like to introduce someone who was in the middle of most major conflicts of the twentieth century mr jonathan documentary filmmaker winner fifteen any awards and one of the best known ever met with one john. johnson now heard is one of the biggest names in american journalism and documentary filmmaking since he worked in the early seventy's he's won fifteen emmys and for columbia to point towards your reported extensively from hot spots around the globe for nature the middle east and latin america he was the first american t.v. reporting to end to come out of the vietnam war and a few years later reported from to her during the iran hostage crisis after the persian gulf war john albert was the only t.v. reporter to get out of iraq with food which covering civilian deaths he's reported was cancelled three hours before it was due to be aired on n.b.c. after which john was fired immediately placed me. welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us tonight. well first of all your latest documentary here is called in times square eighty days of egypt's unfinished revolution well first o

mr. kantor, as always. now we have jonathan cowan, third way president, and we welcome back dave limbaugh, syndicated columnist and author of "the great destroyer: barack obama's war on the republic." david limbaugh, i want to start with the end and work my way forward so brother callan can criticize the substance. condi rice for vice president. what do you think? >> not my first choice. not conservative enough for me. wonderful woman, great integrity, but she is not my first choice. >> and romney picking a vp well in advance instead of waiting the week during the convention. maybe he should pick one in the next week or two. what do you think of that? >> maybe so, but i'm not sure who is it. i don't think the dust has settled. we ought at least be sure who is the best person to nominate. >> john, speaker or leader kantor said to me, it wasn't just to put democrats on record about taxes for obamacare, which the supreme's ruled, it was about costs and the lack of patient power and too much government centralization. is he right?

mr. president, the 12 coloradans, americans who we lost friday morning, jonathan t.bluyk, alexander j.boik, jesse childress, jays could ghawi, michaela medek, matthew m mcquinn, john larimer, alex sullivan, alexander teves, rebecca wingo, and i think the hardest name for all of us to say, that of 6-year-old veronica moser-sullivan. i think the presiding officer has seen the photo of her with an ice cream cone in hand, delight on her face, ice cream on her nose. and i guess maybe what we could do is each take the time to enjoy an ice cream cone, maybe leave that ice cream on our nose for a little bit and remember her. in honor of these victims, i filed a congressional resoluti resolution, senate congressional resolution 53, along with my colleague, the presiding officer, senator bennet. congressmaan identical resolutin filed in the u.s. house of representatives and the resolution among many things strongly condemns the atrocities which occurred in aurora, offers condolences to the families' friends and loved ones of those killed in the attack and expresses hope for the rapid and complete re

jonathan blunc. rebecca ann wingo. alexander tevis. jessica golly. we, too, will remember. mr. udall: i ask consent the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: mr. president, like you i come to the floor this evening with a heavy heart. i know as senators and leaders we're expected to have words for every occasion, and what happened last friday morning makes it very difficult to put words that are appropriate. however, as i think of the coloradans that we there that we're so lucky to represent, theirctions spoke louder than words. their actions spoke very louy on a friday morning in the city of aurora and i want to focus on the actions of all those brave, decent coloradans who were victims in a variety of ways at the horrific movie theater shooting that took place there in aurora. and it cut short the lives of 12 people, injured approximately 58 others. and i'm rising to pay tribute to all of those people as well as to their familiesnd their loved ones. but i think -- and i know the presiding officer, my colleague and my fellow senator from c

mr. president the 12 coloradans americans who we lost friday morning jonathan t.bluyk, alexander j.boik jesse childress, jays could ghawi michaela medek, matthew mc mcquinn, john larimer alex sullivan alexander teves rebecca wingo and i think the hardest name for all of us to say that of 6-year-old veronica moser-sullivan. i think the presiding officer has seen the photo of her with an ice cream cone in hand, delight on her face, ice cream on her nose. and i guess maybe what we could do is each take the time to enjoy an ice cream cone, maybe leave that ice cream on our nose for a little bit and remember her. in honor of these victims i filed a congressional resolution resolution senate congressional resolution 53, along with my colleague, the presiding officer, senator bennet. congressmanan identical resolution has been filed in the u.s. house of representatives and the resolution among many things strongly condemns the atrocities which occurred in aurora, offers condolences to the families' friends and loved ones of those killed in the attack and expresses hope for the rapid and complete rec

