ben bernanke has done everything he can. i only wish that -- i think if the american people realize that every pension fund in the world, in the world was tied up in all of these derivatives and this whole mess. i have followed this for the last 2 1/2 years and lost a fortune in this mess. they would come to understand what is going on. but the people that got us in this with their policy, since 1994, which are the republicans, are the ones that made the biggest fools of themselves, especially darrell issa of california. and the other one is the other buffoon, dan burton of indiana. these are people who are all about capitalism, yet they know nothing. they are absolutely ignorant when it comes to monetary policy. the person that should have been in that seat was alan greenspan, who got us in this mess. and these republicans sat there and green light and all of those policies because they were in charge and they did no oversight. as a result, business people and the very people that they claim they are ousoul in favor of, are

and then ben bernake was on c-span or he talked about the budget in congress earlier this week. he made the point fairly clearly that the fed has kept a lot of these credits that have taken over from the private banks on short maturities. so that are renewable every 30, 45, 60 days, which means that if the private process of credit creation restarting and the fed can very quickly wind down its own positions. as a second element, a few months ago congress gave the federal reserve in the authority to pay interest on reserves that the banks are holding with the federal reserve. now, and at one point in time the federal reserve would start to see that credit creation by the banks on the basis of these reserves starts again very quickly, they can offer in interest rates on those reserves which could mean that the banks won't use of these reserves as a basis for credit creation. so they basically have to tools to present when a lot of people fear these days, an inflationary binge that would -- if a the fed -- let me put it this way -- if the fed does react to slow it will have inflati

ben goessling is going to talk with us.ic plays and then go to the hot corner of our "nats xtra" pregame when we come back with ben goessling.  >>> welcome back "nats xtra pregame on masn tonight. they'll meet tomorrow night at 7:00 and sunday afternoon game on masn 2. then, boston red sox come to town for games tuesday, wednesday and thursday. on the big one, masn hd. we hope you'll be with us here in person if not on masn. manny acta knows one thing is for certain. pitching and defense wins ballgames. >> i don't think it's a secret that pitching and defense wins ballgames. the fact is that we haven't played good defense, and it goes both ways. if you play good defense, it makes your pitching better because there's a thousand of errors that they don't shoip on the box score. fly balls that we don't get to. fly balls that we don't catch. ground balls we don't get to that some of the guys get to it. it goes hand in hand. >> and ben goessling joining us from the "the washington times" in the hot corner segment. defense e

he took the test and he aced it and ben franklin said you're in charge of building forts and he builtforts across the delaware river from philadelphia at forts mercers and while he was building these forts they realized that the british ships would sail into the delaware and try to bombard philadelphia. so he started building what's known is a chevaux de frise and they were tree trunks that were shaved sit down and they would put iron tips on the end and put these under water so that when the british ships would sail in, they would puncture the bottom of the ship and then they would sink. the americans said this guy knows what he's doing so they made him a colonel of the engineers and they paid him a reward. and ben franklin went off to paris and suddenly there was a battle who would kosciuszko work for next? well, he got the attention of general gates who was the commander of the northern army for the continental army and general gates was in charge of new york. and he knew that the british would be coming down from canada and attacking from three sides. so he sent kosciuszko up here

comes ben bunting is up.gs. mentioned lampson has a great pick-off move. >> and this ish really the time when you're going to pick somebody off. they're not going to bein buntig him over. he's out there maybe to steal a, base. this is when you're going to show a couple of moves that .ren't very good probably a couple pitches later, you're going to see his best move to try and pick him off. >> two stolen base attempts, successful both times.st >> bunting looks at a called strike. >> and by having a great pick-off move, it also eliminates the thought of a hit-and-run also because it would have to be a safety hit-and-run. >> oh, called strike two.iminats ben bunting has had a difficulte time today as the lead-off hitter. three strikeouts and a kgroun groundout. also made an error in leftben bu field.t a chance to redeem himself asdo the flags are now still and the wind has completely died.o mader missing outside. what a game to start our sunday schedule here. 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning. alex white and jo

