barbara so much for your support. we have a very clear choice in this election now. it may be the clearest choice in the nation. this election is about who is going to fight for you, for jobs, and who is in touch with california. i fought to bring thousands of jobs to california, and i am working every single day to get i still want to see the words "made in america" on our products. we do not want to move jobs overseas to china or india or europe. i believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. i do not believe in protecting oil companies. i believe in making our streets safer and keeping guns out of the hands cut criminals and terrorists. i need you by my side to join my campaign and take a stand. i am askinggyou tooget involved now, because this is your election. thank you, and i look forward to seeing you on the campaign trail. >> with support from the tea party, sharon angle when the primary on tuesday. she will now face harry reid in the general election. >> thank you all, nev. patriot. we have completed the

--unseat barbara boxer.pplause] [chanting] [beat barbara boxer] >> in her 20 years, she is a bitter partisan who has said much but accomplished little. to make it toa politics but she gets them f . she has actually said one thing that i agree with. she said recently that this election offers the clearest choice in the nation. i could not agree more. [applause] her far left views place her on the fringe of american politics and our differences could not be greater. quite simply, this election is about the future, not the past. for three decades in congress, barbara boxer has personified the entrenched but failed arrogance of someone who has long forgotten that here in america, the people rule, not the government. [applause] when she dressed down that general in front of the cameras -- [boos] she displayed all of the destructive he elitism that is so disquieting to the people of california. when she made a rare trip to california to fill our campaign coffers, she said the reason for her court approval rating w

she claims that barbara boxer is a failure?es, barbara boxer is an outspoken person and she dares to go where other people do not. the fact that we have two willing senators, this is something that is wonderful for us, but i don't think carly fiorina it is the place to take the -- can take the place of barbara boxer. host: only part of the official tally end but the news organizations declaring carly fiorina the winner in the republican primary. she will face barbara boxer. in the governor's race, and jerry brown and ed whitman. in nevada, governor gibbons going down in defeat. cent of all is the winner -- sandoval is the winter there. the independent line. caller: i might say something that is unpopular but i'm going to say it. host: just don't cross the line. go ahead. caller: i have three issues. one is bp, i am not a friend of theirs. does anyone know who was on duty when bp was allowed to drill in the south offshore? that is one question. the next one is, i want to take on all schwarzenegger force -- thank arnold schwarzen

barbara boxer now knows she's going to be running against carly fiorina. as the republicanwho won the republican primary we're showing right there. what should we know about fiorina coming out of this? >> well, i think what we should know is her profile is that of someone who is a businessperson. she's going to talk a lot about the fact that she wants to bring those credentials to washington . we heard a lot in the setup piece about her would go go to get rid of politics as usual. she is going to try to be the outsider running against a longtime incumbent, barbara boxer. at the same time, i think that her tenure at h.p. is going to be a big issue in this race. certainly the bokery folks, democrats, are going to want to talk about her-- the way in which she left there, not under particularly good terms. she got a very nice buyout package, and in a year where voters are so frustrated right now about all the talk on wall street and the bonuses there, they're certainly going to make that an issue, and the abortion issue is also going to be a big factor there,

and there was a recent poll that showed that he was running stronger against barbara boxer in novemberthan carlee fiorina wood. carly has worked very hard and very aggressively to corral the conservative vote in a primary where conservatives are dominant. she's got the sport of sarah palin, for example. it looks as though she is going to win. but the question is whether someone with that profile can win statewide in california. it has been two decades since californias have elected swb somebody who is pro-life and pro gun, anti-gun control, in the way that she is. so this will be a very interesting test if she survives the fight tomorrow. >> woodruff: and amy, pick up on that and then bring in the governor's race where you have meg whitman the former ceo, founder of ebay. >> picking up on dan's point, which i think they are all very important. the question really for carly fiorina is one whether she can tack back to the center after move together right in the primary but also whether ideology is going to be as important in an election year where incumbency, the economy are really the t

