(applause) appointed by president george h.w. bush and rose to become arizona's chief federal judge. (applause) his colleagues described him as the hardest working judge within the ninth circuit. he was on his way back from attending mass-- as he did everyday-- when he decided to stop by and say hi to his representative. john had survived by his loving wife maureen, his three sons and his five beautiful grandchildren (applause) george and dorothy morris-- dot to her friends-- were high school sweethearts who got married and had two daughters. they did everything together: traveling the open road in their r.v., enjoying what their friends called a 50-year honeymoon. saturday morning they went by the safeway to hear what their congresswoman had to say. when gunfire rang out, george-- a former marine-- instinctively tried to shield his wife. (applause) both were shot. dot passed away. a new jersey native, phyllis schneck retired to tucson to beat the snow. but in the summer she would return east where her world revolved around her three

save it you know but it's a continuation it doesn't matter if it's hillary clinton barack obama george h.w. bush george w. bush bill clinton whoever it is if it were al gore if it were i don't know sarah palin they would still would have been doing this because it is months santo who executes retaliation against europe for rejecting their seeds now not hillary clinton it's months well or clinton of course as you know bringing up as i remember famously she was like oh we don't want blackwater the mercenaries on the american payroll and commit you know extraordinary rendition and access to nations overseas on behalf of our corporate clients we don't want them anymore and then when she is secretary of state of course she's got a right there and that's why they call like monsanto of course turns out to blackwater and of course are being sold and turned over there on the payroll of these corporation a. cancer on the payroll months until they can call up. blackwater one of the mercenary do sure is and say hey hey killers over there are you working for us extra legally outside of all the rule of law go

june roll was appointed to the federal bench by president george h.w. bush back in 1991. >> a somber looking nancy pelosi led a moment of silence in an event in san francisco tonight. lisa amin gulezian joins us with more on that. >> lisa: it was supposed to be an annual celebration with her constituents, but it was clear, pelosi and other government leaders were having a hard time and were shaken by what happened. >> today is a very sad day for our country. >> reporter: some of the state's strongest leaders struggled to find the words to express their concern over fellow congress penn gabrielle giffords. nancy pelosi met with her cob sit opportunities today during an annual event. at the top of the mine was arizona's congresswoman. >> our prayers and thoughts are with all of them, all of their families, congresswoman giffords is a great patriotic american. >> i'm shocked, terribly, terribly sad. >> reporter: east bay congressman john knows giffords well. they share the same style of communication with their constituents, and both hold congress on your corne

appointed by president george h.w. bush and rose to become arizona's chief federal judge. his colleagues described him as the hardest working judge within the 9th circuit. he was on his way back from attending mass. as he did every day. when he decided to stop by and say hi to his representative. john is survived by his loving wife maureen, his three sons and his five beautiful grandchildren. george and dorothy morris got to be friends, high school sweethearts who had two daughters. they did everything together. traveling the open road in their r.v., enjoying what their friends called a 50-year honeymoon. saturday morning, they gathered to hear what their congresswoman had to say. when they heard gunshot ring out, george, her husband, tried to instinctively shield his wife. both were shot. dot passed away. a new jersey native, phyllis schneck, retired to tucson to beat the snow. but in the summer, she would return east where her world revolved around her three children her seven grandchildren and 2-year-old great granddaughter. a gifted quilter, she'd often work under her

recommended for the federal bench by john mccain 20 years ago. [ applause ] appointed by president george h.w. bush and rose to become arizona's chief federal judge. his colleagues described him as the hardest working judge within the 9th circuit. he was on his way back from attending mass, as he did every day. when he decided to stop by and say hi to his representative. john is survived by his loving life, maureen, his three sons and his five beautiful grandchildren. [ applause ] george and dorothy morris were high school sweet hearts who got married and had two daughters. they did everything together. traveling the open road in their rv, enjoying what their friends called a 50-year honeymoon. saturday morning, they went by the safeway to hear what their congresswoman had to say. when gunfire rang out, george, a former marine, instinctively tried to shield his wife. [ applause ] both were shot. dot passed away. a new jersey native, phyllis schneck, retired to tucson to beat the snow. but in the summer, she would return east where her world revolved around her three children, her seven grandchildre

