. >> reporter: he was in florida heading for a school in sarasota when he got the strange news from newk, a plane had crashed into the world trade center. >> first i thought it was a light aircraft. and my reaction was, man, either the weather was bad or something extraordinary happened to the pilot. >> reporter: so, george w. bush walked into that classroom. he would emerge from it transformed. >> the president of the united states. >> good morning. the classroom wawafull of kids. who were reading. >> read this. ready? >> and i felt a presence behind me. and andy card's massachusetts accent was whispering in my ear, "a second plane has hit the second tower. america is under attack." >> reporter: watching that moment today, ten years later, he looks so young, so stunned. >> my first reaction was anger, you know? who the hell would do that to america? and then i immediately focused on the children. and the contrast between the notion of an attack and the innocence of children clarified my job. and that's to protect people. >> reporter: hundreds of miles away, new york and washington were

. >> new chapter publishing is out of sarasota florida. chris ackerman, my editor. but sometimes we invest some much in our opinions and views we don't realize. but, i am a liberal editor. and didn't want a conservative editor. added to ma one that had the same values i had. i wanted somebody to make me believe. i was thinking everything. in fact, larry claman, you know, larry claman made the introduction. chris knew about my views. the mental and the kind of book clubs the right, well, it can be a political book. i owners you can be fair. i didn't realize what a challenge it was for me. the feelings i had to my criticisms i had kind how i was biased toward republicans. it didn't hold in as accountable as in the attacks he did getting to the integrity and the virtue of writing an honest book where people can see this is fair, just, honest. so a blessing for me. what he did, he reawakened my riding. unbiased. >> a book party for armstrong williams, reawakening virtues, go enjoy your party. >> how are you doing? oh, ron. how are you doing? e-mail id. you get my e-mail

>> you know, new chapter publishers is out of sarasota, florida. chris is my editor. i wanted -- this is important, the publisher. sometimes we invest so much in our opinions and our views, we don't even realize when we're biased. so i really wanted a local editor. i didn't want a conservative editor. i didn't want somebody who had the same views that i had. i wanted to be challenged because i was rethinking everything in my life. and so i met with chapter publishers, in fact, larry klayman, you know larry klayman, he used to be with judicial watch. he made the introduction, and chris knew about my views. and when i told him the book i wanted to write, "reawakening virtues," he said, well, it can't be a political book. you can't just beat up on democrats. i don't know if you can do that because you've been doing what you've been doing for so long. and i must tell you, i didn't realize what a challenge it it s for me to think about the criticism i had and how i was biased towards republicans. i did not hold them as accountable as i held democrats. so the first eight mo

. >>> elsewhere on the xaen trail, during a stop yesterday in sarasota, florida, presidential candidate michelle bachmann raised some eyebrows making a reference to hurricane irene, implying the storm was a political message from above. >> what does god have to do to get the attention of the politicians? we've had an earthquake. we've had a hurricane. >> bachmann said she would consider oil and natural gas drilling in florida's everglades if it could be done without harming the environment. >>> here's your first look at some of the other news going on around mshg today. thecle cal wildfire ignited from an exploding propane tank continued to spread outside the yosemite national park over the weekend. evacuation orders have kept nearby residents out on the street as firefighters battled to increase containment of the fire. so far the fire has scorched 4,700 acres and is only 35% contained. >>> in chicago graffiti was discovered scrawled on one of the legs of a giant 26 foot statue depicting marilynn monroe's iconic pose from the film "seven year itch." the black markings appeared to be th

figure to go with this sort of making fun of the killer hurricane line you know and she was also in sarasota in the last clip which is like really old people really old people. and it didn't appreciate. her in there just thinking of me like like you know they're like you know i don't know. but i think it's i think that's true if you want to the biggest one of our biggest gaffes in quite a while i mean you know she's out there talking about earlier about elvis getting it wrong and the whole john wayne thing but now she literally had to walk this whole thing back and say it was a joke and it may have been a joke i don't think anybody took it that way who for example lives in the limelight already you know she's laughing it seems very very fast if the right thing for it you know you can i mean he has down probably joking however i mean so god is really concerned about the u.s. overspending in our doctors that i think he'd be a little more concerned about our illegal wars in countries and you know countries that we're fighting wars that we're not telling anyone about except that's just me all ri

