[laughter] and i was so inspired by president george bush words and his leadership and also rudy guiliani and expressions of patriotism that were ever across the country and especially rallying use in a way that i had not seen in my life inspired me to want to come back to be part of the functioning of our democracy and it would be an incredible honor to come back to the united states to work for president bush. after one year and tie one i found my way home, volunteered in my home state of colorado and i got very lucky and went to washington was lucky enough to be hired by a brand new republican from miami who needed a spanish speaker in his washington office. been joined the bush reelection campaign july 2003 and 1 year later received the white house appointment in 2004 where i worked roughly two years than in 2006 that had the opportunity to come to new york city which is where i live now to work for rudy guiliani on his presidential campaign. slowed during the course of my time working for president bush i sense the mounting animosity and distancing of my peer group from the republica

mexico to the new york city in the 1990's with the crime numbers soared, rudy guiliani increase the number of police are pushes by 20 percent crime of homicide rate dropped to record lows. he was able to do this in large part to government funding. we go to los angeles the city with the second-highest zeroth game members nationwide that have added thousands of officers to the street in 2008 added a program called summer night lights, something that could spark to recreational center to open until midnight offers snacks for use, and employs hundreds of camp counselors. it has reduced and, by 57% in the last few years. now we come to teen curfew in the ordering these are two areas that may argue will not be able to enforce because of the number of officers that oakland has on the street. many argue that this will not work because oakland has 17 officers for every 10,000 people. most cities have between 30 and 40 officers for every 10,000. reporting in the studio i am gerald kron4 news. >> a restaurant in mission district is closed for business and after one of its employees was shot in the h

roughly two years and then in 2006 i have the opportunity to come to new york city to work for rudy guiliani on his presidential campaign. during the course of my time working for president bush, i sense a mounting animosity and distancing of my peer group from the republican party. not onlyt(Ñ[nui in 2004 and 2006 but you could not miss it in 2008. the polls solidified these but had completely turned away from the republican party. for the record i am completely accustomed to being in the minority of my peer group with politics and i joke that as the hoover right and cut out for it. when you grow out related to the most vilified president who history books teach me caused the great depression and 18 books say he did nothing to solve it and i know for a fact the director of the reagan library brilliantly e-mail because his daughter had ap u.s. history she had to write about herbert hoover not doing anything to fix the crisis will and his daughter armed with the information from the hoover library managed to get the letter a on her test to educate her teacher what herbert hoover actually did

rudy guiliani or hillary clinton would. are seeing momentum and you will see good progress and week from saturday, the proof will be in the pudding and you will see our campaign moving to closer to the pack. my record in minnesota's government and getting things done in a liberal state . health care reform the right way. people are seeing the record and did it under difficult circumstances and they are responding. >> chris: obviously you and bachmann are from minnesota and appealing to a lot of voters. evangelical and social conservatives and you are taking shots at congresswoman bachmann. you say no accomplishments in congress and makes a lot ofs and doesn't get results. is that fair? the congresswoman founded the tea party in the house and first congress person to call for the repeal of obama care begin the fact she was in the minority until this january. aren't those accomplishments? >> guest: couple of thingings. i can unite the whole conservative movie. economic conservative and social conservatives and a few more. i h

. >> now rudy guiliani is quietly working on a possible presidential bid, they said the former new yorkyor has contacted some veterans in that area one key supporter says that he is not a final decision on whether or not he will run. politicians with their eyes on the presidency crisscrossing over ireland to top of luring tax rates on business is to spur job creation. it that all we have to lower the taxes on the job creator is so that they have more money is to hire more people pay higher salaries and better benefits. we have to make sure that regulations like obamacare and dealing with the internal education agency. we have to go through and deal with the job stealing policies that they have put into place. stay with us, more news after the break. with sweet and smoky barbecue sauce, all on freshly baked bread. subway. eat fresh®. a >> today our viewers were buzzing over a petition online that aim is to get the sesame street characters bert and ernie married. the petition has been decreed thousand 300 signatures and about 2000 followers on facebook while it is not come without its sha

