redistribution of wealth when i point that out it was what president obama, a candidate obama really believed people felt that hard to accept. today we see it happening. and i think the leadership that is going to come on a am looking to the 12th movement, the constitution, right now we see the republicans democrats are the two parties of the united states we're today are the way? does because democrats today are the true dominant parties does not mean either will survive another 50 years. i think we are undergoing a fundamental political realignment we're middle america is rising up, social security recipients are saying we want social security. we don't want to have to have rationed medical care, which is inevitable if we are going to take millions of americans and get them publicly funded medical care. i know many doctors i can see a couple of them in this room are personal friends. the next medical instrument will pick up is the golf club. the idea of all this regulation, the idea they're going to have to get the bureaucrats decision before they make a medical decision. this is g

the obama admission said gates is using his power signed last month.ere are 21 pictures showing americans abusing detainees in iraq and afghanistan. the aclu sued to have them released and lower courts supported that but gates cities release would put u.s. citizens and service members in danger. >>> construction of the aircraft carrier "gerald r. ford" got its kickoff with a kiel laying ceremony. it's the first in the new ford class of carriers. ford's daughter susan was at the ceremony and declared the kiel truly and fairly laid t. carrier is scheduled for delivery to the navy in 2015. >>> senators may start debating a new health care bill this week. but down the street from capitol hill you can see how the issue is really affecting people. eline quijano talked to a worker taking a chance with her health and a boss trying to help her. >> you're thinking about 8 by 10. >> reporter: 58-year-old carrie never imagined struggling like this. >> working all the time, not making a lot of money, and don't have health insurance. >> reporter: for 39 years she wo

president obama greeted them yesterday. a senior administration official says the president was obamaing appropriate protocol and the trip did nothing but enhance the sbogs status of the u.s. relative to japan. >> the space shuttle "atlantis" should be on its way to the international space station later this afternoon. live picture for you as it sits on the platform they plan to launch 2:28 eastern. 100 shuttle fans get to see the launch up close to tweet about it. they're expected to reach 150,000 twitter followers. >> a big mess in seattle, washington. look at what a mudslide has done to this house. fortunately, no one was hurt, but the area's dealing with blustery, rainy days as the first of two storms rolled into the pacific northwest. winds gusted, knocked over trees, causing a few power outages as well. a second storm forecast tomorrow. so you can be on the lookout. >>> a legal battle is heating up between the pentagon and the aclu. at issue, photos that appear to show americans abusing foreign detainees. here's the q

i voted for obama. now that that is out of the way i'm going to tell you this, everyone went into this with their expectations way too high. really, how do people keep getting their hopes up like this every election. high hopes lead to disappointment. she's like, get over it people. things don't change that much. i wonder what cory has been through in his or her life. could be a guy as well. kim is on the phone calling from virginia. all right, kim. you had an election there, didn't you. >> we did. we did. i was just calling in because i wanted to voice my opinion. i'm a die hard republican. i'm really sad. the big guys keep getting bigger. the small guys get smaller. 1/3 of what he was making before. these guys are taking advantage of it. contractors are. they're burning up, you know, these guys, good guys working in the business. 20, 30 years. try to pay them $8 or $10 an hour. our president needs to step up and do something about it. i think he's a good guy. i think he's got the means to do it. i jus

. >>> president obama landed in china this morning, the third stop of his tour in asia.arlier today he covered ground negotiating a new nuclear agreement with russia. he met the president at an international summit in singapore, wornging to replace the treat country that expires next month. the president said things look good. >> in our first meeting when i traveled at moscow, we arrived an understanding that it made sense for our two countries to begin reducing further our nuclear stockpiles. our negotiators have made excellent progress over the last several months, our goal continues to be to complete the negotiations and to be able to sign a deal before the even of t end of the year. i'm confident that if we work hard and with a sense of uror jenscy about it that we should be able to get that done. >> president obama and the russian leader also talked about iran. obama said that time is running out for tehran to do something about its nuclear program. he said the u.s. and russia will keep pushing iran diplomatic alley and there are other options if that fails. but he

obama had campaigned hard for corzine.eaders of both parties spoke to cnn this morning. >> last night was an example what happens when elected officials don't pay attention and listen to what people out there are saying. we're listening and paying attention at the gop and we're good to build off last night and hopefully bring home more victorys next year. >> i think you read these as local races with local concerns. that's traditionally how these two races have gone in the years after the presidential race. but the president is quite pop already lar in both new jersey and virginia. >> democrats still made election history. richard lui will take a look at a new york congressional race in a few minutes and more on the implications of the elections. >>> we're hearing some emotional reaction about three missing north dakota soft ball players who were found dead tuesday in a jeep in a pond. rafer weigel has more on this disturbing story. rafer? >> natasha, authorities had been looking for the three since late sunday night. they

