some fun and they can call the hogs and do all sorts of stuff. well, all of you folks from little rock today. [applause]. okay. and it was a pretty special week in our family. because our little grandson chandler celebrated his first birthday this past week and had the first taste of cake and i think he enjoyed wearing it as much as eating it and our granddaughter celebrates her second month this coming week and let me just tell you that the joy of watching them is almost enough to make me forget about all of the nonsense of washington. well, almost. look, after the house of representatives voted to hold attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress, for failing to honor a subpoena for documents related to the taxpayer funded gun running operation, that resulted in the murder of a u.s. border patrol officer. holder and some members of congress insinuated that the vote was based on holder being
having fun. they can call the hogs and do all sorts of stuff. welcome to all of you folks from little rock here today. [applause] it was a special week in our family. our little grandson chandler celebrated his first birthday and had his first taste of the cake and i think he enjoyed wearing it as much as eating it. and then our little grand daughter celebrates her month. the joy of watching them is enough to make me forget about the nonsense of washington. well, almost. and look. after the house of representative voted to hold attorney general holder in concontempt of congress for failing to give documents for the gun running operation that resulted in the murder of a officer. holder and some members of congress insinculated it was
they bear the name of his predecessor. president obama is seizing the bush tax cutted and calling for them to be extend, but not for everyone. the president wants to let them expire for the wealthiest americans. that puts him at odds with congressional republicans, as well as his rival mitt romney and sets the stage for a very heated battle with less than four months to go before the election. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is covering this for us. first of all, why is the president doing this today? reporter: well, wolf, this is certainly part of his narrative that he s trying to put out there as he runs for re-election. this is very much happening through that political prism. he tried to portray himself as really the one fighting for the middle class. now he s trying to portray his opponent mitt romney and congressional republicans as being defenders of the wealthy. so what he s calling for is for an extension of the bush-era tax cuts only for american fami
two-thirds of this bunch are all from arkansas and we are having fun. they can call the hogs and do all sorts of stuff. welcome to all of you folks from little rock here today. [applause] it was a special week in our family. our little grandson chandler celebrated his first birthday and had his first taste of the cake and i think he enjoyed wearing it as much as eating it. and then our little grand daughter celebrates her month. the joy of watching them is enough to make me forget about the nonsense of washington. well, almost. and look. after the house of representative voted to hold attorney general holder in concontempt of congress for failing to give documents for the gun running operation that resulted in the murder of a officer. holder and some members of
two-thirds of this bunch are all from arkansas and we are having fun. they can call the hogs and do all sorts of stuff. welcome to all of you folks from little rock here today. [applause] it was a special week in our family. our little grandson chandler celebrated his first birthday and had his first taste of the cake and i think he enjoyed wearing it as much as eating it. and then our little grand daughter celebrates her month. the joy of watching them is enough to make me forget about the nonsense of washington. well, almost. and look. after the house of representative voted to hold attorney general holder in concontempt of congress for failing to give documents for the gun running operation that resulted in the murder of a officer. holder and some members of