caller: i am carl sheldon in sarasota, florida.stified on behalf of the american people against state and federal, -- i'm sorry, civic asset forfeiture, and when we testified against forfeiture, it stands that everyone and everyone. anyone and everyone in the united states can have their assets taken away from them without being charged with a crime. host: what does this have to do with the fed yesterday? caller: we are living here in sarasota, florida. you have to give me a chance to finish what i'm going to say. host: you have to turn the television down. sorry about that, carl. let me show you what the fed had to say. the committee anticipates that if economic conditions, including low rates of -- host: will go to clinton, new jersey, next, alan, and the democratic line. caller: i did not think anything the fed says has added in to do with normal american people. the people got their money, and if they go out and spend it, they will do what they did before, take everything away from you, and put it back into banks. if the money

next a phone call, this is from sarasota. judith, and independent. caller: i absolutely in michigan, the northern part of u.s. 41 and i am down here in sarasota vacationing in the southern part of u.s. 41. i am vacationing. i am actively seeking work. but i will tell you about that later. i was just listening to the george washington university education program, and you have a question about, do you want people to do certain things. i think people should do what they want and want what they do. i think secondary education is important for economic health, and higher education is important also. but i think where are most important area is, is in where it is the formative years for children. that is when they are firstborn and even prenatal stage. you should read to your baby when they are carried in the womb because they can hear and they will make a difference when you start them off when they are very, very young, because that is when their brain is developing. so i believe education is very important and it starts at the bottom and goes all the w

>> i live in sarasota. i had never been on the road in my life. >> jimmy: until sturgess?: and you're behind a rascal or something? >> it was awful. i had never driven a stick shift before. >> jimmy: is that a stick shift? >> well, all bikes are, aren't they? it's got a clutch. >> jimmy: you know this, right? >> every time we came to an intersection, i would stall. these guys are using the worst language. who the hell is that? get out of there! >> jimmy: you should have had tassels hanging from the ens of the -- why did you go here? >> my two best friends, we're all in our upper 60s. we got together and said, we're in our upper 60s. we thought this would be a macho guy thing to do. i agreed to take lessons. it sounds better than it was. we flew into sturgess, i rented the trike. and i went there the hotel, the holiday inn, into town. and then we went out to mt. rushmore. we were on the road. it was scary. i thought, this is really stupid. i could get killed. >> jimmy: you wouldn't do it again, would you? >> no. i wet my pants and everything. >> jimmy: this is your 21st sea

danville, upper 70s, very low 80s. 71 -- 78 sarasota.80 for -- san jose at 77 with 68. 67 sanbruno, upper 50s. 70 z on the peninsula. stand at 75 degrees. decrease and above sunny and warmer. thursday into friday. quick -- more westerly, but the weekend in view, we do see a warm saturday. >> 6:40. a lot of -- surfing before about spending in iraq and afghanistan. facebook is encouraging you to hack into their system, how you can profit from this unusual offer. >>> good morning westbound 237, traffic already if you cross 880 we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. >>> here is a quick look at some of the stop stories we're following for you right now. 6:43. the father of teenage girl from hollister is under arrest this morning following abduction of his daughter that triggered an amber alert. they tracked down 43-year-old ramirez in san bernardino county shortly before 5:00. they say he kidnapped his 13- year-old daughter yesterday afternoon at hollister. the teenager was with her father. she did not appear to ha

>> michele bachmann said today in sarasota, i don't know how much god has to do with the attention ofoliticians. we had an earthquake, a hurricane. are you going to start listening to me here? what do you make of that? >> i'm a person of faith. i hate it when people don't realize one of the most fundamental aspects of faith is humility. for anyone to think they know what god is thinking is arrogant. i do believe we have a divine creator. i feel humble for him. but what i think he wants me to do is stop talking about him so much and start trying to live his message and show my faith not through what i say but what i do. >> i think she was kidding but it doesn't seem a perfect subject to be joking about, to be honest. >> right. i shouldn't be quick to judge either. the quote could have been taken out of context. >> there is a time and a place. cory booker, thank you very much. >> piers, thank you for keeping everybody informed. cnn has done a great job helping my residents out with important information. >> i'm happy to be guilty of the charge of overhyping hurricane irene. >> yes. cont

