h. w. brands is the dixon allan anderson centennial prof. of history in austin. his focus has been for many years on american history and politics and his biographies and histories include a number of tremendous books. this is the just the most recent. also traitor to his class about franklin roosevelt, biography of andrew jackson called andrew jackson. the age of gold about the gold rush in the 1840s. the first american, about benjamin franklin and tea are about theodore roosevelt. together these books comprise not haphazardly but purposefully a history of the united states for the last 200 or so years. a number of these books have been best sellers. traitor to his class and the first american were both finalists for the pulitzer prize and you can see h. w. brands on tv all the time if you go to the history channel or turn on the tv, there he is. this book is -- i will hold this up again so you can see and recognize it easily at the book signing tend, it is a tremendous biography of ulysses grant filled with stuffed i certainly never knew and was delighted to fi

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george h. w. bush is the oldest living former president. >>> study kicked up a controversy over the age of the grand canyon. it was probably carved during the time of the dinosaurs, 70 million years ago. but the canyon was formed by a river that ran in the opposite direction of the colorado river. they put the age at 6 million years. >>> there is ice on the planet mercury. the data confirmed the theory. mercury is the closest plan toot the such but temperatures can drop below freezing at night. >>> the senate voted to accelerate the withdrawal of forces from afghanistan. the amendment is in conflict with the house that passed a bill calling for president obama to maintain a force of 68,000 troops in afghanistan through the end of 2014. >>> the u.s. government has identified prisons in the united states that could be used to house terrorists. they could move to six military brigs and prisons across the country. the findings support closing guantanamo bay. right now there are 166 terrorist being hel

tracy: it basically was put in place by george h. w. bush.s expiring at the end of the year. this affects your other might deductions. >> it actually affects your tax. it is a phaseout of itemized deductions for high income people. that was george h. w. bush that no more taxes, s as we will deal with deductions instead. in that sense, for losing 3% of your deductions, 3% of your adjusted gross income, you are paying tax on 103% of your income, so it is an income tax. you're paying tax on 103% of income, your tax goes up 1.2%. tracy: there are so many idiosyncrasies. come back. >> i will, thank you. tracy: even if you don't understand it you know you have to call somebody and find out, everybody has to do something. ashley: liz claman will be taking us through the last hour of trading. find out what that means for the bottom line. from the person himself, next on "countdown to the closing bell."

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leadership skills, and of course both truman and grant were huge failures in business, and george h. w. bush it will probably be an example of a president who was very successful in business and an effective administrator but he didn't communicate very well in the public and he lost after his first term, so i would say that i think there were some candidates out there that have the strength of character and this is over the years in the republican and democratic party governor. romney is now a senator from virginia who had a great depth of character who have self-confidence in a quiet set of ways that could have made an excellent president but they chose -- they were not able to win in the primary. that's one thing is you could ask of the primaries or better than the old smoke-filled room but they are not equal to that. that is another topic, other question, another paper. any other questions? >> yes. well, thank you very much. >> where we invite a guest hosts to interview authors. this week historian james patterson and his latest book the eve of destruction how 1965 transformed ameri

george h. w. bush was his vice president. of election day continues with a look at the ballot questions in maryland. there are measures concerning sex marriage and expanded gambling. are all live at the where the of maryland union will be a polling place throughout the day. there are a number of very important measures on the maryland the ballot. some call them moral issues. recent polls tell us these issues are very close. after more than $80 million in advertising, maryland their kids decide if and gaming will marylanders will decide of gambling will come to the state. opponents say millions of tolars will go directly schools but some doubt it. o'malley is in question 7 and question sex, same-sex marriage. several rallies yesterday. there is question four, maryland could become the first state in y to allow the dream forward which would mean children of undocumented pay in-would be able to tuition and go to college. a lot of measures here in maryland. thank you very much. it is 6:36. the poles have been open 36 in virginia

the queen and prince philip had an easy camaraderie with george h. w. bush and his wife, barbara in part because they were all close contemporaries. philip and the 41st president had also both seen action in the pacific in world war ii, which give them a common bond. the queen is rather formal, bush told me, but i never found per reserved, standoffish. it is hard to explain really, but she is a very, very easy to be with. conversation comes easily. that ease was evident after the white house welcoming ceremony for her third state visit in 1991 when presidential aides for got to provide a set for the podium that have been designed for the considerably taller president's. while making her remarks, the cluster of microphones obscured the queen's face, offering tv viewers what appears to be a talking purple and white striped had. the queen laughed after words. another moment slightly gone wrong. her humor made it all seemed fine, george bush said. he also marveled at her stamina at age 65. at the state dinner he observed that her fast pace had left even the

