mr. gibbs, last week, several democrats weighed in, and expressed really some dismay with the tone that the obama campaign's attack ads have taken, particularly the ones attacking mitt romney's tenure at bain capital, quite a bit of it in the beginning of the broadcast, but the wall street journal reported yesterday the campaign would actually become more aggressive with these attacks. they seem to be buying more time for these ads. have you done some polling? why so aggressive so soon? >> bob, i don't think you need polling to understand why people will have a visceral reaction to mitt romney's time as head of bain capital and let's be clear, this is the central and only point that mitt romney brings up that in the words of his campaign would make him an economic savior for this country. you saw that tape with some steel workers whose plant in kansas city was loaded one debt, jammed into bankruptcy, mitt romney and his investors walked away with tens of millions of dollars and, look, they were

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so at this time i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman from ohio mr. gibbs for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you for holding this hearing. i've always been excited about the agriculture being a solution, move towards energy independence. mr. ryanford, a couple questions, on your die gesture when you run your dairy manure through it, what's after it's digested? what's left? what's the by-product? what's the material that's left? >> we ran it through a scoop press and we take all the solids out of it. after the solids are taken we use that for cow bedding. that's one of the biggest incomes that's coming off this technology now. we're bedding cows with that and getting very good response. we're running around the 120 mark. that's a big plus for the dairy industry. the last three years we've been getting a bonus because of good quality milk. the nutrients it does not change. it doesn't take the nutrients out. it does change a form of nutrients. it's more available in the first year of planning. that's a big plus for us farmers. we actually doub

. >> i recognize mr. gibbs from ohio. >> thank you, mr. chairman and thank you for coming in today. in your testimony you talk about the house tiff than and i know up share my frustration and i wanted to ask you a couple things about that. you talk about the duplication, you know, going to get mps permits. first question on that aspect, are you starting to see delays since, you know, this was delayed all through last year and now the usd an and states have to start implementing it. and then the second part of the question, there was a report a kouk weeks ago, i saw there was a concern that because of this there might be pesticides used that are in a less strength manner. i don't know how else to say it, that we won't get a good kill, evasive species. and i think you mentioned here in your testimony you talk about it can have problems with reestablishing forests and managing areas. do you want to comment on those two areas? >> yes. >> turn your microphone on again. >> the use of herbicide and pesticides are essential and we have worked with chemicals for years and find some are much

mr. gibbs from ohio. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for coming in today. mr. dye you talk about hr 872. that's a bill i sponsored that passed out of the u.s. house of representatives in march a year ago, 2011, by a super bipartisan majority and sitting in the united states senate. i know you share my frustration. i wanted to ask you a couple things about that. you talk about the duplication, you know, getting the permits. first question on that aspect, are you starting to see delays since the -- you know, this was delayed all through last year and now the u.s.epa and states have to implement it. first question. second question, i saw there was a concern that because of this there might be pesticides used that -- in a less strength manner. i don't know how else to say it. that we won't get a good kill of evasive species, both plants and pests, and i think you mentioned here in your testimony, you talk about, you know, would he can have problems with re-establishing forests and managing riparian areas. do you want to comment on those two areas? >> yes. >> turn y

so at this time i'm pleased to recognize the gentleman from ohio, mr. gibbs for five minutes. >> i think i have always been excited by the agriculture being a major solution to our energy, make us move toward energy independence. mr. reinford, a couple of questions, when you run your manure through it, what's left? what's the by product and what's the nutrient levels what's the material that's left? >> let's talk about that. we put it through a screw press. we actually use that for cow bedding and that's one of the biggest incomes that's comes off this technology now. we're actually bedding cows with that and getting a very good response. we're running rite around 120, the 120 mark and that's really a big plus for the dairy industry. the last year we have been getting a 60% bonus as far as good quality milk. it doesn't take the nutrients take, but it does change the form of nutrients, it's more available in the first year of planting, so that's good forrous farmers. so we actually buy no commercial fertilizer, p and k, except for the nitrogen. so it's a big p

i now recognize for the purpose of five minutes for question mr. gibbs from ohio. >> thank you for coming in today. in your testimony you talk about hr-872 it's a bill i sponsored that passed out of the u.s. house of representatives in march a year ago 2011 by there was a report a couple weeks ago i saw there was a concern that because of this there might be pesticides used that in a less strength manner, i don't know how else to say it, that we won't get a good kill of evasive species of plants and pests. and you mention here in your testimony you talk about we can have problems with re-establishing forests and manages in areas. so do you want to comment on those two areas? turn your microphone on. >> the use of herbicides or pesticides are essential in certain forestry operations. to establish regeneration, new forest. we've worked with chemicals for years and find that some are just much more effective, cost effective and are environmentally safe and sound. and duplication of regulation does not seem to make sense. and i guess i answered question numb

peterson, mr. gibbs for their actions. these bills do not change or roll back any current protections under the clean water act. they simply stop the e.p.a. and the corps of engineers from moving forward and making these unprecedented regulatory changes through a guidance document. the e.p.a. needs to withdraw this guidance document immediately if it wishes to make changes to the clean water act, it should go through a complete and proper rule-making process under the administrative procedures act. that's why it's there, so that people will know in america the cost of what these regulations mean to them and what they do and do not do. so why do it under the veil of guidance when they should be doing it out in the open? and that's what we want. and that's all, really, that we are asking for. now, i mentioned that i'm introducing a bill today. going back and refreshing my memory on what happened with the overreach of the e.p.a. we might remember the -- it was from this podium i guess two weeks ago -- it was on a friday -- th

i recognize mr. gibbs from ohio. >> thank you for the offer to come in today. in your testimony you talk about 872, a bill i sponsored out of the house of representatives in march a year ago.

