there's a senator bob bennett.here's also a big national group playing in this, the club for growth. it's an anti tax, anti government organization. they put out some fliers out there obama care versus bennett care. bob bennett did have an alternative health care proposal. it says no matter who wins, you lose. the question is does this hurt the party or help the party to have these people coming out and challenging an incumbent republican senator. it was very polite and civil. i want you to listen to the state republican chairman. he says bob bennett is a friend of mine but if we keep it peaceful, it's a good thing. >> they showed up and they were well prepared and they're going to have an impact on the party, to be honest with you. i don't think that's bad at all. we become stronger by becoming bigger. >> it was bigger. the numbers aren't in yet. it takes awhile to tally them all up, but it looks like turnout was somewhere between 75,000, maybe even 80,000. this is three times what was in 200 2008. folks definitel

utah senate, it's bennett versus anybody but bennett.ing up web videos like this one -- >> an out of utah organization that couldn't care less who the utah senator is. all they want is some kind of national publicity for their ability to knock off a republican in a primary. >> bennett's own polling has him apparently in third place in those caucuses trailing anybody but bennett and undecided. the governor gary herbert said yesterday he's staying out of the race, won't even endorse. and bennett's own sister who pledged to support him was rejects as a delegate in the caucuses on tuesday tells you everything. remember only the top twro get to advance in the primary. kentucky senate, the republicans grayson versus paul. the establishment versus the tea party. while the whole country is watching the wildcats we're watching this bloody kentucky contest. number two, arkansas senate, the democrats lincoln versus halter. three senate democrats voted against reconciliation yesterday. two were from arkansas one was blank lincoln. a new poll has hal

you see what adjustments tony bennett and virginia have made.s 15. scheyer with 7 for duke. >> dan: one of the adjustments that they have made is assane sene and jerome meyinsse together in the game. >> rich: farrakhan in the lane. zoubek patrolling there. he got a piece of that pass. shot clock running down, farrakhan has to get it up. he does. it draws iron and virginia will keep that possession. tony bennett right now telling the official that the ball hit the rim. from our vantage point, it looked like it did. >> dan: i'm not sure it hit the rim before the shot clock expired. and that's the issue. the ball does hit the uess it did hit the rim before the shot clock expired because they're going to give it back to virginia. meyinsse comes down with the rebound and the cavaliers will keep it. >> rich: and they get a fresh 35. zeglinski and sene, this is the turn-around. zoubek sucks up a rebound. virginia has very few offensive threats on the floor right now. not only is landesberg out for the night, mike scott not on the floor. singler shot bl

we're going to see what happens. >> is bob bennett a liberal republican?t out and campaigned for him and i don't campaign for liberals. >> let's talk about the tea party. there was language used that was apologized to for. to the point that they are equated with the republican party, is that a concern for you because the republican party does not control the tea party? >> right. look, these movements, this tea party movement is largely novices, unsophisticated people and sometimes the rhetoric is raw and angry. the upside is that a large amount of people have been motivated by deep concern about our country to get involved in politics. if you look at the beginning of similar movements, whether it's the anti-war movement or civil war movement or pro life movement, there are angry things said, in retro sprekspect, a lo people realize is unfortunate here. >> his last name makes it a difficult hurdle. what say you? >> i say that you the decision whether or not to become a candidate is up to jeb bush and i've heard that he's happy with his life. >> and you don'

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, jack kemp and bill bennett, for their support of nafta. we thought boy this is going to cause trouble. but look one of the reasons he was successful was that he did take an approach down the middle. one of the reasons that he took the approach on the middle is that the elephant stampede of 1994 with new gingrich. i don't know if that happened to barack obama in 2010 we will see but obviously some people were predicting that is what will happen. now if you get 35 seats from the republicans in 2010, will policy be more down the middle, more bipartisan? i don't know. >> host: yeah, but where it breaks down for clinton to some extent is with the monica lewinsky and impeachment things which historians will have trouble wrestling with trying to figure out was that a great moral issue that the republicans to on seriously or was that some amazing piece of insanity when we all became polarized over something that was -- should not have been our focus. >> guest: you probably know my view on this. i wrote a book called the death of outrage and i thou

bennett: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennett: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that i be allowed to proceed as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. bennett: thank you, mr. president. i appreciate the courtesy. we got some numbers this morning, mr. president. unemployment seems stuck at 9.7% nationally. we last more jobs. in my home state of utah, unemployment is at a 23-year high at 6.8%. i know there are states represented by senators here that would love to have 6.8% as their unemployment rate, but we in utah don't like it. and i want to talk about one aspect of the unemployment rate that i think has been ignored in the debate that we've had around the country. the president says we are out of the woods. not far out of the woods, to be sure, but that we have turned around, that the recession has started to fade and we're starting to com

