cool air still remains across the upper great lakes. f

"worldfocus" rrespondent dole daley wall went there to find out. >> reporter: scrambling throh the ruins of an abandoned soviet rocket base,0 estonian soldiers are training fowar. 15 years ago when russn troops finally went home, eston built an army of i own. but this is not aining to fight an o enemy. these soldiers are headed to afghantan to fight alongside new allies. >> where -- but we're also o meer of nato. >> reporter: lieutent is preparing for h scond tour of duty a part of the nato coition forces. watching the men under his command practi seahing for suspects and weapons. litenant knows fro experience that some of what lies ahead fighting the taliban can'tbe learned in these snowy woods. >> ctural differces and the clime, nothing compare to our culture. >> reporter: eonia first sent troo to afghanist i 2002. in 2003 they joid the coition of the willing in iraq. it'sood to do work side by si with americans, by brit jiesh 150 estonian troops are now in afgnistan. it may seem like a small number until you realizthat this is a country with total population of 1.3 million, about the

. >> chicago mayor richard daley himself is taking 15 unpaid days. something he says all politicians, including president obama, should do as well. diana avellar, abc news, chicago. >>> free money? you know what they say. if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. a fake check that has people losing lots of dough. and where you can find the best selection of school supplies for just the right price. explain. oh yea, well for 6 months, customers get all three: fios tv, internet and phone for just $79.99 a month. oh, all right, see... you're just moving your fingers, aren't you? i gotta cut my nails. (announcer) now get three amazing fios services for the price of two. tv, internet, and phone for only... it all adds up to one incredible deal from fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v now to sign up. and get fios tv - ranked highest in overall customer satisfaction by j.d. power and associates america's top rated internet-- now even faster, and crystal clear phone service. all for just... it's like get

mayor richard daley expects to save $8.3 million with the three planned furlough days. recently, he urged president obama to take unpaid days as well, in solidarity with his hometown. >> i believe it would have an enormous impact upon america. in other words, you are telling the taxpayer that everybody is suffering and you're suffering. >> reporter: chicago's not the only american city that's forcing furlough days upon its workers. in fact, some local and state governments are incorporating them on a regular basis, desperate to cut budgets anywhere they can. michigan wants to save nearly $22 million through six unpaid days. in colorado, furlough days may be accompanied by pay cuts as well. but nothing compares to california, where more than 90% of state workers will be off on the first and third friday of each month until june of 2010. >> it's a much better alternative than people being laid off. >> reporter: despite the sacrifices by city workers, chicago will still be $300 million short of what it needs to fund next year's budget. diana alvear, abc news, chicago. >>>

. >> pilates, daley, and the wi i. there she is right there. 20 years she came up with a pilates for your wii and it works too. we will be right back. stay with us. [ woman ] ♪ early light breaks through [ sniffs ] ♪ music and dance ♪ calling you ♪ ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ ♪ is folgers in your cup >>> this >> good morning maryland, now don scott, marty bass, breaking news with mary and traffic control with sharon. it is wjz, maryland's news station. . >>> hello again, the bottom of the hour, in 15 seconds it will be 6:30. it has been a rainy start and has had an effect on the rush. sharon will explain right after the weather. >>> it has been -- this type of rain we can use, doesn't run off and get into the sanitary sewer. good day, bust these showers out of here, i am thinking by midday of the latest although we are not going to rule out a chance of a shower or thunder shower. >> what about the wet pavement here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> it seems to be causing accidents this morning and causing dela

. >> richard daley himself said the world would never be the same he was so moved, one tough, you know talking about. >> more coming up at 7:00 on the. >> no doubt. >> cbs early show. that is huge. >> let lookout side, it is a, it is a humid morning, warm. it will be hot. slightly less humidity not quite as oppressive as yesterday but still nog the 90s. by the time we play football on thursday t weather will change, details coming up shortly. sharon has wjz tv traffic. and lee ann is going to joins. had it almost her entire life. >> how old is she, can't be more than upper 20s. >> all right. we will -- for a sit down chat. we invite you to stay with us as we continue right after this. what is it to lead? at pnc, it's doing what most benefits our customers. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done business. and will for a very long time to come. . >>> now first weather and the first warning of severe weather. >>> here

