the formation is in north dakota and montana. we would start up putting more than 100,000 barrels a day of oil into this pipeline. so this is important for north dakota and montana. senator baucus is from montana appeared as well as for our -- as well as important for our country. i expect him to be heavily involved in this effort. remember, we have 56 votes in the senate. we were missing several of our members. we have 58 members on board. so the support is growing. >>the conference but for the first time earlier this week. they said this is a very large conference. but senator in half insured a -- senator inhoff issued a pretty strong warning to republicans say, look, we have this bill and we worked very hard on it. it has a two-year extension. and the house republicans, either whom are freshmen and are against government spending, they are coming together with the rest of their conference. how do those two things reconcile themselves? how do senate republicans help house republicans in this process? that way these drafts can b

you just heard that in north dakota that is the issue. do you think that news about potentially things starting to level out in health care whether or not you can make a direct link yet. do you think that will have an impact in the race? >> i think things have to happen between now and november 4th to have an impact. if there is another big announcement of premiums going up, that will undo everything. >> and the supreme court if they strike down the mandate i think that will be good for the democrats. we have to really see -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> you heard the president, he would have to go back at it and in a second term do it again. >> we did it in california in the bill we passed. >> yes. we got to go. thank you guys so much. coming up we'll take an inside look at occupy spring on the eve of their first major offensive, may day. how is the message changing and what tactics will they use? we'll give you the answers next right here in "the war room." don't go away. we will not settle for easy answers. (vo) the former governor of n

i was governor of north dakota for 10 years. you have to work with both sides of the aisle to get something done. ultimately, that is our responsibility in congress. we are elected by the people to get the work done for the american people. we absolutely have to find ways to work with republicans and democrats to get the work done for the country. i am an optimist, but we have got to get on top of our deficit and debt. we have to stimulate economic growth. i truly believe that means that, by the end of this year or the first part of next year, we have got to have a big plan under way that does what i said just a minute ago that goes to the entitlement reform, tax reform, that gets better spending through the right process, the right kind of energy program. we have to do these things and it will take bipartisan work. senator lugar is a fine individual with a long and very good career serving the people of indiana. the new candid it, whoever it is, whether it is in vienna or whoever we have, once they are elected by the people of

he's running in north dakota. when asked what the current minimum wage is, rick berg didn't have an answer. worse yet, neither did his staff. >> take a look. >> what is the minimum wage right now? >> you know, this guy would know. i think it's probably seven something. >> okay. >> they don't have minimum wage for waitress. >> okay. >> do you fwhee the minimum wage is in north dakota now? >> up on the prairie they just hate those trick questions. for the record, it's $7.25 an hour, which is also the current minimum wage in the state of north dakota. berg didn't always lack knowledge on the subject matter here because as a state legislature he voted against raising the minimum wage, count them, three times. he voted against a bill that would require government contractors to pay workers a living wage. he isn't completely against the idea of wage increases. in fact, he's voted to raise salary of state lawmakers. god for bid if romney gets in but don't you think this guy would be good for romney administration officia

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and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss things and we forget things. but for total devastation, they did not lose one life. that is incredible. if you can view the damage that happened there. and the reason that is, is because they prepared. they took the time. they were exhausted. but they saved lives. devastating, it will take years to rebuild

north dakota is probably more hip to it than california. >> texas as well. and there's regulations around fracking but it is evolving. the epa is giving signals there will be federal regulation and mandates coming, but they're not here yet. right now, states are regulating the issue. most states have a governing body around oil and gas, not as far as texas, they have been doing it a hundred years there, even north dakota is trying to evolve their issue. these state organizations are doing the best they can with fracking. we have the frack act in texas, and that requires disclosure of frack fluid. we are disclosing what goes in the chemicals. we are working hard as an industry to remove them, make them water based or food grade safe so you could drink them if you want to. that is probably happening as we speak, it is probably a year or two away before the additives are ready for trial use. >> here is what i don't get with the issues with fracking and people complaining about well water being screwed up by fracking nearby. when people go out and investigate, l

and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss things and we forget things. but for total devastation, they did not lose one life. that is incredible. if you can view the damage that happened there. and the reason that is, is because they prepared. they took the time. they were exhausted. but they saved lives. devastating,

and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went and talked to the mayor and governor and police, fire, e.m.s. folks and chiefs and command staffs and a lot of people that had been working on fighting the flood in north dakota for literally -- much longer, but this part of it for two weeks. and sometimes i think we miss

