mrs. clinton. i actually didn't put much import in that. i think it is clear that mrs. clinton's visit was not particularly well organized and so figuring out beforehand who would be willing and able to meet with her and that is why i think it didn't happen. and so some of that, you know they left themselves open to apparently being disrespected if you well. but i don't know that there is anything deeper to read into that at this juncture in any event. on the issue of the turnout for the constitutional referendum, the mid-40s may not sound like a lot to you but the turnout for the parliamentary elections in the fall was 5%. the mid-40s is pretty high. and in fact it was viewed as very high. people were very very happy. there were all these people who said i hadn't voted in 40 years, have never voted before and so forth and so on. so it may not have been 100%. but in many of the rural areas i think the get out the vote mechanism didn't actually operate and most of the people who voted actually wanted to vote. and the interesting thing is, they all said one of the things t

mr. clinton's term, 56% of californians and a majority of u.s. voters opposed his reelection. but as we know the mood of the nation changed and mr. clinton was reelected and carried california by 13 points. >>> four new york times journalists who had been held by libya said that they were abused and threatened during their captivity. according to the times, the journalists were tied up. laria says she was groped and beaten and told she was going to die. they were released on monday. they're driver tonight is -- their driver tonight is still missing. >>> google has agreed to -- the judge said the settlement was quote no fair and would have allowed google to still profit on books without getting the permission of the publisher. another hearing is set for next month. >>> witnesses testified to what they saw and heard when journalists bailey was shot to death. the leader of the black muslim bakery goes on trial for murder. >>> heroing details of exactly what happened when a journalist was shot and killed in broad daylight. tonight the murder trial for bailey's killing is providing

mrs. clinton and most of the other key players in the administration. c-span: how long total would you have talked, then, to bill clinton and hillary clinton for this book? >> guest: well the interviews with the first lady, several of them went for many hours. i suppose probably 12 hours in total. c-span: and how about the speaker? >> guest: the speaker we talked to several times, but the most interesting interview came after the '94 election when he was speaker and not when he was operating as the minority whip. c-span: you got another book you're ready to write? >> guest: not at the moment. c-span: are you going to write that autobiography someday? >> guest: i don't think there's any great demand for that. c-span: this is called "the system" and it's co-authored by haynes johnson and our guest for the last hour, david broder. we thank you very much. >> guest: thank you. .. >> mike huckabee gives his opinion on the current state of politics in america and presents a plan to simplify the government. he speaks at the national press club in washington for

mrs. : clts has done, secretary clinton, has been to hold back on the idea of us stepping forward unilaterally on this but saying, look, if we get the requisite support from the international community, including the arab league, then the predicate has been set for some kind of roll by us in this situation. it has been slow. i agree with rob. and probably what it does is, it slows the attainment of our objectives, and it maybe makes a sort of stalemated situation the best that can be achieved in the short term. but i think something has to be done to stop the rapid erosion of the opposition's position, and that's got to be done sooner than later. >> rose: the tragedy in japan, nuclear safety, and the middle east when we continue. if you've had a coke in the last 20 years, ( screams ) you've had a hand in giving college scholarships... and support to thousands of our nation's... most promising students. ♪ ( coca-cola 5-note mnemonic ) every story needs a hero we can all root for. who beats the odds and comes out on top. but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all ac

mr. clinton was in town to address an internet convention. a northern california man, meanwhile, one of the world's leading earn quake engineers happened to be in tokyo on business when the quake hit. surveying the damage in sendai, one of the areas most devastated. we've been talking to him via skype. we checked in last night. he tells us its evident to him japan's tsunami warning helped save lives but the sea walls correcting coastal cities were not as effective. his finding bittersweet for a scientist that used to play on those very beaches as a child. >> actually, when i was a kid i camped out on the beach and i clearly remember the day, you know. and i remember people living in the area. now i know just the whole thing is actually wiped out, and it's -- i try calls scientists and engineer, but it was tough to see that. >> miyamoto says many survived, the buildings were 100% destroyed. if you'd like to help the people in japan donate to the american red cross. go to redcross.org or find them on facebook or text red cross to 90999. each te