. >> how did you get to know george h.w. bush? >> i write thrillers. i talk to imaginary people. i got a fan letter written by george h.w. bush. i don't care what your politics are, you are the former president, you write me a letter, i'll send you a free book. >> brad meltzer is our guest. first call. maryland, go ahead, please. >> caller: yes, brad, i wanted to thank you for creating such a wonderful book. i think it's extremely important that people really understand that, you know, the heros are not just the people that are famous. but i like that you did put in people who are not famous. and kids would have an opportunity, not only your son, but anyone who's giving this gift to their family to let them know that ordinary people not only can do extraordinary things, but also be truly extraordinary. by pursuing their goals, dreams, going after it, trying to make a difference. i want to thank you for this. that's something that i share with my family. >> thank you. >> host: who's your hero? >> caller: my hero is my mother. she was an african-american woman from the south, had a

. >> how did you get to know george h.w. bush. >> one day i got a letter from a real person who said i like your books a lot and it was a fan letter but it was written by george h.w. bush. and i don't care what you're a politics you're the president and you wrote me a letter and i'll send you a free book. >> first call on heroes, maryland. go ahead, please >> caller: yes. i wanted to thank you for creating such a wonderful book. i think it's extremely important that people really understand that, you know, the heroes are not just the people who are famous but i like that you did put in people who are not famous. and a kid who has an opportunity not only your son but anyone who's giving this gift to their family to let them know that ordinary people, not only can do extraordinary things but also be truly extraordinary by pursuing their goals and dreams and really going after and trying to make a difference so i want to thank you for this and it's something that i share with my family. >> thank you. >> who's your hero? >> caller: m

he's worked closely with presidents jimmy carter, ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush and now president obama who, in 2009, invited mubarak to the oval office. >> i'm grateful to president mubarak for his visit, for his willingness to work with us on these critical issues. >> reporter: issues ranging from middle east peace to the war in iraq to iran's nuclear weapons program. despite that close relationship, the u.s. has little control over mubarak's actions now. today, using what leverage it has, the white house warned egypt it's considering cutting foreign aid. during the three decades of mubarak's rule, egypt has ranked second in u.s. aid, with a staggering $68 billion. mubarak's survival is impossible to predict and, even if he does, his plan to make his son his heir apparent is now in serious jeopardy. that uncertainty has the white house walking a tightrope. >> clearly we've got to walk a fine line between supporting democracy and the principles we espouse and supporting countries and allies that have been long- standing friends to t

recommended for the federal bench by john mccain 20 years ago ( applause ) appointed by president george h.w. bush, and rose to become arizona's chief federal judge ( applause ) his colleagues described him as the hardest working judge within the 9th circuit. he was on his way back from attending mass, as he did every day, when he decided to stop by and say hi to his representati representative. john is survived by his loving wife, maureen; his three sons; and his five beautiful grandchildren. ( applause ) george and dorothy morris-- "dot" to her friends-- were high school sweethearts who got married and had two daughters. they did everything together-- traveling the open road in their r.v., enjoying what their friends called a 50-year honeymoon. saturday morning, they went by the safeway to hear what their congresswoman had to say. when gunfire rang out, george, a former marine, instinctively tried to shield his wife. ( applause ) both were shot. dot passed away. a new jerseyinate itch, phyllis schneck, retired to tucson to beat the snow, but in the summer, she would return east where her world r

