former president george h.w. bush and george w. bush will do the honors before game 4. before he was our last president, george w. bush was part owner of the texas rangers. >>> checking headlines around the bay area, final touches are being put on the new eastern bay bridge tower. the fourth and final tower started going up this morning. it will be a 16- to 20-hour process. crews were worried about wind delays and now rain might be the problem. >>> as tempting as it is to look, caltrans is warning drivers to keep your eyes on the road. >> 2, 3, all right! >> there we go. >>> bart breaking ground on the new line in the east bay today. it will run from the pittsburg- bay point station to antioch. the trains will be smaller than regular bart trains and will be scheduled to meet regular trains at the bay point station. service is expected to start in 2015. >>> this is what city official in san francisco don't want to see this halloween. they put the word out, there will be no party in the castro. it's the fourth year in a row the party has been cancelled after violence brok

the brand new aircraft carrier "george h.w. bushyst, retired army colonel jack jacobs, a medal of honor recipient got to go. i'm very jealous. it looked amazing. did you have fun on that boat? >> you can't call it a boat. it's a floating city. recently i got the rare and very exciting opportunity to spend a couple days aboard the "george h.w. bush." it was a real adrenaline rush. let's take a look. >> it's as long as the empire state building is tall. when it deploys for the first time next spring, 5500 sailors will call it their home. >> you keep forgetting you're out in the middle of the ocean. it's a floating city. >> we can feed over 15,000 meals a day. >> day and night, pilots perfect their skills, always hoping to snag one of the wires. though most of the action may appear to be on the flight deck, it's actually the men and women below who defend, maintain and navigate this $6.2 billion vessel. just ask helicopter pilot scott wallgood. >> everyone relies on each other. >> where does a ship like this fit in. we're spending a lo

george h.w. bush, i always felt, really loved texas but was of the northeast. george bush both loved texas and was of texas. and that says something. but i think more than any particular personal characteristics that were different, they were presidents at very different points in time. and i think if you recognize -- remember, i was in the white house on 9/11, so i was in the white house -- in 1-9. there wasn't any greater thrill than to be the white house specialist at the end of the cold war. it didn't get any better than that. countries were changing their social systems overnight. germany collide completely on western terms. we were on the end of a big historical era. sometimes i would have to remind my that had actually been taken in 1946 and 1947 and 1948 and 1949, and that if anybody had told you in any of those years when the italian communists won 48% of the vote and french communists 46% of the vote in 1946 or when the soviet union exploded a nuclear weapon five years ahead of schedule, if anybody had told you that on december 25, 1991 the hammer and

>> guest: when i joined george h.w. bush to palo alto, my father would move to palo alto after my mother had died and therefore living for three or four years, i learned that he had befriended the superintendent of the ravenswood school district, which is a poor school district, 99% minority school district, literally across the railroad tracks at stanford university. and she asked if i would speak at a graduation. it's a middle-school graduation because they had no high school. they said to her, i said this is an awfully elaborate graduation for middle-school. and she said that's because 70% of these kids, this is the last graduation. they're never going to finish high school. and i thought my goodness, that's really awful. and then i felt somewhat embarrassed i'd been at stanford all of those years and it really never been involved in these issues. if palo alto was a place he just avoided because it was a place of drive-by shootings and a so i went back and some friends and i form something called the center for generation

bill clinton you often times see with former president george h.w. bush. etimes you see him with geor george w. bush. he's much more peaceful now. at the same time, we have to remember what fires voters up today is whether or not they have money to spend, whether or not they're working. as long as you have unemployment nationally at 9.6% and in some states in double digits, you're going to have a lot of angry americans. they'll be voting on the people responsible for it. those people are going to feel it on election day. >> joe, let me stay with you for a second. it's not just the unemployment numbers. it's also the conservative media. when clinton was around, as chuck todd was saying, and i was saying, they pummeled him. they went after him day in and day out. now that obama is in charge, they pummel him. so it's a matter of who fox news is more angry at that gets people riled çup, i think. >> it is true some news organizations are accused of having a bias one way or the other. the reality is when you're the president of the united states, and i worked at

