this too is an american tradition. one of the chapters in the book, called american plenty, is about water and water is a really -- going to be an absolutely incredibly major problem for the west in particular. lake mead is running at about 50% of capacity. i'm not sure what the shortfall snow melt was for this year, but it was projected to be dire. i went to a place, about the most improbable place as a model of environmental stewardship, which is las vegas. one of the most impressive people i've ever met in american life is pat mull roy, who runs the south nevada water authority, all of those slightly over the top lagoons and fountains that decorate the great fountains of las vegas is all recycled water. people are basking by the side of pools and they better not ask where the water came from. but las vegas pays citizens, you can see trucks drying off people's lawns taking away the lawns and replacing them with cactus and dirt. and pullroy complains about runoff in places like albuquerque, phoenix, and los angeles, a

we are not utilizing american resources, american tax money, american labor to fund folks that don't care for us. that's just wrong. if it were the only option available, that would be one thing. but, mr. speaker, it's not. it's not. there are wonderful resources that we have, but we're blocked by the democrats in charge and the majority party. and that's wrong. and the president has said over and over again that he doesn't believe we ought to utilize our resources in this way. as the gentlelady from north carolina has said, he wants to double wind and solar energy, and that's fine. that's wonderful. that's great. but it will be ultimately 6% to 8% of the energy out lization of this nation. that's not going to get us out of the hurdle, mr. speaker and not going to get us where we need to be. we need to conserve more. we need to utilize american resources for americans. that's a common sense thing to do. if one was elected to the united states house of representatives or the senate that one would have that as a responsible feature of their policy is to out liz american re-- utilize am

here are the details that every american needs to know about this plan. first, if you are among the hundreds of millions of americans who already have health insurance through your job or medicare or medicaid or the va, nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctor you have. let me -- let me repeat this. nothing in our plan requires you to change what you have. what this plan will do is make the insurance you have work better for you. under this plan, it will be against the law for insurance companies to deny you coverage because of a pre-existing condition. [ applause ] as soon as i sign this bill, it will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick or water it down when you need it the most. [ applause ] they will no longer be able to place some arbitrary cap on the amount of coverage you can receive in a given year or in a lifetime. [ applause ] we will place a limit on how much you can be charged for out-of-pocket expenses, because in the united states of america, no

you didn't have ordinary americans going to washington d.c.nd saying i am going to find alg hiss' typewriter. they turned that over to the experts and they listened when the journalist told them the conspiracy theory but ty didn't say i'm going to prove this myself. whatas diffent and the keedy assassination is you have ordinary americans saying i can solve ts mystery so they go down to dallas themselves and they go when they find eyewitnesses or earwitnesses, people who heard the shot in the interview them and they walk off osld's roof to see if the fbi watelling the truth. the center mn videla sewer systems so they can find out if someone was hiding in a storm drain. they steady the pictures of the assassination to see if there were gunman said hiding in the bushes so you have these ordinary americans saying i can solve this crime. in the '60s, part of what the kennedy assassination movement is about is people saying i don't trust the government and also i don't trust the ientific experts who were telling me these things. i am going to have

because there are too many americans counting on us to succeed. the ones who suffer silently, and the ones who share their stories with us at town halls and e-mails and letters. i received one of those letters a few days ago. it was from our beloved friend and colleague ted kennedy. he had written it back in may, shortly after he was told that his illness was terminal. he asked that it be delivered upon his death. in it, he spoke about what a happy time his last months were, thanks to the love and support of family and friends, his wife vicki, his amazing children, who are all here tonight. and he expressed confidence that this would be the year that health care reform, that great, unfinished business of our society, he called it, would finally pass. he repeated the truth that health care is decisive for our future prosperity, but he also reminded me that it concerns more than material things. what we face, he wrote, is above all, a moral issue. at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice, and the char