president george h.w. bush and his circle, his commanders, all at one table, at one time. we'll show you some of that just moments from now. but again tonight, we begin in tucson, arizona, and again tonight another positive progress report on the recovery of congresswoman gabby giffords. leaving the hospital tomorrow, actually coming to houston for rehabilitation, we begin tonight with nbc's kristen welker in tucson. kristen, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the congresswoman's husband said he chose that rehabilitation center because it is top-notch and close to where he lives and works. the astronaut, like this community, now preparing for the next phase of his wife's recovery. on a day when religious leaders gathered for a prayer service at the crime scene, mark kelly announced his wife is ready to be moved to houston for rehabilitation. >> she's a strong person, a fighter. i mean she is a fighter like, you know, nobody else that i know. >> reporter: kelly says his wife is so tenacious, she is trying to speak, and has shown other encouraging signs. >> she'

he was appointed by a george h.w. bush when he was president, but he was a moderate. now he also lived through fallout for making some unpopular rulings. it was just two years ago that he received multiple death threats, and he was temporarily assigned a security detail after he had ruled that a group of illegal immigrants could go forward with their lawsuit against an arizona rancher. at the time, he told the "arizona republic," "i am a very strong believer that there is nothing wrong with criticizing a judicial decision, but when it comes to threats, that is an entirely different matter." and, jan, do we know that the shooter was targeting the judge, or did he even realize the judge was at this event? >> no, katie, and judge roll may have been at the wrong place at the wrong time. we don't know a motive at this point. chief justice john roberts today in a statement called him a wise jurist who had "selflessly served arizona and the nation," and he said his death today was "a somber reminder of the importance of the rule of law and the sacrifices of those who work to

other recent presidents at the two- year mark have ranged from 41% for ronald reagan to 84% for george h.w. bushand about the hot issue in congress this week, 40% of americans say the health care reform law should be repealed. that's down from 45% in november. a move by house republicans to repeal the law is going nowhere. even so, they passed a resolution today, directing house committees to get to work on new health reform legislation. the vote was 253-175, with 14 democrats joining the majority. in the meantime, the reform plan the president signed into law last year is starting to kick in. where do things stand? tonight we put that in focus. >> reporter: we went to the los angeles forum. we got there very early in the morning, around 2:30, 3:00, and already, there was a line of people. the point of the event was to provide free medical care to people in need. >> couric: in all, more than 5,000. >> we are done. ( applause ) ten months after the affordable care act became law, many americans still rely on charities like this. implementing reform is just beginning. >> reporter: it was shocking.

her flagship is the "uss george h.w. bushere the average age of the crew is under 20. >> it takes every single person doing their job for all the pieces to come together to be able to accomplish what we're doing right now. and we stay motivated. >> these pilots know these guys are the professionals with all the pride and they can trust them 100%. >> you and i both have had experiences, military experiences this year, and it does make you all the more, just respectful of what these men and women do each and every day and the sacrifices they make. >> i think i read somewhere that the deck of an aircraft carrier is one of the most, if not the most dangerous work environment in the world. >> they call it the tip of the spear when it comes to fighting wars. >> you flew the f-18 which may also be what i experienced with the u.s. men's bobsled team. remember that story? led by steve hole come it made history last year by capturing the gold medal in vancouver. he also let me take a trip on a bobsled, and i still haven't recovered fro

. >>> this week marks 20 years since then president george h.w. bush announced the start of operation desert storm. a million u.s. and allied servicemembers took part in the six-week campaign to drive iraqi forces out of kuwait, which iraq had invaded earlier. today mr. bush and top official from his administration will reunite at texas a & m university for a roundtable discussion. >> can't believe it's been 20 years. wow. >>> 6:40. you're not imagining it. traffic is worse than ever. we'll tell you where bay area drivers rank when it comes to wasting time behind the wheel. >> plus, remembering paul the octopus. the special tribute for the eight legged oracle who stole the show at the world cup. >> i hope they didn't stuff him. ,,,,,,,, the next, you start one feeling a bit off.ne. the moment you feel run down or achy, nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. you gave us the space age... but your savings accounts are stuck in the stone age! earn more commodore

