democrats davis, meets, abercrombie, moore, booth, gordon, tanner, baird. why are democrats opting out of the obama mid-term election? to avoid a bloodbath? well, hiss store achelely a president's first m.i.t. term election has led to major losses for his party in those elections. in 1982, republican president ronald reagan's first mid-term election, republicans lost 26 seats. more notably, in 1994, president clinton's mid-term

british prime minister gordon brown began this week's question time by pledging u.k. humanitarian -- humanitarian aid to haiti, following the earthquake there run tuesday. he answered questions on whether he would appear before the iraq inquiry. now, prime minister's questions. >> order. questions for the prime minister. bill wiggin. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> before listing my engagements, i know that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to captain daniel read, from 11 explosive ordnance disposal regiment, royal logistic corps. he died in afghanistan on monday, undertaking the dangerous work of protecting his fellow soldiers and civilians from explosive devices. the courage and selflessness of this work is truly breathtaking. his sacrifice will not be forgotten, and we send our sincere condolences to his family and friends. i know that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute also to rupert hamer, who lost his life in afghanistan while reporting from the front line, and to his colleague who was injured. our thoughts are also with t

gordon brown says the u.k. will move quickly in its fight against terror a full body scanners will now be considered as part of the new measure. the new decade is starting as the last began with al qaeda. creating a climate of fear that right. the prime minister is why they could be no complacency in dealing with the failed detroit attack he says the national terrorism. very great country. title from a tional perspective. terrorists to stop them movement and procedures. now being carried out to look. port in the next few days. new physical security measures. also seem inevitable rumor for root abdulmutallab. explosives went undetected through dutch and nigerian airports. and gordon brown says new techniques will be examined in cooperation with america including full body x. ray scanners. the prime minister also says the country can't rely on a fortress britain strategy alone. and urged people to be vigilant in identifying people at risk of radicalization. and right b.b.c. news. the freed british hostage peter m

. >> sunday on "prime minister's questions," british prime minister gordon brown talks about the governmentlief efforts in haiti and the creation of the united nations reconstruction agency to respond to future disasters. that is at 9:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> each year, the washington center brings thousands of students to washington d.c. to experience the workings of our government firsthand. this weekend, they will discuss politics, government, and their futures. sunday night at 8 on c-span. >> this week, a conversation with the new president of the national association of broadcasters, a former oregon senator gordon smith. se6 to 2008. our guest reporter is the washington bureau chief of broadcasting and cable magazine. i want to start with the supreme court decision this week. i will ask you what their ruling on campaign finance means to your members. >> i probably should admit i never voted for mccain fine gold, so i think it is a big decision for freedom of speech. oddly, you cannot get on tv or radio without paying for it. broadcasters have a lot of cost in production and c

joe: boy gordon attacked by brandon bow chinkie. this is matt bradley down the wing. >> the caps have not been very good defensively. joe: along the wall steven stamkos with good patience. theodore makes the catching stop. >> only a star playing can pick that up. great hands and feet. joe: steven stamkos in the corner and podi will make a break and steckel snared by smith and he will be h ithigh sc it a scoring for tampa bay. >> the teams are making magic. >> nice plan by santos wicked. back hander over the shoulder of the capitals goalie. in the high slot he will find another loose puck and rips it and no chance for the jerseys and the caps have struck and nice little curl off of the back of the leg. yes, all around, mike green with his 11th also on the pv. joe: mike green over 25 minutes per game. beating washington when it comes to ice time and he has authored more goals against tampa bay than any other team in his nhl career. tom fleischmann and miller excusing backstrom from the dock. tampa bay controls the drop. paul szczechur

gordon to turn.ipietro along his side made the save. >> craig: that was a nice burst of speed by bradley and even better pass to gordon off the far side. being a right shot, it's hard to collect and shoot in one motion. >> joe: moulson. crossing up there. gervais sends in it. at a point position, sutton. lost it there in the just to bradley. [ whistle ] >> joe: offside, washington on the on the rush. morgan franklin pivotal play, locker. let's go back to goal number three for dc. >> craig: they got them clos 2- 1. here comes mike knuble driving the net on a great feed by tomas fleischmann. he just works. he works in the paint. it might take him two or three whacks at that time to get t that was a power play strike. that was pivotal in this hockey game. >> joe: last time the islanders islander beat the washington capitals in regulation, you have to go all the way back to october 2007. so many of these games between these two teams have gone to extra time. since bruce boudreau took over 7-9. >> craig:

