answers for hospitals, utilities, cities and factories, and we're building them >> i've spoken of a shining city all my political life. but i don't know in a ever quite communicated what i saw when i said it. but in my mind, it was a tall, proud city built on rocks, stronger than oceans, windswept, god blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace. that's how i saw it, and see it still. >> a shining city on a hill. this vision of ronald reagan has been termed american exceptionalism. french political philosopher alexis so named it two centuries ago, and at the described america's ethos as built on liberty, individualism, and populism, and an economic phthat is largely laissez-faire. is the u.s. today renewing itself, resurrecting itself so to speak? do we look like reagan on the hill, pat? >> i don't think so, john. i don't think it's morning in america right now. and i don't think many people do. we're still the greatest country on earth, greatest economy, greatest military, mighty power, but we can't defend our borders, we can't balance our budgets, we can't win our

that's how i saw it, and see it still. >> a shining city on a hill. this vision of ronald reagan has been termed american exceptionalism. french political philosopher alexis so named it two centuries ago, and at the described america's ethos as built on liberty, individualism, and populism, and an economic phthat is largely laissez-faire. is the u.s. today renewing itself, resurrecting itself so to speak? do we look like reagan on the hill, pat? >> i don't think so, john. i don't think it's morning in america right now. and i don't think many people do. we're still the greatest country on earth, greatest economy, greatest military, mighty power, but we can't defend our borders, we can't balance our budgets, we can't win our wars. our culture is an embarrassment if it's note a disgrace. i think our politics are very poisonous today. we're divided. i think the united states quite frankly is one every greatest nations in history, but i do believe it's in a period of decline, just like western civilization is when you see what is happening in europe. and

to exert its economic strength worldwide. >> reagan said that shining city on the hill. >> that shiningthe hill isn't just for us to look at. it's not for us to admire within the city. it's a beacon for the world. >> that was rick santorum speaking at a dinner last night. political analysts are watching wisconsin as the state will hold a recall vote on the republican governor in june. >>> newt gingrich told a wisconsin crowd this is the most important election of their lifetime. >> there is an entire elitest collection of people that believe they know better than us that they will redefine for us and, in fact, dictate to us. >> gingrich spoke to conservative at the faith and freedom coalition. >>> the bay area will play host to another g.o.p. candidate. texas congressman ron paul will speak at u.c. berkeley friday night. the event starts at 7:00 and is open to the public but seats are limited. it's sponsored by a student group promoting limited government. >>> republican sources say romney and his advisories are discussing vice presidential candidates. he believes the faster he wraps up

values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill, to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. >> with that announcement, rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid, a process the former pennsylvania senator began in 2009. follow the steps he took along the road to the white house online at the c-span video library. with every c-span program since 1987. >>> the carnegie endowment for international peace hosted a conference last week here in washington on islamic political parties and tunisia, morocco, jordan, and libya. in this two-hour discussion, we'll hear from politicians and cabinet members from several arab countries. >>> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. i'm jessica matthews. i'm president of the carnegie endowment for international peace. and it's my very great pleasure to welcome you all to what i think is going to be a really important and wonderful day. we have the great, good fortune to bring together a dozen islamist leaders from five countries along with, as you can see, hundreds of membe

i believe it is in that shining city we might meet ronald reagan again one day and be able to take his hand and thank him for the nation he preserved for us. as a western governor let me close with a famous prophecy of an english poet who margaret thatcher quoted ronald reagan as he headed to his california ranch in his retirement. not by the eastern window when they might comes comes into light. when the sun climbs slowly, how slowly but west would look the land is bright. thank you and may god bless you and your families and always bless the united states of america. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you so very much. [applause] >> we have time for a few questions. the governor will be signing books until we get one. i can just ask one favor before u.s. your question if you raise your hand. we have a staff in each of the aisles. will of your hand and give you a microphone and introduce yourself. right here. >> i am john from burbank. i was wondering if there was any possibility of you using different sources to prosecute some of the people involved in fast and furious. [ap

we still remember the shining city on the hill. the city on the hill comes from the new testament but in our country it comes from john blunt threat and was quoted by many presidents, including john kennedy, massachusetts man. but when reagan included shiny -- in that speech he actually defines it. windswept -- teaming with activity, if there have to be walls the walls have doors and the doors open to anybody who wants to come. >> another version of the sun -- >> from churchill. >> the one word can modify a very plebeian fought into a really great thought. >> and yet there are speech is that presidents can make that can just turn things upside down. but the speech that included the axis of evil. if ever things were turned upside down in our foreign policy it was due to the -- >> i think david frum wrote that and he was proud of it. i think it was a reach to far. one, axis -- a three part thing and three totally unrelated countries do not constitute an axis but it did stick and it changed a lot. do you think the speech writers are t

