part of the proceeds will benefit the gary sinise foundation. while dismissing the speculation that he is running for political office, but we might follow up on that today, our guest has been an outspoken critic of bureaucracy and red tape that delays service members and veterans from getting care. he has said the nation is not doing enough to help disabled veterans and troops wounded in iraq and afghanistan. he has called on the government and private sector to spend more to the veterans provide victims of post-traumatic stress disorder, give them some help. he is a star who moonlights as a soldier's advocate. our speaker has questioned his own industry at times for producing films that portray our troops in a sometimes negative light. in partial response, our speakers served as executive producer for the documentary "brothers at for," about soldiers on the front lines in iraq and the impact of that on families. among his many awards and honors, he is the recipient of the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's second highest civilian hono

but the story doesn't stop there for gary sinise. how the role of a lifetime has inspired him to help our men and women in uniform. good day i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. can washington -- can wishing rather for a balanced budget make it happen? the house is voting tomorrow to cap spending and approve a balanced budget amendment. even though senate leaders say there is no chance of it passing. we me now georgia republican congressman john price member of the budget committee as well. congressman, great to see you. >> thank you so much. >> let's talk about this cap and the balanced budget amendment as well. what is the point, time is short. everyone agree it's not going to end up passing the senate or in any way getting to the president's desk for signature. so what is the strategy here? >> well, you never know what's ultimately going to pass. i was struck by david's comments. we put on the table a budget that gets us to balance. we're putting on the table short-term, midterm and long-term solutions to include decrease in sp

on this fourth of july weekend, actor gary sinise tells us how he wants to help the veterans and the wounded warriors. all right now on "fox news sunday." hello again, from fox news in washington. as the nation celebrates the fourth of july holiday weekend. it's getting to be crunch time in the capital in the high-stakes battle over increasing the debt ceiling. here to discuss where the negotiations stand is a member of the senate republican leadership, john cornyn. welcome back to sunday sunday. >> good morning. >> on friday, the treasury department reiterated what it told us. august 2 is the date we exhaust the borrowing authority under the current debt ceiling re cap what the president had to say this week about capitol hill and whether they're doing their job and your response as well. >> when they decide they're not happy with the fact at some point you have to make a choice, they step back and say well, you know, the president needs to get this done. they need to do their job. >> instead of going to philadelphia tonight and raising money, why didn't he call senator mcconnell, s

gary sinise joins us right now. lieutenant dan. just talking. that's got to be the most inspiring scene. so down in that movie, lose your legs come back with prosthetic ace cross the field. stirring moment. >> it's a beautiful story. >> what does that tell you, that experience? and how does that get you looking out for the hearts of our sol xwleers get hurt bad? >> the experience of lieutenant dan actually led me to the disabled american veterans organization. i, about a month after i did "forrest gump" i did a call from the national commander, the dav anhe asked me to come to their national convention, which was going to be held in chicago that year. i went to that convention. i walked out onstage. there were 3,000 people in the audience. 2,500 disabled veteran. these who could stand were standing. people in wheelchairs. she's of disabled veterans from world war iii -- world war ii, up to that time, and i stayed involved ever since and then september 11th rolled around and i just wanted to volunteer to go out there and serve and to try and help

[laughter] and my guest, gary sinise is here to talk about entertaining the troops. luckily, this is their favorite show. [laughter] every time god closes a door, he opens a window. clearly, he's not the one paying for air conditioning. [laughter] this is "the colbert report." captioning sponsored by comedy central ["the colbert report" theme music playing] [cheers and applause] thank you very much. [cheers and applause] [crowd channeling stephen] --] crowd chanting stephen] welcome to the report. good to have you with us. please sit down. [cheers and applause] i know you are excited. the holidays are coming up. folks, monday is july fourth, named for our four fathers: george. benjamin, thomas, and ringo. [laughter] i always check my calendar to find out what day it falls on, and this year, it's on july 4th. wow, feels like it's getting earlier and earlier every year. there are so many great traditions. of course, every year, i take the kids out and we cut down an american flagpole. take it home, put it up, and decorate it with flags. [laughter] not everyone loves am

