senator john kerry or bribes in sudan. will his praise for the country's president help sunday's referendum? the premiere of the australian state of queensland said the damage is so extensive from flooding it will affect the global economy. one of the areas worst hit is the city of rockhampton. our correspondent is there. >> in a land not used to dealing with the extremes of nature, it is the magnitude of the flood that has taken australia by surprise. this is one of the great agricultural centers of the country. massive farms have been reduced to small islands. it is hard to fully appreciate the scale of this disaster, even appear. we're seeing a very small fraction of the flooding. natural disasters have been declared in an area covering over 1 million square kilometers. it is the small, low-lying suburbs of rockhampton that have been swamped. hundreds of homes have been inundated. more than 500 have either fled or been rescued from their homes. we kept coming across residents fiercely determined to stay. >> someone will

>> not only the president, but john kerry had to work. hot itsonable person shouldn't work. this was a serious attempt by certain members of the republican party to deny president obama a major foreign- policy victory. that was the only reason that they objected to this. cooler minds prevailed and we have this treaty. it is going toward a safer world. tavis: i appreciate you contextualizing what the debate was all about. why did you call it this specifically? >> it is a great nuclear term, but this is the fallout that came from the first book. it was really about the nuclear trafficking network. and how it helped his own country and build a nuclear weapon with stolen material and how he went on to help iran develop its nuclear weapons program and he was engaged in a full-scale effort to build a weapons factory in libya. that was the first book. this is the fallout from that. this is how the cia brought that network down and how they brought it down. it is not a good story there. it comes to the questions you have about the impact on our safety. on the network is dangerous an

democrat john kerry sat with john mccain and other members of congress followed suit. the congress paid tribute to congresswoman gabrielle giffords. his message was that both parties would have to work together. >>> joining us to talk about the president's speech, joe, good to have you back. >> nice to be back. >> it was sit together to want, work together tomorrow, but is this unity going to last? or was it a one night stand? >> i think that the imagery that you're talking about will go away at some point. but the president did have a lot of stuff to offer republicans to incent them to want to work with them and discourage them from being obstructionist. i think they'll work together, but not because they want to pretend to like each other, but because there might be a political incentive to do so. >> there was a poll that they ran right after the president's speech. and the numbers jumped significantly in terms of the people who responded with approval to the president's speech. is that just a fickle public? or was there something subornative enough for people -- som

n.y>> the morning after the revolution, it is time to sweep away the mess and get ready for a new john kerry goode tunisia is still reeling from the turmoil and super -- get ready -- to sweep away the mess and get ready for the new. tunisia is still reeling from the turmoil. they have cleared away the good sense -- goods. the damage repair bill is vast, but the country is trying to roll up its sleeves and move on. the manager says he is hiring extra staff so he can open tomorrow. messages have been buzzing around, urging people not to stay home but to go to work and make it look as if to visa is getting back to normal. -- as if to nietzsche -- tunisia is getting back to normal. >> our job is to provide them with food. >> symbols of the past have been crashing down. the home of the family of the former president have been looted. anything not nailed down has been taken away. this afternoon the prime minister announced his interim government. it will include opposition and now and figures outside conventional politics. he also said as political prisoners will be freed during your -- will be fr

i noticed, you know, john kerry sitting john mccain. patty murray the chairman of the democratic senate campaign committee of washington sitting with jon corn inthe republican chairman from the campaign committee from texas. there's a little less willingness to do it. i think maybe it took a little bit of the, what we come to expect, the pep rally aspect of it, of the speech. >> it was a little lower energy level. but as a former speech writer, it puts more emphasis on the words themselves instead of the up-and-down of the emotions of the chamber. i don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. i think.... >> lehrer: people were listening to it. >> exactly. the president is very good at explaining. explaining how our economy has changed. explaining why we need to do research and development, explaining... and he brings the listener along in a logical way. i think it's one of his real skills. i think he's sometimes good at inspiration but is actually better at explanation. this speech had a lot of kind of serious economic explanation. >> i

