mcnamara's silence after he left the johnson administration. what's really interesting.... >> rose: >> let me interrupt just for a moment. i wasn't silent when i wrote that book in retrospect. >> this was much later. >> laid out the decision making process. the decisions that were wrong and the lessons that should be learned from it. >> yes. >> nobody else has done anything like that. not only in vietnam but other situations are comparable. that's what should be expected of every leader. >> and i think it's extraordinary and interesting book. one of a kind in many, many ways. >> rose: but.... >> um, it's not that there's some hidden "but" here that hasn't been addressed. there are going to be many, many unsolved mysteries about vietnam about robert mcnamara. >> about the human race killing people. they're unsolved. these are difficult issues. >> unsolved questions, if you like, about evil. about the problem of evil and where it comes from. >> one of the greatest theologians said "how much evil should be done to achieve good." that's a basic pro

both the kennedy and lyndon johnson administrations were terribly wrong to have pursued a military action beyond 1963, he later said. before joining the administration he was president of ford motor company. after leaving the pentagon he spent 12 years of leading the world. he was 93 years old. more legal trouble for former washington, d.c. mayor who is charged with the misdemeanor of stalking after woman flagged down a u.s. park police officer saturday and said that barry was following her . the woman is a longtime friend of his whose for some reason turned on him. he was released and is expected to appear in court later this week. a problem you see more and adults than children -- doctors report seeing more kids with kidney stones. but doctors say you can do to stay healthy. >> a nice clear stand for this afternoon, plenty of sun. i will let you know how long it will last. right now we are sitting pretty at 81 degrees at both d.w.i. marshall and at the inner harbor. >> changes are coming to office. they are revamping to give users more control over what they share. the changes will have

mistake, telling t associated press in 1995, quote, we of e kennedy d johnson administrations acted accordin principles and traditis our country, but we wererong. we were terribly wrong. how wrong? ,178 dd americans. in 2004 mcnamara came "hardball" and chrissked him to compare vietn to thwar in iraq. >> what a the parallelso vietnam? >> well, first points there's certain problems that can't be dealt with by militaryction. efore, today i believe tha we must recognizthe desire of the iraqi people tsupport nationalis and we must help them do so, which means we mus turnr the government to them as fast as we can. i think that's the u.s. licy toy. i hope it is. >> mcnamara folled his tenure in the defense depent with 12 years as president of t world bank where he dedicad himself increasing aid to poorer natio. heontinued working on issues of global developmt d nuclear disaament through his retirement. robert mcnamara s 93 years old. (aououer) itit'spppplee's two fofotwtwen menu. and two entrees for just $20. or, have a night in with abes carside e o. the two o for twen menu, onlyt applebee's. you

he served as defense secretary during the kennedy and johnson administrations.e helped orchestrate the u.s. military build-up in southeast asia and led an unpopular war that led to the deaths of 58,000 americans. he later donecluded that he and his colleues were wrong about the war. >>> lost in the car in afghanistan this year, 29-year-old captain brian bunting from montgomery county. four days after his wife was informed of his death, she learned she was pregnant with their second child. well, now this young war widow is getting help, peeping her growing family safe. >>> yeah, do you want to look through the telescope? >> reporter: that's bubba bunting's 2-year-old son. that's bubba's mother-in-law, manning his grill. this is the family left behind when captain brian bunting was killed by an ied in afghanistan last february. and this is his wife, expecting their second son in november. >> this is just the greatest gift i could ever ask for. when i was notified of my husband's death, that's one of the first things i said. i said, i pray that i'm pregnant. it's s

recently begun to change after the release of a memoir and recordings from the kennedy and johnson administration which suggest he was following the lead of the president he served. >>> a prominent montgomery county public servant has been laid to rest after a battle with cancer. blair ewing served on the board of education and montgomery county council. he was a strong advocate of school desegregation. >>> marion barry denies every stalking a lock-time friend. park police stopped barry in anacostia on saturday after a woman with whom he had a year long relationship complained to police. barry called to reporters to the wilson building to denounce the accusations that led to his arrest on saturday night. >> we believe the charge stems from a personal relationship that has gone horribly wrong in a lot of ways and resulted in one party to that relationship striking out at mr. barry. >> reporter: barry is scheduled for a court hearing on the stalking charge on thursday. he declined to speak at the news conference on the advice of his lawyer. >>> a mans in a, virginia woman faces decades in prison af

and he served in the kennedy and johnson administrations, and he was often bill fewed for his role inalating the vietnam war. before coming to washington in 1961, he was president of the ford motor company, leaving behind a wife and three adult children. robert, he was 93 years old. tp-rbz >>> a public memorial and viewings, they are scheduled later this week for the former nfl quarterback, steve mcnair, found shot to death inside a nashville condo on saturday. a relative of mcnair's girlfriend told investigators that the 20-year-old, she recently bought a gun. her body was found next to mcnair's. now, he was the victim of homicide, though they are not ready to label the woman's death a suicide. >>> the monorail trains at disney world in orlando, they are reopening today as federal investigators, they keep looking into the death of the train operator, happening over the week. and yesterday's double monorail train collision is the park's first fatality in their 38 year history. no one else was hurt in the accident. >>> and no one hurt in an immense overnight blaze at a meat packing pla

