we are in a much more polarized environment today than we were certainly back in jimmy carter's day.ll know, that and i think that's one of the reasons he will continue to face that kind of criticism so there's kind of almost a hair trigger in terms of everything he does gets examined very, very closely so he has that challenge he has to deal with. the challenges, or the criticism he's geting from the left, i think are in part a function of a kind of disappointment-- disillusioniment is too strong a word-- but he is a victim of expectations that ran way beyond what he was able to do or could be expected to do. there are people on the left who because of his big victory a little more than a year ago thought that things would change and change very quickly and they would change in a very progressive way on policy. may be of the things he is pushing have been and continue to be near and deer to the liberal agenda. but he is prepared to compromise to get some of those things through, the public option perhaps being the most symbolically significant of those-- and when he does those thing

jimmy carter made the mistake and these two presidents made the mistake, the biggest thing -- >> talking about mistakes, quentin says the republicans were the ones who put the sunset provision into the tax rate cuts, why did they do that? did they learn the lesson that that is a terrible idea. >> because of the crazy senate rules when the democrats took over the senate put in, you had to have the ten yee provision and that is why the -- year provisions and the death tax expires this year and comes back in 2011. >> if you want to die this is the year to die. there is no death tax this year and goes up again 50% in 2011. right? max. >> ay yai yai. your congress at work, folks, when we come back congress is getting ready to ring in the new year with a very ebbs expensive jobs bill and we found out something from our nation's job creators, proving that we don't need it. plus, unionizing the gatekeepers who play a critical role preventing terror attacks in the skies and could the unionization happen soon and will it put the safety of you and your family at greater risk? >> from america's news

jimmy carter was determined to change the complexion of the u.s. judiciary. there is a photograph that shows president carter in october 1980, when he may have sensed that he would lose the election, but he held a reception for women he had appointed to the bench and said that he hoped he would be remembered for changing the face of the u.s. judiciary. he chose people of the very best quality, but people who had not been looked for before. after he said that, no president ever retreated from that until president reagan was determined to be the president who appointed the first woman to this court, as he did. he made a splendid choice in justice sandra day o'connor. it was president carter had decided that the federal judiciary should draw on the talent of all the people of the great united states and not just some of them. >> what did you do in his administration? >> i was on the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. >> before that, you had not had any government experience? >> before that i had been a law teacher for 17 years and general counsel for th

now, here's a close-up of the doll hanging on the home of jimmy carter -- the jimmy carter sign in plains, georgia. cnn affiliate walb reports the doll was actually attached to a noose. >>> there's a town known for making sweet music, or at least the instrument that plays sweet music. we call it violin city. and we'll take you there right after this break. oh, that's right. you just woke up from a 23-year coma. yeah, it was a long one. did i miss anything? uh, the cold war ended. [ man ] pluto's no longer a planet. culture club broke up. the berlin wall came down. wait. the club broke up? i never saw them live. that was too soon. what have i done? [ male announcer ] we understand. you need it there fast. fedex ground. >>> well, if you make them, you may as well learn how to play them, right? that's the thinking in the unofficial violin capital of the world. if you own a violin, there's a good chance it was made there. cnn's emily chang has the story. >> reporter: the sound of novice strings fills classrooms in donggaocun, the smallest students encouraged by the local government to learn h

it was found hanging by a noose in plains, georgia, the hometown of former president jimmy carter. volunteer firefighters were called to cut it down >>> a car drove into an icy rock creek. a driver inside died. the victim identified as 22-year-old joshua coleman of arlington. rescuers tried to get to him but it was too late. it happen in the creek south of the p street overpass. >>> prepare for some longer trips on metro. l this month, because of maintenance work on the red, blew and orange lines. the work starts around 8:00 p.m. sunday to thursday nights throughout the month of january. plan on add aing 20 to 30 minutes to your trip when the work is underway. those are the stories we're following everywhere at 11:00. . >>> hear that? a chilly start to the new year. a bitter blast of cold air affecting all of us. the winds are strong and temps are dangerously low. homeless shelters have filled up fast as the icy weather set n the arlington county emergency shelter filled up very fast. by 6:30 it was just ten people shy of capacity. >> i slept outside for like a month before i came

