let us join together and call on god to continue to bless america. ♪ ♪ god bless america. er and guide her, with a light from above. on the mountain to the prairie, to the ocean. god bless america, my home sweet home. god bless america, my home sweet home [applause] >> for me or anyone else considering continues on in public service, i think the real question is, do you have a positive vision for tcitizens. on a potential presidential run on 8 years as governor, sunday on c-span. judge monday. senate lindsay graham. staff sergeant salvatore giunta. >> white house ceremony scheduled for october 6th. staff sergeant briefs the military. >> this is 30 minutes. >> it's my honor to bring to you, staff sergeant giunt a, 173 airborne brigade. they are joining us from a, life. the medal of honor will be presented to you in afghanistan. thank you very much for being available to us. and i also before turns this over to questions and to colonel dave, i wanted to say on behalf of all of us here in the pentagon. how broad we are of you and your colleagues and comrades who i know you hav

thank you all, god bless you, god bless america. [applause] ♪ ♪ [singing] ♪ [singing] ♪ [singing] ♪ [singing] ♪ [singing] [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you for the beautiful music. thank you for those wonderful words, mrs. bush. you have once again proven to be a source of strength and comfort for these families and i know that everyone thinks you. it is now my extreme honor and privilege to introduce to you mrs. michelle obama, the first lady of the united states of america, who has also dedicated her demonstration continuously to america's heroes and its future. she is constantly lending her ear, caring presence, and passionate voice to the men and women who service and sacrifice keep our nation' safe. her tireless advocacy on their behalf reminds us of the values that unite us all, even in these difficult moments. including the obligation that each of us must give back to our community. so, welcome, mrs. obama, and it is my pleasure to introduce our nation's first lady, mrs. michelle obama. [applause] >> thank you, every

call on god to continue to bless america. ♪ god bless america, land that i love. guide her, through the night with the light from above. from the mountains to the prairies, to the oceans white god bless america,my home sweet home god bless america, my home sweet home. ♪ [applause] >> coming up, a medal of honor recipient at a briefing. after that, a discussion on the history of the 14th amendment. later, pope benedict xvi addresses members of parliament and is first official state visit to the united kingdom. tomorrow, a discussion about wall street's take on at the midterm elections. the discussion of successful candidates to have tea party support. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. sunday, health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius talks about what could happen to the current health care legislation if republicans win control of the house. >> they could do some serious harm to what has now begun, which is a major change in the roles of the road, so the power is beginning to shift from insurance companies to consumers and back to doctors

god bless you and god bless america.amazing grace] when you walk through the storm hold your head up high afraid of the dark at the end of the storm is a golden sky and the peaceful song of the lord ♪18 walk on through the wind walk on through the rain walk on, walk on open your heart aloneu'll never walk alone never walk alone walk on through the wind walk on through the rain walk on, walk on open your heart aloneu'll never walk you'll never walk alone you'll neverwalk, walk you'll never walk alone ♪ walk on walk on [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you so much for those wonderful words, mrs. bush. yet proven again to be a source of strength and comfort to the families in this community. now it is my extreme honor and privilege to introduce to you mrs. michele obama, the first lady of the united states of america who has also demonstrated her dedication continuously to american stock heroes -- to america's heroes. she glanced at her passionate voice to the men and women whose services and sacrifice keep us safe. he

so these guys they make big money off you and me. >> good. >> god bless america. >> exactly. >> shouldn't they give back a little? >> no. no. >> and yes. yes. they should. >> right. >> and so i don't think they're making money on that. >> i could be wrong. >> i told stewart every jokester within 100 miles was going to be at the rally. do you know what i'm talking about? >> no. i don't. i want to you make an estimate of how many people do you think goring to be show up? you had 2.8 million right? >> no. >> we had between 500,000 and $650,000. >> wow. >> if you only charged $1 each. >> yes. and i will be disappointed if they have less than three million people there. it will be a failure. i have no idea. >> the more of merrier. it's only a million people watching the show. >> more people get engaged and start to pay attention to politics? >> it's not going to be a political rally. they're just going to mock us. that is all they're going to do. it's a rally for mockers. >> do you know how many people watch you because they heard about how evil you were? >> yes. yes.