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the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. conrad: senator whitehouse, i think we already allocated eight minutes to senator whitehouse, is that correct? the presiding officer: the senator is correct. mr. conrad: it was part of an unanimous consent agreement so that we could manages the time o-- so that we could manage the time on the floor better. i would say to the senator, we have 60 minutes left on our side. they have, i this i, 100 minutes left on their side. so -- and we have seven senators left. so -- mr. whitehouse: it just about works from the math. mr. conrad: it works. i thank the senator. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: thank you very much, mr. president. let me thank senator conrad for his leadership on this important issue. i would note for the record that with the conclusion of senator toomey's remarks, following senator reed's, i think for the first time in the history of the senate, we had back-to-back presentations by two separate senator graduates from lasalle academy in

and i also want to just thank the senator of north dakota. thanking everybody here, i especially want to thank him. he gave a great statement. a statement i wanted to associate myself with. pointing out a lot of the myths in country about agriculture. one of the best, being giving all of this money to farmers. really, as a senator, so well pointed out, most of the money goes to the nutrition programs. it doesn't go to farmers commodities. a lot of americans don't know that. especially people in the east. they just assume, oh, there they go. farm padding their pockets, which is totally untrue. and second, pointed out as did the senator from kansas, this is a reform from kansas this is a reform bill. we're saving $25 billion, and i agree with the senator from kansas, that's a statement we can't make too often when we get to the floor. it is so important for people to hear that and to know that, and you worked to, you know, back in the super committee era to come up with a program to save about 23, and now it's close to $25 billion, and i want t

he's running in north dakota. when asked what the current minimum wage is, rick berg didn't have an answer. worse yet, neither did his staff. >> take a look. >> what is the minimum wage right now? >> you know, this guy would know. i think it's probably seven something. >> okay. >> they don't have minimum wage for waitress. >> okay. >> do you know the minimum wage is in north dakota now? >> up on the prairie they just hate those trick questions. for the record, it's $7.25 an hour, which is also the current minimum wage in the state of north dakota. berg didn't always lack knowledge on the subject matter here because as a state legislature he voted against raising the minimum wage, count them, three times. he voted against a bill that would require government contractors to pay workers a living wage. he isn't completely against the idea of wage increases. in fact, he's voted to raise salary of state lawmakers. god forbid if romney gets in but don't you think this guy would be good for romney administration official.

if you go north to north dako , dakota,tacular unknown, theodore roosevelt national park. families are guaranteed to see buffalo in the wild, wild horses, immense prairie dog towns, antelope. i go jogging or mountain buying, herds of antelope, one of these great places in america and summers in montana, getting forest fires up in canada the air quality isn't as great in montana. this part of the badland madora north, the north pole. the air at night you get the you see the north star and the whole sky is like a planetarium, the sunsets are miraculous. one of the eastbound viernal things i'm interested in hopefully the obama will do more to protect the little missouri river, the river roosevelt loved by his ranch there. prairie lands and too often we haven't treasured the american prairies but the interior of the united states, the midwest and great plains is a part of the country that i personally feel happiest in more than the coast. >> in and around doing this book you published several other books and articles, jury book on katrina came out when? >> that came out 2006.

in north dakota. >> the fracking, big sort of north dakota oil boom going on. >> profiled in "businessweek" under the title, has moon who bought north dakota because he owns much of the shell formation. in effect the top adviser for the romney campaign, and he's an outspoken critic of president obama's energy policy, big promoter of gas and oil production, no surprise there. then we see with -- a month later, from this new superpac filing, he gives $985,000, nearly a million -- >> to romney and -- >> what day was it he gave the money? >> april 3rd. >> 34 days later, writes a check for $1 million. >> exactly. now, look, we've seen these big mega donors. the dangers, you've outlined them, on both sides, five or six that have given although far below where the romney superpac is, you know, what's the reason we pay attention to this, do these guys who give this big money, do they have special access? are they influencinfluencing. >> we don't know. >> harold hamm explicitly named at the top romney adviser on energy. explicitly d lly given a role i shaping policy. that seems to be a step beyond?