here's jimmy carter giving advice to michael dukakis in his 1988 campaign for president. >> i'm about to lose as bad as you did. maybe worse. how did you deal with it afterward? >> i accept the fact that i was a downer. a liberal downer. malaise liberal downer. >> jimmy, believe me, i understand. chris: the democrats, that's just one image. for al gore it was his nerdyness. >> now i want to pick up where we left off in our economic's textbook page 326. y'all are going to need to get your homework out. and you know, really, i was very disappointed on some of your performances on last week's pop quiz. idaho, i'm looking in your direction. today we're going to focus on -- we're going to -- we need to tint -- come on, would you get out of here? >> ooh, sorry, teacher, are you on? >> yes, i'm on. >> let me get, internet blah, blah. i'm just kidding you. oh, by the way, we're out of beer. >> and john kerry. here was s.n.l.'s take on his problems with james carville coaching him back in 2004. >> john, we've got to get you more tough. you know what i'm saying? we've got to get you more republ

president obama found hanging from a building in plains, georgia, the hometown of former president jimmy carter. the secret service has confirmed the agency is investigating. >>> ofcials are monitoring a volcano on the indian ocean island of reunion that erupted sunday with little warning. it was evacuated minutes before the volcano began spewing lava. another volcano in eaern congo is rising concerns. scientists say it will destroy 25 acres of nearby forest. >>> dubai is celebrating the opening of the tallest building today. the government hopes the unveiling othe structure helps revitalize the city's economy which was serious hit by a debt crisis. >> and nowere'a look at how wall street will kick off the day and the year after this holiday weekend. the dow opens at 10,428 after sinking 120 points. the s&p lost 11. and the nasdaq dipped 22 points. >>> taking a look at overseas trading is morning, in tokyo, the knee day gained 108 points to start off the new year, but in hong kong the hang seng fell 49 points. >>> speaking of the new year, a lot of pressure on stocks in the first few weeks as i

you know, andy warhol painted these portraits of, limited-edition portraits of jimmy carter, and the carter presidential campaign basically traded them for political donations around the country. you know, it was a wise thing to do at the time politically speaking because the country had just gone through watergate, and really they were very distrustful of anyone from washington or anything that represented washington. and i don't think you can get any farther away from washington than andy warhol. so this actually was tremendously effective for carter in raising money. it actually was credited, he credited it himself as being one of the financial turn arounds of his entire presidential >>mpaign, selling these prints.

and, honest, jimmy carter said wryly, i learned that my first year in office.that's a president obama is learning at the end of his first year of office. in closing, the third part of the book is this, and it's very simple. the 50th anniversary of everything that happened in the '60s begins this january. did you know that? why am i here? it began -- i began to be kind of obsessed by the fact that nobody knew this. which must mean, as a statement about our collective memory. so i started the website and a research project to try to put in the book, and on a an accompanying website, as far as i could tell everything that occurred in social movements in the period of the 1960s beginning in the late '50s going to the '70s. in this hope that memory is the final battlefield, that we need to keep memory alive if you want to keep hope alive. and you can bet given the nature of the media, that they will cover every one of these events from their point of view that and if you want to be in the story you have to have a memorial event that you have to have a panel discussi

the large doll was found hanging from the building in the hometown of former president jimmy carter. a pokesperson says it was found yesterday morning along main street in the small town of plains, ga. a witness told the local tv station the doll had a rope around its neck with a sign with obama's name on it. >>> the science fiction blockbuster "avatar" pulled in more than $1 billion. our camera operator gave it two thumbs up. according to studio estimates the film took in $68 million just this weekend. coming in second, "sherlock holmes" which took in $38 million. as alvin and the chipmunks" came in third with 6 million. >>> icy conditions proved to be dangerous out there. >> frigid temperatures causing problems all over the maryland region. we're going to tell you about that. before you head out the door, let's go to justin with the weather. >> get used to the cold air. we're looking at the extension of this arctic chill through most of the week and probably a reinforcing shot by next week. 23 in baltimore, west/northwest wind at 8 making it feel like 14. lets check the roads -- an

geneva convention and against international law is is maintained right through the presidency of jimmy carter through 1976 through 1980. the change began with the presidency of ronald reagan when he moderated the position in he declared summons a hindrance to the peace process that was unhelpful rather than if the go. many will argue that president george h. w. bush took a hard line on settlements when his administration froze billion in loan guarantees as pressure to stop settlements less well known is the administration did finally reverse that decision and the loan guarantee went through and settlement construction continued. even during the period when the palestinians were most seriously engaged in a land for peace process the construction supplements if anything at a more accelerated rate it was to that point*. between 1993 and 2000 the number settlers increase by 52% to win for about 247,375,000 this is a rapid escalation israelis and palestinians were most engage. but that was not the low point*. the low point* came when george w. bush wrote a letter to aerial chevron and gave recogni

