arizona law is constitutional. president calderon just doesn't want the law enforced. he wants open borders so illegals can illegally come to america. and by the way, hypocritical mexico enforces its own immigration laws but doesn't want us to do the same. president calderon should not meddle in u.s. affairs. if the feds joined the lawsuit against arizona, it will be mexico and the u.s. government vs. arizona. ironically, mexico and the u.s. government together will be arguing against border security and public safety while arizona will be arguing for the basic right to protect its citizens. isn't there something wrong with that concept? and that's just the way it is. .

arizona law forbids such a thing but the president allegations such a thing. either the president misinformed the people or he hadn't read the bill. i'll opt to the side of he hadn't read the bill. i hope that's the case. and then we had the president -- let me say eric holder, the attorney holder, alleged there could be a profile that would bring about discrimination against people. durns out that even though i asked eric holder before the judiciary committee, you have been charged by the president of the united states to use the force of the justice department to go against the arizona law, s. 1070 by senator russell pearce of arizona, that legislation that has been siped into law and enacted on the last day of july of this year, eric holder intends to bring about profiling. when someone says profiling in american society, they don't mean profiling according to whether you are a member of mensa or a sierra club. this is racial profiling. when i say they, people on the left, self-progressed progressives, they mean racial profiling. the president implies, empo

certainly, at arizona is a big part of that. obviously, arizona has taken, because of a lack of federal response, has pointed to state efforts that the president believes could be harmful. the justice department is evaluating that law. look, i do not think you are going to deal with comprehensive immigration reform and the circumstances around the border without dealing with arizona. yes? >> two-porter. seeing governor brewer, out -- is anything actually going to happen? do you expect a follow up with her? she is not going down there? is this going to happen, or are they going to talk a lot? >> what -- and [laughter] what our meetings like in other places? there are few points that she has. she is expressing her opinion on all law and how we deal with -- a lot and how we deal with immigration. she has a view that you have to do with border security first. the president thinks we have to have comprehensive immigration reform. i saw the governor said that -- say that one of the results of the meeting is she thinks there will be be

imgraugs law and bring suiagainst arizona. well, that's what he seems to be doing. there is a -- the a drt mo out there, it's not the exact word for it, it's a draft something, mr. speaker. it's a product of the justice department now, that apparently lays out e parameters by which the justice department would bring suit against arizoo invalidate their immigration law. here's wh i bieve happened. i don't think it can be proven otherwise. the aclu has brought lawsuit against arizona. nd the aclu, along with the s.e.i.u., just name your leftist organization in america thejoined in common cause, they have made these arguments. this lawsuit filed may 17, 2010 , he's whathe aclu and the muslim oup here in america and the seiu and others have brought suit on, against arizona's imgraugs law 1070. it says that it violates the supremacy clause, that's the pre-emption compent of tt. i don't know where, the suit doesn' say where. not that i have found. it says that it also vlates the equal protection clause. itrgues that plaintiffs who a

whe do you stand on arizona's le -- arizona's a lot? do you supported -- arizona's law? do you support it? >> i do support it, because it is not much different than what the federal government has on the books. the kidnap capital of the country is arizona. drug cartels have a final -- have a funnel coming through. a rancher who would help the people coming across at the mortar -- come across the border got murdered. they cannot sit back and ignore a problem that the are having. they may need to have a debate, but thecannot sit back when they have a murder capital,nd if it is only enforcing the laws that are already on the federal books, and the federal government will not do their job, we as a nation that has been able to grow by immigration -- my family came here from the highlands. we have problems with immigration. people cannot t through the system rapidly and honestly. we have a lack border protection. ev during the time of the financial meltdown, people still invested in america. why? because we believe in the rule of law. we believe in treating people fairly. well

it is phoenix, arizona.here sat there and watch the federal government lacks the protection of that border, and almost a funnel directing and. they have asked for the help. janet napolitano when she was governor as for that. they have watched an action by a rancher, who would help people the needed water, get murdered. so when you look at the arizona people waiting patiently for the federal government to act, they cannot sit back and ignore the problem that they are having three baby disperse a great debate and we need to have a debate, but a state cannot sit back when they have the murder capital, they have the right to protect their citizens. it is only enforcing the laws that are already on the federal books, and the federal government will not do their job, we are a nation that has been able to grow by immigration. my family came here from ireland and from england. we have a problem when it comes to immigration. one, the system does not work. you cannot get through it rapidly and honestly. two, we have n