. >> let me just add to the question -- >> reagan's shining city in the sky. >> one of the columnists vilifying the president -- sometimes tertiary issues -- his commitment to christianity, is in the middle name, whether he was born in america. it does this help or hinder the republican nominee, and for that matter, republicans in general? >> i don't think it necessarily occur to the nominee. mitt romney obviously will raise a lot of money. i read today he will have up towards $600 million but he has an incredible organization, as we have seen. everyone around him says he is a much better candidate than he was in 2008. i think a lot of these peripheral issues will not -- i don't think it will be a big issue. he will focus on the economy. but it is up to him to lay out a strategy how to get there so everyone, men and women of all colors, can understand. >> i think romney will make obama the issue in the campaign. the economy is a subset of obama. i think the republican campaign, especially the potential for negative advertising brought on by the super pacs that of course are allegedly

that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill, to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. >> with that announcement rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid, a process the former pennsylvania senator began in 2009. follow the steps he took along the road to the white house online at the c-span video library. with every c-span program since 1987. >>> this weekend on newsmakers, we take a look at some of the most competitive senate races this year. our guests are the heads of the democratic senatorial campaign committee and the national republican senatorial campaign committee. at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on c-span. >>> fbi director robert mueller last month testified before congress about his agency's $8 billion budget request for next year. he also talked about the automatic spending cuts that were part of last summer's debt ceiling agreement. he said $600 to $800 million would be cut from the fbi budget, causing agents to be furloughed and investigations to be delayed. >>> good morning, everybody. the subcommittee wi

that shining city on the hill. to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. >> and with that announcement, rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid. a process the former pennsylvania senator began in 2009. follow the steps he took along the road to the white house online at the c-span video library. with every c-span program since 1987. >>> this weekend on "newsmakers," we take a look at some of the most competitive senate races this year. our guests are the heads of the democratic senatorial campaign committee and the national republican senatorial committee. "newsmakers" sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> the carnegie endowment for international peace recently hosted a discussion on the arab spring and the rise of islamic political parties in the region. and business leaders from tunisia and egypt talked about the economic and political challenges facing those countries. this is an hour, 40 minutes. >> okay. good afternoon to all of you. i think there are still a few folk

values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. >> with that announcement rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid, a process that the pennsylvania senator began in 2009. follow the steps he took to the white house online at the c-span video library with every c-span program since 1987. all this week in prime time here on c-span3 it's american history tv. tonight a look at the life and career of richard nixon. david gergen began his political career in 1971 as a staff assistant on president nixon's speech writing team. we'll now hear about mr. gergen's relationship with the president and how he was later chosen to write the president's letter of resignation. this is about an hour and a half. >> hi, i'm tim atelli, and i'm director of the richard nixon presidential museum in yorba linda, california. i have the honor and privilege to be interviewing david gergen for the program. david gergen. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. it's a pleasure t

values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill, to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. >> and with that announcement, rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid, a process the former pennsylvania senator began in 2009. follow the steps he took along the road to the white house online at the c-span video library with every c-span program since 1987. >>> this weekend on news makers, we take a look at some of the most competitive senate races this year. our guests are the heads of the democratic senate campaign committee and the national republican committee. news makers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> the obama administration's 2013 budget request for the federal communications commission is $347 million. among the fcc's priorities next year, expanding high-speed internet access in rural areas and freeing up more air waves for wireless communications. julius genachowski and robert mcdowell testified on capitol hill last month about their agency's budget. >>> the hearing wi

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values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining cityhill, to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. thank you very much. god bless you. [applause] >> thank you, everybody, for coming. appreciate it very much. >> about rick santorum and exit from the presidential race at the top of the hour. you can watch this and other campaign events of our website. campaign2012.n.org/ >> this year's student cam competition as students around the country what part of the constitution was important to them and white. >> the rights of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be abridged by any state on account of sex. >> generations of courageous women marched, and they were arrested. >> congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. >> [inaudible] they changed america. >> the 19th amendment to the united states constitution was ratified on august 18, 1920. the constitution allows states to determine the qualifications for voting, and until 1910 most states disenfranchised women. this was a combinati

this is not a shining city on a hill to the rest of the world. it is a country that has articulated a policy of "leading from behind." that, my friends, is not the role of the united states of america since the 20th-century and must have been the 21st century. i want to mention one aspect of it. i will give you some straight talk. relations between the united states and the state of israel have never been worse since israel became a state. we have a country now that, instead of facing up to the iranian threat of the acquisition of nuclear weapons, which they are on the path to, the president of the united states sends his people to israel to tell them to be sure not to attack iran, thereby weakening very badly that is really position. -- the israeli position. put yourself in the position of the steve israel. you have a country in your neighborhood that is dedicated to open a wiping you off the map." they are on the past -- to "why did you off the map." they are on the path to doing so. they are a sovereign nation. we should be with the israelis,

