and now, of course, that means la lamar alexander has got to go. he's too moderate for a leadership role in today's republican party. that dynamic in the republican party, the dynamic between the republican party and the far right wing edge of its base tells you a lot more about what's going on in national politics right now than anything going on the other side of the aisle. particularly anything going on between president obama and his base. republicans nationally as well as the beltway media are busy accusing president obama of pandering to the extreme left wing of his democratic base by calling for tax increases on corporations and on the wealthiest americans to help balance the budget. as the republican attack goes, it's only the far, far, far, far left like the maddow left that wants this sort of thing and shame on barack obama for giving into those left wing crazies. according to conservative columnists like david brooks of "the new york times" today, "president obama repeated the populist cries that fire up liberals but are designed to enra

of an onside kick but lamar brings it out from the 1. and lamar with a good return. remind you to turn to versus before every notre dame game. we will get you ready for kickoff. following every game head back to versus for a breakdown of all the action. we've got notre dame saturday covered not only here on nbc but on versus as well. >> mike: we just heard from alex flanagan down on the sidelines that b.j. daniels has been fighting some cramps and he hurt his hamstring a little before the first half. they're going to look to run the football. i'm not sure how athletic he can be on the edge right now. >> dan: he's been on the bike repeatedly trying to loosen up. murray gets the call, notre dame will stop him for a loss. ethan johnson one of the first to get to him. notre dame with a couple of time-outs left and the clock rolls on, approaching the 7:00 mark. >> mike: can't panic here. 7:00, you get a three and out and still have a great chance if you're notre dame. >> dan: michigan the notre dame opponent next week. getting the victory ove

i'm a little bit different than lamar. and every generation is going to be different. but walk in a classroom today and the first thing that a teacher says is "open your book to pages 44." yet in between the page covers a book, we've got a generation that's never deviled into it. they've gone between the corches of their i pad, their pd5. in their pocket, they read books and play games. they do it in a different way. it's time for us to recognize that they learn differently because they communicate differently. our ability is to take somebody my age who still has a passion for the classroom and to change the way that they teach through how we take them through continuous education. you see, effectiveness is, in part, connecting with the people that you are yo you're trying to teach. and if we do that in the right way, we're going to be successful. i'm not trying to create the model in washington and to say to the states and localities, here's the only way you can do it. we're trying to give them the flexibility of the money and let them design the programs that they th

>> next, "newsmakers"with lamar alexander from tennessee. then, "the contenders," on candidates who have run and lost but changed the process. >> senator lamar alexander, republican from tennessee, welcome. david, you have the first question. >> senator alexander, you announced you will step down from republican leadership in the senate. he said it would be liberating. what is it that he might not have done? >> in some ways, it will not change. i have already had two calls for mitch mcconnell this morning. instead of spending my time on leadership, i want to focus on the issues i care the most about. i would like to work with senator feinstein and senator bingaman and find a way to put out a -- place to put our nuclear waste permanent. we are closed down yucca milton. we need a permanent repository. we need to work across party lines to do that. i believe we can do that. >> we've seen bipartisan efforts in the spring and summer, most notably the gang of six trying to get a big debt deal. they got a lot of attention. 36 are supportive. they n

senator lamar alexander, you're definitely -- you said you're running for re-election for sure in 2014till the case, right? >> for the senate. >> for the senate, yes. okay. senator alexander, good to talk to you this morning. >> thank you, chuck. >>> president obama has a day of arm-twisting ahead of him. live pictures here of the general assembly, where the president will speak shortly. we'll have live coverage of that, as well. and also, we're going to go to the u.n. for a live look at what's going on with the palestinian push to try to get recognition from the u.n. >>> plus, it's tough to now try doing it twice. that's what senator dianne feinstein and other democrats are going to have to do after they were wiped out by an embezzler. how will it impact the 2012 race? but first today's trivia question. what country is a member of the united nations? tweet me at chuck todd or "the daily rundown." the first correct answer will get you a follow wednesday from us. the answer coming up on "the daily rundown." (announcer) everything you need to stay balanced on long trips. residence inn. ♪