caller: i am interested in the immigration law in arizona. i am a native of tucson and lived there all my life before moving to the wonderful state of washington, and i experienced firsthand the immigration problems in arizona. i have a number of friends, close friends, who are hispanic. most of the ones that i know have come into the country legally, as well as other nationalities that i know that have come into the country legally. i remember as a young girl, my parents lived in the outskirts of tucson, out of the city limits, and we had a little ranch. we would have numerous illegal aliens coming across the border. and my dear, sweet mama would always give them sandwiches and water because it is a rough area to come across the border in that way. i'm very distressed at the way the nation has condemned arizona. you must understand that a lot of the problem with illegal immigration in arizona is condoning of the small businesses in hiring illegals. i recently have worked for a major tax preparation company here in the tri-cities, and some of

that is what arizona did. [applause] that is what arizona did after drug gangs turned phoenix into america's kidnapping capital and washington refused to use its own immigration law to protect its own citizens. what happened is a desperate arizona had no choice but to pass its own version of existing federal law. let me say that again. the desperate people of arizona had no choice but to pass their own version of existing federal law so that they could enforce what washington, d.c. it would not. they saw no other option. but before the ink was even dry on that law washington set out to condemn it. and without doing anything to solve the crisis that forced arizona to pass a law in the first place. you saw it. from house speaker pelosi to senator charles schumer the same political elitists who want to deny your right to protect yourself from violent criminals want to block enforcement of a law that could stop those drug cartels, kidnappers, and killers. ladies and gentleman, it has been reported that two months

an arizona state university forum on education. here on c-span, attorney general eric holder is speaks at the 30th annual convention of the american arab anti- discrimination committee. >> the new british prime minister and party leader david cameron to field questions from members of parliament in this first prime minister's questions at the head of the coalition of government. that sunday night at 9:00 on c- span. >> c-span, are content is available on television, radio, and online. you can also connect with us on twitter, facebook, and you too. -- youtube. >> a preeti now on the gulf of mexico oil spill with incident commander that allen. he spoke with reporters for about 30 minutes. >> he may begin your conference. good morning. we just cut the riser pipe off of the package. they had to use the sheer cutters, which are the ones they did to use the other pipes yesterday. the other saw we are attempting to use was not successful, so we replaced it with the shares which do not have as clean a cut, but we do have a cut now. the nex

the chair now appoint the gentleman from arizona, mr. pastor, to proceed over the committee of the whole. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of h.r. 5297 which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to create the small business lending fund program to direct the secretary of the treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, and for other purposes. the chair: pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as read the first time. general debate shall not exceed one hour with 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the

regarding the arizona law, they do not racially profile. they specifically clarified that with amendments. you have to have reasonable suspicion to be able to search theecar. this is the uniqueness of america. we have checks and balances. we have a court system. when i say the government has a responsibility, i believe in limited government, but i think we have a responsibility to protect our borders. if someone were to search a car, they would only have to do it because of the actions transpiring. we all know that the immigration itself if somebody wants to come here legally is not working. you have to wait seven years. if we are a nation of immigrants, why do we not have a system that works right? why is it that if i send a package through ups, they can track it day or night but i cannot go through immigration and they will not know where in -- where i am? the federal government does have a responsibility. >> that is because the moment they become citizens, they will vote you out. the people who make the laws know that, and that is why th

arizona. excuse me. now, what's going on is, drug smugglers, people smugglers, contraband smugglers occupy these locations on top of the mountains of arizona. some is volcanic. they are shaped like volcanos and come to a point and on top, whether it's a ridge, there is a pickup spot where they can see a intersection coming from two or three different directions and the employees, these are paramilitary armed personnel that are organized as a military force taking positions, strategic positions on top of mountaintops in arizona and take the stones and stack them around like a gunner placement and hunker down and will watch the tratching and they have communications equipment with scram blers so they can talk to their people. we know the free quensies. i have listened to the excited chatter as we fly towards those mountaintops to pick the people off. you can hear the chatter intensify and all of a sudden it goes silent. and that's because they have come off the mountain before they get there and

