tuesday on whether to declare support for manning. >>> there is no word from former vice president dick cheney regarding the new bribery c harges against him. nigerian investigators say they filed the charges against cheney and nine other people connected to halliburton. arcticking them of -- accusing them of bribes. the bribes allegedly mounted to $180 million between 1994 and 2004. thenny's lawyer has said in the past there is no reason to suspect his client is guilty. >>> in just about one hour, the santa cruz county jail escapee accused of assaulting a s heriff's deputy is expected to appear in court. 29 criminal charges have been filed against maurice ainsworth. he was the target of a massive five-hour manhunt. police say he faked a shoulder injury and then overpowered a female deputy at the jail. he faces attempted murder, false imprisonment and assault. >>> 7:17. in washington, d.c., some congressional democrats are fighting mad at president obama. ktvu's alison burns joining us live now and tells us that some of them are using some pretty harsh language as they react to that tax cut de

you could go down so many other examples, whether it's -- if -- imagine the dick cheney memos back and forth as he was pressuring the cia at the beginning just before this last iraq war started. what if those memos had been released in 2002 or 2003 so the american people could see he was trying to get the cia to gin up the evidence and sort of fudge the facts so they could make their case for war? what if we'd had access to that? this is, to me, i just think an instrument like wikileaks is vital for a free and open society to exist. frankly, i think this is something that thomas jefferson or ben franklin, if they could have invented this if there was the internet back then, they saw the importance making sure the corrupt people in power, they knew the power corrupted, had a very -- it was necessary to have a very large light on them. and that's what wikileaks does. for me, anybody who supports wikileaks, they're committing an act of patriotism because it guarantees, i think, i hope, that we have a better shot next time the bad guys try to pull one off on us. >> does it matter that he h

dick cheney said you know what how do you want do you want like setting in the library or do you want do you want presidential or. shocks or do you want what do you want what do you do on air. illo.

we expect them to be like monks and to cut off from the world of washington and certainly win dick cheney and anthony scalia were on a duck hunting trip and it was heavily criticized for sitting on the opinion that involves the vice president's saying it just would have been unimaginable. we have lost something significant because it is a political body as well as a judicial body. if you do some politics, you will do better if you have a better understanding of how the supreme court fits to the bigger political role world of washington when the supreme court and the beginning of the paula jones bill clinton and litigation hell and it would not be very inconvenient if a civil lawsuit continued during his presidency. i don't care if you are a the president come of that would be one thing but that is not what they said. civil-rights our imports and but we're not worried about distracting the president and you can imagine justices that somebody would understand it will not occupy but that was not the time. so the extent it is making practical decisions, but there is a gain in the appearance o

. >> well, the government of nigeria today charged former vice president dick cheney with bribe ti. the 16 count indictment claims cheney, while ceo approved bribes to nigerian officials over construction of a natural gas plant. nigerian leaders will not speculate on how far they intend to go with this. a spokesman refused to comment. >> coming up here, elizabeth edwards loses a long-fought battle with cancer with the same grace she accepted it. >> and some shattering results on the safety of glass bake wear. >> shipping company now demands customers show id during busy holiday season. >> there is rain returning to the bay area tomorrow, it's going to affect the morning and evening commute. we'll show you when the first drops will falllllllllllllllllll you can see >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> elizabeth edwards passed away at her home in north carolina. she was diagnosed with breast cancer and it spread to other parts of the her body. he -- she and john edwards separated in january. edwards addressed the issue in her book "resilience". >> take whatev

dick cheney attended the ceremony. it's fitting for cheney to be at the library.e spent eight years telling bush to be quiet, so it's a -- [ laughter ] "shut up!" [ applause ] "quit it!" actually, when speaking about bush, dick cheney said that americans can tell a decent, good-hearted guy when they see him. then he was like, "let me know if you do. i need that heart." [ laughter ] "this one's not that good." [ cheers and applause ] "i need it!" next wednesday, the day before thanksgiving, is national opt-out day where people are being asked to boycott the tsa's full-body scanners. you know those things that see everything? yeah, yeah. sponsors of the event say, "people shouldn't be made to feel embarrassed or uncomfortable while traveling. that's what thanksgiving with your family is for." [ laughter and applause ] it's none of the tsa's business. i just heard about this. president obama is doing an interview with barbara walters that will air the day after thanksgiving. walters will ask obama how he plans to stop the fighting in the middle east, while he'll ask

