partly, there was republican united opposition to it, and he was sort of forced to scrounge up every last democratic vote, but what's also interesting, and you see this a little bit with, you know, the stimulus, and some of what obama got passed too, people were convinced that clinton raised their taxes in 1993 where far more people got tax cuts or lower taxes as a result of the tax bill than ended up paying higher taxes, and yet, you ask people what happened, and they say their taxes went up. sometimes it takes awhile for people to appreciate the benefits of a bill like that 1993 budget bill which, you know, i think by the time clinton ran for reelection and by the late 90s, there was a recognition there was a new prosperity at hand that we had a new economy, it was the internet, that was thriving. sometimes there isn't necessarily a correlation between the policy good that a president achieves and how he does the next time around at the polls. >> host: david brooks this morning in the "new york times". i want your response. the big story of the week is that president obama is retur

quality folks for a variety of political backgrounds from all across the country who stand united in opposition partisan zip and four, civility. and it's a movement long coming. i'm hoping it continues forward tomorrow. you have some people saying listen, i'm a liberal. say it loud. say it proud. i'm a conservative or tea partyer. people know in a sense where you stand with that label. what's wrong with that? >> well, it's fine if it's accurate. it's a conversation we had on a number of occasions where there's many who can't be defined by such a label. tamron, you know from our conversations, i don't fit neatly into those ideological boxes. the only people i seem to meet who do are the ones i meet through the world of talk radio or cable television because when i'm buying groceries, when i'm filling my car, when i'm back to school, it's a mixed bag. liberal on some. conservative on others. >> are you seeing a mixed bag when it comes to age? a lot of my friends in their 30s or 20s are sickened by the need to join a side. they see things from both perspectives. >> i'll tell you what's interesting

and on this issue, the politics were too difficult for the republicans to stay united in opposition.hose moments when it was an idea whose time had come. the gay movement deserves a lot of credit for making the whole way we think about gays different now. it's very fortunate for obama, i think, that that came at the same time as the tax cut, which a lot of people on left were upset about. presidents in history are always upset about the people in their own party who criticize them. tom roosevelt used to say they're tom foolery guys, but in a way they need to push them from the outside in. i understand why he got irritated but on the other hand it was great that he had that combination so he could say, yeah, i did this. but on the other hand i did the tax cut. >> what's your read on the president's strong finish? >> it's real, and the repeal of don't ask, don't tell is a big deal. that is a movement in civil rights that will be noted for a long time and perhaps forever. at the same time, there's something about obama that is not connecting with the people. and i was trying to think, y

partly there was republican united opposition to it. he was forced to scrounge up every last democratic votes. what's also interesting and you have seen this with the stimulus and some of what obama got passed, people were convinced clinton raised their taxes in 1993, where is far more people got tax cuts or lower taxes. people felt their taxes went up. sometimes it takes a while for people to appreciate the benefits of a bill like the 1993 budget bill. by the time clinton ran for the election and by the late 1990's, there was a recognition that there was new prosperity at the end and we had a new economy and there was the internet thriving. so sometimes there is not necessarily a correlation between the positive policy good that a president achieves and how he does the next time around at the polls. host: david brooks, i will read part of his column and get your response. the big story of the week is president obama's is returning to first principles -- guest: well, i think the latter part of the statement is true enough. i do think cl

but they faced a nearly-united republican front of opposition led by arizona's john mccain: >> you have said that you conclude that those concerns of members of service members about deterioration in military-unit cohesion are, quote, "exaggerated." how are they exaggerated? >> well, i don't remember using the word "exaggerated" because i take those concerns very seriously. >> lehrer: mccain had said any action on repeal should await the survey results, but today he argued it asked the wrong questions-- not how should repeal be handled, but whether it should happen at all. he pointed to nearly 60% of combat troops who said allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would harm the force. and more than 12% said they'd leave the armed forces, in that case. >> if they left the-- this 12.6% of the military left earlier, that translates into 264,600 men and women who would leave the military earlier than they had planned. do you think that's a good idea to replace 265,000 troops across the force in time of war, that we should be undertaking that challenge at this time? >> they can't just up a