god bless america. >> bill: you are okay with that? >> god bless america.uldn't they give back a little? >> no. yes, yes, they should. >> bill: you should get a residual from this little halloween fest. >> no. they are north making money on that. that would be wrong. >> bill: i told stewart every dope dealer within 100 miles is going to be at that rally. do you know what i'm talking about? >> no, i don't. bill o'reilly. i have no idea. >> bill: they are going to have the rally. i want you to make an estimate of how many people you think are going to show up. you had 2.8 million, right? >>. no. >> bill: how many did you have? >> we had between 5 and 650,000. >> bill: wow, big. if you had only charged a buck each. >> damn. i will be disappointed if they have less than 3 million people there. it will be a failure. >> bill: you think so? >> i have no idea how many people they will get there the more the merrier. >> bill: there is only a million people that watch their show. >> the more people that get engaged and start to pay attention to politics -- >> bill: t

. >> god bless america! >> eight weeks before election day, a victory at the ballot box.he tea party is not losing steam. >> usa! usa! >> with democrats now facing the prospect of being swept if power in congress, today activists gathered here, in sacramento and st. louis. to press for victory in november. >> we've got to stop the spending and stop the taxes. >> a fight over taxes dominates the agenda. at issue extending bush-era cuts. president obama wants them to expire for the wealthiest households making $250,000 or $200,000 for single filers and extend them for the middle class. republicans and even some democrats say with the economy still sluggish, tax cuts should be extended for everyone, including the wealthy. that has drawn fire from the white house. >> on the middle class tax cuts, let's not hold them hostage. >> we're going to give this very small numb of people at the top, a tax cut that we can't afford. but today, a new opening. >> i'll vote for it. >> top republican john boehner signaled he would not try to block the obama plan. >> if the only option i have

. ♪ god bless america >> reporter: it would be the tea party movement's biggest upset yet. >> there is tidal wave coming to delaware. >> reporter: christine o'donnell is an unlikely tea party hero, a marketing consultant who has twice run for senate and twice been trounced. >> hi, this is governor sarah palin. vote for christine o'donnell for u.s. senate. >> reporter: but now she's got an endorsement from sarah palin and she is driving the republican establishment nuts. the establishment candidate is congressman mike castle. gop leaders say if castle wins the nomination, they win joe biden's old senate seat. if not -- >> she were by some miracle to be our nominee that we would lose this seat and lose it by unprecedented numbers. >> reporter: but castle is a pro-abortion rights, pro-gun control moderate. >> the republican party has lost its way. they get behind candidates like my opponent who don't even support the republican platform, who continue to support the democrats agenda, lock, step and barrel. >> reporter: whatever happens here in delaware, tea party senate candidates have alr

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♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home >> reporter: lee cowan, nbc news, pearl harbor. >> that is whyously called them the greatest generation. they were indeed. that's our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you, as always, for being with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening when we are >>> new information on what may have set off a killing spree across the bay area. >> now the question, was it an ambush? that set off the man accused of

god bless you and god bless america.pplause] ♪ [piano playing amazing grace] when you walk through the storm hold your head up high afraid of the dark at the end of the storm is a golden sky and the peaceful song of the lord ♪18 walk on through the wind walk on through the rain walk on, walk on open your heart aloneu'll never walk alone never walk alone walk on through the wind walk on through the rain walk on, walk on open your heart aloneu'll never walk you'll never walk alone you'll neverwalk, walk you'll never walk alone ♪ walk on walk on [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you so much for those wonderful words, mrs. bush. yet proven again to be a source of sength and comfort to the families in this community. now it is my extreme honor and privilege to introduce to you mrs. michele obama, the first lady of the united states of america who has also demonstrated her dedication continuously to american stock heroes -- to america's heroes. she glanced at her passionate voice to the men and women whose services and sa

