my wonderful colleague, richard white is widely regarded as a leading, one might say the leading scholar in three distinct fields of the american west, environmental history, subset of our discipline he helped pioneer and native americans. he has been the recipient of the macarthur genius report in the out or at several notable works, including a book entitled from it's your misfortune and none of my own published 1991.

our guest today is richard white. professor of history and co-director at the bill look lane center. we are here discussing his new book "railroaded" and the myths about the transcontinental railroads and the building of the american west. richard, we have got more than one question here that i suppose you have anticipated about the founder of our university. so, one questioner says, the founder of the university that presumably plays your salary as well as that of the moderator. that's me. don't you have anything positive to say about the so-called robber barons? in the same vein another questioner, given your position with stanford, this may be a difficult question. how corrupt was leila's stamford? >> okay. first of all, you know, my wife said one of those things, sometimes she thinks he bites the hand that fed him. that is fair enough. but let me give you a piece of advice that probably most of you already. do not destroy your personal papers. if you destroy your personal papers, your side of everything that happe

. >> next richard white presents a history of the transcontinental railroads. the author recounts the creation of the railroads which changed the way americans lived and opened the country to westward expansion. this is a little over an hour. >> good evening and welcome to tonight's meeting of the commonwealth club of california, the place where you are in the know. find this on the internet at commonwealth.org. i'm david kennedy, professor of history emeritus and codirector of the building center for the american west at stanford university, and your moderator for this program. tonight's program is being held in association with the california historical society. it's now my pleasure to introduce our distinguished guests, richard white, also professor of history at stanford university and codirector at the center for the american west with me and the author of the new book "railroaded: the transcontinentals and the making of modern america." richard is to be more precise the market byrne professor history at stanford where he has been since 1998. he previously

. >> richard white presents a history of the transcontinental railroads. the author recounts the creation of the railroads, which change the way americans live band opened the open the country to westward expansion. this is a little over an hour. .. a also a professor of history at stanford university and during the billing center for the american west with me and the author of the new book, "railroaded: the transcontinentals and the making of modern america." richard is the more precise professor of history at stanford, where he has been since 1998. he previously taught among other places at the university of utah and the university of washington, where he took his phd. my wonderful colleague, richard white is widely regarded as a leading, one might say the leading scholar in three distinct fields of the american west, environmental history, subset of our discipline he helped pioneer and native americans. he has been the recipient of the macarthur genius report in the out or at several notable works, including a book entitled from it's your misfortune and

richard white gauges the impact of the transcontinental railroad on the gilded age. in eisenhower 1956 david nichols looked at the suez canal crisis. eisenhower faces the change in the cold war's balance of power. go to booktv.org and sign up for booktv alert. the weekend schedules in your in box. >> the fourth of the white house council on jobs and competitiveness jeff immelt, ceo of general electric spoke to any event hosted by the chamber of commerce. this is half an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. our next speaker leads one of america's greatest, most innovative and successful companies, general electric as it is commonly known. jeff has one of the toughest and best jobs in the world. ge is the sixth largest firm in the united states with a dazzling array of product from light bulbs to fuel cells, entertainment programming to get engines. it is the single largest exporting entities in america. it is one of the or original 12 companies that form the dow jones industrial average and still remain there 115 years later. ge is a great american success story b

. >> this weekend on both tv, c- span to comment upon -- c-span 2, "richard white" in gauging the transcontinentalilroad. by anne eisenhower, 1956, a look at the canal crisis. eisenhower faces a change in the balance of cold war power. look for the complete schedule led a tv -- fop's schedule at booktv.org. -- schedule at booktv.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back live at the arlington campus. 150 students are gathered here representing 35 states and guam. high school seniors, part of the national journalism media conference. tucker carlson is with us. let's talk about the harsh headlines from your web site overnight. guest: as far as i understand it, it is a incredibly complex proposal that the senate minority leader has put forward -- majority leader has put forward. they have said that they will not stand for defaults. they have said that this is their breaking point. that is pretty close to giving up. host: you said that mitch mcconnell is not leading. guest: he is leading, but entering a negotiation by telling the person he is negotiating with the point at which he will

