a i had seen pictures of woodrow wilson and woodrow wilson and i can to the conclusion that he was cerebral and cool, that he was a stern schoolmaster, that he was the prim presbyterian. i knew very little about his first wife, ellen askin wilson and i decided she couldn't possibly have been interesting or important. i've never even heard about mary ellen hobart pack, which are wilson's intimate friend for eight years. i had heard about edith bolling galt even in everything i heard was bad, she was a power-hungry woman who seized power when woodrow wilson had a stroke, that she was a secret woman president. fortunately i live right here in washington d.c. and just up the hill behind us is the library of congress, the sponsor of this great event. and it is a temple of learning and a fabulous resource for researchers. so, i started reading woodrow wilson's letters to alan acts can in 1883, just after they became engaged. they had a two-year engagement and wrote each other hundreds of letters. and what i discovered when it is reading the letters is yes, he was very cerebral, but he was far fro

and met woodrow wilson. i fell in love and got married. allen was not only a loving wife, she was a capable housemate. woodrow wilson was at really a fan, but he may have suffered from a learning disorder. he was almost 12 before he learned how to read. he had great difficulty in learning foreign languages, so alan learned german in order to translate the political monographs that he needed for his research. she also made digests of political science books in english for him. with her help, he achieved the first of his ambitions, which was to be a professor at his alma mater in princeton, untreated university. once he became a professor at princeton, he was a popular professor. he began to be invited to make speeches and she helped him a great deal of his speeches as well, providing those apt quotations when he needed them. he was invited to give a very important speech for the 150th anniversary, the founding of princeton. and they collaborated closely on that speech. we found manuscripts with corrections in both the buyer and ratings and

woodrow wilson, i could give a whole lecture about my views on woodrow wilson. he was not, i've sort of this paternalistic view of him, sort of his professorial befuddled guy. that was my view of him. he was a big it. he was a loop. he was utterly unconcerned with anything at that point except his own legacy which he thought was the league of nations. so he ignored it. he had stomach trouble at the time to do is lying in bed. gunshot going on outside. people are being out on 10 people are being beaten outside white house. this is all over washington. he does nothing. his district commissioner keeps pleading with him, you know, my police can't handle this. the police were immediately overwhelmed. and he absolutely does nothing. finally, after four or five days of mayhem, he finally calls in the troops. the troops are there and within an hour it is shut down. this is an important point because of the summer and i think this these to '60s as well, the reason for writing are manifold. we can talk on and on, but stopping a ride is pretty easy. discipline troops are i

there taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge. we'll check in with yuley coming up in just a moment. how much would you spend to find your missing dog. a takoma park family has spent more than $10,000 in the last seven months looking for their beloved beagle. >> and they are not planning on giving up any time soon. audrey barnes has the latest on their search. >> reporter: name is sassafras. she is a four-year-old beagle who got away from a dog walker near the national zoo in april and her family has been looking for her ever since. >> we are not sure exactly what happened but we know that she got off the leash. it wasn't clipped correctly or came unclipped. >> reporter: beth and her husband have plastered the area with more than 7,000 flyers and handed out 4,000 business cards. they've set up a sassafras tip line and even called in a pet detective of sorts, a search and rescue dog. >> we had a tracker coming down to check out sightings for us

by doing so, splitting the republican vote and making inevitable the election of woodrow wilson.olitical side in action. as opposed to the intellectual. but both served as campaign, brought out his supremely dramatic theatrical side. one of the reasons it was such a delight to write about them all these years, he's such greek theater. he was a natural ham. he discharged magnetism and electricity. he had the gift of theater, the gift of presenting himself, the gift of drama, the gift of articulating things, and doing things in a dramatic way. for example, at the height of the campaign in october 1914, at the end of a long day of campaigning, in milwaukee, wisconsin, colonel roosevelt, as he liked to be called, was emerging from his hotel about 10 minutes until eight any need to give his last speech of the date in the milwaukee auditorium. he was exhausted after a long day of speaking, but you wanted to go through with his speech. he comes out in an uncanny pre-shattering, foreshadowing of the assassination attempt on ronald reagan in march 1981. he stepped out of the hotel, his li

