host: coming up next, alaska senator mark begich, a democrat from alaska, will continue the discussion on defense and security issues. we will be right back. >> as this year's supreme court term comes to an end come here chief justice roberts talk about the core's work. then a panel of experienced court watchers, including linda greenhouse, jan crawford greenberg, and ted olson, review the decisions handed down this year. live coverage on c-span, saturday morning at 9:00 eastern. >> july 4 weekend on book tv, discover and unfamiliar side of our nation's first president. we are live from fort washington's mount vernon estate with historian and author john ferling. join our conversation on sunday, july 5, live on "in depth." >> how is c-span funded? >> through donations? >> i think they get a little bit from the federal government. >> grants and stuff like that. >> made the sponsors? >> they might get government funding. >> the viewers? >> how with c-span funded? 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no government money. >> "was

and i defer to your knowledge of alaska, of course, but i think historically, there's been success in universal service in alaska and i'd like to see that continue in the future with respect to, you know, the vast -- all of the vast country that we have. >> fantastic. >> let me -- let me -- and i appreciate that. and you're right. it's been very successful and very useful and also in alaska because our lands are different with the alaskan native people their tribal lands incorporate tribal lands. it's different than reservation lands. sometimes we have to continue to point that out because our land claim settlement was much different than the traditional reservation settlements. so as you have an opportunity -- and i know i said in my statement i didn't give you a a chance but i am looking forward to you coming to alaska and i want to echo that because this will give you the chance to see the value of that program. >> good, i'd like that. >> let me also point out in alaska the issue of how we provide broadband -- we have some concerns by satellite providers and currently they are conc

i am looking toward to you coming to alaska. i just wanted to echo that because this will give you a chance to see the value of that program. >> good, i would like that. >> let me also point out, in alaska, the issue of how we provide broadband we have some concerns by satellite providers. and currently, they're concerned they will be excluded from a broadband plan. the cost is part of the equation, how do you see that and will you -- in the broadband plan, keep that all in consideration? in alaska, satellites are used to get a more costly connection that may not be able to be done by land. >> that's not an issue i'm very familiar with. i'm glad you raised it and i would like to make sure i have a chance to work with you on it and make sure it gets the attention that it deserves in the fcc's workings on the national broadband plan. >> excellent. i can tell you they're very concerned just because again, the vast distances, the uniqueness of the lack of access to the infrastructure satellites become part of the equation after how

he calls alaska home, and we could not be prouder. he served two memorable assignments and alaska, the first in january 2000-2002, when he commanded the third weighing in anchorage. i represented the air of men in the legislature. i became very familiar with the generals leadership both on the base and off. the general and his wife were more than ambassadors for the air force. there were forces of the good for the community. in october of 2005, the general returned after two assignments in colorado. during this time, our armed forces were really coming to grips with the challenge of treating men and women returning from iraq with the ptsd and traumatic brain injuries. gen fraser was commanding -- was involved in a round table so we convene to discuss how we deal with the health care facilities, and how our i ability to deal with the challenges -- our abilities could deal with the challenges. i learned about a project, it is called home town healing. the air force medical wing determined it was capable of treating wounded warriors in a

so, it's a very careful management system we have in alaska. from the outside sometimes it may not look as well done as some people might like to think but i think we do a very good job the issue of wolfpack is very controversy will not only around the country but at times within alaska itself. >> host: the final call, shame on the independence line from ridgely iowa. >> caller: good morning to both of you. i want to touch quickly on something an earlier call said about the military spending and the fact that we spend more money than every other country in the world combined, military and that nothing is being done about it seems whenever i talk to, it is too big to deal with military industrial complex. and then as far as elon goes it's been frustrating because i participated in protesting actually, the ongoing war in the country back at the rnc and was witness to hundreds of people being illegally arrested and detained as well as tens of dozens of reporters and this happens here every time we have had conventions' the last eight years and it'

i defer to your knowledge of alaska. there has been success in universal service in alaska historical a. i like to see that continue to the future. >> fantastic. it has been very successful and very useful. the tribal lands of the alaska people in corporate travel plans which is different from reservation lands. we have to continue to point that out. as you have an opportunity, i know you said yes. i am looking forward to you coming to alaska. i want to echo that. it would give you a chance to see the value of that program. let me also point out, in alaska the issue of broadband. we have some concerns by satellite providers. currently their concerns were excluded from the . equation, how do you see that and will you -- in the broadband plan, keep that all in consideration? in alaska, satellites are used to get a more costly connection that may not be able to be done by land. >> that's not an issue i'm very familiar with. i'm glad you raised it and i would like to make sure i have a chance to work with you on it and make