john kerry is saying he is encouraged by the latest news on referendum on independence. he is positive and wants to see two strong states emerge if there is a vote for separation. damage from flooding is so extensive in queensland it will affect the global economy. the task force has been sent to help the state recover from fundinflooding. one of the areas worst effected is the city of rockhampton. >> in milan not used to dealing with the extremes of nature, it is the magnitude of the flood that has taken austria by surprise. this is one of the great agricultural centers. we're massive forms have been reduced to small islands. one of the powerhouses of the economy will be paralyzed for weeks. it is hard to appreciate these gale of the disaster. -- the scale of the disaster. we're seeing a small fraction of the flooding. this is an area covering over 1 billion square kilometers. it is the small, low lying suburbs in rockhampton that are being swamped. hundreds of homes have been inundated. more than 500 have either fled or been rescued from their homes. we kept coming acr

and the same year john kerry came prepared for this question. >> the wrap on you is that you're a northeasterniberal elitist and you have a problem connecting with people. how do you dispel that notion? >> wait until you see my video, "keri gone wild." chris: back in 2007, it was the g.o.p.'s turn at the stage. mike huckabee had this pearl ready. >> we have a congress that spent money like john edwards at a beauty shop. >> and the winner, john mccain waited for the perfect moment to remind everyone of his p.o.w. days. >> senator clinton tried to spend $1 million on the woodstock concert museum. now, my friends, i wasn't there. i'm sure it was a cultural and pharmaceutical event. i was tied up at the time, but the fact is -- the fact is -- chris: senator and former p.o.w. of vietnam earned the right to make that crack. when we return, we know healthcare won't be repealed next week so what is the point of the house voting to kill it? chris: welcome back. with the midterm rebuke of barack obama that came last november, the real rebuke starts this coming week. house republicans will vote to repeal

caller: i was wondering why they did not bring john kerry on this? .here is a negotiation going on between egypt and the united states. i think that john kerry should be on top of that. guest: that is a good point. i think he is probably involved behind the scenes and has a long time history. host: he was on cnn friday. guest: i think he is part of the establishment. the trouble with these folks who have been in disk game a long time is that the united states got very comfortable with how things work. mubarak was in charge and he was getting along with israel. he was keeping the moslem radicals at bay. this is the problem we have dictatorships for security. compromises our values and this is where episodes like this, we come face to face with the contradiction in our own policies of supporting, in exchange for stability, people who are actually at odds with our own democratic values. host: from our twitter page -- guest: i think that was the worst case, a horrifying scenario for the united states because those are our tanks. we have given them at least

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i'm glad we've got people like senator john kerry in congressbk fighting to bring the focus back to larger challenges before use it's my pleasure to introduceas them here today. senator kerry's first elected to defend in 1984 fromkly massachusetts, where he quickly established himself as an expert on foreign relations and tional national security. feate he won the chairmanship of the foreign relations committee into those annoying nine. he chaired the senate committeed on mall business and onto premiership from 2007 in 2009. e and of course he ran as thedemoa democratic president for a candidate in 2004.n foreign affairs, competitiveness, climate and energy and on military affairs and i could think of few public servants more qualified to address the challenges facing the country going forward. senator kerry, welcome back to the center for american progress. the floor is yours. think you for being here. [applause] >> john, thank you very much for a terrific personal introduction, but more importantly, i think thank you for capturing the importance of our shifting the dialogue and the impor

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switching to the open where fourth seed nickel out of a john kerry is aiming to reach the last eight that have a jacket currently tied for gangs of pigs in the first set again. and then earlier in the day rafael nadal made it to the quarter finals of the three set when ivan because flacco the world number one losing the second set to love but then able to recover a marquee federal district in the next stage as well as world number two looked labored at times before coming through in straight sets ever moscow she did nellie hear he will place the big twelve i would like. to go to song with. some of the gold record breaking pole vaulter of the same name i think the right one six two six three four. just as the new tennis season is getting underway there are a number of exhibition tournament taking place one such event is in taiwan and it has featured the former greats on the agassi as well as the current world number ten mikhail youzhny usually last tasted success in the middle age you know. for a championship and now the twenty eight year old russian is hoping to add more consistency

