national intelligence. during those years of service i never met or served with a more accomplished or dedicated professional than matt olsen. he understands the icy, its process and procedure and has served with distinction to read well, i can go on and on and i have many pages here. i'm not going to do it. suffice it to say i believe that we have an extraordinarily qualified professional, which can step into the leadership of nctc, and at this very potentially balk period provided with the leadership, it really does deserve a marriage. so, with that, mr. vice chairman, may i ask you to meet your remarks? >> thank you madame churn. mr. olsen, congratulations on being nominated to be the director of the national counterterrorism center. thank you for your service to the country especially in its demanding roles over the last several years. i also welcome your family and thank them for their great support to you and to the country. we appreciate that very much. i also want to just say a special word of thank

nation to default on our solemn obligations as a nation, as a community to all of our citizens. that's why we need a balanced approach, to keep us on an even keel as we move ahead. this means savings and revenues . i repeat, this means savings and revenues. so as i vote today, as the ranking member on the ways and means committee, i will keep in mind how we must not let down our citizens who need programs. one example, unemployment insurance. it's set to expire at the end of this year. as millions desperately look for work and iust now have received a report that this year's extension, next year's extension would cost $45 billion. we need to get those resources. if we're not on a balanced path, we will not be ae to address critical needs of our fellow and sister citizens, such as unemployment insurance. we need balance to be true to ourselves. i now yield the balance of my time to the budget committee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of h time. the gentleman from michigan. mr. camp: thank you, mr. speaker. as a member of the -- mr. levin: mr. camp,

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> there is the vote for the iowa straw poll. gov. rick perry announces his candidacy for the republican nomination. michele bachmann has won the iowa straw poll with 28% of the vote. she was followed by ron paul and tim pawlenty. we will hear from representatives of michele santorum.achmann, rick this is just under three hours. >> what a difference four years can make. i am chairman of the republican party. i am proud to be part of the iowa gop fight to return sensible government. from the mississippi to b everywhere in between, the resurgence of i republicans helps with personal responsibility, economic responsibility. they deliver this up and down. they are capturing the majority. officers, winning 16 iowa house seats and a new majority, huge gains in the iowa senate, and gaining over 100 new county officers all across our state. and iowans are doing more than just voting for our republican candidates. every day, more iowans are identifying with the republican party and

there are a lot of challenges that will face this department and the nation. and the nation. we have efforts to meet our fiscal and national security responsibilities. that brings me to the debt ceiling agreement that was enacted this week. it had an impact on our national defense. as i said in a message to dod personnel that i issued yesterday, a reduction in the defense budget enacted as part of the debt soon agreement is largely in line with the civilian and military leaders of this department. this department. it is what we were anticipating and preparing to implement. make no mistake about it. we will face some very tough challenges here. we're trying to meet those numbers. but those numbers are within the ballpark that we were discussing with both the president as well as with others. as with others. and we have the opportunity to make this decisions based on sound and balanced strategy and policy, and with the best advice that we can get from our service chiefs and the service secretaries on how to proceed, to build a strong defense not only now, but in the future. tha

he explained the japanese debt now ranks the same as nations like china and chile. the agency says the effects of the march disaster and resulting power shortages are slowing down japan's economic growth and added the country has so far failed to hammer out feasible plans for reforming its social security and tax systems. moody's knows japan has the largest external assets among advanced economies. it says the country will continue to get the trust of the market as long as it manages to improve its fiscal condition. >> the stable outlook reflects are believed that japan's credit strengths will prevail over the next 18 months and that the home buyers that favors low refinancing risk, low refinancing cost for jgbs will remain in place. >> but, byrne warned the agency may move to review its rating for a possible further downgrade if japan's social welfare and tax reforms are delayed. >>> for an analysis of the rating cut on japanese government bonds or jgbs, we spoke to masaaki kanno. >> basically the downgrade is a warning against the market and the government. but th