some conservatives still mad as democratic president woodrow wilson. >> you talk to anybody about woodrowow anything about him. he is he neutral at worse. the guy was a racist monster. >> bill: woodrow wilson. >> a monster. >> he was. >> bill: one of the main goals of wilson's second term was trying to get the u.s.a. to join what international organization? the answer is league of nations. mcdowell wins. >> i meant it. >> bill: should we give it to her. >> i totally knew. nail polish blinded her and that's what happens. >> bill: we will give you that one. maccallum. >> up by one. >> when i come back you better spot me next time. lyndon johnson became president after jfk's assassination. >> an assassin's bullet has thrust upon me, the awesome burden of the presidency. i'm here today to say i need your help. >> bill: he -- who is the only other person in the 20th century to accomplish this? >> bill: cards up please. fast, fast. the answer is richard nixon. >> bill: mcdowell, you win again. >> you a little smug over there, mccowell. >> i'm smug? i'm sitting in doocy's seat what do you expect

some conservatives still mad as democratic president woodrow wilson. >> you talk to anybody about woodrowout him. he is he neutral at worse. the guy was a racist monster. >> bill: woodrow wilson. >> a monster. >> he was. >> bill: one of the main goals of wilson's second term was trying to get the u.s.a. to join what international organization? the answer is league of nations. mcdowell wins. >> i meant it. >> bill: should we give it to her. >> i totally knew. nail polish blinded her and that's what happens. >> bill: we will give you that one. maccallum. >> up by one. >> when i come back you better spot me next time. lyndon johnson became president after jfk's assassination. >> an assassin's bullet has thrust upon me, the awesome burden of the presidency. i'm here today to say i need your help. >> bill: he -- who is the only other person in the 20th century to accomplish this? >> bill: cards up please. fast, fast. the answer is richard nixon. >> bill: mcdowell, you win again. >> you a little smug over there, mccowell. >> i'm smug? i'm sitting in doocy's seat what do you expect. >> i got coo

his confrontation with woodrow wilson in world war i begins to approximate tragedy because although wilson was president when that great conflict broke out in europe, thee dore roosevelt, as you see reading the initial chapters in the book, was a man who knew intim matily from personal experience every crowned head in europe and every president and prime minister, and on his great cross country continental tour in 1910, he stayed in the palaces, reviewedded the armies, lectured at their universities, spoke their languages. he understood the outside world. he had a no bell peace -- nobel peace prize. this was a very accomplished diplomat. the only president in our history who was asked to meet with foreign war. if he 4 been president in 1914, i don't like to be speculative, but it's pretty certain that the heads of the european powers at least in early 1915 were -- we were on -- we know they were all looking for a way out if they could find one. i think they would have turned to president roosevelt to mediate their differences, but instead, they had to make due with the president who was pa

we are taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge now. perhaps some of you are heading

and when they left there was somewhat disappointed because, let's just say that presidency of woodrow wilson was not as glittery as the taft. >> did you find letters from mrs. taft to the president? >> there were some, but because of our difficulty, they tended to be i hope you're doing well, i'm rooting for you, so sorry things are not going well. they just didn't have much substance wanted to concentrate on the president which, after all, i think is what people are most interested in. >> did he confide in his wife about issues facing the presidency, facing congress because very much so. he would go into great detail what the situation was in congress, where the votes were, who was doing what. he was also a gaza. he would talk about people for drinking problems. and to my surprise there was in 1912, you don't think of secretary of state as a man about town common but he had a flirtation with the wife of a general during the summer of 1912, and they said, he had kind of a curl, they travel to the republican convention on the same thing. so the idea of him out having sort of a gals in the sor