i noticed, you know, john kerry sitting john mccain.patty murray the chairman of the democratic senate campaign committee of washington sitting with jon corn inthe republican chairman from the campaign committee from texas. there's a little less willingness to do it. i think maybe it took a little bit of the, what we come to expect, the pep rally aspect of it, of the speech. >> it was a little lower energy level. but as a former speech writer, it puts more emphasis on the words themselves instead of the up-and-down of the emotions of the chamber. i don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. i think.... >> lehrer: people were listening to it. >> exactly. the president is very good at explaining. explaining how our economy has changed. explaining why we need to do research and development, explaining... and he brings the listener along in a logical way. i think it's one of his real skills. i think he's sometimes good at inspiration but is actually better at explanation. this speech had a lot of kind of serious economic explanation. >> i

in contrast with president bill clinton there's a story contrasting him with president bush and john kerry why john meets a media straes gist for president bush and kerry says, you know, you guys did a great job with the campaign. my team, they really messed it up. he said it's amazing to me that he said that, frightening that he thought it, and horrific that he said it publicly. i think president bush was willing to take responsibility and willing to take the blame in new hampshire. famously he didn't fire people in 2000 when they lost the pry mai to john mccain. he said this is on me, let's fix it for the next time. >> guest: yeah, i want to say a little something about that point about president clinton. i think that what you're getting at is what was thought of earlier. these books reflect these very different men. i think that president clinton who he is is someone who is very interested in understanding sen interested in understanding him and others. that's where all of that discussion about i feel your pain, i think, comes from. when you look at george w. bush, he is somebody who li

i noticed, you know, john kerry sitting john mccain. patty murray the chairman of the democratic senate campaign committee of washington sitting with jon corn inthe republican chairman from the campaign committee from texas. there's a little less willingness to do it. i think maybe it took a little bit of the, what we come to expect, the pep rally aspect of it, of the speech. >> it was a little lower energy level. but as a former speech writer, it puts more emphasis on the words themselves instead of the up-and-down of the emotions of the chamber. i don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. i think.... >> lehrer: people were listening to it. >> exactly. the president is very good at explaining. explaining how our economy has changed. explaining why we need to do research and development, explaining... and he brings the listener along in a logical way. i think it's one of his real skills. i think he's sometimes good at inspiration but is actually better at explanation. this speech had a lot of kind of serious economic explanation. >> i

i'm glad that we've got people like senator john kerry in congress fighting to bring the focus back to the larger challenges before us. it's my pressure to introduce him here today. senator kerry was first elected in the senate from 1984 where he quickly established himself as an export on foreign relations committee in 2009, he's chaired the senate committee on small business and entrepreneurship from 2007 to 2009, and, of course, he ran as the democratic candidate for president in 2004. he's an expert on foreign affairs, on competitiveness, on climate, energy, and military affairs. i could think of few public servants more qualified to address the channels facing our country going forward. senator kerry, welcome back to the center for american progress. the floor is yours. thank you for being here. [applause] [applause] >> john, thank you very much for terrific personal introduction, but more importantly, i think thank you for capturing the importance of our shifting the dialogue and the importance of our talking about the future of the country even as we face these difficult issues.

there on the left you see the left side senator john kerry of massachusetts, now chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. a man who was of course in 2004 the democrat nominee for president. now we see behind secretary napolitano bill daley former secretary of commerce in the clinton administration and now the new white house chief of staff. replaced rahm emanuel who is back in chicago to see if he can become mayor. he is now shaking hands with tom coburn, senator coburn of oklahoma. now, of course, the big deal here... there is secretary clinton laughing with secretary gates and secretary geithner. there on the right is senator sessions. my guess is they're laughing about the idea that they've got all... many of these members of the house and senate have dates more or less tonight. they've gone with this idea of in the old days up until tonight big sessions of congress like this, all the democrats sat together. all the republicans sat together. but they decided at the suggestion of senator come udall, democrat, to... mark udall. tom is the guy who is working to fix the filibu

i'm glad we have got people like senator john kerry in congress fighting to bring in focus back to the larger challenges before us. it's my pleasure to introduce him here today. senator kerry was first elected to the senate in 1984 from massachusetts. where he quickly established himself as an expert on foreign relations and national security. he won the chairmanship of the senate foreign relations committee in 2009. he's shared the senate committee on small business and entrepreneurship from 2007 to 2009. and of course he ran as the democratic candidate for president in 2004. he's an exsperspert -- expert on foreign affairs, competitiveness, and military affairs. i can think of few public servants more qualified to address the challenges facing our country going forward. senator kerry, welcome back to the center for american progress. the floor is yours. thank you for being here. >> john, thank you very much for a terrific personal introduction, more importantly i think thank you for capturing the importance of our shifting the dialogue and the importance of our talking about the futu