president obama's decision to push forward with the most jam packed agenda since ly lyndon johnson's administrationsome say he's making a mistake, saying, quote, if he moved more slowly with a narrower focus, he could have nurtured his electoral majority and emerged with a bigger mandate to pursue his postponed campaign agenda. i'm joined by eleanor clift and jonathan allen. good morning the two of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> let's get to what you make of this argument, eleanor. what do you think? >> i think there were a lot of "ifs" in there. if you look at what the president is doing, he's got two agendas, the one he inherited which resulted in the stimulus package and and over all of the financial services industry which is an oversight package working its way through congress. then he has the agenda he ran on which is health care, energy independence and education. i don't think he wants to give up either, and i don't think the voters want him to give up either. if he gets a health care bill, as it looks likely he will get something before the end of the year, success begets succe

he was the secretary of defense in theennedy and johnson administration >> rose: he coulhave resied on principle. >> he could resigd on principle. there armany, many, many questions abou the '60s, what happened in the war, the tragedy the true tragedy notnly that we'vstarted the war but en after he left the johnson administrationn 1968 the war continued until1975 with millions of vietnameseying and tens of thousds of americans. >> rose: you've hrd this before on th program en that the central thing that happened about that was thatpeople felt like tt even after you acknowledged that you ha realized cerin things about the war, you didn' speak out en then. >> well, that... again, f an ex-secreta of defense to eak out against a war.... >> rose: b americanswere ing. >> but more americans... i the first place i mig have been wrong because almo all of my associes believed i was wrong. but assuming was corre and i think in hindsight i was, by speaking out publicly in the midst of a w, more americans could die. it would have given aid and mfort to the enemy. d that's absurd to suggest. >> rose

obama's decision to press forward with the most jam-packed domestic agenda since lyndon johnson's administration. the article says some think the president's making a mistake, saying if he'd moved more slowly and with a narrower focus, obama could have nurtured his electoral majority, built greater public confidence around his leadership and emerged with a bigger mandate to pursue his post-poeponed campaign agenda. i'm joined by political reporters. good morning. the president's making his push on health care at the wrong time. that's the belief that's held by some. agreed? >> i don't think that's really clear at all. there's no doubt there's been some erosion in the polls which will happen when you have a lot of things on the table at once. you did sigh sessect them. it is very clear this is exactly what president obama was talking about on the campaign when he got these supporters. he was mentioning health care, energy, education, economic recovery. virtually in every speech from the primaries all the way through to his inaugural address to his first address to congress. i think this is just e

he was the secretary of defense in the kendy and johnson administration. >> rose: he could ha resigned on principle. >> he could resignedn prciple. there are ma, many, many questions about the '60s, what happened in the war, the tragedy the trueragedy not onl that we've stted the war but even after he left the jnson administration in 1968 the war continued til 19 with millions of vietnamese dying and tens of thousands of americans. >> rose: you've heard this before on this program even at the central thing that happened about that was that pele felt like that en after you acknowledged that you had realized certainhings about e war, you didn't speak out evenhen. >> well, that... again, for an ex-secretary odefense to spea out against a war.... >> rose: but americans we dyin >> but more americans... inhe first place i might he been wrong because almost a of my associateselieved i was wrong. but assuming i was correctnd i think in hindsight i was, b speaking out publicly in the midst of a war, more americans could die. it would haveiven aidnd comft to the enemy. andhat's absurd to sgest.

he was defense secretary during the kennedy and johnson administrations. is this coming saturday, 6:00 eastern. >> the u.s. government? >> private investors. >> i think some of it is government-raised. >> probably donations. >> probably from my tax dollars. >> america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. host: we are talking about stimulus oversight when gov. ed rendell of pennsylvania. what systems are in place to track the use of stimulus funds in pennsylvania? guest: in various number of systems. we have adopted many federal tracking measures the gao to us to, but we also have our own methods. we believe in total transparency. here's one example. we were to receive $1 billion for transportation and infrastructure. on our website we have every contract -- we have 242 contracts. you can go on the website to see what contracts have been issued in your town, who awarded the bid, who the subcontractor is, how much money is being spent in your region, how much money is being spent statewide, how many people have been hired. there is as close

