mrs. ford, i think it really was a case of denial in a lot of ways. she said august 9, 1974 was the saddest day of her life. i think in part she felt badly for the country but even more she felt badly for pat nixon and the nixon family who were good friends. he had never aspired to the presidency and she was more reluctant of going and she didn't find out until about a week before it happened. >> among the video pieces you'll see tonight are some clips with the ford family children. the first one up is steve ford. we talked to him a year ago at a conference on first ladies and we'll include some of the pieces of that interview tonight. as we begin tonight is on the family's transition in august from their home in virginia and the vice president si to the white house. let's listen. >> mrs. ford has hoped you would get out of politics. what is her reaction to the heavy response 1234b89 >> she's doing her best and we'll wait and see about the other. >> first of all, you have to remember after dad

mrs. fordthink it really was a case of denial in a lot of ways. she said august 9, 1974, was the saddest i did of her life. i think in part she felt badly for the country even more for nixon and the nixon family who were good friend of the ford's. and finally she had never, you know, he never aspire to the presidency. she was even more reluctant with the idea of going, i think. she really didn't find out until a week before it happened. >> among the video piece you during the program tonight are clips with the ford family children. the next one, and first one up is steve ford. we talked to him a year ago at the conference on first lady and include some of the pieces of the interview tonight. tonight is -- it's on the family's transition in august from their home in al virginia. >> mrs. ford has a -- what is her reaction to the heavy responsibility? >> well, she's just doing her best and we'll wait and see about the other. >> first of all, you have to remember after dad got sworn in, the day nix

carter's and for the work that mrs. ford was doing on alcohol and drug dependence sigh issues. >> host: kyle wants to know what kind of relationship did the fords have with the nixons after leaving washington? >> guest: perfectly friendly. i think to be perfectly honest with you, you couldn't go through watergate and the pardon and have it not affect the kind of old casual friendship that they enjoyed. i remember seeing them together at the time that the nixon library was dedicated in 1990. >> host: gerald ford post-presidency, active on corporate boards and party politics, lived int the age of? >> guest: 93, the longest lived american president to this day. >> host: we have video of the casket in state and the capitol building. can you talk about -- there's mrs. ford there. talk about her role in planning the service. >> guest: well, she was very much a part of it. she -- we had a number of meetings to begin, actually, several years out, and, of course, it evolved in the military district of washington, the professionals th

nixon and mr. ford, they met with their people all the time. they were not as avid golfers as mr. obama is -- >> ohcome on. >> but ford was a very good golfer. >> he was. i guess what i'm trying to get a handle on here is it's so unbelievable to me, i tried to give every doubt to the esident that he called her up or she called him. at face value it looks like he got his wish, he got his signature lejs lashgs bravo, it was a true you've for him, whether people like it or not, it was a signature achievement, then he dropped the ball. >> ben's right and i'm -- >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what did you say? >> ben is right. breaking news. ben stein is right. except for the part about nixon. he probably should have played more golf, it would have gotten him into less trouble. >> bill clinton played a lot of golf and it did not avoid trouble. >> there are a lot of golf analogies we could talk about. ben's right, obama dropped the ball on this. it doesn't surprise me he may have only met with her once beuse he certainly didn't do anything else he needed to do to make this rollout a su

. >> mr. ford, any other planes to get your chest waxed again? bring awareness to climate change. >> thanks for the question. do you still apply to get a cheeseburger. i guess you're driving a honda odyssey. absolves you of owning seven aircraft. is it still seven, mr. ford. how do youir recommend americans keep up with your carbon footprint. john: the man asking the questions was jason mattera. author of best-seller, "hollywood hypocrites." of the jason, harrison ford may be a hypocrite but you're obnoxious. you're rude. >> oh, john, i learned from the best. i followed your career at 20/20, confront people duplicitous. john: that was crooks and thieves. this is just a poor actor expressing his opinion. >> who has a ais lot of sway, especially with young people. i mean, unfortunately, whether you like it or not, young people cues from celebrities. and being hip and cool means being in favor of these conservationist policies that harrison ford strangely got his chest waxed over. you know what? i don't care that he owns seven airplanes. i would lov

mrs. forde dress that was wearing at the swearing in ceremony in the east room of the house. she was less than excited about becoming first lady. but president ford encouraged her, saying we can do this. he resolved if i'm going to have do this, i'm going to have fun doing it. for her started immediately. within ten days, she had a state king husseinertain of jordan. it was something she had to prepare for as her role as first lady and she hit the ground running. >> first lady, betty ford, eastern, live9:00 on c-span and c-span 3, also on radio and c-span.org. >> late last month, "the wall ceo et journal" hosted the meeting in washington, d.c. they focused on global economy to business investment. u.s. trade representative michael froman was one of the speakers. trade ed about the u.s. deals including the transpacific the ership agreement and transalantic partnership with europe. this is a little more than 20 minutes. >> good morning. i appreciate you joining us, ambassador. there's lots to talk about. massive agreements being negotiated in asia and europe. that in a timeay of

