just as it did for john paul, by the way. david: as elizabeth said, he is supposed to be against certain sins like greed and that sort of thing, and there is a lot of greed in capitalism. >> absolutely. there's no doubt that american capitalism needs guard rails. but when you look at redistribution of wealth, when obama says that, it's in the peter pan context, taking from one, giving to someone else. in the pope's context, it's free trade. it's the ability to exchange goods and services to allow others to rise through prosperity from poverty t. david: so you got to re-read that, because according to jack, it's very pro capitalist. >> well, perhaps i should. but look, the vatican has always been at its best when it respects and promotes individual dignity. the vatican has always been at its worst when it's all for central authority. so this central authority theme is really disturbing. >> yeah, it is disturbing, but i think wall street will just ignore it people the like in cyclical. to them, it's another papal post-it. they'

justice john paul stevens is our eldest justice, he just turned 89.i think there's a chance that he might retire during obama's tenure. obama might have two years, who knows. and justice ruth bader ginsburg says she wants to stay for another five years or so. she successfully battled cancer. and then we're acting like the 7-year-olds, but we have two justices who are 73 this year, scalia and kennedy. so, you know, we keep looking at the liberals. one of the conservatives might actually go while president obama is in office, and then it will really change things. >> we have to remember the fact that health plays a role here. we never thought william rehnquist would go when he did. chris: i get the feeling, helene, that he's thinking about representation on this court, not just jurists, but being proportional about our society. there's no african-american male, except clarence thomas on that court and he's a conservative. will he go that way? >> i think he easily could. i think the beauty of this for president obama right now is he can do anything he wa

you could look at how short it was when john paul stevens was nominated by president ford. it was lengthy for william rehnquist, antonin scalia, robert bork, anthony kennedy, all the way through samuel alito. guest: even though justice john paul stevens was confirmed in 1975, which would have been two years after roe v. wade, it was not as big of a deal at that point. we did not have the moral majority. we did not have the strong right-to-life movement at that time. so, what happened then in the 1980's, not only did you have ronald reagan come into office in 1981, feeling that he had a mandate for change on the bench, but you had all the divisiveness over abortion. you had a lot more attention over issues of race. what happened was that the nominees themselves got caught up in some of these larger issues and that some of them were people who were lightning rods themselves. so, i have actually talked to justice stevens about what it was like going through that back in 1975. he said that it was very tense. he did have an easy time compared to what the nominees have today. it

previously, the highest album chart placing achieved by a pontiff was john paul ii. his recording of the rosary in 1994. with the weight of a major label behind him, but it xvi now stands every chance of beating that -- benedict xvi. >> the iraqi interior minister says bombs have killed at least 30 people. many others were injured in the blast. plans coincided with cyprus. --iday prayers. >> funding for this presentation was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, the newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small business to major corporations. what can we do for you?

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one and that is evidenced under the administration of ronald reagan when they both, the pope, pope john pauld ronald reagan and his administration were quite effective in bringing down communism, in poland and eastern europe and of course, the soviet empire, and the relationship, is very, very important, and how well -- it remains a question, unfortunately we are off to a slow start in developing the relationship and maybe this week will be the first step. >> jamie: when you talk about the decisions that president obama has made, especially regarding abortion and stem cell, his position on those, what would you expect the pope to say to him about those decisions and policies that he has in place? >> well, the holy father will be firm and direct with the president, despite the fact that it may not be portrayed that way, and and in -- they don't pull any punches and will express specifically how they feel. how they spin it or the white house spins it is another issue. and the holy father will get his pointed of view across, very clearly, and the person -- president will try and take it in anot

when president clinton met with and john paul in denver, colorado, i was there.as at the white house when president bush met with pope benedict xvi. bill: give me a sense of how pope benedict runs his meetings? >> he is a very straightforward, very dogmatic, sincere about the raft man. heat -- but direct man. he will not try to spin the news comes as the white house does. --, as the white house does. you almost wish that they had the meeting open to the press, then you could really find out what was happening, rather than someone spinning the news, telling you what happened. bill: it is the notre dame a share something that comes up today? is that just an american catholic church issue? >> i do not think it will come up. it is a problem of the american catholic church, and particularly universities, have to come to agreement on. this pope, and john paul, were very clear enougabout their relationship with those who do not adhere to church policy. but the vatican does not play those out in public. that is something that is done behind the scenes. with notre dame, t