and she can belt out a descent version of "god bless america." ♪ god bless america >> reporter: but shemy home sweet home >> reporter: are you a tea party candidate? >> i am a republican candidate and tea party approved. >> like a stamp? >> it is a stamp. the tea party is not an organized party and they are a loose organization of americans and they refer to themselves as taxed enough already. so we have to take -- >> reporter: little used tea party support to beat a popular gop candidate that the party never thought it would need, but now the tea party republican is pushing the gop to the right on key issues. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: when someone from the tea party enters the race, it sort of shakes up the race. >> and brings problems. they not organized and they are suspicious of organization, and they are perhaps more right wing than the country as a whole on a number of issues, and that causes problems, too. are they making the party less electable. >> reporter: michael steele is the chairman of the national republican committee. tea party candidates are beating in some

thank-you, may god bless you and may god bless the america.the war is over. >> you've been listening to president barack obama addressing the nation saying that the iraqis now have the responsibility for their country and as expected mr. obama said that the u.s. will stay on only as advisers and supporters of iraq. he encouraged the iraqi government to perform at exclusive government. they're moving the troops to afghanistan where next august derek going to tradition órx#?Ñ talks with the need to care with the u.s. and veterans. , that may be printed and in iraq the troops we becoming all the dust and there. the blue star mom linda bail says her son has a big challenge as to all of the veterans. >> the troops will come back there is one to be a lot of healing that needs to take place and a lot help that they need. we want to make sure that the get the health care that they need the psychological that the need jobs, are the four different jobs. the need to reintegrate become functional. the have been changed forever we wanna make sure that peop

thank you. [ applause ] and god bless america.o want to wish a happy birthday to mexico. [ applause ] tonight kicks off a celebration of mexico's 200th birthday and may god have mercy on the pinatas. how can mexico be younger than the united states? didn't we take texas from them? i think somebody might be lying about their age. the celebrations in mexico commemorate the start of the mexican revolt against spain in 1810. they might want to hook back up with spain. they had things figured out. had mexico not declared independence, the today may still be ruled by emperor antonio banderas. but they did. and i'm grateful to mexico for giving us our security guard guillermo. so, tonight, to honor his native country and to share this important event in mexican history, with america, here's parking lot security guard guillermo and friends. [ applause ] >> september 15th, 1810, just before midnight, the mexican people revolted against their spanish oppressors. to sign the start of the revoluti revolution. the cry was heard throughout the

. ♪ god bless america >> as they did on the afternoon of the 9/11 attacks nine years ago, congressional sang. >> bless america on the steps of the capitol today. congress commemorated 9/11 today because they were in recess during the actual emergency. if you can remember back to what the scene was like after 9/11 so powerful and so moving. >>> just about two hours from now, pope benedict will leave the vatican for scotland the start of a four day visit to the unite the kingdom. the first visit by a pope there in 30 years and the first papal state visit since king henry viii broke with rome over a divorce. protests are being planned by gays, secularists and militant atheists. >> the catholic community has spenced difficulty with a variety of issues particularly the issues of child abuse. the numbers won't be as big as the last time. fewer people are going to attend some of the celebrations. >> the trip includes a meeting with queen elizabeth and beatfication of a 19th century an. if lo who converted to catholicism. >>> a message in matching a giant spirit to a giant heart. the story of l

of the twin towers were still burning, members of congress stood on those same steps and sang god bless americaas come a very long way in the past nine years. our cameras have been following the rebuilding efforts there for months. and we recently found out we have company. >> what i have been painting is the empty sky. what i have been painting is not there. now, for the first time they are the footprints of what's not there. it's been memorialized. what we have been feeling is there for me, i feel like we have turned a corner. >> artists who lived at the

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god bless you. and may god bless the united states of america and all who serve her. >> from the oval office, president obama. in simple words saying "the american combat mission in iraq has ended." "this is it, it is time to turn the page and put the responsibility for iraq primarily in the hands of the iraqis," george. >> that's right. he doesn't want his presidency defined by war. saying all american troops will be gone by the end of next year. reasserted that american troops will start to come out of afghanistan next summer. that's a hard commitment. and he said his central mission, fixing this economy. >> and of course while praising the troops who have fought so long, so hard. we're going to return now to our regular programming. but they'll be much more analysis of this later on "nightline" tonight. you'll have more tomorrow morning on "good morning america" and you can always get the latest anytime at abcnews.com. for george stephanopoulos, and for dan harris, i'm diane sawyer in new york. for all of us at abc news, good night. >>> there is frightening moments in berkeley this morning. a mounlt

