mrs. gibbsatches over them all. >> we know it's really about the kids, to keep the kids off the street and you can see the growth and the development in the kids. >> reporter: this help comes from the heart. mrs. gibbs is a volunteer and often kenyatte reaches into his own pockets. >> like for example we got the dancers. they got to get uniforms and the uniforms are like $200, $300 a piece. so i only had them bring in $90 and the rest i paid for. it's like that sometimes. >> reporter: along with performances at athletic and charity events the band eagerly takes paying jobs to raise money for the basics. >> we get a lot of kids, but we lose a lot of kids because we don't have enough instruments. so, you know. one of the things i'm trying to work on is getting more instruments, more drums, more horns, so we can get more kids involved. >> reporter: fortunately the soul tigers are getting a lot of attention. in fact, they got to lead the famous macy's thanksgiving day parade. and the beat goes on. s

. >> i think it was useful mr. gibbs pointed out the caller was up at 4:00 in the morning worrying about ufos. personally i'd be open to any hard evidence that the earth has been visited from abroad. some people simply believe in cover-ups and conspiracy generally. especially in the wee hours of the morning. maybe the best solution here is simply a good night's sleep. >>> next up, looking for love this weekend? well, if you're one of congressman ron paul's diehard libertarian followers, and there are a lot of them out there, look no further than this new online dating site, it's called ron paul singles, and it claims to put the love in revolution. congressman paul says while he doesn't know who created this site, quote, i suppose it's all about freedom bringing people together, spiritually, politically, and now romantically. well, what a romeo. what a cupid. i can't second that one too much. >>> now for tonight's "big number." a blast from the past. recognize this scene of then vice president richard nixon standing along

. >> i think it was useful mr. gibbs pointed out the caller was up at 4:00 in the morning worrying about ufos. personally i'd be open to any hard evidence that the earth has been visited from abroad. maybe the best solution here is simply a good night's sleep. >>> next up, looking for love this weekend? well, if you're one of congressman ron paul's diehard libertarian followers, and there are a lot of them out there, look no further than this new online dating site, it's called ron paul singles, and it claims to put the love in revolution. congressman paul says while he doesn't know who created this site, quote, i suppose it's all about freedom bringing people together, spiritually, politically, and now romantically. what a romeo. what a cupid. i can't second that one too much. >>> now for tonight's big number. a blast from the past. recognize this scene in then vice president richard nixon standing along nikita muse chef in moscow at an american model house exhibition. the unscripted starring or sparring between these t

unfortunately i don't think mr. gibbs' statement will be the last word on this topic. >>> while health care is dominating the conversation on capitol hill, the president took a detour to china. the president and secretary of state clinton kicked off two days of talks and stayed an message. china and the u.s. are tightly-linked partners, if you will. >> the relationship between the united states and china will shape the 21st century. that really must underpin our partnership. >> we already have promising partnerships. >> our ability to partner with each other is a prerequisite for progress. >> a multi-partner world. >> a future when our nations are partners out of necessity but also out of opportunity. >> the other issues on the agenda, climate control and north korea. >>> the u.s. government wants to stimulate you to go buy a new car. there is a catch. there is always a catch. listen. >> car owners can take advantage of a government program called cash for clunkers. the dealerships didn't have enough information about the

mr. gibbs said nothing negative about this he was asked if he would sign this bill he said there are some pieces moving, and it'll go through the senate. he didn't fully answer it and got a followup about are they trying to avoid spilling beer on the president's children's table. i want to talk about say on pay. here's what the gentleman from alabama had to say as a prediction when we debated this in march of 2007. evidence that free market forces are already at work to correct any excesses in the system should give this committee real pause before it seeks to impose a legislative fix that could, like past efforts in this area, have unintended and negative consequences. in march, well over two years ago, the gentleman from alabama confidently predicted that free market forces are already at work to correct pay excesses system of apparent he the gentleman from alabama was correct, there have been no pay excesses for 2 1/2 years, we've all been hallucinating. he was wrong then, he's wrong now. no

