the respect party believes.asking poor people to pay for the crimes of rich people the crimes and the mistakes and blunders that lead us off the cliff into recession and worse is unfair unjust and we will not accept it and reclassified wars as missions and continuing to cause the deaths of countless people in the form our empire now being recall and eyes again as well as the deaths and destruction of the lives of our own service personnel especially at a time when we have no money to keep our old people warm in the winter time but we can always find money to go around the world setting fire to other people's countries this way of organizing things is simply not acceptable it cannot be as good as it gets there must be a better way we try to highlight it and respect is the fastest growing party in british politics and i wish there was respect phenomenon in the united states i have a weekly radio show in the united states on a new york radio station called w b i it's called the mother of all talk shows and it's a c

respect member of the u.k. parliament. move on to your government you are a member of the labor party thirty six years then you joined the respectparty in two thousand and four what made you switch and why do you think that america is stuck in this two party dictatorship is what i like to call it so taboo to even talk about socialist ideals which i know i respect represent. well i was expelled by tony blair from the labor party in two thousand and three for my role as one of the leading figures in the war movement against the war on iraq and i founded the respect party which came out of the great on to war movement which organized the biggest demonstrations the british britain has ever seen in its history indeed five times bigger than the next biggest. site and we're almost at the anniversary of that demonstration february fifteenth when we had two millions on the streets of britain representing tens of millions of people i think in opposition to the war on iraq even before people knew what we know nor that the entire thing was built upon a tower of lies but the expulsion was another job on because it was increasingly difficult

respect party in two thousand and four what made you switch and why do you think that america is stuckin this two party dictatorship is what i like to call it so taboo to even talk about socialist ideals which as i know i respect represent. well i was expelled by tony blair from the labor party in two thousand and three for my role as one of the leading figures in the war movement against the war on iraq and i founded the respect party which came out of the great on to war movement which organized the biggest demonstrations the british britain has ever seen in its history indeed five times bigger than the next biggest. site and we're almost at the anniversary of that demonstration february fifteenth when we had two millions on the streets of britain representing tens of millions of people i think in opposition to the war on iraq even before people knew what we know no the entire thing was built upon a tower of lies but the expulsion was another job on because it was increasingly difficult and becoming impossible to remain in a party led by mr blair who is a war criminal and who should

speaker of the house where both john boehner and nancy pelosi have been nominated by their respective parties. this is sort of the big thing that we've been waiting for today is whether or not john boehner is going to have to face that second humiliating ballot. that is what we are taking a look at on the floor. we are going to keep our eyes on that. nick, i did want to go back to you while we are waiting for that to unfold. you know, looking broader at this potential primary, you've got chris christie. you've got rahn paul and paul ryan, marco rubio. all people who are thought of as potential candidates. who do you think right now is positioned best not for the general election, but for the base, for the primaries? >> that's a great question. you know, back to what karen said, it really depends on where the country is. i know it's an unsatisfying answer to say that it matters. to me chris christie is a kind of a throwback to a giuliani candidacy in certain respects. he is a guy who is sort of brash attitude, his willingness to kind of take it to fight is very reassuring the conservatives, ri

all that is going to be determined largely by where the respective parties stand on policy and maybe most importantly, the attitude of the american people. the american people feel strongly about these issues and push hard and they reward or don't reward members of congress with their votes. if they reject sort of uncompromising positions or sharp part sfwlanship or are always looking out for the next election, and they reward folks who are trying to find common ground, then i think you'll see behavior in congress change. that will be true whether i'm the life of the party or a stick in the mud. thank you very much, everybody. >> that was president obama holding his last press conference of his first term. the president discussed a range of issues, including the looming debt ceiling crisis. >> raising the debt ceiling does not authorize us to spend more. all it does is say that america will pay its bills, and we are not a deadbeat nation. what i will not do is have that negotiation with a gun at the head of the american people. the financial well being of the american people is not l

all that's going to be determined largely by where the respected parties stand on policy, and maybe most importantly, the attitude of the american people. now if the american people feel strongly about these issues, and they push hard, and they reward or don't reward members of congress with their votes, if -- you know, if -- if they reject sort of uncompromising positions, or sharp partisanship, or always looking out for the next election and they reward folks who are trying to find common ground, then i think you'll see behavior in congress change and they will be true whether i'm the life of the party or or a stick in the mud. all right. thank you very much, everybody. >> all right. in the final news conference of his first term the president uses the majority of it to talk about the debt ceiling. and the looming fight with republicans over raising it. the president urging republicans to do just that, to raise the debt ceiling, arguing that failing to do so could tip the economy back into recession. he also said that the markets, in his words, would go haywire and the move would be a

