senator lamar alexander, thank you for being with us.ant to pick up where we concluded with senator udall. he says yes it is. guest: i say no, it's not. host: why? guest: what the program spends after it's fully implemented and not increase the debt. i'll give you a couple examples. one is the plan doesn't include reimbursement for doctors. how are you going to have government programs like medicaid and medicare and a new government program and you pay doctors through those programs and not reimburse the doctors promerly. if you believe that we're going to cut doctors' fees by 23% in 2011, then you might think it's balanced. another thing would be the plan is based upon at least a half trillion dollars in medicare cuts. and the congress has never cut medicare in that amount. it means that if you have a medicare advantage plan and one out of four medicare recipients, that that will be cut. so it's based on a number of assumptions that congress won't follow through. and david broder wrote a column about a well respected survey that shows t

like poti, alexander semin.to train, which just lengthens their time that they will be out. sounds like no time too soon for either of those guys. >> joe: hard hitting along the wall. it's bounced free for perreault, and fleischmann works the other direction. clark. shifting back behind the net. lapierre is there. tying upper row whose favorite canadian when he was growing up was koivu. i think he likes small guys, right? as would indicate. with st. louis, some of his boy hood heroes. green. puts that one on the lip of the boards. the hard-shooting bergeron taps it away and wyman will maneuver through center. wyman a four year product of the ivey league at dartmouth. >> craig: nice to see him in the nhl. a late pick for this montreal team. had to actually play down in the american league in the east coast league last year, joe. a good story for a kid out of college. >> joe: 15 games in cincinnati at the echl. fehr delivers it too strongly for laich. working back to center, chipchura getting help from jay leach.

greiner told alexander wilson a new version of her story.into this account she said she saw lewis crawling around the yard after being shot. and all three accounts, mrs. grinder said she spent the night in a kitchen cabinet near the cabin where the family lived. the cabin lived in one of two log cabins that were joined by a common roof, a style of frontier architecture called the dog trot cabin. travelers would stay on the other side of the family cabin. the kitchen cabin was several yards away from the double cabin, and mrs. grinder stay there that night with three young children, her children, and perhaps a young hired girl. the two servants who were accompanying lewis were staying in the horse barn about 200 yards away. wilson writes that mrs. grinder told him she heard two pistol shots from lewis' cabin and in a few minutes, she heard him at her door called out, oman, give me some water, and heal my wounds. the logs being open and unbiased, she saw him stagger back and pull against a stump that stands between the kitchen and the room. he

megan alexander, hyla, we'll leave it there for now.ou both. >>> as we move on tonight, it's taylor's swift quick to kanye west on "snl." ♪ might be expecting me to say something bad about kanye ♪ ♪ and how he ran up on the stage and ruined my vma monologue ♪ >> and that's not all. wait until you see taylor's kate gosselin impression. so did taylor knock it out of the park? >>> also, the carrie prejean sex tape scandal. the former beauty queen became the poster girl, of course, for conservative values, and now her own words are coming back to haunt her. tonight, why some people are saying carrie is a big old hypocrite. >>> also, deep, dark star secrets. >> we were lacing our marijuana with -- coke. >> but you were freebasing cocaine? >> basically. >> whitney's not alone. a bunch of big, big stars are revealing their deepest, darkest secrets. it is a not-to-be-missed "showbiz tonight" special report. >>> this is "showbiz tonight" on hln. time now for the "showbiz news ticker," more stories from the "showbiz tonight" newsroom making news

handing it to the barge master, who will been handed to the gentleman who is emerging from the queen alexander state coach. he is a very central figure today. his formal title is comptroller of the lord chamberlain's office. that is an office in the royal household it deals with investitures and garden partisan state events of this type. it is his duty to take the crown, the imperial state crown, into the palace of westminster and put it on display in the royal gallery. that is where it will stay until the -- until this taken to the queen. a good look there at the imperial state crown. it was made in 1937 for george vi, but it is a replica of the 11 by queen victoria beckham 1828. it was refashioned in 1937, because they've won it all light her crown. the tenant for this on his way -- lt. ford is on his way. he will be speak -- it's stepping very carefully up the staircase. that will go to the regalia room where they would change the commission on which the crown is laid. that display cushion will then be taken out to the royal gallery itself. the great throne and other familiar figures here,