[laughter] mr. gibbs says, pardon me? question. did she pay her taxes? mr. ibbs, well, i have not seen anything on that. now, in fairness, i should note it does appear that judge sotomayor has paid her taxes. so i think there is some truth to the claim that judge sotomayor has had life experiences that other obama nominees have not. [laughter] now, there were some more serious issues of course that emerged during the rollout process. two of the issues that arose concerned comments judge sotomayor made not in the context after written judicial opinion but comments she made in law review articles, law school forum and the like. the first was her statement she made at berkeley's law school where she said quote, i would hope a wise latino woman with richness of her experience would more often than not reach a better conclusion more than a white man who hasn't lived that life. the second was her statement she made at duke law school, she said the court of appeals is where policy is made and then she quickly added i know this is on tape and i should never say that

i said, mr. gibbs has an edge and he is not afraid to use it. our next call is from sandy it -- " caller: you made a statement about mr. putin having 1 foot in the old ways of russia. and, you had made is how do we make him change politically on what they want to do as a country. we seem to be trying to get involved in a lot of politics. the issue i guess, and the bottom line, i guess is -- it becomes a political issue with the united states and the congress trying to make the world more safe and everything else. i think we have kind of proven that we have made a lot of mistakes in these last, i guess -- i will be honest with you, in the last 10 to 15 years. and the issue about gtmo and everything else, the terrorists and everything else, again, you are right. to me is a political issue with congress and everything else, -- to me, it is a political issue with congress and everything else. so let's go ahead and consider russia a quagmire. do you think president obama is trying to mate not the world, but -- is trying to make not the world, but the

like i said, mr. gibbs has an edge nt is not afraid to use host: our next call is from sandy it -- " caller: you made a statement about mr. putin having 1 foot in the old ways of russia. and, you had made is how do we make him change politically on what they want to do as a country. we seem to be trying to get involved in a lot of politics. the issue i guess, and the bottom line, i guess is -- it becomes a political issue with the united states and the congress trying to make the world more safe and everything else. i think we have kind of proven that we have made a lot of mistakes in these last, i guess -- i will be honest with you, in the last 10 to 15 years. and the issue about gtmo and everything else, the terrorists and everything else, again, you are right. to me is a political issue with congress and everything else, -- to me, it is a political issue with congress and everything else. so let's go ahead and consider russia a quagmire. do you think president obama is trying to mate not the world, but -

and mr. gibbs, the statement that it is the best science and math education in the world, is dead wrong. we are dead last in education in the industrialized world. i felt that that, and needed to be corrected. i think that we would do well in thinking about investing our money back into the private school systems because when we did we went to the moon and we were very successful in our school system. now we are failures. host: thank you for the call. the story this morning also inside "usa today," the white house is calling this the race to the top fund. along with the $100 billion for stimulus funds for public schools and universities, to qualify, states must commit to 19 detailed criteria including academic standards, the rescue of struggling schools and establishment of more charter schools, and alternative pathways for aspiring educators and performance-based pay. bill joins us. good morning. caller: i think the charter school system is simply designed to brighten the unions. i do not think it

this morning a report from bloomberg indicates that the white house press secretary mr. gibbs said yesterday the administration is concerned that the measure may give regulators too much say on incentive pay. i agree with that sentiment. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. frank: i yield myself 30 seconds to say on behalf of the obama administration, i welcome this temporary deference of -- deference to their views. i urge them to enjoy that brief moment of graciousness. i yield four minutes to the gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. green: mr. chairman, jal though they are not my words, we have heard that it takes an act of congress to get many things done. i would only add to this what i have heard, it also takes a congress willing to act. this is our opportunity to act. this is our opportunity to do what dr. king called bending the arc of the moral university toward justice this piece of legislation is just given the circumstance this is a we have been coping with. there is no dispute that man

