. >> before we go to tony, let me ask john. the book that you wrote was such a commentary on how we train or fail to train lawyers. you know, in the typical method that we teach in law school. that book and that story "the paper chase," what were you saying about the way in which -- i mean, when i went to law school, the emphasis was to become a corporate lawyer. there was very little emphasis placed on being a people's lawyer. or somebody like a tony sarah. what are your thoughts on that? you've practiced. you're a law professor. recently retired. you've taught at a number of different schools. any thoughts on that? >> well, yes, i have lots of thoughts on it. i went to harvard law school. and believe me, when i was there, there was no legal aid at all. everybody was become a corporate lawyer. there was no question about it. you didn't even think about it. it would never even dawn on anybody. i don't think that anybody knew that there were defense attorneys. you know? anyway, at its heart that little clip said something, i thi

. >> brown: let me ask you about the republicans. yesterday john boehner made a statement to sort of reassure, i guess, nato allies that it was a symbolic gesture, that the u.s. forces will still be there. so they were playing an interesting game in all this as well, right sqloo domestic politics clashes with foreign policy, leaders have to do this. the speaker knows that even if a defund had passed the house tcouldn't pass the senate skrks even if it pass the the senate, this is a bill. the president would have to sign that. and why would he? so reassuring the allies that, no, the money will not be cut off, even if we're having our domestic squabbles. europe, don't worry too much about it. the leaders have everything under control even though there's a lot of yelling going on in the house. >> brown: so how unusual is something like this to have votes like this in the midst of military operations? >> you get the votes, but generally speaking, congress carps and then they vote to authorize. the last time we had something happen like this was in 1999

let me just ask you this. you put out a pretty strong statement-- you and john mccain and joe lieberman-- yesterday about what'spening in syria after we saw this horrendous pictures of people being shot and killed and demonstrators. you said it's time for the administration to do more than it's doing. what needs to be done here? >> get the regional partners to tell assad he has to go and put everything on the table, including military force. if we don't turn this dynamic around-- the red cross can't go into the syria. it's wholesale slaughter. we're about to get qaddafi gone. we need to turn our attention strongly to syria with the regional cooperation like we have in libya. >> schieffer: when you say it's time to think about military force, you're talking about sending in u.s. troops into syria? what are you talking about? >> put on the table with the regional partners-- turkey is being overrun by syrian refugees. to put on table at the united nations in an international way aid to the syrian people. humanitarian disasters abound, what we did in libya to protect the people against a rogue regime. if it made se

waiting for nancy pelosi to step up to the mikes, which i'm told could happen any second now, john, let me askve been talking a lot. it seems that everybody -- you kind of touched on this. what if he wouldn't have lied? there have been politicians, as you mentioned, in the past that have blatantly lied. the first one i think of is bill clinton. we saw the comeback that he made. is there hope for anthony weiner, that he could stay in politics in some way, shape or form? >> he would have held his house seat and told the beginning, maybe, but we don't have a definitive answer. if he had told everything, and here's exactly what i did, and essentially the monday news conference where he said he had conversations online, had he do though out of the box, could he have kep his house seat? if his wife supported him and his leadership believed it was said and done, maybe. but it's very clear -- when you see leader pelosi here in a moment, you have to understand the longer-term politics. she is still bruising from handing that gavel off. she believes she can win it back. and here she comes into the room

than john francis jumped in today already announced that he would jump in today rick perry just on national t.v. if you will be different but i think what let me ask about points i mean what's your criticism you're the point he was just too nice and i thought i just saw him doing what what i saw john edwards doing and i remember at the time thinking to myself john edwards this guy's not running for president running for vice president and i think i was right i am fairly convinced poland is running for president and i don't see one of attack of him being just too nice in the republican party ever since reagan and he talked about his eleventh amendment which was that never criticize or a repub fellow republican i think he is along the same lines here we had him into the office couple months ago and he and a reporter recently talked to him a couple weeks ago and wrote a lengthy piece for us he he will always refuse to knock any of the other republicans up i think the sunday shows actually now grecian from who he is and how he's going to run it is going to be one off. romney was. that that's the part that's really out of character yesterday's. quick c

let me ask you about this. i'd love you to engage the political insider john. john, you go back at kim on this.ublicans pulled out a graph this week. it's the graph that the obama team used, you can see it there, in 2009 to sell their big stimulus package. it projected then with the stimulus, with the stimulus, unemployment would be below 7% by now. obviously, it's 9.1%. which raises the question has the obama plan to turn around the economy failed? >> well, here is the big consequence of the obama stimulus. the debate we're having about debt and how to pay for spending. moody's has come out and said you have to get it done and why there is uncertainty in the business community. as mara said, the argument would have been worse but there is no way of knowing that. what you have done is make the business community and the american public incredibly anxious how we will pay for this. they are worried that the tax hikes are coming. as mara said, there is a lot of money throughout in corporate america they're not spending it because they're concerned about what is going to happen. that is the main co

but if you ask me right now it strikes me as an awful lot of -- and not much substance. host: john mccain weighing in over the weekend. but let me ask about your words -- reagan was right. you look ahead to 2012. you conclude -- ronald reagan's unapologetic defense of america's strength is as timely as two decades ago and you pose this question -- which republican candidate will make a name for himself or herself by delivering a suitably updated version of this message? guest: the debate monday night which some people over interpreted in some ways, there was a certain backing off from what i would say reagan-bush division asserted internationalism a willingness to use u.s. power abroad and certainly to project u.s. power -- not usually through wars but through treaties and agreements and reassuring allies and strengthening allies in ways that i think made of the world a lot safer. obviously iraq was tough afghanistan is tough and there is a certain desire to back off. there is a very bad deficit and debt. i think it would be a terrible mistake for the country and a mistake for the republican party. we printed in a magazine ch