and a surprise from republican senator lamar alexander of tennessee.d-ranking republican in the senate. he stood on the floor and resigned as republican conference chairman in january. >> a reason for doing that is this. stepping down from the republican leadership will liberate me to spend more time trying to work for results on issues that i care the most about. >> kelly o'donnell joins us live and interesting comments from the senator liberating here. what more did he have to say? >> lamar alexander has a reputation for liking bipartisanship and it's not so easy to achieve. being the number three in leadership in the senate is a very big job within the party and for people who love politics. this was a surprise shake-up. he said he would like to be one of the voices who could try to work with the other side and bring about deals that might be on issues that are not the big political story of the day. he had once been secretary of education. that's an issue that is dear to him and not a lot in our day to day politics. i noted his use and you used it

when i first met lamar he was at the white house. i had come as a legislative assistant to a newly elected senator. he had accomplished a lot and graduated from new york university law school and clerked for a well-known circuit judge and been involved in howard baker's first campaign and helped him set up his first office and that was before i met him. since i met him as many of you are already aware it is hard to think of anybody who has done more things well. he went home in 1970 and ran a successful campaign for the first republican governor elected since the civil war and ran for governor himself in a bad year in 1974. he is pretty persistent. he tried again in 78. elected governor. reelected governor in 82. spectacular record. he did a very unusual thing. i remember knowing about it at the time. i kept up with it since we met years before. we were in washington. he took his family and went to australia for six months. put the kids in school. actually wrote a book called six months off which i read then. i don't know how many bo

. >>> political stalemate in congress with two moderate senators, republican lamar alexander and democrat mark warner. >>> then indiana governor mitch daniels on the gop presidential field. and 2012 politics with "usa today's" susan page and "time" magazine's michael crowley. i'm candy crowley -- and this is "state of the union." >>> mark this down as the week barack obama took ownership of the economy, more precisely it was given to him. a "usa today"-gallup poll shows for the first time a majority of americans, 53%, feel president obama is greatly or moderately to blame for the economy. more people still blame former president george bush but president obama won't be running against george bush next year. with me, obama's 2008 presidential campaign advisor and now senior white house advisor. thank you, david, for joining us. before we get to the politics of it, which is fascinating to all of us, let's get to the president's jobs bill. wow would you be open to breaking up this bill for the parts that you know you could get agreement on? >> well, the president has been very clear as he's

. >> lamar smith quiere hacer oboligatorio de todos los empleadores del país revisen los papeles de losiene opositores entre empresarios. >> lo que a mi me interesa es que el trabajor sea honesto. >> es probable que se aprobado. >> si, estamos entrando en que esto ayudaria mucho a controlar la oportunidad de trabajdores ilegales en el pais >> aunque esto tuvo opociiciones en el país antes, ahora esta siendo apoyada. >> este jueves esta propuesta podría convertirse en lei. >> desde washington, univisión. >> 3 supuestos supremasistas blancos respondieron contra 2 mexicanos el 2010, estos 3 hombres se declararon no culpables de los crimenes de odio, los hechos ocurrierion frente a un bar gritando supremacia blanca. >> ayer se busca a 2 sospechsosos de una balacera, un hombre fue llevado al hospital. >> se dio a conocer 2 sujetos que se atrincheraron dentro de una tienda de oficina en la calle hollys, entro con la intencion de robar el locar, armado y enmascarado tomo rehens, ninguno de ellos resulto herido. >> en seguida se invita a 2 ejecutvos de empresas solidnra que su empresa quebro md

. >>> otra vez el representante republicano de texas, lamar smith presentará un proyecto de ley que nadarícolas que excluye. >>> una medida que obligaría a los empleadores de la nación usar el sistema iverify irá a votación mañana en la cámara de representantes, se espera que sea aprobada, pero no están preparados para examinar documentos de trabajadores. >>> estamos educados para salir adelante en estos negocios y no tenemos ni tiempo ni dinero para ser trabajadores del gobierno . >>> crearía una crisis, asegura un sindicato . >>> creemos que programas como iverify, solamente le cuestan más dinero a los trabajadores, eliminar trabajos para quienes apoyan al crecimiento de la economía . >>> obligan a todos los estadounidenses, a básicamente registrarse para poder trabajar, es una idea errónea. >>> otros han luchado años por su adopción. >>> sí, porque nosotros creemos realmente que esto ayudaría muchísimo en controlar las personas ilegales que encuentran trabajo aquí . >>> la medida iría a votación en el pleno de la cámara, pero no se sabe si se presentará en el senado . >>> la posición

