ronald reagan had his own initiative, george h. w. bush did. bill clinton did. george w. bush and barack obama all day. there are some of my own personal views about how i thought president bush handled the situation, and there are probably some things that leaders might disagree with. but there are also some things that readers will be surprised about, in terms of what the u.s. sought with diplomacy's first north korea is concerned. that is a natural thing where i could add something on this that perhaps other authors who have written would not be able to. >> and you don't necessarily take an ideological perspective in your evaluation of the other administrations, but you give a critical review of successes and failures of other administrations in dealing with the issue. >> i guess the basic thesis of the book is that north korea is to be impossible state, because no one inside is empowered to overthrow it, and the one on the outside anyone on the outside doesn't care enough about risking the costs to change it. i want to ask you in particular, starting with no one has th

george h. w. bush as well a sour economy may wind up -- this president having one term as well. >> you want to turn this launch into a political prism. they have some success on the national security front but it's facing a very difficult economy here at home. george h. w. bush faced that as well. >> i would simply say that president obama will probably not spend a lot of time talking about the election year politics with either president bush. he has come as i think you know, she has met with former president george h. w. bush on several occasions. he has very high regard for that president bush's foreign policy record in particular, and in general appreciates the service provided by all members of the bush family, and again, that transcends political differences. and of course there are political differences. i think every race is different. we have with the president says repeatedly and i try to echo is that it is precisely because there are headwinds like the crisis in the year autozone that can af

ronald reagan had his own engagement, george h. w. bush did, clinton did, george w. bush and barack obama all of did what with, so while i think there are some of my own personal views on how i thought president bush handled the situation there is probably things their readers might disagree with there's also things in their their readers would be surprised about in terms of what president bush sought in diplomacy with north korea which isn't something we normally they would associate with president bush's views on north korea so that was a natural thing where i could add something on this that perhaps other authors of written on the topic wouldn't be able to. >> you don't necessarily take the perspective in your evaluation of the other administration but you do give the kind of review of the success and failure of other administrations in dealing with the issue will. i guess the basic thesis is that north korea is the impossible state because no one inside is in power to overthrow with and no one on the outside cares enough to risk the cost of changing it and i want

george w. bush says he is for mitt romney. the first time we heard him speak publicly about the presidential race. his father, former president george h. w. bush, entorsed mitt romney early on. so has his brother, former florida governor jeb bush. he has as well. -- endorsed mitt romney early on. >>> john edwards' attorney says their case is wiping down now but we still don't know whether the former prossial candidate is going to testify. last night, edwards' lawyers were expected to make a final decision on the witness list but they may not make that public before the trial resumes today. the potential witnesses that could be called are edwards himself, his former mistress and his oldest daughter. edwards is accused of using donor money to hide his mistress during the campaign. >>> according to court records, george zimmerman had a pair of black eyes, a nose fracture and two cuts to the back of his head. he was treated at a family practice. zimmerman claims he shot mart anyone self-diseafs back in february. he is charged with second degree murder. >>> and going on right now over in europe, the war crimes trial of a bosnian serb comma

george bush saying i am for romney he made the announcement after a speech in how man rights. it's the first time he weighed in on romney. george h. w is already backing romney. free o.j. simpson. he is serving time in nevada but a lawyer is pushing for his release and a new trial. he claims he had bad legal representation during his 2008 trial. he he was convicted of kid naggen and armed robbery after a sports memorabilia. he only wanted to recover personal photos and mementos. >> talk about transparency the salaries of federal workers revealed on-line. a web site data universe dt come exposing the 2011 salaries and bonuses for a million federal employees. it was turned over. >>> students were caught buying soda during their lunch hour. what's wrong with that? federal law only allows schools to sell carbon ated drinks before lunch in an attempt to cut down on childhood obesity. it is contradictory especially since they are allowed to sell ice cream. they will have to pay the fines using the art and music program. >>> two new jersey power players chris christie and corey booker keeping up in the hilarious spoof portrays him as bitte