. >> larry: what did you make of jimmy carter's recent remarks that part of the reason for the angerpresident is racist? >> i honestly have not seen it, but i have read a lot of what has been going on recently. and i have to kind of go with what our president says, you know, he says in terms of health care, there's, you know, it's very volatile, certain people believe this, certain people believe that, and it's a lot of things maybe can get misconstrued or -- i don't know, i have to really defer to him on that. >> larry: based on her, did you ever feel in your life looked down on because of your color? >> most definitely. that's just the state of where we are right now. most definitely, but it makes me stronger, and it makes me open up my arms with love as opposed to feeling angry about it. >> larry: you faced it in modeling? >> most definitely, every single day of my modeling career i was told that i couldn't do jobs because of my skin. illustrated's" cover, right? >> yes and others. >> larry: you're the epitome of female modeling. lots to talk about, still america's next top model,

also the home town of president jimmy carter. the doll had a sign bearing the name of president obama. the secret service is investigating the case. >>> we're not alone in dealing with these frigid temperatures. a new year is bring agnew round of winter weather. ice, snow and bone chilling temperatures are making their mark from the midwest to the southeast. >> reporter: winter's grip just won't let up. >> my earrings are freezing my ears off. >> reporter: a boat got stuck in the detroit river stranding three teens. visibility was nil in grand rapid, michigan. locals battled the snow on all sides from the residents to city snowplowers to the independent contractors. >> i've been busy since this morning. >> slippery out here. i tell people to be cautious. >> reporter: mean time philly's big chill forced many into a big bundle. in parts of new england snow settled into a stubborn layer. >> i pushed the driveway with a broom the first time. i'm going over it again. >> reporter: but in maine eight inches of fresh powder has skiers fl

way before president jimmy carter talks about a foreign policy based on human rights, william worthy was talking about this. and worthy is one of the people who is part of the robeson generation. i call the robeson generation the group of activists who come of age during the prime political time of paul robeson who's really the key african-american political and cultural figure of the 1930s and '40s and '50s who's going to be the really marginalized by the cold war. between 1951 and 1958, paul robeson's passport is revoked, and he's not going to be able to earn a living outside of the country because of his left wing beliefs. robeson never joins the communist party of the united states of america but certainly is very sympathetic to marxism and communism, and he's going to really suffer because of that. but worthy's extraordinary extraordinary, and he provides us a different genealogy of black power. people like william worthy, goya richardson who was the activist from cambridge, maryland, who really was called the lady general of the civil rights movement who waged an unprecedented

president jimmy carter called on the senate to postpone action on the so-called salt two nuclear treatye to moscow actions. carter feared the move may disrupt balance in the region and leave much of the oil supply in the hands of the ussr. months later, carter lost to ronald reagan who supported a more aggressive approach to the soviet union, escat

something we've not seen since jimmy carter was president. and interest rates spiked to 20%. are we seeing a double dip right now? jim thinks so. he is with macroportfolio advisers. are we getting ahead of ourselves here? these numbers but the trends has been the president's friend and has been the job market's trend. you're not buyin' it? >> we've thrown in the kitchen sink with this economy. done everything we could with fiscal and monetary policy. the government spending, the zero percent interest rates and all we're getting is a very needed recovery. there's a banking system. the big banks were ahead. all these troubled assets and bad real estate loans. and while the tarp money may have gone to bail those companies out, the wells fargos and the bank of americans. local regional banks are still struggling with real estate loans, housing loans, commercial real estate. why that's hitting the economy so hard is they aren't lending money. >> let's step back a little -- all right, jim. first of all let's take a look at the big board, what happened today. if this is really worry

