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>> every president since jerry ford has had trade promotion. our reading of this __ having our team all over the congress and talking to just about everybody __ is that there is plenty of support their. we further agreed that the president has begun to make it clear __ first of all to his own team, that he wants the cabin and others up there working on this. i'm hopeful that he will be very aggressive on in the state of the union. he knows, and he has had some meetings recently, organizing the white house and others. he knows that they're going to have to to have an effort to deal into areas __ and then necessary numbers of democrats, dealing with labor, and he knows that he has to spend sometimes assuring republicans of what it will be to. we believe that there are plenty, plenty of votes to get this done. i believe that we will get it done. i'm very encouraged that this could be the first step in a three or four step process that would strengthen the economy of the united states for a long time to come. >> i would quickly add __ if i remember

the only person i can think of was jerry ford, and that was just during a small window. that is a long time ago. basically, you know, he has hardly veto anything. neil: that could rapidly change. thank you very much by the way the state of the union coverage beginning tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. i will be joined by possible presidential candidate and we will ask what he thinks of this. plus we will have ted cruz and talk to other people as well. we will be watching the markets react as the president is speaking. be sure to be there.kenne wha >> what you put in your mouth is your business.nmental two governmental nitpickers stop you every time? you whether it is cheese or horsemeat, just because it sounds gross to you and youre, simple palette, that's not reason enough to keep others w wi from enjoying. and government regulations it do is a food fight and this is "the

he sent a handwritten note to jerry ford. get that bill passed. when robert kennedy was killed he said, we are going to get our gun control bill. we got about half of it. we are going to get something good out of this. i think there should be some use of this in a much more opportunistic way. a much more immediate way. that is the last point i would make. you have to go fast. i thank god we have president obama in the white house. i wish he had moved on gun control. he would have gotten a gun control bill. he waited a couple months. you can't. we are in a world -- you live in it more than any of us with your reporting. we have 30-second attention spans. lastly, one of the problems he has is because he is black. [applause] let's be a realistic about this. i think there still is a lot of resentment about that among people in congress, among people all over this country. we have got to get over that. [applause] >> in that context, it does seem worth remembering that president johnson's last public appearance was on this stage at a conference about ci

the only person i can think of was jerry ford, and that was just during a small window. a long time ago. basically, you know, he has hardly veto anything. neil: that could rapidly change. thank you very much by the way the state of the union coverage beginning tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. i will be joined by possible presidential candidate and we will ask what he thinks of this. plus we will have ted cruz and talk to other people as well. that. it felt like a very long week. kennedy: what you put in your mouth is your business. the federal government is still talking about the busybodies. and many reside at the fda. should governmental nitpickers stop you every time you want cherry cheesecake? just because it sounds gross to you and your palate, we will separate this food from fact and government regulations be done. it's a food fight and this

he sent a handwritten note to jerry ford, the minority leader of the house to get that bill passed. when report kennedy was killed, he said we're going to get our gun control bill. we didn't get all of it. we got about half of it. we're going to get it. we're going to get something good out of it. i think there is -- there should be some use of this in a much more opportunistic way. and a much more immediate way. that's the last point i would make. you have to go fast. i know -- i thank god we have president obama in the white house. i wish he had moved on gun control with that lame duck session he would have gotten a gun control bill. he waited a couple of months to look at it. you can't. and if we had problems then we're in a world -- you live in it more than any of us, i guess, with your reporting. we have 30-second attention spans. and lastly and i just -- i think obama, one of the problems he has is because he is black. i think there are a lot of people -- [applause]. let's be realistic about this. i think there still is a lot of resentment about that among people in congress a

it was to republicans -- two republicans from the era everett mckinley dirksen and jerry ford. ey gave the first response to lyndon johnson's a 66th state of the union and they became famous. a sort of ev and jerry show because the two were colorful characters to begin with. everett dirksen was a comedian. >> into the chamber. the senator from kentucky, mr. mcconnell. the senator from utah, mr. hatch. the senator from south dakota mr. thune. the senator from missouri, mr. blunt. the senator from mississippi mr. wicker. the senator from illinois, mr. durban. the senator from new york, mr. schumer. the senator from washington, ms. murray. excuse me. the senator from vermont, mr. leahy. the senator from montana, mr. tester. the senator from minnesota muskoka chart. numbers of the -- >> members of the escort committee will please exit through the lobby doors. >> as the escort committee makes its way out of the chamber to get to the president, what is the important of that tradition? >> let me tell you a little story. the first sort-of response to george washington's presidential spe

i think i've had levy in jerry ford's administration. others i remember one that all my republican colleagues voted for. when he was here before this committee and asked questions we'd give him questions in advance and he answered, i don't know the answer or i'm not sure, i can't answer that, even though he'd had the questions weeks in advance. they voted for him. i must say that i cannot think of anybody in all these years i've been here who has struck me so much as being qualified to be attorney general as yourself. you're a prosecutor's prosecutor. i think the attorney general is the attorney general of the united states, there for all of us. i refer to my days as a young law student, being recruited by the then attorney general robert kennedy. but i was too home sick for vrt so -- vermont so i didn't stay. i'm not going to have further request questions because i'm satisfied -- questions because i'm satisfied with what you said so far. you'll have my vote and my strong support. and i hope in the remaining part of this administration