>> i didn't get mrs. ford to do that picture.t wouldn't have crossed my mind, it was the last day she was in the white house as a first lady. we walked past the empty cabinet room. this had been a male dominated room forever. she said i really wanted to dance on the table. she hopped up there and struck this pose. it goes to the heart of her personality, mischievous, fun loving woman. >> you've taken pictures of every president since nixon but this photo of george h.w. bush and barbara was quite unique. how did that happen? >> the gerald r. ford library opening. they were doing a formal picture, president bush 41 did this for my benefit. he was a guy who was jumping out much airplanes when he was 85 years old. mrs. bush saw what he was doing and said, "george, won't you ever grow up?" >> this photo is a beautiful one between michelle and barack obama. >> today i think it's one of the nicest moments between the president and mrs. obama that we have seen captured on camera. it goes to the heart of the relationship, like a high scho

. -- this is addressed that mrs. ford was wearing. she was less than excited about the coming first lady, but president ford encouraged her, saying we can do this. she resolved that if i'm going to do this, i'm going to have fun doing it. and the fun started almost immediately. within 10 days she had a state dinner to entertain king hussein of jordan. it was something that she had to put therefore in her role as first lady as she hit the ground running. >> first lady betty ford monday and c-spanon c-span three. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> c-span, we bring public affairs of its from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable industry 34 years ago and funded by your local and cable or satellite provider. now you can watch us in hd. >> next is a discussion about digital technology and its impact on jo

this is the dress that mrs. ford was wearing in the swearing-in ceremony. she was less than excited about becoming first lady, but president ford encouraged her. she said, if i am going to do this, i'm going to have fun doing this. within 10 days, she had a state dinner toceremony. she entertain king hussein of jordan. she hit the ground running as first lady. ford.st lady betty coming up, epa genome mccarthy will be talking about u.s.-china relations. until then, a recent white house policy initiative and how it is impacting the president's health care initiative. showing the president hitting new lows on measures of job approval. what is it like to work inside the white house right now? guest: the mood is pretty grim. it has been since the rollout began and quickly started to have its flaws shown. approval ratings dropping. one of the things most concerning to the white house is the public perception of the white house's honesty is dropping. at the moment, they are taking a deep earth. they announced some improvements to the health care website. they are t

this is the dress that mrs. ford was wearing. she was less than excited about becoming first lady, but presidentand board -- ford encouraged her, saying that we can do this. she result that if she was going to do this, she was going to have fun doing it. within 10 days, she had a state dinner to contain -- to entertain. she hit the ground running. tonight lady betty ford on c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> social media is a very old idea. we think that it is recent, and only people alive today have ever done it. really what i'm arguing is there is a long tradition of social media that goes back to the era of the late roman republic's. the point is that you do not need a digital network to do social media. if you have one, it goes faster, but you can actually do it in the old days. messengersls, running to and fro, and other members of the roman elite were spoke to eachhim, other, and it was a social environment. there are many other samples that occur throughout history. tom payne and his pamphlet common sense, and the way that pa

he's actually better than me. >>> so long, mr. ford. budget deal that will probably pass the senate significantly and shortly. in the original budget deal, our disabled military retirees would not have their pensions cuts. pay attention. disabled military pensions would not be cut. however, now they're going to vote on, they will get their pensions cut if they were disabled and no longer to serve. >> over 20 year period will cost $124,000. initially they said and told he is they were exempt. but upon further review, they are not exempt. overall as you pointed out, the other federal employees, nobody's pension gets cut. they go into the military again while restoring some funding to the military after sequester hits. they go in there and work on their pensions. >> sure. and a lot of people, including jeremy hilton over this. earlier, navy veteran, air force. his spouse is up in arms. this is what he had to say. strong message for those that will be placing votes today. >> most of our families are lower middle class, maybe middle class af