state department who is currently a scholar at the woodrow wilson international center. thank you for joining us. strong words today on the heels of the jordanian king calling for assad to quit. he is clearly running out of friends, is he running out of time? >> when and under what circumstances is anyone's guess. syria is the black box of the mediterranean and i suspect that even the most perceptive analysis in european capitals and the middle east are having a hard time reading this. this is very hard under these circumstances, particularly with this regime which was actually quite opaque in terms of security and intelligence services, to know exactly where the fissures and the cracks are. i point to three variables. one is the opposition. can it endure? can it take the struggle with the assistance of friendly european countries? the regime itself, how much pressure is it under? could you end up with cracks in the intelligence community? finally, the west. to what degree is it capable short of military intervention before increasing pressure? >> the obama administratio

state department and currently a scholar at the woodrow wilson center. strong words from turkey hard on the heels of the jordanian president calling for assad to quit. he is clearly running out of friends. is he running out of time? >> this is headed south but when it's anyone's guess. syria is the black box on the mediterranean. i expect the most perceptive of analysts are having a hard time reading this. this is very hard in these circumstances, particularly with this regime, because it is quite opaque. i point to three variables, all which will have to impact. number one, the opposition. can it take the struggle with the assistance of friendly middle eastern countries? the regime itself, how much pressure is it under? could you end up with cracks in the intelligence community? finally, the west. to what degree are they capable short of military opposition of increasing pressure? >> the obama administration has not completely ruled out military intervention and they seem to be an outsourcing their diplomacy to the arab league. they don't seem able to d

and darn near took it and woodrow wilson won.ger probable that a third party candidate could do it you don't think we are at that level. >> it is it a less level playing field than it was in teddy roosevelt's time. money is the big factor nd differencial acess to television. they didn't have presidential debate that is blocked third party reaching the people. we'll try to generate more presidential debates and should be over 20 presidential debates from cities and community all over the country and saying to the candidates in september and october. it is our turn to shape the presidential campaign. what do you think of is that? >> not bad. i love it. >> that would get rid of the red and blue state nonsense and address local and regional questions and really get more people voting instead of the commission on presidential debates where it is a private corp created by the republican and democrat parties to control acess. >> you are right about a lot of them. ralph, it is always a pleasure. >> we'll talk about the wall street specul

same thing with the woodrow wilson bridge. i'm back in 10 minutes with another look at traffic. do you know what day this is? >> i sure do know what day it is. my birthday! >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> happy birthday to you. >> thank you so much. >> you bet. >> well, this morning police need your help finding a man who sexually assaulted a woman in northwest d.c. she was walking in the 100 block of hamilton street northwest when a man pulled her into an alley and assaulted her. if you saw anything in this area around 2:00 a.m. tuesday, please call police. >>> the republican presidential race is heating up and getting a little nasty. rick perry denies having any involvement in the release of information about herman cain's alleged sexual harassment complaints. he said these are an inside the beltway smear campaign. it is to the groupon message incorporated, alexandria-based consulting firm hired by perry's campaign. one of the firm's partners worked on cain's losing 2004 senate campaign. and cain said he is the one who leaked the details. >> they are trying to destroy me p

rice was the provost at stanford and is back in stanford now at the woodrow wilson institute. chuck and i spent eight years on campus and stanford. it was not because we couldn't graduate. that's a different story. and we have many mutual friends from our service and government in hamburg and elsewhere. and of course we also had the privilege of service to our country at the consequential times. one of the things that i enjoy thinking about leadership also and i think of dr. rice as the transformational leader. in fact, i think of president shalala and ambassador cobb as transformational leaders. and you might think about and ask what are the common traits? vision, contextual knowledge, understanding the environment, communication and motivational skills. they are challenging, but empowering. rocksolid integrity, unusual determination and perseverance, perseverance and perseverance. as you might guess, in a great admirer of dr. rice. not quite as much as moammar gadhafi. i don't have a scrapbook. climatic i do have an enormous regard for dr. rice and is very, very pleased to y

taking the woodrow wilson bridge, not seeing any problems there. if you're looping all the way around to the american legion bridge, inner loop and outer loop as you make your way across, not seeing any issues for you. traveling in southeast, taking a look at the sousa bridge, nice and clear. very little volume at all. definitely no accidents to report. as you continue on to the 14th street bridge, here's the view. you're clear as you make your way into the city. i'll be back in ten minutes with another update. back to you all. >> thank you, danella. >>> it is now 4:41. still to come, why police came out and enforces halloween in one local community. ♪ [ gasp ] [ mom ] my husband -- he thinks it's a 3-sheeter. i say 1-sheeter. bounty can clean the mess with less. [ female announcer ] in this lab demo, 1 sheet of bounty leaves this surface as clean as 2 sheets of the bargain brand. ♪ dance cooking? bring it. super durable. super absorbent. super clean. bounty the 1-sheet clean picker-upper. and try bounty napkins. >>> this morning high ranking repub

