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that's a work in progress. >> senator graham, we'll leave it there. thank you as always for being here. >> thank you. extend the bush cuts. >> joining us with a view from the other side, we turn to the the man who was in charge of getting barack obama elected president. his 2008 campaign manager and author of the newly updated paperback version of his book, "the audacity to win," how obama won and how we can beat the party of limbaugh back and palin. david plouffe. welcome back to "meet the press." i want to start on the economy and domestic affairs and we'll touch on the war. this president and his party are running on an economic record. here is that record in a nutshell. it's not a good one. 9.6% unemployed rate. an estimated 3 million property foreclosures this year. we cannot forget the depth of the housing crisis. after 19 months in office, president obama is accountable for this record, is he not? >> sure he is. we're less than 60 days out from an election and elections are about choices. let's remember where we were. the republican party that

chief graham, was it full at the time? >> i don't know how many passengers were still getting the manifest from the bus. i'm working with the police to figure out which patients were in fact on it. >> okay. >> and can you give us a more specific, spell out exactly where this is happening so the northbound 270, where was the road it came off of? >> if you're travelling 270 off of the beltway, if you bare off to the left like you're going to democracy boulevard, go past it 1 mile and you will then begin to memory in with the northbound spur on 270 off of old georgetown road. >> right. >> we're beneath the flyaway bridges underneath the northbound 270 area. >> and it's believed this bus somehow came off of the flyaway bridge and landed 45 feet below? >> no, we're still putting that together as to the certainty of how that bus got where it is. >> thank you very much, chief scott graham. thank you very much for joining us. the other big component of this is the massive traffic backup. of course, this is rush hour and this is a

senator lindsey graham. senator, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you. good morning. >> i want to start on the economy. the president reacting to the latest jobs numbers in the rose garden on friday offered this assessment of where things stand. let's show that. >> the key point i'm making right now is that the economy is moving in a positive direction. jobs are being created. they're just not being created as fast as they need to given the big hole that we experience and we'll have to continue to work with republicans and democrats to come up with ideas that can further accelerate that job growth. >> senator, what more should be done and would you support what the president appears to be talking about which is an extension of that rnd tax credit for corporations. >> yes, i would we need to extend all of the tax cuts. now is not the time to raise taxes. the president said that he wants to increase taxes to 49.6. the top rate and let some of the bush tax cuts expire. let's look at the health care bill but centerpiece for the democratic agenda for the firs

graham gano made a 42-yard field goal but it was nullified by houston's time-out.the second attempt is wide right. oh, no. texans took advance. 41 yards setting up neil rackers from 35 yards out. it's good. houston wins its first overtime game in history and the redskins have a heartbreaking defeat, 30-27 the final count. >> i think everybody could see that, you know. everybody feels that way that's in this room and obviously they felt very good they were able to come back. we missed a couple opportunities there. you just mentioned the field goal and obviously at the end we had an opportunity to put it away as well, but bottom line is they got it done and we didn't. so you got to go back and be pretty tough on yourself. the thing i was pleased with is our football team made hard throughout the game, just made a few too many mistakes at crucial times. >> i think it is, man. i think for so long we've been conservative and being up 17, you know, going for the gusto trying to put them away, you in every could have told me that we would be up 17 points and lose the game

senator graham quoting, this is an all-time low for me being in the senate. that's saying something. the one area that has been kept off-limits from partisan politics has been the defense of our nation. wow, have you been in the nation the last nine years? senators graham and mccain said they would oppose the defense bill because it includes a repeal of don't ask, don't tell. harry reid, who may move for  explanation. senator mccain and anyone else who thinks the dream act is not related to national security should talk to the brave young men and women who want to defend our country but are turned away. senator mccain should know better than anyone those who step up to serve our nation should be offered a path to citizenship and should be weekend regardless of their sexual orientation. three democratic lawmakers joined the president in the white house. we're joined by one from a member of the hispanic caucus, luis gutierrez. >> good to be with you here tonight. >> explain this bill being put before congress. >> i've got to tell you, keith, i've been critical

the rock the fort event is being put on by the billy graham evangelistic association.it canceled, saying it blurs the line between the state and the religion. it got under way just about an hour ago. >>> i'm absolutely thrilled. i mean, all i ever wanted to do is go back to my unit and do my job. so just for that chance i'm excited. >> that is air force veteran margaret witt reacting to a judge's ruling that found her discharge unconstitutional. the judge ordered the air force to reinstate her to duty. >>> the new york film festival is under way this weekend and one of the more an sticipated films highlights mark zuckerberg, as he builds the website facebook. actor seven spacey says the movie captures the essence of the subject. >> i think it's great if you can set out to make a movie that does capture its to make a movie that does capture its time. there are few movies that do it. we certainly know the movies that have done in the past, and those are movies that stay with us that we love to watch again and again that you capital ever get enough of, and every time you