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our motto -- gary sinise foundation. our motto and its mission statement, to serve our nation by honoring its defenders, veterans, offers responders, -- first responders, their families and those in need. we do this by creating and supporting unique programs designed to entertain, and you gave, inspire, strengthen -- educate, inspire, strengthen, and build communities. it is my hope that by beginning this fund raising and program generating entity, we will be able to do more to honor the men and women who surf by meeting their needs. -- serve by meeting their needs. i did not serve, but i have never been more reward them when i am with the military community and see a -- the smiles a little visit can bring. it is a way to give back so much. i will never again take for granted how our freedom must be protected on a daily basis, minute by minute. history teaches there have always been those that would rob us of our freedom in order to empower themselves. what i have shared with you today are the feelings, believes, and asp

sinise from the area is a patriot. finally check six the final harry potter movie is a smash.screams] >> set the bloody place on fire. >> young harry broke the box office opening record 168 bucks in sale. total gross worldwide for harry potter $476 billion in less than a week. oh, man. that makes more than 6.8 billion at the box office worldwide for the 8th harry potter films. that is reality check. pinheads and patriots on deck starring two guys who made more money than harry potter. p and p on the way. >> bill: pinheads and patriots in a moment. tonight starring two men worth 50 billion dollars each. eat your heart out harry potter. >> but first the mail: >> bill: president bush was trashed by nbc news everyday. did he exclude them? in the commentary area there are detractors and supporters and everybody knows it. >> bill: i feel that way. >> bill: that might be because of the lock-out. i'm sure they will be invited. >> bill: that already happens. malnurished children can be removed. just so whether' clear if a child has a severe medical condition caused by obesity and the p

sinise from the area is a patriot. finally check six the final harry potter movie is a smash.lace on fire. >> young harry broke the box office opening record 168 bucks in sale. total gross worldwide for harry potter $476 billion in less than a week. oh, man. that makes more than 6.8 billion at the box office worldwide for the 8th harry potter films. that is reality check. pinheads and patriots on deck starring two guys who made more money than harry potter. p and p on the way. work faster and smarter so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it lets you access business forms on the go, fire off e-mails with the qwerty keypad, and work securely around the world so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it's the android-powered phone that mixes business with pleasure. so let's get our work done, america, so we can all get back to playing "angry birds." the motorola expert from sprint. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com. >> bill: pinheads and patriots in a moment. tonight starring two men worth 50 billion dollars each. eat your heart out harry potter. >>

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gary sinise is joining us with ways you can get involved. >>> in politics when you're trying to swaychange someone's mind, you can appeal to the bottom line. you make the money argument. that's exactly what death penalty opponents in california are doing. they're proposing a bill to do away with executions because the death penalty costs too much. $184 million in that state every year for the court air peels and incarcerating those inmates, plus the death row convicts typically die of old age rather than lethal injection. some of the most infamous inmates include scott peterson who murdered his wife. richard ramirez nicknamed the night stalker responsible for at least 14 killings. and richard davis who kidnapped and murdered 12-year-old pollee class in 1993. mark class is polly's father and low rain lohr's twin sons have been gunned down in a drive bishooting. does the money argument about how much it costs to sustain the appeals process, to keep death row inmates on death row does it influence at all your opinion about the death penalty? >> thank you for having me on, but let me say

you mention your name and i go to camp pendleton, i'm a friend of sinise's i get in.t hood, you totally pave the way. i thank you on behalf of all the o'reilly factor viewers. you carry the load for a lot of people in the entertainment industry. i know you get help from your friends in the industry. a lot of us wish there were more people like you who have your platform, your face, voice and your identity. it think it means a lot to people. it is a great inspiration thank you laura. i've been blessed. i know where freedom comes from. a lot of people are sacrificing for it. we remember what happened to our vietnam vets when they came home from war. we don't want that to happen again. if we are going to have volunteers go in service to our country and go into dangerous places we have to take care of them before the battle, during and after the battle. >> laura: gary great to see you as always. have a wonderful independence day. i can way to see your band and the documentary. can't wait to see you. >> thanks laura. >> laura: you can watch the film online. it is going to

this week, actor gary sinise announced the creation of a foundation helping soldiers, veterans, first responders, and their families. he also talks about his award winning documentary. it looks at his band that travels around the world performing for the u.s. military. this is one hour. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

