laura bush did it, too. they both are magnificent that way.y, grinch, the real grinch. >> i totally agree with her as a stay-at-home mom i need to make time for myself. i usually make chamomile tea, a bubble bath. then i down a quart of jack daniels and scream at the mirror. >> and what does the iguana do? >> terrified in a corner, mr. sprinkles. >> sounds like what you need to do to get your priorities right, except put the booze third. a lot of interesting news was buried over the weekend, hoping nobody would notice. we did. we'll tell you about it. ♪ ♪ >> an old rule in politics is if you want to bury bad news, you do it on a friday. i've been there, but these guys are really good at it. even better on a big holiday weekend. turns out president obama is trying to distance himself from former new jersey governor john corzine after he read mf global into the ground and over a billion dollars is missing. mr. obama and the dnc are returning over $70,000 in political contributions. when i first heard this, i thought did corzine get indicted and

laura bush did it, too. they both are magnificent that way.y, grinch, the real grinch. >> i totally agree with her as a stay-at-home mom i need to make time for myself. i usually make chamomile tea, a bubble bath. then i down a quart of jack daniels and scream at the mirror. >> and what does the iguana do? >> terrified in a corner, mr. sprinkles. >> sounds like what you need to do to get your priorities right, except put the booze third. a lot of interesting news was buried over the weekend, hoping nobody would notice. we did. we'll tell you about it. ♪ it's the perfect time to find great deals on the 4g lte devices you love. like the droid bionic by motorola for $199.99. or the pantech breakout for $49.99. our lowest price ever. get the technology you love, on the network you deserve. and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. i'm a dad, coach... and i quit smoking with chantix. knowing that i could smoke during the first week was really important to me. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven

laura bush was one of the people you worked with, what an honor. >> incredible honor. >> jamie: what ecorated? >> well, mrs. bush was so incredibly elegant and just very, very gracious and i wasn't sure how involved she'd be with decorating. she was so involved. she really cared what it was going to look like for the american people, and she took time and he she helped us tinker until we got it just right and her secret was a snowy lobby, a grand lobby filled with snow-laden trees, just beautiful. >> jamie: what can we learn from the pictures and he will pts that go into making such a beautiful home? >> well, the fun thing is you get to see history in the context of christmas and get to learn about our first families in a way you may never have before. mrs. bush, lo laura bush always got a coconut as a little girl and grandma would crack it over and make coconut pie for dessert as a little girl. and anecdotes and details makes it fun. >> how much fun do you spend decorate your house. >> it's high christmas season at the burke house. >> jamie: do you have little elves at home. who are

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mystics of would be emotional laura. bush's new finance minister is a fiscal hawk who wants splash the cash says first deputy prime minister of uncivil one of was confirmed as alexei cordons replacement on friday mr chevelle of told r.t. he expects a continuation of his predecessor's policies and dubbed him fairly conservative. it's a very good news for the minister of finance because he will continue the politics which was originated by the minister for mr good reason and it means for the russians and for the you know for the external world that you will be very conservative and stable terms of finance. let's have a look at the markets crude oil futures edged higher in electronic trading on tuesday but stay below ninety five dollars a barrel oil is up for the second day on four counts but u.s. stockpiles declined cutting pressure is speculation that further sanctions may be imposed against iraq's opec second largest you said asian markets are mostly higher taking back a fraction of the previous session steep losses automakers

bush and wife laura bush visited a hospital in tanzania. george w. creased funds to africa for aids. >>> many hiv patients worry their supply of free medication will stop because the drug programs may run out of money and the medications are expensive. most people can't afford them on their own. >>> san jose may have dodged a fiscal emergency at least for now. it turns out pension estimates for police and firefighters are much less than expected. so the city's $80 million deficit could potentially be cut in half. however, san jose major chuck reed said the deficit problem hasn't gone away and he still may ask -- >>> republicans signaled they would but they want to pay for it with cuts in the federal work force. president obama's proposal would pay for the cuts with a surtax on incomes above $1 million. a deal is possible before the end of the year. >>> governor brown is about to unveil a new tax but only if voters approve it. >> reporter: governor brown met with lawmakers this afternoon to talk about his pension reform plan. as for his new tax proposa