and janet daley. >> what you need you can get fairly inexpensive. >> reporter: we gave these moms a back-to-school assignment. fill your school list with just $25. >> okay, andrea, can you do it? >> i can do it, lindsey. >> reporter: andrea does her shopping at the target in germantown. >> 24 crayons for a quarter. >> reporter: janet stopped at the staples in silver spring. crayons there. >> 89 cents? >> yes. >> reporter: now the kids need folders. >> for $1 i can get two of each collar. >> right here for 89 cents. so you can go into that bin and you need to pick out four. >> reporter: line up the pencil boxes next. >> 99 cents. >> that's pretty good. >> that's very good. >> reporter: andrea snagged hers for 20 cents left. >> pink, purple and it sparkles she is in heaven. >> reporter: andrea decided to spend more for recycled one. now it is check-out time. >> 17.34. >> total is 20.02. >> did you think you could do it? >> no. >> really? >> no, i didn't think so. >> i wasn't positive but i was pretty sure i could do it. >> reporter: these moms sure do know how to stretch their school dollars and we

mayor daley in chicago was coinced release of the democrats could not win and they came to him as yougine his fragile emotional state after losing both of his brothers than being asked to save the party? that illustrat what is within him. >> i was struck by have forgotten how to close the events were november 63 then the plane crash which was march 64? >> tune 64. said in a period of half of the year his brother is murdered and he is almost lled in a plane crash where two people are killed. and i was told last year that he had ft line ttight in the hospital. >> it was very, very close to the end for him. and the fact by the way while he was recuperating, he did change he was strapped in the bed four months at a time. among the leers he got and from his mother telling him to work on his speeches and his grammar and. [laughr] >> his campaign manager told

i think that -- it's the daley lam a. this is the natural sovereign fund bet like in 1990. you have a government that wants to sell and wants to get back the money just lost in colonial. this is a very marketable piece. citigroup is the biggest bank in every country in the world. u.s. bank other than our country. i think it's the way out of the money jam. >> okay. so like i said, i will bring it tomorrow. you have a bunch of names and you mentioned city, let's talk about this bb and t secondary. this is important. >> looked like it was not going to hold. most of the people took about five bulls on the market. this deal was not solid and just sprung on the people monday morning. boom. it gets solid and numbers go up. this is a deal and think it's important. this is the blueprint. we give good banks the bad banks and they can swallow them. thank you, tim quite mer for doing this. they are able to acquire a bank if they wanted to. that's monumental. this is bb and t offering the future. it's what happened with fleet bank up 500%. bb and t rocks. >> what was the other? first ni

faroe because we were looking for a book idea in chicago, there hasn't been a big book about mayor daley. you don't always think about timeliness. in this case i started writing the book in the middle of the bush administration. the reason was, if you recall, everyone was fighting over the new deal. it was the fault line american politics. president bush began his second term with a promise that he was going to work to undo social security which was the crown jel of the new deal. i like writing history that speaks to today. why not go back to the origins of the new deal, see whyt came about, w it seemed necessary and that could inform the debate what is going on. as it turns out, very lucky timing, we ended up getti a democratic president, very charismatic like fdr, very ambitious for his first huned days, there were a lot of parallels between the fdr story and the beginning of the world story. >> as you think about the beginning of the fdr story, can you set the stage for what it was like, what was ameri like? >> one of the parallels, that times e not that great right now and keep looin

. >> mayor richard daley admits the financial picture is not a pretty one, a projected revenue shortfall of $300 million, furloughing city union workers for three days and non-union workers for up to thee weeks could save the city $34 million. >> i think some other big cities are going to be looking at chicago and saying our turn next. >> the city of denver furloughed its workers for 2 days already this year. next month, dallas will send many of its workers home without pay for a second day. >> the short-term solution, the furlough days, and asking employees to take unpaid holidays, are rameed at reducing the immediate budget pressure, but they don't structurally fix your financial challenge. >> the only reason for unions to sign on with furloughs is to avoid something worse -- layoffs. >> nobody likes laying off. i mean, we're trying to get illinois' government budget in balance. sometimes the layoffs are the only option you have under the union contract. >> some city union workers have noticed that not everyone in city government is sharing their pain n a front page article in the sund

host: matthew daley thank you for being on the "washington journal" this morning.uest: happy to do it. host: back to the phone and regarding our discussion regarding the america that emerged from woodstock. the concert took place 40 years ago this week in bethel new york, a farming area outside of new york city. diane writes, the woodstock generation subject to the draft to fight in vietnam, coalesced and intensified antiwar sentiment, if not for these people, the war may have gone on longer than it did, another six years of useful bloodshed. if those eligible for the draft, you would see a similar protest rise up. back to the phone. tulsa, oklahoma. we have seth on our line for republicans. good morning, seth. caller: good morning. i would like to say, basically, i can't see what woodstock had anything to do with iraq. there is nothing similar. host: nothing similar between woodstock, vietnam and iraq? caller: no, sir. host: beyond just the war, is there anything about american politics that you see emerged from woodstock either on the right or the left? caller: i