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> coming up, former house secretary louis sullivan talks about health care disparities and on "washington journal." will get the latest on the situation in libya and look at the medicare advantage program at 7:00 eastern. >> watch more a video of the candidates and see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions with the cspan web site 4 camp in 2012. it helps you navigate the political landscape "twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaign, candidate by as, and the latest polling data and links to the partners in the early primary and caucus states at upper c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> of next, a conversation on u.s. healthcare disparities. we will hear from former health secretary dr. louis sullivan. the institute for the events of multi-cultural and minority medicine hosted this event and this is 50 minutes. >> i hope you are enjoying your lunch. we would like to get started with the next phase of the program. we are so hono

that inform their national response. the sense of the arbitrariness of 25%, take 40 or 50 or however many you find that don't work, that 25 -- we have a quota if someone has to go in and you are going 30-1/2 mile. the major objection was the arbitrariness of that and we are as good as our programs are and people were judged by the lowest usually. so they were very aware of the competition was going to be a fact of life. they did not say it is not 10% or less. it was get them all and move forward. >> thank you for that. one other thing that is important to emphasize leads to a logical question. the difference between this system you have invented and i have seen this in operations of this is an important point. it is going to be based in part on actual observation in the classroom with this instrument that enjoys good reputation from the university of virginia actually going into the classroom and seeing what happens. >> randomly selected class room. >> the point is the judgment is based on what transpires between teacher

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c., august 23, 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable jeff denham to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john. a boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will be you are aed -- will be offered by the guest chaplain. the chaplain: let us pray. we are given leadership of a journey, upon which the people of this land have embarked. a quest for a more perfect union and for many to make one, to this house has been entrusted the hearts of a traveling, passionate pilgrim

the british national health-care system. in the green room at fox a couple of days before the vote for obamacare. they decided to jam it down the throats of the american public. i said to juan williams, "water you doing? " you are committing political suicide bank he said that me tell you what the administration told me. "we believe obama. we believe that america's love for entitlements, and once we get them hooked on this entitlement, they will never let it go." [crowd boos] just imagine a couple of weeks backhen barack obama's was against the wall being pushed for a debt ceiling increase. was his first move? just like at basketball, it was to the left. [laughter] his first move was to get in front of a national audience and tell the people who were dependent on the federal government that they were not going to get their social security checks, that they were not going to get their benefits, but they were not going to get their medicare benefits. they have the hook. at the time that they need to, they pull the strings spen

park to national park. he did the same thing with his grandkids. 25, 26 grandkids went on tour -- went on 30 days of trips with my mom and dad going to national parks. i knew what he was doing. he was not just showing them the beauty of america and the majesty of our mountains and the grand tour of the canyons, he was also teaching them something about the american spirit and the american character. i learned that. i inherited that from my mom and dad. that is something that does not leave me. the red meat from a book called "men to match my milton." you may not have read that book. it was written in the 1960's by someone named irving stone. i mentioned that the other night. i was on cape cod the other night and the owner of the home the estimate, as soon as i finish telling that story, he got up and "did that point from which the title was taken. i did not know it was taken from a point. it turns out the public who wrote the point from which that title was taken was from new hampshire. his name was sam wal

it will be a debate about our national priorities. i hope we will support the balanced approach that the president has called for. i have very limited time, i'm sorry. one that refuses to put greater burdens on medicare beneficiaries in order to provide greater tax breaks to the wealthiest americans. and in the coming months our republican colleagues will be given the following test. will they choose to protect special interest tax breaks over investments necessary to keep our nation strong and secure, will they finally demonstrate a willingness to pay for our national defense rather than put it on the credit card? mr. speaker, let's get on with that big national debate and let's finally focus on jobs and getting the economy going as we reduce our long-term deficit. thank you, mr. speaker, and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from wisconsin. the gentleman from wisconsin reserves the balance of his time? the gentleman from maryland. mr. va