vice- president dick cheney. the charges date back to when he was ceo of halliburton. he has denied wrongdoing. he blames the issue on a subsidiary of halliburton that has split from the company. ed new news that a drug can it stop the risk of dying from common cancers of 2 1/5. it has side effects, of course. our medical correspondent reports. >> aspirin is a 90 cent medicine still making headlines in the 21st century. it can cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, among those of high risk. now, there is evidence it can protect against our range of common cancers. scientists trapped 20,000 patients and found those who had taken 75 milligrams of aspirin daily for at least four years had 25% less lower risk of death from cancer. this benefit continue long after they had stopped taking the drug. for 20 years, their risk of cancer death was cut by 20%. from age 5275, they might have -- 50 to 75, they might have bigger benefits. >> it reduces the chance of dying by one in 20. >> but how might aspirin protect against cancer? our bodies are constantly we producing cells. so

a former gop chair from wisconsin, maria chino who has gotten endorsements of mary matalin and dick cheneye wagner. one of the former rnc political directors is running against him. a crowded field right now. >> let's listen to what michael steele said on fox news about why he's not exactly a shoo-in right now. >> i think there's a lot of reasons for that. mi style is a little bit different than most conventional republican party chairmen. i love hanging out in board rooms but i'd prefer to be in the neighborhoods and community. my first trip was harlem. members asked why are you going to harlem? that's where the votes are. the party needs to get outside his comfort zone. >> is he just too much of a street guy? is that what this comes down to? >> this is someone who said they wanted to make the republican party more hip-hop. and referred to something the democrats are doing as too bling bling. he is not your convengeal rnc chair. that's appealing to some folks who would like to see the party as more of a big tent party. his comments earlier about jan brewer immigration law and saying that

[applause] i cannot think dick cheney enough for coming. -- thank dick cheney enough for coming. doing these interviews trying to peddle my book. i am asked about dick cheney. here is what i say. dick cheney was the right to take in the year 2000. as i stand here, there is no doubt in my mind he was the right bit then. he was a great vice president of the united states and i am proud to call him my friend. [applause] i want to thank all of the people who made this event possible. i want to thank my pal, ambassador mark langdale. i want to thank secretary donald evans. i want to thank ray hunt for been any efficient and effective leader in this effort. i appreciate ambassador jim glassman's leadership at the institute. i want to thank secretary of state condoleezza rice for joining us. [applause] one reason that smu is such a superb university is that its leadership is superb, starting with the top, gerald turner. [applause] i thank david for joining us and the archivist. i want to thank the student body president, jake torres. [applause] mr. president, a word of advice. it is not

nigerian government to settle a bribery case that include charges filed against former vice president dick cheney. >>> finally, the purse panama school board member ginger used to hit a gunman sold on ebay last night for just over 13,000 bucks. the bid was matched, all going to the security that donates bikes and toys to needy children. >>> coming up, larry brown steps down, sid the kid can't be stopped, and the celtics look like a mean, green, winning machine. plus, the spurs are also on a winning streak, but denver tried to wash that away, putting them through the spin is cycle. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> and with many of our friends taking to the roads and the skies over the next couple of days, we'll take another look at travel coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, larry brown is the only coach to lead his team to an nba and ncaa championship. but the 70-year-old is hanging up his whistle in charlotte. here's nbc's mario solis with an early look at all your sports headlines. >>>

an africa nation files charges against dick cheney.hat's behind that indictment. >> ikea workers got quite a surprise holiday gift today from the swedish furniture company. ikea is giving a bicycle to it's 12,400 employees nationwide. good for the environment, too. ride to work or just ride around town. >> ikea wanted to thank its employees for their hard work and for making every day life better for customers and the fellow collgues. great way to stay in shape as well. >> yeah, help the employees, maybe the insurance costs will come down. maybe there's a message. >> ikea's big enough they can ride around in circles, especially when it's cold out. real quick, want to show you the fact we'll have a little rain and then sunshine and warmer weather for the weend. >> mike, thanks for th update. >> from all of us, honey...? [ m ] yes. honey, i can't find my intern. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! fromere? where is her cord? we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless acces no more cords. wireless, oka