pretty clearly showed that ronald reagan's campaign did the same thing that richard nixon's did commit treason to win the white house there's a robert perry had to say today about these two crimes. it was nixon's dealings with these with saigon to get them to sabotage the peace talks in paris that proved a way for nixon to eke out a victory but it also continued the war for more years than some twenty thousand american soldiers died now this is essentially repeated in one thousand eighty it now appears with with some of the same characters working for the republicans who felt well we got away with in sixty eight we could do something similar in one thousand eight we can sabotage a sitting prime a credit president and that seems to have worked and reagan's treason just like nixon's treason worked perfectly they ran a hostage crisis continued and torpedoed jimmy carter's reelection hopes and the same day reagan took the oath of office almost to the minute the american hostages in iran were released and for that reagan began selling the iranians weapons and spare parts in one thousand nine hundred one and continu

white people, that's my question. [applause] >> okay. in terms of richardor -- a more militant approach by blacks, but race was on the table in america in a way that it's not now. so what richard pryor had to say, much of it comparing and contrasting black lifestyle with the white american norm and much of his comedy came from that was very pertinent, very vivid and very impactful at that time. as far as dave chapelle, i consider dave chapelle one of the best comedians around. he and chris rock to me are one of the top three from my point of view. and, again, it's subjective. but i'm not sure or dave chapelle wasn't a success. did he not leave because -- >> he walked away. >> he did not want to. i watched that show, and be i know that students in a class that i teach on comedy, on african-american comedy, white and black students love dave chapelle. dave chapelle was one of the most popular comedians there. they understand him much more than richard pryor so he was, i think, getting across. i think they understood that in a way because he was able to take p

white house really doesn't think that this is a viable option. they say this is something that has to be done with the help of congress. richard? >> kristen welker at the white house, thanks. >>> just moments ago, the senate began its latest session on the debt crisis. that is the united states on the brink of default? joined now by senator from new hampshire. thank you for being here. >> good afternoon. >> can the senate create a bill that won't be dead on arrival at the house? >> i think we've got to do that. time is running out. everybody you talked to this morning has said that. we need to get in place a compromise, and that means everybody has to give something up to come to an agreement. what i'm hearing from my constituents in new hampshire is they're willing to sacrifice, but they want to see some action in congress and they want to see a compromise. so i think we've got to do that and we've got to do it in a way that provides certainty in the business and the markets. what we saw was the worst week on wall street in over a year. i'm hearing from people who are concerned about the retirement accounts, small businesses wh

the white house tomorrow will nominate richard cordray, a former ohio attorney general and currentlyfficer for the new bureau. >>> and we continue to follow breaking news in egypt. reports that hosni mubarak has lapsed into a coma. the hospital where mubarak is staying has had conflicting reports. at one point the hospital denied the reports. now it is saying that he has regained consciousness after falling into a coma. but state run nile tv reports that he slipped into a coma after months of ill health. i'll be back an hour from now. the women's final is under way in germany. we're asking today, women's soccer or

richard quest spoke with michael white, assistant editor of "the guardian" newspaper. he sa >> i think rupert murdoch or james murdoch, his son, who runs the show in this country, has attempted to sacrifice the "news of the world" in order to safe the bskyb bed and to save rebecca brooks. why rebecca brooks? why shouldn't she be given a healthy payoff, sent on her way? >> the longer she stays, the harder that becomes, isn't it? >> is a mystery to us all. murdoch always liked and admired rebecca. she can bef formidable personal figure. she lives near david cameron. they have lunch together, three or four meetings this last christmas. >>> we are getting news that andy coulson, head of communications for david cameron who resigned from that job, just arrived at a london police station. there has been a lot of newspaper speculation that coulson could soon be arrested within days over his role in the phone hacking affair. we'll continue to follow that side of the story and bring you up to date when we get more details. despite the sordid revelations and the closure of the n

