now i ask you, what about laura bush and currently michele obama? you put them in the category of the supportive spouses or would you put them in the second category of more of the presidential partner in response to their husbands? i would say think about this as a semi final point. that is that i think laura bush had to be the on hillary. hillary in the minds of the american people seem to go too far on health care initiative. people began to say, wait a minute. she is not elected, not accountable. if we don't like what she's doing we have no way of reaching her. remember, hillary dialed back in knots and became more of the traditional first lady by being in favor of women's issues like charles advocacy. so i think that suited her personality and also suited the times in terms of what we wanted from the first lady. i think michele obama had only been there two years and still feeling here wait. right now acting more the traditional first lady, a traditional policy in terms of

to laura -- >> laura bush. >> laura bush. okay. let's see. i think that she's tried to have cordial relations with all of her children. i've been told from time to time that the two of them have a respectful but somewhat distant relationship. i cannot attest to that myself. there's a story -- and again, i don't know if it's apocryphal or if it's true, yeah, if it's apocryphal or not. that when laura bush was first brought up to kennebunkport to meet the extended family, she met george's grandmother, so dorothy bush, the first president bush's mother, and the first president bush's mother said to her, so what do you do? you know, what's your story. and supposedly laura bush was supposed to have responded, well, i read and i smoke. then there were questions of how well did that go down with barbara bush? no one ever said. i think it's probably fair to characterize it as maybe -- maybe distant, maybe more cordial. certainly, her -- barbara bush's relationship with her grandchildren is very warm. she sees them a lot, you know, st

i will use the example of laura bush. mrs. bush was on the softer side of the equation after the attacks on america. she was working in connecting with children and families and traveling across the country to make sure that people knew that everything that could be done was being done, to make sure that the homeland was secure. that is something that laura bush did extremely well. very proud of her in that situation. another example, the first lady is out there as the face of the administration, or certainly the president, when they are connecting with other communities around the world. it is something that is an extension of themselves and their personalities, and they do it well. host: henry freeman, pin money fund. there it is. i believe it is on wikipedia. it was this dollars in 1912. barbara bush -- it was established in 1912. barbara bush received money from the fund. and both laura bush and hillary clinton donated their pin money to charity. next call, go ahead. if caller: i want to commend you on your guest this morni

chance to meet betty ford, or did you ever look back at her career as first lady and try to push laura bush in that direction? guest: i never had the opportunity to meet mrs. ford but certainly was well aware of her legacy, and mrs. bush, of course, was very familiar with betty ford and her work before and after she left the white house and we used her legacy to -- mrs. bush had her issues she was focused on, primarily early childhood education and women's health issues, but she also focused on the women's health component of breast cancer. it's really not a great common known trait that breast cancer is obviously a disease that strikes women all across america, but close to it is heart disease, so mrs. bush focused on those two diseases to make sure women had information that would help make save their lives, so that was something in the had owes of betty ford's legacy of the white house. >> 1974-91976, first ladies didn't give a lot of speeches at that time. mrs. bush gave many speeches, didn't she? >> she certainly did. and after sept 11, it was obvious she had a tremendous opportunity t

laura bush was a tremendous leader on this well acknowledged.illary clinton as secretary of state has been former secretary of state madeleine albright has been the leader here. so this is something in both parties in and out of politics and government which really does unite the importance of supporting women and not letting them become afterthoughts as we begin to draw down in and stan. >> absolutely. you hit upon an important point that i think is encouraging for americans to hear that there is -- there are certain projects and policies that transition very well from one administration to the next. the u.s. afghan women's council is a great example of that established by president bush in 2002, continued by the obama administration, secretary clinton has hosted our council. members of the administration are a part of the council including an ambassador, the white house just hosted our most recent meeting two weeks ago where ambassador grossman who's now the envoy for afghanistan and pakistan told us this is a very fragile, difficult time. we