. >>> we're looking pretty good if you're taking the woodrow wilson bridge in both directions as you make your way akrogs. not seeing any issues. here's a live look now. volume is increasing just a bit, but you're still making a good travel speed as you cross in both directions. if you're taking the american legion bridge, i'm not seeing any issues on the inner loop or outer loop. moving onto bridge southeast, if you're crossing onto the sousa bridge, you're nice and clear. if only it could look this good at 6:00 a.m. we'll keep our fingers crossed. i'm back in ten minutes with another update. back to you both. >> unlikely in washington, d.c. >> very unlikely. >>> the time is now 4:54. coming up, taking a hit. where gasoline prices stand in the metro area, and whether there's any relief on the horizon. >> trying to >>> brand new era for the men's basketball team at maryland. the terps squared off over north carolina wilmington last night. the game was tied at halftime, but maryland blew it open in the second half. the terrapins win turgen's debut as head coach. >>> the nba is expecte

american presidency particularly a progressive presidency is that this is a continuing cycle woodrow wilson elected in one nine hundred twelve as a very progressive. politician within two years was within a few years was taking us to war and in europe dr franklin roosevelt dr when the dr new deal became franklin roosevelt dr when the war after world war two happened harry truman a lot of progressive president. wound up taking us to war in korea and his domestic programs were consumed by by by the war and then johnson sitting on my first job was not his press secretary i was responsible for much of the domestic policy civil rights environmental message economic policy and all of that and suddenly with the escalation of the war in vietnam in one thousand nine hundred eighty five i saw all those hopeful possibilities consumed by about by the growing ravenous may ends of the military for more and more money and more more and. roups and i saw all our hopes for bringing about a great society disappeared of the quagmire of vietnam it was a very sad time of grave and costly for those who lost their

perhaps you will see the woodrow wilson bridge here coming up if you can't see it now. >>> take a look at this cute one. they are not just man's best friend. they are also heroes. a number of dogs that helped save lives in the pentagon and world trade center on september 11th were honored on capitol hill. the group included rozell who was a seeing eye dog who led her handler down flights of stairs. >> we all know about the bravery and the sacrifices of our great men and women in uniform. we are here to honor them and the dogs who have served beside them. they take many of the same risks and put their lives on the line. >> now, there are more than 2300 dogs that currently serve in the military. some their duties include searching for wounded service members on the battlefield and sniffing out bombs. >> great story. >> it is. amazing what those doggies can do for us. >> you got it. checked out the moon this morning. amazing. >> it was pretty again. >> would you say it is close to a full moon? >> yes. what is today's date. >> it's tuesday. >> okay. the full moon on november 10th. >> we're

we are texting a -- taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge right now. a little bit of fog out here in the area this morning. good morning. i'm sarah simmons. welcome to fox 5 morning news. let's say hello to tucker barnes now. you i think i heard quite a bit of reports. >> we'll get you on board right now. temperatures are mild. we have a lot of fog to the east of the city. parts of the area, nothing at all. we've got clear skies and the big full moon. let's get right to the dense fog advisory. we'll kick it off with that. not in washington. all the counties in gray under the dense fog advisory. visibility a quarter mile or less in spots and up until about 9:00 a.m. all of delaware, eastern shore, much of the western shore of the bay under that dense fog advisory and we are betting reports now of the fog creeping to the west. we'll see if it gets into the city or gets into montgomery county out towards louted occupy county here in the next couple of hours. -- towards loudoun county here in the next couple of hours. most of the day will be dry and kind o

