analyst with the golf channel and amy alcott.olfing great and hall of famer. >> larry: we get into it with with our panel, let's check in with anderson cooper who will host "ac 360" at the top of the hour. >> why do americans pay more than canadians for the exact same drugs? president obama vowed to change that, remember? it's not played out that way. tonight we are keeping drug companies and lawmakers and the president honest. also, a custody battle caught on tape. a boy taken off a school bus by authorities begs police not to make him go to his father. authorities did nothing. now the boy and the father cannot be located and a warrant has been issued for the dad. >>> and tiger woods is also m.i.a. even some of his closest friends can't get in touch with him. charles barkley, filmmaker spike lee. tonight they're speaking out about their concerns. that's just ahead at the top of the hour. >> larry: that is 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. doug, you wrote the article for the associated press. was this a vote of your writers? >> no, it

that takes us right to you, amy. very nice segue. does he get even one more vote out of this. >> it's all been, and i think you're exactly right. we've been talking about a lot about terminology and i think that whatever we call this final bill, whatever's in this final package, they're going to call whatever they would like to call it mostly they'd like to call it done. and i think that's the most important piece here when you look at this. the point is getting the 60 votes. we knew there was always going to be the deal making that needed to happen to get something done whether we're going to call it a public option, whether we're going to call it something else. we knew that to craft something it was going to have to get those 60 votes. the concept of a public option that's been demonized for moderates worried about the re-election or worried about being culled out as being overly involved getting the government overly involved in healthcare, worried about those things, they don't want to voted for something -- >> ifill: you just s

amy schatz of "the wall street journal" is joining us, joining in the questioning of mr. levin. we're about 50-odd days away from the national broadband plan being presented to congress, could you give us a status update on that report? >> guest: sure. we have been giving status updates all along. in september we laid out for the fcc kind of what we thought the state of broadband was in the united states. in november we laid out what are the most significant problems we need to deal with, a couple weeks ago we laid out how to think about how to address those problems. and right now we're in the situation where over the holidays we are busy trying to kind of write up our best view of what's in a very, very extensive record, literally tens of of thousands of pages have come in. we've had over 30 workshops where these issues have been debated, we've had a number of field hearings, we've had a number of what are called public notices where we ask people specific questions can, and we're now in the process of taking all that information in, and we'll be talking with the commissioner'

th feel they're on the verge of getting it done. >> lehrer: vge, close, amy? >> they have to get somethg done. the thght that this can drag oumuch longer, i think, for many of these democrats in the nate and quite frankly in t house as well is more problematic to them than having to give ucertain provisions in order get at so-called 60th vote. >> lehrer: we'll getack to lieberman and thmoderates in a mont. buthe liberal democrats, what are ty giving up and how unhappy are th about having to do so? >> wel joe lieberman is defitely part of the story. they're very upset at him r various reason look, when you saw jay rockefeller in that t-up piece, here'somebody who id what i would really want to see is somethg like a medicare buy-in. what we really wted to see was something li a public option lirals recognize this and th have recognized this for some time that getng a bill quires 60 votes. it requires derates who are not fans oa public option. so i thi the question is, how many other tngs can they get from ts to feel good abt it? the other piecof this, too, is th

michael. >> yeah, no, i think amy is exactly right.and the other thing is that you know, what happens to public feeling about government, it goes down when there are big mistakes. after vietnam people said our government made a big mistake in southeast asia. watergate, the same thing. in 2001 there was a feeling after that that our government failed it to keep us safe, obviously on that day in september. but even more than that, 2008 september, our government did not keep us americans safe economically. congress was asleep at the switch. regulatory agencies, certainly the executive branch. and that was such a huge malfunction that i think there will be consequences from that for a long time. >> it was absolutely a meltdown. >> one of the positive consequences of this bad stuff is this was a record decade for political engagement. in 2000, 54% of the eligible elective turned ot. by '04 and 80ee was above 60%. big, big numbers and we also saw that in '06. one of the downsides of the political engagement is the polarization that we've see

