joseph, executive director of the gerald r. ford foundation, gerald ford presidential foundation. skipping over our speakers for the moment, jennifer shaunberger, anchor and producer of the wall street report and speakers' committee that organized today's lunch. thank you, jennifer. speaking over the next for a

so, it is my honor now to give out the award to the gerald r. ford distinguished reporting on national defense. in 2012. let me read to you with the judges wrote. the judges were pleased to select him from the gerald r. ford award for distinguished reporting on national defense. his insight on the army, army is review of reverse the diagnosis of soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, uncovered a multifaceted issue regarding the many challenges that both medical professionals and soldiers faced dealing with the after effect of combat. although there has been a lot written over the last several years on ptsd, this series uncovered a largely hidden issue. the manner in which the diagnosis was handled and resulted in the real-world effect on the military personnel, their families and the organizations designed to serve them and the society's at large. the writing approach is refreshing and its return to a traditional hard-nosed news reporting of complex issues coupled with genuine enterprise, journalism that personalizes the impact of milita

>> it came about because i was asked to come back as gerald ford's chief of staff in the white house and my mother had been a schoolteacher -- >> right after he succeeded. >> and the only president never elected president or vice president. to succeed a president who resigned, the only one in history and we hope the last and only one. but i said something in the oval office one day and he said "what's that?" i said "it's a rule i write down. when i make a mistake i write a note so that i won't make it again." and my mother was a schoolteacher and i started keeping 3 x 5 cards and have done it to this day and he said "let me see the rules." so i had them typed up and he labeled them "rumsfeld's rules." and they got an article of their own. >> rose: didn'tmcqet think write something about it one time? >> later, much later. >> rose: it was the first time i knew about rumsfeld's rules. >> so people asked for copies and i decided to write a book about them. of course they're not my rules. they fear from people a lot smarter than i am. winston churchill and -- >> rose: and your father. >>

gerald ford helped put things right.a while to get back on the path, but he helped put things right. that was an anonymous competition. result ofis that as a that, he had such a strong cold, he started coming back to washington on his birthday's in june. this marks another one of those birthdays. he had a reunion every year of all of the people who had worked for him. they were proud that they worked for him. they shared that pride. this is another one. i'm just one of the representatives of got alumni group speaking to you today. that presidentse ford was always "ms. underestimated -- misunderestimated." [laughter] i must tell you that we on the staff underestimated him. i had the experience after he left office, receiving a call from his office in the afternoon. saying that he had a speech draft, missed speech was posted on two or three days and would like you to read it. they faxed it to me. i read the speech. there was a gorgeous beach. very complex, rich, interesting. a lot of words. it was one of the speeches that

the gerald ford residential foundation recognizes to journalists every year for their reporting on the presidency and national defense. this is at the national press club. we will bring you live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span tw2. witnesses include acting irs commissioner danny warble. i arrested out facing a lawsuit in connection with this targeting of groups applying for taxes it status. you can watch the hearing live at 3:00 p.m. eastern. he indicated that he wanted the death penalty on each of the three charges. he wanted it three times. that made me realize how serious they were. it was not about me. , i couldn't be killed three times. it was about the construction of this imaginary enemy. i was the embodiment of that enemy. >> she wasn't that interested in talking about what happened. the crime, the implications. she was not that interested in talking about it. she is one of these people you do not necessarily go to directly. out there were very important people in her life. i chipped away at the people she knew and trusted. was able to get points with them. slowly she c

representative fred upton and political analyst dade gergen are the featured speakers at this year's gerald r. ford journalism awards ceremony. and the senate's back at 2 p.m. eastern with general speeches followed by more debate on the farm bill. >> the u.s. commission on civil rights recently heard from representatives of groups for military veterans. among the speakers was an advocate for gay,less wean, bisexual and transgender generals as well as a representative of african-american vets. the commission is expected to release a report with recommendations for helping end discriminatory practices in the military as well as assisting veterans as they transition from the battlefield to the workplace. this is about an hour and 15 minutes. [inaudible conversations]