god bless you and god bless your families, and god bless this great united states of america. [applause] >> president obama formally announceded are -- the end of the combat mission in iraq. he spoke for about 20 minutes. >> we have been through a decade of war. we have endured a long and painful resession, and sometimes in the midst of these storms, the future that we are trying to build for our nation, a future of lasting peace and long-term prosperity, may seem beyond our reach. but this milestone should serve as a reminder to all americans that the future is ours to shape . if we move forward with confidence and commitment. it should also serve as a message to the world that the united states of america intends to sustain and strengthen our leadership in this young century. from this desk, president bush announced the beginning of military oprages in iraq. much has changed since that night. a war to disarm a state became a fight an insurgencey. terrorism and sec tarne -- sectarian warfare threatened to tear iraq apart. thousands of americans gave their lives. tens of thous

may god bless all of you, god bless america, and may god bless the new iraq. thank you very much.ause] >> ladies and gentlemen, my distinct pleasure to introduce the commander of united states forces iraq, general lloyd j. austin iii. >> today marks the beginning of operation new dawn and our renewed commitment to an enduring strategic relationship with the iraqi people. success will require a comprehensive and coherent approach by all the u.s. government entities, international organizations and the iraqi government. the result of that team ward will be a stable, secure, and self reliance iraq that benefits the entire region. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. mr. vice-president, ambassador jeffrey, secretary gates, distinguished guests, thank you all for being here today. and general odierno, at the outset, let me thank you for your invaluable service and your leadership. what a great job. [applause] it is my sincere honor to return to this great country and to serve once more with my iraqi friends. and to all of the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guardsmen and civ

may god bless you and may god bless the united states of america and all who serve her. >>> president obama from the oval office, his second speech from that location as president. the first and only other concern, the oil spill. our vote ran of the iraq war is here with us in the studio, richa richard engel who covered the conflict. we saw your live coverage 13 days ago, the president

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god bless america. >> it's great. now, you guys have know each other for a long time, ÷q rñ fo.s when i met him for the first time. >> okay. is part of that relationship, then, how you ended up doing "rent" at the hollywood bowl? we interviewed him all about that whole process. this was like a dream of a lifetime for neil patrick harris. >> it was a dream of a lifetime for wayne brady. i've wanted to do that show. that's myself. just in case you're tuning in and you see me -- >> you're not -- >> hugging a guy in a dress, that's a character i played, tom collins. that was my drag queen lover. cbs daytime, it's racy! >> but talk to me about this experience, then, of being on stage, in the hollywood bowl, doing a show like "rent," because by now almost everybody who's out there, they know the words to the songs. they want to see this. they want to see it for real. >> and that's -- and especially now that i've given myself over to doing this daily game show. it was important for me to maintain my footing in every other world that i do. so being able to go back to theater and do a sh

god bless america. thank you. [applause] ♪ >> thank you, matthew.. this is the exact reaction the liberal media has every time they hear the name michele bachmann. [cheers] hang on. [applause] at least let me tell you -- [laughter] that she is the first woman elected to the u.s. house of representatives from the great state of minnesota. she cried sits on the financial services committee. this is important. housing, real estate, and banking. this is a keen insight into the housing crisis. she is a staunch opponent of the taxpayer funded bailout of wall street. they have five children and have opened up their home to 23 foster children. citizens element, not yet, not yet -- ladies and gentlemen, i want you to do more than just welcome her out. i want you to think michele bachmann for her courageous stand in a hostile media as she represents our values to america. now please welcome michele bachmann. [applause] [cheers] >> good morning. how are you? good to see you. how are you? thank you. what an awesome introduction. to what so much. -- thank you so

may god bless all of you, may god bless america and may god bless the new iraq. >> search the term "mideast peace"on the c-span video library and you will get more than 8000 transcripts, including an early interview of mike wallace early on, all the way up to this week's white house middle east peace talks, all free online. it is washington and the world your way. the c-span networks. we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, a nonfiction books, and american history. it is available to you on television, radio, online, and our social media. find our content any time through c-span's video library. we take c-span on the road with our digital box of local content vehicle, burning resources to your community. it is washington your way, the c-span network. created by cable, provided as a public service. >> good afternoon, everybody. upon taking office, i declared that america is the friend of each nation and every person who seeks a future of peace and dignity and that the united states was ready to lead in pursuit of that future. at the beginning of my administration, i stated it was ou

