we'll hear from the president's opponent in the 2008 campaign, john mccain of arizona. and key senate democrat chuck schumer of new york. then, i'll have a final thought on why we seem to ask the wrong questions whenever a president speaks to the nation. but first, senators mccain and schumer on "face nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. and we begin this morning welcoming back to "face the nation," for the first time in exactly one year, senator john mccain of arizona, the person who, by the way, has been on this broadcast more than any other politician now in office. senator, you haven't been here in a year. what were you doing? were you busy back in arizona? >> busy, and thanks for having me back on. it's probably the longest absence in all these years, too. i'm glad to be back. thanks for having me. >> schieffer: we're very pleased to have you. where are you going to sit tuesday night when the preside

her fellow arizonan, senator john mccain, said whoever did this, whatever their reason, they are a disgrace to arizona, this country and the human race. >> i am just heartbroken. gabby is more than just a colleague, she is actually a friend. >> giffords was one of 20 democrats whose districts were lit up in crosshairs on a sarah palin campaign website last spring. giffords and many others complained that someone unstable might act on that imagery.

i am john mccain's daughter. i ran with it. that is why people put me on television. with that, the media doesn't cover it. the most extreme people are the most interesting. i blame the media for all of this by far. it worries me. i don't think the average person can get on television say we should work together. i am not extreme and really want a large tent party. go online and find a candidate, support them. i am already getting excited for the next general election. our work my ass off on our campaign, choose a candidate, i will work as hard as possible in every way i possibly can to help make sure that this generation we don't completely lose all 20 somethings from the republican party. thank you for buying my book. glad you like it. >> thank you for being here. i heard you twice state you are pro-life and i also heard you say that you want government to get out of our lives. i am wondering how you reconcile those. >> personally pro-life is what i believe. i don't want to preach to other people or police your body. i am also a woman and went to columbia. i am for

arizona senator john mccain praising his one-time opponent, president obama, on his push for greater civility. but what will last? >>> climbing back. the congresswoman and her remarkable recovery. what doctors have done here this weekend, and why this next week is so crucial. >>> the town hall. after that meeting outside the safeway was cut short one week ago, the survivors and the heroes who saved them, determined to continue that conversation, all together for the first time. >> this is the hero. if i'm a hero, he's a super hero. >>> the family feud. why one of ronald reagan's children is now lashing out at another. >>> and, here in tucson, christina's gift, to the friends she left behind. the boy in the stands, the girl on the field. tonight, their simple message for our country. >>> and good evening from tucson. where tonight, a community so tested, having endured such pain is clearly trying to move past this. this morning, a special town hall on "this week." so many of the survivors and heroes who saved them, many who gathered at that safeway one week ago, were back together, de

john mccain has sign on. so while everybody is talking about talking nicer, will we actually see a change in washington's ways? >> there's a sense there's going to be a change in tone but not a change in policy and not a change in the polarizing nature of this body. >> and an issue that has been getting attention since the shooting is gun control, which could end up on the agenda of this new congress. abc news. the capitol. >> terry: just ahead. it may soon be even more expensive to park in san francisco. the discount that city officials want to do away with. >>> more fog on the way, but leigh glaser says, not going to last for long. the forecast after the break. >> terry: it may soon cost a lot more to park in san francisco. the municipal transportation agency plans to revive a long ignored ordinance that requires gradges charge a flat hourly rate. so no more early bird or monthly disowptz, and that could -- discounts and that could mean thousands of dollars a year. the move could mean $6 million a year for

i am john mccain's daughter and ran with it. what is sad is the media doesn't cover it.i blame the media for all of this by far. it worries me. the average person saying we eadhould work together. i am not a republican or ex >eme or really want a large par- i. i tell you to go on line and find a candidate. i am already really % icited for the general election. i worked my ass owere on a campaign. i will choose a candidate before they start announcing and i will work as hard as possible in every way i can to make sure we don't completely lose what is in the republican party. thank you for buying my bne k. glad you liked it. >> thank you for being here. i heard you twice say that you are pro-life. i also heard you say that you want government to get out of our lives. i am wondering how you reconcile those e bo. >> proselife is what i believe. i don't want to preach to other people. i am also a woman. i went to columbia. i am against abstinence ohary education. abortion should be legal. ng anm not against repealing it. i make a lot of speeches. pete like curious about my pe