george w. bush, former first lady laura bush, former president george h. w. st lady barbara bush and then they're going to unveil the official portrait of a george and laura. >> george h. w. will be the peacemaker in that lunch. president obama's referred to the bush economy and the mess that he inherited. it will be interesting. >> bill: do you think there will be some -- it will be a friendly -- i think this is one of the times that the bush family is good at this kind of stuff. they'll put everything aside. >> bill: so is obama. >> they won't talk about policies. it is great to have you back. they'll be all come chummy. >> bill: there is a ching called the president's club. i'll be down there covering that for you. and hopefully make the press briefing at 11:30 with jay carney. thank you so much. >> amen. >> always great to see you. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." sam adams! last year we brewed more than one new beer every week. some we'd been experimenting with for years others...we just found a cool ingredient. many we brewed just once to see

the co-authors of "the president's club" from truman and hoover to george h. w. bush and bill clinton sunday at 8:00 on cspan's "q &a." this morning president obama's support on same-sex marriage. then we talk about the federal investigation as to who leaked information about an al qaeda plot on a u.s.-bound flight. plot on a u.s.-bound flight.

the prosperity shortfall echoes george h. w. bush in 1992 when he lost his reelection bid.istory to repeat itself, the president and his campaign have been on the attack, going after republican opponent mitt romney's record as a businessman. >> if your main argument on how to grow the economy is that i knew how to make a lot of money for investors then you are missing what this job is about. >> the obama campaign argues the job of president is to figure out how every american has a fair shot. romney calls president obama's attack on his business record in an attack on free enterprise and argues if the president refuses to accept responsibility for his failed policies. but there are signs mr. obama's argument may be working. the two are locked in a dead heat and only 19% of voters they believe -- believe they would be better off with a runny presidency. the obama campaign drives home its message in this ad portraying romney as a heartless corporate raider. >> mitt romney takes from the poor and middle class and give to the rich. ex-president obama says his campaign will keep

the prosperity shortfall echoes george h. w. bush in 1992 when he lost his reelection bid. not wanting history to repeat itself, president obama's campaign has been attacking from the's record as a businessman running ads portraying romney as a heartless corporate raider. romney argued the president refuses to accept responsibility for his failed economic policy, but there are signs mr. obama was the argument may be working. 19% of voters think they've would be better off under a president romney reporting live, tahman bradley. >> thank you. 62 degrees outside. >> still ahead, its first day on the sidelines for redskins coach mike shanahan. >> and a pair of dramatic waterfall rescues caught on tape. >> the u >> stunned tourists watched a man tried to commit suicide by plunging over niagara falls on monday. he survived the 180 footfall. rescue crews had to rappel down a rocky cliff near the horseshoe falls to reach the civilian demand, now becomes only the third person to live after going over the falls without any kind of safety device. >> check out this video. officials re

george w. bush is commenting on the upcoming presidential election. he endorsed romney yesterday joining his father, former president george h. w. his brother former florida governor jeb bush. unlike other high profile endorsements, this one kind of low key. bush voice his support to a reporter stepping into an elevator as he was getting ready to give a speech in downtown d.c. >>> we'll go live to fox business network in new york. effect costs more these days, you know. but here misgood news. the cost of coffee is going down. >> but here is some good news. >> we'll talk with lauren simonetti about that. some people love it. some people hate it. either way, it is getting a new home in palm springs, kasey kaufman. it is a sculpture called forever maryland. it was originally on display in the chicago where the web site virtual tourist ranked it number one on a list of the worst public art. some big legs there. >> look at those legs. >> palm springs will welcome the sculpture to its new home in a dedication ceremony later this month. i don't think it looks so bad. >> that wasn't the best angle. >> that looks good show. back in a mom

something that george h w bush never did in 1992. >> let's talk about the one big economic play whichas the stimulus. >> the chart you had up there was fiscal stimulus, and monetary stimulus. very interesting and important and not remarked upon enough i think, is that throughout this period of time, a voice favoring fiscal stimulus has always been the head of the federal reserve, ben bernierky, who said we are providing stimulus through low interest rates, and dying government debt, and we need help from the fiscal side. he has talked about the need for infrastructure spending. so basically the credit here goes to a combined effort to stimulate the economy and prop up private sector demand and we see the consequences and also by comparing it to the europe i don't knows who did the exact opposite. they said we'll pull back and create room for the private sector. the private sector was too weak. in the u.s. economy, with the help of fiscal stimulus we have private investment growing at 15% -- >> but the public job side has been completely cut off, in fact has diminished enormously. >> o

