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

iowa is very better as the nation as a whole but the nation is struggling. 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 it could have been and recovery is

on our national mall. and while we have memorials to great leaders on the mall from george washington to franklin roosevelt, i believe that president lincoln and dr. king were something more than it leaders. i think they were prophets who walked among us, man who gave their lives to defeat our great national evil of slavery and racism. so we gather this morning to demand that dr. king be remembered and that his prophecy may live in our time, his message of justice for all, his message of the american dream is for all of us, each and every one of us, and his absolute conviction that the american dream begins with a good job and the right to vote. see, i believe that we need to carry his dream for word, and the dream of the time when all men and all women, not only here, dr. king's word, but to hear his message and then act on it. thank you. [applause] and now it is my privilege and honor to introduce the moderator of our panel on jobs and the american dream, bob herbert. bob, of course, is a noted former "n

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] [no audio] >> a couple of live events to tell you about today here on c- span. president obama will be at the washington navy yard to talk about the administration's plans to help veterans re-entering the workforce. that is at 11:00 a.m. eastern. at 12:45 p.m. eastern, the joint economic committee will get the july jobs report from the bureau of labor statistics. ever >> weekend, american history tv on cspan 3 highlights the 150th anniversary this awarded this week, one of the most important documents, the emancipation proclamation. we have an albany law professor pop-up on this document. >> the house of representatives has been off eight weeks already this year including this week. did you get eight weeks of vacation? >> our guest tries to see take a slightly irreverent you in washington and the west. we are willing to step outside the box and try something different and figure out how to make tv news exciting and entertaining and informative again rather than the garbage

[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

we as a nation feel this strength. but the biggest thanks goes to the norwegian people that took responsibility when it was needed. and they retained their human digni dignity. and chose democracy. and also to the young people. they came underfire but a whole generation has mobilized in sorrowful protest. july 22 generation are our heros. and our hope. this means that we can look to the future with renewed confidence in our fundamental values. and the hope that the commencement and the dialogue and greater tolerance will continue to grow. this time of mourning has made many of us pause and think about our positions of attitudes. upon our thoughts and words and what we said of britain. in hindsight after the tragedy of 22 of july. we may realize that we should have expressed ourselves a bit differently. and we should choose our words more carefully in the future. i will from this podium ask people not to engage in a witch hunt. the solidarity we have shown. we can all know something from this tragedy. we all need to say

of nation participation. then we increase homeland security and homeland resilience. as was previously described, the kind of threats we now face, from terrorism, from threats in cyberspace, to pandemic disease, to natural disasters of all types, demand that we strengthened our capacities working together. none of us can do it by ourselves. it also demands the continued vigilance of the american people. so today, we are stronger than we were on 9/11. there are no guarantees in this world, and i'm not here to offer guarantees. there are lots of things that are threatened that can happen, but what we can do is maximize our ability to prevent an attack from occurring, minimizing the ability of such an attack having a large impact and increase our ability to respond with efficiency and effectiveness, and to get, as i said earlier, to get right back up on the horse and back in the business of the country. so now i'd like to have played before you, for the very first time, the 30-second television psa. there are 15

on h.r. 398 to amend the immigration nationality act to toll during national and active duty services abroad and armed forces i would have voted yes. on h.r. 1933, to amend immigration market act to modify requirements i would have voted yes. while i do recognize the shortage of nurses in our country, i would hope that we should focus on providing more incentives of students here to become nurses. on the motion ordering the previous question on rule s. 365 i would have voted no. on h.r. 384, the rule for providing consideration of s. 365 i would have voted no. on the journal vote i would have voted yes and i ask unanimous consent that the statement be placed in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman's statement will appear in the record. >> thank you. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to 22 united states code 6913 and the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair announces the speaker's appointment of the following member of the house to the congressional executive commission on the people's republic of china. mr. smith, new jersey, chairman. the

[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

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

[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

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

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

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

[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

and the fact that the icc recognize the leadership of the national islamic front or the national congress party as being responsible for genocide and specifically recognized ahmed her room, why doesn't our government recognize them in that way? with regard to the u.n. forces, they're all kinds of stories coming out in no of the u.n. forces who were from egypt in kadugli standing by watching the slaughter take place and they are supposed to be peacekeeping forces, allowing the intelligence services of the south to come in and take people out of their compounds. there was one incident where six nuba women sought shelter in it, found and they were raped by the egyptian forces. so it seems as even some of the forces and i know it is not true for all of them, are complicit with khartoum. there is internal documents from the u.n. that i'm told are -- at the u.n. is actually being forced to release very soon because even some members of the u.n. where victim of these atrocities. so, they this should be investigated. these people should be prosecuted and the u.n. and brought to justice. our gover

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

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

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] . >> we have more from our "washington journal" series on medicare. tomorrow, the focus is on medicare advantage. and then the medicare prescription drug program. "washington journal"is live every day starting at 7:00 eastern. join us later on tonight on "the communicators." they will discuss cyber threats against the u.s. that will be at 8:00 eastern. after that, it is "book tv prime-time." not all gets underway tonight at 8:30 eastern. also on c-span2. for politics and public affairs and nonfiction books, it is the c-span that works. search, watch, and share our videos any time on the c-span media video library. it is washington, your way. the c-span that works. created by cable, provided as a public service. >> the effort to take down the government in libya. the conversation with muammar gaddafi continues this morning. the top diplomat in london said the rebels will turn over every stone to find muammar gaddafi. the rebels hold most of the capital of tripoli. nato says