. >> larry: amy alcott, do you think character should matter at all in voting for an athlete? >> larry, i think character definitely counts. i mean, that's what golf is all about. it is a game of honor it is a game of character. but this athlete, tiger woods, has taken golf to another level of atlanta let cism, of style. there's nobody really that can compete with him as far as being a golfer. i would beg to say being a horse racing fan that this has been a great year for the women, too, as far as rachel alexander. >>. >> larry: would you have voted for tiger? >> you know, it's really hard not to vote for tiger as far as being the most dominant golfer of the decade. he stepped up to the plate and he has made an impact on golf that, you know, is pretty hard to match. >> larry: doug, what do you make of this whole story, there's never been anything like it? >> it's a surprising that just about -- just about everybody, everybody i have spoken to, everyone who has been around him. i think the reason the fall has been so spectacular is that the rise really has been even more specta

i speak for amy, who was attacked in 1996. she had no hope that her rapist would be ieb dent fied because the rape kit collected yielded very little d.n.a. evidence. amy tried to find piece but her memory but her memory through therapy, antidepressants and alcohol. by 2004, d.n.a. technology had changed. her evidence was retested and revealed the d.n.a. profile of her attacker and has linked him to at least two other cases. amy says in her own words "today i have hope. hestill haunts me. i still have fear, fear but i also have hope and a new purpose. i am also here for those who can no longer speak for themselves. a lab scientist in florida related the story of a rape victim who waited until she could no longer wait anymore. this was evidently a case that had been worked -- they had worked on for some time for the day that a d.n.a. match was made, the scientist went to deliver the news in person to the detective working the case. the detective looked at her with a solemn face but said that's great news but the victim committed

amy says in her own words, today i have hope. he still haunts me, i still have fear, but i also have hope and a new purpose. i'm also here for those who can no longer speak for themselves. a lab scientist in florida related the story of a rape victim who waited until she could no longer wait anymore. this was evidently a case that had been worked, they had worked on for some time for the day that a dna match was made, the scientist went to deliver the news in person to the detective working the case. the detective looked at her with a very solemn face and said, that's great news, but the victim committed suicide last night. unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. it's now time that i would ask you to put your political hats back on because by doing this, it empowers you with the ability to make a real difference. it is within your capacity as a legislator to make sure that these kits are taken off the shelf and reviewed as to ascertain if there is any viable forensic evidence within. can you imagine going through this horrib

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we have duane and amy davidson from the climate group. putting forward a thesis, and i welcome dissent on this but i would argue that we are entering a new age of unprecedented global threats. you may say welcome to the party, paul, we've been there since 9/11. but in this new century i would argue the global threats we have the most focused on, the most urgent global concerns of course terrorism geopolitical threats and the financial crisis and response in the developing a new economic order are not the ones principally judged on with the perspective of 2050 or 2100. they are essential to do with these problems but in nature they are not unprecedented. terrorism has been with us as long as history books have been with us. and if you talk about financial crisis it goes hand-in-hand with capitalism. just need to look back at the tulip bubble centuries ago to know that. so these are not different in nature i would argue though they are essential to deal with. we are, however, confronted in this new century with several trends that do deposi

amy schotts of the wall street journal is joining in on the questioning. mr. we're about 50-odd days away from the national broadband plan being presented to congress. can you give us a status update on that report? >> sure. as we set out in july, we have been getting status updates all along. in september, we laid out for the f.c.c. where we thought the state of broad broadband was in the united states. in november, we looked at the problems we needed to deal with. a couple weeks ago we looked at how to address those problems and right now, we're in the situation where over the holidays we are busy trying to write up our best view of what is in a very, very extensive record, literally tens of thousands of pages have come in. we have had over 30 workshops where these issues have been debated. we have had a number of field hearings, a number of public notices where we asked people specific questions and we're in the process now of taking all that information in and we will be talking with the commissioner's staff and the commissioners, of course, in january, tr