obama, 55%. in 1981 the democrats swept the virginia race is that were at stake, including the governorship to which democrats said hallelujah, all is not lost. in 1981, the new jersey governor's race was the closest in history. and tom kane, the republican pete jim by 1800 votes. history is repeating itself. no it's not. the reagan era, which was in full swing in 1981, to be best characterized as being un- yong, i'm poor, and i'm black. that was the real majority. to put it another way, white come a middle-class, middle-age, married, mom, dad, kids. reagan grasped that vision very well. and that vision was not just something that he grasped, but a whisper trade over and over again in the popular culture. whether it was leave it to beaver in the 1960's or the cosby show in the 19 80's. democrats didn't do well when that's a real majority was on young, on poor amah and i'm black. how badly? we know the record. but just bear with me on to statistics. democrats won 50% of the vote. only twice since

or first lady michelle obama?it has to be the first lady. there she was in this gorgeous dress. he is in the commander -- the commander in chief, but he wore a tuxedo. the first lady chose the china pattern. the headliner tomorrow will be "mrs. obama." >> we want to show our viewers to more -- some more of actinides entrances into the east part of the white house, including house speaker nancy pelosi. -- some more of the entrances into the east part of the white house, including house speaker nancy pelosi. >> my husband. >> the hon. eric holder. >> i am with steven spielberg, so my kids left me a series of questions to ask. >> pardon? >> who did you? -- your dress? [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> can you give one or two? >> good evening, everyone. how are you? >> gayle king. >> i cannot hear a word you're saying. i am 67 years old and you cannot hear a word. the president and the first lady and the prime minister and his wife. thank you. >> biran abrian and tracy mathi. >> many elected officials, house members, sena

i think obama got to lucky. he won the house and senate, and he has one-party rule, and to keep his party together, he has applied not to republicans -- he has to play not to republicans. he has to keep his party together, has moved farther to the left. he has put by partisanship out of reach to some degree just because there is nothing more dangerous in politics than [inaudible] >> you have done a lot, particularly in the health-care field, and i think, as someone who has been there for a long time, it is remarkable to see the ama supporting. they have opposed everyone sensed -- since [inaudible] also on the energy side were you have the utility supporting cap and trade as well as individual businesses, that is not translating into any support. i chose a couple weeks ago to have a former congressman and around here -- they could not deliver a single republican to support health care. what does explain the disconnect between elements in the business community that are willing to support the direction this is goi

>> you have to look at both of the obamas. you have to look at the polling. i do an opinion poll with a democrat, what how we describe barack obama with these numbers. we did the 14 attributes, and he's put these between the personal ratings, and things -- these are things that have to do with his job. he averaged a 61% rating. although those ratings have slipped, he had really declined in the job rating. this is a country that, given the problems, they wanted the president to be successful. i think these are exacerbated by the economic tension. we are thinking, one year from now, if the economy is not better, who do you blame? bush and the republicans or obama and the democrats. i like the idea, if this is not better, who do you blame? 24 points more said that this was tied. they said, these are your ideas. i think that we will be turning into -- we will have a very good 2010, but just like 1982 and 1994, this does not mean very much for 2012. my other quick note is there is a chance that he will have a jimmy carter presidenc

did president obama help? >> we had a very good discussion, and at the highest levels, i had been assured by the united states leadership that the government of the united states remains committed to early implementation of the civil nuclear cooperation. there are some minor problems with regard to agreeing on the the processing dedication facilities that it mentioned. there are a -- they are not insurmountable, and in the next couple weeks -- couple of weeks, we can solve them. as far as the liabilities legislation, the indian cabinet has already approved the legislation and we will be going to parliament for that legislation that we require. dollars can i request everybody to please put their phones on the silent mode? thank you very much. >> i refer to your overstatement about the anniversary of the mumbai attack. this morning, the news from pakistan that the judge in the case there has seven formal suspect. your reaction to that, and you are not going from here to other heads of government. the will be a p

you can call him president obama. mr. obama.ike what you're doing and erick holder, you know he come from % the lu clinton administration and we'll have the same problems from the 90's. these people are out of touc$ with reality and real people in this country. host: tim brown, how is mayor bloomberg weighed in on this? guest: he's come down on the side of president obama and holder. i don't know his motivation mind that. i know that he respects the office. he's in office. he's the mayor of new york city and respects the office of the president. and in probably wants to work with them. i don't know what goes on in a great mayor. he and ray kelly. the commissioner of the police department i have great faith in them keeping this city safe. "táry these war criminals in a civilian court and give them the same protections that you and i have as united states citizens. host: warren, ohio for the never forget 9/11 coalition on the republican line. allen, are you there? allen from ohio? caller: am io on. caller: i have to u support the