yesterday at the white house rose garden, president obama tapped richard cordray to run the new consumerotection bureau. the president tried to lighten the mood with a little stand-up comedy. and let's just say this wasn't his best get. >> now, last, but not least, back in the '80s, richard was also a five-time "jeopardy" champion and a semifinalist in the tournament of champions, all of the answers at his confirmation hearings will be in the form of a question. that's a joke. >> rough crowd right there. can we roll it up one more time? i want to make sure what the punch line was? >> now last, but not least, back in the '80s, rich was also a five-time "jeopardy" champion. and a semifinalist in the tournament of champions. not too shabby. that's why all his confirmation, all his answers at his confirmation hearings will be in the form of a question. [ crickets ] >> that's a joke. >> sorry, i had to go deep in the archive for the crickets there. no free pass here right now. >>> we want to move on to this, we show you briefly earlier. nothing like celebrating your wedding night -- in jail.

. >> reporter: richard, yesterday the treasury secretary of the white house chief of staff both on capitol hill, behind closed doors in the speaker's office all kinds of meetings, former house speaker, the democratic leader now nancy pelosi also meeting with boehner, they are talking about vote counts, they are talking about any combinations of things, any combination of votes and policy that will get them over the finish line and avert that financial catastrophe. >> hats the thought there in washington right now. this is what we to see the sides coming forward. you mentioned the president coming to reach out to the u.s. citizenry and trying to get their support. who has momentum now? >> reporter: it's interesting and perhaps bittersweet for many republicans who were swept into power taking over the house of representatives on the strength of their platform of not doing business as usual here in washington and not to mention the president himself who ran on a similar platform. back to tried and true. they are behind closed doors. legislative wizards are trying to work out something, trying

president to win the white house while losing his home state? it's richard nixon. n 1968 when he won the white house. he's no longer a california resident but there you go. if you don't count nixon, you'd have to go all the way back to woodrow wilson. our thanks to jeff greenfield for that one and i promise mr. gre greenfield a shoutout, follow him for political information and a couple of laughs. we'll be right back. i couldn't conceive this as a heart attack. the doctor leaned over and said to me, "you just beat the widow-maker." i was put on an aspirin, and it's part of my regimen now. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go see your doctor now. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, h

. >> mitchell: at the white house tomorrow, president obama is set to nominate richard cordray, republicans are getting ready to block his nomination. later, a new day for parris island marines, with a woman in command for the first time. the u.s. and japan face their moment of truth in the women's world cup finals. and twentysomethings, a jump start detroit. those stories, when the "cbs evening news" continues. >> mitchell: interstate highway 405 was closed for partial demolition of a bridge. billed as "car-mageddon," it failed to create the predicted gridlock. in fact, it was over hours ahead of schedule. experts have long looked at the industry of detroit. the city lost most of its population since 1950, leaving whole neighborhoods virtually abandoned. but now dean reynolds tells us there are early signs of a motor city renaissance. >> reporter: it is sadly familiar: detroit as the ramshackle wreck, a place of decline, decay and desolation. it's a tough image to shake, but come closer and listen. the motor in motown is humming. >> i think detroit is like where you want to go and create y

white-hot glare of fame. we begin with denise richards, charlie sheen's ex-wife, now a single mom. i talked to denise about dealing with divorce, addiction, and the madness surrounding her ex. she's the ex-wife of one of hollywood's biggest train wrecks. in the annals of celebrity motherhood, denise richards might have the toughest job of all. shielding her kids from their father's drama. >> my first thing is to protect them. once they're protected and all the other stuff, that's all that matters to me. >> reporter: is there a way that you can quarantine your daughters from any of the substance abuse? >> they're not around any of that. >> reporter: they aren't? >> no, god no. >> reporter: how do you ensure that -- >> i ensure that. if that's what's going on, we'll see you next week. >> reporter: he's actually forced her to talk with her kids about addiction. >> it was a conversation i thought i would have years from now and unfortunately i had to have it a little earlier than i thought. i was lying so much to them and making excuses and i just had to explain, this is what's been go