. >> klein: .at least since, i mean woodrow wilson was, was brilliant. >> smith: right. >> klein: .and presidency fell apart. herbert hoover was even smarter than -- than wilson. jimmy carter was smart. richard nixon was, was brilliant. it was my biggest worry about obama going in was that he. >> smith: too smart.ú >> klein: .yeah. on the other hand, franklin roosevelt, you know, was the famous oliver wendell holmes line about having, you know, having a second rate intellect but a first rate temperament. and you know, eisenhower was thought not to e all that smart. reagan was thought not to be all that smart. these were -- you know, bill clinton's the exception to every rule. rule, right? >> klein: [chuckles] bill clinton breaks every last rule about what you can do as president, what you can get away with as president, you know. [ laughter ] >> smith: right. >> klein: the best politician i ever coveeed. >> smith: i get that. you mentioned iraq. i want to transition away from the campaign to what i thought was an extraordinnrily moving story that you wrote for time magazine recently an

and i am not seeing any problems for you near the woodrow wilson bridge. we'll keep watching the roads, but for now back to you. >>> prince georges county police are trying to find out what led to a shooting at a shopping center. it happened last night on walter's lane. a man and woman were shot. the man died. police say the woman ran into a store for help. she went to the hospital and is expected to be okay, we're told. police say the gunman was wearing all black and also had on a black mask. investigators are reviewing surveillance cameras from surrounding stores to help with this case. >>> this morning, metro officials announced a new initiative to hire more bus drivers. they will hire 26 more bus drivers and they will start to take applications today. >>> dreaming of striking it rich? now could be your chance. tonight's powerball jackpot is up to $245 million. it's the largest since june of last year, and has people lining up for tickets. it's so busy, virginia lottery officials expect to sell close to 1,200 a minute at peak times today. >>> coming up,

.  >>> taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge and just as i had hoped, not too many cars out there. hopefully, you're sleeping in or just getting up to start your thanksgiving day. the first family spread some holiday cheer at the capital area food bank in northeast. mr.and mrs. obama and their daughters joined an assembly line line filling reusable grocery bags with food for people in need. >> the obama family has an annual tradition of community service. >> nice to see them out there. >> they are very involved locally in the community as we know. >> they are always out and about. you always tell they're doing something when the roads are blocked especially around this time. it is always downtown. >> or anywhere around town. >> so true. so it has been a miserable day inmade sure i went to the gym so i could eat a lot today. >> you got to do that. you got to do the workout before. >> and after. >> and after too. if you want to work out outdoors at the gym today. are gyps open? mine is not. >> i think some are for a little bit. >> for a couple of hours. >> fo

if you are crossing the woodrow wilson bridge, you are in the clear in both directions, not seeing any accidents for you on the beltway. that's all the way to the american legion bridge. looking like a great friday. >> thank you, danella. >> it's a special day on the calendar. in addition to being veterans day, it's 11/11/11, and people are celebrating some extraordinary life moments on this once-in-a-lifetime day. >> place a bet, tie the not, make a wish, have a baby, just a few days you can do on the memorable date, 11/11/11. >> my wife was starting to feel contractions earlier this morning. the mom's second c-section was scheduled, but when she booked it, she made no attention to the date. >> and somebody else told me, oh, it's 11/11/11, and i'm like, i didn't realize that before and it's a nice day to be born. >> and it's a special day for jonah adler today. he's turning 11. >> very slim odds. you never think that happens. >> some are having parties just to celebrate the date, like the one scheduled here at 11/11/ le le111m lech le1111 le11111 11/11/11, at 11th street. and there's

it's like the woodrow wilson bridge in our area. that one is more scenic. they are expecting rain. current temperature there, 59 degrees. the coastlines are the only problem areas now. other than that, we are looking good across the country for thanksgiving. winds gusting to 32 miles an hour now. we have a wind advisory in effect to the west of washington until 10:00. showers along the coast toward the delmarva, new jersey and new york. you may want to give a call ahead to make sure your flight is on time. i'll have the extended forecast one more time coming up later. >> thanks, doug. >>> an ad for vodka shows two dogs in hats. the ad read christmas quality hanukkah pricing. jewish groups were among those outraged. a spokesman said they took lines from others like hampton's quality, newark pricing. critics say the religious comparison makes it different. the billboard has been taken down. >>> a construction worker in texas survived a nasty accident. he was accidentally shot in the head with a high-powered staple gun. he was at work building mobile homes when a staple pierced his he