." >> tomorrow, british prime minister gordon brown pledges humanitarian relief for haiti. also, why the prime minister has not appeared before the iraq war inquiry. prime minister's questions, 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> did you know the number one at a news application for your iphone or ipod touch is c-span? there is also a tab with links to all of our podcast, and it is all free and available from the apps store. >> virginia's new governor took the oath of office, bob mcdonnell. this is from the state capital of richmond. this is about 30 minutes. >> the oath of office will now be administered to the governor elect of the commonwealth of virginia, robert francis mcdonald by the justice of supreme court of the virginia -- bob mcdonnell, by the justice of the supreme court of virginia. [applause] >> are you ready to take the oath? >> i am ready, yes. >> please repeat after me, raise your right hand. >> i, robert francis mcdonnell do solemnly swear that i will support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia, and that i

smith. >> host: our guest this week on "the communicators" is gordon smith, the new president and ceo of the national association of broadcasters, senator smith served in the united states senate from 1996-2008, and he was on the commerce committee during that time which is very much involved in telecommunications policy. our guest reporter this week, john eggerton who is the washington bureau chief of broadcasting and cable magazine. thanks to both of you for being here. >> guest: thank you. >> host: senator, i want to start not so much with telecommunications, but with the supreme court decision this week, and i'm going to ask can you what their ruling on campaign finance means for your members. >> guest: well, i probably should admit i never voted for mccain-feingold, so i actually think it's a good decision for freedom of speech. but ultimately you can't get on tv or radio without paying for it. broadcasters have lots of costs and production of content and, you know can, the american people rely on their tv and radios. ultimately, i suspect it means there'll be more political adve

gordon maston. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in the past 12 months, people in blackpool have turned out in unprecedented numbers for remembrance day of armed forces day, and to give specific welcome to returning troops of afghanistan. people recognize as the sacrifice being given by those who risk their lives daily, so can i ask the prime minister to underline the fact the government again unde who seek o disrupt and is on that support? >> mr. speaker, i praise for hosting the first armed forces veterans day and i know that blackpool has lost soldiers in both iraq and afghanistan, as he says. and he's right that we must commemorate all those who have served and given sacrifice to our country. i should his use about extremist who used freedom of speech in our country to foster division, to incite hatred and in some cases incite people to give. we've already strengthen our powers to prosecute into an organization prescribed a result of our determination through legal process what is necessary to do. it is also about standing up fo

after that, question times with prime minister gordon brown. and then a look at the election year. . >> michael scammell arthur of "koestler: the literary & political odyssey of a twentieth-century skeptic." wanted to choose to open a pro of the way you did? >> partly for dramatic effect. partly to achieve my favorite form of literature which is a circle. and partly because i did not see it as symbolic. that is to say, that he had tried in vain to exercise control over what he was doing. he constantly thought about where he was going, what he was thinking, what he was writing. there were three or four attempts at suicide earlier. it seemed to me to have great symbolic effect. >> let me read the first sentence. on tuesday, march 1, 1983, arthur koestler and his wife, cynthia entered their home and sat down facing each other. he in his favorite leather armchair and she on the couch and for themselves their usual drink before dinner. then what? >> vet drink was laced with something else. -- that drink was laced with something else. obviously, it w

tonight on prime minister's questions, the house leader sylvan forbes gordon brown. she answered questions on british banks, -- the house leader filled in for gordon brown. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> tonight, the history of executive power, from george washington to george w. bush. officer john yoo -- author john yoo talks about his new book. >> over the weekend, the congressional delegation attended a forum in switzerland to discuss the global implications of the obama administration's legislative agenda on health care, energy, the environment, and financial regulation. this is about an hour. >> welcome, everybody. >> our task is to try to get a global perspective to the legislative agenda and the united states. this is only panel specifically focused on legislative agenda in any one country, so all the talk about change, it is changing. there is still something important about what happens to the united states and congress. when i lived in europe, europeans always used to ask, when do i get to vote in an american in elections? i used to say, t

in his first question time of the year, prime minister gordon brown broadly as outlined british air securityeasures following the christmas day attempted bombing. later, an international conference on yemen in afghanistan. is still 30% lower level than

