you heard the governor mention george marshall, who went on to become the secretary of state and authorthe marshal plan. that is what the president both, i'm sorry the governor, in the beginning and at the end of his speech he pointed to the contributions that george marshal made to world affairs. that is part of reason for the setting of this speech. talk about it now with michael oh hanlon, i'm sorry, the coauthor of bending history, barack obama's foreign policy. senior from brookings institution. general bob scale, retired general and fox news military analyst. general scales, to you first, he suggested that a more muscular foreign policy especially with regards to the middle east is needed right now. did you hear it that way? >> boy i sure did, jon. one of the things. this is the first speech i hear him give where he establishes a clear difference from the administration. he focuses exclusively on the middle east and not on china and russia. secondly his tone is more strident and confrontational. a clear swing from the soft power approach of this administration over to a more strid

it is familiar to general george marshall. in his time, actions of world war was torn between democracy and despotism. we had leaders of courage and vision, both republicans and democrats, who knew that america had to support friends who shared our values and prevent today's crisis of tomorrow's conflicts. statesmen like marshall rallied the nation to rise to the responsibilities as the leader of the free world. we helped our friends to build and sustain free societies and free markets. we defended the friends and ourselves from our common enemies. we led. we led and though the path was long and uncertain, the thought of war in europe is as inconceivable today as it seemed inevitable in the last century. this is what makes america exceptional. it is not only the character of our country, it is also the record of our accomplishments. america has a proud history of strong, confident, principled global leadership, a history that's been written by patriots of both parties. this is america at its best and it is the standard by whic

you will be familiar with the general george marshall.his time, the ashes of world war, the struggle between democracy and despotism. fortunately, we had the leaders of courage and vision, both republicans and democrats, who knew that america had to support friends who share our values and prevent today's crises from becoming tomorrow's conflicts trade statesmanlike marshall would rise to the responsibility, as did the leader of the free world. we defended our friends and ourselves from our common enemies. we led -- we led. although the path was long and uncertain, the thought of war in europe is inconceivable today as it seemed inevitable in the last century. this is what makes america exceptional. it is not only the character of our country. it is also the record of our accomplishments. america has a proud history of strong, confident, principled global leadership, a history that has been written by patriots of both parties. this is the standard by which we measure ever present, as well as anyone who wishes to be president. unfortunatel

we have seen this struggle before and it would be familiar to general george marshall and in his time actions of world war, another critical part of the world was torn between democracy and spotitm. fortunately we had leaders of courage and vision that knew that america had to support friends who shared our values and prevent today's crisis from becoming tomorrow's conflicts. statesmen li marshall rally the our nation to raise to the responsibilities as the leader of the free world. we helped our friends to build and sustain free society and free rkt mas. we defended our friends and ourselves from our common enemies. we led. we led, and though the path was long and uncertain, the thought of war in europe is as inconceivable today as it seemed inevitable in the last century. this is what makes america exceptional. it is not only the character of our country, it is also the record of our accomplishments. america has a proud history of strong, confident, principled global leadership, a history that's been written by patriots of both parties. this is america at its best. it is the standar

he attributed george marshall in this speech, who was a great man in my view, it was interesting he spento much time on israel in his speech today but it was george marshall who was -- >> i think he's appealing to the evangelicals on that front. i think it's pure politics. >> what's interesting about the speech is there's a lot of talk about strength and resolve, but there's really nothing showing us what he would do. he kind of implies we'll go to war and we'll do all these things, but he's kind of a chicken hawk in his actual policies, too. what are we going to do about iran? we'll get tough with sanctions. that's what obama is doing. what are we going to do with syria? we're going to try to find those people who we can help with weapons, which is what the obama administration is doing. on the top line, he talks this big, strong, big stick game but he doesn't really seem to have a clue about how you would even do that in real life. >> he also -- >> steve i have to get to something dishonest here. i think everybody agreed with your hawk, middle of the road, or a dove, you will agree this