tonight in new york, megan alexand alexander, a correspondent for "inside edition."begin with a brand-new carrie prejean shocker. prejean reportedly asking donald trump for advice on how the heck she can get out of her big old mess. keeping in mind, of course, donald is the owner of the miss,s a franchise, the same franchise that fired carrie because of a breach of contract and of course she just dissed donald in her new book. so should the donald help carrie? >> he kind of did. he said, carrie, you should be a major porn star, make a lot of money, and give all the money to charity. so maybe that is his help. but, come on, you know what, donald, i think if he could make money off of carrie, he probably would give her advice, but i think he knows that she's done. that's what i think. >> however, i was thinking about this, she is keeping his name out there in the public, and, well, we know for one that donald certainly likes that. and "showbiz tonight" did catch up with trump. we had to ask him what he thinks of carrie prejean these days. i thought he would be a lot ha

for example, specialist alexander conley saluting his family and all of our nation's veterans. >> happy all the veterans out there, all the active duty. god bless you and your families serving overseas right now and i just want to say thank you to my wife and my family that support me every day. >> absolutely. if you have somebody in the service we are so honored to salute them gmt to cnn.c cnn.com/robin. >>> what a survival story for one teenager. he spent two nights trapped on an ice flo in the arctic and was forced to shoot a polar bear that got too close. rescuers found him monday but then got trapped when the ice shipped in. they have been dragging their boat about 2 1/2 miles across the ice. that's a nightmare. >>> a senator came out swinging with a sweeping plan to keep your money safe with much tougher regulations. senate banking committee chairman christopher dodd said it's been a long time coming. our money expert jennifer westhoven has more on this proposal, what it will mean for your savings. good morning. >>> good morning. thanks, robin. you know, you can guess his side of

megan alexander is the correspondent in new york. a bad boy finish. we start with the brand-new video they are saying q100 what she claims are the details of the big one night stand with josh duhamel. she claims she didn't leak the story, but they came to her after they were tipped off because josh was allegedly bracking about it on the set of his new movie. >> they were asking me questions and i don't want to deal with it. i have two small children and i didn't want them to find out i was a stripper. after the third time he said i am going to print the story regardless and find out what's going on so why don't you make money off of it. if they are going to know, then why not. >> she may not be the most eloquent, but i think she appears believable. >> any guy that watches that video of her speaking is going to know there is a lot of truth behind it. it sounds plausible. it's almost identical to a situation i have seen happen before. >> just leave it there. josh duhamel denies he had the affair and the story is completely ridiculous and hurtful. it's a

. >> joe: alexander giroux will be out of the box in 14 seconds. that is the time left in the 5 on 3. metropolit for cammalleri. bergeron are unloads and missed everything. cammalleri, bergeron again. winds fake, plekanec, goal line to the front. varlamov's save. bergeron with a blast. varlamov mades a pad save and another on plekanec. cammalleri settles. bergeron straight away. fires it's deflected. five on four now for 30 seconds. bergeron wrister. he scores. [ cheers and applause ] . >> joe: with moen setting the screen. [ cheers and applause ] . >> craig: again, a big screen and a big body in front. bergeron had a ton of opportunities on the slap shot, and i think it's the wave of the moen stick in front of the mask of the caps net minder that made him miss this puck. here it comes. look at in front, moen watch him get the stick up right there, joe. it just sort of gets in the way of the puck. then you are looking at dark and dark, and he misses it coming back with his catching glove. travis moen in front of the net. bergeron long range beat va

joining me in carlos diaz, in new york is megan alexander. i want to begin with this j.lo sex tape. jennifer lopez's ex-husband says he wants to use a sex tape of jennifer for a movie he is doing all about their relationship. should j.lo be worried? >> you know, what people will do for a buck, a.j., and there is an audience out there for it. i mean, it seems just disappointing that somebody that you once cared deeply about would reveal something so private, so personal. you know, i don't even know what to say necessarily. i think she should attempt to fight it. she did it in the first place so it comes back the 0 haunt you, i suppose. >> i just continue to not understand why anybody would put anything on tape they wouldn't want to get out one day. let me tell you what the video reportedly includes. lopez wearing skimpy underwear, there are scenes reportedly of an embarrassing and ugly argument between j.lo and her mom. this was a private tape that they shot on their honeymoon in 1997. they were married less than a year. he reportedly signed a confidentiality agreement when they got

