i have a number of gavels but i have this waterford gavel that was tip o'neill's. i told the members i can only use this gavel once being crystal but mrs. o'neill gave it to him when he became speaker and they gave it to me. the family gave it to me. i'm honored to have it because he is also an inspiration to me. from president kennedy when i was a teenager here, to president obama speaker there. out there it's where president obama was inaugurated. >> we must pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and begin again the work of remaking america. >> when i attended president kennedy's inauguration it was on the other side of the campus it's different then and this time millions of people did come for the inauguration of our president. but it's where the president comes to the capitol a separate branch of government to be sworn in by a justice of the supreme court. another, another branch of government. >> and you cannot beat the symbolism there, can you? >> no. >> of those three coming together like that for a new president's term. >> that is right. it does demonstr

i am haunted by tip o'neill. he served one-third of a century. he was asked, how did congress change? he said the people are better. the results are worse. that is true again and again. whatever you think of your member of congress, as compared to half a century ago, they're more honest, hard-working, more sober. >> if you talk to them about this objective experience of being a member of congress, they're frustrated. they cannot get things done. everything they do to make the system better. the result is frustrating. tavis: the problem is and i have been trying to keep track on the things we agree on. we have not gotten into this multi-cultural or multiracial conversation or the lack thereof. either -- our government is broken. anyone disagree? broken system and it needs to be fixed. if that is the problem, how do we fix it? arianna huffington. >> the problem with the current elected officials is there are 26 lobbies for each member. that means on top of everything else, one may be celebrating the passage of financial reform. they're they're unde

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we first saw these children through the eyes of rachel o'neil, who was so moved by the extreme poverty she witnessed in africa, she knew she had to help. >> i just thought i want to give these little girls something, and little girls need to feel pretty. >> reporter: three years ago, rachel founded little dresses for africa. far beyond her imagination, word of her idea spread and 100,000 dresses, all made by hand, came in from all 50 states. we told her story here in early december. and the response has been overwhelming. >> here's one from cartsville, tennessee. >> reporter: thousands of e-mails, donations tucked into handwritten letters. notes inside boxes of little dresses. >> my dear friend janice, a most kind and caring person, purchased the fabric. unfortunately, cancer took her before she was able to sew the dresses. with janice in my heart, i completed them. >> reporter: one company is donating warehouse space. two women in indiana paid for a moving van and a huge shipping container. today, at least 24,000 dress also be going to maui, others to ghana, to guatemala, mexico and h

germany which are reported to be contaminated with dioxins which may have been caused by poor quality o'neil's and fats used how big is the probability that those meat products and eggs may have found their way to russia where the market for them is big. get past a decade their first decade of the twenty first century europe had two situations in germany related to dioxins what really happened there was apparently criminal as biofuels that were manufactured not for food were sold three thousand tonnes of them to companies engaged in for production about one hundred thousand tons of food or me. when this problem was revealed in germany and they believe that these happened between november eleventh to december twenty sixth two thousand and ten forty seven hundred companies were shut down those manufacturing puharich poultry need an exemption even milk in some cases no as of friday january fourteenth. the e.u. director general for health and consumer reports. action told me there were fewer than three hundred companies left. for what is most concerning for us in russia where we recommend our citi

pros, he watched some of the very best like bob michael, he was even able to be around and watch tip o'neill at the job, so i think it is the old school side of john boehner in a decidely new schoolhouse of representatives. >> rose: but he has had his eye on the job? >> oh, i think cheerily as you say. you don't get there, you don't fall into these jobs by accident. he paid his dues, came up as leader, did a good enough job that really there was no substantial challenge. we saw nancy pelosi get kind of a protest vote on her way to be voted in as democratic leader. >> rose: and what does he think of president obama? >> that is a very interesting relationship there, and i asked him that as i have in an off the record circumstance, i asked him on the record, you get the sense that he thinks that the two of them could get along the more time they spend, and i can report that some democrats have been counseling president obama, whether their advice will be followed or not, is up to the president, to try to reach out and spend more time with john boehner, who has mentioned that they are both golfe