mr. clinton's. and he ran the only president in your lifetime, and mine and i'm older han -- than you are, a $69.2 billion surplus. look it up, no argument, but let me say something. irrespective of who's responsible, we are responsible for fixing it. republicans and democrats, the american people know that we have a crisis confronting us. they know there is no option other than to deal with this realistically. i would call everybody in this body, republican, democrat, liberal, conservatives, attention to an article that was written by david brooks today in "the new york times." read it. read it. we all ought to read this, take it to heart. i call it to my conference's attention or caucus' attention this morning. our deep debt is a serious danger to our economy. to our future and our children's opportunities. the american people want us to bring the debt down, they said so very loudly. and i doubt there's a member who disagrees. democrats believe that spending cuts are part of the solution, let ther

opened up an english language network i've seen it in a few countries and it's quite instructive mrs clinton says she's leading an effort to spread u.s. propaganda through new media with twitter feeds in arabic and farsi but on local stage the us creil twenty comes to television station said the u.s. should specify propaganda efforts and get back quote and the game of doing quote what we do best here is more we are engaged in an information war you know during the cold war we did a great job in getting america's message out after the berlin wall fell we said ok fine enough of that you know we've done it we're done and unfortunately we are paying a big price for it and our our private media cannot fill that gap in fact our private media particularly cultural programming often works at counter purposes to what we truly are as americans and what our values are i remember having an afghan general tell me that the only thing he thought about americans is that all the men wrestled in the women walked around a bikini's because the only t.v. ever saw was baywatch and worldwide wrestling some five ye

mrs. clinton said.then we said, well, wait a minute, maybe we need mubarak to look other things until -- over things until the election comes. i think perhaps the best option is to keep your mouth shut and let the cards kind of fall where they may. but to be realistic, we really can't do that. we have put for 30 or more years -- we have built, rather, for 30 or more years our position on the middle east on supporting tyranny. whether it is in saudi arabia in the persian gulf or to protect israel with we have maintained the jordanian tyranny and the tyranny in egypt. and be by not taking out the al assads, we are let that tyranny exist also. so the real problem for us all f us, i think, to face is that if there is a change in government in hoi of those -- any of those three particular dictatorships, israel's security is compromise ed. the compromise of it security that began with the destruction of saddam is multiplied. because any government that follows those three governments is going to be a less eff

mrs. clinton, i actually didn't put much import in that. i think it is clear that mrs. clinton's visit was not particularly well organized, and so the figuring out beforehand who would be willing and able to meet with her, i think, didn't happen. and so some of that, you know, they left themselves open to, apparently, being disrespected, if you will. but i don't know that there's anything deeper to read into that at this juncture in any event. on the issue of the turnout for the constitutional referendum, the mid 40s may not sound like a lot to you, but since the turnout for the parliamentary elections in the fall was 5%, mid 40s is pretty high. and, in fact, it was viewed as very high. people were very, very happy. there were all these people who said, i haven't voted in 40 years, i never voted before, you know, so forth and so on. so it may not have been 100%, you know, but in many of the rural areas i think the get out the vote mechanisms didn't actually operate, and most of the people who voted actually wanted to vote. and the interesting thing is they all said one t

mrs. clinton i actually didn't put much in port in that. it's clear that mrs. visit wasn't well organized and so figuring out before hand who would be willing and able to meet with her and that kind of thing did happen and so some of that they left themselves open to apparently being disrespected if you will but i don't know that there is anything deeper to read into that in this juncture. on the issue of the turnout for the constitutional referendum, it may not sound like a lot to do but for the turnout for the parliamentary elections in the fall was 5%. net 40 is pretty high, and in fact it was viewed as pretty high. people were happy. all these people hadn't voted in 40 years, i never voted before, so forth and so on, so it may not have been 100% or in many of the rural areas i think the get-out-the-vote mechanisms didn't actually operate and most of the people who voted actually wanted to vote and the interesting thing is they all said one of the things fun about voting is they didn't know how was going to come out. the turnout was high and was a satisfying