. >> it's interesting if they do serve these because dating back to the johnson administration, the whiteupposed to stock american bears. they would have to break with that tradition. i don't know if they're going to get their wish with the beck's. >> there you go. beer with an orange slice. it's quite good. it's a new experience. >> yes. you're the king of bearers. three of us. owow xgfab@hh >>> welcome back to the "early show." nice crowd on hand out there on the corner of 59th and 5th. >> come see us if you're in new york. it's fun out there. >> just a barrel of laughs. it is indeed. >> coming up ahead in this hour, president obama and his family are going to a very famous celebrity hang-out for their summer vacation. we'll take a look at where they're going and how much they have may be spending. >> millions of people use tanning beds. some claim they are safer than the sun, but now cancer researchers say they could be as dangerous as cigarettes. >> we'll have that as well. >>> first, yesterday federal agents raided the home and office of michael jackson's private doctor. just who is

service stan lewis describing what it was like to have the nsc staffer at the end of the johnson administration on january 20, watching the trucks pulling out with all the files that were taking off to the johnson library. and the new people coming in and having absolutely nothing on which to rely. the danger i think of the transition process is his president's which is just an expansion of larry's point* presidents are not likely to be particularly well staffed and a matter how smart they are no matter how much they think they know there will be a staffing process that past to support them to reach these judgments and assessments of what is going on. that process has become much more difficult over a period of history that peter describes. i mentioned as a the book from steinberg and campbell. people may have read it i will give you my summary version and five seconds. it is what i refer to as the three stages of transition. the first is both sides a one to have the smoothest transition never the incoming say we hit the ground running the ongoing says we will not the dropped the baton and hand

. >> it's interesting if they do serve these because dating back to the johnson administration, the whitenly supposed to stock american bears. they would have to break with that tradition. i don't know if they're going to get their wish with the beck's. >> there you go. beer with an orange slice. it's quite good. it's a new experience. >> yes. you're the king of bearers. three of us. >>> hello, again, 25 minutes past 7:00. a stuffy day start. and there has been rain in the region. sharon will have your traffic after marty's first warning weather. >> as a matter of fact, while we are sitting here talking about rain in the region, let me go back -- i am just going to get you -- a little bit longer loop. important to see first warning doppler radar. we have been basically looking at the current scan, but i want you to note how shower activity basically bookended the city at one point. continue to see shower activity into baltimore county's harford. the forecast today going for a high of 82 degrees. and we are watching the possibility of severe weather later on with thunderstorms around any t

and stayed on during president johnson's administration.he later served as president of the world bank for 13 years. >> the u.s. government. >> private benefactors. >> i don't know. i think some of it government-raised. >> it is not public funding. >> probably donations? >> i want to say from me, from my tax dollars. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no government money. >> house and senate lawmakers return this week after breaking last week for their 4th of july recess. the senate begins today at 2:00 p.m. eastern and will resume work on the legislative branch's fiscal year 2010 budget. debate on amendments and a final vote are expected today. following its completion, the senate will move on to homeland security spending. over in the house, lawmakers return tomorrow. legislative items on their agenda include aid for torture victims and spending for fiscal year 2010. watch live senate coverage on c-span2, live house coverage -- >> next we continue our

c-span: weren't you also offered something called an executive vice-president role in the new johnson administration? >> guest: well, that's what some people say, but, in a sense, johnson used me in some of those roles, but there wasn't any executive vice-president role. c-span: let me go to another issue, the rolling thunder, march 1965. bombing of the north. if i read you right, there was a plan by president johnson not to tell the congress or the american people the bombing started. >> guest: that's not quite correct. my recollection -- i may be wrong on this. it's in the book, but i don't recall this specific point. my recollection is not that he wasn't going to tell them that it started, but he wasn't going to -- i think this is the exact point. it wasn't that he withheld the information that it started. i think i say in the book that he briefed the leaders of congress on the start of the bombing campaign, but then he said, "i don't want you to imply to the press that this is a change in our military strategy." that was the point -- because it was a change. johnson, on two or three occasions, t

he served as defense secretary during the kennedy and johnson administrations.this coming saturday we will re air a two-hour book notes program where he discusses his book "in retrospect: tragedy and lessons of vietnam." u.s. policy, reasons for the outcome and possible opportunities for u.s. withdrawal. he chronicled measures enacted by government leaders and why he believes their decisions were wrong. see it saturday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> how is c-span funded? >> the u.s. government. >> i don't know. i think some of it is government. >> it is not public funding. >> probably donations. >> i want to say from me, my tax dollars. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, americans cable companies created c-span as a public service, private business initiatives. no government mandate, no government money. >> "washington journal" continues. host: u.s.-russia relations, on your screen is stephen cohen, a professor of russian studies at new york university. stephen cohen, first come as the president visits russia this week he says he wants to reset u.s.-rus

senior survivor at the security institute and a -- he also served in the clinton, nixon, and johnson administrations, working on nuclear policy and arms control. next up will be derek kimball, the executive director of the arms association. he has written extensively on nuclear arms control and nonproliferation for over 15 years, is one of the leading analysts in the field and is widely quoted on start and other issues. so without further ado, morton, the floor is yours. >> thank you very much. it is a great pleasure for me to be here and i want to thank the arms control association for arranging this event and asking me to participate in it. as you all know, robert mack amera died this morning and it would seem to be remiss without -- robert mcnamara died this morning and it would seem to be remiss without taking into account a critical role that he played in this agreement that he would have been pleased about. when he became secretary of defense in 1961, the official policy of the united states was that nuclear weapons were conventional weapons and would be used in any military conflict. when he