in an opinion piece posted today in "the washington post, arizona republican senator john mccain calledt a terrific speech. "we are americans and fellow human beings," he wrote. "and that shared distinction is so much more important than the disputes that invigorate our noisy, rough-and-tumble political culture. that is what i heard the president say on wednesday evening. i commend and thank him for it. so, dan, with statements like that and after a week like this, dowsdb does this mean we've reached a moment of grand national comity? >> i think we've hit the pause button. when something like this happens, it causes us to look at a number of different aspects. the role -- of guns in society is on you of those. and this week, how we conduct political discourse in our democracy. i think we have to keep it in perspective after 9/11. 9/11 changes everything. for a time there was a great national unity. that quickly gave way to deep polarization and i think we have to expect some of that to re-emerge. the differences in this country are very deep and heartfelt and i think we're at that momen

. >>> he was almost in sarah palin's shoes, minnesota governor tim pawlenty was on john mccain's shortt of potential running mates in 2008. we all know how that turned out. but now his name is being tossed around for the top spot on the ticket in 2012. this week tim pawlenty completed his second term as governor. my co-anchor terry moran sat down with him for our series "the contenders." >> reporter: in a lot of ways tim pawlenty is the anti-palin in the burgeoning field of republican presidential hopefuls. he just finished two terms as the governor of minnesota who finished his term. >> pull. dang it. >> reporter: he doesn't have a reality tv show. >> you can see russia from here. >> reporter: he's got about 20,000 followers on twitter. palin's got about 350,000. he's by no means a household name in america and he's got a very minnesota very easy-going, very mild public persona. but he does hunt. >> a little deer hunting, pheasant or duck hunting. some turkey hunting. we have wild turkeys had this area. >> reporter: we traveled to snowy minneapolis this week to talk to tim pawlenty. >

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en tucson, arizona el jefe de estado se encontraba reunido con el senador john mccain. >> quiero decirlecho que lamentamos este episodio. nuestro corazÓn estÁ con las familias de las personas y esperamos que esto no pase a mayores. >> los senadores ccain y barrazo se comprometieron a buscar que el congreso de su paÍs extienda las preferencias arancelarias con colombia que se vence a finales de febrero y que aprueben el tratado de libre comercio con este paÍs. >> esperamos que pueda ser exitosos ayudarnos. que esto se extienda porque esas extensiones son una necesidad, sobre todo en estos momentos en que estamos viviendo un drama tan complicado con las inundaciones. >> ademÁs, barrazo lamentÓ los violentos hechos que sacunden hoy estados unidos. >> es un dÍa triste para arizona. es un dia triste para los estados unidos. >> pasaran la noche en cartagena y viajarÁn a arizona para acompaÑar la familia de la congresista. >> el presidente santos asegurÓ que el apoyo de los senadores es fundamental para lograr que el congreso de su paÍs apruebe el tratado de libre comercio con colombia que llev

tenure and has spoken here before in 2008 when he was considered to be on the short list for the john mccain vice- presidential nod only to be passed up for someone not from medicine -- minnesota but only sounds like one. please visit and welcome with governor tim pawlenty at the national press club. [applause] >> thank you very much or as president obama would say, you are welcome. i am delighted to be here and thank you for that kind introduction. we will miss you as you go on to your next assignment. as the president of the national press club, we are honored that you are from minnesota and you have done such a diligent job of keeping the tradition of making sure that this institution plays the role of better informing our citizenry if so we can have a better nation and a better democracy. if you presided this at a very important time for our country. let's give allen a round of applause for his service. [applause] we know we live in the freest and most prosperous nation in the history of the world. the united states of america, we are blessed to live in this great nation. as i travel aro