mrs. clinton she is attending a conference on the future. they're dropping leaflets to troops on the ground, the message refused gaddafi's orders, stop fighting, ago of >> mark: . president barack obama says when they want khaddafi removed from power the president is explaining the u.n. authorized position is only as it tries to enforce a no-fly zone. the international closed session with splinter. >> there is the custom in libya and the world would be better off with gaddafi at a power. i, along with many other leaders have embraced that goal. we will actively pursue it in non-military means. but broadening our mission to include changes would be a mistake. >> mark: he also pointed out the ground troops would have to be deployed to remove the gaddafi by force. >> darya: we will be right backh the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel!

mrs. clinton -- i did not put a lot of import on that. mrs. clinton's visit was not particularly well organized, so figuring out before and who would be able to meet her -- figuring out before and it would be able to meet her did not happen. they opened themselves up to being his respected, if you will, but i don't think there's anything to -- deeper bein -- opened themselves up to being disrespected, if you will, but i don't think there's anything deeper to that. parliamentary elections -- it was very high. all these people saying, "i have in 40 years, i've never voted before" -- most of the people who voted actually wanted to vote. the interesting thing is, and they all said that one of the things that was fun about voting is that they did not know how it was going to come out. i think everybody believes that the turnout was pretty high and that it was a satisfying experience for those who enjoyed it. as far as what egyptian americans can do now, i think there is a very important egyptian and diaspora -- egyptian diaspora, particularly in the

white house is obviously, trying to get a graps of this, secretary of state hilary clinton new mr. bhatti, very intimately. she had a profound statement to make on the issue of human rights and those protecting religious freedom around the world. her is what she said. >> there is no doubt christian and other minority groups are feeling pressure and leaving countries because they don't feel protected. we need to do much more to be stand up for the rights of religious minorities. i am concerned about what happened to the christians in iraq and egypt and minority muslim groups in pakistan and elsewhere. >> that is the comment by the u.s. secretary of state a day before mr. bhatti lost his life. to you, paul marshal, are you encouraged by the words of our secretary of state or the united states needs to do more than talk? >> both. i am encouraged and the u.s. needs to do more than talk. i think the administration generally has been very quiet about the persecution of religious minorities, especially christians. reluctant even to mention the fact christians willing killed in iraq. i thi

right and i think the level of trust between our two security establishments goes way beyond mr jones hillary clinton recently made a strong statement she's sat the u.s. is losing the information war it's international media outlets naming our team of other women does this mean that the u.s. is officially engaged in a media war with the rest of the well. i certainly hope not i mean my my sense of it is you know it's true that the kind of traditional state media worldwide are actually enduring a big challenge from the likes of twitter and facebook you know people have ways of sharing information now that do not require going through any kind of official channels that's the biggest challenge you know whether there's an information war at the level of kind of state supported media between the voice of america and russia today you know i was in a while or whatever you know media services china has you know i think this is almost beside the point because the reality is your average citizen knows where the information is coming from so if they want to listen to a russian perspective they can listen to it t

mrs. clinton, i did not put which import in that. it is clear that mrs. clinton's visit was not particularly well organized, so figuring out beforehand who would be willing and able to meet with her and that kind of thing did not happen. some of that, they left themselves open to being disrespected, if you will, but i don't know if there is anything deeper to read into that at this juncture. on the turnout for the constitutional referendum, the turnout for the parliamentary elections was 5%. 40% is pretty high. people were very, very happy. there were all these people who said they had never voted before, and so forth and so on. in many of the rural areas the get out the vote mechanisms did not actually operate and most of the people who voted actually wanted to vote. they all said one of the things that was fun about voting is they did not know how it was going to come out. i think everybody believes that the turnout was pretty high and it was a satisfying experience for those who enjoyed it. as far as what egyptian americans can do now i think there is a