that ball park is the successor to shea stadium where john, paul, george and ringo performed in 1965,dium concerts. most people think the beatles made their american television debut on "the ed sullivan show" in 1964 but walter cronkite, a real stickler for accuracy always wanted people to know it actually happened on this broadcast in 1963. beatle mania was well under way in the u.k. >> we were offered a piece by our london bureau of this phenomenon so we put it on the air one night. >> couric: that night was december 10, 1963. ♪ >> meanwhile, "yeah, yeah, yeah" the fan mail keeps coming in and so does the money. they've sold 2.5 million records. they lead the hit parade. what has occurred to you to why you succeeded? >> i don't know, really. you know, as you say. >> couric: despite the hysteria, their mostly female fans, it wasn't clear then just how long the beatles' success would last. >> do you have any fears that your public eventually will get tired of you and move on to a new favorite? >> well, they probably will, but -- >> did you ever think about it? >> depends how long it t

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. >> john paul stevens is in his 80s, fredericka, we're likely to see one, if not two, maybe three changes during this administration. bottom line is we're going city a variation on this theme from this point on. and i think sonia sotomayor was the best example of it. we're not going to see a mau modification of the mantra, i'm going to apply the law to the facts. that's all we're going to hear. >> all right, so tuesday, come tuesday, the vote is to take place, run us through what we might expect. >> well, you know, again, we have the entire 100 senators who are going to take their shots. it's not going to be at all as controlled as the gnat judiciary but the truth is by the end of the debate and discussion we're probably looking at 80 to 90 senators who are going to support this nomination. why? because she's prudential, she has a record. she's the only trial judge who frankly has been a nominee who will go to the supreme court that's going to be very difficult to suggest that we're going to see anything other than a confirmation. >> interesting. so avery, let's take a look at something r

the conference was a very historic moment and pope john paul ii saw it coming and was incredibly concerned and some people said they have never seen him so alarmed or upset and saying he could not build alliances either with the united states because clinton was in power or other european countries he saw there was a common interest between the vatican conception of the family and those that prevailed in the muslim world. there is a quote common do you mind? hopefully i can get it quickly but there is a fascinating quote crummy heat reaches out they amount to a full-court press their reach out to iran and sent emissaries to the bsa we will help you reach a rapprochement with the world libya was a pariah because of the lockerbie bombing they said if you will stand with us against the expansions of women's rights we will help your reentry into the society. there is a quote at the time from the iranian deputy foreign minister when he is in talks with the vatican in 1994. >> a future war is between the religious and material is. collaboration between religious coverage in support of outlawing

were within the mainstream, but there are other justices who sat at circuit judges like she did, john pauly blackmun, whose voting records on the high court can be quite different. it may be a little bold to extrapolate from a rather mainstream and not any kind of activist decisionmaking as a circuit judge to indicate that's how she would vote on the supreme court. >> from the questioning we saw from the senators, many are saying we saw missed opportunities from republicans and democrats who could have probed more and focused more on what kind of justice she might be. >> you remember the justice -- maybe perhaps properly so, rather reticent. they don't want to forecast how they would actually vote. president lincoln once said if we asked a man he would do and he answered, we should despise him for it. that's kind of the dilemma you have with the nominee. they don't want to be so specific before they've heard argument that they will decide this way or that way. i think my own view knowing her philosophy and basically judicial thinking, she will certainly be in the mold of ruth bader ginsbur