ford. we will continue to move forward. >> what mr. mulally and the ford crew really want to talk about is the new mustang. this is earlier this morning. >> it represents the heart and soul of the new company -- the company at its best. it is a really big day. 50th anniversary and we could not be more happy to be presenting this. the mustang has universal appeal. to put it into perspective, the mustang has over 5.5 million followers or fans on the spot. over half of them are outside of the u.s. in the four corners of the globe. it has universal appeal. it ignites that sense of freedom and optimism. it is very consistent. it transcends genders, demographics, and nations. >> alan mulally says it is all part of the one ford plan that was put into motion seven years ago. >> we decided to provide best in class vehicles. also, to make something affordable. >> which was the idea of the pony car in the first place. >> in 1965 at the world's fair, they introduced the first mustang. it changed the auto industry. not only was it a great sports car

let's now talk more on this with former member of the european parliament a glimmer of forward mr glen ford thank you very much for joining us here on r.c. so why is the u.k. founded in the. why is the u.k. suddenly so willing to trade more with china. time is clearly a very big and important power and the increasingly important if you want to any country in the world wants to see china as an opportunity in terms of david cameron taking a trade mission to try another suit up salute the sensible and i think everybody in britain will be fully behind it slightly peculiar is that david cameron is saying that there should be a e.u. china free trade agreement many of us would agree with that at least in principle but actually less than ten days ago there was an e.u. china summit one this is very firmly ruled out. trade competencies. at the moment to target with the european union so it's not nothing david cameron can do or unless he's actually saying to china that we're certain to leave but do you think this china e.u. free trade agreement which has been discussed for years actually a possible. w

carter and mrs. ford and i believe it was probably in the late 1980's. and also i wanted to mention centennial,hnson's her birthday was last december 22, 2012. and in honor of that, the post issued a commemorative stamp and mrs. johnson was only first lady to have a stamp and the others were martha madison,n and dolley abigail adams and mrs. roosevelt. me youproducer tells have a personal connection with the former first lady. >> yes. i was her executive assistant from 1991 until her death. it that you would like people watching this program to know about mrs. johnson? >> oh, my. cokie andt of all, betty are doing a terrific job. thank you. she was very warm. she was unflappable. she had a delicious laugh. it was a hearty belly laugh. such a goodjust role model for all of us who knew her and loved her. you worked for mrs. johnson -- well, for the president, too, although i president -- but you became part of the family. my friend and i loved her but she loved me, too. a privilege working for her and knowing her and her have certainly followed in her foot

this is the dress that mrs. ford was wearing at the swearing-in ceremony. she was less than excited about becoming first lady, but president ford encouraged her, saying we can do this. she resolved that if i'm going to have to do this, i'm going to have fun doing it. the fund for her started almost immediately. within 10 days she had a state dinner to entertain king hussein of jordan and it was something she had to prepare for in her role as first lady lady. she hit the ground running. >> first lady betty ford tonight spanine eastern live on c- and c-span three. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> "washington journal" we will spendt: the next 45 minutes looking inside the white house with white house bureau chief scott wilson. i want to give sense of what the mood is inside the white house right now amid this criticism on the rollout of the affordable care act and some of these polls we have talked about this they're showing the president hitting new lows on measures of job approval. what is it like to work inside the white house right now? guest: the m

this is the dress mrs. ford wearing at the swearing-in ceremony in the east wing of the white house. she was excited about becoming first lady. president ford encouraged her saying, we can do this. do this, if i have to i am going to have fun doing it. within 10 days, she had a state dinner to entertain king hussein of jordan. it is something she had to do to prepare for her role as first lady. lady betty ford monday night at 9:00 eastern live on c- span and c-span 3. also on c-span radio and c- span.org. >> it was shocking. i saw it, that look he had on his face. i could close my eyes and i could see him on the stretcher. i could see him putting his hand up. i could close my eyes and i could see it. i will never forget that first case, that's bringing me to reality of what was going on here -- that bringing me to reality of what was going on here. after he got into the tent, there was that initial triage. the team starts to work. we got pulled in, myself and my colleague who wrote the forward. we both got pulle

this was the dress that mrs. ford was wearing at the swearing-in ceremony in the east room of the white house. she was less than excited about becoming first lady, but president ford encouraged her saying we can to this. she resolved that if i'm going to have to do this, i'm going to have fun doing it. and the fun for her started almost immediately, within ten days she had a state dinner to entertain king hussein of jordan. and it was something that she had to prepare for as her role as first lady, and she hit the ground running. >> first lady betty ford tonight at 9 eastern live on c-span and c-span3, also on c-span radio and c-span.org. >> next, hydroenterprises -- microenterprises and how they can spur job creation, businesses with five or fewer employees that start with a small amount of capital. a panel examined how they can allow people in small communities to be economically empowered. the aspen institute hosted this 90-minute forum. >> to this afternoon's event. this which we'll be discussing microenterprise a