arizona's immigration law, not having read it, admitting that to john mccain. and michael pose for the taking arizona's immigration law to the chinese. apparently we're a sinful nation because we believe in the rule of law. and john morton, the secretary who is head of ice, immigration and custom enforcement, who remarked when he wasn't committed by -- to handlinggall the people who might be picked up by arizona's officers. this points something that's really hard for government teachers to get this message down to their students. we have student whors juniors and seniors in high school, and you're teaching them government, they may be younner than that, but let's say juniors and seniors in high sschool they might read the paper and watch the news, the teacher will say, we have a separation of powerss we have the legislative, the executive and the judicial branches of government. these are three separate powers. some teachers will teach they're separate but equal, thaa's another hour to talk about it. i don't believe they're equal, but they are separate. to arg

for what purpose does the gentlelady from arizona rise? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, we are entering the heart of wildfire season in arizona. over the coming months, folks in my district will be faced with serious threats to their lives and property time and again, and time and again these threats will be contained thanks to our firefighters. as much as anyone, we in district one know the risk firefighters take to protect our communities. we remember how hard they worked to keep us safe when the rodeo fire forced thousands of arizonans to evacuate their homes. mrs. kirkpatrick: we saw them to battle the boggy fire which they successfully contained south of alpine just yesterday. these brave men and women face incredible danger as a basic part of their jobs. so far this year 34 firefighters have lost their lives in the line of duty. we must honor their service and sacrifice and renew our commitment

and i'm wondering since you were governor of arizona and spent so much time there if you could comment on that. >> i'm sorry. could you just state your name and where you're from too? >> oh, sorry. carolyn presutti with voice of america tv. >> no. >> all right. could we go to the next question? >> listen. questions about whether, how, when or whatever to challenge the arizona law should be addressed to the department of justice. what i'm here saying today is that enforcement along this border in those border states is primarily a federal responsibility that we do that and need more manpower, more technology, more infrastructure to assist. that's part of our plan. we need to be working with that's part of our plan and we need to work with state and local law enforcement. that's part of our plan as well, particularly when it comes to the organizations that are exploiting that border for their own gain. >> no more questions from this side of the room. you guys are in the penalty box. all right. we'll go back to the middle here. anybody with questions in the middle. the gentleman in the fr

is phoenix, arizona. there sat there and watch the federal government lacks the protection of that border, and almost a funnel directing and. they havasked for the help. janet napolitano when she was governor as for that. they haveatched an action by a rancher, who would help people the needed water, get murdered. so when you look at the arizona people waiting patiently for the federal government to act, they cannot sit back and ignore the problem that they are having three baby disperse a great debate and we need to have a debate, but a state cannot sit back when they have the murder capital, they have the right to protect their tizens. it is only enforcing the laws that are already on the federal books, and the federal government will not do their job, we are a nation that has been able to grow by immigration. my family came here from ireland and from england. we have a problem when it comes to immigration. one, the system does not work. you cannot get through it rapidly and honestly. two, we have no bo

president obama is meeting with arizona's gov. jan brewer today to talk about the state's immigration law. that meeting is supposed to get under way at 1:30 eastern and the governor's supposed to comment after the meeting. right about the same time, white house spokesman robert gibbs will be briefing reporters. that is scheduled to start at 1:30 eastern. secretary of state clinton is meeting with her counterpart from india today. the two leaders will discuss u.s.-india relations. we will have live coverage of those remarks starting at 1:15 eastern on our companion network, c-span2. join us later for more campaign 2010 information and events. south carolina is one of the state's looking to elect a new governor. earlier this week, we brought you a debate among the republicans are vying for the seat. today is the democrats' turn. that gets under way at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. this said, oh, my god, t president is going to be in each. -- impeached. woodward said we can never use that word around this news and, lest anyone think w

where do you stand on arizona's le -- arizona's a lot? do you supported -- arizona's law? do you support it? >> i do support it, because it is not much different than what the federal government has on the books. the kidnap capital of the country is arizona. drug cartels have a final -- have a funnel coming through. a rancher who would help the people coming across at the mortar -- come across the border got murdered. they cannot sit back and ignore a problem that they are having. they may need to have a debate, but they cannot sit back when they have a murder capital, and if it is only enforcing the laws that are already on the federal books, and the federal government will not do their job, we as a nation that has been able to grow by immigration -- my family came here from the highlands. we have problems with immigration. people cannot get through the system rapidly and honestly. we have a lack of border protection. even during the time of the financial meltdown, people still invested in america. why? because we believe in the rule of law. we believe in treating people

