president obama arriving shortly to do the traditional wreathlaying ceremony. this is live from arlington national cemetery this morning on this veterans day holiday. [moment of silence] silence]f >> holt. -- halt. present -- >> present -- >> arms. ♪ [star-spangled banner playing] >> order. >> present arms. [drumroll] playing] >> order. [moment of silence] >> halt. forward, marge. -- forward, march. march. halt. present arms. order. left heel, march. forward. >> commander, take charge of your units. march. [john beat] -- ]drum beat >> forward, march. >> forward. [moment of silence] [processional music] ♪ ♪ [indistinct chatter] >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise for the arrival of the official party. gentlemen, please welcome major general bradley backer -- becker. >> [applause] >> -- [indiscernible] director, arlington national cemetery. >> [applause] junior, the military officers association of america. >> [applause] honorable robert mcdonald, secretary of veterans affairs. >> [applause] ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> [appl

mark: president obama let americans in observing veterans day today, following the traditional wreathlayingt arlington national cemetery. the president said today's about more than showing gratitude to veterans. he said it is also a reminder to give they still have our nation and our duty to them. the suspected bombing of a russian airliner over egypt last month is raising concerns about security here in the united states. most of the one million airport employees are not subject to security searches. after series of drug and weapons charges at u.s. airports, lawmakers are seeking changes to expand screening and background checks. about 13 point 5 million people tuned in to fox business last night for the fourth republican presidential debate, according to the associated press, who said it was the most watched program in the networks history but still the least watched of this year's republican debates. 14 million watch the previous debate on cnbc and 20 million tuned in for each of the first two. republican presidential candidate -- former candidate bob dole is endorsing jeb bush for presi

president obama honored veterans today during a wreathlaying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. the president said the nation is now witnessing a new wave of the vets that served in afghanistan, iraq, and elsewhere. president obama: if tomorrow we roll up the banners, sweep the halls, and go back to our daily lives, forgetting the bond between our veterans and our obligation as citizens, we will be doing a profound disservice to our veterans and the very cause they serve. president had the a breakfast reception with veterans at the white house. today is the 97th anniversary of the end of world war i. a million and a half people tuned into fox last night for the republican debate. the associated press says it was -- about 13.5 million viewers tuned into fox last night for the republican debate. the associated press says it was the most-watched program on the network in history. andcan get more on these other breaking stories 24 hours a day at the new bloomberg.com. from the bloomberg first were desk, i am mark crumpton. betty, back to you. betty: thank you so much. mixed data out

at 11:00 eastern, live coverage of the veterans day replay -- wreathlaying ceremony.t noon, more from freshmen members of congress. ikiresentative ryan t talks about his time in iraq, followed by ruben gallego who decided to fight in iraq. watch all the coverage on tv or online at c-span.org. >> a signature feature of c-span 2's booktv is coverage of book fairs and festivals across the country with nonfiction author talks, interviews, and viewer call-in segments. coming up, booktv will be live from the miami book festival. our coverage starts live on saturday at 10:00 eastern. alive call in with "wall street journal" columnist. judith miller joins us to discuss her book, "the story." out."ed koppel on "lights on sunday, speak with the author's live. o'rourke takes her calls. join us live from miami on booktv starting november trade first. be sure to follow us and tweet us your questions. >> afghanistan's interior minister stocked about the future and stability of his yesterday atking the carnegie endowment for international peace and washington, d.c. he also took ques

eastern, live replay of the veterans wreathlaying cemetery. representative rubin gallego, a harvard graduate who decided to join the marines and fight in iraq. watch all of c-span's veterans day coverage on tv, or online at www.c-span.org. of booknature feature tv's or coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country. nonfictionshkin -- author talks. we will be live from the 32nd annual miami book fair. our coverage starts on saturday, november 21, 10:00 a.m. eastern. authors include representative "hn lewis discussing his book march: book 2." joinslist judith miller us to discuss her book and ted koppel on his book "lights out." speak with the authors live. p.j. o'rourke takes your calls on his book "thrown under the omnibus." join us live from miami on tv.an2's book be sure to follow us in tweet us at c-span.and >> a look at robert mcdonald's comments on improvements in veterans health care and decreases in veterans homelessness. this is about an hour. >> welcome to the national press club. my name is john hughes. i am an editor