it has embossed upon it, president pugh. this book of common prayer was used from president buchanan forward until it was taken out of service when a new edition was published in the 18 eighties. but 1961, laid service was planned at st. john's to recognize the tenants of abraham lincoln, the organist at st. john's found this in the archives and discussed it with church leaders at the time. they thought would be a good idea to have every president still living to sign it and every president that would follow them to sign it as well. so what we have inside this historic book are the signatures of herbert hoover, franklin roosevelt's, which was signed by his wife, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, richard nixon, gerald ford, to be carter, ronald reagan, george bush and so on. more recently, george w. bush and barack obama. the tradition has been maintained. at some point, when a new president is elected, st. john's makes an effort to contact that and have them sign this very historic book, which is a very dear ite

pugh has been well known for that. gallup calls it straight.hat do you think is the most important problem facing the country, this was an open ended question at the top, economy in general at 21%, goes down to the federal budget deficit, dissatisfaction with government, unemployment, taxes, all the way at the bottom is gun. >> the web video which targets basically the president's children, who have secret service protection, as all children of presidents. over the line? >> based on this poll, he should have been apologizing for those children to breaking their piggy banks to pay for the national debt. that's what americans are concerned about. >> i'm asking you about the web video. >> because his children -- >> which children? >> children he had there on display, because his children, his own children, are well protected. joe biden opened up by saying that schools should be a sanctuary. well, he must have this confused, because the president's girls do go to a sanctuary, well-armed there, but most american kids are not protected at all. >> you

jason pugh is here.on, kind of as expected, they were a little rusty. >> i said earlier today they might not look the way you want them to look right now. but i think -- towards the end of the season, though, i think this team will be where they truly want to be. with the 48-game season, it's a sprint, not a marathon to the playoffs. no team in the nhl wants to get off to a slow start and the capitals are no different. in a high-scoring contest tonight in tampa, it was the caps who didn't have enough fire power in the end. alex ovechkin getting set for this game. there's his first-year head coach, adam oaks. lining up 3-2, loses it, the turnover and fires off the pads. and volski is there to clean up the mess. we're tied at 3. later in the third, still tied at 3. capitals with two men in the penalty box. st. luis, second goal in the game. lightning take a 4-3 lead. they add two more goals. they go on to win this one 6-3. >>> tonight, adam oaks suffered his first loss as caps' head coach. >>> moving on to

jason pugh is here now with more on quite a character. >> yeah, this was a great man.not only on the field but also off the field. one of the legends of the sport. when you talk about the name earl weaver, everyone around the baseball world knew you were talking about one of the best managers in the big leagues. today the hall of famer passed away at the age of 82. weaver was known throughout baltimore as the duke of earl. he was also a baseball legend, assuming 1,480 wins throughout his career. he was a three time manager of the year. he managed the orioles for 17 years. he took the organization to the world series four times, winning the fall classic in 1970. he was inducted to the baseball hall of fame in 1996 and was known throughout the sport as an innovator. weaver was also known for his temper and famous arguments with umpires. he once was ejected in both games of a doubleheader. he passed away while on a cruise sponsored by the orioles. his cause of death is yet to be determined. a great, great man. baseball sorely going to miss him. >> truly a legend. thank yo

jason pugh has highlights coming up in sports. >>> plus, time running out for these puppies training to be service dogs. why their classes need a new home. >>> and did you get an e-mail from facebook about a cash settlement? don't delete it just yet. it could be >>> one of the boeing 787 dreamliners that caught fire earlier this month had been this the air less than three weeks. the ntsb gave an update on its investigation today. it says the plan had logged less than 200 flight hours before one of its lithium batteries caught fire after landing at boston's logan airport. the same battery on another 787 caught fire in japan on january 16th. dreamliners around the world have been grounded ever since. >>> if you got an e-mail saying you're part of a class action lawsuit against facebook, look closely. might not be a scam. millions of facebook users are eligible for a small share of a class action lawsuit against the company. the suit claimed that facebook used pieces of member's content without permission. facebook settled the case for $20 million. but because of the number of users aff

i'm jason pugh. your sports minute starts now on the hardwood. the wizards continue their winning ways at home taking on the bulls at the verizon center. john wall was dealing last night seven assists to go with 15 points. the wiz win it 86-73. they've won five straight in front of the hometown fans. get used to that face nats fans. william howard taft stole the show as the newest racing president for the nationals. >> i hope he wins. teddy's got competition now. hopefully, he wins one at least. or we could start another tradition. have another losing president in the race. >> don't forget, tonight at k, the pro bowl kicks off here on nbc. a few redskins will take the field. london fletcher makes a second trip while ryan care began and lorenzo alexander will be making their trips to honolulu. trent williams will be at the game but won't participate due to injury. that was your sports minute. i'm jason pugh. have a great sunday everyone. >>> in basketball, the ref will call a penalty if there's an ext