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and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later it

and up in north dakota from the floods. and when i was flying over north dakota, had the opportunity with the general and a couple congressmen. and as we're flying over, and it was just cresting. in looking at the damages, the general is explaining how many homes and businesses were damaged. in sort of a side mentioned we've really done a good job and haven't lost any lives and working hard, and we saved the school and did this and did that. later i went

made a big difference working with senator conrad on behalf of north dakota to get a farm level program that makes sense. we appreciate very much all of your hard work and look forward to continuing to work with you. >> thank you, madam chairman. truly appreciate your work and your willingness to work with us and also to ranking member roberts. thank you, senator, for your patience and your perseverance. not only your knowledge of agriculture but your love for agriculture certainly showed in this process, and i -- i know everybody said it, but i do have to commend the two of you for diligently working through this process. i think senator bennett said it very well. as i've observed different aspects of what we do here, the challenge is always to find ways to bring people together. you know, you've done that. you're doing that. i think we have a product here that -- that i believe we're going to be able to move forward, and that means that you've listened to everybody, worked with everybody, and -- and you've really got the fundamentals in place here that's going to give us i think the b

hamm was featured in aback in january under the t "the man who bought north dakota." he's been very critical of obama's energy policies, thinks he's holding back oil and gas drilling in the united states, been very aggressive on that. and he emerged in march as being named by the romney campaign as the chairman of the energy advisory group for the romney campaign. >> was this quid pro quo? >> reporter: that's the interesting part. what we discovered yesterday was about the same time just a few weeks later, mr. hamm donated nearly $1 million to the romney super pac. this is kind of a new wrinkle here in the super pac phenomenon. we've all been focused on, are these big mega donors, the six and seven-figure donors having influence with the campaign? are they getting access? in this case, mr. hamm is explicitly helping to set policy. he's the chairman of the energy advisory group and at the same time he makes this huge donation. the romney campaign is that the super pac pack is an independent entity. been a lot of questions about just how independent these entities are.

hamm's company has bought up most of the leases for the bakken shale formation in north dakota and has struck it rich there. in fact, mr. hamm was featured in a "business week" article back in january under the title "the man who bought north dakota." he's been very critical of obama's energy policies, thinks he's holding back oil and gas drilling in the united states, been very aggressive on that. and he emerged in march as being named by the romney campaign as the chairman of the energy advisory group for the romney campaign. >> was this quid pro quo? >> reporter: that's the interesting part. what we discovered yesterday was about the same time just a few weeks later, mr. hamm donated nearly $1 million to the romney super pac. this is kind of a new wrinkle here in the super pac phenomenon. we've all been focused on, are these big mega donors, the six and seven-figure donors having influence with the campaign? are they getting access? in this case, mr. hamm is explicitly helping to set policy. he's the chairman of the energy advisory group and at the same time he makes this huge donat

in march he popped up -- romney made a campaign stop in north dakota, fargo, and announced that mr. hamm would be the chairman of something called his energy advisory group to advise him on setting an energy policy. and then we just discovered this week that about that time, about a month later, mr. hamm donates this $985,000 to the romney super pac. and this is -- you know, we've all become a bit jaded by these large six and seven-figure donations. do the super pacs raise questions about access the donors might get to the candidates? here we have something of a wrinkle where one of the mega donors is actually explicitly setting policy for the candidate. he's the chairman of this energy advisory group. >> nothing more than a coincidence, michael. nothing more than a coincidence. >> of course, what the romney campaign said was the super pac is an independent entity and, therefore, they can't answer questions. >> mike, i want you to take a listen to romney responding to rick santorum's complaints about super pac ads during the south carolina primary debate. take a listen. >> i did not