. >>> and under scrutiny, this time in nigeria, and why they are circling the wagons around dick cheneyime the top brass give the input of whether or not it would weaken america's armed forces. stay with us here in "the situation room." we've saved people a lot of money on car insurance. feels nice going into the holidays. ohhhh.... will you marry me? oooh, helzberg diamonds. yeah, well he must have saved some money with geico. reminds me of the gecko mating call. really? how does that go? shoo be doo be doo. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. to bring you a low-price medicare prescription drug plan called the humana walmart-. it's a new plan that covers both brand ans and has the lowest-pricednatioy of only $14.80 per month and in-store copays as . when you could save over, you can focus on the things . ♪ go to walmart.com for details. >>> charges could soon be coming against halliburton and fredricka is monitoring that situation. hello, fred. >> well, nigerian officials say there could be charges in a probe of halliburton, but not saying whether former vice

today, barack obama is to the right on gay marriage of dick cheney and ted olson who won the bush-gore case. and young general race who he needs to motivate. on his ability to drive the agenda, you saw two different tactics, you saw on the tax cut working out a deal with the republican leadership. on the start and on don't ask, don't tell, working around the republican leadership and getting enough republicans on board. he is testing out in a test- driveway. gwen: loophole he could drive a truck through if he believes there could be action. he might change his mind but he is not going to go out there and force it. >> he seemed to be a more liberated president in this post-election period. after the first several weeks, that set the whole white house back. but your point that he had to stand with the democrats when he came in as president and now he feels obviously he can stand somewhat more on his own and he will try to make his deals where he can and he will try to keep his base satisfied. gwen: i'm going to coin a phrase that i hope everyone will go viral, opportunistic bipartisanshi

. >> couric: on may 23, 2003, vice president dick cheney cast the deciding vote, breaking a 50-50 tieushing forward a second round of cuts with the provision that they, too, expire at the end of 2010. >> are you prepared to take the oath, senator? >> i am. >> when obama first came to office, he did not understand, nobody understood, how bad things were. >> by the time i took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade. >> couric: and while those annual deficits added up to a now skyrocketing $14 trillion debt, the economic climate got even worse. the administration believed a devastating recession and high unemployment demanded immediate attention. >> so what the president decided right up front was that the number one priority was to stimulate growth quickly. >> the stimulus package was supposed to lead us to a robust recovery. that hasn't happened. the issue here is if you don't extend the tax cuts, will that damage the hope of the recovery strengthen? >> couric: most degree tax cuts will remain for the middle clas

the main star of the spectacle is another limp dick cheney israel and she plays the leader mir meet the fairy tale by a famous writer and streets to understand who's really in the rest of the new former school this show will take off in the capital and plan to spread the show all over russia and then maybe around the world. like the mystery of our party. christmas stand under is a bit warmer than in moscow and there's been plenty of color that day with the sixty six sydney to hobart yacht race getting underway eighty seven yachts headed out to sydney harbor with the price favorite wild oats leading the fleet which makes its way along the new south wales coast low choppy seas are expected over the coming days in the bass strait as they try to complete the six hundred twenty eight north. the fastest yachts will finish in around two days' time the site could take up to a week and that is always support for the mine will have more feet like your fish. fish . more news today is once again flared up. and these are the images cold world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing up fo