we'd rely upon the ground-based systems in alaska. we'd put nearly $1 billion into improving those systems. the secretary of defense testified that the 30 interceptors in place are plenty. that they're enough. we improve upon them and use that system. second we look to a system we frankly think will work better because the testing has been more promising and more accurate. the sm3 block 2a interceptor, funding of which is increased by 50% in this bill. the issue is not whether we have a missile defense. it's whether we have one that works. i will again requote the secretary of defense, as my friend from california did. quote, the security of the american people and the efficacy of the missile defense are not enhanced by continuing to put money into programs that in terms of their operational concept are fatally flawed. or research programs that are essentially sink holes for taxpayers' dollars. we would not invest in civil war era technology that doesn't work to defend our country. we would invest in the 21st century technology that d

>> could you talk a little bit about shell gas, lng and alaska gas. there was a redevelopment last week that trans-canada and exxonmobil are getting together but there's a difficult question. there's a huge amount of -- a potentially huge amount of gas going to flow into u.s. markets. and where do you -- where do you see the alaska project positioned? >> it's a good question. we do have great potential here in this country with shell gas. we're seeing it coming out of the barnett. we're seeing it coming out of the marsalis. these are sources that quite honestly 10 years ago, 5 years ago we really hadn't factored into the mix and they are extremely important as we look to domestic production and how we bring natural gas up and get it into the distribution system. that's huge. i believe you're going to need all that we can produce domestically here as well as what we can deliver from alaska. we've got 35 trillion cubic feet of known reserves up north and unlimited quantities beyond that. i believe we're going to need all of them, particularly, if we mov

markets, and where do you see the alaska project position? >> good question. we do have great potential here. we are seeing it coming out of various areas, and these are sources that, quite honestly, 10 years ago, five years ago, we really had not factored -- factored into the mix, and they are extremely important if we look at natural production and how we bring it up and bring it into the distribution system. that is huge. i believe that you're going to need to produce ever the domestically here as well as what we can deliver from alaska. we have got 23 million cubic feet of known reserves of north and unlimited quantities. i believe we are going to need all of it. particularly if we move to a situation where you have got a cap and trade regime in place, and we are looking to get additional quantities of natural gas. if you do a lot of what our friend t. boone pickens wants to do, it depends on our ability to have supplies of natural gas, and quite honestly, i do not want those natural supplies of natural gas to be imported. i do not want to knowingly take t

some people think they were in alaska and sold 300 years ago. that seems like bogus information. it comes down to one skull that someone found in anchorage that was recovered behind an archaeologist's home. it was radiocarbon dated at 250 years ago. the problem is i live with a geneticist in oxford at oxford university who analyze that skull and she told me in no uncertainty that the animal had never stepped foot alive, she thought it came from the great plains. that is the evidence that they were here at the time of european contact. they gave out 24 premise. people don't even show up. there are a lot of access issues roof. can we jump to the next picture? that right there is a harris in buffalo. just a gratuitous image that i like to show. you can see the orange is fat. the animal weighed -- you can take certain measurements and calculate weight, 11 or 12-year-old based on growth around the horns. probably 1100 lbs.. counting the skull and hide which i consider reusable, 700 lbs. of usable parts. all i have left, i will share some later, i have this box, the oldest recipe known

she is only the six the center of alaska -- the sixth center of alaska. she joined the senate in 2002 -- the six senatth senator of alas. she is a member of the senate appropriations committee, and she is on the senate indian affairs committee. we all understand how busy she is competent to release these days, so we appreciate your taking time out of your schedule to be with us -- we understand how busy she is these days, so we appreciate your taking time and rescheduled to be with us. >> i think timing wise -- taking time out of your schedule to be with us. >> i think timing wise, this is good. this has been a part of my life for the past three months as we have order to advance an energy bill. i was at a gathering a few days back, and somebody commented that the energy bill coming out of the senate energy committee was the longest, moorestown and torturous markup -- most torturous markup that they have seen, and i thought it was interesting that they framed it that way, complaining that it took so long. it has been a very long process and, perhaps, some