bush and wife laura bush visited a hospital in tanzania. george w. increased funds to africa for aids. >>> many hiv patients worry their supply of free medication will stop because the drug programs may run out of money and the medications are expensive. most people can't afford them on their own. >>> san jose may have dodged a fiscal emergency at least for now. it turns out pension estimates for police and firefighters are much less than expected. so the city's $80 million deficit could potentially be cut in half. however, san jose major chuck reed said the deficit problem hasn't gone away and he still may ask -- >>> republicans signaled they would but they want to pay for it with cuts in the federal work force. president obama's proposal would pay for the cuts with a surtax on incomes above $1 million. a deal is possible before the end of the year. >>> governor brown is about to unveil a new tax but only if voters approve it. >> reporter: governor brown met with lawmakers this afternoon to talk about his pension reform plan. as for his new tax propo

he compared his wife to jacqueline kennedy and laura bush and nancy reagan. and yesterday he was going into a rant about child labor laws and he does that without laying any foundation for it. he's really incapable of laying out his reasons first, instead he makes his inflammatory statements, all these apocalyptic statements, the worst corruption in the history of the world, the most hypocritical thing in the history of mankind, all that type of armageddon language, it wears people out after a while. >> it's going to happen, right, buyer's remorse, if they pick him as the nominee? >> you don't change when you're 68 years old. that is newt, the good and the bad. he's a tremendously inspirational person, as for as rallying the troops. but as far as governing, he doesn't have the capacity to discipline and control himself. he cannot stay focused. the country and the congress will be going through one crisis after another. there's enough crisis in the world without inflicting crises on ourselves. the reason the republicans lost the government shutdown debate with

. >> she actually describes herself as sort of being a cross between nancy reagan and laura bush with of jackie kennedy tossed in. i think swirling in there, there's the model that she would like to live up to. >> dan stone joins us. the december 12th issue of "newsweek" on sale now. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> newt and callista are joined at the hip. >> this is a really interesting dynamic. callista gingrich is very unique in this gop field. no one else we know is as engaged with his or her husband, her spouse as callista gingrich. she's in involved of every part of newt gingrich's business empire as well as his political dealings. we remember that episode earlier in the spring when a lot of newt gingrich's staff left, a lot of that was over decisions that were made between newt and callista about how the campaign should proceed. >> they went on that fancy mediterranean cruise when a lot of people working for him thought he ought to be pounding the pavement and knocking on doors. and of course we can't talk about this without the infamous tiffany's account and the line o

but he has in the last several weeks compared his wife to jacqueline kennedy and laura bush and nancy reagan. and yesterday he was going into a rant about child labor laws and he does that without laying any foundation for it. he just makes these remarks and goes on defense. he's really incapable of laying out his reasons first, instead he makes his inflammatory statements, all these apocalyptic statements, the worst corruption in the history of the world, the most hypocritical thing in the history of mankind, all that type of armageddon language, it wears people out after a while. >> you think it will happen? it's going to happen, right? buyer's remorse, if they pick him as the nominee? >> yeah, it has to happen. you done change when you're 68 years old. that is newt, the good and the bad. he's a tremendously inspirational person, as for as rallying the troops. but as far as governing, he doesn't have the discipline, does not have the capacity to control himself, and he can't stay focused. the country and the congress will be going through one crisis after another. and these would be

. >> laura bush called a couple of weeks ago to try to push him into the race. >> mitch daniels is officially out of the race for the president. >> haley barbour was the favorite son who pulled out. >> mississippi governor haley barbour is out. >> this, you know what that is? the brain power. i've never taken it seriously like this. >> trunp stands for taking reintroduction understanding massive power. >> steve forbes stated that i was one of the greatest entrepreneurs in the history of free trade. i will not be running for president, as much as i'd like to. >> dog gone it, trump is out? >> people are getting a little tired of the teasing. >> no savior is going to rise from these streets. >> huckabee's out, too. >> tim pawlenty, officially announcing -- >> i'm not running for entertainer in chief. >> pawlenty, the name itself is like polenta. >> president obama said that he designed obama care after romney care. and basically made it owe bombny care. >> there were some missed opportunities by him. >> the question, governor was by bamay care. >> the knock on you is that you're invisible and du

. >> there was a quote in here from laura bush. going to see if i can find it because obviously, there was a christmas not long after 9/11 and she talks about the stillness in the room at the white house. that season, the white house had the quality of stillness after a snow, almost no one was allowed in to see the decorations. and i thought that was, in a way, such a sad couple of sentences and so erock is cattive there are a lot of erock is cattive pictures in this book. >> it puts history in the context of christmas, which i never looked at that time before and that was actually the bushes first christmas in the white house, they didn't have any visitors and no public visitors for about four years. i mentioned that you were part of the white house decorating team what is that like? 'cause i always wonder, you see the trees and they are beautiful and you see all the decorations, but what goes into that? >> well, the first lady is are the commander in chief of christmas, but it is the most amazing experience. and when i was there