joining us tonight in new york, megan alexander and steve sangotti.video is of tripper who talks about the details of her one-night stand with josh duhamel. she claims that she didn't leak the story, she claims they came to her after they were tipped off because josh was allegedly bragging about it on the set of his new movie. take a look. >> they were asking my questions and i was like, i don't want to deal with this. you know, i do have two small children and, you know, i didn't want them to find out that i was a stripper. >> why even acknowledge it? why not just -- >> well, after the third time, he told me, you know what, i'm going to print this story regardless, we're going to find out what's going on anyway, so why don't you make money off of it. and i started thinking, you know, if they're going to know, why not? >> she may not be the most eloquent, but steve, i'm watching that and i think she at least appears believable. what do you think? >> any guy that watches of her, miss forrester speaking, is going to know there's a lot of truth behind it

and in new york, megan alexander, a correspondent for "inside edition." so "showbiz tonight" was right there on the "twilight" red carpet where ryan seacrest had set up his radio show. the tabloids have been going crazy over all these reports that robert pattinson and his "twilight" co-star kristen stewart are romantically involved. well, i've got to have you watch what happened when ryan asked him about it and his publicist shut it all down. >> what do you say to your fans who are desperate to know about you and your co-star, kristin. what can you tell them? >> nope. >> what can you tell them about it? >> i can tell them to watch "new moon." >> i can't ask that question? you can't ask that question to the guy? it's his co-star. it's a fair question. >> thank you very much. >> i was just cut off for the first time ever. >> i was going to say, watch "new moon," it's amazing. >> it seems absurd to me. obviously, robert is a big boy. was its ridiculous that he wasn't allowed to answer a simple question that quite frankly millions of his fans want answered? >

joining us is hyla and in new york, megan alexander from inside edition. "showbiz tonight" was there on the red carpet where ryany is kreaft set up his radio show. the tabloids have been going crazy that robert pattinson and his costar are involved. they shut it all down. >> what are do you say to your fans who are desperate to know about you and your costar, kristin? >> you can't ask that question to the guy? it's his costar. it's a fair question. i was cutoff for the first time ever. >> let me control this to you first. it seems absurd. she a big boy. was it ridiculous that he was not allowed to answer a question that million was fans want to answer? >> it's a ridiculous response. it's the publicist's fault. you see her wrapping it up. the way ryan phrased the question, he could have answered it in a way that didn't talk about his personal relationship. he could have said we love milk shakes. either she is really good or really bad at her job. this made the situation bigger and makes us talk about it rather than blowing it off. i will give her the benefi

this is an incredibly famous map made by alexander humboldt from secret trip kept in mexico city and it showed better than anyone else than any other map with that bit of southwest what i call the united states but was then mexico looked like. you can see the inaccuracies to it. it shows the land too narrow and there is just a single mountain range going through. but for jefferson that was extremely interesting indeed because he saw it as another route, the southern great to the pacific and it looked so easy. once you are over the range of mountains you're down to the river to the other side and that will be the way the second route will be found. and so he borrowed the map from humbled and gated to wilkinson. wilkinson copied it and shared it with his protege who used about two years later when he explored into that area. now it was more wilkinson new more than just the map. she knew more than anyone else what was happening down there because he had a wonderful protege called philip noel and who was a horse breeder and used to go into that area to round up wild mustangs and break th

it was made by alexander von humboldt which was kept in mexico city and it showed better than anyonean any other map, what that bit of southwest of what we now call the united states but then mexico looked like. now, you can see the inaccuracy to it. there's just a single mountain range going through. but for jefferson, that was extremely interesting indeed. because he saw it as another route, the southern route to the pacific. and it looked so easy and once you're over the range of mountains there's bound to be a river down to the other side. and that would be the way a second route, western route, could be found. and so he borrowed the map from humboldt. and gave it to wilkinson. wilkinson copied it and shared with his protege who used it about two years later when he explored into that area. now, it was -- wilkinson knew more than just the map. he knew more than anyone else what was happening down there. because he had a wonderful protege who would break the mustangs for the spanish army so he had direct information about how you might very well go in there or alternatively you co

and the department of defense has nominated lieutenant general keith alexander, head of the n.s.a., tocommand devoted to offensive and defensive cyber war. how much of this are we doing? "we" meaning the united states. >> lewis: we're in the top of the league, you know? the... we're as good as any... >> kroft: so whatever foreign countries are doing to the united states, the united states is doing to them? >> lewis: we're in the top of the league. we are really good. and if you talk to the russians or the chinese, they say, "how can you complain about us when you do exactly the same thing?" it's a fair point with one exception: we have more to steal; we have more to lose. we're the place that depends on the internet. we've done the most to take advantage of it. we're the ones who've woven it into our economy, into our national security in ways that they haven't. so we are more vulnerable. >> kroft: even the country's most powerful weapons are targets. so technicians at the sandia national laboratories make their own microchips for nuclear weapons and other sophisticated systems. jim go

