mrs. kennedy was 35. the first time. >> reporter: in february, 1962, first lady jackie kennedy gave cbs a tour of the redecorated white house. >> i just think that everything in the white house should be the best. >> reporter: it was the first time americans had her her speak at length. her voice and poise captivated the nation. in a series of interviews in 1964 just months after her husband was assassinated, she said that for her, the tour had been a turning point. >> suddenly everything had been a liability before-- your hair, that you spoke french, that you didn't just adore and campaign. everyone thought i was a snob and hated politics. then i was having a baby and couldn't campaign. and when we get in the white house all the things that i'd always done suddenly became wonderful. >> reporter: the tour was seen by 56 million people. >> i was so happy for jack. it made him so happy. it made me so happy. >> reporter: according to the "new york times" which released portions of the interviews today mrs. ke

mrs. kennedy are studying the portraits of abraham lincoln. >> it is the burdens.red and old he got. you can see that in jack's pictures. >> reporter: president kennedy asked a lincoln historian -- >> would lincoln have been as great a president if he'd lived? he said that was his question. >> reporter: kennedy thinks he knows the answer. >>>> what was better for lincol is when he died that he did. and jack said after the cuban missile crisis when it all turned out so fantastically he said, well, if anyone is ever going to shoot me, this is the day they should do it. >> oh, really? >> he said, nothing can top this. >> reporter: as the first term is almost ending, they start to dream about their future, some day, getting away from the pressures of the white house. >> just toward the end, jack was thinking about being either publisher of a great paper or -- i don't know, bundy said to me the other night that he thought he might have ended up in television or something. just made me so sad because jack could have had his happiest years later. >> reporter: still, so mu

mrs. kennedy said she was told, and we aren't even sure which brother told her.apes themselves, the fbi take place, won't be revealed for another ten or fifteen years. >> it was something to do with. >> perhaps arranging a party at a hotel or something. >> perhaps with women. because we know that because of the jackie kennedy take place. something to to with women. >> and we know that's part of the dr. martin luther king legacy know. >> i'm interested in what they know historically, not what goes i have mongers say. he was a great manwe don't want to him. >> hoover wanted to curry favor, even though he didn't like the kennedy favor, wanted to curry favor. they get it and they relate it to jackie kennedy. both bobby kennedy tells jackie kennedy some stuff and john kennedy tells his wife some stuff. therefore, jackie kennedy forms a negative opinion about dr. king. >> that's where we are today. i think the first thing to remember, bill, is we see these people 40 years later, and, of course, dr. king is now memorialized and a new monument built in his honor. but in

mrs. kennedy was young and hurting when she recorded these interviews and the truth is, she was wrong about and the civil rights bill probably wouldn't have gotten passed with president kennedy. it did take johnson's ability to deal with the senate, not just in those kinds of ways, but also his knowledge of the institution and the members of it. i think that's president obama's biggest problem is that he's really -- >> it's almost a chore. >> it's a chore, apparently, and he's so inexperienced dealing with the legislative branch that it's very difficult for him to be able to knock any heads. >> one of the stories this week was advice that was given by james carville to president obama. he basically said in that famous memo that he wrote, that fire the economic team, indict wall street barons. fight like a democrat and stick to the script. is that going to be taken, that advice? >> i don't expect there will be mass firings at the white house. first of all, once you do that you take full ownership of what's happened. i tell you, to your point, cokie, if you go up, the toughest critics of pres

mr. kennedy, this has been a fascinating read. very interesting to read as a reporter i take no sides, i just take it all in. but in talking with you moving to chapter 5 and i thought this was very interesting myself and listening to you, you said it was hard to grapple with. chapter five, talk to me about that since we just left off with hiram revels. >> guest: this is the chapter that concerned me most. i indicated earlier the most perilous moment in barack obama's candidacy was over his relationship with reverend wright and he had to extricate himself from that relationship. he gets a speech in which he distances himself but he doesn't cut off reverend wright and then reverend wright comes back on the scene and really puts -- >> host: at the national press club. i was there. >> guest: at the national press club and he puts the candidate on a hot spot, and makes it seem actually -- i thought this was data forever and write -- makes it seem as though the candidate, barack obama, wasn't being candid that he was simply saying thing