that is that i think laura bush had to be the on hillary. hillary in the minds of the american people seem to go too far on health care initiative. people began to say, wait a minute. she is not elected, not accountable. if we don't like what she's doing we have no way of reaching her. remember, hillary dialed back in knots and became more of the traditional first lady by being in favor of women's issues like charles advocacy. so i think that suited her personality and also suited the times in terms of what we wanted from the first lady. i think michele obama had only been there two years and still feeling here wait. right now acting more the traditional first lady, a traditional policy in terms of women's issues. children and exercise an anti obesity. see also has two young children that cities to focus on. here is my last question. what about future first lady's? what model will they use? what about when we inevitably have the first first gentleman? and asked me to say a word about my next project. i am writing about another kennedy woman,

but the idea was, it's starring george bush and laura bush and, originally, the bush twins in the white house. 'cause it's your family sitcom. it's your family sitcom. somewhere along the line, we--one of our writers on this show wrote sides, wrote a little scene. we were casting-- we were casting many different-- like, we were seeing what kind of cast we were going to even have. and we were casting-- doing initial casting call for the bush twins, the bush daughters. and he wrote a scene that was pretty over-the-top. it was about them being like lesbians and stuff. it was all implied; it was pretty stupid. but it was never going to be in the show. it was just for casting purposes to get people-- that got leaked to the internet, and then it made, like, page six or something. yeah, hit the papers. some tabloid picked it up, and it just--boom. and it was like, "matt, trey, lesbian bush daughters," and-- so that was never the intent, to-- no, in fact-- and i think that, then, people-- although, that's kind of a funny-- anyone who saw the show saw that it was this outrageous show. but again,

laura bush on her time in the white house, planning her husband's presidential library, and her memoir. the former clinton press secretary discusses jfk's relationship with the press. get the complete we can schedule as c-span.org/history. news this morning from the associated press says a michigan senator will make a formal announcement about his presidential candidacy tomorrow. we have more from "road to the white house." the president was joined by the philadelphia mayor. president obama also attended a private fund-raiser at the home of a comcast executive. this is about 25 minutes. >> thank you, philadelphia. it is good to be back. [applause] it is good to be back in the great state of pennsylvania. congratulations, philly fans. that is quite a rotation. there are a couple of people i want to acknowledge. you just heard from somebody who i considered just a dear friend. this is a guy who stood with me when no one was sure whether i was going to win or not. he did not have to do it. he was just a terrific support it. he is a great senator. please give it up for bob casey. [applause

. >> laura: bush's fault. . >> raising this debt ceiling right now has nothing to do with when obama done. these are all debts that were acquired with our previous president. this has nothing to do. >> laura: responsible and adult. david and cathy you have on longer. crazy night here. thank you for joining us. really appreciate it. when we come back, the latest from the senate floor, details are evolving minute-by minute. we will catch up with it james rosen still with us. we still have our a team here. stand by. we will get right back to you. impact life expectancy in the u.s., real estate in hong kong, and the optics industry in germany? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. morning starts with arthritis

i thank god that laura bush is right. i thank god that michelle obama is doing her thing. i think c-span and the american people. god bless you all. host: next is a democrat in memphis. caller: people or the government. government is supposed to do the real of the people. i think the american dream is dead. my job closed up in march. i was a paper manufacturer. we manufacture paper for all seasons. they are closing up and moving to china. they are going to move to china in july. they will save $15 an hour. all these free trade agreements -- they are going to go to china. the corporations are moving overseas. it is ridiculous. they do not care about the american worker. corporations and the government are working together against the will of the people. they give these people tax breaks to go overseas with taxpayer's money. they do not care about the american people. the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. i think it is a shame. i think the people at the bottom should get together and raise up against these people. host: thank you, larry from memphis. l

first lady laura bush on her time in the white house, planning her husband's presidential library and her memoir. then a panel, including former clinton press secretary mike mccurry, discusses jfk's relationship with the press. it the complete schedule at c- span.org/history. >> yesterday, a senate homeland security subcommittee on contract oversight looked at afghanistan reconstruction contracts. witnesses include contractors to receive money from the u.s. agency for international development and the army corps of engineers as well as defense department and usaid officials. missouri democratic senator clear ms. castle -- clare mccaskill chaired the two-hour hearing. if the witnesses have become -- i have a formal statement prepared but i have decided not to give a formal opening statement. and just express the reason for this hearing. this is not the first hearing we have had in the subcommittee on contract thing in our contingency operation. and i began working on this problem almost the day i wrought -- arrived in the senate. when i travel to iraq to do nothing but look at contract