does the president we approved ben bernanke? if you look at the set of economists that he is likely to pick from, and the kinds of people he picks, they are the kind of people who will let the president run the printing presses. they believe in lots of government. that is their point of view. my feeling is the person that is most likely to take the punch bowl away from barack obama is ben bernanke. he would not be a person that barack obama would choose if he was not there already. he is more likely to exercise some monetary discipline than anyone else the president appoints. i would suggest that at some point there will be some kind of showdown between the fed and the administration over money. at that point, all of those conservatives out there that like to put jefferson about central banks will be very happy to have what is left of an independent and a boric economists over there holding the crank. host: north carolina on the democrats' line. caller: have you read a book called fool's gold? guest: know i have not. can you giv

and ben franklin looked at him like he was from mars and said we're a country of farmers and merchant and don't have an army, much less a test for what is it? military engineering and we do have somebody who knows a lot about gee yorment and come back and we'll give you a geometry test and he came back and took the test and he aced it and ben franklin sid are in charge of building forts and he built forts across the delaware river from philadelphia, at forts mercer and billingsport and while he was building these forts, they realized that the british ships would sail into the delaware, and try to bombard philadelphia. so he started building what is known as a chevaux de frise, they were tree trunks, saved down and put iron tips on the end and put them under water and when the ships would sail in, they would puncture the bottom of the ship. and then they would sink. the americans said, this guy knows what he is doing and made hum a colonel of the engineers and paid him a reward, and ben franklin went off to paris and suddenly there was a battle, for who would kosciuszko work for next.

>> i am not going to make news about ben bernanke. i think he has done a fine job under a very difficult circumstance. i would say that all financial regulators did not do everything they needed to do to prevent the crisis from happening. that is why we have put forward a bold as a set of reforms in financial regulation in 75 years. there were too many gaps. there were laws on the books that would have brought about a prevention of the crisis. the enforcement was not there. there was not sufficient law in some cases. i think the fed probably performed better than most other regulators prior to the crisis taking place. they would be the first to a knowledge that in dealing with systemic risk and anticipating its, they did not do everything that needs to be done. since the crisis occurred, ben bernanke has performed very well. one of the central concept behind our financial regulatory reform is that there has got to be somebody who is responsible not just for monitoring the health of the individual institutions but someone who is monito

in fact, he is beyond halfway. 3-2 to bard who slams it out to ben zobrist at second base.obrist who already had trouble catching one ground ball that came off the turf into the dirt who threw willie harris out. >> bob: what's the difference do uneath? úrob:no, the di is fin but you have the sin thettic fake type whatever this grass is and it takes a hop off of there and then it hops into the dirt and the dirt is not the same speed. so you have a spinning ground ball, it may be different when it gets to you. >> bob: anderson hernandez shows bunt, draws longoria in from third and takes it up high. >> rob: i mean, there's regular grass infield now that, back in the day when i was playing, like dodger stadium, it was a really, really tough infield. our infielders had a tough time trying to catch ground balls there. >> bob: great swing, rndez basehit to left. the nationals have thei7th hit now against a pitcher who came in the second toughest to hit the american league. >> rob: we do pretty well again the best pitchers in baseball. it's the guys with the 8 e.r.a. that kill

. >> bob: ben zobrist adds to his career high with his 13th home run. the rays have scored four runs tonight, driving all of them in with the long ball. and they lead by two. >> rob: i'm sure manny will be asked about pulling zimmermann after 92 pitches. it was a long five innings for him.

on capitol today, fed chairman ben bernanke before a house committee, taking questions on that merger between bank of america and merrill lynch. one headline in "the new york times," the gop expected to paint ben bernanke as an ally of big government. the senate health committee continues its market appearance today on the issue of health care reform. nancy pelosi holding her weekly news conference. president obama meeting with some members of congress. today the issue is immigration. there's also a white house picnic on the south lawn for lawmakers. governor mark sanford admitting his affair yesterday on the front page of "the washington times." social conservatives fall from the moral high ground. that is our focus for the next half-hour. our phone lines, as always, 202- 737-0001, of our line for republicans. 202-737-0002 for democrats. if you are an independent, the number to call is 202-628-0205. beginning with the "los angeles times," another gop bombshell. the "atlanta journal constitution," where the governor flew back cut from his trip to argentina, a costly confession for the

