mcgovern:00 madam speaker -- mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i think our objection is not with the idea of having a serious debate on these issues. there are areas we can come together and hopefully make this bill better. our objection is the fact my friends on the other side voted to repeal everything. voted to allow insurance companies to once again discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. i yield 15 seconds. they voted to take away the been fit for senior citizens that we put in there to help try to close the doughnut hole in the prescription drug bill. and what do they do in terms of replacing it? they come not with an alternative a press release. that's not serious legislating. that's politics as usual. madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i'm amazed, i listened to the gentl

mcgovern: mr. speaker, let me acknowledge the presence of my new colleague on the rules committee, if this was a serious effort, there would be numbers. there are none. this is about issuing a press release -- mr. dreier: will the gentleman yield? mr. mcgovern: i will not. this is about issuing a press release after the state of the union so they can have a talking point to go home with. this isn't a serious effort. if it was, there would be numbers in there. mr. dreier: would the gentleman yield for 30 seconds? mr. mcgovern: i yield to the the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: how much time? mr. mcgovern: three minutes. mr. van hollen: i thank my colleague, here we go again. if this were a serious proposal on the budget, you would have a budget number in this document. there is no number in this document. . on opening day our republican colleagues wrote a measure that gutted the pay-as-you-go rule that we have in this body and did an end run around the pay-as-you-go

mcgovern: i enjoyed the pretty much speaker. would simply say what is the problem with telling us what the number is and what you're going to cut? the number is important because that does determine what you're going to cut. it determines what the allocations will be to the veterans' affairs appropriations committees. and they have real consequences and the notion that we're doing something bold by coming up with this arbitrary statement that 2008 or less levels are going to be to without any detail or numbers, without anything of anything, this is political posturing at its worst. with that i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, mrs. capps. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for two minutes. mrs. capps: i thank my colleague for yielding. madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this destructive resolution. the american people have charged us with creating jobs and strengthening our economy. my colleagues in the majority appear more focused on getting in a good sound bi

mcgovern: an additional mite. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding an additional minute but in that budget enforcement resolution we had a number and when you voted on the rule you knew the number you were voting on as a house of representatives. here you have no idea what you're voting on. you could be votg for 2008 numbers or anything less than that thunder resolution. mr. dreier: will the gentleman yield? i'll yield my friend additional time. let me just say to my friend, mr. speaker, that this is the beginning of a process. this is a one sentence resolution that will allow this house to go on record making a strong commitment to reducing the level of spending. my friend was absolutely right in his opening remarks when he said that everyone wants to us reduce the deficit, and he's right. this may be unprecedented but we're in unprecedented times. i yield my friend an additional 15 seconds. i'll yield him 30econds, mr. speaker. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for his generosity. let me say to the gentleman

mcgovern: mr. speaker, let me acknowledge the presence of my new colleague on the rules committee, if this was a serious effort, there would be numbers. there are none. this is about issuing a press release -- mr. dreier: will the gentleman yield? mr. mcgovern: i will not. this is about issuing a press release after the state of the union so they can have a talking point to go home with. this isn't a serious effort. if it was, there would be numbers in there. mr. dreier: would the gentleman yield for 30 seconds? mr. mcgovern: i yield to the the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: how much time? mr. mcgovern: three minutes. mr. van hollen: i thank my colleague, here we go again. if this were a serious proposal on the budget, you would have a budget number in this document. there is no number in this document. . on opening day our republican colleagues wrote a measure that gutted the pay-as-you-go rule that we have in this body and did an end run around the pay-as-you-go

mcgovern: i thank the gentleman. reclaiming my time i appreciate the brevity of the bill but that doest mean the bill has a very negati impact. when we tried yesterday to protect the f.b.i. and enforcement agents from cuts, that was voted down. so we're very concerned. we don't know at the number is. and i think the people in this congress on both sides of the aisle, the american people, ought to know what we're talking about. where is it? d where tho are those cuts going to come from when you keep on exempting programs? with that, madam speaker, i yield three minutes to the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized for three minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam speaker. and i thank my colleague. here we are a day later, yesterday we asked our colleagues, what's the number going to be? what's going to be the spending ceiling for this congress an r the united states r the united states government?

