today, congressional gridlock, tea party politics and the new north korea with republican senator dick lugar. >>> iowa 2012 with our political panel, "the hill's" a.b. stored dard and ron brownstein. >>> then, condoleezza rice on iraq and her relationship with dick cheney. >> i think the vice president was disappointed that in the second term we did a number of things with which he didn't agree. >>> and the best of our getting to know series. >> i didn't want to be a nun and i didn't want to be a congresswoman. >>> i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> the politics of the battle over the extension of the payroll tax goes something like this -- the president won, republicans lost. >> may not have been the politically smartest thing in the world but let me tell you what -- i think our members waged a good fight. we were able to come to an agreement. >> some democrats suggest the payroll tax cut battle was a turning point for the president they feared had lost his spine, his magic and his chance for re-election. republicans worry their tea party wing which wanted to fight this

dick lugar has expanded that concept. now it's global. >> sam and i, before we got into it very far, were being invited to go out in to the countryside and see the chemical weapons. the russians always denied they did biological weapons. we saw lots of laboratories. that remains a real problem. the nuclear business, these are big. it will be hard for terrorists to carry a nuclear warhead through the u.s. it is another thing to carry packets of horrible diseases that could be applied not only in africa but likewise in the united states. as a result, under ash carter and kenny myer, they have gone into kenya and uganda, and to put security around laboratories that were very vulnerable. the work continues. that is true all over the world, where people have developed some type of chemical predicament. the huge situations there in siberia where we have been working with the russians for a long time, just to go through all of the chemical weapons a ton by ton and bituminize it and bury it. there was a day, sam and i saw shells

dick lugar has art expanded the program for eligibility for -- is global now thanks to dick lugar. nti, nuclear initiative team about a year ago went over and reached the chinese and the south koreans and the japanese on the concept so they would understand if north korea ever were willing to terminate their nuclear program, the nunn-lugar concept could be applied to north korea. that is a big gift but nevertheless it does apply now thanks to deck globally in his dealing with such things as biological dangers and africans africans -- >> i just commend sam for his confidence. [laughter] >> we have one question right here. i will get to you in the back. spew my name is valerie. i am with one of the organizations that implement ctr. you spoke about the importance of building and maintaining relationships. obviously there are a lot of stories about different relationships, but those of us who on the implementation side who will continue working with the ctr, what would you suggest will be the key components of the international cooperation in the future? maybe two or three things we sh

senator dick lugar said a meeting with all the key countries, including russia and china, is critical. >> this is not simply a bilateral situation, but one in which the world is watching. china and the u.s. are the focal point, but others need the help. >> concern in d.c., but in korea-town, a sense of relief. >> he is running a country, not like running a restaurant, so that is kind of dangerous. overall, it should be a good thing. >> reacting to his death as the world watches for north korea's next move. wbal-tv 11 news. >> you can see his life in pictures come a time one of his rule, and an interactive guide taking a look inside north korean history and nuclear investments on wbaltv.com. >> what can really say about last night's game? for one thing, it was not pretty. >> not at all. no doubt there would not agree. voice of the ravens gerry sandusky has more. is debacle too strong of a word? >> that brings accurate. that's however body feels. they clinched a playoff spot because the jets lost, things started to look up, but it fell apart from there. the ravens went from having compl

and this is from dick lugar. tor is facing a primary challenge from a tea party backed candidate in his state. senator lugoo lugar saying he b as win by the tea party could set the republican party back in a big way. >> republicans running for re-election ought to be supported by people who want to see that majority. so i think the majority of tea party people understand that, too. what they're hopeful is -- >> so i understand what you mean, you think that you have the best chance of keeping this seat republican? >> yes. >> that's what you're arguing? >> no doubt, from all of our polling and understanding, that that is the case. and as a matter of fact, if i was not nominee, it might be lost. >>> six minutes after the hour. other new stories this morning. more worries about iraq's future after yet another deadly car bombing. police say a suicide car bomber struck a security checkpoint right outside iraq's interior ministry compound killing at least two people. dozens died in bombing since the last u.s. troops left

