god bless america. >> to call you a fellow citizen of the united states of america. your country. >> so help me god. >> so help me god. >> congratulations. [ applause ] ♪ >> eight years ago my husband was one of millions of immigrants who came to america legally. since he married me, and i was born in the usa, he had no problem getting a greencard. >> this is a greencard. this is it. this is going the change my whole life. i drink to the greatest country on earth. >> reporter: he was happy as a resident alien until one day -- ♪ born in the usa, i was -- >> daddy wasn't -- ♪ born in the usa." >> daddy wasn't born in the usa, thomas. >> i have to become a citizen, because i can't be a foreigner my own family. >> suddenly, he realized he really had to become an american. so he started down the path to citizenship. in order to become an american, he must be a permanent resident for three to five years. be able to read, write, and speak english. >> you guys think daddy know house to speak english? >> yes. >> have you ever practiced polygamy? >> no. >> be a person of good m

god bless america. >> it's a pleasure to call you a fellow citizen of the united states of america. god. >> reporter: eight years ago, my husband was one of millions of immigrants who came to the country legally. since he married me and i was born in the usa, he had no problem getting the green card. >> this is the green card. this is going to change my whole life. this is the greatest country on earth. he was happy as a resident alien until one day -- ♪ born in the usa daddy wasn't born in the usa ♪ >> he wasn't, but thomas was. i have so become a citizen. i can't become a foreigner my own family. >> suddenly, he realized he really had to become an american, so he started down the path to citizenship. to become an american, you must be a resident for three to five year, be able to read, write and speak english. >> do you guys think daddy knows how to speak english? >> have you ever practiced politically? >> no. >> pass a civics test. >> isn't that nice? you're learning your american history together. >> so help me god. >> and take an oath of allegiance to the united states of ameri

of you may have noticed yesterday planes flying around the nation dragging banners that read god bless america and atheism is patriotic it was a message in stunt put on by atheists or a nationwide organization committed to curing civil rights for atheists and promoting the separation of church and state the group's president david sullivan justified for the july campaign by saying the purpose of the banners is to highlight the fact that atheists are everywhere every parade in every beach in every state city and town atheism is alive and growing in the u.s. so this approach by atheists were the right way to convince americans to ditch organized religion are they just as guilty of proselytizing as any other organized religion or that religion rick when rove joins me now to discuss this issue is the virginia state director of near american atheists a recall from the program thank you thanks for joining us first of all i want to say very much share your goal of separation of church and state i think that the this is an important one but it seems to me that what you have done is created another chu

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god bless america.are here in the land of the free because of the brave. >> reporter: lance corporal wanter served seven months in afghanistan, 2nd battalion sniper platoon. his mother says he is happy to return this holiday weekend. >> just proud. so overwhelmed right now. with emotions. >> no doubt in my mind they raised me as good as possible. i mean, does not get better than that. >> word from a proud son, a u.s. marine, home to celebrate his nation's independence. >> he is now overseeing generals. peneta returned the absolute to a marine corp general upon arriving as the first day of defense secretary today. pineda recorded a 4th of july message introducing himself to troops. heed he will fight on their behalf and wants to hear their ideas and concerns. >>> new york prosecutors announce problems with sexual assault case against the montaer fund today. strauss-kahn walked out with his arm around his wife today. he was under house arrest. he still faces charges for attacking a hotel worker in may. th

god bless america, you are here in the land of the free. because of the brave. >> lance corporal walter served seven months in afghanistan, second batallion. his mother mary walter on her son's return this holiday weekend. >> it means so much to me now. i'm so proud of him and the country and what, i'm just proud. i'm a little overwhelmed right now with the emotions. >> there's no doubt in my mind they raised me as good as possible. it doesn't get much better than that. >> words from a proud son, a u.s. marine, home to celebrate his nation's independence. in fremont, mike mibach. ktvu. >>> maria shriver makes it official. what she did today inside a los angeles courtroom. >> i'm bare feet so that's kind of scary. >> reporter: colonies of bacteria, before you hit the beach find out the dangers that may be lurking just underneath the surface of the sand. >>> and we've got a big weekend coming up. you know that it's getting a lot warmer out there. a bit of a sea breeze but no fog. i'll tell you how hot it'll be tomorrow. go! go! completing an

