jimmy carter, the pri's presidential jimmy carter, the post presidential jimmy carter, the presidential jimmy carter is the same person. he had the same goal, the same personality, did the same kind of things. we hear a lot today about what a wonderful expert he is but really hasn't done more as ex-president than when he became president. it's just circumstances in which he was able to work and of course we are vastly different once he was freed from the restraints of the office and had the boost that position gave him. but he's still good and that's the same person. there's probably some who disagree with that. but anyway, they are entitled to their opinion. okay viewed the book begins with the ancestry with first introduction is entitled and i had a huge battle with my editor to keep as much ancestry a nasa is still in income and one half of the battle. about half of it got lost. but the interesting parts were kept in. the carter family, of course the carter ancestor, the original in america showed up at a colonial eve and as an endangered servant. the gradually moved down into and fe

the jimmy carter, the prepresidential jimmy carter, the post-presidential jimmy carter, the presidential jimmy carter is all the same person. he had the same goals, the same personality, did the same kinds of thing. we hear a lot today about what a wonderful ex-president he is. but really he hasn't done much more as ex-president then he did before president and while he was president it's just that the circumstances in which he was able to work, of course, were vastly different. once he was freed from the restraints of the office of being president and plus had the boost that that position gave him. but he's still the same -- he's still the -- he's still very much the same person. there are probably a few republicans in michigan who disagree with that. but, anyway, they're entitled to their opinion. okay. the book begins with the ancestry. first the introduction is entitled the carters and the smiths. and i had a huge battle with my editor to keep as much of the ancestry in it that is still in it. and i won about half of the battle. about half of it got lost. but the interesting part was

he really liked it when georgia democratic governor jimmy carter ran for president in 1976. >> jimmy carter was talking born again. he was a born again christian. >> i am a peanut farmer and a christian. the most important thing in my life is jesus christ. >> i had some friends in the steel workers union in pennsylvania, and when carter was running i contacted one of them and i said this is a pretty good guy. how about getting your guys to support him. carter won pennsylvania and i think what the steel workers did may have played a critical role. >> it was the key to our winning central pennsylvania in the primary and general. it was what allowed president carter to win southeastern ohio which became a decisive state. >> i jimmy carter solemnly swear. >> the first president i really liked and met was jimmy carter because he talked openly about his own faith. >> i thought that we could expect evangelical christians to be put in his president. we had an outstanding group of people and handy lived the list to carter in plains to my knowledge not one of them was included. >> most people t

the expectations and jimmy carter were very high too. we hear about obama's campaign of change but that is what carter did. the enormity of watergate in terms of dissolutioning americans in politics was greater than president bush and. by the 1970s un period of disgust with the american political system as intense as anything we have gone through. tales of corruption that are unequal and carter ran a campaign where the basic message was trust me. i am different. that was the core. trust me. the expectations were quite high and that he would be a different kind of politician. after the inauguration, walks through the streets to get out of the limo as a sign that his presidency would not be like all others. his efforts on reform were again pretty bold at the time. the reflection that he understood voters didn't want the same kind of politician. did this inevitably doom him to failure? i don't think so. i came to it that way. not just the expectation but i had a similar bias but i saw earlier in his presidency he had some successes and some

per se, a conversation with the 39th president of the united states, jimmy carter, who kept a daily diary, the subject of his latest bestseller. earlier today, he sent a formal letter to the chinese government asking for the release of this year's nobel peace prize winner. we are glad to join us for a conversation with former president jimmy carter. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide is proud to join in working to improve financial literacy, and remove the obstacles to economic empowerment, one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: always honored to welcome former president jimmy carter. he just celebrated his 86th birthday. he continues to work around the world on the issues of rights. during his years in the white hou

i think it is important and i'm not sure jimmy carter had that. she had this absolute sincerity and visionary quality that he saw the challenges -- it wasn't a lack of patriotism, the believe in the national interest on the contrary he believed the so deeply that the problem was he believed is so deeply he wasn't listening to the other people. >> host: you quote him early on as telling to have an established relationship with the soviet union a tentative relationship with great britain. >> guest: he would come out with the fees remarkably naive notions which any we were very christian, very charitable. they lacked a certain realism if you're going to be emperor of the united states. i keep saying emperor because americans here do not like to consider themselves an emperor. you got rid of the british and they don't want to go back there. >> host: we don't see ourselves as a colonial power. >> guest: but abroad, that is exactly how the united states is seen it yet it's anybody travels outside the united states had to quickly become aware of that and