barbara boxer's answer of rhetoric over reality stops now. and applause] i bring a track record of problem-solving, transparency and decision-making. i am willing to ask tough questions. i am prepared to shake things up. and unlike barbara boxer, i am also prepared to be held accountable. >> tomorrow we will be bringing you a senate hearing on the regulation of offshore oil drilling. interior secretary ken cal czar testifying. our coverage begins at 9:30 a.m. eastern time on c-span 3. now a senate hearing on legal liability issues associated with the oil drilling industry. well hear about efforts to left the cap in wake of the bp oil spill in the gulf, currently set at $75 million. this is two hours. million. patrick leahy of vermont chairs the judiciary committee. this is live coverage >> we have families who have gone through terrible tragedies, and trie tragedies and show the respect due for that. it's been now 50 days since bp's deep water horizon oil rig exploded and oil began gushing into the gulf of mexico. deadly contamination has rea

barbara, please ask your question. -- barbara from denver, colorado.rbara, please ask your answer. >> mr. president, i am barbara. >> how are you? >> i would like to have you answer a question. >> i'm all ready. >> ok. for health care reform, i am concerned about how any health care changes will impact seniors and choices around alternatives to having to go to live in a nursing home. my friends and i want to live independently. >> well, it is a great question. and let me just say, you sound like a woman that after my grandmother's heart because she -- some of you know my grandmother passed away a couple years ago. she helped raise me so i was very close to her and she lived in hawaii. after my grandfather passed away she had the same little apartment she had had when i was growing up over there. we kept on trying to say, you know, listen, why don't you move to chicago? and she said, what am i, an idiot? i am going to trade 80 degrees and trade winds for chicago winter? but she was always very proud and insistent. until the end of sher life she insisted

professor barbara perry has a distinguished rÉsume.she is a professor of government at sweet briar college. she is also the director for civic renewal, which works to foster effective citizen engagement to enhancing public understanding of the american constitutional system. she rrceived herrbachelor's degree at the university of we have full, masters from the university of oxford, and ph.d. from the university of virginia. phen she was at louisville, she visited louis brandeis. professor perry is a prolific author. her works include -- "the michigan affirmative action cases," and jacqueline kennedy, first lady of the new frontier." she served as a fellow at the supreme court from 1994-1995, so this is a homecoming for her. she is working on a volume on the supreme court and the judicial process. please join me in welcoming prof. perry. [applause] nice to meet you. >> thank you, mr. chief justice for your kind introduction and for pottery us with your when i was here -- for honoring us with your presence. when i was here in 1995, it wa

barbara can relate to that.ughter] >> so, those are the kinds of it innovation and flexibility that we want to introduce into the system. some of it will be facilitated by the new law, and some bb the ongoing improvements that we want to institute over the next several years. it will not happen all at once. go ahead. >> thank you, mr. president. i think there are a couple of specificcthings that are a part of the new law. there is a provision called the class act, which will allow workers in the current work force, to begin a voluntary payroll check off, to put aside at the money to provide the kind of residential care that i think is being talked about. if someone needs help with lunch, taking a bath, going to the grocery store -- is that will be managed as a part of the law. it will allow people to have more choices. just yesterday, or the depart -- or the day before, we released grants to the community that will help governors like governor o'malley and his senior volunteer program get the word out to familie

[applause] >> beat barbara boxer! beat barbara boxer!28 years as a career politician in washington, d.c., barbara boxer is a bitter partisan who has said much but accomplished little. she may get an "bayh" -- "a" for politics, but she gets an "f" for achievement. she did say something recently that i agree with. she said that this election offers the clearest choice in the nation. i could not agree more. she is on the friige of american politics, and our differences could not be greater. quite simply, this election is about the future, not the past. for three decades in congress, a boxer has personified the entrenched arrogance of someone who has long forgotten that here in america, the people role, not the government. -- the people rule, not the government. [applause] when she dressed down our generals in front of the cameras, as she displayed all of the destructive billy is a that is so upsetting to the -- destructive a elitism that is so upsetting to the people of california. when she made a rare trip to california to fill her coffers

