bush 41 was a clint eastwood fan.s as well remembered for that "read my lips" quote as eastwood himself, but what we didn't know until today was the bush team, at least briefly, considered clint eastwood for v.p., before choosing dan quayle instead. this info has been found in an oral history recording of james baker. in it baker says eastwood's name was thrown out at a meeting when bush was 18 points down. eastwood was a republican mayor of carmel, california. baker says the idea as he put it was "shot down pretty quick." >>> tough economic times for city and state governments are ushering in budget cuts in places no one would have expected just a few years back. beyond laying off teachers, firefighters and other city workers, some communities really are going to extremes. our report tonight from nbc's kerry sanders. [ bell ringing ] >> reporter: it's a sign of the times, doing more with less and in some cases doing less with less. in waconda and irene, south dakota, school is four days a week a cost-cutting move to

eastwood?ll, the fbi, the jarks edgar hoover foundation, are very happy that mr. eastwood is doing a movie on mr. hoover. certainly better mr. eastwood than maybe some other producers. but there were publications or the screenwriter was giving talks and talking about homosexuality and it was going to be portrayed in this movie. and those of us who knew mr. hoover knew that he was anything but a homosexual. so we wrote and expressed our concerns. mr. eastwood was very gracious. he responded immediately saying he gave no credence whatsoever to the cross dressing allegations that had been put against mr. hoover or that he didn't plan on showing any homosexual or holm openly homosexual relationship. so i'm very satisfied with that. >> in your letter, you said it would be a grave injustice and a monumental distortion to proceed with such a depiction based on completely unfounded assertions. you're talking about this, the rumor that, and we need to catch people up here. that clyde tolleson was a form

eastwood says he was surprised to hear he was considered.bly would have turned it down. >> reporter: tight budget haves a number of communities cutting even the basics these days. tossing out the toil paper was up for consideration for one government. here's nbc's kerry sanders. >>> it's a sign of the times doing more with less and in some cases doing less with less. in south dakota school is now four days a week. a cost cutting move to save $50,000. >> we looked into the schools that were doing four day weeks. we don't feel it's going to have an effect on the students' achievement at all. >> reporter: in tiny alto, texas, population 1200, the city furloughed its five police officers and now relies on the county's 25 sheriff deputies who patrol 1,000 square miles. >> i feel like the town is vulnerable because we have no law enforcement. >> we'll miss them. >> reporter: in san diego the city saved a quarter million dollars cutting the mounted patrol and auctioning the horse. in florida commissioners voted this month to stop adding now ride to

at the time, clint eastwood was the maker of carmel. bush said he thought the actor turned politician could help him beat michael dukakis. eastwood said he was surprised to hear he was even considered. >> i didn't know anything about it. tho though, they missed a great opportunity. when i was mayor of carmel, several people, bob dole and people like that, a lot of other politicians from both parties came by and thought i was going to get involved. i guess because our president at that time was a former governor of the state. but this is all i'm interested in, is my own community here. >> bush eventually picked indiana senator, dan quayle, to be vice president. clint eastwood served one term as mayor of carmel. >>> if you want to run with the bulls, you don't need to take a trip to spain. just go to phoenix this morning. here was the practice run for today's running of the bulls. fortunately, no one was injured. more people are expected to show up this morning. the run is a quarter mile with 32 bulls in the phoenix suburb of cape creek.

today i'm talking to basil eastwood's he's a former u.k. ambassador to syria he was serving in damascus between nine hundred ninety six and two thousand the situation's changed a lot since then and we're going to talk about what the situation on the ground is like now mr eastwood thank you very much for talking to us today now russia have been these that assets deserves at least some credit for trying to instigate some kind of reform do you agree well if you was seriously trying he tried to little too late and his efforts have been totally undermined by the. violence that has been used on the peaceful demonstrators so that for every. death it becomes that much more difficult to conceive of any solution which leaves him and his coterie in power so from hey you don't think there's any way back for us that i think no frankly. the best one can hope for is some sort of negotiated transition. might give him a way out. but it's very difficult to see how he can stay in power in the long run in the short run yes by increasing repression he can stay

. >>> and plus, vice president clint eastwood?out which president was actually considering him to join the ticket >>> and the major showdown between occupied pro terses and nypd avoided at least for now. neil cavuto has the story >> reporter: a major clash for occupy wall street stopped for now. they have been living in the park for upward of a month. but occupy is not the only rallying thing on wall street. the stocks are, too. nasdaq and dow up at least 6%. americans trying to get their hands on the new iphone 4s. apple is expected to sell 4 million of these babies just over this weekend. that is music to apple's stockholders. apple shares up 3% on friday. >>> the new iphones asigh, the holiday season may be more about savings than splurging. a new poll found that a whopping 87% of americans plan to plan the same or even less this year compared to last year. that's business. i'm neil cavuto.  >>> some stunning revelation about the presidency of george h. w. bush. the oral story is now available for all to hear. on

