information so i decided to make changes to the wikipedia page to correct the record dealing with bennie pizer and also dealing with naomi because her study was described as uncontroversial. and no sooner did i make the change did it get reversed and i thought i forgot to save it and i made the change and it got reversed and it happened 28 times. [laughter] >> i wrote about it in my column in the national post. and there's been a large reaction. but i have since heard from quite a few people. and wikipedia is in effect patrolled by zealots who make sure that any scientist who is on the wrong side of the debate is slandered. i'm quite sure you did not come across well on the wikipedia page. not having to look. i checked cei's wikipedia's page it seems all you're interested in is taking money from oil companies and tobacco companies. [inaudible] >> this is a follow-up. i think you're quite correct about wikipedia. some people whose business it is to smear any of us who are skeptical about global warming. in my case, i'm being accused of all kinds of nefarious schemes and connections and so

benny. [laughter] so st. benny is before us, has his own aura. [laughter] we'd like to open it up for any questions that we might have. kabul, ask, obvious -- afghanistan, obvious, you know, if you watch the news, you read the papers is very much in our lives right now and very important to us and for a multitude of reasons, and we all have opinions about them. the the story even though we're entering its ninth anniversary is as poignant today as it was then. and, unfortunately, i wish it was an old historical story, and we were finished with afghanistan, but we didn't finish what we started there or what was started for us in a way. so it's a very poignant p and, you know, heart felt, heart-touching story. because of its current events. and so, you know, if we have any questions that we are going to spend the next several minutes, you know, trying to answer any questions about this story, talking about what is happening right now currently and ben and i will be happy to -- if you have a question, rex has a -- for this side of the people, rex wil

. >> larry: let's get into it with the panel to kick things off conk congressman bennie thompson. in washington, as well, anita mcbride, former chief of staff to first lady laura bush. in chicago, laura schwartz, former white house director of events during the clinton administration. good to see her again. joe pea throw, former secret service agent, author of the great book "standing next to history." all right, congressman thompson. what did you learn today? >> well, larry, we learned that procedures weren't followed. the director admitted that there were things that happened that should not have happened. we also learned that they have been fixed. we learned now that there's an expanded system of security. and theres's a layered security in place. more equipment will be available and better training for those individuals who will be working white house security. >> larry: you asked the couple to appear today. they did not. are you going to subpoena them. >> we will make that decision next wednesday in our neck committee meeting. we set the motions in place for that to occur. an

phyllisç bennis will discuss troops around the world, and we will be talking with viewers about theng up, a house hearing looks at the army's wounded warrior program and treatmentç of disabled veterans, and then from the national press club, the ceo of the sesame street workshop, and later the head of the federal aviation -- federal aviation commission talks about aviation safety. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] ççfá>> we have three daysi] ov on c-spanççç 3w3ç. qççincluding taylor branch ons newest book. you will see sara pailin -- palin on her recent book tour, and justice scalia. b.you can get the full schedult booktv.org. and now follow booktv throughout the week on twitter. mayor christmas. >> a senate hearing examines how wounded warrior programs are being performed. soldiers other stories about lack of adequate health care and treatment. -- soldiers tell their stories about lack of adequate health care and treatment. nelson of nebraska chairs this subcommittee meeting. it lasts about two

with the help of her daughter, cynthia, and son, bennie, she provided children a safe haven from the streets. every year, claire gives 300 children presents for the holiday and she provides food for children who would otherwise go to bed hungry. we have all so much to learn from claire and her spirit of generosity. it is my hope that we carry this lesson through the holiday season and into the new year. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, requiring americans to buy health insurance or pay a fine or even go to jail if the fine tax is not paid is utterly without constitutional authority. under the constitution, a citizen has no affirmative duty to purchase a mandated cobble congressional product. citizens have -- mandated congressional product. the bruisers say that people must buy car insurance. that's a flaw. driving is a privilege, not a right. an

bennie thompson is the house -- is the homeland security chair and he is calling the security directore sullivan, and he also invited the salahis. it has been said that they are not coming. he is considering a subpoena. that also begins live at 10:00 a.m. and will be c-span.org. and ben bernanke before the senate banking committee today at 3:00 p.m. next is cocoa, fla., republican line. caller: i wanted to call in and mention a couple of things, especially when it comes to the constitution and as far as how it is interpreted, nowadays, it seems that every time there is a law that is passed, the people the past these laws do not really pay attention to the logic of it and the philosophy of it as to what is actually going to accomplish -- it is actually going to accomplish. and the group's are looking 40 -- and the groups are looking for their own incentives and how it is going to benefit their next campaign as opposed to what is really going to accomplish. -- what it is really going to accomplish. that is because people are not setting the constitution. that is what has brought us to a

there was a benny hin show, and they wanted me there, but i decided to come here.e the muslim world is 225 years old. in these 225 years, we have had at least 56 times in war militarily in any part of the world. in these 225 years, we have had at least three major wars for independence. our first war heroes comes from those wars. and the memories of those kinds of relationships and that very what you call cordial -- happy in the minds of those people who were a part of the policy apparatus. what has happened is that during the last 25 or so years, in terms of a relationship with the muslim world, we have been seen as a country that is not very respectful to human life in the muslim world. almost 12,000 americans have been killed since 1983. but 288,000 us muslims have lost their lives as a result of intervention in those countries. fred thomas last week wrote that the united states has intervened in muslim countries primarily to support the muslim democratic causes. but one of the journalists stations in the middle east says that if the united states would stop kil

this point an exchange of letters between myself and the chairman of homeland security committee, bennie thompson. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. conyers: so i ask my lesion to support this important legislation, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. smith: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: madam speaker, h.r. 3570, the satellite home viewer re-authorization act of 2009, in my judgment is the single most copyright bill congress will consider this year. the legislation combines two separate bills, h.r. 3570, which was introduced by chairman conyers and reported by the judiciary committee on september 16, 2009, and h.r. 2994, which is the energy and commerce committee's related measure that contains amendments to the communications act. the combined bill extends the compulsary license of section 119 of the satellite act that requires distant networking to subscribers. there still remains about one million households that will l