. >> sean: shining city on the hall. >> if we don't do something about our marriages and families. >>ids. get rid of drugs, gang, violence. >> rekindle the american dream. >> sean: thank you so much for being with us tonight. we appreciate it. th is all the time we have left this evening. as always, thank you for being with us on this special edition of "hannity" and we will see you next time. captioned by closed captioning services, inc.

. >> sean: shining city on the hall. >> if we don't do something about our marriages and families. >>t component. educate kids. get rid of drugs, gang, violence. >> rekindle the american dream. >> sean: thank you so much for being with us tonight. we appreciate it. that is all the time we have left this evening. as always, thank you for being with us on this special edition of "hannity" and we will see you next time. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >>> yes, we can. yes, we can.

that shining city on the hill. to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world.ou very much. god bless you. >> reporter: santorum's campaign went farther than many expected. his withdrawal clears the romney path to the nomination. it is romney versus obama. and the general election is exactly 30 weeks from today. bret? >> bret: carl, thank you. today's announcement puts on hold santorum's political resurgence following the devastating loss of his senate seat in pennsylvania in 2006. he stressed today he had taken this campaign farther than anyone expected. >> against all odds, we won 11 states. millions of voters. millions of votes. we won more counties than all the other people in this race combined. >> early on, some analysts called him the rodney dangerfield of the g.o.p. race. a candidate who wasn't getting respect. rick santorum began his campaign june 6, 2011. >> i'm running for president of the united states. >> bret: 309 days later he bowed out. but not before the former senator from pennsylvania proved the pundits wrong. winning iowa, missouri, minnesota

. >> sean: shining city on the hall. >> if we don't do something about our marriages and families. >>onent. educate kids. get rid of drugs, gang, violence. >> rekindle the american dream. >> sean: thank you so much for being with us tonight. we appreciate it. that il

. >> sean: shining city on the hall. >> if we don't do something about our marriages and families. >>ids. get rid of drugs, gang, violence. >> rekindle the american dream. >> sean: thank you so much for being with us tonight. we appreciate it.

values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill, to be a beacon for everyone for freedom around the world. >> with that announcement, rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid, a process the senator began -- former senator began in 2009. recall the steps he took on line at the c-span video library. with every c-span program since 1987. >> coming up next, a look at today's news and an update on competitive u.s. senate races. plus, your calls, e-mails, and tweets on "washington journal." later, former secretary of state condoleezza rice with of -- will be at the heritage foundation talking about u.s. foreign policy. 11:00 a.m. eastern. this afternoon, presidential candidates mitt romney and newt gingrich will speak at the national rifle association conference in st. louis. live coverage at 2:00 p.m. eastern. and this hour, we are joined by charles blauhaus, republican trustee for medicare and social security -- he has a study about security -- he has a study about the new health-care

that shining city on the hill. to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world.nk you all very much. god bless you. [ applause ] >> and with that, rick santorum all but ending his presidential nomination bid. he's using the word "suspension" which as you heard eamon javers say earlier really just provides for the maintenance of the legal framework of the campaign. for all intents and purposes, rick santorum bowing out. let's go quickly for reaction in washington, d.c., with eamon javer. eamon, we heard the talk. we heard the talk about his family. obviously his ill daughter. everybody wishes her the best. at the same time it does sound like this is the end, whether it's formal or informal, of rick santorum's gop nomination bid. >> absolutely, brian. it is the end politically of his bid. there'll be a legal entity. there'll be some fund raising and all of that will continue. he said just now that he intends to continue traveling the country, speaking to americans. but this was a nostalgic rick santorum talking about all of the improbabilities on the campaign trail

that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shah that shining city on a hill, to be a beacon for everybody, for freedom around the world. >> woodruff: soon after the announcement, mitt romney issued a statement praising santorum. the former massachusetts governor said, "senator santorum is an able and worthypetitor, ae him on the campaign he ran. he has proven himself to be an important voice in our party and in the nation. we both recognize that what is most important is putting the failures of the last three years behind us and setting america back on the path to prosperity." for more on santorum's decision and whether he and romney can mend fences, we are joined by james o'toole, political editor of the "pittsburgh post-gazette" and susan page, washington bureau chief of "u.s.a. today." susan, santorum did not say exactly why he's getting out. what do you know about why? >> well, it's not unexpected. i mean, the nomination was mitt romney's... this morning, before he decided... before rick santorum decided to get out, as it is now. but i think a couple facto