the momentum and perhaps more importantly the money are there to make the run for the white house a reality. richard fowler is a democratic strategist and sherry jacobis is a republican strategist and a columnist for "the hill." thanks for joining us. so the christian right leaders want rick perry to throw his hat, maybe the ten-gallon hat, i haven't seen fashion pictures of him lately, into the ring. he's planning a christian prayer event august. who do you think the bigger threat to obama is? perry from texas or romney who is really out in front on the economy? >> well, i don't think either are a big threat to romney. when it comes to rick perry throwing his prayer fest, i'm not really sure what that's going to do for him. at the end of the day, the budget of texas is still taking on water. you know, he might be a good fund-raiser, but i'm not sure if he has the capability to moupt a campaign that could defeat mitt romney. >> sheerry, who do you like? >> i do like perry. i think this could be bad news for pawlenty. your top tier would be romney, bachmann and perry and all three are bad news for pr

richard wolffe, and kent conrad. first, here's the president in the white house after speaking with speaker boehnor. >> this was an extraordinarily fair deal. if it was unbalanced, it was unbalanced in the direction of not enough revenue. but in the interest of being serious about deficit reduction, i was willing to take a lot of heat from my party, and i spoke to democratic leaders yesterday, and although they didn't sign off on a plan, they were willing to engage in serious negotiations, despite a lot of heat from a lot of interest groups around the country in order to make sure that we actually dealt with this problem. it is hard to understand why speaker boehnor would walk away from this kind of deal, and frankly, if you look at the commentary out there, there are a lot of republicans that are puzzled as to why it couldn't get done. we have now run out of time. i've told speaker boehnor, i've told democratic leader, nancy pelosi, i've told harry reid and i've told mitch mcconnell i want them here at 11:00 tomorrow. we have run out of time, and they are going to have to explain to me how it is that we are going to avoid defaul

myth, george will, michael eric dyson of georgetown, jill lepore, who is author of "whites of their eyes" and richardtengel. editor in chief of "time" magazine. thank you for being here. let me start with you, george. how do you explain the ubiquity as a living piece of debate? >> american politics has a retrospective cast. all of our arguments get litigated through these documents. did jefferson have the power to make the louisiana purchase. james madison, the successor, the architect vote toad an internal improvements bill. they thought that went beened yo the powers of the federal government down to today. when the most novel new development, the tea party movement is named after something that happened in 1773. there's a retrospective cast built into our politic, what happened today, a large number of american, this one included. believed that the somewhat promiscuous expansion of government power in recent year, raises questions about whether we still have a government of limited, dell gated and enow ra tiv powers. >> you say last year, you mean particularly now in the obama administration? >> y

richard. >>> president obama is a budding military families to celebrate independence day at the white house. they're cleaning of storm damage on the white house lawn today. they're clearing the way fallen branches. the first family will host an outdoor barbecue tonight. the obama's in military families will enjoy a special white house countered before watching the fireworks from the south lawn. >>> the july 4 holiday would not be complete without a parade. this morning, hundreds gathered in a neighborhood of arlington to watch the hometown parade. lots of people dressed in costumes. there were creative floats as well. this is the 23rd year for the parade. >>> fox 5 takoma park were up bright and early this morning. it was for that areas and will operate. the special event taking place throughout the day there. the cities of a barbecue that will last through 6:00 tonight. there will be a concert at 7:00 p.m. and in the fireworks display at night 30 p.m. abc 7 is your source on this independence day. for details on more local celebrations across our region and for the road closures in need to

richard. no public events on his schedule today, but white house officials say he's quite busy monitoring thecontact with lawmakers on the hill. they won't tell us who he's speaking to specifically, but say he's very much in contact with everyone. here's the latest. as you know, leader boehner's plan was voted through the house last night, and then it was tabled in the senate. so now all of the focus is on harry reid, and his plan, which interestingly these two plans just aren't that different. under majority leader reid's plan, you would see the debt limit increase through 2013. under boehner's plan, you would see it increase for about six months. both include spending cuts. the big difference is the timing and boehner's plan comes with a balanced budget amendment. what we're expecting to see ultimately is a compromise bill here between these two plans, and that's what's being worked on behind the scenes right now. harry reid trying to find enough senate republicans to come over to his side and vote a compromise bill through. of course, there's votes going on this afternoon. the main one to