former president george h. w.sh has been admitted to the houston in methodist hospital, the first president bush, forty-one, or according to hospital folks will embarrass spokeswoman, a former president is being treated because of bronchitis. that is all we know. former president bush, reported to be bronchitis. we have more throughout the day. we talk all the time about the military but here's another area where automatic cuts are coming and a debt deal is reached by the end of the year. education. congressional budget office's federal education programs would lose $5 billion or close to 8% of their budget. we have randy weingartner with us from d.c.. you want to avoid the worst-case scenario for obvious reasons, what we talk about with the military but some education cuts going forward in this environment inevitable? >> let me just say our prayers are with president bush and i hope he has a speedy recovery. we have had cut after cut after cut in education in the last four years. in this recessionary environment

i remember when george h. w. bush that read my lips at the republican national convention. on the floor when it happened. a few years later, the democrats convinced him that if you let us raise taxes, we will have an equal amount of cuts in the government. taxes took place or cuts never really got there. i would hope that we are careful with this that we have going on right now to make sure that we are not raising taxes on middle-class and obamacare i the largest tax increase on the middle class. they said we are going to lose 800,000 jobs in america because of this. restauras are putting surcharges on meals. i talked to the president last night and he believes at least 10% of his members will go out of business here in mississippi. gerri: is absolutely tragic for some businesses. we have ceos talking about how they're going to fire people, i want you to talk about something very specific about this. a lot of talk about sequestration. this would impact states severely, and it would hit mississippi pretty darn hard. 7.6% mississippi, only 6.6 nationwide. would he make of tha

former economic advisor to george h. w. bush and karen, an advisor to president obama and former ambassador to the organization of economic cooperation and development. welcome to you both. with this move people who are on the fence? >> no. anybody on the fence understands the u.s. economy is weak. sure, you can say 7.9% unemployment is an improvement. i can't en say that is an improvement. the obama administration pledged they would drop down upon the great 5.4%. that certainly didn't happen. i'm curious as voters look at the newspapers tomorrow will the newspapers tell the truth that in thireport touted as being positive wages went down. hourly earnings went down, hours worked went down. this is really a sad commentary if we have to interpret this somehow positively. gerri: clearly we have a long ways to go, wants you to hear something the president said today on the campaign trail and respond. here is the president. >> 2008 we were in the middle of two wars. toy our businesses have created nearly five and a half million

bush served as well on the staff of domestic policy council for president george h. w. bush and as staff economist for the council of economic advisers during the reagan administration. from 2003-2005 diana furchtgott-roth was chief economist of the u.s. department of labor and also offered this past july of women's figures, a guide to economic progress of women in america. please join me in welcoming senior fellow diana furchtgott-roth. [applause] >> thank you very much for that kind introduction and thank all of you for coming. i am grateful you could be doing so many things today and coming to listen to me but here you are listening to me talk about green jobs. i would like to thank the man had an institute not only for supporting this research but organizing this talk. and john phillips, a mechanical engineer, all over the world who is here and advised me on technical aspects of energy in the book and to read the will manuscript to check on scientific details of it. this is an appropriate day for talking about "regulating to disaster" because president obama promise

with representatives from the administrations of george h. w. bush through the current administration of barack obama, our guest speakers today offer their expertise and experience as a look back on the use of service and look forward to the future of u.s.-asia relations. wish to offer my gratitude to georgetown's asian studies program, our school of foreign service, and the korea economic institute who have partnered to bring together some of our countries most respected minds on foreign policy and asia. we are deeply grateful to doctor victor cha a professor in government and asian studies and director of asian studies here in georgetown. carol lancaster, our dean of the school of foreign service, and doctor abraham kim, the interim president of the korea economic institute, for making this event possible. were also aren't up with is representative of the department of education, and we thank the department for its recognition of our asian studies program title vi, national resources center for east asia. it's fitting we gather today for this

former president at george h. w. hospital in houston for treatment of a lingering costs. he is 88 years old now and being treated for bronchitis. he was admitted last friday and is expected to be released by the weekend. a spokesman for the president said the mls was not life-threatening but there had been concerns that it could have developed pneumonia. he is 88 years old. he's doing ok but it looks like he's in the hospital until this weekend. palestinians are waiting for the outcome of the vote today that could elevate their status in the united nations. this is video of people already celebrating. a yes vote would mean the palestinians are regarded as a non member observer state. that would implicitly recognize palestinian statehood. israel and the united states are against the you recognition. france and the rest of the european nations are in favor. reports out this area this morning that the entire country has no internet access right now. this is an unprecedented internet blacked out which comes from intense

