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President reagan, shortly after he was inaugurated in 1981. >> over the past decades, weve talked of curtailing government spending, so that we can then lower the tax burden. sometimes wave even taken a run at doing that. but there were always those who told us taxes couldnt be cut until spending was reduced. you know, we can lecture our children about extravagance until we run out of voice and breath. or we can cure their extravagance by simply reducing their allowance. >> simply reducing their...

President reagan, shortly after he was inaugurated in 1981. >> over the past decades, weve talked of curtailing government spending, so that we can then lower the tax burden. sometimes wave even taken a run at doing that. but there were always those who told us taxes couldnt be cut until spending was reduced. you know, we can lecture our children about extravagance until we run out of voice and breath. or we can cure their extravagance by simply reducing their allowance. >> simply reducing their...

jeannie, happy doomsday to you. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thats it for us. it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. good morning to you. im carol costello in for kyra phillips. the schwarzenegger scandal keeps getting more shocking. his child with his wife, maria and his secret child with his housekeeper were born just days apart. president obama getting ready to deliver a major speech on how the united states will deal with the new middle east. sanc...

educator in chief that came out today. he provided a kind of world view, almost a historical interpretation of the causes and consequences of the arab spring. he began in the beginning with tunisia and moved forward. he tried to present a way in which he saw americas interests and values as squarely aligned with this arab revolution. he touched on the places that we dont like, the regimes we dont like that are having trouble dealing with people. tehran, damascus. he also talked about b...

Page. meantime, maria shriver is trying to show that she is not a victim by appearing on one of the last episodes of oprah winfrey. >> reporter: talk about surprises, the farewell bash was paying a tribute to this iconic legend. the talk show queen was actually upstaged. thats right. by one of her dearest friends, maria shriver. of course, were talking about the former first lady of california. she was front and center at oprahs star-studded event. jaws dropped. shes in the midst of a scandal lo...

Comes to granting or not granting a grant ing a defendant bail. that will remain a big problem for him with any judge that hears this. >> one of the arguments his attorneys made earlier in the week, brafman, well known defense attorney, you probably know him, in new york, jeffrey, his face has been plastered all over the media and newspapers, television. everybody knows what he looks like. so theres month way he could simply escape. is that an argument that a judge would listen to? >> caller: ab...

Show. so many conservatives recoiled by mid week gingrich walked back a his comments apologizing. >> i made a mistake. i called paul ryan today a very close personal friend, and i said that. >> reporter: if excessive talk sing gingrichs biggest problem, just plain excess apparently runs in the family. financial disclosure forms filed with the house of representatives indicated that as recently as five years ago, gingrich carried debt up to $500,000 with tiffany & company of new york. one of the ...

Stop anti-gay politics. >> while the left certainly has its beef with newt gingrich the onslaught this week came from the right. the former speaker had no one to blame but himself and his choice of words. his 35th appearance on "meet the press," one question about a house proposal to turn medicare into a voucher program and gingrichs sharply worded answer made him the center of attention. just like when he was on capitol hill. >> i dont think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable t...

>> as far as the salary, it is fair. the world bank president gets the exact same salary. he gets the exact same expense account as strass-kahn. he, because he is an american, has to pay tax owes the salary but is reimbursed foreign those taxes. world bank employees who live outside of the u.s. also get housing allowances. the world bank years ago cut out educational allowances for nonamericans that live here. the imf people still get that. that often goes to pay for expensive private schools fo...

Four, five times over the last ten years here. you know, he is a very charming guy. you can get very personal with him. hes very open. and hes a great campaigner. i can see that. this side, this kind of dark side, i dont think anybody -- i think some of the members of the press here who knew him very well -- i just interviewed yesterday a guy who spent two years doing a book on him and just cannot believe these rape charges. he is not a violent sort of man. i dont know. we are going to have to s...