and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. and we begin this morning welcoming back to "face the nation," for the first time in exactly one year, senator john mccain of arizona, the person who, by the way, has been on this broadcast more than any other politician now in office. senator, you haven't been here in a year. what were you doing? were you busy back in arizona? >> busy, and thanks for having me back on. it's probably the longest absence in all these years, too. i'm glad to be back. thanks for having me. >> schieffer: we're very pleased to have you. where are you going to sit tuesday night when the president makes his state of the union? are you going to join those sitting with members of the opposite party, or will you sit with the democrats? >> i'm going to sit with tom udall and, hopefully, mark udall will be sitting where i usually sit. but this whole thing is a good idea. i think it's been a bit overblown, but the fact is, it's a good thing to do. why not? the udalls, for example, have been close friends to me and

and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning. egypt is in chaos. thousands of prisoners have now broken out of cairo prisons, and looters and thieves have joined protestors on the streets. president mubarak still barely clings to power. and in a new show of force, sent egyptian warplanes flying low over the demonstrators. we'll start this morning by going first to elizabeth palmer, who is on the scene. elizabeth, you've been there from the beginning of all this. what is the absolute latest right now? >> well, bob, just in the last couple of minutes, we've seen an extraordinary show of (inaudible) (plane flying overhead) i don't know if you can hear me. the aircraft are (inaudible) flying over the crowd. >> schieffer: what is the meaning of that? are they trying to frighten people off the streets? what... it sounds like a fly- over at a football game or something. >> well, the army is deployed widely all over the city in a very unthreatening way. but a way that shows muscle. the context is that, overnight, the city... parts of the city were sacked.

and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: here is where the tragedy stands this morning at this hour. federal judge john roll, a congressional staffer, a nine-year-old girl, and three others are dead. congresswoman gabrielle giffords clings to life in critical condition in a tucson hospital, shot in the head. along with 12 others who were wounded by a 22-year-old anti-government gunman identified as jared loughner, who is in custody. police are looking for a second unidentified man for reasons not yet clear. flags are at half staff and congressional leaders have canceled next week's session, which was to include a vote on repealing health care. we begin this morning in tucson with cbs news national correspondent ben tracy. >> reporter: the shooting suspect lived just about ten minutes from this strip mall here, which is blocked off this morning. this, of course, is where this horrific event happened yesterday. you know, the more we learn about 22-year-old jared loughner, the more troubled he seems. his friends and classmates are describing him as mentally unstabl

and now from washington, bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. we're going to begin this morning with the wounded congresswoman, gabrielle giffords-- two of her closest friends in the congress, new york senator kristin gillibrand is with me here in the studio, and congresswoman debbie wasserman shultz is in her home state of florida. senator, first, you talked to the family last night. how is the congresswoman doing? >> she's doing great. when i was there visiting with her, i was telling her how proud i am of her because she is right now inspiring the nation. she epitomizes everything that president obama said in his speech about a way of moving forward, of providing leadership that brings people together, not pushing them apart and focuses on solutions. that's who gabby is. right now, through this struggle, which she will overcome, she is showing raw courage, raw strength something that we can all get behind. she really is our glimmer of hope in a very dark time. >> schieffer: it's my understanding they have taken her off the ventilator, but she

>> schieffer: it is a problem. and, i mean, the fact that the republican leadership is letting michele bachmann make a second response here just underlines that. i mean, my heavens, can you imagine what sam rayburn when he was speaker of the house would have done if one of his members said "by the way, i'm going to make a response, too"? or lyndon johnson when he was the leader of the senate? they're letting her make this speech because they're afraid to tell her not to, because they know how powerful these tea party people were and the power they had in the last election. >> greenfield: but to look at obama and the president's problem, he has an unemployment rate much higher than we're used to and if he can not see that unemployment rate shrink, all of these efforts to say "feel better, i'm an optimist, i know where the future is going" is going to be a hard sell if the unemployment figure stays as high as it is. >> couric: and as he greets members of the supreme court, we should mention interior secretary kent sa

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anthony mason, bob schieffer, and john dicker son, thanks to all of you. they and jeff greenfield will be with us for our live coverage of the state of the union address and the republican response beginning at 9:00 eastern time, 8:00 central, and 6:00 in the west. and one more political note about the race for mayor in chicago. the illinois supreme court said today rahm emanuel's name must be on the ballot while it reviews a lower court ruling that took him off. the lower court ruled yesterday that the former white house chief of staff did not meet the one-year residency requirement to be mayor. and still ahead here on the "cbs evening news," they are in a league of their own. moms on ice. but up next, outrage in lebanon as a terrorist organization takes control of the government. , i don't always let the worry my pipes might leak compromise what i like to do. i take care with vesicare, because i have better places to visit than just the bathroom. ( announcer ) once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle, and is proven to treat overactive bla