more or less a republican critique of the obama policy. i would say that the twitter commentator makes a good point. she has been judged by the court of public opinion for now. the thing is, opinions of public leaders change over time. hillary clinton is one of the most polarizing figures in american politics, and she came very close to winning the democratic nomination. now she is one of the more popular figures in the obama cabinet. look at ronald reagan, whose political career had been declared dead many times before he won the republican nomination in 1980. host: a quick word about the dynamics within the party, this is from charlie crist, a sure- fire republican becomes a right- wing target. "and intelligent former speaker of the house, a reagan night that answers to mr. obama by the national review. what is going on there within the party? of desk of the same thing that we saw in the special congressional election in new york 23. we are seeing it with florida. there is a revolt among some conservative grassroots against established r

it's about barack obama. we asked, would you lean more towards voting for a candidate who supports barack obama or opposes him? you can see right there more people say they would vote for the candidate who supports president obama than opposes him, michelle. >> there is going to be a lot of people elbowing to be on his coattails again. >> the democrats for sure. >>> health care has been a pretty hot topic for americans, but have health issues changed for black men in america? one expert says it's at a crisis level. we'll look at that coming up in a special "what matters." >>> it's been a year since the historic election of president barack obama. all week in our "what matters" partnership with essence magazine, we're taking a closer look at life for black men since president obama was elected. has their lives changed since the president became black? we sat down with an african-american community and asked that question. today meet marcus murray, executive director of project brotherhood, an organization that

how are the obamas affecting it?s the fashion center of the world. people in washington have to dress carefully because most people who work here are working in the government or something to do with the government and a lot of them are politicians who go and travel outside the country. and so you really can't sort of dress over the top here or at least most people who are in official situations. michelle obama has taken her style just to the right edge, i think. she's a little bit different, a little quirky sometimes. always very stylish. always looks very glamorous in her clothes. she takes risks which i like. and she dresses very youthfully and she dresses in american designer clothes which i also think is a great idea. but she's more informal than a lot of first ladies. she's not wearing the sort of little buttoned up st. john's suits, she's wearing skirts and sweaters and i think that she's dressing exactly right for this moment, that people are not -- >> larry: well said. >> people are not as formal as they use

president obama landed in china this morning.arlier today he covered ground ne goerting a new nuclear agreement with russia. they're working to replace the start to nuclear treaty that expires next month, and the president says things look good. >> in our first meeting when i traveled to moscow, we arrived at an understanding that it made sense for our two countries to begin reducing further our nuclear stockpiles. our negotiators have made excellent progress over the last several months. our goal continues to be to complete the negotiations and be able to sign a deal before the end of the deal. and i'm confident that if we work hard and with a sense of urur jenscy about it, we should be able to get it done. >> the two leaders also talked about iran, obama said time is running fout out for tehran doing something about their nuclear program. >>> president barack obama couldn't bring home the olympics, but he's bringing some tourism to his home state. the united states will host the apec summit in hawaii. >>> some guantanamo bay de

barack obama verses john mccain. all three of mine had barack obama beating john mccain in the debate. i say this to those who claim fox news isn't fair and balanced. with each debate aimed gave more time to talk to the panel and explain why they thought barack obama won. on fox news the three voter panels picked barack obama over john mccain. do you really believe they would have had that on msn b.c.? do you believe they would have been so open that republicans would have had that kind of opportunity? i respect my employer very much because knowing what the results were, they still put it on the air and still highlighted it and allowed me to do my job. this was early in the campaign. this is barack obama vs. hillary clinton. barack obama work harder than any presidential candidate i have ever seen to get elected. he knocked on 200 doors a day trying to find the last undecided voters. hillary clinton knocked on 200 doors but was just trying to find bill. let me show you barack obama's performance because in framing o

obama was the first democrat to win there in more than four decades. in new jersey incumbent jon corzine lost to chris christi. here's ari fleischer on what this might mean for the obama administration and democrats. >> the first year of any presidential election or midterm right after a presidential party in power, almost always suffers big losses. that's what you can anticipate if history is any guide. here's the killer statistic if i'm a democrat. in virginia in 2008 when barack obama took virginia, people under 30 were 21% of the electorate. today they were 10%. the black vote was 20% of all virginia votes last year. today it was 15%. the very coalition that put barack obama over the top is not showing up. >> but democrats still may make election history. correspondent richard lui will take a look at a new york congressional race in a few minutes and more on the wider implications of these elections. >>> more infants and young people are hospitalized for swine flu but in california older people are more likely to die from it. a study says the fatal

