Hello and welcome to the National Press corps and the kalb report. I am amrtimartin calb. Most would agree for the 2012 election being too long, too loud, and too noisy. Except for the last month, with three president ial debates and one vicepresident ial debate. 70 million watched the first and 60 million watched each of the other three. Only the super bowl did better than that. In 11 of the last 14 debates, there have been these debates and they are a fixed feature of the political landscape. We have a wonderful opportunity to talk to three moderatores of the 2012 debate. To my right is jim lehhrer, who has done 12 debates. Nobody will catch up to that. The most honored former anchor and prolific author and winner of every prize in journalism. To my left, bob schieffer, anchor of face the nation and an author and winner of many journalism awards, and Martha Raddatz, the chief Global Affairs correspondent. She spent a lot of time in iraq and afghanistan and winner of many prizes for h
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, washington, d. C. , december 18, 2012. I hereby appoint the honorable nan s. Hayworth to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the house will receive a message. The messenger madam speaker, a message from the senate. The secretary madam speaker. I have been directed by the house sflat that the house that the senate has passed a bill in which the concurrence of the house is requested. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whi
Today,ominent voices including David Petraeus, are calling for a compromise. And eric cantor went on one of the sunday on one of talk shows to tell what his view might look like. We want to ask you whether you believe a copper rises possible and how much copper mines would you be ok with . The phones are open. Republicans can call at yashin that republicans can call at you can also catch up with us on all of your favorite social atia sites or email us journal cspan. Org. A good monday morning to you. I want to take you to the opinion piece by David Petraeus and a senior fellow at the brookings institution. This is in usa today. The headline that is the opinion piece in usa today. Eric cantor went on Fox News Sunday to talk about the idea of a deal over the sequester cuts for this fiscal year beginning october 1. Here is a bit of that now. [video clip] calexico need to happen is have leadership on this part of the white house to come to the table finally and say we are going to fix the
Those workers will get their money on tuesday. Marks the fifth anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers. Used tomoney has been support some large banks and the dodd frank legislation has been passed addressing those concerns. On this 50 Year Anniversary we want to hear from you and your stake in the Financial System, your confidence level, whether it be how wall street operates now, how congress handled the matter, what you think about the system overall. You can call us at if you want to rita reach out cspann twitter, our wj. An agreement between u. S. And russia has been reached. The agreement will be back by Un Security Council resolution that could allow for sanctions or other consequences if serious fails to comply. That is according to the secretary of state. Mr. Kerry also said this 50 Year Anniversary of the collapse of lehman brothers. The subject of a couple of oped this morning, or at least long pieces. Matthew iglesias said we are interested in your thoughts on your c
Step of the way. So many of you decided that a middle class mayor and a veteran from the industrial midwest was the right choice to take on this president not in spite of that experience but because of it. The reason that we are going to win is that we are putting together an unprecedented multitygenerational, multiracial policemtical movem. As the winners try to bring the party together, the field did get smaller, two contenders dropped out of the race, andrew yang and michael bennet. And it was a tough night for joe biden and Elizabeth Warren, leaving with zero delegates. We have our road warriors spread across the state. We have shaquille bruster, following the Sanders Campaign for months. No doubt they sounded happy last night, how are they feeling this morning . Youre seeing sanders happy but his campaign was ecstatic. Lots of hugs and cheers as the race was projected. As his campaign is saying to me today, a win is a win. It was not easy for senator sanders despite him being the