now i'm not sure if jimmy carter really had that. he had this absolute sincerity and a visionary quality that he saw the challenges -- it wasn't a lack of patroness on, but the belief in the national interest on the contrary he believed that so deeply that the problem was he believed so deeply he pleasant listening to the other people. >> host: but you quote him early on as he hoped to have established a relationship with the soviet union a tentative relationship with great britain. >> guest: he would come out with these remarkably naive notions which in a we were very christian, every charitable. they lacked a certain realism if you're going to be emperor of the united states. i keep saying emperor because america is here do not like to consider themselves an entire year. you got rid of the british [inaudible] -- you don't want to go back there. but abroad there is a sense how the united states is seen trouble all side of the united states to become aware of that and as you said earlier the number of military bases will love for 1,0

despite a personal background that's probably not as hospitable as jimmy carter as the candidate of choice. it was very important. you see religion in the political sphere very clearly during that '76 campaign. >> early on you mentioned that obama's contractors will use the jiminy carter analogy. to what extent is comparison to the problems that faced carter and then obama. >> yeah, the comparison has only accelerated in 2008. i think in the last few months, it's been front and center again. i know the president will be here today. during the midterm which i think bears some resemblance. look in general whenever someone says this president b like president a, it's tricky. obviously the time was very different. obama has a much closer relationship with the democrats, his ratings were higher with them. and i think obama has played a record that she's accomplished. carter did not have health care. that said, i think there are fair comparisons in terms of some of the problems that he faces. the first is the difficulty of communication as president. there has been a certain failure that obama h

proven better on pain. >>> now are move more of my meeting with former president jimmy carter.t seems the way they seemed at the time, those watching from the outside for example at the 1980 convention, i was there at madison square garden you talked about after your acceptance speech for renomination, that ted kennedy up on the stage didn't shake your hand. you say the press made a big deal out of it. somebody was watching, seemed like a big deal to me. he was doing everything he could to avoid having that photograph that would have been on every front page of you and him with your hands clasped. >> well, that's exactly i think what i put in my diary. i was vet willing of course to make up with him and have him support me in the general election, but kennedy was not prepared at that time to be reconciled in public and to shake my hand as a worthy opponent would do, once one of them is defeated. he fully expected in late 1979 to beat me overwhelmingly in some of the polls f3-1 ahead of me in the public opinion polls and i still beat him 2-1 as you may know. we never were able t

i think that is terribly important and i'm not sure jimmy carter really have that. he had this absolutely sincerity and a visionary quality. i mean, he saw the challenges-- it wasn't a lack of patriotism or belief in the national on the contrary, he believed that so deeply that the problem was he believed that so deeply that he wasn't listening to the other people. >> host: you quote him early on as someone he hope to establish a relationship with the soviet union and came to a relationship with great written. >> guest: he would come out with these remarkably naÏve notions, which in a way were very christian, very charitable. they lacked a certain realism if you are going to be emperor of the united states. i keep saying empire because americans here do not like to consider themselves an empire. we got rid of the british 100 years ago and we don't want to go back there. >> host: certainly we don't see ourselves as a colonial power. >> guest: that is exactly how the united states is seen. if anybody travels outside the united states the very quickly become aware of t

i'm not sure jimmy carter really had that. he had this absolute sincerity and a visionary quality that he saw the challenges that the it -- it wasn't a lack of patriotism, so to speak. at least the national interest. on the contrary. he believed the so deeply. the problem was he believed it so deeply that he wasn't listening to the other people. >> host: you quote him early on as someone to establish a relationship with the soviets being akin to our relationship with great britain. so the two he will come out with these remarkably nutty notions which, in a way, were very christian, very terrible. they lacked a certain realism if you're going to be emperor of the yeah the states. i keep saying empire. americans here do not like to consider themselves. we get rid of the british. we don't want to go back. >> host: surly we don't see ourselves as a colonial power. >> guest: but abroad that is exactly how the united states is seen. they very quickly become aware that. the number of military bases were well over 1,000. it means that