mcgovern: i enjoyed the pretty much speaker. i would simply say what is the problem with telling us what the number is and what you're going to cut? the number is important because that does determine what you're going to cut. it determines what the allocations will be to the veterans' affairs appropriations committees. and they have real consequences and the notion that we're doing something bold by coming up with this arbitrary statement that 2008 or less levels are going to be to without any detail or numbers, without anything of anything, this is political posturing at its worst. with that i yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from california, mrs. capps. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from california is recognized for two minutes. mrs. capps: i thank my colleague for yielding. madam speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this destructive resolution. the american people have charged us with creating jobs and strengthening our economy. my colleagues in the majority appear more focused on getting in a good sound

mcgovern: i was misinformed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. moran: i appreciate the lenience of the chair of the rules committee. thank my very good friend from massachusetts. what troubles me with this debate, and i would have particularly address myself to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, is that we took two votes yesterday. one w to provide coverage for ourselves, the next, really, to deny it to our constituents. that i find troubling because we all have the right for guaranteed coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions. we have a choice of easy to compare health insurance plans. we have coverage for early retirees. women have equa premium coverage. we have access to affordable care, low cost preventive service. all these things. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mrian: voted to deny i to our constituents. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. mcgovern: thank you, madam speake

mcgovern: mr. speaker, let me acknowledge the presence of my new colleague on the rules commite, if this was a serious effort, there would be numbers. there are none. this is about issuing a press release -- mr. dreier: will the gentleman yield? mr. mcgovern: i will not. this is about issuing a press release after the state of the union so they can have a talking point to go home with. this isn't a serious effort. if it was, there would be numbers in there. mr. dreier: would the gentleman yield for 30 seconds? mr. mcgovern: i yield to the the gentleman from maryland, mr. van hollen. the speaker pro tempore: how much time? mr. mcgovern: three minutes. mr. van hollen: i thank my colleague, here we go again. if this were a serious proposal on the budget, you would have a budget number in this document. there is no number in this document. . on opening day our republican colleagues wrote a measure that gutted the pay-as-you-go rule that we have in this body and did an end run around the pay-as-you-go l

mcgovern:00 madam speaker -- mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds.peaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i think our objection is not with the idea of having a serious debate on these issues. there are areas we can come together and hopefully make this bill better. our objection is the fact my friends on the other side voted to repeal everything. voted to allow insurance companies to once again discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. i yield 15 seconds. they voted to take away the been fit for senior citizens that we put in there to help try to close the doughnut hole in the prescription drug bill. and what do they do in terms of replacing it? they come not with an alternative a press release. that's not serious legislating. that's politics as usual. madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i'm amazed, i listened to the gentleman f

mcgovern:00 madam speaker -- mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i think our objection is not with the idea of having a serious debate on these issues. there are areas we can come together and hopefully make this bill better. our objection is the fact my friends on the other side voted to repeal everything. voted to allow insurance companies to once again discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. i yield 15 seconds. they voted to take away the been fit for senior citizens that we put in there to help try to close the doughnut hole in the prescription drug bill. and what do they do in terms of replacing it? they come not with an alternative a press release. that's not serious legislating. that's politics as usual. madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i'm amazed, i listened to the gentl

mcgovern: i was misinformed. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. moran: i appreciate the lenience of the chair of the rules committee. thank my very good friend from massachusetts. what troubles me with this debate, and i would have particularly address myself to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, is that we took two votes yesterday. one was to provide coverage for ourselves, the next, really, to deny it to our constituents. that i find troubling because we all have the right for guaranteed coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions. we have a choice of easy to compare health insurance plans. we have coverage for early retirees. women have equal premium coverage. we have access to affordable care, low cost preventive service. all these things. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. mrian: voted to deny it to our constituents. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. mcgovern: thank you, madam sp

and there was formed right after the mcgovern debacle a coalition for democratic majority. pat, scoop jackson, ben wattenberg, tom foley, a group of people in politics, a group of people in the, in the right, irving chris call ban to -- crystal began to publish the public interest in those days, and there was sort of a common view i amongst a group of people the democratic party could end up being a perpetual loser in thatompetition of american context that many people urged pat to think about running for the senate in this 1976. the incumbent senator was viewed as being an extremely right-wing republican, and though there were a number of other people who ended up running in the democratic primary in '76 in the senate, the name that was perceived to be the most populaa symbol of the new left, if you will, of the very forces in the democratic party that pat and others felt were putting the democratic party in jeopardy. there were many conversations with pat, i remember their elegant suite at the waldorf when pat was still ambassador to the u.n. which is the first time i thi