that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill. to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. thank you all very much. god bless you. >> there you have it. let me bring in moderator from "meet the press," david gregory. a lot to talk about on a personal level but you put that in romney called santorum. they have talked. no mention of mitt romney. only the desire to defeat president obama there. >> right. well, you heard from senator santorum, he is not prepared to endorse yet but that conversation has gone on, according to santorum aides that i've spoken to this afternoon. mitt romney and santorum, senator santorum have spoken on the phone. no great mystery here. if you're mitt romney, you want to get that endorsement and get it on the schedule as quickly as possible and begin this general election campaign in earnest. and of course, this was the issue standing in his way. newt gingrich is still on the campaign but has faded. that conversation goes forward. you heard santorum say that he is suspending his campaign. he

that we when house back, and the -- we win the house back, and the senate, and we make is the shining cityon the hill, to be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. >> and with that announcement, rick santorum ended his 2012 presidential bid. he began the process in 2009. all of the steps he took on the road to the white house online at disease brought -- c-span library with programs back to 1987. >> coming up tonight on c-span, the woman justices of the supreme court gather to pay tribute to sandra day o'connor. later, remarks from attorney- general eric holder speaking about race and east -- and the criminal-justice system. and former president george bush talks about the economy and tax policy, followed by governor chris christie on his efforts to balance the budget in new jersey. tuesday on "washington journal" stephen more "wall street journal" editorial board member joins us to talk about the presidential proposals, but that rule, and tax policy. -- a buffet rule, and tax policy. then howard kurtz and lord ashburton discuss the use of social media in the presidential cam

once again, we will become a beacon of hope and opportunity for the rest of the world, that shining city on the hill. let's go do it. godspeed to you, and god bless approving -- bless you. [applause] [applause]

concepts to say we as americans have an opportunity again to be as ronald reagan used to say that shining city on the hill. need to do is return to those principles and values that have made us great. we need a leader who understands why america shines and i believe mitt romney is that person. he is a great leader. he has turned around businesses and turned around his state in massachusetts. he turned around the salt lake olympics are going his business career he created over 100,000 jobs. it would be nice to have someone in the white house that knows how to create jobs, wouldn't it? [applause] in the international spotlight he took over the salt lake olympics when they were mired in scandal and he rescued the games from insolvency and by the way folks this is about five months after the devastating attack on 9/11. he made america proud turning around those olympics. later as governor of massachusetts his state faced a 3 billion-dollar budget deficit when he took over. he not only balance the budget, he cut taxes 19 times and when he left massachusetts they actually had a $2 billion surplus in

values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill. to make us a shining beacon around the world. thank you very much. god bless you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, everybody for coming. >> before his official announcement, rick santorum called mitt romney to let him now about the decision to get out of the presidential race. later mr. romney held a campaign event in wilmington, delaware at a steel company. delaware's primary is april 24th. [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> hi, i'm susie. i'm the ceo. i wanted to thank all of you for coming today. [applause] [applause] >> and i'm pleased to introduce lorie greyson, also a woman business owner and executive board member of abc. she will introduce the governor. >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you, becky. first of all, i want to thank r.c. fabrics for inviting us to be here. the past half hour, he's been meeting with 12 of us women business owners. i want to say thank you. as a business owner, i'm very interested injobs. jobs for the people that work for m

values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining citybeacon for everybody for freedom around the world. thank you all for much. god bless you. >> there's rick santorum, the former pennsylvania senator announcing he's suspending his presidential campaign, it's over for me, he said, but he says he will continue the struggle. clearly he's going to try to rally support for mitt romney who now for all practical purposes will face president obama for the white house in november. there you saw senator santorum speaking eloquent willry. took him about 12 minutes or so to get to the substance, to the point he was trying to make that he was suspending the campaign. the reason they use the word suspend is technically the campaign can still go out there and raise money in order to pay back debts to make sure that he won't leave with my personal debts. but the suspension effectively means it's over. and he actually used those words, it's over for me. john king has been watching what's going on. this is a sad moment for rick santorum, but it sounded t

that make us the great just country in the history of the world, that shining city on the hill to beybody around the world. thank you very much, and god bless you. megyn: rick santorum at the end of a 309-day campaign for president suspending his campaign but saying he is not done fighting saying at the end of that speech that he will go on to work to defeat president obama to help the republicans retain control of the house and to he hopes win control of the senate, saying this is a love affair for me, talking about his love of the country saying he found a deeper love of america in his travels, urging americans to believe in themselves and this country and talking about how against all odds his campaign won millions of votes. and was able to spread his message far and wide across is country as he campaigned. miracle after miracle he said. this race is as improbable as any for president ever. and went on to talk about how he reflected on the realities of his campaign this past weekend when his daughter bella was in the hospital and said it caused his family to think as parents, and