dakota mitt romney north dakota mitt romney has seven delegates ron paul has eight and in maine another close one mitt romney has a lot of in delegates and ron paul has nine brian these are just a few states here with some close numbers how does ron paul get to a place where the gap at least becomes a little smaller. in some of these our caucus states the process of actually picking who their delegates are going to vote for in tampa is still ongoing so i think all of these numbers need to be taken with a grain of salt right now but what you have to do moving forward remember virginia the state where all the other candidates neglected to even get themselves on the ballot ron paul very well against romney got around forty percent i think you're going to see him racking up numbers like that in many states and in some states like california particularly you can win delegates without winning the state as a whole you can win the congressional district again none of this means that ron paul is going to close that gap and be the nominee on the first ballot what it does mean is he is going to ap

dakota up into northwest territories mid-60's at this hour. hot weather down in texas expected to their 14 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. temperatures in backing off corridor of strong southerly wind shifting east and the wind coming down during the day tomorrow costing over 20 mi. per hour by morning they will be gone turning easterly and the afternoon. picking up again heat returns late saturday or sunday. temperatures at the momence south wind sustained 18 m.p.h. o'hare and humidity 41 percent we might still fuel a thunderstorm only certain areas shall do that in a moment. rockford hit 93 degrees tied a record. third today above 90 degrees that is the most nineties to this point in the season since 197735 years. still 82 degrees on the lakefront tonight. you can see it flags extended powerhouse wind. forecast lower in humidity tomorrow but the memorial day weekend rolling hot and record at that on sunday after day of scattered thunderstorms temperatures saturday. some models for estimated rainfall. how much above normal and how much it d

. >> case of a north dakota man is testing legality of drones. a local swat team borrowing a drone from the homeland security department to make sure it's safe to arrest him. >> this is to provide him with the situational awareness. they have more eyes in the sky to assist them with a volatile situation. >> gretchen was an advocate for using drones domestically says they are cheaper than helicopters from the local police. >> we believe more law enforcement agencies will acquire them because the cost is much less than the training and the man power to operate them. >> drones like these are commonplace in yemen, afghanistan, and iraq. increasingly the unarmed version is used for domestic surveillance. it is raising questions about the data retention. whether there is probable cause to turn surveillance to american citizens. >> we don't want a situation where we look up and wonder if an invisible eye in sky is monitoring us constantly. >> the faa officials told fox that proposal, uncommonly used aerial system under 55 pounds will be released this ye

he rode a harley 2,500 miles from north cut -- from north dakota. >> this trip to the wall has on my back a list for about 20 years. >> like thousands of other veterans, it is an emotional time. >> i would with some of the people right when they were killed. >> minutes before we met him, he met a fellow brother. a purple heart recipient who pilgrimage to the wall every year. >> i always have a problem coming back. otheris a chance for reconnect, too. >> thank you very much. >> a purple heart on top of it. >> of 42 years after leaving vietnam, dave is still surprised when the ordinary citizen stop to honor him for his service. survivor,rs himself a wounded warriors still on his feet, i'm sure if you will be make another one of trips. he can now cross it off his bucket list. you very much. motorcyclists to begin gathering before the rally at thew morning pentagon. noon, there will depart for the district. they will park their vehicles on softball field near the national mall. speakers and performers will stage on the south side of the reflecting pool. ♪ another concert is scheduled t

this chase ended in the 3400 block of north dakota ave. officers pursued the vehicle for an armed robbery. the suspect it turns out may be wanted for other crimes as well. also drivers out there beware. the police in the district plan to more than double the number of speed cameras and red light cameras. we have more on why that is only part of the story. >> that is right. city leaders insist adding more traffic enforcement cameras like the one behind me, they think it will improve safety for everyone. we also know that it will make this city a lot more money. travers' better beware when rolling through the nation's capital. city officials plan on adding 88 more red light and speed cameras throughout the district. >> that is almost on every street. >> to go with the 78 already installed. he recently got busted for blowing through our red light. how many have you gotten? >> two of them so far. >> opponents insist more cameras are about generating easy revenue. there are expected to bring in another $25 million a year. >> they're collecting