so we found a publisher, new chapter publishing out of sarasota florida. i wanted a liberal editor. i sought him out. i must tell you i never realized just how biased and how locked down i was in my political ideology that i could not even tell you what the truth was a massive is republican, conservative them. it took me eight years -- eight months to work up my own own issues and be fair. this is what happens to us. we get so bogged down in being a democrat, being a republican that we buy into so much that we have no idea what it takes to get to the truth. it took me almost a year to get to the truth, things i thought it could never seen made me see the light. then i began to see things in terms of truth and honesty. i begins the issues at the republican party out of power. you know the conclusion i've come to? throughout the same. at the end of the day, in order for the country to get back to where it needs to be, we expect to get back to the virtue of saving and capitalism. if you want to know what's wrong with the country, where we have this debt crisis, it's because you look in

i remember the moment when i was in sarasota which was the community. it's one the greatest places in the world to be an older person. i was at senior center there. and there was a dance going on. all of the 70-year-olds there were dancing to the music of their ere a. you know, pretty swinging music. and they were pretty swinging crowd, and there was a crowd in his 90s up on the balcony. bob was trying to say get down there. look at how was fun they are having. he goes, not my group. [laughter] >> unemployment for people in their 50s or 20s? >> that's a fantastic question. it's related. is there low unemployment for people in their 50s or 20s? i would say it's both and related. so for people in the 50s in the united states, unemployment is higher than it's ever been since it's been tracked. it's getting close to 10%, which is close to the national average. it's a little lower than unemployment overall. that has to do with peculiarities in the way it's counted. look at job search of the way that lose their jobs, it's far longer than any other age when th

i am retired now down in sarasota and we own property down here. of a foreclosure market is miserable down here. florida, as you know statistically, is no. 1 nationally and residential foreclosures. i would like you to address the issue of what bernanke and the federal reserve bank governors are going to be doing about the credit market policy and loaning money to small business owners. i will hang up and listen to your comments. host: andrew fieldhouse, the wellhead. guest: the federal reserve has to do more to help. it should be made clear that a lot of what they did in 2008 has already been done. they cannot lower short-term interest rates. and federal fiscal policy is in a much better position to address the jobs crisis. that being said, i do believe the fed will reserve will embark in a third round of quantitative easing, the purchase of long- term bonds. they had recently purchased $600 billion in long-term treasury debt. i suspect that you may see the fed resume purchases of asset backed securities, particularly mortgage-backed securities. w

i remember this moment when i was in sarasota which is a community i profile in depth this book. it's one of the greatest places in the world to be an older person. i was at the senior center there, and there was a dance going on, and all of a sudden 70-year-olds were dancing to the music of their era, you know, pretty, swinging music, and they were pretty, swinging crowd, and there's a guy in his 90s up on the balcony, and be he was talking to the director, bob carver of the senior center there, and bob was trying to say, hey, why don't you get down there? look how much fun they're having, and he goes, not my group. [laughter] >> yes, ma'am. >> is there more unemployment for people in their 50s or people in their 20s? and -- >> that's a fantastic question, yeah. t related. it's related. is there low employment for people in their 50s and their 20s? the i would say both, and it's related. for people in their 50s, unemployment is higher than it's ever been since it's ever been tracked. it's getting close to 10% which is, you know, close to the national average. it's a little lower

but when he first got on the plane in sarasota, florida, he wanted to go back to washington.damant that we couldn't go back to washington without understanding the nature of the attacks. there was a rumor air force one itself was the target for an attack. i was the buffer between the president and the secret service and both sides were pretty tougher on me, by said we had to learn more about it before we went back. we went back to washington, d.c. after he had been to louisiana, then the strategic air command in nebraska. the president was pushing to get to washington, d.c. quickly. he addressed the american people from the oval office which was the right venue for him to talk to us. megyn: when we come back when wants to ask you about the president's comments on what it was like on air force one as the information was coming in on that fateful day nearly 10 years ago. stand by. megyn: this is an alert. you are about to see some of the most dramatic pictures from the day on hurricane irene. these are live pictures of the storm. nasa tv broadcasting images take from the intern