united nations says things are getting more and more dangerous. they protect the hotel sheltering the opposition government while at the same time, they have a role in protecting the civilian population. the president told the board to leave immediately, something they refused to do. in the eyes of supporters, that means they are now rebels. >> what we see so far is a tragedy booked to strangle and to provoke the mission. it appears to be hitting violence against unicef personnel. they're being pushed out of their homes. >> the president for the past 10 years gave his first television address since the election on tuesday evening. he said there should be no doubt that he had won the election. >> on thursday, the second of december, 2010, the head of the electoral commission went to the gulf hotel, the headquarters of my calendar. there, going against all the walls of our country, he announced the results of the election, which were incorrect. now, the international community has accepted these fake results and declared war on the ivory coast. >> he has the support of the country's constitutional

ivory coast opposition leader has called on the army and united nations. to protect civilians from foreign militia and mercenaries personnel assigned a a ouattara has been recognized as the winner of last month's disputed election but the incumbent president is refusing to step down west african leaders and warned they'll use legitimate force against iran babo to make him stand down with the region central bank having already cut off his access to funds. and more snow in western europe has wreaked havoc for those trying to get away for christmas as severe weather causes numerous flight disruptions and many passengers had no choice but to spend christmas eve at airports at brussels of on time airport twenty five centimeters of snow forced cancellation of most flights hundreds of planes couldn't get off the ground in paris at europe's second busiest international hub earlier two thousand people had to be evacuated after snow piled on the terminal roof and sparked fears of collapse. all this unusually wintry weather across europe is likely to be met with some

opposition leader are on edge. they say gunmen have been roaming the neighborhood that night, kidnapping and killing activists. this was the defiant leaders response. >> i call on you to become, the united nations and french will leave our country. i am ready to talk with the opposition even to the rebels that still support him. >> the un is sending an extra 500 peacekeepers to the ivory coast. >> let's talk about a very naughty german bank. >> deutsche bank has agreed to pay nearly $554 million to authorities to settle a case involving fraudulent tax shelters which shielded investors from paying taxes. the case began when there is a broader crackdown which provoke -- which promotes tax evasion. >> for years, the u.s. has been collecting evidence on tax shelters deutsche bank offered between 1996 and 2002. they concluded the package cost the american government billions of dollars in lost revenue. >> the investigation uncovered practices at investment bank, bankers trust, which is taken over in 1999. bankers trust was put in charge of managing high asset clients, apparently directing into illicit tax shelters. deutsche bank says it's pleased the investigation is over and says it had alr

both wilson and roosevelt were united in their opposition to judicial activism. progressivism is founded in this edition of the courts -- in the suspicion of the courts. he believed courts should basically get out of the way. that bipartisan consensus for judicial restraint build the conservative court in the 1920's and 30's. it boiled up in the mid-1930's when the court challenged the heart of fdr caused national recovery administration, creating a national uproar. the court ultimately retreated and began upholding laws. between 1995 -- sorry, between 1937 and 1995, the court did not strike down a single law on congress's power to regulate interstate commerce. it was when the court embraced the addition of conservative judicial activism that it was most at odds with the wishes of a majority of the country. it was historically discredited. this is a complicated picture. professor codevilla is not consistently in favor of judicial activism. he criticizes the court for thwarting the will of people -- the will of the people in certain cases. he says there are countl

united states. venezuela and other leaders organized the third world powers and so all over the world there was opposition to the united states because we were violating panama's human rights as you may or may not remember. panama canal treaty was signed in the middle of the night. i think john hay was the secretary of state and washington. no panamanian ever saw the treaty. it was negotiated by someone who had not been to panama for 18 years. it was an unfair treaty from the very beginning. almost everybody recognized it, including two-thirds of the u.s. ought to rush. >> host: he went back to panama. went to panama as ex-president to monitor the election and call noriega out as running essentially a fraudulent election. to you think the fact that you were the architect of the panama canal treaties gave you a credibility in panama that otherwise would not have been there? >> guest: there is no doubt about that. after i left office one of our first very important elections was in panama. noriega who was the head of the so-called military, the national guard was a crack. he tried to steal the election and

