alex ovechkin, they both had a lot of shot. alex, way more than ov.lly like is this one. i just think the goal cents biggest thing. look at the goals, that's pretty good, pretty impressive he's that close to wayne gretzky. i saw a note earlier today about the great one who for 422 games in the mid-'80s already put up 1,000 points, joe. >> joe: yeah, he had talent. he was pretty skilled. the biggest understatement of all. green in call for washington as we start this third period. 24-18. deslauriers has not allowed anything past him. started off good in the opening period. ovechkin with his stuff, he scores! alex ovechkin would not be denied. >> craig: they are keeping the big thrill together. they connect. sure there were some words talked about in the lockerroom. they came out firing 32 seconds in. not a really fancy goal, hard working goal for alex ovechkin with his 22nd. it's a rebound. starting on a good rush up on the ice. good fore check by nick backstrom getting the primary assist. there's two whack at the buck before deslauriers can cover it w

alex, alex and nicklas backstrom have totally dominated. they are going through a good defensive crew whether you look at francois beauchemin and white. >> joe: yes. he can unleash a shot quickly when need be. giving him a lot of room. chance for us to step away. this is the nhl on comcast sportsnet. >>> coach boudreau putting alex ovechkin back out there and getting results. >> greg: he seems to be doing well, the set up guy, and backstrom has been the finisher. a couple of goals and all over the score sheet here in toronto. >> joe: and alex ovechkin and nicklas backstrom with 2 points each. the washington capitals have the one point advantage now. and multiple goals for them. yes. >> greg: the last eight outings, 24 times now, they have had multigoal games from players. that would be expected whether the caps are the number one scoring team in the nhl. >> joe: off side against washington. the front runners against washington have 20 wins, 6 losses. knuble, back in line. returned to the line up after a pinky finger injury and suffering fro

that is goal number 21 for alex ovechkin, as the game starts with the nhl. tied with the scoring lead. bad early penalty bigoses and the caps -- dish toskala, the goal-tender often has to be the best penalty killer and toskala actually has to stop this one, joe. he should have been out further in the crease. that one goes through him and short sides ovechkin, nets his 21st. >> joe: i had the feeling you would not like the angle from which that one went in. >> greg: correct. >> joe: and ovechkin gets 2 minutes even with a goal. washington has the advantage. they have had 1st periods unlike their normal performance this fall. >> greg: having scored in the 1st period, this is a much better start. >> joe: fires rebound, oh, misses. >> greg: the arms were already up in the air. >> joe: it won't get any easier that be that for mother mother. -- brendan morrison. and he fires and makes the save there. >> greg: tremendous season. 14 goals. has the big winner in the shoot out against the caps. >> joe: and kaberle with a great first half. >> greg: that is what makes k

alex the great ovenchin. and why fame and fortune has not changed him. >>> and paying tribute to a man that taught everybody about the game. >> and then a dream comes true for one high school baseball player, a story that will warm your heart holiday season. >> hello and welcome to this special edition of net impact. i'm art fa nel. this is the best of 2009 report where we look back at some of the stories that touched most and kept us talking. like the first report that we called a father's tribute when we went under the lights on the biggest stage in major league baseball where yankee catcher jose molina could not help but reflect on the death of his father. this year was particularly emotional for all of the brothers. we begin the coverage of a truly remarkable story. >> they are the quintessential baseball family, the molinas, ben gypping, jose and yadar, a rare feat three brothers playing ints. the backbone is gone. ben molina santana passed away at at the age of 58. >> it is like somebody take your heart

they used it against alex ovechkin. he has one goal in the last five games, he was playing, yeah he was involved, but he did not have the puck enough. they kept the puck away from alex, and when he did get the puck, joe, i thought he tried too hard. he has to relax, going to have to relax tonight against the oilers for the caps to finish off the road trip. >> craig, there's only been a few times when the great eight get 0 points. >> no question, just five games. multipoint games from 12-27. seven multipoint games. the last seven games, one assist, and he's simply not getting his shots through. usually up to five shots a game. he's had five the last two. >> as for the other alex, he seemed to have a more eventful night. all over several critical moments in the game. >> when they were focused on alex ovechkin, they were hoping someone would be free, and he was. that was a knuckler. driving the penalty shot as he drives to the net. grabs from behind, gets the hold. here's alex semin on the penalty shot, busted early, then