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bill hardekopf runs lowcards.com and is a respected 3rd party source of credit card information. bill, just how many different cards are there out there? > > bill, there are over 1000 credit cards in the united states, so there are plenty to choose from, and it can be very overwhelming to consumers. > but it is worth the effort, because you could save, apparently, quite a lot of money. how much? > > you sure can. we've had people e-mail us or call us and say that when they changed from one credit card to another, they saved over $500 over the course of a year. so it is certainly worth your effort to pick a good credit card for your needs. > bill, what are the basics? when we are shopping for a new credit card, what is the process? > > the first thing is to decide what kind of consumer you are. if you are going to carry a balance each and every month, then you need to get the lowest credit-card possible. if on the other hand you are going to pay that balance off on time, in full, each month, then you should get a rewards credit card, because a credit card can actually make you mon

whether or not we get immigration reform done all of that will be determined largely by where the respective parties stand on policy and maybe most importantly, the attitude of the american people. the american people feel strongly about these issues and may push hard and they reward or do not reward members of congress with their votes, if they reject uncompromising positions or sharp partisanship or always looking out for the next election and they reward folks who are trying to find common ground, then, i think you will see behavior and congress change. that will be true whether i am the life of the party or a stick in the mud. all right. thank you very much, everybody. >> president obama holding his last news conference of his first term. this was a rare last-minute news conference. he began by offering a statement about the debt ceiling debate. he is truly coming from a point of no good negotiations saying he is open to having discussions . the nations money basically going to be running out of time between february 15 and march 1. he is wanting to talk to republicans, but at the same time sayi

maryland state legislatures have tried their hands at redrawing voting districts to benefit their respective partiesit off but there could be a price to pay if those practices continue unabated. joining us now is robert mccartney. just recently wrote about this issue. good morning. thanks for coming in. let's talk about what's going on in virginia first of all most recently. >> well, there are two things underway in virginia but only one might happen. and that is they want to redesign the districts for the state senate to benefit the republicans. this is passed by the state senate 20-19. one democrat was away attending the president's inauguration. they were able to get it through. now, it's in the house. it's not clear what's going to happen in the house. but the governor said he didn't like the way they did it. but he has left open the possibility he might sign it. and what's really troubling to me and to people who look at this professionally like academics and good government experts and people like that is that the -- they've been doing this for years. both parties have been doing this for deca

promising to end any further one-on-one talks with the president, reportedly an effort to regain his party's respect. >>> and despite all of the controversy in the last few weeks, boehner is expected to be re-elected as speaker today, as the session opens at noon for the new congress. the 113th congress will have the fewest number of military veterans since world war ii. also, several long-time lawmakers will not be returning. including congressman barney frank and senators joseph lieberman and olympia snowe. >>> the new senate will have the largest class of women ever. a record 20 female senators. they all sat down with "world news" anchor, diane sawyer, sharing their views on everything from their male counterparts to a female president, possibly. you can catch diane's interview tonight on "world news." >>> no one may be looking forward to climbing the steps to the capitol than illinois senator mark kirk. he's returning to work today for the first time after suffering a stroke nearly a year ago. he underwent extensive physical and speech therapy. he has limited use of his arm and must use a cane a

. >> madam clerk, can you also explain what the rules are with respect to related parties? >> yes. thank you. so public comment are people not affiliated with the parties. that means anyone working for or associated with, either the bay view office community planning or the permit holder shouldn't be speaking at this time but otherwise you are allowed to speak. you can step forward to the microphone. if you haven't already filled out a speaker card i ask that you consider doing so. it's not required but helps in the preparation of the minutes and you can hand it in when you come up. >> thank you commissioners for your service this evening i live on oakdale and really close to this site. i job up and down oakdale every morning and saw the events unfold. october was a warm month and what i saw was shock and aweand several tractors showed up out of no where and it was a mass demolition. this is not a small building. it's a large property that was torn down quickly. i didn't think of it at that time but there was tremendous dust and tractors coming in and out encroaching the sidewalk a