mr. kennedy, it is a great honor to be with you today. talking about your book, "the persistence the color line official politics and the obama presidency." mr. kennedy, could you talk to me -- you start out in the book with race, the historical perspective of race. perspective of race. can you start off with house race played in this country from slavery to jim crow to civil rights? >> guest: one of the first things i wanted to do in the book was to explain to people frankly why it was it such a big deal on election night when barack obama was elected president of the united states why were there parties all across the united states? why was there this reading? any time a president is elected is a big deal and there was a motion but clearly this time there was something very different, something very special going on. this was the first black president so it's the big deal with that? of the things i want to share is the degree to which black americans have been marginalized and snubbed, have been excluded from electoral politics so i tho

mrs. kennedy harshly judged his personal life and was told that the civil rights icon had misbehaved poorly at jfk's funeral. as a result, this is how she felt about him and quotes her husband as having felt about him. >> i mean martin luther king is really a tricky person, but i wouldn't know, he never said anything against martin luther king to me. so i don't know if bobby would would be the one to find out what he really thought of him. but bobby told me later, i just can't see a picture of martin luther king without thinking, you know that man 's terrible. >> there are also harsh judgments about linden johnson, her husband's vice president and later of course president after jfk was assassinated. >> bobby told me this later and i know jack said it to me sometime, he said, oh, god, can you ever imagine what would happen to the country if linden was president? the only times he would say it if there was ever a problem. >> it is at times harsh and provocative and tough stuff. the book was already on sale in new york today. we'll be hearing more from and about the book in the coming days. >

mrs. kennedy talking about a moment of terror so many of us remember, the cuban missile crisis, 1962, soviet missiles so close to america and aimed right here. many historians argue it was as close as the world has come to nuclear war. >> and he said -- >> reporter: it is stunning to hear again that singular breathy voice as she takes us back to a moment in history when america was one chess move away from all-out nuclear war. everyone terrified by russian missiles. she hears the tense debate at the white house through a door. >> and i went up and listened and eavesdropped. i could hear mcnamara say something, and then i thought, well, i mustn't listen, and i went away. but from then on it seemed there was no waking or sleeping and i just don't know which day was which and i never left the house or saw the children and when he came home, if it was for sleep or for nap, i would sleep with him. please don't send me away to camp david. please don't send me anywhere. anything happen, we'll all stay right here with you. if it's in a bomb shelter or the white house, please, i just want to be on th

mrs. kennedy through subliminally."st surprise to both of them is she becomes first lady and the most enormous celebrity of the country. everyone wants to wear their hair like jackie, the women do, and do their house houses and ie her in other ways. and the poignant thing is when they went to texas at the end of the kennedy presidenciy, he pleaded with her to go with him because she was such a political asset. >> suarez: the interesting thing about the times is that right behind her is bess truman and mamie eisenhower. >> the model political wife of the time. >> suarez: waiting out just a little ways down the road are lady bird johnson in her way but also betty ford and rosalyn carter. she seems on the edge of those two worlds, a supporter, but also someone who is educated, quite sophisticate in her own right. and worried very much about how the burdens of the presidency were affecting her husband when she couldn't help him. listen to this >> suarez: the bay of pigs had been a disaster for the very young kennedy adminis

mrs. kennedy herself. recalled this in an oral history, scheduled to be released one day, many years after the interviews were conducted. only one of three interviews that mrs. kennedy gave after president kennedy's assassination." that, again, will be released on wednesday. they were conducted by arthur rams schlesinger, jr., the historian and kennedy aide. one last call here. berkeley springs, west virginia. carl, a republican. good morning. caller: good morning. i look at paying taxes like giving money to charity. if the money is well spent, i have no complaints. but i will give you an instance. when obama gave this company out there, i think it is in california, about $500 million, to make solar panels, and they turn around and put $1 million back into his reelection campaign it makes you think that there is a wink and a not there. -- a wink and a nod there. it is just a game they are playing. it's not only played by obama, but a lot of politicians out here, especially local government. they will tell

mrs. kennedy and knows more and the most.t would be like me is sitting with lauren bacall talking about henry clay. again, not talking about the obvious, but he has a very courtly, rather nice way with women. host: carl anthony? guest: again, if you take one or two exurbs out, you will find that she seems to contradict yourself throughout the 7.5 hours. she makes something flattering about the french president. in fact, at one point on the tape, she says, you know, you begin to realize that no person is all black or all white. suggesting that people are a mixture of attributes and deficiencies. and that is what is really -- in no, these tapes, if you are looking for things on clothes or mistresses or jewelry, you will not find it. when you were going to find here is somebody who lived in the white house, i would say, perhaps maybe on the level of someone like thomas jefferson, who is interested in some many different worlds. and really with a pursuit of it into a great depth. even in her humor, it is reflected when she talks