back in 2006 when senator corker -- it was gerald ford and it came up about illegal immigration. it came up that senator corker and some of his construction business -- he's a millionaire, you know -- was because of illegal labor. i find it offensive that he should remove himself from voting, since he used illegal labor to profit. also the hill came out for illegal immigration, so i don't think we will get fair answers from you. host: we are not taking a position on the immigration reform bill. we are a nonpartisan pubbledation indication. i'm not sure what he said during the campaign race, but it is worth looking into what he said then and now. the interesting thing about senator corker, he has almost broken -- forged deals with democrats on auto bailouts and other issues. he is a centrist. he has struck a deal here that he's sure is attracting criticism for doing. at the same time, democrats have praised him for being a compromiser. caller: why is it that the democrats and republicans work at this like it is a sporting event. they keep blaming the president for this, the presid

i also wanted to just note that i got this award that gerald ford, president ford had a big impact on my life when i was just out of college. i headed west and i was basically in eastern washington, thinking i could get a job, but president ford had what he called the job opportunity program and there was a sign up at the employment trailer saying, we need people to build trails in the north cascades national park. so i took the job. i was able to get the job. i had a great time, watched the whole fall come over the cascades. i went back east for a few years i really just did not want to stay east after that. so i went back west and i've been there really ever since my whole career has been in the northwest and alaska. it's been really an amazing thing. and i just wanted to end by thanking really my editors, my newspaper. it is certainly, like a lot of newspapers, regional newspapers, taken a lot of hits, a lot of layoffs, but remains a very strong, a very vibrant place i think to do good work. my editors, dave and jim, supported me over and over again when i wanted to go off to afgha

after that, the gerald ford journalism award presentation.ze the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war. frequently, the words of pursuant fall on deaf ears. it is useless to speak of these. useless until the years -- leaders of the soviet union adoptee attitude. i hope they do. i believe we can help them do it. i also believe that we must re- examine our own ideas, as individuals, and as a nation. our attitude is as special as theirs. as a graduate of the school, every thoughtful citizen who despairs of war, and wishes to bring peace, should begin by -- >> tom brokaw reflect on the kennedy presidency sunday at 7 -- 7:30. new jersey senator frank lautenberg died on monday at the age of 89 years old. according to a statement from his office, he had complications for from pneumonia. on wednesday, immortal service was held in new york city. this portion recall -- this is one hour, 10 minutes. [no audio] >> as i was getting up from the pew and moving into the aisle, the vice president said, good luck following that. [laughter]

of all of our presidents gerald ford lived the longest, beating ronald reagan by 45 days.h.w. bush is getting pretty close. happy birthday 41. we want to see you break that record. let's bring in cenk uygur to find out what is on "the young turks"s tonight. cenk. >> all right. i have the most boring black sox you have ever seen in your life. did you have shyla buff in "the war room"? >> i didn't. >> he said about five years ago that he -- an fbi consultant on a movie played a telephone call of shyla from two years before that for him. now i know it sounds crazy but a guy apparently played that tape for him. if he did, that means they are recording all of our calls. can you imagine if a random act for broke the whole issue? >> michael: that would be amazing. up next to discuss the best of the rest is samuel l jackson -- no i read that wrong. it is brett ehrlich. >> this is amazing whatever technology you are using it's like you are right here in front of me. i wore a tie and i have some great stories for us today. this is the forry of ralph hall accidental tourist. he is a