. >> jonathan from congressional quarterly. this is a question for mr. williamson.i would like you to answer a question that was presented earlier and that is where the money is going to come from to rebuild the navy and to raise the defense budget. where would that money come from? >> has the governor said yesterday they are coming. >> in order to have the sort of american sentry he envisions come and to have america in the position internationally the first stop is to renew and rejuvenate the economy. he believes that will come through allowing incentives in the private sector. a different approach on regulation, even at uncertainties including obamacare that will all contribute to a stronger economic growth in the united states and we have many important issues to deal with at home. if we are unable to protect our security interests, the u.s. government is failing its first responsibility to the american people. >> just to follow that up. until all that happens, that doesn't happen in one day as soon as the government becomes present let's say. in that period of

mr. president, this afternoon the senate pauses to remember those killed in last week's horrific shooting in colorado. among dead was 26-year-old jonathan blunc, a graduate of hud high school in reno, nevada. a navy veteran, father of two. my heart goes out to his loved ones, to all the victims and their families as they struggle to make sense of the senselessness. how can you make sense of something that's so senseless, mr. president? we may never know the motivations behind this terrible crime or understand why anyone would target so many innocent people. friday's events were a reminder that nothing in this world is certain and that life is precious and short. today we pause to mourn the dead but also honor how they lived. we pledge our support to the people of aurora, colorado, both as they grieve and as they begin to heal from this terrible tragedy. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: we've all been sifting through the events of last friday and i think it's entirely appropriate for the senate to take a moment today to acknowledge, as we just did, the victims of this nightmarish

. >> jonathan berger from congressional quarterly. this is a question for mr. williamson. i'd like to answer your question that mr. someone asked you earlier and that is where the money is going to come to to rebuild the navy and to raise the defense budget. or would that money come from? >> as the governor said yesterday, the vfw. in order to have the sort of american century envisions and to have america in a position internationally. the first stop is to renew and we need you to make the economy. he believes that will come through allowing incentives in the very a different approach on regulation, eliminate uncertainties, including obama cared that will all contribute to a stronger economic growth in the united states and that while we have many important issues to deal with at home, if were unable to protect their security interests, the u.s. government is failing in its first responsibility to the american people. >> and rich, just to follow that up, until that happens -- that does not happen in one day, as soon as the government becomes president one day, in that per

mr. president, this afternoon the senate pauses to remember those killed in last week's horrifishooting in colorado. among dead was 26-year-old jonathan blunc, a graduate of hud high school in reno, nevada. a navy veteran, father of two. my heart goes out to his loved ones, to all the victims and their families as they struggle to make sense of the senselessness. how can you make sense of something that's so senseless, mr. president? we may never know the motivations behind this terrie crime or understand why anyone would target so many innocent people. friday's events were a reminder that nothing in this world is certain and that life is precious and short. today we pause to mourn the dead but also honor how they lived. we pledge our support to the people of aurora, colorado, both as they grieve and as they begin to heal from this terrible tragedy. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: we've all been sifting through the events of last friday and i think it's entirely appropriate for the senate to take a moment today to acknowledge, as we just did, the victims of this nightmarish ra

mr. block, the article says, no one failed here osm because ma succeeded beyond his wildest dreams. later in the article, jonathan chancer, vice president of research at the foundation for defense of democracy, said, what we're seing is a trend of israel being left out of the global discussion on terrorism while israel was extremely helpful in the beginning stages of this conversation. the obama administration is down playing the struggle that israel has been enduring. i believe to a certain extent, he says, this is due to regional politics and it's disconcerting to see this change. it looks like a quiet effort to down play the issue. the state department, the article says, would not answer questions about the matter. pretty tragic. how this state department, how this administration, could continue to exclude israel from counterterrorism discussions about countries who have been victims of terrorism. well, interesting additional article, we had another hearing today in one of our judiciary committees, caused us to think again, some of us, about fast and furious, never far from our minds when you know there are gu

mr. president, this afternoon, the senate pauses to remember those killed in last's week's horrific shooting in colorado. one of the dead was 26-year-old jonathank, graduate of hud high school in reno, nevada, navy veteran, father of two. my heart goes out to his loved ones, to all the victims and the falies as they struggle to make sense of the senselessness. how can you make sense ofsome something that's so senseless, mr. president?we m we may never know the motivation behind this terrible crime or ay understand why anyone would i target so many innocent people.r this is a reminder that nothing in this world is certain and that life is precious and short. today, we pause to mourn the dead, but also honor how they lived.dg we pledge our support to the people in colorado, both as they grieve and as they continue torl heal in this terrible tragedy. >> mr. president, we've all about sifting through the events of last friday. and i think it's an entirely appropriate for the senate to td take a moment today to acknowledge as we just did, the victims of this nightmarish rampage, their families, and the wider community of aurora. of in the life of a