. >> with only months until a general election in britain, gordon brown faced another challenge. two former ministers wanted their colleagues to back a secret ballot on whether he should remain in charge. the prime minister dismissed it as [unintelligible] >>> a suicide bomber killed six police officers in southern russia. the attacker tried to drive a car into the main yard of the police station as a parade was taking place, but a policeman rammed into the car and saved many lives. al qaeda's responsibility -- the attack at the cia base was carried out by a jordanian doctor working as a double agent. our correspondent caviled -- traveled to the capital for this exclusive report. >> driving to meat al qaeda to speak to a fighter who claims he recruits jordanians for al qaeda's cause. the militant is suspected of killing cia agents in afghanistan this week. this man's praise for him was predictable. >> lots of people here would like to do something like that. he was a mortar. i would love to do what he did. -- he was a martyr. >> the bomber work as a doctor in this infamous suburb

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here is a low bid from gordon smith. >> if they take broadcast spectrum and some of the trial balloonproposals are to stack tv stations in a way that will only destroy the high- definition project, it would take away the multi channel availability and eliminate the future of mobile tv. we think that in the digital -- did your tv should not be sacrificed on the altar of the digital drive -- digital tv should not be sacrificed. >> my own view is that if it turns out that what viewers and consumers want is any particular use of the spectrum, i think we should have it. i do not see why b.g.e. is fine with me if it turns out people want to have hundreds of megahertz. i would rather the fcc not be in the business of making that decision. >> how would you get from where we are in the use of spectrum? the take it back from the broadcasters and start from scratch? >> that is a great question. that is a decision that is being discussed in the context -- it is probably being discussed in half of the telecommunications law firms in the city right now. i don't feel that strongly about how it happe

this conference alongside president karzai and prime minister gordon brown. we are aware of the great conference of the united kingdom. i wish to reiterate my of initiation for this time the event. we are here to reform -- reaffirmed long term commitment to our sisters and he loved afghanistan. i think the president to appear to reform -- reform afghanistan's commitment to the international community. this is an extremely touching time. -- challenging time. today's event is a chance to look at out to build achievements so far. it is an opportunity to redefine the relationship between afghanistan and the international community. to build a relationship based on strength and leadership and an increase support role for the international community, and relationship where international airports a line with afghan governments. we face a long process of recovery and institution building. it must be inclusive. it will encompass the full range of things. we must strengthen governance of the afghan people. we must respect the human rights and basic needs of the afghan

joining us now is "daily news" reporter james gordon make.have you on. >> hello, david. >> president obama's top counterterrorism official saying there was no smoking gun, that u.s. agencies should have found ahead of the christmas day attempted attack. what do you make of that? >> there was no smoking gun, but there were a lot of parts of the gun, a lot of shell casings lying around that probably should have been taken together and some assumptions should have been made. as we've reported in "the daily news," you know, there was some intelligence, there was information from this suspect to try to blow up the plane bound for detroit. his own father, who was a prominent former nigerian economics minister and banker, had come in and talked to the cia and u.s. embassy in nigeria and warned them about his son possibly being tied up with extremists in yemen, which is a hotbed for activity of al qaeda's regional branch in the arabian peninsula. and there was some other intelligence cables, apparently not everything was shared with michael leiter's

and he would be having lots of conversations between john prescott, gordon browne, jonathan -- gordonrown, jonathan powell, lots of different people. he would phone people outside the circle. not necessarily about making decisions, his constituency agent he'd want to know what they said in sedgefield, he'd want to speak to mps about what was happening. he would then in terms of a specific discussion he used most mondays used to start with the prime minister having sent a note out to what you would call his inner circle. and that would be the basis for a meeting on monday morning. and when you got a meeting specifically to do with iraq, from memory the people who would almost certainly be at those would be jeff straw, jeff hune, admiral boyce, john scarlet, sometimes richard dearlove and myself probably -- >> but that's a sort of formal meeting on iraq. >> but i think that's what most of the discussions would be. in terms of the sort of discussions i might have with the prime minister out with, that they would probably certainly, usually in the morning first thing, but that's just abou

they're both retirements but bart gordon's retirement is significantly more problematic for democratsmore symbolic of a moderate to conservative democrat worried about his electible prospects. >> ifill: does this mean republicans are clicking their heels together, amy? >> they are definitely very happy today because , again, the story be , even though we just described the micro-piece not changing all that much, the macro-piece continues to move forward as, boy, democrats are having a tough time. they're running out of washington. they don't want to be he were anymore. they can't really do well governing. the question is can democrats really turn around and establish something in 2010 to be able to run on to have a message that says, look, we got all this stuff accomplished for the american public. we're happy to run on this message. and we're going to be able to hold on to our majority. >> ifill: for both of you, you know as well as anyone, that the worst time for most first-term presidents is at big first midterm election. so starting with you, amy, let's talk about what this means