bragg is being held by evangelist billy graham and his son franklin, and it's franklin graham has said it's evil and wicked. will it be a problem for our commander overseas? a special report by pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. >> reporter: the christian concert is called "rock the fort," and it's living up to its name. the billy graham evangelistic association is bringing christian rock bands to worship at ft. bragg, and some say crossing the line. >> it's to evangelize those soldiers who are all lost. >> reporter: ft. bragg advertised the concert on its website. more than 100 soldiers there have complaineded to his group military religious freedom, sending e-mails like please help us, mrff, this is wrong. >> i'm going to give you a chance to milwaukee your decision. it's your choice. >> reporter: "rock the fort" has been to several other bases including recruit training. >> we pray that not only will they become soldiers but join god's army. >> reporter: that's a dangerous message to bring right into basic training. >> we're not to be using u.s. army to develop and engender new

senators graham and mccain had already said they would oppose the defense bill because it includes a repeal of don't ask, don't tell. but senate majority leader harry reid who may move for cloture next week says, quote, senator mccain and anyone else who think that is the dream act is not related to national security should talk to the brave young men and women who want to defend our country but are turned away. senator mccain should know better than anyone that patriots should be offered a path to citizenship and anyone who volunteers to serve should be welcomed regardless of their sexual orientation." three democratic lawmakers met with the president in the white house. we are joined by one of them, the representative from the illinois fourth district and a member of the hispanic caucus, luis gutierrez. good evening. >> good evening, keith. good to be with you. >> good to have you. describe the meeting with the president and particularly as it pertains to the bill being put before congress. >> i've got to tell you, keith. i have been skeptical and critical of this president in term

we saw councilman graham come out last night and help make up stuff.rs, we will see the city bring in dump trucks to haul all this away. nearly four city blocks are allied with the belongings of eloisa diaz. >> the job, no money >> she recently lost her job and your landlord evicted her. she wanted to help family members in venezuela. >> i was working hard for years and collected things to send to my country. >> the concern from neighbors came from the amount of stuff when it came out of her home. >> we have been calling the mayor's office. we have been calling the police. we have been calling politicians. >> residents got no help. we got involved in called councilman jim graham who came up with a short-term solution. >> if she can identify the things that have value to her, we have a truck, we have a place to take it right now, we can store it on a temporary basis. >> she has been out here all night long watching her belongings, making sure people don't take them. i spoke with sharon asked her if she could pick out some personal belongings that had me

store the stuff on a temporary basis in the truck. >> councilman jim graham brought two pickup trucks to the woman put away some of the belongings in storage. she has been followed here all night and she says it is impossible to pick out the belongings most important to her. she says every item is worth something. we will see dump trucks this morning. but police have been keeping an eye on things tonight. >> unbelievable. >> it is a three-story town home. a lot of stuff. >> keep us posted. >>> let's look at this day ahead. the motions hearing is set in the case of the man accused of killing d.c. intern chandra levy. ingmar guandique day is trying to block experts from testifying at trial on the album and died. the witness is expected to say the woman was strangled based on the conditions of her body. >>> the man charged in the slaying of a maryland state trooper has a preliminary during today. darryl williams faces first- degree murder charges in the debts of trooper wesley brown, gunned down outside a restaurant in forestville in june. >>> a major setback for efforts to end the "don'

going to try to set this up for the first year kicker, graham gano. long, he hit it last week. 49 yards in the win over dallas. line of scrimmage is now the 48-yard line of houston. they need about 13, 14 more yards to get into gano territory. mcnabb, fires. he's got moss. santana moss curling it up field for extra yardage. they are inside the houston 40. dan: another bullet from mcnabb, watch how high he has to go to catch this one. now he's so dangerous after the catch, minnesota ncaa getting time to throw. that's 10 catches for santana moss. ian: and the line of scrimmage is the 37. a helpless feeling for matt schaub and the texans' offense. it's washington in control. 81k4r07b to play in overtime. first down. mcnabb's pass is smacked down at the line of scrimmage by mario williams. it'll be second and 10 for washington. coming up tonight on cbs, "60 minutes," followed by back-to-back episodes of "undercover boss" and then "c.s.i.: miami" all tonight, only cbs. graham gano won the award as the neigh's top kick for the 2008 from florida state he kic

