in our did you to albuquerque on friday for as long as it takes. you take your batting practice against the high school team or lasorda or koufax or whoever they want to trot out there now . but the idea that he can prepare to come back is outrageous! >> well, it's being presented now to the casual fan as like he's coming back from an injury. like he's going down to rehab assignment in the minor leagues, coming back from an injury, and that's, again, donald fehr, the brilliance of how they negotiate this had thing to make it look like it's not a crime at all. the new way of handling steroids -- we talked about it a lot on this program, but i am more and more convinced that around real america, you know, not people sitting in front of the can have cameras, they just don't care anymore. i mean, it's just been wiped out. and it's been slowly wiped out by these kinds of things that just makes it look like it's not that serious a deal. and the new word -- you use an s.a.t. word, obfuscate, ok? make it blurry. alex rodriguez, well, yeah, he took steroids

but as a practical matter, i don't think we'll ever be able to get along with any muslim country as long as we support israel. host: this is out of the houston chronicle. here next up on the democrat line. go ahead. caller: good morning. i'm enjoying this discussion. why do we discuss this election when -- if we know or it doesn't really matter. this just says to everyone, watch out. when you have religious leaders or religion as your primary

as long as we do all of those things with the consent of the governed and as long as we do it through the representative process, where we a law or we -- we pass a law or reconfirm a treaty, ratify a treaty, it's done in the right way. we may make a mistake, we may go too far sometimes but that's the decision that we make. we have the right to make mistakes too. but when we go outside the legal framework of the country to creed a little bit of our sovereignty as mr. koh says is okay then we have abused the confidence the american people have placed in us and we have gone beyond our legal ability as representatives of the people to give up this little degree of sovereignty. what i'm concerned about, because of his position, which is the direct link between the united states and all of these international organizations and countries with whom our country necessarily deals with, is that he cares less about the protection of american sovereignty than the vast majority of the american citizens. and, in fact, he has a point of view which regards that as less important than conforming to int

i said, as long as you don't wasn't mosh monday$n >> i am the wup who said if i was going to become a candidate for public office, i would do things very differently. more than ghig, even let the people decide. hello. you know who we are? >> no, i don't >> did she really not know who you were? >> it happened all the time for a while. smb knew owe was i was eye ofpkism you say you didn't think this up? >> no. i thought it was probably a bad idea. >> now i travel a lot of times on my motorcycle now. i'll come back to that. first time around, you won by how many percentage points? >> about six. you won by how big? >> 18. i think president obama won his victory in our state. he invested a ton of his own time and an incred i am nom yicks of the nomination. it was over give him credit. it was a hard earned victory >> i have ridden since i was a kid. it's something i enjoy. each year, i press it had out this a people accept it. i am a little problem for the security folks. they haven't had to follow anybody in saloons. they put up with it pretty well. >> here as nonche clip. . what's your nu

that there are fundamental agreements on the need to over throw the government and establish and as long as a form of government. -- an islamic form of government. 0.3 is that opposing factions have diverse views. -- point no. 3 as the opposing factions have diverse views. -- is the opposing factions have diverged views. afula engagements of normalized relations could actually threaten one of the pillars of the islamic revolution. the iranian political system is a breeding ground for fascism. this is because of the system of government. you have two parallel systems working side by side. you have a republican system of government were you have an executive, legislative and judicial branch. when the leader of the revolution cleared the islamic republic, he wanted a purely theocratic system, but he had to adhere to the democratic norms. he had to create a republican system along with the theocracy. with this system, the supreme leader is a most powerful person. he is not supremely powerful as he likes to believe. his powers are balanced and checked by other government institutions. for exa