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it is because 2010 is such an importing year that gordon brown conceded this conference. the aim of the conference was to align the military and civilian resources of every coalition partner behind a clear political strategy. to help president karzai and his government deliver the ambitious agenda that he set out in his inaugural speech last november. the themes of mutual responsibility, afghan and international, and the unity behind a clear plan came through very strongly. i hope you had a chance to look at the communique. it explains how the international community is going to upgrade. security, governance and development, regional relations. in respect of security, i want to highlight the new figures for the growth of the afghan national security forces in 200011. -- 2011. supported by commitments from the international community parade alongside that growth, there is the endorsement of the nato plan for the transition to afghan security leadership province by province. some provinces will trance -- half of afghanistan's provinces would have afghan security leadership

the leader of the house will fill in this morning for prime minister gordon brown as we join the house they are wrapping up previous business. live coverage here on glenn theobald. >> i would commend my friends -- in working with encouraging young people to engage -- absolutely right. this does route employment that people gain. >> beautiful. >> a moment ago of a government is doing charities in the sector. >> i recently visited a mental health charity getting its funding from 27 different sources. twenty-seven audits every year. having to employ at least one full time person just to do the paperwork. we can streamline that system. >> one thing we can do is look at having one kind of system because of migration. somebody is funding the organization that will be dependent on funds with a looking so much at the have sector. >> questions for the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> i have been asked to reply. my hon. friend the prime minister is in northern ireland where talks are ongoing to secure agreement on the evolution of police and justice hours. the prime minister will m

democrats davis, meets, abercrombie, moore, booth, gordon, tanner, baird. why are democrats opting out of the obama mid-term election? to avoid a bloodbath? well, hiss store achelely a president's first m.i.t. term election has led to major losses for his party in those elections. in 1982, republican president ronald reagan's first mid-term election, republicans lost 26 seats. more notably, in 1994, president clinton's mid-term first election, democrats lost 54 seats. with republicans led by newt gingrich seizing both the house and senate in landslides. republicans are the preferred choice in 2010 polls. more importantly, polls also say that the gop is the more popular choice of independent voters. a big deal. democrats are a wash in three. >> it's a tough time for democrats, frankly. our voters are less enthusiastic than republicans and independents. >> hold on, is a linda, it's not over until it's over. today's democrats have one saving grace. 14 republicans have bowed out of the 2010 races, which may be the reason r a victory lap. question. will republic

we cannot go on and we cannot go forward another five years of gordon brown.cannot go on like this. we need change to get the country back on its feet.Ñi a better n.h.s., an aspirational economy, a big society and a new politics. if we make these changes, then this country will have a great progressive future. a future that is fairer, safer greener and where opportunity is more equal. now today we are kick starting our campaign to make that vision a reality. we are publishing the first chapter of our draft manifesto yes, it is a draft manifesto because this is still an open document, open to the ideas of the millions of people it would effect. all our policies and plans are going to be published online on the conservative website for everyone to have a look at. we're then going to ask people to get involved and to have their say on the changes that they want to see. over the coming weeks we're going to be publishing this draft manifesto chapter by chapter. and today we are starting with our number one priority, it was our number one priority four years ago whe

and gordon brown will give evidence by the end of february or early march. he has not said anything about the -- what he thought about the iraq invasion and the war. he was the chief treasury minister and the evidence was that he stopped the british arm forces from getting money they needed specifically to buy helicopters. >> richard norton-tator from the guardian, thank you for joining us. thank you. >> attorney general eric holder said yesterday that an estimated $60 billion are lost each year to healthcare fraud. he spoke at an antifraud summit with kathleen sebelius. their comments are about a half hour. [applause] >> well, good morning. nice to have you all here today. and thank you to the great deputy secretary. and i want to join him in welcoming all of you today and also to thank the attorney general not only for being here but for his tireless commitment and for being a great partner in fighting fraud. i want to also recognize incoming acting deputy general grinler, who i just had a chance to say hello to. and thank you for being here and for your p

