and in texas, george w. bush began to assemble his cabinet. >> we are just going to continue our discussions about the future. >> bret: in the democrat stronghold of south florida the focus became the vote amattic vote recorder and punch card ballot. warnings were clearly posted but thousands of votes were rejected by the computers because the cards were not punched cleanly. >> there is the swinging door chad. and then there is the one hanging on by three corners. >> an old ibm punch cord machine. by 2:00 or 3:00 in the afterif the machines aren't empties out you do not get a complete hole punch. >> one person from the ledge lay tour and one from the judiciary and then behind them one republican observer and one democratic observer are. >> bret: the recounts in south, florida, began to add up for gore. >> welcome to washington. i'm brit hume. the latest vote polls in florida show texas governor george w. bush beating al gore by 388 votes according to the ap. >> bret: from the florida circuit courts, federal

the george w. bush institute advisory board and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. and the 46th vice-president of the united states dick cheney. ♪ >> it has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your president. there have been good days and tough days. but every day i have been inspired by the greatness of our country and uplifted by the goodness of our people. i have been blessed to represent this nation and i will always be honored to carry a title that means more to me than any other, citizen of the united states of america. they put a presidential center that will be a policy institute, a place to promote the ideals of freedom and personal responsibility. ♪ >> today, we renew our commitment to a world without malaria. we're helping the people of africa turned the tide against malaria. ♪ ♪ >> ours is a country where citizens decide to help somebody in need one heart and one sold at a time. -- one soul at at time. -- at a time. ♪ >> and now, please welcome the 43rd president of th

george w. george washington in that current year. he said they are going to be assessing me for a long time. i can't worry about it. another point the caller made with contrasting him with bill clinton. there's a story that mark mckennon tells with john kerry. john kerry meeting the strategist for president bush. kerry says to mckennon you can a great job with the campaign. my team messed it up. although he used a saltier word. it's amazing that he said that, frightening that he heard it, and in a public way. i think he's also willing to take the blame in new hampshire. he didn't fire people in 2000 when they lost the primary to john mccain. he said this is on me. let's fix it for the next time. >> yeah, so i just wanted to sort of say a little something about that point of president clinton. i think what you are getting at is what was brought up earlier. these books do reflect the very different men. i think that president clinton, who he is is someone who is very interested in understanding.

and then george w. bush, whose memoir did better than anyone predicted and helped raise his approval numbers. jay leno who retook his late-night spot and got his groove back and there is the return of the man in gray flannel suit, don draper in the cast of huge hit "mad men," big comeback for madison avenue of the '50's and early '60's. norah? >> i have to give it to george w. bush who, of course, was a controversial president and left with pretty low approval ratings but his book ldso 1.75 million copies and it's the best-selling book this holiday season. chris: your thoughts? >> i'm a connoisseur of weird politicians. and jerry brown's first debate against meg whitman was just a classy creative incisive weariness hndis service of candidacy. great performance. >> we're missing the most one. chris: comeback of the year. >> obviously personified, bill clinton. >> yeah. >> when he came into the -- i spent a lot of time into the press room these days. unfortunately i wasn't there when he came back. bill cl

president reagan and george h. w. bush and president george w.bush tried and sometimes came within two or three votes of getting the required legislative support. i hope it never happens. over time more and more americans and more and more alaskans are realizing we need to preserve the special area. >> host: what about offshore drilling? and believe shell wants to drill up there. off shore up there? >> guest: i don't think so. i think we need it. that is where some of the islands are. the peninsula went out in the region. when we passed the alaska land built in late 1980 we opened up 95 percent of all the coastal areas of alaska for oil drilling. we only preserve 5% which is a special area were talking about. we prohibited the oil drilling. i think the 5% is not too much to say because it's just like god made it. i hope it will be there for my grandchildren to enjoy. >> host: why do you feel sarah palin and alaska is becoming so much a part of our public discourse? is it her personality? have you ever met her or do you have any views about what s

bush and president george w. bush tried and sometimes came within two or three votes of getting the required legislative support. i hope it never happens in over a period of time i think more and more americans and alaskans are realizing we need to preserve the special area. >> host: what about offshore drilling i believe shell one storch orloff of the refuge. would you agree like offshore -- >> guest: i feel we need it because that's where some of the islands are and we saw on the peninsula that went out on that region. when we passed the alaska lands bill in late 1980, we opened up 95% of all of the coastal areas of alaska for the oil drilling. we only preserved 5% which is a special area we are talking about where we prohibited the oil drilling and i think that the 5% is not too much to say because it's just like god needed and i hope will be there for my grandchildren to in july. >> host: why do you feel sarah palin and alaska is becoming so much of the public discourse? is it her personality, have you ever m