the history now and it's not long ago the members of converse suit in federal court to stop george h. w. bushrom waging a world war war i. this was my land to his of the -- it's called milanta to use of the screaming and but it's not supposed to be you alone. [applause] >> some members of congress were yelling that at him and actually decided to seek a federal court injunction to stop the war which is a crazy idea. the ruling from the judge in the case is a beautiful thing. it is really beautifully articulated. i could have essentially plagiarized it and made that the thus thesis statement of the book. but having concluded you are right and the president is doing stuff he's not supposed to be doing and this is the congress power of i can't stop him from doing anything. you as the contras have the power to stop him that this can't just be the bills and members of congress or whoever it was. you have to take action as congress which means you have to act by a majority vote within yourself as an institution to stop the president from doing this. do your job. it's a bucket of cold water but it's

the money to pay for the huge mortgage we2 had.p2p2p8p2p2pr at @2the front door was suddenl2 george h. w. bushbara bush. they had a bottle ofpr champagne and mugs.pr george says welcome to thepr neighborhood. he was a friend of mine. a good friend of mine. i supported him in 1988. in 1989 he invited me to the white house. it came down to a number of issues. one of them was, i saw what was happening to american manufacturing from the figures and to these jobs in manufacturing. and i had been a free trader. and i said wait a minute, let me take a look. i believe in this philosophy.p: i havep2 studied it and i follod it my whole life. and i saw the manufacturing jobs were leaving the country, factories were leaving the country, and these were a lot of folks that i had grown up with, my mother in pennsylvania, my uncles were asking me why i was free trade when it was killing all of these jobs. i took a look at that and came to a different point of view. the second thing was the end of the cold war. the cold war inspired me to go into journalism and politics, and government and the white house beca

conversations with reagan and george h. w. bush. >> thesenewt gingrich did not formally endorsed mitt romney for president. this is about 25 minutes. >> well, thank you all for coming. on may 11, we formally announced our candidacy. i want to thank everyone who helped through the last year. it has been an amazing year for the entire family. i want to thank kathy and paul. i want to thank jimmy and jackie, who brought with them, i think, the two best debate coaches. [applause] whenever i did well in the debates, i ascribe it to maggie and margaret, who were diligent in briefing me on the debates. -- maggie and robert. i want to thank calista's mother who faithfully watched this campaign online, filled with questions and wondering what exactly was going on. she put up with almost as much as we did. i also want to single out the over 179,000 donors who helped us at newt.org. i should single out my brother and his wife, who are here. randy has been all over the country, campaigning for me and i am very grateful. bob walker was our chai

nancy gibbs on private and public relationships of american presidents from truman and hoover to george h. w. bush and bill clinton sunday at 8:00 on c-span's q and a. >> over the past year c-span local content vehicle cities for has taken booktv and american history tv on the road from tampa to savannah, charleston to knoxville, last month in oklahoma city. the crews visited places that define a city's heritage and literary life. june 2nd and third watch for special programming from wichita, can this on american history tv on c-span2 and 3. >> the house armed services committee spent 16 hours this past week drafting its annual defense authorization bill. rick maze is a congressional editor with military time is joining us from capitol hill. what are the key issues lawmakers will be debating when the bill comes to the house floor? >> they are issues we have seen before. talking about afghanistan though at the end of the day and not much they will do. probably has a sense congress resolution on things we got to look at. the site once again about detainees at guantanamo bay and cuba. still the same

private and public relationships between the american presidents from truman and hoover, to george h. w. bushnd bill clinton, sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a". >> up next, a discussion about the 2012 election strategy, tactics, and issues. coralroot sat down with joe trippi. -- karl rove sat down with joe trippi. this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> we are delighted you are all here. we hope to do this three or four times during the year. it is great to have you all here for an interesting inaugural event. we have got two experts here -- karl rove, the star of stage and screen. before that, a deputy white house chief of staff and architect who -- architect of two winning presidential campaigns and also the architect of the revival of the republican party in texas. joe trippi is his sometimes debater on television. he is a noted democratic strategist, one of the elevators in the use of the internet and social media in political campaigns. also the man who helped to bring our being up close to winning the democratic nomination. >> arizona, new mexico. >> he was one shot away from the presidency.