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qówozh#vn9 >>> as lawmakers head bk to work next week coming up with a pl to keep the country froml cliff will be at the top of the agenda. at this point the main persistent sticking point is raising tax rates on the rich. now it appears there may be a semantics ap solution that could lead to both sides would raise taxes but not tax e rates. joining me now to talk about it from baltimore, maryland senator ben cardin, good afternoon. >> it's good to be with you, thank yo >> where do negotiations stand right now from your perspective? >> they are taking place at different leve.w that the presi speaker of the housend meeting. i could tell you as a member o the senate finance committee, we've had discussions democratic and republican members of the senate finance committee as to how we could be helpful. but u' hurdle isd revenue. and how we're going to be able to achieve enough revenue to ma work. >> let's talk about this soluti, mentioned in the new york times today, raing tax revenue by taxing wealthy americans, entire income at the current top rate. is tso both sides could agree

i was going to say, i did kate's h. w. kranz lecture yesterday on ulysses grant's. and, cap the tv channel on the same network. gramm kind of concurs of what you're saying, how that if we did not fight the civil war when we did we probably would be still fighting more wars between the broken up country at the time. you know, grant being also on the same page with lincoln knew that it would be an all-out war. there could really be no compromise after the war broke out. i was amazed, especially with spielberg coming in with the movie about lincoln. lincoln really is still kind of a misunderstood man. and don't know if it's because of the sanitized versions we get from grammar school through high school. but lincoln really is such an inspirational story. this man basically was self-taught. he didn't have any formal education compared to, you know, most of the scholars and politicians of today. this was a guy promoting his education early, you know, promoting his reading, you know, by fireside. this man learned history on his own, and i still think it is a story. an upd

that was the first time that president george h. w. bush ran. republican governor and a state house controlled by republicans, the senate and the house. we always seem to be trending below, but at the last-minute presidential campaigns tend to show up here. the obama campaign calls it a hail mary pass. itaromney campaign colzalls move in a place the polls are narrowing. that would tell me he thinks pennsylvania is in play. president clinton will be here tomorrow doing several stops in pennsylvania. he is one of the most of powerful political surrogates that president obama has. he's very popular in pennsylvania. i do not think we will see the president here. if he shows up, that is proof positive that pennsylvania could go either way. host: pennsylvania considered a battleground, but it is trending below and looking like it is going to be in obama's corner. -- but it is trending blue. describe what is going on in pennsylvania vs. ohio. guest: it has been much quieter. we have more surrogacy coming in and they draw smaller clowrowds. they pack th

pennsylvania has not actually backed a republican for president since -- i think it was george h. w. bush in 1988. in any event, it has been 20 plus years since they've gone behind a republican. some call a fool's gold with a republican. but the race is tightening. it's tightening in the states that we will consider to be firmly in the blue column. in the meantime, president obama is drawing big crowds of his own. 18,000 people lined up to catch the president in madison, wisconsin. his opening act was none other than bruce springsteen. he will join him in another campaign stop in ohio. he is literally riding on air force one today. the president's third event in wisconsin in just the past five days. more than a year of campaigning by both governor romney and president obama has come down to this. the main event is tomorrow night. make sure that fox news is your election headquarters tomorrow evening. the special coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. bret baier and i will cohost the production. we will bring you the breaking results across the country until a winner is announced

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that is what lyndon johnson did, that is what george h. w. bush did. that is how you get it done.ng he knows how to do his campaign. if you read bob woodward's book, he was totally absent in the disaster of august 2011. i'm sorry, 2011, yes. look, this is his opportunity. republicans have put that on and i don't think they need to go further in putting revenue on the table. but they need to make the president lead. they have to tell the president. when we see these labor advertisements and what the president is doing, they think the campaign is still on. it is not. the person who has suffered the most, it was president obama on the issue of leadership. that is what is required. you you get in, you deal when you compromise. you say it's my way or the highway. megyn: it does feel like it's a campaign in many ways. pat mentioned the unions at a time to buy these advertisements, the so-called safety net, that is how they refer to social security, medicaid, medicare, education costs, they don't want any cuts. they want all tax hikes. and then you have jim messina coming out and saying

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