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alongside diane sawyer and george joins us now. george, good morning to you. >> good morning, dan. just 24, now 23 days to go until the iowa caucuses. we were ready for candidates to come in and really go at it. they did. boy, there was no holding back last night at all. you saw newt gingrich take a lot fire from almost everyone on the stage. they had strong performances, bachmann and romney. the bet is defining moment for mitt romney. the bet is already going crazy on twitter. we'll see how it holds up over time. all of these attacks, we knew were signaled going in. i want to bring in john berman, they were a little bit reversed, weren't they, john? all of the signals coming into this debate that newt gingrich was going to be the statesman and it was going to be mitt romney on offense. >> george, i thought that this was generally surprising. all week the big question was, how far would mitt romney go? would mitt romney attack newt gingrich? would mitt romney mix it up? but the stunning this that happened, newt gingrich did it firs
alongside diane sawyer and george joins us now. george, good morning to you. >> good morning, dan. just 24, now 23 days to go until the iowa caucuses. we were ready for candidates to come in and really go at it. they did. boy, there was no holding back last night at all. you saw newt gingrich take a lot fire from almost everyone on the stage. they had strong performances, bachmann and romney. the bet is defining moment for mitt romney. the bet is already going crazy on twitter. we'll see...
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george, you opened the door a little bit for him. let's watch how he handled >> it speaker gingrich crystallized his argument, he said i quote, i'm a lot more consecutive than romney and lot more electable than anyone else. >> of course, i don't agree with that. i don't think most people agree with that. places where we disagree, let's see, we can start with his idea to have a lunar colony that will mine minerals from the moon. i'm not in favor of spending that kind of money to do that. he said that he would like to eliminate in some cases the child labor laws so that the kids could clean schools, i don't agree with that. his plan on capital gains. is different mine. i would eliminate capital gains for people in the middle income. we have differences on some issues. the real difference, i believe is our backgrounds. i spent my life in the private sector. >> i'm proud of trying to find things to give young people a reason to study math, sciencened technology. some time in their lifetime, they can dream of going to the moon, and mars.
george, you opened the door a little bit for him. let's watch how he handled >> it speaker gingrich crystallized his argument, he said i quote, i'm a lot more consecutive than romney and lot more electable than anyone else. >> of course, i don't agree with that. i don't think most people agree with that. places where we disagree, let's see, we can start with his idea to have a lunar colony that will mine minerals from the moon. i'm not in favor of spending that kind of money to do...
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stride rite is a proud sponsor of curious george. rainforest cafe, proud sponsor of curious george, reminding you that anyone can make the world a brighter place by conserving our natural resources. when you're saving one can... both: you're saving toucans! (toucan squawks) funding for curious george is provided by contributions to your pbs station... ooh. ...and from: (lively drum intro) ♪ you never do know what's around the bend ♪ ♪ big adventure or a brand-new friend ♪ ♪ when you're curious like curious george ♪ ♪ swing! ♪ ♪ well, every day ♪ every day ♪ ♪ is so glorious ♪ glorious ♪ george! ♪ and everything ♪ everything ♪ ♪ is so wondrous ♪ wondrous ♪ ♪ there's more to explore when you open the door ♪ ♪ and meet friends like this, you just can't miss ♪ ♪ i know you're curious ♪ curious ♪ ♪ and that's marvelous ♪ marvelous ♪ ♪ and that's your reward ♪ you'll never be bored ♪ if you ask yourself, "what is this?" ♪ ♪ like curious... ♪ like curious... curious geo
stride rite is a proud sponsor of curious george. rainforest cafe, proud sponsor of curious george, reminding you that anyone can make the world a brighter place by conserving our natural resources. when you're saving one can... both: you're saving toucans! (toucan squawks) funding for curious george is provided by contributions to your pbs station... ooh. ...and from: (lively drum intro) ♪ you never do know what's around the bend ♪ ♪ big adventure or a brand-new friend ♪ ♪ when...
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george? >> okay, ginger, thank you. >>> and we got some good news today on the economy. a holiday trifecta sent the stock market up nearly 3%. consumers are spending, the housing market is stronger and most important, new jobs are being created. we learned today that unemployment has fallen in 43 states. abc's cecilia vega is here to show us where the jobs are coming back and why. cecilia? >> reporter: good evening, mortga george. you know, it hasn't looked this good in a really long time. it's been four years since the start of this great recession. and finally tonight, there is proof that jobs are coming back to nearly every corner of this country. call it a holiday gift of the best kind. just about every state in the country saw unemployment drop in november. nationally, the country has seen 100,000 or more new jobs added every month since july. that hasn't happened since before the start of the great recession. is this going to stick for the united states? >> i think we're going to see co
george? >> okay, ginger, thank you. >>> and we got some good news today on the economy. a holiday trifecta sent the stock market up nearly 3%. consumers are spending, the housing market is stronger and most important, new jobs are being created. we learned today that unemployment has fallen in 43 states. abc's cecilia vega is here to show us where the jobs are coming back and why. cecilia? >> reporter: good evening, mortga george. you know, it hasn't looked this good in a...