every administration going back to george h. w bush is clear that the number one priority is the nuclear program, and united states welcomes reform, absolutely in north korea, but it has to come with denuclearization. the alliances in the region are positioned less than the alliance, and i don't think any of the allies, japan or south korea, let alone the united states, would be normalizing relations with a country that remains a nuclear weapon state, completely outside of the regime. it would basically destroy the non-proliferation treaty and regime and would have a dramatic effect on alliances in the region so this is the rubix cube that's difficult to match up and has been, you know, the basic problem every time we talk about a big deal, getting a big deal with north korea. >> host: i want to go back and talk about that. in the book you talk about issues related to deterrence and denuclearization. a lot of people thought if north korea conducted a test that constitutes a paradigm shift in the region. of course, you with there when n

that was george h. w. bush. the only time in my 31 years in congress when israel was frustrated at trying to get a policy through the congress was when president george h. w. bush ordered w. h., whatever -- [laughter] i don't want to denigrate him. israel sought loan guarantees to do one of the great things israel has done which is to assimilate the immigrants and george bush because is talk shamir said this land will remain jewish as far as the eye can see forever. i try to ameliorate that by staying shamir at that point was very short and very old and probably could not see that far. [laughter] the fact is that bush was able to block us from getting the loan guarantees, damaging israel. you also had the famous, and a remember anybody an obama administration been as openly negative about israel as secretary of state james baker when he said, if he wants to make peace call me on television and in fact there was one example in which the obama administration delivered for israel as well as any president ever had. g

that was the vision that margaret thatcher and george h. w. bush are not yet at peace or economically successful and most are not on track firmly in the e.u. and nato. that is unfinished business which russia will have some degree of activity. we want to get along with russia and work with russia for that end. secondly, this is why i don't understand why some people think russia is the number one adversary of the united states. we need russia and afghanistan. russia is helping resupply our forces in afghanistan. we have interest in promoting counterterrorism cooperation and narcotics cooperation. i would think iran which is right now of a number one national security issue of the united states, the iranian nuclear future. if you look at that constructs russia is the most important country at the table for the united states. china won't be helpful. european powers have limited influence. russia has a lot. there will be a end game on iran where we convince iran not to stop short of nuclear weapons, i would that the russian government will have a lot

prior to joining 60 minutes cbs news white house correspondent during the carter american, and george h. w. bush presidencies and served as moderator of the public affairs program. she has a connects -- collection of emmy awards for interviews and reporting, including a lifetime achievement emmy given in september 2003 and wrote her experiences covering washington and a book, reporting live. no, her latest gig is as one of the hosts of well radio on sirius. also joining tonight's program is joe klein who writes the weekly political column in the arena for time magazine and is a regular contributor to time on-line political blog swampland. a former washington correspondent for the new yorker, political reporter for newsweek, and political columnist for new york magazine. he is a two-time winner of the national had landreau board for best magazine column and the author of several books, including the acclaimed novel primary colors and most recently politics lost. how democracy was trivialized by people who think we're stupid. richard reeves is senior lecturer at the annenberg school for communicat

portrait has attracted an all smiles bipartisan crowd and many members of the bush family including former president george h. wot a debate over issues are between parties. it is a debate over whether the picture actually looks like the president and first lady. >> today politics and rhetoric took a backseat to greece and gratitude. >> to the president and misses bush, welcome back to the house to call home for eight years. >> he thanked his predecessor for easing the trans edition. >> you also left me a really good tv sports package. >> the 43rd president and former first lady unveiled the two paintings by the texas native. they had not been back in more than two years. today they were the stars. as for these official portraits a tradition that goes back to the first president george washington -- >> i am pleased my portrait brings an interesting symmetry to the white house collection. it now starts and ends with a george w.. >> that painting will hang it prominently and the formal entrance to the white house. meanwhile tomorrow, i guess it is back to politics as usual. >> maybe even tonight. thank you very mu

this we hear conversations with gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george h. w. bush. >> president obama was in afghanistan to sign an agreement with president karzai. he spoke about the plan of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. this is about 10 minutes. >> good evening. this is more than 7,000 miles from home. for over a decade, it has been close to our hearts. here and afghanistan, more than half a million of our sons and daughters of sacrifice to protect our country. today i signed a historic agreement between the united states and afghanistan that defined a new relationship between our countries. the future of which afghans are responsible for the security of their nation. we build an equal partnership between two states. a future in which war and a new chapters began. tonight i would like to speak about this transition. let us remember why we came here. it was here in afghanistan where osama bin laden established a safe haven for his terrorist organization. it was here where al qaeda brought new recruits, train them, and plotted new acts of terror. it was her