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i will not let up until those americans who seek jobs can find them. [applause] [applause] beeuntil those businesses that k capital and credit can thrive, until all responsible homeowners can stay in their homes, that is our ultimate goal. thanks to the bold and decisive action we have taken since january, i can stand here with confidence and say we have pulled this economy back from the brink. [applause] now, i want to thank the members of this body for your efforts and your support in these last several months and especially those who have taken the difficult votes that have put us on the path to recovery. i also want to thank the american people for their patience and resolve during this trying time for our nation. but we did not come here just to clean up crises. we came here to build a future. so tonight i return to speak to all of you about an issue that is central to that future. and that is the issue of health care. i am not the first president to take up this cause but i am determined to be the last. the president: it has now been nearly a cen

because there are too many americans counting on us to succeed. the ones who suffer silently and the ones who share their stories with us at town halls and emails and letters. i received one of those letters a few days ago. it was from our beloved friend and colleague ted kennedy. he had written it back in may, shortly after he was told that his illness was terminal. he asked that it be delivered upon his death. in it, he spoke about what a happy time his last months were, thanks to the love and support of family and friends, his wife vickie, his amazing children who are all here tonight. and he expressed confidence that this would be the year that health care reform, that great unfinished business of our society, he called it, would finally pass. he repeated the truth that health care is decisive for our future prosperity, but he also reminded me that it concerns more than material things. what we face, he wrote, is, above all, a moral issue. at stake are not just the details of policy but fundamental principles of social justice and the characte

speaker, in a speech before the american medical association, the president made a promise to the american people which he has often repeated. quote, if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. no one will take it away no matter what, end quote. however, when asked about this, white house officials told the associated press that, quote, the president's rhetoric shouldn't be taken literally, end quote. so when it comes to serious concerns that most americans have about health care proposals, white house officials admit you can't believe what the president says. that's astounding. if we can't take the president literally on his promises to the american people, why aren't the national media all over this? the american people need the facts about health care reform, not political cover for the president. . mr. butterfield: during the august recess not only did i tour town hall meetings, but i toured medical facilities throughout my district of the one has been etched in my mind.

shepard: 120 miles from american samoa. it would depend on how deep this earthquake was, i would assume. >> correct, and on the clock for a sort of relationship, where american samoa is with respect to the fault it generates. to tell you the truth, we do not know the faults yet. in other words, it -- let's suppose that it is at right angles from the fault, which would give it the worst possible situation, or it is parallel, which would give it the smallest wave, in which case, we could expect bigger waves perpendicular. once we have some understanding of what it all looks like that generates this and some ideas of the models, i think we will have a much better feel. shepard: for viewers who may just be turning in, we have reports of an 8.3 earthquake in the area of american samoa. you see the area on the map. a tsunami has now been generated. we have reports of some damage, but nothing serious. no structural damage in nearby coast. no injuries reported just yet, but once again, 8.3. i do not remember the last time that an 8

are also a a hispanic americans. -- or also hispanic americans. outreach has sent me to many cities and i can show these kids, these schools, these folks in these communities heroes that look and sound like them, heroes of the national parks that are as important as anybody else. that is the great bottom up democratic story, the bigger arc of the story of the national parks. >> there are a number -- tavis: there are a number of great parks where i live in california. i work out -- i do my work out outside at a park called kenny hahn. there are other parks around the city that i have run through. but at this one to the park, i noticed one day that the persons that are now taking advantage of what the parks offer, the water and the hills, the places for pickney at -- picnicking, etc., tend not to be right, but african-american and hispanic. i did my informal research before my conversation with you and is one of the last vestiges in the country where you do not have to spend a lot of money to get in, where you are next to god, there is nature, kids

americans are ready for change.f senator baucus and the committee can't get it done, harry reid should step up and put this bill on the floor. >> mr. stern, great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much. >> thank you, ed. >>> next up, republican congresswoman jean schmidt was caught red handed whispering sweet nothings to a berther at a t.e.a. party. i'll blow the cover on "psycho talk." once you've mastered the complexities of a headache... the rest of the body is a no brainer. doesn't your whole body deserve excedrin strength relief? excedrin back & body. excedrin. what ache? it's tough to reach that five servings a day if you don't always like the taste of vegetables. good thing v8 v-fusion juice gives you a serving of vegetables hidden by a serving of fruit. v8. what's your number? you must be looking for motorcycle insurance. you're good. thanks. so is our bike insurance. all the coverage you need at a great price. hold on, cowboy. cool. i'm not done -- for less than a dollar a month, you also get 24/7 road