but as a practical matter, i don't think we'll ever be able to get along with any muslim country as longas we support israel. host: this is out of the houston chronicle. here next up on the democrat line. go ahead. caller: good morning. i'm enjoying this discussion. why do we discuss this election when -- if we know or it doesn't really matter. this just says to everyone, watch out. when you have religious leaders or religion as your primary factor in your country, how can you ever think you are going to have an election that means anything. i think it's a shame for the people of iran that the world looks at this nation and says, well, it doesn't really matter because the leader is someone else. host: the 9/11 talking about gate's promises. here's a little bit on what mr. castle reports on. he warn that had fighting would get bloodier. the report is in the "new york times." the full story there as well. next up on the independent line. caller: i am from iran. i voted from maryland. i voted and i am zpwhrad to see signs of dem crassy. it is not true that it doesn't matter who is the presi

and as long as freedom lives, their deeds will never die. and now, more than half a century on, it is an honor for me to speak, for the british people, alongside friends, president sarkozy, president obama, prime minister harper, and with his royal highness, the prince of weals, each of us representing our nations, we remember those who advanced great h grain of sand by grain of sand, utterly determined amid the bullets and the bloodshed that freedom would not be pushed back into the sea but would rise from these beaches below to liberate a continent and to save a generation. so this is sacred ground. this day marks the triumph of right over wrong, of truth over lies, the victory of human decency over hatred and the holocaust. for it is the only place from which after five years of total war and 40 million deaths europe could be liberated. this is the place where the break through to victory occurred. the place from where you can chart the war's end and the start of a new world. and this is the place where britain, america, canada, and franc

we know that as long as this regime is there, as long as the system is in place, we will not see theght of day. we know that this regime ultimately may go -- must go. do you remember past administrations? many of us knew it led nowhere, but it had to be at least attempted. it did not work for obvious reasons. now, there is no question that iran and understand that the only way we will rid ourselves of all the problems is a matter of this regime's altman collapse. that is what we demand and what we want to see happen. this is our moment of truth. the hour for iran after 30 years. anyone today, but solidarity and ryan's will speak more and more. even in the span of one week, we have seen that the demand that started on saturday, june 13th, one day after the june 12th date, and you contrast statements coming from iranians to today, you will notice that in the span of just one week, how quickly more and more people have been telling you through your own broadcasts our post -- aside from direct reports to me, what this is really about. it will only become more and more, also understand th

>> this has been one of her quote unquote flagship issues for as long as she has been the speaker of the house. she took over in 2006. this is one of her biggest issues. she's been the one kind of pushing the chairman of the house energy and commerce committee henry waxman all along this process from the get-go she's probably responsible for henry waxman sitting in the energy commerce and -- spot. that was a decision made right after the election last november that pretty much kickstarted this entire process to try to move this bill through. she's someone from san francisco who's been a big environmentalist her whole career. this is an issue that environmentalists have been trying to get on the agenda on capitol hill for a long time, for many many years. and they've faced opposition for eight years under the bush administration. this is poised to be the first ever house floor vote on cap and see -- cap-and-trade bill. >> the climate change bill itself, cap-and-trade and what else are the key aspects of this bill? >> cap-and-trade is probably the biggest piece. it's an overall cap on

you want someone to play as long as they are meant. i don't want guys to have a career short as mine. some careers are even shorter. you want to play for as long as you are intended to play here physically. everybody touted phil hughes and ian kennedy last year. they went 0-8. they had to rush joba chamber lan chamberlain and finally they stopped messing around with joba chamberlain. he probably should have going to the minor leagues for 10 starts. >> johnny: breaking ball outside from lannan to bruce. >> rob: now phil hughes is in the bullpen in new york. they have got all kinds of issues. there's always going to be pitching problems at the major league level. >> johnny: i think that is why this scenario with strasburg is fascinating. he says he is going sit back and bide his time through the negotiation process and let things take place. could be a double-play. to second for one and no throw at first. they get the runner at second for the force-out. strasburg says he is going to relax and have fun. places he would like to go. he will