front page of "usa today" this morning, the cover story is an interview with former president george h.w. busho served with the ronald reagan. "recalling the private real genius man that he was." it begins, "when george bush first met ronald reagan, he instantly liked his political rival and partner." host: more on that interview in just a little bit. also in the "usa today" op-ed section, they're talking to several different government officials about their feelings regarding the reagan legacy. the first is from president obama. "reagan saw we are all patriots ." "he recognize that each of us has power to shape our own destiny. he has faith in the american promise and the importance of reaffirming values like hard work and personal responsibility." host: we are talking about the reagan legacy 30 years later. texas, our first call this morning on the "washington journal." craig on the line for independents. go ahead. caller: thank you for c-span. i'm a vietnam veteran. i was also stationed out of california. i knew reagan as a governor and as a president. like most presidents, there's a good,

under preident bush, george h.w. bush, we didn't override any veto of his and we incurred an additional trillion dollars. that was $2.5 trillion plus. under the clinton administration , of course, economic program as you and i both know that your party universally opposed, we had a surplus. the only president in your lifetime and i think in mine, which is substantially longer, that's had four years of surplus. now, i know you say, response that mr. dreier gave to me is that well, yes, we took over the congress in 1995. that's correct. and of course not only did you take over the congress in 1995 but in 2000 you took over the presidency as well and controlled the house and the senate and the presidency. and during that period of time we didn't pass any appropriation bills on our side. you were in full charge during the bush administration, first six years, and $3.5 trillion of deficit spending was incurred making a total of over $5 trillion of deficit spending during the time that your party took the position that we didn'

they're less interested under george h.w. bush, still spending billions of dollars, but not for the big astroturf global shield that was going to block every missile. >> host: by the way, can you just tell the lovely vignette in your book about how lockheed helped, helped fake a star wars test to keep the star wars budget going in the late reagan era? >> guest: well, yes. they were sort of looking for some successes -- >> host: they had a lot of failures, and there was a lot of skepticism out there. people were getting tired of star wars already. >> guest: it's really worth spending this money, we can make this thing work. so they had a thing called the homing overlay experiment which unfurled like an umbrella and was supposed to block the incoming warheads. so what they did, initially it was thought that they actually were going to blow up the warheads as they came in. you know, and then the second idea was, well, put a signal on it that says here i am, here i am, come and get me. finally, what they did was they heated the warhea

former president, george h.w. bush will meet with former vice president dan quayle at the bush presidential library. >>> gabrielle giffords is scheduled to be transferred to a rehab center in houston as early as tomorrow. the hospital spokesperson says she's able to stand with some help. this progress comes less than two weeks after she was shot in the head. giffords' family says they want to move her to houston, that's where her husband, who is an australia, who is training right now to leave the space shuttle "endeavour's" final flight in april. in the meantime, the grand jury indicted jared loughner. in all, though, six people were killed in that january 8th rampage. more time is needed to prepare indictments against loughner for murder. for now the most serious charge against him is attempted assassination. that could send him to prison for life. the 22-year-old man is scheduled to be arraigned on monday. >>> 7:19. tomorrow is a critical day in the hillsdale high pipe bomb case. two doctors are set to testify wheth

there is a picture of help and george h.w. bush. there are people who have been through a bunch of different administrations. i hate to talk about it real large because sometimes it's, you know -- sometimes -- i don't think the example necessarily carries as easily. >> does this administration believe that having some of the advisors who were responsible -- >> look, whether it's jack, whether -- dr. summers who had been here before secretary geithner served also in the clinton administration and others who and jason, there are folks that have important experience. and i think that's good to have, you know. they understand and have -- they have, as i said, they have important experiences. they understand what the job entails. >> there is some discussion about you staying on in the administration, but not as press secretary. i'm wondering why you decided not to go that route? was it a matter of being too tired or not finding the right portfolio? >> i had some -- i think the best service that i can provide this president is for the nex