profound psychological damage i wonder what profound is in john hughes world and george bush and dick cheney's world these are the guys that didn't believe that waterboarding even. all of my distorter there when they had to fess up but they did it they said it only was used on like three or four guys no big deal i just wonder how many people were given this truck will probably never know the truth tell the cia video day they deny that they ever did it to begin with they say it will simply detainees they merely misinterpreted routine medical treatment sorry guys but with your track record i don't believe that for a second this unfortunately is just one example of many brutal and inhumane things of this country is done all the name fight terror. we've got just one more break tonight but the next interview is one that you do not want to miss we'll speak with radley balko of reason as we look at a graphic video swat teams entering a home shooting down dogs now i go hear my fireside what i believe to be the birth of a police state. what's really happening to the global economy. headlines kaiser rep

draw attention to the fact that inciting ethnic violence in our country is a heinous crime that dick cheney should be stupidly. u.s. senate democrats have beaten by a second republican attempt to scuttle ratification of the new start nuclear arms reduction treaty with russia a motion by senator jim risch has been defeated hot on the heels of a similar one by john mccain who called for there to be sent back to the drawing board meanwhile president obama is urging ratification as soon as possible saying it's critical for national security monday is the largest day for democrats to push it through before you senate is formed in january in which republicans will have more seats in the new strategic arms reduction treaty was signed by and to be tremendously different barack obama in april and will slash the two countries nuclear arsenals by a third but it's going to come into force until ratified by both sides something this close as it's been ready to do for months and democratic strategist robert wiener told us here that failure to pass the treaty puts global security at stake. we're talking a

of the energy policy act of two thousand and five largely with the help of then vice president dick cheney the former c.e.o. of halliburton a corporation deeply involved in the fracking industry many lawmakers here on capitol hill have fought to try to get the fracking industry regulated but time and time again they've faced fierce opposition. from other lawmakers and lobbyists and whose best interests it is to have those industry secrets to think that someone here in washington knows better about what needs to be done in pennsylvania colorado or texas is a real tough sell so why regulate this wonderful practice especially when there's been so much talk about the shelia nair's and others who have benefited from natural gas drilling i've got a copy of the. oh my look at that four hundred thirty four thousand dollars just like that and it fell out of sky but less has been said about the polluted drinking water of hundreds of other people people like pot for not only endemic pennsylvania this is a catastrophe you know we're basically living at ground zero for a catastrophe and everyone is ove

colin powell and vince scowcroft and bob gates and dick cheney, they will all be here, and it was a proud moment for our country, and we did the right thing. had a force to put down a dictator and we set a goal. the goal was to kick him out of kuwait and we did. and we left. we didn't have mission creep. we didn't expand the mission. >> larry: you don't want to think about a legacy. you do?

. >> as a blogger for the huffington post, she has exposed us to dick cheney's need for love, explainedt's hard to be democrat and prepared us all for the obama presidency. join meg now, three-time oscar nominee and the author of "i remember nothing and other reflections. my friend, nora ephron. why is it so hard to be a democrat? >> because they break your heart. you believe them. they make promises, hope springs eternal and i do think that liberals tend to be more romantic. than conservatives. we believe in the essential goodness of mankind. >> i just discovered why it's so easy for we the irish to be democrats. we have no hope. we don't believe my promises. >> why are you democrats then? >> what else would you be? it's the romantic part. democrats are more romantic. >> you just keep thinking it's different. even elections we forget all the things we know, like it's all about ohio. you rattle off all these polls every single night. in the end, it's all going to be that one state. >> i have a poll for you. barack obama 53, sarah palin 33. >> that's good news but that's so not gong to b

. >> larry: the book describes many tensions between you and dick cheney and you and don rumsfeld. memory serves me correct and going back to the gulf war, weren't you and cheney on the same plane? >> yes. secretary cheney, then secretary cheney and i, i think we had a very good relationship for the almost four years we were together. >> larry: so what happened? >> you know, during the -- president george w. bush's administration there were many areas of cooperation where we all agreed on things. we had a treaty with moscow, reducing the significance, the number of nuclear weapons that exist in the world. we made significant increases in money for hiv/aids prevention, the president's emergency program for aids relief. we increased our funding for foreign assistance around the world. so a lot of things were done well but people like to focus on the areas of disagreement. and the principal area of disagreement that people like to focus on is iraq and some of the things that were done related to guantanamo. my view of iraq was that this is a war we should avoid if we can and therefore