mr. mayor, mayor ford a big football fan. says he used to be a high school coach.owed down on wings during the bills-falcons played up there in a stadium in his town. a fan tweeted that the mayor had stolen his seat. but he gave it back. meantime, the documents suggest mayor ford has close times with a violent street gang, and gang members ordered drugs for mayor ford. the document shows the mayor may have done heroin and that somebody once stole his cell phone at a drug party. according to the wire tap, a friend and driver of the mayor gave the thieves weed to get the phone back. a trading world. trace gallagher has more. live this afternoon. what do police say about conducting these wire taps? when did they happen? >> reporter: they happened back in march and april. about two months of these rumors started circulating there was videotape of the mayor smoking crack. so when the police heard the mayor's name come up in these alleged gang conversations they were shocked. during one conversation an alleged gang member says he has multiple ping -- pictures of the hezz

mr. lank ford. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. for what you do and taking care of patients. you are going through a lot of paperwork and process right now. i can imagine the incredible a. frustration every day you get a new regulation and rumor every day. all you're doing is trying to take care of people and patients. i want you to know from us we appreciate what you're doing. and how you try to focus on taking care of people. the problems are very, very real. you are experiencing on the ground we hear about them our offices all the time. the numbers are out for the first two months of enrollment and the affordable care act in my state in oklahoma are now up to just over 1,600 people have been able to sign up in my entire state. it give you point of reference, 1400 companies got a letter two months ago their insurance was canceled because they were in a small business group just in oklahoma city. so just in one town in my district 1400 companies received a letter in the same day they were cabled because their association is no longer legal and out looking and now we've had 1

ford? >> well, they became very good friends. and they worked on the era together as we mentioned. and they communicated a lot -- worked on projects together. and as i mentioned earlier, mrscarter gave a nice eulogy. the ford family and the carter family became good friends. for bette ford because for candor had taken a step forward for first ladies as well. and i think that made it a little easier for later first ladies to speak out to say what they thought. >> and the -- the carters have concentrated on humanitarian issues globally. but i'm wondering about the relationship with the democratic party after leaving the white house after trouncing in the 1980 election. how welcome were they by the national party. what was their role? >> well, you know, immediately after that kind of defeat, those aren't the kind of people you're going to send out on the campaign trail or raising money. but the democratic party wasn't -- wasn't super embracing of the carters after that defeat. but it seems that it came around in time. i mean, the whole democratic party ended up across the '80s going in a more moderate direction and moving away from the more liberal wing. that's represented i

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this was the dress that mrs. ford was wearing at the swearing-in ceremony. she was less than excited about becoming first lady by president ford encouraged her saying we can do this. she resolved that if i'm going to do this i'm going to have fun doing this in the fund for her started almost immediately. within 10 days she had a state dinner to entertain king hussein of jordan and was something that she had to prepare for is her role of first lady and she hit the ground running. >> we were just at the hudson institute carried we are having technical problems there so we will try to fix the connection. for the time being a look at today's white house briefing. >> hello everyone. welcome to the white house. for the first briefing of december at least from this podium and i hope everyone here had a terrific thanksgiving holiday and was able to spend time with friends and family. i have no announcements to make so i will go straight to your questions. julie. >> there were reports over the weekend, officials on the status of the health care web site indicating the

mr. terry wants information about ford calhoun, he should get it. this is not a partisan issue. it's about the institutional oversight responsibilities of this committee and its members. that i encourage all fight commissioners to rethink this flawed policy and i look forward to further discussing this issue today. mr. chairman, thank you for your courtesy. and i have to apologize in advance because i have to be at another subcommittee at the same time the subcommittee and cloning has not advanced sufficiently for me to be both places at once but i'll be back and forth as much as possible. >> gentleman yield pakistan. i'm sure a lot of people are glad you are not able to be close yet. so we will miss you though. i'm sure mr. terry appreciates your ability to comment on his bill. so with that we turn back to the commissioners. again well. commissioner svinicki, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. thank you, chairman shimkus, chairman whitfield, ranking member waxman, ranking member tonko, and members of the subcommittee for the opportunity to appear before you toda

