don't go john henry traffic man, don't go across that street. the flood song poems were poems written in reaction to katrina. how can i enter that space of writing poems about that. i'm not from there and don't have family there. who benefits from that tragedy? who benefits from that disregard for humanity and the thought animals would benefit from that. this first poem is flood songs number 4 mosquitoes drinking didy. >> drink every hour next up this hour and every hour after. was born in the river there is enough to go around. drink every hour on the hour and every hour after. in the river there is enough to go around. drink every hour. there is enough to go around. drink every hour and every hour after. go to the river there is enough to go around. drink up the hours and every after burned down by the river -- drink air land is here for after survivors go around they are enough. [applause] >> flood song 8 stray dogs duet. >> the every i learned. food. for the good. love. your hand smiled with me. you wanted me to understand you with -- my tee

they was the team back in the day. >> reporter: john henry smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you.e only eight days away from super bowl xlvii. when you want a story covered the right way, count on nbc bay area and comcast sportsnet bay area to deliver. live super bowl reports from new orleans begin tomorrow. we have the latest on the 49ers and the ravens. believe me, you don't want to miss it. >>> over to the ice with the avs and sharks. the big hit on gabriel land landisgog. he would leave but returned later. then going after stewart, he would receive a game misconduct for instigating. on the power play, patrick marlo, seven go ahead goal of the season. he wasn't down. look at mr. marlo. two minutes later, count it. four straight two-goal games. thomas grise netted his first nhl shutout. sharks win. >> the way we played after, i thought, the first seven or eight minutes, the two penalty kills changed the momentum in our favor. and i'm sure you're going ask me about the hit. i thought that changed the momentum. they took things into their own hands, and our power play clicked. tha

from santa clara i'm john henry smith, nbc bay area news. >> all right, john henry. the number 13 doesn't sound like that big of a number, but it is when you're talking about field goals. david akers missed 13 in the regular season and he enters the big game with the fourth lowest field goal percentage of any super bowl kicker since 1990. one more miss last week and akers is searching for some answers. >> not a great practice season and training camp and pregame and all that, so, i mean, one of those things that's a head scratcher. i'm just going to be positive going into this game. the possibility of being a world champi champion. that's a cool thought, my second time playing in the super bowl. after being in the seven nfc championship games, to win one, it's a really neat experience. for me, i'm just going to go into this thinking positive and forgetting the fact that 2012 and looking forward to good things in 2013. >> and for those of you who were planning to camp out at san francisco's civic center to watch the super bowl, you might want to find an alternative. t

john henry smith from the partners at comcast sportsnet has more on one of the toughest 49ers, frank gore. >> reporter: frank gore was part of lean years in san francisco, but he never lost faith in the players on the roster. >> i knew we had the talent. we had the guys to do it. patrick, vernon, you know, justin smith, crabtree, you know, and the list goes on. we had the guys. i don't think we had the right people in front of us to lead us the right way. >> reporter: gore is among those leading in the right direction. while much of the national talk has been about the ravens trying to win one for ray lewis, the 49ers are focused on winning for justin smith and randy moss, and frank gore. >> you know, knowing that all the guys that you have respect for them. they know how much i love the game of football. i'll do whatever it takes to win for them. >> reporter: the younger 49ers would love to win a lombardi trophy for gore and the grizzled veteran. but they also want to add to the franchise's celebrated history and begin a new era of excellence. >> the majority of the time you hear pe

you look back at john henry or there was even a quote i think you had about technological unemployment by a fellow named john keens in 1930. >> we've always been both correct and wrong. the correct part of this idea of technological unemployment is automation and technology do destroy jobs. they automate jobs away. at the same time, technology creates new opportunities, entrepreneurs create new companies, new industries. >> created more jobs than destroyed. >> unbelievable amount of jobs. so we've had, even in this era of intense industrialization for the past couple of centuries, we had pretty close to full employment. it's this really great run. my deepest worry is that that run might be coming to an end and that things actually are different this time. >> why? >> because when i look at the bundle of stuff that any of us can offer to the work force or offer to an employer, all the previous ways of technology combined don't encroach on that bundle very much. >> the steam engine took away or comparative advantage lifting heavy stuff, unless you're a circus strong man or athlete, no one