amy's birth changed my whole outlook on life.nded me of the miracle of life and the respect we owe that miracle. the reid bill, as it is currently, does not respect life. but the amendment before us will allow that respect to be given to every american who benefits from the bill. on september 9, president obama told a joint session of congress, "no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions." i agree. no federal dollars should ever be used to pay for abortions. to do so otherwise would compel millions of taxpayers to pay for abortion procedures they oppose on moral or ethical grounds. unfortunately, the reid bill fails to meet that standard set by the president. section 1303 of the bill provides the secretary the authority to mandate and fund abortions. some have questioned exactly how this bill funds abortions. it's quite simple. the bill fund funds abortions th the government-run insurance option and through subsidies to individuals to help pay for the cost of private insurance. both of these options are funded with federal

i speak for amy, who was attacked in 1996. she had no hope that her rapist would be ieb dent fied because the rape kit collected yielded very little d.n.a. evidence. amy tried to find piece but her memory but her memory through therapy, antidepressants and alcohol. by 2004, d.n.a. technology had changed. her evidence was retested and revealed the d.n.a. profile of her attacker and has linked him to at least two other cases. amy says in her own words "today i have hope. hestill haunts me. i still have fear, fear but i also have hope and a new purpose. i am also here for those who can no longer speak for themselves. a lab scientist in florida related the story of a rape victim who waited until she could no longer wait anymore. this was evidently a case that had been worked -- they had worked on for some time for the day that a d.n.a. match was made, the scientist went to deliver the news in person to the detective working the case. the detective looked at her with a solemn face but said that's great news but the victim committed

i recently -- this comes from amy from franklin county. franklin county is the middle of the state, the state capital is located in franklin county. "i recently had two minor surgeries but in the last six months alone, i've had to spend about $4,000 to cover the costs of the surgery. that's about 15% of my income." she said then, "thank you for take a strong stance on health reform." what amy writes about is, you know, when you're spending one-sixth of your gross income on -- on health insurance -- on health care, then, you know, there are -- this is somebody that's work, she's playing by the rules, she's doing everything they can and she got really sick and there wasn't a safety net for her that there should be. our bill will take care of that. our bill says if you've got health insurance and you like it, you can keep t. but you're going to get -- keep it. but in addition, you're going to get good consumer protections, no more preexisting condition, no denial of care that way. second thing, if you're a small business, you're going to get

>> amy christianson? >> to. no. we start add new non-profit about 10 weeks to go. 2 to 10 in three months. >> one of the best interns. >> sam blodgett. he's on full time with us now. >> what's the agenda? >> is there always an agenda? i have no motive. >> what's the mission? >> we represent clean businesses, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and we're creating a 50-state network, so actual businesses don't sign up for us. it's just clean energy professionals in them, business network just merged into us, it just became official, so we're building this chapter structure and we have a c3 and a c4. >> >> so you're a not for profit. >> c3 and pac. >> you should know that this is tim's. >> tim is one creative guy. it was the bus tour. >> i still have nightmares about that, i'm in the bus, i'm in the box. it's like a could 15 with wheels. >> later on when you write your memoirs, that will be up front and center. >> i hope you'll write the foreward. >> laurie or cheryl rights the foreward. >> this is exciting. >> yeah, it

amy put it well.we have 13,000 schools that have been identified under no child's left behind's rubric needing improvement. our work does not end with labeling, identifying a school. it begins with that identification of the need to address the problem, then we need real coherent strategy and an all hands on deck approach to approve achievement in those schools. that's more meaningful school improvement plans, doing more to transform teaching and learning in those schools, doubling down on our investment in terms of resources and support for educators in those schools and also looking at new and effective strategies to improve student learning, looking how we use time and reorganize time in those schools, so students have more time on task, more time for enrichment activities, applied learning, learning outside of the classroom, so the teachers have more time to collaborate and strategize around how to best meet those students needs. certainly we need to address the dropout challenge. you've heard a n