president has to come in and play the role of ted kennedy, that lyndon johnson did, great presidents do when the administration's agenda is on the line. >> one person who has not distinguished herself in this debate is the leader of the house, nancy pelosi, because they have no serious proposal for handling control of costs. her answer on that issue was, well, we will have to look at the waste, fraud, and abuse issues, which, of course, an insult to our intelligence. secondly, we will have to look at prevention beard there is study after study that shows prevention is nice, it saves you a life, pain, but it does not save money. actually it increases expenses. they have no serious answer on how to control costs. that is why they have to end up with the huge increases in taxes. >> there are serious answers but they are not biting the bullet. >> you don't have some and how someone like dan rostenkowski -- or mills. >> and they don't have tom-all -- tom daschle. we live in a free lunch era. tax increases of any kind to be avoided. the reality is the mother going to have to be and across the board. >> we have a probl

he also served in the clinton, nixon, and johnson administrations working on nuclear policy and armsontrol. next up will be derrick campbell, director of the arms control association and publisher of the aca's "arms control today. and he is a leader in his field and where the quoted on start and other issues. without further ado, morton, the floor is yours. >> thank you very much. it is a great pleasure for me to be here and i want to thank the arms control association for arranging this event and asking me to participate in it. as you all know, robert mack amera died this morning and it would seem to be remiss without -- robert mcnamara died this morning and it would seem to be remiss without taking into account a critical role that he played in this agreement that he would have been pleased about. when he became secretary of defense in 1961, the official policy of the united states was that nuclear weapons were conventional weapons and would be used in any military conflict. when he left office seven years later, nuclear weapons were considered a weapon of last resort. that is stil

president has to come in and play the role of ted kennedy, that lyndon johnson did and great presidents do when they're a administrations didn't -- agenda is on the line. >> the leader of the house, nancy pelosi, because they have no serious proposal for handling control of costs. her answer was, well, we will have to look at the race to fraud and abuse issues, which is an insult to our intelligence. separately, prevention issues. there is study after study that shows prevention is nice, saves your life, produces -- but it does not save money. enact increases in expenses. they have no serious answers as to how to control costs and that is how they have to end up with huge increases. >> there are serious answers that they are not biting the bullet. >> we don't have somebody like a danny rostenkowski of ways and means committee or mills, who know how to push these issues. >> and he doesn't have tom daschle, either. >> putting words on it -- we live in a free lunch era. tax increases of any kind are to be avoided. and the reality is they are going to have to be enacted the across the board. >> all >> can you give me your o

. >> robert mcnamara defense secretary during the johnson and kennedy administrations appeared on booknotes in 1995 to discuss his book, 'in retrospect" the tragedy and lessons of vietnam. according to mr. mcnamera u.s. policy was based on the domino theory in which the loss of vietnam would initiate a collapse of nations including the united states. robert mcnamera died on july 6, 2009. this booknotes is a two-hour program. c-span: robert mcnamara, when was the first time you can ever remember thinking about public service? >> guest: i hadn't anticipated that question. very early, i think. in the book, you may have noticed, there's a pictorial section, and i was under contract to do 16 pages of pictures. my wife always took care of photographs and things, and so when i began to work -- she died 14 years ago and i have absolutely zero order in my home with respect to pictures, so i took two or three days out to try to find pictures that i thought they might be interested. i wanted to start with a picture of me as an eagle scout, and you may think that's absurd, but that's there for the reas

johnson about the goals of the administration in relation to detainees and their rights and i think you said that the administration's goal is justice for the victim of terror and also for the u.s. citizens. in other words, there should be justice for all when we talk about our military courts. and i guess my question is, do you believe american soldiers have a constitutional right to a fair trial. >> i believe under the ucmj, american soldiers, sailors, airmen have a number of rights to a fair trial. >> thank you. >> and doesn't an american soldier have the right to defend themselves in a combat zone say if they were to run up against a member of al-qaeda, a known terrorist, do we have the right to defend themselves? >> absolutely. >> okay. during a military trial is it permissible for a prosecutor, a government prosecutor, to withhold or fail to provide exculpatory evidence to the defense of an american soldier? >> well, first of all, as a former prosecutor myself, i hesitate to comment on what somebody did in a particular trial or a decision made in a particular prosecution and so i

johnson. >> his focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel that story to the center of the nation's headline. walter cronkite retired in 1981. in the last 10 months of his tenure, he was given 11 awards, including the presidential medal of freedom. he continued to post specials and remained on the division's board of directors for 10 years. in 1985, he was the first newsman aside from edward r. murrow to be inducted into the television hall of fame. in retirement, he was active in a television. during the 1996 presidential campaign, he led the fight for free air time on networks for presidential candidate. in his final years, he was a highly sought after public speaker, the host of many documentaries, and an avid sailor on his yacht. television news crew out of its infancy and walter cronkite matured. walter cronkite was television news. >> that is the way it is. >> i am eric shawn. fox news. >> once again, a tv news legend walter cronkite has died. he was 92 years old. we will take you back to "the o'reilly factor." o'reilly factor." the african-american comm