(cheers and applause) judge roll was recommended for the federal bench by john mccain 20 years ago. (applause) appointed by president george h.w. bush and rose to become arizona's chief federal judge. (applause) his colleagues described him as the hardest working judge within the ninth circuit. he was on his way back from attending mass-- as he did everyday-- when he decided to stop by and say hi to his representative. john had survived by his loving wife maureen, his three sons and his five beautiful grandchildren (applause) george and dorothy morris-- dot to her friends-- were high school sweethearts who got married and had two daughters. they did everything together: traveling the open road in their r.v., enjoying what their friends called a 50-year honeymoon. saturday morning they went by the safeway to hear what their congresswoman had to say. when gunfire rang out, george-- a former marine-- instinctively tried to shield his wife. (applause) both were shot. dot passed away. a new jersey native, phyllis schneck retired to tucson to beat the snow. but in the summer she would ret

. >> john mccain is out of the country meeting with columbia's official -- columbia -- colombia's president on official business. senator jon kyl says he is surprised that such a heinous crime would occur when she was fulfilling her congressional responsibility. grijalva says the shooting may change the way congress interact with constituents in the future. capital police have been advising congress people to remain where they are. politicians say democracy in politics is not about killing people. >> the governor jam your -- governor jan brewer is asking the people of arizona to pray for the victims. >> is an unbelievable tragedy that the people of arizona experienced today. in our worst nightmare, we could never have imagined it would take place. >> pima county democrats were having a political planning meeting when they got word of what happened. >> we talked to the people who have worked with the efforts and work on her campaign and have been her friend for years. to say democrats are in shot is putting it mildly to say the least. there is deep anger and some fear over how some americans

he is close to john mccain. john mccain is the two-time defending champion for the new hampshire primary. he is trying to build a base here. we are in a period in new hampshire where any candidate who wants to step up and take the reins, it is their show. we have seen so much energy. we had a house party just a couple of weeks ago with rick santorum. almost 200 people attended this house party. rick santorum did not do particularly well in the straw poll. he did not have a lot of support. people come to new hampshire to get the process going. host: thank you for joining us. previewing the straw poll that took place in new hampshire. the headline, mitt romney coming in first followed by ron paul and tim pawlendy. ty. >> question time with british prime minister david cameron.

arizona senator john mccain seems pretty angry. everybody is in a state of shock. >> and a nine-year old girl. i cannot get that out of my mind. >> we do not have all of the names. judge roll is injured. >> we do not know anything about him other than he was one of the people attacked by the 22-year old man. we are reluctant to pass information along to you. we have not personally confront it. viewers have sent in the same name. that is why we have attributed it so strongly. that is what the associated press is saying. the catcher is out there. we have not heard from the fbi. >> in case you have just joined us, when i found out, i turned to channel 4. this morning, at a safeway at a town hall meeting that gabrielle giffords was conducting, a 22- year-old man opened fire and mowed down several people. he killed a child, a 9-year-old girl. we do not know if congresswoman gabrielle giffords was the target. we are still trying to piece this together. department iss investigating. patients are scattered around the city at several hospit

there are reports this morning that former vice presidential and the presidential candidate john mccainbeing investigated by a federal grand jury. the grand jury wants to know if campaign funds were illegally used to keep edwards' pregnant mistress in hiding while he ran for president. investigators also want to know how much edwards knew about the money and where it came from. edwards wife elizabeth died of cancer last year. he wards covered specifics when he did say we do not believe there was evidence john has violated any election laws. mike is here ahead with the forecast. yes, still foggy out there. >> going to take a while, especially the inland valleys or areas. trying to do the old drift thing. a look at some of those clouds we were talking about. those will be the last ones to move. we could see a repeat tonight. where this will top and where we'll see temperatures near 70s ins forecast. >> looking forward to that. a social network gets some new golden friends. the big winners from last night's show and the actor who got an emotional standing ovation. >> the latest buzz on the

