in places like the tongass national forrest and take it all the way up to 1960 when president dwight eisenhower signed legislation creating what's called anwr today. >> yep. >> .which is the "drill, baby, drill!" of sarah palin. this is the "save, baby, save!" story. this is about how since the 1870s people have been fighting to save wild alaska, these beautiful pristine places and save the great species up there ranging from polar bear to literally hundreds of different types of rare birds. >> you could have called it save, baby, save! >> well, i know. [laughter] >> that actually.as a commercial thing that would've been awesome. >> it may have been good but the quiet world is -- you know we're.we're such a noisy and cluttered culture. >> we are. >> .and i the great writer.i grew up in ohio and sherwood anderson was my favorite writer. >> mm-hm. >> .and he once wrote about how americans are forgetting solitude and quiet and it was very thoreau-ian [chuckles]. >> yeah. >> .and thoreau is one of my favorite people. and in.and in this book i have all sorts of wilderness heroes of alaska ranging fr

obama said the result -- quote -- "would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president." well, for the record, mr. president, the american people do not want to take down federal funding and investment to the level of the eisenhower years. to do so would be tantamount to repudiating all that we have done since then to make our country better and more fair. to make our country more of a middle-class society, more a country where people who can be born into poverty, can aspire to be in the middle class, can get a good education, good health care, decent housing, a head start. to return to the spending of dwight eisenhower would be tantamount to repudiating the great society programs. now, we always hear from our republican friends how the great society was a failure, what a failure the great society was. well, mr. president, i respectfully disagree. head start a failure? it's a great society program. medicaid? of course, medicaid now is exempted out of this. but how about the elementary and secondary education act, hm? title 1, where we have agreed to put mo

there were some americans, including some in the eisenhower administration -- including dwight eisenhower himself -- who had pretty serious concerns about eisenhower, mainly that he was a communist in the making. but many found him quite charming and certainly charismatic. after a few days in washington, castro took a train to new york city. from the moment he arrived at penn station where he was greeted by 20,000 people, he had a grand old time. he went to the top of the empire state building, he shook hands with jackie robinson, he went down to city hall, went up to columbia university. having less fun in new york city were the policemen who were assigned to protect him because there were all these assassination plots surrounding castro, and these were reported in the press every day. and none of these turned out to be real, but the police didn't know that. and castro was completely impossible to protect. he'd throw himself into crowds hugging and can kissing people with no concern for his safety. and one afternoon on a whim, he decided to go to the bronx zoo. the press followed, federa

dwight eisenhower was still president. richard nixon was a vice president and john kennedy was still a senator in massachusetts. after he came to deliver a speech to some newspaperairies and to visit with something more like an invasion in its own right, a charm offensive, he and his bearded entourage loaded with cuban cigars and cuban rum and castro spent most of his visit hugging and smiling saying the right things. there were some in the eisenhower administration including dwight eisenhower himself. he had a lot to worry about castro but some thought he was charismatic and charming. after a few days in washington, castro took a train to new york city. immediately when he went to penn station where he was greeted by 20,000 people,'d grand old time. he went to the top of the empire state-building, he went to columbia university and he left new york city where the policemen who were assigned to protect him because there were all these assassination plots surrounding castro and these were reported in the press every day and

there were some americans, including dwight eisenhower himself, who had serious concerns about eisenhower, mainly that he was communist in the making. many found him to be charming and charismatic. after a few days in washington, was castro took a train to new york city, and he had a grant old time. he went to the top of the empire state building, shook rands with jackie robinson, went down to city hall, up to columbia university. having left new york city, where the policemen who were assigned to protect him because there were all these assassination plots surrounding castro, and these were reported in the press every day, and none turned out to be real but the police didn't know that and castro was completely impossible to protect. he would throw himself into crowds, hugging and kissing people with no concern for his safety. and one afternoon, on a whim, he decided to go to the bronx zoo. the press followed. federal agents followed. the new york city police followed. and castro did what everybody does at the zoo. he ate a hot dog, he fed peanuts to the elephants. rode a miniature electr