johnson. thank you for joining us this sunday night. alexandria's police chief on paid administrativeve top after his arrest on dui charges. the chief was arrested last night after the city-owned vehicle he was driving struck another vehicle causing minor damages and injuries. surae chinn has more on this story, our digital correspondent. >> reporter: chief david baker's job is on the line tonight. city officials say he was driving a city vehicle when he got into an accident last night. the city manager says according to its policy driving a city vehicle while intoxicated is a fireable offense. the police chief david baker arrested and booked last night. his blood alcohol level .19 more than twice the legal limit. >> i have placed chief baker on paid administrative leave at this time. >> reporter: alexandria officials quick to respond to this embarrassing bombshell appointing the executive police chief to lead the police department. >> this is behavior that i have never seen. it is something that has certainly not been a part of his career or even his ethics and i have worked with him

johnson. >> senator hagen. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, gentlemen. over the course of many years, the former administration has released a number of detainees from guantanamo, and obviously we are hoping that there are many of the other countries will take some of these detainees that are remaining. but we need to be mindful of the fact that the countries in the region, such as yemen, are currently incameable of mitigating the threat proposed by the guantanamo bay detainees, whether they lack appropriate institutions or a counterterrorism law or just the ability to prosecute these detainees. and additionally, many countries in the region may not be willing to accept them. i think we need to work to -- with the countries in the region that have a proven track record in rehabilitating the terrorists to accept detainees transferred from guantanamo bay. and, according to the office of the secretary of defense, saudi arabia remains one of the most reliable counterterrorism partners in accepting detainees that have transferred from guantanamo bay. the saudis have institutionalized a rehabilitation program that h

johnson at that point. >>reporter: his focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel that story to the center of the nation's headlines. he retired from the evening news in 1981. in the last few months, he was given 11 awards, including the presidential metal of freedom. afterward, he continued to host specials on "cbs news" and remained on the division's board of director's 10 more years. he was the first to be inducted into the television hall of fame. even in his retirement, he was active in television. during the 1996 presidential campaign, he led the fight for free air time on tv networks for presidential candidates. he was the highly sought-after public speaker, the host of many documentaries and an avid sailer on his sought. as television news grew out of its infancy, he helped it in tour. in short, he was television news. fox news. >>> to see they mimicked my look on their new indy coffee shop is really -- it's rude and insulting. >> a secret starbuck's in seattle. why it's a bitter cup to swallow. >>> unemployment still inches upwards. how some people are getting their

johnson and admiral mcdonald, the administration appreciates the bill very much and supports much ofit. you have made an incredibly valuable contribution with the bill. so i want to thank again for inviting me here and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you very much. admiral mcdonald. >> thank you, mr. chairman, senator mccain, members of the committee. thank you very much for providing me with the opportunity to present my personal views of section 1031 of the national defense authorization act. in 2006, when this committee was working to establish a permanent framework for military commissions through the military commissions act, i had the opportunity to share my views with the senate judiciary committee and the house armed services committee. at that time, i recommended that a comprehensive framework for military commissions should clearly establish the jurisdiction of the commissions , set baseline standards of structure, procedure, and evidence, consistent with u.s. law and the law of war, and prescription substantive offenses. i stated that the uniform code

johnson and admiral mcdonald, the administration appreciates the bill very much and supports much of it. you have made an incredibly valuable contribution with the bill. and so i want to thank you again for inviting me here and i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you very much. admiral mcdonald. >> thank you, mr. chairman, senator mccain, members of the committee. thank you very much for providing me with the opportunity to present my personal views of section 10e31 of the national defense authorization act. in 2006 when this committee was working to establish a permanent framework for military commissions through the military commissions act, i had the opportunity to share my views with the senate judiciary committee and the house armed services committee. at that time i recommended that a comprehensive framework for military commissions should clearly establish the jurisdiction of the commissions, set baseline standards of structure, procedure and evidence, consistent with u.s. law and the law of war and prescribe substantive offenses. i stated that the uniform cod

back in 1968, lyndon johnson said if we've lost walter cronkite, we've lost america. the nixon administrationfrom about '69 to '74 in direct conflict with the national media, especially tv. network news was the primary source of information for two-thirds of the american people. and we thought we were in a battle for control of the agenda, with the networks who controlled the access to the american people. but that was the most influential period, i think, in television journalism history. it will never be like that again. and walter cronkite, and frankly cbs, were really number one, and they were looked to, teddy white says in his book, making the president in 1972, that this was a campaign of nixon versus cbs. primarily and mcgovern was down at number ten. it was an extraordinary time of network power and influence. and there's no doubt who was the most influential and respected figure in network journalism, was walter cronkite. >> were you watching him, peter, during those iconic moments of television news? >> i grew up with walter cronkite, i think, as so many did, in that period of the '