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are there any patrolsatrols -- proposals where you heard republicans and like reagan and o'neill working on social security. >> an issue that is a big issue for us is energy reform. we are so dependent on foreign oil that our national security is at risk. we keep on increasing our dependence on oil. and we get the b.p. and the gulf doing environmental damage. we need to produce more oil that is safe. but we have to get away from relying on oil and coal and the fuel and the environmental degradation climate change. and in doing that we have to find ways to get the private sector to develop alternatives and greater efficiency. this is something we should work on, we weren't able to do it in the last congress. but we need to work on this problem. >> i assume you don't expect them to support a cap and trade program at this point. what are the pieces? >> we have to make sure there is a renewable fuel. the stimulus bill put in a lot of money to develop renewable fuels. if we could put a price on carbon in some ways. you have ways to get environmental results, all decisions made from commanding

won the o'neil evolution finals in doubles peeping fellow north americans mark morris and eric b. to me to be able to claim to be fifteen thousand through is the real prize money for the last of the event while american jamie anderson won the women's event after it most battled with the czech republic's. annie. and do the consonantal hockey league finally bars have regained top spot in the overall standings following a solid performance on sunday the two time champion. three two on home ice moved up to the top of the table pushing like a mighty of back into second elsewhere on guard needed time to defeat the bottom of . the little would be a bug claimed a three won anyways widow. drops are soft and if he makes six five. and subito left no chance threshing down by four goals. that's all a distance balls from now you could find some of those stories on our you tube channel which is r.t.s. sports news coming up shortly after this is the weather stay with us. children dow see about eight thousand murders by the end of elementary school five two hundred thousand violent acts by the age

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is no longer helpful and that unites countries will be too great a range of economic prospects jim o'neill also said the time emerging markets should involve into growth markets the approach would take g.d.p. at the primary criteria currently china and largest in the brics largest economy toppling nine point three percent of global g.d.p. while brazil india and russia combined provide eight percent. now that's all for now with more of a look at the markets enough for the programs but you can always like most stories on our website r.t. dot com thanks much. for the. we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers. wealthy british style. time to explain the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred. look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on r g. and.

term is no longer helpful as it unites countries with too great a range of economic prospects jim o'neill also said the term emerging markets to evolve into growth markets a new approach would take g.d.p. as a primary criteria currently china is the brics largest economy totaling nine point three percent of global g.d.p. while brazil india and russia combined combined with eight percent. so for now the war on our website r t dot com you can join me at twenty past the hour for more. very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created but sentimental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or non jews. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier in the occupied territories was to do with deterrence doing what we call making our presence felt to go out should some bones so they are not consumed doors run to the other corner invade another house religion and nationalism not just judaism have been a part of the problem they've been part of what leads to. bloodshed if you want to bomb gaza and kill. a thousand four hundred people in a month and you want to e

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which has been more the norm than the exception, where we see a situation like ronald reagan and tip o'neill working on social security. >> it is an issue that is a big issue for us, and that is energy reform. we are so dependent on foreign oil that our national security is at risk. we keep increasing our dependence on foreign oil, so we get bp in the gulf doing such environmental damage. we need to figure out how to produce more oil but get away from relying on oil coal and what causes environmental degradation and damage and a client -- and climate change. we ought to emphasize ways to get the private sector to develop alternatives, renewable fuels, greater efficiency. this is something we can work together on. we were not able to do it in the last congress, but we should look at places where we can work together. >> i presume you don't expect them to support a cap and trade program. >> we have to make sure there is a renewable fuels demand and the stimulus bill put a lot of money into developing grenoble's. if we could put a price on carbon, and gives the market signals. all these decisio

said you know we don't know what it much about foreign policy and i said what do you think they said o'neill kahn and i just said oh wonderful ok here we go through that again what do you think i mean we do way you look at it as a foreign policy expert is this tea party thing just an intra party thing for domestic politics that are going to pretty much go with with republicans have been doing that with foreign policy i mean there's enough on the domestic agenda. in the main i think that's right and let's face it their core issues are domestic in nature and they they do not have a defined foreign policy and i and i would not automatically assume that they are neo conservatives you know a big part of the neo conservative ideology was to project american power and to get involved in foreign wars i sort of sense from them more of an isolationist bent you know don't spend this money you know taxpayers' money on foreign wars that don't get us anywhere so i could see that being a point of divisiveness within that group and maybe that's why the they don't talk about it let me add that part of the ex