mrs. clinton has said that. they've backed off from that in the last week or so, because within that u.n. security council resolution, it doesn't call for regime change. it calls for protecting civilians in a no-fly zone. but that would obviously be the best end. i think people in the united states would be disappointed if this came to a conclusion that gadhafi was still in power. >> colonel, thank you for joining us this morning. now over to russ. >> thank you, rebecca. now let's get the latest on the disaster in japan. the stainless steel chamber around one of the reactors at the crippled nuclear plant may have been breached. radioactivity is rising in some of the plant units due to contaminated water. u.s. naval barges are headed to japan with fresh water to replace corrosive sea water used to cool damaged reactors. cbs correspondent lucy craft joins us on the phone from the fukushima state in northeastern japan close to the disaster area. what's the latest? >> good morning. we're here in fukushima prefecture

mr. clinton had the same crisis, by opening the reserves, it did not have a significant impact on the pricefuel. those are two points that i really want to make. thank you. host: let's take a listen to what senator lamar alexander said yesterday on "state of the union." >> is it time to open the strategic oil reserves? >> not the strategic reserves. i'm buying an electric car yet -- electric car tomorrow. what we need to do is to find more of our own to energy. that means exploring offshore and exploring on federal lands for oil and natural gas and it means exploring in alaska. host: republican senator lamar alexander on "state of the union" yesterday speaking against opening the oil reserves. senator rockefeller first president obama to allow a limited drawdown in the oil reserves to protect our national security by protecting or reversing the adverse impact of an oil shortage. steven chu ruled out releasing the oil reserves. the energy secretary said, "we're hoping market forces will take care of this." are market forces enough? dennis on the line for democrats in maryland. good morning.

mr. jackson please. >> thank you chairwoman granger. thank you chairwoman clinton and welcome back. secretary clinton before 9/11 august 171998 arcs the first time outside of attacked our embassies in nairobi kenya and tanzania killing hundreds including 12 americans at the embassy in nairobi. since 1999 i long with several of bipartisan members of work to provide compensation to these 12 americans who are bravely serving their country despite intelligence unknown to the victims that show those embassies were likely al qaeda targets for attack. since the attacks a houses passed legislation during three separate congresses to address the issue only to be held up in the senate. furthermore the subcommittee has continually requested your department provide a legislative proposal for compensation to the state department employees killed by terrorist. yet no such legislation has been brought forward in the state department has failed to provide a reasonable proposal since the first congressional request in 1999. i'm sure we will be including similar language again in fiscal year 2012 bil

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mrs. clinton's visit was not particularly will organize, so figuring out before hand would be able to visiter -- they left themselves open to being disrespected, if you will, that at this juncture -- but i don't think there's anything deeper to read into that at this juncture. turnout in the 40's may not mean a lot of for you, but in the fall elections, mid-forties was pretty high, and it was viewed as pretty high. people were very, very happy, all these people say, "i have not voted in 40 years," "i have not voted before," so forth and so on. it may not have been 100%, but in many rural areas, get out the vote mechanisms did not operated, and most of the people wanted to vote were able to vote. they said that one of the things that was fun about voting is that they did not know how it was going to come out. [laughter] i think everybody believes that turnout was very high and it was a satisfying experience for those who enjoyed it. as far as what egyptian- americans can do now, i think there is a very important egyptian diaspora, particularly in the united states, but elsewhere as well. i t