mr. hail is a pedophile. nor did i intend as to judge that in my comments. >> the controversial mayor ford has refused to resign over allegations he took crack cocaine, and sexually harassed staff members. mayor ford has stopped drinking. he has lost 26 pounds since starting a workout regimen after the scandal. >>> a tourist in australia fell off a pier as she was checking facebook on her phone. a witness saw her fall into the bay in mel bourn, australia and called police. they saw her flailing about. she told police she couldn't swim and she apologized because she had to be called. police say she still had the phone in the hand when they fished her out of the water opinion they didn't say exactly what country she was from. >>> 6:18 is the time. let's go back over to sal. i know you are covering the lanes blocked on 880. >> no one was seriously injured. however, a lot of damage to the vehicles. but since no one was seriously injured, they can kind of work quicker in getting the cars out of the way. the fire department is there because there was a spill of oil and glass all over the place. but you can tell they

mr. secretary, good morning. harold ford.leaders around the world as we navigate a challenging time. >> i am glad to hear from you, congressman. i hope you are well. you look at the way nelson mandela operates and the way he governed and dealt with his opponents. you have to say to yourself, boy oh, boy, wouldn't it be great if we could have some of that back. in our politics here in the united states it would be so great if people would start working together again to accomplish things for the country. that's what he did first and foremost. he was soft spoken, but he remained committed to that rev lou revolution and he didn't give anything away by working with his enemies. >> brian shackman here. take us back to the years ago to the policy back then. how difficult was the united states and its policy towards south africa? >> it was a very difficult problem and in fact the one time that ronald reagan lot of control of foreign policy. the policy in those days was one of constructively engagement. work with the south african ap

since general motors and chrysler filed for bankruptcy since ford got in financial trouble has been one of outsiders. fiat controls chrysler, mrn came from an investment firm from washington and he was named by the gm board and he ended up rung the company. and mulaly is running it. so mary is an insider. mr. akerson wanted to make a bold choice. he was looking for someone who would be different than the typical old style general motors ceo. he obviously liked her, he saw a lot of her talent and decided this is going to be my choice. that was not a secret in detroit. everyone here knew for about the past year that she was being groomed to be ceo. i was surprised it happened this quickly because she's 51 and in detroit that's still relatively young to be a ceo. >> woodruff: having said all this, what's the significance of this. it is deeply unusual to have a woman in this position, isn't it? >> right. so if you look at all the fortune 500 companies, are even though we hear a lot about women ceo's there's only 22 in all of the 500 companies. there's never been a woman ceo in detroit, although through the years i've seen a lot of

mr. hail is a pedophile nor did i intend to judge that in my comments. >> mayor ford has refused to resignaccusations he took crack cocaine, drank a lot, and sexually harassed staffers. his lawyer says mayor ford has stopped drinking and lost 26 pounds since starting a work out regimen. >>> 5:15 is the time. let's check in with sal. i like your question on facebook about when you think things will taper off because people will head out of town or take off from work. >> people weighing in se thursday or friday. friday afternoon people will be gone. ghost town. >> so all next week will be slow. >> tumble weeds. let's take a look at what we have now. the traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving on the san mateo bridge. no problems getting out to the high-rise. all the way out to 101 if you are driving. again today is only wednesday. i shouldn't say only wednesday. it is hump day. but today is wednesday and we still are expecting a regular morning commute to the point where you will be slowing down and you have to leave at the normal time. westbound 237 that traffic is looking go

. >> ford was a trend-setter in 2013, leader in the pack of categories of mayors gone wild with honorable mention to number nine, san diego's mrsmooth himself, bob filner who resigned as mayor facing a tidal wave of allegations, including a former female employee who filed suit, alleging that filner asked her, wouldn't it be great if you took off your panties and work without them on? he was eventually sentenced. >>> kwame kilpatrick, convicted of racketeering and extortion so pervasive, prosecutors said it helped push the motor city into the largest bankruptcy of a city in u.s. history. 28 years in federal prison. >>> speaking of elections, number 7 on our list isn't a mayor, but he could have been. new york's former congressman anthony weiner, a hit performer for the sexing controversy that made hem leave capitol hill. he made an encore running for the big apple's job, but when more pictures surfaced, he lost the primary with less than 5% of the vote. magnanimous, he gave the universal we're number one hand signal as a parting shot. >>> while we're on the subject of popularity, number 6 on the revenue service. and in keeping