bush and president george w.ush tried and sometimes came within two or three votes of getting a required legislative support. i hope it never happens. and over a period of time, i think more and more americans and more and more alaskans are realizing we need to preserve this special area. >> host: what about offshore drilling? i believe shell wants to drill off of the refuge. would you agree with offshore or do you -- >> guest: i don't think so. i think we need it because that's where some of the islands are and actually on the peninsula that went out on that region. when we passed the alaska lands bill and in late 1980 we opened up 95% of all of the coastal areas of alaska for oil drilling. we only preserve 5% which is a special area we are talking about. where we prohibited the oil drilling and i think we -- the five per cent is not too much to save because it is just like five me did and i hope it will be there for my grand children to enjoy. >> host: why do you feel sarah palin alaska is becoming so much of t

much closer is when george w., our son, was there. we still feel active about that. i mean, memories are much clearer. but i don't miss it. i don't miss going to work every day in the white house. i miss the presidency, of course, and i loved being president. i loved working with people and helping solve problems. but that was great but that's gone, that's history. >> larry: i saw you both at the world series. was that fun? >> was it ever. >> so exciting. >> the thrill for me was going out on the field, world series game. i'm a baseball fan. so is barb. with george because he worked to bring the texas rangers to life and did a lot for them. he had a wonderful ovation. and he said, do you want to throw the ball? i said, heavens no. so he -- he didn't go to the rubber this time as he did in yankee stadium on that big day. that was a big day. it was wonderful, very emotional for us. >> larry: speaking of george w., he has a message for both of you. >> uh-oh. >> larry: and if you look to your screen, we will show you. >> that's scary. >> hey, mom and dad. how are you? an

ballots and the decision that finally sent george w. bush to the white house.ext, from the abc news vault. ballots and the decision that finally sent george w. bush to the white house. next, from the abc news vault. >>> it is hard to imagine, but back on this day ten years ago, the 2000 presidential election was finally decided. >> that was when the supreme court ruled in favor of then-governor george w. bush, making him president of the united states. we go back in the abc news vault, from december 13th, 2000. >> so, the country prepares to begin again. mr. gore will tell the country in person tonight that the election is over. governor bush will speak afterwards, as the soon-to-be 43rd president-elect. by the narrowest margin in the electoral college since 1876. and in the supreme court, by one vote. we're going to begin our coverage with abc's terry moran. terry? >> reporter: peter, tonight, al gore's aides describe him as calm, at peace with himself and his decision. confident in his belief that he fought the good fight in this election. and very focused on

>> you know, during the -- president george w.ush's administration there were many areas of cooperation where we all agreed on things. we had a treaty with moscow, reducing the significance, the number of nuclear weapons that exist in the world. we made significant increases in money for hiv/aids prevention, the president's emergency program for aids relief. we increased our funding for foreign assistance around the world. so a lot of things were done well but people like to focus on the areas of disagreement. and the principal area of disagreement that people like to focus on is iraq and some of the things that were done related to guantanamo. my view of iraq was that this is a war we should avoid if we can and therefore my recommendation to the president was that he take it to the united nations. he did that. and after getting a resolution we found that the iraqis would not give us what we needed to assure ourselves they didn't have weapons of mass destruction and the president decided that it was necessary to undertake combat o

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again friday so it's not about a little bit of fun george w. bush his memoirs are due out soon so he released a trailer i think somebody forgot to tell him the books and movies aren't the same thing and one candidate is placing revolution on the table and christine o'donnell well she's got some pretty high aspirations when it comes to u.s. foreign policy maybe somebody should remind her that voodoo isn't going to help so joining me to discuss those stories and many more madam peter slutsky the co-founders of double speak media gentlemen thanks for coming back on the show i want it starts tonight with christine o'donnell i mean i say i can't get enough to make you jump right at you so my campaign added staff so she now thinks that if elected she's going to be on the senate foreign relations committee yes not easy as committee to get on but have to say that a and b. she also just can't wait to chatted up with hillary because she thinks that they have a lot in common. yet if if christine o'donnell is on the senate foreign relations committee god b