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>> reporter: huge issue, george. and officials tell me tonight that the u.s. government is considering legislation which would allow the government to share with private industry classified security techniques to block hacking. >> okay, pierre thomas, thank you very much. >>> and now to the other major headline tonight. the most sweeping changes to pilot rules in half a century. 91 million americans are traveling for the holidays, many by air, and the new rules are supposed to make flying safer by preventing pilot fatigue, a factor in so many crashes. but do these new rules go far enough? abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has reported extensively on pilots too tired to fly. >> reporter: today's new fatigue rules for pilots are meant to prevent accidents like this one. the crash of a colgan air commuter jet from newark to buffalo in 2009, in which 50 people died. neither the pilot nor the first officer had slept in a bed the night before. they had commuted to newark from florida and washington state. yawns could be heard on the cockpit voice re
>> reporter: huge issue, george. and officials tell me tonight that the u.s. government is considering legislation which would allow the government to share with private industry classified security techniques to block hacking. >> okay, pierre thomas, thank you very much. >>> and now to the other major headline tonight. the most sweeping changes to pilot rules in half a century. 91 million americans are traveling for the holidays, many by air, and the new rules are supposed...
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>> jimmy: phyllis george. but i think -- [ laughter ] jeff george. a quarterback. i could go on forever with -- >> quarterbacks need best friends. >> jimmy: king george, who i'm pretty sure is dead. >> i think so. [ laughter ] i think i've seen his gravestone. >> jimmy: you are one of the people who announces the s.a.g. award, the screen actor's guild award nominations on tv. so, you stand there and you will read the nominees. >> that's what they tell me. >> jimmy: and there's a very good chance you will be reading your own name. >> yeah, maybe. we'll see. i don't know. >> jimmy: you should read your own name one way or the other. [ laughter ] >> the thing, i feel like i could just throw my name in there, right? >> jimmy: of course you could. >> i think i might. we'll see. >> jimmy: have you kind of thought about how you will react if, in either way? because -- >> i'm going to cry. no matter what. i've decided i'm going to cry if my name is there and if it isn't. i think that will be fun. >> jimmy: you're planning a breakdown. >> yeah. i want to have a bareakdown o
>> jimmy: phyllis george. but i think -- [ laughter ] jeff george. a quarterback. i could go on forever with -- >> quarterbacks need best friends. >> jimmy: king george, who i'm pretty sure is dead. >> i think so. [ laughter ] i think i've seen his gravestone. >> jimmy: you are one of the people who announces the s.a.g. award, the screen actor's guild award nominations on tv. so, you stand there and you will read the nominees. >> that's what they tell me....
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a pretty light ride today with george. >>george: the lightest of the week so far. we have been looking at great conditions on the bay area bridges and freeways. we are not tracking any hot spots or unusual delays. it is hard to find slow traffic. on the bay bridge we have seen the lightest traffic of the week. no slowing even on the approach from the middle of the east parking lot. it is remarkable. the sanity of bridge ride has been a good one. lighter than usual on the approach and on the stand. the golden gate bridge is a delay freethinking of our camera at the toll plaza off looking towards the marin headlands. no problems northbound or southbound. in the east bay, with a green showing on the roadway sensors. that means limit speeds. a little bit of yellow means speeds have dropped to 50 mi. an hour. this west valley freeway, no delays for 101 or to 80 and to the marin ride is as fit as a guest for southbound 101. >>mark: today the city of oakland will announce the results of an independent investigation into a police response to the occupy oakland protests. th
a pretty light ride today with george. >>george: the lightest of the week so far. we have been looking at great conditions on the bay area bridges and freeways. we are not tracking any hot spots or unusual delays. it is hard to find slow traffic. on the bay bridge we have seen the lightest traffic of the week. no slowing even on the approach from the middle of the east parking lot. it is remarkable. the sanity of bridge ride has been a good one. lighter than usual on the approach and on...
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quayle served under president george h.w. bush. he has stayed out of the political spotlight in recent ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. about a popular food that could contain arsenic. >>> good morning. time for weather and traffic on the ones. it's 6:11 on this tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein in stormcenter 4. radar showing passing showers from southwest to northeast. right now getting light rain northwest washington into fairfax, loudoun county, parts of northern virginia, panhandle of west virginia. getting showers from northern montgomery county into frederick and howard counties and points north and west of there getting a few passing showers. it's a mild morning. we're in the 50s from the mountains to the beaches. closer to washington, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county in the 50
quayle served under president george h.w. bush. he has stayed out of the political spotlight in recent ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. about a popular food that could contain arsenic. >>> good morning. time for weather and traffic on the ones. it's 6:11 on this tuesday...