it does not have to take away coverage from americans who like what they have. it does not have to put federal bureaucrats in charge of what procedure is covered and what medication is not. our goal must be to fix what is broken in our healthcare system, while preserving the features that work well. we can drive down costs without sacrificing quality. we can expand coverage without orchestrating a government takeover, and we can do all of these things without squeezing small businesses and destroying more jobs at a time when our economy needs them most. in june, republicans introduced a plan that would do exactly that. our plan is designed to make health care more for oil, reduce the number of uninsured americans, and increase quality at a price our country can afford. we will make sure americans who like their health care coverage can keep it, a stark contrast with the democrats' plan, which the congressional budget office said will shift millions of americans out of the current coverage. unfortunately, democrats have rejected our overtures and decided to go al

the lawyers were in the american proposals. -- were against the american proposals. we managed to persuade them, and i talked with members of the duma, and we agree that these changes are possible. so it is like a package, we can then persuade them that they need to vote for the amendments. everything is drafted. the american position is clear. we can accept it if we understand that it will help -- if it creates the wto resolvent -- resolvement. and sanctions and other roles, we agreed that the russian government can adopt a government on decision which will create a certain rule for exporters, people who export meat to my country, to apply, and cancel the decisions which would be against american meat coming to my country. there is a special proceeding of appeal and how to cancel the legislation which is against the importing from other countries, including the states. and the other issues relating to special equipment, i need to speak more with my colleagues with special security equipment and so far. and then we have state-owned enterprises, which is the most diff

i think americans understand that.o, i think, as i said before, when principal demands, i think the purpose of the opposition is to oppose. of what comes to government-run insurance that could lead to a takeover of health care, -- when it comes to government-run at insurance, i think millions of americans appreciate the opposition that republicans and some democrats in congress have been providing. tavis: why can't we get bipartisanship on this issue? if everybody in american agrees that health care is the most broken and needs to be fixed, everybody agrees something is wrong with health care, unless your party is deliberately being obstructionist and difficult or unless one of your colleagues tried to make this president obama's waterloo, why cannot we get bipartisanship on an issue that everybody agrees has to be addressed? >> i do not think that is a naive question, it is critical. it is a question we have been asking since the first of the year, tavis. we passed the so-called stimulus bill and no republican proposa

i don't think he still has made the case to the american public and the american public isn't focusingthis nation building argument win? >> i've heard it from david, i've not heard from barack obama saying our mission in afghanistan is nation building and we're not doing that. if we're in the province we should be elsewhere if our plan is counterinsurgency. >> the reality is it you don't do nation building in afghanistan at least from the point of view of the administration right now, you risk al qaeda and you risk them coming back over the border. chris: there is a column written about americans staying in afghanistan to build up a better afghanistan, a better country. >> you can certainly make that argument. the question is how long are we big to -- are we willing to stay and at what human cost. david's point is right about the counterinsurgency ratio but in order to meet the level it would be 500,000 troops and that wouldn't happen. >> moat would be afghan stance. chris: can he prosecute the war without democratic support? it doesn't look he has anymore. >> the depements are angry a

putting american cia agents in direct danger. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. you will remember the valerie plame situation where the former cia operative was publicly named in a weapons of mass destruction controversy. remember that? well, led by nbc news and the "new york times" the left wing media went news and ultimately scooter libby, a top advisor to vice president cheney was convicted of a crime. now we have a situation far worse and the left wing media is silent. a group calling itself john adams project affiliated with the aclu is secretly photographing cia agents and showing the pictures to suspected terrorists at guantanamo bay, among other people. it's hard to believe, i know, but it's going on. activist lawyers joshua dratel nina ginsburg edward mcmahon three members of the group putting cia members in danger. factor producer caught up with ms. ginsburg. >> ms. ginsburg hi, i'm with the fox news channel. you are putting cia lives in danger. >> you need to talk to the people at the john adam

larger american community.t is how we will build a new foundation for our economy that shares prosperity. that is how we will take up the cause for freedom and justice and equality in our time just as earlier generations of americans took it up in theres. and remember as george wide bid for well to congress. the last african-american to serve their fourth quarter of a century. remember the taunts and the threats and the attacks made by whites. brave by chisholm. remember all that they did and so many others did to make it possible for us to be here tonight and to make it possible for you to be here tonight and to make it possible for me to be here tonight because i know that if we can act as they did with the same sense of unity, the same sense of possibility, the same determination, the same sense of purpose, that we will not only help america's peoples live healthier lives, we will not just help america's children live out their dreams, but it will be said of us as it was set up our forbearers that when the n