that's still important, in the national guard. i think our younger generation is doing a better job of sharing their stories, but clearly, we have put our directors of psychological health outside of the medical community, because we didn't want or believe that someone would seek assistance from someone who is going to determine whether they were fit for duty. and we wanted to take that component away. otherwise, we'd be forcing them underground, so to speak. and, it's important, and i think because we put our directors of psychological health in places where yellow ribbon, transition assistance, is available, they become part of a larger team in the national guard, to support both our airmen and soldiers. the wonderful thing the department of defense has done, i just want to acknowledge, is develop the battlemind program. and i would encourage individuals to check out this wonderful resource. the battlemind program is accessible through the internet, and it's individuals who served in military, talking about their experiences, ta

gate and san francisco national historic -- san francisco national maritime historic park. more than simply spectator venues they provide over 16 million visitors annually from near and far an opportunity to enjoy the natural scenic, cultural resources of the bay area. from frequent daily visitors, residents from san francisco running or biking or the aquatic park to the out of town visitor who takes their first trip to alcatraz island. our mission can be simply stated. it is important because that is the lens through which we see it. preserve park resources and values. we want to recognize first that the city staff worked hard on getting this document out in a short time frame, given the construction schedules necessary. we have worked in providing extensive scoping comments and have worked with them with the rest of the staff to look at mutual solutions, and at the present time in the document some of those solutions have not been addressed and some of the commitments and mitt gailingses are not there. they are deferred to the people and park plans. we recognize that they

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellitegood chance. the secretary of state,, and is hard-working staff, i would like to thank them. at this time, secretary of state shultz will hand deliver the results. >> the winner is congresswoman michele bachmann. [applause] thank you, everyone, and have a good night. ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] --2011] ♪ ♪ [unintelligible] ♪ ♪ >> here are the results from the iowa poll. michele bachmann was first. ron paul was second. awlenty was third. here are the remaining in order. >> was more video of the candidates coming here with political reporters are saying. go to it c-span website for campaign 2012. it is easy to use it and can help you navigate the political landscape. it's there all by those in the latest polling data. it is on c-span.org. >> next, texas gov. brick. announces his candidacy for the 2012 presidential election. big he spoke about some of the policies he would implement if he were preside

i think it is very important that the united nations to play an essential role in the nation. it is very important to take the lead. it is true, it is an african problem but it has become very clear how much it has been played in order to bring the commitment for peace. sudan is possible if we collectively work together. i think it is very important also that the southern sudan be at the heart of your priorities. it is only hope we can be able to show to the sudanese people and to those who are struggling for their own right that you are standing with them. i think it is very important to offer your role in the united nations. in abyei area you have a united nations mission in that region to provide protection to the people and and you played a very big role in the united nations. whether the united nations can provide protection in that area is critical. but not only protection but critical how to assist the people. mr. chairman, i know during the war, it is difficult, we should not expect the sudan government to give access to the people of nuba mountain. having the organiza

an entire nation is suffering pain and loss. the international community is full of compassion for those in mourning. some members of a norwegian parliament were on utoya. there is the next of kin. on behalf of a united parliam t parliament, i want to express my deepest sympathy, of all of those affected by the government and those on utoya. without the heroic actions of those present in both oslo and utoya. our loss may have been even greater. on behalf of the norwegian parliament, i express my gratitudes to police, medical personnel and fire service, volunteers and individuals. i want to thank the local community and those at the site of utoya. people without consideration of their own safety. use boats to rescue young people from utoya. the young people from the work league themselves demonstrated great courage in rescuing their companio companions. you were there in a moment of need. you saved many lives. thank you each and every one of you. i would like to convey the norwegian people sincere thanks to the queen and king and

