first quarter, lbj, right down main street. 18 points, 10 boards, 8 dimes. heat, leading by two.bj, overshadowed by his teammate, dwyane wade, who had 40 points.it, heat end up winni 106-98. >>> that will do it for this espn news update. now, back to new york. >>> we've already heard about plenty of extraordinary blizzard-related stories this week. but this one may top all of them. a family from long island, new york, was forced to fly into buffalo, hundreds of miles away, after vacationing in florida. >> mom decided the best way to get home was, in a cab. the trip took more than 13 hour and it was over 400 miles long. >> and the final tab? $900. the cabbie said it was actually $200 less than what he should have charged. >> a good cabbie. a nice guy. >>> up next, the stories we'll be following today, including an effort to end an old argument about president obama. >>> and another storm system is about to roll into california. just what the golden state does not need. new year's resolution! oined? we want a healthier liestyle... so we can have more energy t do more stuff. healthy

it's just not going to work that way. >> people get nostalgic for the arm twisting effectiveness of lbjen you realize what he was up against, one filibuster versus 84 for harry reid, it puts harry reid in a brighter light. there is a reason the filibuster exists. the senate values the preservation of the rights of the minority for making their views known and having legislative effectiveness. is there a way to preserve that while stopping the breaking of the institution? >> i think there is, rachel. i real believe in the rights of the minority. really the way the filibuster used to work is there was respect back and forth between both sides of the aisle. republicans and democrats. and you would say to the minority side, well, if you want to take the time to be heard, to put your viewpoint out there, to rally the american people, please do that and take the time that you need, but then at the end of that there was an understanding that you would come together and have an up or down vote. that's what we're missing right now from filibuster to filibuster, we vote maybe most of the time bec

we had the largest increase in military spending since lbj.first six years of bush -- >> was not reckless. >> it was ugly. >> that's not a credible statement. >> what do you mean that's not a credible statement, andy? it's a matter of record. >> first of all, you fight a war to win a war. you support the troops that are out there fighting a war. >> do you pay for wars or do you just borrow the money from the chinese to fight your wars? >> you fight the war and then you worry about paying for it. >> is it the same with tax cuts, andy? do you give tax cuts while you're fighting wars and worry about that later, too? >> the president inherited a recession. and then we had the shock of september 11 which created another recession in our country. the tax cuts came at the right time to keep america working. >> so you don't pay for it there either. what about the $8 trillion medicare drug plan. do you pay for that or say you know what, we need seniors voting for us, we'll add $8 trillion to a medicare system that's already going under? >> it was a soc

kennedy, lbj, we're not going to back off the pressure until we actually see it get done. >> this presidencies himself, this one will express their opinion and lee stand above it all and bring them together at the end to work it all out. powerful intellectual ability. but that's not leadership. i think that's sometimes why you see his base disappointed saying, you should be out there on this issue and other issues. >> they told him, congress, you must change the law yourself to get this done. >> time out for me right now. we'll continue the conversation. david, thanks so much, al electric, roland, dana. we're going to stay on this issue because we're going to go one on one with a woman at westpoint. she was a cadet. she was there for two years and she was a lesbian and tired of living a lie. >>> also, a new look at the 2012 field. where would you put sarah pail? and pete on the street, well, it's going to talk calendar girls. you'll like it. [scraping] [piano keys banging] [scraping] [horns honking] with deposits in your engine, it can feel like something's holding your car back. let me guess,

they hated lbj. they dismissed carter as a born-again baffoon, that's the language that some of these people used. so they see in the obama somebody -- in obama somebody who's far enough to the left for them. it's interesting. very telling. and rudd's point, after the november 4, 2008, elections i do what i always do on a wednesday morning before i go to class, i got the printout of the latest exit poll data to see how americans, how they voted and how they self-identify. and every single one of these, it's been going on for 20 years now. the american public has described itself as conservative over liberal by 40 to 20%. in fact, gallup did a huge poll summer of 2009, 40-20%. by the way, academia is 90-10 liberal to conservative, and they preach diversity, okay? but it's been 40-20. and with the election of obama who national journal had called in 2007 the most liberal member of the senate to the left of barbara boxer, ted kennedy, hillary clinton, you name it, so i'm thinking when i woke up the morn

up the biggest budget deficit ever, presided over the largest expansion of federal government since lbjn us into two worse and given the wealthiest people $2 trillion tax cut over ten years you can go on and on with the issues and the only difference between that president where you didn't hear a peep from this crowd and the current president is barack obama is the first black american president. i think that has something to do with it. that is all i am saying. [applause] >> race has been a fundamental fault line in our politics forever and you can't discount it but people have come a long way from brutal racism. the attempt to throw the race card in every debate ends up the meaning our conversation nationally. you need to deal with the role of race and are have a chapter where our talk about the rise of white-minority politics because i do not think it is simple racism at all but some folks do spread anxiety about changes that president obama -- to some extent. the gentleman who asked that question, wearing the george bush t-shirt that said i screw america. that is important to note.