beginning with nixon, ford, carter, reagan, the bushes, clinton, and obama. mr.ma is an honorable man. i know he wants to do the right thing, but unfortunately he cannot because of some much internal opposition to opposing gaddafi. first of all are the oil companies. they want to see gaddafi stay in power. they get what they want and have access to whatever they want. the hypocrisy is we really cannot help libya. we cannot provide a no-fly zone. it just depends where you are. they will lead to it in africa because i hate to say this -- but it is racism. we saw hundreds of thousands of people slaughtered in africa and the europeans did nothing. pinkoson well -- inkosovo we have a no-fly zone. every single american president has known what this man has done. he has been responsible for massacres and murders in africa. it is not charles taylor who should be in court. it is colonel gaddafi, because he is the one who aren't the troops and trained them. no country in africa has been able to withstand this. uganda is facing problems with fragmentation because gaddafi ci

mr. clinton's. and he ran the only president in your lifetime, and mine and i'm older han -- than you are, a $69.2 billion surplus. look it up, no argument, but let me say something. irrespective of who's responsible, we are responsible for fixing it. republicans and democrats, the american people know that we have a crisis confronting us. they know there is no option other than to deal with this realistically. i would call everybody in this body, republican, democrat, liberal, conservatives, attention to an article that was written by david brooks today in "the new york times." read it. read it. we all ought to read this, take it to heart. i call it to my conference's attention or caucus' attention this morning. our deep debt is a serious danger to our economy. to our future and our children's opportunities. the american people want us to bring the debt down, they said so very loudly. and i doubt there's a member who disagrees. democrats believe that spending cuts are part of the solution, let ther

clinton lost to mr. obama in 2008 for the democratic presidential nomination. he has been mentioned as a possible candidate for 2016. >>> and former president bill clinton was in san francisco last night. he address aid crowd of internet due -- he addressed a crowd of internet gurus talking about e-commerce taxes. he said the issue should be open for discussion and that online commerce is healthy once again. >>> 5:49. a new measure is fighting for gay rights. senator dianne feinstein introducing a bill that would repeal the federal ban on same- sex marriages. the respect for marriage act would let same-sex marriage couples enjoy the same benefits as opposite sex couples. >>> and the most popular choice for san francisco's next mayor is not even a candidate. in a pol 17% of respondents said they would vote for ed lee even though he is not running. former board of supervisor member mikhail supervisors came in next, and the board of supervisors president may select david chiu. >>> twitter making a promise to san francisco. what it will take for them to stay in the

mr. gingrich impeached bill clinton in the matter.nk infidelity will be a disqualifying issue. perhaps his positions on the issues. perhaps something else. but, um, do i believe in forgiveness? yes. do i believe that the speaker should go out there and make his case on other issues? yes. will this disqualify him? no. >> i think it will. i think it's just a great line. i can see every straying husband coming home and saying to his wife, honey, i'm just loving my country. nothing i can do about it. i mean -- >> over and over and over again. >> right. >> george, will this hurt him? >> sure. forgiveness is god's business, not the electorate's business. the answer is, gentlemen, don't try this at home. it really doesn't work. >> what do you hear from republicans about that statement, jon? because, his infidelity is not new. we have known about it for a long time. this was a rather unusual -- >> defense. >> he's had 12 years to come up with an answer for this. this is the answer? it did not play well. >>> speaking of not playing well. anoth

general assembly mr gryce you insert trip state hillary clinton has been making interesting interesting statements reasoner first of all she said that russia today around the company is a favorite source of information concerning world news well we're not being i congratulated thank you not commenting on that but what i would like you to comment is you know the statement by hillary clinton she said that none fison own should be initiated by the united nations it should be under a u.n. mandate and it shouldn't be the operation shouldn't be led by the united states do you agree is this a wise thing to do and the side of washington well. the president of the general assembly and can only add that it's in any case not a decision that belongs to the general assembly if there is a mandate to be given it will be the security council and three business action. ok let's talk about the situation with the refugees as far as i understand the today we have almost one hundred thousand refugees that have crossed into tunisia since the uprising in libya began and then seventy five thousand have gone. t