senators, dianne feinstein and orrin hatch on the week ahead and analysis from donna brazil and bill bennett. >>> we have heard the words "end game" so many times in this health care debate i wouldn't dare try it now. this would in fact be the end if republicans prevailed in today's vote. for democrats the magic number is 216. that's how many are needed to pass the bill in the house. 216 votes among the 253 democratic members. it has been a struggle all week to get there. we begin with seven days in two minutes. >> i think we will have the votes. >> if she had 216 votes, this bill would be long gone. >> hello, ohio. >> when we bring the bill to the floor, we will have the votes. >> we need to get to 216 and we're still tweaking stuff. >> your own congressman, who is tireless on behalf of working people, dennis kucinich. >> it is an important trip that the important will take. and i think he looks forward to it. >> i mean it's clear, they don't have the votes because the american people can't stand this bill. >> i've decided to cast a vote in favor of the legislation. >> that he must postpone

more with bill bennett and walter isaacson and just a moment. "after words" with bill bennett and walter isaacson continues. >> host: you were just talking about the breakdown in bipartisanship and the failure of the hope of obama that we wouldn't become a red state blue state type of nation. and i can certainly agree with you i think the last campaign the fact that john mccain and barack obama got the nominations of their respective parties was a year and for people who could work across the all the way john mccain proven he could do we and the way that barack obama talked about so eloquently in his convention speech four years earlier. what happened to make all of that fall apart? >> guest: i think it's temporary. i think we will be back. i see what happened to in in this administration is it turned out that this administration is not a center administration. health care which is in the 14 month issue now for president obama has been largely designed to rid i make the contrast, i would make the contrast to 94 when the clintons did their health

this week former education secretary william bennett discusses his new book, "a century turns: new hopesnew features." the book provides a historical get to this politics and culture at the end of the 20th century and the start of a new millennium. the nationally syndicated radio talk-show host begins with the 1980 presidential election and takes the reader through 20 years of memorable even and cultural changes. concluding with of the election of barack obama. he discusses this turn-of-the-century with aspen institute president walter isaacson. >> host: hello. it's my pleasure to be here with bill benet, an old friend. somebody who's written now a third in a trilogy of history books. there were too great volumes you did on american history that ended in 1989, and now you're doing a slightly slower volume to continue it to the present; is that how you see it, part of a trilogy? >> guest: it is part of a trilogy. the book is "a century turns" but it is a third in the series, "america: last best hope." the reason i was a little reluctant, you know, you've written history books. this histor

bill bennett, always appreciate your time. a fabulous discussion. both. >> common ground, campbell, really interesting common ground. >> i know it's so rare. i love it when it happens. >> okay, thank you. >>> coming up, a truly shocking documentary, why contestants on a fake game show were willing to give each other electric shocks. they say television made them do it. when you hear a click, you know it's closed and secure. that's why hefty food bags click closed. be sure it's secure with hefty food bags. just one click and you know it's closed. hefty hefty hefty ♪ stinky! ♪ stinky! ♪ stinky! ♪ stinky! ♪ hefty! ♪ hefty! ♪ hefty! ♪ hefty! hefty bags with unscented odorblock technology help neutralize odors and stop the stinkies. ♪ stinky! stinky! ♪ stinky! stinky! ♪ hefty! ♪ hefty! ♪ hefty! i'm george duran and this is the hunt's crash kitchen tour. these tomatoes are not my favorite. this, my friends, is what i am bringing to the table. hunt's flashsteams every tomato to keep that backyard garden fresh taste. isn't it time to take a fresh look at yo

bill bennett, always appreciate your time. a fabulous discussion.u, both. >> common ground, campbell, really interesting common ground. >> i know it's so rare. i love it when it happens. >> okay, thank you. >>> coming up, a truly shocking documentary, why contestants on a fake game show were willing to give each other electric shocks. they say television made them do it it. >>> why would game show contestants be willing to give each other painful and potentially deadly electric shocks? well, they say the power of television made them do it. the whole thing was part of an experiment shown in a french documentary called "the game of death." where contestants believed they were giving dangerous electric shocks to other players. actually, those victims were actors. but the disturbing results were all too real. randi kay has more. >> reporter: it's called "the game of death" and it's torture to play. on this french game show, contestants pose a question, but here's the catch, if their fellow player gets the answer wrong, he's zapped with increasing amoun

your friend bob bennett has been in the senate for three terms, running for a fourth.onight there are caucuses in utah. there are conservatives challenging him saying he's not conservative enough, that he's been part of the problem in washington. i can show you some video, some of the opponents to turn out the vote tonight to get ready in utah. this is one of the opponents here. tim bridgewater. i want you to welcome how he described senator bennett as part of the problem here. >> i think that we have fundamental question for utah voters. do we just accept what washington is ramming down our throats? or do we send new leaders to fight against the explosive growth of government? >> we'll watch how this plays out tonight and we'll report more on it tomorrow. i want to show these poll numbers. we asked the american people what do you think of the leadership in washington? among the question, how are the republican leaders like senator mitch mcconnell, right here, how do they rate your job performance? among republicans, among republicans, 57% approve of the job you're doi