. >> welcome back to week 8, thomas jefferson and george marshall in the spotlight. combined records of the two teams won't blow you away but the rivalry where. two schools in fairfax go at it. why not add football? out to little river turnpike. raining a lot. marshall shot out of the gates. trayvon tim mons, your left, your left, your right. early and often. up in the game big and patrick o'conner taking over for big red. first a little shorty right here, get off of me. and then later from a little bit of distance here. nice cut. play that funky music boys. patrick o'conner with a fixer. thomas jefferson wins 42-18. >> battle with the chin tillly centerville. chantilly, show me the suction cup hands of harris. i am liking that. that sets up the chargers. ross simms, can you put it on the board? yes. taking it to the house just in time. chantilly looking good but then wild cats come back, in the wild cat. that is big scott walter banging it. centerville comes back 76 points on the board, centerville the winner 45-41. >> a pig out at west field, watch o pten mike wond

governor romney repeatedly praised george marshall, a graduate of vim, where romney delivered his speech and leadership that gave birth to the marshall plan. we all know the bold series of expenditures by the united states during the period from 1948 to 51 addition to the $13 billion stent by the u.s. in direct aid to europe between the end of the war and the initiation of the marshall plan rebuilt europe's economy. and they soon joined us in nato and became in aggregate the largest economy in the world. why is this odd? we all love the marshall plan of course. because what was the marshall plan the 2008 stimulus at a different time. but large enough to do the job. how can mitt romney praise the marshall plan if he is so disdainful of the stimulus. what was wrong with the same concept in 2008? the $26 billion or so spent on the marshall plan is roughly the same as the $787 billion stimulus of 2009. the marshall plan was about 2% of our gdp, the stimulus was just a bit more and given the $2 trillion plus in production lost during the crisis, so have an effect as profound as the marshall p

you will be familiar with the general george marshall. in his time, the ashes of world war, the struggle between democracy and despotism. fortunately, we had the leaders of courage and vision, both republicans and democrats, who knew that america had to support friends who share our values and prevent today's crises from becoming tomorrow's conflicts trade statesmanlike marshall would rise to the responsibility, as did the leader of the free world. we defended our friends and ourselves from our common enemies. we led -- we led. although the path was long and uncertain, the thought of war in europe is inconceivable today as it seemed inevitable in the last century. this is what makes america exceptional. it is not only the character of our country. it is also the record of our accomplishments. america has a proud history of strong, confident, principled global leadership, a history that has been written by patriots of both parties. this is the standard by which we measure ever present, as well as anyone who wishes to be president. unfortun

it's interesting that in the speech he gave today, he wanted to sound like george marshal. sounded a hell of a lot more like george w. bush in terms of his world view. good versus evil and other things. two specific things that highlight that. one, he called for a middle east nation building czar. that's what he wants you as taxpayers to spend your money on, to do nation building. second, he built more naval ships, ships that the defense department and generals don't even want. so i think a lot of americans have got to ask, yeah, we've got a lead in the world but what in the heck are we doing, proposing that won't make america stronger and safer in the long run and those are the only two specifics that i can see that were really different from what president obama is actually doing. >> now, brian, you've used the word disarray about his foreign policy. what do you mean by that? >> well, he doesn't actually have clear positions on most issues. i think it's reflective of the american party today. you know, you've got a party that essentially says, government spending doesn't

speech and many people saying ridiculous and fanciful and tries to portray him as a latter day george marshall. every day that romney spends on foreign policy i think especially in an economy election is a day lost. >> well, look. i'm not going to politicize this. it has political implications but whether obama is up for re-election or someone else or a year away, this is an issue that will have serious consequences for months to come and it needs a serious look. and the only timeline i think that matters to me is the one that i've been laying out. i'm on state department phone calls. talked to libyan counterterrorism officials, folks in the state department. the timeline is one of negligence, incompetence and duplicity. negligence in failing to secure the assets and nancy pelosi's statement is incompetent. the discussion of seven different agencies saying seven different things about what this was tied to, the state department yesterday saying that it never thought it was about a video. meanwhile nine days later the president out sayinging it was about a video and susan rice was not telling t

this speech is almost dedicated to george marshall. we're here at the hall of valor. it is in the battleground state of virginia that's so critical right now. there will be some familiar themes that we expect to hear from mitt romney in the speech. he'll be speaking about the need to avert defense cuts. that affects tens of thousands of people potentially here in virginia. he'll focus on the need to reinvest in the military and also to strengthen our relationships with allies overseas. as you noted, there's not a great difference in terms of the actual policies as best we've understood them. one point he will make is on syria. his public position is a little more activist. he'll say among other things, in syria, i will work with our partners to identify those members of the opposition who share our values and assure they attain the arms they need to defeat assad's tanks, helicopters and fighter jets. >> hey, peter, you were with him all weekend and we did see a decision by the romney campaign to include in the governor's stump more personal stories. of just ways that