i fully understand the conducting business with the john henry banking affiliate have no federal deposit insurance from other -- or federal protection guarantees. this two part step should begin to remove the too big to fail holding companies and their shadow banking operations. these commercial banks have an appropriately benefited from a safety net. our proposal promotes competition in light of market and regulatory discipline, replacing the status quo subsidize a personal banking to take risks. some government intervention may be necessary to accelerate the imposition of affect of market discipline and bridge this practice. we believe market forces should be relied on as much as is practical. it is true that entrenched forces and entrenched regulatory forces, in combination with customer and their ship, will likely only be overcome through government sanction and restructuring of too big to fail bank holding companies. the subsidy is impossible to take away. we may need a push. my team at the dallas fed and i are confident. think about it this way. if 99.8% of banking organizations ar

received that much appreciated and it's an honor to be introduced by my class late -- classmate john henry. john is the -- most of john's ancestors were prominent virginians during the period of the colonies but were mostly anti-crown so i asked asked john why is at it that patrick henry was the most outspoken? and his answer was incredibly -- richard it's because he was for. however poor he may have been patrick henry was a very rich warrior and one of his greatest features he said in the quote different and often see the same subject in different lights and therefore i hope it will not be disrespectful to those gentlemen if entertaining opinions of a character opposite to theirs and i shall speak forth my time is freely and without reserve. this is no time for ceremony. it's an awful moment for our country. patrick henry was addressing the repression of the american colonies by the british crown and tonight i wish to speak to a different kind of repression, the injustice of being held hostage by large financial institutions considered too big to fail or by the acronym tbt of. and unfair

attorney john henry browne discussed the mental state of john bales -- robert bales. >> he is a strong person but i think he would agree with what i said, he feels abandoned by the army. >> a u.s. marine is facing a likely demotion in rank after pleading guilty to urinating on the corpse of a man in afghanistan. staff sergeant edward deptola was charged after video emerged in july 2011 showing u.s. soldiers urinating on dead afghans. deptola admitted he failed to supervise other marines, saying -- "i was in a position to stop it and i did not." u.s. house republicans are continuing their fight to preserve the 1996 defense of marriage act or doma, which denies federal recognition of gay marriage. the obama administration refusing to enforce it after deeming it unconstitutional but republicans are seeking to keep it in effect through the courts. the huffington post is reporting republicans have allocated nearly $3 million in tax funds for their legal costs to challenge the administration in court. the republican state leadership committee has released a shockingly honest report boasting

our john henry smith is out at oracle with the latest. >> well, you can argue warriors versus l.a.s is the marquee matchup in the nba. you've got the star power. you've got david lee versus blake griffin. you've got seth curry versus paul. you have the top two teams in the pacific division, three and a half games separate the clippers and the warriors. the clippers, of course, are in first place. now does the fact that the clippers lost in denver last night depriving the warriors of a chance to end that clippers long winning streak take away from anything in this game? that depend on who you ask. >> my 13-year-old son, i was at home and he goes, i want the clippers to win. so that you guys can break the streak. are you kidding me? it wouldn't be a bad thing for them to lose and then, you know, we make ground. but it just shows you a fan's perspective. >> you look at the fans, it's nice to see the name, you're ahead of the pack right now in the fourth spot. we understand it's a long way to go and not to take that picture what it looks like now but hopefully the talk we're getting wi

john, as i think many people know, is a descendant of patrick henry. st of john's ancestors were prominent colonial virginians during the period of the colonies but were mostly anti-crown. so i asked john why is it that patrick henry was the most outspoken? and his answer was incredibly candid. richard, it's because he was poor. [laughter] well, however poor he may have been, patrick henry was a very rich order, and in one of -- orrer the, and in one of his greatest speeches he said different men often see the same subject in different lights. therefore, i hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if entertaining as i do opinions of a character very opposite to those, i shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. and he concluded, this is no time for ceremony, it's one of awful moment for our country. well, patrick henry was addressing the repression of the american colonies by the british crown. and tonight i wish to speak to a different kind of repression, the injustice of being held hostage to large financial instit