bennett as opposed to some of the more sensationalized excerpts from it. >> cook says barry did nothing illegal. last week, the former mayor apologized for his actions. >> it will now cost you more to take metro. on sunday, metro raised fares 10 cents each way on trains and buss. the new fare will only be in place until june, though. the transit agency is trying to close a $40 million budget gap. >> so major government spending bills have expired, and the ripples are being felt across several segments of our society. thousands of federal workers have been furloughed and unemployment payments are become held up. at the center of it all is a one-man protest in the u.s. senate. brian moore is working on this story for us live on capitol hill now with the latest. brian? >> any senator can remember derail fast track regulation. that's exactly what jim bunning of kentucky has done. right now, he's virtually standing alone. >> i hope the american people understand my serious objections. >> republin jim bunning is blocking a $10 million 0-day spending bill because it isn't paid for. >> we canno

vatican and claims of the decision to allow the german priest to return to work was made by one of the bennett'sf pope benedict's insubordinate, without his knowledge -- subordinate, without his knowledge. dcuments proving that the pope was aware of one a case, and that letting the priest returned to work was a tragedy. >> the cherry blossom festival is about to begin. big crowds are expected. trees are blooming. blossoms are expected to be at their peak late last -- late next week. we are a proud sponsor of the cherry blossom festival, and you can get all of the details of the festival on our web site,. wjla.com. >> will we have good weather for the festival? >> thought it is going to be sunny but chilly -- it is going to be sunny, but chilly. let's start with our storm scan. we are going to check out the rain and the cold front that swept through today. next on the way is a clearing trend. with the clearing comes gusty winds and colder temperatures. debitors right now are ranging from 45 degrees -- temperatures right now are ranging from 45 degrees to 43 degrees. some areas got over a half an

on afterwards former secretary bill bennett. he's interviewed by walter isakson, former editor at "time" magazine. find the entire schedule online. >> a discussion now about the virtuals and limit of compromise . carnegie in new york city is the host for the long event. >> good afternoon. i'm joanne myers, director of public affairs program. on behalf of the karen guy council i'd like to welcome or members, guest, and c-span booktv. thank you for joining us. today is our privilege to welcome avishai margalit. these were delivered as the 2005 lectures on value which are given on recognition of uncommon achievement and are meant to advance the scholarly and scientific learning relating to human values. when we talk about compromise, we often use this word to mean a meeting of the mind, striking a balance, finding the happy medium between two extremes, or meeting someone halfway. however, you may choose to express this notion, whether as a verb or as a noun, you may find conflicting views on what compromise entails. in political li

bennett? mr. shelby? >> no. >> mr. bennett? >> no by proxy. >> mr. bunning? >> no by proxy. >> mr. >> no. >> mr. corker? mr. demint? >> mr. demint votes no by proxy. >> mr. vitter? >> no. >> mr. johans? >> no. >> ms. hutchison? >> no by proxy. >> mr. gregg. >> no by proxy. >> the vote is 13 ayes, ten opposed. the measure is passed. >> let me thank all of my colleagues. i'm -- the votes haven't started so i'd like to stay and take some opening comments if members would like to make any opening comments. senator schumer? >> could we come back, those of us who can't be here can we come back and make opening statements? >> i'll be happy to do that tomorrow morning -- i'll leave it up to the will of the -- in the morning if you like. i'd be happy to do it then. anybody else who would like to be heard? we've got a few minutes. any members want to be heard? senator corker no? the corker rule? >> probably best for me not to be heard tonight. >> anything else? if not, i thank all the members. the committee will stand >> i actually now have a house in washington d.c. for the first time. i ne

donna brazile and ben bennett o the potential fallout for democratic and republican lawmakers up for.eat taste of yoplait, plus antioxidants, plus fiber and probiotics, plus calcium and vitamin d. this new yoplus gives me pro+active nutrition. when you've got yoplus, you don't need secrets. try new yoplus for free at yoplus.com... and plus up your yogurt. garlique's clinically tested ingredient maintains healthy cholesterol naturally. eat right. exercise. garlique. >>> our american dispatch looks at a central question. how do americans feel? >> the american people are saying stop. they are screaming at the top of their lungs. >> are they? two polls released this week leave lots of room for debate. a poll released thursday asks, do you favor offer oppose the current bill? only 38% said they favor it. is minority leader boehner right? is it better to pass the obama plan or keep the current system? the respondents were split. is it in the way the question is asked. are more people more likely to support it when it is called the obama plan or is it that people think some change is better