pleaded with their colleagues to pass the middle class tax cut senators dean heller scott brown and dick lugar all for immediate passage of the bill senator scott brown's strongly condemning house republicans saying the house republicans plan to scuttle a deal to help middle class families is irresponsible and wall yes yet none was that's exactly what's just about to happen so months of bowing to the tea party finally caught up with speaker john boehner is the republican party on the verge of breaking apart and how voters react to yet another no vote from republicans and and a tea party tax increase here to talk about all of these issues is richard asco senior scholar with the campaign for america's future richard welcome back. good to be here thank you we've been flirting with this idea all year but has been or officially lost control of the republicans in the house of representatives his caucus now. well you know i think it's always been the game of good cop bad cop but you never know when the bad cop goes really bad and becomes the bad lieutenant so i think what we're seeing now is basicall

frankly all republican senators who are up for re-election like scott brown of massachusetts, like dick lugar of indiana saying the house should just take the senate bill. these were all senators who were up for re-election who have direct political concerns. house members always have direct political concerns. they're up every two years. once they're home a few days, maybe we'll see if some people on either side of the aisle start to change their tune. >> todd zil i can, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, the g.o.p. presidential contest; what's left for iraqis; intelligence failures in north korea; and the redemption of an african warlord. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: wall street had its best day in months, after encouraging news at home and abroad. the dow jones industrial average surged ahead 337 points to close at 12,103. the nasdaq rose 80 points to close at 2603. the gains came as germany reported increased business and consumer confidence, investors became more confident that spain can repay its

. >> republican senator dick lugar with a message to the speaker that you really want his advise to be ignored and you want that vote to take place tonight. thanks so much. good to see you. >> thank you. >>> for more on the payroll tax cut showdown on capitol hill, we are joined by the white house budget director. thanks again for being with us. i know it's a cold day out there, but i want to bin pin down what happens next. if the speaker has his way, reid says he's not going to renegotiate. does that mean people will have an increase because the tax cut will not be extended and unemployment benefits are are running out? z . >> the house has a chance tonight to pass the cut to make sure we don't see taxes go up on january 1st. to see that we don't have 2.5 million unemployed people fall offov of unemployment benefits. senator reid and mcconnell negotiated an agreement. everyone would have liked to have done it for a full year. they could agree to do it for two months and come back and finish the work next year. the house should do the same. the house still has a chance to do the right

debate took place, what is easy to forget -- i don't expect people to remember -- those of us like dick lugar and myself and others who voted to authorize to use force were based on the president's commitment not to use force. he had no intention of using force. it was to demonstrate to the united nations and to the world that we were united in wanting to stop saddam hussein. that's what we were united in. we were united in him coming clean on what he had under his control. and it really, it really spiraled out of control pretty quickly. and so the fact is that i think one of the lessons we've learned is you can go -- america is so powerful, has such an incredible military capability that you can go into any dictatorship and you can try to impose, as was stated, democracy, but it's going to take you $1 trillion, a decade, and you're going to have to make a judgment whether or not you'd better spend your time and effort doing something else to make the world safer than that. i think it's really -- i would give libya as an example. it was clear that moammar gadhafi, who i personally knew, was r

frankly all republican senators who are up for re-election like scott brown of massachusetts, like dick lugar of indiana saying the house should just take the senate bill. these were all senators who were up for re-election who have direct political concerns. house members always have direct political concerns. they're up every two years. once they're home a few days, maybe we'll see if some people on either side of the aisle start to change their tune. >> todd zil i can, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, the g.o.p. presidential contest; what's left for iraqis; intelligence failures in north korea; and the redemption of an african warlord. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: wall street had its best day in months, after encouraging news at home and abroad. the dow jones industrial average surged ahead 337 points to close at 12,103. the nasdaq rose 80 points to close at 2603. the gains came as germany reported increased business and consumer confidence, investors became more confident that spain can repay its

senator dick lugar says a meeting with all the key countries, including russia and china, is critical. >> it's not simply a bilateral situation. it's one in which the world is watching and china and the united states are at the focal point. but others are going to have to help. >> reporter: concern in washington, d.c., but in manhattan's korea town there was a sense of relief. >> this guy's young. it's not -- running a country is not like running a restaurant so that's kind of dangerous. but, you know, overall it should be a good thing. >> reporter: reaction to his death as the world watches for north korea's next move. vicky nguyen, nbc bay area news. >>> in washington, the high-stakes showdown in congress over a middle-class tax cut is not over yet. tea party republicans are refusing to go along with a two-month tax cut extension bill that passed in the senate. they want the plan to last a year. about 160 million families will see their paycheck shrink $85 a month if the bill isn't passed before january 1st. the bill extends unemployment insurance for thousands of families who are a