it was done here under a pentagon cover as long as the cutting edge of the high tech industry advanced economy was electronics based for that, the pentagon served as good cover. in recent years, if you look at government spending, it's shifting more towards the health institutions of the government. that's a reflection of the fact that the cutting edge of the economy is becoming more biology-based. that includes computers, the internet, satellites, most of the rest of the i.t. revolution that finally exploded in the late '90s in a tech bubble but also much else. civilian aircraft, advanced machine tools, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and a lot more. the crucial role of the state in economic development should be kept in mind when we read these days dire warnings about government intervention in the financial system after private management has once again driven it to ruins. at this time an unusually severe crisis and one that harms the rich, not just the poor so it merits concern. it's also worth recalling that large state intervention of the economy is nothing new. on the contrary,

when the troops come home to the midwest, i will look them in the eye and say, as long as i have been here, i have defended and supported our troops. i have also made sure that when you came home, you came back to the american opportunities they left behind to defend us. as the majority leader has talked about, i do not have to speculate. if people tell you we cannot afford to invest in education or health care, you just remind them that we're spending $10 billion a month in iraq. if we can -- >> gentlemen's time has expired. >> i am proud yield the gentleman an additional minute. >> we're spending $10 billion a month in iraq. we can spend some of that money right here in cincinnati ohi, o. that was candidate barack obama. i would never take money for domestic spending. i have said that before. but if you're going at $108 billion to fund the conference report for our troops, then spend it here in the united states. spend it on the men and women who support our troops every day so they stay employed. do not send it to the imf. i oppose this bill. i yield back. [applause] >> the gentlem

when those troops come home to the midwest, i will look them in the eye and tell them as long as i've been here i have defended a retreat. i also made sure that when you came home you can do the american opportunities that cause you to begin with us. in need to remind people that we're spending a lot of money in iraq every month. >> the time is expired. >> i am proud and to get this additional -- i am proud that we're giving this additional money. i would never take money from funds appropriated for our troops for domestic spending. that is what president obama said. if you are going to add money for our troops then suspended here in the united states. spend it on the men and women whose support of or troops and their families every day so they can state deployed. to not send it to the imf. i oppose this bill. i yield back. >> the gentleman from california. >> i yelled to my colleague from texas. >> the jalomo from texas is recognized. thank you. we were proud to come together in above partisan fashion and support the supplemental here in the house has put together in the house for th

by unanimous consent, your statement as long as you want it to be will be included in the record. today again we're back on the agenda for the affordable health choices act. i announced yesterday the way we're going to proceed with the mark-up and that is title 2, the quality section, which our colleague, senator mikulski, has spent a tremendous amount of time since january, held hearings. they had tremendous witnesses. they talked about the paradigm shift of going from a quantity -based system to a quality-based system, a value-based system, as a way of not only improving the quality of health care but also contributing significantly to the cost issue, which is an overriding issue for all of us on these matters. what i'd like to do today and tomorrow for the half day or so of work tomorrow is to continue to invite the staffs to work on the various amendments that have been already submitted not only in this section but others. i gather there's some room and i'll let senator mikulski address the issue herself. but i gather there is some room and possibility of agreement on some of

as a student of history, i know civilizations' debt to as long. it was as long and places -- it was is lolam that led to innovation. [applause] it was an addition in moslem communities that developed the order of outer. a magnetic compass and tools of navigation, our mastery of pens and printing, our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. the islamic culture has given us timeless poetry interest music, elegant calligraphy, and places a peaceful contemplation. throughout history islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality. [applause] @@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ >> the first country to recognize my country was more oko. our second president, john adams wrote, the united states has in itself no character of emnitty against the laws, religion, or tranquility of muslims. and since our founding, american muslims have enriched the united states. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @r served in our government, stood for civil-rights, started businesses, taught in our uni

justice ruth bader ginsburg said that she would support television and the cameras as long as it was tbafl to gavel, justice alito noted that when he was on the third circuit, he voted in favor of televising the proceedings, but had a reservation saying that if confirmed, he would would want to consult with his -- with his colleagues about it justice kennedy has said that he thinks televising the court is inevitable. justice -- chief justice roberts left the question open. there is obvious sensitivity in the court if a colleague strenuously objects and such an objection has been launched by justice souter. can i tell you the day that you see a camera come into our courtroom, it is going to -- it is going to roll over my dead body. close quote. quite a dramatic statement. well, justice souter has announced his retirement. and perhaps in the absence of that kind of strenuous objection, it would be a good time for the court to reconsider the issue. i intend to ask judge sotomayor in her confirmation hearing whether she agrees with justice souter, justice stevens in televise -- that tele