laura bush on her time in the white house, planning her husband's library and her memoir, spoken fromnel including former clinton press secretary mike mccurry discussing jfk and the press. get the complete schedule at c- span.org. >> state department legal adviser harold help congress -- told congress the war powers act does not involve libya. president obama did not need congressional authority. the senate is considering legislation authorizing the mission for a year. the measure is backed by senators kerry and mccain as well as the white house. in the house, members voted not to authorize the intervention. this portion of the hearing as an hour and 15 minutes. -- >> we are here to examine an issue we have been debating since it was passed. this is a debate of decades since the 1970's. certainly it has been debated over the course of the last weeks. with respect to the war powers resolution, and its role in america's use of force in libya. i want to thank all of my colleagues for the constructive manner in which we conducted the discussion over these past weeks. this afternoon, the c

former first lady laura bush and overtime and the white house, and her more spoken from the heart pinned in a panel including former clinton brusca for terry -- former clinton press secretary. >> senate majority leader harry reid announced today that the senate will council in its budget will cancel its july 4 -- will cancel its july 4 break. he spoke for about 15 minutes. >> i announced this morning that we would be in session next week. what we have to do is too important not to be here and try to resolve what needs to be done. we really have no time to waste. we know the most important issue facing the country today is reaching an agreement of our deficit. we need to work out some arrangement quickly before the markets start to react and american families start to feel the consequences. i think it is important to note, as i have on a number of occasions, that john mccain's chief economic adviser is now working in commerce at moody's. he said in the last few days that we have to work out something soon. he talks about july. we cannot wait until august. july will be here in just a few d

former first lady laura bush on her time in the white house, planning the presidential library, and hera panel including former clinton press secretary in -- discussing jfk's relationship the press. it the complete schedule at c- span.org/history. >> this week's closing session of the net written nation's annual conference featured an award ceremony for immigration activists and keith ellison. netroots nation as a gathering of online activists and politicians who use new media to communicate with constituents. this is just over 2 hours. >> i will introduce a couple of people throughout the night. we have a great guest coming up for you who is a bit of a surprise to, one of the good guys in congress. i want to talk to you about what we have seen that netroots so far. one, i understand we have been talking about campaign finance reform. i could not be happier about that. [applause] senator feingold gave a great speech on that and i could not agree more with him. as vince lombardi said about winning, it is not everything, it is the only thing. we will lose on every single issue unless we w

bush said laura and i are deeply saddened by the passing of betty ford. we admired her as first lady and valued her as a friend. she made countless contributions to our country, and we especially appreciate her courage in calling attention to breast cancer and substance abuse. because of her leadership, many lives were saved. tonight our prayers go out to mrs. ford's entire family. nancy reagan is calls her an inspiration. george w. bush said she was a great friend and courageous first lady. ford was presented the congressional gold medal. prestige awards. her crusade against addiction built her greatest legacy. she educated a generation that needed education, that needed support in how to deal with these problems. it made it a necessary to hide the reality of substance abuse. and i think that was a contribution that betty ford made. >> countless people were helped by betty ford. coming up, more on an, traerd their life later on in the show. >>> the government latest job numbers are out and fell well short of expectations. 18,000 jobs were added. experts

former first lady laura bush on her time in the whitehouse, planning her husband's presidential library. "spoken from the heart." get the complete weekend sketch at c-span.org/history. tune in to c-span this independence day. writer michael lind discusses if the united states can remain united. >> at the political level, we are more divided if you look at partisan pol arrestization since civil war. >> religion violence and the death pentagon. later nixon whitehouse insiders discuss his president sea's foreign policies. 10:00 a.m. eastern. for the complete schedule of programs and times, go to c-span.org. >> washington journal continues. >> we are joined by redi, the future of time geithner. >> this was word secretary geithner has discussed leaving his post with some officials in the administration. it's not clear when he would do that but he is saying he wants to stay for the foreseeable future, which, of course, could mean anything but he has said to have lasted three years in this job and wants to, perhaps, move on out of government. he is a been through the financial crisis, through

