>> larry: tonight, rudy giuliani. he saw new york for a terror attack that brought america's biggest city to its knees. how does he think president obama is handling the crisis that confronts the america today. and then, the roaman polanski rape case before a judge today. the victim wants the charges gonzales him dismissed. we have the latest next on "larry king live." >>> we begin with the former mayor of new york, rudy giuliani. lots to talk about. what about, you are not going to run for governor. you are going to run for senate? what is next for you. >> what is next for me is continuing to build my two businesses, giuliani partners and a security kean. we are going security in various parts of the world. i'm very busy and not the time. >> larry: be you consider it down the road? >> yeah, sure. life changes and politics changes. who knows what is going on happen? i are involved in so many thing. we are doing security for the olympics and the world cup in brazil. i'm involved with my firm in a lot of cases mooism ac

. >> larry: tonight, rudy giuliani.e saw new york through a terror attack that brought america's biggest city to its knees. how does he think president obama is handling the crisis that confronts america today? he's here to tell us. and then, their bodies are their prisons. confined by morbid obesity that could kill them. carnie wilson is still battling. so is the biggest loser winner and a family that weighs almost a ton. telling us how they're fighting the war against weight. next on "larry king live." >> larry: we begin with the former mayor of new york, rudy giuliani, who sought the republican nomination for the presidency in 2008. lots to talk about. what about -- you're not going to run for governor? you're not going to run for senate. what's next for you? >> what's next for me is continuing to to build my two businesses, giuliani partners and bracewell giuliani. i'm involved with a security consulting company. we're doing security in various parts of the world and a worldwide law firm, bracewell giuliani. i'm ver

. >> larry: back with rudy giuliani. president is fighting two wars, trying to keep the country safe at home. what kind of message does it send when the former vice president openly says that he is not seriously fighting the war? do you think it's a good idea what dick cheney did? >> you know, larry, nobody was really concerned about that when everyone criticized president bush day in and day out including democrats calling him all kinds of names when he was trying to prosecute the war in iraq. and the reality is that's just part of the first amendment, part of debate. president cheney -- vice president cheney is entitled to his view. i share some of them. i don't share all of them. my hope is -- and i mean this. i hope that this administration does a midcourse correction much like president clinton did, which i always thought showed essentially president clinton's practicality in terms of being president. i think he's gone way too far to the left, president obama. president clinton had some of those problems early in hi

they had been friends since back when rudy giuliani was mayor. when mccain was starting to fall, he was never worried about rudy giuliani. he said [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> wednesday morning, prime minister's question time from the british house of commons. gordon brown's weekly meeting with the british parallelment. see it live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on our companion network c-span 2. >> this weekend on c-span 2's book tv, john mueller that a terrorist attack in the u.s. is far smaller and presents his case and then impact of the automobile in modern society from annual operating costs to global warming and possible increases in obesity and asthma rates. and get the latest updates on twitter. >> do you know one of the top free news is c-span radio? now you can get quick and easy access to three channels, c-span radio plus c-span and c-span 2 and tabs with links to our podcasts. and it's all agree and available from the store. >> now conservative charles crout

. >>> rudy giuliani says it was a slip of the tongue when he said there had been no terrorist attacks on american soil during the bush administration. he said president obama needs to follow the former president's lead on how to take on terrorism. >>> joe biden's mother has died. gene bide n had fallen ill in recent days. she was 92. >>> and governor arnold schwarzenegger declared a budget emergency in california. the golden state has a $19.9 billion budget deficit. >>> the man who caused thousands of passengers to be stranded for hours is arrested and released. you'll find out why ahead. >>> the wild ride caught on camera. the guy who drove his car while sticking his head out of the sunroof at top speed. no kidding. we'll show you on msnbc saturday. male announcer ] let's talk about putting our best square foot forward. then let's do more than talk about it. let's turn picturing it into planning it, thinking it over into making it happen. let's say out with the old and in with the new. let's create some wall-to-wall "wow." [ man ] ♪ oh! [ male announcer ] more saving. more doing. tha

>> rudy giuliani has chosen the private sector after his disastrous presidential race in 2008, which is probably good for republicans. george pataki, has flirted with it, but does not want to run. rick lazio is the only contender. but even an old ford -- even harold ford is considering running, and that is good news for republicans. david paterson, at the democratic governor, is by most accounts unelectable. in massachusetts, there is a good chance that a republican could defeat deval patrick, the governor. in delaware, a longtime former governor and congressman at large -- there is a lot of places where there is encouraging news for republicans. >> in massachusetts, the numbers are narrowing -- >> for ted kennedy apostasy. -- ted kennedy's sea. >> the pennsylvania seat held by all inspector could be in jeopardy, to -- heldy arlen specter could be in jeopardy, too. >> we have republicans -- have a bunch of republicans leaving. >> chris van hollen, you had on, democratic chairman of the house campaign committee -- when republicans had a big year in 1994, picked up 52 house seats, 30 o