on our panel today, we're delighted had eric erickson, and matt lewis from politics daley appeared without further ado, i will turn it over to them. topic will be, how the right can win online. the work begins when you leave here and go back to your communities and get online and get engaged and move our government board. we're grateful that you are here. we look forward to staying in touch and seen how we can make a difference. thank you all. one last note. in your packages, there is a fire for our national summit in washington d.c., and we would love have you join us there. if you want to fill that out and hand it to our staff on the way out, if you like to register or you can go to the website, and we will be around if you have any other question. on the net, i turn that over to these guys. thank you for being on our closing panel. >> thank you, harry. my name is robert f. bloeuey. we have eric erickson and matt lewis who contribute to politesse daily. i want to make this -- this gives you an opportunity as question. it depends on you. many people as spoken of the last couple of days. w

mothered just went out to mayor daley, got the deal for the olympics games. tried at carry on that same spirit. when i feel daunted by what is happening, i think about what would mother do. run the motor. -- run them over. [laughter] that is what i try to do. [applause] >> marriott, if you have not always been happy with the way that the press speaks of your mother's i accomplishments, as though they were trying to put her in some kind of mold when she broke so many traditional mold. >> just a follow on what bob was talking about, one of the things that money taught me as a daughter -- mommy taught me as a daughter was never think you cannot play on a level playing field with a man. you should not -- you should figure out ways to get around the no and figure out what is you wanted it. one of the many things i got from being raised by her was the understanding that you have to compete. nobody is interested in the struggle. they're just interested in the end result. do not cry. if you get tackled, get up. feel that you could go out there and compete on a level

and mother just went to mayor daley and got the track and staged the olympic games. that was it.nk in my own work i try to carry on that spirit when i fell ill fonted by whatever it is that may be happening. i find what would mother do. and the answer is run them over. [laughter] [applause] said that is what i try to do. [applause] >> maria, i know that you have not always been happy with the way the press speaks of your mother's accomplishments as though they are trying to put her into some kind of old when she's broken all the traditional wolds. >> well, i think just to follow up a little on what bobby was talking about i think one of the things that mommy taught me as a daughter was never to think that you couldn't play on the same level playing field as a man. and that you should never take no except when the one -- someone tells you know you should do exactly what you wanted to do, and i think that sheikh -- when i think of one of the many things that i got from being raised by her with the understanding that you have to compete. nobody is interested in the struggle. they ar

at least half a dozen times mayor daley mentioned what an outstanding educator he was.i did not know that he would be our next ceo in chicago. in 2001, he was elected by the mayor and had 7.5 wonderful years in chicago where all the indicators went up, up, up. but that is the right stuff. but more important to that, he was able to get into the hearts and minds of the people who live in chicago so they begin to want more for our kids. i think that is key to the kind of leadership that he brings as secretary, and i can tell you that we are in for a wonderful transformation in education under his leadership you. the other thing that i think is extremely important is that he sees education as the key reform and what we need to do is systematically take a look at what we're doing well and what we are not doingç and just scrapping what we -- what is not working. we are already beginning to see his footprints in terms of the core elements of his administration and we are very much looking forward to supporting him as well. we clearly know that our job is this generation of --

richard dai daley also taking a unpaid day off. >>> a guy attacked a mayor with a metal pipe becauseman was threatening to shoot himself and others, and the mayor steps in, and the next thing the attacker is attacking the mayor with the pipe. they later caught him. the mayor a hero, but in the hospital. >> yes. >> you got nothing? >> i got nothing. >> with a pipe and the hospital -- >> brave guy. >> people need to relax. don't get worked up. i am one to talk, i know. >>> lots more to come here at the "morning meeting." and so they tell us, "newsweek" argues there is more than enough circumstantial evidence, in fact, to accept aliens as fact. maybe not quite? we will take a look at high-tech emissions to help us find e.t. after this. ñ i'm racing cross country in this small sidecar, but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. i'm bill kurtis, and wherever i go, i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the nation's fastest 3g network. gun it, mick. (announcer

mayor daley has been a leader in not only use of furlough days, but also in some privatization techniquese delivery of city services. >> and despite all of that, they are still looking at furloughed days and possibly going back to the unions and asking for even more of them later on, and this is a similar sort of scenario that both the cities of los angeles and seattle have been taking a look at. jane: what a bummer. steve brown is in chicago for us. steve, thanks. jon: the white house is now indicating that outside groups might be responsible for signing people up to receive white house email. the concern is that the white house may have been somehow trying to lobby americans to get on board with its health care plans. what kinds of organizations have the technology to get involved in this kind of thing? senior correspondent eric sean has been looking into this troubling issue. >> john, the email from david axelrod was addressed "dear friend," but as we have been reporting a lot of people who say they did not ask for or sign up for the white house lobbying effort are angry over it. the a

