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T tv announcer this is the bill press show. Bill hey, its 26 minutes after the hour here on this Tuesday Morning. I was just thinking, what if december 7 1941, right when Franklin Roosevelt announced to the nation that the japanese had attacked us at pearl harbor, i wonder if the Republican Party said i dont know. Is he really telling the truth here. Did they really attack us and why did they attack us . You dont ask those kind of questions. You fight back. In this case, mitt romney leading the ...

Er taking your emails on any topic at any time, this is the bill press show. Live on your radio and current tv. Bill hey good to hear from so many of you like thomas who says thanks for giving me an alternative to morning joe. Hey, just call us morning bill. Donald francis adds Mitch Mcconnells crying about being a minority and not having his voice heard. Hey, how about the majority of us whose voice is not being heard because hes so bought off. Good point. D says i was absolutely appalled at th...

We begin with the Obama Administrations latest attempt to explain the misleading information given out in the days after the september 11th attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya. Four americans including the u. S. Ambassador to libya died in what we now know was a terrorist attack. But that isnt what the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations susan rice said when she went on National Television five days after the attack. Today rice is up on capitol hill. Shes explaining what happened...

States . Drones. We know the military uses them. Well, get ready for drones possibly buzzing your house. And forget steroids. Adderall is the new p. E. D. And four nfl players are suspended. Cup of joe, only one question left. Something you would buy . No, not at all. Newsroom starts now. Good morning to you. Thank you so much for being with me. Im carol costello. We begin in washington today where president obama will play host to mitt romney this afternoon andn what could be one of the most an...

Now. Your elected officials trading insults, playing the blame game here as the clock is winding down on the fiscal cliff. Keep in mind time is awasting. In 32 days now tax rates soar, spending gets slashed. Oh, and dont forget, congress, yeah, they get to take a break for the holidays in 14 days. A recipe for recession. The president is pitching a plan that calls for 1. 6 trillion in tax heights and 50 billion in new infrastructure spending. Hell head to a manufacturing plant in pennsylvania to...

And lindsey gramm, both graham. Both tough critics of obamas foreign policy. Send me send a comp mensive immigration comprehensive immigration bill in the next few months and i will sign it right away and america will be better for it. Also, a star student at u. C. Berkley revealed hes an undocumented immigrant. He shared his story as part of an Online Campaign for the dream act. Thats the proposed Immigration Law that congress is considering that would allow certain students like himself the pa...

This problem. Schieffer i agree with all that b but when you have the speaker of the house saying i cant work with the president any more. Every time i work with him i get bermuda. When he says he wont take on the liberals in his own party on reforming the social programs, and then you see the president hes not talking to anybody. Hes out making speeches around the country. Oh, i think that the president is he laid out in very complete detail schieffer but what is he doing . What are the two sid...

Of Science Magazine the latest from David Ignatius of the Washington Post, tom ricks of Foreign Policy, and state Department Correspondent Margaret Brennan. Well round it up on the with amy walt are aim amy walter, michael gerson, and our political director john dickerson. From out in space to here on earth, this is face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, face the nation with bob schieffer. Schieffer and good morning, again on a day when there is no shortage of ...

And just who are they . Ill talk to a man who knows the region well, former u. S. Ambassador to iraq and afghanistan, ryan crocker. And what can america do . I will talk to richard haas about washingtons options. Also, any hope of Immigration Reform is dead on arrival in congress. What does that mean for americas neighbors in mexico . I will ask that nations finance minister. And the world cup, fifa is under attack for making money off the backs of brazilians, but really, its part of a much larg...

There, the failures of the iraqi army, the advances of isis both in syria and in iraq. And a real military challenge there. The challenges in africa, in subsaharan africa, and the real problems the military face on the budget front with budget cuts and the results of the sequester. This is not at all an easy job to manage. Ashton carter is highly regarded. We were hearing from our colleagues on the hill that the republicans who have not yet been asked whether they would confirm him are already s...