senator lott, thank you. [applause] before i see the microphone, i was charged with a solemn duty to say one other thing. i am here speaking for two people in my family, because after you and hillary got off to a rough start in the senate, she said she never liked anything more than working with you on katrina, and you were a champ on that, too. so thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, president clinton, and thank you all for being here. this is really a very emotional and special occasion for me. i am honored by your presence, and i am so appreciative of the fact that i have my family here, my children and grandchildren, all my friends and supporters and my former colleagues. i could go around this room and tell a story about almost everyone of you. things would get together. i look at susan collins, and she used to sort of go the other way when she would see me coming, but to she knew what i was up to. i just want you all to know i am appreciative of the fact that you are here in this room. thank yo

ronnie lott is one of ed reed's biggest fans. >> by far. >> ronnie lott said his choice to win the wholethe san diego chargers. we play them next week, they're on tv tonight. might be worth tuning in or reading about the game tomorrow. 4:00, 4:15 next sunday. it's going to be a battle royale. it's the second game of the season. >> all right. >>> coming up on coffee with. is this my dog, by the way. she has two different color eyes and crooked teeth. she's not pretty, okay? i let her lick puddles. her favorite place to get a drink of water is our shower stall. what's your story here? >> minus my ankle when i come out of the tub. the dogs link your ankles. >> let our dogs be dogs. this is fun coffee with, coming up. who let the dogs out? i can't believe we haven't heard that. >>> first morning weather has any mid-week. we'll explain it all when we come back. >>> gorgeous sunrise. that may be the most clouds you see in the area today. yesterday was a super afternoon. today may be clearer, without any passing clouds. 61 right now. calm winds. 89% humidity. barometer at 29.97. ocean city, 63.

newt gingrich, trent lott and bill clinton. the good ole boys of the '90s yucking it up yet at the unveiling the trent lott's official portrait in the senate chamber. ah, the good ole boys get together to savor the good ole days. those were the days, my friends. newt, by the way, who pushed to impeach clinton for having an on-the-job girlfriend which newt gingrich himself just happened to have himself at the time. but, hey, who's counting? lott voted to kick clinton out of the presidency, only to have the next president, a republican, george w. bush push him out of the senate leadership. here's trent lott reminding bill of that first encounter of the first part. >> one of the reasons why i think we got along so well, and why we got a lot more than people realized was going on that he we did get done is because we never lost our ability to talk. even when i'd do something or say something stupid or vice versa -- excuse me, mr. president -- the main thing about it is quite often we'd call one or the other and laugh about it. >> y

with us john legend, david gergen, nic lott and roland martin. keeping us off the important issues of health care and other things that should be debated. rather we're off to the subject of race. this is not something that the white house wants to be discussing. >> it's certainly not and the white house would very much like to change the subject. but jimmy carter, i'm afraid, is not alone, anderson, in his views. a rasmussen poll out today finds that 22% of democrats believe that most of the opposition to health care reform comes from racist. and 35% of barack obama's strongest supporters believe that opposition comes from racists. i personally believe there are racists at the fringes, at the extremes here. but i think it's wrong headed and unfair and i think it's a libel upon many of the opponents, most of the opponents of health care reform to say they're racist. seven previous presidents have tried to bring health care reforms of this kind. all seven have failed and all seven were white as i recall. >> john legend, when you see the tea party p

until jobs turn around, i think the federal reservwill be lott to do anything to encourage ople not hire people. i think they wt jobs creat, t this economy going. >> i wt to touch for a nute on this morning backed secuties question. it's a ltle technical. t for people at home, it too late if theyaven't already to refinancen terms of getting the st rate that you possibly could becau of today's ws? >> i don't thin so, suzanne. i think at the federal reserve is sayin is there gointo be around a little longer to try to make the transion to their getti out of thi business, and as you say it's inside basebl, but to get out ofhis business i don't think it's necessarily something that is gog to cause mtgage rates to jump up. i think the's enough slack in the syste right now that these lowates should be arou for a while. >> getting back to the stock market for a second, are you making any changes in terms of your portfolio because of toy's fed news? >>o. as i said earlier, i think the federa reserve said exacy what people hoped they wld say, what theyad prered people for, for them to say. and thi