hey, alex. >> reporter: hey, angie. part of the criticism is it is hard to move around the national mall and hundreds of millions of dollars in overdue maintenance is needed. the national parks service is looking at three options, most of the alternatives feature an all-purpose facility near the grounds and they include a redesigned union square, rehabilitated grounds, paveed gravel paths and more accessible bathrooms and restaurants. and one includes removing or this rinking the pool to make room for demonstrations. another idea that is not yet concrete features a 14 street tunnel for motorists. the national parks service collected 30,000 comments. many have been rejected. still the park service is collecting more takes on the plan. reporting live from washington, alex trevino, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >>> this morning, they plan to issue a proposal to restore the waterway. the environmental agency says there will be consequences if the district, maryland and virginia do not meet the agency's restoration goals. epa of

nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex!d call. >>> we have reached the midway point in westwood with the number one team in the land kansas visiting ucla and the jayhawks doing what they do. they are leading at 35-28 at the break. now we welcome you inside our acura halftime report studios. i'm barry lebrock. safe to say the ivy leaguers were not intimidated. remember last season harvard beat boston college in chestnut hill. here we go. harvard not going to win this one but they came close. stanley robinson. 79-73, u-conn a winner. miami at boston college, late second, bc up two. reggie jackson driving on reggie johnson. big move but doesn't count. reggie jackson calls for the offensive foul. reggie johnson, 61-60, boston college a winner. with the acura halftime report returning, more college hoops, clemson looks to bounce back in the epic collapse last wednesday. sunday they face south carolina. ♪ [ male announcer ] the day you give someone a lexus is just the first of many memories you'll make with it. [ children scream

nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex!>>> the rhode island rams lead boston college 33-25. and akeem richmond, a perfect 3 for 3 from downtown with nine points to lead the way. more of the acura halftime report coming up. >>> rhode island leading bc as we get ready to start second half action. it's 33-25, "acc sunday night hoops" presented by pizza hut. both teams jockeying for control of the tempo in this game. the three-point shooting was certainly huge. richmond coming off the bench had a lot to do with that. rhode island with all that slashing to the basket able to really hang with bc with points in the paint because of it. >> tim: you know, there were seven offensive rebound, only eight points. sloppy play right there to start the half. >> tim: harris has it-t strapped. nice work by jones. ulmer, the snow bird. oh, a little double hammer slam. he has got eight. >> mike: you know, here rhode island bails themselves out. they get served up -- they serve up a turnover right to start the half. and then biko paris can't co

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nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call. >> barry: welcome back to the san francisco bay area. this is a big 12/pac-10 hardwood series. today's broadcast is on afn broadcasting to the u.s. armed forces serving in 175 countries and abroad and aboard ships at sea. they're watching around the world in iraq, germany, italy, southwest asia and japan. we welcome all of you. >> marques: my friend and chris and i were talking about it playing ball in italy. the american sports was the one lifeline that was going on. we'd go to the army base in italy and watch duke and wake forest. when that shot was hit by tate george to pull that game out. i understand how important the american forces network is from personal experience. >> barry: we're glad to be with them. green with three. >> marques: another great job of executing on the inbound play. that's kind of a lost cause. you talk about mid-range jump shots being lost arts. look at the score on inbound plays. >> barry: the cardinal not going away. long three by muonelo. he h

nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call. >> mike: welcome back to the university of dayton arena. flyers over the university of old dominion. every televised game, we pick the flair of the game brought to you by the jeff schmidt auto group. unanimous, it's chris wright. >> he stepped up his game in the second half, mike. as you said earlier, someone put a little bug in his ear and he responded and he remains undefeated here at ud arena flyers heading into final exam week, this was a big win >> derek: it was because the mop narcs are the favorite to win the colonial conference, a very tough conference for dayton to peck up this win against an ncaa tournament type team, that's a significant win and a win they can build on as they progress throughout the season >> flyers win it 58-50, not back on the court going to until a week from tomorrow here at home against presbyterian. chris wright with 16. marcus johnson with 12 points. dayton ends up with a 58-50 win. for derek dukes and our entire crew, thank you very much

nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex!im: stanford defending their home floor, 30-18, at the break. pat summitt moments ago inside the tennessee locker room. of course, she started by talking about defense. >> there's a glaring lack of commitment on the part of this basketball team to play defense. a glaring lack of commitment. do you all remember that? i'm going to take responsibility because we extended our defense. now we're going to get past four games, and we're going to hunker down and defend people. you're going to get in a groove. we're capable of doing that. are you capable of doing it? okay. fouls are pretty even. it didn't start out that way. but it's part of it. so now it's a matter of -- >> jim: pat summitt has won more than