mayor daley hasn't forgotten about this issue and i'm going to learn. but the truth is, we can succeed unless the urban areas succeed. and like you, we are doing everything we can do to empower them to lead us into the future, to lead us all down the path to power. despite our efforts, we know that millions will be left unemployed and underemployed for sometime more before we can get to the more, before we have full recovery. that's just the nature of the beast of the world economy these days. and the beast we are trying to slay. one other leaders, whitney young, who i had the great pleasure of knowing, not closely but i had a chance to meet him, a young senator, he once said and i quote, the hardest work in the world is being out of work. the hardest work in the world is being out of work. [applause] >> whitney young and my dad knew something else about being out of work. that when you are out of work, you are not only have lost your income and ability to provide for yourself and your family, you lose your dignity. your dignity is damaged. and i believ

games that people in the department would not allow the games she has to got to chicago where mayor daleyontrolled the soldiers field tracking and allowed it to happen and her people the said that we don't have insurance and things for the assets to become upset and suppose this and that and the mother went up to mayor daley and staged the of the games. that was it. and so i think in my own work i've tried to carry on that's when i feel a little dogged by whatever is happening, i think about what would a mother do run the motor. [laughter] so that is what i tried to do a pair of [applause] >> marianne, i know that you boys haven't been happy with the way the press space of their mothers accomplishments as though there are trying to put her into some kind of mold when she is broken of the traditional molds'. >> well, i think just a follow-up alow of what bob was talking about, i think one of the things that mommy taught me as a daughter of was never to think that you couldn't play on the same level playing field as a man and that you should never take now except when somebody tells you kno

mayor daley in chicago w convinced the democrats couldn't win and they ce to him so you can imagine his fragile emotional state after losing both of his brothers and then being asked to essentially to save the party think that's -- that illustrates always -- >> was struck. i had forgotten how close the to work in november 1963 and then the plane crash which was, was it march, 64? it was just -- >> june 64Ãdh6 rbrb@ @ were some from rose telling him to work on his speeches and grmar. [laughter] >> i must say gerry doherty, the campaign manager for the senator told me that he believes it was well on his back with a broken back that's when he started to think about what other people whdid not have t means went through with devastating illness >> his passion for health care began in that bed. >> my question is quite broad addressed to all of the authors and it is how good your perceptions of senator kennedy change from the beginning of the status of writing the book to the end stages like was mentioned earlier? many people have fixed opinions about the senator, and if you did have an opinio

mayor daley has forgotten about this issue than on we can't succeed unless the urban areas succeed and like you, we are doing everything we can to empower them to lead us into the future down the path to power. despite efforts we know millions will be left on and wait and other and played for some time or before we can get to them before we have full recovery. that is just the nature of the beast of the world economy these days. why had the great pleasure of knowing not closely with the chance to meet him as a young senator once said and i quote the hardest work is being out of worked. the hardest work in the world is being out of work. [applause] whitney young and my dad knew something else about being out of work that when you were out of work you would not only have lost your income and ability to provide for yourself and your family, you lose your dignity. your dignity is damaged. and i believe and whitney believed and mr. young believed the hardest work is being out of work. i think the longest walk in america is the block a mother or father has to make the short flight of stairs

i was mayor daley's chief of staff. i never really loved practicing law, so i left the law firm to go work for mayor washington, who was the mayor at that time, because -- [applause] that makes me feel so good, because -- i tell you why that makes me feel good, because i was speaking to our interests in the white house a few weeks ago, may be about one week ago, and i was telling my story, and when i told my story about working for major washington, there were blank faces, and none of them were born when he was mayor, but i've -- >> how dare they not know that. >> how dare they not know their history? whether they had been born or not, how dare they not know their history? anyway, to be honest with you, i had my daughter. i got divorced, and i was leaving her home every day, and i was going down to the sears tower with this beautiful view of lake michigan, and i would feel bad. i would sit there, and i was saying, i am doing everything that everyone said i should do. fortunately, my parents sent me to a good school, and

the long history of this, mayor daley used it from 1960. there's a long history of using this.ge not getting through. that must be incredibly frustrating because they actually haven't had that experience, have they? >> no, they haven't had that experience and the president has talked about it both privately and publicly that he has to be thinking about how he communicates this but we talked about on "meet the press" on sunday, the issue is he's made a decision that he does not want to dictate to congress. he wants to let chuck grassley and others do their negotiations, see what they can actually produce and that it seems likely when they come into the fall the president will weigh in more specifically about what he'd like to see. but in a void, this is what's taking over. hillary clinton talked about how they were never able to get over the hump. to get over that fear of change. and it's what former president bush dealt with on social security. when there doesn't appear to be an imminent threat, very difficult to move people away from where they are. you go back and read the hi