isn't that just like gerald ford? nt ford said himself, "the length of one's days matters less than the love of one's family and friends." in his long life of great accomplishments, president ford was most proud of his family. today, we pay special tribute to his family -- michael, jack, susan, and steven -- three of whom are with us. we also send our love and respect to first lady betty ford. our nation owes her a great debt of gratitude for her role as first lady, but well beyond that affecting the lives millions of americans. please extend our respects to your mom. when we unveil a statue, governor snyder, it is always a special occasion for us in the capitol, but when it happens to be one of one who has served in the congress, that is a rarity. a president who has served in the congress, that gets pretty personal as well. because we come together here to honor the character, courage, and civility of a former proud member of the house of representatives -- indeed, again, a former minority leader -- president ford. p

isn't that just like gerald ford? d said himself, the length of one day matters less to the love of one's family and friends. and his long life of great accomplishments, president ford was the most, most proud of his family. today we pay special tribute to his family, michael, jack, susan and steven, three of whom are with us. we also send other love and respect to first lady betty ford. our nation owes her a great debt of gratitude for her role as first lady but well beyond that, affecting the lives of millions of americans. please extend our respects to your mom whfment we unveil a statue, governor snyder, it's always a special occasion for us in the capital. but when it happens to be one who has served in the congress, that is a rarity and a president who has served in the congress as gets pretty personal as well. because as president we come together here to honor the character, the courage, the civility of a former proud member of the house of representatives and, indeed again, former minority leader, president fo

isn't that just like gerald ford? he said the links of one's day matters less than the ones -- that once families and friends. in his long life of great accomplishments, president ford was the most proud of this family. today, we pay special tribute to his family, three of whom are with us and we send our love and respect to first lady, betty ford. our nation owes her a great debt of gratitude for our role as first lady, but well beyond that, affecting the lives of millions of americans. please extend our respects to your mom. when we unveiled a statue, it's always a special occasion for us in the capital. one happens to be of one has served in the congress, and that's a rarity, a president who has served in the congress, a gets pretty personal as well. we come together here to honor the dead characters of courage, civility, a former proud member of the house of representatives and a former minority leader, president ford. president ford's leadership of lighthouse is marked by fair and reliable's leadership. he was res

then nixon resigned and gerald r. ford became our 38th president.nted to be was speaker of the house, where he served for a quarter century. and now visitors to the capitol building can see evidence of how beloved he was in the house and in his home state. tom brokaw has the report tonight. >> reporter: it's often said gerald ford was the right man at the right time for a wounded nation reeling from watergate. >> our long national nightmare is over. >> reporter: being the right man at the right time started early for gerald ford. in 1934, he was a starting center for the university of michigan football team and close friends with the only black player of the team, a gifted athlete named willis ward. >> back then, you were subject to being ostracized if you became too involved with blacks. that was a test to jerry despite that. he was a man even though he was only 17 years old. >> reporter: in 1934, the visiting georgia tech team refused to take the field if michigan started ward. steven ford, the president's youngest son, said his father was outrage

>> reporter: it's often said gerald ford was the right man at the right time for a wounded nation reeling from watergate. >> our long national nightmare is over. >> being the right man at the right time started early for

. >>> and today a bronze statue of president gerald ford will be dedicated in the rotunda.

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. >>> a statue of president gerald ford is now in the house. the statue was dedicated in a ceremony tuesday afternoon. mr. ford was the only president who was not elected president or vice president. he was appointed president when president richard nixon resigned. >>> still ahead -- >> we awakened to death. it was quite an experience. >> they risk their lives, jumped on a bus, and changed history. we will see the freedom riders coming up. >> we have a few showers out there right now. what can we expect for mo >>> one of the most important moments in civil rights history began on the streets of the sea earlier this week, the mayor honored the freedom riders for their courage. >> it has been a long time. >> it has been half a century. they helped launch a remarkable and daring movement. >> i knew there were danger -- i knew there was danger. we did not know that we pushed it. we truly pushed it. >> over 400 civil rights activist, black and white boarded buses in 1961 to challenge segregation policies that play interstate travel. >> you have to k