la batalla por el en el se trata de la propu ley del republicano, lamar smith, conoza de trabajo legalstatusde sus trabajadores. us programa computarizadodel bi e el presidente obama deberÍa incluiedida en su plan de creaciÓn de le darÍa a los puestos que tienen actualmente los u indocumentados a residentes lega crÍticos de la medida aseguran que potar a inmigrantes que estÁn en el paÍ porque el programa tiene fallas. ahora vam continuar con unerrorm dÓlares, yos en medio deconÓmica, se trata del reconocimiento de la adnistraciÓ obama, de que en los Últimos 3 aÑos, casi un 10% de los pagos hizo de de desempleo, fue errÉ significa esto para los que necesitan lasisten carlos botifoll re >>>carlos: joe acosta no fue en que pedir dinero prestado ra pagarbeneficios del empleo el gobierno pagÓ una fortuna para personas que no califican como Él o quizÁs no lo necesitaban tanto. >>> llevo 2 aÑos >>no.rlos:o te das porvencido. >>>carlos: un informe del departamento de trabajo dice que se pagaron 19il millones de dÓlares por error, en muchos casos a personas que habÍan encontrado los pagoss, s h

. >> lamar smith estÁsentando otroyecto que ha desatad la furia agricultores que busca ser el programala peticiÓn de trabajadores del campo?. vamos estÁ en washington la preguntaÁ. ¿quizÁs es una nueva so y los inmigrantesn el indocumentados?. >> claramente el representante respondiendo a estsiÓn porque sabe que hay muchos agricultores yista republicanos queemen que un programa e verify haga irreparable a la ria, pero poue no aborda resuelve la situaciÓn de trabajadores campesi y e las protecciones e este nuevo programaporque esÍ explotaciÓn parte empleadores. >> y vam de lo que acabas de decir q quizÁs sea hasta mÁsexplotados concretamentÉ te refieres. estar estaacÁ por empleadorestÁn ho a demandar a trabajando mÁdo y no tienen condici les, no pueden traer a familia y tambiÉn no estÁ tampoco abordando la situaciÓual muchos campesinos estamos hablÍ mÁs del 7 de ique son indo oblema.a a solucionar >> muchÍsimas gracias por estar con >> amigos en vÍsperas deÉcimo aniversario esble lo mucho que estosdos marcaron y cambiaron a estados un monteneos habla del impacto de los at las vidas d de

. >> lamar alexander discusses his decision to step down. and he discusses the key issues in congress including appropriations and dealing with the debt and spending and revenue issues. "newsmakers," today at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. ♪ >> and this weekend in charlotte, north carolina, book tv and the literary life from the site of the 2012 democratic national convention. on book tv on c-span2, charlotte's banking industry with bank town author rick rothacker and karen cox. how the south was created an american plorp culture and the relationship between independent bookstores and public lesser. and on american history tv on c-span 3, tour 1 th president james polk's birthplace. and visit the reed gold mine where gold was first discovered from america. this weekend on c-span2 and 3. in his weekly address, president obama talks about how education is an important part of his economic agenda and he calls for the raising of standards in the nation's classrooms. he's followed by senator susan collins who discusses how business o

lamar odom who is in basketball and her. >>> the woman accused of killing missing nursing student michellee today made her first court appearance. gizelle esteban was supposed to enter a plea instead the 27- year-old delayed entering a plea until she has time to speak to her attorney. esteban is seven months pregnant and accused of killing le in late may. le's family spoke outside the courtroom after that hearing. >> we don't want to say anything that's too sensitive to the case. our focus is still to bring her home. we can't push that point any further. it's our number one -- we still want her back. >> reporter: esteban is expected back in court monday morning. >>> we want to go back now to a very touching moment as bells are ringing for each of the eight victims killed in the deadly pipeline explosion. >> for jessica morales. [bell ringing] >> and for elizabeth torrez. >> [bell ringing] >> thank you. >> remembering the eight people who were killed exactly one year ago. that explosion happened at 60:91 year ago today and now they are remembering the people who were killed. it's also impor