we had a president, nice man, jimmy carter, but he understood not.he was wrong about the shah having such a stable country. it was not stable. that was misread. and then he misread that these were guys that could be, you just were nice to them, they'd be nice back. and apparently even sent a cabinet member to talk to the representative of itoe la khomeini to tell -- of atoe la khomeini to tell him, we're ready to talk and be friends with you, tell us how you want to proceed he understood not that these people considered themselves as extremist jihaddist enemies of the united states, that they consider the great satan and they needed to destroy it at all costs. the ayatollah khomeini called for basically war against the united states. and in november -- on november 4, 1979, iranian muslims, extremists, stormed the american industry in itaye ran. they took actual more than 52 hostages. they released some for p.r. purposes later, but kept 52 diplomats hostage. now president carter and his administration thought, we can just out-friend them and they'll r

jimmy carter did not have it. the to bush's did not have -- the two bush's the not have it. obama inherited an economy collapsing from capitalist greed. he did by securing the fortunes of those who caused the disaster, but never explained adequately to the public why this was necessary. franklin roosevelt announced -- denounced what he called the malefactors of privilege. i think that the result was anchor field by those seeking to direct it from the perpetrators to the victims in the inheritors. -- and the inheritors. the next issue is health care, to offer americans the kind of security that is offered as a given to people in economically advanced states. he never explained to the public exactly how it would work and why it was essential. i think it was a terrible mistake and resulted in a bill that was not as good bet -- as good as he would have liked. he did not explain how it would work or how it was essential. what he did was jointly offer, but he never sold it. he had congress decide what the health plan should be and a strategy for achieving it which is rather like l

way before president jimmy carter talks about a foreign policy based on human rights, william worthy was talking about this and he is one of the people who is part of the ropes in generation and i call it the robeson generation the group activists to come of age during the prime political time korologos and was the key african-american political and cultural figure of the 1930's and 40's and 50's and is going to be marginalized by the cold war between 1951 to 1958. paul robeson's passport is revoked and he is not going to be able to earn a living outside of the country because of his left-wing beliefs. robison never joined the communist party of the united states of america certainly is very sympathetic to the marxism and communism and he is going to suffer because of that. but for these extraordinary and provides a different genealogy of black power. people like william worthy, richardson who was the activist from cambridge maryland who really was called the leedy general of the civil rights movement who waged an unprecedented struggle in cambridge maryland and 63 and 64 to help des

who wasn't criticized when he was on vacation and people thought he should have come back and jimmy carterwe want to go back that far, he was criticized for staying at the white house and not getting out during the whole hostage crisis. realistically, is there something he could do in washington that he couldn't do from hawaii? >> you know, i think technically, no. they pretty much move the white house wherever the president goes. so from a technical standpoint, he can order up whatever he wants to order up from hawaii or for wherever else he happens to be. politically, though, we're in 2010 officially now. it's a campaign year, and, you know, what this president has to balance as his predecessors have in the past is, you know, the symbolism versus the reality. the symbolism is what the republicans are seizing on. >> and "the washington post" note there's have been no pictures of the president in, quote, extreme states of tropical relaxation. is this kind of an acknowledgment that the white house is feeling the sensitivity here. >> yeah, i think so. we all remember the shots of president b

way before president jimmy carter talks about a foreign policy based on human rights william birdie was y was talkint this. and worthy is one of the people who is part of the robson's generation. i call it the robson's generation, the group of activists to come of age during the prime political time of paul robson who is really the key african american political and cultural figure of the 1930's and '40's and '50's's who is going to be really a marginalized by the cold war. between 1961 and 1968 his passport is revoked, and he is not going to be able to earn a living outside of the country because of his left-wing beliefs. he never joined the communist party, but certainly is very sympathetic to marxism and communism, and he is going to really suffer because of that. wordy worthy is extraordinary, and he provides a different genealogy of black power, people like william worthy, blair richardson, who was the activist from cambridge, maryland who really was called the leading general of the civil rights movement who waged an unprecedented struggle in cambridge, maryland in 1963 and '64 to