and now to chief washington correspondent bob schieffer.on must be awfully shocking in washington. >> schieffer: charles, this is the morning when washington must begin to ask the hard questions. is what happened in tucson the result of the mean and hateful tone that now marks our modern politics? >> osgood: while we've got you what is going to be on face the nation today. >> schieffer: we're going to devote the entire broadcast this morning, charles, to what happened in tucson. we'll be going to the scene to talk to our reporters there. key congressional officials and we'll bring in our correspondents covering this story here in washington. >> osgood: thank you, bob schieffer. we'll be watching. next week here on sunday morning. >> my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you. >> osgood: j.f.k. plus 50. ♪ woke up this morning >> osgood: and rocker greg almond. activ or for the delicious flavors like chocolate truffle and vanilla creme? mmm. -mmm. -mmm. [ female announcer ] hard to say really. new caltrate soft chews, we pu

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discussed the speech and the republican's response with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. >> the mainstream republican establishment, the republican leadership, is really not sure what to do with these new firebrands that make up the tea party, who got elected in this last election. i mean, this is almost unheard of for some, basically, what was a back bencher in the congress, to announce that she was also going to give a -- a response. and nobody had the nerve to say, no, you can't do that. you know, they just sort of let it go. and i mean, i've been around here a long time, and i think back to, you know, when you had some very powerful speakers, and people like senate leader lyndon johnson, say speaker sam rayburn when he was in the house, from texas, i mean one can imagine what would have happened if some upstart, as it were, announced that they were going to make their own response. i mean, that just doesn't happen around here very much. and i think it shows that there's some real challenges facing house speaker john boehner. maybe he has a greater challenge dealing w

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we have the new media, as bob schieffer pointed out to us on monday, the old media vs. new media concept, and we can search out and really come up with our own opinion and search out the fact of what is important to us, how it pertains rather than somebody feeding us, this is what you need to know because we think so. >> why do you think so many people -- and all my life it has happened. want to point tthe finger at the other side and say they need to cool their jets? >> i think somebody brought up earlier that it is about power. whoever controls the spotlight, if you will, they have the greatest chance to influence other people, whether that be here in the united states or abroad. finger-pointing is kind of a human nature kind of thing. >> have you seen something in the past two weeks that was a high point? >> all the speakers have been, at the least, i opening. i have learned something from them, whether it is drawing attention, the spotlight being on them so they espouse their personal beliefs and their personal agendas, even if they were -- >> there is a theory in t

some of the students of said this morning that we should be able to -- we have a new media as bob schieffer pointed out to us on monday, the old media versus the new media complex, the bloggers, all of the other media outlets, we can still search out and really come up with our own opinion and searched out the facts and what is important to us and how pertains rather than someone beating us, this is what you need to know because we think so. >> why do you think so many people -- all my life this has happened -- they want to point the finger at the other side and they need to cool their jets? >> someone brought up earlier about whoever controls the spotlight, if you will, they have the greatest chance to influence other people, whether that be here in the united states or abroad. finger-pointing is a human nature type of thing. no one aspires to take responsibility for bad things. >> have you seen something in the last two weeks that was a high point? >> a lot the speakers have been at the least i opening. we have learned something from them whether it is to draw attention, the spotlight was

. >> osgood: now to bob schieffer in washington. good morning, bob.rning, charles. we'll have the latest from secretary of state clinton and white house chief of staff bill daley on the crisis in egypt. >> osgood: thank you, bob. we will be watching. next week here on sunday morning.... >> so, george for a super bowl party there's some basic food groups you have to have. >> osgood: bill and grandson george get ready for a super sunday. >> pizza and the party platter. free rate quote on geico.com, saved a ton, and it only took me 5 minutes and 12 seconds! steve: i was wondering, is that some sort of record? gecko: that's a good question. let's have a look. curtis: mmmm, not quite. someone's got you beat by 8 seconds. gecko: still, i mean, that's... that's quite fast! steve: well, what if i told you i only used one hand? anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. can getting enough vegetables make you feel good? oh, yeah. v8 juice gives you 3 of your 5 daily servings of vegetables. v8. what's your number? >> sunday morning's m

joining us now is cbs news washington correspondent and host of "face the nation" host bob schieffer. good morning to you. >> good morning, chris. >> their first order of business is to repeal the president's health care reform act. which is virtually impossible let me ask you, how risky a proposition is this for republicans incoming now? >> oh, risky or not, it is something they simply have to do. you have the people elected in november with the tea party backing who are demanding that spending be cut and that all of the obama programs be rolled back so some people call it wasting time. others will call it symbolic. you will see all these votes starting with a vote to repeal health care. now, every republican in the house knows that no matter what the vote -- how the vote comes out and probably vote to overturn health care it's going to die in the senate because the votes just aren't there but we have to go through all of this as we always do with every congress, no matter who's in control of either house. get all of this stuff out of the way. a lot of shouting, hollering and symboli