we were at senator lott's portrait inviting the worst thing that trent lott ever said i was a spoiled newt once said i was the enemy of normal americans. with us now newt gingrich who hosts a new dvd with his wife called "rediscovering god in america to our heritage." this this is now becoming a big deal this rudeness factor. i have been doing this 13 years. i guess i'm the poster boy for rudeness. i guess i'm the problem here, ladies and gentlemen. but, what we try to do here is vigorous debate. once in a while we get a little rude. i never heard all of this stuff from media or anybody else when they were kicking the living daylights out of bush and cheney. cheneyhow rude were those people getting them? >> when several dozen democrats were booing president george w. bush in the 2005 state of the union, that was somehow not inappropriate. because, after all, he deserved to be booed because he wasn't a liberal. when tipp o'neal said of ronald reagan he has ice water in his heart, that was somehow not inappropriate because after all tipp o'neal was a lovely irish liberal democrat and th

until jobs tur around, i think the feral reserve will lott to do anything to encourage people not to he pele. i think they wantobs created, get this enomy going. >> want to touch for a minute on this morning backe securities question. it's a little technical but for pple at home, is it too lat if they haven't already to rinance in terms of getti the best ratethat you possiblyould because of today's news? >> i don't think so suzan. i think what the fedal reserve saying they're going to be aund a little longero try to make the transition to their getting out of this business, and as you say it's inside baseball, but to get outf this business i don think is necessily somethinghat is going to cause mortgage rates to jump . i thin there's eughlack the system right now that these low rates should be around for a while. >> gettingack to the ock maet for a second, a you making any changes in terms of yourortfolio because of today's fed news? >> no. as i sai elier, i thi the federal reserve said exactly what peopl hoped they would say, what they had prepared people for,or them to y. an i tnk

we were at the portrait and dealing of senator trent lott, and the worst thing he ever said is that ias a spoiled brat, but newt gingrich said i was the enemy of normal americans. bill: newt gingrich, who has a new dvd with his wife called "rediscovering god." this is becoming a big deal, this inwardness factor. i have been doing this 13 years, and i guess i am the poster boy of rudeness. i am the problem here, ladies and gentlemen, but what we try to do is have a vigorous debate. once in awhile, we will get a little rude, but i did not hear this from the media when they were kicking the daylights out of bush and cheney. >> when several dozen democrats were borrowing -- booing president george w. bush during the state of the union, that was somehow not important, because, after all, he deserved to be booed because he was not a liberal, and when it was said about ronald reagan by tip o'neill that he had ice in his starts, he was a lovely iris democrat, so therefore, whatever he had -- that he had ice in his heart, and he was a lovely irish democrats, so therefore, whatever he said did

. >> today on c-span, a portrait unveiling ceremony for former senator trent lott. you'll hear remarks from former president clinton, newt gingrich, and mitch mcconnell. that begins at 10:10 p.m. eastern here on c-span. next month, take a rare visit inside the supreme court, as we talk to the justices about the role, traditions, and history of the court. >> brandeis would not come in because he said this building was so elaborate it would go to their heads. maybe he was right. it has become over time a symbol of the court system, the third branch of government, and the need for stability, rule of law, which is what america stands for. >> supreme court week starting october 4 on c-span. as a complement to this original production, c-span offers free teaching resources on our judicial system. this week on "the communicators" our guest is crist schroeder, the ceo of health central network. he will discuss the increased use of technology in the health- care industry and his experience is starting an internet based company focused on health care. >> the washington, d.c a

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or put congressman joe wilson, this officer and gentleman on a national contrition tour, like trent lotttake for democrats to bring it up, as a matter of fact. >> in your letter you sent out, congressman, you said you had heard the president declare prominent politicians to be liars in his speech, for disagreeing with him on health care. and he, the president, was pointsing out what he says were myths about the proposals out there, but if i can recall, he didn't say that there were liars amongst prominent politician and that's what you wrote in your letter. >> no i can say he said prominent politicians, they are lies, plain and simple and he was speaking specifically about the end of life panels. >> right. >> and he immediately followed with those who disagree with him on whether the health care proposal would fund illegals and joe wilson knows, as i know that there were two committee votes that blocked out any kind of certification process for citizenship and that also the congressional budget office and the congressional research services have all concurred with joe wilson and myself t