. >>> a new pugh research survey found that president obama is viewed as the clear political winner inhe fiscal cliff negotiations by a margin of 57% to 20%. >>> word that what was called a computer glitch at ticket master meant that tickets to two official inaugural balls were mysteriously sold out before they even went on sale. >>> republican senator david vitter of louisiana criticized harry reid for saying superstorm sandy was worse than hurricane katrina. vitter tweeted, "sadly, harry reid has revealed himself to be an idiot." senator reid said he misspoke. >>> a group critical of president obama's choice of chuck hagel to be secretary of defense has purchased the website domain chuckhagel.com. they attack his views on israel and other topics. >>> at the news conference announcing his nomination, outgoing defense secretary leon panetta joked about his decades in washington and his future plans. >>> the time has come for me to return to my wife sylvia, our three sons, their families, our six grandchildren and my walnut farm. dealing with the different set of nuts. >>> and that's yo

a new poll from pugh says a majority of americans, 57%, believe the president got more out of what he wanted than those negotiations, just 20% said republicans did better. 38% approve of the final package that came out of those negotiations. as for the way politics works in washington, another poll, this one from usa today and gallup says 77% of americans believe the latest beltway doings are causing serious harm to the country. >>> with the nation in the middle of a debate over gun control, today bells will ring in tucson, arizona, marking the two year anniversary of the mass shooting. today giffords and mark kelly are launching a new initiative to encourage stricter gun control laws. >>> this comes as we learn new details about that separate mass shooting at a movie theater in aurora, colorado. preliminary hearings are underway for the accused gunman 25-year-old james holmes. it was revealed that the suspect bought the movie ticket 12 days before the midnight screening of "the dark knight rises." that suggests the attack may have been planned well in advance. yesterday despite emoti

a new pugh research center poll shows that 44% of the age group born after roe, 18-29-year-olds knowt and that it was about abortion. how do we protect the privacies for future generations if the future generations don't know why they have them. joining me now is the president of planned parenthood cecil richards. i want the show you the chart that takes all of our breath away over and over again, and '73, you have the roe and then in the beginning of '85 and continuing forward, you have all of the states that are chipping away at it, and then the enormous spike in 2010-2011 of just coming for the rights that were initially secured by "roe v. wade" and what does that tell you? >> it tells you that in the 2010 elections that the tea party dominated those elections, and in fact, you look at the pugh research poll that came out this week, americans consistently and have for decades supported women's access to save and legal abortion and whether they call it roe or know the faname or no and that the united states representatives and sorry congresswoman, because i know you are doing every

jason pugh, news4 sports. >> thanks, jason. >>> you do not see a lot of seahawks flag or colors being flown around, but a famous former seahawk hall of famer steve largeant lives here, called d.c. his home when he was elected to congress. the former congressman is now the president and ceo of a nonprofit trade association, but still keeps a closite on his former team. he was selected to seven pro bowls and still the seahawks all-time leading receiver. so with the majority of his life spent between seattle and d.c., it makes you wonder who is he rootic for? >> my loyalties are not divided at all. i'm 100% a seahawk, always have been and always will be, so i'm looking forward to this weekend's game. i think it would be a real schalening for the seahawks to get a win in washington. they're on a roll, and that's important when you're going into the playoffs, that you get on that roll and kind of development some confidence in your ability to play. so the seahawks have their hands full this weekend, for you are shall, but they've got a rookie quarterback of their own, a good running attack