war, of our most eminent historians, samuel eliot morison, made the same point in his biography of john paul jones, we shouldn't dwell on what happened to american prisoners during the revolution, he said, because it only provide fuel for american anglophobes. it happened, but no good purpose is served by continuing to talk about it. the pow story did not disappear, in other words, it was buried. thank you. [applause] >> now is your time to tell me what you have in mind. please. >> do i go to a microphone? >> yes, that is what we should do so it can be properly documented. >> thank you for bringing this to light. this doesn't get enough publicity. two questions, what did the main general no? secondly, did the americans make a mistake in not retaliating? they had scores of prisoners of their own take and on ships and in battle. they had retaliated and done similar treatment, would that have save some lives were to be a credit of the americans they didn't do that? >> the short answer to the first question, what did he know and when did he know it, he knew the whole thing and he knew it pretty

justice john paul stevens who is the oldes member of the court i think is quite likely t stay for a ye or two more and then ve president obama a chance to replace him. ruth bader ginsburg hasade it clear e will stay so h replacement would come at the soest, and i think likely in a second oma term if there were one. the supreme court isreally up foa shift -- the only tim it could shifto the left in the electionf 2016. right now, justices kennedy and scalia are 72 an73. so by then, they would be getting to the point that they're 80, andhat's going to your first more conservative retirements. the chief justice, justice alito and justice thomas, the other conservati members of the court are a still very young. >> charlie: thank you fo joining us. pleasureo have you back. >> it's great to be back. thks very ch. >> chaie: we'll be right back. stay with us. charlie: v.s. ramachan is here. from t university of san diego. he believes that rare a unexplained disorder conta valuable insights into brain functions. the 1990's he pformed pionring experiments on amputees sufring from the seation ofph

of our most eminent historians, samuel elliott morison, made the same point in his booker fee of john paul jones. we should not dwell on what happened to american prisoners during the revolution he said because it only provides fuel for american anglo folks. it happened but no good purpose is served by continuing to talk about it. the p.o.w. story did not disappear in other words. it was buried. thank you. [applause] okay, now is your time to tell me what you have in mind. please. >> i guess that is what we should do so that they can be properly documented. >> thank you by the way for a greene this to light. it does not get enough publicity. to questions. one is how did howe and clinton know and when did they know it and secondly, why didn't the americans make a mistake in not retaliating. they had scores of prisoners of their own taken on ships in battle. if they have retaliated in done similar treatment would that have perhaps save some lives or to the credit of the americans, they didn't do that? >> the short answer to the first question, what the general howe no and when did he know it

john paul courts commentary. >> host: the review? >> guest: "national review" of course, the weekly standard. there is all kinds of very smart and better thoughtful conservative then use. postcode it is interesting that once upon a time there was none of that or very little of it so even though the left is in the ascendant publicly there are a number of web sites and magazines around fox news being a good it simple and a very successful one but formerly it was only "the new york times" and "chicago tribune" and the late seattle post-intelligencer, "los angeles times," and we now know that the newspapers are in big trouble and something is when to happen so we need an alternative of some kind. we don't know what yet, nobody knows which way the cat will jump and the same is true with book publishing. something has happened in book publishing. there are few outstanding usually media driven people like mark levin and so on will get on the radio shows and so on but is there a conservative publisher other than -- >> guest: welcome there is

katie couric will tell the story of john, paul, george, ringo and walter. >> ladies and gentlemen, the beatles. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ close your eyes... >> couric: most people think the beatles made their television debut on the ed sullivan show in 1964. >> the beatles were american television for the first time not as history seems to have it recorded on the ed sullivan show but on the "cbs evening news" with walter cronkite. if there's some credit in history for that, i want it. >> couric: beatle mania and walter cronkite later on sunday morning. >> mason: mark strassmann will tell us what's next for the manned space program walter cronkite loved so much. we'll be hearing from many of his colleagues and contemporaries, from moral an safer to actor george clooney toed to cop he will who explains how cronkite came to be america's town cryer. president obama among others will share his thoughts about the end of a broadcasting era. and more. first here are the headlines for sunday morning, the 19th of july, 2009. two light rail trains collided yesterday afternoon in san francisco. at