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eastwood. lady gaga serenading bill clinton at his 65th byrd day party in california. >> tonight i just thought we'd all get caught up in a little bill romance. ♪ ohh ♪ caught in a big romance ♪ ♪ >> bill: you don't expect me to say anything, do you? do you? finally, check five, "the factor" wants economic justice for you, the folks who watch us. we know money is tight these days and we know holiday gift giving time fast approaching. in addition, we know that charitable giving is down because of the recession, off by $20 billion since 2007. so we have a plan. economic justice for you. first, you boy a copy of my best seller on billoreilly.com, get a free copy of "waking hours from lis peil. then if you become a premium member, you get "killing lincoln" free. premium membership makes a great gift. we also have side books by me, which make excellent, inexpensive gifts. finally, we're pricing all of our stuff very low this season, saving you bucks on great things, and on gas, no driving to the mal

edgar hoover, the film directed by clint eastwood.zer says the creator of the fbi drew him in. >> i'm fascinated with characters that have a lot of power. >> for the young man in the 1930s to an elderly hoover in the 1960s, what was it like to see that transformation. >> he was amazing. he would sit there for eight hours with the prostoretic. >> he tried to take jfk and his brother. >> he lasted through six presidents and he was able to do that because he always had information on them, files on the presidents. >> this is new footage from the top-secret movie. >> private information on someone in power. >> he said that clint was the perfect man to direct this movie. >> j. edgar is just the latest achievement for clint eastwood. we're turning our spotlight on california to the oscar winners' hometown of carmel. >> do i feel lucky? >> well, do you? >> clint eastwood's role as dirty harry was set in the city of new york. >> i started living here in the '60s. it's right in wean. it's not too far from los angeles and san francisco. and, ye

george hw bush briefly considered eastwood as his running mate in 1988. at the time he was already involved in politics as republican mayor of the city of carmel. today's revelation comes from the bush presidential library foundation and university of virginia miller center. the decade-long oral history project documents life and times of the 41 presidency. >> you know these occupy protests continue around the bay area and country. let's go to oakland now. and there is roughly 100 democrat vaiting and they're now gathered again after marching through streets in oakland back by city hall where they started. there has been no trouble, you can see some of the tents there. they've been set up now and camping out. so after marching around downtown they're now back where they began that march. they're protests continue in oakland we'll follow it for you on our web site. also will update at 6:00. >> and more ahead here, meantime, caught on tape, police make an arrest in a vicious restaurant attack in the south bay. it needs your help in this assault on. >> and h

>> you don't have clint eastwood on there. make my day.was thrown out at one point? >> no, i didn't know that. >> when we were way behind, it was suggested in not

can you imagine clint eastwood going, come on, buddy, go ahead, make my day. >> hey, vice president eastwoodpeaking of clint eastwood, i did a little something for you here. some of these are easy for you to make the connection. madison county, wisconsin, 60 and partly cloudy skies. callahan, anybody, anybody? "dirty harry! you got it! gun barrel city, texas. and heartbreak ridge, california, 78. what about spots seeing rain out there? doesn't have anything to do with the clint eastwood movies but a low pressure system around the rockies. exiting the northeast. you can see it right here. i'm not worried so much about rain today but i will tell you behind this a lot of wind is pushing in and a lot of wind advisories from northern new england as far south as places like philadelphia over to the northern great lakes. >> announcer: this weather segment sponsored by all. tough on stains, gentle on skin. >>> good enough, everybody. nancy, over to you. >>> prosecutors are close to wrapping up their case in the closely watched manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor. cbs news national corresp

clinton eastwood. story told in an oral history symposium at the university of virginia by none other than james baker, former secretary of state, held a bunch of other jobs. he says the campaign of president george h.w. bush gave serious consideration to asking eastwood to be his running ma

bush's interviews considered eastwood to be his running mate in 1988. that. >>> you know it's almost halloween when the elephants start smashing pumpkins. this is a tradition at the denver zoo. the asian elephants stop and eat a 500-pound pumpkin. not sure what that's about. it's tradition. >>> time, now, for the weather. and scott padgett, from our miami affiliate, wplg local 10. scott, please. >> looking like fall in portions of the northeast. 65 degrees in new york city. windy weather, up in portions of minneapolis. dallas, 89. denver, a record high. in l.a., some fog holding on this morning. keep that in mind. if you want to look at leaves, near madison, right at >> good morning, washington did all done to your hats. sunshine and when. temperatures up to 72 degrees. tomorrow, 70 degrees >> this weather has been brought to you by advil. bianna? dan? >> scott, thank you. >>> coming up on "good morning america," we sent dan harris to one of the most beautiful places on earth. but is it also the happiest? he joins us from the other side of the world, co