tavis: a few days ago i had jimmy carter.made a statement about how republicans giving the president a shellacking might be to his benefit. >> it might be better. it has been, because at least republicans would control of one house of congress may feel some degree of responsibility. whereas in the past two years they have been totally irresponsible. they just wanted to tear down what he was trying to accomplish. tavis: president carter said republicans have to take responsibility. they cannot just say no to everything. what position does this put them in to bear some responsibility? >> president carter is right but i would not think of it as a blank check. john boehner said today he was willing to meet the president at some port -- some point halfway. they recognize they can no longer be the party of no. it will probably reemerge before the end of the next year. we will go through a period where both sides appear to take governing seriously. it is not easy for them. they have just been reinvigorated. but when they come back t

of the last five presidents bill clinton and jimmy carter did the best. president carter grew the debt more than 41% while he was in office. this is the second time i think we have played this game. this is the second time we were unable to crown a winner. that's going to have to do it for another edition of "pin the tail on the donkey." >>> can you tell we didn't rehearse? yeah. presidential leadership on dealing with the national debt over the course of my entire lifetime has been something that has really gone along party lines. empirical terms, democrats have done a much better jobs than republicans have. now, if that feels counterintuitive to you, if there's a voice in your head saying, hey, wait, the republicans are the fiscal conservatives, the democrats are the irresponsible spenders, that -- if there is a voice in your head that is saying that, that's because the press has been quite content to listen to what republicans say they are doing rather than actually reporting on what they are doing. on fiscal issues. a perfect case in point today on cap

. >> once again, julian has given t there are a lot more in the book read about jimmy carter. thanks very much, dr. zelizer. [applause] >> julian zelizer's jimmy carter is part of times books american presidents series. for more information visit american presidents series.com. >> dana milibank syndicated columnist with the "washington post" presents present his criticism of lost-- glenn beck. he argues mr. beck is a showman rather than an ideologue and examines glenn beck's lyricalvir theories, his spirit ship and its effect on today's political debate. >> good afternoon and welcome to the night studio in anotherio ar edition of nights i've been a. i'm your host.. today we are happy to welcome "washington post" columnist dana milibank. dana writes the "washington post" must-read, washington sketch column and he was also recently named an op-ed writer her the editorial page. dana is the author three books including hiors latest, "tears f a clown," glenn beck and the tea bagging of america, which weg ts will be discussing today. dana joined the "washington post" in 2000 as a po

>> there are plenty of republican candidates. >> i give him a plus and point out that jimmy carter had a good midterm election so he didn't have a comeback. he had a long, slow slide. >> i give him a 10 because there's nobody out there that can beat him. >> wait a minute. i don't think you want to put money on that. i give him a 3 out of 10 because there's nothing in this man's political temperment or character to suggest moderation. even this weekend he sat with 60 minutes and still believed that he has a communications problem. a salesmanship problem and not a policy problem. this week was a thundering >>> folks, we took a step forward tonight to putting ohioans back to work. we are making it work better. >> ohio republican is john kaisik, repeat a republican. and this week he unseated the democratic incumbent, ted strikeland, the four year ohio governor and 20 year congressman. this is one of 11 governorships that the republicans picked up from democrats, bringing the tally to 29 governorships for the republicans. governors are powerful. they are powerful because state legislatures

bernie goldberg will take a look at that also tonight glenn beck on jimmy carter. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. trusting president obama. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. so now we have chaos at the airports because security people are patting us down or putting us into intrusive machines. just three days before thanksgiving, the nation may be looking at a big mess for the holiday travel season. there is a good reason why the federal government wants stringent security on airlines and president obama articulated that reason on saturday. >> in the aftermath of the christmas day bombing, our t.s.a. personnel are properly, under enormous pressure to make sure that you you don't have somebody slipping on a plane with some sort of explosive device on their persons. >> bill: of course that is true. the jihadists would blow up any american plane if they could but the price we are all paying to protect ourselves is becoming a huge issue