former vice president dick cheney is demanding that we waterboard the internet which -- i don't know.leaks sounds suspiciously like ricki lake, who -- i think they should bring her in for questioning. secretary of state hillary clinton has been spending time calling these diplomats, trying to smooth things over. today, one close ally of ours laughed and said, don't worry, you should hear what we say about you. i guess that's good he was understanding. she held a press conference yesterday, during which she laid out plans, which will hopefully make sure nothing like this ever happens again. >> i have directed that specific actions be taken at the state department, in addition to new security safeguards at the department of defense and elsewhere to protect state department information so that kind of -- >> jimmy: well, at least they let her keep her shirt on, i guess, right. >> former president george w. bush is still out promoting his memoir "decision points." yesterday, he sat down with facebook founder mark zuckerberg for a chat on facebook live. zuckerberg asked president bush what

vice president dick cheney and his former company.g to pay a fine to settle the charges. nigeria had accused the company and others of bribing officials between 1995 and 2004 to win a billion dollar liquefied gas plant contract. a federal judge in florida is hearing from 20 states who want president obama's health care law thrown out. the states say the requirement that all americans must buy insurance is unconstitutional. and president obama made surprise visits to kids at long branch, elementary school in arlington, virginia, today. he read parts of his book, of thee i sing an. [ male announcer ] this is steven, a busy man. his day starts with his arthritis pain. that's breakfast with two pills. the morning is over, it's time for two more pills. the day marches on, back to more pills. and when he's finally home... but hang on; just two aleve can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is steven, who chose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. >

but dick scowcroft, dick cheney, bob gates will be here. there was no use to put down a dictator.t a goal. the goal was to kick him out of kuwait and we did. we didn't expand the mission. >> larry: you don't want to think about a legacy some you do. >> only just that the children are decent and the grandchildren honest and that they're giving and caring, and they

question number two, the other week dick cheney took a jab at president obama's stimulus plan. >> the construction will move fast. after today's ground breaking. this may be the only shovel ready project in america. [ laughter ] >> bill: mr. cheney was speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for president bush's presidential library on what college campus will the bribe larry be located? >> steve: i have to take myself out. i was actually there. >> bill: take yourself out of this, doocy. what do you say, maccallum. >> i think it's b. >> >> that is correct. we will give doocy the right answer as well because of his honesty. honesty is the always the best policy. >> doesn't that feel good. >> bill: i'm glad very late in life you have learned that. it is tie ladies and gentlemen. here is question number three the long running fox show the simpsons taking repeated crack shots at fox news in recent weeks. ♪ ♪ >> stop. we're unbalanced. it's not fair. >> bill: oh are they pinheads. what is the name of the newscaster on the simpsons? a cards up, please. come on maccallum. you watch that sho

. >> i think the man behind the curtain is dick cheney. >> it's halliburton. >> a lot of pieces around this guy doing it, he comes on the show. he call the me three hours ago and said put feehrey on. just kidding. good luck. does care about our country, but boy, is he on the right. >>> up next the senate is pushing ahead on new s.t.a.r.t. something i do care about. when we return, let's debate whether new s.t.a.r.t. is good for this country. this couldn't be more important. we're going to have former secretary of state lawrence eagleburger on and former pentagon official doug feith to debate this. a debate, this is the hottest issue. are we going back to the cold war? pathetic. you call this a holiday party? we need to help. these people are under-indulgers, not enjoying the holidays! together we can end under-indulgence. and if you over do it, pepto-bismol's got you covered. ♪ bring in the parrots. home. auto. life. you see, jack, when your home, auto and life insurance are with separate companies, they're just noisy, right ? but when they work together ? ♪ home ♪ auto life ♪ wow. bea