. >>> john boehner is reportedly fighting to regain his party's respect by promising to end one-on-one negotiations with president obama. but he says he'll still talk to the president every now and then. >>> the senate intelligence committee is investigating information in the film "zero dark 30" about the hunt for osama bin laden. lawmakers want details about contacts between the filmmakers and cia officials, especially involved in interrogation practices. >>> michael moore announced his new year's resolution including he will stop saying "i support the troops" because he doesn't anymore. and that he apologized for that saying it's not the troops' fault that they were sent to war for what he calls "dubious reasons." >>> a new record was set in december for gun sale background checks in the u.s. following the school shooting in connecticut. the new background checks surpassed the previous record by 39%. >>> president obama scored the most views for 2012 on red it. his ask me anything session in august racked up nearly 5.6 million views. a lot of people want to ask the president somethi

. >> i respectively ask for a third party independent lab. i believe the first group was peninsula demolition testeded their own soil and take it out of that pursue and have a independent one. >> i believe they send their testing out to a separate lab. they don't carry their own lab and i prefer not to specify a specific. >> and commissioners to be clear then the suspension on this permit is not lifted until the soil testing results have been submitted. >> correct. >> okay. >> okay. so we're not specifying any lab per se, and who are the recipients again of the results? >> the paltant and the department of building inspection. >> very good. conduct on site and certified lab with results provided to appellants and the department of building inspection. notice to end in five years and the suspension -- the board's suspension of this permit shall be lifted when the results are given to the appellants and the department of building inspection. >> correct. >> okay. so we will get notice from then and then we can release further paperwork at this p

not we get immigration reform done, all that is going to be determined largely by where the respective partiesy and maybe most importantly, the attitude of the american people. now if the american people feel strongly about these issues and they push hard and they reward or don't reward members of congress with their votes, you know, if they reject sort of uncompromising positions or sharp partisanship or always looking out for the next election and they reward folks who are trying to find common ground, then i think you will see behavior in congress change. and that will be true whether i'm the life of the party or a stick in the mud. all right? thank you very much, everybody. a sometimes. jon: a sometimes testy barack obama holding his first news con last news conference of the first term. a lot of hectoring of republicans. he called out house republicans by name and mitch mcconnell in the senate. he was asked a question but would do what some democrats expect he would do and raise the debt ceiling by executive order and bypass the congress on that question. with are we on the battles ahead?

all that can largely be determined by where the respective parties stand on policy and maybe most importantlyle feel strongly about these issues and pushed hard and reward or don't reward members of congress with their votes if they reject uncompromising positions boart sharp partisanship or always looking after the next election and reward folks there trying to find common ground i think we will see behavior in congress to change. that will be true whether i am the wife of the party or the sick one. thank you very much everyone. >> that was a president wrapping up the last press conference of his first term. next week we have the inauguration and that will happen and began the second term. the two main tablet that will be battle on capitol hill will beat capitagun control and the debt ceiling. >> jackie sissel is and san rafael and marin county and things look a lot warmer compared to how you started out >> i was going to say we get all the way down into the 20s this morning. you can see we are inching up words was as good news. we're at 41 in downtown san rafael. there was a freeze advisory

mentioned earlier that they have similar res resumes, both presidential nominees for their respective partiesoth very different philosophies. mccain thought john kerry would be a very effect t*eu secretary of state because he could carry out president obama's foreign policy position. he sailed he wouldn't pick him as secretary of state because they have a very different philosophy, bill. bill: we'll see if she mentions some of the more fiery hot spots on the globe today, she's been traveling a million miles, isn't that what she said yesterday. >> reporter: we heard a lot about her traveling more than a million miles as secretary of state. those of who who like hillary clinton were applauding her for her service and her going all over the world and others wanted to ask tough questions about benghazi. martha: i see elizabeth war warren at the table there. is she playing a roam? we are seeing new faces in the senate. >> reporter: i think she has an introduction here. do you want to listen in. martha: sure. >> i know will continue in the tradition of john quincy adams and christian herder as grea

all that's going to be determined, largely, by where the respective parties stand on policy, and maybe most importantly, the attitude of the american people. the american people feel strongly about these issues and they push hard and they reward or don't reward members of congress with their votes, you know, if they reject sort of uncompromising positions or sharp partisanship or always looking out for the next election and they reward folks who are trying to find common ground, then i think you'll see behavior in congress change. and that will be true whether i'm the life of the party or a stick in the mud. all right? thank you very much, everybody. >> all right. so there he is, the president, nearly a one-hour news conference, wrapping through a lot of the most important issues on his agenda right now. this is his last formal news conference, we're told, in his first term as president of the united states. the formal, official inauguration is coming sunday. on monday, all the pomp and ceremony here in the nation's capital. the most important issue is the economic issue, the u.s. econ