joining us in washington, gordon jondro, a former security council spokesperson, let me ask you to buildime line for us, what needs to happen now? we've had a series of events, the christmas day one, the new york city terror arrests, the newark incident. we're on high alert. are we doing enough? what needs to happen in your mind right now and what should happen out of those hearings? >> sure, a few things, one, president obama did have a good announcement this week that there are some good initial reforms, but a few things need to happen. first of all, the president has got to keep on talking about national security and the war on terror because it sends a signal throughout the government that it really is a priority for them and it sends a signal throughout the world that we are really serious about going after terrorists, about going after extremists and the american people want to hear that their president talk about it, and know he's doing everything he can to keep us safe and secure. now, you know, secondly, i think we're going to need to see additional reforms. most likely we're go

every wednesday while parliament is in session, prime minister gordon brown takes questions from the members of the house of commons. prior to question time, the house is wrapping up previous business. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> i think the most important thing to realize that we are not take mistakes of the tory past and the welsh assembly is working well. we're working together if partnership that people are put back to work as humanly possible. our progress is there for all to see. if we are tory policies are implemented we will see far more people unemployed in wales than we currently have. >> will my honorable friend join with me and congratulate the real city strategy team that put forth a successful bid for the jobs fund that will 320 young people back to work in my constituency. >> i congratulate the member on the excellent work that he has been doing and what i think what is happening is a good example of what can be done by a preactive government and a local assembly level and i think that example is an excellent example of what can be achieved when we all work to

gordon brown talked about government relief efforts in haiti and called for the creation of the un reconstructionagency to respond more rapidly to future disaster. he also expressed hope that the cadbury workers would retain their jobs after proposed merger with kraft. cadbury it is a company founded almost 200 years ago. >> questions to the prime minister. >> order. questions for the prime minister. danny alexander? >> question one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to corporal lee bronson, and rifleman luke farmer from third battalion, the rifles that they died in afghanistan this week in our thoughts are with their families and friends at this very sad time. last night i went to the moving tribute of their fellow soldiers to their selflessness and camaraderie which they displayed serving their colleagues, the british people, and the people of afghanistan. and they will not be forgotten. mr. speaker, all of us have also been deeply moved to action ivies to unfold tragic of the people of haiti. some of the poorest people in world facing

during this week's question time, prime minister gordon brown talked about infant -- -- relief efforts and 80 and calls to respond more rapidly to future disaster. he also expressed hope that the cadbury workers retain their jobs after an acquisition. it was founded almost 200 years ago. >> order. questions for the prime minister. danny alexander. >> question one, mr. speaker. >> i am sure that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to corporal lee brownson and rifleman luke farmer from 3rd battalion the rifles. they died in afghanistan this week, and our thoughts are with their families and friends at this very sad time. last night, i read through the moving tributes of their fellow soldiers to the immense bravery, selflessness, and camaraderie which they displayed serving their colleagues, the british people, and the people of afghanistan, and they will not be forgotten. mr. speaker, all of us have also been deeply moved to action by the still unfolding tragedy of the people of haiti, some of the poorest people in the world facing some of the most extreme hardships im

. >> reporter: the british embassy was also shuttered, with prime minister gordon brown calling yemen a failing state while also beefing up his nation's security at home. >> we've recognized that there are new forms of weapon that are being used by al qaeda. so we've got to respond accordingly. >> reporter: the moves come a day after president obama revealed that it was operatives based in yemen who were instrumental in the failed christmas day bombing in detroit. >> al qaeda in the arabian peninsula trained him, equipped him with those explosives, and directed him to attack that plane headed for america. >> reporter: a troubled nation racked by poverty and insurrection, yemen has seen more and more radicals operate within its borders as a weak central government struggles to contain the threat. >> that's worrying. the idea that yemen is turning into a base for international terrorist operations, not just regional terrorist operations. >> reporter: this weekend david petraeus, america's top commander in the region, was in yemen coordinating strategy and pledging to more than double th