i think carter already had his own views towards israel and a variety of people ask why is jimmy carter so anti israel? why does he have the attitude that he does. there are a few reasons. one is carter tends to confuse his initials fifth with someone else with the same initials. and [applause] .. >> bitter or about that which, by the way, also the settlement freeze for three months didn't work then and was a good precedent for why it's not working now. and finally as we talks about in the diary, he's very bitter because he was defeated for election in part because jews abandoned him in droves, that he got the lowest jewish vote since any democrat since, i believe, 1924 because american jews did not believe he was a friend of israel, and he seems to be totally puzzled by this now. oh, as far as clinton, look, clinton was, i think, along with george w. bush if not the most pro-israel president in history, you know, in a close tie. and whether he's now saying changes that are not the most sympathetic, he said something that was, quite frankly, idiotic the other day, blaming russian jews f

read about jimmy carter. thanks very much, julian. >> julian's "jimmy carter" is part of times books american presidents series. more for information visit americanpresidentsseries.com. >> jonathan soffer, associate history professor at polytechnic institute examed ed koch's time as mayor. mr. soffer recalls the three-term mayor political career and the redevelopment plans that the mayor put forward throughout his time. he's joined by ed koch at an event held in new york city. the program is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. and thank you for joining us at a site of the national park service in new york. one the great treasures of new york city. let me introduce jonathan soffer. he grew up in albany, had the wisdom to move to manhattan. joined the democrats in 1977. certain things maybe forgiven. he got his doctorate from columbia, now teaches history at nyu policy technics institute. i realized long ago if we start with henry's voyage, i've been covering new york city for more than

. >> sean: jimmy carter when were you president, you dealt with it. >> i did.y book i pointed out when my dad went to the united nations to get a resolution, that authorized the re of saddam hussein from kuwait, a country he invaded jimmy carter lobbied leaders to vote against that resolution. >> wasn't helpful. >> no. >> sean: president bush on the day that changed his life and america forever. >> my first [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] the u.s. government may soon require brake override technology on all new cars and trucks. at nissan, think this is a good idea. so we did it... ...six years ago. [ wind howling ] nissan. innovation for safety. innovation for l. did you know a problem in your heart can cause a stroke in your brain? it's true. an irregular heartbeat, called atrial fibrillation, or afib, can make a blood clot form, here, in your heart, that can break free and go straight to your brain where it can cause a serious stroke. having atrial fibrillation gives you a 5 times greater risk of stroke than if you didn't have it. strokes that are twice

. >> jimmy carter when you were president you dealt with it. >> i did.n my book i pointed out that when my dad went to the united nations to get a resolution that authorized the removal of saddam hussein from kuwait, jimmy carter got a resolution against that proposal. >> up next, the day that changed his life and america forever. forever. >> my first reaction wasoooño >>> welcome back to this special edition of hannity. we are at former president george w. bush ranch in crawford. we are talking about his new book. the book goes in detail about the 2000 election and the bomb shell that almost derailed the campaign two days before election day. news that george w. bush had once been arrested for drunk driving. >> that nearly cost you the presidency you wrote. >> that was a big mistake. >> you could have released that information two years earlier. >> i should have released it earlier. i chose, you know, i never really thought about whether or not to release it and until i was called to jury duty and the jury -- the case was about a d.u.i. and a reporter

. >> sean: jimmy carter when were you president, you dealt with it. >> i did.y book i pointed out when my dad went to the united nations to get a resolution, that authorized the re of saddam hussein from kuwait, a country he invaded jimmy carter lobbied leaders to vote against that resolution. >> wasn't helpful. >> no. >> sean: president bush on the day that changed his life and america forever. >> my first reaction is anger. >> sean: much more coming up. the shipping industry in norway, and the rubber industry in south america? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment objectives, risks, fees, expenses, and other information to read and consider carefully before investing. [ male announcer ] the u.s. government may soon require brake override technology on all new cars and trucks. at nissan, think this is a good idea. so we did it... ...six years

was completely stunned by this because jimmy carter probably wasn't as good as getting legislation throughcongress as ed was. this didn't mean everything was sweetness and light and new york city as we know in the 1970's. we all had to live with the disastrous effects of the austerity and the earlier decisions by the ford administration not to really give the city the kind of capital needed to maintain itself, and in order to restore the city's credit to the mayor had to take the city for four years i'm sorry, three years of additional deep austerity and increase the pain. that's something i hope obviously there are times when budgets have to be cut but that kind of reduction and firing of the street cleaners. i remember i said to bobby widener, a councilman at large for manhattan, bobby, why do the intersections flood every time it rains? bobby always knew the answer to these kind of questions and he said it's because there is only one catch bass cleaner that cleans out the intersections of the street that's left for all of manhattan and that gives you an idea of levels of government serv