the wonderful world of not only the taliban, but cultures that still have vestiges of the days of alexander the great and look forward to talking about that. if you had to summarize pakistan today for the american people, just one o two seasonses -- or two sentences, and this is a real challenge, what would you say to them? >> i would say that, a, there is far more at stake in pakistan than there is in any other country in the world because of the liberal tradition that i mentioned earlier, there's much more to lose in pakistan. so from a strategic standpoint, pakistan, in my mind, is arguably the most dangerous, not even arguably, unarguably the most important. so that's one aspect. and just the dynamism of this country is so often overlooked, and that is something the book, i hope, flushes out. >> host: nick schmidle, probably the best travel book written by an american in this generation. >> guest: thanks, rob. >> "after words "is available as a podcast. more in just a moment. >> did you know you can view booktv programs online? go to booktv.org. type the name of the author, book or subj

alexander wiens in a courtroom. alexander wiens has been sentenced in a courtroom. of shash shash been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of shash shash shash for the murder of shash shash shash for the murder of shash shash shash -- marwa el sherbini. for the murder of shash shash shash -- marwa el sherbini. let's for the murder of shash shash shash -- marwa el sherbini. let's return -- marwa el sherbini. let's return now -- marwa el sherbini. let's return now to remembrance day and now to remembrance day and the tributes paid to now to remembrance day and the tributes paid to those who lost tributes paid to those who lost their lives. tributes paid to those who lost their lives. british troops their lives. british troops serving in southern afghanistan their lives. british troops serving in southern afghanistan have their lives. british troops serving in southern afghanistan have been in southern afghanistan have been commemorating commemorating armistice day commemorating commemorating armistice day commemorating a commemorating a two-minute silence earli

virginia's governor hungary alexander did not consider hard incompetent to conduct so important a trial and he called on andrew hunter, one of the most respected attorneys in charlestown to take overall control of the proceedings. and hunter's portrait is hanging on the wall behind me. under did not like harding. in a letter to the governor he described him as a quote, pestiferous little prosecute. i found that letter in the state library and he willingly accepted the governor's call to take charges case. while both hunter and harding appeared her up the trial, all of the important trial decisions were made by hunter and he shouldered most of the work. hunter was a native of berkeley county and related by blood or marriage to many of the aristocratic families of northern virginia. it was a graduate of washington academy, later washington lee university in hampton city college. and after several years represented the baltimore and ohio railroad in virginia. the railroad ran straight to harpers ferry on its way from baltimore to wheeling and was one of the most influential corporations in

this is the queen alexander state coach being used today. the sword is safely inside.ap follows. each of them with an individual escort. and he waits with the crown. once that is safely inside, the regalia procession will make its way from the palace. all of this taking place at the base of the victoria tower, and as some visitors to west minister will know, the tower itself, an enormous structure full of original pieces of legislation -- it is a wonderful place to visit, lots of scrolls and ancient documents, but full of legislative documents from the past five centuries. it is a great thing to see. so the regalia on its way very soon. there will be passing the guard of honor outside, the grenadier guards providing the security today. a great deal of the crowd, we can see its sparkling there in the distance. a great site. the mace is sticking out about it -- of the other carriages. some reaction to the queen speeches. we got down to the central lobby where the mp's are gathered. >> members of the public are packing out of the central lobby. they are trying to spot the

he was also somewhat unhappy because several of washington post to cabinet officers -- alexander hamilton, thomas jefferson -- had more influence with washington. but generally, if you read adams's letters, he is not unhappy during these years as vice president. also, the system worked with adams in the sense of him being one of the most popular men in the united states in 1789, the reason he did get the second- highest number of votes to washington. host: our guest this with us for the remainder of our show until 10:00. in thomas jefferson's case, because of its other offices, how did he approach the office of the vice presidency? guest: jefferson, i guess learning from john adams, was more moderate in his approach, and took the view that there really was not too much to do as a vice president in a formal sense. and he decided that he would write amenable -- write a manual how the senate operates, which was successful and is actually still in print the interesting thing about jefferson, and this would lead to the first major constitutional crisis in the united states, was by the time jef