cost benefit analysis won, and then a case in alaska which involved a gold mine in alaska, and the justices that were against the permit which had been given to the gold mining company to put the tailings from the gold mining operation into a small rake were very, very concerned about the fact that this was going to kill the fish. i didn't quite say this, but i was thinking of them as bait rather than fish. laffer and they were just going to be killed temporarily. after this was done there was going to be restoration of the wildlife. the gold miners won. but really those cases aside from the standing case have to do with deference to decisions that have been carefully bead by the administration i have agency. in the case involving the water going from the nuclear reactor, the cost benefit analysis was something that the agency has carefully thought out, and the best available technology could have been so good you couldn't have put any water back in the stream, and justice scalia's opinion says, no, no, no, there's some play in the joints to decide what's the best available technology. in t

some people think they were in alaska and stealth ranted years ago. it seems that is based on bogus information. it comes down to one school that someone found in anchorage, and it wasn't recover backhanded archaeologists. it was radiocarbon dated at 200 and 50 years ago. but the problem is i have met with the geneticist in oxford at oxford university you analyze that's call on she told me what no uncertainty that bad animal had never stepped foot in alaska alive and she thought it came out of the-- that was the evidence that they were here at the time of the european contact, probably i am guessing. the year i put in for a permit, a four people killed buffalo. a lot of people don't show up once they find out there's a lot of faxes issues. kimley jump to the next picture? back up. that, right there is a have scanned buffalo. that is just kind of a gratuitous image of a leg to show. you can see the orange that. also, that animal, you can take certain measurements and calculate wait. usually mature female, she is about 11 or 12 years old, probably 1100

in alaska we're in a situation now where our doctors are turning away on a daily basis medicare patients. there are being forced to pay out a pocket for their medical whether other choices for those all together and this is not a situation that is acceptable. we made that promise to them, we told them that you pay into the system and you will receive benefits and yet that care is not there. in a bridge which is the state's largest city and of every 75 in general practice doctors only 13 are accepting medicare peer know these are statistics that just simply don't work and what happens is even with an increase reimbursement rate in our state we cannot get our providers to except new medicare patients with the increase in reimbursements that we're able to achieve last year when we were able to do with stem the flow a little bit by encouraging providers not to unload their patients when they turn 65 because that is what was happening. it could've been with the same writer for 20 years and when his 65 the doctor would say have a birthday but i'm sorry i can no longer receiving is not taking m

alaska is one that doesn't. massachusetts for some reason, i don't know why, you would think massachusetts would, but massachusetts does not and oklahoma. they've got three states. and roberts, in this decision, really kind of gets to -- as he did in his confirmation hearings. again, that's going on another tangent. but when you think about the confirmation hearings, those can be teaching moments and we saw that with john roberts talking about the conservative approach to the law. i'm going to quote you some of what he said because it's complete textbook. "to suddenly constitutionalize this area would short-circuit what looks to be a prompt and considered legislative response establishing a free-standing right to access d.n.a. evidence and that would force us to act as policymakers. it would take the issue out of the state legislatures and state courts where they've been dealing with it very well and allow the federal courts to intervene." as he wrote, we are reluctant to enlist the federal judiciary in creating

and obviously alaska is a different state from connecticut. you have county i think probably areas of tundra that are -- so we all represent different constituencies and different needs. and how communities will react to this and respond to the challenge of prevention is going to be a tremendous challenge. and the last thing i'd want to support is a bill here that says specifically what you got to do in some remote village in alaska or some urban center in connecticut that the difference is they're significant and mammoth and there ought to be the opportunity to respond to those. but if we don't do this, if we walk away from this section of the bill and don't really do what needs to be done on prevention, in my view, then i think we're going to miss the opportunity. it will be hard pressed in my view to make the case to our respective constituencies that we have invested in the decisions that will get us to the point of we're not watching our economy let alone the moral issues of that 14,000 a day who will lose health care in this country ever

this is 20 minutes. >> host: senator mark begich, democrat from alaska to joins us for the next part of the program. thanks for being with us. >> guest: good to see you. >> host: this week the senate armed services committee marks up the 2010 defense authorization. why should we look for? >> guest: first as a new member what i'm going through is the process understanding each subcommittee and listening to the presentations as we go to the subcommittees did present various paper work up the review but i think when you look for is at the end of the day one thing i notice in the arm service committee is a bipartisan approach and how we deal with issues so there will be some amendments, no question about it but i think generally there's been a lot of good work on each subcommittee to present your day in the fall markup process. a budget i think most people would agree with at the end of the day but there's obviously as you know i've talked about missile defense and the importance of that program. there's others with troop strength i know a couple senators are interested in ensuring that

here on the side, all the pictures of caraboo in alaska. what interests me is writing the book like willederness warrior is roosevelt is really the father of u.s. fish and wild life. it's roosevelt that realized that the federal government has an obligation to save speesies, birds, animals, plants and trees. the president has an obligation to make sure we put aside those >> i was really interested in him. i had a program called magic bus. i brought kids across the country. he wrote this incredible book. one i particularly like called the willederness hunter. >> i started realizing that from the civil war and world war one, roosevelt use the white house to promote conservation and nature the support to save birds. the eventual creation of fish and wild life, it's changed america. this summer, if anybody opens the atlas, you see all that green. you are look at roosevelt monday ue meants. he put aside 240 acres of wild america. now as people are talking about environmental ix and green movements. roosevelt is becoming the key figure. the only