laura bush on her time in the white house planning her part -- husband's library. and her memoir. then a panel including mike mccurry discussing jfk's relationship with the press. it the complete schedule as c- span.org. >> he says he is optimistic that sudan is on track to become an independent state in july 9. the obama ministration warned sudan that it continue to block humanitarian aid from landing, it could risk relations with the u.s. this briefing is just under 20 minutes. we touched upon various issues which focused on the economic and financial partnership opportunities between our two countries. while many industrial speakers, government speakers, regulators, institutions air their views and debated several topics during the course of the day, this was a session that we have been waiting for, to hear our two leaders. and we are honored to welcome them in the midst of this fantastic gathering of had in washington today. and while we welcome our leaders, what we have discussed over the course of the day have posed several issues, and have identified challenges we have in t

former first lady laura bush on her time in the white house, planning her husband's presidential library and her memoir spoken from the heart. then a panel including former clinton press secretary mike mccurry discusses j.f.k.'s relationship with the press. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history. and we have more now on differing views on the national debt and federal deficit. blanche listen -- blanche lincoln served as senator from arkansas from 1999 to 2011 and she joined us on today's "washington journal" for about 45 minutes. rnal" continues. host: our next guest on this friday morning, july 1, is blanche lincoln who served in the senate from 1999 until 2011 and is now in washington and a d.c. -- in washington, d.c. guesfirst we used to this advertisement. it is the american dream dead? how would you answer that question? guest: absolutely not. i have seen the good and the bad. you know, i remember, as i do almost every day, but certainly right now as we celebrate the fourth of july, for whatever faults is that people may find with our country, it is still the greate

former first lady laura bush on her time in the white house, planning a presidential library, and her memoir. then a panel including press secretary mike mccurry discusses jfk's relationship with the press. get the complete schedule online. >> now, a hearing on several recent supreme court court rulings involving class action lawsuits. one of the topics -- the wal- mart class action case and the degree to which court decisions to favor business over consumers. this is about an hour and 25 minutes. >> good morning. this morning, we are going to highlight several recent supreme court decisions. we want to examine the impact on hardworking americans. in my view, each of these decisions give corporations additional power to act in their own self interests and each limit the ability of americans to have their day in court. in these tough economic times we are facing around the country, it has a particular interest because consumers and employees rely on all laws to protect them from discrimination. they relied on the courts to enforce those laws intended to protect them. unfortunately, i b

. >> laura: we tried a lot of other stuff. >> keep the bush tax cuts. >> laura: reform was going to beob creator. >> recovery. all kinds of things that i think i would -- that you wouldn't have made. >> laura: let's move to this current debate though. the president wants this boehner bill to go down in flames. does he not? i mean, he said he wouldn't vote. he wouldn't support it he wouldn't sign it into law. he is watching this tonight. is he on the same side of the ultimate outcome as steve king, my dear friend from iowa and other tea party folks who are going to vote against it isn't that odd? >> yeah. the whole thing is odd. the whole thing is crazy. if i were the tea party,. >> laura: what would do you if you were them. i tried to be in your position be in their position. >> i the vote for the boehner bill. hold a press conference sand say this whole debate none of it would have happened with the establishments of either party. it all happened because of us. if you wanted more like we wanted more, send more of us next time. instead what's going to ham they are. >> laura: i can't be