. >> ♪ god bless america >> the late kate smith helped controllers serenade with a wake up call a fewours ago. nasa expects them to touchdown at 2:50 six-- 2:56 a.m. pacific time. the spacecraft spent the last 12 hours delivering supplies to the international spacestation. russian space ships and the private rockets will now do their job. >> they had good success so far, but we have to develop the technology. they have to develop the technology. you. >> companies plan to sell nasa room on spacecraft like this one to fill the void left by the end of a 30-year-old shuttle program. >>> back on earth, blistering temperatures across the nation. forecasters say nationwide tomorrow and friday will be the hottest since 1950. heat watches and warnings were in affect in more than 30 states and factoring in the humidity it felt like 130° in some areas. in iowa blistering heat buckled the highway. the scorching temperatures expanded the metal and concrete causing breaks. but relief is on the way. the temperatures should start cooling down in the midwest over the weekend. the cities in the east wi

several fights broke out at the inner harbor this one as god bless america played in the loud speakeris is a mug shot that wjz obtained of a 26-year-old man that was killed after he was stabbed. >> these people that engage in these terrible and senseless acts of violence are cowards and we're not going to tolerate their cowardly behavior. >> reporter: a 4-year-old was shot in the leg with a stray bullet. >> just an inch more and it would have hit the main artery and it would have been a worse than it is. that's why they don't want to remove it. he was just shot yesterday, he was up walking around already. he's a strong little man. >> reporter: surveillance cameras did not capture any part of the shooting. police say they made 30 arrests and handled 30 curfew arrests. >> most people are out here for a good celebration, a lot of people probably won't come back next year. >> reporter: police are still evaluating whether they could have done anything to prevent the mayhem. >> caylon mason's aunt says she is just happy that her nephew is alive. and as you heard her say, that bullet was so

they woke up this morning to "god bless america."as you note, there have been no technical problems today on this final and historic landing. the question is, at the end of this, it will stay and be retired at the kennedy space center site, it will be on display at the visitors center, but the question is the future of the space program as we know it. this is the short term program, where the shuttles go, but where do you see americans going when it comes to outer space? >> reporter: well, nasa right now is cutting back to their commercial program. the good part about it, it will save the taxpayers a lot of money because shuttles did a great job, but they were very expensive to fly. commercial flight will be much cheaper. but nasa will also be building what they call a heavy lift rocket. they already have a multi purpose spacecraft called orion and its first mission will be to go to an asteroid. we're a minute and 43 seconds away from the touchdown, peter. >> we'll ask you to stay with us as we go silent and again, this is the final

>> every year, we sing "god bless america," and i get chills. and the little children wave their flags. it's america. >> reporter: this is one of the biggest shows in the cup. they're loading up 800 shells, as they get ready to celebrate the country's birth. >> david kerley starting us off. >>> and the searing heat across more than half of the country is on the move tonight. let's turn to accuweather meteorologist, brett anderson. good to see you. and we look at the conditions over your shoulder. you say combine that with humidity and we'll have dangerous conditions? >> yeah. anywhere 105 to 110 degrees. during the day on sunday, very dangerous conditions for anyone who has to be outside for a long period of time. >> you were telling me, with the temperatures, you're expecting some powerful storms heading into the holiday. >> especially the heavy rainfall. anywhere from the washington, d.c. area, down through charlotte. and then, westward into parts of the st. louis area. these storms are going to be producing blinding rainfall for many traveler

is optional lines with the ocean i believe the palm of my badge number is one zero nine three god bless america. they does look good on you tube as an e now you might say that any stop was a violation of this man's rights but given that the officer was responding to complaints and the gun owner complied voluntarily with his request to clear the firearm and verify that it was a noted as required by the california open carry law i said the officer was more than reasonable respectful and didn't hurt the gun owner looked like a fellow former marine i don't try to tell me he only did this because of the camera though cops do despicable things on camera all the time for years stoners in america have envied denmark is somehow uniquely the land of the free well something seems to be rotten in that state as we learned from adam vs the man correspondent who dousing. he reporting in amsterdam. sorry i forgot what i was going to say oh yeah sorry to hate here the dutch government has actually implemented a new law in this year that would make it illegal for tourists to smoke marijuana in coffee shops this