just had a long talk with ben, ben bernanke, i presume, says they think the mac threat is irrelevant because it's not credible and tends to make it more clear that if they, meaning bank of america, play their card and then need assistance, management is gone, period. and then says forgot to tell them that kl, i believe that's you, ken lewis is near retirement, close. the there's a different dynamic going on here. there is -- remember the context of all of this is the sky is falling, as mr. cummings said. and tremendous pressure on everyone. they think you're playing a game. they think you're throwing this thing out as a red herring in that they think what you're really trying to do and what some people suggest you might have been doing was to leverage taxpayer support by falsely putting this mac out there. the fact that you're going to let this deal crash, walk away, even asserting -- you don't have to win the mac, as you said before, you don't have to win it. this deal needs to stop and then i think the weight of all of the forces that play there with lehman and everything else, wer

ben sow -- ben zobrist two outs. ray knight and johnny holliday coming up for nats extra. a lot of groundouts today. the nats offense very strong. alberto two of the hits. martis and sea bath i can't --- . >> bob: this is the second run issued by the rays today. it's time for adam dunn to jump up and hurt tampa bay. >> rob: not a good day for santana. 82 pitches in 3 innings. aj burnett on the other side 6 inning, 4 hit, 8 punch outs. >> bob: evidently at yankees stadium you need to make them swing and miss. >> bob: he's adam dunn. this could be the defining play of the day for the nationals. bullpen about to take over. fastball for a strike. not the kind of first pitch you usually see from a lefty. the pitch selection or the location. >> rob: on the pitch track here, fastball that cuts back over the plate. the catcher had to set up outside. >> bob: nearly threw it away. navarro saves a run. this is supposed to be a cutter. >> rob: he tries to aim it and throws it in the dirt, navarro. probably instead of block it with his glove, tried to slide out to get his body behind i

>> i'm not going to make news about ben bernanke. although i think he has done a fine job under a very difficult circumstance -- under very difficult circumstances. i would say that all financial regulators didn't do everything that needed to be done to prevent the crisis from happening. and that's why we've put forward the boldest set of reforms in financial regulation in 75 years. because there were too many gaps where there were laws on the books that would have brought about a prevention of the crisis, the enforcement wasn't there. in some wayses -- cases there just weren't sufficient laws on the books, for example, with the nonbanking sector. i think that the fed probably performed better than most other regulators prior to the crisis taking place. but i think they'd be the first to acknowledge that in dealing with systemic risk and anticipating systemic risk they didn't do everything that kneed to be done. i think -- needed to be done. i think since the crisis has occurred, ben bernanke has performed very well and one of the ce

and ben zobrist is going to make this 4-2 tampa bay.manny acta takes jordan zimmermann out, three batters later, three runs for the rays. >> rob: zobrist, the 93-mile an hour sinker, gets plate coverage and he just kills that ball. >> bob: ben zobrist adds to his career high with his 13th home run. the rays have scored four runs tonight, driving all of them in with the long ball. and they lead by two. >> rob: i'm sure manny will be asked about pulling zimmermann after 92 pitches. it was a long five innings for him. >> rob: a loft strikeouts. kind of a heavy amount of work for the young kid. he's the future. this team's so far out of first place he did not need to come out and throw over 100 pitches today. the bullpen's been really good lately. i think they only allowed one home run in about 16, 17 games. it's a team that can put some runs on the board in a hurry. makes pena's bunt look like a genius if you give up the home run to descroab rift. run to zobrist. bergman may not be long for this game. miller light beach bash on june 19, th

the count is full to ben zobrist. ron villone, one intentional walk.ke that away, he has had a few walks, 8 of them in 24 innings but he has been pretty unhittable. that ball goes straight up does not hit any girders or rings and josh bard is there to grab it. we are with you tomorrow night at 7:05 even though the game starts at 6:08. jordan zimmerman will again try to win his third. his he will bow is fine. he will take on andy son nanstine with a 6.70 e.r.a. we will have our usual even r menu of post--game programming on nats xtra. pat burrell 0-for-2 with a walk. now, some of you may know who stay up in the wee hours -- and there is gabe cab kapler to hit for gabe gross. now, you know that we replay the game. so rob and i will be doing the play i'm i remember the big satellite dishes? >> bob: yes. >> rob: you used to be able to get the live feed, no sound but the live feed of ball games. >> bob: we used to call that the back hall, right out of the ballpark. >> rob: but occasionally, you know, when you did get the feet and the sound, you could hear w