. >>> former vice president dick cheney is now in the clear, at least in nigeria.ican nation has dropped charges against mr. cheney and his former company, halliburton. a plea deal was reached but deals weren't given. it all involves a case involving $100 million in bribes. >>> meantime, police in nevada are searching for a show girl who has been missing since wednesday night. family members say her cell phone has been turned off and her facebook account is not active. >>> she says she never even heard of lorena bobbitt, but an angry florida woman sure seems to have taken a page from that playbook. she set her boyfriend's crotch on fire while he slept. she is being held on $65,000 bond. >>> and if you want to dawn the threads worn by the abbey road album cover. five years ago it sold for $1 o20,000 and presumably the person who bought it thinks they can make a profit now, we shall see. >>> a lot of folks might be glad tosy farewell to 2010, because some good news ahead for our economy. richard lui, 2011, at least looking like there are some good signs. >> some reas

. >>> dick cheney is facing bribery charges in nigeria from when he was the ceo of halliburton.rosecutors say he and other companies paid $100 million in bribes to win a multibillion- dollar contract to build a natural gas plant. cheney's lawyer denies the allegations. >>> new this morning, new video has surfaced of a captured u.s. soldier in afghanistan. it appears to show bo bergdahl. he disappeared back in june of 2009. >>> the founder of wikileaks will have his day in court next week. the extradition hearing for julian assange is next tuesday. he turned himself in yesterday in london. it's for alleged sex crimes against two women in sweden. despite his legal troubles, wikileaks vows to continue to release more classified documents. >>> 5:41. whether you fidget or jitter, it's likely to come back. the unwanted condition that pregnant women can expect years after giving birth. >>> plus, more fruits and vegetables, please. the place just named one of the fattest and how it doesn't even measure up to the u.s. ,, [ bell rings ] what are you doing, friending somebody? yeah. you go

that of course is when dick cheney broke the tie. it's kind of funny, isn't it? i mean this means that president obama did a better job of selling the bush tax cuts than president bush ever did? well, now the president has to sell the compromise in the house. but he's convinced today's vote is a win for the middle class. >> i know that are there different aspects of this plan to which members of congress on both sides of the aisle object, that's the nature of compromise. but we worked hard to negotiate an agreement that's a win for middle-class families and a win for our economy and we can't afford to let it fall victim to either delay or defeat so i urge members of congress to pass these tax cuts as swiftly as possible. >> all right, the house will vote on the senate version of the package as early as tomorrow. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is warning, the house, you better not tinker with this bill. >> if this agreement is not subject to being real, then in other words we have an understanding and i hope that our friends in the house will understand th

. >> i think the man behind the curtain is dick cheney. >> it's halliburton. >> a lot of pieces arounds got this guy doing it, he comes on the show. he call the me three hours ago and said put feehrey on. just kidding. good luck. does care about our country, but boy, is he on the right. >>> up next the senate is pushing ahead on new s.t.a.r.t. something i do care about. when we return, let's debate whether new s.t.a.r.t. is good for this country. this couldn't be more important. we're going to have former secretary of state lawrence eagleburger on and former pentagon official doug feith to debate this. a debate, this is the hottest issue. are we going back to the cold war? [ female announcer ] black is always flattering. myth. flakes are the only sign of an unhealthy scalp. also a myth. there are several signs of an unhealthy scalp... and the fact is, head & shoulders works on those too. with 7 scalp and hair benefits including relieving dryness, itch, even oiliness. because beautiful looking hair, starts with a healthy scalp... and that's a fact. head & shoulders. respect the scalp. l

they need to arrest dick cheney. it's got another store in the news from "the washington times." -- host: another story in the news from "the washington times." columbus, ohio, bob, independent line. caller: good morning. as far as the tax cuts, let's get a couple of things straight. first of all, in the 1950's up through about 1987, taxes were considerably higher and the 1950's looking at 91% rate. it wasn't until about 1987 that we got down to the 50% rate. taxes have been much higher over the years. there haven't been any permanent tax cuts. you can go through federal tax information on the web and you can't find federal sources -- can find a tax cuts have been changed multiple times over the years so permanent is a misnomer. in 2000 we entered with a surplus in the budget. that surplus was being used to pay down but then current deficit. so, we were in the process of putting down the deficit. in to about the mud and in it 2003, tax cuts -- in 2001 and 2003 tax cuts were passed that reduce the ability to pay down