that was george h. w. bush. the only time in my 31 years in congress when israel was frustrated in trying to get a policy through the congress was when president george h. w. bush, he bought loan guarantees. israel wanted loan guarantees to do what the great things they have done which is to assimilate the immigrants. george bush blocked it. he blocked it because -- said that this will remain jewish forever. i try to ameliorate this that -- was very short, very old, and probably could not see that far. the fact is that bush was able to block us from getting a loan guarantees damage in israel. i don't remember anyone in the obama administration being as opening - as israel as secretary of state james baker who said, here is my phone number. if israel wants to make peace, call me. there is one example when the obama administration delivered for israel as well as any president ever has. you go back to about a year ago. you go back and look at the papers. there was this notion that there was going to be at the when a

hear conversations with gerald ford, reagan, and george h. w. bush.d.c., listen at 90.1 and cspanradio.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: this is david lampton. he is there china studies program director. secretary clinton and vice and are holding talks with china. what are they about? -- secretary clinton and secretary geithner are holding talks with china. what are they about? guest: economically, they are about trade relations. the mounting trade deficit the u.s. has. we need china to rebalance its economy as we are restructuring our economy. we will talk about how to proceed on a secured -- we will talk about how to proceed. on the security front, we talk about syria. number 3 always injects itself randomly into this yvette. -- event. host: do these topics stay the same when these talks are hosted? guest: the basket of issues keeps a certain continuity. there is a basket of cultural and human rights. there is the security basket. what is in the best it keeps changing, or somewhat changing. here's the economic basket and that keeps evolv

george w. bush. i promise not to raise the issue of george mcgovern if barney does not raise the issue of george h. w. bush. take a look at the actual real trust between us in 2012. >> thank you. >> could i ask bill one question? [applause] i was impressed with bill asking people to be open-minded during the election. >> we praise the obama administration for some things. >> i am a partisan. some people are not. >> if you have decided views about elements of public policy, and you do not know now whether you are going to vote for obama or romney, something is matter -- something is the matter with you. >> that is a full statement, honestly. i know people who do not know they are going to vote for, and they are not stupid people. they are conflicted. that is not an unreasonable thing. >> that is different from the open mindedness. that is different. there are a small number of people who tend to have those conflicting views. what you are saying is be opened and thewhole thing, se fact is most people know now who they are brought to vote for. there are no surprises coming. i read the focus groups that

this week, conversations with gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george h. w. bush. >> i have seemed to have earned a certain place where people will listen to me, and i have always. about the country, and "the greatest -- . about the country, and "the greatest generation gave me the opportunity. i thought i not -- and not off to squander that, and should step up as a journalist, but also as a father and grandfather, that if i see things that i should try to write this dialogue. >> in "the time of our lives" tom brokaw urges americans to redefine the american dream. sunday, your questions for the former anchor of the nbc nightly news. sunday, noon eastern, on c-span 's "booktv." >> "washington journal" continues. host: elana schor is a reporter with "environment and energy daily." a series of speeches link the obama administration's environmental policy with the economy. [video clip] >> the president wants to move into a new era. some of you may have seen earlier this week president obama was on "late night with jimmy fallon. he was asked if there was one thing you

hear conversations with gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george h. w. bush. on xm channel 119 and on c- span.org. sunday, on "q&a". >> i do not believe this is just a biography of lyndon johnson. this is what kind of political power. seeing what a president can do in a moment of great crisis, how he gathers and what does he do to get legislation moving, that is the way of examining power at a time of crisis. i want to do this in -- if takes 300 pages -- i want to do this in a book, it takes 300 pages. >> robert carol on "the years of lyndon johnson." look for our second hour of conversation with robert caro sunday, may 20. >> the justice department charged 107 doctors, nurses, and other health care providers in seven states with the health care fraud. they billed medicare more than $452 million in claims from delight -- fraudulently. >> the assistant criminal attorney and the directory -- deputy director of the fbi. and the devotee and as treasurer for -- deputy director for integrity. as of today, as part of a coordinated nationwide take down, the medicare f

from truman and hoover to george h. w. bush and bill clinton.unday at 8:00 on c-span. >> i thought it was important to write a book that took people's movements seriously. the movements that elected obama, how did they build over time? also, the tea party movement, which seemed to come out of nowhere. its origin. and occupy wall street. i thought those were important if things do look at from a we the people perspective. >> former white house adviser van jones on social movements in america today if. saturday night at 10:00 eastern. also, this weekend, the american spectator founder contends that modern liberalism is flawed and has no answers for today's political issues. sunday night at 11:00, on c-span 2. >> washington journal continues. > host: joining us is richard mourdock, who defeated senator richard lugar in the primary on tuesday. thanks for being with us. if we could, let's start with what we were talking about with our audience earlier this morning. that was president obama's statement endorsing gay marriage yesterday. guest: i was su

