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it is two senators showed up at 9:30, harry reid with john warner from virginia in the chair. took 90 seconds to do it. no one stood up and objected. same deal in the house, just took a little longer after the pledge of allegiance and the morning prayer and it was all over there as well. so i think we can expect the president to leave shortly for the delayed hawaiian vacation. the house and senate scattered to the winds as well, not to return until later around mid january. if you look at this, thomas, look at the tumultuous events of the last 24 hours but of the last week, last saturday, mitch mcconnell and harry reid came together, only 6% saw it as defeat for the president because he gave ground on the pipeline. they succeeded inserting that language and the president forced to accept it after he said explicitly that he rejected it. sunday, john boehner pulls the plug on meet the press, the whole thing blows up, says it can't make it through the house. then after mitch mcconnell publicly called for the house to pass it, it was -- the dam broke, members said they were in fav

in tonight's "beyond the scoreboard," rick horrow spoke with the executive director of pop warner, john butler, about growing demand for its programs in a tough economy. >> i think this recession has been longer lasting. i've also read study that is parents say the last thing they cut from the budget is the children's sports and extra curricular activities. >> but at unxwloimentd over 9%, are parents having a more difficult time funding youth participation, generally? >> i believe parents are. i also believe in many cases local small business upon sponsors are stepping up at 1400 local programs to fill the gap. 30% of our local programs are in financially challenged areas. most inner cities, some former company towns where the company is no longer there, and that's consistent. >> reporter: how do we get to support up to the level it should be in your estimation for those economically challenged towns, groups, schools, pop warner programs? >> well, especially in the schools now, as they cut budgets and cut down the number of sports and middle school and sometimes even freshmen sports, th

as john just points my motivation that i would like their warner to have my name beside that of my game years one of the most successful managers and the biggest club in history my motivation is to be the best don't we give them years and years a marine year the two highest achievers in real madrid history fifteen victories champions league record leader of championships with their so on but if we get a point on saturday we will be a so leaders and you're asking about motivation please come home. well one of rael stars has received a timely boost a strike of benzema was voted france's player of the year the twenty three year old has scored eight goals in thirteen matches for rail so far this season and was instrumental in front of european qualification campaign before might lead off for what it netted three goals in seven games for his country as labor sealed a berth in next summer's finals in poland and ukraine as narrow group d. with us had opposed to giving. handouts one spain my job it ended of us has been named as the best national coach of the water cannons from the international

john kerry worth 193 million. number 4, jay rock filler from west virginia at 81 million virginia -- jay rockefeller from west virginia at 81 million warner at 76 million. paul singer is back with us tonight. good to see you again. >> how are you? >> and there is no secret you have to be a -- have money to be a regular number of congress. the surprise is the growing wealth gap between the lawmakers and copstudyients. the media house number of a house member increased but decreased for the american people. any idea why it's grow something. >> the post did a nice job with the story, over 20 years, seeing the dispairt increase. part of what you see happening is -- congressional campaigns cost more money than ever before and they're growing in costs. the people running for congress are wealthier. it requires a wealthier person to run and this whole series of questions, once inning can, can you use your knowledge and influence to increase your investments and wealth. that is trickier to nail down. >> members of congress are not subjected to the same rules you and i are when it comes to what they call insider trading. that may not be what they'

john kerry ranks fourth with $231 million and senator mark warner of virginia is worth $192 million. >>> the obama administration says it is still considering whether to allow yemen's embattled president saleh into the u.s. for medical treatment. he was injured during an assassination attempt in june, of course. the white house denied a "new york times" report that he could arrive at a new york hospital as soon as the end of this week. >>> britain's prince philip left the hospital this morning. queen elizabeth's husband waved to reporters. he spent four nights in the hospital after a successful coronary stent procedure for a blocked artery. the 90-year-old philip returned to the queen's private estate to join the rest of the family members for the holidays. >>> saints quarterback drew brees has broken a record that stood for 27 years. pretty extraordinary stuff here. last night against the falcons on his very last pass, brees set the record for most passing yards in a single season beating dan marino's mark set back in 1984. >> the all-time single season passing record. >> they were

john mearsheimer, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: next, the u.s. admits mistakes in an attack that worsened relations with its sometime ally pakistan. margaret warner has the story. >> warner: ties between the two countries have been in a tailspin for months, especially after u.s. special forces found and killed osama bin laden in pakistan in may. then, late last month u.s. airruafstt ck two pakistani outposts near the afghan border, killing 24 troops.st outrad,ta pakisn wnutako do crucial nato supply routes into afghanistan. initially, the u.s. insisted the airstrikes began only after a pakistani military representative gave the all- clear. but today, after a weeks-long investigation, the pentagon did concede some american errors. >> the investigating officer found that u.s. forces, given what information they had available to them at the time, acted in self-defense and with appropriate force after being fired upon. nevertheless, inadequate coordination by u. is is and pakistani military officers operating through the border coordination center, including our reliance on incorrect mapping information shared with the pakistani liaison officer, resu