every wednesday while parliament is in session, prime minister gordon brown takes questions from members of the house of commons. prior to wrapping up previous business. this is live coverage on c-span2. >> will my right honorable friend, announced it was part of an effort to galvanize finance to help developing countries. get the funding they need immediately to make their countries more resilient to the effects of climate change. my right honorable friend, the prime minister and other primers is help secure commitments worth some $10 billion a year by 2012 to help with that particular challenge. >> will the minister go to the water conference, international water conference in march, given the fact that people that i have met today are all very concerned indeed about the position, not only in haiti, but elsewhere in africa and the rest of the world regarding the search problem of the senator. >> at the risk of ruining the honorable generals under gentle but reputation, he will be aware of the substantial increase in aid or water and sanitation projects that we have put. he's asked me a

and the team beyond that -- gordon was important that the prime minister's relation the parliamentaryur party and so forth. but he is somebody who i sometimes talk about his decision-making when i used to call the circular conversation where he's just talking to different people over a timeframe and absorbing different thoughts and influences. in terms of policymaking at never been a policy person or claim to be a policy person, but i would be his person who is always thinking -- >> to some a lot point he told the finance committee, i quote, i was involved in a loud discussions about policy and strategy on iraq. and then there is an adviser to the prime minister. so surely were policy person? >> abbott and there as a part of that discussion and that operation that is thinking the whole time about communications issues. i'll be absolutely frank. when we first won in 97 general election, the the communications systems of the inherited in my view were not fit for purpose. they had to be brought into media range. >> at the bit before our period. >> it explains why i was doing the job i di

prime minister gordon brown is expected to call elections in many and what is seen as the most dramatic uk vote since the labor party swept to power in 1997." one more call on the fed from mount olive, mississippi. good morning. caller: good morning, bill. happy new year. i would like to comment that congress has a responsibility to regulate the value of our money. that is the biggest problem that we have got. the federal reserve, they are not even supposed to be a federal reserve. we have got a problem with an imbalance in prices, we farmers are not receiving what we are supposed to be receiving. that is a big problem in the economyy of the united states >> a live look now inside the state department here in washington d.c.. the secretary of state hillary clinton and the prime minister of catarrh are meeting today. -- the prime minister of qatar are meeting today. it is almost half past noon and that has not yet happened. we will continue to look in on this for an update and in the meantime, move on for a look at another portion of this morning's washington -- "washington journal." the

[cheers and applause] >> today on prime minister questions, gordon brown pledges aid to haiti. remarks from democrat liberal reader as to why the prime minister does not appear before the iraq war ministry. tonight on c-span. i describe myself after i left congress as a recovery congressman. >> president and ceo of g will industries, an actor and since 2003, he's been heard every morning on wal talk radio. he's our guest tonight on c-span's "q&a." >> president obama asked former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton to help lead haiti efforts. the three met at the white house. a news conference now on developments in that meeting. it's about 15 minutes. good morning, everybody. in times of great challenge in our country and around the world, americans have always come together to lend a hand and serve others. that is what the american people have been doing in recent days with their contributions to the haitian people. at this moment we are moving forward with one of the largest relief efforts in our history to save lives and deliver relief that averts a larger catastrophe

. >>> british prime minister gordon brown wants to extend the growth of extremism in yemen. he is requesting an international meeting later in london and that would coincide with a conference on afghanistan set for january 28th. >>> a milestone in iraq. the u.s. military reports no, zero, u.s. combat deaths for the month of december. that is the first time since the war began nearly seven years ago that we've seen that number. in 2009 it was the least violent year for troops in iraq. the top generals call it progress. >> there has been sustained progress, and that progress has been maintained even after u.s. forces moved out of the cities. that progress continued even as u.s. forces have drawn down now as you heard me say to about 110,000, and i am confident that progress will continue over the course of this new year as we reduce our forces further, as iraqi forces continue to grow in capability and in number. >> december was the first month since the war started that the u.s. had zero battle casualties in the month. we had three nonbattle deaths, but zero deaths due to com