and several other figures in the revolution even including john paul jones were masons as well. so at least in the early years i think it was important for washington. >> host: our next call is from monroe, california, janet, you are on the air. go ahead, janet. >> caller: hi, dr. ferling. >> guest: hi. >> caller: i was wondering if you could comment about a story that i had read. this was about a indian chief who spoke to george washington later on in life, and this concerned when george washington was a 23-year-old colonel in the french and indian war, and it concerned the battle of monongahela. >> guest: monongahela, right. >> caller: thank you. the chief had told washington that the chief had told his warriors to level his guns at him, but he saw it was all in vain and they told them to stop firing at him because he was a particular warrior who could never die in battle. >> guest: i've never heard that story before, but i do know that in the french and indian war washington looked for indian allies. he did have allies among the senecas, he worked with an indian chieftain nam

there is no guarantee that there will be one in the remaining term, but john paul stevens could retire, as well as justice ginsberg, if there are any more vacancies. proving that they can do it with a relative calm and bipartisan majority. bret: major garrett, live on the north lawn. we should point out that on the right side of the screen we had a live look at judge sonia sotomayor's mother, her stepfather, i believe, sitting next to her. we will obviously see more pictures of her family. she has a big contingent with heard there. megyn: what a big deal for her family. judge sonia sotomayor, making policy from the bench. critics call her a political activist. here she is speaking in 2005 at duke university. >> all of the legal defense funds out there are looking for people with court of appeals experience. court of appeals is where policy is made. i know that this is on tape and i should never say that, but what do i know. [laughter] i am not promoting it, not advocating it. you know. [laughter] megyn: you are not supposed to say that judges are supposed to make law. karl rove is my g

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>> julie: just three days after breaking his wrist pope john paul ii is back to work while wearing a cast on his right arm. he blessed thousands of catholic faithful at a mass. he broke his wrist at a mountain retreat near france. >> kelly: last of the british embassy workers detained after election protest. eight others were released weeks ago. >> julie: it's unlikely murder charges will be filed in the death of michael jackson. this courg to a source for l.a. times. they have been breaking every story. a source told the paper it could be a long time before the investigation wraps up. >> kelly: america's health care for the first time in five decades wasn't a big enough task they are facing a looming deadline. budget director tells fox news today that the white house still wants to the bill passed by early august. but there is growing concern from both sides of the aisle it may all be going way too fast. >> hit the nail on the head and who is appointed by the democratic leadership by the house and senate, he said had that this bill as proposed or the bills has proposed would signifi

. >> you were a clerk for justice john paul stevens and you argued five cases in the supreme court.us an idea how you think she might fit in with this group. a lot of the attention has been her life story, its fact she could be the first latina justice. do you see in the bigger picture for the current makeup of the court? >> i think she could have a major impact within the dynamic on the court. reports of her as an appellate judge on the appeals court in new york say she's been very persuasive with her colleagues. she has very strong views and very bright and there are cases that people point to where she shaped the outcome and convinced her colleagues. >> what do you think she'll say today? >> that it is a great country, hat she could have the kind of rise that she's had and secondly that she feels completely constrained by the rule of law, by the precedents and the principles in the constitution and statutes. >> will she be confirmed and will it be be august? >> yes. and yes. and confirmed overwhelmingly. >> thank you for joining us. cliff sloan, thank you very much. allison. >>>

he also had a private audience with pope john paul ii of rome. more recently, drexel university was host of the october 2007 democratic presidential campaign debate. he was born in athens in 1946 and did not arrive in the united states until 1969. since his arrival as a student, he's received more than 150 major awards and honors. in addition to these, he acknowledged that the greatest achievement of his life for his marriage of 39 years to the love of his life and the birth of his bright and talented daughter maria. a 2008 drexel graduate. i ask that our chamber and nation pause to acknowledge him, a mast over business, engineering, and academia, and parenthood who in every sense lived the american dream and created the conditions for untold thousands of others to do so as well. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. mr. poe. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i request permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gen