frankly all republican senators who are up for re-election like scott brown of massachusetts, like dick lugar of indiana saying the house should just take the senate bill. these were all senators who were up for re-election who have direct political concerns. house members always have direct political concerns. they're up every two years. once they're home a few days, maybe we'll see if some people on either side of the aisle start to change their tune. >> todd zil i can, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, the g.o.p. presidential contest; what's left for iraqis; intelligence failures in north korea; and the redemption of an african warlord. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: wall street had its best day in months, after encouraging news at home and abroad. the dow jones industrial average surged ahead 337 points to close at 12,103. the nasdaq rose 80 points to close at 2603. the gains came as germany reported increased business and consumer confidence, investors became more confident that spain can repay its

it's also susan collins, dick lugar, dean heller, olympia snowe, chuck grassley, roger wicker. the name brand republican senators openly trashing house republicans for what they're doing or at least publicly prodding them to get their act together. the incoherence and infighting of republicans in washington on this issue is now even starting to spill over into the republican race for president as well. after chastising congressional republicans for failing to, quote, speak with one voice, on this issue, presidential candidate mitt romney was unable in three separate media appearances to state which side of this argument he is on. i was going to say that the only candidate with any coherence on this issue at all is candidate newt gingrich, but then he got incoherent on this as well. first mr. gingrich decided to come out and bash senate democrats on the issue. okay. the vote was 89-10, but at least you're aiming your fire outside the republican circle. so far, so good. but then just a little while later newt gingrich about faced. decided the party in the wrong is actually the ho

dick lugar said this.m hopeful the house of representatives will pass the bill and do so tonight. that was saturday night. john boehner is under pressure. that is from the tea party. he has a lot of feedback from many republicans who say we do not like it. the payroll tax. not the fact that it is short term. they just do not like it. they like type -- tax cuts for the wealthy but not for the middle class americans. as a matter of fact, dick lugar said, many -- many republicans would say we do not want the extension of unemployment compensation anyway. he went on to conclude, i am hopeful that our majority republicans and democrats will proceed because it seems this is best for the country as well as all individuals who are affected. senator scott brown said the same thing as did the senator from nevada and maine. ladies and gentlemen, the american public understands that what is happening is a partisan convulsion driven by the tea party in the republican conference. they are concerned that american is face

dick lugar has expanded it. it is global now thanks to dick lugar. our threat initiative team about a year ago went over and briefed the chinese, the japanese and south koreans on the concept so that if north korea were ever willing to terminate their nuclear program, the nun-lugar program could apply to north korea. that is a big if. but it does apply globaltly and dealing with such things as biological dangers in africa. i know dick has led that personally. >> do you have any comment? >> i commend sam for his compliment. [laughter] >> we have one last question here, and then i will get to you in the back. >> my name is valerie, and i ropet one of the organizations that implement c.t.r. you spoke about the importance of building and maintaining relationships. obviously there are a lot of stories about different relationships. for those of us on the implementation side who will continue working under the c.t.r. umbrella, what would you suggest will be the key components of successful international cooperation in the future, maybe two or three things

and later, more live coverage as republican senator dick lugar and his former colleague, democrat sam nunn, assess their legislation passed 20 years ago that aimed to secure and dismantle weapons of mass destruction. >> also today the co-founders of the ben and jerry's ice cream chain speak at the national press club about their support for the occupy wall street movement. ben cohen and jerry greenfield will explain how business leaders can reduce economic inequality and bring about the changes being advocated by the movement's demonstrators. this event can be seen live later this morning at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span.t a >> next, newark, new jersey,li mayor coryke booker.. he recently spoke on behalf ofth presidente obama and his re-election campaign in manchester, new hampshire.f the event was co-hosted by the st. answer helm college creme cats and -- democratses and the group organizing for america. it runs about 50 minutes. [applause] >> i'm sorry, i just had to retreat christian there. how's everybody doing?i are we enthusiastic? are we excited? not for me though. [laughter]e look

senate, indiana senator dick lugar who is facing a tough primary challenge from a tea-party backed candidate the republicans are minority in the u.s. senate. the reason the gop could fail to take the senate back in 2012. >> there were people who claimed that they wanted somebody who was more of their tea party aspect but in doing so, they killed off the republican chances for a majority. this is one reason why we have a minority in the senate right now. gregg: republican congressman louie gohmert of texas joins us now, a member of the house tea party caucus. good to see you, congressman. he is talking about losing delaware and nevada and colorado. does he have a point? >> he, the only way he could have a point there if you give the tea party credit for having the biggest wave election in the history since the 1930s, you can't blame them for not getting majority in the senate and not give them credit for over eight at this elections, republicans being elected in the house. gregg: right. >> they gave us control of the house. and so, it sounds like we just need some bet every candidates and we'