besides the compition from on- li books, store owner amy thomas also rries about privacy of digital boobuyers. >> they ve a right to read without being having their reading recordsubpoenaed for whatever reason. theyave a right to this privacy and we will pe that google will mainin, zealously maintain, dend those rights. >> reporter: pamamuelson is equally sktical of google's privacy polies. e puts her trust in librarie foits part, google says it has been a hugadvocate for user privacy. anti-tst concern copyright law, competition and pvacy are all at issue in flurry of lawsuits, friend othe court briefs and ierest from the department of justice. they will come to head in february, when aederal judge holda hearing on the google case in new york. >> ifill: finally tonit, a conversation about a booyou can hold in yourands-- this one the human cost of the cold war. margaret warner has our ory. >> repter: not long after world war ii, andre d ilona maon were leading glamorous liveas journalists in budapestworking for "the associated press" another western news outlets. but in the 1950s-- as e soviet

amy put it well.have 13,000 schools that have been identified under no child's left behind's rubric needing improvement. our work does not end with labeling, identifying a school. it begins with that identification of the need to address the problem, then we need real coherent strategy and an all hands on deck approach to approve achievement in those schools. that's more meaningful school improvement plans, doing more to transform teaching and learning in those schools, doubling down on our investment in terms of resources and support for educators in those schools and also looking at new and effective strategies to improve student learning, looking how we use time and reorganize time in those schools, so students have more time on task, more time for enrichment activities, applied learning, learning outside of the classroom, so the teachers have more time to collaborate and strategize around how to best meet those students needs. certainly we need to address the dropout challenge. you've heard a numb

his quest to achieve in the senate, amy gardner writes a hugely popular former govern who came to politics after earning a fortune in the cell phone business, warner entered the the taking the national stage. taking to the national change of conservativetism and business know how that helped him win over virginia independents and republicans. but the freshman senator has found himself mainly on the sidelines as congress and president obama have pushed health care reform, spending, and energy measures, without much attention to building a center-based coalition. jeannine go ahead. caller: good morning. host: what's on your mind this morning? caller: i wanted to make two points before actually asking the question about domestic and foreign policy for 2010. actually i'm going to criticize i guess the nearest post where they keep referring to our president as mr. obama instead of president obama and i saw that you just read mr. obama. but people pay attention they keep saying mr. obama and really should be addressed as president obama and my second disappoint if president obama was a constitut

i was wondering what your thoughts were about [inaudible] -- host: amy, you are breaking up. are you still with us? caller: i was wondering what you thought about the innocence projects where so many african-american men are jailed for 27, 35 years, do you think they are victims? even when it comes to latinos, victims of rape, i think even the way it handled by the criminal justice system there is some racial disparity. guest: the issue for us is the victims, focusing on the victims and making sure they get justice because that is the starting point. certainly most victims recognize the need for justice at every level. they want the person who perpetrated against them to pay for that crime. so, things like the innocence project are important. but with a murder every 30 minutes roughly, we have lots of developments there but we have perpetrators that need to be held responsible and accountable. that is our focus specifically, making sure that the millions of victims that exist in our country get justice. host: one of our viewers wonders why is the rate of crime so much higher

amy put it well.we have 13,000 schools that have been identified under no child's left behind's rubric needing improvement. our work does not end with labeling, identifying a school. it begins with that identification of the need to address the problem, then we need real coherent strategy and an all hands on deck approach to approve achievement in those schools. that's more meaningful school improvement plans, doing more to transform teaching andág%gr$)g$r and we have only two-third of our students that are walking across that gymnasium stage and reaching their diploma in four years. that certainly needs to change. then moving into college, we really are focused on doing more not only to open the doors of access to higher education but also to focus on the challenge of persistence and completion. and the president has challenged us all by the end of the next decade to again lead the world in the proportion of college graduates that requires a real change in how we do business at the federal level in t