president george h.w. bushs of terrorists nine years ago. thanks to a group of intrepid college journalism students. they released "the pearl project." martha raddatz has the story. >> reporter: daniel pearl was a young, wickedly smart reporter about to be a father when he was kidnapped in 2002. his beheading put on the internet by his captors for the world to see. there have been many investigations since and a hollywood movie, but nothing compares to this. 32 journalism students at georgetown university spent 3 1/2 years uncovering the truth. >> it took waking up in the middle of night to make these phone calls to pakistan. we slept on the floor at the office, in the classroom n our professor's office. >> i learned the true definition of a cold call. >> reporter: khalid shaikh mohammed, the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, had confessed to slitting danny pearl's throat, but only after he had been waterboarded nearly 200 times. raising questions about whether he had told the truth. the students kept probing. th

president truman, kennedy, johnson, nixon, ford, carter, george h.w. bush, clinton and george w. bush as well as president obama oppose this repeal bill. the speaker pro tempore: all time of the gentleman from south carolina has expired. the majority leader. mr. cantor: i yield myself the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, america did not become great by accident. we are a great country because we continue to strive toward the protection and expansion of individual liberties in a way that people cannot find anywhere else in the world. our system of free enterprise inspires people to pursue opportunity, to take responsibility for their lives, and to achieve success. yet for the past two years, congress and the administration have pushed an agenda that moves america in the opposite direction by eroding individual freedoms. it's part of a philosophy premised upon government. siphoning more money, control, and power out of the private sector. and the health care bill we seek to appeal -- repeal today is the tip of the spear.

president truman, kennedy, johnson, nixon, ford, carter, george h.w. bush, clinton and george w. bush as well as president obama oppose this repeal bill. the speaker pro tempore: all time of the gentleman from south carolina has expired. the majority leader. mr. cantor: i yield myself the remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, america did not become great by accident. we are a great country because we continue to strive toward the protection and expansion of individual liberties in a way that people cannot find anywre else in the world. our system of free enterprise inspires people to pursue opportunity, to take responsibility for their lives, and to achieve success. yet for the past two years, congress and the administration have pushed an agenda that moves america in the opposite direction by eroding individual freedoms. it's part of a philosophy premised upon government. siphoning more money, control, and power out of the private sector. and the health care bill we seek to appeal -- repl today is the tip of the spear. mr.

under president bush, george h.w. bush, we didn't override any veto of his and we incurred an additional trillion dollars. that was $2.5 trillion plus. under the clinton administration , of course, economic program as you and i both know that your party universally opposed, we had a surplus. the only president in your lifetime and i think in mine, which is substantially longer, that's had four years of surplus. now, i know you say, response that mr. dreier gave to me is that well, yes, we took over the congress in 1995. that's correct. and of course not only did you take over the congress in 1995 but in 2000 you took over the presidency as well and controlled the house and the senate and the presidency. and during that period of time we didn't pass any appropriation bills on our side. you were in full charge during the bush administration, first six years, and $3.5 trillion of deficit spending was incurred making a total of over $5 trillion of deficit spending during the time that your party took the position that we didn'

do you remember george h.w. bush and he said, "read my lips. no new taxes"?soon as he agreed to the tax increases, the spent more money. host: what about 1994 when bill clinton was in there and they agreed to spending cuts and they were able to raise taxes, as well, and then there was a balanced budget? caller: no, if you will recall, this excess collection of social security is what balanced the budget. host: thank you. you and others might be interested in robert samuelson 's column in "the washington post" this morning. he says -- host: sarasota, florida. joe on the line for independents. what do you think? caller: how come we are not taxing companies from other countries that sent their products here -- taxing them more, instead of raising our taxes? they tax us higher than we tax them. host: are talking about tariffs? caller: exactly. we are getting products from them for extremely cheap. to make up for that, we are raising our taxes to make up the difference. how come the game is not fair? politicians do not talk about that. donald trump even talks abou