obama? >> i welcome my brother's comments on this. we're going through the struggle that the democratic party did 10 years ago. i think it is a healthy debate. i think it is one where people with the biggest microphones represent the republican party. that is why i see it as a missionary job to reflect the different, a progressive republican sentiment on a number of issues to suggest that there are rooms for alternative voices. i think it is actually healthy. i think we did see significant evidence last tuesday that people who voted did both things. they ran on local issues. we're talking about ideological social issues. >> you are right. the democrats did go through it 10 years ago, but what we decided was it is ok to have a song from louisiana who was pro-lifer, pro-gun and he could vote the way he wanted to and still be a democrat. >> already is running ads attacking democrats. -- although she is running ads attacking democrats. hamas >my point is that we've ba majority with people. you s

obama, it is not going to work. why don't you knock on your rich neighbor's door and see what kind of response you get from them? don't ask the federal government to give it to you, don't ask mr. obey to give it to you. show some initiative yourself and knock on doors and beg for it. in the past, it has not worked and it will not work now. social security, medicaid, the post of this, everything the government has ever touched has not worked. that is why we are trillions in debt. he let business people do it, -- if you let business people do it -- there are more clerks in the government, percentage wise, then there are works in business. you figure that one out. -- than there are crooks in business. host: congressman obey calling for a war tax, saying that a surtax is necessary if obama wants to send more troops. he opposed the vietnam war, and mindful of the funding that drained lyndon johnson's great society program -- 30 years later, he is chairman of the house appropriations committee and is adamant that the afgh

there is a lot of obama people. but my question is, if they lie to you about that, what else are they not telling us? instead of making a statement, you ask it in terms of a question and you use the rhetorical. this is how i grew up. i used to ask my mother, how far is that from the earth? she would look at me and say, how far do you think it is? this is why i'm crazy. [laughter] i never got an answer. or if it's going to cost you $20, who's going to pay for it? they're not listening to us. because we don't often know how to frame the questions for them that they have to pay attention. and quite wrinkly, we don't hold them accountable. in this book, all those questions, and in this book are those answers. i struggle with this. i wrote this three times when i was in the process of selling a company, but i had to get it right. what a great way to end this. because i want them to listen to you. i want them to genuinely, genuinely here you and i want you to be optimistic and hopeful again. i want you to walk out of this

newt gingrich should be speaker gingrich and obama should be president obama. animosity is to have a more civilized debate. people have feelings. is should the governor sarah palin, president obama. host: scott, on the democrats' line is our last call here. caller: happy holidays. i would just make it two points rather than three because we are running short on time. guns, conservatives want to run on that -- you are hypocrites. you tell us to support the laws that we have, yet we saw dick cheney a few years ago out of doing an illegal act and he shot someone in the face. it was a crime to hunt without a license so he shot one while committing a crime. we let him get away with it. most people who do not know the laws are prosecuted. ignorance is no excuse. guest: i am familiar with the incident. i'm sure that the guy he shot in the face has his own opinion about the incident as well. the nra as a kind of my firm, so you should know that i am in favor of the second amendment and private ownership of guns. i did not think that republicans or conservatives are hyp

she was an obama volunteer and her brother was a staffer on the obama campaign, and so we looked at what they were doing. and john green and i along for the ride in terms of thinking about how this all works. but the point, is we're trying to look at it through the land of this occurring, looking at sort of the same phenomenon, that is, the same local party for four presidential elections, what role it had or dent have in the election. so that's really, i think, the point of the paper. i'll get into that and go over those in a minute. before, just to put -- for those of you who are not ohio political buffs, to put mahoney county into perspective, that president obama received 52% of the vote in ohio and received 64% of the vote in mahoney.

so really, the obama is the only leader.the people need to stand up and congress are going to stand up if we're going to get something good out of it. host: georgia, carolyn on our republican line. caller: referring to what the lady just said. i understand that obama was wanted to be president by many people in the united states because they said he looked so well and he looked presidential. and that may be a reason why a lot of people voted for him. and also, about insurance. i think the majority of people are pleased with what we have and it seems to me that the government really does provide for its people, food cars, free housing, and also insurance for children in the state of georgia, which is known as peach care, down to in-- delta insurance. and also, we provide for people in this country. however, i do believe that the government needs to take a look at those people that cannot provide insurance and provide for them only. and it should be separated from the 85% of the people that really do have good insurance. and t