the pugh research center shows that their credibility ratings are down 18 percentage points in just theast 10 years. so they have got a lot of work to do. with that in mind, cnn has brought in jeff zucker as new president of cnn news. and surely his label is going to be put on this network. now, he worked at nbc for a long time. executive producer of "the today show" when they were very elf successful. but having been at nbc for a long time can you make of that what you will, but is he going to come in with his own ideas, zucker has in memos to his y n staff and cnn staff and these have been published. he wants the definition of news to be evolved. he wants to define news more broadly. that's what we are seeing here. news is being defined more broadly as opinion. i think also ultimately as entertainment at cnn. they might go to a softer news. >> bill: can you make the same fox news does infotainment. it strikes me rather than opinion rather than on analysis programs on cable you have to have it or not survive. they have to move into that area. during the day and in the morning, okay, wi

pugh, "lady churchill has asked me to thank you for your letter "of the 16th of august.ston has signed your coronation book--" brilliant. "and i return it to you with his good wishes. yours sincerely, private secretary." so, that was the result. that was. so we had more or less the complete set. and let me see-- you have a favorite one, don't you? i do. my favorite one is "bomber" harris who had a reputation as being something of a butcher with the bombing of dresden. but i think the autograph came back with no problems but the letter that accompanied it, which he obviously has typed himself, puts a different complexion on him. and this letter says "thank you very much for enclosing a stamped, addressed envelope. "most of the many thousands of people "who write to me from time to time "generally on their own affairs "but entirely unknown to me, "never send a stamped envelope as you did. if they did so i should be a richer man today." and then the last paragraph which i think is charming, too-- "i have signed it twice, once on each side, "so that you can cut off the signa

you show the pugh polls.hington post-abc news poll puts the president's top approval rating at 55%. the 39 is wildly popular. he was re-elected overwhelming -- >> he was re-elected with over 50% of the vote in a convincing and decisive way. what you have happening is that the republican party is continuing what seems to be its willingness to keep itself a reactionary, regional party that's not terribly interested in governing, but, instead, is more interested in doing battle with someone who they think is ill egitimate and is willing to contempla contemplate, entertain and even promote ideas that are, you know, lies, that are racist lies and that do nothing to solve the problems facing the country and certainly do nothing for the republican party's ability to convince people that they should be entrusted with governing. >> yeah, well, i think that's the problem. i think that they've painted themselves into a corner because here's a man that is very popular with all they threw at him, they were not able to bri

they took the church and removed the pughs and removed the art facts and turned it into an emergency shelter for state workers and local workers for the fema workers to work out of the church. and i remember speaking to the reverend about it and he said what is a better use for a church during a storm when people need -- are in need than to literally turn it into a shelter. it was right and it was true but it was hard to do. he was there 24 hours a day 7 days a week. he was the moral support for the community. he represent it is best leadership of new yorkers. i'd ask him to stand so we can give him a round of applause. [applause] >> i was at the reverend's church so many times i thought i should put money in the plate. i oh you reverend. despite all of these efforts, despite all of the efforts of the first responders t police, the fire, the national guard t heroism of citizens, we still lost lives during hurricane sandy. we lost 60 of our brothers and sisters who were new yorkers at the damage of the storm and i would ask us now to give them a moment of silence. thank you. the past

the pugh survey found that although most religious groups think it's morally wrong, they support overturningunfire at a wisconsin hospital. a fire arm discharged during an incident involving a county deputy and a prisoner who was currently a patient at the aurora lakeland medical center. a spokesman says it was an isolated incident. >>> an american pastor jailed in iran for his religious beliefs appeared if iranian court on monday. he's been in custody there sense september. the state run news agency reported he would soon be released on bail but his wife said the court rejected the family's attempt to pay. she and her lawyer say the bail was $116,000. the court apparently rejected it on a technicality. >>> prince harry is home today from his second tour of duty serving the british army in afghanistan where he admits he killed some members of the taliban. the 28-year-old british royal said he took enemy fighters out of the game during his 20-week tour in afghanistan. >> interesting. >>> so the mountains of park city, utah, park city, utah, are starting to look like hollywood. right now the m