may god bless you and god bless america. [applause] [applause] and i think melissa said that we would take any questions. and, yes, you may ask about how the eggs are cooked. >> what is your favorite speech? >> my favorite speech is lincoln second inaugural address because it is so -- it moves me to tears when i read it because you can tell how hard the war was for him. you can tell how much he felt. we believe in the same got to read the same bible, pray to the same god. this is where we are as a nation. you can almost feel as heartbreaking. in the end he is very merciful, without judgment. he wants to stall work together and restore a for a bright future. >> thank you so much. in your interactions with people of liberal persuasion, what is some common ground you're able to connect on, especially with the material in this book? >> that is a great question. common ground in terms of liberals in terms of this book. we have a couple. it is an american book, not a conservative but. in no case and the buck. his speech is incredi

god bless america, you're here in the land of the free because of the brave. >> lance corporal walker served 7 months in afghanistan. his mother on his son's return this holiday weekend. >> it means so much to me now and so proud of him in the country, you know, just proud, so over well. ed right now with emotions. >> there's no doubt in my mind they raised me as good as possible. >> words from a proud son, a u.s. marine, home to celebrate his nation's independence. in fremont, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> santa chair county is working to get a better understanding of its homeless community. hundreds of homeless people and others lined up outside city hall to try to find housing and other services. today's event counts the 3-day survey to count the homeless population. an increasing number of families are among the estimated 7,000 homeless in the county. >> one of the most painful things to learn is how many folks that are seniors that are living outside. we had over 70 folks that are over the age of 60. >> they're creating a registry of names and photos of long- time homeless residents

earlier in the night, the police rushed to break up a fight near the visitor's center while "god bless america play in the background." >> you're going to see many, many, many uniformed police officers. >> reporter: still, bealefeld said he was worried about what mishap when the fireworks -- might happen when the fireworks ends. >> the event is over after the fireworks. we wanted people to get home safely. >> reporter: the police had 90 surveillance cameras in the area to monitor the crowds. they're reviewing the footage this morning. >>> the child shot in the leg expected to recover. >>> the 100th person to be killed in the city is going to be layed to rest today. this military veteran was shot in the back during a robbery. so far, the police don't have any solid leads. funeral services will be at east, north avenue. >>> a water search will resume where a man is missing after being tossed from a boat. >> reporter: good morning, this water rescue comes a short time after a child drowned at andy point state park. a viewer captured this boat running in circles. a 25-year-old man and woman were r

may god bless you and god bless america. [applause] yeah. and i think alyssa said that we'd take any questions. >> [inaudible] >> yeah, glad to. and, yes, you may exactly how the eggs are cooked. that's allowed. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> what is your favorite speech that's in the book? is. >> my favorite speech is lincoln's inaugural address. because it really, it is so, i mean, it moves me to tears when i read it because you can tell how hard the war was for him, you can tell how much he felt it. he talks about, you know, we believe in the same god, you know, we read the same bible, pray to the same god. this is where we are as a nation, hopefully, it'll be over soon. and you can almost feel his heartbreaking in two. but in the end he, again, is very merciful, without judgment and wants us to all work together and reach into a bright future. >> hi. thank you so much. in your interactions with the liberal people of a liberal persuasion, what's some common ground that you're able to connect on, especially with the material in this book? is

god bless america. host: thanks for your call, george. "the washington post" editorial is in favor of a big compromise on the deal. here is how they conclude -- back to your calls. next is a mineral, virginia. jim is a republican. caller: i would just like to make a comment here. i don't think we can continue to go on with spending, spending, spending, borrowing money and spending. you can't do that in your home life. if we need a balanced budget requirement. the citizens and have absolutely no control over the amount of money you take from us. i am a 77-year-old citizen and my taxes are just putting me in the ground. we have to get rid of that. we have to get back to insurance, flat tax -- and i am a great supporter of the republican party now and the tea party. i used to be a democrat but no longer. it is too much of a giveaway program. thank you very much. god bless america. host: baltimore. dorothy, a democrat. go ahead. caller: good morning. yes, i listened to your show each day and i think it helps a lot of people in how they feel a

god bless america, you're here in the land of the free because of the brave. >> lance corporal walker served 7 months in afghanistan. his mother on his son's return this holiday weekend. >> it means so much to me now and so proud of him in the country, you know, just proud, so over well. ed right now with emotions. >> there's no doubt in my mind they raised me as good as possible. >> words from a proud son, a u.s. marine, home to celebrate his nation's independence. in fremont, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> santa chair county is working to get a better understanding of its homeless community. hundreds of homeless people and others lined up outside city hall to try to find housing and other services. today's event counts the 3-day survey to count the homeless population. an increasing number of families are among the estimated 7,000 homeless in the county. >> one of the most painful things to learn is how many folks that are seniors that are living outside. we had over 70 folks that are over the age of 60. >> they're creating a registry of names and photos of long- time homeless residents