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president. but at a level that allows us to make investments in education and research -- research. we also make sure that these cuts would not happen so abruptly that they would be a drag on a fraud trial -- a fragile economy. the ultimate solution must to balance. despite what some republicans have argued, i believe that we have to ask the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions. despite what some in my own party have argued, i believe we have to make some modest adjustments to programs like medicare. that is why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee in congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit. it will then be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table. it will hold us all accountable for making these reforms, tax cuts that both parties would find objectionable would go into effect if we do no

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was p president, but at a level that still allows us to make job creating investments in things like education and research. we also made sure these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they would be a drag on a fragile economy. i said from the beginning that the ultimate solution to the deficit problem must be balanced. despite what some republicans have argued, i believe we have to ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to give up tax breaks and special deductions. despite what some in my own party argued, i believe we need to make adjustments to programs like medicare to ensure they are around for future generations. that's why the second part of the agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit which will then be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table. to hold us all accountable for making these reforms, tough cuts t

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president. but at a level that still allows us to make job creating investments and things like education and research. we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they'd be a drag on a fragile economy. now i've said from the beginning that the ultimate solution to our deficit problem must be balance. despite what some republicans have argued, i believe that twe have to ask the wealthiest and biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions despite what some in my own party have argued, i believe that we need to make some modest adjustments to programs like medicare to ensure they are still around for future generations. that's why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit which will then be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table to hold

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president but at a level that still allows us to make job creating investments and things like education and research. we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they would be a drag on a fragile economy. now i've said from the beginning that ultimate solution to our deficit problem must be balanced. despite what some republicans have argued. i believe we have to ask the wealthiest american and biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax break and special reductions, despite what some in. own party have argued. i believe that we need to make some modest adjustments to programs like medicare to ensure they're still around for future generations in. that's why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit, which will then be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. in this stage everything will be on the. to hold us

. >>> the 22 runs allowed by the a's were the most since dwight eisenhower was in the oval office. >>e an 0-1. throws to deep right. it is far. it is gone. it's a grand slam, robbie cano. don't you know. >> it will be a 1-1 to martin. that will go to jesus. it's over his head and it is gone. it's a grand slam. >> 1-2 to granderson. drilled to deep right center. that ball is high. it is far. it is gone. another grand slam. he hits a grand slam. >> thank you sammy davis jr. the yankees become the first team in major league history to hit three grand slams in one game. they pound the a's 22-9. >> >> that old friend, the giants was henry sosa who they traded to houston this year, only the giants who sosa had for dinner. astros up 2-1. another player there acquired at the deadline. hits a solo home run. remember, houston's 41 games under .500. these are the games you are supposed to win. tieing run at the plate. pablo chases the pitch. grounds into the double play. the astros beat the giants 3-1. henry sosa. the old friend got his first career win. diamondbacks starter, wade miley picked u

let's cut domestic spending to the lowest level it's been since dwight eisenhower was presiden president." >> jon: all right. so massive cuts to government spending. no surprise coming from the republicans. what's that? oh, that's the democrats' plan. (laughter) what the (bleep)'s been going on down there? (laughter) so what exactly do the republicans want? >> republicans in congress are insisting on a different approach, a "cuts-only" approach. an approach that doesn't ask the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to contribute anything at all. how can we ask a student to pay more for college before we ask hedge fund managers to stop paying taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries. >> jon: death to the oligarchs! death to the oligarchs! (cheers and applause) power to the people! power to the... power to the people! (cheers and applause) wow! wow! communism is heavy! (laughter) i had no idea how much strength it took to be a communist. (laughter) at long last, mr. president, we begin to address the grotesque income and wealth disparity that has been allowed to m metastasie to

reporter: president obama says that agreement would mean the lowest level of spending since dwight eisenhoweras president more than 50 years ago. now, most people we talked to say they're just glad there is a compromise. >> there is a lot of theater. i hope they get to the right answer. >> california gets $79 billion a year from the federal government. 40% of what the state spends. specific details of the debt ceiling legislation remain unclear. but in california, one likely target is medicare. which serves 45 million elderly. cuts could also spread to federally funded child care, education, social service, and highways. cbs 5 political analyst joe toman on the cost of the compromise. >> i'm sure it will include changes to the tax law but for the time being it appears we're looking at cuts. >> reporter: states are still struggling to bounce back from the recession and the end of federal stimulus spending and california slashed spending to close a $26 billion short fall and now the state with one of the highest jobless rates is bracing for more pain. >> they haven't said exactly where the cuts