i think if he is in danger of falling to the idealism held by jimmy carter. i think he really needs to utilize the gop congress. that type of balance would be beneficial for the country. host: do you think that they can work together effectively? did you get the sense from that meeting? caller: i think that they can, and ultimately i think that they will. i think that when you start to look at the kind of polarizing talk -- that republicans are for the rich and democrats support the regular people, i do not think of that is true. it is not that polarized. obama realizes that if he is going to be successful, he is one to have to utilize a gop congress. if he understands that, hopefully people will start to see it more. host: headlines coming from around the nation, "four years after his death, a place of honor for a marine lance corporal killed in iraq four years ago." in "the chicago tribune" police aren't -- the courts are looking at the legality of a gun ban case. taking a look at the sunday version of "the denver post," "budget woes in painful cuts." takin

i excluded him for the same reason i excluded bill clinton and jimmy carter.onal stage and what he did couldn't be scalled stealthy. george wallace is covered very much in the book. i think you will enjoy reading about how he changed over the years. host: a couple more calls. bakersfield, california. republican line. caller: just an observation i would like your comments on. it seems that more of theñr younger people today and intelligent people have kind of let race go. it is not a big deal to them. it is people like you selling books, sharpton getting face time, jackson shaking our kppeds -- companies. the old white politicians -- clinton, reed -- they are the ones that keep it going, because there is money to be made, and so on. african-american i think is a racial epithet like negro. 'qjuátu+j keep this going. guest: i will address the part he made about race. it is true. younger people, i think, are better equipped and have a better mindset about this. to them, when you talk to younger people in alabama and south carolina and other places, of course you s

jimmy carter did not have it. the two bushes did not have it. expectations were lower.bama inherited an economy collapsing from capitalist greed and the failure of public regulation. he did it by securing the fortunes of those who caused the disaster but never explained adequately to the public why this was necessary. there's enormous anger as a result of the federal bailout. franklin roosevelt by contrast denounced what he called the malefactors of privilege. he was not afraid to do so. he did not want to be universally loved, and he was not. i think the result is a flood of populist anger, fuelled by those seeking to directed away from the perpetrators to the victims of the inheritors. on the issue of his presidency in after that is health care, to offer americans a security, offered as a given to people in economically advanced states, but he never explained to the public how it would work and why it was essential. he pointed off to congress. i think it was a terrible mistake that resulted in a bill that was not as good as he would have liked, and i think that was pr

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and one of the comments that was made in regard to that was by jimmy carter.who looked at the level of antagonism and criticism that was being directed at the president, and said, it's because of his race. and barack obama said, it's not because of my race. it's because we're talking about major important issues that affect every citizen in this country, and that are extremely important. and i looked -- and i said, you know, this is a guy who gets it. is a guy who has an understanding of the nature of politics. there's a lot stuff i don't agree with on, but i was really pleased. so that i go back and look at the performance of the congress. nancy pelosi is a good friend of mine. it's quite possible that we agreed on three things over the 16 years that we served together. but she's a friend and we worked together on a couple of things. don't agree on very many of them. but i met with her shortly after she became speaker. and i was very critical of the bush administration and a lot of different ways, even though, as ross said i was a member of the republican lea

come to baltimore today and you have raised this tax credit, which was last promoted by president jimmy carter. but the first question i would pose to you, very respectfully, mr. president, is, would you be willing to consider embracing in the name of david carter, jr., and his dad, in the name of every struggling family in this country, the kind of across-the- board tax relief that republicans have advocated, that president kennedy advocated, that president reagan advocated, and that has always been the means of stimulating broadbased economic growth? >> well, there was a lot packed into that question. [laughter] first of all, let me say i already promised i would be running back to that young man and his family and i appreciate you passing on the letter. >> thank you. >> but let's talk about the jobs environment generally. you're absolutely right that when i was sworn in, the hope was that unemployment would remain about 8% or in the% range. that was based on the estimates made by both conservative and liberal economists, because at that point on all the data had trickled in. we have lost 65