god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >>> well, now we heard from the president and the speaker of the house. both parties have plans to help the country avoid default and both make cuts and extend the debt ceiling but the similarities end there. the plan by democrats would make $2.7 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years and extend the debt ceiling through 2012. a committee would be created, it would be in charge of recommending future cuts. the plan by republicans make $1.2 trillion in cuts and extend the debt ceiling till february and require congress to vote on a amendment requiring a balanced budget by the end of the year. the show down in washington rattled wall street today. the the dow jones industrial average fell 88 points to close at 12,593. the nasdaq composite index fell 16, or 0.6 percent, to 2,843. come up in at 6:30 we will go live to washington for more on the news conferences over the looming debt deadline. >>> look at other stories today. a teenager who survived a bear attack is headed home. we have been talking with the teen's f

when we stood on the steps of the capitol when that terrible 9/11 day, we joined hands and sang god bless americaed to protect america. now we've got to have the same thing. we've got to stop acting as democrats, stop acting as republicans. start acting like americans and the americans need to call congress, tell us to get our act together and really put the best interest of the country forward. >> senator, so good to talk to you today. thank you so much for your time. >> talk to you soon. >>> the protracted battle over america's debt is having a negative impact on president obama's standing with his own base. liberals are even suggesting the president should face some democratic opposition in the presidential primary. ralph nader's reportedly look for abcandidate. here's senator bernie sanders of vermont. >> the president has been to my mind much too aggressive in talking about cuts. >> yesterday's "the washington post" abc news poll had worse news, 82% of americans say the job market the still struggling where they are. 90% gave the economy a negative rating. karen finny is a former national de

. >> god bless america. >> alexander pelosi joining us live now. thank you for joining us.view of the documentary last week when i shsaw the clip and almost moved to tears when i saw the people who are so excited to have the united states as their home. what inspired you? the debates on how to handle immigration and amnesty or what? >> well, this is a personal story for me, because my husband is dutch and he came to america and became a american citizen, and i went to the naturalization ceremony on ellis island, and i wondered how they did it in other states. i thought, i know, i want to go check out the other ceremonies in other states, so i went to all 50 states to look at the rituals of how they celebrate citizenship across america. >> and you also chronicled celebrities coming to america, and weave it in with the faces that we know and what they have achieved and others that we don't know who may be headliners and celebrities. >> that is the point. i met so many new american citizens just starting their lives here, and just working everyday, living the american dream, a

may god bless america and each and everyone of you. [applause] i will take general questions you have and will be glad to do one-on-one interviews. i did not mean to take your breath away. >> if you are running as a republican, you are running in a party that has said there is no room to raise taxes to increase revenue. ?o you believe in that >> i do. i think revenue is down because of the recession. the key to our future is jobs. we need to start growing the middle-class in this country which is in trouble. the unemployment rate is permanent and the welfare state will soon be permanent. we need to grow jobs. that is what i mentioned small businesses. that is what i mentioned the manipulation of the tax code and unfair trade practices. when a to start growing again and take care of our businesses and i think the revenue will be 18.5% of gdp. the way i would get from here to there in terms of the budget is a reduction of spending by 1% of gdp per year for five consecutive years. that will take it down from 25% where it is now. 1% of gdp

. ♪ god bless america >> reporter: fourth of july celebrations in afghanistan are nowhere near what weack home. you won't see hot dogs here. men and women don't have the luxury of taking a day off when they are in a combat zone. but here at the new kabul compound and the capital of afghanistan, service members are awaiting the arrival of their commander of forces and u.s. forces in the country. this is general david petraeus' sort of farewell tour in afghanistan before he leaves to head to washington to take his new post as the cia director. >> again, it will be a real privilege to serve with him, and to work with him as we do all that we can to help the efforts here. >> reporter: reminding ourselves that we are in a war zone, news today in southern afghanistan that a native service member had gone missing. british and afghan officials have confirmed that it was actually a british soldier who went missing. the taliban have claimed responsibility, and they say that they killed that soldier. atia abowie, nbc news, and ka buhl. >>> a 10-year-old white tiger gave birth to quintuplets today

columbia, challen"challenger," p "atlantis," god bless america. >> reporter: it has tracked 12 millionn space over its career and 307 days in space for "atlantis." listen to these total numbers for the space shuttle feet. 541 million miles since 1981, 37 trips to the international space station and 78 landings here of the kennedy space center. now, for the people who work here, the very difficult job of transitioning "atlantis" from a space shuttle to a museum piece that will be here on the ground at the kennedy space center as this workforce dramatically now down sizes. back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> mark stroman claimed he went on a hate filled retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. he was executed by lethal injection for killing two men and injuring a third. the lone survivor fought for a stay of execution saying his beliefs was to forgive strohman. investing technology... at e-trade. [ p.a. announcer ] announcing america's favorite cereal is now honey nut cheerios! yup, america's favorite. so we're celebrating the honey sweetness, crunchy oats and... hey! don't forget me!