three days ago in one of the most closely watched supreme court cases this term, graham versus florida, the united states superior court forbid the sentences of a juvenile to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a non-homicide crime. they found such a sentence is consistent with basic principles of decency. i'm proud to say that my firm was co-counsel for the juvenile in this case and wrote the brief for the juvenile in the court. this decision gives our clients, terrance graham, who had received the sentence of life without the possibility of parole. the bad acts he committed as a teenager are not representative of his true character and gives him some realistic opportunity to gain release before the end of his term. i personally understand the importance of the work that you do. but our nation's fiscal crisis threatens your very existence. as predicted 25 years ago by chief justice rose berg , she said the following. we have no difficulty, it seems finding sufficient funds to build more prisons. one of california's largest industries. but each year, public defenders a

now 52 and seriously ill, graham wants retribution.he and the fellow survivors have been fighting this case for six years and never had an apology. >> in my book, the catholic church are the most dishonest organization that i've ever come across in my life. they're making the suffering of these children tenfold more than if they recognize the damage they have done. this is him. james call ger. so smart. so sophisticated. and yet, the biggest abuser of children all right james is now in jail for multiple rape. the children's home he ran st. williams catered for particularly vulnerable boys. >> a little bay but look at the wheelchair. look at the push chair. >> reporter: boys like graham abandoned by his mother a few days old, a teenager in the care of the church, a church that failed him then and never said sorry. >> i do not believe they were ever accept responsibility. and that's a message for the pope, as long as i live, i will haunt you. because we are haunted by a system which abused us, tortured us and annihilated all ethos of lif

and graham ga noe the kicker missed one. coming up in the next live report. >>> the national spotlight on tiny taj eyreeer island as america's biggest sports town per capita. the town manager says the island consists of 507 residents, one school, no cars. equals chili's $20 dinner for two. share one of five appetizers, like our famous texas cheese fries. then choose two freshly prepared entrees from 14 chili's favorites, like our chicken crispers with new sweet & smoky sae, r new slow-smoked honey chipotle baby back ribs, or grilled all-white meat chicken fajitas served or a bed of sizzling peppers and onions. grab a friend and t one appetizer plus two entrees with chili's $20 dinner for two. >>> hi, everybody i'm dave feldman live at redskins park where a week ago it was the redskins defense that carried them to victory over the dallas cowboys. this week against the texans, it was the offense that carried the team but 426 yards passing by donovan mcnabb was not enough. the team still lost in overtime by three points. just o

wow, i can't double dip, graham. get another spoon. >> yes. >> reporter: i hope you like it. i'll be back for that whole thing. these will be out here at the fall festival jubilee going on in old town manassas this week. and this is deb legg and she has hand made soap as. and to you. so take me through the process. >> this is oil, olive oil, and some frankincense and mur and some raw silk. and when you mix the oil and the water and the lye together, i stir it up and it starts to get really hot and in about a minute or two, three minutes, it will get the trace and that's when the soap gets thick and it's fully incorporated and then you have soap and you put it in the told. >> reporter: we're almost out of time. and can we show them cutting it? >> go ahead. it evenly cuts my soft. >> reporter: it's hard. how many scents do you have? >> have i 35 of them. and this is called holly. this is absolutely free. myfoxdc.com is our website. we have a linking to theirs. we'll have more about the old town manassas fall jubilee co

that's because it was teir kuker graham gano going for the 52-yard attempt.missed an opportunity to win and really today, nobody felt more frustrated than graham gano here. he watched the film last night. he said his wife had tape te game for him. he knew the texans would call a time-out. that's what he told me. he said his mistake was when he got to the kick. he lift his head too early to see if the ball that h sailed through theupright. as you know, he will me that he watched that film closely. saw what he did wrong. he vowed improve. >> i was just asonfident as ever. probably a little too relaxed. and you know, it's just next time, just be more focused on the fundamentals of kicking. >> definitely frustrating as far as missing anopportunity like hat, te moments i dream of. it is frustrating. i'm just as confident as ever right now that i can make tha kick. i kick the first one really well so i know i can do it. >> i got so much abuse for starting it. i can't reallylame him for throwing a time-out in there. i did it about a half second beforehand. gary did