>> there was one shot of john mccain sitting next to john kerry and you had to wonder with with -- what was running through their minds. >> 100 senators and ten of the members of congress. >> rose: every senator gets up in the morning and looks and sees a future president. >> if you are not under indictment or in jail you could be a -- [laughter] kamala harris what did you think? >> i thought it was wonderful. it was freshing to -- refreshing to hear the president talk about the -- the drama that accompanies the hatfields and mccoys was not present in the room but policy is often very boring but essential to moving forward. i think he set that tone. it was about the need to win the future as a country, as a collective and to get beyond even bipartisan conversations and understand that a lot of what we must do to win the future is nonpartisan in nature. it's about a dedication to innovation. it's a dedication to technology, to education and to really being smart with the systems that we have recognize some are broken and must be fixed. the fix is often going to be based on practical issu

a hall and seeing all these different names on all of the different rooms and saying, that is john kerry's office, and it was cool to say, that is where they really do their work. it was pretty cool to see. >> you hear that their big concern is you, their sons and daughters and their grandsons and granddaughters. there is future and that you're going to be cheated the way that people of my generation have let things out. what is your reaction? >> i think that is something they have to do. we are the ones that do but the demand. i don't know what they are pandering or sincere. >> what are your concerns for the future? >> when we talked about the tucson shooting, one of my concerns was that toxic environment, the idea that these people on the left and right are constantly going at each other and are not able to get a good discourse to move toward. they really care about their constituents and understand that not all of their constituents go with one party, or go one way. the need to work with each other to find some common ground. >> yet think we need the fairness doctrine. >> i don't think

john favreau. i worked with him on the kerry campaign when i was a speech writer for john kerry, and he was just then 22 and out of holy cross. he's now just, you know, i think he started with obama when he was 23 in the senate with the junior senator from illinois similar to sorenson, and they an immediate bond. -- they had an immediate bond. you saw very quickly there the campaign great connections that he's almost -- he's been called his muse or alter ego, and there's a reason why. he knows his language, he understands his intonations. we used to all sit and i used to tell dr. berry this, you'd sit this front of your screen and throw on your southern drawl, your kansan drawl ask figure out as -- and figure out as many southern expressions you can come up with. we were taught many. you know, my favorite one was if you -- he used to explain the jobs situation. he'd say, well, this didn't just happen. if you see a turtle sitting on a fence post, you know it didn't happen by itself. it always took me a couple minutes to understand what he was talking about. then with time you get quite good at these,

i'm glad we've got people like senator john kerry in congress fighting to bring the congress back to the larger challenges before us so it's my pleasure to introduce him here today. senator kerry was first elected to the senate and 84 from massachusetts, where he quickly established himself as an expert on foreign relations and national security. he won the chairmanship of the senate foreign relations committee in 2009. he has chaired the senate committee on small business and entrepreneurship from 2007 to 2009 and of course he ran as a democratic candidate for president in 2004. he's an expert on foreign affairs, competitiveness, climate and energy and on military affairs and i could think of few public servants more qualified to address the challenges facing the country going forward. senator kerry, welcome back to the center for american progress. the floor is yours. think you for being here. [applause] >> john, thank you very much for a terrific personal introduction, but more importantly, i think thank you for capturing the importance of our shifting the dialogue and the importan

michelle backman who wants people armed and dangerous to fight the energy bill shod sit with senator john kerry an energy bill author and mitch mcconnell would probably want to be near al franken who made funny faces during a debate. guest: where you sit does not change or should it where you stand on the issues. i think republicans are commited to their agenda which is mostly going to be getting us to be fiscally responsible again and create jobs in the private sector. and i think that the caller -- both callers make an important point. we have been as a country under great economic stress. this has impacted a lot of people in a lot of different ways in many parts of suburbia you e foreclosed homes all over the place. these homes were the embodiment of the american dream and now people, it has become a nightmare. so we shouldn't under estimate how impassioned people feel when their livelihoods have been snuffed out. and i think we do face, especially the 20-year-old who just called, they face even more stark choices in the future. the debt we are putting on these kids, and also the how hard we