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but gary sinise wears many hats and starring on the hit show "csi new york."es here? >> yeah. it's two acres right by the capitol to be involved with a project like this is pretty amazing. >> he is the national spokesman for the american veterans disabled for life memorial that will be built in the shadow of the u.s. capitol. >> look, if you're going to serve your country, you're going to go out there and defend this nation, the nation should be showed some appreciation and do what we could to take care of them when they come home. i'm just trying to do my bit, do my part to help keep them strong. >> reporter: sinise played guitar since he was a kid and started his own band. the lieutenant dan band after 9/11 as a waive giving back. his band travels the globe visiting troops in places like kuwait, afrg, and iraq. >> people don't have high expectations for an actor in a band, let's face it. so i like to -- i like to surprise them. >> reporter: his foundation is helping raise money to build homes for wounded veterans, job training and other needs. for 18 months

hello there thanks for joining me and these are the headlines so sinise can tell avon's pitch defending champion alberto contador to win stage for the tour de france. last time i got a bad leg forces boards to pull out next week so you could. land summer signing start at moscow bringing dutch international desired results to their liking season . to start the tour de france they were struggling to that evans has won a dramatic stage four pitting defending champion alberto contador and a photo finish on the line in the tour de france and is now just a second behind overall latest poll who show off the stage with a mostly flat one yesterday and there was a breakaway of pie of riders but they were caught by the pilot and with just a few kilometers left and then the fireworks started there was a long inclined to the finish line and contador attacked with just over a kilometer to go he couldn't shrug off the field though and it was evans he was leading as they entered the final stretch it looked like he was going to be caught by contador but he on for his second tour de france stage win and

host on fox sports model, tv personality and the biggest supporter of the troops along with gary sinise, leeann tweeden is here. good to see you all. we have to give the full context of this bill weir is and colonel west controversy. when he was running here is shultz attacking colonel west. >> it is no secret that allen west is a self-described right wing extremist. he wears his extreme disrespect as a badge of honor. he think it is okay to objectify and denigrate women. it is okay to take away our reproductive free comes. -- freedoms. >> sean: vicious attacks a great american war hero. now let's go to after colonel west supported cut, cap and balance here's what she said on the house floor, by the way, against the rules. >> in incredulously the gentleman from florida who represents thousands of medicare beneficiaries, as do i, is supportive of this plan that would increase costs. unbelievable from a member from south florida. >> sean: colonel west responded if a private e-mail to her she made public: >> sean: here's the point. you lie about me repeatedly and say these vicious, vile, u

. >> sean: i don't watch csi by the way, i do watch gary sinise. he's a good guy.people what is most important, we better keep the standard. this separates us from other countries itch >> rule of law is what we have to worry -- worry about at the end of the day. we can hate this verdict. woo >> and we do. >> and we do. but we have to rely on the rule of law. it may be broke at times -- >> sean: it is not broke, it is imperfect. >> those imperfections lead people to get away with murder. >> sean: can you think a better system? >> professional jurors. the judge, bailiff is professional. why not professional juries? [ talking over each other ] >> sean: that's a bad idea. thanks for being with us. io

we had gary sinise. how many guys have had you that are supporting you?chicago bears. toby keith. i love him amazing guy. >> sean: ever hang with him? >> yeah. can't wait to go hunting with him. he has a lot of land on the border of texas. >> sean: you are going hunting with him? >> yes. >> sean: you sing with him? >> i can't sing. >> sean: who else you got? >> myself, we have curtis lofton, mccoy. roy miller. >> sean: what is your goal? >> just trying to raise awareness. raise money for our troops. and you know one of the good things that we have going for us, we have the oklahoma bar association as well as the texas bar association. the texas bar association is talking to the new york bar association. to offer free representation for our troops when they get back that's awesome that's one of the biggest things they have a problem with, not being able to get the right legal services. we are trying to raise awareness, raise money. and let them know we appreciate them. when they come home and the airport is full of people clapping them on. once that is ove

my friend who is closely associate with gary sinise, filming a movie right now and it is with the illegalrisis. we need more people like jeremy. we need people like you guys moving out from d.c. and looking to take back the culture. it's a lot of fun. you can do this and we can do this together. first where to recognize the power of storytelling. there's a reason when they undercut the case in prehistoric eras they have pictures that tell a story. as human beings we are obsessed with each other and obsessed with stories. that's why god speaks and stories in the hebrew bible. abraham lincoln was raised on text pre-much, the bible and shakespeare. we have lost the are. we need back. we need to learn from the left in order to fight them and we can do. we can fight the battle. we need your help, your money, your time and your child to come to hollywood, make it actually opened up once again. we have to in the primetime propaganda. thank you very much. [applause] >> we'll be glad to take questions or i have a few thoughts during this. number one, you have given me a reason to actually like lyn

he's launching the gary sinise foundation and releasing new information about the lieutenant dan, greatou here on "fox & friends." thanks so much. >> thank you. good morning. >> you've done an incredible amount for first responders, veterans issues in this kuncoun. why start the foundation? >> over the years, i've gotten so busy with various charities out there supporting our troops and i've been raising money and helping organizations draw attention and awareness to what they're doing in service to our country and to our troops, that i just -- i'm kind of at the point where i either back off from the activity that i've been doing or ramp it up in some way. and so i thought how can i ramp it up when i'm already, you know, about committed as i can be. and starting a foundation and entity that i can actually draw more awareness through the web site, through the foundation, raise funds, seemed like a logical next step for me. >> keeping it under one umbrella to make sense of it all makes sense. we've had a number of veterans here on the show and one of the big concerns as they return from