. >> ben down at the tropicana field in st. petersburg, florida florida. >> any time anyone is speculated to be on the verge of losing a job is uncomfortable. you've got a feel for manny acta. nobody wants to win more than him. >> win as good all about becoming champions. our ball club has not played well. the first year we came in here, i say with nationals came in with 13 arms out of the spring training in which two or three people knew. ic they overachieved. last year not getting a good read on the ball club. last year, manny says this is the best team we've had. then the bullpen is awful. >> winning changes everything. time for the stay of the game hold of the game brought to you by just for men hair color. most holes in inner league play in the last years. walker 11, dan winger with 11. those relievers kept their team in the game. you too can stay in the game with just for men hair color. we'll step out while he steps to the mound to get ready for hopefully his first major league -- ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watc

i think it is interesting to see ben bernanke talking about fiscal discipline. that is appropriate within the context of what we were talking about. i watched the testimony to congress. it was not the fiscal stimulus of the great depression that was a problem but it was that it was not big enough. that is what he said. the fiscal stimulus along with monetary -- is causing people to think longer-term. how much more doesn't put the fed in a position of being more outspoken? you are the ones that have to pick up the pieces that the other end of it. >> we have to understand the ramifications of fiscal policy and government spending and how it will affect the workings of the u.s. economy. we have to understand where we are on that trajectory. it is standard fare for us to be paying attention to the confectionary effects of fiscal programs as well as other programs in the international environment. we have to understand it more or less accommodation should be put in place to keep inflation in the range this is supposed to be in. you are talking about over and above th

[applause] minister david ben-gurion proclaimed in israel's declaration of independence: "the jewish people arose in the land of israel and it was here that its spiritual, religious and political character was shaped. here they attained their sovereignty, and here they bequeathed to the world their national and cultural treasures, and the most eternal of books. sovereignty and here in bequeathed to the world but we must also tell the truth in its entirety: within this homeland lives a large palestinian community. we do not want to rule over them, we do not want to govern their lives, we do not want to impose either our flag or our culture on them. in my vision of peace, in this small land of ours, two peoples live freely, side-by-side, in amity and mutual respect. each will have its own flag, its own national anthem, its own government. neither will threaten the security or survival of the other. these two realities - our connection to the land of israel, and the palestinian population living within it - have created deep divisions in israeli society. but the truth is that we have mu

time to talk to -- ben is down there in tampa. ben, great to see you again.out elijah dukes, back to where he went to high school there. good week for elijah. >> there has been a lot of attention on it, folks with the local media. it's been a big storely with him being here. he spent a couple of years with the rays and things ended a little unceremoniously but for him, that's a big thing for him to play in front of his former team. i saw him greet joe maddon. >> ray: you have been around elijah now for two years. your evaluation of him as he has thrown into a mature young man? >> it's kind of a day-to-day thing. his struggles are well documented and they put a pretty good support system in place for him and he has done a pretty good job of responding to the support system they put around him, and he has responded well to guys like marquis grissom, willie harris. he has responded well to the examples. we were talking to stan before the game. he says that's one thing he does not get enough credit for, learning that position and centerfield is not easy. they wou

. >> and knelt federal reserve chairman ben bernanke discusses last year's bank of america merger with merrill lynch, a deal that included billions in taxpayer dollars and over $100 billion in government guarantees. this lets about three hours, 16 minutes. -- it lasts about three hours, 16 minutes. >> the meeting will come to order. order. today we are continuing our investigation of the bank of america acquisition with merrill lynch. this was a most unusual transaction. on september 15th, 2008 bank of america announced that it was purchasing merrill lynch, creating one of the nation's largest financial institutions. at the time, it was a merger negotiated between two private parties. design for the exclusive benefits of private shareholders and paid for exclusively with private money. for months later on january the 16th, 2009, the world discovered that merrill lynch had experienced a $15,000,000,000.4 quarter loss. most importantly, we discovered that the merger had taken place only after the federal government had committed to give bankamerica $20 billion in taxpayer money. in short

host: do you see ben bernanke best being different? caller: he was with green-scam during those years. guest: there is an interesting debate that has not yet been resolved about the role that the fed plays in creating this financial crisis. after the 2001 recession there was a fear we would go into japan-style deflationary. the fed cut interest rates to only 1%. then they said there would keep it there for a long time and did. there is an idea that the cap parades too long and created this excess in the housing market. but there is-a isview of this that the fed -- there is a counter-view that the fed was responding to powers beyond its own. interest rates were facing downward pressure because there was so much money flooding into the economy and of the u.s. system from places like china, russia, saudi arabia which had these large surpluses and excesses' of dollars that were flowing into the united states. even as the fed started to raise interest rates in 2004, loan rates which are tied to mortgages continued to stay long. it was a con