. >> let me thank our colleague from alaska. others may want to make a brief comment on this as well. i think you raised an excellent point. obviously, we're going to try and do in this bill of increase the number of nurse practitioners and primary care physicians and do a lot more to encourage people to move into -- i think there is a natural encouragement for the health care profession but the cost of doing so can be prohibitive. so that will take time. but you're correct. and this is -- there are a number of people out there that are in just the same shape virtually uninsured because of the lack of access to providers. and so they become de facto the uninsured. if you can't get access to health care, we don't have enough community health centers that senator sanders talked about, the 1,200 or 1,300 that we have around the nation that, is out of the question or maybe point out afrpg wrath where building a handful of 75 practicing physicians accept medicare. senator harkin championed this section of the bill for us. but to look

to allow for a gun at advertisements in alaska. -- for gun advertisements in alaska. in 1998, we had a ruling that there be no gun advertisements based on a lot of community feedback, and we have stuck with that. now, we are hearing from this by arguments otherwise. i do not know if we can do anything about it for a while, because we are swamped, but we do listen to people, and then we try to do something about that. >> you are not a direct democracy. it is not like you put it to a vote, the guns or no guns, but is there anything more other than listening to the email that comes in? >> it is kind of let you are explaining. anecdotal, we listen to feedback, and then we try to make the best decision began. oftentimes, it is explicit feedback regarding categories. for example, that is why we have a bigger city -- a babysitting category, helping parents to get a baby sitter. that is craigslist. for me, and going back and forth between mostly talking just for myself, occasionally referring to our history, you know, it in the company, but i thought a lot about governance, f

. >> can you talk about shell, lng, and alaska gas? there was a development that transcanada -- this is a difficult question. there is a huge amount of gas, going into the u.s. markets. where do you see the project position? >> it is is a good question. we have great potential in the country, this is coming out and these are sources that, quite honestly, 10 years ago, we had not factored in. these are extremely important looking to domestic production. you have to get this into the distribution center. i believe that you will need everything that we can produce domestically as well as what we can deliver -- we have 25 cubic feet of the reserves. we're going to need all of them, particularly if we move to a situation where there is further a cap and trade regime. we're looking for the quantities of natural gas. if you do what t. boone pickens wants to do, we will need to have natural gas. i do not want those supplies to be imported, i do not want to know when we take this country into the same situation with natural-gas that we are in w

we're going to see ground zero for global warming in alaska. i know greenland where i went is -- you can see thetic melt. you can sit and actually see thetic break off if thes off frt icebergs and watch them go to sea. so the scientists have proven it and we know it's absolutely true. so when senator inhofe comes down here and he flies in the face of science, those of us who have been working on this -- and i see one of our great leaders not only, i say this in the senate, but, frankly, in the country, and even in the world community, john kerry, who has joined us. just for his information i will speak for about another continue manipulates and i'll be so happy to sit and hear him because he's got such an important vision on this. but here is the good news. the good news is that this is an enormous opportunity to move our country forward. and again i could quote thomas freidman who did an extraordinary job of writing books and articles and he testified before committee on environment and public works very clearly on this, that the country that

i think sarah palin is a light and she needs to go back to alaska. host: front page of "but chicago tribune." "harsh sentence for the two journalists in north korea" is making the front page. we are turning our attention to the situation there at the bottom of the next intel rep. john is on the phone from atlanta. who speaks for your party? caller: it is hard to tell who speaks for our party right now. i believe that we need to go more moderate. with john mccain or colin powell or the main senators. i think the republican party has been hijacked by more radicals like dick cheney and rush limbaugh. i think we need to be more inclusive of the minority. host: thank you for the call. in the next hour, we turn our attention to two foreign policy issues. shibley telhami will join us to talk about the elections in lebanon and what is next in the middle east following president obama's speech in cairo last week, and the elections in iran, and the dynamics in the middle east. later in the program, the w ill turn areour focus to the two american journalists in