(bender) and graham's an american citizen, and i remember when we talked to him about this. one of the things he said was that when he came to this country, his love of the constitution, love of what the principles that govern america taught him was possible in this country, motivated him to write that kind of a song, and that chicago and some of the actions that crosby, stills, nash, and young were involved in, in terms of speaking out, came from looking at this constitution and saying, "this is something that we should all stand up for." (crosby) and looking for the freedom to express it. you know, he saw-- here he sees, you know, people willing to do exactly what we wrote the book about: stick up for what they believe in and get away with it. you know, we have a great country. i believe deeply, and have all my life, in the constitution, the bill of rights, the declaration of independence. i think it's the finest defense of personal freedom that's ever taken place. i know that it's descended from the magna carta and the french constitution, but i think it is a brilliant, b

not only is billy graham's son franklin trying to reach out to him, so is sarah palin. and, we have a new poll showing what americans really think and know about islam. here's terry moran. >> reporter: he was at it again today, the lanky hardscrabble preacher people around the world now listening to pastor terry jones' every word. >> so as of right now, we are not convinced that backing down is the right thing. >> reporter: late today, sarah palin tweeted her opposition. writing, "please stand down." and long-time televangelist pat robertson blasted pastor jones this morning. >> imagine a pastor that is so egotistical that he would sacrifice the lives of missionaries and soldiers to go forward with something. this is so stupid. >> reporter: and abc news has learned that evangelical leader franklin graham has reached out to jones to try to dissuade him. so have others. today, in a remarkable development, a local muslim leader paid a visit to jones at his church, and offered him friendship to diffuse this. >> and i said, i'll stand with you. i will talk to the muslim worl

republican senator lindsey graham joins you live. the "new york times" are going after the democrats heavy. >> that is unusual. i would rather agree with you than "the new york times" being an conservative but we -- they are right. the issue needs to be voted on before the next election. if you raise taxes on anyone from 35% to 39.6 on anybody, you raise taxes is a bad idea. and we should have the courage of our convictions, i'm willing to go to the floor and cast a vote against raising taxes on anybody regardless of how it mate be perceived by people. >> greta: "the new york times" is in favor of the way the president would like, extend it for everyone who makes less than $250,000. what "the new york times" is slamming the democrats about is they won't bother to bring it up for vote. >> here's obama's world people that make over $250,000 should have 40% of their income taken by the federal government. in my world no one should have 40% taken by the government, 39.6. 750,000 small businesses will be hit if you increase taxes for peop

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then in overtime graham gano nailed a 52-yarder but only after the texans called a time- out. on his second attempt the ball would sail wide right. >> he's a good young kicker. we got a lot of faith in him. that's why we let him kick that field goal. obviously things happen. he didn't hit it right and that's something we all got to live. with. >> reporter: tonight an epic battle of the arms as both quarterbacks throw for more than 400 yards. that's the first time it's been done since 1994 in an nfl game. from fedex field, lindsay murphy, fox 5 sports. >> in week one it was the redskins defense that carried the load. week two they were the weak link. not that the texans were any slouch. matt schaub threw for 497 yards but the redskins defense allowed the texans to score 20 straight points and that doesn't sit well with the skins that work on that side of the ball. >> they had a great offensive performance by donovan. our team in general, you give us 27 points, that's more than enough. you know, that's more than enough to win a football game. it's very tough because it's on us a

senator graham signed the letter he joins us live live. good evening. >> hello. >> greta: what does your letter say? >> explain yourself? tell us how these memos came about? if you look at the memos, detailed analysis of how administratively the administration could get around deporting certain people. if you catch someone who is here illegally but may be subject to coverage under the dream act if it ever passed, let's look at not deporting them if you catch someone illegally who may be subject to getting a job if the bill passed. they are looking for ways not to deport people here illegally that amount to amnesty. two memos in question we want to know who wrote 'em and how serious were they? >> greta: i have copies as well. where did you get them? >> we got -- the committee got 'em. i don't know where. >> greta: have they been leaked. is there intrigue involved? >> all i can tell you, you've got the document. they talk about prose and cons. one of the things says you will be seen as abdicating your responsibility to enforce the law and pe