washington university, and a former federal prosecutor for the department of justice during the george h.w. bush and clinton administrations. paul clement, solicitor general in the george w. bush administration, and now an attorney in private practice in washington. and as always, marcia coyle of the "national law journal." welcome to all of you. >> thank you. >> suarez: marcia, this term is already historic even if nothing else happens, right? >> absolutely. >> suarez: you were at the court today. what happened? >> it was an unusual and usual day. unusual that the chief justice formally closed the old term, and opened the new term. and unusual because justice elena kagan stepped through the vel set kur stains and became the third woman to be -- the velvet curtains and became the third woman to be sitting on the court. the courtroom was full. there were a number of spectators from the public. as well as a number of lawyers who traditionally come to these -- to be sworn into the supreme court bar. >> suarez: did she participate? >> she did. she was first out of the gaest with a question, as i thi

. >>> now to an msnbc exclusive, the brand new aircraft carrier george h.w. bush tons of american diplomacy and our own military analyst retired army colonel jack jack jacobs got a rare and close look at this. this was a pretty good assignment for you to get, wasn't it? >> yeah. it was really lucky. i was lucky enough to spend two days aboard the navy's newest and most sophisticated aircraft carrier. let's take a look. >> as wide as the empire stale building is tall, 5500 sailors will call it their home next spring. >> it really is a floating city. >> we just eat over 15,000 meals a day. >> day and night, pilots perfect their skills, always hoping to snag one of the wires. though most of the action may appear to be on the flight deck, it's actually the men and women below who defend, maintain and navigate this $6.2 billion vessel. just ask helicopter pilot scott walgren. >> there are unit owes this ship that can operate in a vacuum. every one of the lives count on each other. >> where does a ship like this fit in given the nature of warfare today? >> we're spendin

transportation secretaries of both political parties, sam skinner, who served under president george h.w. bushorm mineta, served in the cabinets of both president clinton and president george w. bush. they're here today because they are passionate about this task. their cooperation and, indeed this country's very history, proves that this is something for which there has traditionally been broad bipartisan support. so sam and norm have been leading a bipartisan group of more than 80 experts who last week released a call to action, demanding a fundamental overhaul of how america approaches funding and building our infrastructure. and today my treasury department, my council of economic advisers, have released our own study. these reports confirm what any american can already tell you, our infrastructure is woefully inefficient and it is outdated. for years, we have deferred tough decisions, and today our aging system of highways and byways, air routes, rail lines hinder our economic growth. today, the average average american household forced to spend more on transportation each year than food.

he served under george h.w. bush. he's a republican. m mineta who served president clinton and president george w. bush. he is a democrat. i repeat, a democrat who served in the cabinet of the george w. bush administration. infrastructure is so bipartisan, it's not even bipartisan. it's not even nonpartisan. it's like apartisan. and it often looks like that. we have often had cross-party transportation secretaries, democrats serving republicans, republicans serving democrats. it's because infrastructure, particularly transportation infrastructure, has been one issue that both sides have, in the big picture, sort of agreed on. even as recently as the very partisan fight over the stimulus, many republicans argued, we need more infrastructure. >> we do need more money on infrastructure spending. we need more on the infrastructure. we need more on the infrastructure. >> there's 7% of this on infra -- on infrastructure out of $825 billion. we have an opportunity to double the amount of infrastructure money. >> we had an $825 billion bill, abo

transportation secretaries of both political parties, sam skinner, who served under president george h.w. bush, and norman net that, they're here today because they are passionate about this task. their cooperation and, indeed, this country's very history proves that this is something for which there has traditionally been broad by partisan support. sam and norm have been leading a group of 80 experts who just last week released a call to action, demanding a fundamental overhaul of how america approaches funding and building our infrastructure and today my treasury department and council of economic advisers have released our own study. these reports confirm what any american can already tell you, our infrastructure is woefully inefficient, and it is outdated. for years, we have deferred tough decisions, and today our aging system of highways and byways hind our economic growth. the average american house hold is forced to spend more on transportation each year than food. our roads, clogged with traffic, cost us $80 billion a year in lost productivity and wasted fuel. our airports, choked with