i want to close by returning to patrick henry, john's ancestor. he noted and i quote it's natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. shutter is against a painful truth that must then to the song of the siren till she transforms us, end of quote. today we labor under the thoughts on the dodd-frank and the run up in the pricing of tanks stocks and credit, indulgent illusion of hope that this complex legislation will end too big to fail and write the banking system. we shut our eyes to the truth they too big to fail represents an ongoing nature not to financial stability, not fair competition, but the american way. the dallas federal reserve offers a modest but far more effect to fix to dodd-frank. the plan is not without cost and with less cost than alternatives for forward and reduces likelihood of another horrendous and cost a financial crisis. this may not be a time. they should instead be a time of promise. treating the pathology now would be a big step forward to say my stable financial and prosperous economic system call whenever thiessen fu

liverpool and john henry have fallen through the ice a little bit.d and so it seemed in the first half when manchester united, van persie -- >> what goal, man. >> 17th goal of the season. doubled the lead just after halftime. this looked like a rivalry of a u.s.a. against the soviet union. liverpool responded like a wounded dog. they fought back and then -- gave you hope. it's always the hoot that kills you. >> it really is. >> 2-1. this game was relatively ugly at times. it was hard to watch, but you just couldn't tear your eyes away. >> roger bennett. >> put pressure on city to respond their rivals. manchester city. they travel to london. travel to arsenal, a place that mika knows. >> exactly. >> won the game when this gentleman missed the penalty. didn't take long for manchester city to get on the score sheet. james milner defied physics, mediocrity and basic englishness. >> oh, my goodness. >> couldn't do that again if he tried. city, 1-0 ahead. and this gentleman, deko, he shows up with a message on his shirt. kept pace. seven points behind unit

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>> brian: john henry? >> steve: warren buffet.w the president loves train transportation. >> steve: the vice president took it for years. that's amtrak. >> juliet: do they love it because 222 million being allotted forum produced in puerto rico and the virgin islands. >> steve: $59 million for algae growers to encourage production of celllosic biofuel, another green energy extender. meanwhile, we asked you, since so many of you are coming up with your new year's resolution, should congress resolve to do in the coming year? we got a bunch of popses. >> juliet: from cameron in south carolina, congress should be to make massive cuts in massive spending. >> steve: george in texas says, eliminate procrastination. they should do the job they were voted in to office to do. here, here, george. >> brian: first they need a break. this tweet from thomas. congress' resolution should be to think more about the survival of america than their reelection. >> steve: good luck with that. >> juliet: from eddie, quit spending money you don't have. sh

john j. hardin is. so henrylay has to face the death of his son in this war he did not believe in, and after his son's death, he becomes very religious. he gets baptized and he decides to make a speech opposing the war that helps to bring the war to a close. and clay's speech which is hugely important because reporters traveled over 100 miles to hear it, and the newly invented telegraph meant that within a couple days of the speech being uttered by him it was reported around the country. clay's speech really touched on all of those for a opposing the war. he talks about how immoral the war is. he says the u.s. has lost its reputation abroad. he talks about american soldiers being disqualified by a wild spirit of adventure return to society. he said slavery is a great evil and this might cause the spread of slavery. he also makes it clear there are racial reasons to oppose the w war. clay asked his listeners destiny consider and believe it's possible the two populations, so different in race, language and loss, c

you have got samuel adams and john hancock and patrick henry, george mason, people who are anti-federalist, who are then taken to be something like a collective mentality and then interpret the constitution that most of them support. >> host: what does the founders line have to say about religion? what do they use to argue in contemporary debates about the government and religion? >> guest: on the right they say the founding fathers were christian. they were all christian and they believe that they didn't want a particular denomination of protestantism to be the controlling religion of the united states but certainly they meant for a very evangelical, biblical world to culminate in our politics. they find plenty of evidence to prove that. the founders find on the left that all the founding fathers were deists and they didn't leave much in god. they were enlightened thinkers and they thought that religion has no place in our society. that is just as inaccurate. those are competing collectivization of the founding generation and they are equally inaccurate i think. >> host: and let's talk ab