bush or gerald ford, you should have ran against that. >> gomez stomach zblbld there is a great opportunityelves with the right group. >> markey turned his long years in washington citing legislative accomplishments like healthcare and security. >> i could go on on and on that i am the author of many laws. >> reporter: like senator john mccain and former mayor rudy guliani. latest real clear politics average has markey up by ten points but the memory of republican scott brown upset win more than three years ago to take the late senator ted kennedy's seat is still refresh and democrats are not taking any chances. >> they confirmed reports that president obama will travel to massachusetts to campaign for markey. time is short. there is just two debates and a little more two weeks ago until election day on june 25th. >> chris: thanks for that. >> new jersey governor chris christie has named his attorney general to fill the senate seat that became open with the death of frank lautenberg. he will serve until a special election in november. he died on monday after almost 30 years in the senate. >

the fact that they have a choice in massachusetts, you have markey, he was there when gerald ford was was there when eight tracks were invoked, he is living in chevy chase. if you want a third senator from maryland, vote for markey. if you want someone that's an independent thinker and voter, who is new and not beholden to the usual cast of characters in washington, you vote for gomez, it is pretty simple. >> if you had a low voter turnout, you go back to the polling place, throngs could come there any moment, i am sure i embarrassed him. if it keeps to this pace, doesn't that favor the incumbent party? >> we have 11% enrollment in massachusetts, 34% democrat. even if we got out 100% of ours and they get a third, then it is up to independents. independents will in off election tend to vote for republican. once again, depends on the candidate. the job is one job only, get the vote out. i advised gomez to drop everything and get his team to literally go to people's houses and get them out, period. that's the only mission now. he said mission accepted and he's on it. >> any regrets you d

chuck is describing a man we all learned from, the founder of the hotline and a top consultant to gerald ford'sd his late partner created the world political consulting. not the way we know it now, perhaps, but the way they practiced it, it was in every respect a truly honorable profession. doug mentored our friend chuck and generations of reporters who admired him for his gentlemaner of practicing this art of politics. doug bailey died in his sleep monday night. he was 79 years old. [ ship horn blows ] no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay -- you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> that does it for us. "news nation" is next with tamron hall. money on car insurance with geico... yeah, a little bit more of the lime green love yeah... or letting them know they can reach geico 24/7 us

gerald ford was president and the united states was celebrating its bicentennial.ntry was also going through what was widely regarded as a sexual revolution. that's when moore's troubles began. >> i was convicted of killing my wife in 1976 in the state of iowa. >> moore's wife, terri williams, was a dancer at a local club when their relationship began. >> i was just a customer. i just walked in off the street. we met, hit it off pretty decently, you know, and ended up -- well, we picked each other up actually, so we went to terri's apartment and made love and enjoyed each other's company, you know. we got married. then i began to have thoughts about terri. i thought maybe terri was a little bit different, you know. >> how so? >> i felt that the person was more like a man than like a woman, and i thought that the person maybe had been a man. >> why? >> from feeling into this area of their body, you know. i thought that's very similar to me, you know. it's like the person has had their sex organ removed. that's what i thought, you know, but i wasn't completely sure.

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i like gerald ford. i like bob dole. i like them all as people but never voted for them. if the majority of other people voted for them, i'd wish them well but wouldn't vote to reelect them. i've come to believe the best reaction to liking or disliking a candidate is to be honest about it, say good things about the ones you like but vote for the one who will vote like you do otherwise you end up with a senator that makes you angry. not just how he votes but how you voted. politicians like most people don't off change so if you see a candidate votes like you do, you better vote for him because the people who don't agree with you are sure as heck voting for other guy. most important, get out there and vote. if you don't, things are going to get done the way the other people think they should. they're not sitting around thinking about what you would like done. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening, from new york. i'm chris hayes. and thank you for joining us. tonight on "all in" the trial of george s