.  >>> this is a live look right now of the woodrow wilson bridge, i believe that we're seeing. traffic is picking up out there today. hopefully, things will start to die out as well. chilly out there today but will it be breezy at all, tony. >> yes, it will be. we aren't going to dry out fay while. we have some rain to deal with during the morning hours. tucker checked the computer over there. we have rain during the morning hours and we'll see things dry out. there was smoke coming out of the computer. sometimes it does that. we have to hit it a couple of times. >> that's aprobably why it's smoking. >> yeah. we'll start with hd radar. got some rain showers, folks. take the umbrella with you. you still need it for the first half of the day. not all of you are seeing rain at the moment but there is plenty of it out there. not much of it is heavy rain. mainly light rain but right around la plata, there is a little spot of heavy rain right there. rain showers into manassas, chestertown, dale city, waldorf, back towards front royal and winchester as well. not much happening

if you're crossing over the woodrow wilson bridge, you're clear in both directions. live look right now. you can see your volume is very light. eun, i think i might be your secret santa. i'll buy you the pippa dress, but i've got to wear it first. is that all right? >> deal. we'll do dress share. >> sharing is caring. i love you, eun. >> love you back. and we always dress alike anyway. >> tell me when this is over. >> it's 5:13. 46 degrees. >>> the incident on board a plane in d.c. [ speaking french ] [ speaking french ] movie buffs! this film is tres bien, but the interest rate on your checking account is le pew. interest on your checking? earn more with new high yield free checking at capital one bank. your interest rate will be five times the national average. five times the interest! and free atms at any bank. show's over folks. make your way to capital one bank. what's in your wallet? were you crying? yeah. mike, thanks for doing that discount double check. you saved us hundreds. what was that? the discount double check? it's when we comb through your policies a

making your way from the woodrow wilson to van dorn, it will take you 6 minutes. 55 miles per hour. not so bad. i'll be back in 10 minutes with another look at traffic. back to you. >>> it took the jury less than an hour to convict norwood guilty of first degree murder. megan? >> reporter: joe, they had two choices, premeditated first degree murder or second degree murder. and the jury went with first degree murder. and it didn't take them long. about an hour to reach that verdict. now, the jury went behind closed doors. the very first vote they took was unanimous. they talked about it some more and then they handed dn that verdict. 15a said the duration of the attack and the way it was carried out sweupbs convinced them this was a premeditated murder. it was the verdict they had been hoping for. they were in the courtroom when the verdict was handed down. murray's mother broke out into tears. >> numbness but gratefulness to the jury. >> more than anything, i know the trauma our family has been through. i want no other family to go through this. >> reporter: a very difficult time fo

taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge.an you definitely see traffic is kind of picking up there this morning. thicker than it was earlier. people will want to get a little bit slower this morning. it is wet out there on the roadways. >> not a pretty start to the day today. >> wet roadways, fog across the region. >> going to be like this all day today? >> not thing for -- not the fog but it will be wet all day. we'll start is it see some clearing tomorrow and that clearing will bring in cooler air as well. that is what we have to look forward to. let's take a look at what is going on out there now. we'll start with a look at our sentinel radar. i'll show you where the rain is. i want to mention again that we do have some heavy rain down to our south. that is where we're seeing it at this hour. and across the washington area, starting to get some rain move in here as well. i want to mention that, at reagan national airport, they are now reporting light rain. they were just reporting mostly cloudy skies. some fog and mist ear