university, harvard university history professor, jill lepore, who is also the author of "whites of their eyes" and richard stengel. editor in chief of "time" magazine. and writer of the cover story, on the constitution "does it still matter." thank you for being here. let me start with you, george. how do you explain the ubiquity of the cons tus today as a real living piece of political debate? >> first of all, american politics always has a retrospective cast. looking back on the constitution. all of our arguments get litigated through these documents. did jefferson have the power to make the louisiana purchase. james madison, the successor, the architect of the constitution vetoed an internal improvements bill. they thought that went beyond the powers of the federal government down to today. when the most novel new development, the tea party movement is named after something that happened in 1773. there's a retrospective cast naturally built into our politics, but what happened today, a large number of americans, this one included, believed that the somewhat promiscuous expansion of government power in

white house. >> you never get anywhere attacking the media, whether it was john f. kennedy canceling subscription to the herald tribune or richard nixon declaring war on "the washington post" and new york times. we saw how well that worked out for him. >> you tried whether there's cal pablty or malfeasance, as if the white house is dictating it. >> you're making the same mistake that so many people out there in media land are making, you're assuming that fox news and what the news of the world are part and parcel. >> i'm not assuming that. i work for this company. i know they're not the same. >> that's like saying that the folks at nbc are responsible for the-- >> and you're saying that-- assuming that the fbi moving against in company somehow the white house is behind it. >> what we'll know eventually because everything will get foia. and in the past, white houses and administrations have used the power of the justice department to crush their enemy. and-- >> that's, we have to. >> we have to take one more break, sorry, judy, when we come back the final harry potter movie is out. what does that mean to the reporters that have c

white house for more. >> reporter: good morning, richard. it's a day closer to what the president and many outside experts are calling a financial catastrophe and hope for a big deal, the so-called grand bargain appears to be all but lost. the action turns to congress and whether they can pass a scaled down version of debt reduction before the country runs out of cash. taking his case public for the second time in a week, president obama accused republicans of refusing to compromise. >> the problem is members of congress are dug in ideologically into various positions because they boxed themselves in with previous statements. >> reporter: with the clock ticking towards what the president described as are a ma fw -- armageddon, he's hoping a deal could still be struck. >> but we got to get started now. that's why i'm expecting some answers from all the congressional leaders sometime in the next calm of days. >> reporter: for the first time the president said he's considering wealthy engineer seniors in medicare to pay more. today mr. obama de

and you're one of the prime authors, when the books are written on this, richard, we may go back to why the president, why this white house did not fully embrace simpson-bowles back when they had the opportunity and whether we would have had a very different outcome and a very different approach to deficit reduction if they had come out more assertively back then. that said, the house is voting on what the president chose to call symbol ig gestures. he said he understood why the house speaker and the caucus felt that they needed to get that done today. it's clearly not going any place. once that is done, then we get into the process of talking turkey tomorrow. he called the gang of six a significant step. talking turkey tomorrow means the leadership has to get behind this. as he pointed out, just endorsing the gang of six or the gang of seven is not getting them out of the house and through the senate. >> that was the surprising note of empathy for what speaker boehner's going through. just yesterday the white house was calling it duck, dodge and dismantle. today he says i understand why they have to do this. these

political analyst howard fineman, editorial effort for the huffington post, richard wolffe, author of "revival 2.0, how the obama white would say the comeback is to try to portray himself as a centrist, deficit cutting president. has he achieved that, do you think, in his public postures in the debt ceiling negotiations up to this point? >> well, the polls suggest so. there's more than 50% of the country thinks that the president isn't responsible for the current crisis, in fact, doesn't think that democrats are responsible for the debt ceiling situation or the state of the economy. they blame republicans, president bush overwhelmingly, and that's across the board, that takes in independents too. you're going to hear from the president tonight. there's going to be a lot of emphasis on being reasonable, compromise, the need for compromise, and he's worked tirelessly for that. of course, that doesn't guarantee this will come to anything like the compromise he's been working towards, but that sets up what is a very hard lined position from this president, which is anything short-term will be vetoed. >> howard, we were ge