this out without telling what it was and one person wrote, "it's nixon celebrating his pardon by gerald fordean 74. it wasn't. the seconnormally see with nixo. some of the others said is this just dick nixon partying hard. >> what's interesting about it, is it goes completely against what we think of, even if we think of him partying hard, it's not quite that way. >> against type. and if that's why images like this are so arresting. nixon, it turns out, was absolutely delighted to have this done because five years after watergate or so, he was trying to pull himself back. he was enough of a politician to know a picture in the newspapers of his celebratin celebrating ty with the champagne on his head was worth an awful lot. >> ifill: i believe that was beer. >> it was champagne or bottled beer. >> ifill: exactly. this is the picture that first caught my attention of your tweeting as i was going through my timeline. it's very puzzling. there is bill clinton, clearly on the left, and in the center is george h.w. bush, and next to him he's shaking hands with george wall athe famous segregationis

captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> we will bring you live coverage of the gerald ford journalism awards on c-span 2 monday at all -- 1:00 p.m. witnesses in the subcommittee program include danny worthall and j russel george. the irs is now facing a lawsuit. you can watch it live at 3:00 p.m. eastern over on c-span 3. >> next, the future of the marine corps with, and don james amos. he talks about the automatic spending cuts and the drums in afghanistan. from the brookings institution, this is one-and-a-half hours. now general james amos discusses automatic spending cuts and the challenges he is facing because of them. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to brookings. on behalf of my colleagues, we would like to welcome you and especially welcome general james amos, the commandant of the u.s. marine corps, to be here today. the format for today is that the general was before 10 or 15 minutes, summarizing some of his spot on some issues that i know our interest to you as well. then he and i will have a conversation here, and then we will turn to the crowd. we have c-span

representative fred upton and political analyst dade gergen are the featured speakers at this year's gerald r. ford journalism awards ceremony. and the senate's back at 2 p.m. eastern with general speeches followed by more debate on the farm bill. >> the u.s. commission on civil rights recently heard from representatives of groups for military veterans. among the speakers was an advocate for gay,less wean, bisexual and transgender generals as well as a representative of african-american vets. the commission is expected to release a report with recommendations fo

ronald reagan or gerald ford?e became governor of california and then, of course, president. he acted in a lot of westerns and war films, but check out his comedies for a good laugh. which president farmed peanuts? lyndon johnson or jimmy carter? jimmy carter was a peanut farmer from georgia. which president was an inventor? thomas jefferson or george washington? not only did thomas jefferson write the declaration of independence, he invented the cipher wheel for decoding messages and a plow for farming. even animals can boast claims to fame like the cheetah, fastest animal on land, or the blue whale, largest animal to ever have lived on earth. but not all claims to fame are good ones. many people illegally keep exotic pets, and for one species, the number of animals kept as pets outnumbers those left in the wild. which wildcat holds this unfortunate claim to fame? the lion, the tiger, the leopard, or the mountain lion? this sad claim to fame belongs to the tiger. there are fewer than 4,000 tigers left in the wild

we all probably aware that was going, for example, with gerald ford, and a billion dollars later, i don't think the gentleman from virginia would suggest that that would be a billion dollars more than we thought it was. research is research, it is building towards the greater understanding. >> the gentleman yields back. >> any further discussion on this? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i do want to bring up something. there has been a lot of back and forth about synthetic fuels. if you look at that and the science behind it. most of these synthetic fuels actually burn cleaner. there is a much higher degree of processing and refining the goes into the area. it is derived from the unconventional hydrocarbons they it gives them the flexibility to make sure they are looking at all potential sources. in most instances, we end up with a cleaner fuel source. we want to make sure that they are having the flexibly across the round and looking at the technology is for environmental impact is concerned. in many cases it is less than what we have with conventional fuels. with that, i yelled back. >> the

in terms of legislation the mark includes provisions for the gerald ford era class carrier.nd several other provisions that provide additional oversight of programs including two of the navy's largest unmanned aircraft programs. but also gives the department of defense permission to begin retirement some old kc-135 refueling aircraft data been in storage for many years. we are able to just because they tanker program kc 468 this on cost and on schedule what you know we're pleased to be able to report. i'm glad we're given the department of defense more flexibility in these tough budget times to manage the inventory of aircraft. instance of fun is mark recommends $14.3 billion in shipping that would authorize a total of eight new ships but this is a fault not requested by the administration. in addition to mark also authorizes $934 million of ship construction funding to ensure that the virginia class submarine, destroyer, and joined an icy coastal programs stay on schedule. with regard to aircraft programs the mark fully funds the of ministrations budget request for all the