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

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

hope to a broken nation. but they did of a good fight. w when things were turning sour "the new york times" reported the president's o dutch was up referring to his temper. charm could be apaig ferocious opponents. just remember the campaign speech he gave in madison square garden. and they are unanimous in m their hate to for me and i welcome their hatred. can you imagine president obama's saying anything bellicose nor confrontational? in that same speech roosevelt repeated the militant refrain for all of these things we have only just begun to fight. lab and then to improve working conditions to help homeowners and eight an implied repeating a few months later but we have only just begun to fight did some people believe we did not mean it? i meant it.de what may pause and changesc spo years to describe a sporting event available on youtube. june 22nd of thousands of people poured into yankee stadium. does anybody know what that was? you are not old enough. the boxing match of the decade, the american boxer joe louis wo going to the heav

national missile defense. we have spent more on that project than on the entire apollo space program that the man on the moon. now presently the success rate for the ground intercept system is eight out of 15 limited. so a man on the new inverses not that reassuring success rate. but more importantly, if it does become successful it still is a system that is inadequate to stop the missiles that actually can reach us from russia or china and may be enough to reach the missiles that don't yet reach us bucket under the current budget the budget is supposed to increase. or another example, the nuclear weapons complex, which we only looked at through the lens of negotiations with the nation that lost the cold war. that is we need to look a nuclear weapons, not just through what can we give up in negotiations in other words we need to ask ourselves if you cut 200 or 500 warheads from the 5500 that you have, what is the tree of? what is the national securities all you? the protection that you are getting from that, 5

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

it's a reminder to the american people that we remain a nation still at war. >> what kind of nation wouldbe reminded 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

because a renewed nation needs a new president. [applause]. it is time to get america working again and that's why, with the support of my family and unwavering belief in the goodness of america, i declare to you today as a candidate for president of the united states. [applaus [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. perry, perry, perry, perry! >> thank you. you know, it's time for america to believe again. it's time to believe that the promise of our future is far greater than every our best days behind us. it's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise, set free from the shackles of overbearing federal government and it's time to truly restore our standing in the world and renew our faith and freedom as the best hope for peace in this world that's beset with strive. the change we seek will never emanate out of washington d.c. it will come from the wind swept prairies of middle america, the farms and the factories across this great land, from the hearts and the minds of the good hearted americans who will a

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable corp. 2011] >> in a few moments, today's headlines in your calls live on "washington journal." president obama is speaking to the american legion national convention in minneapolis. you can see that lives at noon eastern. just after that at 1:00 p.m., a labor secretary hilda solis will be at the national plus club for an hourlong interview on jobs and the economy. we will have live coverage of an lentic council discussion on the training of afghan security forces at 3:00 p.m. eastern. at about 45 minutes, we will examine the federal government's flood insurance program and the damage caused by hurricane irene. our guest is a robert hartwig, president of the american insurance information institute. juliet eilperin will discuss the os

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

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

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

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

[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

[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

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

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> good to have you back. >> ready? i want to get in the front row. you have to have a plan? what is the plan? >> you need a pan. >> are these ready to be flipped? what do you think? ready to roll? all of them? >> table at the time? >> you are good. >> where you from? >> northern iowa. not far from minnesota. about 10 miles from minnesota. >> what kind of operation the you have? what is that? [unintelligible] >> pretty busy out there. >> i missed the. i have been gone all summer, so i have not been able to grow. is that rachel's left that i hear back there? >> are you just try to poke me? >> it is really important in the sense it is the first test. the early states are important, and we look forward to competing in all of them, and the first up is iowa. -- step is iowa. [unintelligible] >> what kind of -- [unintelligible] >> does this make or break for you? >> i am confident we are going to do well at the iowa straw poll tomorrow. our goal is to move toward the front of the

>> 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

national security, as well as fiscal and economic.e the other candidates, i have defeated democratic candidates in tough district. so no one in this race has the resume and the vision i have. >> how worried about you about rick perry? he did very well. >> if everyone was talking about me as much as everybody was talking aboutr rick perry, i'd have donew ell well, too. >> he's governor of texas. he has a lot of resources. i am the little engine that could candidate. rick perry's a great guy, ooh- ahh. we're chugging along. we have a caucus strategy, not a straw poll strategy. the straw poll was a check to see if we were building a base of support. we are building support in iowa. >> we did a great job. setting aside ron paul from the standpoint of being able to win the caucus, if you look at the attention of the three people, between pawlenty, bachmann and me. in those press clips, and see how many times pawlenty was mentioned -- made a feel like you've lot of progress. >> i do not know how you could see it otherwise. how many stories

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

[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

especially 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 passion care vice president of the center for american progress and editor in chief of think progress or as well. so that's in your opinion what's the roll call of this fear 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 this song in america they've 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 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 muslims in 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 to not work to drum up controversies and the entire nation's attention for thin

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

again, they are saying this nation is founded as a fundamentalist christian nation. we they have deviated from that and i would think they think barack obama is a significant deef nation wp we need to institute public al values and inject them into other societial institutions and one way to do that is through politics and getting the right people in there. i think that is what is happening with this flirtation between rick perry, david barton and the outer periphery of the religious right in this country. >> well, forest, there are many that are going to be in washington, even with the hurricane coming behind us, thank god it will not interfere with the march and probably not sunday. and others that will be in texas where the weather is mild. but it also seems like the idea of democracy is also mild. >> joanne reid and forest wilder, thanks for joining me. >>> coming up, if you love bombing, dick cheney is your man. he brought america to the dark side and he is is refusing to apologize for it in his new book. >>> republican 2012 candidates have embraced ideas that u