. >> she actually describes herself as being a cross between nancy reagan and laura bush with just an. >> reporter: for most part she's stayed quiet, routinely standing beside him. signing her children's book and rarely publicly speaking. two wildly different approaches from the women now described as the candidates' real running mates. sharyn alfonsi, new york. >> i wonder how much stock the voters put in the spouse of the person running for president. why that's a big deal -- should it be? >> i think it is part of the picture. >> the image. family portrait. >> i think so. look at the first lady and jackie onassis. the list goes on and on and on. people do look at that. hillary. >> yeah. that was a big one. yeah. all right. >>> here's a look now at your wednesday weather -- some strong storms with a threat of tornados around san antonio, dallas, southern oklahoma. rainy in little rock. memphis, st. louis, minneapolis and chicago. mountain snow in colorado. afternoon showers in the pacific northwest. >> 40s in seattle and portland. 58, phoenix. 39 twin cities. 46 in detroit. 56, indi

>>alisyn: your heyday when laura bush was in the white house and how you developed and decorated the first lady is always kind of the commander and he of christmas, it is her vision and we execute it, it is what she wants but i have to say i love laura bush and her style, elegant and timeless and one thing in the back we teach you owe to copy the different first lady's style. >>alisyn: she did "home for the holidays." >>guest: they chose it the summer before 9/11, so, it was even more poignant when 9/11 happened, the importance of home and the family. >>alisyn: with a double meaning because after 9/11 everyone was wanting to be home based, but, also, her daughters went to college. >>guest: right, so she was probably thinking my girls are going to come back, what better theme than "home for the holidays," and that is the wonderful thing looking at the white house and history through christmas, we see our first families in a different way, more personal way. >>alisyn: the pictures are beautiful. thanks for the history. the author of "christmas with the first ladies." great to talk to y

. >> she actually describes herself as sort of being a cross between nancy reagan and laura bush with a slight bit of jackie kennedy tossed in. >> going to get onboard pronto. >> thank you. >> reporter: at his very last stop of the day, the 68-year-old signed books. and took one, last question from us, about how he's dealing with his sudden front-runner status. how are you having to recalibrate yourself on the trail? >> the more i'm out here, the more i realize how really tired people are of the bickering and the infighting. this is not going to be, in the end, an anti-obama campaign. it's going to be, in the end, a pro-rebuilding america campaign. >> reporter: and, george, gingrich is tied with mitt romney in a gallop poll of republican voters nationally. but what's key in that poll, is the voters who support gingrich are much more intense in their support than they are for mitt romney. george? >> now he's ahead in the other states like south carolina and florida, as well. >>> jake, stand by. we also have news from herman cain. yesterday, he gave an interview to "the manchester leade

. >> you at the white house helping first lady laura bush decorate the tree.really exciting. >> most of us have a box in the closet. you put the ornaments and the lights on the tree. how much time does it take to decorate the white house and these trees? >> it's incredible. they start planning in february and march. no sooner you finish one christmas, you zoom into the next. a whole team shows up at the end of november. 45 people when i was there and when you got to the white house b a hundred people. incredible amount of work in two days. >> big question. who pays for all of this stuff? the taxpayers? >> ouch! who pays! >> got to ask. >> private donations. republican national committee or democratic national committee but every american gets to enjoy them. >> one way to look at. we talked about the first lady in charge of the decorations. do they have a cash of thousands or how involved does the first lady get in making sure it's done right? >> i found out the first lady is the commander in chief in christmas and they all really care and put their own persona