gordon brown taking questions, that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we spoke to an expert on al qaeda and yemen about the presence of al qaeda in that country and what is ahead. here is a look. host: richard fontaine joins us from the center for new american securities to talk to us about al qaeda in yemen. good morning and welcome to the program. guest: morning. host: in the financial times this morning as well as in other papers they are talking about al qaeda seemingly making a haven or seeking to make yemen a safe haven. why is this so attractive for them to be there? >> well, there's several reasons, first is the inability of the central government to extend its control over the country, and there's been a lot of turmoil the country is facing, not north and separatist movement in the south diminishing their natural resources and 10th government resources devoted to the fight is going down. there's also the geographic location of yemen. on the southern portion of saudi arabia. makes it attractive. trying to launch attacks into saudi arabia. so put

we cannot go on and we cannot move forward another five years of gordon brown. better n.h.s., an aspirational economy, a big society, and new politics. if we make these changes, then this country will have a great progressive future. a future that is fairer, safer, greener, and where opportunity is more equal. now, today we are kick starting our campaign to make that vision a reality. we are publishing the first chapter of our draft manifesto. yes, it is a draft manifesto because this is still an open document, opened to the ideas of the millions of people it will affect. all our policies and plans are going to be published online on the conservative website for everyone to have a look at. where they can ask people to get involved and to have their say on the changes that they want to see. over the coming weeks, we are going to be publishing this draft manifesto chapter by chapter. and today we are starting with our number one priority. it was our number one priority four years ago when i became leader of the conservative party. and it has remained so ever since

reverend gordon scott the newest member joined reverend bob to lead the service. reverend scott was recently ordained and called to the grace lutheran church in marshfield. we thank dawn for sending in her church information. as always, we'd like to learn about your home church as well. salutes can be sent to the address on the screen. please, stay with us. mailbag is next. >>> closed captioning is brought to you by optimum brand innovations from pie here hybrid. science with service delivering success. >>> time now for our weekly look inside the "u.s. farm report" mailbag. l. c. mashburn brings up a recurring complaint about food and farm price. i wish when commodity prices riedz rise and fall you would report how much prices fall and rise in the stores. i feel farmers and ranchers don't get the support they need from consumers. elsie, there's a problem with how farmers have framed this issue i think. for every few months, we announce how little consumers pay for food relative to disposable income, but then we complain farmers only get about 20 cents of every foo

joseph gordon, remember the kid from "third rock from the sun." he's a greeting card writer looking for love, he gets hung up on zoe deschanel, their romance lasts 500 days then summer cools on the romance. >> we've been like sid and nancy for months now. >> summer, sid stabs nancy. seven times with a kitchen knife. we have disagreements, but i hardly think i'm sid vicious. >> no. i'm sid. >> oh, so i'm nancy? >> that sort of sets the tone for the relationship. she's in the driver's seat. everybody's dumbstruck by her in the movie and it's hard not to be. i didn't expect to like it and i think that's why i ended up liking it the best of any >>> terror watch. the u.s. makes a dramatic move, closing an embassy in yemen due to new fears. >>> then, travel trouble. the frustrating security breach at a busy airport hours before strict new tsa rules go into effect. >>> and, airborne icon. the goodyear blimp and its presence at big sports events. >> the scene of college football is the best thing about the blimp. >> a major milestone. it's monday, january

n case you're wondering who's going to be on tonight at 6:30, gordon smith, former senator from oregon, and he is the current head of the national association of broadcasters. we'll talk about issues relating to that industry. again, you can see it tonight on c-span at 6:30. chesterfield, missouri, on our republican line. ridge reginald, go ahead. caller: good morning. host: good morning. caller: a couple of things. the short-term memory and the blissful ignorance of many of of the american people is astonishing. and this is simply calling what it is. when was the last time you heard the term outsourcing? do people think they're outer sourcing is a good thing and all the sudden we're magically in the snole it's been screaming out of this country since the mid 1980 's. we've even had union drives, who many people find it fashion tooble despise, many of whom our grand parents and parents were union people perhaps, which includes us upstanding and stable household for them, be it's somewhat ridiculous. scommoip can i ask how those thoughts relate to mr. bernanke. caller: because why are w

questions with gordon brown. and pat quinn and bob riley. . >> fred grandy, i want you to grade the following four things in your life for the purpose of what gave you the most satisfaction? actor, "gopher" on "the love boat.". > > satisfaction index, a solid b. >> as member of the united states congress for four years? >> b-. >> head of goodwill industries for five years. >> a-. >> talk show host at wmal today. >> b+. >> we will come back to all that. let's look at what it is like to be in your studio when you start off in the morning. >> 107.3, worldwide. wmal.com. listen all day and be stimulated. >> now, randy and andy with the news. >> you have been doing this how long? >> i started in 2003. this is really my seventh year. i have saddam hussein thank for the job. i had been out in california. i was between careers at that time. i had filled them for a talk- show host on our station from time to time. the guy that was on general manager, because of the war effort ramping up in iraq,they wanted to go to more 2