also, i thought it was disrespectful for him to be campaigning for barbara boxer when the people that lost their lives were having their funeral. host: next caller. caller: the gulf area is a good area. we could start thinking about having water turbines and harnessing the power. we could use heat pump technology like other places in the world, and it might make a big difference. host: richard on the independent line. caller: i was calling in regards to agent orange. some of the listeners may like to know that before the senate recessed for memorial day break there was an emergency spending bill that was passed for $60 billion. in that bill, thanks to general erickson, there was $12.3 billion in mandatory spending to compensate 68,000 vietnam veterans who were exposed to agent orange but were denied compensation. this is the first time that a very large sum of money is being set aside for vietnam veterans in relation to agent orange. that is an article in the congressional quarterly weekly, may 24, 2010. there is an excellent article on an overview of agent

governor barbara told me there are three different offices right on the gulf in mississippi. so b.p. is trying to do the right thing. they're well intentioned. we've just got to improve that system based on experience. >> brown: now, to be clear here, people will still retain the right to sue b.p. themselves. so part of what you're doing, i guess, is to convince them to join in to this fund, to go through the process that you set up. what's the-- what's the argument that you make to people? >> i make the same argument i do with all of these claims facilities-- you will get money quicker , you will get money with a certainty . you don't have to give 40% to your lawyer. come in and get a check. and you're absolutely right-- right now, these emergency payments for small businesses , individuals, you don't have to relinquish your right to sue. take this money , and later on file a claim with the fund that will give you a choice -- take the liquidated amount or litigate. and you'll make that choice only after you know how much you'll receive from the fund. >> brown: and does b.p.

. >> barbara is joining us up early. good morning. caller: yes. i am. host: this is barbara? caller: no. karl. host: go ahead with your comment. caller: yes, i kind of had a little bit of problem with the article, because it did not identify who the real problem is right now and that's the republicans. host: we'll go to mitch in dallas texas. good morning. independent line. caller: good morning. i agree with the premises to the article and this best solution is for the president and moderate republicans a fairness of the doctrine. because the bottom line troots this problem is that so many elected republicans in congress fear rush limbaugh and talk radio so much that they'll never do anything to work with the president or democrats ever as long as they fear rush limbaugh and shawn hannity so much because these people control the activist base and they are going to get what arlen specter got and charlie crist in florida got. they all know they are going to get that if they don't play ball with rush limbaugh and he doesn't believe in compromise which is why others apologizeed d

she has in the past supported people like barbara boxer for reelection. she donated a lot of money to democrats in the past. she is pro-choice. but she was forced during this primary to prove her conservative bonafide on issues like immigration reform. that could come back to haunt her in a state with a huge growth in the latino population, among others. so it will be interesting to see how following this decisive primary win she was able to move in the middle of the campaign against jerry brown. jerry brown obviously is the consummate insider in california politics. governor in the 1970's and early 1980's and california, served as the mayor of oakland. so if people talking about wanted a fresh face in california, he is not exactly what position to make an argument about that. host: senator barbara boxer not seriously challenged in her primary yesterday, but on the public -- on the republican side, carly fiorina won that battle against two strong republican challengers. going forward, what do you expect in this race? guest: a lot of money on both sides. b

has the santa barbara still haunt us decade laaer, it is important to know how this crisis is manager mismanage. we do not know the consequences from the spill, but this will of long-lasting in national implications. i yield back my time. >> i think the gentle lady. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to welcome the panel here this morning. the explosion of the deepwater horizon and the resulting "gushed is a tragedy of terrible human consequences. our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims and hard-working americans whose livelihoods and way of life are threatened. americans are shocked and saddened by what occurred but they are outraged because there is no real plln to respond to crisis of this magnitude. the technology that was supposed to be failsafe failed badly. how could some -- how could companies ibp have invested so many millions of dollars in deepwater technology and failed to develop the technology to prevent this? i want to know today what steps the industry is taking to ensure that the technologies des