mcgovern. mr. new jenlt. thank you, mr. hastings. thank you, mr. hastings. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i thank you and our colleagues on our committee for all your patience with regard to time in this matter today. i especially am grateful for our witnesses and our colleagues that are here to testify and apologize to them if, in the next few minutes, i spend time inordinate on what some might consider to be particularly important, because all of our matters are important and they have just as many important things to say. i associate myself with the remarks of ms. slaughters and the remarks of mr. mcgovern. i do believe that we're embarking down a path that will ultimately be not only to our detriment -- and i wish to correct a few things along the way. mr. king, obviously you and i have our friends and ideological opposites, have fundamental disagreements on what can and should be done. footnote right there. ms. slaughter pointed out something to me last night that you all need to ge

mcgovern. , this weekend on c-span3's "american history tv," accetta become a debate on 1980's america and sunday, -- saturday, a debate on 1980's america and sunday, an oral history with congressman charles rangel, on his political career and the founding of the caucus. learn about the history of the u.s. currency. see the complete schedule online at c-span.org/history. you can also press the c-span alert pregnant have our alerts sent to you. -- the alert button and how our alerts sent to you. >>, this weekend, robert kaplan on the historical significance. and when reporters as there is a price on every decision everyone makes and most do not realize it is a motivating factor in the shaping of their lives. sign up at c-span.org. you can get our meals directly to your in box. >> listen to supreme court cases on c-span radio. saturday, the court considers the definition of a breach of contract and racial discrimination. >> mr. mcdonald did not hold any rights under the contract between his count

mcgovern, let me put it this way. the very first rule that was passed by the house -- a lot of it -- a lot of us opposed it -- it gave the chairman of the budget committee the ability to pick the number out of at anywhere. there is no additional authority in that regard. they have already given the chairman of the budget committee passed a party -- vast authority and surrendered our ability to vote on the number here. because of the absence of any number, this amounts to the same thing. there is some language in here they give you some idea of the territory they are looking yen. but it really does beg the question, since we have heard the reason there is no number because we are waiting on cbo, why not wait for 24 hours after the state of the union address to get the cbo number and we can ask this 24 hours later? instead of every member surrendering his or her vote on a very important question, to the decision of one person, we can do what people want to do which take responsibility and accountability for what is a bi

the ticket of mcgovern/shriver lost every state but massachusetts and the district of columbia.n four years later lasted only a few months. a poignant moment came when his wife died. sargent shriver already in the grips of alzheimer's, waived after her departing hearse, not wanting to let go of his partner of 56 years. his daughter maria spoke often of her father's illness. and its impact on the family. >> he still goes to mass every day, he remembers the hail mary, but he doesn't remember me, maria. i'd be lying if i didn't admit that still makes me cry. >> just today, before word of his death arrived, i talked to sargent shriver's niece, caroline kennedy about his extraordinary life. >> sarg shriver is just a giant in our family. such a wonderful man, loving and devout. i think he really put his faith and his love for his wife, my aunt eunice into action every day, in the political process as well as a life of purpose and service. and in so many other ways. >> the sargent shriver who will be remembered most is the one who exemplified an american generation, called to action by

mcgovern.i do believe that we are embarking down a path that will ultimately not only to our detriment. i wish to correct just a few things along the way. mr. king, obviously uni our friends, and ideological opposites. have fundamental disagreements of what can and should be done, footnote right there. ms. slaughter pointed out something to me last night that you'll need to get rid of, in my judgment. she didn't say that. i'm saying in my judgment something you need to get rid up. every member in this chamber right now was elected. and the constitution immediately establishes a congress made up of a house and a senate. i don't they need any other provision of event i got elected to legislate. and so when you all start, and i will be among the first rats to test you in court, when you start down the path that you're not going to receive my proposed legislation because i didn't cite to a specific amendment in the united states constitution, which i revere and you revere, then i'm going to tell yo