today, british prime minister gordon brown says his country will work with the u.s.yemen to help fight terrorism. >> yemen has been recognized, like somalia, to be one of the areas where we've got to not only keep an eye on, but we've got to do more. so the counterterrorism cooperation is working harder on the intelligence effort. >> it is not clear how long the embassies plan to remain closed. to sit down with his intelligence and national security chiefs to try and figure out how the failed terror plot got by them. mike viqueira tells us how president obama is linking al qaeda to the attack. >> reporter: president obama revealed for the first time what many had suspected since the attempted bombing on christmas day. al qaeda was behind it. >> it appears that he joined an affiliate of al qaeda, and that this group, al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, trained him, equipped him with those explosives, and directed him to attack that plane headed for america. >> reporter: the president says that the suspect, umar farouk abdulmutallab made his al qaeda contacts and receiv

this week, on "the communicators" -- gordon smith from the national association of broadcasters on the plan to expand the broadband spectrum. that is tonight. wednesday, president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future gfz the country and its plan to deal with unemployment, health care, and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address -- wednesday night. our coverage begins at 8:00 eastern on c-span. you can also listen live on your iphone with pcs and radio app. >> an organization formed by senate majority leader's have formed a bipartisan debt reduction task force. it will be led by senator pete domenici of new mexico and alice rivlin to serve during the clinton administration. this is about 45 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. i am the president of the bipartisan policy center. it is a pleasure to welcome you here today. this is the first event near having in our brand new conference room. we have to make it a good one. i guess we should have a few words about the bipartisan policy center before we

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actually gordon wood talks about this. business wasn't just business.ng american culture. s idea of competitiveness, vanderbilt was in the forefront. but meanwhile, there was a new code of honor that was emerging. and it was sort is of like the good sportsmanship almost in a way. rather than we're all gentleman so let's cut deals with each other. which they did do also. but it's a long story. let's read the book. but the new code was more an gentleman code but a fair-fight code. i found letters in the library for someone saying i sent for vanderbilt. you know my word as good as my bond. it was very interesting. >> it was interesting. what was fair might be putting your fairy boat across the peer, so the other guy's ferry boat couldn't dock. the crazy races outside. outside of the book, but there's the insane race between henry clay and the other steam ship down the hudson. which lasts all they. the amazingingly -- they are basically throwing people off of the boat. pausing to take them on. at the end of this, henry clay's boiler explodes. it kills like

prime minister gordon brown announced the policy earlier today.n tells bbc all airport security will be increased all across britain. >>> at ben guerron airport in israel it's always a matter of security over privacy. and many say as a result it's one of the safest airports international. why american officials are taking notice. >> reporter: it's considered one of the safest airports in the world. israel's airport has much of the latest technology and sophisticated machinery. american security officials came to visit a few years ago to watch and learn. in israel, there is also a human element. almost every passenger is questioned, sometimes by more than one security officer, some are strip searched. no matter how distasteful it may be to civil liberty groups, israel actively profiles passengers and makes no apology for it. >> good profiling is distinction, not a discrimination. and i think you should profile. if you don't profile you waste time, you waste money, and you might miss what you're looking for because you're searching it on the wrong p

british prime minister gordon brown talks about uk relief efforts in haiti. also another chance to see the former british defense secretary is testimony to the iraq war panel. . . >> we of a roomful of college students. -- we have a roomful of college students that we're going to talk to in a minute. but tell us about the college. >> we were founded in 1975 to provide an opportunity for college students from all over the world to come to washington and either spend a semester- long internship working for government or nonprofit agencies or private corporations or one or two week programs following the current issues of the day. for instance, this program. >> why do you do it? >> i've been here 33 of our 34 years of existence and it's been a labor of love. we believed early on, bill burke, our founder and others that started the organization that it was meaningful and could be a transformational experience for college students to partake of these programs. >> how many students a year? >> 1,500 to 1,600 interns. >> who pays for them? >> students and/or their un