and the second president bush sat in for his wife laura. ford, who was publicly known for discussion her battles against cancer and alcohol was praised for her courage by abc's cokie roberts. >> i'll move to the white house, do the best i can, and if they don't like it, they can kick me out, but they can't make me be somebody i'm not. >> she left instructions picking those that she wanted to speak at her funeral. former first lady rosalynn carter was on that list. she remembers ford as someone who never was afraid to speak the truth. >>> well, the truth is blazing heat is baking much of the south and it's not going to be letting up any timimsoon. temperatures in dallas and oklahoma city continue to hover around triple digits and the drought there is now on the brink of becoming the worst ever in u.s. history. there were record breakers yesterday like the high of 98 here in new york. the heat is being blamed on several deaths in texas, kansas and mississippi and it was so hot in north carolina, 50,000 chickens died on a farm when the power s

bush also attended in lieu of his wife laura. they celebrated ford's extraordinary life and legacy of there is a humorous moment during cokie roberts' eulogy when she said betty ford had specifically asked her to talk about bridgigi political differences in washingngn during her eulogy. and roberts said it almost seemed as though she scheduled her own funeral to happen right when washington needed to hear that most. peggy, daniel? >> isn't that interesting that five year later those words would come to be so true. >>> all right, little buddy. another sad passing in southern california. this manmade a living making people laugh. >> we're talking about sherwood schwartz. he created two lowbrow iconic sitcom ises known for their schlockysitcoms. ♪ the skipper brave and sure >> he created "the brady bunch" in 1969. critics hated the show but viewers still love it even to this day. the reruns are a big hit. decades later on cable tv. >> a classic moment. >> i hate to laugh at that but it really was. marcia, marcia, marcia! >> these sh

bush and other senior administration officials of bush's now this is something that human rights watch is asking obama to do so laura petter counterterrorism adviser for human rights watch is she disappointed with obama she was in our new york studio to answer that i first asked her though you know bush hasn't been in office for a while it's been over two years what is human rights watch done recently aside from issue this report to promote a point of view that bush has committed crimes that obama should investigate him for which is that. it calls on the criminal inquiry and investigation into. the use of torture by senior level bush administration officials specifically george bush vice president dick cheney secretary of defense don rumsfeld and george tenet head of the cia and it documents a lot of the evidence that is was an involved a lot of the things that that the bush administration did in relation to its cia detention program and the rendition of suspects to other countries along with what happened to the detainees during the time that they were in both cia and military custody and human that there's a hundr

bush and other senior administration officials now this is something that human rights watch is asking him to do so is laura pitter she's a counterterrorism adviser from human rights watch disappointed well she was in our new york studio earlier to answer that but i first asked her with bush not being in office for a while it's been more than two years what is human rights watch done recently aside from is issue this most recent report to promote their point of view that obama should investigate bush. well this more than a press release is actually one hundred seven page report that builds on our past reporting and also combined with a lot of the information that that has been me made publicly available since our earlier report and yes it calls on the criminal inquiry an investigation into. the use of torture vice senior level bush administration officials specifically george bush vice president dick cheney secretary of defense don rumsfeld and george tenet head of the cia and it documents a lot of the evidence that was in involves a lot of the things that that the bush administration did in relation to its

bush and his wife laura were in the stands. eerily similar to this. when a man fell 30 feet from an upper deck who tried to catch a foul ball. shannon stone was not so lucky as him. our thoughts and prayers with the stone family today. this is the second fatal fall actually this year in the bhaij leagues in man. a man was killed during a colorado rockies game after falling some 20 feet. >>> we move on now to the economy. we're expepeing encouraging news from the government's monthly jobs report this morning. it's expected to show that employers added some 90,000 jobs last month. nearly double the number in may. the unemployment rate is expected to hold steady, however, at just over 9%. >>> unemployed homeowners are about to get more help. the obama administration is expanding its foreclosure prevention program allowing qualified homeowners to defer mortgage payments for a year or more instead of just three to four months. >>> and investigators in michigan are unraveling a horrific day there. a day-long shooting rampage that left eight dead. it began w