johnson at that point. >> cronkite's focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel the story to the center of the nation's headlines. he retired from the evening news in 1981. >> this is walter cronkite. good night. >> in the last 10 months of his tenure, he was given 11 award, including the presidential medal of freedom. the continue to host specials on cbs news and remained on the board of directors 10 years. in 1985, he was the first man to be inducted into the television hall of fame aside from edward r. murrow. even in retirement, he was active. during the 1996 presidential campaigns, he led the fight for free air time on tv networks for presidential candidates. he was a highly sought after public speaker, the host of many documentaries, and an avid sailor on his yacht. as television news group, walter cronkite helped mature. in short, walter cronkite was television news. >> and that is the way it is. >> walter cronkite, who died today in new york, at the age of 92. one of his parting lines from the last cbs evening news broadcast that he did back in 1981, he told americ

johnson at that point. >> cronkite's focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel that story to the center of the nation. he retired in 1981. >> this is walter cronkite, good night. >> in the last few months of his tenure he was given 11 years including the presidential medal of freedom. he continued to host specials on cbs news and remained on the division's board of directors for ten more years. in 1985 he was the first newsman aside from edward r. murrow to be inducted into the television hall of fame. even in his retirement he was active in television. during the 1996 presidential campaign cronkite led the fight for free airtime on tv networks for presidential candidates. in his final years he was a highly sought after public speaker, the host of many documentaries and an avid sailor on his yacht. as television news grew out of its infancy, walter cronkite helped it mature. in short he was television news. i'm eric sean, fox news. >> walter cronkite who died in new york as the age of 92. one of his parting lines from the last cbs evening news broadcast he did in 1981, he

johnson at that point. >> cronkite's focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel the story to the center of the nation's headlines. he retired from the evening news in 1981. >> this is walter cronkite. good night. >> in the last 10 months of his tenure, he was given 11 award, including the presidential medal of freedom. the continue to host specials on cbs news and remained on the board of directors 10 years. in 1985, he was the first man to be inducted into the television hall of fame aside from edward r. murrow. even in retirement, he was active. during the 1996 presidential campaigns, he led the fight for free air time on tv networks for presidential candidates. he was a highly sought after public speaker, the host of many documentaries, and an avid sailor on his yacht. as television news group, walter cronkite helped mature. in short, walter cronkite was television news. >> and that is the way it is. >> walter cronkite, who died today in new york, at the age of 92. one of his parting lines from the last cbs evening news broadcast that he did back in 1981, he told americ

johnson at that point. >> cronkite's focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel that story to the headlines. in the last few months of his tenure, cronkite was given 11 awards, including the presidential medal of course freedom. afterwards he continued to host specials. in 1985 he was the first newsman aside from edward r. murrow to be inducted into the television hall of fame. even in his retirement he was tive in television. during the 1996 presidential campaign he led the fight for free air time 0 on tv networks for presidential candidates. in his final years he was a highly sought-after public speaker, host of documentaries and avid sailor on his yacht. as television news moved out of its infancy, walter cronkite helped it mature. >> that's the way it is -- >> i'm erik shawn, fox news. >> walter cronkite, dead tonight at age 92 some 28 years after he last signed off on the cbs evening news. let's talk about his life and career with senior political analyst brit hume, joining us by phone the >> hi, there. cronkite was a giant of his time. he defined the jove teaching --

administration and california attorney general's office which keeps a database of prescription drugs are assisting investigators in this case. we'll have more coming up on "good morning america." sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. >> thanks, sherrie. >>> illinois senator roland burris will hold a news conference today to say not to run another term. he was taunted by the peddling scandal that drove blagojevich out of office. >>> the scandal surrounding nevada's senator is growing. a senate republican and christian conservative previously admitted having an affair with his former campaign senator. his parents made payments to the mistress and her family totaling $96,000 raising ethics concerns in washington and the senator's ability to remain in office. >>> newly released e-mails about south carolina governor mark sanford's relationship from argentina. he wanted to keep an evening free during a business trip. he vowed he will not step down as governor. >>> alarming news out of annapolis. chief budget analyst for maryland's legislature is warning the state short fall could be twice the amount previously estimated. the general asellbly warns the legislative leaders in a letter that the short fall coul

johnson and admiral macdonald in the administration appreciates the bill very much and supports much made an incredibly valuable contribution with the bill and so i want to thank you again for inviting me here and i live for to answering your questions. >> thank you very much, mr. kris. admiral macdonald. >> thank you mr. chairman, senator mccain and members of the committee. thank you very much for providing me the opportunity to present my personal views of section 1031 of the national defense authorization act. in 2006 when this committee was working to establish a permanent framework for military commissions to the military commissions act, i have the opportunity to share my views with the senate judiciary committee and house armed services committee. t