obama on a number of sensitive topics. watch. >> and the cash for clunkers program, i have read that you purchase many clunkers with our money. >> yes, we have. >> what does this word clunkers mean? >> well, a clunker is a -- >> i know what a clunker is. and just so there is no misunderstanding, you are not allowed to pay us back in clunkers. will you kiss me? >> i'm sorry? >> will you kiss me? >> i don't understand. >> i like to be kissed when someone is doing sex to me. >> larry: all right, ann, is this pure fun or a sign of declining popularity of a president? >> i'm not sure what it is a sign of, but i think there's a lot of truth in this sketch. the chinese are the ones buying our treasuries and that's why you keep hearing the obama administration talking about how health care is going to bend the cost curve down. that means health care rationing. we can't keep running up the debt. i think that is a lot of the problem with obama's popularity. i think it reflects his decline in popularity. >> larry: that's what i asked

so it's more or less the republicans appeal of the obama policies. i would say that that twitter commentor raises a good point. but the thing is opinion of public leaders change over time. look at hillary clinton. she's one of the most polarizing figures in america. she has razor edge close to winning the democratic nomination and now she's one of the four popular figures in the obama cabinet. and of course, look at ronald reagan whose political career had been declared dead many times before he won the republican nomination in 1980 and then presidency. >> host: we found this piece in "the new york times" and elsewhere about charlie crist. surefire for the republican becomes a right-wing target. he rapson then that they are surprising by mark rubio. the former speaker of the house answer to mr. obama by the national review. what's going on there and within the party? >> guest: same thing we saw in the election in new york 23, the special congressional election in two weeks ago. and we're seeing it here in florida. there is a revolt among conservative

including the obama name. >> barack obama, sr., married mark's mom after divorcing the president's mother. the president hhe is described but busive. >>> and this subcommittee is important because they control money, it's the subcommittee on appropriations, and they are also asking the cdc about why folks cannot get the vaccine. a house hearing is under way right now on capitol hill. lawmakers say there are too few vaccine manufacturers in the u.s. not enough people making this stuff. and that's just part of the problem, the department of health and human serviveices sa it is trying to speed up the distribution process as well. we'll listen to that and get you all the tidbits from this hearing and what it means to you and h1n1, the vaccine. >>> bob van dillen joins us now, our meteorologist. bob and i were talking earlier, it's looking pretty good. >> it looks decent. in fact, it's hot across the west coast, too. let me show you the rocky mountains, down across the deep southwest. this is high pressure sitting over the four corners. the heat continues to build. yesterday, record high arou

he asked president obama to meet to set up a fund rule. ochocinco tweets he set up a fund to pay fines each season. wait until you see what he has in pittsburgh this weekend. who knows. terrell owens will engage in a friendly on-line roast, throwing light-hearted jabs at each other to see who gets mad first. two receivers who will do anything for attention, like this. this will be fun. it's a good day for charities supported by the nfl. jay cutler or pony up $20,000 for his conduct towards an official in sunday's blowout loss to arizona. it taps off a bad week for cutler. he threw five interceptions on thursday. >>> madoff belongs will be auctioned off. among the items, that jacket. there's expensive jewelry, rolex watches and hundreds of pairs of mens shoes all bought with someone else's money. but the collection is largely underwhelming. that's sports. >>> hi there, i'm robin meade. we salute the troops every weekday. let's do it on the weekend too. it's private first class aaron william oxeford from his mom. she missed his birthday and

president obama landed in china this morning. he met russian president at an international summit in singapo singapore. and the president said things look good. >> my first meeting when we traveled to moscow. our two countries to begin reducing our stockpiles. made progress over the last several months and our goal continues to be to complete the negotiatations and be able to sign a deal before the end of the year and i'm confident that if we work hard and with a sense of urgency about it, we should be able to get that done. >> president oobalma and the russian leader also talked about iran. time is running out for tehran to do something about its nuclear program. the u.s. and russia will keep pushing iran diplomatically and there are other options if that fa fails, but he didn't offer any details. >>> president barack obama couldn't bring home the olympics, but he's bringing some tourism to his home state. the united states will host the apec summit in hawaii in 2011. the host gets to dictate what the guests wear. the president

president obama leaves today for his first visit to asia as president.o and make stops in singapore, shanghai, beijing and seoul. he's going to talk to asian leaders about the u.s. economy, the trade deficit with china, and his plans for afghanistan, among other things. >>> the husband of retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor has died from alzheimer's complications. john o'connor was 79. he and his wife became a washington power couple when she served as the court's first female justice. colleagues say when his disease got worse she started bringing him to court. >>> lou dobbs is leaving cnn at the end of last night's show he said he's leaving the network effective immediately. over the past few years he's taken a stand on hot topics. he's going to look for more ways to take a more active role in the issues facing the nation. >>> how are you doing today? i'm robin meade. welcome. >>> new this morning, cnn has learned that tomorrow morning the parents of the so-called balloon boy will plead guilty to charges related to that case. now, richard