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ronald reagan developed an alliance with margaret thatcher, pope john paul the second, and these three individuals led the west out of what has been called the nightmare years of the 1970's. together, they literally changed the world for the better. today, we honor president reagan goes a lifetime of achievement, and we honor his legacy of economic and political freedom. early in his presidency, he fought to enact a set of tax cuts altered in part by fellow conservative who would be honored to be year today. -- to be here today. the tax cuts that reagan enacted drop rates that were as high as 70%. this allowed on corporate doors to build, expand, and create jobs. his economic policies inspired the largest peacetime expansion in u.s. history. the growth was predicated on free trade, low taxes, deregulation, and curbing runaway inflation i recently had an opportunity to tour the reagan ranch in santa barbara. i noticed the desk that president reagan used to signed the tax cuts into law. the free-market policies set in motion on that very table was responsible for creating some 35 million

paul gigot, john harwood, richard wolffe, and michele norris. >>> plus our "meet the press minute," remembering walter cronkite. after this brief station break. r >>> we're back with our roundtable, paul gigot and richard wolffe, michele norris and john harwood. welcome to all of you. all right, tomorrow marks six months in office for president obama. john harwood, this is do or die time, as i've been saying on health care reform, and to me, the biggest issue, and you heard it addressed with secretary sebelius, is whether or not the number one goal of containing costs over time will be achieved. the cbo said this week, congressional budget office said not with the plans you've got in congress so far. how can the president stand behind these plans? >> well i think you'll sea adjustments in the plans. you've seen a ramped up effort to get the medpac idea, independent commission to say no, taking place in the system and i think you've got a live conversation ongoing within the administration, between the two parties on capitol hill about whether, in fact, you ultimately finance part of this packag

. >> not this pope, john paul, yeah. >> think about oth foreign leaders.d. >> wve got another warning. 14, 15 yrs ago. ge robinson is still with us. gene, we're looki at the pridential motorcade riving. thpress conference about to gin. what do you thk the president wants to pop out-- what's the message wants to pop out at this press conference? >> well, it's interestg. i mean, after the mting with the pope, and they're kind of an odd couple, aren't ty? barack obama and pope benedict. one wonders, though, if they found some sort of common ground and th were able to speak. also how's this going to be en by american catholics who were perhaps up at his ivitation to noe dame. he got an invitationo talk to the pope, that'sot too shabby. >> ell, the white house is already lying about the meeting they're saying that it was a frank -- is a frank and constructive discuion with the pope. no oneas ever had a fran discussion with thpope. >> no, no,th doesn't happen. that can't hpen. >> here's the presidenof the united states. >> i alogize for being a little bit late.

at and active before the revolutionary war and several other figures in the revolution including john paul jones were masons at least in the early years it was important for washington. >> host: the next call is from california up. you are on the air. >> caller: dr. ferling i am wondering if you could comment about a story but i have read about an indian chief who spoke to george washington this was when he was a 23 year-old colonel in the french and indian war concerning the battle of the of -- payless. the chief told washington that the guns were leveled at him and to kill him but said she saw it was invaded and told them to stop firing because he was a particular favor of heaven who can never die in battle. >> host: that is probably the apocryphal story i have never heard that before. but i do know and of french and indian war they looked for indian allies prepare he did have allies with the seneca he worked with an indian chieftain the english called him that hath king. they were allies with washington the first engagement i'm mentioned earlier when washington ambush of the french and

several other figures in the revolution including john paul jones were masons as well. at least in the early years it is important for washington. >> host: the next call from california. you are on the air. >> caller: dr. ferling i was wondering if you could comment about a story that i had read, this was above the indian chief who spoke to george washington later in life and concerned when he was a 23 year-old colonel and the french indian war ended consider both dazed was friday battle of long gala. fed chief told washington he had told his warriors to a level with guns at him but the chief soon saw it was in vain and told them to stop firing because he was a favor of heaven who could never die in battle. i will take your comment on the tv. >> guest: i think that is apocryphal story i have never heard that. but during the french and indian war washington looked for indian allies and did have that allies had worked with day indian chieftain that english called him a the haft team. they were allies with washington and that first meeting where they ambushed the french th