bipartisan commission, and both of whom are among the most respected thought leaders from their respective partiesthe federal budget. let's play the video to learn more. ♪ ♪ >> in the wake of the fiscal cliff, the nation is now anticipating more questions and more partisan battles as we prepare for the next round of debates over entitlements, taxes, sequestration and the federal spending limit as we approach several mini cliffs in the coming months. for their support of today's program, leading authorities would like to thank our co-host, the u.s. chamber of commerce, and our sponsors, bdo, ceo update and the broadmoor. our speakers today both exclusively remitted by leading authorities -- represented by leading authorities are senators kent conrad and judd greg. senator conrad was part of the bipartisan gang of six and was named as one of "time "'s ten west senators. paul ryan said there is no democrat who knows the budge like he does. senator gregg is a national leader on fiscal policy and a well known budget expert. he is currently co-chair of the campaign to fix the debt, a nonpartisan effort

not we get immigration reform done -- all that's going to be determined largely by where the respective parties stand on policy, and maybe most importantly, the attitude of the american people. if the american people feel strongly about these issues and they push hard, and they reward or don't reward members of congress with their votes, if they reject sort of uncompromising positions or sharp partisanship or always looking out for the next election, and they reward folks who are trying to find common ground, then i think you'll see behavior in congress change. and that will be true whether i'm the life of the party or a stick in the mud. thank you very much, everybody. >> david drucker has reaction. >> david drucker has reaction to the final news conference of the president's first term. what was he trying to say to congress? >> he wanted to outline the perameters of the debate. he was wanting to define what the debt ceiling fight should or shouldn't be about. that is a shot at republicans who say they want deep spending cuts to grant the authority to the president to borrow more money. >> whe

respected rusher. rusher also wanted reagan to be the head of this new conservative party. to make a long story short reagan refuses probably prudently. most liberal scientists, i have had training in political science to tell you the third party will be big on national level, cannot start small, as to start big, probably with a superstar like reagan. once a reagan refuse in 75, 75 to join this third party project rusher got going it was probably curtains for that particular idea. but william rusher succeeded in getting conservatives to think more about the need to expand the republican party and for the republican party to be more coherent, not so ideologically coherent that it was willing to forfeit elections. i think rusher was passed that phase of political perspective by then. so he recognize that if reagan wasn't going to head it, it was probably not going to get too far but he stuck with it. the full details are in the book, chapter 13. he came to see in the late 70s that it really was possible to win the republican nomination and once reagan did win the republican n

not we get immigration reform done -- all that's going to be determined largely by where the respective parties stand on policy, and maybe most importantly, the attitude of the american people. if the american people feel strongly about these issues and they push hard, and they reward or don't reward members of congress with their votes, if they reject sort of uncompromising positions or sharp partisanship or always looking out for the next election, and they reward folks who are trying to find common ground, then i think you'll see behavior in congress change. and that will be true whether i'm the life of the party or a stick in the mud. thank you very much, everybody. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> president obama will be sworn in during the 57 presidential inauguration one week from today. c-span's gavel-to-gavel coverage of the inaugural ceremony from the u.s. capital begins at 11:30 a.m. eastern. supreme court associate justice sonia sotomayor will swear in by president biden and chief justice john roberts

all of that is going to be determined largely by where the respect acti respective parties stand on policyand they push hard and they reward or don't reward members of congress with their votes, if they reject sort of uncompromising positions or sharp partisanship or always looking out for the next election and they reward folks who are trying to find common ground, then i think you'll see behavior in congress change. and that will be true whether i'm the life of the party or a stick in the mud. all right? thank you very much, everybody. >> president obama in what will be his final news conference, and we apologize, though, it was beyond our control for something a lot of people found frustrating, and that is our inability to hear the follow-up questions, lack of a microphone. usually there is one on a boom especially to pick up the front row after they use the hand mic. again, beyond our control. we were struggling to hear along with our viewers. and in the front row, by our count, the asker of about 11 or 12 questions today, chuck todd. chuck todd, interesting there at the end, kind of a

or health care and security can do it only when the so-called pro lifers in the republican party begin to respect not just the wife of a cluster of cells in a woman's womb but also the life of the woman herself in a working class husband's life and her gay or lesbian and uncles lawyer and her child will have to inherit this warming planet slaughter and her afghan iraqi friend abroad sawyer. only then. believe genuinely. but until that day. republicans are just the party of death. and the pro-life movement who wants to continue using that name and waving the banner should run from the republicans in the other direction. and that's the way it is tonight friday february january twenty fifth two thousand and thirteen for more information on any of the stories we covered visit our website to tom hartman dot com free speech dot org and archie dot com if you missed any of the night's show you can watch an h.d. on hulu at hulu dot com slash the big picture also check out our two you tube channels there are links to tom harkin dot com also tom hartman icon check out all the different ways you can send us