some of the states i focus on our washington, oregon, hawaii, oregon, alaska, mississippi, louisiana, oklahoma, virginia. i did the battles to a lot of these places. hopefully giving a new generation of people some environmental heroes to look at. the oregon coast, it was a battle of their to save the islands off a san francisco, also. roosevelt in hawaii, if you grab a map of hawaii and see the hawaiian islands, look to the west of hawaii going towards asia midway. roosevelt saved all of that bird sanctuaries. when -- he threatened war with japan when japan would try to kill birds on that island. he threatened war with japan. an alaska chain where he saved seals, roosevelt heard a group of japanese seal hunters came to an american archipelago and killed americans seals, he was gearing up for, if need be, with japan over seals. this wilderness warrior, it was not just a policy for him. you cannot understand the essence of their roosevelt if you don't understand his relationship with dahlin, ornithology, and with the big game and forestry of america. >> what about darwin? >> roosevelt'

people in alaska are still just bleeding from what they ended up paying last year. in some of my villages back home, you've got people that are paying, you know, $7, $8, $9 a gallon fuel. when the prices go down here, they don't go down up north. because when you get your fuel barged in, once in the fall and once in the spring, you're paying a lot in price and those alaskans were played under paying a lock-in price until just about a month ago. so we don't want a repeat of $14$140 a barrel. >> anymore questions? >> just to follow up on that. would you consider, even though you are not all that enthusiastic about this bill, but it's okay in its current form if they keep the cat willimantic, it's okay to gain your support at the moment. would it be okay saying that? if you keep out those amendments based. >> if we keep out the ugly amendments, yeah, it's okay to gain my support. >> would you consider i guess, i don't know, try to keep major changes from happening on the floor in order to keep what sounds like a fairly precarious compromise going on here? >> we will ce

alaska, 100% tribal which gives it special considerations. i wonder how you feel about that policy and how tribal lands is recognized in how alaska fits into that. that and the reform the principle of universal service is a core principle of communications policy that goes back to the beginnings of the communications act that has been reinforced many times by congress. that is a priority of mine. i would like to see us have as much success in universal service and communications over the next 75 y

this is walking past pictures of caribou in alaska. roosevelt was very interested in all nature, including terrible. what interests me in writing my book is roosevelt is the father of the u.s. fish and wildlife. the crater of the sierra club. roosevelt realized the federal government had the responsibility to save the species of birds and animals, plants and trees, and the president has an obligation to make sure we criticiz protect nl wonders like the grand canyon or mount olympus or the petrified forests for future generations. at this training center he turned this into a -- we turned this into museum of theater roosevelt. >> when did you become interested in him? >> i've loved him since childhood. i read edmund morris's biography and david mccullough's. in 1992 i had a program called "the magic bus. i went to north dakota in the badlands, the western edge. that is where he spent his ranging days, a theater roosevelt. he wrote an incredible book called "the wilderness hunter." there was an incredibly informed writing about the biolo

some of the states i focus on are washington state, oregon, hawaii, alaska, florida, mississippi, louisiana, oklahoma, virginia. i took the battle to a lot of these places and hopefully giving a new generation of environmental heroes to look at. the beauty of the oregon coast. it was a real battle out there to save it. or the islands off of san francisco. these are all t.r. last one. roosevelt in hawaii -- if you grab a map -- viewers look at a map in hawaii. you see the hawaiian islands. look to the west of hawaii heading towards midway. roosevelt saved all of that for bird sanctuaries. not just that, he's threatened war with japan when japan, for example, would try to kill birds on that island. he'd threaten war with japan. an alaska chain where he saved seal herds, roosevelt heard that a group of japanese seal hunters went on american, a pell go, rocks, and killed american seals, and he would not -- he was gears up for war if need be with japan over seals. so we're not using a title for this book "the wilderness warrior" -- this wasn't just a policy. it's not like doing conservation on r

in alaska we're at 170% of fpl with our schip program. you've got to draw a line somewhere with the cost and in terms of those who are covered, and i would suggest that 200% of federal poverty level gets us to the point where we are providing a level of screening and health risk appraisal for those who truly would not ever consider going in for one and setting the fpl at a lower level allows us to deal with the cost some what. i throw that out to the members. >> i'd say to my friend from alaska that that's the objective of the right choices program is to prevent, to prevent, disease in the first place. so if you limit it only to those who have a chronic disease, then you're not getting ahead of the game. the concept of the right choices was, okay, you've got people in medicaid and medicare, finance committee will provide certain things with that on co-pays and deductibles. then you have those who are insured. you've got that group this between that in five years or supposed to be on some kind of exchange. this idea is to get to that group