samuel adams and john hancock and patrick henry and george mason, people who were antifederalist leaders, who are then taken to be something like a collective mentality and then used to interpret the constitution that most of them didn't support. >> host: what does the founder's sign have to say about religion? what is used to argue in contemporary debates about the government and religion? sunny the founders on the right says the founding fathers were christians. they were all christians. they believed they didn't want to particularly denomination of president tess standism to be the controlling religion of the united states, but certainly they meant for a veer evangelical, biblical world in our politics, and they find plenty of evidence to prove that. the fouledders on the left says that all of the founding fathers didn't believe much in guy and were enlightened thinkers, and they thought that religion had no place in our society. and that's just inaccurate, and those are competing founders. those are competing collectivizations of the founding generation. and they're equally inaccurat

and you have samuel adams and john hancock and patrick henry and george mason, people who are antifederalist leaders who were then taken to be something as a collective mentality who most of them didn't support. >> host: and what is the founder have to say about religion? what are these used to argue in the contemporary debate about the government and religion? >> guest: they say on the right that of course the founding fathers were christian. they didn't want a particular denomination to be the controlling region to the religion of the united states this certainly demand for a very evangelical biblical world in our politics and they find plenty of evidence to prove it. the founder on the left says the law of the founding fathers were like thinkers and fought that religion had no place in our society, and that is just inaccurate. those are competing founders, competing collectivization of the founding generation coming and they are equally inaccurate i think. >> host: let's talk about taxes. published in 2012 that talks about a grover norquist and james madison. so, how and when it comes to

john c. calhoun and hung henry clay. (laughter) so people like a fighter. and to go to bob caro's point -- >> rose: before we go i want to make sure i understand what you're suggesting obama should do. >> people like a fighter. people liked it when f.d.r. said -- as michael just said, i welcome their hatred. they like people who go out there and try to sell it. but one point about the broader culture particularly at inauguration time to go to bob caro's point absolutely lyndon johnson with the help of richard goodwin found the way to articulate the aspiration and finish the work, the unfinished work in the founting of the civil war in terms of race. lyndon johnson was doing that as a lawmaker and law giver after martin luther king and -- let a movement in birmingham and montgomery and other places. he passed the voting rights act after jose ya williams and john lewis were almost beaten to death at the pettis bridge. presidents who react to events with the spirit of leadership are going to be the most success so i don't think -- we can't isolate presidential

americans came all over the country to attend debates, especially when great titans like henry clay and daniel webster and john c. calhoun and others were debating. imagine a much smaller senate chamber crowded with men who hated each other out with the logo. a room reeking of cigar smoke, smelling of gas from gas lamps, with spittoons scattered here and there misfitting one direction or another, and it intends, congested atmosphere with political men going mono and bono and the great editorial arena. >> henry clay and stephen douglas. but is there room for compromise? >> henry clay had them in retirement. to take charge of an attempt to create some kind of a compromise. he was known as the great compromise their for the compromise of 1820, the missouri compromise of 1833 compromise that left the country back from crisis of herself carolinas notification law. henry clay was a cramped, remarkable man and never one to say no when he was invited to be the center of political attention. he returned to washington and let the debate for seven attempting to persuade congressmen from the right and left come in the and

americans just didn't have the word to define what's happening but thanks to john mackey and thanks to the foresight of vice president henry wallace we now have that right word. it's fascism. and that's the way it is tonight thursday january seventeenth two thousand and thirteen for more information and in stories we covered visit our website to tom harkin dot com free speech org. and if you missed any of tonight's show you can now watch it in h.d. on hulu hulu dot com slash the big picture also check out our two youtube links of thom hartmann dot com also there you can check out all the different ways you can send us your feedback and no forget democracy begins with you it's not a spectator sport you got to participate and there's lots and lots of ways to participate go to p.t. america doubt or the fact they got a gig coming up here this weekend here in washington d.c. progressive democrats with p.d. america. or move to amend or another great organization that's moving to bring democracy to. get out there and occupy something get out there and get active tag you're it suitable. for news today violence flared up. these are

john is a descendant of the iconic patriot patrick henry. we are mostly anti-crown. i asked him why it was patrick henry was the most outspoken. his answer was incredibly candid. richard said it was because he was poor. how of reports he may have been, patrick henry was a very rich order in one of his speeches. "different men often see different subjects in different lights. i shall speak forth my sediments freely and without reserve." patrick henry was addressing the oppression by the british crown. tonight i wish to speak to a different kind of repression, the injustice of being held hostage to large financial institutions considered too big to fail. to fail.