arizona governor and senator john mccain were among those who attended. the 63-year-old federal judge was a friend of representative giffords and was stopping by her political event when he was killed. another person who died was 76-year-old dodddard. this morning she spoke on "good morning america." >> is it your belief he covered you? >> oh, definitely. he fell on to save my life. that's who he was. >> had he not done that, what do you think would have happened to you? >> i would have been killed. >> his daughter went with his wife to safeway to see their local congresswoman when they got caught in the cross hairs. she was shot five times in the leg. the two met when they were just teenagers. it was young love but she moved away when she was 13 years old. they both got married to other people. dorwin had four sons, she had four daughters and both their spouses died about the same time and after 50 years the two reconnected and married within months. they put 92,000 miles on their rv traveling all over the country. >> well, i'll get through this. he gave

an aide to senator john mccain says were recently approved it. in washington kron 4 news. >> detectives investigating talk in a california state senator, they want to know more about the threats that the state sinister receive less bring. christine conley spoke to senator you just a couple of hours ago. this is an unusual connection what is this investigation? >> which i find out there interested in threats he received after he criticized stair pailin. the staffs of the tucson investigator action contacted them on monday and there try to find out more from asian about these threats. we don't know the exact connection yet our why it bought the atrocity on top to vote with these threats world surrounding. you will remember that senator he made headlines and ruffled the feathers of sir pailin support of my tread on cover the details. after that he received dozens of races phone calls and also a fax that threaten the senator's life. that's for sure you the facts this is what tucson investigators were interested in finding more about. enclose a pictur

in this morning's "washington post," republican senator john mccain calls for members to behave more modestly and courteously and respectfully toward one another. that echoes the president. >> because before we are democrats or republicans, we are americans. >> reporter: and democratic leaders. >> to temper our words and respect those with whom we disagree. >> reporter: that could be hard when the first piece of business is what is expected to be a nasty battle over health care, in fact, the republican bill is even called repeal of the job-killing health care law. >> this is a job-killing bill. >> job-killing. >> job-killing legislation. >> reporter: but yesterday a week after the tucson tragedy when speaker john boehner talked about the agenda, he changed a word dropping the word "killing" and saying his colleagues will try to overturn the democrats' job destroying spending spree. is that an indication of the change of tone, a return to civility so many have called for? sources say don't make too much of the word change adding republicans don't plan to change the name of the bill. a

judge roll was recommended for the federal bench by john mccain 20 years ago. appointed by president george h.w. bush and rose to become arizona's chief federal judge. his colleagues described him as the hardest working judge within the 9th circuit. he was on his way back from attending mass. as he did every day. when he decided to stop by and say hi to his representative. john is survived by his loving wife maureen, his three sons and his five beautiful grandchildren. george and dorothy morris got to be friends, high school sweethearts who had two daughters. they did everything together. traveling the open road in their r.v., enjoying what their friends called a 50-year honeymoon. saturday morning, they gathered to hear what their congresswoman had to say. when they heard gunshot ring out, george, her husband, tried to instinctively shield his wife. both were shot. dot passed away. a new jersey native, phyllis schneck, retired to tucson to beat the snow. but in the summer, she would return east where her world revolved around her three children her seven grand

john mccain has signed on.e in policy and there's not going to be a change in the polarizing nature of this body. >> reporter: a polarizing issue that's been getting some attention since the shooting is gun control, which could end up on the agenda of this new congress. david kerley, abc news, the capitol. >>> former peace corps director and vice presidential candidate sargent shriver has been hospitalized. the 95-year-old shriver has been battling alzheimer's for years. his wife eunice kennedy shriver died in 2009. their daughter maria shriver is the wife of former california governor arnold schwarzenegger. >>> haiti's former dictator, jean-claude "baby doc" duvalier, is back in his native country after 24 years in exile. "baby doc" returned to port-au-prince on sunday. he was ousted in a popular uprising in 1986 following a reign marked by corruption and political intimidation. it's still unclear though why he chose to return now but he's expected to answer that question at a news conference set for later tod