in 2007, john mccain and rudy guiliani were on the ballot even though they were not aggressively participating in the straw poll. for mitt romney, he still retains a reservation -- a reservoir of support even though he will not personally be here. >> two official candidates are not participating. why? >> i will let the official campaigns make that decision. i know at the end of the day they were well aware of the be deadlines and guidelines. for whatever reason, they chose not to. >> $30 is the price of admission. going to see ae large segment of undecided voters here today. anecdotally, i have heard from a lot of people who are going to wait to hear the speeches and then decide who to support. there is a lot of trauma today on how the race comes out, how the vote comes out, but there is no doubt that the campaigns are actively garnering support. there is a huge line in front of michele bachmann's attend. it looks like the campaigns are firing on all cylinders this morning. >> matthew strong, chair of the republican party, joining us from inside the coliseum. sarah palin is not at the coliseum

somebody is throwing out rudy guiliani possibly. but what about vice president for you?dn't be number two? >> i love what i'm doing, but i am watching very closely what's happening and if the wrong thing happens, things could happen with me. >> one thing we know about donald, he likes top billing. >> brian: he wouldn't be allowed to say no more fired. >> steve: you stick right here, mr. lowe, because we want to talk more about what you're doing and we should point out that donald trump joins us every monday at this time. >> thank you very much. >> steve: have a great week. >> thank you. >> steve: see you next time. meanwhile -- >> juliet: he's such a trip. he's -- >> brian: you mean that in a good way. >> juliet: all of you are a trip. trip means good these days. he's in the race for the white house, but critics are attacking rick perry for his cowboy values. what's so wrong with cowboy values? >> steve: rob lowe, right after the break. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. if you have painful, swollen joints, i've been in your shoes. one day i'm on p of the world... the next

september 6, the former mayor of new york rudy guiliani will talk about the 10th anniversary of 9/11.tive of space x will talk about the future of space flight. if any of you have been covering that story, whether the space station can be inhabited by humans in the near term is a very pressing question. that will be a newsworthy event as well. and ken burns will be here october 3 to talk about prohibition, which is the subject of his next documentary on public broadcasting. before i get to the last question, i would like to present you with a token of our appreciation. it is our national press club coffee mug. thank you so much for being here. [applause] >> thank you. >> my last question is, somebody told me that you could write a book that could be titled something along the lines of, "everything i ever learned about government, i learned in the state of california." he saw some things take place there. you had that heritage and experience in the golden state. >> i think california is very well represented of what happens throughout our country. you have rule, you have enter city, yo

rudy guiliani was the big hero. perry is just the new guy coming in.got to be -- he's going to be questioned about things he says and -- >> brian: gretchen, new guy? this guy is an 11-year governor of texas, the most prosperous state in the union! more than a new guy. >> he's a new kid on the block, he's got the wind behind his sails and i'm sure we will see it will fade over the course of the next few weeks. if you looked at the poll has few weeks ago, it was still muddled. he hasn't got attacked yet. he's a new flavor of conservative. >> brian: he has been attacked, hasn't he? quickly and he might have made a small error in going after ben bernanke earlier. >> ben bernanke, what about saying texas might secede from the union? now that he's in the race, he has to face the fact that people are going to look seriously at the comments he makes. >> he also said when he was asked, do you think president obama loves america? he said, i don't know. you have to ask him. i mean, these are the kinds of things that really, if you're running for president, even i

september 6, we have former mayor of new york in june -- rudy guiliani to talk about the 10th anniversary of september 11. we will have elon musk who will talk about whether the international space station can be inhabited by human. is a pressing question. it will be a newsworthy event. ken burns will be here to talk about prohibition, the subject of his next documentary on public broadcasting. before i get to the last question, secretary, i would like to present you with a token of our appreciation, clearly a token, which is our national press club coffee mug. thank you for being here. [applause] >> someone told me that you could write a book that could be titled something along the lines of "everything i ever needed to know about government i learned in the state of california." you saw so many different things taking shape their. i'm wondering, briefly, why is it so important that you had that experience in the golden state? >> i think california is very well representative of what happens in our country. you have different types of geographical landscapes, and you definitely see diffe

september 6, rudy guiliani will be our guest. 0 is due before the last question, we would like to present to our national press club copy. the wine final question -- one final question, there has been a couple of president johnson's. the first was the first president in peace. -- impeached. how would you be different from them? [laughter] >> i do not think there could be a bigger difference between lyndon johnson and myself as president. he gave us medicaid and medicare. i think he set the course for where we are at right now financially. it has taken this long to get there. i am as opposite -- i know lyndon johnson when he took office, new mexico voters did not vote for him. roswell was an air force base at that time. he shut down at air force base. that is not mean. . my thing is politics last. that is what i would be as president. >> thank you for being here. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> we would like to thank all of you in our au