>> not north dakota. one of these days. >> one day we'll get there. >>> perhaps they're not dealing with fog this morning. >> no fog, we are. >> we are. >> we've got great skies out -- gray skies throughout. peaking of sunshine beginning to pull through. we will continue to watch them break-up. north we recall slow, right at surface we're still dealing with that we recall breeze, southwesterly, anywhere from five to ten, a little bit stronger than that at sfo. widespread low 50s outside our door at this hour. and we'll be holding on to those 50 at least for the coast. inland we'll begin to see better weather by noontime. 50s to 60s around the bay. midup toker 60s with mostly sunny skies by lunchtime for the valley locations. slower burnoff as well as the coast. slight warm-up will continue monday into wednesday. then a bigger jump wednesday, thursday. back to you. >>> well we will mark memorial day with a parade today. it's in honor ears of the army's 101st airborne division. the city adopted the soldiers

. >>> finally, one north dakota homeowner is turning his home into a landmark with polka dots. city hall officials call the paint job an eyesore. the retired painter began the project after a deal to sell his home through the city fell through, he now wants $150,000 to sell the home. >>> for a look at national weather, here is bill karins with the weather channel forecast. you get a discount for the polka dots. >> if you don't get your way, just be really difficult. >> i know nothing of this. >> you know too much of this. good morning. storm system along thegore on coastline. breezy, rainy conditions out, there south of portland. more of a cooler rain up along the washington coast. storm system fairly progressive so although it's a wet morning commute all the way up and down interstate 5 this afternoon a lot of it will push into the interior sections of washington and oregon state. again the radar in green just shows you where flight rain is. as far as california goes, we're really going to draw a line somewhere around san francisco here, north of there you have the chance of t

. >>> finally, one north dakota homeowner is turning his home in a land mark with polka dots. city hall officials call the paint job an eyesore. the retired painter began the project after a deal to sell his home through the city fell through, he now wants $150,000 to sell the home. that is one way of doing it. five-year-old degree. >>> for a look at national weather, here is bill karins with the weather channel forecast. >> takes effort, perfect circles. >> cut-outs, i'm sure. >> good morning, millions of people were woken up in the middle of the night not by their clocks but thunder. we have a lot of thunderstorms out there this morning, we're tracking the worst through areas of eastern nebraska, now in iowa, omaha you had thunderstorms go through, lincoln, southward, very strong storms. over 6,000 lightning hit, this will travel through des moines and ames in the next hour or two hours. a ton of thunderstorms in central portions of wisconsin, northern michigan, a lot of thunderstorm action for you. milwaukee to chicago you're safe, this line of storms from minneapolis north

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. >>> and in a house in grand forks, north dakota, turning heads. the owner painted bright polka dots all over it. city officials say it's an eye sore and believe he's protesting the city's decision to back out of a deal to buy the property. the owner denies it. one good thing he says, the pizza delivery guy won't have trouble finding it. that is for sure. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on president obama's surprise visit to afghanistan. plus, how being happy can lower your risk of a heart attack. i'm michelle miller and this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ [ upbeat ] [ barks ] [ announcer ] all work and no play... will make allie miss her favorite part of the day. [ laughing ] that's why there's new beneful baked delights. from crispy crackers to shortbread cookie dog snacks, they're oven-baked to surprise and delight. beneful baked delights: a unique collection of four new snacks... to help spark play in your day. and many allergy medicines. the difference is claritin clear. claritin gives me powerful relief that wo

the senator from north dakota. mr. conrad: madam president, this is a consequential discussion today, because it really is a question of the future economic policy of the united states. that's what we're talking about here today. i just heard the republican leader say there is no budget. i really -- i don't know how to say this, but sometimes i wonder if colleagues pay attention to what they're voting on here. last year in august, we didn't pass a budget resolution. instead, we passed a budget law. now, anybody that's had tenth grade civics knows a law is stronger than any resolution. a resolution is purely a congressional document. it never goes to the president for his signature. a law has to pass both bodies and be signed by the president. last year, instead of a budget resolution, we did a budget law called the budget control act. the budget control act set the budget for the next two years, for this year and next. more than that, it set ten years of spending caps, saving $900 billion. madam president, in addition,