predicted, quote, some limited and isolated disruption to unit cohesion, if the ban on gays and lesbians is lifted. and found some real pockets of opposition in the military. 48% of those in army combat units and 58% in marine combat units said repealing don't ask, don't tell, would have a negative impact. and concern was highest among military chaplains. secretary gates acknowledged those concerns. but he urged congress to pass the repeal, promising that the pentagon would implement the changes slowly. in other words, even if congress were to act now on this, it could be many months, even more than a year, before the ban is actually lifted. jonathan karl, abc news, capitol hill. >>> government efforts to make the skies safer have reached a major milestone. all 197 airlines that fly to the u.s. are now collecting names, genders and birth dates of passengers. that way the government can check the terror watchlist before allowing any of the passengers to board a plane. >>> parts of the south are recovering from a severe weather outbreak that spawned up to a dozen tornadoes. one of those twisters is being blamed to damaging at least ten homes

law and the law and besides that we know that the majority in the delays united russia so there will be no problem even the opposition voices any concerns about the two if you would like to make any and that's what please so the treaty will be possible to by the constitutional majority or do all right now you're with united russia party it's the ruling party but one thing the president had a bit of talk about was he said the party shouldn't stagnate and there should be an active vibrant political life in russia and that lazy or corrupt members of government of all parties should get out what is united russia doing in your opinion to make sure that it stays active it stays clean well i think the party's developing quite and then one of the best exam. is that we have established last year the end of last year the procedure of primaries which is a unique prism for the rush to a tickle history infect all opponents from north yet they can have the same procedure is another example of how we act against corruption. as the story it was the mayor of pitt our fall with come cesky who was expelled from the party because of his

were killed, and the panel vote for the united states and other leaders in the sphere organized a third world power, and so all over the world there was an opposition to the united states because we were violating the human rights as you may or may not remember the panel canal was signed in the middle of the night. i think john was the secretary of state in washington and none ever saw the treaty. it was negotiated by frenchman who hadn't been to panel for 18 years but plan to be speaking for pan am also it was an unfair treaty from bavier beginning and almost everybody recognized including as i said two-thirds of the u.s. senators. >> host: you went back to panel as the ex-president to monitor the election and called noriega as a fraudulent election. do you think the fact you were the architect of the panama canal treaty gave you a credibility in panel and the rest of central america, latin america that otherwise wouldn't have been there? >> guest: there is no doubt about it. after i left office, one of our first very important elections was in panama, and noriega, who was the head of the so-called military, the national guard, was a crook and tri

making the united nations global compact the anchor tenant of that building would flip green building on its head and do the opposite. i sent you an e-mail last week indicating the global compact behaves as the united nations when it is not in the united nations. it is a group of corporations and businesses numbering over 5000 that got together and leveraged the united nations to give them a good housekeeping seal of approval. some of the members of the global compact have been and some still are nike, nicely, coca-cola -- nestle, coca cola. coca-cola colluded in the murder of union organizers in colombia. they have stolen water from communities and polluted water in india to make bottled water and soda pop. there are scores of other groups like that in the global compact. it is absolutely crucial that if we are going to have a real

panama broke relations with the united states and venezuela and other leaders in the southern hemisphere organized a third world powers, and so all of the world there was opposition to the united states because we were violating panel's himeno writes. as you may or may not remember, panama canal treaty was signed in the middle of the night. i think john hay was the secretary of state in washington and no one ever saw the treaty. was negotiated by frenchman who hadn't been to panama for 18 years but claim to be speaking for panama, so it was an unfair treaty from the very beginning. in almost every would be recognized, including as i said, two-thirds of the u.s. senators. >> host: he went back to panama, get back to the panama's ex-president to monitor the election and called noriega out as winning a essentially a fraudulent election. >> guest: that's right. >> host: do you think the security architect of the panama canal treaties gave you a credibility in panel, the rest of central america, latin america that otherwise wouldn't have been there? >> guest: there is no doubt about that. after i left office, one of our first very important elections that was monitore

quote, some limited and isolated disruption to unit cohesion and retention if the ban on gays and lesbians is lifted. and found some real pockets of opposition within the military. 48% of those in army combat units and 58% in marine combat units said repealing don't ask, don't tell, would have a negative impact. and concern was highest among military chaplains. secretary gates acknowledged those concerns today, but he urged the senate to pass the bill soon. and he said that the pentagon would implement the changes slowly. in other words, diane, even if congress were to act now on this, and that's unlikely, it could be months or even more than a year before the ban is actually lifted. >> even more than a year. >> reporter: that's what i'm told. >> all right, jon, thank you, reporting from congress tonight. >>> and we turn next to that teacher who helped her classroom survive. the wisconsin teenager who held his fellow students hostage yesterday has now died after a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and late today, his family released a statement, saying they may never know the answer to the question why. the high school is closed after 24 student

