we talked to two senators, florida democrat bill nelson, and wyoming republican john barasso. >> lehrer: and we wrap up yesterday's results and primary contests with dan balz of the "washington post" and amy walter of hot line. >> woodruff: ray suarez interviews susan rice at new sanctions aimed at curbing iran's nuclear programs. >> the iranians know the measures in this resolution will hurt and will severely constrain their ability to pursue their nuclear and proliferation activities, and that's why they work so hard to try to defeat it and today they failed. >> lehrer: and paul solman takes us on a summer tour of the flowers that inspired the verse of emily dickinson. >> fame is a bee-- it has the fall, it has the sting , it has a wing. she was aware that fame is ephemeral. poets are known in one err aunknown in another. >> lehrer: that's all ahead in tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> will your savings be enough to fund your retirement? what will happen if your spouse outlives you by many years? what will happen if you outlive your saving

senator nelson? -p>> as usual, mr. chairman, yo are insightful to burro in on something that -- burrow in on something that needs disclosure. i bring to the committee today the effect on state and local government. oil is now entering florida waters. the orange mousse has come into perdido pass, into perdodo bay. the perdido is the dividing line between alabama and florida, and it flows into perdido bay, and that flows out into the gulf of mexico and perdido pass. florida was not notified. the emergency operations center in pensacola was not notified. this all occurred yesterday. the coast guard is doing a great job, but they are stretched to the limit. those guys are working 24 hours. they barely have time enough to sleep, and all the more calls for command and control structure so that mistakes like this don't keep happening. our local and state officials, as well as their senator, are not only bewildered, but we are livid that the command and control is not there so that communication is not coming to the state and

senator bill nelson was on the show this week and he said the president's helpless, you know. and this was in support of the president. and you know, that isn't what americans want to hear about a president in a time of crisis that he's helpless and he isn't convening every way that it has ever been done. in a new agency, when they had an accident houchlt it has been done, what has been done differently that there isn't that sense of we're going to make this better. and i think that is something that has been missing. >> let's go back to tuesday in the primary. is there a message that emerged in your opinion. >> well, i think there is a moral message. people have a sense that those who work hard are not being rewarded and that those who did thought work hard whether on wall street or in government are being rewarded. there is that average. i also think there is a bifurcation in the republican party. in the red states you are seeing the tea party pretty strong. i think the most important race there was in nevada where angles took the republican primary. >> tea party candidate.

. >> suarez: his country's best known personality, nelson mandela had planned to attend the opening game, but the former president's great-granddaughter was killed in a car accident last night. south africa scored the first goal of the cup to the delight of millions. but the match ended in a tie when mexico scored late. ( cheers and applause ) played once every four years, the tournament began in 1930. teams are divided into eight initial groups; two advance from each group to face a 16-team knockout contest. hundreds of millions will watch these matches on tv. the frenzy over soccer around the world, however, has never been matched in the u.s. but this time around, americans have bought more tickets than residents of any other country, except south africa. >> they call it "the beautiful game," and i think if you just sit down and pay attention to it, you really understand the skill level and appreciate that, and it really is a beautiful game. ( cheers and applause ) >> suarez: clarence wardell came to this bar in washington early today to watch the games. he has his own theories about w

my name is rick nelson. i am the director of the homeland security and counterterrorism program here at csis. we're honored and privileged to have secretary napolitano here to talk about securing the borders. i would first like to thank the sponsor of this forum. they have supported this forum throughout the year. we appreciate that. obviously, a lot has been going on in the world of border security, particularly in the southwest area. as a former governor of arizona and the new homeland security secretary, we will have a unique perspective on this. secretary napolitano is going to go first. we have a tight timeline. when she is done with her remarks, we will go forward. we will have questions. i will be the moderator. i will run a tight ship year there will be no statement and answers. -- i will run a tight ship. there will be no statements and answers. i'm going to introduce secretary napolitano. thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> thank you. it is a pleasure to be here. thank you to the sponsors