i am retired now down in sarasota and we own property down here.foreclosure market is miserable down here. florida, as you know statistically, is no. 1 nationally and residential foreclosures. i would like you to address the issue of what bernanke and the federal reserve bank governors are going to be doing about the credit market policy and loaning money to small business owners. i will hang up and listen to your comments. host: andrew fieldhouse, the wellhead. guest: the federal reserve has to do more to help. it should be made clear that a lot of what they did in 2008 has already been done. they cannot lower short-term interest rates. and federal fiscal policy is in a much better position to address the jobs crisis. that being said, i do believe the fed will reserve will embark in a third round of quantitative easing, the purchase of long- term bonds. they had recently purchased $600 billion in long-term treasury debt. i suspect that you may see the fed resume purchases of asset backed securities, particularly mortgage-backed securities. when st

and so we found this publisher, new chapter publishing out of sarasota florida. wanted a liberal editor. i sought him out. and i must tell you i realized how biased and locked down i was in my political ideology that i cannot even tell you the truth was unless we were republicans or conservatives. it took me eight months just to work out my own issues and being fair and this is what happens to us. we get so bogged down and get a democrat, you know, republican that we bite into so much that we have no idea what it takes to get to the truth. it took me almost a year to get to the truth of the things i thought i could never see they made me see the light. and i began to see things in terms of truth and honesty i began to see the issues with the republican party that i was in power. they had all the answers when you know the conclusion i've come to, they are all the same. because of the end of the day, an order for the country to get back to where it needs to be, we have got to get back to the virtue of savings and capitalism if you want to know what is wrong with th

here are the numbers again -- first call this morning from sarasota, florida. democrat.ood morning. caller: how are you today? i am doing ok. i am glad to see this book out. i think if there is any honesty whatsoever in it, it will open up america's eyes about the absolute evil dick cheney is. host: give us an example of what you are talking about. caller: secret meetings with the oil executives, push for democratization of foreign countries that we have no business being in. who else can get away with shooting people and not even get tested for alcohol, this last deal, shooting this guy in the face. this guy is bad. that's all. host: back to "the drudge report." marcus, republican. michigan. what do you think? caller: i think that it is unfortunate that a great station like c-span would be wasting precious time with all of the mounting problems that the nation is facing on dick cheney 's memoirs of the bush administration. i think much more could be used in terms of time toward solving and creating a more positive dialogue. host: a lot of folks are reporting on this. th

here are the numbers again -- first call this morning from sarasota, florida. democrat. good morning. caller: how are you today? i am doing ok. i am glad to see this book out. i think if there is any honesty whatsoever in it, it will open up america's eyes about the absolute evil dick cheney is. host: give us an example of what you are talking about. caller: secret meetings with the oil executives, push for democratization of foreign countries that we have no business being in. who else can get away with shooting people and not even get tested for alcohol, this last deal, shooting this guy in the face. this guy is bad. that's all. host: back to "the drudge report." marcus, republican. michigan. what do you think? caller: i think that it is unfortunate that a great station like c-span would be wasting precious time with all of the mounting problems that the nation is facing on dick cheney 's memoirs of the bush administration. i think much more could be used in terms of time toward solving and creating a more positive dialogue. host: a lot of folks are reporting on this.

we found a publisher out of sarasota florida. i wanted a liberal editor. i sought him out.realize how bias i was in my political ideology that i could not even tell you the truth it took me eight months just to work out my own issues to be fair. we are so bogged down of being a democrat or republican and that we have no idea what it takes to get to the truth. it took me almost one year to get to the truth but they made me see the light. then i see the things in terms of truth and honesty the issues with the republican party byi e a goodan empower.be but the conclusion i came to is the same. in order for the country to get back we have to giverder back to the virtue of saving and capitalism. if you want to know what is wrong with the country with the debt crisis, look into your own home, people spend what they don't have. your home is like century. corporation. mother and father, children, no revenues into the household for all of that corporate debt major debt. you have two sets of budget. they will deal with you for almost 18 years 3-1/2 to calculate that. the mention it c

next up is donna in sarasota, florida on our line for independents. caller: good morning. i have heard so many good ideas, ordinarily i think these sessions are an exercise in pooled ignorance. this morning it has been particularly good. i think the problem is way more complicated than anybody has said so far. everyone has come up with good ideas but they are not listening to each other. i think the loss of jobs started years ago when our manufacturers developed a contempt for the customer. they started building products that the day after warranty, the knobs and started to fall off, and most of the jobs or overseas. it is not that simple eight course. much of it has to do with polarization between labor and management, neither one listening to each other. polarization between republicans and democrats, everyone thinks he is right and the other guy is dead wrong and they will not hear reach other. so the electorate suffers. government has contempt for the electorate remanufactures have contempt for the customer. i have seen the brands trashed. one clothing manufacturer, th