white house advisers this saturday, conversations with gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george hov bush. -- and george h. wbush. sunday on q&a -- >> i do not regard this as just the biography of lyndon johnson. i'm saying this is a kind of political power. see what a president can do in a time of great crisis. what does he do to get legislation moving? but as a way of examining power in a time of crisis. >> his multivolume biography of the 36 president this sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's q&a. and look for second hour of conversation. >> on this morning's "washington journal" paul light talked about bureaucracy in the federal government after the recent events with the secret service. we will watch this and to live coverage of newt gingrich. audio line: 202-783-0005* host: joining us from new york is paul light, a public service professor at new york university. good morning. how are you? guest: fine, how are you? host: fine. trying to send in your printout? guest: i never title the is op- ed's. i thought it was an appropriate title. it says we're not dealing with a basic, systemic problem to create the in

george h.w. bush. the only time in my 31 years in congress when israel was frustrated in trying to get a policy through the congress was when president george h. whatever, -- [laughter] i don't mean to denigrate. h. w. d block loan guarantees. israel sought loan guarantees to be one of the great things israel has done which is to assimilate the immigrants, and george bush blocked a key block it because yitzhak rabin had said this land will remain jewish press for as the eye can see forever. i tried to ameliorate that by pointing out the premiere at the poll is very short and very old, probably couldn't see that far. [laughter] but the fact is that bush was able to block us from getting the loan guarantees. damaging israel. he also other things, i come in but in the obama administration being as openly negative about israel as secretary of state james baker, when he said here's my phone number, if israel wants to make peace, call me, on television. in fact, it one sample in which the obama administration delivered for israel as was any president ever had to go back to about a year ago and you go back and look at the papers, and there was this not

on the private and public relationships of the american presidents, from dreman and hoover to george h. w. bushill clinton. sunday at 8:00 p.m. on q&a. >> an outline of efforts to help homeowners refinanced home mortgages. administration proposals include allowing universal refinancing of mortgages and covering of closing costs for underwater homeowners to refinance. this is just over 90 minutes. >> while the committee continues to be concerned about the long-term structure of the housing financing system, today's hearing takes a closer look at what the strategies are to improve the struggling housing market. during our hearing on the housing market, several witnesses, including secretary donovan, discussed the need to expand refinancing opportunities for grounders -- borrowers with their mortgage. i would like to discuss this in greater detail. in january, the federal reserve released a white paper entitled "the u.s. housing market: current conditions and policy considerations." in his paper, the fed contended that continued weekends in the housing market -- continued weakness in the housing m

. >> it may be the most exclusive club in the world, from truman and hoover to george h. w. bush and bill clinton, sunday. >> speaker john boehner outlined a legislative agenda for the u.s. house. when asked about obama's announcement of supporting same- sex marriage, boehner said he is for promoting jobs and cutting spending. >> good morning, everyone. just last week the american people received another depressant jobs report, just 115,000 americans found work while three times that many gave up looking for work. wages in a country -- wages in the country are flat, and gas prices are still way too high. it is graduation season, and today half of new college graduates are not able to find a job. between a weak job market, falling home prices, and the rising cost of living, the american people are getting squeezed. they're getting squeezed because of president obama's economic policies, which has failed. the house will do the work the american people expect us. last week we passed a bill to extend low student interest rates. the committee is under way to rebuild our and for a stre

prior to joining, she was cbs news white house correspondent during the carter, reagan, and george h. w. bushd served as moderator of the sunday public affairs program "face the nation." she has a collection of emmy awards for her interviews and reporting, including a lifetime achievement ami in september 2003 and wrote her experiences in a book, "reporting live." ver latest -- her latest gig is on sirius radio. and joe klein who writes "in the arena" for "time" magazine and is a regular contributor to "swampland." he is political reporter for "newsweek." he is a two-time winner for best magazine column and the author of several books including the acclaimed novel, "primary colors" and "democracy lost." richard reeves is senior lecturer at the annenberg school of communication at the university of southern california and an author and syndicated columnist. he is the former chief political correspondent of "the new york times" and a former national editor and columnist for "esquire." he has made six television films winning the m. e. and columbia -- emmy and columbia- dupont board. he is worki