>>host: alex line from "congressional quarterly" did mr. cockburn ever come down to explain or talk privately? >> i don't know but i don't believe he ever came to the floor. from the perspective of the laymen or even a reporter, i did not think cockburn is statement was that outrageous i thought it was a frank acknowledgement that short of democrats getting lost in the snow on the way the republicans cannot do anything more erred but to stop the bill from passing. >>host: was there any more of on it on capitol hill? >> caller: and not too much there rose one question of senator lieberman could get back to the capital he left on friday to celebrate hanukkah. we have gotten confirmation he caught a train and is expected to be here. >>host: will all republicans be around for the bow? >> caller: they don't need to be. the onus is on the democrats to show up. they need 60 votes. really republicans to not have to show up at all. >>host: tonight is just the opening phase. there are several other boats leading up to christmas eve. what are those? >

alex the great ovenchin. and why fame and fortune has not changed him. >>> and paying tribute to a man that taught everybody about the game. >> and then a dream comes true for one high school baseball player, a story that will warm your heart holiday season. >> hello and welcome to this special edition of net impact. i'm art fa nel. this is the best of 2009 report where we look back at some of the stories that touched most and kept us talking. like the first report that we called a father's tribute when we went under the lights on the biggest stage in major league baseball where yankee catcher jose molina could not help but reflect on the death of his father. this year was particularly emotional for all of the brothers. we begin the coverage of a truly remarkable story. >> they are the quintessential baseball family, the molinas, ben gypping, jose and yadar, a rare feat three brothers playing ints. the backbone is gone. ben molina santana passed away at at the age of 58. >> it is like somebody take your heart

joining us alex mandel, his son, he is 20 years old, he goes to college.nd what's it been like growing up with this as a father? >> with this? >> larry: i refer to it as this in the kindest terms. >> oh. >> wonderful. >> wonderful. it's been wonderful. >> larry: no -- >> no, it's -- at times it was -- it was hard, i guess. but, you know, at the same time, i think i have some of the craziness that he has. but not for the same reasons. >> larry: meaning? >> like, i think -- >> i think he has a little bit of ocd. >> and a.d.d. >> larry: inherited, do you think? >> i asked the doctor if it's genetic, but i can't tell you how much guilt i bear that he spends some of his life a little uncomfortable because of maybe something he got from me. >> larry: what's been the biggest problem? >> well, you know, the biggest thing is just, you know, that it's -- a lot of the stuff i would like to do he can't do normally, i would say. >> sitting here talking. are you talking about ocd or a.d.d.? >> larry: pick -- >> we can't have a conversation that went time from the time h

come on, alex, the ref did not call that! you gotta be kidding me, alex! it's the championship game! talk to him, coach. i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team on 'three.' one, two, three. nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call.d for kepz at halftime has been whittled to six. if you're just settling in the easy chair, here is what has happened since halftime. the injury here to john wall. he was not hurt seriously, because he's walking out on the floor. watch fraley stick it back in patterson's face. the block by fraley. channels comes down. hits his fourth three-pointer of the ballgame. a 12-212-2. wall just lost the ball. his son told him why don't you give him the halftime talk before the game. i hate to tell the guys they stink before the game starts. ? you told them they stink at halftime, the motivation worked again, coach. you're in the ballgame. campbell with three with two. channels had a shot blocked by wall. shot clock. live ball. wall. orton. he gave up on it when the shot was blocked and the momentary lap g

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come on, alex, the ref did not call that! you gotta be kidding me, alex! it's the championship game! talk to him, coach. i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team on 'three.' one, two, three. nice going, alex. sorry coach. alex! good call. >> michael: welcome to the acura halftime report. mississippi state having its way in the first half against ucla and no one more so than ravern johnson with 16 of the bulldogs' 40 first-half points. mississippi state leads it by 21. michael eaves back here courtside with you. this is the john r. wooden classic, the 16th annual edition, and when you think of the greatness achieved by coach john wooden throughout his career you may not realize just how humble the beginning was. 885 wins. an unprecedented ten national championships including an incredible string of seven in a row. >> give it to him. over the top. >> reporter: with an old-fashioned approach the