one of the strongest statements came from the senior senator here, senator john mccain. late last evening. we're joined by two of the eyewitnesses to the shooting, ken penner and dr. rayle. thanks for being here. and, dr. rayle, you were actually right behind -- you were in line getting ready to see the congresswoman. >> actually there was actually no line. it was so informal there was a very sort of loose informal crowd, maybe 25 people and i passed by the table and moved toward the side of the table. when i looked up, he was shooting congresswoman giffords. >> and you saw the bullet go right through her head. >> i did see that happen. >> and tell us what happened next. >> he didn't stop shooting. he just continued shooting rapidly, and it was close quarters, so people had nowhere to really get away from. >> and you just hit the ground. >> i ducked behind a concrete pillar that was there as he continued shooting and moving around that. i went to the ground and, you know, pretended to be shot so he wouldn't -- i wouldn't be a target. >> and then when you looked up, two o

a graduate of this law school. [ applause ] judge roll was recommended for the federal bench by john mccain 20 years ago. [ applause ] appointed by president george h.w. bush and rose to become arizona's chief federal judge. his colleagues described him as the hardest working judge within the 9th circuit. he was on his way back from attending mass, as he did every day. when he decided to stop by and say hi to his representative. john is survived by his loving life, maureen, his three sons and his five beautiful grandchildren. [ applause ] george and dorothy morris were high school sweet hearts who got married and had two daughters. they did everything together. traveling the open road in their rv, enjoying what their friends called a 50-year honeymoon. saturday morning, they went by the safeway to hear what their congresswoman had to say. when gunfire rang out, george, a former marine, instinctively tried to shield his wife. [ applause ] both were shot. dot passed away. a new jersey native, phyllis schneck, retired to tucson to beat the snow. but in the summer, she would return east where h

that carried over to wednesday morning on capitol hill as the arizona delegation led by senator john mccain introduced a resolution honoring the victims of the attack, including their colleague. >> and we will harbor the hope and prayer that she will return it her duties in the united states congress to represent the people of southern arizona. >> reporter: a long and difficult road home that continued with her brief but important ambulance ride today in houston. jay gray, nbc news. >>> at the same time, we're learning more about how the accused shooter spent the evening before he allegedly opened fire outside a tucson supermarket. federal investigators now say that jared loughner researched famous as sins, the death penalty and solitary confinement on the internet. the information comes from a search of his computer. loughner pleaded not guilty in the shooting rampage earlier will week that left 60s dead and 13 wound order january 8th. government officials say the nation's current terror alert system will be gone by late april. sources say the homeland security department will begin phasin

i keep going back to the quote from john mccain. this young gunman is a disgrace to arizona, his country and the human race. tonight on "dateline" after the first hour, which will be hosted by ann curry because believe it or not we're on the one-year anniversary of the tragedy in haiti, at 8:00/7:00 central we'll come on and do an hour's worst of coverage from here including our conversation with both surgeons, the head of trauma and brain surgeon who literally can be thanked tonight for sparing the life of this member of congress. lester. >>

. >> and the winner, john mccain waited for the perfect moment to remind everyone of his p.o.w.ays. >> 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 this wednesday the president's signature healthcare law, even though it's only symbolic because the senate will not go along and the president will not sign that bill. polls show solid majority support many of the healthcare provisions in the obama-care and at the state level where the law will be implemented, the governors have begun complying with the law. so, kelly, i guess i ask this question, big sym