and what it is to be an american. as long as we draw breath, we will remember those who asking nothing other than to live their lives in peace were brutally murdered by men without conscience or mercy. let those who remain be steadfast, be courageous and live lives worthy of their great sacrifice and thereby honor their memory. with that, mr. speaker, i would like to reserve the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady reserves her time. the gentleman from california. mr. berman: i'm pleased to yield three minutes to the distinguished chairman of the house armed services committee, mr. skeleton. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. cancel cancel -- mr. skelton: >> mr. speaker, eight years ago on september 11, 2001, this chairman beer was empty, the capitol was evacuated, the pentagon was burning, the twin towers in new york lay crumbled and almost 3,000 of our citizens were dead. we can never forget them and we should never forget what we owe them. today, we will

there is no reported case in american history of a child in an american public school staying up late with a flashlight under his blanket reading his history books. >> [inaudible] >> we have a lot of homes cool customers reject home schooled customers. you cannot do better than that faculty. not every teacher is a parent, but every parent is a teacher. >> ibm e-mail and phone calls every day -- i get e-mail and phone calls every day. friday i got a call from a home school mother who said she has been home schooling for 12 years, and these were the best material she has ever seen. it happens every day. we will help any way we can. if you cannot help us get into stay home and school associations, we would welcome that. >> this is our country, and our kids should know it. they should know the reasons that we love it. when they hear the story, they will love it, too. this is the country in which they will live, though, mary, and raise their families, for 95% of them. this is the country they may be called upon one day to serve and defend. this is the country they may one day be called on

all lot of this history is not african american history, american history. their is a letter that benjamin banner wrote to thomas jefferson in 1791,nd basically thomas jefferson at the time was the secretary of state, and benjamin banneker was this accomplished astronomer who, you know, helped plan the blueprint for the nation's capitol. he was this accomplished man. he published annual almanac's that predicted crops. so he was this accomplished man. he was making, it. i can go on and on about his accomplishments. here with thomas jefferson insisting that african americans were inferior. still the right this minute that should be a part of our education begins he is basically appealing to him as an american and as a scholar, as the christian. he is saying, yakima my skin is as black as night, but i'm equal. how could you see otherwise? we are equal. sure, we are integrated. some y don't see, you know, as in full flower. theñr potential is there. he sends in his almanac. the need for me to help fill in that information deficit and to think you have people who

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that's been a problem for the president with all americans including black americans so far. >> pam, you were there quite a bit. you know the people inside the white house. is there a sense of stumbling, of slipping, when you talk about his inner circle, say, obviously a couple of people in dealing with the race issue? >> they never describe it that way, no. in dealing with the race issue, because basically, every day, robert gibbs says this is not an issue in the sense that the president understands who he is, understands that the issues on his table are far larger -- >> you say that every time he comes to the table. that cannot be the case. >> that's what they say, but i think they had a great learning experience with the gates situation. that comment that he made i think drove the conversation to them being so careful now. >> let me take a break. we'll continue our sdofrgs right after this. >>> the president got asked a question on the spot and he reacted like a lot of black men in this country. well, of course, it was race. of course the police officer acted wrong. well, of cours

and militarily, the american war plan is also in limbo.the generals have to go back to d.c., they need more troops. they need to look at how they're fight thing war, and they need to rethink it. so all of this while the taliban is growing stronger. it's know all eyes on the white house. is president obama ready to step up to fight this war, anderson? >> yeah, a classified strategy assessment has been given by general mccrystal to president obama for him to look at. very likely in the coming months, or maybe even weeks, there may be an increase for u.s. forces here in the country. more from michael ware throughout the week. we're letting you hear from american troops here in afghanistan. we posted other messages from them on our website. logon to ac360.com to see those right now. >>> ahead on "360," we showed you what it's like for the marines here. now it's dr. sanjay gupta's turn. we'll snow you where he and his team try to get some rest. >>> images from a galaxy far, far away. incredible photos from the hubble space telescope you have to

americans have flooded our offices with letters and telephone calls about this conceptual bill, and americans are talking about health-care reform with their friends and neighbors. this bill will impact every american, and i believe they will realize it. changes will be coming to the type of health-care coverage they have and the amount of taxes they pay. the bill is too big and too important for us to rely on conceptual language and a preliminary analysis of the costs. the amendment gives us the chance to be transparent with what we are doing. it simply requires the committee to have legislative language and the final costs of public for three days, only three days, before the committee can vote on final passage, so let's go through all the amendments and it to a point where we are finished and about ready to vote on the final passage of this bill, and then, let's take a minute to get the legislative language and cost analysis finalized. let's posted on the website some members of congress and members of the public can actually read it, and then vote on final passage. quite frankly, i think