if they did, senator nelson probably would be solved. if they did, our currency problem with china would be solved because we have heard the last 12 years that i sat on this committee the we were going to negotiate one-on-one with the chinese. senator nelson also said he got blown off when he went to china. six members of the trade subcommittee of this committee went to china and got blown off by the trade ambassador were the head of the trade commission or whatever you call that person in china. they would not meet with the people who make the laws in the united states of america. therefore, we have a miscommunication. all of your negotiations and good will in a meeting with those head of the chinese government's mean absolutely nothing because you have to abide by the u.s. laws. an example, as of april 15th of this yar the department of treasury was to issue a currency report stating whether china was in violation of currency manipulation. we are still waiting on the report. but e law of the united states states that that report was du

senator ben nelson, and then senator graham will follow center in nelson, and then we will take a 10-minute break. >> thank you and your wife in your family for your continuing assistance to our country. we appreciate it, and the country is in your debt for taking on this assignment. i would like to start off with a couple of questions that i had a couple of weeks ago about the afghan population and whether or not they believe that the country is going in the right direction with the nato and u.s. forces there directing it. one said that 59% of the afghan people were of that opinion. much has been made about the july 2011 withdrawal. is there a way that we can -- particularly with your leadership -- assure the afghan people that this is not a cut and run deadline or drop dead date for decision? that may impact what furtter exact sense -- acceptance of the effort on their behalf. >> we absolutely can, senators john. i have sought to do that with my encounters with the afghan government, and also with are pakistani partners with whom we work very hard to forge a good partnership. they'v

senator ben nelson, and then senator graham will follow center in nelson, and then we will take a 10-minute break. >> thank you and your wife in your family for your continuing assistance to our country. we appreciate it, and the country is in your debt for taking on this assignment. i would like to start off with a couple of questions that i had a couple of weeks ago about the afghan population and whether or not they believe that the country is going in the right direction with the nato and u.s. forces there directing it. one said that 59% of the afghan people were of that opinion. much has been made about the july 2011 withdrawal. is there a way that we can -- particularly with your leadership -- assure the afghan people that this is not a cut d run deadline or drop dead date for decision? that may impact what furtter exact sense -- acceptance of the effort on their behalf. >> we absolutely can, senators john. i have sought to do that with my encounters with the afghan government, and also with are pakistani partners with whom we work very hard to forge a good partnership. they've

leader nelson mandela, after 27 years of imprisonment. he was elected president of a new democratic multiracial republic of south africa in 1994. >> my business career in 1994 i can say his improved dramatically. >> reporter: tim tebeila was trained as a teacher but says he's a natural salesman who quickly found success in the insurance business. by 1995, with the new government came new opportunities. >> i then established a company called tebeila construction. now, that was also in response to a new trend in government in terms of trying to empower the blacks. >> reporter: tebeila went on to acquire the rights to vast holdings of south africa's rich cole deposits. he's one of the most successful beneficiaries of new and increasingly sweeping policies to increase black participation in the economy. more ownership of shares in industry, affirmative action in hiring and training, and more government contracts. but to many experts, tim tebeila is one of all too few success stories. aubrey matshiqi is a political scientist at a johannesburg-

about a month going you were kind enough to host me and senator nelson and we talked about a number of issues. i want to follow on what my colleague from alabama talked about. when we had that meet weg talked about your confidence in president karzai as a partner for our country in this effort to fight the taliban and fight al qaeda. and these recent comments that president karzai made in kandahar are welcomed, but they follow his comments that were reported around the 10th of this month that he had loss faith in the u.s.'s ability to defeat the taliban. and i wanted to get an update from you about your confidence level in our partnership and in his leadership in fighting this war. >> well, senator, thanks and great to see you again as well. if i could just start off by saying that i think that the quote statement that he lost faith in the u.s. is a newspaper account, not certainly a quote directly from him and it's more a characterization from some second, third hand sources and it does not square, frankly, with what my contacts with him in recent months would have predicted, nor what