arizona governor and senator john mccain were among those who attended. the 63-year-old federal judge was a friend of representative giffords and was stopping by her political event when he was killed. another person who died was 76-year-old dodddard. this morning she spoke on "good morning america." >> is it your belief he covered you? >> oh, definitely. he fell on to save my life. that's who he was. >> had he not done that, what do you think would have happened to you? >> i would have been killed. >> his daughter went with his wife to safeway to see their local congresswoman when they got caught in the cross hairs. she was shot five times in the leg. the two met when they were just teenagers. it was young love but she moved away when she was 13 years old. they both got married to other people. dorwin had four sons, she had four daughters and both their spouses died about the same time and after 50 years the two reconnected and married within months. they put 92,000 miles on their rv traveling all over the country. >> well, i'll get through this. he gave

there are reports this morning that former vice presidential and the presidential candidate john mccaining investigated by a federal grand jury. the grand jury wants to know if campaign funds were illegally used to keep edwards' pregnant mistress in hiding while he ran for president. investigators also want to know how much edwards knew about the money and where it came from. edwards wife elizabeth died of cancer last year. he wards covered specifics when he did say we do not believe there was evidence john has violated any election laws. mike is here ahead with the forecast. yes, still foggy out there. >> going to take a while, especially the inland valleys or areas. trying to do the old drift thing. a look at some of those clouds we were talking about. those will be the last ones to move. we could see a repeat tonight. where this will top and where we'll see temperatures near 70s ins forecast. >> looking forward to that. a social network gets some new golden friends. the big winners from last night's show and the actor who got an emotional standing ovation. >> the latest buzz on the r

i said, "he believes "and i was speaking for john mccain. don't support bailing out general motors and the like with federal and -- >> chris: i don't want to belabor then. what you were saying then, and the idea that mccain had was the government would basically take all the bad debt on all the mortgages and they would renegotiate that predatory lenders would get off the hook. when you were defending that in 2008, you didn't believe it? >> i don't think the government should bail out wall street, or mortgage industry or any other industry. >> chris: back in 2007, you also signed a bill to begin a plan to reduce green house gas emissions. have you flipped on that? >> i signed a bill in minnesota on dealing with greenhouse gas emissions, only to the extent of taking steps on renewable energy. we never did sign a bill relating to cap and trade or putting that in minnesota or regional. we studied it. i looked at it. i have subsequently decided and wrote to the congress two years ago. don't do this. it's a bad idea. it will be burdensome on the ec

but in 2008, he endorsed republican john mccain for president. in tunisia, there were more anti-government demonstrations, but this time they were mostly peaceful. protesters demanded allies of ousted president ben ali give up power. they chanted and sang nationalist songs, amid a heavy police presence. meanwhile, the new government began releasing political prisoners. it also moved to track down assets of ben ali and his family. the u.n. security council voted today to send another 2,000 peacekeepers to ivory coast bringing the total to 12,000. the u.n. has been at odds with president laurent gbagbo since he apparently lost re-election in november, but refused to step down. u.n. officials estimate more than 200 people have died in post-election violence. at least 13 civilians were killed in afghanistan today, when their motorized rickshaw hit a roadside bomb. it happened in paktika province in the east near the border with pakistan. separately, president hamid karzai delayed opening parliament by a month. that gives a tribunal more time to inves

[applause] judge roll was recommended for the federal bench by john mccain 20 years ago. appointed by george h. w. bush, and rose to become arizona's chief federal judge. [applause] his colleagues describe him as the hardest working judge within the ninth circuit. he was on his way back from attending mass, as he did every day. he decided to stop by and say hi to his representative. john is survived by his loving wife, maureen. his three sons and his five beautiful grandchildren. [applause] georgian dorothy morris -- george and dorothy morris, dot to her friends, did everything together. their friends call that a 50- year honeymoon. saturday morning, they went by the safe way to hear what their congresswoman hato say. gunfire rang out, and george, the former marine, instinctively shielded his wife. [applause] both were shot. dot passed away. a new jersey native, phyllis schneck, retired to tucson to beat the snow. in the summer she would return east where world revolved around her three children, the seven grandchildren, and day 2-year- old great granddaughter. she often