. >> shepard: this afternoon on "studio b" south carolina can senator lindsey graham explained by mostde of the aisle voted against the bill, though they support parts of it. >> there is some good things in this bill. >> what is good? >> there is regulatory reform. tax cuts targeted for small business. the $30 billion pot of money is a philosophical debate. should the federal government set up a fund with $30 billion to be lent by the private sector when there's not that much private sector ristk? that's what got us in the mess with housing to begin with. >> shepard: senator graham and other republicans say the best way to help small businesses is help the economy in general. wendell goler at the white house tonight. tell us more about what is in the bill that the president signed today. >> reporter: the bill contains eight small business tax cut or credit designed to go into effect immediately to encourage owners not to wait until next year to hire new workers or invest in new plants or equipment or expand healthcare coverage for workers. it also contains a pot of money for government

we talked about the art installation happening with graham as well. these dishes that people are going to taste. >> okay. each of the dishes were inspired on a painting that gramm and i selected a few months back, and the first course is an eggplant and onions that have been roasted in kohls and they are topped off and michelle's first, interpreted. >> and we need to move along to these quickly. let's move on. >> nikki ford, cod with anchovy aoli so life with cauliflower. >> next. 30 seconds. >> two chutneys based on a dutch painting, two g 0 das, sheep and cow. >> and the final, the dessert? >> oh, god. jenny raven and david brisenden, a puff pastry with figs and roasted in wine and pomegranate choice and lemon olive oil cream. >> very nice. we've got to go. tv is fast and the time is ticking. nice job. let's go ahead and get to our weather graphics. one against, all these dishes are inspired by 17th century dutch works, and -- and while people are out here eating them tonight, it's 01 kickoff event, they will be seeing them decompose on an art insta

graham punted in his absence an average 35 yards over five punts. pretty good. saints will know more about the injury tomorrow. with more on what else went wrong, here is lindsay murphy. >> reporter: so the all week long are redskins players preached not playing down to the level of their opponent. that's exactly what they did against the rams team that hadn't won at home since october 2008. >> we kind of expected oh, this is the rams, we will come in here and just beat them. but they are nfl team two. they get draft picks just like we do. and they prepare just like we did. we let them off the hook. >> reporter: the rams put up 14 points on the skins defense in the first quarter. from that point on it was an uphill battle. >> the defense just couldn't make a play. especially on third down. the third down situations where you would like to get them off the field. we didn't do that defensively. >> we beat ourselves. you know, we just didn't put ourselves in the game. we didn't take advantage of some opportunities. and that's what happened. >> this game took a two

franklin graham is the one who said that islam is evil and wicked.r commanders? here's a special report by our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence. >> reporter: the christian concert is called rock the fort. it's living up to its name. the billy graham evangelistic association is bringing christian rock bands and worship to ft. bragg and some say crossing a line. >> the express purpose of the event is to evangelize and spread the gospel to all those who are lost. soldiers are given pieces of paper with seven blank names to bring seven more people to come to christ. >> reporter: ft. bragg advertised it on the website. mikey weinstein says more than 100 soldiers have complained to his group sending e. mails saying pleas help us mrff. this is wrong. >> here in a few minutes i'm going to give you a chance to make a decision. it's your choice. >> reporter: rock the fort has been to several other bases including recruit training at ft. jackson. >> we pray not only do they become soldiers here in boot camp but we pray they will come into god's army in the

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it's held by billy graham and his son franklin graham. he said islam is evil and wicked.he record, how will it play in the muslim world? will it be a problem for the commanders overseas? here is a special report from chris lawrence. >> reporter: it's called rock the fort. it's living up to its name. the billy graham evangelistic association is bringing christian rock bands to ft. bragg. some say it's crossing the line. >> it's to spread the gospel. soldiers are given a piece of paper to put seven names on. >> reporter: they advertised on thear website. more than 100 soldiers complained military religious freedom sending e-mails saying please help us. this is wrong. >> i'm going to give you a chance to make a decision. it's your choice. >> reporter: they have been to several other bases including recruit training at ft. jackson. >> we pray not only that they become soldiers but come into god's army in the sense of giving their life to jesus christ. >> reporter: critics say it's a dangerous message to bring into basic training. >> we are not supposed to use the u.s. army to

we are very proud to have senator lindsey graham here today. he will give a short talk this morning or this afternoon which will be followed by a session of "q&a" with the audience. after that, we will do a short and sweet roundtable, something we have not done in the past. no set piece presentations. i am pleased that we are able to have senator graham ought back here. he has really given it back one of the most interesting and well received talks here in many years last time he spoke. he has a very illustrious resume which is online at for you to read and its full form. he served for 6.5 years as an active duty air force lawyer. after leaving the air force in 1989, he joined the south carolina air national guard where he served until his election to the house of representatives in 1994. he serves as the south carolina state in the house of representatives since 2003. he was called to active duty in the first gulf war. he continues to serve in the reserves. he recently returned from reserve duty in afghanistan. i hope he will talk about that a