many of them joined up and took their obama manual with them and did what obama was telling them to do i will yield the rest of my time to your questions that might have other papers, but i'm going pull all this together for you as to what this is all about. >> the papers are all related, because they look at money, organization, personality, politics, and the impact of a really big election. i asked the panelists if they would briefly address the question, what do they think a party is in a meant or two, and bill already did that. maybe we can just go ray, dan, melody, and maybe if bill wants to jump in again. just because you all do have different definitions. what do you think a party is? >> well, in my framework, i took bill's statutory definition of a party, because i think, you know, many things follow from that when you're nominating a candidate on the ballot, you take more interest in seeing that candidate win under all circumstances. i'm not so sure that's true when we talk about the extended party. we're institutionalizing a new form in politics with these 2 a 27's, and it's

also, a look at the obama administration needs and hiv policy. -- also, a look at the obama administration's aids and hiv policy. this morning a discussion on pilot safety but capt. john prater. following that, shane harris.

i'm not a republican obama hater.about john mccain or hillary clinton that they were president and i think if you walk that through, they just would not have had a letter to president obama has had. i think he has dealt with big, big problems that would have been difficult for anybody, but we have such a short memory and i remember clearly during the worst part of the economic collapse, i was thinking about how do i get a bomb shelter and why buy guns? it was really dark and we have very short memories. thanks to a lot of things my former boss, george bush did, and that decisions president obama made, the stock market is up a couple of hundred points today. that has not translated into jobs yet, but we are a functioning society which, 10 months ago, that was questionable. i$i think the elevator is goingo -- the elevator is stuck in the middle. he is going to have to stop talking about what he inherited an man up and over what he has got and people want that from their leadership. the other thing i will say and a fun t

president obama thought this was the right way to go. we are thrilled.it in no way should be read as a definition. we seek to improve our relations with pakistan we seek to improve our relations with china. we seek to improve our relations with india. this is not a zero-sum game. every country will benefit from improvement in the area. i will not go into the specifics. it is not part of my formal responsibilities. i look forward to participating in some of the meetings. i want to see some of my old friends from new delhi. i read the press and i understand what the cities in india say about each other. it is not justified by the facts. the two countries live side by side and have to live together. our role is to assist both of them in different ways, according to their own desires and their own view of their own sovereignty. >> you had been in moscow. could you tell us what you accomplished in russia? did you get specific commitments? >> i was in berlin, paris, and moscow and met with the british along the way. in kabul, we had foreign ministers from fran

the first lady, michelle obama.he texas governor, rick perry, defense secretary gates defending as well. the president and first lady met with the survivor and families of victims before the ceremony began. it started 40 minutes late because he wanted to continue to meet with them and talk with them and comfort them. we could see them emerge. a hush fell over the crowd as they walked down the stairs after that meeting with the president and first family. some on crushes. some wearing casts. it was quite a moment to see about a half hour ago. the ceremony continues. live continuing coverage on cnn. >>> the issue of abortion could derail health care reform legislation in the senate. democratic senator and abortion opponent ben nelson of nebraska says he will oppose any bill that provide federal money for abortions. house speaker nancy pelosi added restrictions on abortion funding to get it passed. democratic senator barbara boxer calls it rad call and says it prohibits abortion coverage and any government-run plan. se

obama arrived a few hours ago. he held the town hall meeting in shanghai earlier. >> we do not seek to impose any system of government on any other nation. but we also don't believe that the principals that we stand for are unique to our nation. these freedoms of expression and worship of access to information and political participation we believe are universal rights. >> china regularly cracks down on its religious and ethnic minorities and sensors the internet. >>> the bernie madoff auction brought in more than $900,000 for victims of his ponzi scheme. the mets jacket with his name blazoned across the back sold for more than $14,00020 times what it was expected. one buyer explained her fascination with the stuff. >> it's like getting a plate of china from the titanic and bernie madoff may have been an even bigger ship wreck. >> just about everything is up for auction or everything that was up for auction sold far more than the auctioneers. >>> i know that makes those gold parties that you see even more popular.