this week, gerald ford, ronald reagan, and george h. w. bush. >> spend the weekend in oklahoma city with booktv and american history tv. check in on literary life with governor mary fowler's must read history books. the letter to america. rare books from galileo, the americas, and others. sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, oklahoma history on american history tv on c-span3. tour the oklahoma city bombing memorial, plus a look at african-american life in 1920's oklahoma and native american artifacts from the special collections at the oklahoma history center. the local content vehicle exports the cities across america. this weekend, oklahoma city on c-span2 and c-span3. >> at the justice department charged doctors and health care providers with medicare fraud. the jump -- the charges amount to more than $450 million. attorney general eric holder made the announcement. he was joined by health and human services secretary capping sebelius and other officials. this is about half an hour. >> deputy director, scheck -- sean joyce, gary cantrell, and peter

to president george h. w. busharbara, all the members of the bush family who are here, it is a great privilege to have you here today. and to president and mrs. bush, welcome back to the house that you called home for eight years. the white house is many things at once. it's a working office. it's a living museum. it's an enduring symbol of our democracy. but at the end of the day when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with a tremendous honor to actually live here. i think it's fair to say that every president is acutely aware that we are just temporary residence. that we are renters here. we are charged with the upkeep into our lease runs out. but we also leave a piece of ourselves in this place. and today with the unveiling of a portrait next to me, president and mrs. bush will take their place alongside the men and women who built this country, and those who worked to perfect it. it's been said that no one can ever truly understand what it's like being president until they sit

on the private and public relationships of the american presidents from truman and hoover to george h. w. bush and bill clinton. sunday at 8:00 on two and a. -- on "q and a." >> rick barton said the goal of his apartment -- department is task -- to have an impact in the force to months -- first few months. he spoke at the u.s. institute of peace where he discussed the need for u.s. organizations to think differently about conflict resolution. this is 35 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. thanks to all of you. i do feel as if i am home and i do feel as if u.s. institute of peace is our home. it is a great pleasure to be among some in the peace builders. all of you have dedicated so many wonderful years and superb efforts. as i look around the audience, i see people i have admired for a long time. your dedication, your professionalism, your perseverance. one of the things i'm finding in this new job is that tenacity seems to be fairly important quality. it is not one i would have necessarily have put at the top of my personal list but i am finding there must be more of that new england strain the

george bush. >> oh. >> and for the bonus point. which george bush? h. >> ws is the last one, and it is a crooner. and he used this song, and you have to listen to it, because then the words change, but listen to the original words for a second. ♪ he's got high hopes >> 1960s john kennedy campaign. that is frank sinatra. >> yes. that is the kennedy campaign, but listen to how the words were changed specifically for kennedy. ♪ back everybody wants to back jack and jack is on the right ♪ ♪ because he has high hopes ♪ he's got high hopes >> joe watkins, you have redeemed yourself at the nerdland table. you are the king of campaign songs. >> i would like a bell and use it to like bypass that bible thing, where is that leviticus. okay. romans 4. okay. >> and now, if you had a bonus song for each one of the presidential candidates in this year's race, and say they didn't have to be narrowed, and they could be like the french, what would be the song? >> for mitt romney, kayne west "stronger." and for president obama, i'd say madonna's "vogue." >> wau, wau, wau. >> i

george w. bush and his father, george h. bush. it was a private lunch before the country's 43rd president.s unveiled as well of the first lady laura bush. >> i'm pleased that my portrait brings an interesting cemetery to the white house collection. it now starts and ends with the george w. >> well, george w. bush has mostly stayed out of washington politics since the end of his presidency. >>> how do you spell success? just ask the 6-year-old laurie madison, even though she didn't make it to the national spelling bee or the final round, her performance stole the show. and susan was at the spelling wizard's news conference. that's right, today. >> reporter: the 6-year-old said that she will be on stage at next year's national spelling bee. >> oh yeah, i'll be back here next year, but i won't be the youngest. >> reporter: just half the size and age of most of her competitors, she is the youngest to qualify for the competition. and she proved that she could spell words that many adults cannot use in a sentence. [ applause ] >> she got tripped up on wednesday on a word that you might have to b