richard. >> mike viqueira, thank you so much. at the white house. >>> much of the midwest is sizzling like it's in a frying pan. forecasters blame scorching temperatures 15 degrees above normal. highs for this time of year, some even hitting triple digits in some states. the weather channel's alex wallace has the latest from a very warm atlanta himself. >> absolutely. they don't call it hotlanta for nothing. but you know, atlanta's actually not going to be too bad in the coming days. it's in the middle of the country, and you can see here behind me, all these areas shade inn ed in that brown, those are excessive heat advisories. minneapolis down to st. louis. wichita as well. already starting out this morning pretty warm. these are the actual current temperatures. dallas at 85. kansas city sitting right now at 83 degrees. but when you factor in the humidity, what it feels like -- it's certainly starting to jump up a little bit. kansas city feeling like it's almost 90. even warmer the feel like temperature there in minneapolis. feeling right n

white house. thanks so much for joining us. richard cordray is the nominee.re you at all disappointed you're not going to be heading what was your baby? >> oh, let's be clear here. i had a chance to see this thing come to life. and richard cordray is one of the first people i recruited to be a part of the team to stand it up. he's tough. he's smart. it's exactly what we need. it's a new chapter for the consumer agency. i couldn't be more proud. >> you clashed repeatedly with republicans and they're now threatening to really change the whole nature of this agency before it gets off the ground. so do you have concerns about how it's going to be able to actually come to life and proceed given all the political opposition in the senate? >> you know, i just actually want to be clear about this, we had this argument for a year and it ended a year ago. and the majority said we're going to have a financial reform bill and it's going to have a really strong consumer agency in it. that was it. that's majority there was a vote on that. the republicans didn't cliek it. t

in an announcement at the white house, the president will nominate richard kodra -- kordray -- cordray for the john. he's likely to run into oppositions from republicans. >>> there were terrifying moments for a crowd attending a "cheap trick" concert. gael-force winds caused the stage to collapse. at least five people standing below the stage were hurt. one seriously. this morning, cheap trick posted a message on the facebook page says the band and road are fine and are hoping for a speedy recovery for fans. >>> a typhoon is on a collision course with japan. >>> the atlantic ocean a second tropical storm of the season is heading to the bahamas this morning. right now, tropical storm brett is about 100 miles northwest of great abaco island. it's moving north-northeast. it has sustained winds of 140 miles an however. forecasters do not expect it to hit anywhere in the u.s. >>> another storm headed to japan. the japan meteorological agency says the very strong storm is likely to hit just south of fukushima tomorrow. workers at the nuclear power plant are trying to build a new roof over th

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richard? >> all right. mike viquiera at the large white structure for us. breaking it down for us. thank you. >>> i want to bring in democratic congresswoman karen bass of california. joining us from capitol hill. did you have an opportunity, congresswoman, to see what the republican leaders had to say? >> i did have an opportunity, and i have to tell you that i was really surprised because they really didn't say anything. i was expecting some grand announcement or some other deal that they wanted to put forward, and they basically said nothing. they talked about a cul-de-sac. as far as i'm concerned, we're still headed for a cliff. >> you still think we're headed for a cliff? you don't see this as perhaps an element of progress as leader mcconnell of saying he had direct conversations with the vice president and president? >> well, it's hard for me to see it as a level of progress when mcconnell also delivered a letter to leader reid with 43 signatures on it from senators saying that they weren't interested in his proposal. so i don't know how that's progress. i really think that

richard has spent the better part of this past decade covering this nation's dual wars. and a few days back, we all gathered for the retirement of craig white, our nbc news chief photographer. craig has been our go-to guy for years. by the way, the video he shot of the firefight beneath an airport on baghdad road early in the invasion is the best photograph y in this era. that was his camera when david bloom roared across the desert and when richard engel came out with his combat unit just a few months back. craig says he's going sailing with his wife and he will, but i say we'll see craig again. >>> when we come back, a royal couple honored. >>> it's been just two months since the royal wedding that received global attention. and now will and kate are on their first official trip together as husband and wife. it's kate's first-ever trip to north america. which will bring them to los angeles a week from tomorrow. but they're beginning tonight in canada and the well behaved and reserved people of that great nation are in their own way reacting wildly to the trip. here is nbc's kevin tibbles. >> reporter: they have been lining the streets of