. >> jimmy carter when you were president you dealt with it. >> i did.my book i pointed out that when my dad went to the united nations to get a resolution that authorized the removal of saddam hussein from kuwait, jimmy carter got a resolution against that proposal. >> up next, the day that changed his life and america forever. >> my first reaction was anger. >> much more cominge up, sticf around. plus now it supports my heart health and helps maintain healthy blood pressure. [ engine revs ] whoa. kinda makes your heart race, huh? another heart attack could be lurking, waiting to strike. a heart attack that's caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix, taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack or stroke and even death by helping to keep blood platelets from sticking together and forming dangerous clots. ask your doctor if plavix is right for you. protection that helps save lives. [ female announcer ] certain genetic factors and

this was a ton of this in the late years years of the jimmy carter administration.e january a piece in the "the washington post" saying how the day of the larger than life presidency is over. one year later we elected a larger than life president in reagan. august 1980, last few months of the carter years, christian science monitor article how they found a sociology gist who said that the office of the presidency was an institutional decline. well, it's not the office, of course, it's the occupant. as you have got an obama, a guy who can't handle the office. look, this is a guy who never ran so much as a candy store in his life. let alone a city or a state. there is a reason why before obama four of the five last presidents were governors. we haven't had a president come out of the senate since john kennedy. this man has never run anything and he obviously is a great candidate but is he not a very good governor. maybe he should remain a candidate all his life and -- >> bill: but the other side who support obama would say, look, president bush was governor and he --

he was defeated by jimmy carter. i think you have a lot of challenges in that area. let me bring up some of the things i have read that concern me. i am going to name the person who said this even though the message should go to all of you. it was supervisor campos who said we have to do what is right for the progressive movement. i think your job is for the people of san francisco, not to facilitate your own political faction. supervisor daly said there was a once in a generation opportunity. what is the opportunity? but we are selecting a mirror without a citywide vote for the chief executive officer? president chiu: please keep your comments to the general, to the full board. >> i am trying. president chiu: i appreciate that. >> in terms of legitimacy, and no lot of people have differences with mayor newsom. he was reelected with 64% of the vote, and last week's 72% asked the -- ask him to become lieutenant governor. we should find someone with similar policies. we are trying to find someone on the other end of the political spectrum. i think there would have seri

jimmy carter's defeat, which happened on this day in 1980, ronald reagan defeated jimmy carter to become illinois becomes the first african-american to be elected. take a look. you tell me. i think i've got to go to colorado, don't i? rifle. rival, john. >> caller: hi. >> host: how you doing? >> caller: great. >> host: is great, isn't it? comic i wanted to add to something you just talking about. one of the interesting things about the american sailing vessel was that they were actually built differently than the british were. british couldn't figure it out because the american sailing, the hulls were stronger but we were just faster. we could duke it out with and when they try to run we did catch up with an. >> host: what's a guy from rival colorado doing knowing so much about the water? >> caller: i was just so much interested in sailboat and assorted digging into it. and i ran across this piece of trivia and i thought you'd be interested in knowing that. >> host: i know. i love that historical tribute. thank you. >> caller: i have a thought. it seems to me that there's a difference be

jimmy carter was tapping into a similar frustration.ll lot of the fiscal policy issues we are dealing with today have their roots in the presidencies of lyndon johnson and richard nixon. fiscal policy spending on an unsustainable level. people have been voting for four decades for some kind of -- candidates who promise a fiscally conservative policies. i don't know if this is bigger or more powerful. it is an example of that same frustration. >> host: you have a more left-leaning trained to your populism or maybe tea party or not. and not quite clear. what are those strands? are the leftwingers in the tea party or are they different kind ? >> guest: now what they called the coffee party. people who would agree with their critiquing. washington is corrupt and serving big business. but we need is more regulation, more government, probably more redistribution from the wealthy and powerful toward ordinary people. they would argue that was morally, economically, socially just and fair. bonuses and bailouts are egregious violations of the nor