she is the senior senator from alaska, only the sixth senator from alaska and the first born in the state. she was elected to three terms before joining the united states senate in 2002. she is with us today because she is the ranking republican on the senate energy and natural resources committee, she is also a member of the senate appropriations committee, health education, labor and pension committee and the senate indian affairs committee. we know and understand how busy she is, particularly these days. we appreciate you taking time from your schedule to be with us. we normally ask our guests to speak for 15 or 20 minutes or however long she prefers and open up for questions and try to be done in an hour. >> i appreciate the opportunity to be here with you. timingwise it works out pretty well considering we are talking about energy this afternoon. that has been the focus of my life for the last 3 months as we have worked to advance an energy bill. i was at a gathering of few days back and somebody commented that the energy bill coming out of the senate energy committee was the longest

small planes regionals, we have some great regionals and alaska from the ones that operate currently there. but the pay seems to me an important factor in creating quality so the quality of a pilot does not literally fly to the majors two keep them for long term careers. do you honestly think and i am going off the pilots association because they get a paycheck, that 22 or 20,000 is adequate for us to have people flying planes i don't care if it is one person or 20 people or 50 people? >> two points to that, senator, that the pay virtually every one of our member airlines, all but one is collectively bargain. >> that's not my question. began as a former mayor i doubt that all the time it -- is it the right kind of pay to have and should we require minimums that are guaranteed pay levels for pilots and regional planes? this is a question i asked last week to focus. can i senator, we believe that the industry again is very complex issue. we believe fundamentally that the quality of the people that we have plying is good. we would like to do even better and that is one of the reasons wh

did they cite as the governor of alaska where she cut the budget increases under the previous administration. i didn't hear any of them talk about her or her diplomatic skills when she was able to forge this bipartisan agreement when it come to the pipeline in alaska. none of that. i didn't see a single feminist come out defending her or praising her for her accomplishments or saying what a great day it was when the republican party nominated a woman to be vice president. instead, just a couple months ago kate michaelman she's a liberal renegade feminist was out there defending of all people -- do you know who she was defending? john edwards. as more and more seedy details were coming out about his affair he was having while his wife is fighting terminal cancer and how he's going to be a possible criminal charges for funneling money to her through his campaign, possibly, she came out and defended him and said, oh, it was so sad about what was happening to john edwards. that's what she said. these things were happening to john edwards. it was a disgrace. the feminist movement should have been

taft fired him over alaska lands arguments. taft was trying to let commerce to lands t.r. put aside for preservation for federal use and started and so they fired pincho. he goes to italy and meets t.r. when he returns from africa and he gets inflamed because taft is daring to try to turn back even a portion of his conservation legacy. and what roosevelt spent the bull moose party is created in

alaska is one that does it. massachusetts, for some reason, i don't know why, you wouldn't think massachusetts would, but massachusetts does not, and oklahoma. you've got three states, an roberts, in this decision, really kind of gets to, as he did in his confirmation hearings, and again, not to go on another that tangent but when you think about the confirmation cases they can be teaching moments many we saw that are with john roberts talking about the conservative approach to the law. i'm going to quote you some of what he says. it's complete textbook, to suddenly constitutionalize this area would short circuit what looks to be a prompt and considered legislative response, establishing a freestanding right to get d.n.a. with access

she joined him in alaska where he was deployed by the army to begin the young married lives together. jarrett had a lifetime goal of eventually becoming a surgeon. jarrett was an athletic young man with bright red hair and an infectious smile. his brother say they were typical boys growing up. they spent time in the woods catching snakes and bugs. he wanted to travel, see the world and live a life of excitement and adventure and jarrett did just that. jarrett was a petroleum supply specialist assigned to the 425th brigade special troops battalion, fourth grade combat team, airborne of the 25th infantry division in alaska, home of the arctic warriors. the 3,500 sold year brigade is in the midst of deploying in support of operation enduring freedom in afghanistan. madam speaker, our american warriors live under grueling conditions in afghanistan. jarrett's experience would come in handy in the rugged terrain. having been to afghanistan myself, i have witnessed how the hot desert sun is unrelenting as our soldiers patrol the dusty rocky mountains and deserts. the only relief from the hea