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former president george w. bush often does not. but tonight we bring you the story of a bipartisan effort, a battle to make a difference. >> it started prior to my run for president. i was caulking to conde about -- talking to conde about foreign policy and said would you be course of the team? in the course of the discussion she said i expect you to focus on africa. once you make the decision to focus on africa, then you have to focus on aids. it's by far the biggest problem on the continent of africa. >> bret: after that conversation, governor bush who would become president bush, lifted fighting global aids epidemic on a focus on sub -- africa. >> we hold beliefs beyond ourselves. >> you have to belief in one thing. >> bret: bono, lead singer of u# and long-time is up is porter of after -- supporter africa told me eight to ten years ago the situation was grave. >> i remember seeing, going to a shoddy hospital in mulawi where there is four to a bed. so you have -- people are queuing up to die. there is no cure for the disease. th

[ cheers and applause ] speaking of bill clinton, today, he released a statement where he called george w. bush's new memoir "well-written and interesting." [ laughter ] then bush released a statement calling clinton's lie "convincing and much appreciated." [ laughter and applause ] there's some big international news. gap just opened its first store in china this week. or as gap clothing put it, "we're coming home for the holidays." [ laughter ] i was just reading about this. a lot of pest control companies are offering bedbug sniffing dogs. but it turns out that they're not very reliable. either that or there's a serious bedbug epidemic in other dogs' butts. [ laughter ] it's one or the other. >> steve: other dogs' butts? oh, they -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: listen to this, everybody. animal control discovered a woman here in new york with 50 cats in her two-bedroom apartment. [ audience ohs ] that's insane. i mean, how can a crazy cat lady in new york afford a two-bedroom apartment, right? [ laughter ] this is just bizarre. a man in connecticut was shot twice at a deli but went home to e

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but nonetheless, president george w. bush, new to the office, said, well, if we're going to have budget surpluses going forward, let's make sure we give them back to the american people in the form of tax cuts. i said, what if we don't have these surpluses. they're only projections, after all. the we don't have them. they are just projections. by economists who in many cases can't remember their home phone number. let's be a little conservative. no, let's do these tax cuts, the bulk of way will go to the wealthiest because those who constructed these tax cuts always believe that there is a trickle-down effect in this country. so if you give money at the top, it'll trickle down and help everybody. so, the tax cuts were passed. i voted against them. and immediately we discovered we were in a recession. then we were hit with a terrorist attack on 9/11. then we were in a war in afghanistan. then a war in iraq. and those wars have lasted for most of a decade. and not only were there no surpluses at all, no budget surpluses at

he was the adviser to the 1980 george. w. bush presidential campaign. >> you left out grover cleveland. >> good lord. weave the junior senator from indiana. [applause] during -- he has written legislation calling upon congress to fully implement the 9/11 commission recommendations, help close the bermuda a tax loophole, and cast the tie- breaking vote to advance credit card reform. the senator also spearheaded the creation of an organization on developing common sense legislation solutions. prior to this election and the u.s. senate, he served two terms as governor of indiana. >> we refer to that as the good old days. >> to my right, joe was elected to the united states senate for west virginia last month. prior to this election, he served as the governor of west virginia. during his five years as governor, he led the efforts to pay down a $1.7 billion in underfunded state liability and cut the food tax in half, saving west virginia consumers millions of dollars. to my left, joe scarborough. [applause] serving as a member of

bush and then handed george w. bush the largest surplus in history, and then george w. bush nearly doubled the national debt and also handed barack obama the largest deficit in history. and, of course, my friends controlled the congress for most of those bush years. now, today we're talking about thousand get our economy going and keep deficits down at the same time. whilwhat we're discussing rightw is whether to restore the clinton marginal tax rate on the very wealthiest of americans. now, i remember when we -- when he raised the tax rate on the top 2%. republicans said that would kill the economy. newt gingrich, remember him? on august 5, 1993, he said, "i believe this will lead to a recession next year. this is the democrat machine's recession, and each one of them will be held personally accountable." senator phil gram, remember him? he said, "the clinton plan is a one-way ticket to recession. this plan does not reduce the deficit, but it raises it and puts people out of work." now governor-elect john kasich said "this plan will not work. if it was to work, then i'

