it's a bill gates versus paul allen slamfest. some say you are the bitter billionaire and so i'm reading the stuff and i actually read the book and i'm like, wait a second. did they read the same exact book that i just read? exactly. i think the point that i'm trying to get at is, this idea that i think in the book you write critically about yourself and about what you've done and kind of the failures that you've had, the successes and the failures just as critically as you've written about the future of microsoft or the relationship of bill gates. i think that was really interesting. and actually that's kind of where i wanted to start off is, you've been ubiquitous two months on this book tour and what has surprised you the most on what people have reacted to the book? what has been the biggest surprise? >> well, there's a number of things. i think in my life i've been fortunate to be involved with so many different things, obviously, my involvement with microsoft will always be the signature achievement. although i have higher

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. >> yeah, this one is basically like paul allen at least on twitter. >> i'm in exile now. >> from your perspective, was that basically to say that to you think in many ways that i had. >> you can be too early. if you're early, look look them in seaweed and many, nobody else is doing that, sometimes there are some things inherent in whatever the technology might be your management team or might be avenged of reasons to your early ideas not going to take root. you're just way too early. >> or companies right now in the valley which are then passed on on a few code? >> the evaluations are so crazily high. >> no they're not. now they are coming out of her. but which you invest on? >> again, i do want to comment on any known companies. he do your best due diligence to make sure there's something really, really new. i'd a few ideas in the last couple years and i say but if you combine this with this? a lot of my best ideas or a combination of basic microprocessor chip. staff would say, well, there's 20 companies do not. i say cheese, very, very crowded so you have to be super where of the co

also paul allen talked act his memoir, "idea man." look for the complete schedule at booktv.org. sign up for booktv alert. >> up next, elizabeth gould and paul fitzgerald take a critical look at u.s. policy towards afghanistan and pakistan and discuss the fight for control of the border region between the pashtuns and punjabis. from city lights back store? the -- city lights bookstore in chicago, this is about an hour. >> we are very delighted to be hosting paul fitzgerald and elizabeth gould. they are a husband and wife team since 1977, journalists, documentary film makers. they were the first american journalists in 981 -- 1981 permitted to enter afghanistan behind soviet lines. they have worked for cbs news, they've produced a documentary for pbs, they've appeared on abc's nightline. they have produced the documentaries, "afghanistan: between three worlds," and "the woman in exile returns." they are the authors of "invisible history: afghanistan's untold story" which is published by city lights, and i'm happy tonight to be celebrating together with all of you the release of "cr

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also, microsoft co-founder paul allen talks about his memoir. sign up for booktv alerts. >> the national oceanic and atmospheric administration were released a new policy that will allow seafood businesses to apply for permits to start fish farms in the gulf of mexico. the administrator talks about the new rules and a discussion of the impact of the oil spill on seafood. she is joined by actor and environmentalist ted danson and louisiana seafood business owners. >> after this event, delicious. and september of 2008, we opened with -- at the museum of national history. it was a wonderful project. we collaborated with many of the leading organizations in the country. more than 10 million people have been through to see it. it's our way of sharing our knowledge about the ocean and this planet with millions of people and hopefully raise awareness about those 2/3 of the planet. it's part of our broader initiative that we have been working on for a number of years, using our collections, using our science, and our partnerships. tonight is an opportun

paul allen talks about is now memoir, "idea man." sign up for "book tv" alerts. >> janet napolitano talks about the security efforts following the recent killing of osama bin laden. she looks for to the 10-year anniversary of september 11. >> think you for allowing me to come back -- think you'll from hank youme back -- t hank o all for allow me to come back. i have been speaking about homeland security because it is a new went ever-evolving field, and one that as the dean mentioned, covers a range of topics. she looked at the departure of homeland security, as it was created by the congress after the attacks of 9/11, its responsibilities range from counterterrorism to securing our borders, meaning air, land, and say, immigration -- air, land, to cyber security, which is a fast-growing area more and more important each day, to disaster response and recovery. whenever the source of the disaster is -- a terrorist attack, another man cause a disaster, or mother nature. so for example, right now, we are responding to federal declared dis

also, microsoft co-founder paul allen talks about his new novel called ibm and." -- called "idea man.>> on this nomination, the ayes are 72. the nays are 16. the argument.o the argu his is one of the 100,000 people you can search and watch any time, and our c-span library. it is washington, your way. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is diane swonk, the chief economist's have the firm mesirow financial. thank you for being with us. guest: my pleasure. host: there are a lot of headlines dealing with the economy stemming from the jobless rate of 9.1%. martin feldstein, a former senior economist to the reagan administration, says the economy is worse than you think. what is your assessment? guest: martin has been one of the first to say -- to bring the ball on the housing bubble, and he got angry at the fed for not doing something sooner. this is something he has been talking about for many years, and was one of the first to warn about it. i agree that the u.s. economy remains fragile. although we have technically convert -- crossed our previous high water mark in overa

also paul allen talked about his mem war idea man. look for the complete book tv schedule. get our schedules in your inbox. sign up. >> on this nomination the yeas are 72 the nays are 16 and the nomination is confirmed. host: on monday the senate confirmed white house donald verli as u.s. solicitor general. listen to them argue before the supreme court or discussing the rehnquist court in 1994. he is one of the more 10 than 100,000 people you can watch on line at our c-span video library. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is our guest from "washington post" covers real estate. thanks for coming on. as far as home buyers who are looking to buy a home, what kind of things do they have to put down as far as money up front currently? caller: right now there are some low downpayment options, there's the fha. 5%. and private lenders 10-20%. and the so-called jumbo loans you can put up as much as 30. host: as far as the amount that you put down, that equates to what kind of loan you get? caller: well, yes. i mean definitely the more money you put down, the better th