jean o'neill had this to say. >> if there are also needs is to be given out on a need basis. there should be nobody going without right now. i think if anything comes out of this. this region out to people that need the money. that would be a good thing. >> city council will make the final decision on how the money will be distributed. we will be right back as the morning news continues in a minute. play is the chilly out there 6:10 a.m., it is shaking from the wind, right now in napa, 29 degrees. we will see a high later once we get rid of fog, it will get up to 56 degrees and napa later this afternoon. >> 40 minutes ago the labor report port for last week one week after a cell to the lowest level in two years it is now up by 18,000, the previous week applications were down to 391,000 that was the lowest since july of 08. the four week average for a hundred and 10,000 a week filing for unemployment. >> in virginia this is inside the courtroom. family members of the murder victim trying to attack the alleged killer yesterday. the man in a blue shirt there is the victims son-

jean o'neill had this to say. >> if there's needs they should be given head out on needs, there should be nobody going without right now. i think if anything comes out of this, the richer to the people that need the money. that would be a good thing. >> city council will have the final decision on how the money will be distributed. >> to women have been convicted as trying to call collect money from the blast. they applied for no identification cards using addresses from the san bruno hit hardest by the blast. there're five other people facing charges, for posing as blast victims. >> still keeping an eye on wall street the dow down right now nine points to 11,000 for some 14. s&p down less than a point, nasdaq positive by three. southwest airlines announces the plans to rebuild its freedom flier program so keep an eye of for those changes. >> 7 06 a.m. we will be back with more and a couple of minutes. san francisco, clouds and the background, plenty of clear skies and sunshine, we will be right back. 7:10 a.m., more people applied for unemployment benefits one week after it fell to th

the speaker of the house was tip o'neill, the massachusetts cambridge liberal. the two of them met most afternoons at about 5:00 for a drink and they enjoyed telling stories. good stories. dirty stories. i mean, they were -- there was a good time that the two of them had. they liked each other. they respected each other. even though they profoundly disagreed with each other. we don't have that anymore. we don't have that anymore whether a republican is in the white house or a democrat. we don't have the kind of bonding, human bonding that takes place to soften the edges of political difference. and so, the edges get hardened in an atmosphere of cable talk opinion. if people can't talk without respect for the other side we're going to have lots of last saturdays. last saturday in my book, i know that there are a lot of people who say you can't link this to anything going on. i think that's nonsense. of course you can link it to all of the terrible talk that goes on in not only in arizona but across the whole country. having to do with the nature of differences of

reagan and tip o'neill fixed social security in '83. reagan and the democratic house did tax reform in '86. >> if the president were to say, leader mcconnell. if you're prepared to deal with some revenue increases, we can also deal with some benefit cuts, let's take a balanced approach to social security. you could support that? >> look, you know, you've tried this before. i'm not going to negotiate the deal with david gregory. i'd be happy to negotiate -- >> i keep hoping you'll change your mind. >> i'll be happy to negotiate the deal and speaker boehner, too, with the president and others. we have to go together. the american people are asking us to tackle these problems. i think the president needs to be more bold. we're prepared -- i've got a lot of new members and speaker boehner does as well, who came here to tackle this big problem. >> are you saying that democrats tackle entitlements and the republicans will meet you halfway. >> we know social security is in trouble. we know medicare is on an unsustained path, they took half a t

speaker tip o'neill appointed me to this board and this has been a tremendous group of pages. you've worked hard, yufpke worked well and you've worked -- you've worked well and you've worked honorably. you've seen history. you've seen a change of party control of this house. you've seen our joyce -- joys and our sorrows. you witnessed the sorrow we all experienced and you experienced when a member of this house was attacked back in her district. there is a program called close up where people come to washington, people your age, to observe the congress. and they learn a lot. it's a great program. but no one sees the congress as close up as you do. and we appreciate the fact that you recognize that as a great responsibility and a great honor. and you'll go back home and tell others about this congress. i think you can tell them that everyone who serves in this congress, even though we may have differences, sometimes very sharp differences, the one thing that does bind us together is that everyone here in this congress loves this country. go back and tell them that we are imperf