and by the way, let's take a look at the great state bens of the president on this subject. he said we have got to reign in state secrets privileges. he has the knowledge that the privilege is overbroad and over used. and that he plans to embrace several principles of reform he has agreed the state secrets should not be used to protect information merely because it reveals the violation of law or it may be embarrassing to the government. his administration is also continued pressing an aggressive do you of state secrets privileges in the court. adopting arguments perfected by the prior administration. earlier, this year, in the mohammed case, the administration currently maintained that the prior administration's sweeping assertion that this very subject matter of the case was a state secret, and that that should be prevent judicial consideration of the case. the case was about torture. a few months later, another case was brought against the government for unlawfully spying on its own citizens, jewell. our administration again sought out right dismissal, arguing that litiga

and he listened seriously and pointed back to ben-gurion. he gave arguments we have to consider and think over. they were not ideological arguments of kennan and henderson, it was military assessment and he believed that. >> this gentleman here and then pass it on. >> how significant was the participation of bernard bernstein and the defense that you described? >> brard bernstein? >> he was counsel at the united nations to the conference of jewish organizations. >> never came him across at all on anything. since his name never appears as far as we can see. >> because the arms embargo, israel was getting all of its arms from czechoslovakia. how come israel didn't become a member of the communist bloc? >> well i think the labor zionist leadership was not particularly pro colombians. they were pro colombian as some upon [inaudible] but the mainstream of labor zionism was the mechanics socialists and not consider themselves friend lead to clemianism. they took the aid where they could get it and they were delighted us soviets changed their line

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ben q came up with their research there is a superstition in the early 20th century if not before that to put a child, a sleeping child under a quilt with the wondering foot powder newble cause that child to wander west and never be heard from again. [laughter] now some of you who were parents thinking what were they doing to this boy? what is the message? it worked. they did go laundering west and every other direction. the woman who made the quilt the great-grandmother raised turkeys. [inaudible] in 1940 i got off of my hands and knees and made the staggering steps that we'll do and if you have a copy of "roads to quoz" u.s. see a photograph that my father snapped. we have quilt pattern, at quoz, and then then what one is called wandering across the vermont he talked of a spanish pattern it issues in texas to describe a place where a longhorn is born. and has a special affinity for where it is born. then i learn apparently it is used in bullfighting and mexico and spain. then i was not quite right and it is a place and that global imagines in the ring that it is of spot and wants to

. >> but next, federal reserve chairman, ben bernanke, updates members of congress on the upper air -- on the economy. next, the labor secretary talks about the employment situation. after that, senator john ensign on the future of the republican party. >> tonight on "q &a" governments daniels. he was director of the office of management and budget under president george w. bush and a senior adviser to president ronald reagan. that's at 8:00 eastern tonight on c-span. >> federal reserve chairman, ben bernanke, testified before congress on the state of the economy. some of the topics addressed are the gm bankruptcy, interest rates, and health of the nation's banks. this is just over two hours. >> the committee will come to order. we meet today to hear the distinguished chairman of the federal reserve, benjamin bernanke, testify on the recession that is plaguing our economy and on the prospects of recovery. chairman bernanke testified before our committee on october 20 of last year, as we searched for ways to mitigate, if not avoid a long recession. the chairman acknowledged then that m

he did a wonderful job in rallying the troops come in addressing an audience that he thought why did ben hostile but who was extremely warm and gave him many ovations, if not standing ovations. i think only one to. i think that he is sticking with the program, which she has to do at this late stage. >> so, when the doctors here about things such as a public plan, what is their opposition? ultimately how does that affect them? >> guest: i think it's too big issues for the doctors yesterday was the public plan and secondly malpractice, which has been a major platform issue and not that there should be malpractice but in that there should be caps on it. for the pain and suffering part but getting back to the public plan that is truly turned out to be the hottest part of the proposals that appear to be coming in the bills as well as what the president is proposing and i think the concern and the president said it very well is this trojan horse for a single-payer system for the whole country. >> host: do you think it is? >> guest: i really believe what the president said. he said that is not