>> gerald ford was a legislator. and he was a minority leader. and he functioned on the spokes of the wheel concept where anyone could come to see them. and he liked -- you is gracious, wonderfully warm deep and debated anyone who wanted to have access to him could. and as minority leader of the united states house of representatives, that work. in fact, it was popular. a president of the united states can't do that. it just doesn't work. it's dysfunctional. and he had watched the nixon white house, and i believe he believed that part of the reason for nixon's downfall was that there was what was called the berlin wall, this white house staff system run by bob haldeman and john girlie man that they called the berlin wall because they both had names that sounded germanic. he did not want that, and he said -- he established this and for cs al qaeda to stay on and it turned out he felt he couldn't keep how and allied commander in europe. and he asked me to coming. and i told him i wouldn't do it. at couldn't be done, that the monkey designed was not

. >> a statutee of president gerald ford is on display. they dedicated the statue in a ceremony this afternoon. he was the only president in american history not elected either president or vice- president. he became president when former president richard nixon resigned. he died in 2006 at the age of 93. >>> of world as it. prince charles is in the nation's capital. we will tell you why. >> some changes in the weather. rain hitting our way. >> the nationals in philadelphia. i will take you to tampa for the latest on the caps and the lightning. game 3 as >>> even following the royal wedding of his son william things are staying busy for the man next in line to become king. >> where prince william is in town. >> prince charles' visit this neighborhood which is close to harvard university. people excited to see him. this is coming off the royal wedding a couple days ago. people still had wedding fever. this is prince charles'first official trip since 2007. he arrived at common good city farm in northwest washington and was welcomed by the ma

capitol hill, lawmakers will be on hand for the dedication of a statue in honor of former president gerald ford. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. "today" takes you inside the situation room where president obama and his national security team mapped out the strategy to kill mastermind osama bin laden. >>> and matt lauer sits down with steven tyler to talk about his revealing new memoir. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

the gerald ford at the debate in 1976 when he prematurely liberate poland from soviet domination. what is sometimes forgotten and you can see this on youtube. one of the panelists from the new york times who spent a lot of time in moscow looks at him believe you know the honeymoon is -- he says you didn't mean that, did you? and ford says the yugoslavs are dominated and the poles aren't dominated and we go through one solid week of the ford campaign on its heels having to persuade the president to say i made a mistake. presidents always run against their opponents on the ground that they know the world better. so what? suppose he said come on, i am the commander in chief. i know how many soviet troops are there. i am talking what is inside. they will never yield. let's say that changes a tiny handful of votes. go to ohio. a lot of european immigrants. you change 6,000 votes in ohio and ford wins. huge change 3500 votes in hawaii or mississippi. he wins the electoral college. he loses the popular vote substantially. has a playful note i have a congressman named al gore saying this

another example-- gerald ford in the wake of the vietnam war, spring of 1975.rica just lost the war in vietnam, first war we had lost. a merchant marine ship, minner ship, was taken hostage by the khmer rouge. ford sent the marines in. the marines liberated the ship. the staff-- the people who were on the ship all survived. 18 marines were killed in the course of this but this was seen as a great master stroke for gerald ford a more decisive leader than we thought. and there's a resonance of today it raised the morale of americans in the wake of the loss in vietnam. >> lehrer: presidents make these decisions, gutsy, or whatever you want to call them, but the people who have to carry them out are the ones who make it either work or not work or providence dense or a lot of other things are involved, correct? >> that's absolutely true. michael's right, in some sense, jimmy carter's role ended when he made that decision, and it was the same decision, whether the mission itself succeed or failed. but, of course, the president, in the end, actually end up being the f