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. >> one of the interesting thing this week was lamar alexander stepping down from the leadership in the senate. he is a moderate conservative. he is not a hard line. there was a time in this country where the leadership in both parties had to include people from all wings of the party, but the republican party and democratic party to some extent, are now so solidified and so polarized, that that is no longer true. alexander, because he was not going to go anywhere in the leadership, said he wanted to be a compromiser, moved out of the leadership. >> charles? >> what a pity. the mushy middle was abandoned. obama said he wanted to sharpen the differences, wanted people to choose. obama is running as a left liberal. he will run on equity, which party cares about you, which party wants to protect the rich. republicans will run against big government, high debt, high taxes. we are in a period where, given obama's ideological inclinations, the inclinations of the republicans, we are not going to have a settlement. i thought it may happen in the super committee. there was a reasonable atte

here, you have this lamar that unveiled a building and a -- this elementary that unveiled a building and across up to, a school might be closing. >> reporter: this is a celebration with balloons and tasty treats at the new learning without limits building. >> it's take know a number of years but we're here today and i think we're extremely grateful. >> reporter: everyone is excited by the $20 million transformation of the campus, which was funded by a taxpayer bond. >> it's nothing like it looks today. it was very, it was full of portables for the kids and they can't play. >> reporter: the principal admits his joy is tempered by the fact that other schools are closing. >> we feel for the parents and families are in pay space -- in a space and the decisions to close the schools. >> reporter: eight elementary schools are on the possible chopping block: keiser, santa fe, marshal, lakeview, burk alter and leveer. leveer sits adjacent to highway 880 and the press pal is resigned to his facility shutting down. >> if i can get my students away from the freeway and get them into a permanent

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i talked to lamar alexander about the instincts it takes to run for president. he was a governor who also ran for president. he said that the difference is like playing in your backyard versus playing in the n.b.a. >> schieffer: all right, well thanks to both of you. we'll be talking about all this sunday on "face the nation" with mississippi governor haley barbour, maryland governor martin o'malley and senator john mccain. in los angeles today, the first paramedic to treat michael jackson the day he died took the stand in the trial of jackson's doctor for involuntary manslaughter. richard senneff testified that dr. conrad murray was evasive and never said anything about the powerful anesthetic in jackson's system. he said murray told him he'd given the singer only a sedative. in a courtroom in italy, the amanda knox case is wrapping up. two years ago, the american student was convicted of murdering her roommate but much of the evidence was later thrown out and she now hopes to win her appeal. today, the prosecutor presented his final arguments. "48 hours" corre

lamar alexander is stepping down in january from his leadership post as conference chairman. he says he wants by partisanship -- bipartisanship. -- bipartisanship. >> has a strong record of trying to work across party lines within the leadership. he and senator schumer work on legislation to cut down on the time consuming confirmation of presidential appointees. that is a relatively minor issue in the broad scheme of things, but anytime there is a desire to work across party lines, it increases the prospects. increases the prospects. the senate could become less gridlocked. >> the long-term question is what he seems to be saying in his feeling liberated from leadership is whether the leadership itself is so bound to the party line that makes the prospects for his own future more difficult. he is going to most likely be replaced by john thune. jon kyl is 69. he will be replaced by the number 2 -- in the number of two position most likely by john cornyn. it could set up a team that is gender and more conservative. does that set up well for bipartisan cooperation? that is someth

. >> lamar hulse. >> and miy aunt. we love you and miss you ever date. >> and my son.r brother is and i dearly miss you. every moment of our lives. you rushed into the burning towers to rescue humanity and transcended the barriers of race and ethnicity and gave the ultimate sacrifice. abu died two years later. america honors you today. you died defending the american values of democracy, liberty, and freedom to pursue the faith that your choice. you are not only my young jedi, but you are america's jedi, an american solution. -- and america salutes you. [applause] >> william christopher hunt. >> kathleen anne hunt-casey. >> joseph hunter. >> robert r. hussa. >> abid hussain. >> thomas edward hynes. >> walter g. hynes. >> joseph anthony ianelli. >> zuhtu ibis. >> jonathan lee ielpi. >> michael iken. >> daniel ilkanayev. >> frederick ill, jr. >> abraham nethanel ilowitz. >> anthony p. infante, jr. >> and my father. we miss you and love you dearly. and i cherish everything you taught me. >> and my father. pat, i am still learning to cut but i am working on it. and we miss