just to give you a few examples, reagan and tip o'neill, social security in '83. reagan and a democratic house, tax reform in '86. clinton and a republican congress, welfare reform and balanced budgets. what i hope is that we can come together and do some important things for the american people. the tax deal in december i thought was a good indication that maybe we could do some business. the president's indicated he is interested in lowering the corporate tax rate. i and most of my members think that's a good idea because we're certainly increasingly having real difficulties competing with overseas companies. so we'll see. i personally think it is a great opportunity to do something about some problems, some long-term problems we know we have with regard to spending and debt, the entitlement programs. understand the president won't mention that tonight. i hope the fact that he doesn't mention tonight doesn't mean that we might not be able to make some progress on that front as well. >> playbook starts its morning with we love the print editions in asia. we start

morning's the donation subcommittee met last residence for suggestions on how to spend it, jeanne o'neill had this to say. >> if there is needs the should be given on any basis. there should be nobody got another renowned singing don't know what to do. i need anything comes out of the s and they start to get to the people they need the money that will be a good thing. >> the city council make a final decision on how that money will be distributed. a 10 year-old girl is recovering after a school bus hit her will crossing the street it happened in milpitas the gross making her way across the street that's when the school was making a left-hand turn knocked her to the ground. shooting appeared to be seriously hurt shoes taken to hospital as a precaution norris had been made. petaluma police are looking for this or repeat drunk driver they see is responsible for hit-and-run on monday. he crashed into the woman's car in the intersection of east boston and st. at 7:00 tuesday morning. investigators say he ran away on foot from the scene currently on probation for d y two prior convictions from

wife of the late great governor o'neill.applause] >> to all of the former speakers and leaders of the senate who are here, thank you very much for joining us as well. to my very extended family who are with me today, and to all of my friends have joined us today, and to all of the citizens of connecticut represented in this room and watching as on tv. i want to thank you for joining us. and to the for people who mean the most to me, my wonderful wife, my partner and best friend, kathy, and our three sons, dannel, ben and sam. thank you for being here. [applause] >> thank you for being here to mark a crucial cornerstone in our democracy, the transfer of responsibilities and the conveyance of hope for our collective future from one gubernatorial administration to the next. before i begin i would like to make three important notes. first is to acknowledge the great service of governor rell who stepped in to the role of governor in a different type of crisis, crisis of confidence and character, a crisis, confidence in the charac

>> 1983, ronald reagan and tip o'neill, sat down together, came up, tough medicine, walked out together and said we're going to fix social security. we can do that if it's done on an bipartisan basis. but it has to be done. first, get the agreement. then, go out and present it to the american people. medicare reform, which is the biggest elephant in the room, that's going to be even tougher. >> and of course, your home state of arizona, on everyone's mind last night in that chamber. that empty seat for gabby giffords was so poignant. you heard the news, overnight, her condition was upgraded from serious to good. >> that's wonderful news. an incredible story. and thanks to the medical care, you're going to have people on from tucson medical center. it's an incredible story. and we're grateful in arizona for what the president said when he came to tucson. and the outpouring on the part of all americans. on behalf not only on gabrielle giffords, but judge roll who sacrificed his life and christine taylor green. and all of the others, we're very grateful. >> senator mccain, thanks for comin