who is marshall? george c. marshall is correct. may i have nobel peace prize for $800, please? [ beep ] hard to believe, but adolf hitler was nominated for the peace prize. glenn. nobel peace prize for $1,200, please. glenn. who is kaynes? maynard kaynes, yes. nobel peace prize for $1,600, please. erin. who is jane addams? yes. can i get peace prize for $2,000? [ beep ] gave a great speech called "atoms for peace." back to you, erin. i will take the topic of capricorns for $400. glenn. who is james? no. erin. who is miller? henry miller, yes. i'll take capricorns for $800. answer -- the daily double. and you're in the lead. i will bet $1,000, alex. all right, here's the clue. who is martin luthg? yes. [ applause ] $12,600, your new total. i'll take capricorns for $1,200, please. meredith. who is jane goodall? no. erin. who is fossey? dian fossey. jane goodall was with the chimps. and we have less than a minute to deal with the last four clues. $1,600pricorns, please. glenn. who is florence nightingale? no. erin. who is clara barton? clara barton, yes. i'll take $2,000 in capric

romney gave foreign policy state at bmi and he went back to reagan and george marshall.rica that used economic power to encourage allies. >> heather: and we'll have it tomorrow starting at 5:00 a.m. that talks about it. >> i'm going lay out the arguments each one is going to have to make. i think it's really important that romney comes -- these debates. i've worked on these debates with other presidents. americans want to know the specifics but which of these two guys is going to keep me safe. part of wrath against romney democrats put out, he doesn't have the experience. the issues that he cares about, is he going to get us into another war in the middle east. he make sure american people realize that he is not going to do this. >> heather: a lot of pundits said that romney dropped the ball on libya. didn't have his facts correct. what do you think will happen? >> what did you know, when did you know it. why didn't they have the additional security and whose fault is in it. romney he follows up by saying, not only have you told us the truth but why haven't you told us t

he quoted winston churchill talking about george c. marshall whose alma mater was vmi, being a defeatist. he wants to create that aura that president obama has not been forceful and has not been in the tradition of kennedy and truman and eisenhower peace through strength, but in terms of actual specifics as tom fitzgerald pointed out, the only really difference was arming the syrian dissidents rebels, but he didn't say who was going to arm them. >> so many questions we have that could stay on romney and obama, but let's turn quickly to local politics. there was a debate tonight between democrat tim kaine and republican george allen. who do you think won? >> i think kaine did just because allen didn't answer some questions about privatizing social security, didn't answer whether he was for the dream act and also painted allen with one statement repeated over and over again that allen said in the senate that i want to ram their soft teeth down their whiney throats. that isn't the bipartisan patina that you want and i think they both have 100% nam

issued on dozens of occasions by the joint chiefs of staff, by then secretary of state general george marshall and other top american officials at the close of world war ii. prior to her truman's decision. supporting the establishment of the state of israel. the second volume of the official history of the joint chiefs of staff covering 19471949, devoted a 30 page chapter to the agonizing debate over how to deal with the future of palestinians at the close of world war ii and the end of the british mandate. overwhelmingly, support of secretary marshall, james russell, and every american diplomat, was opposing any form of partition. having just come out of the second horrific war from two generations, the top american military people made their use absolutely clear. on october 10, 1947, the chiefs unanimously wrote to the secretary of defense that the decision to partition palestine, if it was supported by the united states. it would prejudice strategic interests in the middle east to the point that the united states influence in the area would be curtailed to that which could be maintained by

george marshall had been a celebrity the commander of world war ii, thought that the jews and pakistane war. -- in palestine and had no chance in the war. we lost hundreds of people on the battle front. 1% of the population become a very large number of people. over 600,000 people. i do not think that the state of israel will cease to exist. i did not mean this is a joke. so how can we divide a nuclear capacity of iran? we should do everything in our power. but i do not accept that tomorrow morning if iranians announced that they have a nuclear capacity you counted down to the end of israel. that is the essence of the stigma that there is an existential threat. and i say it in a very clear, practical terms. if you sit there is an existential threat, if you sit tomorrow morning the iranians have a nuclear capability and you countdown to the end of the state of israel -- this will never be the case. never. how we protect israel and that event? i will not go into details. but they have numerous capacities to deal with that situation. militarily and strategically and otherwise. we will tak