it does not involve life or death but said gerald ford at the debate 1976 when he prematurely liberates poland from domination what is sometimes forgotten and you can see this on youtube after he gives that answer he looks at him if you know, the honeymooners you did not mean that did you? and then they go through the week from the ford campaign having to persuade the president to say i made a mistake. they always run against the opponent that they know the world better. so what? suppose he said come on. i am the commander in chief. i am talking about what is inside the polls and hungarians. they will never yield. so say that that changes a tiny handful of votes. go to ohio if you change 6,000 those that year ford wins ohio. change 3500 in hawaii are mississippi and ford wins those and wins the electoral college. losing the popular but substantially as a playful amount of gore, jr. says this must never happen again [laughter] sometimes you cannot resist. then what? i interviewed brent scowcroft to suggested for did not have the vietnam and extend did not feel the u.s. had to pay a price

i also tell the whole story of the story of 11976 the audio went dead between jimmy carter and gerald ford the debate in philadelphia. ford and carter standing at each podium and they both just stood there silently 27 minutes while they tried to fix the audio. they did not look at each other. one moderator offer them a chair and said of -- not only did they sit down did not even acknowledge july suggested that. i interview them about that and they said it was true, it a true embarrassment. carter said "i think to some degree it let the american people size of the candidates and i don't think any of us made points on that deal and it was true. it was one airplanes were made decisively in a debate that had nothing to do with what was said by the candidates with their words. but what they said with their body language. the first televised debate kennedy nixon comment it was nixon's appearance that loss of the day and one and four kennedy. those who listen to what on the radio thought nixon was the winner but on television did not think so. the 2000 debate between al gore and george bush that

a bronze statue of president gerald ford will be dedicated in the capital rotunda. vered the statue friday. ford was the only president to serve the office without being elected president or vice president. he represented michigan in the house of representatives before becoming vice president to richard nixon when agnew resigned. ford became president when nixon resigned. president ford decide in 2006. >>> and a look outside right now. hazy at this hour. 64 degrees. and we have some clouds maybe building overhead. we have storms headed our way. is that right, tom? >> not heading that way but developing on top of us by later this afternoon it's possible as we heat up. off to a cool start this morning. dress for a cool morning and be prepared for a warm summer-like afternoon. short sleeves. right now it's near 60, though, in arlington, fairfax and montgomery. low 60s in the district of columbia and prince george's county and much of southern maryland. mid-60s on the bay, northern neck and lower eastern shore. shenandoah valley, western maryland. there's that a little b

coming up, gator versus car and who >>> earlier this hour, a bronze statue of president gerald ford wasedicated in the capitol rotunda. workers delivered the statue on friday. ford was the only president to serve the office without being elected president or vice president. he represented michigan in the house of representatives before becoming vice president ford when nixon resigned and then became president when nixon resigned. >>> the caps are in a hole after losing the first two games at home. the primary culprit for the caps, lack of success is in the power play. they went zero for six in sunday's game with an extra man. they were 0-6 in suspendnday's with an extra man. they tried to reverse that in tampa. you can catch that game on versus starting at 6:30. >> good morning. coming up this afternoon on news4 at 4:00, a revealing interview with steve tyler about his drug abuse and how much money he spent on drugs. >>> also ahead at 4:00 today, what sparked this chaos in the courtroom. the prosecutor was the one targeted. >>> it's a popular choice for mother's day, but who has the bes

. >>> a statue of former president gerald ford is now on display in the capitol rotunda. hter, susan thanked lawmakers before becoming vice president, mr. ford served as house minority leader. >>> news of osama bin laden's death is also being shared at arlington national cemetery. >> some people are taping newspaper clippings to headstones now. most of the mem ep toes can be found in section 60 where soldiers of today's war are buried. >> brittany morehouse reports it is a symbol of grief that changed one woman's mission. >> reporter: marks every visit. >> i like to leave nine rocks here just because it represents the people in our family. who miss chris. >> reporter: for amy miller, this morning is different. she's placing at her brother's gravestone, a newspaper headline. >> chris was a history buff. he would have loved the fact that the news of osama bin laden's death was announced on the same day as hitler's death. >> a glance around section 60 and you see similar mementoes. you hear mixed reaction. >> a lot of these people here have the same feelings that he's gone bu