ronald reagan developed an alliance of margaret thatcher, pope john paul the second, and these threeindividuals led the west during the nightmare years of the 1970. together, they changed the world. we honor president reagan's lifetime of achievement, and we honor his legacy at economic and political freedom. early in his presidency, he had some tax cuts offered in part by fellow conservatives who would be honored to be here today. jack kemp. the tax cuts of reagan work as high as 70%. this allowed on the penurious to build, expand, and create jobs. his economic policies inspired the largest peacetime expansion in u.s. history. the growth was predicated on free trade, low taxes, deregulation, and improving runaway inflation. i've recently had the opportunity to tour santa barbara. i saw the desk president reagan used to sign the tax bill into law. the free-market policies set in motion was responsible for creating 35 million new jobs in america through 1999. this is another part of his legacy. here is a piece of rock from the berlin wall. those walls came down because of his relentle

joining us, paul gigot, editorial page editor of the "wall street journal," john harwood of cnbc and the "new york times," richard wolffe, author of "renegade: the making of a president," and michele norris, host of npr's "all things considered." and finally n our "meet the press minute" we remember legendary newsman walter cronki cronkite. >> the emotional aspect of it hit me when i had to say "the president is dead." >>> but first secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius. welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you, nice to be here. >> i thought we'd frame our discussion by going through what the president says, must be included in health care reform if he's going to accept it. now, this is what you said on that topic back in june, on pbs. "it really has to lower costs, cover americans, drive quality and be paid for." so let's go through that, and i want to start with that first principle of lowering costs. most people may not know how expensive health care really is. $2.5 trillion per year, 16% of our economy. here was the president on that score on thursday. >>

. >> john paul stevens is 89 years old.uth ginsburg is 76, and the administration identified four finalists for this role. the three who didn't get it were janet thnapolitano, the secreta of homeland security, former governor of arizona, elena kay ginn, dean of harvard law school, and diane wood, a judge on the seventh circuit court of appeals in chicago. i think if you go by past experience, the finalists tend to get it the next time. stephen breyer was still a finalist for the appointment that went to ruth ginsburg. samuel alito was considered for spot that went to john roberts. you'd have to think one of those three would be the front-runners -- >> they were all women, so -- because she would be replacing a woman, would he appoint another woman? >> i think he would appoint another woman. almost half the lawyers in this country are women, and more than half of the lawns are women. when you look at people like wood, like hagen, like th napolita napolitano, it's not like you're sacrificing quality or qualifications. >> oh,

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i think it's the way it should be. >> john, it's paul ryan. i have a quick question.esting op-ed in the financial times a little while ago talking about sort of how our fiscal policies on a collision course with our monetary policy. give me an articulation of that, if you will, which is, $1.8 trillion deficit this year, big deficits for as far as the eye can see, tripling the publicly held debt over 10 1/2 years and now we're building a new health care entitlement that will add on top of that. how is that compromising our money tear policy and what's the forecast? >> well, something's got to give. you have to have an increase of inflation to make the debt less own rus us. that means it seems to me the only -- the only solution here is to control the growth of spending. and that's what i'm hoping will happen. >> they don't say that in washington anymore. sorry. >> well, that's why we all have to remember that even if we're outside of washington to get the message back. of course, the california voters, i think, indicated that quite clearly in the recent initiatives, th

the dissenter was john paul stevens. certainly justice stevens is a reasonable man or is as reasonable as his colleagues ricky had in fact learned to drive many years ago on dark and winding roads and he didn't do the driver's behavior was justifying deadly force. his own life experience, in other words, determined his view of the facts of the case. my colleague of yale law school was sufficiently intrigued by this case to conduct a social science experience. he showed the tape to a sample of 1350 people and steadied their reactions. well it turned out that most people about the supreme court was correct, not everyone did. in a demographic portrait of the two groups proved to be quite distinct. those who agreed with the court were likely to be white male and from the south and west. those who disagreed were more likely to be nonwhite, female, and from the northeast. in other words, responses to the view on which the court based its conclusion turned out to be at least to some measurable degree call truly determined. so w

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