. ♪ god bless america, land that i love ♪ ♪ >> that is the last wakeup call for the shuttle atlantis., the last wakeup call for the shuttle program. after 13 days in orbit it departed the international space station yesterday after restocking it with a year's worth of sutoff you plies. this is the final shutting mission after 30 years of flight. it will land at kennedy space center just before 3 a&m our time tomorrow. about roughly six hours or five hours rather from now. well, many scientists agree that the world is warming and rapidly. the question now, what will the effects ultimately be? for some of those answers researchers are looking at some of the world's smallest creatures found directly off our coast. wayne freedman reports. >> reporter: for a few hundred copa pods this is the bad luck of the draw. picked the wrong day, the wrong walk and the wrong puddle of water because here comes their destiny. >> they are common but very small so they are about a millimeter long. >> morgan kelly is a p.h.d. candidate. she has done a lot of dipping from the last few years from mexico to o

. >> god bless america. >> yes! palin loves beaver! yes! >> jimmy: he's very excitable.you can see. so, as you might imagine, when sarah palin's movie premiered last night in iowa, jake byrd was there. >> i think sarah palin would be a fabulous president. she's a patriot. >> real patriot. >> sarah palin really does protect her family. >> that's right. she's a mamma grizzly bear and protects her cubs. except for that one time when he grizzly daughter went on that grizzly camping trip and got drunk on grizzly wine coolers and got knocked up by that grizzly hockey player. other than that, perfect grizzly record. >> oh, my. sounds good. >> you sound good. you smell good. let me get a whiff. >> oh, geez. >> check out what i got. i got a hard on for america and a hard on for sarah palin. you want a hard on for america? >> yep. >> let me get you. tell me if i'm poking your pacemaker. you got tea saucer nipples, i can feel. you're ready for milking. would you like a hard on for america? >> i will take that. >> let me get a little lower there. little lower. little lower. little l

my fellow americans, god bless america. >> somehow i think not. >> isn't that the truth or am i misstating the truth? >> arguably that is the truth. that he has not led effectively on this issue. he has come very late to the table. >> he is playing politics with it. >> look, bill, this is a political issue. you can't quite take the politics out of politics. >> bill: no. you can do what's best for the country. that would intrnt deal that was on the table last week. >> you must understand, bill, in the eyes of a liberal law professor and many members of his own party, a budget deal that makes mighty inroads upon social security, medicare, medicaid and the big entitlement drivers of our spending and our debt is not in the country's best interest. they don't like that. they don't want that. >> rather take everybody else over the cliff and have downgrades on the bonds and have people not have confidence in the economy than give up some entitlement situation? >> they believe that there is a way to do that. you can do it by making major cuts. >> they haven't done it in two and a half years. how l

>> seventh inning sang "god bless america," yeah. >> jimmy: no way? that's cool.nsibility to sing it right, because then they'll win. >> jimmy: yeah, exactly. yeah. we need the mets to win. >> so, i'm think that maybe come june 18th, and if i sing it really well, maybe -- >> jimmy: they're going to start winning. >> maybe. >> jimmy: the mets got to turn it around. yeah. they're having some good comebacks now. they have two games -- >> and we're going it for a great cause. bring change 2 mind, which is an organization i helped co-found to stop stigma around mental illness and we have a chunk of tickets. you go on -- bringchange2mind.org -- >> jimmy: bring change 2 mind. >> -- and you can buy tickets and come. a lot of the crew and cast of "damages" are going to be there. it's kind of going to be our wrap party. >> jimmy: that's fun. when is that again? >> june 18th. >> jimmy: june 18th, so check that out you guys. >> an even show with the mets. >> jimmy: got to say, "damages." i love you in "damages." gosh, you get nominated all the time, because the show's so good