, i was at the barber jordan airport and the baggage area on the ground floor there's a statue of barbara jordan, what a great member of the naacp she was. and a great american. with that i yield back the balance of my time and ask -- ms. watson requests some time. we'd be pleased if she'd contribute. i yield her as much time as she needs. spoim the gentlelady is recognized. ms. watson: mr. speaker, and to the authors and co-sponsors of this resolution, i just want to add to the testimonies that you have already heard in support of this resolution, commending the naacp, that many of us would not be here if not for the work and the support of others of the naacp. i am a case in point. i remember being elected as the first african-american woman to the second largest school board in the united states, that's l.a. unified school district, and in the california state senate as the first ever. and i was so proud that members came to me to show me their membership in the naacp. i then knew that the work that was done over 100 years ago was of such vision for the future of this country and parti

caller: i am calling about barbara boxer. i think barbara boxer is a really good senator. the lady that is running against her, i think she broke hewlett- packard. she put too many jobs overseas and she really can't run this state. she wants to run that she can bring jobs but she took jobs overseas. how could she really bring jobs to this state? what does she stand for? host: christian in san berna dino. find same success in politics?" we had an earlier caller who have the same point of view. he writes -- of course, this is all -- this is all an issue because of the two female executives -- meg whitman, and winner of the republican nomination for california governor, and carly fiorina, the gop nominee for u.s. senate in that state. next is a call from martinsville, louisiana. anthony on our independent line. caller: good morning, how are you? host: very well, thank you. caller: the question is -- host: and whether or not the gender of a candidate even matters. caller: to me, absolutely not. i want someone in office who knows what they are doing. if when they are campaignin

host: barbara, seattle. go ahead. caller: i wonder -- i am concerned about powered drums going to china, but i am also reject about our job s -- our jobs going to china, but i am also concerned about the taxes. your guest need to get them into the community and talk to people because he is talking from a small window of his own intelligence. guest: i sympathize with what i see as some of the underlying points from the caller. we still have the strongest economy of any other country, highest living standards, and i do not think anybody should tell us short. host: next phone call. dan on the democrats line. caller: i had some comments about the economy. we have enough natural gas tapped and capped in the country to convert every vehicle to natural gas, get away from foreign oil, and employ 9 million people immediately. i just wanted to know why we are not attempting to do something like that? host: connect that to china, if you can, at all. caller: they are picking up their production. all we are trying to do is get our

together, ha and barbara pored their heart and soul to into thlige sun, showina coit thament wod tuhe paper into a leadg publication. then ming behind the scenes to publish after hank's death, barbara ilt up his lacy as the paper earned journal. i's most prestigious award, the litzer prize. known for her gre and generous spirit, she alscommitted herself to a nber of importan causes, includinhigher education andwon's hlth that touchethe lis of so maybe. while will be truly missed her legacy will live onhrgh heremarkable fame, t lanark fund the continu exllence of the "las vegas sun." the speakepro tempore: gentlelady yields back. wh purpose does the gentleman fr texas re? >> address the house for one mute, revise and extend. thepeaker pro tempore: wiout objection. >> mr. speak, the often forgotten dictum iwashington is that toovern is to choose. it ito choose between the dizzying array wants, wishes and needs of the american peoe whe constrained by the cotitutional, physicalnd polical rallies othe day. sadly the leadership ofhe rity of this house h puntd on choosing anything. y've igno