alex! good call. folks, why won't we go to the doctor?lls, speech all slurred complaining his arm's numb. he called everyone. he even called my daughter teara-- 'cause, you know, she's got a "year" of nursing. everyone thinks he needs to go to the doctor--including me. so he said, "will you take me?" i'm like, "i'm on the road." he goes, "i'll wait." comedian: stroke's no joke. if you or someone you love has symptoms of stroke don't wait--it may be too late. dial 911. time lost is brain lost. >>> happy new year. >> tim: we'll echo that statement. let's look at the starting lineup. we told you about tracy smith. dennis horner the senior having a great year, averaging in double figures. for unc greensboro new faces in the lineup tonight. montel smith the senior gets his first start of the year. and brian cole will get the first start of his unc-g spartans career. these two teams have met six times. nc state has won all six. three years ago in raleigh they host: coulswitching geico reallyavyou 15% or more on car insurance? host: is ed "tooal

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for example, sixta ocasitas gets slightly more money for karinas school attendance then for alexs. mexico's deputy secretary of social development, dr gustavo merino, explains why. >> if you get girls who have now been able to school they are going to be not just able to get a better a job and so on but they are going to be better at probably raising their kids, they are going to have less kids, they are going to take more care of them in terms of nutrition and health and prevention. >> suarez: the program gives cash only to mothers because, supporters say, they're more likely to spend the cash on their children while fathers, it was feared, might not bring it back to the family, even use it the money for alcohol. as a result, officials say women have been empowered. >> resources are given to the mother. not to the father, so there has been a change of power within the household. >> suarez: but opportunadades has detractors too. mario luis fuentes, an economist in social welfare at the university of mexico, says the government should be more focused on job creation - because even f

alex. alex, good call. ert closed caption test, please stand by. ert closed caption test, please stand by. ert closed caption test, please stand by. >> gainesville, florida, home to the university of florida and the florida gators prepare to ring in the new year in 29 hours and welcome inside the o'connell center. and tonight, david meets goliath. presbyterian blue hose take on the florida gators and good evening, i'm matt stewart joined by bill koss and hope you're ready for a big happy new year and bill, we have a matchup of biblical proportions tonight. on one hand, we have david, that's presbyterian, 1,200 enrollment. third year of their transition to division 1 basketball. then you have goliath, the florida gators. 50,000 enrollment. two national championships in the last four years. bill: this game means a lot to both programs. the florida gators may be the best team in college basketball in this decade, two national championships. presbyterian, just now getting to the division 1 level. their kids really feel strongly about their capabilities

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alex. alex, good call. alex. alex, good call. welcome home, man. >>> welcome back.t's go to hot atlanta. the red hot hawks taking on the jazz. turning on the heat in the 3rd quarter. out of the gait, sharing is caring portion of the show. nice ball movement. al finishing the reverse layin. later, jazz trying to get something going. they turn the ball over. atlanta on the fast break. it's what they do west. johnson to williams. alley oop playup. in the -- layup. in the 3rd quarter, carlos boozer, watch your head. josh smith doing the service. thank you very much. the hawks cruise 96-83. >>> to boston where the celtics are nearly unbeatable. the sixers up by one. the turnover leading to the sixers' fast break. tough layup. boston up 95-94. still up by one, under 20 seconds to play. the jumper, that is off the mark. allison brand there for the tip. the sixersersers with the lead up. pierce trying to be the hero. allen getting off the shot at the buzzer. it's off as well. philly pulling the upset. 98-97. >> just about tipoff time with the wizards taking on the warriors.

host: our guest is alex counts, and he is also the author of " small loans, big dreams." graduate of cornell university and a fulbright scholar. detroit, good morning. caller: hello? ok, i wanted to ask you a question bec. with all the anti housing in america, how come we cannot but -- but peoplethe m -- the empty housing in america, how come we cannot put people in those homes? guest: what i was working on my book -- when i was working on my book, the publisher asked me to go and see how this could apply in the united states. i was skeptical at first, actually what i found in south chicago, one of the earliest micro lenders there, was that they could get going in a push cart business, day care, something that could help them earn money. host: gary on the republicans' line from indianapolis. caller: i have a question for you -- i have been a republican -- i am 72 -- basically all my life. my question is, we said all this money overseas, and it seems like the leaders there are corrupt and the money never really gets to the people that need the help. but i guess, too, what