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

john mccain and dhaka, finally agree on one thing, though we didn't need this plan. maybe the last thing they will agree on for all i know. that obama himself made a threat to veto any defense bill that included the f-22. this was a president could not only in his presidency, that effort as far as we can tell. there had never been easy to targeted on one specific system like this. and then the administration standout across the country twisting arms of democrats who were leading to vote for the plane to get them to vote against. and so, this is the surprise. although they lost, they didn't lose any money on the deal because even as the reduced the of 22 bye $4 billion, the increased the of 35, another lockheed martin played by $4 billion. and secretary defense gates made the statement that well, you know, i feel that's taking -- >> [inaudible] >> the f 35 was only increased by $4 billion but had jobs and companies in the same states and districts, essentially they were replacing the f35 spending for f-22 spending. so in a sense, it was the exception that proved the r

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 like i said from my perspective, he makes very quick judgments about people, and they are often what i would consider to be fairly a motive impression. he's very interested in whether or not sort of people well up. one of the things he talk about a lot in the book is how many different individuals he saw get tears in their eyes and that was a very important characteristic for him. >> host: author of several books of history, many about the presidency. the most r

i'm john mccain's daughter. that's originally why people put me on television. hopefully now i have something to say and that's why. i think it's sad the media doesn't cover it. they are not interested. the most extreme are the most interesting. again, i blame the media for all of this by far. it worries me. because i just don't think an average person can get on television saying i think we should work together. i'm republican and i'm not extreme. i really want a large tent party. so i would tell you to go online, find a candidate, support them, i will continue to work, i'm getting already really excited for the next general election. i'll work my ass off on a campaign. i'm going to choose a candidate hopefully sooner than later. and every way that i possibly can, to try to help make sure that election we don't completely lose all 20 somethings from the republican party. >> thank you. >> thank you. thanks for buying my book. glad you liked it. >> hi. thank you for being here. >> hi, how are you? >> i heard you twice say you are pro-life. i also heard you say yo

so the importance of this battle was laid out by senator john mccain on the senate floor. there was an amendment to stop the increase in f-22 spending that he and senator carl levin a democrat of michigan brought together. and this is what he said about the amendment. this amendment is probably the most impactful amendment i have seen in this body on almost any issue, much less the issue of defense. it boils down to whether we're going to continue the business as usual of once a weapon system gets into full production it never dies or whether we're going to take the necessary steps to reform the acquisition process in this country. mccain ended with a flourish quoting two paragraphs from president dwight d. eisenhower's famous speech about the unwarranted influence of the arms lobby and the need for an alert and knowledgeable citizenry to keep it in its rightful place. mccain suggested that the only addition he would make to the speech was to replace military industrial complex with military industrial complex in addition to the role of congress in funding unnecessary weap

we do a film where abramoff was dragged in front of john mccain in a senate hearing. the scene ends up in a certain way in the movie. and it ended that way because abramoff told me that if he would have known that he was going to go to jail that he wouldn't have taken the fifth. what would that scene be like if he didn't take the fifth in front of the senate. i suppose what it underscores is here was mccain pointing fingers at this guy, when mccain himself had taken a lot of money from competing indian casinos to do the very thing that abram-off was trying to do -- abramoff was trying to do and the idea that these guys weren't in this it's process, weren't taking that amount of money, there they were pointing the finger. i think that points out the hypocrisy going around in this town. if we're going to leave cleaning up, either the campaign reform or the lobbying indust to the politicians, nothing's going to happen. tavis: so to your point if congress isn't qualified to deal with this, if the white house isn't qualified to deal with it, how are we going to clean this