they had been friends since back when rudy giuliani was mayor.all, he was never worried about rudy giuliani. he said rudi was rudy. >> on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," a special recap of the massachusetts race. we will also talk with an editor who was been keeping track of obama is campaign promises. and the french ambassador discusses france's relief work in haiti. coming up on c-span, commentator charles krauthammer does best is president obama's foreign policy. and then election night speeches from candidate to in massachusetts, and later, the inauguration ceremony for chris christy. abigail adams had to write john adams to remember the ladies we creating a new government. this weekend, the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas fleming profiles the women who played a special part in creating our country. part of this weekend's booktv on c-span. 2 >> next week, president obama delivers his first day of the union address to congress, laying out the future for the country and his plan to deal with unemployment, health care, an

they had been friends since back when rudy giuliani was mayor. when mccain was starting to fall, he was never worried about rudy giuliani. he said rudy is rudy. the things required to get the nomination were not inside him. host: thank you so much. that is it for today's "washington journal." we go to the pentagon where we are expecting an update on haiti. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . [no audio]. >> we are expecting a video link from the unified task force in haiti. the pentagon is having a problem with the signal from haiti. we will have this news conference live want to get under way. "the new york times"report that the united nations is agreeing to send an additional 3500 soldiers and police officers to haiti. we will have the news conference live until it starts today as election day in massachusetts pretty special senatorial election. spoke to a reporter on this morning's "washington journal per-quo ♪ c." all eyes on bay state ballot. what is the turnout st

rudy giuliani and governor pataki kept others on the sidelines.jet. i am hoping he will consider that. new york is a tough race for republicans. it is a blues state. it will cost a lot of money for the candidate and potentially for party committees to help those candidates. i am still looking if anybody -- if anybody is watching and is from new york and wants to run for u.s. senate as a republican, i am all ears. host: indiana, wisconsin. guest: i have spoken to both of those chairman and they are both thinking about it. -- both of those gentlemen in their row thinking about it. it is not easy. it is tough on your family, a big sacrifice. i think people are sensing the call of duty in terms of the direction of the country and again, an opportunity to make a difference in washington. one of the things we saw in massachusetts is people reacting to the blacks of checks and balances here. -- the lack of checks and balances here. guest: scott brown was raising $1 million a day by the end of the campaign. is any of that fund raising energy it washing ov

they had been friends since back when rudy giuliani was mayor.dy giuliani. he said rudy is rudy. >> each year, the washington center brings thousands of students to washington, d.c. to experience the workings of our glovet first hand. this weekend, they will discuss politics and their government. >> friday, the chinese foreign ministry rejected a call by secretary of state hillary clinton to lift restrictions on the internet. now here's her speech that led to that response. this is just over an hour. good morning. i welcome you to an event that i think we will all long remember. we are privileged this morning to witness a major foreign policy speech by our secretary of state immediately following i encourage you to stay for a panel discussion led by ann marie slaughter the director of the policy plabbing staff. this is the perfect setting for a discussion about freedom. the news yum is not a classic museum. it has of course lots of history but its purpose is to promote the freedoms that allowed that history to be freely and fully told first by ne

. >> of course, there was rudy giuliani's son all grown up now. will he ever live down his dad's swearing in as mayor, blowing kisses, joining in the oath. it is up with thing when your kids steal a show, how about when it is a cup of koalas. we do mean a couple. tennis star andy roddick was talking to reporters at an australian koala sanctuary. >> we were fighting a 35-mile-an-hour cross wind. >> who cares about the tennis court when you can watch

. >> reporter: of course there was rudy giuliani's son all grown up now. but will he ever live down his dad's swearing in as mayor? blowing kisses -- >> to our city. >> reporter: joining in the oath. >> i rudolph giuliani. >> reporter: you know, it's one thing when your kids steal a show, but how about when it's a couple of koalas? and we do mean a couple. tennis star andy roddick was talking to reporters at an australian koala sanctuary. >> because we were fighting about a 35-mile-an-hour cross-wind. >> reporter: who cares about the tennis court? you can watch koalas

has saluted to a test moial to the american dicial system rudy giuliani who has becomthe avenging angel of the military tbuneal. i n't know if it is a rule issue or it isn't real issue. i do want point out that dick lugar the fmer senate foreign relations committe long time republican sator --. >> lehr: from indiana. >> from indiana said that bloomberg 's -- al hunt this weekend he thoug the president had been fir showed firmness and decis decisiveness. we thought the vic esident's criticism was unfair. and i real think that we e now in a zone where evything becomes politicizeed. there is no queson about it. during theampaignback bam said- barack obama said daily that we're in war on terror. it was not a -- itas not something at just eluded him. he regarly repeated that. it was part ofis mantra. >> lehr: what about the point also going back to the earl-- earlier discussion, david b the allegaon in "the wl street journal" editorial toy or the suggestion tt there is too much beaucracy, there is too much there. and that's one of the reasons in that they caugh it -- they got the information

