come and honor david and his wife whitney to take it up there just for it to be removed when they re going to place benches up there later on in the year i guess whenever they get funding. it s one less bench that they have to put up there. gretchen: common sense. here s a statement from the forest service: the bench will not be removed immediately but a proper site must be found near the incline. is that good enough for you, henry? i think it should stay where it is. like i said, yesterday when me and my children went on top of the incline, there were so many people appreciative to it because it gives them a little rest once you reach the top. you re going up 2,000 feet in one fell swoop as you re going up. people are enjoying it, and i think a lot of the people signing the petition will continue to fight to keep it on the incline. gretchen: thank you for bringing the story of david dunlap and his wife whitney. good luck on getting your
it would bring closure to honor david the way he wants to be honored and he would be on our american soil, his own country. eric: hour heart goes out to you and sympathies are with you and i speak for all americans on your side. we will continue to be. thank you for joining us. thank you. jamie: unique perspective. the 2012 g.o.p. field of presidential candidates, meanwhile, a little wider open today. a possible candidate, former louisiana governor buddy romeer who turned the state s ballooning deficit to a surplus. hear what he says the root cause of the financial and political pain. he will be joining us. eric: the price at the pump is draining many americans wallets. it s $4 something on friday. i couldn t believe it. the mt. is proposing so tackle the the president is proposing to tackle the problem and that is drawing mixed reactions from republicans. we ll have that.
he thought about me. honoring the life of journalist david broder. washington stopped at noon today. msnbc contributor and managing editor chris silissa among those who worked with and loved david broder. words cannot express how many of us got our start in journalism because of david broder. i was there at the national press club to honor david. dan balls, a great political journalist in his own right, said what i thought was the most poignant thing. he said there will not be another one like david broder. he is irreplaceable, and that to me i think really captures it. look, we all aspire to what he did. the devotion to what he did, 13 presidential campaigns. it s a remarkable testament to a man who loved political journalism. and the pictures we just saw were david broder already at the
how are you holding up? well, it s hard because i just want my husband back. i mean, that s all that i want right now is just to be able to get him back and then start heading home and honor david and start trying to figure out what i m going to do from here. i know you were meeting with mexican investigators for much of today. did you get the feeling that they believed you or that they didn t believe your story? no, i believe that they believe my story. i mean, we had people from the state and then, also federal. everyone has come together to get my statement and that s why it s taken so long so that everybody has the statement. everybody can t say they don t have it. and you know, they do believe me. i do trust that. a sheriff in texas said he thinks the mexican authorities may have been trying to intimidate you into not pushing you for a full investigation. have you felt intimidated in any way? no, not at all.
understand has stopped on the mexican side. ed, appreciate the update. the u.s. consulate has been told by mention tan authorities they will resume the search for david hartley s body at some point but no date. mexican officials suspended the search saying they need to re-assess the strategy they re using to find them. the consulate said they will hold them to their word. that s not good enough for this congressman, he said mexico s attempts have been ineffective and he joins us with tiffany hartley. tiffany i appreciate you being with us. how are you doing? how are you holding up? well, it s hard because i just want my husband back. i mean, that s all that i want right now is just to be able to get him back and then start heading home and honor david and start trying to figure out what i m going to do from here. i know you were meeting with