winston churchill but in regard to the lyndon johnson biography we are sort of in the same boat. i have been writing about lyndon johnson so long sometimes people ask me don't you get bored? the answer is the very opposite is true. i don't think of these books as being about lyndon johnson just like a power broker was not about robert moses. just to tell the life of a famous man from the moment i first thought about doing books i thought of biographies, i thought of biographies as a way of examining the great forces that shaped the times they lived in and particularly political power. why is political power so important? we live in a democracy. we have the power of the votes we cast that ballot boxes and the more we know about political power really works not as it is

think the worst journey in the world winston churchill's description of the grim ordeal faced the british soldiers who were part of the arctic convoys during world war two getting supplies to russian forces the convoys face danger from above and below not see your base and aircraft it was going into the. how it was. there. the temperature. below zero i was nineteen years of age eighteen years of age going up to russia and then do an order. but we done it. because the chopper to. kill stories and memories are among the most harrowing of the war for the russians it was more than just supplies it was psychological support contributing hugely to the war effort that's why in april the russian president awarded the issue of medal to the allies he taking part in the convoy missions but incredibly the push governments blocking russia from rewarding british veterans for their valor. are to calm voice recognition of your outstanding contribution inter allied cooperation due to world war two the description american attack. apparently unless the british government. is a non starter what i think. i'm

. >> winston churchill once said that the americans always do the right thing but only after extinguishing every other possibility. ther is precisely what the americans are doing here. >> reporter: bremmer believes washington won't go over that cliff, but fixing europe could take years. yain reportedly could request a nuro zone bailout as early as next weekend. ekenelley: anthony, thanks very much. those are some of the same tions ons we put together to one of the most powerful women in the world economy. christine legarde is managing ristiner of the international monetary fund. the i.m.f. is essentially a massive bank set up after world war ii to help countries with herrnational trade. lagarde was a french finance minister. she took over the i.m.f. last slower. at her headquarters in washington today, we asked her why the world economy has been slowing for the last several ounths. nayou have several factors. i would name as the first one the global uncertainty as to how and when the european crisis will be addressed and resolved. ede second one is how and when the fiscal cliff and the deb

if you do not believe that, imagine a world war ii with britain led by a 25-year-old winston churchill. right? you need wisdom. you need wisdom. society's need wisdom and knowledge. they value older people. but operationally, functionally, you know, we slow down. we're less precise. we remember less. we're less effective than we could or should be. we asked the question of how complicated with the training be, and what did these things are reimbursable -- reversible? i will tell you, everything is reversible. everything can be improved. every dimension of the physical, functional brain can be reversed in a positive direction. it is all reversible. we're constructed to be basically reversible. so, first of all, we look at the process of the brain as it relates to the alertness of the brain. look at recovery. we look at the process as it relates to the intentional control of the bravin. we look at the accuracy as to how the brain receives information. is schematically approved by training. we can speed up the brain almost always by two to three-fold in an old animal or human not so far a

course are a whole new set of policies that will actually reintroduce demand into the economy now winston churchill used to like to say of the united states that the united states always did the right thing and then he would pause for a long period of time and say after they have exhausted all other options now i think with both the european union and the united states we're coming very very close to the realization that we've exhausted all of the bad options if we may finally return to the kind of classical keynesian solutions which were applied to the crisis of the one nine hundred thirty s. that may actually bring us out and that's my great hope so we really need to hope that we are finally at a point where we understand the. the solutions that have been applied thus far have not worked. in japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters ten centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short to deal with the clients could you just already spend three months in this hospital and plans to stay for anot

you can combine the speaking skills of ronald reagan and 8 abraham lincoln and winston churchill and it is not enough to defend this record. the biggest problem for obama is making promises. cut the deficit in half, didn't half. said he would cut health care premiums $25 and it didn't happen. gas prices have doubled. he didn't spend one minute talking about new policies for the next four years. four years it was hope and change. now it is destroy, attack, divide, lie about governor romney's record. >> this affects your state of louisiana because the earlier part of the debate they talked about energy. energy production is up in large part thanks to north dakota and private lands, but the president tried to say in my administration they are up and leases are down 50%. >> absolutely. look at offshore leasing activities and thisy can -- i have almost canceled more leases than sales. you look at offshore permitting down by half in many cases. you look at the keystone pipeline. he said look at all of the pipelines we built. they only approved it from oklahoma to texas. somebody needs to b