mr. obama's first robert gibbs said i think the first speech to black america are the america was the inauguraladdress. that is how "the new york times" plays it and here is the headline comment to many barriers discrimination remains problem. and here is the new york daily news, thank you to the naacp his story made possible by pioneers. what is your reaction? a couple of other news articles last night or early this morning the house ways and means committee passed legislation to revamp health care including tax increase on the wealthy to help pay for the play and it is from 1:26 a.m. eastern the committee voted 23/18 to approve the bill that the committee chairs introduced earlier. three democrats joined all committee republicans in voting against the bill over the next decade it will impose 544 billion in new taxes on families making more than 350,000. that is from the associated press part of this is from "the new york times" to close the loop on the sotomayor hearings she offers concession clearing way for votes. staff aides said they expected at least one or perhaps as many three of the p

gibbs reports. >> they want their president back. this group in north of the country was calling for the return of mr. zelaya. his supporters say the new government of honduras is already trampling on their human rights. but thousands of other hondurans take a different view. for them, this is a time to celebrate. they believe that the military did the honorable thing by arresting their unpopular president and flying him out of the country. meanwhile, the exiled mr. zelaya here in panama is being fated abroad as the rightful leader of honduras, as he prepares his comeback. he now says he will return to the country on the weekend. but the honduran attorney general says there is no way mr. zelaya will be reinstated. he says he's prepared an international arrest warrant for the former president, who's accused of seeking perpetual power amongst other crimes. quet is who is listening to the new honduran government. diplomats are leaving the country in droves. the german ambassador the latest european to head for the airport. perhaps a compromise can be found, but it currently looks unlikely. those for and against

gibbs, and a white house correspondent. >> from paris and london do go to personal funds of the president as opposed to career diplomat. what is mrrifkin's qualifications to be ambassador of france? >> he is a friend of the president. i think the president saw him(zh in the last few days. again, as i said and i'll be happy to give you a bio for charlie. [ inaudible ] >> for the united kingdom -- >> he speaks english. >> at the time when the country was founded, a benjamin franklin, john adams, ambassadors to london and paris. appointments were different in those days from what is happening today, as noted by the president of the american academy for diplomacy. quote, the practice of rewarding donors is a remnant of lse oisp system we abolished in the civil service. it is a dismal testimony to the importance of money in our elect rail electoral system. >> to be able to buy an ambassador ship, in other words, k for play. eleanor clift. >> i don't know i would call it corruption, but it's the way the game is played by republican administrations and democratic administrations. john, did we have this discussion when president bush was

white house spokesperson robert gibbs says the president won't be trying to mediate any apologies, but he is hoping to finally put this controversy to rest. mr. obama invited to the two men to the white house to diffuse the political fallout from comments he made after gates was arrested july 16th. during a white house press briefing, the president called the police department's actions stupid. gates was arrested at his home after arguing with police in what he called a case of racial profiling. the police officer says he was nearly responding to a possible burglary and locked gates up when his language became abusive. >> if i were the officer, i would tell president obama in the most respectful way possible, you can take your can of beer and shove it. you are rewarding gates for his behavior and treating us as if we were both equally at fault. >> it's a good thing for the president to deal with it. it is a good thing for each of us to come out and sit down and talk. >> the men are expected to hold their beer summit around a picnic table at the white house. we told the president will be drinking bud. sergeant crowley likes blue moon and gate

by surprising us all by, we thought we about to see robert gibbs, the press secretary walk if nor a routine daily briefing and we saw -- >> mr. obama. this is what we saw. >> i want to address you defy directly, because over the last day and a half obviously there's been all sorts of controversy around the incident that happened in cambridge with professor gates and the police department there. i actually just had a conversation with sergeant jim crowley, the officer involved, and i have to tell you that as i said yesterday, my impression of him was that he was an outstanding police officer, and a good man, and that was confirmed in the phone conversation and i told him that. and i, because this has been ratcheting up and i obviously helped to contribute ratcheting it up, i want to make clear that in my choice of words that i think i unfortunately gave an impression that i was maligning the cambridge police department or sergeant crowley specifically. and i could have calibrated those words differently. and i told this to sergeant crowley. i continue to believe based on what i have heard that there was an overreaction in pul