a national fair tax. but as long as we have a constitutional amendment to eliminate 16th amendment we can get there because if we don't, somebody in washington will try to take the money out of both of our pockets. my friends, we have lost it to something else. in creating jobs, let's take one of the resources that was given to us to use as a platform to create jobs in america. we should be exploring for every model fuel of american energy, everyplace of a molecule of american energy. we should exploring the east coast, the west coast the gulf of mexico and in anwr. [applause] my friends in order to keep the lights on we recognize to keep the lights on we have to rely upon american natural gas. whether you look at some estimates that we have a 100 year supply or another estimate that we have a three and a deer supply we are going to turn the lights on for american gas, clean coal and nukes. thing about nuclear power. the french 75% of their power is nuclear power in the japanese 35%. my goodness if the fr

in florida t the unemployment is way above the national average. president obama has been facing criticism of his own party and base, and more of the same is expected here. we will talk to congresswoman fredricka wilson. >>> and coming up, the changing and volatile situation in libya. gun battles and forces have erupted throughout the day, and others have fled. stephanie goss joins us on the phone near libya's border of tunisia, and rebels remain in control of his compound in tripoli, and what can you tell us that you have acquired as far as information, stephanie? >> well, stability is one thing, and it is surprising that rebels were able to go into that city as quickly as they did and seemingly as unimpeded as they did and it is another to go in to secure the city. what we are seeing now is that they don't quite have a complete control of the city. there are still gadhafi forces that look ready to fight back. but also keep in mind that gadhafi made a commitment in the early days of this to give guns to all of his supporters, so there are a lot of

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> in a few months -- in a few moments, comments by rick perry, who ron paul, and thaddeus mccotter. several events to tell you about fort tomorrow, including a speech to the american legion national convention in minneapolis at noon eastern. at 1:00 p.m., labor secretary solis will be at the national press club. at 3:00 p.m., the atlantic council hosts a discussion on the training of afghan security forces. ♪ >> texas governor rick perry obama may have inherited a bad economy, but he has made it worse. later, you will hear from other candidates, ron paul from texas and thaddeus mccotter. [applause] >> good afternoon. >> i know this is unusual. you will understand in a minutes. before we get going, i have to do something. if you'll just bear with me for a moment, i would appreciate it. veterans. he is also a craftsman. he wrote to me and he told me that he wanted to attend today, but he does not get out very much these days. this is what he said. gov. rick perry

and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture the storm may have passed through our nation's capital leaving little damage but there was a terrible blow at the white house where president for president obama's approval ratings now hang and the g.o.p. is literally taking names i'll tell you how they started a watch list to weed out those mouthy constituents. you need to know this while president obama woke up this morning to unscathed washington d.c. after hurricane irene roared up the coast this past weekend he was hit by a wave of bad news on the political landscape according to the latest gallup poll the president's job approval ratings are at an all time high but fifty five percent of americans now disapprove of the way president obama is handling his job a summer of double dip recession worries and a debt downgrade are taking a toll on the president is desperately looking for a way to shake the big spending debt piling job killing label republicans have stuck on him before the two thousand and twelve elections maybe the best maybe the best way to shake these labels off is

it is a national event. it is a national impact and, therefore, it needs a national level response. veterans have always been a national priority and they are the biggest movement currently in the drug court movement is to treat veterans who as you've heard have 80% of veterans coming in contact with the criminal justice system are addicted and/or mentally ill and that is what's driving their involvement in the criminal justice system. so i am happy to answer any questions. and i'm happy to provide you with the proof and the scientific evidence for any of the facts that i've asserted. thank you. >> thank you very much, dr. marlow. our final witness is david muhlhausen. he studies criminal justice programs in the heritage foundation, the center for data analysis. dr. muhlhausen joined heritage in 1999 after serving on the staff for this senate judiciary committee. welcome back, mr. muhlhausen. prior to that he was a manager at a juvenile correctional facility in baltimore. he holds a doctorate in public policy from the university of maryland baltimore county. and a bachelor's degree