mr. mulally in just a bit, but i first want to give you the update from ford regarding its outlook for 2014y just announcing it plans to add 5,000 u.s. jobs next year. most of those are going to be salaried jobs. but again, 5,000 jobs is the expectation from ford to add next year. we're showing you video right now of a vehicle that ford is actually showing to reporters in dearborn this afternoon. they'll be testing this technology along with state farm insurance and a couple other entities. the bottom line is this. when you look at the data -- and they're showing a split-screen video that was shot ahead of time by the company, in this split-screen video, the company is using lidar sensors mounted on the car to scan the road. now, they're not projecting potential sale date for autonomous drive vehicles, but the whole idea here is they are like everyone else, jumping into this whole category of autonomous drive vehicles. look for this to be the big push over the next, oh, five to six years. real quick as we look at shares of ford, we want to talk about what's going on with alan mulally. the f

mrs. nixon's funeral was held. was placed right up here underneath the lovely tend with flowers. nixon sat over here. on the other side, presidents reagan and fordnd their first ladies. this is the pat nixon rose garden, a special place for both of the nixons because mrs. nixon was instrumental in designing it for the grand opening of the nixon library in 1990. she loved gardening. had a special affinity for roses. she was instrumental for opening up the white house for garden tours in the spring. a tradition that's continued until this day. this is the pat nixon rose which was developed in 1972 by a french designer. mrs. nixon was first lady. it is the only rose that will continually grow at the white house. this is the final resting place of both president and mrs. nixon, only steps away from the president's humble 1910 farmhouse. there's a great story behind the epitaph on her memorial site which she chose herself. it dates back to the trip to peru that she took in 1970 as the ambassador of goodwill. she wanted to talk to the people of the devastated earthquake. she wanted to see the devastation, find out what she could do to help. one of the

mr. putin pledges billions to try to support the ukrainian government which is still taking serious heat for backing out of a european union trade deal. so who is more overexposed, rob ford or ron burgundy? tough call. we're not sick of a dancing mayor ford. at least not yet. this is "way too early." >> good morning, everybody. brian shactman here. this is one of the those where you get a little bit of everything. yes, we have legitimate news and we have michael jordan not able to sell his mansion, president obama and what he likes on netflix and, yes, a guy tries to barter a live alligator for beer. and i'm just sort of curious can you ask yourself this question, how much beer should you get for a live alligator? 30 pack? a case? six-pack? i don't know. anyway, you get the picture here. and if you are one of the two mega millions winners can you afford to keep the gator and just buy the beer. tickets with all six numbers for the $636 million jackpot were sold in california and in georgia. one of the tickets was sold in a gift shop. the owner just bought the store four months ago. he'll get $1 million bonus. >> i feel good! i feel good! come to my store! i feel good. i d

mr. putin pledges billions to try to support the ukrainian government which is still taking serious heat for backing out of a european union trade deal. so who is more overexposed, rob fordcall. we're not sick of a dancing mayor ford. at least not yet. this is "way too early."

ford and carter. here's the one that buzzfeed clearly overlooked. yes, that's former first lady nancy reagan with mrd in a sleeveless santa claus costume back in 1983 as part of the just say no to drugs campaign. and here's how tom brokaw portrayed that scene years ago. >> what happens when you team up mrs. reagan and mr. t? you get the a couple of course. mr. t made a menace b santa claus at the press tour. >> who been bad. >> we don't know what mrs. reagan asked for, but mr. t got something a little extra from her. >> all right. oh. wow. now that'll start of scandals. >> next up, it's a case of shooting first and asking questions later. sarah palin was the first and perhaps the most vocal defender of phil robertson after he was suspended from "duck dynasty" for the anti-gay comments he made in "gq" magazine. as it turns out, palin never bothered to read the article at the center of the controversy. her admission came on fox news with greta van susteren. >> there's a rather offensive zrings of it. there are two ways to say different things. and his in the article and i know he's a graphic type guy,

his uncle is francis ford coppola, his cousins are nicolas cage and sophia coppola, his mom put the yo in adrian and he co-stars alongside tom hanks and emma thompson in "saving mr in select cities a week from tomorrow, please welcome jason schwartzman. >> hello, hello. how are you. wow. how's your little girl, your daughter? >> my girl is now three years old. >> it's been that long? that's crazy. i guess she would be doing things. >> she is doing a few things. yesterday was a big day. yesterday was her birthday. it was disney land. i was waiting for that day to come and we had quite a day. >> is she big enough to go on the rides and stuff? >> not big enough to go on certain rides. you have to be 40 inches to go on certain rides. >> that's height, right? >> yes. she had a great time. i want i did feel bad that it's her birthday. i left her. and i didn't think it was that until after. i was just wait iing. it was incredible. it was incredible. and i grabbed my daughter. happy birthday, it was amazing and i could see in her eyes there was a sense of what happened to my father and my wife saying that's not good. it doesn't help with her feelings right now. it was b