. >> woodruff: and you had senator ben nelson, a moderate democrat from nebrask asiding with the republicans. the democrats, though, in recent days have tried to move toward some of these concerns. >> they have. they have. they've cut the bill down dramatically. it started out as a $two00 billion bill. they got it down to nearly $100 billion. and theor paying for a lot of this-- or proposing to-- by using unexpended funds from last year's economic stimulus package which the republicans had been calling for. >> woodruff: but you still have in here, or always have, the element of politics and each side is always thinking not only about the substance, but this is an election year. >> expectly. and the republicans, you know, we don't really know if they truly believe that we shouldn't spend this money, that we should cut the deficit or if this is trying to build a case to prevent democrats from accomplishing some of their goals. >> woodruff: meanwhile, democrats are saying we may be able to use the fact that republicans voted against it in the fall. >> well, that's the thing because they could h

and i would think joseph lieberman, merry land era -- mary landreau and bill nelson, for being here today. and i would like to thank all the witnesses were being here today. i want to thank you for helping us on the subcommittee to help the american people from knowing what is going on in the gulf coast. this is comprised solely of witnesses from louisiana. we had other is from mississippi, but because of a scheduling conflict, some of them would have to change their schedule and they were not able to attend. we are looking forward to hearing from all the witnesses. we will discuss the impact of the deep water horizon oil spill, to determine the effectiveness of several state and local response efforts. we have the size and scopee we are only beginning to comprehend this. and we are learning the lessons of this right now. we will focus on five main questions. the impact of the localities, and the outstanding needs. how does this impact the states and localities, with the early workings. this would make certain that those impacted would be able to survive the cleanup process. and how will

thank you, senator nelson. >> good morning. thank you both. general petraeus, what would happen if in the future the television to cover part or all of afghanistan -- 50 -- if the taliban took over part or all of afghanistan? [unintelligible] >> qana skill of 1 to 10, one being not very significant and 10 being very significant, what would that mean to his national security-wise? closer to 10 than one? if we were not there now, what would happen? > > [unintelligible] i think the talent and would take control of certain areas -- i think the taliban would take control and you could end up with a couple of different civil wars going on between different ethnic groups, even sectarian groups. >> this is june, 2010. are we winning? >> that means making progress so in that regard i think we are winning. i think it is a slow process as i explained. we have just about got the inputs right in terms of getting the organization in place, the right people in charge of them, the right concept, the light -- the right resources under those leaders. >> what pe

that is an estimated at over one nelson positions in job losses. >> thank you very much. -- 1000 positions in job losses. >> thank you very much. i do not know that the microphone is on. >> this is a conspiracy. >> andy, give him your microphone. >> thank you. my name is joey williams. we had a chance to speak earlier. i am and native american. i am not american like most of you guys. in american indian. i am not an immigrant. i believe arizona has a right to enact its own laws, except when it violates the civil rights of people. i denounce the new law right now. you said that there were other solutions to vengeance enforcement. repeatedly, and immigration center has given you a 0 rating on your immigration report card. i am asking you today, what real solutions do you have besides border enforcement? >> i think we should reform, as i talked about earlier, the immigration process itself. that is broken. if you have to wait in the system for seven years, it is not broken. first and foremost, i would protect the borders, so you have a system there. i would reform the process itself to make i