johnson continued, "we in the administration believe that further work could be done to codify the protections of classified evidence in a manner consistent with the protections that now exist in federal civilian courts. we believe that those protections," referring to the federal civilian court protections, "would work better to protect classified information while continuing to ensure fairness in providing a stable body of precedent and practice for doing so." and vice admiral bruce mcdonald, the judge advocate general of the navy, testified in a very similar way. he said, that "section 949-d provides for the use of rules of evidence in trials, by general court-martials in the handling of classified evidence. this is consistent with our overall desire to use those procedures found within the ucmj whenever possible. however," he said, "experience has shown that practitioners struggle with a very complex and unclear rule within the military rules of evidence. the military rules do not have a robust source of informative or persuasive case law. frankly," he said, "prosecutions using military ru

johnson remarked, if i lost cronkite of lost middle america. his focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration helped propel that story to the centerines. cronkite retired from evening news in 1981. >> this is walter cronkite, goodnight. >> is elevation has grown its infancy, walter cronkite in short walter cronkite was television news. >> that of course was eric shawn reporting. walter cronkite is survived by

administrator of health resources at hhs. keisha walker. currently a senior research nurse. dr. rebecca whiteman from the university of maryland school of nursing. and i'm joined by representative johnsonnd represent caps and mccarthy, senator george miller and my friend chris dodd. i am very pleased to be joined today by representatives of the american nurses association on behalf of 2.9 registered nurses. as i said before, i have a long standing bias for nurses. when shasha was diagnosed with a dangerous case of menagitis, we were very afraid. it was the nurses that walked us through this. when both our girls were born, we saw the delivery doctor both times for about 10 minutes. the nurses were there the whole time. i know how important nurses are. they aren't in it to get rich last i checked. if it weren't for nurses, many americans would have no access to healthcare at all. it is safe to say if you understand why we have to passq the reform as intimately as our nurses. they see firsthand the outraging cost of her health coverage. insurance premiums and prescriptions that they consume a family's entire budget. families forced to use the emergency room for a sore throat because they

administration. i mean, you know, everybody remembers when he went to vietnam, and he came back and lyndon johnson turned to his people and he said, if we've lost walter cronkite, we've lost the war. and the -- the -- he embodied every person. he really approached news -- he wasn't a trained broadcaster, he was a trained print reporter. but he wasn't a trained broadcaster. but he knew the written word and he transferred to it visual impact. he saw the impact when he went to vietnam. he saw the impact on space. i think part of the joy of working with walter, and for those of us that are still around, is that every single day was kind of an adventure. every day he wanted to break something, to show something, and if somebody else broke something, it was, like, power to the people. he picked up the phone. it was a very exciting time. and, you know, quite frankly, the basis of what you do, what people in cable and in network television do, we all came out of the walter cronkite school, whether you know it or not. the power of that single person, of that single heart, of news value, is what we all grow up wit

now to talk about this is melissa johnson, who is director -- was the director, i should say, of the president's council on physical fitness in the bush administrationshe believes weight should not be a factor in the selection of a surgeon general. and mimi roth is here with us. she's the president of the group of national action against obesity. she said the obama administration made a mistake by hiring regina benjamin. is that a fair argument to make, mimi, given the fact that we really don't know whether she's fit or not? all we're looking at is somebody who is perhaps genetically predisposed to be a little bit bigger than the rest of us. >> genetics does not explain obesity, mostly 9 times out of 10 it's a result of lifestyle choices. i'm sure you're aware of that. and it's been a big blunder on the behalf of the obama administration if it simply checked with the surgeon general's office they would know there actually is a weight requirement before you can even apply to work in the surgeon general's office. it's really unfortunate. >> isn't she talking like one of the skinny people who can probably eat all day long and never gain a pound and she

johnson at that point. >> cronkite's focus on the watergate scandal during the nixon administration, helped propel that story to the nation's headlines. cronkite retired from the evening news in 1981. >> this is walter cronkite, good night. the last few months of his tenure he was given 11 awards including the presidential medal of freedom. afterwards he continued to host specials on cbs news and remained on the division's board of directors for ten more years. in 1985 the first news man aside from edward r muhro to be inducted in the hall of fame. even in retirement active in television. during the 1996 presidential campaign, cronkite led the fight for free air time for presidential candidates on television. he was a sought off public speaker, the host of many documentaries and an avid sailor on his yacht and television news grew out of its infancy, walter cronkite helped it mature. in short, walter cronkite was television news. >> that's the way it is. >> i'm eric shaw, fox news. >> brian: you know when i arrived in washington, i had the honor of getting to know one of cronkite's a-list correspondents. bil

