and john aaron had absolute veto authority over any checklist entry. so they were almost welded at the hips with aaron being the guy who had the veto authority. a third one -- it was obvious we needed -- was some guy to figure out how to turn the lifeboat into a survival vehicle. bill peters, one of my limb controllers got that. basically these were the three key individuals and i told these three people to look around the room and anybody that they didn't think they needed for the next few hours to send them back to their consoles and get them out of there sew so we could focus on a smaller team. we did a blackboard exercise that quickly listed the majority of the issues that had to be worked and who would work them. john aaron who was the power guy came and said, gene, one of the things we got to do is we got to get powered down immediately. i said, john, i'll work on this but we got to figure out new ways to navigate because we can expect the navigation system to continue drifting and we have to find some way to re-align it so we gave phil shaffer th

john aaron was the, again, one of these 26-year-olders in mission control.nd he proceeded to talk the crew through bringing the fuel cells back online, and then once they had gotten power restored normally onboard the spacecraft, then it was a question of another controller, buck willaby trying to establish what to do with this tumbling navigation platform, should they pull the circuit breakers, what should they do? but the bottom line is by the time that the crew got to orbit we had restored majority of the spacecraft's system and jerry griffin, in a very gutsy move, and with the help of his leadership, made the decision go to the moon. that day i was sitting in mission control and sig scholberg, the deputy, was very concerned about the impact of the spacecraft by this lightning strike, as was kraft. scholberg went down to the trench and started polling these controllers saying hey, whatever happened on the spacecraft, if you don't have the confidence to send it out to the moon, i'll support you in that decision. i have a picture of chris kraft leaning over

art shorts, john morris, aaron bernstein, dole tester. i am leaving out a lot of people. they have done a great job. [applause] i wanted to thank all of our colleagues across the white house. shannon got us all together and organized. and kristin did as well. is anish here? all right, thank you, anish. thank you again for coming. [applause] >> this event at the eisenhower executive office in washington, you can see it in the video library at c-span.org. the president is not at the white house today. he is headed to florida to talk about energy. the president is promoting an energy strategy that the administration says will reduce dependence on foreign oil in the long term. the cost of $3.58 per gallon is the highest price for this time of year. we will have this love for you here on c-span at 2:30 p.m. eastern. >> also live today, we will have the retired general james car right taking part in a discussion with retired admiral william fallon. they're talking about iran and u.s. options to deal with its developing nuclear program. that is at the center for strategic and in

his book, the john carlos story, is co-written with david aaron. the obama administration is seeking a slight cut in matt -- nasa's spending next year. the illustrations budget request would eliminate a partnership that the european space agency to send to robotic probes to mars and increases funding for the james webb space telescope, the successor to the aging hubble telescope's. here is a nasa administrator, charles bolden, outlining the budget. >> i am privileged today to be here to share nasa's fiscal year 2013 budget. it is a great news story. it is this $17 billion blueprint for nasa and the nation to embark on an ambitious plan a session that will take us farther into the solar system and we have ever gone. despite our constraint fiscal environment, this budget continues to aggressively implement the space exploration program agreed to by the president and a bipartisan majority in congress, laying the foundation for remarkable discoveries your honor as well as in the face. while reaching for new heights in space we are creating new jobs rig

so it's clint eastwood, and a vowed republican and liberty aaron who voted for john mccain and always voted for republican presidential candidates. he told the "l.a. times" last year he is opposed to bailing out banks and auto companies, but why did he seem like he was shilling for obama's bailout? or maybe it was just a larger statement that america is coming back in a kind of clint eastwood, rugged, conservative, cowboy, patriotic way? in a moment, we're going to debate the actual bailout with our dynamic duo robert reich and steve moore. but first i want to figure out what eastwood is telling us and how that figures into whether obama deserves a second term. we have david corn, washington bureau chief of "mother jones" magazine and romney supporter jim talent, a former republican senator from missouri. hello, gentlemen. david corn, some people are trying to make the case that eastwood was shilling for the obama bailouts. eastwood himself says not. he told fox news it was meant to be a message about job growth and the spirit of america. that's all. he's always been against bailouts.