but you know, i think we're right in the middle of winston churchill propert prophecy thatd that americal do the right thing wan once they try every or alternative, markets are comfortable until they are not comfortable. neil: a very good point, thank you so much both. >> thank you, neil. >> thank you, bob. neil: progress is possible, folks, more after this. for many, nexium helps relieve heartburn symptoms caused by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side effects include headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. other serious stomac conditions may still exist. talk to your doctor about nexium. neil: now it will get busy. the first big debate coming up by wednesday

having said that, i think that the system was unsustainable and that winston churchill was right about democracy i think it's going to provide a marketplace of ideas and the islamist parties if they don't deliver they'll be pushed out. people have inconsistent aspirations. they want to have a more islamic state, but they want growth, they want schools and trying to reconcile all these will be a challenge. >> gavin: morsi aside, people come and go, parties come and go, but do you think egypt that we know today is moving in the direction of pakistan, turkey, or is it moving potentially in the direction of iran? >> i don't think that egypt is moving in the direction of iran. i hope that it's moving in the direction of turkey. i think that that would be a great thing. frankly, i hope that iran is moving in the direction of turkey too. i think it's still uncertain. i covered indonesia after democracy came there in 1998. i look back at my coverage, and i wasted a lot of ink, a lot of trees died of me talking about the risk of indonesia instability of essentially anti-christian programs in in

but you know, i think we're right in the middle of winston churchill propert prophecy thatd that america right thing wan once ty try every othr alternativ markets are comfortable until they are not comfortable. neil: a very good point, thank you so much both. >> thank you, neil. >> thank you, neil. >> thank you, bobely. but because of business people like you, things are beginning to get rolling. and regions is here to help. making it easier with the expertise and service to keep those wheels turning. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. don't have enough food to survive. we can't let this happen. there is something we can do about it. please join christina aguilera and yum! brands in the movement to fight world hunger by supporting the united nations world food programme. for more information, go to fromhungertohope.com. your contribution will feed children and save lives. togetherwe can stop the dying and start the living. and together, we can move people from hunger to hope. now we need

one of my political heroes has always been, i am proud to say, the son of a nyc native, sir winston churchill. [applause] churchill belonged to two parties in his lifetime while always being an independent. having been a republican and democrat and independent in new york, i can relate to that, putting the common good and head of party politics and the next election was at the core of churchill's approach to leadership. it was an approach that i have always believed we need more up at every level of government all around the world, especially now. these are difficult times. the shift in the global economy , pressure on spending and taxes, on matching deficits and unleashing the forces of innovation. from everything i have seen, the u.k.'s first coalition government since churchill is meeting these challenges head on. in the face of the most challenging economic times we have experienced in decades. this is a government that clearly is not afraid to lead. in 2010, when david cameron entered 10 downing street, the british economy and the entire european union was in dire straits. since then, mo

sir winston churchill once said of george marshall, "he always fought victoriously against defeatism, discouragement, and dissolution." that is the role our friends want us to play again, and the role we must play. the 21st century can and must be an american century. it began with terror and war and economic calamity. it is our duty to steer it under the path of freedom and peace and prosperity. the torch america carries is one of decency and hope. it is not america's torch alone, but it is america's duty and honor to hold it high enough that all the world can see it's like. thank you so much for your participation in this great charge. god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. thank you very much. [applause] ♪ ♪ her heal ♪ >> coming up, a discussion on the economy and camp and 2012. the heads of the u.s. chamber of commerce, business roundtable and a national retailer federation looked at what they see as the most important business issues this election cycle. you can see it live at 8:30 eastern, on c-span 2. today, and look at the obama administration's need to the