and a special thanks to senator john kerry and congressman lewis for conceiving of this wonderful tribute. as others have done this morning i want to pay tribute first to my uncle sargent shriver. he played a critical role in our family's life and my father's administration. he embodied the ideal of public service that we celebrate today and made it real every day of his life in the peace corps legal services, the special olympics and most of all his life wonderful children, bobby, maria, kennedy, marks and anthony. he was a loving man who all his nieces and nephews adored. we will miss him but we know he is found in greater joy reunited with a lot of his life, his extraordinary life. i would also like to support my and and an uncle who work hard at everything was a lubber today and all those who work to make the new frontier everything my father dreamed they could be. i want to salute my aunt vicki and especially of my cousins for being here to share this special day of remembering and renewal. today we mark not just the anniversary of my father's inauguration, but the endurance of an id

john kerry and mrs. theresa heinz-carry. -- mrs.heresa heinz- lerry. >> individual members of congress have come down to rhetoric. we have come to a final compromise. the cannot expect to do the nation's business. people need to look at a way of getting things done. in a way -- >> thanks. anyway -- >> thanks. >> ms. barbara streisand and mr. dreams borland -- mr. james rolin. >> now, here is a look at president obama, first lady michelle obama and chinese president hu jintao as the dinner begins. we will follow this. evening, everybody. please have a seat. >> on behalf of michelle and myself, welcome to the white house. thank you for joining us as we we payesident whhu and tribute to the bond between two great nations and it two it brought people. [speaking chinese] >> there are too many distinguished guests to mention all of you tonight, but i do want to acknowledge a few who have championed relations between our nations. first of all, president jimmy carter and his wonderful wife rosalynn carter are here. [applause] as well as pre

>> well, john kerry agreed with that in 2004 and al gore did again in 2000, so, no.an issue that the president was going to seize on. i do want to follow up, though, on what you all have been talking about earlier about the tone inside the chamber. i've been to about ten of these or so. i have to say, it was like no speech i have ever heard. in a state of the union address. the energy was down. the president seemed tepid and there's no doubt that about ten, 15 minutes into it, he sensed that. chuck todd was talking about how you look at the tucson speech. this president feeds off the energy of the crowd. one democrat, one good boston democrat told me as he was leaving when i said, what's going on in there? i've never seen an audience as flat or a president as flat as this. he said, it's like when you're in catholic school and the sister tells you that the cardinal's coming tomorrow and you better be on your best behavior. well, we were on our best behavior tonight and it was just boring all around. but he continued and said, but the important thing is, it's not where

john mccain with john kerry. former speaker, nancy pelosi, with her republican friend, roscoe bartlett. from florida, marco rubio, with bill nelson. it created an unusual, more subdued atmosphere. there were fewer moments of partisan division. the most bipartisan applause of any state of the union in memory. at least 45 times democrats and republicans applauded together. but those cheers were mostly for the president's goals. >> we need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world. >> reporter: when the president talked about policy, like health care, it was more controversial. in a nod to the new republican majority, he called for a spending freeze and a ban on earmarks. >> if a bill comes to my desk, with earmarks inside, i will veto it. i will veto it. >> reporter: but the gop did not embrace the president's call for new investments in technology, research and infrastructure. when he called on congress to act on the deficit with principled compromise -- >> if we make the hard choices now t

a special thanks to senator john kerry for being here today.this is a sober and difficult time, but this is an important time to address this discussion. as we get started, i want to remember those lost and wounded in the tragic shootings in arizona last weekend. if anything is to come out of saturday's terrible violence, i hope that those of us here in washington will begin to work with a renewed sense of purpose, service, and cooperation to honor congresswoman giffords, and judge roll, and christina green. i am pleased we have senator kerrey here to leave this call to action. the senator has a long and distinguished record of rising above the partisan fray in the interest of our country. with honor, dignity, and compassion he has done so through his career. i would like to recognize and applaud the senator's most recent achievement, the passage of the nuclear start treaty in december. senator kerry worked tirelessly to shepherd in start to the senate even as a handful try to prevent it from coming to a vote. thanks to his leadership, the trea