. >> rose: meaning dick cheney, donald rumsfeld. >> exactly. but when you work for president bush, you really felt like you were a member of his team. that you didn't have to worry about your vi o clock, as a fighter pilot would say. that was very kind of reassuring ringz what is behind you. >> what is behind you, protecting your sides. i mean a very, very intelligent guy. very astute. >> rose: very intelligent. >> very intel ghent, could pick up on, take a very complex military plan and immediately ask about the things that posed the greatest risk in that plan. and what are we doing to make sure that we've got those risks covered or whatever. and i would also say very concern approximated about america's men and women in uniform, about their lives, and making sure the decisions he made were not goinging to-- you know, were going to pose the least risk dush -- risk. >> i liked president clinton, i do. >> rose: how was he? >> the same way. he was very good to work with. very good to work for. very intelligent, needless to say, could pick up thes

i mean, i've often joked that i think president bush actually had the presidency that dick cheney wanted, not necessarily the presidency he wanted. i believe he went into the presidency thinking that he would be doing mostly domestic policy, things like immigration reform, education reform. he had a strong record on those things in texas. and those were huge parts of his campaign platform. and i think what you saw was that with 9/11, his entire focus of his presidency had to change. >> i agree with that. the president clearly came in thinking it was a domestic president and the chapter of 9/11 makes a couple of fascinating points when he talks about the book he was reading to school kids, he says i knew exactly what was happening. i knew i was on tv. but i also knew that a leader cannot inspire panic in his people and so he intentionally wasn't trying to cause panic and i thought it was a good defense and it also talks about the best moment of the push presidency when he got up on the wreckage at ground zero and he took the bull horn and he was speaking to the crowd and they said we can'

you're teaming up with dick cheney for a fund-raiser for a woman you want to be of the next national wrong with michael steele? >> well, it's not just my former boss but the former congressman and susan, and a number of leaders who joined republicans and saying this is not about michael steele. he's a good man and good conservative. but the committee cannot dysfunction in 2012 as they did in 2010. we need functional leaders who can get back the alienated donor who is understand the cutting-edge technology and be able to provide what the state parties did not have -- >> so you blame michael steele for that dysfunction? >> well, the committee did not raise the money or give the support to the parties and by every account there were a number of seats that could have been one that were left on the take because of the lack of what the rnc typically provides. in the midterms. and we have to go up against this massive obama machinery in 2012. we just have to have a professional organization. >> let me let donna weigh in. in all of your years in politics, have you ever seen a party dump a ch

this has been made dick cheney idea for years.oticed there was a lot of contracting out for government positions. who did you have to deploy it? there is a lot of waste and fraud in the contract in in the federal government. that is where a lot of the money goes. that is where you have to look. guest: i agree. and there is a lot of waste in federal contracting. that is why in our plan we focus on true privatization. air traffic control in this country is run by a the faa. frankly, the faa does not do a particularly well job. the alternative is to completely privatize the air traffic control system. both canada and britain have done this. it has worked very well. we can look at contracting out some federal activities, but i think a better idea would be to completely privatize and get it out of the federal budget completely. host: john boehner is on 60 minutes tomorrow and talk about cutting down his own budget by as much as 5%. we will take a look at what he has to say on "60 minutes." >> you said you would bring up a spending-cutt

you've got people like dick cheney, trent lott, newt given rich, all these people are draft-dodging cowards. they all received draft notices. host: what's your prediction looking forward? caller: now these cowards are saying give me a game here gay to die for the country. host: let's hear from a republican in new york. gary, you're up. caller: i'm a republican, like you said, and i'm lower income. and i believe in giving the upper 2% a tax break for this 112th congress for two reasons. one, being that the jobs are going to come from these people. number two, being that entrepreneurs should be rewarded in this country. this country was built on free enterprise. and for people to succeed in exceed and become the upper 2%, i think it's very constitutional for this to happen. thank you. host: in other news this morning, the "new york times" report that is with u.s. leave company skirt iran sanctions. host: connecticut, brian, independent line. caller: i don't think this congress or any other congress is really going to get a whole lot done until we get big business out of our government. and ba