mr. mayor, that's not how it works. no one can make you a belieber, you have to belieb. there were new allegations today against toronto mayor rob ford, more details from a police report, that they've been reviewing, releasing little pieces of it. today gang members were caught on wiretaps saying they have photos of mayor ford doing heroin, which is weird. because i thought he had an exclusive deal with crack. i didn't know. the tapes, which are part of the report also suggested the mayor spent quality time with people who have been charged with drug and prostitution related offenses. in one call, an alleged gang member was asked to bring mayor ford drugs at a residence police believed to be a crack house. and a few hours later another alleged gang member was everheard saying he had pictures of mayor ford doing the hezza which is canadian for hiroin, i guess. i don't know. as if that doesn't enough, there is information the mayor tried to buy infamous video of him smoking crack. and they wanted $500,000 and a car. sound like he would make a good game show host. i hope, seriously, i hope they get him on "dancing with the stars." becau

. >> reporter: ford was a trend-setter in 2013, leader of the pack in the category of mayors gone wild, with honorable mention to number nine, san diego's mroth himself, bob filner, who resigned as mayor, facing a tidal wave of sexual harassment allegations, including a former female employee who filed suit, irene mccormick-jackson, alleging that filn pechlt r asked her, wouldn't it be great if you fook off your panties and worked without them on? he was sentenced to 90 days home confinement and three years probation for assaulting women. number eight, former hip-hop mayor of detroit, convicted of racketeering and extortion so purr va pervasive, it helped to push the motor city in bankruptcy. speaking of elections, number seven on our list isn't a mayor, but he could have been. new york's former congressman, anthony weiner, hit performer on the list in past years for the sexting controversy that made him leave capitol hill. he made an encore, running for the big apple's top job. when more explicit pictures surfaced that were sent to a 22-year-old woman under the alias carlos danger, weiner, who is married lost the primary. he gave the univ

. >> ford was a trend-setener 2013, leader of the pack in the category of mayors gone wild with honorable mention to number nine, san diego's mrth himself, bob filner. who resigned as mayor facing a tidal wave of sexual harassment allegations. charges of unwanted advances, including former female employee who filed suit. irene mccorps mick jackson who claims filner claims he said, wouldn't it be great if you took off your panties and worked without them on. he was charged with three years probation for assaulting women. number eight, kwame kilpatrick, former hip-hop mayor of detroit convicted of racketeering and extortion so pervasive that prosecutors say it helped push the motor city in the bankruptcy. kill patrick finally got the term he wasn't elected to serve. 28 years in federal prison. >>> and speaking of election is, number seven on our list isn't a mayor but co-have been. new york's former congressman anthony weiner. hit performer on the list from past years for the sexting controversy that made him leave capitol hill. he made a run for the big apple's top job. but when more pictures surfaced from were sent to a anothe

mr. akerson signalled it sometime ago when he said some day a female might run gm. i think he was letting us know that might be his choice. who has a better line up. >> fordest line up but gm has really been coming on. they have been on the market here for a few months. we will have to see what the final verdict on that is. but gm clearly has the best product line-up in their history. a lot of kpetors also have their best line up. >> we think the growth will drop to about mid single digit. so, you know, i would think five or six percent growth next year would still be a nice trend line for the recovery. >> and you expect that consumer spending will still, even if rates go higher, there is no concern about people being able to get loans by card? >> credit is wide open. even a small movement, i don't think will be a factor in our business. >> the ceo of group one automotive. gfi is a ticker symbol on that. we have got two of the world's youngest bitcoin entrepreneurs. 15 and 13. they are up next on "fast." stay tuned. so ally bank has a raise your rate cd that won't trap me in a rate. that's correct. cause i'm really nervous about getting trapped. why's tha