federal chairman ben bernanke thought lewis was using the marle losses as a bargaining chip to obtain federal fund. other e-mails reveal that federal analysts found it suspect that mr. lewis claimed to be surprised by the rapid growth of merrill's losses given the clear sign in the data. they noted that at a minimum it called into question the due diligence process. bank of america has been doing in preparation for the takeover cht in short, the treasury department had provided a $20 billion for a shot gun wedding. but the question may be, what was -- who was holding the shot gun? at today's hearing, we hope to better understand what happened in the four months between september 15, 2008, when the merger was announced, and january 16, 2009, when the public learned that bank of america had received $20 billion in taxpayer money. we will be looking for answers to some puzzling questions. why did a private business deal announced in september, and approved by share holders in december with no mention of government assistance end up costing taxpayers $20 billion in january? did paulson an

just over two weeks ago fed chairman ben bernanke was the commence map speaker at the boston collegel of last his message to the graduating class that day was simple: be flexible and open-minded in dealing with the fact that life is unpredictable." as part of that speech he quoted from the beetles john lennon who said, "life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans." this morning i'd like to begin by quoting the beatles as well. in regards to the current economy i believe it was paul mccart any who famously said, "yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. now it looks as if they're here to stay." [laughter] >> at our f.o.c. meetings we're often reminded of ringo starr as we "get by with a little help from our friends." finally i'm not aware of any secret messages embedded in statements like "i buried the phillips curve" but i have been told that some of our fmoc statements make more sense if you lead them backwards. i don't agree with that. but all right. now to a more serious subject. following the worst financial crisis of the past 70 years, we are currently

they would get their ben and jerry's ice cream. i said they should make a pacifist toothpaste that doesn't kill germs. it just asks them to leave. that would be a big seller. [laughter] that was the culture that gave us all the progressive grocery stores like whole foods and trader joe's. where all the cashiers look like they're on loan from amnesty international. the socially progressive places. my favorite section of trader joe's is the snack food section. they couldn't just have potato chips and pretzels because that would be vulgar and lead to the obesity of america so they have these sea weed based snacks for kids to come home and say mom, mom, i want a snack that will help prevent colon-rectal cancer. that was one culture i covered in the 1990's and then covered outer ring suburbs and spent a lot of time in home depots, watching men buy barbecue grills because that's when they're most emotionally exposed. doing the manly waddle men do in the presence of large amounts of lumber. used to go over to the sam's club store which is

and ben bernanke recently made a statement to congress about fiscal discipline. and the role that deficits could play in the future in terms of spurring inflation, a little warning shot to congress and the administration to think beyond the current recession. and there's many questions about how badly the current deficit problems could later influence inflationary pressures, how much will they complicate your job at the federal reserve to not have more fiscal discipline, and what is going to be the interaction. so what's your sort of sense about inflation and the issue of monetary versus fiscal stimulus which i think both you agreed on at the time were certainly needed at the time. but with the exit strategy discussing with the g-7 right now, is that just your exit strategy but it's how do we get out of of fiscal deficits as well. >> so this is an unbelievably difficult time for everybody. and personally i looked at the last election as no matter who won the election, this would be the administration that had to deal with the fiscal issues facing the country and

nine of the 17 that did shake up in the usual way, but in five of the cases, justice stevens, kennedy ben's word and briar basham ginsberg and briar -- this posed one of many questions consistent with our current sixth amendment jurisprudence. could a judge, rather than a jury, find it essential to the position of consecutive sentences. i answered yes. in agreement with me were justices stevens, kennedy, briar, and alito. sutton, there was a credit card issuers resort to a federal court to compel arbitration of a dispute with a cardholder. although the issue were itself had convinced that in state court. the cardholder had raised a counterclaim governed by federal law. justices scalia, kennedy, souter and thomas joined me in holding that the issue had to stay on the state court track and their petition for arbitration would not be in federal court. the fourth circuit, whose decision we reviewed was on a different ground of the fourth circuit. third and by far the most prominent of this, the court revisited a case and substantially cut back on the scope of automobile searches. once the scene