the cost of health care to americans, to american businesses, and the cost to americans of their government, which is spiraling out of control in debt because of the cost of health care. we are spending 17% of everything we produce in this country, and we produce 25% of all the wealth in the world year in and year out, on health care -- twice as much on health care as a percentage as most industrialized countries. if we don't reduce cost, we will bankrupt the government and make health care unaffordable for most americans. so, mr. president, the president of the united states was right to say that he'll not sign a bill that increases the deficit, since that eliminates all of the legislation that the democratic congress has produced so far, i hope that we will now take republican advice and start over and get it right. and a good way to begin would be for the president to send us a health care reform bill that not only doesn't add to the debt but that begins step by step to reduce cost to the american people and to the american government and by taking those steps we can reearn the trust of

american dream.ow, we can't do that if we go back to that old economy. over leverage banks and inflated profits. maxed out credit cards and bankers getting multimillion-dollar bonuses. an economy of pebbles and bursts. your wages and incomes, stagnant while corporate profits soar. so even as we recover from the recession. and work to cut the deficit, we have to build a new foundation for prosperity. we need an american with a reform n financial system. we have to have regulations to protect consumers to never have a crisis again. i want to bail out anymore banks and we've got to make sure we have regulations in place to prevent it ch. . and america where energy reform creates green jobs that can never be outsourced and frees america from the grip of foreign oil. an america that committees to education. because the country without education today will outcome pete us tomorrow and best jobs go to the best educated. we got to do a better job educating our sons and our daughters and yes, i'm going to hav

all of us are americans who love this country. we're all patriots. we're all americans.. the easiest way to get on television now is to be really rude. the easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame it so be rude to member. the easiest way to get 15 minutes on the news or your 15 minutes of name is to be rude. just say something rude and outrageous. sean: all right. joning us now from washington is the author of the brand-new book "what americans really want, really" pollster frank lutz. he's reading a script, he just memorized the script this time. he didn't need the teleprompter, he memorized it. >> that's incredible. i've seen him do this to politicians before but never seen anything like that, sean. it's almost robotic. and there's a reason why he cannot do -- he didn't do fox news sunday, chris wallace would not have let that happen. chris wallace would have knocked him off his talking points and forced him to answer real questions about the real details and he didn't want it. he uses the excuse of the fox broadcast network didn't let him on and yet fox news -- i give yo

and native born americans.resident obama has promised no new taxes on middle class americans but the healthcare reform plan released today by senator max baucus today could blow that statement out of the water. jim angle explains. >> 60% of the new revenues in the senate plan come from one provision, a new tax on insurance companies that provide high-end healthcare policies, not the people that receive them, just the providers. >> the real game at the end of the day, to simplify it is, they have to pretend that they're getting money out of somebody who is not a voter. >> such as an insurance company. most analysts say the effect will be the same, because the cost will be passed on. >> of course we know that will just make it more expensive, pass that price right on down to either the employer paying for the coverage or the individual paying for part of it or us paying for all of it. it is all appearances t is about who sends the check in to the treasury, but it's not about the economics. it is the same policy.

economy, certainly not american businesses, and definitely not american families, can afford that type of cost. so this is the biggest challenge, but also the biggest opportunity we have ever faced in this country and i'm so glad not just being in congress, being able to work on this incredible endeavor, but also that the american people are so engaged in the process because when the american people pay attention, the american people will respond. and they are responding with their input, with their reactions, and i think ultimately they will respond with their wholehearted support of the reform that we are engaged in. i would just offer the floor to my colleague if he has any closing remarks. and then we'll surrender our time. mr. perlmutter: i thank my friend. i thank for him hosting this hour. for me the status quo is not an option. we have to act. because there are things in this system, the health care system, the way we finance it through -- we need insurance reform because there are things that are broken. we need to fix what's broken. we need to improve what's working. and we n