. >>> then a conference on religious freedom and later the gerald ford foundation journalism awards. >> this is about thirty five minutes. [applause] >> i want to thank the leadership, and the membership of the ajc and the substitute, bob, david harris. nearly a quarter of a century helped to shape this distinguished organization like no one else. and your new president stan bergman. i thank you, every single one of you, for all you do for israel. but more for human rights, civil rights around the world. women's rights, in fighting racism, religious intolerance, and torture. thank you for all that you do fight anti-semitism around the world. i'm proud i just appointed to lead the fight from antiself- semitism from the state department. you have a strong partner. i thank you for what you do for the american jewish community. as many of you might know, if you don't, i tell you now, my brother cam is a proud member of the community. he converted to jew dayism thirty years ago before marying his wife kathy. this morning i'm proud say he started as acting secretary of commerce department

in terms of legislation, the mark includes provisions for the jerrold ford class -- gerald ford class air force carrier as the chairman mentioned and several other provisions that provide additional oversight of important programs including two of the navy's largest unmanned aircraft programs. it also gives the department of defense permission to begin retirement of some old kc-135 refueling aircraft that have been in storage for many years. we're able to do this because the new tanker program, the kc-46a, is on cost and on schedule which i know we are pleased to hear and be able to report. i'm glad we are giving the department of defense more flexibility in these tough budget times to manage their inventory of aircraft. in terms of funding, this mark recommends $14.3 billion in shipbuilding that would authorize a total of eight new ships, the full amount requested by the administration. the mark also authorized $941 million to insure that the virginia class submarine, class destroyer, ddg-51 class destroyer and joint high-speed vessel programs stay on schedule. with regard to aircraf

it includes provisions for the gerald ford class aircraft carrier, multiyear procurement language for e-2-d and smbings c-130-j aircraft and several other provisions that provide additional oversight of important programs, including two of the navy's largest unmanned aircraft programs. it also gives the d.o.d. permission to begin retirement f some old kc-131 aircraft that had been in storage for years and the kc-46-a coming online, its own cost -- it's on cost and on schedule, two phrases we'd love to hear not only in the committee but also on behalf of our taxpayers. i'm glad we're giving d.o.d. more flexibility in these tough budget times to manage its inventory of aircraft. also, the sea power portion has $14.3 billion for shipbuilding that would authorize a total of eight new ships. it authorizes $934 million of ship construction funding to ensure that the virginia class submarine, ddg-1000 class destoyier and joint high speed vessel programs stay on schedule. and with regard to the aircraft programs, this bill fully funds the administration's request for all major aircraft progra

from tennessee, independent -- caller: i have a quick question -- back in 2007, when senator told gerald ford'st came out about illegal immigration. it came up that senator corker and some of his construction business -- he is a millionaire -- it was because of illegal labor. i find that offensive that he should remove himself from voting since he used illegal labor to profit. i don't think we will get very fair answers from you. guest: we have not taken a position on the immigration reform bill. inator corker was running 2006 but i'm not sure what he said during the campaign race but it is worth looking at to see what he said then and now. on various issues, she has almost -- he has almost forge deals with democrats and auto belts and other deals and he is a centrist on this and has struck a deal here that is attracting criticism at the same time, democrats are praising him for negotiating and being a compromiser. host: new york city, democrats -- a good morning. caller: of like to make a comment and question. why is it that the congress and the senate trade all of these situations going on as