. >> first, on ben bernanke, he spoke on capitol hill today. many are concerned about fed policy role in the bank of america merger. -- about the fed's role in the bank of america merger. >> the president has confidence in the role that the fed will play going forward to ensure what has happened will never happen again. >> can you give us a flavor as to forwaht president -- as to wt president obama will be speaking of? >> we saw her in germany not to many weeks ago. i think they will continue conversations as we get to the g-8. it will be on continuing to get the economy back on track. they will talk about clean energy and climate change. obviously, north korea and iran would be discussed as they were in germany. i assume that issues like guantanamo bay and others will be on the docket. >> yesterday, at the health care reform, president obama expressed frustration on how the budget office scores health care. is he planning mass it -- is he planning not necessarily to listen to what the cbo says? >> obviously, they are the budgetary scorekeeper.

the face on this is alan greenspan and his successor, ben bernanke. they are inflating the money supply. we have not seen all of the consequences of that yet, but it will destroy our currency. people in america should at least try to understand that, and go to people who were warned of this before it came about. i recommend the book meltdow"men ,"m i think people need to understand that and read up on at and concentrate on the institution that causes it, the federal reserve. host: 1 of the things that the president outlined this week was overhaul of our financial regulatory system. today in the new york times, they write about how it is already being met with separatism on capitol hill. they signal an unwillingness to accept the white house is a recommendation, expect -- especially expanding the power of the fed reserve. inflation is just another word saying i have to deal with higher prices with a little money i have. nothing new. next to raleigh, north carolina. caller: my concern -- i would like to compliment the last caller on him being informed.

. >> bob: the name of the hometown, same high school as andy and ben sheets went to. that's a shattered bat. to johnson for the first out. >> rob: right here he gets gets inside. great curveball. i had a great conversation with the equipment manager for the marlins when i was there. now he's the equipment manager for the nationals. we talked about the extended length of the new bats and maple wood. how the maple wood has a swirling grain to it. the old bats, the grains are the length of the bat. when you broke them, it was basically like breaking a boat oar. now they're longer and thinner in the middle. you've got to projectiles when i used to break them, they dropped at home plate. it's the grain and not the different types of bats. >> bob: detwiler tried to paint inside. change up and a base hit. >> rob: b.j. upton had that right there. i guess back in the day -- what was his first name, the walker that had the rbis and stuff. i think pat walker. wilson. i think they were stirring up the paint with his bat. he liked the look of it, they liked the look. that's why th

eastern, ben jones at the great color -- green caller economy. and joe scarborough, the last best hope and travel writer with the opened right -- opened road. >> washington journal continues. host: peter brooks is a national security fellow at the heritage foundation, there is a report looking at the commission of prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and terrorism. this commission was put together in 2008. guest: i am not a member of this commission. it is -- headed by bob graham. in the standard commission has been extended. they have been extended for a few more months. host: they deliver their report to president bush last -- late last year and testify before congress early this year. what is the focus today? guest: they are doing a great job. the commission has been extended, both senators will join us today to talk about their finding. they will also talk about their recommendations that they made to the president and congress last year. what is interesting is that there really want to get involved in public our reach. --

. >> bob: pulled to the right side, anderson hernandez throws out ben zobrist.it was also elijah dukes first career hit. straightaway center. >> rob: they retired those uniforms along with the devil in front of the ray. >> bob: they got rid of that green color. >> rob: that wasn't the greatest uniform combo. >> bob: that was in 07. elijah would hit only .190 that year, but he drove in 21 in 52 games. 184 at-bats. drafted in the third round in 02 by the rays. out of hillsboro high school in tampa. there's a pop-up to the right side. off the bat of pat burrell. nick johnson has it. two outs. gabe gross last time gave the rays a big pushing, so that was five hitters, five runs given up by jason bergmann and manny had to go get it. >> rob: you saw wil nieves wanted that ball down and away. jason ran that ball a little bit too close to the inner half on the lefty, down and in on the lefty. the place you want to throw it. even jordan zimmermann found out these guys can hit. why they're in first in offense in the american league. 95-mile an hour fastball and turned aro