barack obama did that. i always remember that sarah palin and john mccain barely got a bump out of it. sarah palin and john mccain had been ahead. we were looking pretty seriously at a future of a mccain/palin ticket winning. and then, lehman brothers collapse. there is a two-week period, august 30 when lehman brothers collapsed in september, and after the lehman brothers collapse, barack obama found his voice and he started talking about how this financial crisis was not the result of just one or two bad apples but a result of ideology of the regulation. -- of deregulation that had gripped the united states for eight years, and that is where he was not telling the truth. it was not just the bush years. democrats and talking about what gives me a little bit of a different perspective is because i do not live in the u.s.. i am much less partisan. i am not driven by a desire for democrats to win elections. that is not what drives my riding. -- my riding. -- during that election campaign, we knew damn well tha

it happened to president obama in china. find out about his reunion with his half brother in beijing. >>> yesterday the president was in china where he met with the premier of that country. the white house says china's president accepted an invitation to visit the u.s. next year. president obama also took time yesterday to walk along a section of china's great wall calling that experience magical and in between the state dinners, closed door meetings and sightseeing, president obama had a rare reunion with his half brother in china. mark obama has been living in southern china for the past seven years. he made headlines recently because in his new book he claims their father physically abused him. he wouldn't say if that subject came up when they met briefly at the president's hotel. >> we just had a big hug. and my wife and he had a big, big hug. and it was just very powerful. very intense us today he's my big brother. >> president obama says he hasn't read his half brother's book but says it's no secret their father was tr

so what are the key sticking points for president obama? is the ability of the afghan government -- how much cooperation is he getting from president hamid karzai? >> not as much as he would like. president obama has suggested karzai do more to crack down on corruption and the illegal drug trade that funds terrorist activity there. but senior administration officials say it's skeptical karzai will follow through on his promises. now if he does not, "the new york times" reports the white house is considering shifting some money from the central government to local afghan leaders who cooperate with u.s. objectives, robin. >> richard, thank you. we'll have to watch this for sure. >>> so your state may have huge money problems. a new report finds that the same economic pressures that pushed california to the brink of insolvency are rattling other states. if there are signs the recession is fading, why are so many states struggling? >> you know how the job market is behind the rest of the economy? it's a little bit like that with state economies

when will he break from obama? congressman don edwards is another so-called progressive for single payer. she took single payer off the table. she, too, said in july anything less than a public auction tight to medicare rates was unacceptable. she, too, then reneged on a promise and accepted the puny public option. then just last week, guess what? steny hoyer posted a fund-raiser for donna and ones, johnnies have shell on capitol hill. host come $5,000, pact, $25,000, individual, $1,000. congressman raul brough of all, the head of the so-called progressive congress started out supporting single payer. now he's in favor of the puny public option. he says he will strongly consider voting against the puny public option if it is watered down to the triggers. this is what the democrats are good at, capitulation. capitulate, capitulate. let's look at the other side for a bit of guidance. joe lieberman, the senator will shut down the senate if to the tropics have for the health insurance companies. who will be our joe lie

as it also seems to be doing among the independents who voted for obama. and so i am now hoping against hope, that the exposure of obama as a false messiahs will at last open the eyes of my fellow jews to the co-relative falsity of the political creed that he so perfectly personifies and into which so many of them have for so long been so misguidedly loyal. thank you very much. [applause] >> before we start the questions and answers, i'm a study that immediately following his presentation at 4:00, mr. podhoretz has a call-in interview with c-span. you can go downstairs to the bus and watch it live. you will then come back upstairs and autograph your books. so buy a book outside, then go watch the interview and come get it signed. and now, come up for questions. >> am i supposed to call people or do they just come up? >> it is a pleasure to hear you and i want to thank you for your stubborn, noble clarity that you have demonstrated. and i find, as you do, i dangerous contradiction in jews of the left supporting regimes that support the very element that see

caller: i think that obama is not doing a good job. was elected i had a lot of problems with him, but aside from that, he said a lot of things and we see him doing opposite on so many different things. he says bringing troops backed. when he announces what he is going to do, he is going to be sending more relevant in them back. how or -- our americans going to believe what comes out of your mouth if you do the opposite of what you say you are going to do? host: final paragraph of a story inside the "usa today" on the president huddling with his advisers and on this point. donald from tallahassee, florida, good morning. -- donald from tallahassee, florida, good morning. caller: i would like to hear the president stepped up and make this one comment, we are bringing back the press. once these republicans, who love to say -- once they hear the draft, you will end this war in two minutes. what we have are just a few boys just going over there and dying while they sit in their health arspot and going into these juie bars and getting juiced