. ♪ god bless america >> reporter: 4th of july celebrations in afghanistan are nowhere near the celebrations see back home. you won't be seeing hot dogs and beer here. military men and women don't have the luxury of taking a day off when they are in a combat zone. but here at the new kabul compound and the capital of afghanistan, service members are awaiting the arrival of their commander of forces and u.s. forces in the country. this is general david petraeus' sort of farewell tour in afghanistan before he leaves this month to head to washington to take his new post as the cia director. >> again, it will be a real privilege to serve with him, and to work with him as we do all that we can to help the efforts here. >> reporter: reminding ourselves that we are in a war zone, news today in southern afghanistan that a native service member had gone missing. british and afghan officials have confirmed that it was actually a british soldier who went missing. the taliban have claimed responsibility, and they say that they killed that soldier. atia abowie, nbc news, kabul. >>> general petraeus is ex

god bless you and your family, and god bless the united states of america. >> the house of representativesaker there, john boehner, saying it's significant cuts and reforms that are needed to help the u.s. economy. and this is not debates or differences between congress and the white house but is more about american people and the future they seek for themselves and their families. let's return to mark who has been listening to that. sorry to interrupt you earlier but we wanted to hear what john boehner was saying and almost at times was replicating the tone of president obama there. >> yes. there's so much about this debate that's ridiculous. it's hard to know where to start from an economic point of view. and first of all, boehner is talking about a crisis. the crisis completely manufactured, this is a debt ceiling that, as president obama said, has been raised, you know, dozens of times and they're just trying to use it to get something they can't win at the ballot box, you know. they only have the house, they don't have the senate, they don't have the president, they don't have any bac

god bless america. >> it is really important that we are here today. we are putting the pressure on these people but are in these halls right now. they're working on legislation that affects everybody. we are the reason it has not been raised. we are the reason washington and democrats are talking about cutting spending. windy remember that happening? it is because of people that have taken time away from your family. we are watching you. we are paying attention. we're not going away. this movement has grown. we have done amazing things. we have brought conservatives to washington and brought great friends. senator demint said you need to bring a friend of here. we brought some great conservatives. we're glad to bring more conservatives. that is what this movement is all about. this is not about the republican and democrat. this is in the blazing heat. out. going to come we're going to protest them. tell them you want them to hold the line. tell them that you want that legislation. they want them brough

thank you, and may god continue to bless america as we celebrate our independence. >> on newsmakers, freshman kentucky senator rand paul, one of the founders of the tea party caucus. he talked about the debate over raising the debt ceiling and says he and a group of senate conservatives will filibuster next week unless the senate takes a plan to raise the debt ceiling and pass a balanced budget amendment. >> i am part of the freshmen group in the senate that is saying no more, we will not let it go to any issue if we have a say in it. next week, we will filibuster until we talk about the debt until we talk about the debt ceiling

program, their patted rotism and frankly -- patriotism and their sadness, and the final word was god bless america, held by travis thompson himself. this is travis thompson's last day on the job, after 100 shuttle missions, getting the crews strapped in and ready to go to space, tomorrow he has no job. where he is going to go to work. as he said, my job is putting human beings in spacecraft to go to space. i don't see a lot of prospects for doing that somewhere else. so it is a poignant moment for him. >> so finally, miles, look back with us for just a moment. the legacy of the shuttle program after what, 135 missions. >> yeah, it's a mixed bag, judy. you're talking about a vehicle that is incredibly complicated and very expensive to fly fly. and frankly it's not the safest way to go to space as we saw with the two accident. there is no crew escape system that is viable during the ascent to space. and so the shuttle has learned, helped us learn in a sense the limits of our technological reach and capability. it's taught nasa a lesson about what happens when you try to cut costs in the design, the

may god bless america and each and everyone of you. [applause] i will take general questions you have and will be glad to do one-on-one interviews. i did not mean to take your breath away. anybody have a question? yes, ma'am. >> if you are running as a republican, you are running in a party that has said there is no room to raise taxes to increase revenue. do you believe in that? >> i do. i think revenue is down because of the recession. the key to our future is jobs. we need to start growing the middle-class in this country which is in trouble. the unemployment rate is permanent and the welfare state will soon be permanent. we need to grow jobs. that is what i mentioned small businesses. that is what i mentioned the manipulation of the tax code and unfair trade practices. that is on the part of a few nations, not most. when a to start growing again and take care of our businesses and i think the revenue will be 18.5% of gdp. that is totally adequate. the way i would get from here to there in terms of the budget is a reduction of spend