barbara boxer was elected last time. she received more votes than any senate canada -- canada it in american history. -- candidate in american history. she is pretty tough to beat. look at what is the republican message. what do republicans stand for? they have to sell what. host: democrats line, texas. caller: i am a fervent barack obama supporter. some mainstream journalists -- one said he felt obama was not political enough. another said he does not believe obama does things for political reasons. guest: i knew both of the men that you are speaking about. i do not know if you are quoting them correctly. this is an enormously political administration. it is something you can defend. it is politics after all. [unintelligible] host: peter orszag will be leaving this administration. what does that mean? there are reports regarding how long rahm emanuel may last. guest: [unintelligible] as for the rahm emanuel question, it is amazing the degree to which the story always becomes about him. in the inauguration of bill clinto

after his inauguration, president nixon faced an oil spill off the coast of california near santa barbara that ultimately led to the creation of the environmental protection agency . 20 years later, george herbert walker bush faced the exxon "valdez" crisis in which his response was widely condemned as late and lame and that also led him to pursue regulatory reforms as well. so this is not new by any means. >> michael gerson, you were working for george w. bush when he had to deliver these big kind of oval office speech moments. how did last night compare? how does the entire handling of this compare? >> well, i was a little bit concerned about last night. using the oval office as a setting as a high-rofile setting that spotlights the presidenciy. in the past you had john kennedy announcing a quarantine of cuba. and last night, the president seemed much more passive, much more input-oriented, he announced a czar. he announced a commission. when i was -- you know in the white house, we viewed these things as fairly weak policy inputs. you always want to push back, do something more active,

plus, on our arts blog "art beat," jeff talks to barbara pollack, author of "the wild, wild east: an american art critic's adventures in china." and a reminder-- we'll bring you the latest on the gulf oil leak all weekend online. we've updated our interactive ticker. it estimates the amount of oil that has leaked so far. and you can watch the live video feed from the ocean floor as attempts continue to bring the crisis under control. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:

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i now yield to our chair, the honorable barbara lee. ms. lee: thank you very much. let me thank congresswoman fudge for being on the mark in terms of the special order tonight. she's taken the leadership on behalf of the congressional black caucus to bring the message of the congressional black caucus to the country. tonight, congresswoman fudge will be talking about the urgent need to enact regulatory reform of america's financial markets. i know your district is going to benefit from this. often times we forget that regulatory reform has a direct impact on the huge foreclosure crisis that i know your district is facing. thank you for your leadership. let me thank all members who are on that financial services committee for such a major effort to take this important step in protecting americans from another financial crisis. while many provisions in the bill could be much stronger, i believe that h.r. 4713 is a critical step forward in bringing reasonable regulation and oversight back to an out-of-control financial services sector. i was on the banking committee in

santa barbara did not want offshore oil development. host: franklin, you are on the air with deborah gordon. . caller: maybe a hybrid car with air pressure and the electrical battery to run it. you technically wouldn't have to plug it in. so you can take that technology and apply it where you have an electric battery to run your home and then the air charger charges up the battery itself. so i think it's more political. it's all about jobs. if you move all of this stuff off the grid, nobody would have people want to drive large distances and not be limited by geography. a wrote a book recently, coauthor, "two billion cars" that just came out. the troubles here are that china and india are geographically very much like us, and they are growing leaps and bounds. so it's going to be difficult to traverse these nations,dxÑi rus, brazil. these are huge nations. it's hard to be off the grid when 2 comes to -- when it comes to transportation. i think we can be cleaner. i'm not into conspiracy theories. think it's just a thorny, difficult -- it

i notice that, joining us from -- well, my neighbor is california, congresswoman barbara lee, who, let's see, about two years ago you experienced an oil spill on the shores of your district. representative lee, thank you for joining us. ms. lee: thank you very much. yes, congressman garamendi we did experience a devastating oil spill two years ago. that's why, many of us know from personal experience, and you know from a history of trying to find a way to help our country become energy independent and end this addiction of oil. we've worked on this for many, many years, i'm pleased you've take then lead in sponsoring a bill which i'm proud to co-sponsor, h.r. 5213, which would really create a ban, mind you. we need more than a moratorium. we need a ban on offshore oil and natural gas drilling from platforms and federal waters, particularly near california, oregon, and washington which your bill addresses. i think what we have seen in the gulf really explains why we're doing this, first of all thorninge west coast, but this needs to be done nationwide. offshore drilling poses too great a