we are a nation. don't sell us out, mr. cantor. don't make us a second-rate nation. we have got to significantly rebuild our infrastructure. we will be the laughing stocks of the world. if people think that when a community is devastated, this great nation doesn't have the resources to help that community rebuild. >> and next week the senate will be talking about funding for fema which is down to $800 million, the damage is into the billions. i know where you're going to be on that fight, senator. great to have you with us tonight. thanks for what you're doing and i appreciate your time visit ingwith our viewers tonight. now let's turn to jim moore, co-author of "bush's brains." why rick perry will make america miss george w. bush. he's also a contribute tore to the huffington post. good to have you on tonight. what's rick perry's perception of the natural disasters? >> let me draw a distinction there, ed. i think we need to compare him to the previous text in george w. bush. under george w., fema was ba basically gutted of its resources, so when it came time for kat

i think our nation has moved past that. we improved the african-american and latino parts of our city, and did it to the cheers of the whole city. there are alws going to be people who do not like the black community. that is always going to happen. those individuals will face the president. but what the president can learn is that those people are not going to vote for you anyway. the haters are never going to come to your side, so you try to do what is right. try to do is going to rebuild the fabric of this nation and make us stronger, because everybody is doing well. 1% of the population owns 33% of the nation's wealth. the average black family is worth 5006 under and $77, according to the pew center -- 56 $77, -- $5677, according to the pew center. >> what is the country need to do to get to a place where there is efficiency with employers and potential eloyees so that it does not take a five city tour to get folks hired who are looking for jobs, and to get employers to hire them if they have openings? >> that is a much

all the sales here at the national press club in all of our book drafts benefit the library of the national press club and that is why we restrict the books to those sold here at the book club. please join me in giving a warm national press club welcome to former governor and former senator and now author, bob graham. [applause] >> thank you very much. i particularly want to tank a larry for all the confidence he has demonstrated in my political career. i have been following larry around or a long time. when i arrived in tallahassee as governor, larry was the president of the capitol press club. the capital press club has one of its annual premier events, ate dinner featuring skits. i had never been to one of these dinners before i became governor and therefore i was not repaired for the total laceration that all politicians to get this event. afterwords, i went to larry with what i thought was a modest and very balanced suggestion, and that was that the politicians should be given some opportunity to put on skits about our brethren and journalists. you have never seen the first amendment s

forget what our national debts are going backwards. going forward we're looking at $8 trillion added to the current debt levels and no political system we have or political ready we have that will address those issues. so in my judgment, s&p was perfectly within their rights and purr views to do that. but the real problem is we have a huge debt in this country that is the most predictable crisis in american history. it's going to break our financial system if we don't do something about it, and we're not doing anything about it at this stage of the game. that's why the president when he comes -- should have spoken about the of markets opened, or after the markets opened. he had nothing to say and it just -- because -- >> who are his advisors? why -- >> i don't know who let him go out there. whoever and it was a mistake. the market dropped 300 points after he spoke. if this is a pep talk, i don't want to hear those pep talks! >> on, nobody believers -- >> to everybody. >> rendell said. >> yes, of course. rendell -- >> no meaning. >> i h

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> had this event from earlier today, we will review this event again at later tonight at 8:45 eastern here on c-span. tonight, a news conference on nato operations in libya. naida says it will continue operations in that country where it has intensified military strikes in moammar gadhafi's hometown. it was also said that the capital city was essentially free. see the briefing from brussels live tonight here on c-span. >> tonight on the c-span3, a discussion of the legalization of marijuana and the war on drugs. >> there has never been a drug- free society, whether we like it or not. we ultimately have no choice as a society as children, parents, grandparents, society: never, but to accept the fact that drugs are here to stay and it is a challenge for us is not how to build a note or keep them at bay at any cost or pay any price or bear any burden to abolish drugs from the face of our society, rather is to accept the reality that they are here to