george w.ill clinton, go back to dwight eisenhower if you want to. presidents have always traveled. they always crisscross the country and in the more recent years have gone on across the world. george w. bush made a lot of trips to afghanistan, iraq, and the war efforts going on. barack obama has done the same. this is not something that is unique to a republican or a democrat. they have all done it. he is the president of the united states. george w. bush was the president of united states and there are certain travel requirements that are going to happen as a result of being the most powerful leader in the world. i do not know if it is anything that is particularly new or different given that it is barack obama, george w. bush, or any other chief executive. host: another look at the richest members of the senate. from the grove, aloi, an airline for republicans. -- elkgrove, ill. caller: i called on the republican line but i am a liberal conservative. i want to make a comment on the figures

george w. bush appointye, ruled that congress overstepped its authority by requiring americans to buy health insurance. >> i'm curious, and it was our staff that did it. i am curious whether there is a controversial issue -- memorial meacham, you know this is true -- they will always say a george w. bush appointee. >> you don't think it's legitimate. >> it would be and -- john, you know this to be true -- when a democratic appointee does something unpopular, they never say clinton appointee, never, never. >> why is that, john? >> mention it to me next time. >> why is that, john? >> i think that it shows a certain tendency to caricature the right. >> okay. >> i think at this point it just offers perspective as to what that judge's point of view might be. >> well, if you could offer perspective on the other side -- >> you point it out to me when we've missed it, i'll be happy to be open-minded. >> let's find out what judge hudson's senate confirmation was. find the numbers. i bet it was 90-10. >>

. >>> george w. bush's second term.office was dominated by broad dissatisfaction with him as a president and who would lead the republican party in his wake. that process characterized by all of the major candidates running away from him like winnie the pooh sprinting from a swarm of bees. what was the big issue na made everybody hate george bush in the second term, even republicans? pick your poison. the foundational issue with george w. bush in his second term was iraq. from 2006 to 2009, 60% of the country said the iraq war was not worth fighting. when you talk with bush administration veterans now, and some of them do talk to me, although never on tv, the public's hatred of the war in iraq is what they describe as the overall limiting factor, the constraint that made it impossible for george bush to break through in his second term, to rescue his popularity. 60% of the country said the iraq war was not worth fighting. right now 60% of the country say the afghanistan war is not worth fighting. will this war become as

. >>> and the battle over florida's ballots and the decision that finally sent george w.ush to the white house. next, from the abc news vault. >> for information on services for older adults, the eldercare locator can help! >> it's great having a friendly person deliver a healthy meal- and having meals delivered makes it possible for me to stay in my own home. >> the eldercare locator can put you in touch with local resources to help older persons find home and community based services. call 1.800.677.1116 or visit eldercare.gov today! the eldercare locator is a free public service of the u.s. administration on aging. >>> it is hard to imagine. but back on this day ten years ago, the 2000 presidential election was finally decided. >> that was when the supreme court ruled in favor of then governor george w. bush, to make him president of the united states. we go back in the abc news vaultd, from december 13th, 2000. >> so, the country begins to begin again. mr. gore will tell the country in person tonight that the election is over. governor bush will speakly afterwards, as

the admired poll of men shows barack obama at number one followed by former president george w. bush. bill clinton came in at number three and rounding out the top five, nelson mandela and bill gates. the most popular women are secretary of state hillary clinton. she came in at number one. sarah palin was number two. then oprah winfrey came in ahead of michelle obama and condoleezza rice, who finished fourth and fifth respectively. >>> that does it for us. thanks for being with us and we'll see you at 6:00.

. >> reporter: judge henry hudson appointed by george w. bush ruled that government mandates forcing individuals to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. >> if we cross this line now were the government can force us to buy a private product that we have given the government the power to force us to buy other products could cars, gym memberships, asparagus. >> reporter: judges have dismissed 13 earlier lawsuits against the law. >> we are confident that it is constitutional and two courts have ruled in our favor. >> reporter: these cases are high-profile and the plaintiffs are the states themselves. >> part of our healthcare system needs to be fixed. he imac come expenses are out of control and everyone's needs are not being met right now. but there are better solutions -- yeah, our income expenses are out of control. >> reporter: the department of justice most likely will repeal the case. >>> some sad news to share tonight. richard holbrook has died or he was hospitalized friday after collapsing at the state department be he underwent 20