. >> gary sinise. he's on csi. but the most important role it seems like for him is the fact he's out there serving our troops. he comes from a family with a lot of military connections. he works tirelessly to make sure our troops and families feel appreciated. we're going to sit down and talk to him about what he's doing. >> all right. we look forward to seeing you on sunday. thank you. >> if there's any video of your canon ball, i'd like to see that. >> there's no video. >> shannon, for you we'll do it. >> fox news sunday airs here at 9 a.m. sunday morning. >>> 8:17 this morning. should the history of the gay movement be taught in schools? that's the focus of a piece of legislation being pushed through one legislature.  >>> a security breech is raising major questions about airline screening procedures. last week a nigerian man was able to board a virgin america flight at jfk using another passenger's boarding pass. he was found sitting in a seat that was supposed to be empty. the man is charged with being

after that, gary sinise assesses his -- discusses his foundation to honor service members and their families. >> c-span has launched a new website. it has the latest from the campaign trail, twitter and facebook updates, and links to partners in the early primary anstage. c-span.org/campaign2012. >> hear the dalai lama and martin luther king, jr.'s speech writer discuss a number of topics. >> the number of people who were killed through violence -- ove r 200 million, but problem not solved. i think that kind of action and some other sort of exploitation -- it laid down the seed of hatred. the division. >> watch this discussion tonight at 6:30 p.m. eastern. >> tonight on c-span, a look foreign policys with members of his administration and his son-in- law. >> the discussion then in the newspapers were "nixon's secret plan for peace -- what was it?" of course, rockefeller did not think nixon had a plan. i was waiting for my wife. he comes in after a hard day of campaigning. he liked to listen to tchaikovsky. shall i ask him? i'm almost a member of the family. mr. nixon, what's your plan? he sa

the other thing is that i said this to gary sinise the yesterday, short hair cuts are all but ruled today, particularly those with military histories. here is a complementary baseball cap. how about a round of applause for our speakers today? [laughter] [applause] i like to thank all of you for being here. i like to thank our national press club staff including the library and broadcast center for organizing today's event. you can find more of our website and get copies of today's program at press.org. thank you and we are adjourned. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> next, henry kissinger takes part in a debate on china's future. in remarks by the san antonio mayor and texas governor rick perry. every saturday in july, here historic supreme court oral arguments on c-span ready. 14th amendment cases on equal protection, including sexual orientation and gender and race discrimination this saturday, mississippi university for women v. hogan. tune in at 91.1 fm, nationwide on xm satellite radio, an online at our

[applause] i said as gary sinise yesterday, i noticed short haircuts are all the rage these days. i want to present you both with a complementary national press club baseball cap. [applause] how about a round of applause for our speakers today? thank you. [applause] i would like to thank all of you for being here and i like to thank the national press club staff including the library and broadcast center for guys in today's event and you could find out more about the national press club at our website at you and get a copy of today's program and www.press.org, thank you and we are adjourned. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [room noise] [general chatter] >> >>, a briefing on the situation in sudan. after that, timothy diner takes place in a discussion on u.s.- india trade relations. then a conversation with the texas governor rick perry. >> this fourth of july weekend on american history tv on c-span 3 will visit the smithsonian to learn about day expedition to circumnavigate the globe and t

gary sinise the oscar-nominated actor will announce the formation after special foundation to help causes around the military. on july 1st, mr. charles bolden, the administrator for nasa will discuss the nation's future in space and plans to extend a human presence beyond low earth orbit. we also know that the retiring astronaut, mark kelly, will be at our head table that day. and ted leonsis who made a couple interesting draft picks for the washington wizards and majority owner as well of the washington capitals will be here on july 13th. in terms of would-be formalities i would like to present you with our highly sought-after, national press club coffee mug. >> thank you. >> finally a last question for our speaker, you're planning to write a book after you leave office and we're wondering whether it will take us behind the scenes of all the critical decision making in the financial crisis? will it be a tell-all or is there an angle or message to average people you would like to get across in the book? >> so it will not be a tell-all. i don't like, i think everybody worked very hard in t