doesn't matter as long as we have a win. roles are secondary. >> what was going through your mind when adam was down 0-2 in the 11? >> i don't know if you're aware of this, but you were 0-8 in extra inning games coming into today. >> i was a little aware of not a great record. adam is a good hitter, works hard. sooner or later, we knew we would turn around extra innings. >> to coe this be the turning ?oint. >> i hope so. come to the park and be ready every day a few wins helps a snowball effect. >> i think we will all echo ron villone's comments west. hope it is a turning point. >> it could be. the past week has been remarkable as far as the pitching staff goes. it's unfortunate more people across the country can't see how well it them a is playing now. >> you look at jordan zimmermann 5, 2/3, gave up five hits to one earned run. he spoke about his performance tonight moments ago. >> pretty well for the most part. i had to battle first three innings and i was up to almost 60 pitches after the first three. i mean, their defen

as long as the subsidies continue, north korea will continue pretty much the same behavior. the united states is unwilling to push china hard on whether to continue to subsidize north korea and its government. i would suspect at, you know, there will be headlines and talks, but ultimately policies will fail to roll back and contain the program. over the last 10 years, they have moved a couple inches. it is not that china wants north korea to have nuclear weapons. it is that china funds subsidizing the north korean government to be the most convenient way to manage the situation. in making that decision, it is correctly confident that no matter what threats there are two new united states securities, we will not interfere with ships coming into our ports. china can have the u.s. markets and a policy towards north korea. the reason i rank iran first is because the regime is ambitious. north korea's objective is to just dominate people. my concern is they will build tend bombs for themselves and put the 11th on ebay. but as long as the regime survives within its borders, i do n

we know as long as this regime is there, as long as the system is in place, we will not see as a nation the light of day. we know this regime must go. many iranians have tried. rewind the tape back to 15 or 20 years ago with the hope that reform may be at least attempted. remember the administration? they attempted it. it did not work for obvious reasons. so now, there's no question that iranians under clearly that the only way we are going to rid ourselves of all of our problems is a matter of this regime's ultimate collapse. that is what we demand. that is what we want to see happen, and this is our moment of truth. this is the other for iran after today. so anyone today in solidarity with the demand of a nation, and iranians will speak more and more, even in the span of one week, ladies and gentlemen, i am sure that as media, you have seen that the demand that started on saturday, june 13, one day after the 12th of june, and i contrast the statements coming from iran initially to today, you will notice that in the span of just a week, how quickly more and more people have been tellin

foundation or values you haven't lost anything at all even if there is no place called kurdistan as long as kurdish culture, language and traditional relies inside the people than the most important part of the culture is still flourishing. but nonetheless it's a very difficult job of course to try to protect 6 million people he hasn't seen in 50 years and to rally tibetans in exile most of whom have never seen tibet itself. and i will end by saying something i think all of you know already which is that an old tibet's dark and difficult history i think this is the most dark and difficult time of all. people are beating as soon as they are arrested. people are subject to seven years' imprisonment just for calling up their family in this country and telling them what it's like and people are being sentenced to death and closed courts and i think many of you probably know that the dali lama on the 50th anniversary of his exile in march said with unusual vehemence and unprecedented figure that tibet under chinese rule is hell on earth. i just spent yesterday morning during an event in new y

i do believe that good storytelling will be around for as long as humans are honored. as i said earlier, we also believe that there will also be an appetite for quality journalism and fast, accurate insightful news and opinions. we can debate whether "the washington post" will also be on newsprint, but there is no debate that we will always stand for excellence in journalism no matter what the platform. there are two reasons i believe this. first, i really believe in what we do. that is to publish first class journalism that sheds light on the world around us and sometimes just helps us live our own lives or entertains us. second, i firmly believe that we've at "the washington post" are positioned to weather the storm and to take advantage of it to add about -- to evolve our business for the future. technology will be critical but so will great content and a great strategy. technology alone is not enough. in short, we have our work cut out for a spree the world is changing fast and we face tough competition. -- we have our work cut out for us. the world is changing fas