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we use it in many places to catch criminals. >> george? >> i'm worried, actually, by the mad proliferation of cameras following us through our lives. i seem to me, when does x trump personal liberty? almost never. >> a matter of saving lives? >> i don't want to make safety parallel with, equal to liberty. >> there's a complication driving a car. it implicates others. george, you're going sign on with me and paul on stopping this terrible regulation on the internet. telling adults they can't gamble. here is the right wing is for big government. they want to regulate personal choices. birth pill. they want to regulate the use of bi birth control. who can get married. why heterosexuals want to marry, if i would marry a man, they would lose interest in their wives. so, in fact, it's the case there's also the case as it is in the military, but a major reason for the expansion in american government, taxation, et cetera, is an overly extended military. but, let's talk about individual liberty. gambling, marijuana, personal sex practices, what pe
we use it in many places to catch criminals. >> george? >> i'm worried, actually, by the mad proliferation of cameras following us through our lives. i seem to me, when does x trump personal liberty? almost never. >> a matter of saving lives? >> i don't want to make safety parallel with, equal to liberty. >> there's a complication driving a car. it implicates others. george, you're going sign on with me and paul on stopping this terrible regulation on the internet....
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here is george with traffic. >> george: here at the bay bridge toll plaza we are not tracking any hot spots or delays, we're looking at a pretty good commute unfolding for the ride towards the upper deck of the bay bridge. also force the sad tale bridge highway 92, the midway transit is without problems. over to 101 and 10192 interchange is very clear. looking at 101 and your ride through marin county there are no delays getting to the golden gate bridge. we have lighter than usual traffic heading across the span. now the road sensors are down but if we pick our traffic map looking at the east they conditions, there are no real delays of concord as you head down towards walnut creek ore into the san ramon valley. south bay freeways look good through san jose for both 101 and 85. and you're north bay ride from a bottle to the golden gate bridge is still clocking in at about 23 minutes. >> darya: the time now is six 06 a.m.. and stopping the port of oakland from being shut down in the future is a situation that the congress is taking seriously. he does not want this to happen again as w
here is george with traffic. >> george: here at the bay bridge toll plaza we are not tracking any hot spots or delays, we're looking at a pretty good commute unfolding for the ride towards the upper deck of the bay bridge. also force the sad tale bridge highway 92, the midway transit is without problems. over to 101 and 10192 interchange is very clear. looking at 101 and your ride through marin county there are no delays getting to the golden gate bridge. we have lighter than usual...
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parts of prince george's county will have about 8/10 of 1 inch. around the beltway, close to 1 inch. southern maryland will have a little bit less. that is a good estimate of what to expect in terms of rainfall accumulation. we are on our way to 48 degrees this afternoon with a light southerly breeze. that wind will gusted to 40 and 45 miles per hour tomorrow. >>> some lighter volume of traffic this morning. we are on the beltway near university boulevard in silver spring. traffic heading toward this is a is the elderly. it is moving at speed today. on the outer loop between college park and silver spring. there was an accident northbound on can north avenue after eastern avenue which is moved to the shoulder. that is inbound. everything is open. >> the time is 6:20 and 40 degrees. >> coming up next, we will take a look back at some of the biggest stories from 2011. >> next anderson, one girl's search for her dad at 4:00. >>> for the next few days, we are looking back at the year that was and there was a lot of news from mother nature to the war o
parts of prince george's county will have about 8/10 of 1 inch. around the beltway, close to 1 inch. southern maryland will have a little bit less. that is a good estimate of what to expect in terms of rainfall accumulation. we are on our way to 48 degrees this afternoon with a light southerly breeze. that wind will gusted to 40 and 45 miles per hour tomorrow. >>> some lighter volume of traffic this morning. we are on the beltway near university boulevard in silver spring. traffic...
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and >>george: a hot spot this morning, the bay bridge. fog adviser is have been issued for a number of bridges. the lights are out on the lower deck near yerba buena island. the chp confirms that electricians are investigating the cause. they also report that right now traffic is pretty light and conditions are under investigation. >>mark: we're waiting for the opening bell on wall street. the dow is up 29 points despite the fact that we had a rise in the number of americans thought filing for unemployment. we have had three consecutive weeks of drops and now, a rise again. yesterday we had a big drop in the dow. here are the numbers for the year. >>justine: congressmen ron paul is drawing big crowds and a surprise endorsement from michelle bachman former iowa chairman. rick santorum is campaign has been gaining momentum. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. >>george: we are tracking a hot spot on the bay bridge. there is a fogged advisory. adding to the visibility problems is a malfunction of the light's system on t
and >>george: a hot spot this morning, the bay bridge. fog adviser is have been issued for a number of bridges. the lights are out on the lower deck near yerba buena island. the chp confirms that electricians are investigating the cause. they also report that right now traffic is pretty light and conditions are under investigation. >>mark: we're waiting for the opening bell on wall street. the dow is up 29 points despite the fact that we had a rise in the number of americans thought...
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more than 3,000 people showed up at prince george's community college in largo today. shred it helps protect people from identity theft because it gets rid of their personal documents and it's all for free. >>> christmas came early for 80 local kids in prince george's county today in the form of a mini shopping spree, with some special escorts. news4's derrick ward tells us. >> reporter: there are waving chirns in those cars. these cops are out to capture holiday spirit and they're getting backup from young residents all too happy to assist. they sit down with the big man. then into the aisles for some shopping. the ninth annual shop with a cop. >> we started the program in 2003 with eight children. >> reporter: this program is aimed at seeing that the christmas wishes of about 80 deserving children don't go unanswered. >> this program is good for the children. it's good for the community. and it's good for the police officers as well. >> reporter: retailers like target and prince george's plaza fund the excursion with $100 gift cards with each child. >> it gives you a
more than 3,000 people showed up at prince george's community college in largo today. shred it helps protect people from identity theft because it gets rid of their personal documents and it's all for free. >>> christmas came early for 80 local kids in prince george's county today in the form of a mini shopping spree, with some special escorts. news4's derrick ward tells us. >> reporter: there are waving chirns in those cars. these cops are out to capture holiday spirit and...