. >> greg: alex was all over the place and well deserved.his line was dominant anteno one else could help his team get the win here tonight in to >> joe: if you read the stats, the mapleleafs should not be scoring all these goals at home. they average just over 2 per game. that is why they usually have trouble at the air canada center. >> greg: no trouble tonight. for us and the crew, thanks for your time. we will see you tuesday night. we are heading west to denver. the avalanche and the caps, get you said for a 9:30 eastern time start. we will see you there. the mapleleafs roar home to victory, 6-3. >> joe: well, welcome everyone to capitals post game live. the caps get buzzed after opening up a 2-0 lead, they fall to the mapleleafs, 6-3. we heard during the broadcast, joe and greg talk about the travel problem it is caps had. supposed to fly up last night after the game and couldn't get it done after today. was that part of the problem. were they a tired hockey team tonight. >> greg: the 1st period was way too easy. in the 3rd period, my

come on, alex, the ref did not call that! i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team! alex! good call. >>> i'm real proud of my way. it's amazing all that she does. whether it's with the children, or with me, with her career, you know, she's a businesswoman. i mean, she just runs the show, you know. and i don't know what i would do without her. >> he is one of, if not the -- probably the most humble guy i know. and, you know, it's incredible. it's not something that he just says. he walks the walk and talk this talk, and what you see is what you get. there isn't any smoke and mirrors. he's very even keel. >> take me back to the first time you met tamea? >> 0, we met her at the olympics in 1996. grant was in the olympics, and she was there with him, they had been dating for a while. so we started going every night to the basketball game toes with her. >> it was great, because there were how many other thousands of people there? so actually it was fine, it was great. it wasn't like i was going to their home. think it was atlanta a

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. >> alex wayne of "congressional quarterly" thank you for joining us. we want to talk about what happened today on health care and what is expected tomorrow. first we will hear little bit from senator lieberman but he spoke to reporters about the bill. >> again. it is not necessary. we have got a health insurance reform bill here and the danger was that some of my colleagues i think we are just trying to load it up with too much. and, of what happens then is that you run the risk of losing everything, so i think what is beginning to emerge and i know some people are not happy about it, it is really a historic achievement. health care reform such as we have not seen in this country for decades. >> alex, how secure is senator lieberman's vote now? >> he apparently told the democratic caucus in a meeting at the white house today that these changes to the bill are dropping the public option and also dropping this medicare bahin proposal have moved in close to supporting it. i think he is probably a pretty secure but now. >> how significant has his role been

god bless you. >> alex, did this rally seemed to have any effect inside the capital? >> no i think it went unnoticed by democrats at least. but outside the capitol, you know, the polls suggest there was a sizable percentage of the population that agreed with the crowd out there and agreed with senator coburn. >> what are the implications on the vote this evening on senator dorgan's amendment on importing prescription drugs? >> his amendment failed so that kind of way it's a real ranch in the work for democrats. if his amendment had been adopted, it would have -- it would have meant that a deal between the white house and pharmaceutical industry would have in essence been blown up and we would have seen the pharmaceutical industry turning against this bill. >> looking ahead what can we expect to mauro? is there an end in sight yet? >> we are getting there. we expect tomorrow they are going to release cost estimates have some new provisions senator reed wants to add to the bill. once that happens, she will be able to start filing with called the manager's amendment to t

. >> alex. >> he is the publisher. >> yes. >> the trouble as i recall. >> yes. >> of laps of thanks to. >> this is market stuff. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> getting on so well with the website. i am waiting now. and when that is done i can't put energy into. >> e-mail. >> no. i have no. i have absolutely no energy until i have gotten rid of everything. i did six. that was up at 6:00 this morning working on. >> no problem. >> i will do it. >> i know. >> and searching. going back to bloomberg. >> right. >> sensitive. >> right. >> i'm so glad to see you again. >> yes. >> have a great admirer of yours. >> of feel like a dinosaur. >> i know i'll miss it up. i want to have a beautiful photograph. >> i might. i would insert about that. you give me an idea and i might >> collectibles. >> yap. >> we have got you back. >> congratulations. >> i might see you tomorrow. >> we are just testing. >> perry, it is nice to meet you. you can't carry that. >> staying. to be fresh tomorrow morning. >> i never sleep anyway. i'm gl

alex, why did this in every sense for about an hour this evening? >> democratic leaders on to brief members on the kind of broad outlines of the steel and give a little update on where they stand on the health bill. the health bill depends on it holding together. i don't think anything is going to come of the meeting tonight. it's unclear how many details their brand share about the proposal because there is a pack of reporters waiting outside of the room to ask all the members when they come out what they've learned. a democratic leaders are trying to keep it very quiet with this deal entails. >> could you get a sense of the mood of the senators as they went into the meeting? >> i would say cautious optimism. a lot of democrats hope this is the deal that finally breaks the option but it really all comes down to how much does it cost if this deal ads any cost at all to the bill moderates say they won't be able to support it. >> what is this meeting to might actually mean for the future of the compromise? >> this one is just kind of an informational

