these men go through things and have scars that no one can understand. the first thing that startled us was the relationship between harry truman and herbert hoover. they were personally and politically different men who ended up forming this alliance that neither of them would have anticipated. it was enormously productive. they formed the foundation of what became a deep friendship. the letters between them about how they had become important to each other were extraordinary. it may be the most exclusive club in the world. the private and personal relationships of american presidents. sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span s q & a. mitt romney will give the commencement address at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. we expect that to begin in 20 minutes. we will have live coverage here on c-span. here are some of the calls that came in this morning about the former governor from this morning s washington journal. the om blog is found on the washington post websi
son. tonight, she comes outfront. good evening, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, warning signs ignored. the fallout swept around the world today from america s biggest banks, multibillion dollar loss on risky trades. in washington, senator carl levin held a conference call with reporters about jpmorgan s shocking trading losses which could be up to $3 billion and the credit rating agency fitch slapped jp morgan with a drowngrade citing reputational risk. stocks plunged taking other banks down. the boss, america s most well-known banker was taken by surprise. here s jamie dimon one month ago responding to investor questions about bad trades and his risk management unit. it s is a complete tempest in a teapot. sophisticated, complex things. at the end of the day that s our job. invest that portfolio wisely and intelligently over a long period of time to earn income and to offset other exposures we have. well, here he is last night when it turned out that te
washington post source for the story, stu white, who is quoted as saying i was always bothered by the lauber incident, he wasn t actually there. and he wasn t present for the prank and he only heard about it this year when he was contacted by the washington post. isn t it interesting timing that this story comes out during the same time when the president of the united states who will be the opponent of mitt romney is talking about gay marriage and how he s supporting it. isn t it interesting that this story i mean, i ll leave it up to the viewer. i find it interesting. here s the quote from the sister of the young man at that time who apparently was pinned down. this is from betsy lauber. the family of john lauber is releasing a statement saying the portrayal of john is factually incorrect and we are aggrieved that he would be used to further a political agenda. there will be no more comments from the family. unfortunately, john laubar passed away, i believe, in 2004 so he s no
the base of the democratic party. but it s, look, social issues matter. people care about them deeply. this one will hurt rather than help obama. bret: casey, mitt romney talking about the article by the washington post. expansive article about the allegations of his, allegation he singled out a fellow tune some said was gay. he cut his hair. verbal and physical abuse. this is how he answered it yesterday. i don t recall the incident myself. i have seen the report. not going to argue with that. no question but i did stupid things whence i was in high school. obviously if i hurt anyone by virtue of that, i would be sorry for it and apologize for it. meantime the sister of the man in question who passed away a number of years ago, john lauber and the sister betsy released a statement saying the family of john
on something he still claims he doesn t remember. i had no idea what that individual s sexual orientation might be. going back to the 1960s, that one something we all discussed or considered. so that simply is not accurate. i don t recall the incident myself but i have seen the reports. not going to argue with that. there is no question but that i did some stupid things when i was in high school and obviously if i hurt anyone by vir which you of that i would be very sorry for it and apologize for it. john lauber, mitt romney s victim, will never hear his apology. he died in 2004. jonathan, let s adjudicate as fair minded observers having read this story, watched mitt romney s response. do you think he is lying about