that one thing that will get people united here is opposition to india, is fear of the -- of the threatrceived threat here from india. you've also got a faction of the leadership here in pakistan who feels that there are militants and extremists in other parts of the country, other parts of pakistan, that pose a much more immediate threat to the government and to the state of pakistan than the militant s in say, north waziristan. >> nic robertson joins us now from kabul. n nic, you've got the white house view on one side, you've got the view from inside pakistan, which is very, very complex and textured. and then you've got the situation on the ground in afghanistan. i mean, earlier, almost a year ago and last summer, we were talking about the surges, the increased efforts on the behalf of -- on the part of international troops to really take the lead in this battle. it doesn't seem like we've really achieved all that much here. >> general petraeus and general mcchrystal really put a lot on the line by convincing president obama to put in additional troops and give this strategy support

republicans are united in our opposition to proceed to any of these things until democrats make the priorities of the american people their own. so, mr. president, with that i'd like to ask unanimous consent that the letter to senator reid that i just referenced appear in the record at this point. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. mcconnell: and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska is recognized. mr. begich: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, we are. mr. begich: i ask that the quorum call be sraeu kaeubgt kateed. -- be vacated. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. begich: i wasn't prepared to come down here but as we watch we watch the opening comments and reflect on what was done yesterday and what was done on the floor and i've kind of had this new attitude that as i see people put information put on the floor that has to have a balance to it, i'm going to come out and give that balance when i c

opposition is higher in army and marine combat units. make it work. >> the key to success, as with most things military, is training, education, and, above all, strong and principled leadership. >> reporter: at least 13,000 men and women have been discharged from the military for violating don't ask, don't tell since the policy took effect in 1993. air force major margaret witt was forced out six years ago and hopes to get her job back. >> all i ever wanted to do was to be there for the troops and, with my other medics when they needed me. >> reporter: president obama urged congress to repeal don't ask, don't tell by the end of the year. but many republicans oppose a change. >> we have a system that's working now. and so, i would really favor not changing the policies we have. >> reporter: if congress doesn't act soon, it's likely that the courts will. kendis gibson, cbs news, los angeles. >>> this is the "cbs morning news." [ male announcer ] for frequent heartburn relief, nothing beats prevacid®24hr. just one pill helps keep you heartb

religion out of public life that you do a real growth and on the opposite side of humanity now with all the political correctness here in the united states like the fact that you can't call it a christmas tree anymore you have to call a holiday tree you can't say merry christmas you have to say happy holidays some groups are taking action like this religious group here god and america's leaders dot com this is the web site they created you can log on and take a ten question what about choice quiz about which founding father or politician said it which really just quote but with all that outrage and all the back and forth much of the quote unquote rest of america thinks things probable are politics right now we're focusing all these moral and religious issues instead of focusing on the actual things like the economy and the wars and the like that is distractions but for those americans who want religion any time any place anywhere it isn't just a distraction there definitely has been a war on christmas for a long time and brian fisher is part of the countless conservative christian organizations that are formed to send this kind of

republicans are united in our opposition to proceed to any of these things until democrats make the priorities of the american people their own. so, mr. president, with that i'd like to ask unanimous consent that the letter to senator reid that i just referenced appear in the record at this point. the presiding officer: without ms. stabenow: thank you. mr. president, as we come to the end of the year and the end of the session, i want to talk about what is really happening here for the american people, for small businesses, what's happening here in terms of the senate and what's really at stake as we come to the end of the year for american families, folks that are struggling every day, people trying to keep in the middle class, get into the middle class, small businesses trying to keep their heads above water, as well as our manufacturerses and so on. and it is exstriewmly concerning to me that -- and it is extremely concerning to me that colleagues on the other side of the aisle -- they've written a letter to the leader today -- they are willing to risk everything in order to get a bonus rou