mrs. kennedy' revealed that president kennedy did not want vice president lyndon johnson to succeed him, out and his brother, robert kennedy, even discussed possible ways to keep johnson from running for president in the future. to hear the actual historic recordings, watch our two-hour diane sawyer special. >> i want to hear it now. >> you're going to make us wait. >> that's a great tease. >> you have to wait until 9:00 eastern here on abc. september 13th. >> he was plotting to keep him off the ticket. jackie kennedy. wow. >> always plotting. >> that is going to be fabulous. >>> time now for the pop news index, hey, lara. >> ultimate pop news. right now this will have to do. we love our gaga. it will be a very gaga new year. lady gaga is taking over times square. she'll be right outside these windows, performing on the 40th anniversary of dick clark's new year's rockin' eve with ryan seacrest. when she was on "gma" this summer, she request aid zip-line for her entrance. only way you can top that, she can dress as a ball and drop herself for the countdown. >> like what she did there. >> righ

mrs. kennedy talks about the cuban missile crisis and says she told her husband she wanted to be with him,gerous. she also speaks out about lbj and martin luther, king, jr., even criticizing king, in later years, she apparently changed her mind. the interviews are being published in a new book set for release tomorrow. it freezes a moment in our nation's history. jon: fascinating look back there. >>> a new poll into the fox news room, it shows people are increasingly doubtful about the president's approach to the economy, in this poll, 21 percent say the president's polices are making things

mrs. kennedy gave a candid and poignant interview about her husband and their time at the white house.ions with part of a seven-part interview done in 1964 by longtime aide arthur sl slesen jer jr. the audiotape of the interviews will be released in a book later this month. carl spa rauz za anthony joins me to talk about this. what jackie says during those interviews are pretty revealing about her husband's presidency. what strikes you most about these tapes and these interviews? >> well, i think it's going to be certainly one of the great strengths that jackie kennedy had as first lady and one upon which in the course of interviews i did with many people who worked with her in it the administration, they always pointed out that oftentimes it was not policy of her husband's that she was expert at as much as it was assessing as slesen jer said a ruthless judgment, the character and quality, the intelligence, and the honesty of in that day and age men, exclusively with whom her husband interacted with, cabinet members, vice president johnson, civil rights leaders like martin luther king

we saw senator kennedy with mrs. bush. mrs. me our nation was struck in such a shocking manner was when president kennedy, the senator's brother was assassinated. the symmetry of ted kennedy with mrs. bush showed that together in tragedy we stand united. >> i know there were moments of panic that day. nobody seemed to know what was going on. you went back to the white house, once or two times from the so-called secure location? >> yeah, after we left the hill we went to the secure location several hours later i and a colleague of mine were escorted to the white house by is. to collect the -- by secret service to collect the belongs of our staff members. as you recall, those who were left at the white house, at the white house during the taxes were told to run. that was the evacuation plan to run for their lives. everybody left and their purses and valuables were there. we needed to have our belongings to get back to our residences later on. i remember going foot white house, it was vacant, like a ghosttown, there was nobody ther

mrs. kennedy underestimated herself in those dark days long ago. she had plenty of opinions of her own.antalizing. >> wow. >> so, is that it? is that all you read? >> that's all i got. i'm not going into the things she said. >> willie said she said pretty shocking things about -- >> i think we ought to -- >> what did she say? >> martin luther king. called him a phony. >> all right. >> you go down the list. lbj -- >> out of context. >> what did she say about lady bird? >> it's not worth repeating here. go on the interweb. some unkind things said about a lot of people. why didn't he record over it? come on, burn the tapes. >> does anyone here -- >> no. he's saying move on. move on. >> not to us, he's not. not a fan of history. >> i guess he's not a fan of history. maybe he wants to protect k camelot. what was the most shocking thing? >> no, i want to move on. >> what's the most shocking thing in these tapes? >> most shocking thing? the fact that they exist at all that you're suggesting. i don't think any of the opinions she expressed are that shocking. shocking that she said them -- >> an