. >> alex wayne is with congressional quarterly, the senate is continuing deliberations on health care, how is the work going? >> well, it's agonizingly slow. they've been talking for a week about this bill and haven't voted on any amendments of substance, they voted on four amendments today, two of them failed into past but the to the past really wouldn't do anything to the bill. >> anything significant about them? >> there was one that drew some democratic support to, they stripped and a pretty important provision of the bill. part of the bill would create long-term care program, it would give people a cash benefits if they become disabled and would require you to paint a monthly premium for that benefit to. a lot of republicans have criticized his program call that the class act because they think it will become a bigger drain on the treasury and is one more entitlement we don't need so a couple democrats apparently agreed and voted to strip the class act from the bill at this program. >> are we expecting more? >> they are supposed to vote on a few tomorrow. really we won't get into

i am particularly honored by the presence of several renown authors, the wonderful alex fleming, whose latest book is a biography of martin luther king, jr. a dream of hope. the naval historian paul silverstone is here tonight, and one of america's great historians is here, thomas fleming. his new book out is the intimate lives of the founding fathers. i wonder what that's about. [laughter] i am particularly honored by having you all here because i know that some of you sacrificed the $15,000 a plate fund-raiser for president obama to might. i can only offer you food for thought the price is right. i'm sure you've all seen the famous painting of george washington crossing the delaware, and you probably remember there's a soldier standing behind him with the american flag in his arms. well, that soldier, that officer is james monroe, and there were two symbolic reasons the artist, john trumbull, placed monroe with washington as one of the only to important figures in the painting. one of the only two figures standing in the boat. now monroe didn't actually crossed the delaware in the sa

alex is get as a young child with his family out of vienna before the war started and was talked about what his father had been through and his family had been through as one of the motivations for the one busbee eight. he lives in oakland today. i sort of talk about the use of the riders. 75% of them were under the age of 30. almost half were between 18 to 21. it was very much a kids movement in one sense that there were also adults who came and got arrested in jackson. married jorgensen came from california with her husband, russell. and she got arrested at the airport. they were about, you know, 45, really old. [laughter] in 1961, and they are still going strong and living in california today. and then at the other end of the spectrum a lot of the -- there are about 40 riders who, from jackson and mississippi, they tended not to be college students but high school students. they're really was no movement in mississippi before the freedom speed. and i think that rip might talk about that, too. but some of his colleagues in the movement stephen jackson after the bail out and started r

. >> we are now going to check in by phone with alex.arterly going to be talking with us to give us anup date on the healthcare debate happening on the senate fluorine as we speak. >> sure. it looks like they have 60 votes for the bill. they think they've got 60 or they are very close. . . >> republicans forced them to read three or four -- three or 400 pages of the bel pre of their meeting as a good party -- as a caucus to make sure they have their caucus together for the bill and they have 60 votes to pass that will lead up to a it will move toward passing it. host: what the bones of contention? caller: we believe that a couple of things would strengthen the individual and employer mandates and in belle. it would increase the penalties for people who do not purchase insurance and for employers who do not provided to their workers. they have also apparently increased a medical our payroll tax that was already part of the bill. -- a medicare payroll tax that was already part of the bill but i don't know by how much. the have come to some

and she said i'll bring you down the street further to alex matey. we got halfway through a three sentence pitch and alice interrupted us, she's a very patient person and said yes, guess i've always wanted to do that book and advice wanted to call it the wise man. and so it was. that's how we wrote our first book when we're in our early twenties. it was a book about the wise men of the american political establishment. it was particularly interesting because back then the who we interviewed and every sketch of him and this book is somebody who was far too smart to be had than half as smart and twice as, you know, wise it would've been a great man. but two is a little bit too smart. but mac bundy said there is no such thing as the establishment. so we went down to the archives of the lyndon johnson, johnson library and there's this wonderful memo from mac bundy were we start the books they there is no such thing as the establishment. and then there's this memo that andy had written called docking from the establishment. as a memo to johnson about how

