. >> there are still people who believe flamingo is just a rum bayh. it's great that is w being recognized for what it is, a universal art form. >> anirs art form that now has fans the world over and can be seen at the festival in jerez. >> fal, aou designer who is really going places. sebastian won a prestigious red doss award las yr. this year he's just been named as best new come herb in the german design awards. he has ao produced practical and popular and as you may expect, he is a bit of a stickler for detail. >> sebastian takes aersonal interest in the production of this particular table. it wasis bell table design that gave him his major break through. so he often visits the manufacturer often responsible for reproducing it. >> the idea was to create something surprising. a table that would initially confuse me. normally the eeh part of a table, the steel is on the bottom and the top part is made of glass. i have turned this upside down, making the foot a materials that transrent and fragile. >> it's made in a workshop not far from where she li

a number of other questions and get to the issue of the perception of left the s -- versus right bayh's. he -- bias. >> we handled the situation badly. on reflection, it has been several months and i stand by the fact that we handle the situation badly. we acted too hastily and make mistakes and i made mistakes. we reflect on the states now and fix things that some of the rigid that fell down on that day and make sure it did not happen again. that is the learning experience with juan williams. >> are you arguing that and tell us how that works and how ultimately whether you'll be in line by that or you're stakeholders? >> we did not handle it very well. there were processes they were not really in place or fallen on that day. and we have fix those. >> from that standpoint, the public interest notwithstanding, it you think that you have move past it and get fixed whatever the issues were in place that caused the problem? >> yes, the process issues. >> can you give us an idea of the processes? >> their work issues on communications over those couple of days that did not work as they shoul

the last-second defeat to election yitzhad evan bayh retire, you had judd gregg, i consider him and aragmatist, who knew more about and this time you have kent conrad of retiring, joe lieberman retiring, lugar who is likely to face a very, very, very, i don't know if i used enough, very difficult primary for murdoch to the state treasurer who is more concerned, so a lot of these guys that tend to be more in the metal and are defeated, blanche lincoln and the general election, but tallman talked about the party sorting out it is proving to be a problem. it's hard to compromise and you don't have anybody in the middle. >> thank you. this has been a fascinating session and i have so many questions. unfortunately we are out of time. please join me in thanking our speakers today. [applause] the national association for business economics also heard from dennis lockhart, president of the federal reserve bank of atlanta. this is 45 minutes. >>> good morning. welcome to the spurring policy conference. my name is richard and i'mth

rockefeller bayh teo famous labor leaders. harry was the head of the electrical workers union and peter, who had been president nixon's labor secretary. they had a partnership with the rockefellers and worked closely with them on development efforts. they introduced me to mr. rockefeller. i wrote a paper on what the market may look like. i was 20-something. they said fine and a now we will hire you to do it. i went to work their having worked for a decade in non- profit housing development. then i set up a program working in partnership with the city. with federal governments as well with -- created a home building industry in the city that we build neighborhoods. >> how friendly is it to the middle class to come here? >> too successful. when we started in the 1980's bessette -- there was not a place where you could sell a home or rent an apartment for what a cost to build it. there was a very weak market. we had to create markets. within 15 years there was not a neighborhood in the city where you could not sell a home or rent

people that have lots at the top of all news networks for being the most accurate and being the least bayh's obviously that gentleman does not agree. the republicans would say that fox is the only fair and balanced. fox from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. is not meant to be fair and balanced. below reilly does let you hear both sides. the same with hannity and gre ta, but they're not trying to put forward a straightforward, non-biased view in that time period. the news to buy it -- the news side is very precise in what it does. there is such a huge difference between a bill o'reilly and keith olbermann. i used to watch keith because this important know what the other side is thinking as well. he never had republicans on, ever. he trashes their points and never gives them a chance to be heard. host: and he is off the air now. guest: on fox news, on every show you hear an opposing point of view. that is what i expect not just from a news network, but from a news and opinion network. host: and exchange on sarah palin and bill o'reilly. the story here is this morning, sarah palin to bill o'reilly, do n

a number of other questions and get to the issue of the perception of left the s -- versus right bayh's. he -- bias. >> we handled the situation badly. on reflection, it has been several months and i stand by the fact that we handle the situation badly. we acted too hastily and make mistakes and i made mistakes. we reflect on the states now and fix things that some of the rigid that fell down on that day and make sure it did not happen again. that is the learning experience with juan williams. >> are you arguing that and tell us how that works and how ultimately whether you'll be in line by that or you're stakeholders? >> we did not handle it very well. the were processes they were not really in place or fallen on that day. and we have fix those. >> from that standpoint, the public interest notwithstanding, it you think that you have move past it and get fixed whatever the issues were in place that caused the problem? >> yes, the process issues. >> can you give us an idea of the processes? >> their work issues on communications over those couple of days that did not work as they should