barbara in grand rapids. caller: i have a comment and then a question. i do not know if it was you, but last week there was someone named daniel white, and they asked how he got his money for his organization. it turns out george soros, the billionaire socialist, is the one that sponsors him. host: who? caller: moveon.org. he lied on the air. george soros paid for his job. you did not go into it. host: who is the guest you are talking about? caller: daniel white. he pretended he was from another organization. host: i am not sure i was even on the program that day. tricia from alabama. independent line. caller: good morning. i was really trying to get through on intelligence. i just want to make a statement and ask a question. my son is a sergeant in the marine corps. he was coming home for a visit to me. london but not let him through with his passport. it makes me curious how easy it is to get through? host: staying on the topic of the war. congress is set to take up a supplemental bill. clearly, there are members of the democratic party who are not vot

if that is true, then barbara boxer mike reestablish a bit of an edge. it will be close and competitive race and very expensive. host: watch for victory and concession spehes through the evening. we will focus on several of the key states. off -- our guest is bob benenson. our first call is from toronto, ohio. we will show you a map from "the wall street journal" of the u.s. essentially the dark states are e ones who have action today. bernie, a caller from ohio. i think he cannot wait any more. we were talking so long. guest: i apologize. host: it is my fault. linda on the democrats' line from the mexico. go ahead. caller: my question is about carly fiorina. i did not know when she left hewlett-packard. at the time it is my understanding that she was fired. but i have not heard one word about that. host: what does it mean it is true? caller: it means to mate she probably was not bowing as good a job and she would like us to think she was. because i do believe she was fired. and i would like to know the truth. host: would that make heard less and effecti

before i begin i know that representative barbara lee who is the author of this resolution had wanted to be here to express her position on it. unfortunately she could not. therefore i would ask unanimous consent that her statement be included in the record. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's request will be covered by general leave. mr. davis: now, mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.res. 1369, a resolution recognizing national caribbean american heritage month. congress has taken time each year since 2006 to recognize americans of caribbean descent while theer contributions to our nation and i am glad we could bring this measure to the floor today. h.res. 1369 was introduced by my friend and colleague, representative barbara lee, on may 18, 2010, and the committee on oversight and government reform ordered it to be reported by unanimous consent on june 17, 2010. ii comes to the floor with over 50 co-sponsors and i'm pleased to join them in celebrating the rich heritage of caribbean americans. millions of people from the caribbean island have integrated to our shores for centur

said --, barbara boxer and rrgarding the energy bill,%% basic priority is to take of this bill. i imagine she was speaking about the payments. man is not focusing on the that americans have. i thought the promise by theer -- in both television, he says almost everybody in the obama it ministration does not want the in thecare bill passed first couule of years. that included joe biden, romer.na in the book that was written, wanted it passed beyond the first couple of years. host: let's get a response. guest: i have nnt read the book. some reticence to reform.are thht is true. joe biden was concerned about moving healthcare right after the stimulus. debates that we see on the campaign trail. for democratic candidates congress, would you vote for the bill? them would nottget back to us. there was a concern at the time political winner or loser. it depends on the districc or the state. is going to be a factor. we have seen democrats openly are opposed to it..% line.re walking a fine will obama go to their states that they have voted against his number-one prioriiy. host: how realist

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santa barbara did not want offshore oil development. host: franklin, you are on the air with deborah gordon. . white is it not going out to the masses? we are trying to put it out directly to consumers rather than through existing of utility companies. guest: this is a very good question. people often mixup will and alternatives. our electric utility system has more alternatives being brought into it slowly over time. natural gas is cleaner for utilities, but there is also solar and wind. it is complicated because you end up having to change. biofuels or one of the earlier alternative investments. if you talk about electric vehicles, they have to change out the infrastructure as well. i think that is why it has taken so long to get changes. it is very institutional, changing out the automakers, burning in alternative energy producers. it is complicated. utilities are different because you still have the plug in the wall. we do not have to change the consumers to get alternatives into that system. we will not have to worry about all of t