what mr. gibbso comprehend is that you do not have job creation unless you have profit making. i don't care whether you open a lemonade stand or you're running staples. if you don't turn a profit, you don't add jobs and it's pretty hypocritical given this administration doesn't have one net job and piling on $1.5 trillion in debt with no plan to pay it down. keep doubling down on bain. >> is it hypocritical? the president holding fundraisers with private equity firms and on the other hand criticizing bain capital oochltite not hypocritical at all. that's what this election is going to be about. i think the president is absolutely right to make sure that people understand what exactly happened at bain capital or what the tenure of mitt romney's term was. and that was it was a wealth creator. for him to go out and say he created 100,000 jobs is blatantly false. at this time when you not only define yourself but define your opponent, they call this record on the carpet. that's what the president is doi

he was up against robert gibbs and lizzie o'leary. while mr. matthews started off strong, the rest of the show was apparently too much of a hardball. >> let's go back to -- what is crossword clues -- i mean, i'm sorry. go $200 for the category crossword clues. >> all right. pay attention now. at blank soldier. four letters. chris? >> at ease soldier. what is at ease soldier? what is ease? >> at ease, chris matthews. things didn't get much better from there. >> who is gary powers? >> we need the full name. >> who is gary powers? >> no. >> it wasn't pretty. i don't want to be tough on chris matthews. i'm a fan of chris matthews. i'm actually on jeopardy this friday competing against a three time pulitzer prize winner and kelly o'donnell of nbc news. i've been on the show three times. the first time, i won't lie. i cleaned up. >> anderson? >> who is marie callas? >> who is archie bunker? >> he's the one. >> canada is right. >> that's it. >> that's it. indeed. you're the leader and the winner today. >> all right. second time, not only did i lose, a

mr. president, for hosting us. gwen: and with that, we saw the latest iteration of what authors nancy gibbs and michael duffy call in their new book, "the presidents club." we have a reporters club here tonight, folks who have covered four presidents -- obama, bush, bill clinton and george h.w. bush. first to you, michael. how exclusive is this club? >> well, only five people can join it. what's interesting is that we elect the members, they don't, which is a little bit different than most clubs. we think of our presidents as one at a time. we elect them one at a time, we cover them one at a time. we write books about them one at a time. what nancy and i thought is let's pair them up. we all know in our lives that relationships matter. we thought if we held them up in pairs and shined a light on that we'd learn something about the men and the presidency. and we discovered that the club is a place where there are partnerships, there are rivalries, sometimes there's sabotage and there's redemption, too. they all come out of that office with scars and regrets. gwen: and secrets, and a surprising amount of bishopship. >

mr. lehrer recently appeared on booktv to discuss their books. in "the president's club," time magazine's nancy gibbsand michael duffy examine how presidents from hoover to obama worked with and against each other during their terms in the white house. this is eighth. ninth is "killing lincoln" by bill o'reilly and martin dugard. then "manhunt" recounts the 10-year search for osama bin laden. this is tenth. go to nytimes.com and click on arts to find out more.

mrs. roy, call us. we have follow-up questions. >>> coming up next, memorable moments from last night's billboard music awards. >> including a tribute to robin gibbe unforgettable singer from the bee gees. you are watching "world news now." >> announcer: abc's "world news now" will continue aft çkçkçkçkçk ♪ stayin' alive ♪ stayin' alive ♪ >>> last night's billboard music awards paid tribute to robin gibb who died of cancer yesterday along with some other artists whom we've lost and whose voices will live on forever. >> music and media consultant bruno del granado is here. welcome, bruno. another live appearance. you are spoiling us. we love having you here live with us on the set. >> first, we want to talk about this donna summer tribute. it was a bit of a scramble. and, obviously, robin gibb also passed away. they had to scramble to do something for him as well. let's talk about some of the tributes. >> donna summer was actually, i think it was a little bit of a diss. she scored 32 top 100 hits on the billboard charts. and natasha bedingfield but doing a so-so good rendition of "last dance." they cut it halfway going to commercial. i don't think

gibb with a moment that changed his and hollywood's history. >>> we begin tonight with our big story. joining me now a man with a fascinating view of the campaign, formered the newt gingrich. mrr, welcome back. >> good to be with you. >> i'm gripped in fact by what you're about to tell me of what you make of the bain capital fury given you hammered mitt romney in the ground over this. what do you think of what cory booker said? >> well, i think booker is telling the truth about how the american people feel. i'm very surprised that president obama went down this road for two reasons. first, we found out when we got in a fight with mitt romney over this that it didn't work. that people understand free enterprise. people understand sometimes you succeed, sometimes you fail. but they refuse to take a one-sided view of it. i think governor perry will tell you when he tried to use it, it didn't work. when i went head to head with mitt over it, it didn't work. i think what booker is saying is the truth. there's a deeper reason. how can you be the president with the worst unemployment record since the great depression? the longest period of deep unemployment since the 1930s, and pick