alexander has really been at the forefront and he has been quietly at the same time in the background. he is not much in front of the camera type of person. but he was asked a pretty pointed question. condi we need some kind of -- whether treaty, principal or doctrine -- that spells out how we operate in the space and what constitutes warfare. host: the republican line. louisville, ky. caller: i would ask about a fourth of july cyber attacks attributed to north korea. it's a sovereign government is doing a sovereign attack on us, at what point does it become an act of war? guest: is a great question and i think it is one people are wrestling with right now. looking over it in the past few months in a focused way, i think question comes down to, one, first of what can you attribute it to the nation who did the attack. it really was the north koreans, how do we know that and how we make the case publicly? if we are going to take presumably military action, we will have to offer up to the international community or at least the american public some explanation of how we know the north ko

secretary of treasury for suggests he was dispickable in a duel in which they were fired causing alexander hamilton to fire skyward. moments later, aaron indicated hamilton assessment of his character, beamers lousily gunning down his adversary, who may have been duked. so uncivil behavior is nothing new. what is new or transformative changes in communications technology, in american politics. in the issues facing mankind. the impact of new social media constituted the subject much covered by others. so i'd like to devote a few minutes to comments on the changes in american politics in relation to the challenges in the world. in teaching at harvard and princeton upon leaveing congress, i developed a series of two-minute courses in american governments. let he site several. political science 101 beginning with the country over the past generation has been approximately 1/3 democratic, 1/3 republican, and 1/3 independent. one-half of 1/3 is 1/6. so 16th and 2/3 percent of the voters control the election. but because only one in four, often a fraction of this figure participate in primaries w

we are ready for those situations. >> hello, this is alexander.axim, thank you very much for your blog. again, we are very impressed with the way you share your experiences in space. now my question is is it possible to call you onboard? on the telephone, either regular phone or maybe space or satellite phone? >> well, the way it works here is we have one-way communication basically, which means that we use the u.s. system to call the ground and we can receive messages here onboard using the u.s. system. now i can tell you thaw the letters i receive from readers are delivered to me onboard. i read them and i really take great pleasure in reading them. thank you. >> question for maxim suraev also. after december 1, crew members return to the ground, what are you planning to do in space? well, jeff told me that this will be the best time. he told me that it is the best time but i haven't had that experience yet when you only have two crew members in space. right now we have so many people onboard so i haven't had the chance to be onboard with just t

between the first and second world wars and the agency of alexander, the first book spins a story from the eyes of one of the participants. then he proceeds to describe the same events and subsequent books each a narrative from the perspective of other participants. one wonders if i'd read about the same event more than once? the reason is that each story is profoundly different. the moral is that to get a sense of reality it is necessary to see things from more than one set of eyes. this may apply to interactions of community, in a courtroom or in international relationship, or what america does may seem reasonable from our perspective but what very different from a european or an african or a middle eastern or an asian. adding to the eyes and ears of others to one's own capacities, illuminates rather than there is a judgment. reality 101. in the most profound political science observation of the 20th century, albert einstein suggested that splitting the atom changed everything except our way of thinking. human nature may be one of the few constants in history, but 9/11 has taught tha

. >>> hockey, montreal fans create such a great atmosphere that alexander ovechkin says quote you don'ted bull to play here. a preview of tonight's game joe ben natty and craig laughlin. >> one thing we know about bruce boudreau is he is true to his word. he said it night take a goalie 20 games or so to grab the reigns. looks like semyon varlamov is doing that. >> he is, joe. getting his fourth straight start. he has really been the man for the capitals. he has been terrific between the pipes, 25 saves the other night against the buffalo sabres. whether long range changes. stop attempts or roy on the doorstep. he seemed to have an answer. with young goalies it's all about positioning and setup and he has been picture-perfect for this 'caps team. >> his marks in the month of november have sparkled league wide. >> 4-1, stopped 197 at 209 shots in the seven games. 9 943 when it comes to the save percentage department. he is looking forward to this game tonight and he has to be calm against this canadiens team. >> let's analyze the caps top two centers. the guy in the second slot is outplay

and megan alexander, who is a correspondent. carie made the news sir kooews . and she did own up to it, but she certainly did not apologize. now, considering she is the face of family values these days, should she have said i'm sorry. >> i am just counting her 15 minutes, by the way. yeah, particultic, tic, very go. you said in the opening, her virtual apology. the words i am sorry never came out of her mouth. you cannot call for family values and then have a tape of you, where you are doing unspeakable things, things that -- i talked to inside sources about what is on that tape, it's pretty bad and you can't have it both ways. >> she does have to stick to her talking points, she is on tour. and the whole point is to defend her good name, so to speak. but some of the things she said today on the tv appearances made us go, huh? take a look. >> you could call it whatever you want to call it. if you want to call it a sex tape, that's fine. >> what do you call it? >> me by myself. nobody else was with me. i was not having sex. i sent it to my boyfriend at the time,