. >> kim, let me ask you about this and i would love you to ensure gage our political insider john, and john you can go right back at kim on this. republicans pulled out a graph this week and it is a graph that the obama team used and you can see it right there in 2009 to settle the big stimulus package. it projected with the stimulus unemployment would be below 7% by now. obviously it is 9.1%. which raises the question has the obama plan to turn around the economy failed? >> well, here is the big consequence of the obama stimulus. the debate reare having right now about debt and hugh to pay for all of the spending that we have had and that is why mood. >> has come out with its thing saying you have got to get it done and why there is so much uncertainty in the business community. aasmara said, the argument is t would have been worse but there is no way of knowing that. you have made the business community and american public incredibly anxious about how we are going to pay for all of this and they are worryd that tax hikes are coming. as mara said, there is a lot of money throughout bu

john mccain and george w. bush and abc news political correspondent, jonathan karl. thank you all for joining me. let me ask, mr. cain. are you surprised? >> we're not surprised, we're surprised how quickly that the media and others are catching on. our strategy from the beginning has been to develop a very strong ground game. i've been doing that since the beginning of the year but i am priced how quickly we're starting to show up at the top of the polls. >> let me ask all of you. you can weigh in as well. you heard hayley barbour say unit is what we need, purity is the enemy of unity. what is this saying about a conference like the one we had in washington. should there be a truce on social values in order to gather around and focus on what matters to the americans right now? >> it does not need to be a truce. you can simultaneously address the social issues as well as fiscal issues. i think that was the key message. the other good thing, if you look at all of the potential republican nominees, they are not that far apart. that is the unit that hayley was talking about. >> the one thing, we also throw con

me a break. john has absolutely no credibility now. let's duo back to the question we were asking 2012 election. john seems to thing that nothing can beat something as long as that something, president obama, has 9% unemployment. do you believe with that? that a weak republican can beat a strong democrat? >> i think not for only one reasonful there's going to come a time during a presidential campaign where all of you know coverage is intent. they're going, okay, you blamed him. the only thing they're going to say is we would have cut taxes. it didn't work when president clinton did it. when they raised taxes, what happened in next eight years. >> president obama cut taxes. he extended bush's tax cuts for narn two years. >> $887 billion of spending. let me remind everybody, $350 billion of it was tax cuts. >> with all due respect, i think that's an oversimplification of what republicans will say. i think they're gearing up and next to president obama who's not worked a great sector, doesn't understand how you create private sector jobs. i think even somebody like tim pawlenty woul

john f. kennedy. >> what will you offer me for this? >> i'll let the newest member of my team to handle that. >> i'll give you $500. >> you should have asked0. had i read the book, i would be okay. rick has written one, "license to pawn." boy, i did fail. >> you were just beginning. maybe career change is -- i don't know. is there some hope? i know more about you now. i would have never guessed, having seen the book, they you overcame a lot of obstacles. some of them created by yourself? >> i have had a different life. that's why i wrote the book. everyone asks me, how do you know all these things? i wrote it down. >> where did it come from? where did the love of history, the love of all these things? >> i was so sick as a child. i had epilepsy. bad seizures. and remember, it's the '70s, there was one tv in the house in the living room. if i'm in bed for a few days, i started reading books. mom would go to the library, get me books. next thing you know, i fell in love with history books. >> that is what makes the show work so well. it's not just buying and selling. you really know what you're talking about and about so many different kinds

to ask each candidate in one short sentence hopefully five or six seconds to introduce themselves to the voters of new hampshire and the united states of america. let me begin with an example. i'm john king with cnn. i'm honored to be your moderator tonight, and i'm thrilled to be back in red sox nation. let's start at the edge of the stage. rick santorum. >> i served 12 years represents nentz united states senate, but i also have substantial executive experience making the tough decisions and balancing budgets and cutting spending. karen and i are the parents of seven children. >> my name is michelle bachmann. i'm a former tax lilt gags attorney. i'm a business woman, we started our own successful company. i'm a member of the united states congress. i'm a wife of 33 years and i have five children and we're the proud foster parents of 23 great children and it's a thrill to be here in the live free or die state. >> i'm newt gingrich, former speaker of the house. when 14 million americans are out of work, we need a new president to end of obama depression. >> governor. >> i'm mitt romney, and it's an honor to be back at st. ansum. hopefully i get it right this year, and i appreciate t

ask each candidate in one short sentence, hopefully five, maybe six or seven second to introduce themselves to the voters of new hampshire and the united states of america. let me begin with an example. pime john king with cnn. i'm honored to be your moderator tonight and thrilled to be back in red sox nation. [cheers and applause] let's start with senator rick santorum. >> hello, new hampshire. time rick santorum and i served 12 years representing pennsylvania in the united states senate. but i also have substantial executive experience. making the tough decisions of balancing budgets and cutting spending. karen and i are parents of seven children. [applause] congresswoman. >> my name is michelle bachmann and i'm a former tax litigation attorney and a businesswoman. we started our own successful company. i'm also a member of the united states congress. i'm a wife of 33 years. i've had five children, and we are the proud faster parents of 23 great children and it's a thrill to be here tonight in the live free or die state. thank you. [applause] >> i'm newt gingrich, former speaker of the house and when 14 million americans are out of work, we need a new president to end the obama depression. [