dick lugar said that. i'm hopeful there are a majority of republicans and democrats today who will proceed because it seems to me it is best for the country as well as all the individuals who are affected. another republican, senator from massachusetts, i quote, house republicans' plan to scuttle -- that's the correct word -- the deal to help middle-class families is irresponsible and wrong. the refusal to compromise now threatens to increase taxes on hardworking americans and stop unemployment benefits for those out of work. we cannot allow rigid partisan ideology and unwillingness to crow mize stand in the way of working together for the good of the american people. and a third republican senator, senator heller, a former colleague here of nevada, i quote, there's no reason to hold up the short-term extension while a more comprehensive deal is worked out. and i want to quote a letter -- a statement from treasury about the notion that the two-month extension cannot be implemented. and i quote, while any s

dick lugar said that. i'm hopeful there are a majority of republicans and democrats today who will proceed because it seems to me it is best for the country as well as all the individuals who are affected. another republican, senator from massachusetts, i quote, house republicans' plan to scuttle -- that's the correct word -- the deal to help middle-class families is irresponsible and wrong. the refusal to compromise now threatens to increase taxes on hardworking americans and stop unemployment benefits for those out of work. we cannot allow rigid partisan ideology and unwillingness to crow mize stand in the way of working together for the good of the american people. and a third republican senator, senator heller, a former colleague here of nevada, i quote, there's no reason to hold up the short-term extension while a more comprehensive deal is worked out. and i want to quote a letter -- a statement from treasury about the notion that the two-month extension cannot be implemented. and i quote, while any s

. >> republican senator dick lugar talking about the tea party. mika are off this week. i'm joined by former governor ed rendell, reverend al sharpton. also ezra klein and matt lewis with us in washington. now joining the table the "new york times" columnist gail collins also the author of the upcoming book "william henry harrison." merry christmas. >> been waiting for that. >> we've been waiting for the book on harrison. when is the book out? >> about a week or two. >> we'll have you back to talk about that. i want to talk about your column today. we were just discussing, i was off last week and watching from afar. it was heralded as this great achievement we extended for two months, payroll tax. >> a tax cut. >> yes. payroll tax for two months. we did it. we can go home for christmas. of course we'll do this again now in two months. i want to read part of your piece. remember the republican alamo. you write, we've talked for nearly three years about how the tea party is terrorizing the republican establishment until the old country club deal mak

dick lugar calls paul's views on foreign policy out of step with the gop. >> of course, not.r afford to extend. in other words, we're a party, a precedent of leadership in the world. we have a fleet that covers all of the seas and makes foreign trade possible. >>> the candidates in iowa are unleashing a campaign blitz in the hawk eye state. the man who won the iowa caucus last year says there could be a bit of a surprise spoiler. mike huckabee calling rick santorum underestimated. >>> according to his campaign director gingrich is invoking pearl harbor to get on the virginia ballot in a surprise attack in december 1941. joining me now is the chief political correspondent. we just got this new sound of gingrich speaking about the virginia ballot. let's listen to that first. >> it was our first and we hope to launch a write-in campaign and people who want us to believe that virginians' want us to succeed. as i understand, you're it's in the primary. sfie think it's time for them to change it. >> what do you think about changing the rules? >> it's very unlikely to work. the virg

lugar. his committee has jurisdiction over its legislation. others behind me have been deeply involved in issue over the last few months. dick?>> we are grateful to you for your leadership and starting off the screen press conference. i wanted to say that our foreign all probability in danger urging -- our foreign vulnerability put us in danger. we spend billions of dollars to ensure safe passage of oil around the world. building the pipeline now is a dramatic opportunity to change that energy and national security equation. we have a dramatic opportunity to create american jobs in now. job creation is the number-one issue in nation. the keystone pipeline is the largest infrastructure project ready now. for construction in the united states. president obama has the opportunity to help create 20,000 new jobs in now. he has delayed the decision until after the 2012 election in fear of offending part of his political base and risking the ire of construction union to support the pipeline strongly. we introduced legislation today requiring the obama administration to issue a permanent within 60 days to allow the keystone project t