mr. obama there at the vatican, the meeting taking place -- just a moment. robert gibbs, the president's press secretary, david axelrod, a chief adviser, the entire red new getting introduced to the pontiff right here. julie: this is symbolic for many reasons. he is going to go on to ghana where he will be the first african-american to visit a black african country. jon: you can see a painting their by rafael. our correspondent is there. >> the president has broad and his staff and his wife -- he has brought in his set and wife. but the tone is very warm, and they are exchanging gifts there is a relic of a missionary saint here which the pope is giving out. what we can tell from here is that it was a cordial meeting. they're obviously going to have a civil meeting. they're doing a group picture. this is an american archbishop lining everybody else. the president is expected to have left by now. this is last act. he will say goodbye, with the pope giving gifts to each of them, like a medallion, and a medal of st. peter's and a rosary. each of those who have come will get

mr. gates and having a beer. spokesman robert gibbs says it is a real invitation, but as far as he knows, nothing yet has been scheduled. i should point out, wolf, we're also learning that the president has now spoken directly with mr. gates. >> if you get more details, let us know how that conversation went. apparently the conversation with the police sergeant went well. you just heard a little bit of the president explaining his regrets for his role in this controversy. let's listen to the president explain all of this in fuller detail. >> because this has been ratchetting up, and i obviously helped to contribute ramp eing it up, i want to make clear that in my choils of words i think i unfortunately gave an impression that i was maligning the cambridge police department or sergeant crowley specifically, and i could have cal grated those words differently. and i told this to sergeant crowley. i continue to believe, based on what i have heard, that there was an overreaction in pulling professor gates out of his home and to the station

mr. obama's first to the black community, the press secretary, robert gibbs, said i think the first speech to black america and the first speech to white america, the first speech to america was the inaugural address. that's how "the new york times" is playing it this morning. and this is the headline this morning in the new york post. too many barriers. discrimination remains problems is how they show it. here is the new york daily news. bands thank you to the naacp. his story made possible by pioneers. we want to get your reaction to that so go ahead and start dialing in or send us a tweet, a couple of other news articles before we get to your calls. last night, or early this morning the house ways and means committee passed legislation to revamp health care on the wealthy to help pay for the plan. this is from 10126 eastern time that nancy pelosi and the committee chairs introduced earlier. three democrats joined all committee republicans in voting against the bill. over the next decade, the bill would impose $544 billion in new taxes on families making more than $350,000. >> that's fro

well, robert gibbs has made clear the president is not going to bring together and say, okay, what really happened? were you, professor gates, being impolite to the police officer? and, mrlice officer, were you racially profiling professor gates? bottom line is robert gibbs said this is not an after action report. we'll leave that to the cambridge police back in massachusetts to deal with that. instead, this is the president of the united states with the unique platform obviously given his position but also given his race to say, look, fellows, let's take a step back and try to calm things down and turn the temperature down. not just among these men, but all across the country because just the story you were talking about with this boston police officer, everyone thought the situation had calmed down a bit, now it's flaring up again. the president is clearly hoping to send a signal beyond this incident to say it's time to really turn the page. >> please tell me this isn't true, that there's already a controversy about the beer? there was even someone on my facebook page who was even put off about the idea they were úó having beer, but there's a controversy about the bee

gibbs suggested wendell and he should be making the beer run. but i don't think that will happen. steve: why not? this bud's for you, mr. president and mr.ke, any chance that there could possibly be an apology from anybody before the actual beer summit? >> that's a great question. everybody is thinking this will be neat, they're going to sit down and have a beer, but the question is what if they don't go along? what in the detective basically says i didn't do anything wrong, and the professor mentions racial profiling? what if there is some kind of flareup and this thing goes terribly wrong? we'll have to watch and wait. steve: they will be there. gretchen: mike emanuel, good to see you this morning. brian: and that's why there's reggie love, just for the beer summit. he has a body man, reggie love. he's still with him. good job, mike, we're going to get you a body man too. bill maher was on television yesterday, and he's angry, he's a complainer, and in case you thought he has a little bit of a problem with this country, we have confirmation. we are stupid and getting dumber by the day. why? because sarah palin could one day be presiden