there's these guys, adam, aaron perlet of the american mustache institute and john, promoting a proposalrefund to mustached americans. there's not a house sponsor but we hope somebody will come to our aid because everyone's pitching in. >> only a guy named john putter would have a conversation like that. >> what about women with mustaches? >> one of the reasons they want the break is because all the grooming products. >> women with a mustache have to use the same grooming products. >> to get rid of it, exactly. >> i had one of these in college. >> in high school. >> oh, man. >> eric, next. one more thing. >> as you may or may not know, tonight mr. obama is entertaining mick jagger. we have the blues too. we have a little blues -- i wrote something for you president obama, gasoline blues. i woke up this morning and turned on the news, gasoline was up again, i got the blues, had a few bucks to bring to the bank, needed it all to fill up my tank. the dollars rolled higher on the gasoline pump with each ring adding ding, a pain inmy rumble to live it up while you can, commander in chief beca

spending monday march 19th supporters congressmen played host aaron schock also hosted a private viewing party in the western suburbs. former senator john glenn honored for work in space. 50th anniversary of first american in orbit february 20 1962 orbit the earth aboard the french should subsequentlyfriendship seven honored ceremony along with scott carpenter over the weekend at the space center >> such an impressive thing the time is indelibly imprinted on my memory i can recall it very well >> you might recall that john glenn lines 1998 rejoined nasa at age 77 oldest person ever flew on space shuttle discovery. stray dog from afghanistan united states army sergeant getting together again how they saved each other during a time of war and the test tube hamburgers? the way to get meat from the laboratory to your dinner plate at major milestone for apple i could make you $10,000 richer. a green way to battle an antibiotic resistant hospital infections of the rise stronger strands of bacteria that did not respond to treatment. danish scientists discovered natural way to wipe out the bacteria of a pot plants grow wild in the rainforest br

seventeen million and brady find the ball to aaron hernandez for another touchdown but there was still time for a fight back a pedophile goes brought the johns to within two points seventeen fifteen then they took the lead in the light drive first the merry i'm not even forty five thirty eight yards past manning and that led to the decisive moments the patriots allotting off the road short of school so they could get the ball back before the clock runs but they gamble didn't pay off one last boss the brady fails to find a man behind while grown can skate. a twenty one seventeen triumph of the giants and once again light bright brady the patriots. this isn't about one person this is about a whole team. coming together getting this win so i'm just proud of our guys proud of the proud the team the way we fought all year never never got discouraged kept our faith kept our confidence and just bought a very and i think everybody was just disappointed it's. you know this is not a. you know you win as a team you lose a bitch and you lose as a team and certainly wasn't one plays a reason why we lost today so everybody feels like we could've done more

seventeen million and brady find the ball to aaron hernandez for another touchdown but there was still time for a fight back a pedophile goals brought the johns to within two points seventeen fifteen then they took the lead late drive first the merrier manning in court a thirty eight yard pass running and that led to the decisive moments the patriots allotting off with brad sure to school so they could get the ball back before the clock rant but the gamble didn't pay off one last pass the brady fails to find a man behind while graham can skate. a twenty one seventeen triumph of the.

seventy nine when brady fired the ball to aaron hernandez for another such down box there is still time for a fight back a pair of field goals brought the johns to within two points seventeen fifteen and they then took the lead for the late dr first in mario manningham court if thirty eight yard pass for nothing and that led to the decisive moment the patriots allowing all men ran short to school so they could get the ball back before the clock lands but the gamble didn't pay off one last possible brady files to find the man behind rob's going casting guy and i've asked the twenty one seventeen trying for the giants and once again tonight right there brady the patriots. this isn't about one person this is about a whole team come together get this win so just proud of our guys proud of the proud the team the way we fought all year they were never got discouraged kept their faith kept their confidence in this fought to the very end but i think everybody was just disappointed it's. you know this is not a. you know you win as a team you lose a bitch and you lose as a team and certainly wasn't one plays a reason why we lost today so everybody feel

aaron burr and alexander hamilton real thing. we begin with mitt romney saying he is not concerned about the very poor. john harris is editor-in-chief of politico and joan walsh the editor of salon. in all fairness we'll show the whole thing. this isn't the first time mitt has said he was focused on the middle class. nbc reported this afternoon he said something similar in october but his choice of words this morning were certainly eye-popping for people like me and everyone watching. let's listen to what this front running candidate for the republican nomination for president said on cnn today. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair i'll fix it. i'm not concerned about the very rich. they're doing just fine. i'm concerned about the very heart of america, the 90%, 95% of americans who right now are struggling. >> i think there are lots of very poor americans who are struggling who would say, that sounds odd. can you explain that? >> well, you had to finish the sentence, soledad. i said i'm not concerned about