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came from all over the country to attend debates especially when great titans like henry clay and daniel webster and john c calhoun and others were debating. imagine a much smaller senate chamber crowded with men who might have hated each other literally elbow to elbow at the small desk reeking of cigar smoke, smelling of gas from gas lample -- lamps, carpets with spit toons scattered here or there. men spitting and missing and an intense conjected at fear with political men going mono and men know in the arena of 19th century american. >> two of the men henry clay and steven douglas. what was their role? >> henry clay had been in requirement. he was called out of retirement in kentucky to take charge of a attempt to create some kind of a comprise. he was known as great compriser for husbanding the comprise of 1820, the missouri comprise and the 1833 comprise that lost the country back against from crisis over south carolina's nullification of federal law. henry clay was a grand remarkable man, and never 2000 -- no one to say no when he was inviolated to be the center of political attention. he returned

american came oliver to attend to be, especially when great titans like henry clay and daniel webster and john c. calhoun and others were debating. imagine a much smaller senate chamber crowded with men who hated each other, although two although, a room reeking of cigar smoke, smelling of gas from gas lamps. carpets with spittoons scattered here and there misfitting in one direction or another, and it intends, congested atmosphere with political man and a great gladiatorial arena of america. postcode was there on the compromise? >> guest: henry clay had been in retirement. he was called out of retirement in kentucky to take charge of an attempt to create some kind of a compromise. he was not missed a great compromise their for the compromise of 1820, missouri compromise and most of the 1833 compromise over south carolina's nullification of federal law. henry clay was a grand, remarkable man i never wanted to say no when he was invited to speak to the center political intentions. so he returned to washington and let the debate for seven months, attempting to persuade congressmen for the right

from all over the country to attend debates and especially when great titans like henry clay and daniel webster and john cm calhoun and others -- c. calhoun and others were debating. but imagine a much smaller senate chamber crowded with men who might have hated each other literally elbow to elbow at their small desks, a room reeking of cigar smoke, smelling of gas from gas lamps, carpets with spitoons scattered here and there meant spitting in -- men spitting in one direction or another, often missing. and a tense and intense, congested atmosphere with political men going mano a mano in the great glad tore y'all arena of 19th century america. >> two of those men, henry clay and stephen douglas, what was their role in the compromise 134. >> well, henry clay was called out of retirement in kentucky to take charge of an attempt to create some kind of a congresswoman propoise. -- compromise. he was known as the great compromiser for husbanding the compromise of 1820, the missouri compromise, and also the 1833 compromise that walked the country back again from crisis over south carolina's nullification of f

john boehner is warning about it. he insists now that president obama has adopted a scorched earth policy toward republicans. chief white house correspondent ed henry. >> congratulations. godspeed. [ applause ] >> within 24 hours of the traditional inaugural lunchen, speaker john boehner was singing another tune about president obama's intentions. >> so we are expecting here over the next 22 months, to be the focus of this administration. as they attempt to annihilate the republican party. and let me just tell you, i do believe that is their goal. to just shove us in to the history. >> today, white house spokesman jay carney rejected that charge, saying you heard them say in the inaugural address, even though we have profound differences it's imperative we come together. in the inaugural address, though, the president also took this shot at republicans. >> we cannot mistake absolutism for principle. or substitute spectacle for politics. or treat name-calling as reasoned debate. >> in the public believes since the re-election, the president has gotten more come bative. in the latest fox poll released shortly before the inauguration, 55% of voters sa