you have raised this tax credit, which was less promoted by president jimmy carter. -- would you be willing to consider embracing in the name of little david carter jr., in the name of every shuttling family in this country, the kind of across the board tax relief that republicans. it has always been the means. >> our e promise i'll be riding back to that young man. let's talk about the job environment in general. you are absolutely right. the hope was unemployment would remain around eight at that point, not all the data had trickled them. we have lost six and a 50 jobs in december. i'm assuming you are not fall to my policies for that. we have lost 700,000 jobs in january. we lost another 650,000 jobs such equipment. i am assuming that was not a consequence of the policy. i'm assuming that was not as a consequence of our policies, that does not worth that -- that does not reflect the failure of the recovery act. the point being that what ended up happening was that the job losses from this recession prove to be much more severe, in the first quarter of last year go

freezing spending started under jimmy carter in 1978. ronald reagan repeal the federal housing act which reads almost epidemic of the 1980's and beyond. that is why we lost 20 seats in the senate. [unintelligible] host: virginia, on the republican line. the last word on the proposed spending freeze. caller: thank you for taking my call. we are very thankful for c-span. i was calling to say that i as opposed the spending freeze. i support senator copeland's proposal for spending cuts. i think the government ought to look to government spending on the [inaudible] -- i thought it was appropriate for social security benefits not to increase the because the country does not have the money. it was outrageous that congress voted themselves a raise, and also other federal employees. host: virginia, thanks for your thoughts. we will talk more about the economy with our guest, victoria mcgrane, a staff reporter for politico. we will focus on the auto industry at 8:00 a.m. eastern. we are at the washington, d.c. auto show today. they have a 55,000

come to baltimore today and you have raised this tax credit which was less promoted by president jimmy carterthe first question i would post you very respectfully, mr. president, is would you be willing to consider embracing in the name of little david carter jr. and his dead, in the name of every struggling family in this country, the kind of across-the- board tax relief that republicans have advocated, that president kennedy advocated, that president reagan advocated, and that has always been the means of stimulating broad based economic growth? >> there was a lot back to that question. [laughter] first of all, let me say i already promised i would write back to that young man and his family and i appreciate passing this on. let's talk about the jobs environment in general. you're absolutely right that when i was sworn in, the hope was that unemployment would remain around 8%. that was based on the estimates made by both conservative and liberal economists because at that point, not all the data had trickled in. we have lost 650,000 jobs in december. i am assuming you are not focusing -- fa

come to the united states when jimmy carter took over to be president and here, i see a good democracy in the united states. every president in the middle east there is for lies. the problem is not to rid al qaeda. everybody looks up to the united states and wishing united states can change that system to make a free democracy so every country. yemen, tomorrow. so mall you. if you remember, all these leaders is dictators and they have a benefit from having organization like this going to keep democracy against them. we need democracy and liberty from the middle east from the leaders not from the people. you watch and see what will be. unfortunately, people in america don't realize it's the true picture in the middle east. not just saudi arabia but all middle east. host: where are you from originally? caller: i was born in egypt but i fought against russia in afghanistan and i don't realize all this is political to me. the problem truly believe me is the leader in those country. presidents are not for democracy. host ho thanks with the call. this weekend "new york times," a list of reub

and i am a republican and i voted for jimmy carter back when i was younger because i thought he was aormer. what i have found it through my political involvement and by educating myself, right now i am reading a book called common sense by thomas paine -- called "common-sense" by thomas paine. what i would like people to know is, the reason i went away from the democratic party is because you have the thing of climate change, the thing of health care, you have their agenda that they are pushing all the time. but when you examine it, it is all lies. it is all just total -- they want to take our money. host: let me ask you some more specific questions. you take part in social networking, twitter, facebook, d you read postings or have any of your own? caller: it is more involved when i'm on the county board. i'm a local county lawmaker, which just amazes me because i'm not -- i never went to college. i just finished high school. and i farm, and i have done rather well. it is my life experience through that, and i read quite a bit. and i read a lot of history. the last guy you have on, i

host: here is a story -- barack obama, jimmy carter and an "-" between the two of them.ter says that obama is battling the perception that he is a wimp on national security. guest: i don't think that is the problem. he handled himself exceptionally well this week on the issue of the terrorist attacks. this is one of his real strengths. as the journalist put it, that essentially his restraint and ability to look at things dispassionately work for him exceptionally well this week. the biggest problem -- and we see this in our focus groups -- when you ask people to talk about barack obama's backbone they're not certain what it is. there's a time in every presidency when an individual is tested. at that stage we reach another conclusion. for ronald reagan i think it was a nine month in when he handled the air traffic controllers' strike. for john kennedy obviously it was the cuban missile crisis. in every presidency and for barack obama that moment has not arrived. the article in the newly times" is trying to do with that. -- indiana "the new york times" is trying to do that