. >> amy. everything about the table, there are no annie oakley. nobody gets a pass. everybody is in a. congress and the president will make the final determination. but everything has to be considered for our program to have effectiveness or validity. >> just one point is that to establish one of the key things the report suggests is establishing a goal. debt-to-gdp ratio. and what that gives you is a way to say no. it has to be not just good, but good enough to make the cut. we have no way to say know right now, and we don't say no. >> can i have you explain in simple terms, what happens if the debt to gdp ratio continues to rise? what happens to the share of our budget that goes to interest payments, and make it real for people to. >> if you look out at 2019, you can be running a trillion dollar deficit. we are very close to the point where getting new credit card used to pay off the old one. and if you look around the globe, we have seen argentina, we've seen all sorts of countries which are the poster children for letting their debt to gdp ratio get so far out of

the kind of campaign that amy and daniel is describe something mr.spector's way to victory in the primary. when he gets through the primary he has a whole different set of challenges for him running against mr. toomey. gotcha, those with joe sestak i'm sure he is floating his long adherence to liberal principles. and which may be probably is his path to victory in terms of winning democratic primary in pennsylvania. when he gets to the general election against pat toomey he will have to shift gears, not changing who he is or what he believes but changing what he will be talking about next fall. the last note i would like to make about sorth whole nod of communications is the higher up you go in office running for president, running for senate, especially, your candidate has to carry whatever message you're putting out because there is going to be additional news coverage. there is youtube videos, wherever you go. there is so much public information out there, if you're putting out something which is not who your candidate is and what they believe, th

>> amy's job is to keep everything in order. lots of pieces of paper floating around. each case as it comes up, people began to decide and write opinions. tony keeps track of the rest of the world coming in here, which in my case, is quite a lot. people want me to give a talk, the judges, who knows. she is the face of the world. >> standing where you are, you can hear the noise of the tourists down the hallways. you get a sense of not many people ever get back here? >> you don't, because it is a secured area. fewer people come to the building now. when i first got here, a million people a year came to the building. which is wonderful. i think it has dropped somewhat, but that is not who comes to these offices. these areas are kept secure. >> if i am an attorney, representing a client. can i call you up and come visit? >> no. the basic rule of the court system -- that is called ex- party communication. if you have two people suing each other, these two parties are represented by lawyers. the judge should not have anything to do with the lawyers without the other one bei

we're out of time this year, as amy knows, to get anything -- >> oh, there's still another week left.et a chance to do this on the floor this morning. i want to make this statement right from the podium here and then i'll try to answer the questions. when i answer questions, it's not going to be about management questions it's think i think are important. -- worked on. let me say at the helm said that changes never easy. -- at the outset that change is never easy. i intend to vote for cloture and vote for health care reform. on the floor of the senate, in town hall meetings throughout our states and in one on one meetings, we have all heard heart wrenching stories of people who have been left behind, were forced into bankruptcy or caught in the grip of a health care system that just did not work as well as it should have. while each of my colleagues may differ on how to fix the system, i know of no members that would suggest that we don't need to change our health-care system. where we differ, and i say so with great respect to all of my colleagues is in the way, we fix our system. i

memory -- it extends to john mccain over there, extends to senator chuck grassley, debbie stabenow, amy klobuchar, and a whole series of republicans and democrats who have come together to say, do you know what? let's make sure there's fair pricing for prescription drugs for the american people. we're not asking for anything other than fair pricing. and how do you get it? my goal isn't to ask the american people to buy their prescription drugs overseas. my goal is to say, if we allow the american people the freedom to do that, the pharmaceutical industry will be required to reprice their drugs in this country. it's just as simple as that. now, madam president, i know others wish to speak and i -- as i said, i've got a lot to say tomorrow. i'm kind of -- i'm going to go kind of upset about this letter today from the f.d.a., which is, in my judgment, completely bog bogus. i'll read it tomorrow. but, you know, i'm not surprised. i expected this. heard rumors about it. but tomorrow, may hope is with my colleagues, republicans and democrats, we will pass this legislation at last, at long, lo

. >> amy kaslow. i direct the work force economy initiative. you talked about a lot of ways to improve the credibility of the government. into corruption, governments. staggering governmeunemployment. tell us more about this corporation your hoping to achieve, what you hope to accomplish on the ground in terms of job generation. >> very good question. in the name of the joint economic corporation is to make sure overall as a nation are recognized as part of our efforts. in different parts of afghanistan, travels -- it varies very much. it is different in one place compared to another. the aim of the council is to put a lot of focus first and foremost on agriculture. this is an area that has received little attention. we're putting more attention on that ourself. other areas that could create jobs and wealth in afghanistan are mining, seeking more investment in mining will create large-scale jobs and also provide for the sustainability of the economy of afghanistan in. the council will try to put a strategic focus on creating jobs and creating a