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look, the white house still says they want the big deal, richard, the so-called grand bargain, and what we saw out of the gang of six in the senate yesterday is simply another version of that, some $4 trillion, completely overhauling the tax code. at least that's what it would call for, digging into entitlements. something in there for everybody to hate, but the question still remains. big deal, half a loaf, mcconnell fall-back plan? are there the votes in the house of representatives to do it and that's part of what the president will have on the table when he breaks apart the congressional leaders. you know, we saw six meetings over the course of the last two weeks with the republicans and democrats assembled around the same table. they will separate them today. democrats first and republicans second. for democrats the president will need to know how much support do i have, especially when it comes to entitlement, reducing the cost of living adjustments in social security, raising the retirement age in medicare, and for republicans the question, how much support can i get from you guy

. >> richard, there are five days remaining until the deadline set by the white house for these negotiators to come to an agreement. what's striking is this grand bargain keeps being on again, off again. you saw by the end of last week the house speaker john boehner had shot down the idea in a saturday evening announcement by saying that house republicans just wouldn't go along with the idea to cut $4 trillion from the deficit over the next ten years. but it's revving up again in part due to plan b. that's the complex procedure that's been introduced by the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell. it would allow both chambers to raise the debt ceiling through the end of next year and republicans can do that without having to vote in favor of it. this plan that started out as sort of a last ditch effort to avoid default seems to be a way for gems to look at this as well to attach spending cuts to it and that seems to be a good thing for both sides in this agreement. >> now, in the original plan a, it also included revenue enhancements, as has been said. this latest iteration have that in it?

crowd including steve martin playing the banjo there he is in the white suit, elvis and johnny cash and the one and only little richard. >>> jordan sparks also sang for the crowd. >>> nearby president barack obama marked the july 4th holiday hosting a celebration at the white thousands they welcomed more than 12,000 military families. the president took time out to reflect on the true meaning of the holiday. >> in many ways i think that that small band of patriots who signed their names, to the declaration of independence and risked their lives for freedom might be surprised to see their legacy all these years later a nation that is lead revolutions and commerce, that sent a man to the moon, that lifted up the poor, cured the sick, a nation that fought for democracy and served as a beacon of hope around the world. >> this is the third year the first family hassell baited july 4th with service members and their families. >>> holiday makers back on the hill to try to raise the debt ceiling it must be raised by august 2nd or the u.s. will begin to default on debt republicans want each spending cut to go along with the sp

richard and jordan sparks belted it out for the crowd. >>> president obama marked the holiday by hosting a celebration at the white house. first family welcomed more than 1200 military service members for their families. they enjoyed a barbeque on the south lawn. the president took time to reflect on the meaning of the holiday. >> there are many ways i think that the small band of patriots who signed their name on the declaration of independence and risked their lives for freedom might be surprised to see their legacy all these years later. a nation that's led revolutions and commerce, that sent a man to the moon, that lifted up the poor, secured the sick, a nation that fought for democracy and served as a beacon of hope around the world. >> this is the third year the first family has celebrated july fourth with service members and their family. >>> as you can imagine, security is tight on the national mall. 10s of thousands of people came down to see the fireworks. while our eyes are on the skies, law enforcement was focused on keeping you safe. paul wagner shows us. >> reporter: what was your concern about your safety?

richard cordrick. republicans are vow to go vote against him or any nominee until the white house makes changes to thebor arrested for turning the tables on the tsa agent. the woman of colorado reportedly grabbed the breast of a female agent after a breast about going through the scanner. she's facing a count of felony sex assault. we asked what you thought. here is what you said. one man says, once again, the federal government gives itself a pass where it holds its citizens accountable. people are getting tired of the exceptions for bureaucrats can and congressmen and keep accumulating them. another says, if an underwear bomber killed a plane full of memories, who would be blamed? that was our point exactly. >> molly: according to a new study, marriages are better for both partner when is wives are thinner than their husbands and no, you don't have to look like hallelujah. this study looked at 170 newly wed couples and found both husbands and wives were happier when the wife manipulated a lower body mass index than her man. women, don't have to be skinny. just smaller compared to their husbands to f