kennedy center. the president and mrs. clinton had made the presidential box available, that we could see the phantom of the opera. so we thought, we'll just dine up on top of the kennedy center. my gosh, they ordered the equivalent of shirley temples, non-alcoholic drinks, and had an over-ambitious waiter who kept pushing more and more $10 shirley temples on them. i got the bill -- $379 -- and about $78 of it was due to the 17-year-old boy who ate everything in sight. but it was a grand evening, and then the marvelous thing was that the next morning i had this call from mrs. clinton's office saying, "come to the white house children." i said, "bring the children?" she said yes and that they would be up with chelsea in the solarium and with a number of other kids, and they'd have a pizza party. my grandson les carpenter from seattle, says, "it's the first time i ever had pizza on white house china." but it was such a gracious thing to do, and, of course, it made a wonderful chapter in the book. i think it's the kind of thin

kennedy of being an agent of the kremlin. he wrote skreeving, gave -- >> so it's worse than compare. he's actually made the statement that they were? >> oh, sure. yes. >> if mragents of the kremlin, i guess i shouldn't be stunned that their sons may be making some comparisons of barack obama and what's going on today. i mean, this is outrageous to me. >> well, you know, one thing to keep in mind, it's easy to associate charles koch, and charles schwab and billionaire donors at this meeting to the right-wing fringe, but i would say that they're crazy like a fox. you know, they fund tea party groups that push very out-there conspiracies like health reform being like the holocaust or the epa -- >> i'm going to run out of time, mr. fong. i want to talk more about it, and of course, mr. koch, if you're saying that's not you on the tape, you can come on any night you want. i've been misquoted, but i've always shown up to clear it up. come on back. [ male announcer ] in america, we believe anyone can be a hero. kraft singles. we're rich in calcium to help build 'em up strong. ooh, watch out, bad guys. kraft singles. the american cheese. [ male announcer ] it's been

mr. coolidge he was a tax cutter. kennedy was at a time where the keynesians now had a different form of economics. ironically as economic professor at harvard was mixing. professor nixon used to talk and there was a split in the keynesian view. what do you do to get the economy moving again? nothing like that. on the question was, do you put it in public investment or, you know, the affluent society of the private glory, or do you cut tax rates temporarily come into her a short deficit and grow? this again is is what side of aeronautics industry and many other things that gave us the moral of the 60s. we baby boomers grow at very pressed. we all want our own room, we all its college, we all wanted to travel through europe. a lot of that was financed because her parents were able to do this basically because of kennedy tax cuts and if the economy growing at about 5%. i asked when they asked paul ryan when they come up with this roadmap is the 5% or 6% growth of the economy feasible? and even he did think so. at the door to th

mrs. bush and senator kennedy were in his office, you know, really just trying to figure out what was nextat was going to happen with her next. and my recollection is, and i hope it's correct, that she also talked to her daughters. and then we all went down to senator greg's office. there was a mad rush in the senate with people leaving. there was a protocol where if the building is cleared each office goes to a certain space outside of the, in the parks around the capitol. and we were there for quite a while. and then it became clear that there was no way that we were going back into the office. the what i really remember most about washington that day was the beauty of the day and the impossibility of getting anywhere. >> "washington journal" continues. host: for the next hour we're going to do a roundtable discussion talking about civil liberties and national security in the post-9/11 era. joining us at the table is cliff may, president of the foundation for defense of democracies. and laura murphy, the washington legislative director for the american civil liberties union. what's the r

kennedy was naturally tan. >> and howard k. smith who was the moderator said mr. vice president, we have a makeup person here. no makeup, he had somebody put powder on which made it worse. >> rose: and kennedy was rested >> and, you know, it's a cliche now but many of these debates and... this was the first one where people who listened to it on the rad thought nixon won, people watching on television thought kennedy won. >> rose: and that's why nixon realizeed that, too. >> absoluty right. >> rose: there is also this famous one which we're going to see now where ronald reagan used humor because in one debate he seemed old. >> he was old. >> rose: and the next one people were beginning to speculate maybe. and here's what ronald reagan said and we'll talk about it. roll tape. >> you already are the oldest president in history. some of your staff say you were tired after your most recent encounter with mr. mondale. i recall that president kendy came in with very little sleep during the cuban missile crisis. is there any doubt in your mind that you would be able to fu