. >> tip o'neill said all politics is local.me under criticism after the post-christmas blizzard, including from former new york mayor rudy giuliani. >> my advice? they elected you governor. you got in an emergency. you have to be there. you have to be there if you're a governor, a mayor or even a president, if it's important enough. >> he said you shouldn't have been at disney world. >> i know you find it shocking that two, strong italian guys will disagree on something. we agrow on so many more issues that mayor giuliani and i, two former u.s. attorneys will disagree on things at times. this is one we do. >> rush limbaugh has something of a man-crush on you. you say time and time again you're not running. i take you at your word. but try to encapsulate what you think the republican party needs. who they need to nominate in 2012. >> we need to nominate someone who the american people believe walk the walk, not just talk the talk, on reducing the size of government, and bringing our tax structure and our spending, most important

speaker tip o'neill appointed me to this board and this has been a tremendous group of pages.e worked hard, yufpke worked well and you've worked -- you've worked well and you've worked honorably. you've seen history. you've seen a change of party control of this house. you've seen our joyce -- joys and our sorrows. you witnessed the sorrow we all experienced and you experienced when a member of this house was attacked back in her district. there is a program called close up where people come to washington, people your age, to observe the congress. and they learn a lot. it's a great program. but no one sees the congress as close up as you do. and we appreciate the fact that you recognize at as a gre responsibility and a great honor. and you'll go back home and tell others about this congress. i think you can tell them that everyone who serves in this congress, even though we may have differences, sometimes very sharp differences, the one thing that does bind us together is that everyone here in this congress loves this country. go back and tell them that we are imperfect people

i am personally haunted by something tip o'neill said when he left congress. at the end of his career he was asked how congress had change in his time. he said the people are better and the results are worse. that is true again and again for so much of the federal government. as compared to 50 years ago, they are more honest, more hard working, more sober. [laughter] ask around. they do not have their wives and girlfriends on the payroll anymore. but as i talk to them about this subjective experience about being a member of congress, they are constantly frustrated. they cannot get things done. they say let's give more power to the members. there are people who can prevent things from being done and the result is frustration. >> the problem is, and i have been trying to keep track of the things we have said on this panel. we're not done to this multiracial compensation, which we probably will not get to -- we have not got into the multi racial conversation, which we probably will not get to. our system of government is broken. we have a broken creek that someho

i am personally haunted by something tip o'neill said when he left congress. at the end of his career he was asked how congress had change in his time. he said the people are better and the results are worse. that is true again and again for so much of the federal government. as compared to 50 years ago, they are more honest, more hard working, more sober. [laughter] ask around. they do not have their wives and girlfriends on the payroll anymore. but as i talk to them about this subjective experience about being a member of congress, they are constantly frustrated. they cannot get things done. they say let's give more power to the members. there are people who can prevent things from being done and the result is frustration. >> the problem is, and i have been trying to keep track of the things we have said on this panel. we're not done to this multiracial compensation, which we probably will not get to -- we have not got into the multi racial conversation, which we probably will not get to. our system of government is broken. we have a broken creek that someho

special mention to my friend, the first, former first lady, the wife the late great governor bill o'neill. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> to all of the former speakers and leaders of the senate who are here, thank you very much for joining us as well. to my very extended family who are with me today and to all of my friends who have joined us today and to all the citizens of connecticut represented in this room and watching us on tv, i want to thank you for joining us, and to the four people who mean the most to me. my wonderful wife, my partner and best friend, kathy, and our three sons, daniel, -- and sam. thank you for being here to mark a crucial cornerstone in our democracy, the transference of responsibility and the conveyance of hope from one administration to the next. before i begin, i want to make three notes. first is to acknowledge the great service of governor ralph who stepped in in a different type of crisis, a crisis of confidence and character, a crisis in confidence in the character and intentions of its leadership. she worked tirelessly to restore that, and she'll

presents some opportunity to do some important things, just to give you a few examples, reagan and tip o'neill, social security in 1983. reagan and a democratic house, tax reform in 1986. clinton and a republican congress welfare reform and balanced budgets. what i hope is that we can come together and do some important things for the american people. now the tax deal in december i thought was a good indication that maybe we could do some business. the president indicated he's interested in lowering the corporate tax rate. most of my members think that's a good idea because we're certainly increasingly having real difficulties competing with overseas companies. so we'll see. i personally think it's a great opportunity to do something about some problem, some long-term problems we know we have with regard to spending and debt, the entitlement programs, i understand the president won't mention that tonight. i hope the fact that he doesn't mention it tonight doesn't mean we might not be able to make some progress on that front as well. >> playbook starts this morning with, we love the print editi