. >>> and today a bronze statue of president gerald ford will be dedicated in the rotunda.he corruption charges, he then became president when nixon resigned under threat of impeachment. ford was the only president to hold both offices without being elected either president or vice president. president ford died in 2006. >>> today president obama pays tribute to the top teacher in the country, michelle shearer. she plans to take the next year off from teaching to travel the country as a national advocate for public education. >> congratulations to her. a spring time tradition for coffee lovers is coming back. >>> and "time" magazine is coming out with a special edition on osama bin laden's death. we'll show you the cover. [ male announcer ] the inspiration for its shape was an archer drawing his bow. ♪ could that have also inspired its 556 horsepower supercharged engine? ♪ the all-new cadillac cts-v coupe. we don't just make luxury cars, we make cadillacs.

. >>> and a special honor today for the late president gerald ford in the capital rotunda.ronze statue unveiled in the place where he lay in repose four and a half years ago. family, friends and congressional leaders attended the service. more than the white house, president ford always said that the house of representatives was his real home. his daughter susan ford bails represented the family today. >> dad, the message fills this rotunda. you did not let america down. you kept your promise, you healed our nation, and you allowed us to dream again. ♪ [ male announcer ] in 2011, at&t is at work, building up our wireless network all across america. we're adding new cell sites... increasing network capacity, and investing billions of dollars to improve your wireless network experience. from a single phone call to the most advanced data download, we're covering more people in more places than ever before in an effort to give you the best network possible. at&t. rethink possible. there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litte

the last three booted out with unemployment in the mid-7.0s were gerald ford, jimmy carter and georgebush. this is important for republicans to keep this in mind. >> chris: kimberly, you are happily employed at the "wall street journal," we should note is owned by our parent company, the parent company of fox news as well. to get to nina's point, can republicans get over romney and his healthcare plan? and with huckabee out, is he now the best chance that republicans have to beat barack obama? >> i don't think they can get over it. you step back and this debate that we're having this year in 2012 -- or we are going to have in the election is over the role of government, the size and involvement in people's life. healthcare is central to that. romney carrie -- romney-care is the prototype to the president's healthcare plan. romney's obligation this week to come out and say that was a mistake. we were out there. maybe it was the beginning of healthcare debate. we tried to do some things and it didn't work out this way. this is my new plan and we're going forward and why the other one di

. >> gerald ford once famously said our long national nightmare is over. the wake of watergate can certainly be used this week to sum up the final followy that was the birther issue. how is it possible in this hyper informed age of information that our public discourse can be hijacked by something conceived of such ignorance? the drum beat of foolish factually challenged and thoroughly uneducated rhetoric that defined this debate demeaned our national dialogue at a time when serious and sober conversation is so desperately needed: jobs, health care, the ongoing wars, the deficit and the conversation about national priorities are the pressing issues of our time. instead we allowed a small uninformed minority and one publicity star reality tv purveyor to lead us down a slippery slope regardless of the motives behind the birther movement political gain, ignorance or something even more sinister, the issue struck some of us as more than a little curious given that it involved a black man whose name does not sound so typically american. questioning this preside

of the famous 27 minutes when in 1976 the audio went dead in a debate between jimmy carter and gerald ford, the debate in philadelphia. ford and carter -- the audio went dead as you may recall, ford and carter once that one podium, the other stood at the other podium, and they just stood there silently for 27 minutes. why they try to fix the audio. they didn't speak to one another. they didn't even look at each other. and we knew he was a moderator offer them a chair. and newman said afterward not going to did not sit down, they did not even acknowledge that i had suggested it. [laughter] i interviewed both ford and carter about all of that, and both admitted it was a true embarrassment. carter said, i think amoco, i think to some degree elect american people size of the candidates and i don't think either one of us made any points on that deal. that was really true. the incident was one of many through the years when points were made, decisive points were made in a debate that had nothing to do with what was said by the candidates with their words. it was what they said with their body la