on "face the nation" florida democratic senator bill nelson.n cnn's state of the union, candy crawley will be talking to thad allen, flor's governor, charlie crist, blan much lon -- blanche lincoln. we note "meet the press" is pre-empted today due to sports coverage. so you can listen at 1:00 p.m. that's 90.1 f.m. here in washington, d.c. nationwide on xm 32. and you can follow us on facebook and twitter. >> everyone has an agenda. as long as you know what their agenda is, that's a story you can write about. >> over the past year, wall street investigator -- investigative reporter brody mullins. he's our guest tonight. >> david cameron fields questions from parliament in his first prime minister's questions tonight at 9:00 on c-span. >> today on book-tv's "in depth" martha nussbaum. she has britain or contributed to more than 20 books on liberal education, sexism, and legal justice. join join us with e-mails and tweets live today on c-span 2. >> monday, efforts to expand broad band in oregon. >> today on "the communicateors," ray baum from the

senator ben nelson. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you to all of you for your service and for being here. i want to follow up on your response about working cooperatively with the russians in missile defense. in april, i hosted the u.s.- russia into a parliamentary group, which is a combination of u.s. senators and the russian federation council. we had meetings in moscow as well as here. they have been called the discussions of the prospect of missile defense cooperation. it seems to be a very strong thoughts with the federation council that they are interested from the parliamentary side, from the legislative side. they are clearly interested in working cooperative lee with the sun missile defense. i understand it come from their own perspective and we come from ours. at least, not only at the executive level with president medvedyev, but also at the parliamentary level. i thought i would mention that. there are going to be all kinds of rumors going on. characterization's of those discussions are not always as ac

also noteworthy that lieberman and ben nelson from nebraska votedd% against the measure that had this. the entire package should be for. you have this benefit versus concern that is clashing. a lot of finger-pointing. host: democrat, dallas, texas. caller: i am calling in regards to some against president obama. from day one up to the presence t [unintelligible] the republicans stood up and not going to let anything pass. i have never seen any democrat and as many caucasiaa people on right to hate this man as as anybody has ever hated somebody. i am a 62 year-old disabled veteran. that makes me feel really bad to american. i fought for this country. and they are going tootreat a black man like thaa? guest: this is part of the why the conservative -- the right was not fond president bush. some on the left have been by president obama. they have been disappointed. overall, many are saying, give break. he has done aa lot for what was on his agenda. he has accomplished most of it. he has more to do. republicans believe the has helpedspending them tremendously. they will try to get one cha

my name is rick "ozzie" nelson. i'm the director of the homeland security and counterterrorism program here at csis. and we're absolutely honored and privileged to have secretary napolitano here to talk about "securing the border: a smarter law enforcement approach." i'd first like to thank the sponsor of the statesmen's forum, which is the lavrentiadis group, who has supported the statesmen's forum throughout the year, and we appreciate that. obviously, a lot has been going on in the world of border security, particularly in the southwest border area. and obviously, as the former governor of arizona and now the secretary of homeland security, we have, obviously, a very, very unique perspective on this, and it'll be certainly a learning event for all of us. >> in a moment, new ways to counter the spread of terrorism ideology. then a look at recommendations on how to improve medicare. after that, at 7:00 a.m. eastern, it is washington journal. topics include government spending in the u.s. economy. >> today, steven h

thing in whether you succeed, and some of the greatest people of all times, and i am thinking of nelson mandela and indira gandhi and abraham lincoln and others, who faced enormous setbacks and persevere all amid seemingly impossible odds. as you all know, we have gone through the worst financial crisis since the depression, and there were mistakes ron by those who helped bring on the crisis. there were those who actually acknowledged the mistakes, and it is true that many in the crisis denied any responsibility. but in this crisis, there are many who take responsibility and do something about it. at the darkest moments, when it seemed like a whole system was unraveling, that is when men and women in my company and other companies around the world took extraordinary action korea they did not want or complain. when they got knocked down, they got up and tried to do something about it. they worked for days and weeks on end, sacrificing time with family and friends, to try to contain the crisis, all the while know they may fail. they were not doing it for money or to score points. they und

