this in an interview, cbs s 60 minutes , the president challenges the political partisanship. he says republican strategy cuts him off at the knees. i think the republicans made a different calculation, which was, you know what, we really screwed up the economy. obama seems popular. our best bet is to stand on the sidelines because we think the economy will get worse and at some point just blame him. so we haven t gotten the kind of engagement from them that i would have liked. all right. a lot of political buzz this morning that s centering on the weekend s gop debate. it was one to watch. at one point mitt romney criticized the frontrunner, newt gingrich, as being a political pro. then he markets himself as an outsider. this is an exchange, have you to see this, gingrich snapping off a comeback. we have differences of viewpoint on some issues, but the real difference, i believe, is our backgrounds. i spent my life in the private sector. i understand how the economy
shot at. it wakes you up. think before you come here, you are an adult and grown man, but this place will change you. we are also taking you back seven years to the very moment combat started and the first bombs fell on baghdad. shock and awe. today marks a new beginning in iraq. the last u.s. combat brigade pulled out of the country and american troops begin their official transition to assist and advise iraqi forces. right now there are 56,000 u.s. troops still in iraq. that number will be drawn down to 50,000 by the end of the month. the u.s. combat mission will officially end on september 1st. that s when the first system new dawn will officially begin. many u.s. troops leave iraq with bittersweet emotions. insome lost comrades and many witnessed the horrors of war. and almost all say that they are changed forever. make sure you have your i.d. cards on hand, too. reporter: these are 24-year-old sergeant s final hours in iraq. last minute check and laughter. reli
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emergency medical chairman and the director of respiratory care at the hospital. we ll also talk to the chief nursing officer. washington journal start now. . caller: good morning. i feel like the stimulus package is helping our economy. from the beginning there were threats of this recession being a depression. many people i know did not reveal the head of this recession. they have the opportunity to do the head of it, but the decisions the president made were very good maybe not the best, but they worked. they have the opportunity to feel the hit of this recession but did not really feel the hit of it. caller: good morning, i think the stimulus package may be happening a little bit, but i cannot tell. i just want to ask a question early on here. it really does not pertain to that, but since senator kennedy s death and all the accolades he was a good man and everything like that, but we have another democratic senator you don t hear much about who is in bad health
later. see you tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. have a great day. . caughcaughtof whitsunday being h anniversary of neil armstrong s walk on the moon, here is a look at apollo 11 launch from nassau tv. nasa tv. that is the scene from 40 years ago this month as apollo 11 made its way to the moon. we will have much more on this anniversary, including a discussion on the space program featuring a number of astronauts, including buzz aldrin. that is live at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. last night nassau commemorated the moon landing with a three- member crew of not of apollo 11. they share their thoughts and experiences of that day and the future of space exploration. this is about 90 minutes. good evening, ladies and gentlemen. it is a pleasure to welcome to you you to the john glenn lecture. this is newly restored video from 1969 live television broadcast of the apollo 11 moon walk. the release commemorates the 40th anniversary of the first moon mission that put astrona