richard wolf and jim bernstein. it's been an extraordinary night with president bobama and speakr boehner. the president spoke from the white house where he rejected the new house republican plan put forth by speaker boehner today that would require two votes, one before august 2nd and another one in 2012. >> for the past several weeks, republican house members have essentially said that the only way they'll vote to prevent america's first-ever default is if the rest of us agree to their deep spending cuts only approach. what speaker boehner unveiled today, would force us to once again face the threat of default just six months from now. in other words, it doesn't solve the problem. first of all, a six-month extension of the debt ceiling might not be enough to avoid a credit downgrade and the higher interests that all americans would have to pay as a result. we know what to expect six months from now. again, they will refuse to ask the wealthiest americans to give up their tax cuts for deductions. again, they will demand harsh cuts to programs like medicare. once again the economy will be held captive unless they get their

for whatever reason, the white house decided it would be better to nominate richard cordray than her. host: will that be a big deal? guest: it will be a big deal. it is facing a lot of opposition. it is all that they opposed richard cordray, but they oppose the consumer protection bureau in this form. they have outlined three things they want to see done. the way the bureau is created, it would be run by a single director. republicans say they want it run by a board similar to the way some of the other bank regulations are. it would be a five person board with a head. they also want to see the current get their budget from the federal reserve, they want their budget approved each year by congress during the preparation process. democrats are saying these are not improvements, they're trying to weaken -- to weaken the bureau. he disagrees. he says it is too powerful. that is with these changes are intended to do. there's really a standoff over the agency right now. as of now there's really no clear way to see the senate ever confirming richard cordray for the job. the president does ha

ford spoke at the richard nixon library in california about her time in the white house. here is a look. >> it certainly is an honor for me today to be here at the richard nixon library and birthplace. my has been an -- my husband and i enjoyed a longstanding relationship with dick and pat nixon that goes as far back as 1949. being here today in this magnificent building that pays tribute to our wonderful group of friends is a very special honor, but it is also a very touching moment for me because we have been here for on many occasions other occasions that were not quite so happy. on january 3 of that year in 1949, my husband took his first oath of office in the well of the house of representatives. we were newly married and that time, very proud, as he raised his hand and swore to serve his country and uphold the constitution. interestingly enough, and i have commented on this many times, what i remember so vividly that day is watching another young man, young congressman approach gerry to congratulate and welcome him as a new member of congress. i have heard that young

richard was the assistant director for aeronautics and space -- in space. we also have the stephen moran. he was a policy adviser in the white house. once of caveat. -- one small caveat. steve has to take a phone call at a specific time. depending on how richard goes, we may have him just by himself. >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here and to echo what mark said, to listen to this fascinating story as it on schools across time, i think clearly one of the themes we are hearing which i am sure will continue with the other speakers, is that although the administration's change in focus sometimes significantly, we have some very stable thames that are running through this story, and the kennedys administration they there are themes that started in continue on now into the obama administration. and i think the organizers and thank you very much to the space enterprise council and the conceptualizing this very marshall institute for interesting event. the one of the things the organizers asked us to do is spend a little time talking about -- and make decisions in those times. and i think at the end mark was trying to be cont

whites in gloucester no less the biggest earnest these kids will gain is be interaction between their speech of communities which will hopefully lead to soon and russian children playing peacefully together richard and vocally doherty found in market is so new so close to sports. the thing after you see one of the newly unveiled yachts which will take part in the foster approaching volvo ocean race race is not a whole vessels come into being is team entrance to the world's longest race here around the globe regatta is taking off in less than four months on october twenty ninth seven crews are taking part this time outs and anchoring tempore it's on six continents before concluding the race on july the seventh average obviously ian walker has waited for more than a year for the not to be designed but the britain is not the pride of the thought in spreading its wings which is the national symbol of the united arab emirates. and that's all from the sports desk. hungry for the feels like we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on the. issues that so much difficulty you should be there to share a minute in the park with united nations tribunals indicte