it is also noteworthy that senator joe lieberman and ben nelson from nebraska voted against the measure that had this. the entire package should be paid for. you have this benefit versus fiscal concern that is clashing. a lot of finger-pointing. host: democrat, dallas, texas. caller: i am calling in regards to some against president obama. from day one up to the presence t [unintelligible] the republicans stood up and said we are not going to let anything pass. i have never seen any democrat and as many caucasian people on the right to hate this man as much as anybody has ever hated somebody. i am a 62 year-old disabled vietnam veteran. that makes me feel really bad to be an american. i fought for this country. and they are going to treat a black man like that? guest: this is part of the reason why the conservative base -- the right was not fond of president bush. some on the left have been disappointed by president obama. various issues, they have been disappointed. overall, many are saying, give him a break. he has done a lot for what was on his agenda. he has accomplished most of it.

- of nelson mandela's granddaughter, killed earlier today.r condolences to him and his family. >> what about basketball? >> we will cover that down the road. >> there was a wikleaks investigation of the release of documents. are you doing a damage assessment? >> we are doing a damage assessment. i think also today diplomatic security is assisting in forensic analysis of the hard drives to just determine -- to verify the fact a leak took place and also to see if we can identify where we are potentially compromised. >> which hard drives? more than one? are they in baghdad? >> they have been brought here. >> there is more than one? >> i want to say it is more than one. >> i have a question. on monday -- it was a little hard to tell from your response just how grave a concern there is about the release of disinformation. is this extremely sensitive information or more along the lines of diplomatic awkwardness? >> at the time -- i will certainly repeat. we are talking about classified pables. classifications involve both the substance of cables an

senator ben nelson. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you to all of you for your service and for being here. i want to follow up on your response about working cooperatively with the russians in missile defense. in april, i hosted the u.s.- russia into a parliamentary group, which is a combination of u.s. senators and the russian federation council. we had meetings in moscow as well as here. they have been called the discussions of the prospect of missile defense cooperation. it seems to be a very strong thoughts with the federation council that they are interested from the parliamentary side, from the legislative side. they are clearly interested in working cooperative lee with the sun missile defense. i understand it come from their own perspective and we come from ours. at least, not only at the executive level with president medvedyev, but also at the parliamentary level. i thought i would mention that. there are going to be all kinds of rumors going on. characterization's of those discussions are not always as ac

. >> senator bill nelson has asked for some clarification assto whether there is any way of inhabiting the government's use of offers of foreign vessels to help with mediation, skimming, and the other operations. what is the administration's position? is it an impediment? >> admiral allen said today we're using equipment and vessels from countries like norway, the netherlands -- there has not been any problems with this. if there issthe need for any kind of labor, that would obviously be granted. -- if there was the need for any kind of waiver that would obviously be granted. if it needs to happen, we will make sure it happens. >> how would you describe the ccnversation on whether cap and a trade came up specifically or energy taxes as a part of clean energy bill going forward. are opposed to the president ony this score. how contentious was that conversation during the meeting? >> no part of the meeting was contentious. the biggest thing that came out of the meeting was bipartisan approval in the house and senate, both sides, on agreeing three year-sident's proposed spending freeze on

want to have a government program that helps people and does not simply blindly put a standard as nelson rockefeller said by the deafening hand of bureaucrats then you need to make sure that we empower state and local governments so they do those programs. general welfare means that state and local governments get a greater role in how government programs are run because they can do it much more effectively and much more efficiently. i have a few minutes remaining, mr. speaker, and i'd like to yield those few minutes to another great legislator from the state of texas, which is led by a lot of good legislators we have here in congress, mr. gohmert would like to talk for a few minutes about the article five in the constitution and i'd -- article 5 in the constitution. i'd like to yield time to him. mr. gohmert: as part of a supplemental discussion from my friend from utah, i would love to have had one of the gentleman's classes in utah. we'd love to have you teach in texas. you are such a good teacher. supplementing the teaching that you have already provided, i'd just like to take people