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host: barbara? caller: thank you for allowing me to speak. we now have the most far right court we have ever had. four of these justices, robert, legal, thomas and ask alya are classified as the most far right we've ever had. kennedy's number 10. as far as foreign law is concerned, kennedy is one of the ones who most often sites foreign law. host: ok. barbra, where did you get that listing? caller: i don't remember. i pulled it up some time ago. the ones that we have on there who are liberals aren't the most liberal. guest: there's severalays to respond to that. first of all, theeamerican people don't think that. several recent polls have said do you think the court is too liberal or about right or conservative? and the plurality says too liberal. secondly, there have been really thoughtful commentators who have just recently analyzed this. stuart taylor who is as down the middle as it gets wrote a column and said no, this is not an extremely conservative court. that on legal issue after legal issue, it is moderate to at times leaning slightl

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barbara joins us from california. good morning. you are on the air. go ahead. caller: you are actually getting into the area that i was going to speak to. when i was in graduate school in horrible problem. no one was funding the pension funds across the country. there were a few states doing that for their employees. we investigated it. we saw that the legislature's were typically, as mr. bell said, kicking this down the road. this has been going on for a long time. having been in policy in washington and doing some work for a ccngressman, in the field of education, i just suggest we start watching our legislatures3 attention, but it is our legislatures that are really -- and they are really messing up the work. host: thank you. guest: she is absolutely right. one understands the tendency to kick the can down the road. the problem is, and this is true of households, individuals, as well as the government's, no one wants to pay the true cost. i will put aside enough today for the promises of tomorrow. that is behavior that obviously has to change a. it is diffic

in fact, our involvement goes all the way back to right after the fall of kabul and barbara air force base in the middle of the night -- bagram air force base in the middle of the night in leading the general mcchrystal for the very first time. we applaud the president's decision in defense of our nation. we think no one is more qualified than general patraeus to achieve a successful conclusion of the afghan conflict. we praise the seevice of general mcchrystal and thank him for his service to our nation and wish him well and every success in the future. we are confident that general patraeus' leadership will have a positive effect on the situation in the region. we still have concerns about the civilian side. in fact, it might -- you might suggest that the consideration might be given to the reuniting the crocker-patraeus team. we still have concerns about the civilian side of it and the non- military side of these equations. relations between the ambassador and president karzai, whether there is a sufficient civilian side on the ground. the hearing for general patraeus' confirmation

barbara on the democratic line. caller: the estate tax should be reinstated. think theodore roosevelt would have started at the idea that we have wealthy dynasties. every generation should earn its own money. and i am disgusted with both parties in congress. one has no courage, the other has no heart. they are both too cowardly to tax billionaires. under eisenhower, it was 90%. we were all doing well. kennedy reduced it to 70%. i think what would be fair is, anything over $1 million, 70%. we need the money, they do not. i am disgusted with congress. host: on the estate tax, cbo says under the law passed in 2001, an acceptable amount for the top marginal rate is 45%. winston-salem, north carolina. good morning, phillip. caller: i was calling in about unemployment benefits. is there a way -- [unintelligible] is there a way that it would seize totally? guest: congress and is eager to show that they are helping families that have been hurt by this economic crisis. obviously, we cannot speak to individual situations come individual eligibility, but there is resolve

