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Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable john boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] john boehner thank you. Ladies and gentlemen distinguished guests, welcome to the United States capitol. In a few weeks americans will mark 70 years since the end of world war ii. When that war concluded on the deck of the battleship missouri, General Macarthur spoke of his great hope that the carnage of that war would be a foundation for a future based in his words on the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom tolerance, and justice. We know that world faile...

Panelist includes lynda bird johnson robb, the eldest daughter of president and mrs. Johnson. Lynda is the former chairman of the board for reading is fundamental, the nations largest childrens literary organization. She serves on the board of the lbj foundation. She is also the former first lady of virginia and another proud alumnus of the university of texas in austin. I might mention as well her , husband, former senator and former governor chuck robb is here. Lynda will be joined on stage by larry levinson, deputies special counsel to larry to president johnson. Larry helped shape a compre...

Finally, it is my distinct pleasure to introduce our first moderator, the great Bob Schieffer. As all of you know, bob is the cbs news chief washington correspondent and the awardwinning host of face the nation. Bob made some news of his own earlier this month when he announced he was stepping down from face the nation. Im hoping we will all help change his mind before lunch today. Bob has been a reporter for more than half a century and is has virtually won every award in broadcast journalism during his august career. Including 8 emmy awards. Please give me a big round of applause for Bob Sch...

We thought it would be important to look at the complicated early history of medicare and how difficult it was for previous administrations to enact legislation that so many of us now take for granted. Besides myself, our first panelist includes lynda bird johnson robb, the eldest daughter of president and mrs. Johnson. Lynda is the former chairman of the board for reading is fundamental, the nations largest to childrens literary organization. And she serves on the board of the lbj foundation. She is also the former first lady of virginia and another proud alumnus of the university of texas in...

Dozens of homes have been destroyed and evacuations theyre starting to mix some progress in containing the infernal as of this month in the container had jumped to 12 . J. R. Stone firefighters are certainly making progress on this fire we saw flames shooting into the air just 24 hours ago not the case right now because of the weather conditions kuala temperatures and wind that actually pushed the smoke out of the area of with the change in the weather and the drop in the temperatures and is definitely helped us out a lot Fire Fighters are monitoring those hot spots on the ground because cds h...