that came out of president obama's meeting with dmitry medvedev. >>> a dog so disabled that it moveds wrists is finally learning to walk and she's been adopted. a georgia veterinarian operated on spirit and gave her months of therapy after somebody dumped her on the side of the road. her new owner says she's doing fine. >> i don't want people to feel pity. what i want people to feel is look what can happen to a dog that somebody thought was useless. she's definitely not useless any more. she's beautiful. >> she sure is. spirit still has some discomfort when she walks, but it does not stop her from playing, apparently. she's just a love bug, isn't she? >>> brand-new details on the alleged ft. hood shooter. you'll hear what a muslim cleric reportedly says about nidal hasan. >>> today federal officials will tour an illinois prison that could house dozens of detainees from guantanamo bay. thompson correctional center is about 150 miles west of chicago. the town has a population of 600 people. correspondent richard lui, wow. so, if you're a resident there, not sure what you would think ab

what is there in politics, the role of the media, and assessing the obama presidency. also, tuesday night, the first state dinner as president obama welcomes the indian prime minister. . . . but i have no way of knowing what the position is. there have been rumors all along here. number one and number two. the focus of the media, seems to me has just been exclusively on the troop number, where as the issue is much broader than that. so that there are going to be many elements i'm sure in this decision. number one, it may include a troop number. but that number may include, if there is troop increase, would include trainers, i assume, people who are enablers. a key part of the troop increase question is what number of combat troops would be involved. and then on top of that you've got the other aspects of the policy in afghanistan. of course, strategy coming first where wl you're going to have a counterinsurgency and counterterrorism strategy. but on top of that all the other leapts of strategy. not just with additional combat troops with the trainers, trainers with arm

president obama took office earlier this year. we are told we should never allow a serious crisis to go a waste. the president is not only working to stabilize the financial community and financial market, the on the industry, he is focused on our long-term economic challenges including the auto industry's public sector equivalent and that is our school system. if you think about it both the auto industry and our school system were built for another era. neither can compete in the 201st century without a major structural reforms that place consumers at the center of their operations. in the case of our schools the consumers are the children. not the politicians, not the labor unions. schools exist to ensure. >> well, as you can see, we are having a signal problem from this event for the center for american progress. a bit of a rainy day in washington. we are going to leave this now. we can tell you that we are recording the program and will show it to you in its entirety later in our program scandal. we apologize for the signal in

i say obamaism is not going to work. if it did we would be celebrating the economic miracle of europe. i say to republicans, come up with something besides a tax cut in terms of explaining how you will do it. i would tell them as i did, i was very impressed with bob mcdonald, the republican candidate for governor. president obama was coming to campaign against him. he said the president is always welcome at the commonwealth of virginia. there has to be a personal grace note that the republican caucus has lost. he is the president. he is a figure that has -- demands our respect and he is well-liked and we need to do a better job as a party to separate -- and separate the differences of opinion about policy compared to how we speak to hiabout him as a person. there are people in our caucus who do not -- are not able to bridge that note. >> we spent time thinking about this but we will try to be concise. i would say to the republican caucus that i know lee atwater said when your opponent is busy destroying himself, do not i

or first lady michelle obama?> it has to be the first lady. there she was in this gorgeous dress. he is in the commander -- the commander in chief, but he wore a tuxedo. the first lady chose the china pattern. the headliner tomorrow will be "mrs. obama." >> we want to show our viewers to more -- some more of actinides entrances into the east part of the white house, including house speaker nancy pelosi. -- some more of the entrances into the east part of the white house, including house speaker nancy pelosi. >> my husband. >> the hon. eric holder. >> i am with steven spielberg, so my kids left me a series of questions to ask. >> pardon? >> who did you? -- your dress? [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> can you give one or two? >> good evening, everyone. how are you? >> gayle king. >> i cannot hear a word you're saying. i am 67 years old and you cannot hear a word. the president and the first lady and the prime minister and his wife. thank you. >> biran abrian and tracy mathi. >> many elected officials, house members, se

the second point is that, with the barack obama campaign and my barack obama this was a high stakes thing cut through clutter for every day organizations which are some of the projects we'll be working for, how would you utilize those same tools to capture the kind of attention that you would need to? >> yeah, absolutely. on the saturation point, absolutely. survival of the fit zest one thing. there's only so much information we can process. i think we've adapted quickly to process a lot more information. public - well probably think we have extended capacity to consume a little bit more. but at some point there is a barrier so that you know, certain - you know - whether it's sites or pieces of information fall by the wayside and that's why we have to realize that we have to rely on organization filters and that's how we make sense of the information and world around us to the second point, the first thing i say with the obama campaign. particularly in a one-on-one setting helping people figure out what to do for their non-profit. the obama campaign was a singular moment in his flight par