the ravens are coached by harbaugh is younger brother john kerry and >> the headline reads somethingt. that's the status of the lead just voted and takeover their gas gavin newsome stop. yesterday all but one member of the board of supervisors voted to make leave the city administrator for the last three years. lee was on vacation in taiwan when all this took place. the history making appointments to was one more political hurdle to clear. >> a heated meeting on tuesday the atmosphere in the chamber was different from it. nearly all the board of supervisors decided to come together and nominate six administrator for interim mayor. >> i support adlai because he's a qualified person. he's the right person to lead san francisco. this is our city administrator whose confirmed by the board supervisor twice as as city administrator, an individual who oversees our capital plan. >> i will support mr. lee, i believe he is well known as a very effective department head in this year it t p w. >> these the one who shares our progressive values, someone who has fought in the trenches for tenants,

michelle backman who wants people armed and dangerous to fight the energy bill should sit with senator john kerry an energy bill author and mitch mcconnell would probably want to be near al franken who made funny faces during a debate. guest: where you sit does not change or should it where you stand on the issues. i think republicans are commited to their agenda which is mostly going to be getting us to be fiscally responsible again and create jobs in the private sector. and i think that the caller -- both callers make an important point. we have been as a country under great economic stress. this hpeople in a lot of different ways in many parts of suburbia you see foreclosed homes all over the place. e of the american dream and now people, it has become a nightmare. so we shouldn't under estimate how impassioned people feel when their livelihoods have been snuffed out. and i think we do face, especially the 20-year-old who just called, they face even more stark choices in the future. the debt we are putting on these kids, and also the how hard we make it for them to get into college and how exp

the campaigning needed for al gore and john kerry for some of the things that come to mind. >> hi, myy card from yale university. ever a question regarding the communication and things you did. yesterday was her up on capitol hill were very impressed with how point of a lot of the alleys where and how very almost practiced their responses for what they said and they didn't even bother touching on basically because they felt like they did note they were talking about and i would rather not comment because i'm not a professional. i'm wondering if you could speak a little bit on the offices you for time and how they transpacific people all the way up to your job and to anybody else. >> there was training? i didn't get no stinking training. i was hired 20 years ago in george mitchell's office for my ability to work long hours and work well together. so i didn't get no stinking training. but on a more serious note, again, recognizing that my role as the communications process will do it one other time. in kennedy's office, in senator kennedy's office, he was smart enough to realize the onl

host: senator john kerry and representative richard neal have an op-ed piece in this morning's "washington they talk about free trade with core reappeared they write that the united states and south korea reached an accord that improves the pending trade agreement. are you confident you will be able to get that trade agreement through congress? guest: i am confident because if we make the case, which is, career is currently our seventh largest trading partner. once we sign and ratify this agreement, you will see an increase of over $10 billion in exports, merchandise exports, to correa. this will support 70,000 american jobs. so, i believe that we can make the case because it makes sense for the american economy, it makes sense for american business and the american worker. host: massachusetts. rob on our line for independents. caller: i wanted to make a comment on your relation between regulation and competitiveness. we can't base our regulations based on their competitiveness. if so, we end up with a country that has regulations that allow all the things that happens wherever -- china, b

special thanks to senator john kerry and congressman lewis for conceiving of this wonderful tribute. to the armored corps and a navy band for performing music that my father would have loved. as others have done this morning, i want to pay tribute to my uncle sargent shriver. he played a critical role in her family's life and in my father's administration. father's administration. he embodied the ideal public service that we celebrate today and made it real every day of his life in the peace corps, head start, legal services, the special olympics. special olympics. and most of all, his five wonderful children. he was 11 devout man -- he was a loving and devout man. we know that he has found even greater joy, reunited with the love of his life. i would also like to salute my answer -- aunts, for a part of everything that we celebrate today. i want to salute might and vicki.- my aunt i want to thank my cousins for being here. today we marked the anniversary of my father's inauguration and the endurance of an ideal. all my life, people have told me that my father changed their lives. th

the campaigning needed for al gore and john kerry for some of the things that come to mind. >> hi, my name is andy card from yale university. ever a question regarding the communication and things you did. yesterday was her up on capitol hill were very impressed with how point of a lot of the alleys where and how very almost practiced their responses for what they said and they didn't even bother touching on basically because they felt like they did note they were talking about and i would rather not comment because i'm not a professional. i'm wondering if you could speak a little bit on the offices you for time and how they transpacific people all the way up to your job and to anybody else. >> there was training? i didn't get no stinking training. i was hired 20 years ago in george mitchell's office for my ability to work long hours and work well together. so i didn't get no stinking training. but on a more serious note, again, recognizing that my role as the communications process will do it one other time. in kennedy's office, in senator kennedy's office, he was smart enough to rea