treatment of faith-based groups receiving federal support -- >> reporter: of course there was rudy giuliani'sll grown up now, but will he ever live down his dad's swearing in as mayor? blowing kisses, joining in the oath. you know, it's one thing when your kids steal the show, but how about when it's a couple of koalas? tennis star andy roddick was talking to reporters at an australian koala sanctuary -- >> fighting about a 35-mile-an-hour cross wind. >> reporter: who cares about the tennis court when you can watch koalas courting? ♪ hold me in your arms hold me in your arms ♪ >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. new york. >> where do we begin? that obviously was not the right piece about the beautiful people and the website. we're going to try to get that for you. not being told exactly when that will come, but in all

. >>> making headlines this hour, rudy giuliani said it was a slip of the tongue when he said friday there have been no terror attacks on the american soil during the bush administration. he said president obama needs to follow the former president's lead on how to take on terrorism. >>> vice president joe biden's mom has died. jean biden fell ill in recent days but died in delaware surrounded by the vice president and the rest of her family at the age of 92. >>> and governor arnold schwarzenegger has declared a budget emergency in california. the golden state not so golden now. it has a $19.9 billion budget deficit. >>> coming up, did the president move fast enough after news of the attempted christmas day attack broke? if his detractors are right, how could it hurt his administration? we'll talk it over with my boys, pat buchanan and peter fenn, after this. >>> plus, the wild ride caught on camera. the guy who drove his car while sticking his head out of a sun roof at blazingly fast speeds. yep, we're going to have it. walgreens invites you to stay well this new year. ♪ with the ce

she replied that the fact that former new york mayor rudy giuliani had come in to the state to campaignfor scott brown was a sign that the election is tight. and then she said but then again giuliani is a yankees' fan to which the host said, yes, but scott brown has curt schilling, a red sox' star pitcher curt schilling. he threw the 2004 victory of the red sox in the world series. former red sox' pitcher. martha cokely said, yes, but he's a yankees' fan too. her campaign says this was a joke. so we don't really know. >> brown: but being from there i know that means a lot there. >> it does. curt schilling is making robo calls to independent voters saying this shows that martha cokely is out of touch with massachusetts. >> brown: it seems that both sides are appealing to that kennedy mantel but in different ways. the democrat talking about health care. teddy kennedy. and the republican talking about j.f.k. >> yes. scott brown started out with an ad this year, his first tv ad of the general election campaign actually in which you see john kennedy talking about a tax cut that he offered to

rudy giuliani raised $70 million and got one delegate i think. y, it stuns me in terms of giuliani because he had something that roll think didn't and that he had favorables in within the republican party that were huge. when he was well liked there were differences of opinion. but so with $70 million i think he had -- with a delegate. he should have gotten more than one delegate. so, john mccain, when he had all of these resources with a miserable candidate. then when he got out from uneverybody and rote the obituary, had no money he managed to come back and positioned himself to win. then you have huckabee who had no money and he was there at the end. the pointing that resources are important to have but they are only as good as what you do with them. and if you are doing something stupid with them or doing something ineffective with them, you are going to lose. and i will tell that you what frustrates me in terms of watching a lot of campaigns, they spend -- yes, you need resources but in and of itself doesn't matter. ron paul raised $15 millio

you know go back to the cleaning, remember the old new york, i think it was mayor rudy giuliani, the broken glass theory. if you have a dirty looking environment people treat it that way. i would tell folks, folks that live in d.c., that use the metro, please don't eat. but, again, before we start talking about mismanagement, congress uses metro. their aides. people working on capitol hill. if you talk to eleanor holmes norton she's fighting like crazy to get more money put into this me though system that congress depends on. >> but do you remember last summer when they were talking about the possibility of they were going to let the riders bring food on the metro system. there was a big community thing no way on that. >> d.c. mayor adrian fenty facing re-election for a second term. but there's been rocky relations with the consill and some perceive an attitude problem on the mayor's part has supporters concerned and opponents chomping at the bit. fenty could face a tough fight. has he addressed these concerns? is there time to turn this train around? >> there's time to turn the trai