bennett recommended the case be turned over to the u.s. attorneys office. dc council members have agreed to make that move and more against barry on tuesday. dc council chairman will recommend that the case be forward to the district attorney's office and sources close to the council say the former four-term mayor will be stripped of his chairmanship. that position comes with a 3 a $0,000 budget for staff. >> i don't apologize for getting as many resources as i can. >> reporter: he will lose his seat on the finance commit teen and be replaced by michael brown. >> have you asked your colleagues for forgiveness. >> reporter: barry refused to answer all questions following his apology this week. he says he is expected to be in the council chambers on tuesday and staunchly opposed the punishment, arguing there were no rules that prohibited him awards the contract to his girlfriend and associates. bruce johnson, 9 news now. >>> some of the dc council members who will vote to punish barry include the council chair vincent gray. >>> we say good morning at the top

will bennett be under pressure ?has a primary challenger in colorado, putting him under pressure, to then raise the possibility of inserting the public option as an amendment in the senate bill? how might that play out? >> my understanding is senator reid made a deal with senator sanders and others to consider the public option later. my guess at this point is that democrats have decided they want this reconciliation bill passed, they are very very happy coming off the signing of the bill today, and they are probably going to stick together procedurally here, they are not going to be tricked by republicans into tieing themselves into knots and reopening old debates. >> i had heard from staff yesterday who med with the parliamentarian that they felt there were maybe one or two pieces of the bill that might not make it past the parliamentarian. i was surprised to hear senator baucus say that publicly. because it seems to me that will give great encouragement to republicans on the floor, that if they haven't found it ye

that would cause problems for senator michael bennett to revive the public option by inserting it inhe reconciliation fix. an option that seemed shut off when democrats insisted on no changes to the fix but might be open if the bill has to go back to the house anyway. we are joined by ezra klein, columnist at "newsweek" who covers domestic and economic issues for the "washington post." ezra, if the democrats succeed in changing the reconciliation bill, what happens to the public option in the senate? will bennett be under pressure to then raise the possibility of inserting the public option as an enactmeamendment in the sena? >> my understanding is senator reid made a deal with senator sanders and others to consider the public option later. my guess is democrats decided they want this reconciliation bill passed. they are very, very happy coming off of the signing of the bill today and probably going to stick together procedurally here and not tricked by republicans into tying themselves back into knots and reopening old debate. >> i had heard from staff yesterday who med with the par

stand in the smallest study, whose decorations include a portrait of the artist, painted by tony bennettssible not to be touched by the aspirations visible wherever you look. this, it is clear, was the home of a working man. bursting with a pride that came not from what he had, but what he did. i never want to be anything more than i am, what i don't have, i don't need. armstrong said in his old age. my home is good, but you don't see me in no big estates and yachts. that ain't going to play your horn for you. armstrong sometimes forgot that his success was due not solely to work and pluck, but also to the talent with which he had been born. he was a man of boundless generosity, who preached the stoney gospel of individual responsibility. a ferociously ambitious artist who preferred when he could to do as he was told. an introspective man who exploded with irrepressible vitality when he stepped into the spotlight. the joyous genius who con founded his critics, by refusing to make art and make fun. no more than any other genius, was he all of the piece. as mary tempton says, he endures to

head coach, tony bennett says the sophomore has failed to meet his academic obligations.ill pursue the pros. >>> the redskins, albert haines worth and the team have reworked the contract. apparently it doesn't include a clause he must smile at any time. it does now include an out for haines worth after this year. hainesworth could void his deal and become an unrestricted free agent at the end of 2010 if, this is a big if, he repays the redskins $17 million of his signing bonus. he got a similar reworking. observers say it's unlikely. then, hainesworth keeps saying how unhappy he is. meanwhile; the skins found a new punter today. formerly of the bucs and packers joins the team. he missed last year with an injury. he averages 43 yards per boot. and from the league meetings today, new overtime rules for nfl playoff games. starting next year, if a team wins the toss, the other team will get a possession as well. then they go to sudden death. if the team wins the toss scores a touchdown on that first possession, then the game is over right there. we'll have a detailed explanat

do you say to this -- go ahead. >> bennett's bill, just as much as bad as obama's.has a huge tax increase. it has a huge individual mandate. it makes people pay their premiums through the irs. that's the most un-american, awful bill that you can imagine and label it as conservative. that's a nasty bill that shouldn't be talked about in any republican circle. >> we have to wrap up. we could go on forever. really quickly, andy, if you don't get repeal and you run on it, don't you demoralize your base going into 2012? >> i don't know how you can argue that -- i mean, there are a lot of ways we can attack this through repeal. i mean, we can de-fund it through the house. there's a lot of options we can do once republicans get in control. and i think we're going to do it in november. >> he's overlooked the most important -- the magic wishing stones option. that's going to be a very important part of this strategy. >> david frum, andy roth. i think this is a fight inside the republican party that is not going to be solved in the next six minutes or the next six months. >>>

thomas was the one who was able to walk down the mountain but his friend thomas bennett is stranded in weather up at the very upper levels of mount shasta, we understand. the reports are today are that the winds are up to 70 miles an hour on that mountain. and that is keeping the search crews far away. they can't even get in there with a chopper we're told to even investigate whether or not he's up there. the rescuers might have to wait until thursday to get the choppers to the high peaks of where they believe that thomas bennett may be. next hour a survival expert is going to join us to talk to us about what he may be doing up there right now to survive and what he needs to do to make it through to thursday, which is the first possible window to get some help to him as well, we're understanding right now. tough situation. bill: in the meantime, martha, there's the ninth arrest in connection to the midwest militia accused of plotting to kill police officers. a close look at this website shows mayor things statement and training videos hinting at the sinister plot. the feds saying that