under president bush, george h.w. bush, we didn't override any veto of his and we incurred an additnal trillion dollars. that was $2.5 trilon plus. under the clinton administration , of course, economic program as you and i both know that your party universally opposed, we had a surplus. the only president in your lifetime and i think in mine, which is substantially longer, that's had four years of surplus. now, i know you say, response that mr. dreier gave to me is that well, yes, we took over the congress in 1995. that's correct. and of course not only did you take over the congress in 1995 but in 2000 you took over the presidency as well and controlled the house and the senate and the presidency. and during that period of time we didn't pass any appropriation bills on our side. you were in full charge during the bush administration, fst six years, and $3.5 trillion of deficit spending was incurred making a total of over $5 trilli of deficit spending during the time that your party took the position that we didn't have a

brian williams had the unique opportunity to reflect on the war with then president george h.w. bushu? do you remember physically the moment you learned t eed that id gone into kuwait? >> i think brent told me that. >> he was lying on a massage table. >> you better explain that. >> he was getting his evening massage in the white house when i came in and told him. it was about 8:00, something like that. >> we were surprised because all our friends over there predicted that they wouldn't do it. i mean, they would not go on into the country. >> what about saddam? you also chose, your call, to personalize the war and the media, of course, picked right up on that. bush versus saddam. he's dead now, been executed. how often do you think about him? >> not so much anymore. i mean, he was a bad guy. we have seen that in a lot of other ways since then. it wasn't as personal with me. it was just the whole idea that they went in there and took over this other country. >> i think it would be appropriate to use all the arguments because we were doing the right thing. and so there's nothing wrong w

h.w. bush -- excuse me george h.w. bush.philosophical shot heard round the country. our moderator tonight, linda greenhouse, who i authority quoted liberally is one of the foremost authorities on the supreme court, reported by the court for the "new york times" from 1978-1998 she won the pulitzer prize in 1988. she now teaches at yale law school. the recent "new york times" op-ed about the three former justices, john paul stevens, sandra day o'connor and david souter, she noted that, quote, there should capacity for blunt talk. end of tonight's speakers she writes free from the strictures of incumbency and the need to garner concurring votes, each is in a public position to help the public understand a bit more about how a supreme court justice thanks, as well as about the supreme court itself, its processes and its challenges. with that in mind please join me in welcoming justice sandra day o'connor, justice david souter, and our moderator, linda greenhouse. [applause] >> thank you. it's a personal thrill to be here, really

front page of "usa today" this morning, the cover story is an interview with former president george h.w. bush, who served with the ronald reagan. "recalling the private real genius man that he was." it begins, "when george bush first met ronald reagan, he instantly liked his political rival and partner." host: more on that interview in just a little bit. also in the "usa today" op-ed section, they're talking to several different government officials about their feelings regarding the reagan legacy. the first is from president obama. "reagan saw we are all patriots ." "he recognize that each of us has power to shape our own destiny. he h faith in e american promise and the importance of reaffirming values like hard work and personal responsibility." host: we are talking about the reagan legacy 30 years later. texas, our first call this morning on the "washington journal." craig on the line for independents. go ahead. caller: thank you for c-span. i'm a vietnam veteran. i was also stationed out of california. i knew reagan as a governor and as a president. like most presidents, there's a good,

under president bush, george h.w. bush, we didn't override any veto of his and we incurred an additional trillion dollars. that was $2.5 trillion plus. under the clinton administration , of course, economic program as you and i both know that your party universally opposed, we had a surplus. the only president in your lifetime and i think in mine, which is substantially longer, that's had four years of surplus. now, i know you say, response that mr. dreier gave to me is that well, yes, we took over the congress in 1995. that's corct. and of course not only did you take over the congress in 1995 but in 2000 you took over the presidency as well and corolled the house and the senate and the presidency. and during that period of time we didn't pass any appropriation bills on our side. you were in full charge during the bu administration, first six years, and $3.5 trillion of deficit spending was incurred making a total of over $5 trillion of deficit spending during the time that your party took the position that we didn't have