i speak for victims like amy who was attacked in 1996. her rape kit yielded little evidence.ealed the profile of her attractive -- revealed the profile of her attacker. she says, today i have hopeç ad a new purpose. i am here for those who can no longer speak for themselves. a lab scientist told a rape victim -- told about a rape çvictim who had -- the scientit went to deliver the news in person to the detective. he looked at her with a solemn face and says that is great news, but the victim committed suicide last night. unfortunately this is not an isolated case. i ask you to put your political hat back on because it empowers you with the ability to make a difference. you need to make sure these are taken off the shelf and reviewed to see if there is any viable forensic evidence. can you enmeshing goingxd throuh this examination only to have the results sit behind locked doors? everything done is to find this person. the guilty is made to return what was stolen to its rightful çowner, but you are powerless o return to a rape victim what was taken from her because you cann

don't know yet to if i am confirmed i suspect one of the first thing said flinch you do is talk to amy to talk about how ina can team with him to get the analytic support that he needs. but as it continues to revolve that it continues to sort out who will do what but i was a cyber security coordinator so i am very familiar with some of those issues. >> ambassador goldberg? >> i agree it is a critical issue and one that inr has taken the lead role in the state department to deal with a critical issue. we are and a state of flux on the cyber issues with the organization because inr has a very large role but some of the issues that may be coming up in the years to come will be diplomatic as well and that is not a traditional inr role. we are organized to deal with thought internal issues in terms of the cyber issues. i have already had a discussion with general alexander about the larger issues involved. it is a very important foreign policy issue as well. we just need to monitor closely and we will. >> on that the second point*, there is a strong bipartisan consensus on the disk committe

his quest to achieve in the senate, amy gardner writes a hugely popular former govern who came to politicsfter earning a fortune in the cell phone business, warner entered the the taking the national stage. taking to the national change of conservativetism and business know how that helped him win over virginia independents and republicans. but the freshman senator has found himself mainly on the sidelines as congress and president obama have pushed health care reform, spending, and energy measures, without much attention to building a center-based coalition. jeannine go ahead. caller: good morning. host: what's on your mind this morning? caller: i wanted to make two points before actually asking the question about domestic and foreign policy for 2010. actually i'm going to criticize i guess the nearest post where they keep referring to our president as mr. obama instead of president obama and i saw that you just read mr. obama. but people pay attention they keep saying mr. obama and really should be addressed as president obama and my second disappoint if president obama was a constitutio

. >> amy's job is to keep everything in order. lots of pieces of paper floating around. each case as it comes up, people began to decide and write opinions. tony keeps track of the rest of the world coming in here, which in my case, is quite a lot. people want me to give a talk, the judges, who knows. she is the face of the world. >> standing where you are, you can hear the noise of the tourists down the hallways. you get a sense of not many people ever get back here? >> you don't, because it is a secured area. fewer people come to the building now. when i first got here, a million people a year came to the building. which is wonderful. i think it has dropped somewhat, but that is not who comes to these offices. these areas are kept secure. >> if i am an attorney, representing a client. can i call you up and come visit? >> no. the basic rule of the court system -- that is called ex- party communication. if you have two people suing each other, these two parties are represented by lawyers. the judge should not have anything to do with the lawyers without the other one bei

we're out of time this year, as amy knows, to get anything -- >> oh, there's still another week left. >> so realistically we won't get it done in the next week. thank you for being -- contractors could be heading into afghanistan. this hearing is just beginning. live on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> i kept coming back to contract in, because the auditor in me was surprised at some of the things i began learning about contracting in iraq. so i went to iraq. and the purpose of my trip was not to do what many senators do when they go to iraq, which is to look at the conflict through the present -- the prism of the military mission, i went specifically to oversee contract in and what was going on with contrasting. i spent more time in kuwait, which would surprise some of you, then i spent in theater. and i had many different things that happened on that trip that are seared into my hard drive. realizations about the lack of coordination and integration between various pots of money. amazing lapse