. >> suggest to give a quick example or to the last election you have evan bayh retire, you have judd gregg, i consider him a pragmatist who know more about the budget than most republicans and this time kent conrad, joe lieberman retiring, lugar who was likely to face a very, very i don't know if i used enough to be difficult primary so low of the guys that tend to be in the middle who are defeated if blanche lincoln and the general election and tom talked about the party sorting out it is proving to be a problem. it's hard to compromise when you don't have anybody in the middle. >> unfortunately we are out of time that please join me in thanking the speakers today. [applause] the national association for business economics also heard from dennis lockhart president of the federal reserve bank of atlanta. this is 45 minutes. >> welcome to the spring policy conference, my name is richard, associate dean at the school of business at university colorado, and i'm proud to be serving as the president of naep this year. i want to thank you for attending the conference. i think we are going

. >> just to give a quick example -- last example you had evan bayh retire and judd gregg in new hampshire. at this time you have joe lieberman retiring and dick lugar who is likely to face a very difficult primary. a lot of these guys who tend to be in the middle -- it is what tom talked about. it is proving to be a problem. >> thank you. this has been a fascinating session. unfortunately we are out of time but plays thank me our speakers today. [applause] is a vote to protect our nation's >> the nevada senator announced earlier he will not run for reelection next year. the republicans said he was worried about the effect of the campaign on his family. he acknowledged in june 2009 he had an extramarital affair with a former member of his campaign staff and they helped her husband attain lobbying work with the company. he is currently under investigation by the senate ethics committee. >> we see a world of broadband and broadcast. we think that is a huge mistake. >> the future of broadcast television with the head of the national association of broadcasters. the communicators on c-span2. >

bayh be a dollars to $7 billion a year.ver that same period, the number of air travelers in the united states has essentially been flat. we are on an unsustainable course. >> walking us through trusted traveler, it starts with less intervention beginning, but they go through kiosks. guest: we americans coming back into the country from overseas. there is up process called global entry. you do not have to meet with a customs officer unless there is a random search. you provide your fingerprint, you're right the skin, other aspects about yourself that you provided before your departure. then you get let through. you have done the interview, provided your fingerprints coming rise in. you go to a buy a metric check and prove you are who you say you are. the next thing you go through is all leading your shoes on in your bag, a year ago through a magnetometer. k-9 units for explosives, but the experienced the client feels is more streamlined beneficial which is inefficient. host: jim, good morning. he has let this. houston, go ah

a number of other questions and get to the issue of the perception of left the s -- versus right bayh's. he -- bias. >> we handled the situation badly. on reflection, it has been several months and i stand by the fact that we handle the situation badly. we acted too hastily and make mistakes and i made mistakes. we reflect on the states now and fix things that some of the rigid that fell down on that day and make sure it did not happen again. that is the learning experience with juan williams. >> are you arguing that and tell us how that works and how ultimately whether you'll be in line by that or you're stakeholders? >> we did not handle it very well. there were processes they were not really in place or fallen on that day. and we have fix those. >> from that standpoint, the public interest notwithstanding, it you think that you have move past it and get fixed whatever the issues were in place that caused the problem? >> yes, the process issues. >> can you give us an idea of the processes? >> their work issues on communications over those couple of days that did not work as they shoul

people that have lots at the top of all news networks for being the most accurate and being the least bayh's. obviously that gentleman does not agree. the republicans would say that fox is the only fair and balanced. fox from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. is not meant to be fair and balanced. below reilly does let you hear both sides. the same with hannity and gre ta, but they're not trying to put forward a straightforward, non-biased view in that time period. the news to buy it -- the news side is very precise in what it does. there is such a huge difference between a bill o'reilly and keith olbermann. i used to watch keith because this important know what the other side is thinking as well. he never had republicans on, ever. he trashes their points and never gives them a chance to be heard. host: and he is off the air now. guest: on fox news, on every show you hear an opposing point of view. that is what i expect not just from a news network, but from a news and opinion network. host: and exchange on sarah palin and bill o'reilly. the story here is this morning, sarah palin to bill o'reilly, do