george h. w. bush spent the night but they already left on a 7:00 plane to catch an early flight and i had what i considered a big day planned. i was set to arrive at the capitol at 9:15 to briefed the senate education committee chaired by edward kennedy on the findings of early childhood development conference that i held in july. in the afternoon we were hosting the entire congress and their family for the annual congressional picnic. the self lawn of the white house was covered with picnic tables are awaiting their fluttering cloth. come per rainy from buffalo, texas, was setting up his chuckwagon. entertainment would be old fashioned square dancing and texas swing music by ravens and and his classic band asleep at the wheel. in silence going over my statement in my mind, i was very nervous about appearing before a senate committee and having news cameras trained on me. had the tv been turned on i might have heard the first fleeting report of a plane heading the north tower of the world trade c

george w. bush's memoir, "decision points." politics 4:00 p.m. by a live roundtable discussion with your questions and comments. by the entire schedule on line -- find the scheduling online at booktv.com an oral history interview with the chilled wine-and banks recalling the strategy during the watergate and the pardon of president nixon. it talks about the 1976 presidential election, why mr. ford decided to run, and the nixon pardon. also from the u.s. naval academy, on the confederacy, the early victories, and the year many feel the south peaked, 1863. telling the american story every weekend only on c-span3. listen to a landmark supreme court cases saturdays on c-span radio. >> these are racial statutes to perpetuate the madness of slavery. that is not a permissible state action. >> this week, led in the virginia commonwealth bank of the court ended all race-based restriction on marriage. listen to the argument today at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span radio. 90.1 fm in washington d.c. and online

joining us now former adviser to president george w.ntributor to "the daily beast," mark mackinnon. he's also the founder of no labels, putting labels aside to do what's best for america. also joining us, nbc white house correspondent and political adviser and co-host, chuck todd. >> good morning. >> welcome to the show. >> we're just sitting here -- >> look how cool he looks. >> lovely in leather. >> we're sitting here laughing about george bush's tax cuts. >> well, i wasn't laughing. >> being called the scourge of humanity by democrats for eight years. >> it's still going on. >> now a democratically dem crated house, a democratic white house. >> there's a touch of irony there, a touch of irony. i will tell you one thing. people talk about this sort of trap that the president set on the tax cuts. i think that what's going to be interesting in two years from now, this is going to be in reverse. if the economy is in any kind of good shape the republicans are going to have to deal with the high tax cut extensions. >> talk about interestin

george w.ush who is celebrated around the world for making the fight a priority, wrote in "the washington post" today a thousand expressing issues come with each day but there are only a few you want to talk about in retirement with your children. the continuing fight against global aids is something for which america will be remembered. >> fewer than half of all americans, 45%, have had an aids test even after guidelines were expanded to include routine screening. abc news, new york. >> former california first lady virginia knight has died. in 1954 she married governor knight in the first gubernatorial wedding. this is a picture of the governor carrying her across the threshold. she turned the mansion into a museum. virginia knight died monday in her hancock park home after a lengthy illness. she was 92. q you can see ♪ >>> the colder it gets, the better a warm fire sounds but no wood burning fire tonight. it's the first cold weather spare the air day of the season. with 1.4 million fire pits

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can benefit your multi-generational wealth, look ahead with us at northerntrust.com. >>> george w.flexes two years ago today. remember that an iraqi journalist throwing shoes at him. it became an internet sensation brushed off by president bush and then watch bide a couple million people online. two years ago today. >>> well, if you're among the 15 million americans looking for a job, 2011 might just be your year. a new survey out this morning shows the men and women with the money, chief financial officers, plan to boost hiring by 2%. that's the best we've seen in four years. richard lui is here with what all of this could mean for all of you folks who are job hunting. hey, richard. >> it's been tough so far as we know, chris. when we looked through the 200-page survey, what you all want to hear is this. there will be an addition of 3 million jobs by their estimate and that is opposite of last year. just look at the data as it's changed over that time period. here's who's expecting to do the hiring next year. on the stuff in the rooms that we walk by we never look into. rooms like

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. >> george w. bush's daughter jenna put her home on the market for $500,000.l estate agent was like, offers have gone way down since the economy was ruined by -- someone. check this out. a group of chinese housewives were busted for trying to smuggle ipads and cell phones into china. oh, man, that is so rat real housewives of beijing county." a video online that shows miley cyrus taking a bong hit and saying i'm having a little bit of a bad trip but luckily she had a friend there to talk her through it and then post the whole thing on tmz. that's what friends are for. >> oh, boy. well, tonight jimmy welcomes jessica alba, comedian colin quinn and steven bishop, late night with jimmy fallon, weeknights on your local nbc station. >>> good news and bad news at the box office for the number one film. "chronicles of narnia: the voyage of the dawn treader" is took the top spot, fox took over the series after disney abandoned it but at $24.5 million this latest chapter came in way below expectations. still it took in $80 million in 85 other countries which significan