we have a former press secretary to trent lott, as taylor was, a democratic media consultant.r to the people how this will happen? >> it is remarkable that eight months into his administration, president obama is forced to give a make-or-break speech on health care, and he did not. he gave broad themes, but lawmakers now are asking where are the specifics, how much is this going to cost, and what is happening. president obama needs to provide those details to win lawmakers' over. it was definitely not something that would win people over, and i think you'll see a backslide from democratic lawmakers in days to come. jane: some say that this is deliberate. >> i think the president did what he needed to do, laying out a strong, structured design of what his plan would look like, and he specifically said his expectation of what it would cost over the next 10 years and talked about a lot of ways we would pay for this, including ideas from the democratic and republican sides of the aisle. he now will sit at the table with an open door so that all ideas can be hashed out. jane: the p

bureau has gotten rid of them they will be part of the census study but the real question is, what lottt, and how much money should we still get to acorn if anything think you have hit the nail on the head, because there are about 600 statues that the office of inspection general of hud should take under investigation and i would urge viewers to go to the oig, office of inspector general had website there's a toll-free number. they should call and demand an investigation because there are about six federal statutes requiring that all the forms that are submitted at contractor are true. you make a false statement to the federal government that's a felony. there are six or seven statute violated. the federal agency, the white house, should investigate speaker we have lifted -- leave it there. we will put the number out there for people to call. thank you for joining us this morning. >> nice to be with you. >> alysin: she battled terrorists, arnold schwarzenegger in true lies but now actress jamie lee curtis has good advice on how to stay safe in real-life, and she joins us on box in franc

in fact, it was a great relief to people like senator gregg and senator lott and others, 51 republicans and 49 democrats to be able to go home and say they voted against a prescription drug bill that wasn't paid for, but they did vote with the president and they did vote with the leadership on the key procedural motions which got them to 60 votes. i think the outcome this time will be different. the question for me is not whether a bill will pass, but what will become of it in the minds of the american people? maybe not in the next election, but in the election when the president runs three years from now. i ask this question at a dinner last night, but i'll ask it again. the question is whether this bill is going to be more like medicare or more like medicare catastrophic. i'm not saying it will be repealed, but i think these questions that the american people have and that they seem to be asking in august if you talked to people about how is this going to affect me? which even with a very, very detailed plan, i don't think can be answered. i'll close my comments with this. i heard joe

other day, we're out of politics, we can be nice to each other now, that he once -- we were at not lott'sait unveiling, the worst thing he ever said was that i was a spoiled brat but newt said i was the enemy of normal americans. but you should -- let me put this in some context. roosevelt was called a traitor. we've had all kinds of things said. i remember when president johnson could over some guy wrote a book, the texan looks at lyndon and virtually accused him of murder. if you go back, this has been a staple of politics. when i get really upset about this, i go back and read a book in the second century by a roman historyan who still had access to the transcripts of what went on in the roman senate. when you look at what cicero said about julius caesar, he was a lot rough on him than anybody has been on bill clinton or barack obama. >> but he didn't have the internet. >> yeah, he didn't have the internet. but instead of -- i think what we ought to judge ourselves by is whether we're getting anything done here. do i wish it was more civil? yes was i upset the guy called the president

in fact it was a great relie for people lik senator gregg and senapor lott and others 51 republicans9 democrats to be able to go home and say they voted against a prescription drug bill that wasn't paid for but they did vote with the president and leadership on e key procedural motions which got than 60 votes. so i think the outcoma this time will be different. time will be different. the question for me is not whether a bill will pass, but what will become of it in the minds of the american people? maybe not i the next election, but in the election when the president runs three years from now. i ask this questio at a dinner last night, but i'll ask it again. the question is whether this >> i'm not saying it will be repealed. but i think that those questions that the american people have and they seem to be asking in august, is how is this going to affect me? which even with a very detaid plan, i don't think can be answered. i'll close my comments like this. i heard our host on the radio, and i was on npr, and i was driving into work. i was thrilled to hr joe get a question where a w