when presidential candidate george mcgovern desperately needed a new running mate, he called sergeanto-to guy, shriver died today after a long battle with alzheimer's disease. harry smith tells his story. >> reporter: sergeant shriver was never elected to public office but few americans could match his life dedicated to public service. >> i have today signed an executive order providing for the establishment of the peace corps. >> reporter: in 1961, president kennedy asked shriver to lead the peace corps, a volunteer army of young people sent to work in developing countries. >> they've got to have an internal motivation. they have to have an internal conviction. >> reporter: in 50 years, more than 200,000 americans have served in 100 different countries. it is shriver's lasting legacy. born in maryland in 1915, shriver worked his way through yale university, and then yale law school. he enlisted in the navy during world war ii and fought in the battle of guadalcanal. he married eunice kennedy, john f. kennedy's sister, in 1953. the shrivers settled in chicago and had five children, in

mcgovern. mr. new jenlt. thank you, mr. hastings. thank you, mr. hastings. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i thank you and our colleagues on our committee for all your patience with regard to time in this matter today. i especially am grateful for our witnesses and our colleags that are here to testify and apologize to them if, in the next few minutes, i spend time inordinate on what some might consider to be particularly important, because all of our matters are important and they have just as many important things to say. i associate myself with the remarks of ms. slaughters and the remarks of mr. mcgovern. i do believe that we're embarking down a path that will ultimately be not only to our detriment -- and i wish to correct a few things along the way. mr. king, obviously you and i haveour friends and ideological opposites, have fundamental disagreements on what can and should be done.

please welcome to the national press club american red cross president and ceo gail mcgovern.eased to be back at the national press club. it's really quite an honor, and i'm grateful for the opportunity to be able to report out to you and also to the public about our operations in haiti on this one year anniversary. i plan to talk about how the american red cross is putting her donated dollars to work, and i will also talk about some the challenges that we are dealing with and how we plan to move forward haiti and its people recover. but for someone to point out that even though haiti is by far the largest operation that we have worked on in 2010, it certainly isn't the only disaster that we have responded to, and it isn't the only thing we have been focused on this year. the fact is that one in five people in the united states has been touched by the american red cross, but it is actually unusual for me to meet anyone that knows everything that we do. we respond to 70,000 disasters every single year, and we do this with volunteers who wear pagers 24/7. this pasture we go with

[applauding] >> de que, gail mcgovern. the national press club, adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> in a few moments the latest report on homelessness and the u.s. in about 40 minutes a state department briefing on the political situation in lebanon. after that sworn in as governor of south carolina. later treasury secretary to the diner on how the world economy is affected by china's currency. on washington journal tomorrow morning we will discuss the shootings in tucson, ariz. with paul held key, president of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence and john lott, author of more john -- more guns from a less crime. also joined by the national alliance and mental illness. and associated press energy reporter will take your questions about the final report of the gulf oil spill. that was announced this week. .. the is 40 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning, everyone. welcome in thank you toase of sa coming -- were coming to everetm sees as the state of homelessness in america. i am nan

mcgovern: madam speaker, i yield myself 15 seconds. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, i think our objection is not with the idea of having a serious debate on these issues. there are areas we can come together and hopefully make this bill better. our objection is the fact my friends on the other side voted to repeal everything. voted to allow insurance companies to once again discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions. i yield 15 seconds. they voted to take away the been fit for senior citizens that we put in there to help try to close the doughnut hole in the prescription drug bill. and what do they do in terms of replacing it? they come not with an alternative a press release. that's not serious legislating. that's politics as usual. madam speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pallone. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. pallone: thank you, madam speaker. i'amazed, i listened to the gentlem

mcgovern: thank you. well, mr. speaker, tt didn't take long. our republican friends have been in charge of the house for about an hour and they are already up to their old discredited tricks. they promised the american people they were serious about deficit reduction. apparently that promise was for campaign purposes only, because the republicans' rules package before us today paves the way for a huge explosion on our national debt to the tune of $5 trillion. that's trillion with a. the new republican majority will drag this country back to their fantasy land where deficits either don't matter or coulbe addressed by giving huge tax bres to the very, very wealthy. back here in the real world, their proposals will do real harm to real middle-class families. they want to slash funding for education, for infrastructure, for investments and new technology, for medical research, for job training, you name it. if the program benefits working families, it's on the chopping block. but if you're a wealthy hedge fund manager or huge defen contractor or a

