. >> darren samuelsohn is with us on the phone. what is the latest on whether house democrats are ready to pass a climate change bill on friday? >> they are not saying yet when that debate will begin on friday morning. they are still trying to wrap up those last couple of boats. well nancy pelosi gamble of the 2, 3, 4, 5, the dozen votes that she will need or try to win them on the floor? will they have secured them? we are waiting, watching. there has been a lot of lobbying off of the floor, on the floor in the last couple of days. president obama's top energy adviser, rahm emanuel has been working with them in person. president obama making a public plea today at the rose garden. there is definitely a push right now. >> tell us about house speaker nancy pelosi and why she is getting so directly involved in talking to lawmakers to vote in favor of the bill. >> this has been one of her "flagship issues." this is one of her biggest issues. she is pushing -- -- she is pushing henry waxman all along from the get go. she is probably re

darren small son joining us on the phone. that vote was close. do to get this bill passed? >> they were working the hall ways, the house floor. president obama got involved early this week, calling members, inviting members up to the white house, freshmen and sophomores primarily. and basically you had the energy and commerce committee democrats, the people who wrote this bill, going one by one, member by member, and trying to convince them what they had passioned out of committee was a bill that had taken their interest into account. that energy and commerce committee you would hear was a microcosm of the larger house because of how many cole and oil patch kelvin sampson crats were there. they had to make more to the farm state democrats. they probably got 20 democrats from rural america to go along with this bill because of the negotiations they did with colin porter son the agriculture committee chairman, and then whipping in the last couple of days of other bills. they called it a fishing poll bill. you saw nancy pelosi personally on the floor lobbying members. >> speak

. >> your cousin is darren fletcher who played with the expo franchise and is part of the blue jays. what's that like? >> me and him hung out on the field. i got to give him a tour, and it was fun having family here. >> the grass is always greener for john on his side of the field. back to you. >> well, the ground crew getting the field in condition and ready for this ball game today. nats have won the first two. we'll be back with more right after this. ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. >>> mike, everyone has seen great fastball, but do you feature anything else? >> i throw a slider and cutter, maybe a rare occasion a change-

. >> rob: i was talking to darren fletcher today talking about hanrahan, how can this kid throw 95 andrying to blow by team. >> bob: game tied. 95 mile-per-hour fastball. scott rolen turned it around. >> rob: the location was just terrible. still have to locate it. >> bob: that run charged to kip well and a win taken away from ross detwiler. >> rob: well, now, you have to do damage control right here. pitch location is going to be up in the zone, very hittable. rolen did not try to crush the ball, put it in play for a base hit and tie the ballgame. >> bob: scott rolen, 2-for-4 tonight. here is adam lind. and they are going up hacking. >> rob: that's a very good hitting ball club. you knew it was a matter of time they would put a couple of singles, maybe doubles together, get themselves back in the ballgame. another line drive knocked down by alberto gonzalez and that keeps scott rolen from going to third. so the blue jays are hitting the ball hard against wells and hanrahan here in the 8th after that leadoff pinch hit by bautista. alex rios now with the lead run at second base. alex ri

when you do, just remember these four words for what this legislation means -- jobs, darren samuel sohn is on the phone. what did democrats have to do to get this bill passed? they were working the hallways, the house floor, president obama got involved early this week, calling members, inviting members up to the white house, freshmen and sophomores primarily, and basically they had the energy and commerce committee, democrats, going one by one to members trying to convince them that what they had passed out of the committee about a month ago was a bill that had taken their interest of the microcosm of the larger house because of how many coal and oil house democrats were there. a lot of concessions were made. then they had to make a lot more to the farm state democrats, probably got 20 democrats from rural america to go along with the bill because of the negotiations with david pierce, the minnesota democrat anding a cum tour -- agriculture chairman its was an opportunity, i think, as markey called it, a fishing pole expedition of some kind where he was able to personally get some repu

. >> darren samuelson of environment and energy daily. thanks for the update. >> happy to do it. >> there's still time to get your copy of c span's 2009 congressional directory with information on house and senate members, the cabinet, supreme court justices and the nation's governors plus district maps and how to contact commitees and caucuses. it's 16.95. online at c-span.org/products or call 1-877-on-c span [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] . >> there will be more from the newly released tapes saturday afternoon on c-span radio. >> now we have a hearing on stimulus spending. the house transportation committee heard from federal officials about airline, train, and highway spending. the committee will come to order. and this is the second of a series of oversight hearings that i have committed as to undertake at the outset of the recovery act. in december of 2007, when i proposed an initiative to get the economy moving again, programs under the jurisdiction of

next on the independent line is darren from georgia. caller: thank you for c-span. am against a public auction for medical coverage. i must make two comments about that. one, i would like to retort to obama's response about the government screws and all private insurers. his answer while it seems to have some logic basically ignored one key factor. the government does not have to be efficient. they can do what it wants to do by passing a law. by gun. they can force themselves into a situation -- by gunpoint the can do with it what to do in force everyone else out. it is no secret that democrats want a public plan and have been moving towards that. anyone who believes this is not a movement toward a single-payer plan is deluding themselves. discussing the inefficiencies between government or private, the left grilled about the profit motive with in private plans, but never mentions the inefficiencies created from the government side. i would argue those take more money and a larger percentage of the overall pool of money than with the competitive -- then the companie

darren cunningham will take the pitch. a call-up from aaa last saturday.me he has been with the ball club, has started each of the last six games since the recall, 4-for-22 in his major league debut last year. that ball up the middle. that's going to be a base him one run in. going to try and score. jones' throw to the plate. not in time, down to second, not in time. the two-rbi single for cunningham. and a 5-0 a's lead. >> buck: for a team that not been hitting, they have jumped on jeremy guthrie early. a bouncing ball, three hops through the infield. andino can't keep in the infield. the throw from jones is late. cunningham gets a single and advances to second on the throw. >> gary: what a downer start here for the o's. jack hannahan will take the bat. the a's team has the lowest batting average and the fourth fewest runs scored. that is inside for a ball. hannahan and the warm-up action begins with mark hendrickson, the batter. runner at second base. that is in there for a strike. 2-1. guthrie game in with opponents hitting .274 off him. left handers at