senator lamar alexander, thank you for being with us.to pick up where we concluded with senator udall. he says yes it is. guest: i say no, it's not. host: why? guest: what the program spends after it's fully implemented and not increase the debt. i'll give you a couple examples. one is the plan doesn't include reimbursement for doctors. how are you going to have government programs like medicaid and medicare and a new government program and you pay doctors through those programs and not reimburse the doctors promerly. if you believe that we're going to cut doctors' fees by 23% in 2011, then you might think it's balanced. another thing would be the plan is based upon at least a half trillion dollars in medicare cuts. and the congress has never cut medicare in that amount. it means that if you have a medicare advantage plan and one out of four medicare recipients, that that will be cut. so it's based on a number of assumptions that congress won't follow through. and david broder wrote a column about a well respected survey that shows that

megan alexander, we will leave it there for now. >> we move on tonight and it's taylor's swift kick to kanye west on snl. >>. ♪ you expected me to say something bad about kanye ♪ ♪ and how he ran up on stage and ruined my vma monlog ♪ >> did taylor knock it out of the park? the carrie prejean sex tape scandal. the former beauty queen basement poster girl for conservative values and her words are coming back to haunt her. why people are saying cary is a big old hypocrite. deep dark star secrets. . >> you were free basing cocaine? >> whitney is not alone. a bunch of stars are revealing their deepest, darkest secrets. it's a not to be missed special report. this is "showbiz tonight" on in the newsroom making news right now. >>> you are watching "showbiz tonight" on hln. watch the bottom of your screen for more compelling and provocative news from "showbiz tonight." a areare >>> britney strikes back. she is mad, mad, mad about the huge standal in australia when it was discover and i hope you are sitting down for the news. she was lip synching at her concerts. my goodness. i had no idea. we

whether issues of war and peace or on the economy, thomas jefferson and alexander hamilton, about apart as you can get, did find ways to come to a certain compromise. i think it's an element that with a loss, but the ability to find common ground and make some compromises. franklin once said that compromises don't make great heroes, but they do make good great democracies. if you are a compromiser, you're considered and principled today. i truly want to thank the panel, very good. we appreciate it so much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] you have a very short break while the next panel comes up. thank you. [unintelligible] >> president obama will address the nation on his new strategy for the war in afghanistan tuesday night from the u.s. military academy at west point 3 we will have live coverage at 8 eastern. the president will travel to copenhagen for the global climate conference. he will be in copenhagen on december 9 before heading to oslo to accept the nobel peace prize. dollars al coverag

james madison, alexander hamilton, benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson. , george washington, john adams -- i have long resisted asking you for guidance. perhaps we have feared doing so that we might the knowledge that our individuality which we so revered, is not entirely our own. perhaps we fear that an appeal to you might be taken as a weakness. we have come to understand finally that this is not so. we understand now that we have been made to understand and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were. >> the nazis did everything in their power to dehumanize us and destroy us. this is the reason why they called number25673, i say and not a number. this is now my badge of honor. i remember i was interviewed on television. they ask me if i could show the number. i pointed to it and i said, "this is my badge of honor." one man wanted to know why i called my badge of honor. i told him -- my family taught me that who i am, might humaneness does not depend on how others treat me but how i treat others. i have not killed anybody in my life. i have not committed a crime yet i

so in the same way that alexander graham bell could have 15 years ago still recognize the telephone system of the united states, sad to say, if thomas albert edison came back today he would still recognize the electric grid in our country. so that is our great challenge. the smart grid in many ways is only possible because of the telecommunications revolution. without broadband deployment across our country, there would be no way to manage the electricity that would be coming in from the desert, from the prairies, off the ocean, off people's roads. couldn't do the. we wouldn't have the information capacity to be able to manage it all to work out the millions of businesses and homes all participating in the revolution. so one revolution has now begun the next one. and it really is more like an electricity internet that a smart grid if you want to use correct terms. it is this matching up of the internet with the electricity revolution that makes it all possible to build a grid out to west texas, bring in this intermittent source of electrical generation to be encouraging people to be deploy