the biggest budget deficits ever and presided over the largest expansion of federal government since lbjand taken this into two wars hemet even the wealthiest people a $2 trillion tax cut over ten years. you can go on and on with the issues. the only difference between that president where you didn't hear people from this crowd and the current president is that barack obama is the first black american president. i think that has something to do with it. something to do with it. that's all insane. race has been of fundamental fault line in our politics forever. you can't discount and its impact. america has come a long way since the simple stupid bird or racism. attempts to throw the race card in every debate in the subject meeting our conversation parity have to deal with the role of race. i have a chapter brad talk about the rise of white minority politics. i do not think it is simple braces and all. i think that some folks do express anxiety about the demographic changes in our country that president obama is a symbol of to some extent. but let me just -- the gentleman who asked that q

they hated lbj. they dismissed carter as a born-again baphoon. that's the language they use. they see an obama who is far enough to the left for them. it's interesting. it's very telling, and rudd's point -- after the november 4, 2008 elections, i do what i always do on a wednesday morning before i go to class. i got the print out of the latest exit poll da to punish da to to see how they voted and self-identify, and every single one of these for 20 years now, the american public described themselves as conservative over liberal by 40%. gallop did a huge poll and it was 40-20. academics is 90-10, liberal to conservative, and they preach diversity. it's been 40-20, and the national journal called it in 2007, the most liberal member of the senate to left the barbara boxer, hillary clinton, you name it. when i woke up on the morning of wednesday, 2008, okay, i'm going to see a change. 40% liberal. it's got to be. 40/20 again. so you had this incredible situation where a self-identifying and self-professing conservative goes in and decisively volts for a president, the man who wa

it passed more significant legislation than any since lbj's great society in the mid 1960s.s. a nuclear arms treaty. and a repeal of the don't ask, don't tell policy on gays in the military. >> if there's any lesson to draw from these past few weeks it's that we are not doomed to endless gridlock. >> reporter: there was also plenty of controversy. the filibuster threats, chaotic town hall meetings, the emergence of the tea party. and many who will take office in january campaigned on the promise they would try and repeal some of the laws passed during this historic session. still, the president is enjoying a big bump. according to a new cnn poll, 56% of americans approve of the way the president handled the issues that congress considered during its lame duck session. mike and vinita? >> thank you, t.j. >>> prices at the pump may be going through the roof but some drivers in south carolina got a rock-bottom deal that hasn't been seen in more than three decades. >> this is unbelievable. gas is selling for 30 cents a gallon at this bp station. of course drivers rushed the stat

clinton had signed the goals 2000 act and the american schools act which was the umpteenth renewal of lbj'sct. it was the outcome of a largely bipartisan effort dating back to 1983. at the 1989 education summit, all of the governor's set on educational goals. the 1994 summit of a lot to lamar alexander's plan. it all seemed to make sense at the time. or so i thought. i noticed at the time and wrote in the book that these developments further at what we call the "cult of governmental as and." they definitely attend to give washington school reform. the responsibility should have been invested in the states. it may seem like ancient history today, but it was not that long ago that governors such as lamar alexander, bill clinton, tommy thompson rescinding education reform waves crashing onto the beaches of their own states. two changes occurred on this front. neither of them turned out well. from the right, mostly from republicans, there was a clamor to stop the world. that was the push to abolish the department of education. the intent was to roll back washington's involvement in education. i

caller: i am a progressive in the middle of a lbj democrat county in north carolina. i'll ask this in parallel to what the gentleman said on health care. regulated a fact of health care caused all of this conglomeration in fixing the numbers and having people have to deal with the drug bill, medicaid, those are all things that are pro-business. i guess my question is this -- if over the last 25 years -- worker productivity has made this boom, this growth, really just fostering the top, it has not created jobs, lose jobs over 30 years, why would it create jobs now and i want you to related to the lie of the lacquer curve. guest: i think it is very valid right now. you referred to the laffler curve, tax rate at 0% or 100%, the government is not collected and revenue and somewhere between that, hyperbolic curves, and if you cut taxes, somehow revenue increases. that is your reagan revolution economics. i think the economic expansion between 2001 and to about 07, the george bush economic expansion was a referendum on that. they did the deregulation, cut taxes, we just ext

in 1987, when i was serving as a director, we were honored to host secretary udall in a visit to the lbj a film on ladybird johnson during that time. secretary udall is prominently featured in the museum. what was so beautiful about that visit was to observe the secretary and lady bird johnson having a conversation and reflecting on their many challenges and some of their disappointments and forging ahead a new era in conservation. ladies and gentlemen, those kinds of french ships are what we need throughout this nation to carry -- friendships are what we need to carry on the legacy of secretary udall. [applause] allow me to speak about my secretary, my secretary, stewart udall. i probably have hanging in my study alone -- hanging in my study probably, the confirmation of my appointment as a seasonal ranger in the national park. what has to remember that that was before the enactment of the civil rights act of 1964. in my home state of texas, i could not enter the front door where my mother was a short order cook in a cafe. yet, he saw the potential of students in his starkly black colle