john c. calhoun and hung henry clay. (laughter) so people like a fighter.r. people liked it when f.d.r. said -- as michael just said, i welcome their hatred. they like people who go out there and try to sell it. but one point about the broader culture particularly at inauguration time to go to bob caro's point absolutely lyndon johnson with the help of richard goodwin found the way to articulate the aspiration and finish the work, the unfinished work in the founting of the civil war in terms of race. lyndon johnson was doing that as a lawmaker and law giver after martin luther king and -- let a movement in birmingham and montgomery and other places. he passed the voting rights act after jose ya williams and john lewis were almost beaten to death at the pettis bridge. presidents who react to events with the spirit of leadership are going to be the most success so i don't think -- we can't isolate presidential leadership from what will be going on in the country. >> all true. and we honor president johnson because after the violence at selma he used the momen

henry wallace. with our treatment of john kennedy.when stalin dies on march 5th, 1953. >> one of the thinks that rankled me a little bit, the left approach to history has been both these counters narratives but also rejecting the great man theory, right. the iconic howard zin project is about great men calling the shots and the outcomes. but this series comes to come closely to a great man theory. there are essentially saints and scoundrels, right? when you have scoundrels in power, you have bad stuff. and the saints keep getting squelched. my question is, is that what history comes down or are there pivotal moments? >> there are pivotal moments. the bomb is made from the top down. >> a lot of these things are secret behind closed doors. they couldn't weigh in on the bomb because they didn't know we were building the bomb. you have to deal with the power players at the top. now, other places we bring in, for example, when we talk about nixon, we show how much nixon was obsessed with the war. and he got got elected between. >> but i se

john harbaugh's older brother. we could have a harbaugh bowl in the super bowl. we'll see you later with much more on the 49ers. >> that would be fun, henry. stay with us for continuing coverage of the 49ers' quest for their sixth trophy. we have a special web page dedicated to the niners. there you will find more analysis of today's game, plus photos and more interviews. >>> happening right now, take a look at this. an inaugural reception getting under way in washington, d.c. if you can see in the crowds there, president obama is just arriving. he looks pretty happy, shaking some hands, making people happy there. the president and vice president are both scheduled to speak tonight at the event of the national building museum in washington, d.c. the day began with the official swearing in ceremony. maybe that's why he looks so relieved and the crowds are already gathering for tomorrow's public inauguration at the capitol. steve handelsman is at the white house. even though this event won't be nearly as big as four years ago, about 4 million people are expected? >> reporter: nearly 800,000. of course, barack obama's in a good mood. not onl

henry at the white house. >>reporter: this time, it was flawless because of note cards for chief justice john roberts. >> i do solemnly swear. >> for president obama both a solemn constitutional event in the blue room and a dad sharing an emotional moment with his girls. >> i did it! >> a sigh of relief, 75 days after a tough re-election victory over republican mitt romney but right back to work for a president getting regular updates on the terror attack in algeria a reminder of the grave threat from al qaeda, one of many looming second-term challenges hanging over the swearing in where the aides say the address will bring the nation together. >> people here in washington need to seek common ground he will make that point. >> there are other signs suggesting the opposite such as defiant tone at the news conference last week and a new group made up of fore campaign aides now planning to pressure congress. >> i was surprised this week to see him transition the campaign committee into an ongoing campaign-style effort to have an impact on the washington debate because it doesn't seem the lesson of the first term

how about the past three in john snow, if you look at him, there he is right here, came from csx corporation. henrilson again from goldman sachs. coming over here, geithner came from the new york fed. why is this important? he will be an advocate for the white house. they have other responsibilities. collecting taxes. irs report is up to them. issuing the debt. other things that treasury secretary has to have some form of independence. also, tyler, think about it being a loss for the white house itself. not having somebody with credentials that the market can latch on to, to advocate policies. here are credentials of jack lew in the screen we call, you don't know jack. you can see very much political. look at the next bit. twice serving as budget director and most recently as chief of staff. unless you count the preef time he spent at citigroup as being that piece of independence or new york university. it is not the kind of thing tyler that market will say, you know what? he is one of us. that raises questions about the policy and also we talked about is he is the guy who will be in the chair stan