bayh connect, i mean to be able to exchange ideas come to be able to exchange information, the ability to exchange views. this presents opportunities for people not just to get new ideas and learn more about what is going on, but for many people, it is absolutely critical for you can see this in developing countries where more and more people resource fully use telephones and pd days and other devices to get information on crops, information on weather forecasting, and a variety of other things. this is another challenge, keeping the internet open and sensible for the flow of ideas, the flow of financial information, the flow of economic internet -- information. enormously challenging prospect for most countries, to figure out -- in the united states, we've had the notion of freedom of press and communication for many times. for many countries it is not in their dna. therefore move in that direction has posed a major challenges. we also need to look at one more great challenge the relates to this -- that relates to this, the desire of more and more young people connected to the rest of

bayh press secretary will point them out. >> nick robinson, bbc news. do you both fear that it may not be possible to protect the libyan civilians from the air? at yesterday's conference, did they discuss the possibility of forming the opposition as they have requested? or do you fear that if you did it, you might be forming some who have al qaeda sympathies? >> we did not discuss at the conference today arming the opposition. there was no one of the subject for discussion. we discussed all the things that i just set out. all of which are designed to detect civilian life in libya. -- protect civilian life in libya. it was not at the conference or on the agenda for discussion. you're right that the subject has been raised by the interim transitional national council. but it is not part of any agreement today. the united kingdom takes into account the u.n. security council resolution on this, and those resolutions applied to the whole of libya. although consistent with u.n. security council 1973, to give people a in order to defend themselves in particula

a 50 page questionnaire in advance of the trial to screen out the jurors switcher to deal with the bayh yes issues and then you give the lawyers even more time than you normally what to examine the witnesses in the broad your process but that is how you deal with it, and we just have to live with these other media outlets that exist. >> how do you view the sensationalist media? does it affect this issue? >> well, you know, i've been impressed throughout the day and this is just another example about how we are treating some things as brand new that have been with us forever. i don't know from gaulker or whoever but i grew up in brooklyn with the daily news and if you have grown up with a seat like the daily news or, you know, now i guess "the new york post" as become the same way if you've grown up with of those things what is the difference "the new york times" dillinger please help my some careful description of the case. if they are on the front page would have the guy kills and rapes girl, and, you know, and what is this? this has been with us forever. may be different now that it's

military, i am bayh's because as you know, i am a friend and you become one when you go through difficult times like iraq. c-span2. >> good morning, everybody. everybody had your coffee and you're all wide awake and ready to get to work? well, here we are. and once again i want to say how happy we are that you're here for the first annual building of grad nation summit. i had the pleasure of seeing many of you last night when we were joined by secretary duncan, but today we get busy and get to work. we've got a full day in store with lots of sessions. we have talked about this before, and we will talk about it throughout these today's that days that we are together. we are here as partners in the movement that is gaining momentum. people are coming to understand that we have a problem when a student drops out every six seconds. people are coming to understand that we have to turn that around. there's all kinds of chatter and all kinds of talk about it, and we see more and more news articles about it. the other day i got a letter from a man who said, did you know that another student dropp

senators and according to the provision rule 22, of the standing wills and the senator bayh move to bringa close the debate on the motion tonumb proceed to come under number 14o each for one and an act to makee appropriatfeions for the dickern of defense and that the department and agency that detpt government the fiscal year in sg the september 30th, 2011 signed by 17 senators as sen fatolorlo. reid of nevada, inouye, nelson of florida, white a package coming udall off new mexico, hagan, menendez, casey, shaheen, klobuchar, carvin, boxer, franken, feinstein and bingaman.en, >> mr. president, i ask unanimous consent of the quoruma under the rule 20 to be waived. >> i now withdraw my motion to mrreid: proceed. de the senator has that right.ri >> mr. president, when an american family sits in the tabe kitchen at the table and sorts s through their finances as they , often do, partisan politics pols don't fit into the equation. fas when the families we represent calculate their own budgets, they have the cost of gas and groceries, tuition in some r instances and other necessitiest they care

i have questions about the do-not-track but what i would like to do is go to senator bayh isakson sincethe vote started in the then senator kerry. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. leibowitz, in your front page of your prepared testimony, you have the number of cases then you brought over the last 15 years in various categories and fair credit reporting act for the children's protection.cd is that volume by categoryvol proportionate to the number ofpe complaints that you get, or is it just ---- >> well, we keep a database, consumer sentinel, and that is one important way we developdevp cases. there are other ways as well. ar and so, we like to think it's not a perfect symmetry, but we like to think that it's in esoportion to the need to brings cases, as you know we are a very small agency, so we try to leverage our limited resources. but we think -- we try to gom ir where the harm is or is going t become so we think it'sand we ti reflective of that.nk but i will get you some consumer co complaints.ints, but but wewe also -- as you know, being a member of thisthis committee, it is sometime