and apparently -- >> george h.w. bushan. >> he is a great man. >> far, far different from john mccain. polar opposites. >> that's true. >>> coming up, they are just a couple of regular guys talking politics. not so fast. politico has the details behind the making of this new ad in the west virginia senate race. it's a good one. >>> also david axelrod goes on letterman and offers a few thoughts on the republican front runners in 2012. >>> first bill karins with a quick check on the forecast. >> airports are looking just fine today. this is one of the most tranquil weather patterns we're going to see in a long time across the country. if you have any travel through the weekend i don't think the weather will cause you any issues. in new york city one little last shower riding through manhattan and brooklyn. this rain out of here in a hurry and dry the rest of the day. the if you're heading up to hudson valley, they will get showers but that's it. forecast improves throughout the day in all of new england. you'll love the for

. >> in houston, president george h.w. bush. eli manning putting on a show. blow out the texans in houston 34-10. giants are 3-2. >> they're in the hunt. >> they're okay. >>> the cowboys are not okay. hosting tennessee, tony romo struggled through for a ton of yardage, had key interceptions including this one. desperation time. not much of a shot. down seven. threw an interception that sealed the game. titans beat the cowboys 34-27. dallas 1-3, last in the nfc east. >> what's wrong with dallas? >> they stink. is that a good analysis? they can't stop anybody for one thing. romo is putting up big numbers but throwing interceptions, too. >>> this is a big story all over the web. tonight big monday night game, the minnesota vikings visiting the jets. brett favre, the vikings quarterback used to play for the jets. according to reports the nfl is aggressive live reviewing allegation that is favre sent inappropriate text messages and photos to a former jets employee a couple years ago. according to deadspin.com, former sideline reporter general stur jer received tex

i think it's a huge step towards george h.w. bush's new world order of corporate corol of anything. because of that ruling, the window of opportunity where a citizen's vote will count is closing rapidly. soon it will not matter what the average citizen thinks because the propaganda on the television will be bought and shaped. their opinions will be bought and shaped so that this country will effectively be done for. this law must be overturned if this nation wants to survive. >> thank you, mr. drown. >> based on this ruling, one of the recurring conversations i have around the state of arkansas, people are starting to revisit repealing the 17th amendment. i am for transparency, but by repealing the 17th amendment and allowing our state legislature to once again appoint that are going to washington, d.c., we have term limits in our state among the ate lars. it would not be a recurring cycle with sending the same people to washington, d.c. that is is why based on our candidates they are very troubled with the ruling and they are looking to other means to bring the control back to them

i think it's a huge step towards george h.w. bush'sew world order of corporate control of anything. because of that ruling, the window of opportunity where a citizen's vote will count is closing rapidly. soon it will not matter what the average citizen thinks because the propaganda on the television will be bought and shaped. their opinions will be bought and shaped so that this country will effectively be done for. this law must be overturned if this nation wants to survive. >> thank you, mr. drown. >> based on this ruling, one of the recurring conversations i have around the state of arkansas, people are starting to revisit repealing the 17th amendment. i am for transparency, but by repealing the 17th amendment and allowing our state legislature to once again appoint that are going to washington, d.c., we have term limits in our state among the state lars. it would not be a recurring cycle with sending the same people to washington, d.c. that is is why based on our candidates they are very troubled with the ruling and they are lookin

george h.w. was the last republican i voted for for president, the national debt has quadrupled under reagan, bush, bush, quayle and the bush-cheney, bush-cheney. and i'm wondering what conservatism thinks about the fight that supply economics has not worked as the one justice spoke of, and i'd like to know -- i'm frayed -- i'm afraid that the tea party, minus -- host: david keene, why don't you jump in? guest: i think i discussed the tax question. let's look at the deficit spending and the debt. from the beginning of american history until the end of the bush administration, i think we had a debt of about $5 trillion which is an awful lot of money. it took all those years to do that. and during the eight years of the bush administration it went up $1 trillion, which i find outrageous. during the less than two years of the obama administration, it's gone up another $3 trillion. so without defending george w. bush's fiscal policies, i sometimes said, when we got upset with george w. bush we thought he was the continuation of f.d.r. now, in comparison to obama it looks like if he was calvin coolidge