john chamberlain and the prince of darkness. whitaker chambers, was one of the great men of the time wrote henry gregory, why? because of his enormous talent as a writer. his steadfast courage on the face of a ferocious liberal campaign to destroy him. his witness to god's grace and fortifying power. whitaker chambers placed every conservative in his debt and for all time. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. we are going to think -- ask our panelists -- professor gaddis. >> thanks to 0 organizers, it is fair to say that have certain guilty, and i have been teaching history of this time and i have certainly been aware of the importance of the new book we are talking about today. my colleague told me she has been assigning this book to her students ever since she came here but the fact is until nathaniel persuaded me to do it, actually read "witness". i take some consolation in joseph epstein's recent conviction-convention in the weekly standard that he does not got around to reading the bible after all this time. at said in his commentary there is great stuff there. well, that is what i felt about "w

me, ed henry from fox, jaj garrett from cbs, john karl.dent's about to walk through that door and you're all trying to communicate literally three feet away from each other when you're blasting your broadcast voice -- >> you hear them, what they're saying -- >> it's terrible. i think, having reported in some awful places, this is the hardest thing i have done because you know that behind that door the president and his staff are listening to what you're saying. they're surely watching you because they've asked me about things i've said shortly thereafter. so i know they are. and he walks in the door. it's just -- it is the biggest challenge i think in what we do, is to try to keep your head about you when you're doing that. >> well, that is a lot worse than having nick yell at me in my ear during the show. >> when you're away i've filled in. i know what nick sounds like and it can be trouble. >> ooh. >> and during the fiscal cliff-hanger, as it were, i'm here, i'm the guys, i'm doing "nightly news" and special reports with brian williams.

here to tell you, this is not dig that john boehner or denny hastert made up, this is the way it operated since almost the early 19th century and the days of henry clay, that is the speaker of majority party will not put a bill on the floor that does not get a majority of the party. a lot of people thought 89-8, boehner will put this on the floor, he will tell them you will live to fight another day. the automatic cuts known as a sequester, they are punting those for two months, the funding bill is set to expire at the same time. leaders have been telling their rank and file we will fight then. it will be much better political ground. apparently that has not carried the day here. not enough spending cuts as mentioned this that statement by the speaker's spokesman. not enough spending cuts to satisfy republicans. they will do what they feel is best. they will amend it, send it back to the senate and that raises the question whether this can get done by noon on thursday and avert the fiscal cliff. obviously the holiday is over tomorrow. the markets are open. people are back to business and earning paychecks. paychecks that will be taxed at a much

. >>> joining me now are jerry henry, executive director of georgiacarry.org, "georgia's no compromise for gun ownerses and johnhief of the oak creek police department, the site of the sikh temple shooting last august. welcome to both of you.. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> jerry, welcome to you. i just want to get this off the table. both of you agree banning all guns is not the answer. is that right? >> i believe banning any gun is not the answer. >> john? >> i don't believe banning any particular weapon is going to stop these ush us. to me it's a violence issue. >> that's correct. >> so we get that off the table, with he both agree on that. gabrielle giffords, she is going to give a statement before the hearings begin, and as you might expect that probably will be very emotional, because she's been damaged by a gunshot wound to the head and she'll probably be forever damaged. so you know, some might say that's just bringing emotion into a hearing that doesn't need any more emotion. jerry, how do you feel about gabrielle giffords being there? >> i certainly have no problem with her being emotional. she has be

henry joins me now. good morning,ed. >> reporter: i was outside st. john'sfayette park where i am right now a short time ago. as you know the president, the first lady, the vice president and his wife went into a church service that lasted almost an hour. goes back to fdr where a president or newly elected president will go in, have a chance for spiritual guidance, pause and reflect on the past four years and now think about the four years ahead. a lot of big challenges. the president will be talk about that in his inaugural address. interesting that the pastor at st. johns was talking about in recent days he thinks that president obama has almost been a mass tore in chief, someone who in newtown, connecticut had to go in and try and heal the community there. now a bigger challenge healing the country who has been through a financial crisis. a country after a very hard fought and tight election is looking to see what the president will do in the days ahead to bring them together on not just fixing the economy, immigration reform, now gun control, as i mentio