. >> you haven't said i would like to be like x or y or hillary clinton or laura bush or anything like has always brought something special. whether it's their personality or initiatives or whatever, so if you look back on our history, we can all be proud of all of our first ladies and each will bring the uniqueness. >> did you like being first lady of massachusetts? >> very much so. i very much did. i worked with at risk youth for a lot of my adult life and it was nice to be able to have more attention brought. >> you'll be an activist first lady. first you've got to get if nomination. >> there's a lot of ifs. >> but you could see yourself getting involved and he willing other people. >> i could. and you know, i think a lot of people are aware that i have multiple scler and bringing awareness to people who are suffering and bringing more awareness to people's lives. i would also love to try to move the ball forward a little bit in trying to find a cure. >> tell us about that. if you don't mind sharing. what does that mean, ms, for you? >> for almost everyone that has it has an enormou

to his left is former president george bush traveling in africa with the former first lady laura bushorld aids today. there is a link up to tanzania to the white house where presidents obama and clinton are listening as well. we'll drop in there for a moment as soon as we hear from the former president. martha: there are new reports that house republican leaders are now warning the rank-and-file that the image of the entire party may be at risk if they do not support president obama's payroll tax cuts, to extend them into the new year. meanwhile president obama targeted republicans on that very issue. here is what he said. >> some republicans used to love these tax cuts until i proposed them. [laughter] >> suddenly they started lining up against them. a lot of them have sworn, they've taken an oath, we are never going to raise taxes, as long as we live, religious lee. republicans said they are the party of tax cuts, that's what they said. a lot of them have sworn and oath to never raise taxes on anybody as long as they live. how is it that they can break their oath when it comes to ra

back at the white house secrets and traditions and she decorated the white house for first lady laura bush burke joins me. >> merry christmas. >> tell me about the process. how long it takes and what you have to go through to get the white house ready to be shown for christmas? >> it's almost like a military operation. the first lady will start planning as early as february or march to come up with a theme. >> a whole year before. >> she's not done with one christmas and she has to zoom into the next. they start planning the theme early and then she starts thinking about her vision and what she wants to have happen and then over the summer they start baking all the baked goods and desserts that they're going to have in december but the actual volunteers show up before thanksgiving or the end of november. that's when they start prebuilding everything that they will install for two days. >> the white lights, just really lovely. but the public couldn't enjoy it because they weren't allow under to the white house for some four years after 9/11. this is a home, but also the home of the leader f

. >> comparing calista gingrich to a mix of nancy reagan and laura bush -- he's had these grandiose statementst no one seems to flinch. non what he's going to do to change the new perception of newt. and the most fascinating story in the last 20 years in politics as far as a comeback for somebody who we've all known, who is such a known commodity, so damaged, has so many flaws, and suddenly, he could be your republican nominee. >> and the thing is, you don't have to go back ten years to find the baggage. i mean, anybody else that called paul ryan who is, let's face it, like in terms of conservative budgetary politics the baby jesus of the republican party to call him a right-wing radical who is engaging in social engineering for being the only person to put out a courageous budget, that would've killed anybody else. i'll tell you, mike, it points to just how weak this field is. historically, we've been talking -- >> absolutely. >> power as poor as a vacuum now. and right now that vacuum is being filled. >> to jim's point, that might be maybe the biggest reason that newt has maintained, for him

we are honored to have your president george walker bush and laura bush with us and a number of visitorss and of course. two years ago during a visit to tanzania the had the attendee to visit the hospital where you were able to see how the plan for aids relief was making progress with men, women and children infected with hiv/aids. [inaudible] to give momentum in the fight against cancer. we thank you so much. the commemoration of the world aids day i am pleased that using modern technology we are joined in washington with many dignitaries there: president clinton, officials, members of congress as well as members of the aids community and the media to share both. it was 1983 when hiv/aids was first known to exist in tanzanian. three people were then diagnosed to be infected with the disease on the western shores of lake 42 to victoria bordering ugonda. since then, the disease spread like a brush fire to every corner of the country. today it is estimated 1.3 million people are living with hiv/aids, and in last year alone, 86,000 died of the disease. from hiv related death of their parent

so if i were to say laura bush, don't say former first lady. i know she is. i want to know what your feelings are. it's going to be what are your feelings towards each of the people, a word or phrase, very, very quickly. top of the mind. here we go. president obama? >> weak. >> christine? >> she stole me. >> okay. >> don't have one. >> no? >> no. >> toni? real quick. come on. this is not hard. >> somebody i'd hang out with, but not for president. >> okay. michael? >> athletic. >> athletic. ben? >> arrogant. >> uncaring. >> chuck? >> evil. >> evil. who else? tina? >> liar. >> what? >> liar. >> that's better. >> out of touch. >> okay. out of touch. here we go. gear us up. rick perry. word or phrase. >> not ready for it. >> sue? >> have not paid attention to him. >> rick perry, michael? >> con confused. >> unaware. >> respectable. >> deborah? >> old school. >> john? >> too out of touch. >> laura? >> i'm uncertain. >> uncertain. >> okay. good. john huntsman. toni? >> i don't know enough about him. >> i looked him up. i like him. [laughter] >> he needs a pr manage