." >> this weekend on c-span2's book tv, bill bennett examines the 20th century.and throughout the weekend, look for highway lights from the virginia festival of the book. find the entire schedule online at book tv.org. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall! >> whether you are researching former presidents or just watching their speeches or if you missed an event from the white house just yesterday, you can search it and watch it or delip clip it online. over 160,000 hours of video. every c-span program since 1987. cable's latest gift to america, the c-span library. >> now president obama announces a new treaty on nuclear weapons. he calls for both countries to reduce their nuclear arsenal by a third. following this, we hear from secretary of state, hillary clinton, and joint chiefs of staff chair admiral mike mullin. this lasts about 35 minutes. >> good morning, everyone. i just concluded a phone call with president medvedev us. after a year of intense negotiations, russia and the united states have agreed to the most sweeping arms control agreement in decades. o

bennett: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah is recognized. mr. bennett: mr. president, as i move around the state of utah tawngdz to my constituents -- and talk to my constituents, i find with all of the other specifics that they are concerned about, the one thing that just about everybody is concerned about is our long-term fiscal situation. they're worried about debt, they're worried about the deficit in this year that is adding to the debt, and they say to me, what can we do about it? they listen to the pundits who talk on the air about this particular project or that particular project, that sound outrage owsms many times the projects are in fact legitimate, but they make good copy. i say, if you add up all of these projects together, the good ones and the bad ones, and eliminated them all, you would reduce the federal deficit by .80% -- excuse me, .8%. let's talk about where the money lies, where the challenge is. i is present to my constituents a series of charts tha

trying to figure out how you knew bennett. are you part of youth in government?. >> you must be an intern at the paper. >> no. >> oh. community service? just tell me if i'm hot or cold. >> cold. >> not east ivy. i don't think he held onto friends from junior high. >> no. i'm the one he got pregnant. >> excuse me? >> jimmy: well, there you go. that's just the beginning. it's called "the greatest." it opens in select cities on april 2nd. and "the ghost writer" is in theaters now. pierce brosnan, everybody. we'll be right back with craig robinson. you son-of-a-biscuit- eating-bulldog! what the french toast? did you think i wouldn't find out about... your little doo-doo head cootie queen? who are you calling a ootie queen, you lit-licker! pickle you, kumquat! you're overreacting. no, bill, verreacting was... when i put your convertible #into a wood chipper, stinky-mcstink-face! fabulous! orbit spearmint clans another dirty mouth., for a good clean feeling, no mater what., - gps:urn left ahead. - ...i mean left. woman: but gps changed our lives. turbotax does the same

to work for bill bennett when he was education secretary.d we try to play a role to stimulate debate about education and encourage reform and encouraging excellence, some of the same questions asked here were questions that we heard 25 years ago. huddy make sure that kids are getting pushed and get a chance to compete with those around the world and the best opportunities they can. education is not that changed. the good news is that people understand how important education is. the good news is that parents understand how they need to push the school systems. the good news is that every teacher knows how to challenge. the bad teachers, i think that has changed. some came in and said, we need to fire the bad teachers, the bad principle. and people were shocked. it is controversial when it was talked of, a little bit of tough love in the education establishment. but here we have arne duncan saying similar things to what bill bennett said it 25 years ago when he worked for arnold -- ronald reagan. host: do we still need a department of educati

this weekend on c-span2's booktv, former education secretary bill bennett examines america at the endthe 20th-century and beginning of the 20 first. he is interviewed by former managing editor at time magazine. from new york financial critic -- circle and look for highlights from the virginia festival of the book. find the entire schedule online at booktv.org. >> delighted to see you all here at the embassy and a special welcome to tina brown. we are delighted to participate in the launch of harry's book, through stories of vanished times. the book covers a huge amount of ground from harry's childhood in england and living a few hundred yards from where juliet later grew up. and onto his professional career as an editor and publisher and author. but this isn't just another autobiography. is also a biography over many significant decades and it describes the industrial process of producing a newspaper over the best part of the last century. all of that has vanished but the book is not an obituary. mark twain says i am not the editor of the newspaper and i always try to do right so that

this is bob bennett, a guy who worked in the nixon administration.et a pass from the conservative grass roots, then you have to go on -- you can't publicly sort of go anywhere but where they're going. >> i want to go back, though. donny, you have said -- donny deutsche has said now for the past two blocks that this is what the american people want. the american people are tired of this. the american people are tired of that. i never assume to know what the american people want or what they're tired of, but i do look at polls. and a new cbs poll shows that what you're saying, donny, is just not correct. >> what's in the bill, but when you go item by item -- >> come on, man. >> no, jo, as this unfolds, you'll see they want what's in the bill. >> you're over the top, donny. look at these numbers. look at these numbers, donny. you are in the middle of a parade. you just got back from the lunar landing. the confetti is streaming down on your head, and there are thousands and thousands of young, attractive women screaming from windows, and you're drunk rig