it's not just a question of american energy, it's a question of american power. >> larry: war got mentioned tonight in that speech, and that's where anderson cooper is, the site of war, in helmand province in afghanistan. what's up tonight, anderson? >> we have breaking news out of afghanistan tonight. a "new york times" reporter freed in a daring helicopter assault by british forces. one soldier was killed. details on that. also, what u.s. marines here are at patrol base jaker are up against. we'll talk to marines on the front lines who are fighting this war. and a very difficult situation it is. dr. sanjay gupta is with the so-called dustoff crew, an elite medical crew called in. to save critically wounded civilians and servicemen. every second counts, most of the time they have only one hour to save lives. we'll show you their work. and we'll be covering the president's address to congress. did he convince americans that health care reform was needed? we'll have new poll numbers. those stories and a lot more live from afghanistan tonight, larry. >> larry: thanks, anderson. that's 10:00 e

our values are american values.ause] they are not rooted in pop psychology, feelings, or emotion. they are rooted in the wisdom and experience of our founding fathers and the faith and wisdom that they brought forward in the defining moments of this nation. so we need to remind each other and remind our fellow citizens about the importance of those values, why they exist. part of that is educating, raising awareness. let me give you a few examples. at every turn, at every gathering, we should start with first things first, by thanking and acknowledging god. [applause] in minnesota, we do this in a variety of ways, with prayer breakfast and other faith gatherings and public proclamations about the importance of faith in our lives. this is not politically incorrect or politically sensitive. this is what our nation was founded on. it is in our founding documents for the united states of america. there are many, many examples of that. let me give you one that is particularly elegant. in the preamble of the minnesota con

we can only tell you that american 11 and american 77 have been identified by american airlines two of the planes involved in the incidents today. >> hijackings are scattered somewhat around a fairly wide area and we have to remember two planes did arrive at the world trade center within 18 or 20 minutes of each other to again point out the coordination of this attack. we're going down to nbc's tim russert who is standing by with more information. tim? tim? apparently tim can't hear us. >> obviously, people are scrambling to get as much information as possible. tim? >> i can hear you now. can you hear me? >> yes. give us your information. >> i've been speaking to the chairman of the house intelligence committee porter goss and we are trying to get him on the telephone here and continue our conversation on the air. he told me that he was on the phone with house speaker hastert about the situation when a code red was declared on the hill that the speaker has moved to a secure place because he is in line of command of our national leadership. congressman porter goss, the head of the intel

it affects every american in a very personal way, more americans have been engaged in this debate than any issue in decades, and so there's room to work together, but i first believe that we've got to just take this big-government option, this big-government plan and move it to the side. let's talk about what we can do to make our current system work better. then we'll have some grounds on which to build. >> senator graham, this is the cover of the week magazine. it's got a statue of your colleague from south carolina joe wilson and says "mad as hell, what's driving the passionate backlash against obama." do you disagree with your colleague here? has this gotten out of hand? >> well, let me talk about the tone. i wish the president had been the way he was in your interview in the joint session. what joe did was unacceptable and it was not proper and we all said that, including joe, but what the president did today is changed his tone. when he came to the house, he was very combative, i thought. we're not bickering. he accused people of demagoguery who objected to his plan. he basically

his latest book is called "what americans really want, really." me start with the obvious question, which is, do aericans know what they really want? i could spend half an hour debating you we did not really know what we want, but i digress. >> we know what we want. the problem is we are hypocrites. we want things that are competing against each other. we want government services, but not the taxes. we want to right to choose everything from health care to automobiles, but we want someone else to help us make those choices. we are a conundrum of the population that has so many internal conflicts. that is one of the reasons we are so frustrated. we want somebody things and we cannot get at all. tavis: based on what? >> a lot of it is based on government. there really is hostility toward washington right now, toward wall street. i am sure some of them watched the show, people who make millions of dollars at the same time they are laying off thousands of workers. there is hostility toward hollywood and culture. we feel like we're losing control. the

major american corporations joined hands with key international partners and individual american donorsmolds and metal alloys were created that would form the 184 individual benches on display throughout the memorial. steel fired at over 3,000 degrees would ultimately be crafted into individual tributes designed last for generations to come. as would be expected, every detail of the pentagon memorial is deliberate and helps tell a part of the overall story. >> right off the bat we decided to try to figure out a way to invite interpretation; put enough clues, enough hints and clues into this place that would make one pause for a second, and a place to just contemplate. the act of contemplation at this place is, in and of itself, a way to pay respect. >> the memorial consists of 184 individual cantilevered benches perched above a shimmering pool of water, each bearing a single victim's name. >> a hundred and eighty-four unique individuals lost their lives here going about their daily lives, and we wanted to really emphasize both the individual nature of each of those people, as well as th