leaders around the world, -- the dear leader have received from leaders around the world, including jimmy carter'ssilver bowl. are really grotesque place. very kitschy as well. alligators serving drinks. we had our own personal guide. the guide to the museum. this singsong voice, this brainwashed of voice, telling us about all the gifts. she stopped in front of the display -- the gifts were organized geographically -- "the great leader's dear friend." i asked her, "by the way, tell me what happened to him." should not have any idea what happened to him -- she did not have any idea what happened to him. i really liked her. she seemed normal and serious about the world. i whispered, "he was shot by his own people." she whispered back, "which one?" [laughter] the other one i gave them is -- they told me to tie the story to a news event. i was not sure what to make of it at first, but the central bank -- a mouthpiece for the north korean regime -- this is plain and simple designed to wipe out the market. it is pretty clear that in the short term, it will do that, but basically bankrupting anyone holdi

jimmy carter said the same thing back in 1977, 1978, 1979, and the republicans paid him as a failed presidenthen president reagan took over, he cut back all those programs. maybe if we had been doing it for the last 30 years, we would have been in better shape. congressman ryan made a comment about what you do not get any respect when you are in the minority party. well, they may be in the minority, they act like they are in the majority. remember, there are 59 senators who wanted health care. now i am not sure we are going to get anything at all. thank you for your time. host: from the ap, senator john mccain says that he hopes the health-care overhaul is dead. the arizona republican says the bill "obviously has been rejected by voters." on the cbs early show, mccain called democrats' efforts to pass the bill without republican support a major miscalculation. he says republicans would be happy to sit down and start over on health care but would not simply accept a scaled-back version of the legislation. next call, virginia, vincent, on the republican line. caller: i want to respond to one of

the last time and i remember and i may be wrong the last time they tried to investigate was a jimmy carter administration. the gao or whatever it was but i have heard and correct me if i am wrong that the medicare system has fraud in the billions of dollars. that would pay for a lot of mri is. am i correct? id understand some of the parts that we pay for, remember the hammer the big investigation about paying $500 for hammers and the military. what energy or what time is spent in our government at the federal bubble investigating and stopping fraud in each and every department? to we spend as much time there as we do debating issues and saving dollars through investigating fraud? >> i think we could do better on medicare fraud and medicaid fraud. there is broad there are providers to build four people or patience they never saw. and we could put more resources behind that. of that is actually done in the clinton administration when shalala was secretary. and it paid off. then it slipped -- slipped behind. it makes doctors very uncomfortable but it is very important. >> "60 minutes" has don

jimmy carter is winning the presidency. i was doing pretty well. i called my mom back in kansas city and tell her. it cols back more. i am like oh, my gosh. it is really getting good. then they declared us the winner with 54% of the vote. it was a stunning -- i mean the newspaper described our headquarters in stunned disbelief that we had run the race, which was absolutely true. i have got my green dodge consult, my kansas license stag , and within two days i am coming back down to d.c. to celebrate with all my friends. we go in the capitol hill club. there are only 20 republican freshmen that year. only a handful beat democrats. my buddy who helped me get the job. nbc news had to declare his guy the winner and then they retracted it and he lost. so we go to the most logical place you go to when you win. which is the capitol hill club. my head is so big from winning this campaign, i had to go in like this. everybody is congratulating me. in the end, i was explaining how we beat the fair campaign practices. we put the tabloid out and i debated. it w

unfairly but certainly very harshly, and one of the comments that was made in regard to that was by jimmy carter, who looked at the level of antagonism and criticism being directed at the president, and said, well it is because of his race. and barack obama said, it's not because of my race, it's because we're talking about major important issues that affect every citizen this country and are extremely important. and i looked, and i said, you know, this is a guy who gets it. this is a guy who has an understanding of the nature of politics, there is a lot of stuff i don't agree with him on but i was really pleased with with that. so then, i go back and look at the performance of the congress. nancy pelosi's a good friend of mind. we, it is quite possible that we agreed on three things over the 16 years that we served together but she's a french and we worked together on a couple of things. don't agree on very many of them but, i met with her shortly after she became speaker and, she was, i was very critical of the bush administration in a lot of different ways even though, as ross said, i was a m