. >> schieffer: finally today when lamar alexander the jeanne yell senator from tennessee announced lastd give up his position in the republican senate leadership at the end of the year, it was a rare event. people here seldom give up power. his reason was also a little out of the ordinary. he said it would liberate him to work on issues he cared the most about. you can't really blame him. the gridlock runs so deep, even those involved can't stand it anymore. alexander is a dyed in the wool republican but he still practices a skill that's become almost as rare as giving up power. time and again, he's worked on finding compromised with democrats to break legislative log jams. he told ruth markus of the "washington post," if you can get 100% republican solutions, i'd do it. but you need 60 votes to pass anything in the senate so you have to find coalitions. it is not exactly a reassuring comment on government when someone feels they have to leave a leadership position and relinquish power to get anything done. but such is the sad state of government these days. i wish liberated senator ale

when i first met lamar, he was at the white house. i had just come here as a legislative assistant to a newly elected senator. he had already accomplished a lot. been elected to identify betcha kappa at vanderbilt, graduated from new york university law school. clerked for a well-known circuit judge, been involved in howard baker's first campaign, helped him set up his first office, and that was before i met him. since i've met him, as many of you are already aware, it's hard to think of anybody -- hard to think of anybody who has done more things well. he went home in 1970 and ran a successful campaign for -- i think the first republican governor of tennessee elected. certainly since the civil war. ran for governor himself in a very bad year, in 1974. didn't work out too well. but one of the things we know about our colleague, lamar, he is pretty per sis -- per sis sent, so he tried it again in 1978. elected governor. reelected governor in 1982. spectacular record. and then he did a very unusual thing, and i remember knowing about it

highest court rules of the country's bailout billions for struggling nations are legal but once on the lamar gold she'll have to ask permission next time she wants to run to the rescue. of colonel gadhafi now surrounded by the rebels r.t. looks at how libya might become a breeding ground for extremists and place an even bigger civil war. a deadly blast rocks india's capital eleven that people are dead and dozens injured in the cities of course attacked in nearly. all sports is that ok partridge is here with more on what is a tragic day for tragic day that is for hours hockey isn't it kate and certainly is and as we've been hearing in the news bulletin a shocking tragedy has hit the stars of the u.k. it shell season as forty three people have been reportedly killed after a plane crash in the full first choice squad of the local a two sided jaroslav all the planes fell soon after taking off from the two notion the airport's just outside looking to time turn two hundred fifty kilometers northeast of moscow one player and one crewmember all believed to have survived after the forty five on board

i am worried for people who live in lamar and i think the tsunami warning is a good precaution to take>> reporter: incase of a tsunami wave they are taking precautions after the one that hit earlier after that quake in japan. the san mateo office of emergency services say today's test is important because they need the sirens to reach as many as possible and sometimes people can't hear the sound when they are inside their houses. again it is only a test but it will be allowed test and again the sirens will be going off this morning. live in pacifica ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a man suspected ever killing two people in mendocino county may also be tied to an unsolved homicide in the bay area. they narrowed their search to a remote area east of fort brag. he is suspected of killing jerry mellow and for raft land manager matt coleman. ktvu channel 2 news has learned one of those unsolved cases is the killing of a young couple on a sonoma county beach seven years ago. >>> the right to bear all can soon be restricted in san francisco. scott weaner introduced legislation targeting public nudit

when i first met lamar, he was at the white house. i had just come here as a legislative assistant to a newly-elected senator. he had already accomplished a lot. he had been elected to phi beta kappa at vanderbilt. graduated from new york university law school. had clerked for a well-known circuit judge. been involved in howard baker's first campaign. helped him set up his first office and that was before i met him. since i've met him, as many of you are already aware, it's hard to think of anybody, hard to think of anybody who's done more things well. he went home in 1970 and ran a successful campaign for, i think the first republican governor of tennessee had elected, certainly since the civil war. ran for governor himself in a very bad year, in 1974. didn't work out too well. but one of the things we know about our colleague lamar is, he is pretty persistent. he tried it again in '78. elected governor. reelected governor in '82. spectacular record. and then he did a very unusual thing, and i remember knowing about it at the time. i

you just saw the republican senator and lamar alexander, he -- senator lamar alexander quit his leadership position because he wanted to be more independent-minded and work across aisles. i cannot do that from a position of leadership. there is real pressure inside both parties to conform. host: we talked to senator lamarck air of the vendor -- lamar alexander after that decision. democratic caller in washington, d.c. caller: good morning. in reference to gridlock, senator mitch mcconnell had said when the president was elected that he is going to be a one- term president, and that he is going to waterloo him. that is a bold statement. then you have republicans who have signed a pledge to not raise taxes. that is in itself gridlock. therefore, if you have someone who wants to compromise, and you have pledged you're not going to raise taxes, and when the economy needs revenue as well as cuts in spending, you're not going to have a good outcome. the republicans ran on creating jobs in 2012. that is not what they are doing. basically, they're talking about cutting benefits. guest: i could not