god bless my president, and god bless america. host: oceanside, california.aller: yes, i do not change your style of the interview in the people. it is good to know your -- their background. i think you did a wonderful job. i do like when you cut off people because sometimes they are too verbose. incidently, that was a great news clip. it is nice to hear one of the republicans voting for one of the plans. that is the one of mine named objections appeared to have all band together. even if it is a good plan, there will not vote for, and that is childish. it's called all right. -- host: all right. host: we go to joe, on the independent mine in idaho. see, by -- caller: i agree that you have cut people off. you are getting a little verbose. i like you, and i wanted to stay on their, but lately, but it seems like you have let republicans, for the kill institution -- i am and independent. i'd vote -- from the cato institution. i am an independent. we have a national-security problem. lobbyists have taken over the government. the people did not have control. becaus

god bless the american legion. god bless our veterans. god bless our troops and their families. god bless america.thank you for the honor of presenting my views to you today. thank you, legionnaires. [applause] [march music] >> thank you very much. i am pleased that speaker policy could be with us today. think you very much for your remarks. i would like to think commander clarence hill for the opportunity to be with you this morning, for the current introduction, and for his strong leadership. you have done a fine job did not only leading the american legion. i would also like to thank you for a career that has spanned the globe on the high seas. you have a career that has been well lived. i would also like to express my appreciation for the national president of the american legion auxiliary. i would like to think the past presidents of the auxiliary who are with us today. i want to compliment you on your 90th anniversary of service for veterans, god, and country. i would also like to acknowledge the hoosiers who are in the room today, and my special guest, a former childhood friend i grew up wi

god bless you. you have been real nice. god bless america. guest: things. as we are finishing up, there was an earlier clip with a congressman on the floor speaking as a young child was nodding off. that was his great-grandson. he was with his grand paul all week. it has been a big week. i think he just got proved out. host: it was amusing to us. congressman paul was talking about a serious topic. he is proudly going to be a very famous grandson. he is nodding right over there. [laughter] guest: in congress, i felt the same thing. i sympathize with him. host: thanks for being with us. next up, we will look at independent voters with a democratic congressman from alabama. here is a 2010 campaign update. >> there was a square off yesterday in the second debate for a senate seat. here is a little bit of what they had to say on the economy and federal spending. >> the war will be $1 trillion collecting from people who are ripping off the government and other uncollected payments to the government is another trillion dollars. stop giving tax breaks to the millio

look, number one, for white people, god bless white america, right? haggard did not have the same influence and prominence in the white community that eddie long in black atlanta had and black america. this is a major deal because the black church plays a greater examine more influential role in black america than the white evangelical community plays in white america. so this is having a much more dramatic impact on black people than was the case with ted haggard. >> rev rapped, always appreciate your comments. thank you so much. >> good to see you. thank you so much, alex. >> we're going to have a live report from ron mott who is outside that church. we're also expect to go hear from bishop long this morning, scheduled for 10:00 a.m. bishop's wife, attorney and missionaries from the church are expected to be on hand. >>> from there to washington, and tomorrow, the president is hitting the road. he's going to stop in four different states over the next three days and the economy is right at the top of his agenda. mike is live at the white house for u

america. iowa, it starts here, it starts tonight, let's get it back. god bless iowa. god bless the united states of america. thank you. thanks, guys. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> up next, we're live with your calls and comments on "washington journal." and then a house financial services committee hearing on fannie mae and freddie mac. later, treasury secretary timothy geithner on china's currency policy. >> warren brown writes a weekly car column for the "washington post." >> it is arguable, i think justifiable, to have an argument to say that we would not have a black middle class had we not had general motors or ford and chrysler. >> in 2008, he supported the government bailout of the auto industry. and send night, he'll talk about his life and what's ahead for carmakers on c-span's "q&a." .