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>>george: we are still fog free on the bridges. they have listed all of the advisories and we are hot spot free free drive from the bay area. continuing our bridge check, on the golden gate, the ride from 101 southbound is still a little foggy. there is no adviser that has been issued. the 580 livermore ride has no delays out of the altamont pass leading westward towards livermore and the dublin to change. no problems or delays. the same is true for the rights for marin county. >>mark: the bay area law enforcement agency is gearing up for more with the new year's weekend. this crack down started december 16th. almost half of the arrests in alameda county, for under 85, there were two of the 79 arrested in santa clara county. 111 arrested in san mateo county. those counties saw fewer arrests this year than they did last year. and $80,000 warrant has been issued for this woman. erica wrote. she struck a man with her car in oakland on wednesday while fleeing from fremont police officers. the officers were tried to arrest her on two pr
>>george: we are still fog free on the bridges. they have listed all of the advisories and we are hot spot free free drive from the bay area. continuing our bridge check, on the golden gate, the ride from 101 southbound is still a little foggy. there is no adviser that has been issued. the 580 livermore ride has no delays out of the altamont pass leading westward towards livermore and the dublin to change. no problems or delays. the same is true for the rights for marin county....
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george? >> i think we do have a role. people are looking to the united states to be destabilizing influence. >> people are quite attractive to our gridlock. >> to some degree. i think the real danger here is that as we look at the development against austerity measures in london, this may be a foretaste of what may occur here. >> the brits have run into a problem. they have cut some of their extravagant social expenditures, but they did not realize the unemployment, which is an argument to be made against republican proposals domestically. >> we are looking at the same potential here. no question we are looking at high unemployment with no real solution to solve it. >> and degraded wages. wages are not going up. the minimum wage is not livable. >> things that people counted on in the stretch, they said that will be here when i reach the age. even those who are drawn -- drawing social security 5 themselves asking questions, will this be here now? >> pray tell, george. >> you are going to get your check, llewellyn. >> thank
george? >> i think we do have a role. people are looking to the united states to be destabilizing influence. >> people are quite attractive to our gridlock. >> to some degree. i think the real danger here is that as we look at the development against austerity measures in london, this may be a foretaste of what may occur here. >> the brits have run into a problem. they have cut some of their extravagant social expenditures, but they did not realize the unemployment,...
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it is 1992, set the stage about the reelection of george h. w. bush at how the public was feeling about him. >> remember, he had quite an impressive record of foreign affairs. he oversaw the berlin wall, delaware, the breakup of the soviet union, the head of the cold war. in 1991, the gulf war which most people thought was a great success of ousting saddam hussein from kuwait. the economy was stagnant. by 1992, pat buchanan was going after president bush as having a silver spoon in his mouth and was an elite out of touch -- there was a populist revolt within the republican party. also, you had another resurgence of jerry brown coming in. bill clinton gets the nomination. you have the new democrat bill clinton and george herbert walker +. suddenly ross perot goes on cnn and says i will run as an independent if i can be on the ballot in all 50 states. i am not going to go out there and run the typical campaign. people want my ideas, particularly balancing the budget and stopping of outsourcing of jobs. he was opposed to the war and iraq because he
it is 1992, set the stage about the reelection of george h. w. bush at how the public was feeling about him. >> remember, he had quite an impressive record of foreign affairs. he oversaw the berlin wall, delaware, the breakup of the soviet union, the head of the cold war. in 1991, the gulf war which most people thought was a great success of ousting saddam hussein from kuwait. the economy was stagnant. by 1992, pat buchanan was going after president bush as having a silver spoon in his...
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i'm your guardian angel. >> reporter: and the zuzu cafe is named after one of george's daughters. they hold the "it's the wonderful life" festival each december where fans gather to celebrate their favorite film. >> it's like a mecca for wonderful life fans. >> this is the original bedford falls. that's what brings us here. >> close down for a week and then.... >> reporter: look-alikes perform the show "merry christmas, george bailey." and this year fans lined up to meet two real actors from the 1946 film, stars once more. caroline crimes who played zuzu. >> daddy! >> my little ginger snap. how do you feel? >> fine. not a bit of temperature. >> reporter: and carol coombs mueller who played her sister janey. >> i had six minutes of film footage if that movie. >> i had six minutes of film footage if that movie. >> reporter: but zuzu had one of the most memorable lines in film history. >> look, daddy. teacher says.... >> every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings. >> reporter: fans come from near. >> we're from elmira new york. it is mentioned in it's a wonderful life. >> repor
i'm your guardian angel. >> reporter: and the zuzu cafe is named after one of george's daughters. they hold the "it's the wonderful life" festival each december where fans gather to celebrate their favorite film. >> it's like a mecca for wonderful life fans. >> this is the original bedford falls. that's what brings us here. >> close down for a week and then.... >> reporter: look-alikes perform the show "merry christmas, george bailey." and this...