>> it's the problem of the authority of the director of national intelligence.s dealing with a lot of agencies. he's dealing with some very powerful players: c.i.a. director, secretary of defense and others. and he needs authority on budget and on comes down to personalities and the d.n.i. has to be very diplomatic because he is dealing with big players. if we don't like his decision we'll boo go right to the president. brown brup but you're saying they're talking to each other more but this new position isn't quite as coordinated or authoritative as you hoped. >> well, they weakened the legislation a bit when we passed it in congress and it's unclear. we said at the time-- lee in particular-- said this is all going to depend on the president because if the president gives the guy the authority then it's going to work. but there have been four denys in six years. we hoped it would be a long-term person with the faith of the president who would coordinate the intelligence operation and it hasn't been that way. >> brown: one of the places where average americans f

the nation's problem -- not merely the south's -- for we have an economic unbalance in the nation as a whole due to this very condition in the south itself. it's an unbalance that we can't -- that can and must be righted for the sake of the south and of the nation. then he got closer to the heart of the subject and announced that the task of meeting the economic and social needs of the south called for public servants whose hearts are sound, whose heads are sane, whose hands are strong. the people of georgia, he said, needed senators and representatives who were willing to stand up and fight night and day. so now the crowd smelled blood. they were really more interested in hearing the president swoop down for the kill than in listening to a talk about electricity rates and southern problems. roosevelt took pains to assure voters that he was not interfering in the internal politics of georgia. oh, no. he said the georgia voters had a perfect right to choose any candidates they wished. at this point some people shouted, hooray for george! and others yelled, good-bye, george. [laughter]

this is important for the national guard, but there's another population in the national guard that i think needs to be highlighted here. and that is, not all of the national guard are considered veterans. so, they may not be able to participate in some of the va programs. that's why our relationship with samhsa and kathryn's group, the memorandum of understanding that we have between the national guard and samhsa is so important because it connects with the community. and the communities, through samhsa and our relationship, that's where the national guard is. it's the governor in the state and it's the militias, as kathryn mentioned, so a vast majority of folks that we're seeing in the psychological health program, they've never been deployed. so, it's very important for us to look at community resources, as kathryn mentioned. absolutely, and hector, you're in the thick of it in the community. take us through a cycle of some of the folks that you counsel and that you work with. the most important part, when we think about these veterans and when it comes to homelessness, for me, the

but all of these myths have taken hold in the national debate expression on fox news for more on this report and the manufactured fear of muslims gripping this nation i'm joined by one of the authors basher care vice president at the center for american progress and editor in chief of progress at work as well come. so fast in your opinion all of us here campaign i mean what's this all about well there's been a small network of experts who've been working for a decade to try to scare americans about the presence of islam in america they have been at it with vigor and with a great deal of commitment and what we've now learned is they've got forty two million dollars behind them to conduct this campaign and that forty two million dollars it's not a huge sum but it's enough to convince enough americans that muslims are scary and it's working i mean if you look at the public polling of some sort of america people are so more afraid of muslims than they were even after nine eleven and if you look at the park fifty one controversy you see that they have an ability the islamophobia network to

it's a reminder to the american people that we remain a nation still at war. >> what kind of nation wouldreminded that it is still at war? a nation in which everyone is not required to do military service or some alternative community service. a nation in which roughly 99 1/2% of us choose not to serve in the military. a nation in which most people are not related to anyone serving in the military. a nation in which most people do not know anyone who has been killed or wounded in our last ten years of war. a nation where it is impossible to, any way, experience a country at war. a nation where not a single deprivation has been suffered because the country has been at war for a decade. a nation where no one has to wait in line for bread or wait for fuel or for anything else in short supply because of war. a nation in which not one dollar of tax, not one dollar has been raised to pay for 1 ten years of war. a news whose news media is more troubled by the loss of credit ratings than it is by the loss of human life. and yes, a nation in which television news coverage of the war gets lower rat

this matters the first in the nation straw po.raw poll is effective and it is, you ever making it effective today, that means the caucus will also be effective. if we ever lost first in the nation a caucus, then it would be down to every man and every woman wouldn't have the opportunity to be president of the united states again. it was the person with the deepest pockets. the campaign that could paint a shaking their hand and -- this is important. when i was a young boy, i remember asking my father, dad, could you be president? and he looked at me and said, i supposed if i wanted to be. i want that always to be the case. for every little boy and girl in america. i want them to always grow up believing their mom or dad could be president if they wanted to be, and if america chodse them, and i want every little boy and girl and child is that aspiring to any position in this country whether it's public office or any other form of purpose, this has embodied thank you for everything you're doing to make it what it is today. [applause]