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president. but at a level that still allows us to make job creating a investments in thing like education and research. we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they would be a drag on a fragile economy. i've said from the beginning, the ultimate answer must be balance. despite what some republicans have argued, i believe we have to ask the wealthiest american biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions. despite what some in my own i believe we ued,cc1: need to make some modest adjustments to things like medicare to ensure they're still around for future generations. that's why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establish as bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit which will then be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table. to hold us all accountable for making these reforms, to

but it wasn't always like this republican president dwight eisenhower presided over a time in america when government programs worked and as he told his brother in a letter in one nine hundred fifty four should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear that party again in our political history there is a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things a few texas oil millionaires an occasional politician or businessman from other areas but their number is negligible and they are stupid eisenhower a new government worked and that in which the lives of everyone in america and that anyone who wanted to get rid of it was just plain stupid but after thirty years of bad government courtesy of the modern republican party we've all gone stupid even president obama was just barely twenty years old when ronald reagan won the white house can't remember the days when government worked and the american people would revolt against those who were trying to dismantle it that's probabl

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president but at a level ththat allows us to make job creating investments and education and research. we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they would be a drag on a faj fragile economy. i said that the solution must be balance. despite what some republicans have argued, i believe that we have to ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions. despite what some in my own party argued, i believe we have to make modest adjustments to programs like medicare to ensure they are still around for future generations. that's why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit. which will then be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table. to hold us all accountable for making these reforms, tough cuts that both part

compromising with adolph hitler or dwight eisenhower for that matter alternately became president he was he was f.d.r.'s prime general in world war two neither did churchill churchill that was the guy who compromised was neville chamberlain remember he came you probably don't i go most people aren't old enough to remember but the story we all know it never chamberlain came back with me with that words of oh we can have peace in our time we've worked out a compromise you know. it wasn't it was churchill who said no i'm not going to compromise i don't recall l.b.j. compromising over medicare i don't recall reagan compromising about his tax cuts or is spending binge now it's a fact top tax rate from seventy four percent down to twenty eight percent and just said the democrats say if you don't like it tough obama needs to read some different biographies apparently kearns goodwin books was too heavy on compromise i suggest that he should start with frances perkins the woman behind the new deal this is the cover of the book it's a brilliant story of america's first female labor secretary w

. >> julie nixon and david eisenhower met when david's grandfather, dwight david eisenhower, and julie father, richard nixon, teamed up for a presidential ticket duo. >> later on, julie's big sister tricia got married in the white house rose garden. that was way back in 1971. there have been no weddings at the white house since. i'm lily for "teen kids news." >>> sports is up next. >> so stay tuned. >>> doctors say millions of kids are getting hurt every year playing sports. as amanda tells us, whether you're playing on a team or just playing for fun, sports injuries need your attention. here's our story. >> reporter: no pain, no gain. that's one old saying doctors want thrown out. they argue that sports should not hurt, especially when you're a kid. ♪ >> these days sports have become very competitive at younger and younger ages. >> reporter: whether on the soccer field or at the skate park, kids are at risk. doctors are saying more and more of us are getting hurt playing sports. >> we see many more injuries in kids sports and it really depends on what types of sports kids are doing in

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was presidents to make job creating investments in things like education and research. we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they'd be a drag on a fragile economy. >>> both the senate and house have to approve the plan. it would raise the debt ceiling initially by $900 billion which will get us to february. raising it again after a that is a multi step process involving a joint committee that will have to be created to work toward more debt reduction measures. in total the plan calls for more than $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction. those are your headlines this hour. i'm don lemon, keeping you informed. cnn, the most trusted name in news. >> reporter: we came to broward county to do an investigation on pill mills a year ago. we're back a year later and a there are still rows and rows of pain clinics. we are seeing more babies being born addicted to drugs. >> more people died last year from prescription drug overdoses than car accidents. >> our children are dying. it's