. >> brian: he brought up the fact george marshall said the best thing to do to avoid war is to buildp our defense and make us stronger. that's the best deterrent in war and proposed to build that rather than shrink the military. >> that is right. that is the difference between governor romney approach and the president. peace through strength. and the president said standing back is less provocative and invites less challenge. you saw in libya and in iran's pursuit of the nuclear weapon and assad willingness to shoot down rebels. romney took that on directly. >> steve: here is the response to rom romm's. president obama has shown he is tough and responsible and steady commander-in-chief. mitt romney shows he would be the exact opposite. behind the tough talk he is erratic and unsteady and irresponsible on his audition in the world stage. would you agree with that. >> of course not. they can say over and over again. especially when romney talks about not setting a time limit. >> brian: let me bring you to afghanistan real quick before we run out of time. a reporter came out in a speec

the secretary of state of the nicest of america at the time, general george marshall had been a celebratedommander world war ii thought that the 600,000 jewish in palestine at the time had no chance. and yes, we paid a very, very bitter price during the war. there were days in which relies on his people on the battlefront. we lost 6008. 1% of the population, which is a very, very large number of people for 600,000 people. family emerged from not. and i don't think that the state of israel will cease to exist as i said at the outset. in the next 10,000 years we can come and discuss it again. so how can we survive a nuclear capacity of iran? first of all, they should not come about of course. i don't accept the premise that if tomorrow morning the iranians announced they had their capacity, you begin the countdown to the end of israel because that the essence of the statements at various existential threat. and i said it very clear, practical terms, if there is an existential threat, the arenas have a nuclear capability, you begin the countdown and this will never be the case. never. so how

we have prince george's county fire marshall here. i talked to him two minutes ago. he said the next step is assessing the damage and they will be able to come in and find out what to do with the houses as well as how to clear the trees. the trees are massive. you can see the person who lives in this home is clearing out belongings, making sure the inspectors can get in and do their job. we are live in laurel. tony tull, news 4. >> thanks so much, thanks so much. >> sandy is putting the brakes on the race for president. president obama and mitt romney are taking a break from campaigning out of respect for the storm victims. the president canceled the rest of the day and tomorrow to oversee the government's response to the storm. he says he's more concerned about sandy's impact than next week's election. meanwhile, romney is also scrapping his campaign plans for today. the nominee and running meat will hold storm relief events instead. romney will be campaigning in virginia on thursday. the campaign says romney will make three stops in the commonwealth. he will not ma

in 1992 a year after he was retired marshall was honored by the nation's lawyers at an event here in the bay area. george watson reported. >> reporter: the american bar association honored retired supreme court justice thurgood marshall with its highest award. marshall will receive the award tomorrow. where did it all begin? in 1933, marshall received his law degree. his naacp, he fought for the civil rights of black americans. but what marked his time in history was the 1954 landmark case brown versus board of education. the supreme court struck down the separate but equal doctrine opening the way for integration of schools. but president eisenhower still called for patient on the issue of integration. >> i personally believe if you try to go too far too fast in laws in this delegate field, that has involved the emotions of so many millions of americans you're making a mistake. >> thurgood marshal representing one of the rebuffed students said they have been patient enough. >> maybe you can override prejudice overnight. but the emancipation proclamation was issued in 1863. 90 odd years ago. i believe in

"star wars" creator george lucas today sold his empire to disneyer. disney is marshalling forces to produce three new "star wars" films. lucas will serve as creative consultant only. the first new "star wars" film is slated for release in 2015. 68-year-old lucas is selling off lucasfilm, industrial light and magic, and skywalker sound, as well as rights to the indiana jones franchise. he says it's time to turn the stories over to younger filmmakers. >>> is there a haunted house in your neighborhood? it's all in good fun, especially nowadays, a little spooky. and some is downright scary. >> there is one, however, in san jose's cambria neighborhood that designed to do something in addition to all that, bring a community together. garvin thomas is here to show us the man behind the house in tonight's bay area proud. >> it was about a decade ago when his oldest was in kindergarten that bob and other dads started building elaborate scenes for the school celebration. then once the school was done with them, the dads would take them apart and set them up at bob's house. that's wh