shriver was george mcgovern's vice-presidential running mate in 1972 and then he ran for the presidencyself in the '76 democratic primary. he was also the father of former california first lady maria shriver. sargent shriver was 95 years old. he suffered from alzheimer's disease. >>> two students are in the hospital after a shooting at the los angeles high school. the teenagers were struck by the same bullet after a gun went off in a backpack that was dropped in the grounds. a 15-year-old girl is in critical condition, a 15-year- old boy is shot in the neck. he is in fair condition. students at gardena high school are still trying to calm their nerves. >> the cops got there and were telling us, they told my class to get on the ground. on the overcom they said that like there was a shooting or something so that we were on lockdown. >> 917-year-old student who brought -- the 17-year-old student who brought the gun to school is being questioned by police. >>> sleet and freezing rain making travel tough in the northeast. check out this video, in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. that's not fun. thi

mcgovern. >> i would just fate as mr. van holland said i think very clearly, were at a dangerous point here if were going to start politicized the budget process. and if we don't pay attention to the congressional budget office says we've been under republican and democratic controlled congress, as long as i know. and you know, you guys are in control right now and you can do whatever you want to do. but i don't think if we were in control you would want the chairman of the budget committee to come up with the numbers on his or her own. you know, this is a process -- this is a natural -- cbo is natural and they are the professionals. and we shouldn't shout down the road of it going cbo and leaving it to the budget committee to make whatever decisions they want to make in terms of a just cause. it's very dangerous road going down. >> any further discussion? those in favor say aye. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] >> the clerk will report the total. the most is not agreed to. mr. polis. >> thank you com

next relief efforts from gail mcgovern., and left 2 million homeless. from the national press club in washington, this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, welcome to the national press club. i'm alan bjerga, president of the national press club. we are leading organization for the journalist, we are committed to the future through programs and fostering a free press. for more information visit our web site at www.press.org. to donate to the professional training programs please visit www.press.org/library. on behalf of our members worldwide, i'd like to welcome our speaker and attendees of today's event which include guests of the speaker as well as working journalist. i'd also like to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. after the speech concludes, i will ask audience questions. first head table guest. from your right nasir ahmad. international news manager, sam, president and ceo of world action. david melzer, senior vice president for the american red cross and guest of the speaker. melissa

he was the real george mcgovern of diplomacy, so thank you. >> ok, do we have any public comment on 10 a? item 10 b is future meetings and ageneral dass. our next meeting is scheduled for the third wednesday of january. commissioner hechanova? vice president hechanova: has there been potential or proposed date for the joint planning and -- >> small business, that was put off until january and no date yet. i will let you know as soon as i know anything. i'll contact those people again. i think once they tried during the holidays and decided that wasn't going to work, it kind of fell through the cracks. once the holidays are over that, will get back on track. vice president hechanova: thank you. >> any public comment on future meetings or agendas? seeing none. item number 11, adjournment. >> motion to adjourn. >> second. >> all those in favor? >> aye. >> it is now 11:25.

he was the vice president candidate on the mcgovern ticket. president obama called him one of the brightest lights of the greatest generation. shriver died yesterday after a battle with alzheimer's disease at age 95. >>> turning, now, to the weather this morning. a calmer day in the northeast, after all that snow and ice yesterday. >> but it is bitterly cold in the dakotas, where fargo only gets up to 3 degrees today. the windchills will make it feel like 35 below zero tonight. yesterday, actual temperatures dipped to a bone-chilling 17 below. >> couldn't do it. >>> now, for the rest of this morning's weather from around the country. nearly a foot of snow in the northern rockies. to the south and east, a mix of rain and snow changed over to all-snow. dumping up to six inches from denver to kansas city and st. louis. several inches of snow from cleveland to charleston. and in upstate new york and in new england. >> 38 in boston. 42 here in new york. and 50s in atlanta, new orleans and dallas. a bitter 5 degrees in minneapolis. and 23 in chicago