you made the point while we were listening to that, dwight eisenhower couldn't exist in the he couldn't get from lubbock to dallas, you know, without the federal government. someone's got to tell him there's an interstate highway system. >> eisenhower brought troops in. do you think he should desegregate the troops in little rock? >> i think reagan would be kicked out. >> i totally agree with howard on this point about drawing the lines, but that's what i heard him doing. he may not be as dramatic as you like it, but that's who he is. >> what is he talking about deals making? >> he's running against a guy who probably will be the front-runner that's talking about secession from the union. he's talking about putting a deal together? they don't want a deal. they want him gone. >> absolutely. >> and i hear him bringing that -- >> i want to see a construction, a big thing of jobs. the 2 million jobs program, fixing schools, fixing highways, and put it in the districts and show all the schools in the districts of boehner and cantor. all the people -- show the schools that are going to hell,

as he came to the close of his presidency, dwight eisenhower said every dollar uselessly spent on militarynisms decreases our total strength and, therefore, our security. it's time for a more balanced national security strategy. if the budget deficit forces that shift, so be it. we'll be right back. >>> i'd never been discriminated against. i'd never seen that hate or that fear or that ignorance. i've never seen anything like that before in my life, and i was scared. my mom and sunny d! i love the taste. mom loves the vitamin c. and now it has 40% fewer calories than most regular soda brands. sunnyd! ♪ make today a sunny day! collect sunny d labels to get free books for your kids' classroom. go to sunnyd.com [ owl hooting ] things aren't always what they seem out here. like that big fella over there. cost way less than i ever dreamed. i don't tell my friends just how affordable it is cus to them i'm still the big roller, the big cheese, ya know? oh, emmitt. baby, what you doing? y-y-yeah! [ clears throat ] [ deep voice ] yeah, babe. in a second. takin' care of some business. it's surprisin

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president, but still allows us to make investments in education and research. we made sure these cut wouldn't happen so abruptly that they would be a drag on a fragile economy. i have said from the beginning that the ultimate solution it our deficit problem, but we balanced. excite what some republicans have argued, i believe that we have to ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share and despite what some in my own party have argued, i believe we need to make some modest adjustments to programs like medicare, to ensure they are around for future generations. that is why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit, which will then be put before the entire congress for an up-or-down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table. to hold us all accountable for making these reforms, tough cuts, that both parties would find object

the as haven't given up that many runs since dwight eisenhower was president. the manager said it was embarrassing. >>> the giants will host houston tonight. nine players on the are the dl, two out for the years. bruce bochy said he has never seen anything like it but thieves the injuries are happening on the field not off it. >> i had a pitcher that was -- he had a knife opened up a cd and stabbed himself in the stomach. [ laughter ] >> but yeah, there's some bizarre ones. >> giants had a short sub one time who was -- shortstop one time doing his hedges with an automatic -- >>> danica patrick will be in an indycar making the permanent switch to nascar. danica will split time between nascar's nationwide tour and sprint cup and expects to race in the daytona 500. her car will be owned by tony stewart's company. she leaves indy with just one career win but now becomes even more marketable with nascar. >> think that's probably something a lot of people think. but if it was about money i would have gone a long time ago. i would have gone a long time ago. but i go w

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was presidentel that still allows us to make job creating investments in things like education an research. we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they'd be a drag on a fragile economy. >> so they have an agreement in principle but both the united states senate and the united states house of representatives must approve this plan. it would initially raise the debt ceiling by about $900 billion which will get the united states through for at least until next february. after that raising it is a multi-step process involving a joint congressional committee that has to be created to work toward more debt reduction measures. in total the plan calls for more than $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction. don, this is a process that's only beginning. it's complicated but it is essential in order to get a deal done. >> wolf, you know the reason we're here tonight and the president came out tonight to talk about this, and wanted a deal tonight, because they were concerned about the ove

fund expires september 30th of the and the gas tax that has funded a highway gas fund since dwight eisenhower in the fifties that has tax expires also on >> it has put caltran officials on >> another block of new straight ahead will be back with more in a minute this is a live look outside from our mt. tam camera more in a moment. it's for 24 police have expelled a student at his former high school he was planning to bomb the school they found all kinds of bomb making materials in the his home he was helping to kill staff members and students more than, holbeicolumbine meanwhil been. don this driver ran through a wall and of the fur department had to use a bucket truck in order to rescue him after his truck went through all of all of a parking garage. >> chris say the fire was a human made they're not calling it an arson investigation just get >> the university a mile and a football team a man said that he had treated of players to all kinds of special things including sex partings. it is only now becoming public >> it is a bombshell accusation as i am a our current james took her to fill for