world, so whether it is directly for us to get the words of wisdom directly from george mcgovern for those who like marshallvidual i am going to interview in just a moment, they were empowered through those experiences the understanding to share with the next generation, and george knows they have an obligation to keep doing the same, because that is the legacy of this great man that will endure. we are so pleased that someone who has made sure of legacy and the commitment to civil rights, standing up for social justice and doing it throughout the course of his lifetime could serve as the national finance director, doing through direct mail what we are now entering through youtube and the internet through communicating and fund raising but then taking that experience to make a difference, as an advocate for social justice. i would invite the founder of the law center to share his remembrances. [applause] >> thank you so much for the kind words. something didn't do with myself. i did it with the help of joy mcgovern in a big, big way. he is a spokesperson for the southern law party center for over 40 years.

george's county, montgomery county county, loudoun county. temperature now, reagan national 71 degrees. mild start to the day. 71 bwi marshall. highs later this afternoon, believe it or not, should top out in the 80s. 85 in washington. 85 in manassas. get ready for a nice warm afternoon. enjoy it, because cooler weather on the way for the weekend. details on that in just a minute. tony, back to you. >>> tucker, thank you. both presidential candidates will spend the day preparing to face off later tonight in the first presidential debate of the season. tonight's debate focuses on domestic issues, specifically the economy. mitt romney has given a debate preview, saying he might be willing to reduce income tax deductions for home mortgage interests. many voters are still undecided. >> i'm up in the air as to who i'm going to vote for. i have my reasons for why i'm up in the air and comes down do i want to see a better economy or lose rights. that's the way i look at it. >> i need to know which one is listening to the average person, the one who has a fixed income, the one who has minimum wage. >> colorado has nine electoral vote

marshall's. who are we going inside to? >> we're going back to georges here live, from my f >>> this the bryan's choice. >> bad. >> you're on the right side of the law, for once. jock o'donnell, cia director in the new movie "argo." six americans trapped in iran during the hostage crisis. we're going to talk to you about it in a moment. i want to get to the clip. here's, he's explaining what's going on to ben affleck's character. ben plays a cia agent. go. >> traffic calls them house guests. they haven't left the canadian ambassador's house since it happened. >> why didn't we get them ten weeks ago? >> too dangerous. you have revolutionary guards going door-to-door like jehovah's witnesses. >> who else knows? >> just the families. meanwhile, some genius in our embassy, was keeping a mug book on everyone who worked there. jesus christ. the state is coordinating in-house. >> state? >> they do, now. they want to ride by us, as consultants. angle says it's a lose-lose. these people die, they die publicly, badly. you play jack o'donnell, cia director. you do

george mason university professor michael mcdonald looks at the early voting under way in several states. then we will take a look at the battleground state of pennsylvania with terry mcdonagh, director of the franklin and marshall center for politics and public affairs. state republican party gleason and democrat, chairman of the montgomery county board of commissioners. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> good afternoon, everybody. complex storm and complex geographical area covered. i will get the experts tell you about the storm. what fema is doing in con juncture with our state and local partners is preparing for not only coastal impacts of the storm and potential for flooding, power outages and winter storm. if you think talking about winter storm when a hurricane is unusual, trust me, this storm, we will be dealing with a lot of weather over a large geographical area without a lot of ability to tell you specifically what it means in this particular community. that's why we're urging the public to prepare across this area for a variety of hazards and encouraging them to take the time to go to ready.gov if they have not gotten a plan. we have teams in place and in some cases still r

marshall debt personally affected each of your lives? >> all right. that was the moment in 1992 then president george h.w.ush looked at his watch during the debate with bill clinton and ross perot. want to talk to dean, a stand-up comedian, writer, and, of course, contributor. dean, you know performing. you have studied these two guys. you write in your blog the candidates who are funny in the debates tend to get elected. what do you think? either one of these guys going to get a laugh? >> i think they're going to try. i'll be honest with you. let's be honest, you don't need a political consultant to tell you, if you make people laugh, you're creating a bomb with them. you're getting an organic disorderly action. they're laughing and they're feeling more warm to you, and i think it's a thing that's overlooked by mft candidates. i think look at ronald reagan's joke. classic. he used it. he destroyed an issue and made himself more likable at the same time. >> do they need to go in with a strategy to be funny, because sometimes when you plan these things and you bomb, it looks even worse. >> i can tell you,