. >> gretchen: the interesting thing is a pugh study said between october -- august and october showedwhen there were more positive stories about mitt romney, there was, actually, daughter particular time before the first debate, that his numbers went up in the polls. so it showed the influence that the media can actually have on the people. >> yes. and that debate performance in particular forced some positive stories about romney. but it's also interesting that you look at the period before they were forced to write something nice about him and because he had earned it essentially, you found that the coverage was about twice as positive for obama and about 63% more negative about romney than about obama. >> steve: i read a column you wrote fort new york post where you quote tim grossclose, ucla professor who sakes without media bias, america would vote like texas or ken condition. taas fast -- kentucky. read the back, fascinating. david, we thank you very much for being here. >> thank you very much for having me. >> gretchen: there are two times in history we left men on the battlefi

or you can go to the pugh, -- pew research center yourself and look at it. there is. carol identifies herself as 56 or older. she is from new jersey. caller: good morning. i understand that according to the news, mr. bernanke, the head of the federal reserve, is currently in the process of monetizing our debt to the tune of $86 billion per month indefinitely. and he is doing now to buy mortgage securities and treasury bills. do you have any comment on that? guest: there is a lot of divide in american politics over how big of an issue the deficit is. in fact, we have been asking a question for the past four to five years that says, what should be the priority for the government these days, spending to help the economy recover, or reducing the deficit? that is the fundamental debate. the american public is split almost 50-50 throughout this time frame. there are many people who see stimulus as the more immediate priority. there are other people who say we've got to tackle the deficit first. that is what we are seeing happen in washington, d.c. typically, it is the numbe

they took the church and removed the pughs and removed the art facts and turned it into an emergency shelter for state workers and local workers for the fema workers to work out of the church. and i remember speaking to the reverend about it and he said what is a better use for a church during a storm when people need -- are in need than to literally turn it into a shelter. it was right and it was true but it was hard to do. he was there 24 hours a day 7 days a week. he was the moral support for the community. he represent it is best leadership of new yorkers. i'd ask him to stand so we can give him a round of applause. [applause] >> i was at the reverend's church so many times i thought i should put money in the plate. i oh you reverend. despite all of these efforts, despite all of the efforts of the first responders t police, the fire, the national guard t heroism of citizens, we still lost lives during hurricane sandy. we lost 60 of our brothers and sisters who were new yorkers at the damage of the storm and i would ask us now to give them a moment of silence. thank you. the past

or you can go to the pugh, research center yourself and look at it. there is. carol identifies herself as 56 or older. she is from new jersey. caller: good morning. i understand that according to the news, mr. bernanke, the head of the federal reserve, is currently in the process of monetizing our debt to the tune of $86 billion per month indefinitely. and he is doing now to buy mortgage securities and treasury bills. do you have any comment on that? guest: there is a lot of divide in american politics over how big of an issue the deficit is. in fact, we have been asking a question for the past four to five years that says, what should be the priority for the government these days, spending to help the economy recover, or reducing the deficit? that is the fundamental debate. the american public is split almost 50-50 ... throughout this time frame. there are many people who see stimulus as the more immediate priority. there are other people who say we've got to tackle the deficit first. that is what we are seeing happen in washington, d.c. typically, it is the n

they took the church and removed the pughs and removed the art facts and turned it into an emergency shelter for state workers and local workers for the fema workers to work out of the church. and i remember speaking to the reverend about it and he said what is a better use for a church during a storm when people need -- are in need than to literally turn it into a shelter. it was right and it was true but it was hard to do. he was there 24 hours a day 7 days a week. he was the moral support for the community. he represent it is best leadership of new yorkers. i'd ask him to stand so we can give him a round of applause. [applause] >> i was at the reverend's church so many times i thought i should put money in the plate. i oh you reverend. despite all of these efforts, despite all of the efforts of the first responders t police, the fire, the national guard t heroism of citizens, we still lost lives during hurricane sandy. we lost 60 of our brothers and sisters who were new yorkers at the damage of the storm and i would ask us now to give them a moment of silence. thank you. the past

the pugh research, that center renally asked people what it takes to be a part of the middle class. they said the answer of five things. not new news to you, but we'll reenforce it. a secure job, health insurance, owning a home, a college education of some form of higher education, and stocks and bonds and other investments. in other words, to be able to save and invest for the future let me talk about jobs for a moment. jobs the key to achieving the american dream, putting ourselves, our country back on the road to prosperity and keeping america come perspectivetive in a new global economy. without jobs, today's workers have no chance for a middle class retirement, and economic growth and prosperity for the middle class and others is not possible. as it is, more middle class worker have to work longer to maintain a decent standard of living and retirement. today, millions of workers remain out of work in the wake of the great recession. during 20 # 12, workers 55 and older were unemployed on average for more than a year. now, we need to preserve the middle class jobs that offer opp