so if i were to say laura bush, don't say to the former first lady are.i know she's the former first lady. i want out your feelings are. so will be what are your feelings towards each of the people? a word or phrase and will go very, very quickly. were going to start out barack obama. >> week. >> christine. [inaudible] >> word or phrase. >> delhi one. >> toni, real quick. porter phrase. >> this is the heart. some getting out with, but don't want to be president. >> michael, word or phrase. >> athletic. >> then. >> chop. >> evil. >> allows? >> liar. >> okay out of touch. here we go. here is rick perry. order phrase. >> not ready for it. >> sue? >> bricked terry, michael. >> confused. >> christine. >> respectful. >> deborah. old school. >> he's too out of touch. >> laurel. >> i'm uncertain. >> okay good. jon huntsman. >> i don't know enough about it. porter phrase. >> i look do not. i like him. >> jonathan. >> is a pr manager because it's good if you look at his background, but nobody knows who he is. >> anybody else have a point of view on jon huntsman? th

host: former secretary of state laura bush has been a strong advocate for u.s.resence in afghanistan to help women in afghanistan and this weekend with u.s. troop's now out of iraq, the impact that has on people in that country. guest: well, he is going to address both of those situations. and the long term strategy for women in both countries is to really strengthen their ability to participate in society. so what that means is education, political participation, strengthening women's organizations in those countries. that for academic women is a long road. i think iraqi women are starting much farther ahead than afghan women. but one of the most important things that we have to keep in mind is that everything that we have done the last ten years we do not want to trade that away in the final peace negotiations with the taliban. that is not an acceptability outcome. host: in a result of all the advances we have made, why are women so often the source of brutality? guest: well, i think it's because they can be. women are -- host: source of the victims of brutali

>> all right, this is an adaptation of something that laura bush liked. she liked the layered look. holly, then a layer of hydrangea and a layer of roses and we have turned this into a sundae. christmas sunday, there is another option, and that is that center rose can be removed and candy canes. >> i get the sundae. >> i get it! >> tell us about how you would help the reagans decorate. >> ok. when the reagans decorated, she was very into children and all of the christmas scenes were very child oriented. we did things like mother goose and we would do different mother goose stories. >> we have a picture of you right there. >> this started when you became a volunteer for the carter administration, right snoo auto correct. i started as a volunteer and then at that point, the carters were using volunteers as their part-time florists. >> during the administration of george herbert walker bush, you became good friends with barbara bush. >> yes, i adore her. yes. >> what kind of style did she like? >> for christmas, she was really into needlepoint so we worked on a project that took two ye

know about that, colleen christian burke was part of the white house decorating team in 2008 for laura bushbrand new book "christmas with the first ladies" and she joins us live. good morning to you. >> hi. it's definitely a christmas book right off the bat. >> it is a christmas book. there's this whole thing going on in rhode island about the governor won't call it a christmas tree. it's a holiday tree. at the white house, have they ever referred to it as a holiday tree? >> there's always a rumor floating around it might be called a holiday tree this year but to this date, it's always been the christmas tree. >> all right. very good. and over your shoulder is a picture of ronald reagan and nancy reagan in front of the white house christmas tree inside in that big room in the middle. we saw a minute ago a picture of nancy reagan on the lap of mr. t. what was that about? >> you know, nancy brought a little hollywood to the white house which i really loved. and she had celebrity santas every year so she had mr. t there and i guess he pitied the fool who went to the white house for christmas.

in recent weeks, newt compared his wife to jacqueline kennedy and nancy reagan and laura bush and comparedimself at various times churchill and de gaulle and to margaret thatcher. listen, i just -- we've been there and this is people who serves with him and people have no personal animosity against him but i wouldn't want to go through with him if i'm the nominee. >> not pulling any punches. >> see you around the neighborhood. >> you got it. >> take care. they're four regular ladies with one mission, they want to save christmas. how are they going to do it? let's let them explain coming up next. >> accidently only shot a cannonball through a neighborhood, it happened. now the show "mythbusters" is paying the price. i take an omega for my heart. but to be honest, i find the omega choices overwhelming. which one is right for me? then i found new pronutrients omega-3. it's from centrum, a name i trust. it goes beyond my heart to support my brain and eyes too. and these ultra-concentrated minigels are much smaller than many others. it's part of a whole new line of supplements. there's probioti