host: barbara? caller: thank you for allowing me to speak.e now have the most far right court we have ever had. four of these justices, robert, legal, thomas and ask alya are classified as the most far right we've ever had. kennedy's number 10. as far as foreign law is concerned, kennedy is one of the ones who most often sites foreign law. host: ok. barbra, where did you get that listing? caller: i don't remember. i pulled it up some time ago. the ones that we have on there who are liberals aren't the most liberal. guest: there's several ways to respond to that. first of all, theeamerican people don't think that. several recent polls have said do you think the court is too liberal or about right or conservative? and the plurality says too liberal. secondly, there have been really thoughtful commentators who have just recently analyzed this. stuart taylor who is as down the middle as it gets wrote a column and said no, this is not an extremely conservative court. that on legal issue after legal issue, it is moderate to at times leaning slightl

i would point out that barbara mikulski and geraldine ferraro and mario cuomo and michael dukakis and jennifer lopez and raquel welch and kirk douglas, all speak english. i think we are willing to stipulate that. when their parents and grandparrnts were brought here, they faced a long hard slog -ptoward gaining enough englisho get by. the networks that helped them 100 years ago did not transfer well to a 2010. hometown societies, the private voluntary agencies language schools, the armies of wellborn, well educated women who moved like an army and the lower east side and to humboldt park in chicago and neighborhoods in philadelphia. those were the only jobs that educated women could get in those days. those kind of aids are a little harder to find today. the predominance of latinos among immigrants from everywhere provides a special challenge for our school system. social service agencies, law enforcement, and stable longitudinal status of neighborhoods in metropolitan areas. latino immigration to the united states has been high during an era of great hundred indian -- the american ma

the santa barbara spill was more than 30 years ago, it was in 1969, it was 80 or 100,000 barrels of oil in it total. that's a tragedy. this oil spill produces that every two days. so this is a real anomaly, it seems to me, and the situation where we have the gulf of mexico providing 97% of federal offsre production, nearly 7,000 active leases, there have been 50,000 wells since 1947 drilled. and we have this incredibly unusual event it would seem, producing more spilled oil every day than all of the thousands of wells spilled in the last 30 years. that makes m think about judge feldman's decision, where he said are all planes dangerous because one was. are all trains, all mines, that sort of thinking seems rather heavy handed. i agree that the prudent thing to do, if you have a terrible plane crash, let's stop, let's see what happened. make sure it doesn't happen again. we don't stop 1.6 million people from flying every day after that, for an indefinite period, in the same way, the third of the oil that the united states gets from -- comes from the gulf of mexico, 25% natural gas. so i

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deep submergence who was assigned by the nixon administration to help resolve the oil spill in santa barbaraically utilized seenage tent models for emerge incident -- you know, just to rapidly control the spillage. one thing he mentioned was that the navy does have the secretary of salvage, which was utilized not only during problems like finding nuclear weapons underwater, but because of deep submergence technollgy, of deep submergence technollgy, they should have had a larger hand in understanding exactly how to resolve something of this depth, especially with triple point problems. he said that they basically need to look very carefully at having a much stronger tool chest, and the navy's deep submergence and secretary of salvage already have tools on the shelf for these kind of problems because they deal with oil spills all the time. guest: again, our 3:00 conference call, which i've been fairly safe about being on, where no m.m.s. and coast guard are there, the specific question was asked regarding d.o.d., or department of defense, capabilities. those were considered. the traditional su

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appreciate how tough it is to be a democrat or or -- in incumbent this year, look no further than that barbaraoxer. this is an election with national consequences. ittis hard to see how republicans could pick up the senate without winning this seat. what will be the outcome of the three-way primary among republicans that? baltimore, maryland, keith, republicans line. caller: yeah, i just wanted to know, i mean, with this thing down in louisiana, i mean, i think it is ridiculous that they are letting these people get away with this kind of stuff. hello? host: yeah. caller: yeah. i think it is ridiculous they are letting people get away with this stuff. host: let's look at that news coming out of the gulf of mexico. this is from the associated press. bp chief executive said sunday he will not step down over the oil spill and predicted his company will recover from the disaster. hayward said he would not quit and he had the absolute intention of seeing this through to the end. "we are going to stop the leak. we are going to clean up the oil, we are going to mediate any environmental damage and we