and as long as we have engaged readers, there will be advertisers who want to reach the readers. i firmly believe the best days of "the washington post" are still ahead of us. thank you for having me. >> thank you, katherine. i will like to open this up for questions you may have appeared just simply raise your hands and i will come over and stick the microphone to your mouth. >> thank you, that was wonderful. as you look at technology allowing journalists to have their own platforms through twitter and other types of blocking technology, how would you address maintaining the talents within the community when people are going to start developing on anc

as for favre, i fully expect that he will continue his rehab, and as long as he doesn't have second thoughts whether this is the right thing for him to do, he will be ready to make the decision the vikings want in late june. >> taking a look at the vikings depth chart, tarvaris jackson led the vikings to the playoffs but he was 2-3 as a starter last season. minnesota traded for sage rosenfels, but he's never started more than five games in a season. john david booty comes from the quarterback machine that is u.s.c., but he did not throw a pass last year. yammer and i just getting warmed up. coming up here on espnews, more baseball for you, including a first in the second city for justin verlander. >> j.w., we have to mention the hottest team in baseball. rockies going for a season-high seven straight wins in milwaukee. in the nba, kobe did have 31 points in game three, didn't have the shooter's touch, dropping just 44% from the floor. our experts tell why he faded down the stretch. phil mickelson makes his return to the links after stepping away to be with his wife who is battling breast can

as long as we -- know as long as we add not only her experience in private practice, she has served on the court longer than any nominee to the supreme court in 100 years. as the first lady said, not only do our believe she is prepared to serve all americans, as the supreme court justice, i believe the country is more than ready to see this accomplice and respected woman to do just that. this should be a time instead of the divisions we're seeing, this is a time we should come together and say what wonderful diversity in america to see this nomination. [applause] it makes my skin crawl when i hear one of the leaders of the other parties on his radio show compare her to the head of the ku klux klan. this is shameless. this is wrong. this goes beyond rhetoric, and i think about reading back over history of justice marshall's confirmation hearing in the supreme court, again, a man who won 29 of the 32 cases, and the kinds of questions like, are you prejudiced since the white people of the south? come on, give me a break. let's not go back to those kinds of days. i would hope the senate re

that the soon to be three marriages that have begun in our family will last for life, or certainly as long as there are any children. i have enormous admiration and sympathy for single parents. i told you how hard we have worked on things like child support. it remains an empirical fact. this is not a moral judgments, but an empirical fact, that of the children of america -- poverty in america, every social pathology that tears at your heart would be so much less a problem if we did not -- if we had higher rates of impact -- intact families. this is not something you can legislate. it is not something you should skull people about. you can hope and encourage people to be very careful about this, especially when children become involved, to try to think about placing them ahead of your own happiness, if you possibly can. >> what are you want to say when you change your mind about running for president after we have all the stuff on tape? >> i have been paying myself in. you have helped put another coat of paint down today. in another old song from my era, it ain't me, babe, that you are loo

as long as these kind of people allow this to grow within them, we're all at risk and as long as we let guns go unregistered and out there in the hands of these people, each and every one of us is at risk. so the now the time not only to give our condolences to the family of officer johns, but to take a step in the right direction for the right policy that will keep this in our minds every day of our lives. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from west virginia. the gentleman from west virginia. mr. rahall: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. eliot engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for one minute. mr. engel: i thank the gentleman, my friend from west virginia, for yielding to me. and i rise, of course, in support of this resolution. we are all shocked and saddened about what happened yesterday. the holocaust memorial museum is a museum dedicated to victims of genocide and to have any kind of hatred perpetrated in that museum is an absolute disgrace. my heart goes out to officer johns and h