mr. obama gave a reading from the bible. tonight, he spoke at a concert for hope at the kennedy center in washington, d.c. ♪ >> join us latern the broadcast when we look back on this full day of remembrance. the moments to remember. we'll show you how our nation paid its respects. we want to listen now to the president earlier tonight in washington. >> in the decades since, much has changed for americans. we have known war and recession, passionate debates and political divides. we can never get back the lives we lost that day or the americans who made the ultimate sacrifice in the wars that followed. today it is worth remembering what has not changed -- our character as a nation has not changed. our faith in god and in each other. that has not changed. our belief in america born of a timeless ideal that men and women should govern themselves, that all people are created equal and deserve the same freedom to determine their own destiny. that belief through test and trials has only been strengthened. these past ten years have shown that america does not give in to fear. the rescue workers who rushed to the scene, the firefig

thousands gathered at the kennedy center in washington for a night of music. president obama was there. there is mrs. obama. following the performances, the president praised americas resilience. >> our belief in america bourn of a timeless ideal that men and women should cover themselves, that -- should govern themselves, that all people are created equal, should determine their own destiny that belief through tests and trials has only been strengthened. these past ten years have shown that america does not give in to fear. >> and the concert was sponsored by the washington national cashed real. included performances by putty l.a. bell. >>> right now it's 5:07. we want to go to sal to check on traffic. >> i have something interesting to tell you. >> what is that? >> you know how they are thinking about raising the toll on the golden gate bridge. the bridge in brooklyn is now $13. >> oh my goodness. >> yeah. at least we are not the most expensive. good morning, everybody. i just thought i would throw that in there. let's go out and take a look at the westbound bay bridge. as you head out to the mcca

mrs. obama visited section 60 of arlington cemetery, where veterans of the wars in afghanistan and iraq are buried. >> tonight, the president will speak at a concert here, a concert for hope at the kennedyter, and survivors to the president say he will talk about how much has changed since 9/11 and how much the men and women in the military have borne the brunt of sacrifice. >> russ. >> norah o'donnell, at the white house, thank you very much. >> for the 8 million residents of america's largest city, the 9/11 attacks were personal, and for them today's commemoration was personal as well. as observed the milestone each in her or his own way. >> tony guida has been out taking the pulse of the city. >> in three words said robert frost i can sum up everything i have learned about life, it goes on. >> kimberly and noah posed for wedding centers on a cobble tone street ten blocks from ground zero, what they learned about life is they want it together. >> opt mitch, optimism. >> writer peter hamill lived near ground zero and watched the towers fall, new yorkers, he says knows how to move on. >> it is a kind of healthy fatalism i would call it. >> whatever it is called, it was manifest at a mid

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mrs. biggert, in recognizing the extraordinary life and work of charlie percy. he will certainly be missed. also want to extend condolences to the mondale and kennedy family who lost a young daughter this weekend at the young age of 51. but, mr. speaker, i come to the well today to pay tribute to another great american, to a friend in north carolina who has lost a long and courageous battle to breast cancer at the age of 51. mrs. cassandra ward. she was also the wife of mr. everrett b. ward. for 29 long years they were married. he is a well respected public servant in north carolina with our state department of correction. excuse me, the state department of transportation. cassandra was a career educator in wake county, north carolina. many of you will recognize that as our capital city of raleigh. she worked for many years in the wake county public schools. the epitome of educational excellence, cassandra touched the lives of countless individuals who have now become productive citizens in our communities across america. cassandra was employed by the wake county school system beginning with youngville, elementary, henry adams elementary, dillet dr

mr. chairman, very much, and a apologize for being late to this hearing. senator kennedy'sr passed away. the funeral was this morning. it was an absolutely beautiful service for her. and i rushed here as quickly as i could after the completion of that service. the supercommittee has been charged with reducing our deficit. in order to begin getting our nation's budget back on track, this committee has the authority and the responsibility to make recommendations to the supercommittee for ways to reduce the deficit. in response, the republican majority is once again looking to drill in the pristine arctic national wildlife refuge in alaska. they are proposing to open up the crown jewel of the wildlife refuge system to drilling. unfortunately, drilling would do very little to reduce our deficit in the next 10 years. according to the department of energy, oil production from the arctic refuge wouldn't even begin for 10 years. as a result, the congressional budget office has said that drilling in the refuge would only generate $3 billion during the first 10 years from official le