he was the first director of the peace corps and mcgovern's running mate in 1972. eunice kennedy shriver died in 2009. his daughter is maria shriver. married to former california governor schwarzenegger. >>> today is martin luther king jr. people are focusing on the rights of civil rights leader. attorney general eric holder told the congregation it's time to recommit to dr. king's values., we must >> today, we must look upon our both the history of his profession and future promise, working on both his weaknesses and his strengths. appreciating both his challenges and his infinite opportunities. >> holder also said that the tucson tragedy shows us the struggle to eradicate violence and promote peace is not yet over. >>> a memorial in martin luther king's honor is still in the works on the national mall in washington. organizers have to raise another $11 million to meet their $121 million goal but they're confident that the granite sculpture dubbed "stone of hope" will be unveiled this summer. set for august 28th, the same day king gave his iconic "i have a dream"

mcgovern. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for three minutes. mr. mcgovern: madam speaker, the american people made it very clear in the last election, that they want us to focus on one thing, jobs. but the new republican majority has instead chosen to reopen an old ideological battle. i think that's a mistake. but the good news is that the american people will have the opportunity right at the outset of this new congress to see the clear differences between democrats and republicans. democrats believe that insurance companies should be prohibited from discriminating under the basis of pre-existing conditions. republicans do not. democrats believe we shou close the doughnut hole and reduce prcription drug prices for our seniors. republicans do not. democrats believe that young people should be allowed to remain on their parent's insurance plan until age 26. republicans do not. democrats believe we should provide tax breaks to small businesses and subsidies

in 1972, shriver stepped in as george mcgovern's running mate after news that thomas eagleton had beenreated for depression and was forced off the ticket. for his lifetime of public service, shriver received the presidential medal of freedom in 1994. a father of five, one of those children, california's former first lady, maria shriver. he slipped into the shadows of alzheimer's disease and was diagnosed in 2003. >> at the age of 93, he still goes to mass every day, and believe it or not, he still remembers the hail mary. but he doesn't remember me, maria. >> reporter: it is a cause maria shriver is still fighting. she spoke to diane sawyer not long ago. >> your dad doesn't know that you're his daughter. but he still uses expressions. >> yeah, he'll say to me sometimes he doesn't say anything, but sometimes he'll say, you're beautiful and i'll say to him, i'm your daughter, maria and he goes, you are? i go, i am, you're my dad. and he goes, wow. >> reporter: always the family man, even in the grips of alzheimer's and even at the funerals of his wife eunice and brother-in-law ted in 200

the government's war on poverty, ambassador to france and vice presidential candidate under george mcgovern back in '72. he's had alzheimer's since 2003. he was married to eunice kennedy shriver for 56 years. she died in '09, among his five children, of course, is our own maria shriver. >>> it was 50 years ago today, a lot of americans were expecting, perhaps, a warm grandfatherly farewell speech from their two-term president and world war ii hero, five-star general, dwight david eisenhower. what they got instead was a warning about the future. when the outgoing president uttered his most famous quote about the dangers of the military industrial complex. eisenhower warned that money for weapons takes away from things like hospitals and schools. and on this martin luther king day, president obama and family honored dr. king's legacy with a service project, painting the cafeteria wall at washington stewart hobson middle school. the art works include pictures of fruits and vegetables, a passion of the first lady's. her effort to improve school nutrition. by the way, a nice present for her birt

mcgovern: thank you. well, mr. speaker, that didn't take long.our republican friends have been in charge of the house for about an hour and they are already up to their old discredited tricks. they promised the american people they were serious about deficit reduction. apparently that promise was for campaign purposes only, because the republicans' rules package before us today paves the way for a huge explosion on our national debt to the tune of $5 trillion. that's trillion with a t. the new republican majority will drag this country back to their fantasy land where deficits either don't matter or could be addressed by giving huge tax breaks to the very, very wealthy. back here in the real world, their proposals will do real harm to real middle-class families. they want to slash funding for education, for infrastructure, for investments and new technology, for medical research, for job training, you name it. if the program benefits working families, it's on the chopping block. but if you're a wealthy hedge fund manager or huge defense contracto

mcgovern? >> thank you for the clarification of the definition of.y the definition you just gave, social security is on the chopping block. medicare is on the chopping block. >> we're talking about non- discretionary spending. social security and medicare are not discretionary programs. those are entitlements. i believe it is essential for us to proceed with entitlement reform. this measure does not touch the issues. it happens to be non-security spending. >> is mr. ryan going to testify? >> he is not able to be here. >> i think a lot of the questions we have, he really is the one who needs to answer them. let me make sure i understand this correctly. under the rules that the majority passed, the chairman of the budget committee can come up with a number and put it in the record. that is the number we have to abide by in terms of what appropriations committees have to deal with. >> that is correct. >> and also correct that there does not have to be a vote on that? >> that is correct. >> we vote on post offices. i would like to think we would have a v