>> every president since jerry ford or something have had trade promotion authority.ng of this, having been all over the team, all over the congress, talking to just about everybody, is that there is plenty of support there. we further read that the president has begun to make it clear, first of all, to his own team that he wants the cabinet and others up there working on this. i'm hopeful he'll be very aggressive on it in the state of the union. he knows and he's had some meetings just recently organizing the white house and others, he knows that they're going to have to have an effort to deal in two areas. one, with the necessary number of democrats, and that means dealing with labor. and he knows that he's got to spend some time assuring republicans of what it's going to lead to. but we believe that there are plenty, plenty of votes to get this done. i believe we will get it done and i'm very encouraged that this could be the first step in a three or four-step process that would strengthen the economy of the united states for a long time to come. >> if i could quic

jerry with ford says connected cars now make up at least 90% of his company's fleet. >> the systems needo let the customers do it is what they want to do and get back to driving. >> reporter: if you're heading out for a car that will do is that driving for you, bmw isn't sure when the latest technology will make its way to the open road. bigad shaban, cbs news, las vegas. >> i wonder when all the glitches are worked out. >> in 20 years. i like to drive. i don't know about you but i like getting behind the wheel and just letting it go a little bit. >> i let it parallel park for me. but i heard michelle talking about hackers it's true. you never know. it's like a ghost car. >>> all right so out the door if you're about to hit the road. we have a number of issues out there. that kind of keep popping up one after another unfortunately. and it's been just a quiet two weeks traffic wise but yeah things are back in full swing now. especially in the east shore freeway westbound 80 at carlson boulevard. the scene of a multivehicle crash and at least one lane is blocked. we're seeing the backups f

i think i've had levy in jerry ford's administration. others i remember one that all my republican colleagues voted for. when he was here before this committee and asked questions we'd give him questions in advance and he answered, i don't know the answer or i'm not sure, i can't answer that, even though he'd had the questions weeks in advance. they voted for him. i must say that i cannot think of anybody in all these years i've been here who has struck me so much as being qualified to be attorney general as yourself. you're a prosecutor's prosecutor. i think the attorney general is the attorney general of the united states, there for all of us. i refer to my days as a young law student, being recruited by the then attorney general robert kennedy. but i was too home sick for vrt so -- vermont so i didn't stay. i'm not going to have further request questions because i'm satisfied -- questions because i'm satisfied with what you said so far. you'll have my vote and my strong support. and i hope in the remaining part of this administration

>> every president since jerry ford or something have had trade promotion authority. our reading of this, having been all over the team, all over the congress, talking to just about everybody, is that there is plenty of support there. we further read that the president has begun it to make it clear first of all, to his own team that he wants the cabinet and others up there working on this. i'm hopeful he'll be very aggressive on it in the state of the union. he knows and he's had some meetings just recently, organizing the white house and others he knows that they're going to have to have an effort to deal in two areas. one, with the necessary number of democrats, and that means dealing with labor. and he knows that he's got to spend some time assuring republicans of what it's going to lead to. but we believe that there are plenty, plenty of votes to get this done. i believe we will get it done and i'm very encouraged that this could be the first step in a three or four-step process that would strengthen the economy of the united states for a long time to come. >> if

and you've already made reference to the governor christie's being in jerry jones' box. >> ford downgradedhe day after the lions which are owned by ford? it's a bad day for ford. >> we did get chrysler. before we get to chrysler i want predictions. you're willing for go ing foring to go there. coming in on last year if i had told you oil was going to -- there are always the things that we don't expect. you and i have talked about the incredible advances this technology that have allowed us to become a huge producer of oil, but we did not necessarily say, oh, and crude will fall in half over the course of the year. we also did not discuss the fact that the dollar perhaps would soar in value. two things that occurred that i would argue at the beginning of the year we might not have said this is going to happen. so all bets are always off. >> ten year goes below 2. i think the dow which is harder to do a about thes ss ss ss bottoms up. and money is coming here. remember, that -- >> negative five year. negative rate this is germanys in germany typhoon years out. >> germany is absurd. down year

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>> well, every president since jerry ford or something has had trade promotion authority. and our reading of this having been all over our teams all over the congress talking to just about everybody is that there's plenty of support their. we further read that the president has begun to make it clear, first of all, of his own team that he wants a cabinet and others up there working on this. i'm hopeful that he will be very aggressive on it in the state of the union. he knows and he had some meetings just recently organizing the white house and others. he knows that they're going to have to have an effort to deal into areas. one with the necessary number of democrat's line and that means giving with the labor. and he knows that in fact he's got to spend some time assuring republicans of what it's going to lead to. but we believe that the are plenty plenty of votes to get this done. i believe we will get it done. and i'm very encouraged that this could be the first step in a three or four step process that would strengthen the economy of the united states for a long time to

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ford was president. today 40 years later he begins his record fourth term. this will be it for 76-year-old governor jerrywn. and he's not going out quietly. and in fact he outlined an ambitious agenda today. nbc's political analyst larry gerston joins us now. high-speed rail economy. governor brown said a lot today. >> yeah he said a lot in one sense. he didn't say so much in others. it's interesting. these kickoff speeches such as browns are filled with broad themes. but some are more substantive than others. now this speech definitely had lots of general thoughts but few specifics. in fact. it left a lot of muddy road maps ahead. with all of that most of brown's vision centered on making sure his accomplishments, if you will over the last term continued. those programs should go on. public education funding. high speed rail. >> at firsthand he's very smart and shrewd. what did he leave out. >> let's speak on education. he gave no indication on how the state should fill the $7 billion loss annually when proposition 30 expired at the end of his first term. regarding higher education, he said he would not