chairman, i was suppliesed to -- surprised to hear a few days ago rudy giuliani say that there were norrorist attacks during the bush administration on u.s. soil. he later corrected that remark to say that there were no terrorists attacks on u.s. soil while president bush was leading the country except for just 9/11. only the terrorist attack on 9/11. and i realized that i was witnessing the birth of a new political discourse from the right wing in this country, the exception, the exceptional exception, the exception that proves the rule or disproves the rule as the case may be. so i'm expecting that in the future we'll hear from the right wing the claim that no cities drowned under the bush administration except for new orleans. and that there were no wars that were started by mistake under the bush administration except for the war in iraq. and that the bush administration added nothing to the federal debt except for $4.5 trillion which works out to $15,000 for every man, woman and child in this country. and that they respected all of our constitutional rights as americans except whe

rudy giuliani alludes to this all the time. 1 9/11 happen, george bush is at petrified in a schoolroom in georgia, and dick cheney immediately went into a bunker. i believe they don't want these terrorist tried in new york, especially dick cheney, he is afraid that one of these bogeymen might get released and, hunting for him. guest: i don't think dick cheney or any american has got the fear of one of these terrorists getting loose in a court room. i think we can make sure that they remain locked up and down arms. i come up on one hand, am a democrat, and passions get up, i am on the side of the color, -- on the side of the caller, but at the same time, i would rather see some passions get down, and rather than say democrats are good or bad. host: we have this twitter comment. guest: actually, susan, sanctions did work on iraq. we just did not realize it. the sanctions on iraq hollowed out saddam's military, the sanctions on iraq prevented him from even regaining his stock of chemical weapons. he was so afraid of the overall international effort. the sanctions worked with regard to sou

after september 11, i was a reporter in new york city covering the rudy giuliani administration.here was this weird time of covering what had happened. i was just sharing information about what had happened. i think it is unfortunate when politics interfere with what is important, which is making sure the systems are solid and that we prevent the next attempt. host: jodi in michigan on the independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i wanted to ask a few questions. we have all these things in place that eric talked about this morning. how come nobody has called bill gates and asked him to provide us with software to tie all this together? and to let the computer do what it needs to do and make two lists -- a high profile list and a low profile risk. the other question that i wanted to ask was -- if overseas countries do not allow them on planes, why don't we cut off all flights from those countries? i have one word for my countrymen, it's not up to our government to protect us. it is apparent they cannot. as citizens of the united states, united st

on friday, you asked rudy giuliani's comments that there were no domestic attacks under bush.and since he revised his statements to say that he meant to say no domestic ducks under american soil by islamic terrorists since 9/11. >> i think that's accurate. >> and my second question -- sprick i mean, you know -- >> okay. that was fast. >> welcome no, no, i mean, i think what was missing was -- >> well, i mean -- right. >> what was missing from -- >> there are several examples those that don't fit so i wanted to see -- >> i would say this, i can go through vast numbers of examples. my point was the mayor of new york had forgotten about an attack that happened in new york during that last administration, and i was caught off guard by the fact, as i think anybody that might have been watching was sort of caught off guard by what he was saying and what he meant to say. >> are you satisfied with the clarification in that -- >> i'd have to look at what other instances he has -- again, my point of contention was september 11th, which i thought was weird that he had forgotten. >> into

this morning from our new york city mayor, rudy giuliani criticized the white house for two things.one was the closure of gitmo and the decision to put this detained terrorist in the criminal justice system. is that fair criticism? is that partisanship or grant citizenship to? >> i would say if one looks at what mayor giuliani says after testifying in the criminal u.s. criminal trial of zachariah miceli, calling it, i forget the fact phrase, but holding up the stellar record and the value system involved in our criminal justice system, i don't think that mr. giuliani has the record straight in his comments as it relates to that anyway. i think if you watch the interview, i think there were a number of things that didn't quite seem to jive with the better part of reality. >> does that include the terrorist attacked aggressively? >> and sort of interesting that the mayor of new york had forgotten that. >> the second question is you have no nominated dawn johnson, sec whether we had nominated crockett smarter. >> was the? >> that's right. >> i think i was pretty young. >> and i'm down

on friday you addressed rudy giuliani's comments that there were no domestic attacks under bush.and since then you devise the statement that he meant to say no domestic attacks on american soil since 9/11. >> i think that's accurate. i mean, you know. >> okay that winfast. >> i think what was missing was, right, what was missing from -- >> that's what it wanted to say. >> i can go through, look at vast numbers of examples. my point was that the mayor of new york had forgotten about an attack that happened in new york during that administration, and i was caught offguard by that fact. as i think anybody that might have been watching was sort of caught off guard by what he was saying and what he meant to say. >> you're satisfied in the codification? >> i would have to look at what other instances he has -- again, my point of contention was september 11, which i thought it was weird he had forgotten. >> there's a story on the front page today that says something like -- >> where is john? the joke is no good if he's not here. sorry. >> the headline is something to the effect that the