he was the democratic george mcgovern's running met in 1972, his wife died in 2009 at age 88. we will be right back as the news continues after the break. the james like him lick in san francisco traffic is moving swiftly. acustar bit announcement steve jobs' is taking a medical leave of absence. he sent it memo to his team's saying, at my request the board is granting me a medical leave of absence of the focus, health. i will continue in major strategic decisions for the company, in the meantime team cook will be responsible for all day-to-day operations. it is unclear what the medical leave this. his history includes patriotic cancer, and liver transferred in 2004. he has been appearing very thin since the liver transplant. we're getting word he is taking a medical leave of absence from apple. >> the word today is fog. we are dealing with a lot of it. the bay bridge approach socked in a mop locations appear here's a look at what it looks like, attend the mile for san francisco, sfo, novato, san rosa, san jose we are seeing visibility dropped one-tenth of a mile, on your sate

[applause] i think george mcgovern just flew in from florida. here he is. george, come up. i got here in time to hear my cherished friend, chris dodd, give you that three-minute speech. [laughter] and now we have -- now we have dear coleman who gave us another thought-filled three-minute speech. [laughter] i wouldn't have made it at all if we hasn't had all of these three-minute speeches. i missed my plane coming out of jacksonville, florida. my fault. i got to talking to a couple of passengers and all of a sudden, i heard my name on the paging system. but by the time i got to the gate they said the plane had gone. so i thought, well, what do i do now? i used the time while i was waiting until the next plane to write some brilliant notes. that i was going to favor you with here today. and left those in my overcoat. [laughter] i decided that it was less painful listening to a couple of speeches here than going out into that cold again, so here we are. it is a pleasure. [laughter] it is a pleasure for me to follow the speakers that you have heard from and it is a pleasure to

as prison and ceo of the american red cross, gail mcgovern had a largest relief organization. last week, the red cross announced that so far it has spent or signed agreements to spend $245 million on haiti recovery efforts, more than half of what it has collected. haiti as a test -- is a test for the american red cross. when she took the job in 2008, mcgovern was the seventh ceo in seven years hired to restore the red cross' tarnished reputation. the marketing and fund-raising experts last expenses to cut the $200 million debt working to regain the trust of donors who were wary from reports of red cross plans to divert 9/11 funds and the disorganize response to hurricane katrina. on january 12, 2010, which is also her birthday, the deadly 80 earthquake struck. the day after the quake and a shoe is diagnosed with breast cancer. as she began fighting her personal battle as well as the battle for haiti, she lost the red cross campaign to provide resources and assistance to the patient victims. she is here to discuss how the red cross is spending what it has raised for haiti and g

first lady michelle obama and president obama will attend the -- george mcgovern's vice presidentialick in 1972. sergeant shriver will be buried near his wife eunice. >>> the president reportedly joked during a toast that he is saving his best lines for the state of the union address on tuesday. although the president is being tight lipped about what he is going to say, some political analysises say he may -- others expect that he may talk about the no child left behind law and the testing policies therein. also the obama administration is considering funding initiatives such as matching grants to encourage work on renewable energy and scientific research which can be vital to economic recovery of this nation. as the president repairs, it's a little bit like prom party. >>> keith olbermann is leaving msnbc after nearly eight years on the job. olbermann signed off for the last time last night as a commentator of countdown. the show will be replaced with "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." >>> a new wing has been added to the research room of the library of congress. bird wings. b

the last major political figure we had with me be the exception of george mcgovern to challenge the permanent war economy and the resources, taxpayer resources that are pumped into the huge defense industry. so we saw the liberal class provide channels or mechanisms within the power structure by which the grievances and the injustices and suffering of work of men and women could be redressed. that's how the liberal class, that is the role of the liberal class, and it's why traditional power elites tolerate liberal institutions and tolerate the liberal class so that they are not completely tone of to the suffering of those outside the power elite. but at the same time, they are used to discredit radical movements that challenge traditional structures and assumptions, which is true today. the figure that self identified liberals hate most is not glenn beck because he exposes the collaboration of the liberal class and the power elite and the way that they serve the power elite. the danger is that when the liberal institutions no longer functioned, when they lost as become ossified, houseify, the