mr. president, the monsters are restless, and we're going to march on washington. you saw president kennedy moving around in his rocking chair. he didn't like the idea of the hundreds and thousands of people coming to washington. and he said something like won't we have disorder, chaos? we will never get a civil rights bill through the congress. mr. randolph responded and said, mr. president, this will be an orderly, peaceful, nonviolent protest. we left that meeting with president kennedy, we came out on the lawn of the white house. martin luther king jr., roy wilkens, james farmer, whitney young and a. phillip randolph. we had a productive meeting with the president of the united states. we told him we needed jobs, we needed a civil rights bill, but we also needed jobs. a few days later on july 2nd, 1963, the six of us met at the old commodore hotel in new york city. and it was in that meeting that we invited four major white religious and labor leaders to join us. one of the labor leaders, watter rutha, uaw. they issued the call for the march on washington. we met here, right down the st

mr. >> oh, poor bill o'reilly, he's still whining about his taxes and he's now attempting to rewrite history to help his cause. here's a dandy for you. o'reilly wants president obama to follow president kennedy'sring taxes for the mega wealthy. o'reilly's point is misleading. economic conditions were much different back then. there was little debt because president eisenhower kept taxes high. republicans used to approach this whole tax thing much differently. when kennedy came along, he lowered the top tax from 91% to 65%. today the top marginal rate is at a historic low of 35%. the warren buffett rule would raise the top rate to clinton-era levels. it would also probably raise capital gains taxes. that's taxes on investment income. in one of his rants last week, o'reilly brought up his opposition to raising capital gains taxes. >> now you want to up the ante on my winnings. but you don't say how much because the stock market will go nuts if you do. with all due respect, the tax the rich deal is bogus. >> turns out o'reilly already negotiated a hike in his capital gains taxes three years ago with a guy named barack obama. >> listen. if you raise the cap gains tax that's going to inhibit invest

mr. markey. >> thank you very much, and i apologize for being late to this hearing. senator kennedy's daughter passed away. the funeral was this morning. it was an absolutely beautiful service. arrester as quickly as occurred after the completion of that. the super committee has been charged with reducing our deficit by at least $15 trillion of the last in years in order to begin getting our nation's budget back on track. this committee has the authority and the responsibility to make recommendations to the super committee for ways to reduce the deficit. in response to this enormous challenge, the republican majority is once again looking to drill in the pristine arctic national wildlife refuge in alaska under the guise of reducing the deficit they're proposing to open up the cudgel of the wildlife refuge system to drilling. unfortunately drilling in the arctic refuge would do very little to reduce our deficit is next in years. according to the problem of managing well production from the arctic refuge would not even begin for seniors. as a result the congressional budget office has s

mr. mayor, it may have been several years ago when you're testifying in philadelphia, and i am not sure what we were working on, mccain-kennedy, something or other, what version, the arlen specter bill, but listening to your testimony at that field hearing, i just have to say that with people like you getting engaged, this was awhile ago, i thought we had success of getting something done eventually. over the years, we did lose the senate floor, but you formed a partnership, and we are working with you on that. if you want to see an impressive list of members of the coalition, all i want to address the website to www.renewoureconomy.org. there are mayors across the country. we are working together. these are the kinds of things i think we did not have eight or nine years ago which really helped form the grass roots that we need, if we ever eventually are going to get a bill done. today is focused on high skilled immigration. the other will be a subject of our next panel. thank you for coming. i very much appreciated and afford to your remarks. [applause] >> i do not know if it has been a rough morning here. i spend a lot of t

kennedy, the idea that americans can reach out to the whole world and serve wherever that need might be. happy birthday, peace corps. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. dold, for five minutes. mr. dold: -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the chair will remind all persons in the gallery that they are here as guests of the house and that any manifestation of approval or disapproval or proceedings is in violation of the rules of the house. the gentleman from illinois. mr. dold: thank you, madam speaker, and i, too, want to send my happy birthday out to the peace corps and certainly it's a great day to celebrate that birthday. madam speaker, what we are seeing at the united nations this week is a brazen rejection of the basic principle of a negotiated peace. tomorrow, mahmoud abbas will deliver a speech at the united nations where he is expected to formally announce a resolution to unilaterally seek the declaration of a palestinian state. while we are ultimately committed to a future where the two states, israel and palestine, are able to live side by side in long-term peace and security. while all of us in this chamber who heard fr