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prince georges county owned the right of first refusal. and the county has essentially said we intend to exercise that right. >> what about it mr. mayor? >> we have to be the only professional team that has the name of one place, practices in another state and plays in a third one. we want to rectify that and bring them home. >> the ball rests squarely in the redskins hands. they have 16 years to go on their lease to play in landover, but could leave ashburn at any time. officials in the district and prince georges county admit there's no public money available to dangle as bait. wisdom. >> it's a good thing to talk about. maybe a change of scenery will get them back to their old winning ways. >>> a news alert in d.c. tonight. police looking for two people who robbed a 7-eleven store in northeast. it happened shortly after midnight on maryland avenue. no one was hurt. investigators are checking to see if this robbery is related to other 7-eleven robberies that happened in the district in the last week. police believe they are closing in on
prince georges county owned the right of first refusal. and the county has essentially said we intend to exercise that right. >> what about it mr. mayor? >> we have to be the only professional team that has the name of one place, practices in another state and plays in a third one. we want to rectify that and bring them home. >> the ball rests squarely in the redskins hands. they have 16 years to go on their lease to play in landover, but could leave ashburn at any time....
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george w. bush hasn't been seen or heard from, safe from a book tour and recent charity trip to africa for the past three years. the george w. bush era in the republican party everybody agrees is over at least for now. that's why republicans are having a hard time picking a presidential nominee. there are no inheritors of the george w. bush era in republican politics. at least they don't want to be seen that way. they're all saying they're reagan republicans or teddy roosevelt republicans. they may now want to be seen as calvin coolidge republicans or herbert hoover republicans? they'll be anything but none of these guys call themselves george w. bush republicans. and that's why it is so remarkable that the republican politics of the ending of the iraq war now are that the iraq war ought not end. that the real problem is that the troops are coming home in time for christmas. republicans, people running for president, elected officials, all of the conservative leading voices on issues like this,
george w. bush hasn't been seen or heard from, safe from a book tour and recent charity trip to africa for the past three years. the george w. bush era in the republican party everybody agrees is over at least for now. that's why republicans are having a hard time picking a presidential nominee. there are no inheritors of the george w. bush era in republican politics. at least they don't want to be seen that way. they're all saying they're reagan republicans or teddy roosevelt republicans. they...
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george w. bush hit a record. before his reelection campaign, he had the valerie plane outing, secretary tom wight and enron, the energy task force, the coalition for provisional authority losing hundreds of billions in cash. the national guard awol scandal about his duty. when you think of that, though there is still time for barack obama to be hit, he will be going into this reelection as the first president without a scandal if that fast and furious does not take off for something. all of these won reelection are sizable enough margin that it is really hard to argue that the scandal had much of a difference, but this election, which prognosticators are likely to say will be very close, if someone like newt gingrich is his opponent and barack obama winds up still unscathed by the scandal, it could be something that matters. we think it is an important subject and we are glad to hear. let me introduce the panel. jonathan alter, a contributing editor for "washington monthly," "bloomberg view," and an author of "th
george w. bush hit a record. before his reelection campaign, he had the valerie plane outing, secretary tom wight and enron, the energy task force, the coalition for provisional authority losing hundreds of billions in cash. the national guard awol scandal about his duty. when you think of that, though there is still time for barack obama to be hit, he will be going into this reelection as the first president without a scandal if that fast and furious does not take off for something. all of...
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>>george: we continue to monitor crate conditions. it is so light with great-conditions however use u.s. highway 50 reroute instead of interstate - 80 eastbound closed. near truckee and the state line are continuing to clean up diesel fuel. a big rig accident earlier this morning. the bridges are continuing to be clear. no metering lights. no backups. a great commute for the san mateo. the traffic is actually heavier than any other time this morning. the golden gate northbound southbound, 101 = problem-free with no delays to or from marin county. 9:35. and justine? >>justine: we are waiting for president obama to make comments on the payroll tax vote. they delivered a last-minute peril tax extension. he is supposed to make-a payroll-extension bill will be signed before his hawaii vacation. >>dan: >>mark: thank you, justine this was the scene near pierce. over 100 firefighters on golden gate avenue. it took three hours to get this plays ouplease firethis fire -- jackie is on the scene. >> jackie: good morning mark. i am sure when you t
>>george: we continue to monitor crate conditions. it is so light with great-conditions however use u.s. highway 50 reroute instead of interstate - 80 eastbound closed. near truckee and the state line are continuing to clean up diesel fuel. a big rig accident earlier this morning. the bridges are continuing to be clear. no metering lights. no backups. a great commute for the san mateo. the traffic is actually heavier than any other time this morning. the golden gate northbound southbound,...