this is in clinton's. this is mr. merchant marine interposing his historic knowledge. so i said, let me use your name. i can give you credit. he says, after what happened to joe, i don't want anything to do with this. i heard that from at least a half a dozen people. joe the plumber, by the way, or inquiry into his life that fall by the mainstream media then there was into barack obama, and i'm not exaggerating. one of the things that ryan sent me, and this was brilliant. one day he sends me the fbi files of bill errors terrorist call frontier was killed in a 1970 greenwich village bomb blast. an aerial photo. a history, and an article from that time about how bill visited diana with his friends in this big country estate for generations old library, a carriage house filled with books. then he says to me, take this out, and check out what barack obama says in his book. in dreams for my father, 440 pages of the story of a young man's coming of age as a multiracial person in america. there are two paragraphs dedicated to his social life. he tells them in retrospect about

mr. dufty. we requested the trees be replaced with more appropriate street trees, such as those clinton all around balance your garden's -- around valencia gardens. the permit was supported by the housing authority and the department of public works bureau of urban forestry. i personally met with the on- site manager for the property. she was enthusiastic about the idea of having evergreen trees on the sidewalk in front of their building. we looked at various tree species that day. a hearing was held in december, due to citizen protests filed by a resident of the housing project. i attended as an advoca replacee trees and presented a written statement. carla short of the bureau of urban forestry gave testimony as to why the trees have been recommended for replacement by her agency. her testimony noted that in the 30 years of their lives the trees have never been properly cared for and failed to ever grow scaffolding branches. she further noted that these trees have been seriously impacted due to another episode of damaging and improper pruning. their radically, these trees are supposed to be trimm

but prior to this, i was talking to secretary clinton and mrs. obama about this and i was explaining that i was going to give a speech at lunch. and we were sort of reflecting on the role of women in economics. and the point that i try to make in various speeches, when i was at goldman sachs we published a report that said, women hold up half of the world. it's a chinese saying. it's certainly true in many parts of the world, at least half the world, because of the role of women in economies. and if you -- if you think back on the american economy over the last 100 years and you look at what really have been the major changes, one of the most significant changes that has enhanced opportunity and productivity and many other things is the fact that 100 years ago the role of women was very confined to a very few areas. and now we've seen over the last 100 years not perfectly yet and there's still a way to go but the growing and more significant role that women are playing in the american economy. and i look around the world and you look at developin

mr. erskine bowles testified, former -- president clinton's former chief of staff, a successful businessman himself, the head of the debt commission along with alan simpson, former senator, and he said we could have a debt crisis in two years, maybe a little less, maybe a little more on the rate we're going. thirty joint statement said this country has never been in a situation which we have such a predictable crisis. and senator simpson declared he thought we could have a debt crisis in less than a year. he said, i think it's less than a year, not two years. alan greenspan in january told the "wall street journal" there was a little better but not much more than a 50/50 chance that we would have a debt crisis in less -- in two to three years. these are ominous warnings. you can't -- you can't spend $3.8 trillion and bring in $2.2 trillion and think you can continue that any time soon. it's the largest deficit in the history of the american republ republic. and the president's budget he just submitted to us projects no budget in ten years, less than $600 billion. and the last three years of

why has secretary clinton calling for mr. gaddafi to step down if we're only enforcing a no-fly zone and protecting civilians? this war is going to go back and forth and already you see our leaders wondering if we can be out by the end of the year and i wonder if we can be out by the end of the decade. now make no mistake about it, if libya had done something to harm us, to put our troops in danger, i would be 100% supportive but i question extending us and our troops to one more war zone. why are we fighting a war that secretary of defense, robert gates, said bear noes strategic interest to the u.s. and does not jeopardize our national security? why are we working on the side of the rebels? their own commander has stated that al qaeda members who fought our troops in iraq are now fighting mr. gaddafi. in libya we're working with the same people we're trying to kill in afghanistan. not only that, but it looks like we're arming those same troops and i worry that our armament supplies to troops in libya will show up in the figh