. >> that report was completed by washington attorney robert bennett. it focuses on contracts that barry gave to his ex-girlfriend and other associates. jane watrel is outside the council chambers now in northwest d.c. she joins us now with more. >> jim, this damaging report was eight months in the making. it's on its way to the u.s. attorney's office for a possible criminal probe. by a 12-0 vote, the d.c. council came down hard on marion barry. while the ward 8 council member recused himself from voting on his fate, he did not sit silently by. >> that's not justice. that's not due process. you expect this in russia or iran or someplace. not in america. >> reporter: the former mayor was stripped of his committee chairmanship and censured. an investigation revealed that barry allegedly awarded contracts to a girlfriend and associates, taking kickbacks in return. council members said very little during this special meeting. >> in my opinion, what we're doing now to one of our colleagues -- let me just state that i -- i support the recommendations. >> repo

democrat michael bennett and others on record supporting are the public option did not seek to put itn the reconciliation bill, even though republicans did succeed in sending it back to the house one last time for a pro forma voed by getting the parliamentarian to strip out language related to student loans. here then in the final class of "countdown's" year long tutorial on reconciliation is an example of the legislative changes republicans succeeded in making to health care reform. >> d, by striking subparagraph "e," and e, by redesignating subparagraph "f" as subparagraph "e." >> don't try passing reconciliation bills at home, kids. not surprisingly on his road trip to explain the new law, president obama couldn't resist revisiting republicans' apocalyptic predictions. >> if you turn on the news, you'll see the same folks are still shouting about, there's going to be an end of the world because this bill passed. i'm not exaggerating. leaders of the republican party, they call the passage of this bill armageddon. armageddon. end of freedom as we know it. and so after i signed the bi

david gergen, bill bennett and donna brazile weigh in. >>> how is it that one of the most powerful democratshill, who larry was just talking about, temporarily resigned after accusations of an ethics violation, and believe me there are plenty of our accusations still pending, so if they care about accountability, how come it took this long for charles rangel to step aside. >>> and a tsunami scare caught on camera. the details on rescue efforts. those stories and more on "360," larry. >> larry: thanks a lot, anderson cooper. our panel is assembled. >> caller: my question is, why in the world, when victim. i absolutely am for the death penalty. one and you're done. >> larry: judge mathis, what but? >> i'm against the death penalty because of the kbris and the problems inherent in it. i'm in favor of life imprisonment. three strikes law, many instances, there's a theft as the third strike and you go to prison for life. here we have in many instances child predators and receiving less time than a drug dealer on the corner. >> larry: mark, what are your thoughts on this? >> well, you already have

hayworth in arizona, in utah your fellow senator bob bennett, a veteran senator with a great deal ofis side is also being chased by the antiincumbent tide and he said to the "new york times" if the anti-incumbent tide is as strong as some people think it is, i will be swept out despite all my efforts. if the anti-incumbent tide is a lot of conversation but has no center of gravity as a true political movement then i'll be just fine. there's just no way to know. what is going on out there in utah? >> well, he is fighting back at this particular point and i think doing a very good job. i suspect bob will probably have a primary but hopefully he'll be able to at least get through the convention and then go to work on the primary. he's an excellent senator. you know, he's got a great deal of experience, will become the top republican on the banking committee, which is a very, very important thing to utah and to the country at large and i think most people back here think he's an excellent senator who should be re-elected. i know even democrats have come up to me and said, gee, what's hap

bennett, so in essence, the council has before it the findings of the investigation to act upon or not act upon. >> reporter: now, the language in all of these resolutions is very strong language, and they're saying all of this is coming from the proposals that were made by the investigator into this probe involving councilman barry. this expected meeting is supposed to be happening around 3:00 p.m. we have not seen any of the supporters here just yet. back to you in the studio. >>> we'll take a look outside right now. we see some gray skies overhead and possibly the chance of some rain and wintry mix coming our way. >> yeah. will there be more snow than rain? let's ask tom. good morning, again. >> good morning, joe and barb. it will gather strength here as we get into the afternoon hours and overnight. it appears right now the leading edge of the precipitation in this area of blue is light rain just now coming into the northern neck of virginia, in between fredericksburg and richmond, they're getting some light rain. part of the central shenandoah valley. it will still be a few hours