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> coming up next, a senate hearing on disaster prepared this. live at 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on washington journal." >> later today, fema will give an update on hurricane irene and the federal response to the storm. homeland security secretary janet napolitano will brief, along with fema administrator craig fugate and the director of the national hurricane center. later today. >> now a eighth senate commerce committee hearing on protect emergency preparedness. it focuses on improvements. senators look at how congress can better is serve the needs of u.s. government agencies to help protect american lives. this part of the hearing is just under an hour. >> i am going to put my opening statement in the record, which pains me greatly. we have a vote, and the whole idea of doing statements and then going to you and then going to vote and then coming back does not make much sense. what makes sense is to have all of you say what you're going to say. and th

iowa is very better as the nation as a whole but the nation is struggling. part of that reason is we are led by a man who is a fine fellow but is out as a bridge the out of his death and does not understand how the economy works. [applause] i happen to believe that if you want to create jobs, it helps to have had a job. [laughter] i have spent my life and the private sector. in my career, i have been doing what you have been doing which is trying to make ends meet. my business help me start a company and i worked to try to manage enterprise is to make them better if i could. sometimes i was successful and sometimes i was not by learned the lessons of a free economy and i believe it is essential in washington if we are going to turn around the economy to have someone who knows how the economy works and has spent time in the real economy and not someone who's so professional experience was being a politician. let's send some citizens to washington in addition to some politicians. [applause] i happen to think that the reason that this recession was deeper than

senators, for them to be put in the position of leadership in this nation, to divide the nation as they have been doing through the tea party is just outrageous to me. host: give and take with this current president, police ale is alluding to. leonard steinhorn? guest: again, i think part may be race, but i also think part of is he was elected as a very popular president and the republicans have been determined to block him in every way. he had 60 votes in the senate, and he couldn't get things through because of the threat of filibuster. pretty much mitch mcconnell, the republican leadership has come out with a strategy to block him, to make him seem feckless as a president, in effect, also undermine the democratic party ideology, which is the democrats say government can be on your side. well, if you can make washington seem like a mess, then effectively you are making government out to be ineffective, bottled up, and something that people can't support, which would then move them toward a republican ideology that, you know, we got to get government out of here. so i think there's far

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> a full slate of the events are planned in advance of the official opening of the martin luther king jr. memorial this sunday. we'll have live coverage of day luncheon with expected speakers including the national urban league president and jesse jackson, among others. taking a look at other c-span networks, the pentagon is briefing today, with a focus on afghanistan. you'll be able to see that live at 10:30 a.m. eastern. later, the heritage foundation holds a discussion on global terrorism. that begins live at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. >> it is the c-span networks, available to you on television, radio, and online, and on social media sites, search, watch and share our programming any time. we're on the road, bringing our resources to local communities and showing events from around the country. his washington, your way. this is the network's -- created by cable, provided as a public service. tuesday night, the 40-year-old freshman senator delivered a speech to

this is an ongoing thing in national and many other cities in america and national, carlos was capturedby best described hunters. he was manipulated and lied to. that's how he made his way to yemen. carlos was hoping to go there for a chance to cross into saudi arabia and visit america. he was taught that all true muslims must do this one time in life. he was taught that he would get, he was taught to get to walk on the grounds where the prophet mohammad walked. but they had other plans for an. they set him up, told me to teach english in a british school south of yemen. this will turn out to be a front for carlos, and carles ended up in a training camp run by terrorists. carlos joined with the yemenis extremist facilitated by their american counterparts in nashville. we have since discovered that the mosque wrote the recommendation letter carlos need for the school in yemen. we also discovered that school function as the intake fraud of radicalization trade of western jihad. from what i understand the fbi had been following carlos before he left national, continued to follow him after