. >> alex wayne of congressional quarterly, i appreciate her time. >> thank you. >> now than under spoon and franken talk about what is health care will take effect. >> i have heard the president talk about reading jobs, number one priority will be created jobs and give incentive to small businesses. i've heard my colleagues on the other side day after day talk about job creation and how important it is. and yet, everything that is coming out of washington, whether it's a form of heavy-handed regulations like this endangerment finding that coming out of the epa, whether it's in the form of a cap-and-trade proposal that's coming through the congress right now, whether it's this massive expansion of the federal government $2.5 trillion expansion of the federal government. to created new health care in this country. all these things, madam president, are raising clouds over the small-business sector of our economy which creates about 70% of the jobs. and were essentially telling small businesses that, you know, you may end up with these massive new energy taxes. you may end up with his empl

. >> alex wayne is a staff writer with congressional quarterly. we hear that president obama is coming to capitol hill tomorrow. why? >> democrats are fighting among themselves over the health bill, and he wants to come up and try to smooth things over. he had a number of its senior staff here today, including the health and human services secretary. >> what time is that meeting said happen? >> 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. >> who has majority leader harry reid been meeting with today, and will he be able to report any progress? >> one of the lieutenants, charles schumer from new york has been meeting with a group of moderate and liberal democrats, about five on each side. folks like john rockefeller, tom carver from delaware, russ feingold from wisconsin. they are talking about the public option and help to reach a compromise that will draw 60 boats. >> has there been any progress at all, or is it too early to say? >> senator tom harkin told us their goal is to come up with some sort of agreement by monday. they are not disclosing much of what they are tal

later you will be all listening to alex ross from our staff, the advisory technology -- the adviser in technology, on why technology is becoming so increasingly important. many of you here are part of the u.s.-latino community, not all of you but many of you. in fact, when i became the highest-ranking belatina in the state department, i thought i might introduce margaritas into the morning meeting. that might be taking it all little too far. but what we are all interested in, is the u.s. policy in latin america. and the secretary has clearly address some of those. but regardless of what your background is, or regardless of your professional interests, everyone here today can help and have -- enhance the image that the united states by telling your own story, by telling the american story. we must do a much better job in reclaiming america standing in the world by telling our own stories, both as the opportunity of success and the efforts that we are making to address the problems domestically and internationally. in closing, i would just say that the work of the global affairs efforts

host: willow springs, alex on the over-30 line.f we don't like the way politics is being run, get rid of them. that is what it boils down to. they are too busy arguing about pet projects rather than getting on with the job of governing. guest: i would say that that has certainly an important point, that our polls are not as important as a voting. but what our polls of try to do over the last decade or so is show government institutions, political parties and candidates, that young people are turned into politics and vote and a volunteer at record numbers. over 60% of 18-to-29-year-olds volunteer in the communities. çthey will vote and volunteer n campaigns in a significant way. host: you at a temperature- taking question about how things in the nation were going. what can you tell us about that? guest:ñr like other generations and americans generally, young people are concerned about the current direction of the country. but again, a relative to where it was a year ago, a plea only 9% one year ago fought in -- i think only 9% one

host: alex katz, president and ceo of the -- alex counts, president and ceo of the grameen foundation, thank you for sharing your time. we are back tomorrow morning with "washington journal" at 7:00 a.m. eastern time and a chance to weigh in on the senate vote that will take place on c- span2. "washington journal" gets under way at 7:00 p.m. eastern time, 4:00 on the west coast. thanks for joining us this wednesday, and have a merry christmas. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> u.s. senate gaveled in about 15 minutes ago. for more debate on health-care legislation, holding procedural votes at 2:15 eastern today with the vote on final passage set for thursday morning at 8:00 eastern, later on thursday, a vote on increasing the federal debt limit for two months. live senate coverage now on c- span2. senator jeff sessions is holding a news conference about the bill and about 45 minutes. senator sessions just on the floor, talking about revised congressional budget office cost estimates. he will be talking ab