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i complete agree with george. the line between the reality show and the campaign process has been getting thinner and thinner. now, i mean, with the brassless way in which the media outed the news of herman cain suspension of his campaign, were really amazing. basically, right now, should give them the reality show, keeping up the cains. hash tag, winning back mrs. cain and make it a reality show. how do you win back gloria? >> three tickets out of iowa. romney is going to have one. ron paul will have one. ron paul will finish no worse than third in iowa. i guarantee you, his people are ferocious, organized and mean business. so what does santorum need to do to get maybe that third and a half ticket? at least 12%, 13%, that's long journey. he's made very little progress. >> let me put something up that glenn beck has picked up. he has picked up conservative supporters. look at what glenn beck said about santorum. >> if there is one guy out there that's the next george washington the only guy that i could think of
i complete agree with george. the line between the reality show and the campaign process has been getting thinner and thinner. now, i mean, with the brassless way in which the media outed the news of herman cain suspension of his campaign, were really amazing. basically, right now, should give them the reality show, keeping up the cains. hash tag, winning back mrs. cain and make it a reality show. how do you win back gloria? >> three tickets out of iowa. romney is going to have one. ron...
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george will, cokie roberts, ed gillespie and jon karl. republicans al rally around a top candidate early on. it seemed like every month there was a new top candidate, what's been going on. >> an astonishingly resistant to mitt romney. at the end of the day, they may settle on mitt romney. they're going to shop around. >> let me ask you, ed, that broad-based resistance has brought us now to newt gingrich being at the top of the pack, is that something that gives you confidence, should he be the nominee, your party will be able to regain the white house? >> they'll be the odds-on favorite to win the white house in 2012. obama's approval rating, the right direction, wrong track, whomever emerges as our nominee as a very tough primary process, is likely to be the next president. >> you know that there are republicans up there, nervous, if gingrich wins, they're going to lose everything. i talked to good friends of yours, if newt gingrich is our nominee, we're in serious danger of losing the house. >> jon, i think we're going to have a very le
george will, cokie roberts, ed gillespie and jon karl. republicans al rally around a top candidate early on. it seemed like every month there was a new top candidate, what's been going on. >> an astonishingly resistant to mitt romney. at the end of the day, they may settle on mitt romney. they're going to shop around. >> let me ask you, ed, that broad-based resistance has brought us now to newt gingrich being at the top of the pack, is that something that gives you confidence,...
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times if a republican's elected, george w. bush is the guy that was old and he's done and there's no point in ping attention to them. if back obama wins the last republican to win was george w. bush i think he would raft see - rather see a reblican win, i don't think i cares that much. >> charlie:what about carl. >> he's the less investigate vee republicans. my sense is he would like to see mitt romney nominated. i get the sense by what he said. >> charlie: there's only two choices essentially for people like that today. today. >> right, today. absolutely true. i think carl cares about winning borrow he mainly cares about it for winning and that's some ideological sense. i mean carl -- >> charlie: was it always that way. >> i think it's probably always been that way. >> charlie: you were part of this idea. you bought into it big time. >> yes, i did. >> charlie: you bought into it big time. >> the democrat is the -- . >> charlie: compassionate conservativism and george bush could change the world. >> absolutely and change washi
times if a republican's elected, george w. bush is the guy that was old and he's done and there's no point in ping attention to them. if back obama wins the last republican to win was george w. bush i think he would raft see - rather see a reblican win, i don't think i cares that much. >> charlie:what about carl. >> he's the less investigate vee republicans. my sense is he would like to see mitt romney nominated. i get the sense by what he said. >> charlie: there's only two...
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diane, george, have a great debate out there. and you can catch the republican contenders tomorrow night in des moines, iowa, for the abc news debate. that will air live at 9:00 eastern and 6:00 pacific. and i'll see you with full coverage online at
diane, george, have a great debate out there. and you can catch the republican contenders tomorrow night in des moines, iowa, for the abc news debate. that will air live at 9:00 eastern and 6:00 pacific. and i'll see you with full coverage online at
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>>george: a great ride around the bay area. we are not tracking any hot spots, unusual delays or significant problems. we are also looking at very light traffic around the bay. light traffic with no delays or metering lights. there is no hint of slow traffic either on the approach to the average score on a drive across. on the san miguel will those we have a lighter than usual volume various this is a light and easy ride for highway 92. traffic has been getting >>george: 680 westbound and 680 south into walnut creek continuing in to the san ramon valley, as he heads out towards the dublin interchange, no problems here on 580 westbound. the south bay freeways look good with no problems on 85 or 101. the north bay ride has been delayed free. >>darya: 60 seventh >>darya: here you conceded damage of the fire yesterday. a fire alarm fire. it took about three hours and over 150 firefighters to put out at a fire that spread 52 other buildings. it spread to an apartment building and then to a residence. for this fire took half of the f
>>george: a great ride around the bay area. we are not tracking any hot spots, unusual delays or significant problems. we are also looking at very light traffic around the bay. light traffic with no delays or metering lights. there is no hint of slow traffic either on the approach to the average score on a drive across. on the san miguel will those we have a lighter than usual volume various this is a light and easy ride for highway 92. traffic has been getting >>george: 680...