opposition leader are on edge. they say gunmen have been roaming the neighborhood that night, kidnapping and killing activists. this was the defiant leaders response. >> i call on you to become, the united nations and french will leave our country. i am ready to talk with the opposition even to the rebels that still support him. >> the un is sending an extra 500 peacekeepers to the ivory coast. >> let's talk about a very naughty german bank. >> deutsche bank has agreed to pay nearly $554 million to authorities to settle a case involving fraudulent tax shelters which shielded investors from paying taxes. the case began when there is a broader crackdown which provoke -- which promotes tax evasion. >> for years, the u.s. has been collecting evidence on tax shelters deutsche bank offered between 1996 and 2002. they concluded the package cost the american government billions of dollars in lost revenue. >> the investigation uncovered practices at investment bank, bankers trust, which is taken over in 1999. bankers trust was put in charge of managing high asset clients, apparently directing into illicit tax shelters. deutsche bank says it's pleased the investigation is over and says it had alr

tonight the united nations general assembly recognized the country's opposition leader as the win over that election. many member states including fellow african nations condemned the violence. the the west african nation of ivory coast remained on the edge of full-scale conflict today, stoking fears of a renewed civil war. president laurent gbagbo has refused to step down after losing last month's election, which he had postponed for five years. officials of his government threw out half a million ballots from opposition strongholds. the u.s. and other countries say opposition presidential candidate alassane ouattara was clearly the victor. in a nationally televised address tuesday, gbagbo accused those nations of a hidden agenda. >> ( translated ): the international community and the others are doing it not because the ivorians want it, but because they want to install a person they want as president. >> woodruff: the political crisis has paralyzed the tiny nation of 20 million people. a former french colony, it was once an economic powerhouse. but a series of coups and a civil war h

election result, which favored the opposition candidate and rejected the official result, which favored the president. this is quite a strong position for the united nations to take but in this particular case, the u.s. had been strictly mandated to monitor every phase of the election to make sure it is reasonably free and fair but also to certify the outcome of the vote. it would have been a stronger position if the security council also backed him but they were not able to agree on a statement and u.n. diplomats said russia and china raised traditional objections about any idea of interfering in the domestic affairs of a country and this particular case backing a certain candidate. earlier in the week it was easier for the security council to reach agreement then it warned that it was ready to take action against anyone who might obstruct the vote. it's not clear if that means the council will not consider imposing some kind of sanctions on the leadership if the president doesn't step down. but it seems that mr. bagwell at the moment is remaining quite defiant and his adviser has actually threatened to expel the u.n. envoy. >> barbara plat repor

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we're unifying a country that's very nationalistic, even if not entirely united in favor of fundamentalism. look at the oppositionhat surfaced a year ago. there's a lot of opposition. but we're unifying them by creating an impression that we're totally against iran. >> but do you think -- here's an administration that talks openly about engagement. and frankly, didn't really go as far towards the election -- the democracy activists, the green movement, hoping there would be engagement. that that would let them engage. we're hearing there's no engagement. what's gone wrong? >> first of all, i don't want to blame the united states because i think the iranians are to blame more than the united states. they've been devious, fanatical, obnoxious, threatening and all of that. but if we don't want the regime to be perpetuated and to have popular support, we have to watch what we're doing and what we're saying. and i'm afraid some of the things we're saying and doing and maybe even threatening, tends to unite and strengthen the regime. >> do you think, i ask george, ambassador eikenberry is doing a good job? and should h

hospitals. 2 to 3 times minister condemn the leader of unite's implied threat to families when he said to them, "don't go on holiday"? >> opposition do not seem to think it is serious that we now have trade union leaders who actually say that there is no such thing as an irresponsible strike. there is such a thing, and those who are bankrolled by the unions ought to speak up about it. >> every year, about 25,000 people die from thrombosis in hospitals, which is two to three times greater than the number of people who die from hospital- acquired infection, yet many of those deaths are avoidable if hospitals follow the nhs guidance on blood clot risk- assessment. what are the prime minister's government doing to ensure that the uk's no. 1 hospital killer becomes the nhs's no. 1 health priority? -- >> the honorable gentleman makes an extremely important point, and i know that he is chair of the all-party group on thrombosis. in answer to his question about what we are going to do, the first thing is to make available more information. it was a freedom of information request by the all-party group that showed that only 14 acute trusts