>> i understand where arizona is coming from. the federal government heretofore has not been doing what they need to do to shore up the border. the new federal law is a horrible law. it will prevent people from seeking to help of law enforcement when they are the victims of a crime. as a domestic violence advocates, we have tried to build up a confidence in law enforcement. this one simple act will take this confidence away. it is a wrong-headed policy. i very much appreciate the president beefing up the border, because that is what has to happen. if you came home tonight and saw water in your kitchen, you would not just mop it up. we cannot support our way out of this problem. you would find the source of the problem before you did cleanup. we have to shore up the borders, whether the physical borders of north and south, our ports, seaports, airports, and thanks for the question. >> any rebuttals on that arizona topic? let's move on. this is a follow up, but goes more into your policies. the nation's immigration law is a constan

and then me go back to arizona. whether it is through the "show me your papers" for the previous cases that we've seen in north carolina, where the local sheriff wanted to get a list of the latino registered voters in his county so that he could go door-to-door and ask them to prove to him, the sheriff, that they were citizens. it sort of where we're going in arizona. you have people in 20 states saying that it is good to go in that direction. it is about a lot more than immigration. this is about who is perceived to be an american, who will be regarded as of voter if they show up to a polling pledgor any other place. and perhaps in this six cents, who is deemed to be a citizen, if you start looking and some of the other challenges we are facing in terms of who is being worthy of being a voter. and so with that, we have education requirements introduced under the guise of emigration and voter fraud, we have been traveling the ability to vote of u.s. citizens. many of them minorities or lower income for the elderly o

i think that is the main problem with this arizona law. everybody is hearing what the other side is saying, this is what it means. if you read the bill, there are so many checks and balances in it, there is no way could happen that way. i am not saying human beings are not going to miss manage it. that could happen, but we have laws to manage it. first and foremost, before you make an opinion, make sure it is your opinion and not somebody else's. it is the government's duty to protect our borders. one thing i wanted to bring up, i am a veteran of the united states army. one of the problems we have with our soldiers and why these wars take so long is because rules of engagement have changed. they have tied their hands. some people are walking into hot areas without ammunition in their guns. that is just ridiculous. you wonder why this goes on and on and on. in world war ii, we had a war where there is a beginning and end. ever since then, it is police actions and no one ever wins, and no one really knows why we are there. one of the main th

churches, bars, and in arizona. arizona, mike ferris state. should remit self., guns in a bar. i cannot begin to formulate a routine because it is too easy. >> translator: the right to bear. >> the second amendment does not talk about individuals. we lost that battle a long time ago. ever since al gore, they say lost the 2000 election because of his stance on gun control, lost his home state of tennessee, no democrat has had the guts to come out. another issue where we do not have to back policies. two parties and one policies. we loved guns. >> larry: why do we love guns? >> having said that, i have again and i am not giving up. there are too many other nuts out there with guns. that is the thing. that is understandable. is a case of no going back. we are such a gun culture and so many people already have guns that you do not want to be in your home if somebody breaks and then they have guns. >> larry: i interviewed an inspector once and he could not believe that anybody would have guns. it was beyond his sense of belief. >> but in england which is to be no gun

and instead a state like arizona is driven to try to protect itself. now, we have got an area down there, wilderness area, in this park, the organ pipe cactus national park, with a 32-mile stretch, the wilderness area, you can't even drive a vehicle, border patrol can't drive a vehicle into that area. helicopter can't land in that area. border pafrol's not allowed to adequately do their job there. how crazy is that? because we've got massive numbers of illegals, some violent, as we found out, coming in there and doing damage and putting our nation at risk and instead we declared it off limits to our own people. you can't keep a country going when you have that little regard for the country's future safety and current safety -- safety. now, it's interesting, too, under the u.s. laws, the border patrol can go into private land along the u.s. border, mexico or canada, can go into -- up to 25 miles away from the border to do their jobs except in this national park area. they're not allowed to go in to do their job there. that's why i've prepared a bill tha