the dakotas but it shouldn't matter whether it is off the coast of massachusetts or in the dakotas as long as we are meeting the nation's needs and we are going to have the huge amount of power that is going to be necessary to come from renewable energies that we are going to meet these objectives. one quick point, i have got a home in south carolina. it is up on amounts up. we have got a huge amount of wind up there but i can assure you if you tried to build a wind generator up on that mountain you are going to have a lot of people that will be objecting to it, unlike-- >> absolutely so i think the point that mr. isdell is making and mr. joos as well is using this postage stamp analogy, it doesn't cost 47 cents to really move a letter from new jersey to new york city. it probably cost less but the average is 47 cents so if someone from south dakota can mail the letter to new york city and we have this communications across the whole country, than that is great. we accept that. it is the way should be. with mr. izzo is saying, if he did the same thing for electricity, and you may get the s

now, the fact of whether it's produced in one state versus another state, as long as it's the most costeffective way in which we can produce it and we, can in fact, make use of it all across this nation, i would think be the ultimate objective. now i can understand why some folks may want to look at this very localized and maybe very parochial thing, but this is a national piece of legislation. and we're trying to achieve a national objective and the thing that's limiting us to being efficient is this transmission system. >> absolutely. by the way, we couldn't agree more on this. okay. so if you're looking at this map, and the fact that we're talking about along the coast and they may have more wind there, then obviously, we ought to be looking, that's where we taught produce it and we should use that most cost effectively and that's what we should be the driver and where we go. if we can't do that and have to do it out in the dakotas, fine, do it out in the dakotas. it shouldn't matter whether it's off the coast of massachusetts or in the dakotas as long as we're meeting the nation's n

effort and a lot of collaboration and that went into its and i've been around here but not nearly as long as those of the of the table but long enough to know i should never suggest to chairman and ranking member of the way they do it in another committee is what we should be doing here. but it is such a contrast in terms of how we were able to prepare as committee members for the various titles that are coming forth and i know i mentioned to you yesterday and indicated you're going to try t assist with more on of eight blueprint or mack going for it so that we can be better prepared. i know that our staffs are working literally around the clock to try to be responsive and get information back to our respective states saying how does this sort with saddam division of insurance or had as a sort of our state's plan and it is important that we get good and solid feedback on so much of this so that what we end up happening doesn't fall into not only health care reform but the black hole of the law of unintended consequences on trying to figure out afterwards now what we do. so i am wanted th

>> guest: it is different requirements for what you what acquired but as long as it satisfies the 18 miles or lower and owned for more than i hear the trucks would be able to qualify as well. >> host: corey boles with us for half an hour or so. 202-737-0001 for republicans, 202-737-0002 for democrats, 202-628-0205 and others independence. how would this be signed into law? >> the president should sign it into law in the day. as it touched a war funding bill which is the nec controversy apiece of legislation so he wants to get that sent into the law as quickly as possible to make sure there's money for the troops in afghanistan and iraq the next couple of days and then it will take effect july 1st. >> there was an article friday about the passage of that legislation. they write the article several other countries had success with this type of legislation. what do you know about that? >> the one often referred to was in germany enacted last year and they did see a sharp spike in all the seals like 20% in the first quarter of last year. there is controversy about that because some say t

lewis: as i indicated, i have one additional speaker, but as long as you're giving me all this flexibility, let me just mention that as we began this process on this bill, both my chairman and i were very pleased by the fact that it was broadly-based bipartisan support of giving support to our troops that is fundamental to our success in the middle east. to have that package now come back from conference in the shape of being a bill that has reduced the president's request for troop funding by approximately $4.7 billion and in turn, has a cost factor of some $5 billion for the i.m.f. is most disconcerting to this member. and i may have two additional speakers, since my colleague is standing. i would be happy, mr. speaker, to -- mr. nunes: i have a question for the gentleman. and i know you're from california and we have talked a lot about this issue with the water issue in california, mr. lewis. and because this bill is going to go to the president and become law. this is one of the last opportunities to actually make law and get pumping levels back up to historic levels so we can provide