did -- north dakota. you are adopted. >> when i was told i was five or six years old. roll off the street told me, and teasing me i was adopted and i did not know what it meant. and when home to my mother. what does that mean? she was very concerned about the fact i had found out. she was afraid i would not have the kind -- some kind of my relationship knowing that i was somebody else's child. i also had a sister who was adopted. we were not biological. she had been adopted before me. we formed a bond, we would never raise the issue because she was -- my mother was so concerned. >> jack cannady called do client. did anyone else call you "hey, agent?" >> president johnson called me clint and other things. >> steady ever swear you? >> i do not think so. this is a tape of president johnson and jacqueline kennedy talking in december of 1963. let's listen. [audio tape] >> this congress is getting rough and i may have to send for you. >> i hope you will be home for christmas. will you? >> i do not know. >> it is so nice to call me, mr. president. you must be out of your mind

i think yesterday north dakota passed alaska to be the biggest oil producer in the u.s. after texas. which is a sea change economically. >> when you get out of new york and washington, it is much easier to become inspired because you meet and see, whether north dakota or down in san diego or texas, you see people are actually working to achieve these things despite new york and washington as opposed to because of new york and washington. you tend to see the debate in washington revolve around tax cuts, tax cut, tax cuts or tax hikes, tax hikes, tax hikes. how do we get stuck on tax cuts versus tax hikes. and how much is that preventing us from being able to have the other conversations about direct spending, about loan guarantee, about infrastructure bank. >> well when you get into the four legs good, two legs bad and one side is blaming everything on wall street, you won't have a productive conversation at all. we need to change our tax code. but that doesn't mean just cuts. it means reforms. it means simplification. it means making it easier for people to invest. we ne

dakota, dodging showers and storms right in saturday. we'll be shoveling snow in areas of the northern rockies. cruel near yellowstone. hot conditions will spread by sunday into the ohio valley, indianapolis 500 will be baking in the sun in the 90s. could see isolated storms on both sunday and monday in new england, passing storms but the stronger storms coming down on a cold front from the northern plains. near st. louis or chicago during the late afternoon on monday. keep that in mind for your plans. >>> if you're watching us on wval, baltimore, maryland, in wheaton, ice skating during scheteam skate night. >>> a look at entertainment, the "the avengers" will move aside at the box office. >> about time. >> as a new blockbuster takes center stage. "men in black 3" will take top spot over the weekend. despite being a decade since the last men in black and four years since will smith's last film, experts say drawing wide interest, both young and old, that is good news for the studios, since the budget to make this one blew up way over $20

did -- north dakota. you are adopted. >> when i was told i was five or six years old. roll off the street told me, and teasing me i was adopted and i did not know what it meant. and when home to my mother. what does that mean? she was very concerned about the fact i had found out. she was afraid i would not have the kind -- some kind of my relationship knowing that i was somebody else's child. i also had a sister who was adopted. we were not biological. she had been adopted before me. we formed a bond, we would never raise the issue because she was -- my mother was so oconcerned. >> jack cannady called do client. did anyone else call you "hey, agent?" >> president johnson called me clint and other things. >> steady ever swear you? >> i do not think so. this is a tape of president johnson and jacqueline kennedy talking in december of 1963. let's listen. [audio tape] >> this congress is getting rough and i may have to send for you. >> i hope you will be home for christmas. will you? >> i do not know. >> it is so nice to call me, mr. president. you must be out of your min

you would have a hard time understanding why is there so much buzz in north dakota, where even cows have jobs? anergy, there is a lot going on common and and it is creating a lot of activity. finally, when the central bank has the ability to drive short- term interest rates below long- term interest rates, they are teaching the incentives for taking risks, and they are having to do this because in the wake of the financial crisis, everybody has lost their nerve, and our confidence in the future has changed, so it requires so little bit of nudging to get people to invest in the future, and that is what we are beginning to see, and you cannot dismiss the power of monetary policy actions, and the federal reserve has made it really clear what their goal is. their mandate is maximum employment subject to keeping inflation down, so as i think of what is ahead of us, i imagine we are slowly getting back on our feet. we have a very slow record of doing this, and those who believe this is a new normal, frankly, there is no history to this, and that is why i am optimistic. we are going to see more