we're taking a live look at the woodrow wilson bridge. you may want to slow down just a little bit out there today because the combination of the rain, the leaves and everything could be a little slick out there. right, tony perkins? >> sounds like kind of an indoor day today. >> i would agree. a good day to stay indoors. >> catch up on stuff. >> play guard games. >> not go to work. >> you got to go to work. >> no. why? >> you mean like on your ipad when you say board games? >> does anyone play board games? >> very few, i think. they are tucked away in the closet never to come out again. collecting dust. >> let's play the weather game by talking about the rain we've got across the area. as expected, we've got some rain showers. we will today. you will need the rain jacket or the umbrella. even if you are not getting rain right the now, you will likely get some rain showers at some point today. you can see where the rain is at this hour. just off to the south and east. and more rain showers out to the west. this is going to obviously chang

a year later, president woodrow wilson proclaimed november 11, armistis day and congress made it officialigned a bill changing it to veterans day to honor all troops from all wars from that day forward. but soldiers across europe laid down their

if you're coming from the woodrow wilson bridge and making your way to van dorn street, you're looking at 50 miles per hour. can you top that? >> thanks very much, danella. >>> traffic alert for crews to work on the bridge for the metro expansion. three outer loop lanes of the beltway will be closed from lewinsville road to mcclain. all lanes will be back open in time for the morning rush hour. >>> today legendary boxer joe frazier will be laid to rest in a private funeral service in philadelphia. frazier died a week ago at the age of 67, just a month after being diagnosed with liver cancer, the former heavyweight champion and olympic gold medalist was the first boxer to defeat muhammad ali. ali is expected to attend the funeral. >>> the nba players union is expected to meet today in what could determine the fate of the already shortened season. the players will review the owners at latest offer. the owners have already warned the players, if they reject this offer, the next offer will be substantially worse. if the two sides do come to an agreement within the next two weeks, they hope

. >> woodrow wilson to the system again this year give us obama. >> i found out with a son-in-law was. i didn't know that. the provision series which was great. thank you for coming. we will no doubt be covered in your social scurity. come back when you get a chance. >> thank you. will that make c-span happy. one of my major goals in life [inaudible] in alba conversations inaudible conversations] >> see more editorial of the candidates from campaign 2012. >> now remarks from president obama on the failure of the debt committee to reach an agreement before this week's deadline. the president spoke from the white house briefing room. >> as you all know, last summer, i find a law that will cut nearly $1 trillion of spending over the next 10 years. part of that law also requires congress to reduce the deficit by an additional $1.2 trillion by the end of this year. in september, i sent them a detailed plan that would have gone above and i don't understand that goal. the plan that would reduce the deficit by an additional $3 trillion by cutting spending, slowing the growth of medicaid and m

rice was provost at stanford and back at stanford at the woodrow wilson institute. chuck and i spent eight years on campus in stanford not because we couldn't graduate but that is a different story. we have many mutual friends from service in government at stanford and elsewhere and we also had the privilege of service to our country and very consequential times. one of the things i enjoy thinking about his leadership also. i think of dr. rice as the transformational leader. i think of ambassador, as transformational leaders. you might think about and ask whether the common traits. vision, contextual knowledgeably original understanding the environment, communication and motivational skills. they are challenging but am powering. rock-solid integrity. unusual determination and perseverance and perseverance. i emigrated mirer of dr. rice. not quite as much as gaddafi. i don't have the scrapbook. [applause] i do have an enormous regard for dr. rice and very pleased she is here and do her formal introduction i would like to invite ambassador, to the stage. [applause] >>

there's a famous study of the 1916 election where woodrow wilson up for reelection got penalized by voters in new jersey for a series of deadly shark attacks off their coastline. if they'll punish you for shark attacks, they'll punish you for europe. >> when we talk about the polls in iowa, these are out today. herman cain, still number one. ron paul, number two. romney, number three, gingrich, number four. you can see the gainers. paul and gingrich. the guy that tim is saying could potentially beat the president, mitt romney, is not the guy that seems to be running away with even now. >> i have to say this. this makes my blood boil. it is so insulting. i can only imagine how mitt romney feels about it. he is the guy who looks the president and the republican voters keep moving from one joker to another. newt gingrich less of a joker than herman cain but newt gingrich, not going to be president, with all these negatives, who reopens all the debates of the 1990s, meaning the election becomes a referendum on the past. not the future. i think the choice for republicans is obvious. and yet rep