host: we go to amy from frederick, maryland. caller: hi, good morning. i have a question. i was wondering what your thoughts were about -- host: you are breaking up. are you still with us on the phone? caller: i was wondering what you thought about things like the projects were so many african- american men are in jail for 27 to 35 years. are they victims as well? when it comes to victims like rape and assault, i also think the way it is handled by the criminal-justice system, there is some racial disparity. i was wondering what your thoughts were on that. thank you? guest: the issue is focusing on victims and making sure they get justice, and that is the starting point. certainly, most victims recognize the need for justice at every level. they want the purpose -- the person who perpetrated this against them to pay for that crime. so things like the innocence project are important. but with a murder every 30 minutes, roughly, we have lots of victims there. but we have perpetrators that need to be helpers -- held responsible and accountable. that is our focus specifically,

with all due to try to get something passed in the next year, and we are out of time this year, as amy try to get -- >> they're still another week left. [laughter] >> so realistically, we're not going to be able to get it done in the next week. but anyway, thank you all for being here. i really appreciate all of you and your contributions that you are making with this. and we will do our best and we look forward to working with all of you. thank you. >> thank you. >> with that, the hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i am absolutely confident if the american people know what's in this bill, and if the senate knows what's in this bill, that this is going to pass. >> work on the senate health care bill continues. follow every minute of the debate from the senate floor with late nights and possibly another weekend session. live on c-span2, the only network to cover the senate gavel to gavel, with no commercial or commentary. it updates from reporters and editors of the congressional quarterly rollcall crew. for iphone users, here's the debate with

i speak for the victims -- there was a little dna evidence for amy. she was trying to find peace, but the therapy -- and the drinking, by 2004 the technology had changed. the evidence was tested and gave the profile of the attacker and has connected him to at least two other cases. she says that the day, she has hope. he is still haunting me, but she has a hope and a new purpose. she is also there for people who can no longer speak for themselves. there was a victim who waited until she could no longer wait anymore. this was the case that was being worked on for some time, and the day that the match was made, the scientists went to deliver the news in person. the detective did for a very solemn face and said, this is great news, but the victim committed suicide last night. this is not isolated. it is the time i will ask you to put your political hats back on. this gives the the ability to make a real difference. it is within your capacity as a legislator to make certain that these are taken off the shelf and reviewed to ascertain if there was any fore

we were shocked to find our textbook looked over the tulsa race riots which to me, amy, seems an important subject to discuss. i was wondering what you think is most important to have in a textbook. >> guest: i don't know what is most important but we certainly should have things like race riots. we want to show the good and bad. there is -- >> host: did you include the tulsa ressa try it? >> guest: i think i did you better look. it's been awhile since i wrote those books. but the -- it's really tough to decide what to put in and also makes a difference -- this is a high school student who called? >> host: yes. >> guest: there is an educator, kiran egan, we don't have enough philosophers, she's one of them. education was good enough for a plateau and rousseau and motang. we should have good minds in the field, and kiran is one of them and makes the point that elementary kids are very different from middle school kids from high schools, and so the way that we present history needs to be different. i've written mostly for elementary and middle school kids. i think that you need a positive hi

and beginning with frank machioralla, chuck clampton, todd spangler, amy moeg le r. jay closom, patty delaschu. along with paul williams of senator hatch's staff made a significant contribution to the bill. while again there was division on a partisan basis, i want to thank them for their efforts. they put in long hours as well, and i want to thank them. on that note let me say before getting to the substance of my remarks, i chaired the senate banking, housing and urban affairs committee, and we've been working diligently. in fact, today, mr. president, my good friend and colleague from alabama, richard shell pweurbgs and i spent about -- richard shelby and i spent about an hour or so again and five or six republicans and democrats on that committee spent about an hour together as we have every day over the last several of weeks trying to fashion a bill on services reform that we hope to present to our colleagues here on our return in january and february that will deal with the catastrophe that's occurred economically in our nation. and my hope is as a chamber here