. >> reporter: merlin olson and lamar lundy. >> i wouldn't have got that one. >> reporter: you got 4-5. >> that's ton a b where i'm from, so it's not -- only a b where i'm from, so it's not great. >> reporter: good job. thank you. >> let me tally these up. shawn got -- laura, 0-0, good job. >> those questions were way before our time. >> they were before your time, but they were definitely before his time he's younger than you. >> what are you talking about? he's the same age as you, both born in '81. >> right. >> okay. >> thanks, feldy. >> we'll study up for next week. >> work on your questions. >> really? you didn't like them? >> no. >> we'll be right back. >>> today's five-day forecast is brought to you by your local dodge jeep and chrysler dealers. aur fgo  >>> brian brad lip cooking off another exciting -- bradley cooking off another exciting night with the x-factor. he won over the judges with his performance. next week the hopefuls who made it through will travel to l.a. for a boot camp where they'll be judged on their singing and dancing and overall perform

when i first met lamar, he was at the white house, i had just come here as a legislative assistant to a newly elected senator. he had already accomplished a lot, been elected to phi beta kappa at vanderbilt, graduated from new york university law school, clerkd for a well known circuit judge, been involved in howard baker's first campaign, helped him set up his first office, and that was before i met him. since i've met him as many of you are already aware, it's hard to think of anybody -- hard to think of anybody who's done more things well. he went home in 1970 and ran a successful campaign for i think the first republican governor of tennessee had elected certainly since the civil war. ran for governor himself in a very bad year in 1974, didn't work out too well. but one of the things we know about our colleague lamar is he's pretty persistent so he tried it again in 1978. elected governor, re-elected governor in 1982, spectacular record. and then he did a very unusual thing and i remember knowing about it at the time, i kept up with him since we had met years before, we were here

district to close as many as eight of the 101 schools and most of the schools will likely be at the lamaroakland school board will consider the superintendent's recommending aas the meeting next tuesday. >>> and lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to repeel a law concerning teachers, students and facebook. it would prohibit teachers from chatting profitly with students on facebook other and internet sites. local school districts will be required to make their own policies if passed. they had placed the previous legislation on hold and said the law was too broad and would have had a chilling effect on free speech rights in the u.s. constitution. >> a new poll finds california voters sent taxiing online gambling. the onlight poker sites multiplied. california should have a share of the proceeds and 53% favor legalizing and taxing online poker. 41% oppose the move. and when voters were asked if they played poker in an indian casino or a legal california gambling site, 18% said yes and in 1/2, 12% said yes compared to 22% in southern california. >>> the upcoming nba season is in real jeopardy toni

you know what, i'm calling lamar, i don't understand this no, you're not. you're going to be sorry, but you're not. have a great wedding. that was my mom, she's going through some stuff right now. [ laughter ] any-who, there was a new episode of "jersey shore" tonight. if you missed it, here's a recap. deena fell down, ronnie threw a crouton, snooki smushed a guy in a club and then deena fell down again. so -- [ laughter ] you watch "jersey shore"? it's basically -- [ applause ] i don't know that i'd be excited about that, but -- we're basically watching our fellow human beings the same way we watch gorillas in a cage. look at the muscular one, it's trying to mount the female. it's peeing! it's peeing! [ laughter ] look, you can see it -- as you may know, the cast is in italy this season, which is what italy gets for teaming up with hitler in world war ii. [ laughter ] in tonight's episode, the gang visited one of florence's famed outdoor leather markets where, sadly, snooki was accidentally sold as a purse. [ laughter ] so, she's gone. but -- deena had qui

but one of the things we know about our colleague lamar is he is pretty resistant so he tried it again and 78. a elected governor, reelecteder governor in and 82, spectacular record. and thenabou he did a very unusl thing.et i remember knowing about it at the time. i kept up with him since we had met years before when we were in washington.s he took his entire family and went to australia for six wrohs. he put the kids in school there, and actually wrote a book called six months off, which i readsena then. i don't know how many books were sold or how many books senator alexander sold but it was a fascinating review s of basicaly taking a break, going somewhere else, doing something entirely new before getting back on the career treadmill that if we of course knew he would get that done. once the australian experience was over, his extraordinarily accomplished individual became president of the university of tennessee. that was back when i used to [laughter] and then president bush 41 asked them to become secretary of education so he was the cabinet member. and oh by o out that his moth