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it may god ever bless america. thank you. it may god bless you [applause] -- may god bless you.nk you. and this weekend, the conflict between the first amendment and national security. the authors take on necessary secrets. he is interviewed by michael mckay seems this weekend on what tv. >> every weekend on c-span3, experience american history tv starting saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. here historic speeches and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation. visit museums, historical sites and college campuses. a top professors and leading historians tell and to america's past. american history tv, >> i am counsel with the committee. i had the pleasure of

monopoly going on here on the big island and on honolulu but all i can say is i pray -- and god bless america. and i pray that the people in the world, especially in the united states, don't give up and don't give in. host: wanda calling us, there were early morning talk about her concern about consolidation in the news. "the daily beast + code as a headline, a new round of layoffs expected this fall and cbs is being trimmed to the bone. cbs evening news drew 4.89 viewers on average, the lowest ratings recorded in 20 years since nielsen has been keeping track. one person who works there described the atmosphere inside the network now as separate call. another round coming this fall. we are talking to you about to big to fail. white plains, new york. m.j? good morning to you. caller: it is crony capitalism. you have fdic insuring banks and then you have the banks going around and taking so much risk. it is absolutely ridiculous. you are going to ensure deposits and the banks go out and lever up and take all of these risks just on the trading side and then you will come in and save them. of cou

god bless america and thank god for president obama. >> [inaudible] we are understanding that minorities still fortunate -- [inaudible] what say you, particularly in the detroit area and in maryland, about minorities and minority businesses? how will this help minority businesses? >> i think it helps all businesses. in our state, we are very blessed to have a very robust minority business community. our own state minority business development goal is 25%. this year, we hit 24.80%. this is an all-time high. minority businesses or women owned businesses or small businesses, all of them have suffered because of this recession, and all of them have a tremendous need for affordable loans, for credit, for capital in order to hire or expand or to come through this recession and into recovery. so it helps all of our businesses. >> y es. es. as you know, most of the minority businesses are small businesses. and this piece of legislation, obviously, will provide opportunities for small businesses to acquire additional talents and to grow and to flourish, but there is something else i might mention

may god bless you and may god bless the united states of america and all who serve for her. >> the president speaking from the oval office there on the withdraw of combat forces from iraq marking the end of the american combat mission there and saying it is now time to turn the page. as the president just said, no one has invested more in the iraq war than families who have lost loved ones to the fighting. ktvu's mike mibach live in walnut creek where he just watched the president's address alongside gold and blue star moms. mike mibach has more now. >> reporter: sorry about that gasia, we had some problems -- issues with the audio in here. if we can just have someone turn that down. as you know gasia a lot of men and women in the bay area fought in the war in iraq. many of them lost their lives fighting in that war including ben thortlesen. his mother mary joining us. your thoughts right off the top. >> i think that the speech was really good. and i you know, i'm very -- it's hard for me to get my arms around the whole reason that we're there. and so, i have to put that aside and just embra

god bless america and thank god for president barack obama. >> what do you say in the detroit area and maryland? is this helping minorities? how is this going to help minority business? >> i think it helps all businesses. in our state, we are very, very blessed to have a very robust minority business community. or minority development goal is a 25% goal. this year, we hit 24.82%. women-owned businesses and small businesses -- all of them have suffered because of this recession and all of them have a tremendous need for affordable loans, for credit and capital in order to hire, expand, and come through this recession and into an area of recovery. that helps all of our businesses. >> as you know, most of the minority businesses are small businesses. this piece of legislation obviously will provide opportunity for small businesses to acquire additional talent and to grow and to flourish. but there is something else i might mention. when we passed the franc-dodd bill, we included in it and office of minority and women. that is going to play a significant role in assisting minorities and wo

caller: god bless, america. welcome home all the men and women who fight in iraq. and when you talk about turning the page -- how are we going to turn the page. 5000 people -- over 1 million iraqi people died over there and nobody say anything. i hope this never happened again because we can go all low one of the world -- say you should do this way and you should do the other way. we have to think 1 million times before we start another war someplace out. america is a beautiful country. of the politicians as the problems. look at mr. mccain, spending $20 million just to to stand for the election. it does not make any sense. these people got to go, ladies and gentlemen. host: "the washington post" looking at a series of stores they did on iraq. the headline -- off of twitter this morning -- alexandria, virginia. republican minority caller: how are you? good morning? i would like to make comments about obama's statements when he said that we americans who are doing a great job in order to fight the hatred. i think the word hatred should be very carefully analyzed. be