. >> john: that's mccain still trying to win the respect of his own party. they were even more incensed over rice's alleged efforts to mislead the american public during an election year, no less to no apparent logical reason. >> again, we were misled there was supposedly protest and then something sprang out of that. an all the sprang out of that. that was easily ascertainable. that was not the fact and the american people could have known that for days. >> with all due respect the fact is we had four dead americans. whether it was because of a protest or because guys out for a walk and they decided to go kill some americans. what difference at this point does it make? it is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent from ever happening again senator. >> john: illinois senator dick durbin was more direct in defense of ambassador rice and brought up a misleading comment that many would like to perfect. >> i think some of the criticism heaped on her was unfair. and did not reflect the fact that she was reporting the best informati

you know, as you said, he wasn't so much advising the republican party as sticking up for the democrats. >> here is my issue and i respect him so much. here is my problem with what he is doing. as the first black secretary of state, he has got a very unique position in the republican party. he could be using that voice to work within the republican party, to encourage them, to talk to them, to work within the party, to work with them about outreach to minorities. about how to position the conservative principles of freedom. >> bill: maybe do that though. >> instead, is he attacking from the outside. that's what i have an issue with. >> i don't think he is attacking. this is what we need to do as a party to have a bigger tent. voter i.d., he was right. you get the i.d. when you register. there are not incidence of fraud. >> bill: i'm not going to spend time on this. but i just wanted to make you clear. if you show an i.d. when regist, that's swell. but then lenny can show up and vote. >> those problems do not exist. there is is not a fraud problem. >> bill: can i tell you it does exist. i have seen it as a local reporter

and the night they were both nominated, by their respective parties, the journalists, jim buckley gotup at his headquarters and said, i look forward to running against professor moyar income and i'm sure professor moynihan will conduct the kind of high level campaign you would expect of a harvard professor. over at -- pats headquarters the journal said that, jim buckley is referring to you as professor moynihan. pat to himself up to his concert will hide and said, oh, the mudslinging has begun. [laughter] spent what you're in for tonight, however, is an episode of my -- a lecture on political philosophy. take notes, there will be a test. in 1953, the year in which the words under god were added to the pledge of allegiance, and the first year of the presidency of dwight eisenhower, he proclaimed the fourth of july a national day of prayer. on that day, eisenhower-ish in the morning, he goes in the afternoon, and played bridge in the evening. there were, perhaps, prayers in these recreations, perhaps when the chief executive faced a particularly daunting putt. three days before christma

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respected him as much as rusher. rusher also wanted ronald reagan to be the head of this new conservative party. well, to make a long story short, she refuses probably prudently most liberal scientists and i've had training in political science the will tell you if a third party is going to be big on the national level it cannot start small. it's got to start big probably with a superstar like ronald reagan. so once he refused in early 75 to join this third party project rusher had going and wrote a book about, it was probably curtains for that particular idea. but rusher had succeeded in getting them to think more about the need to expand the republican party coming and for the republican party to be more coherent. not so is ideologically coherent it was willing to forfeit elections. i think that rusher was passed that phase of his political development or perspective by then. so he recognized that if reagan wasn't going to head it it was probably not going to get far but he stuck with that. the full details are in the book on chapter 13. but she came to see in the late 70's that it really was

those are the important things for the american people. >> why is your party platform have all this other -- mr. armey, i respectknow you care about your politics, you're a true bleacher but you're not making sense. why does your party fill its platform with this stuff, creating personhood for somebody a second after there's a conception, a fertilized egg, giving that fertilized egg 14th amendment rights to property? why do you keep getting involved with this nutty stuff in your platform if you say it's just the crazy candidates? >> well, this is a problem we have. maybe it's a communication problem. maybe it's that you're so misguided you think i'm misguided. >> no, i read your party's platform. do you? i read the platform. it's not just rotten apples. it's your point of view. >> the democratic party has all kind of things in their platform that i think are unusual, strange, or miss the big points of the nation's biggest -- >> name one. name one. >> every party's platform -- >> well, name one. >> well, what is it, homosexual marriage, all right. abortion on demand. these issues are in your platform. you don't t