all add c-span.org/campaign2012. >> sunday on "news makers," lamar alexander on his decision to step chairman of the republican conference and how congress has changed its operations over his four years in leadership for that is at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. [guitar music continues] >> spend this weekend in charlotte, north carolina with book tv and american history tv. throughout the weekend, the history and literary life from the site of the 2012 democratic convention. on book tv on c-span2, charlotte's banking industry. karen cox on "dreaming of dixie -- how the south was created in the american popular culture." we also visit the park road bookstore to learn about the relationship with the independent bookstores and publishers. and on american history tv on c-span3, tour 11th president james polk's birthplace, a discussion with charles jones, the civil rights leader on his part in the 1960's lunch counter sit-ins, and visit the reed gold mine where gold was first discovered in america. book tv and american history tv in charlotte, north carolina this weekend on c

senator patrick leahy of vermont. [ applause ] and lamar smith, republican from texas. [ applause ] wepresentative bob goodlet, representative jim moran, representative melvin watt. they're all here. [ applause ] becky blank our acting secretary of commerce. david capos director of the trademark office and we've got some extraordinary business leaders here. ceo of eventis. jessica matthews, ceo of unchartered play. ellen coleman, ceo of dupont. [ applause ] and another outstanding student. this is one of the best high schools in the country. and as you can see it's filled with some pretty impressive students. i have to say when i was a freshman in high school, none of my work was patent worthy. we had an exhibit of some of the projects that you guys are doing. the first high school student satellite. a wheelchair controlled by brain waves. a robot. there's one thing -- i don't know exactly how to describe it. it is measuring the oceans and it's unbelievable stuff. to the students here, i could not be more impressed by what you guys are doing. i'm hoping that i will learn something just

. ♪ >>> lamar alexander was the second republican in a half century to be elected governor of tennesseenate, these risen to his party's third highest position. republican sources tell cnn, some conservatives consider alexander too moderate and that's at least party while he's giving up his leadership post, they say, early next year, and not seeking the number two spot. senator alexander is with us now. senator, let me give you a chance to answer those republican sources who say, quite frankly, in this new age of the tea party and conservative republicans, you're just too moderate. >> thanks, candy, good to be with you. that didn't have anything to do with my own decision, and i doubt it's the feeling of the republican senators. they've already elected me three times to be the chairman of the republican conference. my reason for stepping down after four years as chairman of the conference is very simple. i wanted to spend my time working on the issues i care about and try to get some results here. there are a lot of deferent ways to be in the leadership in the senate. i'm standing in the

. >> sunday on c-span's "newsmakers" -- lamar alexander and his decision to step down, and how congress has changed operations over his four years in leadership. >> the c-span networks -- we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history. this month, a book for congress to continue federal spending into november, including four recent natural disasters, keep tabs on the deficit committee, and follow presidential candidates as they continue to campaign. it is all available on television, radio, online, and on social media sites. surge, to watch, and share our programs anytime. we are on the road, bring resources to local communities, in showing events around the country. it is washington, you're white, the c-span networks, created by cable, provided as a public service. >> former senators byron dorgan and trent lott on deficit reduction and raising taxes. they also talk about job losses, immigration, and the republican presidential it -- race. this is an hour and 25 minutes . >> then ask the secretary of commerce in the clinton administration, and su

lamar alexander, republican senator from tennessee. he was diplomatic when he said, well, i'm sure the perry campaign if they could have done it might have done it differently. but the message works in republican politics. the social conservative, christian conservatives, the issue of israel, it's a litmus test. and you saw mitt romney didn't want to get outdone. he said the president, he threw out a release to say, hey, don't think i'm no less pro-israel than rick perry is. >> political director chuck todd, always a pleasure, sir. thank you. >> you got it. >>> the georgia parole board has rejected a final bid for clemency from lawyers for convicted cop killer troy davis. he's set to be executed in less than seven hours now. amnesty international just released this statement from davis saying in part, "the struggle for justice does not end with me. this struggle is for all the troy davises who came before me and all the ones who will come after me. i'm in good spirits, and i'm prayerful and at peace. but i will not stop fighting until