. >> before she came along detroit was the shining city on the hill, but now -- >> yeah.by juicies. >> this is kind of a campaign document because it draws a bright line between what the republicans stand for, and what the democrats stand for. if you want big government vote democrat. if you want government that is making hard choices vote republican. >> i know let's take money away from pour people and let them all die. he is paid directly by the gop, right? >> yeah. >> he just spouts all the of their talking points. >> i know grandma is laying there in the medicare hammock, let's cut it open. [ applause ] >> 17 minutes after the hour. charlie pierce coming up at the bottom of the hour. we continue on the "stephanie miller show." >> well, the bad news is that due to a relatively mild winter -- >> hello, current. >> let it out. let it out for current. there we go. that's stephanie miller we know and love. >> ahhhhh. ahhhhh. ♪ the newest voice in cable news is on the new news network. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. this former two term governor is politically direct

for a host city, it's a competition much bigger than sailing. it can simply shine where it's taking place. so i offer this friendly piece of warning. be prepared because two weeks ago, the america's cup teams were racing in names, italy -- napeles, italy, where i believe something like 500,000 spectators turned out during the course of that week. remember, that was only a week of activities. so you got a sense of that in the earlier video that we saw and even the rain didn't deter the fans. i know from what jimmy spittle said, him and his crew had difficulty in just making their way to the regatta village through the crowds. combine this with the enthusiasm or combine that enthusiasm with the natural stadium that san francisco offers, then the america's cup i think we can all perhaps start to see will be simply sensational. they have raced all over the world and i can tell you that san francisco was at the front of the cue when the natural attributes were handed out. to me, the bay area is the perfect sailing stadium. you have strong winds. you have an open relativ

how are we going to deal with those challenges and remain the shining city on the hill? believe we will make the right choice. it is a contrast where president obama would take tests and where -- would take us and where i would take us. he has a belief that government our lives and the economy than it can free people. government gets larger and larger under his vision. right now government at all levels consumes 38% of our economy. will be almost half of the economy. if we consider all the regulatory efforts into energy and health care and automotive and financial-services, the government would control over half of the u.s. economy. we cease being a free economy. that is where he would take us. we should tap the scale at 20% in do not let it get larger than that and get government out of our life. [applause] he seems to be willing to accommodate trillion dollar deficit. trillion dollar deficits. he has amassed five trillion dollars of public debt, almost presidents combined. by the end of his fourth year. this is something i find unacceptable. if i am president, capet an

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values that make us americans, that make us the greatest country in the history of the world, that shining cityto be a beacon for everybody for freedom around the world. thank you very much. god bless you. [applause] >> thank you, everybody, for coming. appreciate it very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> rick santorum in gettysburg today. folks on facebook making their comments about his announcement that he is sending his campaign. two weeks before the pennsylvania primary. as long as his name remains on the ballot, i will vote for him. anthony says santorum should back ron paul. what are your thoughts? in washington today, the consumer financial protection bureau released new rules under consideration. bureau director richard cordray called on lenders to put it back and servicing. this is 50 minutes. >> this is a dignity rich area, and i should have figured this out earlier but i wanted to get the press and distinguished leaders from all throughout washington to come to this area. i should invite richard

that shining city on the hill. to be a beacon for everybody, for freedom around the world. >> rick santorum and his today -- 2012 presidential bid. a process he began in 2009. follow the steps he took along the road to the white house online at the c-span video library with every c-span program since 1987. this year's studentcam competition and students what part of the constitution was important to them and why. today's third prize winner selected the first amendment. ♪ >> what we have done here take on the matter what they are saying -- >> these freedoms that people fight for and die for every day. >> the first amendment to me is all about the freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. what we have done here in new haven is we are trying to reclaim democracy. democracy really means that freedom of speech. i have to be my own lobbyist. that is what we do. we lobby for ourselves. we lobby for everyone else who cannot be here. >> without the first amendment, there would not be any others. people would be treated poo