as he came to the close of his presidency, dwight eisenhower said, "every dollar uselessly spent on militaryth and, therefore, our security." it's time for a more balanced national security strategy. if the budget deficit forces that shift, so be it. we'll be right back. >>> i'd never been discriminated against. i'd never seen that hate or that fear or that ignorance. i've never seen anything like that before in my life, and i was scared. lorie sweeteners. this bowl of strawberries is loaded with vitamin c. and now, b vitamins to boot. coffee doesn't have fiber. unless you want it to. new splenda® essentials™ are the first and only line of sweeteners with a small boost of fiber, or antioxidants, or b vitamins in every packet. mmm. same great taste with an added "way to go, me" feeling. new splenda® essentials™. get more out of what you put in. what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and 4g devices like th

president dwight eisenhower decorated the sub's commander with a legion of merit for the historic triprew home and some of the men even took part in a parade in new york city. we could do big things then. they made an ice cold journey into the record books 53 years ago today. now you know the news for this wednesday, august the 3rd, 2011. i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us in your place

dwight eisenhower said, if you want to be an engineer, the government will pay for your education. that spurred a generation. thousands of engineers came online. that helped us beat the russians getting to the moon 12 years later. something like that has to be the answer in the long term. in the short term, payroll tax may be proving those free trade agreements will help. looking in every nook and koranny to see if there are job programs that can be front loaded today because we need the jobs now. >> we need to build our way out of this recession. former california governor gray davis, thanks for your time. >> thank you. >>> casey anthony's legal troubles are far from over. her lawyers were back in a florida courtroom. casey was not there. at issue whether anthony needs to return to florida to serve out her probation stemming from a check fraud conviction. the judge saying he meant for casey to serve her probation after her jail time. the florida department of corrections interpreted that ruling to mean she could serve her probation while behind bars. listen to how judge belvin per

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president. but at a level that still allows us to make job creating investments in things like education and research. we also made sure these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they'd be a drag on a fragile economy. i've said from the beginning that the ultimate solution to our deficit solution must be balance. despite what some republicans have argued, i believe that we have to ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions. despite what some in my own party have argued. i believe we need to make modest adjustments to programs like medicare to ensure they are still around for future generations. that's why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit which will then be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table. to hold us all a

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president. but at a level that still allows us to make job creating investments in things like education and research. we also made sure these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they'd be a drag on a fragile economy. i've said from the beginning that the ultimate solution to our deficit solution must be balance. despite what some republicans have argued, i believe that we have to ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions. despite what some in my own party have argued. i believe we need to make modest adjustments to programs like medicare to ensure they are still around for future generations. that's why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit which will then be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table. to hold us all a

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president, but at a level that still allows us to make job creating investments in things like education and research. we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they are a drag on a fragile economy. i have said from the beginning that the ultimate solution to the deficit problem must be balance despite what some republicans have argued, i believe that we have to ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions and despite what some in my own party have argued, i believe that we need to make modest adjustments to programs like medicare to ensure they are still around for future generations. that is why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit, which will then be put before the entire congress in and up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table. to

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was presidentstments and things like education and research. we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they'd be a drag on a fragile economy. now i've said from the beginning that the ultimate solution to our deficit problem must be balance, despite what some republicans have argued, i believe that we have to ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions. despite what some in my own party have argued, i believe that we need to make some modest adjustments to programs like medicare to ensure that they're still around for future generations. that's why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit which will then be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table to hold us all accountable for making these reforms, toug

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president, but at a level that still allows us to make job creating investments in things like education and research. we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they are a drag on a fragile economy. i have said from the beginning that the ultimate solution to the deficit problem must be balance despite what some republicans have argued, i believe that we have to ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions and despite what some in my own party have argued, i believe that we need to make modest adjustments to programs like medicare to ensure they are still around for future generations. that is why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a bipartisan committee of congress to report back by november with a proposal to further reduce the deficit, which will then be put before the entire congress in and up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table. to