thus, senator ben nelson who was sankty moan usely -- goim i'm glad you mentioned this, because i think this is one out central issues we're going to be facing takeover next several months. what to do about the exploration of the bush tax cuts. i personally think it's a catastrophe for our country if we go into 2011, raising death taxes and at small businesses. peter, i don't think our economy can possibly climb out of this terrible -- so i think the most important thing we do to turn this economy around is to extend the bush tax cuts, keep the rates where they are and let's not raise taxes in a resession. host: a headline from the hill news. house dem versus senate dem. heats up as the bill -- >> first of all, what's the extender bill and in a recent column, spending binge, part 2. you're calling it a spending bill but it's also been troferede as a tax extender bill. >> you're right. there's two elements to this bill. and then a spending provision. every week or so i go through this rig maroul. research and development something businesses say they need. so what's happened is to pay fo

senator ben nelson brought home pork barrel spending, the vote on obama care, and the voters rejectedt. "give it back. that is not who we are." cut dramatically spending in washington, reform the earmarks and the out of control spending that is going on, and i believe that not only the junior senator from the state of utah but all of the junior senator is coming in in this cycle will have a mandate to do that. >> mike lee. >> as a junior senator or even a first-term junior senator is not to tiptoe the party line. bad things happen when people just take that approach to government. that is not governing. that is not leadership, and that is not what i am going to do. what we need in washington is someone who is going to stand up. let's stop assuming that the federal government can be all things to all people. we have to remember that the government cannot create wealth. it never has, and it never will. it lacks the capacity to do so. all it can do is transfer wealth from one group of people to another group of people, but it should not be doing that. congress does not have that power to

. >> thank you, senator nelson, and thanks for your comments. i want to thank all the members for being here. what we have now is three panels. a war first panee is the local government witnesses. the second panel -- our first panel is the local government witnesses. the third panel is british petroleum. what i would like to do is quiikly introduce each one of you all and allow you to make your opening statements. i would love you to keep your statements to 3 minutes a possible. we will have lots of questions, -pso we really appreciate you al being here. let me introduce the mayor of the town of grand isle, louisiana. he has been the mayor there since 1997, as i understand it. >> 1995. >> he will discuss the impact the oral spill has had on his community and the inability of the community to engage in cleanup efforts due to the approval process required to begin any activity. we want to hear more about that. next will be the president of placquemines parish. we met when i was down there after katrina. >> i have been in office 3.5 years. >> we we

thing in whether you succeed, and some of the greatest people of all times, and i am thinking of nelsonla and indira gandhi and abraham lincoln and others, who fad enormous setbacks and persevere all amid seemingly impossible odds. as you all know, we have gone through the worst financial crisis since the depression, and there were mistakes ron by those who helped bring on the crisis. there were those who actually acknowledged the mistakes, and it is true that many in the crisis denied any responsibility. but in this crisis, there are many who take responsibility and do something about it. at the darkest moments, when it seemed like a whole system was unraveling, that is whenen and women in my company and other companies around the world took extraordinary action korea they did not want or complain. when they got knocked down, they got up and tried to do something about it. they worked for days and weeks on end, sacrificing time with family and friends, to try to contain the crisis, all the while know they may fail they were not doing it for money or to score points. they understood tha

. >> senator nelson? >> let me add my appreciation for your service to our country and to your families for our support. one thing i have looked for it since the beginning of my time here is about stovepipes and weather services are duplicating their efforts and handing over mission effectiveness. with regard to the unmanned platforms, the army and air force are making substantial investments in similar platforms. as the lead for joint capability development, i know you are responsible for trying to find a way to make sure that we do not end up with stovepipes. your response stated that you would like to continue efforts that allowed for services to develop service specifics and capabilities after joint review. how will you make sure that this coordination is occurring as opposed to go in separate directions with respect a comparable equipment? >> senator, it is about integration. it is about how these systems are integrated. it is how we get them in the hands of our soldiers and how they use these differ