you have somebody who has been there for 37 years back when gerald ford and when they had 8 tracks, ifwho really -- he's never here unless he wants to cut a ribbon or something. he has a house in chevy chase that is his legal residence and bottom line, he's never here. so you have a choice. you're going to vote for somebody who is going to walk down the aisle as you've seen, excuse me, harry, how do you want me to vote, up or down, and be that rubber stamp, or somebody to go down there and be an independent voter and thinker and do what's best for the people of massachusetts without any beholden to anybody. >> steve: why didn't you jump in. >> i needed a break. i've been campaigning for almost 15 years between assessor selectman, state senate, u.s. senate. the thought of running again, raising another 30 to $50 million and then the next day running again and raising another 50 to $70 million, you know, it doesn't compare to the big contract i got with fox. so what can i say? [ laughter ] >> steve: between the big fox contract and obviously you've got a box of 8 track tapes in the garag

eastern for a national press club for the gerald r. ford journalism award. >> host: tell us more about what is going on at the hearings on capitol hill regarding the irs's josh hicks and the "washington post," columnist for the federal eye. >> guest: thank you for having me. >> host: we will see the act dana commissioner, danny werfel today. why is his appearance significant? >> guest: well, he'll be talking to a subcommittee of the house appropriations committee of the financial services and government -- general government subcommittee. so this is the fourth hearing on this matter, so i'm sure some people are saying some. fatigue at this moment, especially the inspector general, russell george is also testifying today. the focus may be different than the others because werfel is there any say to the irs and he wasn't there. he had no involvements obviously would do targeting campaign. so there may be less focus within testifying on who's done it and why and more about next steps. >> host: who is danny werfel? percy come from? this is his

just ask gerald ford about richard nixon. that is a fact. and the president of the united states in this case is taking innocent young men and women who have been thoroughly checked in their background and said, you know what, i want to go after the mean, ugly, people who want to do us harm. and i want to set aside these young men and women. we voted for it, 216-208. it was a proud day in the congress of the united states. i want to say one more time to the gentleman from iowa, there are members of your side of the aisle who i know -- mr. king: would the gentleman yield? mr. gutierrez: no. who are going to continue to work with us in this congress of the united states to get this finish. please let us do that work. the chair: the time of the gentleman from minnesota has expired. members are reminded to address their comments to the chair. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from iowa. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. mr. king: madam chair, i ask for a recorded vote

they will have their 11 aircraft carriers, as the gerald ford is commissioned, they'll be back at 11. the question is, are we going to have a mandate in perpetuity to substitute our judgment for the realities of the navy in five years, 10 years, 30 years regardless of force structure, threats or technology? this is a small symbol of what's wrong with the process here and why we can't get a control over many of the budget issues. i'd respectfully suggest support for this bipartisan amendment. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from california is now recognized. mr. mckeon: mr. chairmen, i yield the balance of our time to the gentleman from virginia, mr. forbes, subcommittee chairman on the around services committee. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. forbes: i thank the chairman and, mr. chairman, one of the things that unites republicans and democrats in opposition to this amendment, that's why you heard them take this floor, the constitution of the united states mandates congress to build a strong navy. it doesn't mandate the white hou

gerald ford was probably the most underrated president we had.hat was regrettably not to be and humphrey had the same problem. they sent out to destroy him and they succeeded. >> i am pleased to report those watching on c-span can follow congress and john dingell on twitter. the longest serving congressman in history is at twitter. john_dingell. if you went to look at the twitter account, which i did this morning. you saw the vice president biden stopped by yesterday and he gave you a gift. yet, you did not say in your tweet what he gave you and i've been wondering ever since. [laughter] >> he gave me a wonderful wall clock. something that i will cherish. i'm a great admirer of joe biden. he has something of that my good friend has -- [unintelligible] -- the heart of an irish poet. [laughter] >> let me go to charlie cook. am i handing out the microphones or is someone running mics around? no, i guess i am. [laughter] >> in honoring chairman dingell's longevity because that is easier to measure. but he's had a greater impact on war legislation tha