[applause] >> former president jimmy carter spoke last night about his time his new book is called," white house diaries." he was at the lincoln theatre and this was organized by smithsonian authorities. this is one hour. >> i suppose that never gets old. >> thank you very much. >> is great to have you with us. one of the stunning things about this book as you go through it is how many of the issues you had to wrestle with are still on our plate today whether it is the price of oil, shockingly bailing out prices again -- will remember the controversies when you had to do it, what will happen to the west bank, then it was sold and now it is start, iran, afghanistan -- everything that is old is new again. the existence of the book at all is kind of interesting to me. i want to know how york contemporaneous meanings at the end of -- using said the end of the day instead of being locked away for future historians came out during your lifetime? >> three or four years ago, i started reading over the notes and i realized what you just said that so many things i had to deal with that were ve

when unemployment avails they never stand in line looking for a job and that quote is from jimmy carter, who is running -- this was an acceptance speech by him when he ran for president more than a quarter-century ago. so it sounds awfully similar. is the revulsion now greater than other revulsions that we've experienced in our lifetime or in american history? >> guest: the passion certainly is coming and what i you would say is there are about 100 potential tea party congressmen that could be elected. six u.s. senators and their mouths. two years ago at this time if we said we're going to talk about the tea party and its influence on the midterm election you would have said what's that? and if i had said it to you it's pretty simple there's going to be this spontaneous movement that's going to grow up that's going to take over the republican party that's when to be able to fundamentally influence our politics and that is all we would be talking about in the run-up to the midterm elections you would say are you fantasizing? i would see it is extremely potent and powerful, and when the n

but when jimmy carter... you remember covering jimmy carter and he was sleeping in people's homes on their couches and living rooms in iowa. you know, my guess is-- and not that he was the most successful president we ever had-- but at least at the end of the campaign i think he probably had some feel for the lives of a lot of average and struggling people. and i think it would be very hard to get all the way through a two-year-long presidential race, whether you're a democrat or republican, and have a real hard-wired connection to the struggles that a lot of these folks are... the struggles and concerns, whether they're liberal or conservative, that they have. it can be very hard. it's very troubling to me. >> rose: great story about roosevelt as the body was making its way from georgia to washington the man who was watching was crying and somebody said "did you know the president?" and he said "no, but the president knew me." >> that's exactly right. and we're losing that. and i have... itch no magic wand.

reagan was a reaction to jimmy carter. >> absolutely,. >> george bush was a reaction to bill clinton. >> yes. >> absolutely. there is no -- >>. >> rose: i done know if elections are a referendum on the past or a vision of the future. >> well, you know, charlie, to some extent they always have to be part of a vision of the future. because nobody can run for the presidency without pronouncing on some kind of larger design, some sort of vision of where they are taking the country. but essentially, i believe, what people are voting on is the past. in other words, how do these guys perform. well, you know, the democrats seem poised that to take losses in this congressional election. why? well, because people are unhappy. are they so enamoured of what the republicans are promising. they want change. they want something different from what has occurred in the immediate past. and so i think it is very much a reaction to what s gone on in the-- in washington and the hands of those who hold the power. >> rose: do you think beyond the strategy of getting those legislative victorys? >> that the

>> a lot of people said that jimmy carter didn't have it in him.he story. yesterday he really explained what happened in 1979, he was out kish fishing in plains, georgia. he said that hounds were chasing a child rabbit. it jumped in the water, started coming toward his boast boat. the president says he took his paddle, knocked on the water and pushed the rabbit to go the other way. so at the time it was big news that the president had been attacked by a killer rabbit when it was this wild rabbit trying to get away from the dogs. >> i'm glad we have after all of these years set the story state. thank you, mark. we're going to have your next political update in an hour. for a reminder go to our website cnnpolitics.com. parker spitzer takes on topics. the bush administration lawyer who wrote the memos saying torture is okay. >> part of the job of being a lawyer is defending sometimes unpopular decisions that your clients make. and i'm willing to put that -- do that part of the job. but i also think that there's no escaping responsibility of people who