the campaigning needed for al gore and john kerry for some of the things that come to mind. >> hi, my name is andy card from yale university. ever a question regarding the communication and things you did. yesterday was her up on capitol hill were very impressed with how point of a lot of the alleys where and how very almost practiced their responses for what they said and they didn't even bother touching on basically because they felt like they did note they were talking about and i would rather not comment because i'm not a professional. i'm wondering if you could speak a little bit on the offices you for time and how they transpacific people all the way up to your job and to anybody else. >> there was training? i didn't get no stinking training. i was hired 20 years ago in george mitchell's office for my ability to work long hours and work well together. so i didn't get no stinking training. but on a more serious note, again, recognizing that my role as the communications process will do it one other time. in kennedy's office, in senator kennedy's office, he was smart enough to rea

but that wasn't the main cost as john kerry finally realized a number of years ago. but the main cost driver is all the defensive medicine, all the necessary very expensive, sometimes dangerous testing procedures to sort of cover your back. you know, if we don't have medical liability reform, there would be no dr. rita the arizona medical center to save the life of our colleague, gabbie giffords because the liability would be too high, so that's the kind of thing we are looking at and why it is so important that we pass medical liability reform this year. >> dr. congressman phil gingrey of georgia. thank you. >> thank you. it's my pleasure. >> still here in statuary hall outside of the -- outside the new house chamber, where the president -- right here? okay. a little bit earlier we were talking with republican congressmen sitting with don edwards, democrat of maryland. who was that you were talking to? was it someone from a florida may be? c2 >> the only republican sitting with that group. [inaudible] >> yeah, well, we were sitting around a nice crowd. it was really

. >> today on c-span2 senate foreign relations committee chairman john kerry's remarks on domestic policies and u.s. global leadership. the center for american progress action fund in washington hosts this event. that's live at 10 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> the c-span networks. we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books and american history. it's all available to you on television, radio, online and on social media networking sites. and find our content anytime through c-span's video library. and we take c-span on the road with our digital bus and local content vehicle bringing our resources to your community. it's washington your way. the c-span networks, now available in more than 100 million homes created by cable, provided as a public service. >> defense secretary robert gates is visiting china to discuss military ties between china and the u.s. now, a discussion looking at china's military and what goals secretary gates might accomplish on his trip.ar this is a little less than two hours. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everybody. welcome to th

for some of the remarkable policy leaders, public leaders including our dear friend, ted kennedy, john kerry and harry reid. she was the chief spokesperson for the obama -- there'll be time for her to speak. >> i'm just looking at half the presentation. >> she was the chief spokesperson for the obama/biden campaign. she's here and give her a warm welcome. [applause] >> so stephanie, i was wondering maybe you could open up and give us a sense of the lay of the land in terms of where we are today. >> sure. first let me say as ron mentioned, i worked for senator kennedy for many years that's when i became familiar with families usa and i just want to say thank you for all you do every day out there fighting for better health care and quality of life for the american people. it really does make a difference especially sitting here in washington and seeing what you do. so thank you. and that's when i first became familiar with ron pollack he was a legend in senator kennedy's office. if you wanted something done you caldron. so as soon as i got to the white house i caldron and it has worked out gr

desperate for popular credit ability, the democrats nominated a war hero for president in 2004 and john kerry's criticism of the bush policy in iraq ended feebbly. now, critics remained but only on the fringes rather than the mainstreams of either party. but it's taken a decade of bleeding in this iraq and afghanistan to make argument for restraint beginning to being politically potent again. while american politics became more polarizeded on domestic issue, elite attitudes on foreign policy did not. for all the sound and fury during the years after the cold war, i think there was much less difference between mainstream republican and democratic foreign policy positions than met the eye. neocoms have been liberals in wolf's clothing. liberals decried bush the younger's un lat alism, yet wanted as much as he did to exert american power to set the world right. clinton's aim was multilateral about we can, unilaterally if we must and the junior bush's was the reversion but they both wanted to come out in the same place. using american power and leadership to force the world into proper shape. secon