of this law school ( applause ) ( cheers ) judge roll was recommended for the federal bench by john mccain 20 years ago ( applause ) appointed by president george h.w. bush, and rose to become arizona's chief federal judge ( applause ) his colleagues described him as the hardest working judge within the 9th circuit. he was on his way back from attending mass, as he did every day, when he decided to stop by and say hi to his representati representative. john is survived by his loving wife, maureen; his three sons; and his five beautiful grandchildren. ( applause ) george and dorothy morris-- "dot" to her friends-- were high school sweethearts who got married and had two daughters. they did everything together-- traveling the open road in their r.v., enjoying what their friends called a 50-year honeymoon. saturday morning, they went by the safeway to hear what their congresswoman had to say. when gunfire rang out, george, a former marine, instinctively tried to shield his wife. ( applause ) both were shot. dot passed away. a new jerseyinate itch, phyllis schneck, retired to tucson to beat th

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

but he angered many democrats by backing republican john mccain in 2008. he was also strongly criticized for supporting the war in iraq. >>> the fbi is calling it a career case of domestic terrorism. a backpack bomb found along a parade route in spokane, washington. the discovery came monday before the annual martin luther king parade was about to steph off. jeff humphrey of our affiliate kxty has details. >> reporter: the unit used a robot to inspect the backpack's contents. when they saw the wiring, they blew it apart. this is where the explosive disposal team detonated the device. here, we're finding a lot of splintered wood. and the green stuff on the ground smells like chlorine. that's because initially investigators thought the powder inside the bomb, the cloud you see in the video, contained a biological toxin like anthrax. the sprint splinters at the scene came from the wooden box that housed the powerful explosive. >> this device was constructed in a way that was potentially very lethal. and it had the potential to inflict multiple casualties. >>

republican senator john mccain, obama's rival in the presidential election, expressed his strong support for the president's speech at the memorial in tucson. >>> a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 has hit southwestern pakistan. the u.s. geological survey says the quake struck baluchistan province near the border with afghanistan at 1:23 a.m. on wednesday. the u.s. agency initially reported the magnitude as 7.4 but later downgraded to 7.2. the depth of the quake was also revised to 84 kilometers from the initial report of 10 kilometers. the extent of the damage remains unknown. >>> rafael abreu is a geophysicist with the u.s. geological survey's national earthquake information center. we spoke to him by phone. >> the earthquake has a magd of 7.2 originally reported at seven.4. one significant change in the earthquake is the depth. the first on the website was that 10 kilometers. they reviewed and put it at 84 kilometers in depth. that puts it definitely farther away from the surface, which means the ground shaking on the surface is going to be weaker, okay. the area in which i

lieberman announced that he will not be seeking a fifth term next year and his good friend senator john mccain said that he hopes obama is going to choose lieberman as the next defense secretary robert gates retires so tonight we think obama should tweet to mccain and say sorry. john losers don't get to pick cabinet positions not to mention that i personally think lieberman would an ab be an absolutely horrible horrible defense secretary that's it for tonight's show thanks for tuning in and making a comeback tomorrow we're going to have an all star panel on the ellen show discussed obama's skin here mark lawrence wilkerson anthony rand as well and jay for will be here in the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the a lot of show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of tonight's show or any other nights you can always catch it all you tube dot com plus they want to show very close the interviews as well as the show in its entirety coming up next does the news with the latest headlines for us. very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created but sentimen

her fellow arizonan, senator john mccain, said whoever did this, whatever their reason, they are a disgrace to arizona, this country and the human race. >> i am just heartbroken. gabby is more than just a colleague, she is actually a friend. >> giffords was one of 20 democrats whose districts were lit up in crosshairs on a sarah palin campaign website last spring. giffords and many others complained that someone unstable might act on that imagery. >> the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district. when people do that, you have to realize there are consequences to that action. >> palin posted this note on her facebook page today: on thursday, as dozens of house members read the constitution on the house floor, it was giffords who was randomly chosen to read one of the documents most recognizable passages, the first amendment. >> or abridging the freedom of speech. >> u.s. capitol police sent an e-mail to members of congress today warning them to take "reasonable and prudent precautions regarding their personal safety and security." speaker boehner said a