the american people want better. the american people want less politics and more jobs. they want congress to set aside petty partisan politics and come together to take action to get this economy moving again. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from south carolina. mr. pence: i urge my colleagues to vote no. mr. boehner: i yield the gentleman one additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one additional minute. mr. pence: last wednesday was not a good day in the house. but today is worse. today we see politics overwhelming this institution. the american people are tired of it. so let me say again, without the didn't of the gavel, i urge my colleagues to vote no on this resolution, put attention back on the work that the american people sent us here to perform and that is to serve the interests of their families and the interests of this nation with everything we've got. i'm with joe. vote no. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from south carolina. mr. cl

the cost of health care to americans, to american businesses, and the cost to americans of their governmentwhich is spiraling out of control in debt because of the cost of health care. we are spending 17% of everything we produce in this country, and we produce 25% of all the wealth in the world year in and year out, on health care -- twice as much on health care as a percentage as most industrialized countries. if we don't reduce cost, we will bankrupt the government and make health care unaffordable for most americans. so, mr. president, the president of the united states was right to say that he'll not sign a bill that increases the deficit, since that eliminates all of the legislation that the democratic congress has produced so far, i hope that we will now take republican advice and start over and get it right. and a good way a good way to begin would be for a president to send health care reform bill that does not add to the debt and began step-by-step to reduce costs to the american people and to the american government, and by taking those steps, we can relearn the trust of the amer

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it's going to make us feel good as americans.real reagan feeling the conservatives used to have in the '80s. an independent study found the games would create $22.5 billion in economic development. between 2011 and 2021, if 315,000 jobs, at the least, maybe up to a million jobs. bring in congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois whose district includes parts of chicago. congresswoman, how great would it be for the united states of america to get these games and do you think the president is overstepping his bounds by going to copenhagen? >> you know, if you think about 315,000 jobs, that's more jobs than were lost last month. this is an incredible development tool for us. besides, as you said, ed, come on, let's not be party poopers. the united states of america hosting the summer games would be a huge boost economically, but also i think just in our spirit and chicago is the perfect place. you're from the heartland. you know that we're a city that is a welcoming place for people from all around the globe who choose chicago at the

the american people want better. the american people want less politics and more jobs. they want congress to set aside petty partisan politics and come together to take action to get this economy moving again. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from south carolina. mr. pence: i urge my colleagues to vote no. mr. boehner: i yield the gentleman one additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one additional minute. mr. pence: last wednesday was not a good day in the house. but today is worse. today we see politics overwhelming this institution. the american people are tired of it. so let me say again, without the didn't of the gavel, i urge my colleagues to vote no on this

that is how we make life better for the african-american community and for the larger american communityat is how we will build a new foundation for our economy that leaves lasting shared prosperity. that is how we will take up the cause of freedom and justice and equality in our time just as earlier generations of americans took exception theirs. remember what it was like for george henry bright in the early days as he was bidding farewell to the house of representatives. remember the talks and the attacks braved by him, braved by shirley chisholm. remember all they did become also many others did to make it possible for us to be here tonight. to make it possible for you to be here tonight. to make it possible for me to be here tonight, because i know that if we had the same sense of unity and possibility, the same determination, the same sense of purpose, then we will not only help america have a healthier lives for our people, it will be said of us as it was said about our forbearers that the need was great, the moment was hard, the odds seemed to be against us, we did our part to hel

i have the privilege of serving as the american board chair of the american hospital association, representing 5000 hospitals and other health care organizations. the people of our hospitals are fully committed to reform because we see every day how good our health-care -- are health care system can be and how much room there is for improvement. we commend the house committees for taking a major step in this direction by expanding health- care coverage for the uninsured. it was, meaningful reform first and foremost expands coverage to at least 95% of all those residing in the united states. achieving this goal requires the shared responsibility among all stakeholders. this includes an individual mandate, employer responsibility, and governments assistance for those who need it. we acknowledge that 100% coverage is unlikely. there always will be some who fall through the cracks and we appreciate that funding mechanisms such as disproportionate share hospital programs are preserve to continue to act as a safety net for those individuals. we applaud the the legislation restricts the ability of ph