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i thank you all and may god bless america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. clay: madam speaker, i will continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from utah is recognized. mr. chaffetz: madam speaker, we have no additional speakers. i just urge my colleagues to please get behind us and support it it. this is something that should unite us. the beauty and profound nature of the constitution, the very first three words, we the people, that is something that is so profound and inspired us in this nation. i ask everybody to get behind us and support this legislation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from missouri is recognized. mr. clay: madam speaker, in closing i'd like to thank my colleague from ohio for bringing this legislation to the attention of the body, and i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this measure, and i yield

america. i pray to the almighty god, creator of us all to bless you, bless america, bless all nations on the earth and bless all of those committed to peace on earth. as he has said, blessed are the peace makers. amen and thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you for an extremely thoughtful statement. i'll ask one or two questions about the immediate issue and take a step back and ask one or two about the larger and open it up to you all. the other day when you were asked about this, you said, if i knew this would happen, that this would cause this kind of pain, i would not have done it. >> given that, why don't you undo it or at least do it differently from this point on? >> we are exploring all options as we speak right now. we are working through what will be a solution. >> if you were to go ahead with it in its current form or something like it and given the larger mission, what sorts of things could do you to heal the risks you yourself refer to. what sort of options do you see for yourself to try to build bridges to deal with some of the problems that have clearly been caused or man ifest

god bless you. god bless the united states of america.se] ladies and gentlemen, matt straong. -- strong. >> one of the remarkable attributes of ronald reagan is that he had an unshakable belief in america and the greatness of the american people. i probably like everyone else in this room was raised with the belief that everyone of us are only limited by the talents bestowed upon us by our creator. today is the day to talk about one of those gifts, the gift of government so limited in the scope that it allows its citizens to realize their god- given potential is a uniquely american ideal. [applause] it is precisely that ideal that is under attack in the white house. i need not remind everybody about that white house. it was i was in 2008 that helped propel barack obama into the white house. how the hawkeye state has changed. changing america start to a changing iowa in 2010. it means putting -- [applause] givin. our people in the offices. it does not stop there. they need some help in taking the speaker's gavel from the liberal grip of an

god bless the american legion. god bless our nation's veterans. god bless our troops and their families. god bless america. thank you for the honor of presenting my views to you today. thank you all very much. thank you legionnaires. [applause] ♪ >> president obama goes on the road next week to talk about the economy. he will kick off labor day weekend on monday with remarks at the afl-cio labor fest in milwaukee. we will have live coverage of the afternoon event. he then travels to ohio, and on friday, also white house news conference. a look ahead to the 2010 midterm elections tonight on c-span, as our political report publisher joins the senate editor and house editor to talk above the competitive congressional and gubernatorial races. it begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. following that at 9:00 p.m. eastern, the senate california race. at 10:00 eastern, the arizona governor debate. >> tonight, a book tv prime time looks to the stars. the planetarium director describes death of a black hole and other cosmic quandaries. a guest talks about our planetary neighbors. and another guest talked about the importance

remember singing "god bless america" on the steps of the capitol? remember how it didn't matter if you were democrat or republican, we were all americans that day and we should still be all americans, above and beyond anything else? i remember going the friday after the tuesday attack with president bush at ground zero where he stood with a bull horn and a fireman with him and pledged that there would be help coming from the federal government. and all we're asking now is that these people who got sick, who were selfless, who didn't think of themselves, who responded, who only wanted to try to help other people, they're now getting sick and they're now dying and now they need our help. and you know, it's not true, my friends, to say, well, i'm for helping these people, but i'm not for this bill. the bottom line is this. if you want to help the heroes of 9/11 and the first responders, you vote yes on the bill. if you don't want to help them and you want to make excuses, you vote no on the bill. it's simple as that. yes or no. yes or no. do we help th