shriver was the director of the peace corps and in 1992, he was the nominee running with george mcgovern. but in 1953 he married ueun us kennedy, sister of john f. kennedy. shriver is psurvived by five children and 19 grandchildren. >>> he is decicheney is decidin to replace a heart valve. he has already had five heart attacks, the first at the age of 37, the last one almost a year ago. cheney underwent major surgery to get that heart pump after experiencing increasing congestive heart failure. cheney turns 70 later this month. >>> there are new signs of hope in the struggling arizona community where the violent attack happened more than a week ago. investigators continue to search for leads to try to answer lingering questions about how and why six were killed and 13 others wounded. nbc's jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: from the pain in tucson, there are new signs of progress today. some of the strongest from the target of the assassination attempt of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. in an interview that will air tonight, her husband, astronaut mark kelly, talked about her recove

he ventured into politics including a run for vice president as mcgovern running mate in 1972 and fat of maria shriver schwarzenegger former first lady of california. but his life work was poverty. he was associated with many landmark programs. volunteers in service to america head start which to this day is low income children and family in the job corps. they all benefited from his leadership. with his wife miss shriver he started the special olympic which became a worldwide movement. in 1994 president clinton presented him with a nation highest civilian honest. presidential medal of freedom. in 2003 sergeant shriver washington diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. even as he became according to his daughter a shell of his former self he served the nation again as a visible reminder of the disease an at the able of 93 hel goes to mass every day. and believe it or not he still remembers the hail mayor but he doesn't remember me, maria. >>reporter: his life work is perhaps best captured in his own words. nearly everybody in their life needs someone to help them. i don't care whether you

mcgovern: thank you. well, mr. speaker, that didn't take long. our republican friends have been in charge of the house for about an hour and they are already up to their old discredited tricks. they promised the american people they were serious about deficit reduction. apparently that promise was for campaign purposes only, because the republicans' rules package before us today paves the way for a huge explosion on our national debt to the tune of $5 trillion. that's trillion with a t. the new republican majority will drag this country back to their fantasy land where deficits either don't matter or could be addressed by giving huge tax breaks to the very, very wealthy. back here in the real world, their proposals will do real harm to real middle-class families. they want to slash funding for education, for infrastructure, for investments and new technology, for medical research, for job training, you name it. if the program benefits working families, it's on the chopping block. but if you're a wealthy hedge fund manager or huge defense contract

. >> woodruff: massachusetts democrat jim mcgovern argued the repeal effort reneges on g.o.p. promises to cut the deficit and make government more transparent. >> the campaign's all about reducing the debt and yet we have a preliminatey c.b.o. score that said this is going to cost a great deal of money to repeal, but that doesn't matter. and no hearings! there was no-- this was not a thoughtful process! and then you're all telling me that you want a closed rule. bring it to the floor with no amendments, no input-- so much for the open process. there's none! >> woodruff: the full house is slated to vote on the rule for debating health care repeal tomorrow. the repeal vote itself is set for next wednesday, but democrats in the senate have pledged to turn back the effort. now, the first of several conversations with members of the new house republican majority. last week, we talked with three democrats defeated at the polls in november. tonight, we are joined by the new chairman of the powerful ways and means committee, representative dave camp of michigan. >> woodruff: congratul

remember, some of you might remember -- most of you were too young -- to remember that after the mcgovern debacle of 1972 there was a great deal of intellectual fermenting in the democratic party constituencies about which direction the democratic party was going to go. should go in the isolationist direction people fought george montgomery espoused or was it going to be the strong anti-communist force that people felt it had traditionally been? that was formed the personal and organization called the coalition for democratic majority. at scooped jackson, tom foley, a group of people in politics, group of people in the right, irving kristol published public interest in those days, sort of a common feel among a group of people, the democratic party could end up being a perpetual loser in the competition of american politics. it was really in that context that many people urged hat to synch about running for said that in 1976. the incumbent senator was viewed as an extremely right-wing republican and so there were a number of other people who ended up running in the democratic primary in 76