>> i think arizonas policy is wrongheaded. it emphasizes again that the congress needs to step forward and act on comprehensive immigration reform. i have personal experience in dealing with challenges raised by a failed system. when i was at fort bragg in 2005 as a federal prosecutor, everyday people showed up at the gates with false identification. they were looking for work. there were not here legally. we had a hard time getting immigration and customs enforcement involved. had a hard time selling together a proper law- enforcement response -- sewing together proper law enforcement response. we have to step 4. congress needs to get tough on employers abusing the system -- we have to step forward. they need to be tough on border security. i applaud the president for strengthening the border. it has to be fair to taxpayers. right now time part 5 million -- 10.5 million folks here illegally. we cannot deport everybody, but we are a nation of laws. thanks for the question. >> any rebuttals on that arizona topic? let's move on.

the lawmaker will not comment, represent give fleet from arizona, until he has seen the entire report. looking at how the of the papers are covering this issue. here is one concerning the taliban taking u.s. funds. the trucking contractors say they pay as much as $150 -- $150,000 per month to warlords in protection money. let's go to the phones and hear from michael on the democrats' line, in queens, new york. caller: good morning. i have a quick question. can you explain to me why this is the first time that i have gotten through on c-span? every time you see the party lines, why is it that republicans are always on the top line? host: well, do not hang up yet. we do change that up so that republicans or democrats are not given preference. we change it periodically so that one is at the top compared to the other. do you have any comment on this news that the u.s. is indirectly paying the afghanistan war lords? caller:, i am an obama supporter. there is not much that i know much about it right now. but my comment, that is what i was calling about. i guess you are right. host: it is no

in arizona -- arizona, my favorite state, should rename itself whiteyville.a, you know, guns in a bar, i can't even begin to formulate a comedic routine, too easy. >> larry: the second amendment. the right to bear -- >> the second amendment talks about militias, doesn't say anything about individuals. but okay, we have sort of lost that battle a long time ago. and ever since al gore they say lost the 2000 election because of his stance on gun control, lost his home state of tennessee, no democrat has had the guts to come out. again, another issue, larry, where we do not have two policies, we have two parties and one policy. we love guns, we can't get enough guns. lart question is why do we love guns? >> yes, having said that i have a gun and i'm not going to give up my gun. >> larry: why do we love guns? >> because there is too many other nuts out there with guns, larry. that is the thing. people out there are very understandable, sort of a case of no going back. we are such a gun culture and so many people already have guns that you don't want to be in your

and i would think it would be wise before this federal government decides to go to arizona and tell arizona what they should or should not do internally with their laws for the federal government to realize we are cautioning the problem. and for the federal government -- causing the problem and for the federal government to go down there on federal lands and say it is a federal responsibility, the federal government will stand up, the federal government will ensure ttat we have control over this territory, the federal government will stop the worst possible invasion of this country by the people who are trying to do harm. mainly, once again, the drug traffickers, the human traffickers and the potential terrorists. that's what the 10th amendment is about, that's the concept of federalism. we're causing the problem and we're criticizing the local government who is trying to react to it. the local government wouldn't need to do that form of reaction if we simply did our job first. once again, look at the map. that's the territory. everything that's colored. that's an open invitation for people

i applaud arizona for doing that. i'm a co-sponsor of the arizona- style legislation. i will push for it to be that way. the immigration law that they pass two years ago, there was not the first dollar put in the prosecution fund. one more example of how the government passes things and never make sure that they can do what they are supposed to. it's about holding government accountable. had those prosecution dollars been in there, we would not have to worry about an immigration law being proper not. >> the next is for the congressman. >> what bills did you get past to the congress that haae helped create jobs to bring economic development to south carolina? >> part of the bills that i passed was extending the bush tax cuts we keep our federal government that wants to be the nanny state. the of the federal government that wants to come -- tells you who did the and what to be and how to be it. how much you're going to make, and we're going to get to health care. i did washington for the last 7.5 years and i can tell you straight face sitting here tonight that the answer

surly, arizona is a big part of that.arizona has taken, because of the lack of federal response, has pointed to state efforts that the president's beliefs could be harmful and the justice the firm is evaluating that law for further action. i don't think you are going to deal with comprehensive immigration reform in the circumstances on the border without the language arizona. -- without dealing with arizona. >> even after seeing governor brewer come back out, did anything actually get accomplished there? the spec -- do you expect to see follow-up with her? this thing actually happened? -- did anything actually happen? >> maybe i am going to the wrong meetings. there are dewpoints that she has, and they were clearly expressed in your signature on a lot about how we deal with immigration. as was said earlier, she has a point of view that you have to do border security first. the president has to be that we have to have koreans of immigration reform. i saw it -- that we have to have comprehensive immigration reform. i think