. >> reporter: bennett and sophie came home from school today with symptoms every parents dread. >> itchy reporter: they both had highly contagious cases of head lice and passed it onto their mom, stephanie too. >> first, he had over 500 eggs in his head. >> reporter: every year, millions of kids have to deal with the itching and the embarrassment of lice. but a new fda approved treatment is safe and very affective at killing these tiny bugs, according to a new study. >> the success rates after one week of treatment is very high at 91%, which is not seen with the more conventional treatments. >> reporter: the prescription medication called ulesfia uses lotion that works by suffocating the lice instead of killing them with pesticides like some other products. and it was proven safe and effective in children as young as six months of age. >> and a need for new treatments have come about because of the really high degree of resistance with the more conventional over-the-counter treatments. >> reporter: it is also important for parents to remember, head lice have nothing to do with children's

david gergen, bill bennett and donna brazile weigh in. >>> how is it that one of the most powerful democrats, who larry was just talking about, temporarily resigned after accusations of an ethics violation, and believe me there are plenty of other accusations still pending, so if the democrats on capitol hill care about accountability, how come it took this long for charles rangel to step aside? we're keeping them honest tonight. a tsunami scare caught on camera. the details on rescue efforts. those stories and more on "360," larry. >> larry: thanks a lot, anderson cooper. 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. our panel is assembled. let's get a call in. fairfield, massachusetts. hello. >> caller: hi, larry. my question is, why in the world, when a justice system knows time and time again that child pedophiles and rapists, they can't be -- they can't get well, they're just really bad my suggestion is to put these people to death. >> larry: you favor the death penalty, robin? >> you know, i've actually changed my tune on the death penalty a bit, i've got to tell you. >> larry: a case like ms. king? >>

number four, the utah senate race for incumbent robert bennett is in big trouble.ee the republican battle in kentucky between candidate trey grayson and tea party favorite, rand paul. son of ron paul. number two the democratic senate race in arkansas. and the top primary to watch this year, the republican race for senate in florida, where mark yoe rubio is holding on to his big lead over one-time favorite, charlie crist. balance, how often you trade tdd# 1-800-345-2550 or how many shares... big lead over one-time favorite, charlie crist. rubio is holding big lead over one-time favorite, charlie crist. mar rubio is holding on to his big lead over one-time favorite, charlie crist. marco rubio is hos big lead over one-time favorite, charlie crist. >>> we're back, senator john mccain launched sarah palin's political career on the national stage. and now she's trying to help save his. the former running mate's reunited for first time today, since losing the presidential election in 2008. here's governor palin, stumping for mccain, who is fending off a tough primary chal

but hey, why don't we go with something like bob bennett and ron widen. the republicans never did that. the republicans instead cried and whined about the fact that they were being left out. when the reality is that america an opposition party that was truly looking out for america, they would be calling out the democrats for those and offering an easily-improved version through amendment. i don't understand why we haven't seen that. >> well the first thing i'd have to correct you, the "associated press" said that premiums are going to rise for americans. >> i know that. you're not correcting me, because i already know that don't put words in my mouth. you want to tell me this is a bad bill? i'll tell you right now, this is a terrible piece of legislation. >> i didn't put words in your mouth. >> this is a bad piece of legislation, you agree with me? >> absolutely. and the american people agree with you. >> that's not true, actually the american people, about 40% agree with you and about 60% want the public option. why don't we talk about at least this guy

bennett chair of southern letters at the university of south carolina. she received her bachelor's and master's degree in english from washington university and her ph.d. in american literature from indiana university. she has just been named the recipient of the merle curty award for the best book in american history by the organization of american historians, specifically for passage to cosmos and is due to receive the award next month. so, please, welcome professor wahl and, also, please turn off your cell phones. thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much and thank you, joel, for that introduction and debbie as well for your wonderful hospitality here during my visit in this absolutely beautiful part of the nation. i've always wanted to come here, and here i am. it's a delight. i also want to thank the virginia book festival and the virginia institute for humanities, was it? foundation for humanities. these events are crucial for keeping culture alive in our country, especially, again, in the times of tough funding and the opportunity all around is

to running the development office of the law school and helping to raise money to go to the edward bennett williams law library. at age 36 if my alma maters tapped me on the shoulder and asked if i wanted to be president. i thought, this is a great opportunity. a school that i love and for the kind of job that is intellectually extraordinary and fascinating. trinity did have a hard time and it was not unlike most other women's colleges and catholic women's colleges. before coeducation became popular in the 1960's and 70's, there were 300 women's colleges, 190 of them were catholic. today there are 50 women's colleges still operating, 16 are catholic. if the change was because of title 9 equalizing women opportunities with big universities. for the catholics, the change was also about the nuns had worked for free and it was easy to sustain institutions on the free labor of women. but the nuns went into other ministries or left the convent after the second vatican council for catholics. the whole basis of operating these kinds of institutions changed. we had to decide in 1989 and 1990 if we