. >>> and clint eastwood saved the president in the movie, "in the line of fire," and apparently wasnsidered to be next in line for the oval office. newly-released interviews from senior officials in george h.w. bush's administration revealed that he seriously considered eastwood to be his running mate in 1988. imagine that. >>> finally, you know it's almost halloween when the elephants start smashing pumpkins. this is a tradition at the denver zoo. the zoo's two asian elephants stop and eat a 500-pound pumpkin. not sure what that's about. halloween. halloween. it's tradition. >>> time, now, for the weather. and scott padgett, from our miami affiliate, wplg local 10. scott, weather, please. >> looking like fall in portions of the northeast. 65 degrees in new york city. windy weather, up in portions of minneapolis. dallas, 89. along with denver, a record high. in l.a., some fog holding on this morning. keep that in mind. if you want to look at leaves, near madison, right at peak. and portions of santa fe, beautiful weather. >> this weather has been brought to you by advil. bianna? dan

. >> clinton eastwood. >> bill: wrong again arnaz. did star in a monster movie what was the name of it. >> the blob. >> that was steve mcqueen. >> >> bill: do i win? >> no. i'm exhausted. it's a tie. you both win the great prizes. if you see them on halloween, egg them. pinheads and patriots on deck. louie farrakhan going wild on president obama. right back with p and p. >>> if you sign up, you'll get a copy of my number one best selling killing lincoln, non-fix book. >>> if you buy a copy of lincoln outright, we'll send you waking hours free of charge. we know money is tight these days. that's why we're giving you as much free stop as we can. bill, you claim cain's smoking ad is du. they got you to run it in prime time, didn't they? >> i also thought cain's ad was dumb. was it produced by the same people that did christine o'donnell's i am not a witch ad. i thought cain's ad was cool. we don't need the government to tell us how to live. bill, the ad is cool, and you wouldn't know cool if it bit you on the butt. no skullduggery involv

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and this is clint eastwood directing. this guy doesn't -- i mean, come on.u obviously have to say yes. just to show up -- >> jimmy: how is he to work with? does he talk to you like -- does he, like, whisper stuff and then like -- [ laughter ] >> he's -- yeah. >> jimmy: shoot dirt. >> yeah, he is -- >> jimmy: he's incredible. eats worms. [ laughter ] like the -- i mean, he's a -- a man's man. >> he is. he is. and women like him, too. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, women enjoy him. yeah. >> and girls. i mean, i grew up -- i mean, you know, "dirty harry." i mean -- >> jimmy: yeah. >> it's cliche, but -- >> jimmy: you thought he was, like -- he's sexy. >> i had a crush. >> jimmy: yeah, you had a crush on him. you got to get over that quickly, though. >> definitely. if you're in the workplace, it's not -- it's not a comfortable situation. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] how old is clint eastwood, too? >> i don't know exactly. >> jimmy: 70 something, right? >> i think he's -- >> jimmy: 72 or something? >> maybe more, but i don't know for sure but he looks amazing. ther

vice president clinic eastwood roaming the hauls of the white house?ush's running mate back in 1988. the revelations comes from record lgz of james baker. eastwood was surprised to hear he was in the running. >> i didn't know anything about it. though they missed a great opportunity. when i was mayor of carmel, several people, bob dole and people like that, a lot of other politicians from both parties, came by and thought i was going to get involved. but i just said, this is all i'm interested, my own community here. >> he served one term as mayor of carmel, california, from 1986 to 1988. >>> this week in "office politics" i spoke with ed schultz, host of msnbc's "the ed show." while majority of americans support raising attacks on the wealthy i asked ed why it's been tough for the president to rally support for that in congress. >> this is the legislative body of the united states of america not listening to the wishes of the american people. you could put any president in there. president obama is the political target to defeat, but it's the legislat

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. >> clint eastwood. >> eddie is already warming up.ddie and ben star in tower heist, the film out november 4th is directed by brett ratner who is co-producing the oscar ceremony. >> i was hanging out with him, if i hosted that show, i would get a nice chat about the movie. >> i was like, you know what, you're my guy. >> eddie's tactic, lower expectation. >> i think it's so funny that people think i'm perfect for this, because i'm going to be horrendous. tune in. it's going to be the worst [ bleep ] ever. >> we doubt that, eddie. >> murphy teaches a rag tag team to be thieves. >> you got 15 minutes to steal me something. >> what would you steal? >> i would steal sunglasses. i'm good at stealing sunglasses. >> that's the easiest thing to steal. with the round rack that's spinning. no one is watching that rack. >> his co-stars are smoking hot. >> he is an icon and personal hero. >> eddie and gaby have both earned nominations in the past. eddie for dream girls. gabi for "precious." a lot of people are talking oscar for leonardo dicaprio fo