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out the door. were going to talk to a family member of the victims who says theyve been left now without any answers. no one is talking to them. and then, a tragedy. im not even a really big football fan. that was so sad to watch, the tide rolling over my favorite lsu. of course, they were thrilled because it was revenge approximately we. well talk about that. and former chief white house staff, theyre going to talk about the former governors late surge. texas a&m going to get into it ...

Still stunning, so many years later. lets check over rick at the web wall. always so easy to say! rick. >> easy for you to say! ive got a job for you during the commercial break, go to the "happening now" home page, at foxnews.com, school down over here and look at this poll. what do you think the government is building under the white house? we just heard about the big dig, we heard from ed henry, that if he gave us any more information, hed have to hurt us. but we have choices for you to let...

he has three words of advice today for the obama white house to try to salvage the partys chances of victory in 2012. those words, "fire, indict and fight." james carville is joining us now. james, you created quite a stir in this article youve written for cnn.com. let me read a couple of lines. among other things you say, "what should the white house do now? one word came to mind, panic. this is what i would say to president barack obama. the time has come to demand a plan of action t...

Him. >> anytime someone has come over and worked on it, i have had them sign the ribs and the spars and put a date on it. i have lots of signatures throughout there. >> reporter: with the propeller from lancaster and an engine with parts from williamsport, reeves bird has a pennsylvania connection even though the kit is made in oregon. with a huge hole in the ground finished the wall will soon be opened, and the cleeming aluminum beauty will come out. to hopefully make its maiden flight later th...

>> he did as good a job as possible, bill. he was a republican governor. democrats controlled the legislature to 1. so anything that he tried to stop, his veto couldnt be sustained it was going to be overridden. he tried to take control of the big dig, you know, that disastrous tunnel project. and the legislature would never give him any power to do so until somebody was actually killed in it thats why he didnt run for re-election in 2006. he saw he would be spinning his wheels for another four ...

Governor. did he his best to hold down taxes. he was a very honest guy. and when he got control of the big dig finally in his final year, he instituted some reforms. >> bill: okay. so his bone fidz on economic issues but is he a flip flopping guy, the rap against him is pro-life, pro-choice, gay marriage, no gay marriage, bop bop bop bop bop. is that an accurate, is that a fair assessment of the governor that he flip flops? >> i think it is a fair assessment, bill, thats one reason wife this is ...

Governor. did he his best to hold down taxes. he was a very honest guy. and when he got control of the big dig finally in his final year, he instituted some reforms. >> bill: okay. so his bone fidz on economic issues but is he a flip flopping guy, the rap against him is pro-life, pro-choice, gay marriage, no gay marriage, bop bop bop bop bop. is that an accurate, is that a fair assessment of the governor that he flip flops? >> i think it is a fair assessment, bill, thats one reason wife this is ...

Possible, bill. he was a republican governor. democrats controlled the legislature to 1. so anything that he tried to stop, his veto couldnt be sustained it was going to be overridden. he tried to take control of the big dig, you know, that disastrous tunnel project. and the legislature would never give him any power to do so until somebody was actually killed in it thats why he didnt run for re-election in 2006. he saw he would be spinning his wheels for another four years. >> bill: why did the...

>> brenda: what about, gary, what about an alternative way call called-- >> thats one way and that sort of gets to the heart of it brenda, i dont even mind the you you know, kind of pay as you go thing tax, if you will, as long as it was they got rid of the gas tax, thats fine. the problem that i have with it, its at the federal government level. the same federal government that brought you among other national highway projects, the big dig, 12 billion dollars over budget and 20 years late. that...

Construction, but like all national or federal government it does it inefficiently. i agree with you, the big dig should have been built, but the problem was, it was 12 billion dollars over budget. they probably needed bridges in alaska, but what we got from the national highway transportation fund was the bridge to nowhere. what you get when the federal government steps in is they have to pay the highest wages around. now what that means? when they felt the wilson bridge they had to pay union w...