johnson is w talking about her, ote, stress levels. all that and more now on "countdown." >>> good evening from new rk. theame bush-cheney administration which faid to heed warnings from i own officialans from al qaeda, itself, that failed t preven the worst attack on u.s. soil, that failed get the also we learned tay the same administrati which failed to me up with a single viable plan for the cia tocapture or kill members o al qaeda, despite running an eight-yea long missi so secret the vic president orded the cia to not tell congress about it. "the wall street journaltoday reporting that discussionf plan kill aqaeda leaders taped off within six months after 9/11. acrding former intelligen officials saying b and cheney didn't support proposal to send speal teams after a qaeda the way israel got the terrorists who attacked the munich olyics. on march 13th, 2002, six moths, twdays after 9/11, mr. bu himself said puicly of bin laden, quote, i truly am not that concerned about him. tonight's story mr. cheney no reduced toefendg their toughness by nding his daughter out to defend them spinng that "wall sreet jourl" story to suggestit some

administrative leave tonight. >>> it's said you can't go home again but that's exactly what new york city officials want some homeless officials to do. christian -- christine johnson reports. >> reporter: davis, homeless since 2006 has firsthand knowledge of project reconnect. city officials offered her and her family tickets back home to north carolina but she said no thank you. >> i didn't take it because when i was living in north carolina i was sleeping on a broken pull out couch and not getting along with my mom at the time. >> reporter: she said it felt like the city wanted to get rid of her. others say a way back home could be a good thing. >> you don't got the money to get there and they giving you the help, take it. only if you have a place to go. >> reporter: and while the city has paid $6,332 to fly a family home to paris and $2,550 to fly another to johannesburg, south africa, the average cost per ticket is just $218. a bargain, the mayor says, when consider it costs $36,000 to shelter a family for a year. >> this saves the taxpayers of new york an enormous amount of money. keep in mind no one is forcing them to go. they want to go. >> reporter: the bl

johnson say was that although not everybody was but there was some administration preference for oracleceive of a situation in a rich the military commission would be appropriate. i don't see these terrorists with the alleged terrorists as being warriors van woerkum pashtuns. i see them as being criminals and thugs that are mindlessly in heedlessly in iraq war crimes. and prosecute them as come most. >> what i heard there was and i want to make sure i am here what you are saying and that is in this situation the commission is not necessarily the best idea but you do not rule out another complex in the future a commission may not be a bad idea then why not just set it up now? >> well, -- >> year earlier argument was we have gone down this path and zero cannot and i you have said it that it is ok maybe in the future that may not be determined so why not set it up, let's just do it. >> i didn't want to get into that because it's not a bad argument, once i set it up i would use it unless we're talking about at the. >> i guess my thought on this is an i listened to the chairman explain to th

johnson, gene alhart bridge -- jena hardridge. i just had the opportunity to talk to doctors, nurses, and administrators at this extraordinary institution. we spoke about the strains on our health care system and the strains our health-care system places on parents' with sick children. we spoke about the amount of time and money wasted on insurance-driven bureaucracy and a growing number of americans who are uninsured and underinsured. we spoke about what is wrong with a system where women cannot afford maternity care and parents cannot afford checkups for their kids and end up seeking treatment in emergency rooms like the ones here at children's. we spoke about the fact that it is very hard even for families with health insurance to access primary-care physicians and pediatricians in a city like washington, d.c.. you have all the doctors in one/have -- in one half of the city. and the manner in which reimbursement is taking place and the distance -- and the disincentives for dock this -- the disincentives for doctors, nurses, and caring for those most in need. we spoke about where we're heading for health insurance reform. these health

johnson and michael kidnap and kathleen kwigly. i just had the opportunity to talk to doctors and nurses and assistants and administrators at this institutionhe strains on our health care system and the strains we place on parents with sick children. we spoke about the time and money wasted on the bureaucracy and the growing number of americans who are uninsured and underinsured. we spoke about what's wrong with a system where women can't always afford maternity care and parents can't afford check ups for kids and end up seeking treatment in emergency rooms like the ones here at children's. we spoke about the fact that it's very hard even for families who have health insurance to access primary care figures and pediatricians in a city like washington, d.c. in one half of the city you have many doctors and few in the other half and part of it has to do with the manner in which reimbursement is taking place. the distance for doctors, nurses, and physician assistants in caring for those who are most in need. we spoke about where we are headed if we once again delay and defer health insurance reform. these health care professionals are doing he

johnson asked for support on the statement. i haven't received any response from the administration and since he referred to it i wondered if you provide factual support for the statement or codified in some way how many or who you are referring to. >> i am not sure that was in my statement but i will say to the senator that it's been my observation from talking to people in the intelligence community and i even had the opportunity in saudi arabia 19 months ago to meet some detainees released from guantanamo and in a saudi jihadist halfway house program if you will to speak to them about what had led to the radicalization, what had helped form them as extremists and some of them talked about abu ghraib. some of them talked about guantanamo bay. and it's hard to form any hard and fast conclusions that have any statistical empirical value but i think it is fair to say that guantanamo became a jihadists propaganda tool to recruit people to the cause and to that extent it has become a national security liability for the united states. >> i miss stoke the was in ms. pearlstein's statements i apologize for asking. my time just expire