but here we have arne duncan saying similar things to what bill bennett said it 25 years ago when hefor arnold -- ronald reagan. host: do we still need a department of education? guest: a lot of what the department of education does is send out checks. if. pell grants or -- if pell grantspell grants -- if you get pell grants or student loans, they will be sending you a check. the federal education department was begun under jimmy carter in 78 or 79, something like that. i think the track of the federal department of education, in all honesty, you will hear it from secretary duncan. one of you asked a question and he says, we have $100 million in the budget for this or that. but it is a trivial amount of spending for total spending. 15 but -- if people think they can go to washington to get their problems solved, they're mistaken. you and your friends need to focus on improving things at the local level and the state level. if the schools in your area are not doing what they should be doing, washington has a limited ability to help. in that respect, the notion that washington is going

to work for bill bennett when he was education secretary. we try to play a role to stimulate debate about education and encouge refm and encouraging excellence, some of the same questions asked here were questions that we heard 25 years ago. huddy make sure that kids are getting pushed and get a chance to compete with those around the world and the best opportunities they can. education is not that changed. the good news is that people understand how important education is. the good news is that parents understand how they need to push the school systems. the good news is that every teacher knows how to challenge. the bad teachers, i think that has changed. some came in and said, we need to fire the bad teachers, the bad principle. and people were shocked. it is controversial when it was talked of, a little bit of tough love in the education establishment. but here we have arne duncan saying similar things to what bill bennett said it 25 years ago when he worked for arnold -- ronald reagan. host: do we still need a department of education? i

from new york, this years critics award ceremony and bill bennett examines america at the end of the0's century. energy interviewed guy editor former of book t.v. dot org. "washington journal" returns. >> howard dean. let me ask you first. freedomworks organizing rallies that took place last april 15th. what's the relationship like now? guest: it's stronger but it's more complicated in the sense that the tea party and fiscal conservatives all over the country. that movement is bigger than it was last april 15th. i think what you'll see this april 15th is twice as m.d. vents and on average, i think the events will be twice as big as- last year. host: the news of last week, first of all, some attention to tea party activist or those that align to the organization or activities and some of the name calling and brick throwing that took mace with certain members of congress and some of the phone calls to democratic members of the house? guest: all that kind of behavior is unfortunate. we denounce it. when we got together with tea party leaders in i think early february. one thing we distr

bob bennett a thoughtful republican being charged in his own party for the temerity of reaching out anding to find some common ground had a really thought-provoking innovation to reform health care. and most observers agreed. you know, that would really be... if we were starting over again with a blank slate, that's what we'd do. but to try and do that now would be too destabilizing and i think maybe we sold the american people short in that respect some. i would... i think some bill's probably going to pass here along the lines of the senate bill but if we can step back and incorporate some of the concepts bob and ron had in their bill, i think the long run that may give both parties something to build upon in this effort. >> rose: was that the effort of the cooperateive? >> theirs was the effort of giving individuals vouchers as a... in some respect. but energizing the individual smooshgt that every american would have the resources to actually go out and shop in a robust marketplace for private insurance, those of modest means would receive some subsidy from the government and it wou

to running the development office at the law school and helping to raise money to build the edward bennett williams law library. it was great. and at age 36, alma mater tapped me on the shoulder and asked me if i wanted to be president. and i thought, wow, this is a great opportunity for a school that i love and for a kind of job that is intellectually extraordinarily fascinating. trinity did have a hard time, and it was not unlike most other women's colleges and catholic women's colleges. you know back in the day before co-education became popular in the '60s and '70s in this country, there were about 300 women's college and about 190 of them were catholic. and today there's about 50 women's colleges still operating and about 16 are catholic. and the change was because of title ix, equalizing women's opportunities at the big university. for the catholics the change was also about the nuns had worked for free and it was easy to sustain institutions on the free labor of women. but the nuns went into other ministries or left the convent after the second vatican council for catholics. and so

bill bennett, thank you very much. >> guest: appreciate it. >> in this book, "footnotes in gaza," american book award member joe sacco talks about a 1956 incident in rafah in the gaza strip during which 111 palestinians were killed by israeli soldiers. the brooklyn public library in brooklyn, new york hosts the hour and -1/2 talk. >> thanks all for coming tonight thanks is always to the brooklyn public library especially gabe kaplan and meredith walters for hosting this event. my name is matt weiland, and this is the fourth installment of a series of events called true to life, the art of nonfiction. in recent years they lines between fact and fiction have grown blurry. journalist, historians in memoirists have increasingly incorporated novelistic techniques into their work and in turn increasingly have been challenged on the voracity of their nonfiction. meanwhile novelists have sought ever more tricky ways to capture on a page the way the world looks and feels, leading some readers to wonder just what it is they are reading. to celebrate and explore this turn we have invited six acclaime