. >> alex wayne is with congressional quarterly.ate over abortion funding in the senate is underway, who are the key players? >> right. senator ben nelson of nebraska and senator orrin hatch of utah. they've introduced the amendment, they hope it's going to pass, but i think i can pretty confidently say it's not going to pass. >> what would senator knell szob's abortion -- nelson's abortion amendment do? >> it would restrict abortion coverage by insurers who operate in these new exchanges the bill would create across the nation. it would also forbid the government-run insurance plan from covering abortions altogether, the only ones would be related to rape, incest or where the pregnant si threatens the mother's life. >> what took so long? >> yeah. senator nelson and democratic leaders wanted to get rid of it last week. i shouldn't say senator nelson wanted to get rid of it, but democratic senators did want to get rid of it. senator hatch on jekylled to that -- objected to that, so now it's ready to go. >> can you name democrats who

. >> alex swain of congressional quarterly, senate majority leader harry reid announced a compromise in negotiations amongst democrats on the health care bill. what's the agreement? >> well, to listen to harry reid you have no idea what the agreement is to read he didn't share many details in fact he didn't really sure any details other than he said i think it would be good for the american people. it would introduce competition to insurers and would ensure people shopping for insurance march recess. so with the agreement is we know this because the centers have been talking about all week pretty much is that liberals agree to drop the public option how to help the senate health bill. in exchange, they will get a provision that will allow people 55 come age 55 to 64 to buy into medicare. in addition there will be a new insurance plan created. they are calling it a national plan. it will be national health insurance plans run by private companies one on profits that will be supervised by the office of personnel management, which is the same government agency that administers health be

i am only asking that people call this senior center at 6:00 on saturday purview can get ahold of alex at 726-0743. this is an issue because of the war we just cannot pay attention. of the media is so incredibly biased and she presents a good story about it but there's an awful price to pay if you spread the word think you. >> thank you for coming out tonight. [applause] >> welcome too afterwards. i am here with steven levitt and stephen governor to talk about there hit new book super for economics. thank you for being here today tell me about how we got here? of the inane this is a big brand of publishing but it almost did not happen. what or the other names? >> they are so bad. even though it was my idea it would have to be some kind of character but my favorite that was bad but it was great we should say his sister linda -- when des came up with "superfreakonomics." it was hard to name it so it needed a nonsense and a better other great name was a bit like zeblin that is so bad. [laughter] >> that is like watching people from the future or from the present. [laughter] what is the pr

, we want to welcome alex counts, president and ceo of the grameen bank.out microloans. what are they? guest: they are ways of finding finance for the poor, who cannot find jobs in the marketplace and have to create their own. microloans give them the investment capital to get started some basic activity -- raising livestock, setting a small type of shot, something like that. host: it you are in africa, haiti, how does this work? how'd you get the contact, would you get the money -- where do you get the money, how to pay back the individual? guest: when i was in bangladesh -- they started a process that has been replicated around the world. they said a local organization staffed with local people that goes into the urban community, the village, and say to someone that if you want to create your own job, we can create finance for you, and we will make it easy for you to repay it come over the course of a year in many cases, and that will give you time to get your capital rotating and grow your business. host: is that the message of your book, "small loans,

alex's parents insurance company reap fuseed to cover alex because he was four months old and 17 pounds. they said he had a preexisting condition of obesity. there was two-year-old acelin pwa*euts whose parents insurance company denied her coverage because she was underweight. one child too big, the other too small. today in america you have to be just right to get insurance. there was peggy robinson of golden colorado, who was told she couldn't receive coverage unless she was sterilized, mr. president. she came and bravely testified in washington about the need for reform. matthew temmy of castle rock who couldn't receive coverage because his wife was pregnant even though she had her own health insurance. the sad thing is there's nothing unusual about these stories. none of these people were trying to cheap or game the system. they were trying to gain some peace of mind, some stability in their life instead they fought against the bureaucracy and mounting bills. mr. president, we have debated health care reform for over a year. some have been working on these issues for decades. killin

>> the alex in london was the prime minister. the prime minister had appointed me. and the prime minister expected me to work to him but of course in the british system, you worked for the system. in practice, there was a triangle in the british arrangement which was the foreign policy advisors for foreign policy maker number so. he was in that position. the political director in the foreign office, john was in that position at that time, and myself in baghdad. we would have triangular teleconferences and other means of communication and if the three of us were clear that this was the way to go, it was my job to get that done in baghdad, persuade ambassador bremer, whatever, it was their job to make sure that they were acting with authority in london. i came back to london once a month during my 6 1/2 months in baghdad and when i came back to london, i would talk to ministers, normally to the prime minister amongst other ministers, as well as to officials. so although it sounds like a multiplied arrangement, it is entirely normal to the british system that officials