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thank you. >> our panel again, congressman paul ryan, congressman allen west, governor nikki haley and at the newseum here in washington. >> if you missed any bit or it or maybe you'd just like to see it all again you can view the entire town hall at youtube.com/cbs or on our website at earlyshow.cbsnews.com. and also be sure to logon to cbsnews.com for a special washington unplugged, when reaction from our town hall. great day everyone. thanks for being with us. your local news is next.,,,,,,,, right now first lady michelle obama is at a brea ising money for >>> good morning. 83575. i'm grace lee with your cbs 5 headlines. first lady michelle obama is in berkeley raising money for her husband's re-election campaign. the price is $1,000 to $25,000 per plate. later mrs. obama will hold a lonnie quinn in san francisco. >>> a federal judge is expected to issue a key ruling on prop 8. he was openly skeptical of arguments put forward by supporters of the ban on same- sex marriage. they want him to overturn a ruling by another judge that threw out proposition 8. >>> transit employees in san

and paul allen talks about his memoir. sign up for "book tv"alerts. >> earlier today, president obama established a white house counsel on rural issues. members spoke to reporters after the meeting. >> i am the director of the policy council here at the white house. this morning, we believe something significant had been for individuals, families, and individuals residing in rural america. the president signed an executive order. this is an historical effort. the president wants to build on his commitment to rural america and that he talked about during the campaign that has been built upon during the first two years of our administration. we have done important things trying to stabilize and create thriving economies in rural america to improve the quality of life and to focus on innovation and build out the infrastructure and whether it is growth or broadband, access to health care. we believe a lot more has to be done for americans resided in rural communities all over the country. that will be the work of the council.

also, microsoft co-founder paul allen talks about his memoir, " ibm and." -- idea man." >> ryan crocker said today that progress in afghanistan has been significant but the still fragile and reversible. he was nominated by president obama on april 28. the confirmation hearing was held earlier today. >> the hearing will come to order. thank you very much. i apologize for being slightly tarty here. we welcome our friend, and our colleague, senator john mccain. we are delighted to have him here for the purposes of making an introduction. obviously, we are here today to consider president obama conte nominee for ambassador to afghanistan, and i think we are very fortunate that the president has chosen one of america's most experienced and able diplomats to serve in kabul, and we are very fortunate that ambassador ryan crocker has agreed to serve. we are happy to welcome him again before the form relations committee. as everybody knows, in his distinguished career and he has served as ambassador to five countries including pakistan, iraq, and lebanon, and immediately after the taliban's oust

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our guests are senator toem coburn, allen west and paul ryan and nikki hailey.in a moment. >>> rebels have been staging large protests. 6,000 refugees have been fleeing into turkey. elizabeth palmer is on the border in turkey with more for us this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, chris. i'm standing in front of one of the refugee camps which is absolutely chock-full. across the border on sunday morning the syrian troops launched this huge offensive on a town chauld al chabur. it appears they burned the surrounding field. some of the few reliable pictures available show syrian troops celebrating, their operation complete. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: state television says a mass grave found inside the town contain the mutilated bodies of syrian soldiers killed last week by armed gangs. it was to crush the gangs that the army was sent in. but the residents of the area now refugees in turkey tell a different story. the dead soldiers, they say, were shot by their own side when they refused to fire on demonstrators. whatever t

i have the unenviable task of going between allen and paul ryan.so, i have the unenviable task of talking to you about our fiscal situation and our debt. i can tell you, i do not expect to get nearly the applause lines that allen got. [laughter] i have about a 45-minute town hall meeting that i give on this topic. i can give it in about 30 seconds which is that it's much, much worse than you expected. [laughter] it's much, much worse than i expected. i have tried very hard, i'm on the budget committee with paul, i also serve on the joint economic committee, we spent a great deal of time the first four months going over the numbers, and i didn't understand the numbers. i don't know what a trillion dollars is. in fact, i used to talk to folks on the campaign trail and say if you stood up, if you stacked up $100 bills in the amount, about $3.8 trillion worth, that we spend every single year, that stack of money would be over 3,000 miles high. the numbers are simply too large for ordinary folks to understand. so one of the first things we did is change

that you know you can't be a master and these guys are all they want to give allen a well who wants to follow you know the ron paul loose in the signs we saw going to baxley international i know you're in canada how come you were put up ron paul evolution signs in canada help spread the message. i think i gave my answer to that because i just don't think that look there's lots of alternatives i come from an annoying entrepreneurial background where if you do stuff that doesn't work for long enough at some point unlike the government you have to say let's look at what we're doing and see if we can change it there's lots of other ways of changing the world getting rid of the state rather than political action to try to put someone on the top to strip it down not going to happen too many people invested too many people second off the government teat writes not going to work but what we can do is recognize that political power is something that is kept alive by the belief of the masses and we can attack belief and we can criticise that belief we can undermine that belief horizontally don't worry about political power

allen. mr. timmons graduated from the ohio state university. welcome, mr. timmons. finally scott paul. scott m. paul is the director of the alliance for american manufacturing. which was launched in april of 2007. aam is a nonpartisan, nonprofit partnership established by some of america's leading manufacturers enunited steel workers to explore common solutions to challenging topics such as job creation, infrastructure investment, international trade and global competitiveness. mr. paul serves as a staff member to the late represent jim johns from the state of indiana and former representative peter barker from the state of wisconsin. and as the chief foreign policy and trade adviser to then house democratic whip he received a b.a. from pennsylvania state university as well as an m.a. from george town. we'll start with dr. zandy. >> thank you congressmen for the opportunity to be here today. i am an employee of the moody's operation, but these are my views i'm expressing. so you know i'm not an egg head. i did start my own company and grew into a pretty good size small business and sol