he quoted winston churchill talking about george c. marshall whose alma mater was vmi, being a defeatist. he wants to create that aura that president obama has not been forceful and has not been in the tradition of kennedy and truman and eisenhower peace through strength, but in terms of actual specifics as tom fitzgerald pointed out, the only really difference was arming the syrian dissidents rebels, but he didn't say who was going to arm them. >> so many questions we have that could stay on romney and obama, but let's turn quickly to local politics. there was a debate tonight between democrat tim kaine and republican george allen. who do you think won? >> i think kaine did just because allen didn't answer some questions about privatizing social security, didn't answer whether he was for the dream act and also painted allen with one statement repeated over and over again that allen said in the senate that i want to ram their soft teeth down their whiney throats. that isn't the bipartisan patina that you want and i think they both have

there are two kinds of success winston churchill once said, initial and ultimate.he presidential candidate who comes out on top of all four of these debates, including the vice-presidential debate, will be the one who impresses the american people with one message, that he can take us to a better place, he can deliver us from the economy we all inherited from george w. bush to something better. romney came out best in the first debate because he denied the path he has chosen, denied the big tax cut from 35% down to 28% for people at the top bracket. the all-out elimination of the estate tax, the big-time cut in the corporate rate. he denied his plan to eliminate medicare, denied he would kill coverage for those with pre-existing conditions. he got away without bothering to deny his plan to let the automobile industry to go bankrupt and to dump 40 million people to wait in the emergency room. let's look at some of the latest polling in the wake of wednesday's debate. this afternoon pew released a poll that showed a dramatic shift toward romney. this poll covers the

. >>> coming up, winston churchill once said, you can always count on americans to do the right thinghey've tried everything else. i'll ask senator nunn why he's optimistic this federal congress can come together ask come up with something he just suggested, the condition being a soft landing, not a hard, dangerous landing that could send us into a recession. that's coming up next on "your money." overmany discounts to thine customers! [old english accent] safe driver, multi-car, paid in full -- a most fulsome bounty indeed, lord jamie. thou cometh and we thy saveth! what are you doing? we doth offer so many discounts, we have some to spare. oh, you have any of those homeowners discounts? here we go. thank you. he took my shield, my lady. these are troubling times in the kingdom. more discounts than we knoweth what to do with. now that's progressive. >>> back on "your money." back with former georgia senator sam nunn. senator nunn, you made a very interesting suggestion a few moments ago. okay. if congress is bound to kick the can on a decision about cutting spending and deficit contr

a part of a real life drama played out today at winston churchill high school, by students, for students with the goal of saving lives. >> and you are in a death machine. not only do you have your own life in your hands, but you have their life in your hands too. >> this is called every 15 minutes because of the high school aged person, they are injured or killed four times every hour. >> everyone always feels like that. i can drink, i can do whatever i want. it's not going to happen to me. >> and often causes distracted driving. >> it is very real. talking about the what ifs. >> reporter: or in this case, drinking and driving. >> and to hear about the consequences to see on the news, like someone just died or they will read it in a newspaper. but they don't actually see and feel the consequences. >> reporter: the plot in it this had theater with purpose seemed to resonate with students. >> i think it speaks to us personally when it is our friends. >> reporter: parents too. >> a year ago i realized within a year i would have a driver and i put my own phone down in the car. >> reporter: t

and as winston churchill once said, i like a man who grins when he fights. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >>> these are the folks who talk about 47% of the american people being unwilling to take responsibility. it's about time governor romney takes some responsibility. >> the vice president keeps the hits coming after his knockout debate with paul ryan. >> stop talking about how you care about people. show me something. >> richard wolffe on the education of congressman paul ryan. >> ronald reagan -- >> now you're jack kennedy? >> ronald reagan -- >> "now's" terri o'neal on the romney ticket's disaster for women. >> if the romney/ryan ticket is elected should those that believe abortion should remain legal be worried? >> david cay johnston on ryan's sixth study lie. >> can you guarantee this math will add up? >> absolutely. six studies have guaranteed. >> and what's more disrespectful? lying to america or interrupting a guy who's lying to america? >> it was openly contemptuous and disrespectful. >> karen finney on the right wing freak-out over joe biden's knockout perfo