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president, but at a level that allows us to make job-creating investments. we also made sure that these cuts would not happen so abruptly that they would drag on a fragile economy. from the beginning i have said that the ultimate solution must be balanced. despite what some republicans have argued, i believe that we have to ask the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions. despite what some in my own party have argued, we need to make modest adjustments to programs like medicare. that is why the second part of this agreement is so important. establishing a bipartisan committee in congress to report back with a proposal to further reduce the deficit. it will be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. at this stage, everything will be on the table, to hold us accountable for making these reforms. tough cuts that both parties would find objectionable would automatically go into effect. i will continue to make a detailed case to thes

the result would be the lowest level of annual domestic spending since dwight eisenhower was president level that's still allows us to make job creating investors in things like education and research and we also made sure that these cuts wouldn't happen so abruptly that they'd be a drag on a fragile economy. now, i've said from the beginning that the ultimate solution to our deficit problems must be balanced. despite what some republicans have argued, i believe that we have to ask the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share by giving up tax breaks and special deductions, despite what some in my own party have argued, i believe that we need to make modest ajudgments to programs like medicare to ensure that they're around for future generations and that's why the second part of this agreement is so important. it establishes a by the partisan committee to report back by november for a proposal to further reduce the deficit which will then be put before the entire congress for an up or down vote. in this stage, everything will be on the table. to hold us all

freedom of western europe, to america's continued responsibility in the world, it would be dwight d. eisenhowerand last but not least, eisenhower was over in, um -- the story of eisenhower's nomination is often forgotten. in 1948, for example, james roosevelt, franklin's son, had been one of many prominent democrats who tried to get general eisenhower to run for the presidency as a democrat. and eisenhower declined largely on the basis that he didn't think, he was a professional soldier, and he didn't think that it was appropriate for him to be involve inside politics. but by 1952 things had changed, and his great fear at that time was that the republican party, the likely nominee, was senator taft of ohio who was the most prominent isolationist in, in the republican party and, really, this country. and eisenhower felt that the only way that this republican party could be saved from isolationism and that the post-war consensus that had grown between the two parties about america's role in the world would be, frankly, for him to run for president partly to, to prevent taft from being the nominee

trust fund expire september 30th and the gas tax that has funded the highway trust fund since dwight eisenhower since the '50s, they gas tax expires of will on september 30th. >> it will be the worst- case scenario if it is not extended. >> this has put caltrans officials on edge. >> the consequences are so dire. [music] >> a live look outside, sunny skies over oakland. we see fog mostly to the coastline, temperatures only in the upper 50s at this hour, 60 in oakland 66 hayward, warmer in the inland valleys. we saw no fog this morning and not expecting any into tomorrow either. it is breezy out there this afternoon, 24 mouth are win in san francisco. we seek teens' down the east bayshores. breezy conditions will continue as we head into tomorrow it will be a similar today. 65 san francisco 86 concord, 80 san jose 83 livermore and 79 palo alto. just a couple degrees below average to as much as five degrees where we should be for this time of year. we have an even bigger cool down in store for the week and followed by a warm-up i will have details on the forecast coming up. >> and world news, fam

. >> he had the misfortune of running against a great military hero, dwight eisenhower. i do not really think stevenson could have won. >> in 1928, smith lost overwhelmingly to herbert hoover, but paved the way for franklin roosevelt. there are 14 people in this series, many of whom people have never heard of them. all of them, i can pretty much guarantee, they will find interesting, fascinating, and surprising. >> history professor gene baker, carl cannon, and richard norton smith talk about the 14 men who ran for president and lost. it is a preview for "the contenders" on c-span, beginning friday, september 9. >> machiavelli has become inactive. -- has become an adjective. not too many people would call themself machiavellian. >> his name is synonymous with the selfish pursuit of power. sunday night, mile unger argues that his theories might have been a response to the corruption around him. >> this weekend, a three-day holiday weekend on booktv on c-span2. secrets." the influence of racial politics on the first african-american president. sunday, ellis cose on race in