people in alaska are still bleeding from what they ended up paying last year. in some villages back home, people have paid $7 or $8 or $9 a gallon for fuel, and this -- when the price goes down, they go down here, they do not go down to the north. this is brought in once in the fall and spring, you will pay the same price, alaskans were doing this until one month ago. we do not want a repeat of this. >> are there any more questions? >> even though you are not that enthusiastic about this, if this is ok to gain your support at the moment -- would it be ok to say this? >> if we keep out the ugly amendments, this is ok to gain my support. >> would you consider trying to keep major changes from happening on the floor? with the compromise that is going on? >> as you all know, you can say that i will work hard, to take this out, but this is a challenge. we all recognize this. you see, will you promise me, will you work for something higher? i do not believe it is difficult to predict the delivery. >> i was thinking, do you think that the senate will be better off, to

bill cuts missile defense from last year and this includes a 35% reduction to a missile defense in alaska and california designed to protect the united states' homeland. these cuts lack supporting analysis and challenge common sense. if north korea does what it says or if the president is right about iran, this may be one of the most crucial votes we take. the $2.6 billion to pay for equipment for our troops needs to be maintained at last year's missile defense funding level, will come from a department of energy account that has received $5 billion in stimulus funding on top of the baseline request. we may hear concerns from the other side of the aisle that we are skimming off the top of important environmental projects. but department of energy officials have stated that the stimulus funds go to the lowest priority projects. i would like to note that cleanup funds do not expire and billions of dollars of stimulus funds provided for this effort won't expire for five years. it's more than reasonable to expect that the secretary of energy can reasonably reallocate the resources he receives

some states i focus on are washington, oregon, hawaii, alaska, florida, mississippi, oklahoma, virginia. i took the battle to a lot of these places, and hopefully giving a new generation of environmental heroes to look at. the beauty of oregon coast was a real battle out there to save it. or the islands off of san francisco, and these are all t.r. last one, roosevelt in hawaii, look to the west of hawaii heading to asia. roosevelt saved all of that for bird sanctuaries. and not just that, he threatened war with japan, when they tried to kill birds on the islands. and he threatened war, and roosevelt heard that a group of japanese field hunters came on american seals, and he would not, he was gearing up for war if need be with japan over seals. when i use the title "wilderness warrior." this was a whole other thing. you can't understand the essence of theodore roosevelt if you don't understand darwin and the understanding of america. >> who introduced roosevelt to darwin? >> it's interesting, roosevelt's father was an early reader of darwin. t.r. when 14 or 15, he was in egypt and he wri

people in alaska are still bleeding from what they ended up paying last year. in some of five villages back home, we have people who are paying $7 or $9 a gallon for fuel. it -- when the prices go down here, they do not go down up north. when you get your fuel barged in once in the fall and once in the spring, you are paying a lot in price. those alaskans were paying the price till just about a month ago. we do not want a repeat of $140 oil. >> any more questions? >> even though you are not enthusiastic about this bill, it sounds like it will get your support at the moment. >> if we keep out the ugly amendment, yes, it would get my support. >> would you consider to keep major changes from happening on the floor? >> we will certainly try. as you all know, you can say, i will work hard to keep it as is or to take this out, but it is a challenge. i think we all recognize that. i am sure the chairman is in that same situation. some say, will you promise me that when you get to the floor you will work on this. i do not think it is difficult to predict any [unintelli

the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: thank you, madam chairwoman. before i begin, i'd ask unanimous consent that three individuals from my staff -- catit, kimberly, be allowed to be on the floor during the debate on this appropriations bill. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. murkowski: madam president, i rise this afternoon in support of the legislative branch appropriations bill for fiscal year 2010. the chairman of the subcommittee, senator nelson, and i have worked collaboratively in this process of putting the bill together. i thank him for that. i think we had some real substance in our hearings and spent the time, energy, the focus that we needed to on these matters regarding this particular appropriations. when combined with the house items, the bill before us totals $4.7 billion, and while this is an increase of 5% over the current year, the bill that we reported out of the committee represented less than a 3% increase over fy2009, as the chairman has said. in fact, 2.4%. and i would argue that those who say we need to keep our a

administration's 35% reduction to a critical component of the national missile defense system located in alaska and california, which is designed as a last line of defense to protect the u.s. homeland. it's unfortunate that we have been forced to trade national missile defense capabilities for more theater missile defense. both are necessary and both could have been adequately funded without such deep cuts. building on the bill that the president signed in may, this legislation takes a number of important steps on major weapons programs. i'm pleased this bill provides $368.8 million in advanced procurement funding for 12 additional f-22's. keeping the f-22 production line open is not only necessary to meet military requirements, but also sustains a critical sector of the defense industrial base and provides over 95,000 direct and indirect jobs at a time when our economy is struggling through recession. as a nation, we owe more than our gratitude to the brave men and women in uniforms for the sacrifices they make to protect our freedom. i'm pleased that this legislation includes 3.4% pay raise,