. >> ben zobrist leads off, bottom of the 4th. so for the ray, it will be 5, 6 and 7 here in the bottom of the 4th. craig stammen three three innings tonight, 661 pitch, 38 strikes. >> the one good thing about being up here, joe west threw me out of two games in my career. can he at throw me out anymore. >> bob: do we leave the lights a little on too long for joe's taste right there? >> rob: i guess so. we've got a job to do. he's got a job to do. >> bob: nationals get a huge dose of interleague play. yankee stadium tuesday, wednesday, thursday. the blue jays in for three, red sox in for three and then three at baltimore. i'm not sure i remember a stretch where we see the entire division. in that quick a time. >> rob: excellent job by craig stammen getting that number 1 hitter of the inning out of the way and he gets the number 2 guy, relaxes a little bit. you walk that leadoff guy or give up a leadoff single, so much more pressure bearing down on you as a young pitcher. >> bob: bases empty, two outs. after averaging 20 pitches an

ben zobrist, the second baseman. and the count's even 1-1.ry late swing again, deflecting off catcher -- nieves. >> rob: carlos one of the first strikeouts of the night. he struck out the side in the first inning after an error, then a walk. struck out longoria, pena and zobrist to get out of the first inning. >> bob: carl crawford walked after upton stole second, then j. zimmermann really went to work. >> rob: you saw the first ball that he fouled down the right- field line, knew he better get the bat head out early. got to get that bat going early, when a guy's throwing 95. >> bob: that ball well out of play. byron kerr, bring us up to date on what josh willingham and his family have been through for the last 20 hours or so. >> byron: john willingham, the younger brother of josh, 27, died in owe know a car accident in alabama yesterday. manny acta said josh has left the team early this morning. they're giving willingham full support. he said it puts the game and life in perspective and that willingham is a great guy and an outstanding teamm

let me introduce carolyn maloney, ben cardin from mar yland. johnson from texas, chris smith from new jersey, and i think that is all of the members with us. there may be some others who will be coming later. this is one of the significant days in the calendar for the country, and the state department. we have so many people who have been affected by this significant issue over the years, and this is fitting that we will hold the announcement here, where we have a great diplomatic history, of so many things in the nation. i am very pleased that the new ambassador and the director of the office to deal with traffic was confirmed to be part of the ceremony. previously, he was leading the fight against slavery and the department of justice. he has also been a member of the team, with john conyers and thanks to him, hundreds of trafficking survivors are living productive lives in our own country. we're also joined by tw of special guests, from the front lines of the fight against trafficking. we have the maker of the first shelter in albanian, this

before the crisis to over 2 trillion now according to the remarks made by federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. in the short run government interventions have stabilized the market but i fear these repeated multibillion-dollar taxpayer bailouts are weakening the financial system and now threaten our economic future combined with a current administration to borrow and spend this policy many have come to believe including myself the vast expansion of the fed's balance sheets is in itself becoming a systemic risk to the national economy far greater than failure of any private financial institution. it all so i think fundamentally affects ability to borrow money and price at which we borrow the money. to restore the economy we should reject a philosophy that has transformed us into a bailout nation. however there are some who want to further enshrine the field government policy of rescuing too big to fail institutions by crafting a resolution authority or systemic risk regulator which would give the government and government eurocrats' priorities tax payer money to prop up certain financi

we'll see what ben zobrist can do with it. let's hope ross has more -- he bunts down the 3rd baseline. there you see the break of the ball. >> bob: it's okay. 20 home run, you want to bunt, go right ahead. two out. >> bob: detwiler, first pitch strike, 85 on the straight change. as we mentioned earlier, ross does a good job of keeping the ball in the ball park. only one home run in 27 plus innings. nick johnson is going to grab it. couple of singles, runners stranded. no score after 1 here in st. pete. been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. for the next minute, i'm gonna show you what it's like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you put whatever you're watching down here, while you check out local traffic, weather, even your news up there. i've got a news flash you're out of mayo. how did you get

ben american soldiers motivated and reasonably equipped are a fearsome force. the deaths are equivalent in contemporary terms to 6 million dead young men. two answer why? i think it is a profoundly frightening idea and we need to encounter it and try to understand it. >> with your story with ida b. wells begins in the immediate aftermath but by the time she died, i assume the year you talk about this a little less by the easy part permission to reestablish her in the american imagination. tell us that part of your exploration of her life and i assume you have come to admire her? tell us what you think of her and her work spreadsheet actually gets a little lost, more during her lifetime. i am sorry less during her lifetime than later. this is a woman who just did so much. one of the first investigative reporters. she starts a settlement house in chicago, star's the first black woman suffrage