even recovery act architects feared like winston churchill putting it to seem, in reality creating its own icon, the world's largest farm, half-dozen of the largest solar farms, zero energy border stations, stated the are battery factories, eco friendly coast guard headquarters on a washington hillside. it is also restoring called icons like the brooklyn bridge and the dave bridge, the the the everglades and dammed up the river, seattle's tight place market and the staten island ferry terminal. its main legacy like the new deal will be change. that is its main theme. is not in new deal. obama is not a classic new deal liberal. he shares some of fdr's traits, self assurance bordering on egomaniac, harvard pedigree and even keel and allergy to ideologues he is not the second coming of fdr. he didn't grow up rich and didn't battle polio, he doesn't welcome the hatred of the elite and has a unique bond with the masses. doesn't share roosevelt's mistress of experts and take his campaign promises much more seriously than fdr ever did but the recovery act did update the new deal for a new yea

coming up winston churchill said you can always count on americans to do the right thing after they've everything else. why is sam nunn confident that this congress can come together and come up with something he just suggested the condition being a soft landing not a hard dangerous landing that could send us into a recession. that's coming up next on your money. (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the first week... i'm like...yeah, ok... little did i know that one week later i wasn't smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you notice any of these stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. tell your doctor about any history of depression or other mental health problems, which could get worse while t

even if recovery act architect feels -- fear that like winston churchill -- in reality it is creating its own icons. the world's largest wind farm. half a dozen of the largest solar farms, 0 energy border stations, state of the are battery factories, eco friendly coast guard headquarters on washington hillside. it is restoring old icons like the brooklyn bridge and the bay bridge. the beloved everglades. seattle's pike place market and the staten island ferry terminal. but its main legacy like the new deal will be changed. that is also the main theme. it is not a new deal. obama is not a classic new deal liberal and though he shares some of fdr's traits, self insurance bordering on in america, even keel, allergy to ideologues, he is not the second coming of fdr. he didn't grow up rich and didn't battle polio. he doesn't welcome the hatred of the elite and hasn't forged a unique bond with the masses. he doesn't share roosevelt's mistress of credential experts and take his campaign promises much more seriously than fdr ever did. the recovery act did of the the new deal for a new era. ob

i know winston churchill said that the best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation me think that he had a point there and i have to say i was somewhat depressed reading your article. >> yeah. it's not the most uplifting set of findings here. i mean, we like to think that what voters do is they examine the issues, they figure out where they stand on, you know, gay marriage, taxes and medicare and then they figure out which candidate best reflects their views. but that appears not to be the case. in fact, gabriel lenz at the university of california berkeley told me that it's often the other way around. voters will pick a candidate, and then they'll sort of line up their own views to line up with that candidate's views. >> isn't that interesting? can we talk specifically about football and sharks. how exactly do they affect the election? >> yeah. well that gets to this notion that, you remember ronald reagan famously asked are you better off now than you were four years ago. and the idea that voters are supposed to view the election as a referendum on the incumbent. a

sir winston churchill once said of george marshall, he always fought victoriously against defeatism, discouragement and disillusion. that's the roll our friends want america to play again it's the roll role we must play. the 21st century can and must be an american century. it began with terror, war, economic clamalamitcalamity. it is our duty to spear it to freedom, peace and prosperity. the torch america carries is one of decency and hope. it's not america's torch alone but it is america's duty and honor to hold it high enough that the world can see its light. thank you so much for your participation in this great charge. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you all very much. that will wrap up the hour for me. we toss it to alex wagner for now who will have post speech analysis. hi, alex. >> thanks, thomas. that was republican presidential nominee governor romney speaking at the virginia military institute outlining foreign policy. has he pivoted from national lampoon's european vacation to a role in "the hunt for red