but not to lose the panthers and not lose the polar bear in alaska. this is where they are fighting for survival. this is how the endangered fish and wildlife act is real. my book is not just about theodore roosevelt but how we got to this story. we have a great system. look at the map, the problem is that we are not maintenancing problem due to the lack of funding. and commercialization is always encroaching on them. people don't like if you can't have a development. you mean i can't build a complex because of the gray panther. it's that balance. >> how do we look to other countries and they doing the same? >> all of them, and theodore roosevelt was the generator of the protection movement. and t.r. if he were alive today, with the cover of ""time magazine" would be fighting like his grandson is to save these species. t.r. loved them, he is not by modern terms holistic. he believed in hunting. but he did not believe in hunting so that you make a species extinct. so yes he cared about snail darts and butterflies and wild flowers. and wanted to be sure

just feel in my heart of hearts that their way to once they get -- we can already reach hawaii and alaska, and once they get a missle that reach the west coast, they will bomb and put japan out of business, what do you think about that? guest: japan, i think that the conventional wisdom that japan has nuclear weapons and has the components and needs to put it together to the nuclear weapons. and we come to a point where japan comes officially as a nuclear power because of threat you are talking about. north korea is more worrying than iran. because that regime is opaque and arguably nuts. so it also presides over a country that's destitute. and one of the things it can do to raise money is to sell these weapons to interested parties around the world. and there are plenty of them. host: question from twitter, this gentleman wants to know, mr. will should be asked if he thinks that we is expand the war in afghanistan? guest: that's an interesting question, twitter is 140 characters? host: yes. guest: i have learned so much. anyway afghanistan is a problem, and we sent more troops to make it

in the alaska case, unfettered power to punish a student for speech off campus, this term, an administrator strip searches a student believing the administrators have the power to do that, but the court rules no there is a limit to the power. what guidance do cool administrators get from those cases? >> first, i wouldn't characterize the bong hits case as unfettered power, there are limitations there. but also i think it's a central point, it's true across the board. if you're going to get all your guidance on issues of that type from the supreme court, you're going to have a lot of difficulties. take the strip search example. in many cases, most -- many communities have policies and they say they don't care, typically they don't care what's going on, don't strip search the children. that's where a school administrator gets their guidance. it's only when body who was the on the ground responsibility for laying out the rules haven't done so that the courts have to get involved. it's no different than anything else. businesspeople read our antitrust cases and they say, we don't have a lot of

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i also see some folks who have come from -- who are here from alaska. they're very concerned that the republican senator ted stevens got a raw deal from prosecutors. i also see a couple of people that have driven all night from alabama to be here bright and early, because they think that democratic governor got a raw deal by the same prosecution in the public integrity section of the u.s. justice department. if we think about it, there is a somewhat small group back here is a lot about justice issues. a lot of people probably wouldn't be hanging out with one another if they weren't here on some abstract level trying to think about how this can work, how this can be fair. each person is going to be a little divisive when you get into specifics. in a larger context, we happen to be here in this 100 year-old institution, the national press club. as i look out the screen, which you can do, we have a lot of old buildings and institutions around here. across the street is the hotel where lobbyists come from. in the 1800's, the fat cats would sit in the hotel

he is recorded as he talks to chris matthews, ted stevens of alaska, patrick murphy of pennsylvania, kitty kelley, 9/11 commission member richard ben be-veniste. it's 45 minutes. >> come in here marks lina. come in. >> give me your best laugh. thank you. >> yes, please. >> we have one here. that's a whistler from when he was living in london over there. >> i love this. >> this is roberter longard. a new york artist. >> tell me about the reagan photograph. >> this -- i was convinced this was reagan. >> it was from that period. >> i meant this picture. i didn't mean this. tell me about this. >> this one? it was in a white house event. as you can see we're very close. >> you are. got all the paces covered. >> i never knew your politics. this is my first indication. >> i love this photograph, by the way. just a classic reagan photograph. gorgeous. okay. >> daniel patrick white. a woman in new york who ran a communist art center. >> i have seen this before and i love it. >> there are very few of these. >> i love that. >> destroyed the original. >> somehow his seems out of synch with reaga