senator senate bill 389 bayh senator kirk and senator hatch has a blo very similar bill to establish a commission to review cost control. and to rescind all on obligateds balances of president obama'sl. stimulus bill. senate joint resolution three by senator hatch, a balanced budge4 amendment, and senate joint resolution four by sat hershelt. be on the same topic and senateb joint resolution by senator lee on the same topic. e,is is a long list but it'sxhav certainly not exhaustive, mr. president. if i just read a partial list t: with ideas, proposals comerage solutions. we encourage every senator of every party to come up with ideas, proposals, solutions, any what's actually talk about theas greatest threat we face as a country.let's let's talk about it now, let's the date now, the exchange ideas and a positive atmosphere now c before we reach any crisis remosphere over the debt limit.p again, mr. president, i respectfully urge the distinguished majority leader hd senator reid to heed our call to take the call to arms to read ad our letter and react by creatine identified time on th

to can act -- you talk about legislation one year after we got the senators leave, tom daschle evan bayh passed 47 bills that might by unanimous consent. just to a fuss. we had a grand time. [laughter] >> because he did that we never leave it the vehicle left. [laughter] >> that's when the good stuff gets done. >> just remember, it is when it wants to move fast it can. >> you were talking about change and reform and how it's sometimes it's used to much as it's a good thing and i remember lloyd cutler is in custody but the it was unconstitutional and quote did somebody in the bridge reform debates who got up in the parliament and said reform, reform. that's all we hear as if things were not adel ready. [laughter] and i think that's the attitude some members of the house and senate have towards those who might want to drastically alter the way things are done. but in any event i think that it is time to open -- time to open things up for questions. raise your hand, we offer a microphone and then give your name and affiliation. >> not everybody at once. >> right here in the front with this

to can act -- you talk about legislation one year after we got the senators leave, tom daschle evan bayh passed 47 bills that might by unanimous consent. just to a fuss. we had a grand time. [laughter] >> because he did that we never leave it the vehicle left. [laughter] >> that's when the good stuff gets done. >> just remember, it is when it wants to move fast it can. >> you were talking about change and reform and how it's sometimes it's used to much as it's a good thing and i remember lloyd cutler is in custody but the it was unconstitutional and quote did somebody in the bridge reform debates who got up in the parliament and said reform, reform. that's all we hear as if things were not adel ready. [laughter] and i think that's the attitude some members of the house and senate have towards those who might want to drastically alter the way things are done. but in any event i think that it is time to open -- time to open things up for questions. raise your hand, we offer a microphone and then give your name and affiliation. >> not everybody at once. >> right here in the front with this

are peoe that have lo at the top of all news networks for bng the most accurate and being the least bayh's. obviously that gentleman does not agree. the republicans would say that fox is the only fair and balanced. fox from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. not meant to be fair and balanced. beloweilly does let you hear both sides. the same with hannity and gre ta, but they're not trying to put forward a straightforward, non-biased view in that time period. the news to buy it -- the news side is very precise in what it does. there is such a huge difference between a bill o'illy and keith olbermann. i used to watch keith because this important know what the other side is thinking as well. he never had republicans on, ever. he trashes their points and never gives them a chance to be heard. host: and he is off the air now. guest: on fox news, on every show you hear an opposing point of view. that is what i expect not just from a news network, but from a news and opion network. host: and exchange on sarah palin and bill o'reilly. the story here is this morning, sarah palin to bill o'reilly, do not inter

bayh they give we could just make our infrastructure investments more effective that we could get a huge impact even if we did not have more money, even if we had less money. they give competitiveness as setting the rules, policies, collaboration, strategic agenda. it is not about taking out your checkbook in deriding a big check. as i said, to do this welcome you have to mobilize the private sector. you have to get them on your team. they can do a lot of this themselves. if you could just get them energized and if you to give them a feeling like you are all in it together. i'm confident many of you are doing so, but i cannot emphasize enough from the world. finally, i want to say that coming out of the bruising political campaign, in which many of you have been engaged recently, on what to say that improving competitiveness and economic strategy is not partisan. it is about building the prosperity of everyone. the benefits of economic strategy are going to be even greatest for the middle and lower middle income brackets that it will be for those who are at the top. we have to turn this