helping to nominate george mcgovern, jimmy carter, and walter mon dale as nominees for his political party. e.v. was a tireless and stalwart public servant throughout his life. in addition to his service as teacher, principal, councilman, and mayor, he served on numerous boards including the state board of education for north carolina. state economic development commission. north carolina's secondary road council. north carolina railroad board of directors. north carolina state ports authority. advisory board for the rural education institution at e.c.u., which is east carolina university, and elizabeth city state university board of trustees. during his life, e.v. received many honors and awards including the north carolina distinguished citizen award, the order of the long leaf pine service award by the north carolina leadership office, the north carolina distinguished service award, and the north carolina human relations commission in recognition for his dedication and leadership in the areas of education, civil rights, and human rights. he was also honored by the elizabeth city s

fraga fraud, f-r-a-u-d, last i remember the government investigated during the jimmy carter administrationwas investigating the gao, the gsa, whatever it was but i have heard and correct me if i'm wrong but it's a frightening number, our medicare system has fraud in the b, billions of dollars. that would pay for a lot of mri's and so forth; and i correct? i understand that some of the parts we pay for, remember the hammer, a big investigation, which lasted two days about being $500 for hammers and so forth in the military so forth what energy, what time is spent in our government at federal level investigating and stopping fraud and each and every department, are we spending as much time there? as we spend debating issues come sitting dollars investigating fraud? >> alice? >> i think we could do better on medicare and medicaid fraud. there is a fraud. there are providers who bill for people. patience they never saw. and that we could put more resources behind that that was then the clinton administration when donna shalala was the secretary she put a lot of effort into the fraud and payoff

you have raised this tax credit, which was less promoted by president jimmy carter.cing in the name of little david carter jr., in the name of every shuttling family in this country, the kind of across the board tax relief that republicans. it has always been the means. >> our e promise i'll be riding back to that young man. let's talk about the job environment in general. you are absolutely right. the hope was unemployment would remain around eight at that point, not all the data had trickled them. we have lost six and a 50 jobs in december. i'm assuming you are not fall to my policies for that. we have lost 700,000 jobs in january. we lost another 650,000 jobs such equipment. i am assuming that was not a consequence of the policy. i'm assuming that was not as a consequence of our policies, that does not worth that -- that does not reflect the failure of the recovery act. the point being that what ended up happening was that the job losses from this recession prove to be much more severe, in the first quarter of last year going into the second quarter of last year t

i have not heard a speech like that since i heard jimmy carter give one since he was president.mbassy people hostages. this guy does not have a clue. and dick cheney was right, someone needs to call the president on obama or whoever is advising him, jack napolitano i guess. this is a really ridiculous joke. host: the president spoke about the two refuse that he had ordered in the aftermath, that attended bombing on christmas day. a look aviation screening on the homeless security side, and then on the counter intelligence side, john brennan looking at the watch listing system. in his comments, the president said he is looking for initial reports in the matter of the next couple of days. albany, new york, charles on our independent line. caller: thank you for having this program on the greatest nation in the world. there seems to be a lot of party strife and egos involved. instead of all the hoopla and getting down to the basic needs of america, what the federal government should do is protect our borders. listening to the comment as before me, janet -- what the caller? it is not

of the great leader in the dear leader received from the gears from around the world including jimmy carter'silver bowl and madeleine albright michael jordan autographed basketball. and really go task plays but very kitschy as well. there are alligators serving drinks and all kinds of strange things. and we had our own personal guide. i was leading a group of. with the singsong voice and the brainwashed boys telling us about all the gifts. and she stopped in front of the display for the gifts that was organized geographically and she stopped in front of the display with the gifts from romania and the great leader's dear friend. and i asked her, by the way, could you tell me what happened to him? and she professed not to have any idea what it happened to them. so i whispered to my god, i really liked her she was very normal and very curious about the world. and i whispered to her he was shot by his own people. and she looked at me with wide eyes and whispered back, which once? [laughter] and the other leads that i gave them was incurring a basic tie your story to a news event. i will try to be