i came here -- when i came here, the president of the united states was gerald ford, whose statue we just unveiled in the rotunda. we didn't filibuster any of his federal district courts. we didn't filibuster any of president jimmy carter's district courts. we didn't filibuster any of ronald reagan's federal district courts. we didn't filibuster any of president george h.w. bush's district courts. we didn't filibuster any of -- on the floor anyway, we did in committee, of president clinton's or any of president george w. bush's. somehow the rules have changed for president obama. it is troubling, as chairman of the judiciary committee, but also troubling to the federal judiciary nationwide why this one president gets singled out for this kind of treatment. i did a little research. i went back -- as i said i've been here 37 years. but i went back over the last six decades. i found only three district court nominations, three in over 60 years, in which cloture was even filed. two of those the cloture petition was withdrawn after procedural issues were resolved. for a single one the sen

14, the former national security council adviser under president ford will speak at our annual gerald ford journalism awards. june 30, gary sinise. he will announce an organization for charity supporting the military. on july 11, we host the 14th annual race. secondly, i'd like to present our guest with the traditional npc coffee mug. >> thank you. [applause] >> now, i ask the last question. you worked as a newspaperman. you have been on the radio and now television. i assume you are better paid than you were before, but if it was not about the pay, which of the platforms would be your favorite? >> actually, bob and i were talking about this. if you wake me in the middle of the night, i still think of myself as a newspaper guy because i came up is a newspaper writer. i must tell you, though, that people generally do not read my lines -- bylines. on tv they see you, but they see you more than they hear you. they have been emotional response to you and who you are. they will offer comments on your tie and all the rest. [laughter] on the radio, it is such an intimate medium -- people would wr

the former national security adviser under president ford will speak at our annual gerald ford journalism awards. and the oscar-nominated actor will announce a foundation dedicated to raising charity supporting the military. and then the national press club will host the beat the deadline ce, and secondly, i would like to present our guest with the traditional npc coffee mug as a token of being here today. >> thank you for a much. >> you worked as a newspaperman. you have been on the radio and now television. i assume you are better paid now than before, but if it was not about to pay and just about the work, which platform would be at your favorite and why? >> we were talking about this, and i said, if you wake me in the middle of the night, i still think of myself as a newspaper guy, because i came up as a newspaper writer. i must tell you people do not generally agreed bylines. -- read violence. on tv they see you more than they hear you, and they have an emotional response, and they will offer comments on your ties and all their rest, and on the radio, it is such an intimate i would f

population and june 14, brent scowcroft, advisor under president ford will speak at our annual gerald ford journalisms award and june 3, gary vin niece will announce the -- gary sinise will announce a fund for charities supporting the military and june 11, the national press club hosts the 14th annual beat the deadline 5k race featuring tony horton from cnn and secondly, i would like to present our guest with the traditional npc coffee mug, in our appreciation of you being here today. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> and now i ask the last question. you have worked as a newspaperman, and you have been on the radio and now television and i assume you are now better paid than you were before, but if it wasn't about the pay but just about the work, which of those platforms would be your favorite and why? >> well, actually, bob and i were talking about this and i said i still, if you wake me in the middle of the night, i still think of myself as a newspaper guy, because i came up as a newspaper writer. now, i must tell you, though, that people, i think, generally don't read by lines. on t

june 14, the former national security council adviser under president ford was to get our annual gerald ford journalism awards. june 30, gary sinise, the actor will announce the formation of a foundation dedicated to raising funds for charity supporting military. and on june 11, this is of interest to the general public, the national press club hosts the 14th annual beat the deadline 5k race. second, i would like to present our guest with the withnpc coffee mug, a token of our appreciation for you being here today. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> now i ask the last question to the university as a newspaperman, been on the radio, and now television. i assume you are now better paid than your before. but it was not about the pay adjust but the work, which of those platforms would be your favorite and why? >> well, actually, bob and i were talking about this, and i said that if you like me in the middle of the night, i still think of myself as a newspaper guy. because i came up as a newspaper writer. i must tell you the note that i think people generally do not read by lines. on tv, they