. >> reporter: the judge hudson appointed by george w. bush ruse the mandate forcing individuals to buy health insurance is-counsels tuesdayal. >> if we cross the line now the unconstitutional line where the government can for us to buy private product and say it's for our own good, then we will give the government the power to force us to buy other products. cars, gym memberships, and asparagus. >> reporter: white house response, virginia's decision is a minority view with judges having dismissed 13 earlier lawsuits against the health care law. >> we are confident it's constitutional and quite frankly of the three courts that surrendered -- rendered decisions on this question, two have ruled in our favor. >> reporter: this case and another in florida with arguments on thursday are high-profile. the plaintiffs are the state themselves in the florida case, 20 of them. >> part of the health care system obviously needs to be fixed. yeah, expenses are out of control, and everyone's needs are not being met right now. but there are better solut

it was a response to a variety of crises that marked the george w.ush administration, such as the accounting scandals that gave us sarbanes oxley, the price increases that gave us this new arsenal of conservation regulations and more recently in the dodd-frank and the obamacare act. we find a heavy reliance on regulatory authority. if you talk to people about what those acts say, they say will just have to wait and see. there are two other features that make regulations so persistent. one is that regulation proceeds minutely in tiny steps taken through regulatory procedures, which amounts to assembling a coalition of interest groups, and equilibrium in favor of each small step so that each small step is unwound. the current estimate is that regulatory costs are $1.75 chilean per year. that is probably right. it is hard to estimate. the important thing is that no congressman or senator ever voted to appropriate those funds. you get things like tsa or the epa, which are always taking further and further steps. if those were quantified and put on but is

. >> i just do want to note for the record, senator hutchison voted yes on george w. bush's medicare part "d" prescription drug benefit, which if you ask any deficit hawk in town, which is one of the reasons that we have a big deficit. but everybody seems to have gotten the message of the election for their speeches. the question, then, is, why are they killing trees? >> it's like one last drink. okay? it's sort of, i'm going to stop, i'm going to quit, but i've got to have one last drink before -- >> after the holidays. >> right, exactly. >> i'm going on the diet, too, after the holidays. >> well, when we come back from the break, we'll see if our weight loss plan includes perhaps as early as tonight in the united states senate that big tax cut compromise. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this is steven, a busy man. his day starts with his arthritis pain. that's breakfast with two pills. the morning is over, it's time for two more pills. the day marches on, back to more pills. and when he's finally home... but hang on; just two aleve can keep arthritis pain away all

. >> a disturbing situation outside the texas home of former president george w. bush. a driver crashed a car on to the homes front lawn yesterday. no one was injure. there is no damage to the house, and the secret service says that the bush's were never in danger. the driver who had been visiting a neighbor was questioned and then released. >> the forecast this morning, no rain fall to talk about. we like hearing that. partly cloudy conditions expected with some reports of fog. santa rosa reporting one-half mile of visibility. 43 to 50 around the bay and 43 to 57 along the coast with partly cloudy conditions. for afternoon a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures expected to range from the lower 50s to the lower 60s. >>> well not a lot going on for now, love it. a nice break building in. we do have another low pressure system out here and it will be turning and headed toward the east and event eventually it will be the christmas storm. we expect sunshine for now today as well as tomorrow. but that low pressure system will come in and giver us a ran of rain fall just in

graduate school of business and former chairman of the council of economic advisers under president george w. bush. >> it looks like we have a tax deal for the short run. what we should hope for in 2011? that thinking about the long run is back in style. there is hope: after repeated stimulus packages to revive the economy, more serious discussion is emerging in washington about long-term structural challenges facing our nation. stagnating wages for too many americans, rising health care costs, and large federal deficits and debt that threaten our financial future-- these problems did not start with the financial crisis of 2007 to 2009, and they will not fix themselves as the economy recovers. the recent proposal from the fiscal commission to reduce deficits and debt offers a chance to restart long-run growth. by putting government programs on a sustainable footing and lowering future tax burdens, such a proposal helps the economy today as well. and tax reform that can help the economy shift away from more consumption today to more saving and investment for tomorrow will lower the chance of