thanks to the efforts of maria cantwell and my colleague amy klobuchar and others, for the first time ever we will include what's called the value index in the medicare payment structure. doctors and states that provide high-quality care at a reasonable cost will no longer be punished for that. instead they will be rewarded for being effective partners in their patient's care. the bill also calls for all health insurance companies to use a single, uniform standard for claims. just like we do now in minnesota and which will save our state $60 million just this year. there are lots of ideas, and we just don't know which ones yet will work the best. but the point is that all the key elements are here in this bill. one program in the bill that i'm particularly proud of is the diabetes prevention program at c.d.c. i worked on these provisions with my republican colleague, dick lugar, from indiana, who is a hero of mine. the diabetes prevention program is based on what we learned in minnesota and in indiana. prediabetics can avoid becoming diabetic if they get access to community services l

. >> my name is amy. i'm a first year master student. no campaign experience. i consider myself a leaning democrat. and i took cmi just because of its reputation. >> my name is dan. i'm from san francisco. i'm a first-year master student. i'm a democrat. and, yeah, i'm here for cmi's reputation. it seemed like fun. >> okay. >> my name is adam levy. i'm a senior at american university. as far as -- i originally hail from princeton, new jersey but i live in virginia and i took every clasp a.u. takes on campaignses and elections and the most recent one was rob engel's voting class in which he instructed me to take this class if i wanted to live. and i consider myself a very he closed-minded independent. and when i -- i currently work for an organization called upt strategies based out of new jersey that have campaign managers for hire which i do speechwriters. >> rob engel was the first instructors of cmi and he knows this class very well. [laughter] >> i'm colin. i'm from massachusetts. i'm a republican. not a lot of campaign experience. i took elections and voti

amy wilkins is vice president for governor -- government affairs and communication at the education trust expertise and advocacy skills comes from her work in the children's defense fund, the democratic national committee, the peace corps and the white house office of media affairs. and our final panelist will be dan cardinelli, the president of communities and schools incorporated. the nation's largest dropout prevention programuition operations in 26 states and the district of columbia. and under his legislation, the organization has developed and appraised -- embraced an evidence-based model of integrated student services. and we're going to begin with governor wise. >> thank you very much. thank you very much, mr. chairman. and i just have to say, i spent years trying to get to this seat right here and never made it, so thank you very much, in one afternoon i've been able to get to the seat next to the chair. it is a privilege to be here and once again in a forum that you've called -- you've been a leader on this incredible, incredibly important issue, and i just want to point out in

. >> amy kaslow. i direct the work force economy initiative. you talked about a lot of ways to improve the credibility of the government. the government. into corruption, governments staggering governmeunemployment. tell us more about this corporation your hoping to achieve, what you hope to accomplish on the ground in terms of job generation. >> very good question. in the name of the joint economic corporation is to make sure overall as a nation are recognized as part of our efforts. in different parts of afghanistan, travels -- it varies very much. it is different in one place compared to another. the aim of the council is to put a lot of focus first and foremost on agriculture. this is an area that has received little attention. we're putting more attention on that ourself. other areas that could create jobs and wealth in afghanistan are mining, seeking more investment in mining will create large-scale jobs and also provide for the sustainability of the economy of afghanistan in. the council will try to put a strategic focus on creating jobs

. >> my name is amy. i'm a first year master student. no campaign experience.ing democrat. and i took cmi just because of its reputation. >> my name is dan. i'm from san francisco. i'm a first-year master student. i'm a democrat. and, yeah, i'm here for cmi's reputation. it seemed like fun. >> okay. >> my name is adam levy. i'm a senior at american university. as far as -- i originally hail from princeton, new jersey but i live in virginia and i took every clasp a.u. takes on campaignses and elections and the most recent one was rob engel's voting class in which he instructed me to take this class if i wanted to live. and i consider myself a very he closed-minded independent. and when i -- i currently work for an organization called upt strategies based out of new jersey that have campaign managers for hire which i do speechwriters. >> rob engel was the first instructors of cmi and he knows this class very well. [laughter] >> i'm colin. i'm from massachusetts. i'm a republican. not a lot of campaign experience. i took elections and voting behavior with you and