that meeting, british foreign secretary william hague and secretaries of state hillary clinton spoke with reporters. mr. haig is first, then secretary clinton in 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. we have seen two key developments today. first, foreign ministers and leaders from over 40 countries and organizations, including the united nations, the arab league committee organization of the islamic conference, the european union, and nato met here at the london conference on libya. all is our key conclusions in a moment. which we certainly widened and deepened the coalition with the pledges of support from sweden, a growing number of countries committing to implement the u.n. resolutions on libya, and agreements of new international contact group's on libya. and the interim transitional council have launched here in london a bid for re libya free, democratic, and unified. we said that they want to be in the lead in determining their future. we have a significant milestone in the process. it comes at a time when the forces of the gaddafi regime continue to shell in an indiscriminate and

mr. bowles was president clinton's chief of staff. he was appointed by president obama and co-chaired the debt -- debt commission that did their report. this is what he said the day before wed. both of them -- yesterday. both of them. this was a signed joint statement to the budget committee the day before yesterday. "we believe that if we do not take decisive action, our nation faces the most predictable economic crisis in its history." close quote. are these extremists? they spent months studying the crisis the nation is in, what it takes to get us out of it. they proposed some substantial changes in what we are doing. and just yesterday they said, we're facing a crisis, the most predictable this nation has ever faced in its history. in other words, you can see it coming. people say, oh, i -- it won't happen us to. well, they should probably pick up the book, "this time it's different" by professor rogoff at rinehart, i believe, one of the great universities. their book proposes and shows how governments, sovereigns get into financi

mr. bowles was president clinton's chief of staff. he was appointed by president obama and co-chaired the debt -- debt commission that did their report. this is what he said the day before wed. both of them -- yesterday. both of them. this was a signed joint statement to the budget committee the day before yesterday. "we believe that if we do not take decisive action, our nation faces the most predictable economic crisis in its history." close quote. are these extremists? they spent months studying the crisis the nation is in, what it takes to get us out of it. they proposed some substantial changes in what we are doing. and just yesterday they said, we're facing a crisis, the most predictable this nation has ever faced in its history. in other words, you can see it coming. people say, oh, i -- it won't happen us to. well, they should probably pick up the book, "this time it's different" by professor rogoff at rinehart, i believe, one of the great universities. their book proposes and shows how governments, sovereigns get into financi

aunt cybill, they along with the women of courage we honored a week or so ago with secretary clinton and mrs. obama, michelle obama, which i include in the greatstness of how far women have come they make a statement. that what we are doing in the budget, what we're doing in the c.r., does not take into account all the sweat and toil of hardworking women. can you tell me how we would ignore a health care reform that women no long ver to be subjected to pre-existing conditions as a means of getting insurance and therefore pregnancy does not stifle a woman working on a job from getting insurance. it bans insurance companies from dropping women when they get sick or become pregnant. for women in new plans that provides free coverage of important life-saving prevent i have services, women who are sometimes a sickle head of household, oler women who have chronic conditions, they can now be covered because of preventive care, bans insurance companies from obtaining women to requiring a referral for access to ob/gyn care. what an antiquated system that required women not to be able to go to a docto

interviews since the attacks on libya began, secretary of state hillary clinton and defense secretary robert gates. madame and mr. secretary, thank you so much for joining us. the mission is a no-fly zone and civilian protection and does not include removing gadhafi from power. why not have as part of the mission regime change? removing gadhafi from nower? >> i think you don't want ever to set a set of goals or a military mission where you can't be confident of accomplishing the objectives. as we have seen in the past, regime change is a very complicated business. it sometimes takes a long time. sometimes it can happen very fast. it was never part of the military mission. >> nato has assumed command and control of the no-fly zone, or is this weekend. but not yet for the civilian protection. when do we anticipate that? >> i think hillary's been more engaged with that diplomacy than i have. >> we hope, jake, that nato, which is making the military planning for the civilian protection mission, will meet in the next few days. make a decision, which we expect to be positive. to include that mission. and just as the a