we have as a nation felt that we are no longer, this has given us strength. but my thanks go to the norwegian people who took responsibility when it was most needed, who retained their human dignity and chose democracy for most of all the young people. they came under fire but a whole generation has mobilized sorrowful protests. july 22nd generation or the hero's and our hope. this means we can look to the future with renewed confidence and fundamental values and with the hope the commitment to fair dialogue and greater tolerance will continue to grow. this time of mourning has made many of us pause and think about our positions and attitudes. reflect on our thoughts and words and what we said. in hindsight of the tragedy of the 22nd of july we may well realize which has sometimes express ourselves a bit differently, and we should choose our words more carefully in the future. i will from this podium and asked people not to engage in a witch hunt. the solidarity that we have shown. we can all learn something from this tragedy. we need to say i was wrong and s

this nation.ere to take for granted how special and unique this place is. but when you come from somewhere else, from what you always knew and loved, you lost. you don't have that luxury. my grandfather didn't know america was exceptional because he read about it in a book. he knew about it because he lived it and saw it with his eyes. that powerful lesson is the story of ronald reagan's presidency. it's our legacy as a people. until we have a chance to meet again, i think that's important for all of us. because being an american is not just a blessing. it's a responsibility. as we were commanded to do long ago, let your light shine before men that they may see your good work and glorify your father in heaven. well, as we gathered here today in this place, that pays homage and tribute to the greatest americans of the 20th century, we are reminded that for him and our nation, being a light to the world, that's not just our common history. it remains our common depth. thank you. [applause] [captioni

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> leaving the center for american progress now and going live to the capitol. ohio congressman steve la tret holding a press brief -- latourette holding a press briefing. >> and one that occurred down in the white house press briefing room yesterday. with the secretary of transportation. and i asked because i'm not important enough to get all of you to come to a press conference and i asked the speaker if he would be kind enough to invite some of you so i can share a perspective on this f.a.a. crisis that is ongoing. first and foremost i want to say that i don't believe that any member of the united states house of representatives or the united states senate thinks that it's ok for the f.a.a. to not be extended while the differences between the two bodies worked out in a long-term f.a.a. extension bill. however, i would also add that i was still a member of the house transportation and infrastructure committee when the last extension was passed or the last bill was passed

kan spoke to the nation about a couple of hours ago. here's what he had to say. >> translator: earlier, as of today, i decided to step down as the ruling democratic party of president and also as long as the new leader is elected, i'm going to step down as the prime minister. >> kan apologized for failing to prevent the nuclear crisis that followed the march 11th earthquake and tsunami. he said japan must reduce its reliance on nuclear power. >> translator: japan is a great, proud country, but we do have a lot of nuclear reactors, nuclear plants, in the land, and that is what we have experienced this time, and that is the incident in which i felt the powerlessness as a prime minister because we were not able to prevent losing many lives at the time of the earthquake and how to contain that aggravation of that nuclear accident that i was full of here every day, to be honest. as the nuclear disaster once started to expand and the large size of the evacuation, as well as theong term of the damage through the local community and how to grap

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> so, as we heard, president obama signed the debt ceiling and debt reduction bill today. just hours before the u.s. government could have defaulted on some of its financial obligations. we'll see the president's comments about the legislation tonight at 8:00 eastern. then from the capitol, sno senate democrats also talk about the debt compromise. later, a couple of briefings on job creation. first senate republican leader mitch mcconnell followed by house democratic leader nancy pelosi. this recap of the day starts in a little less than an hour from now at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. earlier today, the senate banking committee held a hearing on whether there should be national standards for mortgage loan services. those servicers have increasingly come under fire from federal and state officials who accuse them of cutting corners when processing foreclosure paperwork. this is an hour. >> our first witness is mr. jack hopkins, a long-time friend and a person of resource