arizona gov. jan brewer discussing immigration. following that, admiral thad allen's briefing on the gulf oil spill. legal aspects of the oil spill from an attorney involved in the exxon valdez accident in 1989. >> this president is going to be impeached. woodward said we can never use that word around this newsroom lest anyone think we have some kind of an agenda. the awe of that moment stays with me. >> search for water gate with c- span video laubelibrary. c what other key players have said about the break-in and cover-up. explore washington your way. the c-span video library free online. . . it wasn't clear to some members of congress. it just took a hell of a lot longer than it should have. it was obvious that he was the right -- right man at the right time, a time when we very much need this. now, this is going to be far more traumatic i think for n.s.a. then it's going to be for the nation to have a cyber command. this is an agency -- somebody this morning said, used to say, no such agency, n.s.a., be used to stand for and,

>> i am a co-sponsor of the arizona-style law.e daughter of immigrants who came here legally, we are a country of laws. and when you give up being a country of laws, you give up everything. >> any concerns about enforcement? >> i do, because we passed a bill last year. they turned around and praised the fact that there is a new verify system that small owners have to go through. the problem is that they did not put the first dollar and to the prosecution fund, and still we looked at the stimulus package. that is why not -- that is why government needs to be accountable. we have to go back and make sure that it actually works and that we have reports in place to say how he of any illegal immigrants are here, and what are we doing about it. and the question about what would you do for these jobs that we cannot fill? we need to expand our worker visa program. we need to expand that so that those farmers and contractors and people it cannot fill those jobs, there is a way to do that legally. no amnesty. >> going on to the next questio

and there again, you know, we go back to arizona.ther it is through the show me your papers law in arizona or the previous cases we have seen such as in north carolina, a few election back with the local sheriff wanted to get a list for the latino registered voters in his county so he could go door to door and ask him to prove to him the sheriff that they were exhibiting. it's short of -- sort ofwhere we are goi in arizona where you have between 18 and 20 states where it's a goo hing to go in that direction. it is about a lot more than immigration. this is really about who is perceived to be an american, who is going to be regarded as suspicious when they show up to a polling place or to any other thing. and connected to that of who is deemed to be a american and perhaps in the civic sense, who is deemed to be a citizen, you start lking at some of the other challenges we are facing in terms of who is deemed worthy of being a voter? and so with that we have voter identification requirements which introduce under the guides of immigrat

the secretary janet napolitano has turned her back on arizona. she did not even bother to read the bill. host: the editorial in "the new york times" says another bad idea from arizona. it says they are not satisfied with the shameful new law that would demand racial profiling, politicians are pushing for an law that would deny citizenship to babies born in arizona whose parents cannot prove their legal immigrants -- they are legal immigrants. wanda, on the democratic line, from hawaii. good morning. caller: good morning. this man a couple calls back was talking about budgeting. i was watching it on television last night. it's like really lean, the budget. they cannot fill all lot of positions. we live in hawaii. you have seven islands with seven different counties. everybody has their own net money coming -- their own money coming in. the county wanted to see if the stimulus money that was coming out to separate it from the state and give it to the county, because maui has, i would say, honolulu and maui are the grwowing islands. on kuwai, they a

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the firm started granting permission in arizona back in 2005.t was one of the first cases of trying to use them along the border. what you have is people who pilot these things that can become distracted is like a pilot in the cockpit can become distracted. ground control can become distracted, make an error. in this case, they cut off the fuel to the aircraft. host: were their repercussions? guest: people think, wow, we need safety possibilities because of one crashes in a war zone you do not want that to happen. you do not want to lose the aircraft. you excepted there are a certain amount of risks, but you do not want that to happen in a pivilian area. that is a question with safety issues. on host: this the ntsb plan on having any more forums to look at the as of pilotless aircraft -- to look at pilotless aircraft? guest: if there are more accidents, the ntsb will investigate. i do not think they have anything scheduled right now in terms of forums. when the issues is also the qualifications of the people who control the aircraft. they are go