speaker, of how the american people feel. i would like to submit the balance of this for the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. ms. jackson lee, for what purpose does do you rise? the gentlelady from texas. ms. jackson lee: to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i'm delighted to see you leading today and thank you for your leadership. on just a moment of good news that tells the american people that their government is working, i look forward to holding my job fair number two in houston, texas. where it's been noted that houston has the highest unemployment rate of our state, the state of texas. at the georgia brown convention center in conjunction with the city of houston where we will be hosting private employers, local government, and state and federal government because the stimulus dollars are working and american people want us to create jobs. then we'll have

i think the moloch -- american taliban party. i think the mullahs are steering the country to a revolution and i would like to see it stopped. host: are they staring us to revolution or are they illuminating diversity of opinions? caller: i think they are staring people into a fervor so there would be a revolution. host: in the time magazine cover story, mglenn beck describes his program as a fusion of entertainment and indictment. here's more from his show. >> the french media, as i now call what used to be the mainstream media f mainstreamringe media. they just touch on things, they don't see the big picture. here we try to connect the dots and tell you what it means to the other. let me give you an example. just a few of the stories we have done. first, the van jones story. to the fringe media, it was barely a story and when it was reported it was disconnected from anything else, just the green jobs guy that was an 9/11 truceer -- and why would anyone attack a poor man trying to create clean energy jobs? it was about a radical

frank has asked that question to thousands of americans and he is going to tell us what americans reallyt. that's next. d >> if you want to know what is on the mines of americans. year in and out he talk to americans and gets to the heart of what is on in our minds. what people really want. really. frank lonz is here. frank, great to have you here. your book is a fascinating insight in the american psyche and one of the things that intrigue me. methodology. one thing to know what americans are thinking that. how do you know? >> if you talk to a million people on telephone and face to face and e-mail and sessions like these. this book is a poll. 6400 people responded over's four month period to questions about value, moreralit. government . employment and religion. what i tried to do for an audience like this is give the play book for what americans really want to make their jobs more satisfactory and make government work better. if you want to know the language and what is frus straighting to me. town hall meetings and passion eight emotion and is not effective. what to say in the town h

they believe in the quality of american products, and they believe in american lifestyle.they want our products. they don't want chinese product. it's our fault as americans that we exported or jobs. so really, get back to making in america and let's build the economy together. we can resolve many issues that we are faced with from health care, education, you know, all of that. really, what we need is more jobs. that's what really every american is looking to build the economy. that's what everybody's talking about. what can we do without money? what can we do without manufacturing? what made america the greatest? manufacturing. what is making china greater than us? manufacturing. >> we have to leave it there. we love your enthusiasm. >> we go back and borrow the money from china. >> we love your enthusiasm for the subject on a labor day weekend, no less. clearly you're very passionate about this. you referred to yourself as the richest hairdresser in history. we're very pleased to have the richest hairdresser in history joining us on the program. thank you so much. this i

if you take the kid the american disabilities act -- take a look at the american disabilities act, it to a while to get to a place we could pass it. the social security amendments o 1983 -- of 1983 were pretty much the same. we had things that nobody li ked. think we ended every interest group in america which many think it was good legislation. it ended with strong bipartisan support. we thought it would be even later than 2017 we finished the bill. there is something in it for both parties. president obama can say the democrats have pushed through the bill while republicans sat on the sidelines. i hope that is not the case. there is dangerous -- a danger in that. if i was president -- and is not like i did not try it nine times -- [laughter] i would like to know there is bipartisan support because it sends a message to the american people. they know -- bear smarter than -- they are smarter than we give them credit for. i think it is in the president's interest to be bipartisan. i think republican, is in their interest to be bipartisan. we do not have the numbers. we are not going to

why not do it the american way. president reagan said every important change in america begins with a discussion at the dining room table. people are talking about this all around the country. we are talking about it today. let us put forward that vision and fight for that vision, and despite the seeming imbalance, we can win on this because america has always been a country that brought about change and fought for freedom from the bottom up. somebody else who understands that, my colleague, and the best lawyer by far on talk radio, hugh hewitt. >> thank you, michael. in this 1.3 million signatures, there are hundreds of thousands of signatures of seniors. i want to pause on that for a moment. seniors are right to be very concerned. you cannot take hundreds of millions of dollars out of medicare and not diminish the quality of care. the president has desserted these seniors, the aarp has desserted these seniors, but the national center for policy analysis has not. and as 1.3 million signatures underscores, if this g