they enacted the belief that as long as one of us is not free, no one of us is free. they made real the timeless bonds enshrined in the bill of rights, the declaration of independence, the charter of liberty, and the call of liberty, equality, and fraternity. just the hopes of one age, but the dreams of all ages. so intense was the cooperation between our nations that when winston churchill regularly asked strategists who were planning the day, he never knew until they arrive at 10 downing street with the officer would be british, canadian, or american. next to, hall beach, we join president obama in paying tribute to the bravery of american soldiers who gave their lives for names of they never knew, and faces than ever saw, for people who have lived in freedom thanks to their sacrifice and valor. i know that all of britain will be proud today that jack would will be decorated by president sarkozy. jack wood's landed on juneau beach on that day, and with his comrades went on to capture five bridges. the hand that will today received the legion of honor from the presid

but as long as it satisfies the 18 miles or lower and owned since 1984 and over a year, trucks would be able to qualify. host:corey boles will be here for the next half hour. talking about the cash for clunkers provision. how soon will this be signed into law? guest: of the president should sign it into the lot any day. it was attached to the war funding bill, a pretty controversial piece of legislation itself. he wants to get signed into law to make sure there is still money for troops in afghanistan and iraq. host: "the washington post" had an article on friday about the passage of that legislation. they write that several other countries had success with this type of legislation. what do you know about that? guest: of one that is most often referred to is in germany -- they did see a sharp spike in auto sales. there is some controversy for the program because there is some evidence that says this year's sales had dipped off more sharply, last year people were planning to buy a car bomb a year earlier instead of being a net increase in the number of cars sold. but economists are ar

>> i don't object as long as it is done in the system like an asap program. if you want to use it to monitor, you will actually create a cockpit that may not be as safe. let's not mistake the sterile -- the estero cockpit means we are focused on flying the airplane at critical points. that is standard. that is what goes on. we are assuming a little bit too much. if it is protected and used as safety data, then we should be able to find a way to make the system safer, and that is our shared goal. >> just about every service company i call on the telephone now is going to say this call may be audited for quality purposes. you cannot improve which you do not measure. to assume that one time training scheme is going to monitor potential problems over the lifetime of a pilot's is like assuming the same thing for an airplane, so i am a little concerned that you consider that a band aid. do you consider getting -- keeping records of pilots over their career a band-aid? >> are we going to compare apples with apples? which training school did they come out of? you don

one of your principle recommendations is to repeat the stress test as long as banks continue to hold large amounts of toxic assets. yet, the stress tests take bank accounting value as their starting point and explicitly avoid marking certain toxic assets to market. my question to you is, do you think an effort should be made to recognize the assets on these toxic assets many? >> this is the ultimate, and everything is related to everything. if we don't have confidence in the books and what it is that the financial institutions hold out possibly to be their worth, what their assets are worth and what their liabilities are worth, it undermines confidence in the system, it really does mean we are continuing to run risks. market-to-market is not the only way to develop some confidence in the value of the assets held for the financial institutions. but there is no doubt that any stress test, and frankly, any analysis of the current health of these financial institutions and how they trade on wall street, depends on some confidence that these assets are correctly valued. so let me simply e

do you view that with as long as there is one iota of racism protection is still required? do you view that the way michael to use that as a sign of the voting rights act succeeding completely and therefore all protection as a legal mandate ought to be set aside or do you view that as a team messy ambivalent model from a pitcher of in coherence to which some fear he needs to be provided by a flexible and dynamic clockworks [laughter] >> that is a question for america but ultimately the question is how much do we trust ourselves because how you into that determines the alternatives you pick. thanks for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> abigail thernstrom has co-authored several books with her husband, steven, including "america in black and white: one nation, invisible". her 1987 work "whose votes count? affirmative action and minority voting rights" 14 awards including the benchmark book award from the center for judicial studies. she is a vice chair of the u.s. commission on civil rights, member of the massachusetts state board of education and senior fellow