jan bridge were in arizona, connecticut, hawaii, michigan -- jan brewer in arizona. asking whether or not gender affects your vote at the ballot box. pittsburg, shirley is on the republican line. caller: i was just wondering if maybe women are being elected because all of the scandals that the men have caused, starting with bill clinton. it seems like we had just so many scandals lately with the man getting into trouble with other women and looking for their soulmates, that maybe we are taking more women to leave us. i think maybe that will be the answer to our problems. host: south carolina, and the governor's race, there was a similar campaign suggesting that there was impropriety and the female candidate there that was denied. so it is not just men being accused of these things. caller: yes, my daughter lives in south carolina and she said she did a little research into that and found that maybe some of that was being put upon with the democrats trying to get are not elected in south carolina. host: i guess the question is, as women become more ubiquitous and poli

. >> reporter: kagan also spared at length with arizona republican jon kyl over her past praise of the late justice thurgood marshall. she clerked for him in the late 190s and has written of his approach to the law. >> you said in justice marshall's view constitutional interpretation demanded above all else that the courts show a special solicitude for the despised and disadvantaged. what's unclear to me is whether you agree with justice marshall's view of the role of the court in constitutional interpretation. >> justice marshall's whole life was about seeing the courts take seriously claims that were not taken seriously any place else. so in his struggle for racial justice, you know, he would go to the state houses or he could go to congress or the president and those claims generally were ignored. >> let me just ask you, do you believe then-- and it's hard, i realize that you certainly know... you know justice marshall very well. you knew his reasoning. -- that he would have agreed with justice roberts that if the big guy has the law on his side the gig guy wins and if the little gu

any rebuttals on that arizona topic? let's move on, mr. cunningham. this is somewhat of a follow-up but those more in your policies. the nation's immigration laws are a constant sort of debate these days. what you consider the most important component of comprehensive immigration reform? >> that is a good question, can. their three important components. i would not the one in front of the other. i was just pointing them out. they have to be tough on the borders, talk on employers for misusing the system, and make sure that it is practical and fair to the taxpayers. they are right now paying their fair share, and the people who are here illegally are not. those of the principles that i think we should discuss. comprehensive immigration reform aspect accomplish those. >> miss marshall, we talked what you think is the most important component? >> you have to stop the influx and you do that by strengthening the borders. you also enforce the laws on the books regarding the employers. there simply looking for cheap labor, folks that are coming here seeking

the governor of arizona knows that.t is time we had a governor to stand up and say we are not doing it anymore. we are taking our country back. i am working on a bill with jim demint. south carolina is a donor state when it comes to transportation dollars. for every dollar we send up, we only get back 93 cents. this says that federal government, you take care of the interstates because those are yours. we will take care of the rest. we keep our own dollars and solve our own problems. that is what is states during the states should be the hotbeds of experimentation and freedom. empowering people, not government. the government has a role. that is to set that table. once we do that, we need to get out of the way. >> in this position for eight years, i have done a number of things. one is to protect our precious supply from north carolina taking too much. it is in the u.s. supreme court. we would do the same thing with georgia. i have gotten a lot of legislation passed. going after the wife beaters. we have securities legi

i see my colleague from arizona. i believe it was his suggestion that the human rights effort be a part of this revolution. i thank my colleague from arizona insisting that this sanction's proposal includes very strong language and a message to the iranian people. this is not about them. this is about their government. it's very important, i think, in all of us with our remarks here today to make it clear that we are tremendously sympathetic to what they are going through, and therefore part of our proposal here has strong language that allows us to address or at least to address the issue -- try to address the issue of human rights abuses in tehran. again, mr. president, i appreciate all the hard work. i've mentioned the conferees earlier. my colleague from connecticut, senator lieberman, senator menendez, senator kerry, senator shelby, bennett and lugar from the senate perspective who are part of drafting this bill along with our house conferees led by howard berman of california. i want to extend a special thank y

phoenix, arizona. mack, independent line betty caller: i think we are going into a depression or something like that. it definitely seems like it is getting bad and nothing is improving. so, i think we are. i wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the white population has been decreasing over time. i would like to know if anybody has any information on that. host: long beach, california. alex, democratic line. caller: i don't know if i can comfortably address the previous caller statistically speaking, if you look at the spreads on t- bills, they are no longer inverted. it does not seem at this point we will be heading a double-dip recession. host: talking about treasury bonds? caller: you look at treasury notes generally, they are indicators whether you will hit a double dip recession. the difference between the three-month bill and a two-year bill, the spread, going in reverse, negatively as the curve goes down like it is supposed to go up -- that is a precursor you will go into a double-