and so we found this publisher, new chapter publishing out of sarasota florida. i wanted a liberal editor. i sought him out. and i must tell you i realized how biased and locked down i was in my political ideology that i cannot even tell you the truth was unless we were republicans or conservatives. it took me eight months just to work out my own issues and being fair and this is what happens to us. we get so bogged down and get a democrat, you know, republican that we bite into so much that we have no idea what it takes to get to the truth. it took me almost a year to get to the truth of the things i thought i could never see they made me see the light. and i began to see things in terms of truth and honesty i began to see the issues with the republican party that i was in power. they had all the answers when you know the conclusion i've come to, they are all the same. because of the end of the day, an order for the country to get back to where it needs to be, we have got to get back to the virtue of savings and capitalism if you want to know what is wrong with

host: sarasota, florida, mike mayes more than $150,000. what kind of decisions are you making?aller: i did not want to make too many hasty decisions. we are a two-member household and to sources of income. -- two sources of its security. social security in many caribbean for an. we also have a 401(k) that has been doing quite well. but we will be losing on that end. and when you look to the featuring you see both of those being impacted severely by the economy, you have to start looking at options. we are looking at gold and natural gas and domestic energy resources. personally, what will happen is that we will be impacted so strongly that we are going to be poor. in terms of domestic resources and the future. i think we will have to work a whole flock -- a lot harder. we have gold right now as a hedge against all of this and i think it will continue. host: you think the price of gold will keep going up. caller: yes, i do. host: johnny, what are your thoughts? caller: i have two daughters in college they have their own apartments. one will have to move back home and one may hav

hopefully, we will see some version of that year and >>efully fewer blitzes' let's move on to sarasota, florida. ted on our line for republicans. caller: good morning here i feel that president obama, from the line he has taken office, he has basically had to play along with the existing game that is going on with the special interests -- from the time he has taken office. i think the only one who has been sincere is ron paul. he is the only one really promoting change. host: would you go along with that? guest: a lot of buildings in washington are filled with groups -- that represent special interests. every person in america is a member of the least it will notify us -- two to five so- called special interests, and it is a theme that occurs every election. i think the election will be fought on relatively vague ideas, and maybe some big ideas that we have not had an opportunity to debate in very serious ways in the past. at least that is what i hope the election will be about. the big issue is, like, the role of government. how we deal with revenue. how we deal with entitlements. if

hopefully, we will see some version of that year and >>efully fewer blitzes' let's move on to sarasota, florida. ted on our line for republicans. caller: good morning here i feel that president obama, from the line he has taken office, he has basically had to play along with the existing game that is going on with the special interests -- from the time he has taken office. i think the only one who has been sincere is ron paul. he is the only one really promoting change. host: would you go along with that? guest: a lot of buildings in washington are filled with groups -- that represent special interests. every person in america is a member of the least it will notify us -- two to five so- called special interests, and it is a theme that occurs every election. i think the election will be fought on relatively vague ideas, and maybe some big ideas that we have not had an opportunity to debate in very serious ways in the past. at least that is what i hope the election will be about. the big issue is, like, the role of government. how we deal with revenue. how we deal with entitlements. if

host: sarasota, florida, mike mayes more than $150,000. what kinof decisions are you making? caller: i did not want to mak too many hasty decisions. we are a two-member household and to sources of income. -- two sources of its security. social security in many caribbean for an. we also have a 401(k) that has been doing quite well. but we will be losing on that end. and when you look to the featuring you see both of those being impacted severely by the economy, you have to start looking at options. we are looking at gold and natural gas and domestic energy resources. personally, what will happen is that we will be impacted so strongly that we are going to be poor. in terms of domestic resources and the futu. i think we will have to work a ole flock -- a lot harder. we have gold right now as a hedge against all of this and i think it will continue. host: you think the price of gold will keep going up. caller: yes, i do. host: johnny, what are your thoughts? caller: i have two daughters in college they have their own apartments. one will have to move back home and one may have t