. >> reporter: ford was a trend setter in 2013, leader of the pack in the category of mayors gone wild with honorable mention to number nine, san diego's mrsmooth himself, bob filner, who resigned as mayor facing a tidal wave of section ooul harassment allegations, unwanted advances including a former fee may employee who filed suit. irene mccormack jackson alleging, he asked, wouldn't it be great if you took off your panties and worked without them on? sentenced home confinement and three years propassi s probatio. kwame kilpatrick, racketeering and extortion, it helped push the motor city into the largest municipal bankruptcy in american history. he got the term he wasn't elected to serve, 28 years in federal prison. speaking of elections, number seven on the list isn't a mayor but he could have been. new york's former congressman, anthony weiner, a hit performer on the list for the sexting controversy that made him leave capitol hill. an encore running for the big apple's top job. when explicit pictures surfaced sent to a 22-year-old, weiner, who is married, lost the primary with less than 5% of the vote. weiner gave the media, we're n

mr. hail is a pedophile nor did i intend to suggest that in my comments. >> ford has refused to resign amidrack cocaine, drank excessively and sexually harassed staffers. his attorney says he stopped drinking and has lost 24 pound after starting a wakeup regime. >>> "time" magazine has named pope francis person of the year. although he's still against same-sex marriage, he has so far shown "a stark change in rhetoric from his two predecessors." earlier this year, in response to the question about gays in the catholic church, the pope said and i'm quoting if a person is gay and seeks the lord with good will who am i to judge? >>> 7:47. following in the footsteps of batkid, the city of vallejo is launching a superhero of its own. tomorrow morning, the city will release the identity of wonder girl. she's a young girl fighting cancer who next year will be given a dream vacation. a group of people in vallejo wanted to surprise her with her own day as a superhero, especially when they found out the young girl is a big fan of wonderwoman. the itinerary for the sure hero event has not been released

his uncle is francis ford coppola, his cousins are nicolas cage and sophia coppola, his mom put the yo in adrian and he co-stars alongside tom hanks and emma thompson in "saving mrs in select cities a week from tomorrow. please welcome jason schwartzman. [ cheers and applause ] >> great, great. >> jimmy: very good to see you. >> nice to see you. >> jimmy: i haven't seen you in a while. >> i know. >> jimmy: how's your little girl, your daughter? >> my girl is now 3 years old. >> it's been that long? that's crazy. i guess she would be doing things. >> jimmy: she's doing -- i guess she would be doing things. >> she's done a few things. yesterday was a big day. yesterday was her birthday. it was disneyland. she is old enough. in theory i heard it was designed for 3-year-olds so i was waiting for that day to come so we went there and had quite a day. >> jimmy: is she big enough to go on the rides and stuff? >> not big enough to go on certain rides. you have to be 40 inches to go on certain rides. >> that's height, right? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. but we went on certain rides and she had a great time. i do feel bad because i wanted to go on this cars ride. have you heard a

ford. you can see the stock has had a nice move since then. we're going to be talking with mr. mulally coming up on "squawk on the street." as you can imagine, a lot of questions swirling around his future at ford. he officially says he's pleased to be here and plans to p be here for the foreseeable future. we'll talk about that later on this morning. guys, back to you. >> truly an iconic brand. camaro, corvette, mustang. >> that was the one car i wanted. never got it. >> i had one mustang and it's a little embarrassing because it was during the oil crisis. in 1979, and i had a -- phil, i had a formula 400, a white one which was a pontiac fire bird and i told my dad oil will never -- they're never going to find any more oil. i need to get rid of this because the writing's on the wall. i sold it and bought a four cylinder orange hatchback. and next thing, gas was a buck a gallon. and i was driving around. >> that's right. that's also when -- joe, those were back in the days when you thought they wouldn't sell coors east of the rocky mountains. >> that's right. we go way back, phi

it is ford be -- people who have some retirement assets, clearly. >> yes. thank you. one final question, mr jones. on the mandatory -- i wrote down what you have said, but on too many pieces of paper. >> on the idea we need some kind of mandatory enrollment into an insurance product in order to create economic security for most americans. >> from my perspective -- my time is about up. do you get five minutes or seven minutes on this committee? >> given the felicitous nature of this pre-christmas meeting, please continue. >> thank you, sir. our chairman on any of my other committees would do that. had that confounded run-on sentence, unfortunately. hell me understand. my perspective on our entitlements today is, we cannot afford the ones that we have. the construct we work with is -- forget the $17 trillion in debt. the real challenge we have with that areon plans underfunded, the health plan we are overexposed to. we are of trillionuple dollars of underfunded liabilities. if we add a new component -- >> i am glad you asked. i will tell you, because of my professional background, the last th