i love when mondale asked mcgovern, how long does it take to get over losing and mcgovern said "i'll let you know when i get there." chris: and eugene mccarthy said it's easier to run for president than to stop. >> well, right now, 15% chance these -- that she's gongi to be on the v.p. ticket in 2012. by the way, wall street likes here -- her for those very reasons. she's put her nose to the grindstone and gotten things done. they like that. >> and the history thing. he was the first african-american president and -- chris: would help in ohio in 2012 on the ticket -- that's the only way this would happen if -- chris: if there say real sign desperation or need? >> that's the only way. >> but he's put john huntsman in china. it shows he can put good people -- maybe it's a sign of his strength. >> got to find a way to get biden to slide away happily and you have a way to do it. joe biden always wanted tobe secretary of state. have the jobs switch. >> that would be a real game change? chris: when we come back, scoops and predictions. chris: welcome back. john, tell me something i don't k

was in the cia for thirty years joins us now to talk about this letter mr mcgovern thanks so much for being here now this letter it cites a lot of. comments from from u.s. officials comments from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu but where is the smoking gun that is leading you guys to believe that israel could actually attack iran as early as this month. the analysis is the kind of thing that we used to do the analysis part of this. there's no there's no spy in that you know who's government that is telling us that we have to look at all the circumstances first and foremost it's not you know who's assessment of our president. ok fair enough but don't you think that maybe intelligence officials on the inside would have better information and if israel was in fact going to bomb iran or attack iran they may but it's so unusual in our experience for them to have a spy that's you know who's president you know what we have here is a good idea of our president as being rather supine his performance when that's you know who was here three weeks ago is really quite quite remarkable he

say they believe israel may launch a surprise attack on iran in the next month one of them was ray mcgovern who told r.t. why he suspects this could happen. well there are a host of reasons they're mostly circumstantial but the most important one has to do is what impression prime minister netanyahu got of our president when he was here three weeks ago. our president didn't dare to mention any of the contentious issues between our two countries like your objection to the illegal settlements in the west bank or the killing of the u.s. border. and there instead it was a very much. of. with our president pretty much forming all of a niche and yahoo now who is a pretty clever guy and when he got home to tell it even sure he he told his colleagues that you know these americans are just like we always thought of them they're easily moved eighty percent of the american support us this is bizarre so that's the most that's the key factor if he thinks that obama would not have the courage to oppose a military strike on iran and then you look around for the time to do it well it's very clear that isra

mcgovern: i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. accordingly, the house stands adjourned until 9:00 a.m. >> house members are interrupting their summer resource an issue heard speaker poelosi. the house returns on monday and will begin work on local school boards with budget problems. there are also expected to take up a bill to provide $600 million for voter security. live coverage of the u.s. house when members return right here on c-span. >> tonight, what to watch for in emerging tech trans. insiders on cyber security, where it accessible to for the disabled and how young people use the web on c-span2. >> book tv has been finding out about the new books coming out this fall. >> it is a really interesting more. how did this pigtailed young girl, growing up in the 50's, become the first black secretary of state? he is a health-care expert and he is very political savvy. this is an

of the american red cross, gail mcgovern. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much laura. i am so very excited to be here today. i think this is going to be a very exciting event. and i can't tell you how much i've been looking forward to it. i want to first thing all of you for carving out a solid day to be with us. i can't even imagine the kind of things that are on your calendars and they are so very grateful you were able to take a generous amount of time to spend it with us today. there are so many things that i love about being a part of the american red cross family. the part that i love the most, i know when i wake up in the morning and i come to work, i could be working on issues that help people in need. what we're going to be tackling today are right in the center of that. we're going to be looking at issues that truly can save lives. i can't think of anything more exciting than that. there is an incredible amount of wisdom in this room. i'm actually in awe of the people that are here. wiz come, creativity, expertise, experience, we have people here from emergen

mcgovern: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in support of the rule and the underlying bill. madam speaker, our communities are struggling. 47 states are facing budget shortfalls and at least 34 states will cut both jobs and services in this fiscal year unless there is an additional six-month extension of the fmap program. all of us are hearing from our governors. in june a bipartisan group of governors wrote to congress pleading for an extense of fmap money because they believe it is the most efficient way to avoid further layoffs and health care cuts that will slow the recovery. at a time when states like massachusetts are starting to see unemployment rates decrease, now is not the time to pull the rug from under them. if we were to fail our states and not enact this extension, 2,900 teaching and firefighter jobs in massachusetts would be at risk. what would that mean for classroom size? cops on the street, and firefighter response? to put it mildly it wouldn't be good. this is exactly the type of nation building we sho

passed or at least embraced, a majority of the caucus, a requirement, an amendment proposed by jim mcgovernachusetts in the appropriations bill in afghanistan, the administration established an exit strategy to close the open-ended military commitment to the karzai government. it received 162 votes, a strong majority of the democratic caucus including all of the leadership. that was as a direct result of engaging members of congress and telling them about the importance of this vote and the importance to take a strong stand. that was an important step forward. secondly, we have the majority of americans with us. polls are consistently showing now that a majority of americans believe that this $100 billion-plus a year, that many are including is in fact undermining our national security in so many ways, is simply not worth it, and are opposed to this kind of continued investment. thirdly, the news reporting out of afghanistan to the public has gone from being breathlessly optimistic with this new strategy and this new change and how great things are going to be to a very sober and realistic

somebody interviewed colonel mcgovern it was in charge of the project. he was very surprised that it was whisked away by the air force and put into the archives in footlockers in security. it was really hidden away. eventually, they made their way to the national archives, but they were still classified until the '70s. they were in classified, but nobody knew they existed. they remained out of sight and out of mind for decades. host: appropriate because of the reaction stateside guest: -- guest: this was coming after a very secret operation called the manhattan project, which was the effort beginning in 1942 and was studied in the years leading up to them, to develop the atomic bomb. there was a history of secrecy and not letting anyone get what they were doing, even the people who were working on the manhattan project. host: in your opinion, did that secret extent to how many casualties there were? guest: we know now because we joined the japanese in many studies to calculate how many casualties there were. the japanese records were destroyed. nobody is

we are going to have a very brief windup remark from the ceo of the american red cross, gail mcgovern>> i promise i am going to be very brief. i do have a confession to make. my brain is exploding. it is absolutely exploding. when we started this morning, we talked about the gap and the fact that people expect response for a cry from help on social media within an hour. in the aid organizations and emergency responders and government are not ready to step up yet. i have to say, i have learned more in one day than i have done in months about what we can possibly do about it. even though this is the problem i struggle with and think about often, and i think about that? , -- and i think about that gap. but it scares me. i today sought the terms of a lot of solutions. -- i today saw the germs of a lot of solutions. in my experience, it is easier to sell technology problems. people will do what they want to do. i learned an incredible amount, just on technology. i thought i grasped social media. i am walking out today feeling more like a novice. there are so many extraordinary things going