bush, and his wife, laura, seen here during the national anthem, were in the stands. the incident, eerily similar to an incident a year ago, in the same stadium, when a man fell 30 feet from an upper deck who tried to catch a foul ball. shannon stone was not so lucky as him. again, our thoughts and prayers with the stone family today. this is the second fatal fall this year in the major leagues. in may, a man was killed during a colorado game back in may. >>> now, we turn to the other big story today. the dismal numbers out on the economy. specifically, the jobs market. our bianna golodryga is here with the shockingly not so good news. >> very disappointing news, josh. a di mall report. just 18,000 new jobs were added in june. that's the smallest gain in nine months. economists had expected anywhere from 90,000 and 150,000 jobs to have been added. and more bad news, the unemployment rate ticked up to 9.2%. unfurther from the may high of 9.1%. now, that had been written off as a one-time slowdown. a tribute to the natural disaster in japan and high oil this mornrng's r

bush tax cuts, what about it? >> here's where i agree with laura. we're chasing the wrong rabbit down the hole here.e facing americans is we're sucked into this and it's wrong. it's not reducing the debt. it's creating jobs. >> you want to reduce spending. let's talk about military spending. if you want to talk about bringing down costs, bring in the private profiters. we cannot see our president lock himself into an agreement to cut spending in an election or any kind of economic crisis like the one right now. >> i would go further by thinking we didn't come become a great nation by thinking small. this is not the time to be cutting spending. >> he has the tea party to contend with over in the house with john boehner. boehner has a tea party problem. brad woodhouse, you said earlier it's the debt ceiling. you can talk about 4.5 trillion in cuts and talk about raising revenues or holding line on taxes. they will not vote to raise the debt ceiling, and they've taken an oath and that's where they stand. that is the floi in the ointment, is it not? >> it could be, ed. if they do, republicans will own i

bush also attended in lieu of his wife laura. ford's extraoaordinary life and legacyf courage and compassion. there is a humorous moment during cokie roberts' eulogy when she said betty ford had specifically asked her to talk about bridging political differences in washington during her eulogy. and roberts said it almost seemed as though she scheduled her own funeral to happen right when washington needed to hear that most. peggy, daniel? >> diana, thank you so much. >> isn't that interesting that five year later those words would come to be so true. as we're in this stalemate. >>> all right, little buddy. another sad passing in southern california. this man made a living making people laugh. >> he certainly did. we're talking about sherwood schwartz. he created two lowbrow iconic sitcoms known for their schlocky theme songs. ♪ the mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and surere♪ >> not long after "gilligan's island" he created "the brady bunch" in 1969. critics hated the show but viewers still love it even to this da

laura: very dramatic. joining us from new york joe trippi howard dean's former campaign manager and dana perino former bush press secretary and both are fox news contributors. great to see both of you. i'm watching this ad and i think very hot. that's the best i have seen of mitt romney in many, many, many months, maybe years, dana. he wasn't in the ad. very interesting. >> target of opportunity today. so i was told it was a coincidence that president obama and mitt romney end up in pennsylvania at the same time. but the romney people are very a jury trial. they are agile and they are smart and took advantage of the opportunity. the fact that the president talked about allen town and then allen town is actually closing manufacturing jobs. the ad is brilliant. he has consistently got very good ads that are provocative and well put together. i think the thing i think about romney is he is running against obama. everybody else is fighting it out and he is just like i'm the frontrunner, i'm going to act like it. >> laura: he is acting like it. joe, lime looking at all these polls that a republican fairs very w

laura ingle, reporting live, thank you. julie: right now new developments in a controversial probe. the justice department, going forward with a criminal investigation into terror detainee deaths during the bush administration. now critics questioning what's really behind this decision. >>> and many stores welcome service dogs, but what about allowing one of these through the door? coming up, businesses fighting back against a government requirement to accommodate service horses, next. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ jon: cute, right? you've heard of service dogs that help people with special needs, but how about service horses? it's a growing trend, minature horses, trained to help disabled people. the tiny horses are cute, but they are creating some big problems for businesses around the country. elizabeth mcdonald from fox business network joins us live in new york city. elizabeth. >> reporter: jon, we've got a pony here, and you're right, there's a new federal law, actually, it's called the americans with disabilities act, my pony is on a tour here, that basically says that hotels, airlines, even, you know, restaurants, gyms, all companies have to accommodate service animals. now, i shouldn't sa