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i'm looking at george. like, come on, george. keep going, robin. that, my friends, janet jackson, global superstar, for so long. now, she's speaking out about her childhood with michael, her hopes for her niece, paris. and how she's taking control of her own life right now. want to do a little shoulders. >> janet, coming up. >>> also, what will you remember most about 2011 in maybe it's dressing up like lady gaga, on "good morning america." but katie couric is here with the real memorable moments of 2011. and she kicked up her heels. >> with j.r. martinez. >> nice moves there. >>> and robert downey jr. in the house today. has two, big productions in the works. sherlock holmes movie. and a new baby on the way. and he'll be here to talk with you, robin. >> jude law yesterday. a rough week. >>> let's turn to josh and the developing stories. >> hi. we're going to begin with the moving ceremony at baghdad airport, marking the noformal e to the war in iraq. a time-honored tradition, at the end of a mission, the flag of the u.s. forces in iraq, officially
i'm looking at george. like, come on, george. keep going, robin. that, my friends, janet jackson, global superstar, for so long. now, she's speaking out about her childhood with michael, her hopes for her niece, paris. and how she's taking control of her own life right now. want to do a little shoulders. >> janet, coming up. >>> also, what will you remember most about 2011 in maybe it's dressing up like lady gaga, on "good morning america." but katie couric is here with...
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i said a year ago that my focus would be on prince george's county. i think that has happened. we have some good accomplishments. >> rushern baker will join us at 7:00 this morning. >>> the head of the faa resigns after he was picked up for drunk driving. randy babbitt turned in his rest you go nation and it was accepted by transportation secretary ray lahood. he was charged with drunk driving in fairfax on saturday. police have not released his blood alcohol level but say he was driving on the wrong side of old lehigh who they pulled him over. the former number two at the faa will take over as acting administrator. >>> the d.c. council introduced some new ethics reform legislation aimed at deterring and punishing misconduct by elected officials. this comes in the wake of several scandals. councilmember harry thomas is under federal investigation for allegedly taking $300,000 in d.c. grant money an using it for his own personal use. council chairman kwame brown, for lavish spending on a luxury car paid for by taxpayers. mayor convince the gray also under investigation for his c
i said a year ago that my focus would be on prince george's county. i think that has happened. we have some good accomplishments. >> rushern baker will join us at 7:00 this morning. >>> the head of the faa resigns after he was picked up for drunk driving. randy babbitt turned in his rest you go nation and it was accepted by transportation secretary ray lahood. he was charged with drunk driving in fairfax on saturday. police have not released his blood alcohol level but say he was...
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creo que tienes un gran futuro ¿no es asÍ, george? >>sÍ, tiene razÓn >>george le tiene miedo a papÁ asÍ que se va >>¡no seas ridÍculo, quÉdate! >>el seÑor murtaugh tiene un arma >>sÍ, pero es un arma vieja y no es un buen tirador >>sÍ, muy gracioso aÚn asÍ, debo retirarme ¡adiÓs! >>te invito a una cerveza >>de acuerdo >>no, que Él te invite a la cerveza, eres menor de edad >>hasta luego >>y regresa antes de medianoche >>martÍn, verÁs que jamas lo van a olvidar, lo sabes habrÁ preservativos en mi escritorio llegarÁn por correo, dentro del cafÉ si no hubieras abierto la boca pero, debÍas contÁrselo a todo el mundo irÉ a dar un paseo >>no juzgues mal a los chicos, harÁn de cuenta que nada vieron [tocan a la puerta] >>hola, ¿como has estado, hans? >>estoy bien ¿y tÚ que tal? >>igual >>¡ya, dÉjense de tantos saludo! vamos acÉrcate, hans disculpa el plÁstico, estan pintando las paredes lo importante ahora, hans, es que tÚ estÉs bien ¿no hubo fracturas? >>estoy bien, seÑor rudd >>solo unos cuantos golpes y
creo que tienes un gran futuro ¿no es asÍ, george? >>sÍ, tiene razÓn >>george le tiene miedo a papÁ asÍ que se va >>¡no seas ridÍculo, quÉdate! >>el seÑor murtaugh tiene un arma >>sÍ, pero es un arma vieja y no es un buen tirador >>sÍ, muy gracioso aÚn asÍ, debo retirarme ¡adiÓs! >>te invito a una cerveza >>de acuerdo >>no, que Él te invite a la cerveza, eres menor de edad >>hasta luego >>y regresa antes de...
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so, again, major cities will be impacted, george. we're looking for new york to boston, philadelphia included in this, but great news. messy, but the coastal cities going to see more rain than they do the rain-snow mix. you have to go far inland to find traffic trouble. >> no ice to worry about. >> reporter: you just have to go 20, 30 miles inland. second, though, and i think what most of us will notice is a huge temperature drop. we've been so lucky, september-like temperatures in the 60s, close to 70. get ready to do a 30-degree whiplash. >> ginger zee, thank you. >>> and we have breaking news tonight. just before air time, we learned that the head of the federal aviation administration has stepped down. randy babbit is out. pierre thomas has the latest on this dropping story. >> reporter: george, randy babbit resigned and because the facts dictated that he had to go. the faa chief was arrested saturday and he was not just driving under the influence. the police report stated that he was driving on the wrong side of a busy virginia
so, again, major cities will be impacted, george. we're looking for new york to boston, philadelphia included in this, but great news. messy, but the coastal cities going to see more rain than they do the rain-snow mix. you have to go far inland to find traffic trouble. >> no ice to worry about. >> reporter: you just have to go 20, 30 miles inland. second, though, and i think what most of us will notice is a huge temperature drop. we've been so lucky, september-like temperatures in...