on "newsmakers"this week, lamar alexander discusses why he will step down in january and why he thinkshe senate is bogging down in legislative action. >> can i ask about the president's jobs bill? will he get a vote? >> that is completely up to harry reid. >> how so? >> can schedule it anytime he wants. senator reid has manufactured a crisis which is a cynical he knows that the house will send us all the money we need to approve for the rest of this year and the senate appropriations committee has already approved all the money that the president's disaster declarations and fema has approved. we could have been spending this week on the jobs bill and senator reid wanted to. you host: can see the entire interview on "newsmakers"son day at 10:00 a.m. at 6:00 p.m. and available online at c-span.org. our question now is what do you think the impact of small donors is on the presidential campaign. let's hear from michelle in detroit, a democratic caller, good morning. caller: good morning. the way i feel is i gave the last time to president obama when he was a candidate. i am giving this ti

[cheers and applause] and lamar smith, republican from texas.[cheers and applause] and in addition, we've got representatives bob goodlatte, representative jim moran, representative melvin watt are out here. [cheers and applause] becky blank, was there at secretary of commerce. [cheers and applause] david kappos, who is the director of u.s. patent and trademark office. [cheers and applause] and we've got some extraordinary business leaders here. louis foreman, ceo of eventys. [cheers and applause] just cannot you come the ceo of uncharted place. [cheers and applause] ellen kullman, ceo of dupont. [cheers and applause] john lechleiter, ceo of eli lilly. [applause] and we've got another outstanding student, karishma popli. [applause] -year-old classmate. this is one of the best high schools in the country. [cheers and applause] as you can see, it is filled with some pretty impressive students. i have to say when it was a freshman in high school, none of my work was patent worthy. [laughter] i was -- we had an exhibit of some of the projects that y

[applause] and lamar smith, republican from texas. [applause] and in addition we have representative bob goodlatte, representative jim moran, representative maldon walz. [applause] becky is the acting secretary of commerce. [applause] david is there a director of u.s. patent and trademark office. [applause] and we've got some extraordinary business leaders here. the ceo. [applause] jessica mathews, ceo of on chartered place. [applause] the ceo of dupont, the ceo of eli lilly. [applause] and we have another outstanding student. [applause] this is one of the best high schools in the country. [applause] as you can see it is filled with some pretty impressive students. when i was a freshman in high school none of my work was a patent for the. [laughter] we had an exhibit of some of the projects that you are doing and the first high school student satellite, a wheelchair controlled by brain waves, robots, there's one thing -- i don't know exactly how to describe it, but it's measuring toxicity and the oceans and it's unbelievable stuff. su

today on "newsmakers" we're joined by senator lamar alexander. >> to announce you're going to step down and say it -- and said it would be a liberating. what does that look like in the senate and what does he do he might not have done? >> in some ways, it -- i have already had twoal

party at the home of a houston texans home lamar smith turns deadly.iend of smith's was found floating in the pool the next morning. 100 guests attended the bash billed as a ninja mask and speedo party. no word on cause of death. foul play is not suspected. smith and other players at the party refused comments. the mother of missing indiana university student lauren spierer has written a letter to whoever kidnapped her daughter. in it, she pleads for information writing "do you think this is a game? this is no game. we are in this for the long haul. we will never give up." imagine having to deal with that. 20-year-old lauren disappeared three months ago while walking home from a night out in bloomington and family wants answers. incredible video out of upstate new york as a massive tornado plows through the town of amsterdam. take a look at this. >> oh, my. i can't believe what i'm just -- what i'm seeing. >> that voice you heard was from amateur storm chaser lindsay phillips. she just happened to be driving home when she spotted the twister touching d

i think lamar is right that this is a different time, and these are not ordinary circumstances. we have got to figure out how we are trying to pay for these things, and we need to know what the damage assessments are before we start deciding what the numbers are hard to be. so often we have seen democrats will show a number and will operate up to $6 billion and do not know what the impacts are. we need to know if we are hard to be responsible about this before we move forward. and that we act in a way that is consistent with that, and not to start throwing numbers out there. >> thanks very much. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> senate republicans holding this briefing earlier today. they talked about what they hoped to hear from the president this evening. the speech gets underway at 7:00 p.m. this evening, but covers picks up at 6:15. after the speech we will take your phone calls and comments. we plan to give you reaction to the speech on c-span2. earlier today house republicans also held their