we had the full screen of the richest members, and the republican from california, and warner from virginia, and johny wealth, and then nancy pelosi from california, and there has been a movement about limiting congress' pay or take a sizable pay cut. will that gain traction. >> maybe congress has been having a pay freeze and this raises an interesting question, do you want members of congress to be among the best paid americans or not? the theory is the better you pay the better talent you attract and what happens is congress does not pay that were but to get there you have to have a significant amount of money, so it is already drawing people who are indepedently more wealthy than in the past, and they can make more money doing it not necessarily through salary but through their job, and of course they leave office we have seen so many members saying, why bother sticking it out here for what actually is not that great actual pay in office and i can leave and do speaking tours and get a lost money. >> a way to bolster their future career. >> this struck me as amazing, the 1306 members of congress el

john mearsheimer, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: next, the u.s. admits mistakes in an attack that worsened relations with its sometime ally pakistan. margaret warner has the story. >> warner: ties between the two countries have been in a tailspin for months, especially after u.s. special forces found and killed osama bin laden in pakistan in may. then, late last month u.s. aircraft struck two pakistani outposts near the afghan border, killing 24 troops. outraged, pakistan shut down crucial nato supply routes into afghanistan. initially, the u.s. insisted the airstrikes began only after a pakistani military representative gave the all- clear. but today, after a weeks-long investigation, the pentagon did concede some american errors. >> the investigating officer found that u.s. forces, given what information they had available to them at the time, acted in self-defense and with appropriate force after being fired upon. nevertheless, inadequate coordination by u. is is and pakistani military officers operating through the border coordination center, including our reliance on incorrect mapping information shared with the pakistani liaison officer, res

john mearsheimer, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: next, the u.s. admits mistakes in an attack that worsened relations with its sometime ally pakistan. margaret warner has the story. >> warner: ties between the two countries have been in a tailspin for months, especially after u.s. special forces found and killed osama bin laden in pakistan in may. then, late last month u.s. aircraft struck two pakistani outposts near the afghan border, killing 24 troops. outraged, pakistan shut down crucial nato supply routes into afghanistan. initially, the u.s. insisted the airstrikes began only after a pakistani military representative gave the all- clear. but today, after a weeks-long investigation, the pentagon did concede some american errors. >> the investigating officer found that u.s. forces, given what information they had available to them at the time, acted in self-defense and with appropriate force after being fired upon. nevertheless, inadequate coordination by u. is is and pakistani military officers operating through the border coordination center, including our reliance on incorrect mapping information shared with the pakistani liaison officer, res

warner, where are you, sir? >> [inaudible] [laughter] [applause] >> he's sneaking up behind you, bob. [laughter] you have to show your face, john. >> [inaudible] >> that's required. [laughter] right over there. all right. all right. and the other note i have, chancellor from the president of the university of missouri and the curators is down here. we have yet to make up our mind. i'm sorry about that. [laughter] well, as henry viii said to one of his wives, i won't keep you long. [laughter] or as anthony said to cleopatra, i'm not here to talk, and she reportedly replied, well, i'm not prone to argue. [laughter] so let's think about that. come on, you're from ku. you're supposed to -- [laughter] you know, we get that out at k state, but anyway. /. [laughter] bob -- hold it down. [laughter] i'm just going to give some random chips off of the old russ townesly block and, rustle, just a couple of experiences. everybody else has waxed poetic and told the truth about you, so i think it's my turn. my first, my first meeting with bob dole was 1959. i was a lieutenant down at quantico in the united states marine corps, your 9/11 force

secretary geithner, senator warner, chairman rogers, senator rubio, and we are very excited to have you here. for the final playbook breakfast of the year, we will have speaker john boehner. first we have been jake sherman of "politico" to help us look back. [applause] before i start to pummel him with questions, i would like to thank bank of america for their continued partnership with us. that have led us mix politics, personality, and bank of america has been a sponsor of all of 2011 and they will support us in 2012, so we are grateful for that. [applause] reminding about the hash tag playbook practice. you grew up in connecticut. you read the editor of the george washington hatchet. you came to politico in 2009. tell us about speaker boehner. >> it is constantly fascinating, especially this year where we have had these fits and starts and pauses and dashes to the finish line. speaker boehner is an interesting character to cover. he interacts with the press and is very friendly with the press. >> i heard that he will critique what you wear. >> absolutely. whenever i need a haircut, he reminds me i need a haircut. today i hope he does not say that. one time i s