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. >>> the scandal rocked prince george's county politics. but today the current leaders said they are ready to move forward. darcy spencer continues our team coverage now live from upper marlboro. >> reporter: the scandal may have read like a movie script but for the people in the county it was a reality. the man they elected twice violated the public trust and multiple people said he did the crimes and now he has to do the time. >> do you think he should go to prison for the crimes? >> there is an old saying if you are not going to do the time, don't do the crime. >> reporter: prince george's county residents weigh in on the seven year sentence jack johnson received in federal court today. >> what does it say to have a county executive going to prison? >> tells about integrity. a lot of people don't have it. >> when you do the crime you have to do the time. >> i will now call the meeting to order. >> reporter: the council elected andrea harrison to be the new chair. harrison speaking for the council said that the county moved on from the cl
. >>> the scandal rocked prince george's county politics. but today the current leaders said they are ready to move forward. darcy spencer continues our team coverage now live from upper marlboro. >> reporter: the scandal may have read like a movie script but for the people in the county it was a reality. the man they elected twice violated the public trust and multiple people said he did the crimes and now he has to do the time. >> do you think he should go to prison for...
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>>george: we have no hot spots to contend with. an easy ride on the bay area bridges with no backup or delayed. the san mateo bridge, a great ride, especially in the non commute direction back towards hayward. the golden gate bridge has been problem free all morning --. for as live look at the traffic maps it has been a light and easy ride on 680 southbound and 80 westbound. the south bay freeways have looked at all morning long. will little bit of slowing on 101 north algerian the north they can use if it is basically problem free from marin county >>darya: in major embarrassment on national television. for its power outage hit twice as candlestick park during the 49ers game. once right before and once during the game. in the left-hand corner, you see that flash, that is a blowout. the lights went out. 70,000 fans were in the darkness. the first outage happened just before kickoff at 5:40 p.m.. that lasted for 20 minutes. second outage was during the game for another 15 minutes. the candlestick was the only place affected by the p
>>george: we have no hot spots to contend with. an easy ride on the bay area bridges with no backup or delayed. the san mateo bridge, a great ride, especially in the non commute direction back towards hayward. the golden gate bridge has been problem free all morning --. for as live look at the traffic maps it has been a light and easy ride on 680 southbound and 80 westbound. the south bay freeways have looked at all morning long. will little bit of slowing on 101 north algerian the north...
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george w. bush, what you think would be the shortcomings that one achieves? >> well, i am 78 years old. i have lived a third of our country's history and almost every republican president was considered not very swift. dwight eisenhower played to much cause they say. he had a poor syntax. my goodness, gerald ford they said they too much football without a helmet. [laughter] didn't matter that he gone to yale law school. didn't matter as one of the leading experts on the u.s. budget having served on the appropriations committee. >> not to mention the best athlete in the white house. and they contended he was a stumblebum. i mean come you go from one to another. ronald reagan was characterized by clark clifford as an amiable dunce. and then people read his letters and saw that this man was thoughtful, knowledgeable. and while not a micromanager, a strategic leader. and a superb and highly successful strategic leader. george w. bush was described as not curious, not knowledgeable and he had gone t
george w. bush, what you think would be the shortcomings that one achieves? >> well, i am 78 years old. i have lived a third of our country's history and almost every republican president was considered not very swift. dwight eisenhower played to much cause they say. he had a poor syntax. my goodness, gerald ford they said they too much football without a helmet. [laughter] didn't matter that he gone to yale law school. didn't matter as one of the leading experts on the u.s. budget having...
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the wife of corruption, prince georges county executive, jack johnson. tracy jones could not believe that mrs. johnson tried to claim she didn't know anything about her husband's wrong doing. this defense is full of bull. you mean to tell me she never questioned why they had all of this extra money? there's no way that a wife can live in the same house with her husband and not know that there is that much extra money coming in. actually tracy, sometimes the spouse really does not know, but i think that the put the money in your panties thing says that mrs. johnson was in on it. nonetheless, more inclined to have mercy on the johnsons. i feel bad for them. wouldn't wish that on anybody. hopefully they learned a valuable lesson. i'm sure we all have, at least they didn't do worse than that. you know, that is without question the minority viewpoint out there. most of you were furious with the johnsons, but robert said don't be surprised if there's a political comeback. >>> marion barry has a felony conviction and look where he is. you can bet that she will
the wife of corruption, prince georges county executive, jack johnson. tracy jones could not believe that mrs. johnson tried to claim she didn't know anything about her husband's wrong doing. this defense is full of bull. you mean to tell me she never questioned why they had all of this extra money? there's no way that a wife can live in the same house with her husband and not know that there is that much extra money coming in. actually tracy, sometimes the spouse really does not know, but i...