that's 1/3 of the private sector according to the arizona state university professor and add to that -- and i don't know what the overall percentage is and i don't want to speculate without some basis of knowledge, but we have 33% of the former private sector taken over by the obama administration now in control of the management or ownership or control of these private sector entities and now we are at 33%. obamacare has passed. that's about a consensus of the counts right at 17.5% of the overall economy of the health care. 17--- 17.5%.%- 18% bus 13% is 51% oo the former private sector activity under the ownership, management or control of the federal government. 51 mrs. what did tyler tell us out of scotland and in summary terrs, when the public understands that they can vote themselves benefits on that day, democracy ceases to exist. here wer we are seeing data that only 47% of the households that 47% of the households zoont pay taxes. 47%. we don't have a number to show us the percentage of individuals. if 47% don't pay federal income tax that tells us we are only 3.0001% away fr

. >> the chair recognizes the chairman from arizona. >> i semele wave my opening statement. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from missouri. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. sullivan. >> i waved my opening statement. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. griffith. >> i want at thank you for calling this important hearing+ today and the witnesses for taking time to come before a subcommittee to discuss drilling in our current and future energy portfolio. our number-one priority must be stopping the flow of oil. it is the job of this congress to do whatever we can to aid and unified command to reach his goal. this is engineering inaction. is not time to put together knee-jerk energy policy that could jeopardize our security in the future. it is imperative that this committee remember that the united states is one of the global eeergy economies, and therefore it must take into consideration that we are only 4% of the world population. if we enact policies that draw drilling and out of u.s. waaers, these companies will not cease to drill. we will ce

will enhance our immigration laws with some common sense additional things like what they did in arizona. we can implement a plan where we train our local and state law-enforcement officers on how to enforce immigration law in south carolina. we are doing it in charleston and buford. it is actually working. destiny. >> you say that workers earn $86 -- $186 million a year. say that we did for all of thee. all of these illegal immigrants, who will fill these jobs? a lot of them are hard labor jobs. >> i hope that they would the south carolinian. the last i checked, it was 11.6% unemployment. we are looking to put people back to work in south carolina. bless them. this nation is a nation of immigrants. we have laws to do that. if you want to come into this nation and do it legally, god bless you. if you or knowingly and wantonly -- if your knowingly and wantonly breaking the law, then we will do what needs to be done and that is to enforce the law of this land and get you out of this date. -- out of our state. . . the problem is they turned around and face the fact that there is not a verif

a second wildfire in arizona has now grown forcing residents to leave their homes. is the second fire to hit flagstaff in the past week. homes north of flagstaff are threatened. police have arrested a man in connection with the first wildfire. they say he was negligent in disposing of some hot coals. 19 people were injured after a fire on a subway. most injuries were related to smoke inhalation. last july, means materials in the subway station caught fire. 20 people are dead, over 50,000 are homeless after the was flooding in brazil. the region has received 14 inches of rain. flooding killed at least 44 people while leaving thousands homeless in the same area. >> most of general motors workers will not get a summer break. the automaker has been forced to shut down over the summer because of low orders. but customer demand is up. gm is aiming for an additional 56,000 vehicles to be produced. for verizon is offering data plans. verizon is expecting a big jump in dated usage as new smart phones entered the market. this is up about 17% from today. the amount of money bp

obama publicly ridiculed arizona. if general mcchrystal is fired for stating his opinion, obama should be fired for stating his. host: also in "the new york times" opinion section this morning, "truman knew he could not set a precedent, and one basic element in our constitution is civilian control of the military." baltimore, teresa on the line for democrats.+ good morning. caller: good morning. everybody does have good opinions, but i do want to say that as far as the general -- if he is not doing his job, maybe this should have been looked at before. he's been in office for some time now. mmybe they need to take a good look at this and find out if he should be fired, and find someone else that could do his job. at all times, someone is always there to replace someone else. host: two e-mails from our viewers this morning. remember, you can also send us a tweet. another e-mail -- kentucky, rick on the line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. i am a a vietnam veteran. in corporations and businesses in