scott simon host of npr's "weekend edition."shington, columnist for the chicago "chicago sun-times." as you look at this right now, you look at the pictures of the president, do you think chicago really prepared him adequately for this job in washington? >> in many ways, to be a chicago politician is to be prepared for anything. the world comes to chicago and you learn how to deal with it. as i've reflected on it over the past few months, there are two things that might have upgraded against him. there's only one side of the aisle. it's an intense political atmosphere, but it's a hot house from liberal democrats. i don't think he has the experience in dealing with the other side of the aisle. secondly, in many ways, even more importantly, with the exception of one congressional race he lost, he's lived a charmed political life, he's really been very important in his choice of opponents. he's been elected against great odds, but in the ensd, rather easily. he's never really been electorally in a tough race he lost. and there are

. >> scott simon. he was one of the few npr people who came. there he is with his wife. they have been supportive. >> where are your liberal friends? >> i have liberal friends that came to the party. right there, as cnn. to the right is a very liberal professor from the university of maryland. here is a conservative friends. >> we are out of time. thank you. did the name of the blood "muzzled: the assault on honest debate." i-- the name of the book is "muzzled: the assault on honest debate." >> thank you very much for having me. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> for a dvd copy of this program, called 1877-662-7726. for free transcripts are to give us your comments about this program, visit us at www.aq- and-a.org >> debt and deficit negotiations were ongoing today on capitol hill. be heard a short while ago from president obama speaking on the white house. >> have a seat. good evening. there are still important votes to be taken by members of congress. leaders of both parties have reached a

. >> scott simon. he was one of the few npr people who came. there he is with his wife. they have been supportive. that is congressman ted poe of texas. >> where are your liberal friends? >> i have liberal friends that came to the party. right there, as cnn. to the right is a very liberal professor from the university of maryland. there is bill kristol. here is a conservative friends. >> we are out of time. thank you. the name of the book is "muzzled: the assault on honest debate." >> thank you very much for having me. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> on monday, the house and senate will turn their attention to that that compromise announced earlier denied by president obama and senate leaders. houses and at 10:00 a.m. eastern for general speeches, then resumes legislative business and noo

akaka about real journalists, this is the real deal, scott simon. >> he's the real deal. hope he signs a book for my daughter. one for me and carol blease and one for each alisa. >> tell me how to spell caroline >> carolina with a french accent. >> to find out who your friends are and it turns out i have some friends. >> you sure do. extraordinary. >> thanks. islamic my pleasure >> dr. martin luther king was not a president of the united states. at no time in his life did he hold public office. he wasn't a hero of the foreign war. he never had much money. but while he lived, she was reviled at least as much as he was celebrated. by his own accounts, she was a man frequently wracked with doubt. a man not without flaws, who like moses before him more than once questioned why he hadn't chosen for such arduous task, the task of leading people to freedom. the task of healing the festering wounds of the nation's original sin. >> im ashley kincaid. >> how are you? >> i have some associates here i would like to introduce to you. we are with the future educator's and these are the

scott. >> pelley: in the spirit of full disclosure, cheney's book is being published by simon and schuster, which is owned by cbs. some of the more enduring images of hurricane irene were taken by accidental journalists. we'll have a look, next. for suspects. what set off a tense afternoon in one bay area neighborhood next on cbs 5 a new twist on solvi >> pelley: we sure have been seeing a lot of nature's destructive side lately. but today we also saw some of its beauty. a news helicopter from our miami station shot this video of two water spouts forming six miles offshore. it appears they developed out of an ordinary rain cloud, and disappeared without doing any damage. we end tonight with images of irene taken by people just like you. anthony mason has the story and the pictures. >> reporter: as irene threatened the lower bridge in vermont on sunday, susan hammond grabbed her flip camera and took this video, but she was running out of memory. >> i was frantically deleting old videos from my camera to open up space for it. >> reporter: and then it happened. >> there it goes. >> was that t

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scott walker about his state's recall elections this week. also, why he says his budget reform, working and gaining popularity. also a check on market futures with simontock exchange and don't miss willie's week in review. first, your weekend forecast with bill karins. bill? >> running out of summer weekends here, like we going back to school, especially in the southern half of country. looking at a wet weekend in certain areas. take you through it. this is how we're looking this weekend. for a start off, wet weather in the midwest. it's going to be very stormy in the great lakes and down through areas like st. louis going throughout the day today. looking at beautiful weather, from the mid-atlantic through the great lakes today up into new england. just a gorgeous friday. no problems at all. we're already watching large thunderstorms around omaha and lincoln, nebraska, headed for kansas city this afternoon. the forecast for today, still hot in texas. although we ended the 100-degree streak in dallas yesterday. as far as the weekend, the worst of it on saturday from minneapolis through wisconsin and areas of michigan, illinois, indiana. the eastern ha