was headed up by former governor dukakis and coordinated with the join together group out of boston university. and that was one of our glaring findings was the fragmentation of care at the state level and also at the national level, there is very little coordination. and to get the most bang for the buck, as congressman davis will testify, you know, that's what we're looking for in the way of policy is: what can we do with the amount of money that we have available? talk to us a little bit about your own recovery. what was your experience like in a family that was living with a person who had an alcoholism problem? well, it's interesting. plus, my mom, i think she has a direct ticket to heaven because about the time my father got into recovery is when i took my first drink at the age of 13. fortunately i had some structure. i think i would not have come out of my teenage years alive, but i was involved with sports so that gave me some structure. but as soon as i got out of college, the drinking and drugs increased to fill this hole that i had. and i was lucky enough, as i mentioned, my father

auditorium me know peter berger, the famous austrian sociological who's now an emeritus professor at boston universityand the point of view of religious sociology, the u.s. is a nation of indians, by which he meant asian indians, profoundly religious indians governed by swedes in the most secularized society in the earth. in any evvnt, the point is that however 9 secularized me maybe, i am here to tell me that the grass roots reality in most of the rest of the world is not secular. and is instead the competitive dynamics of a flourishing religious marketplace. to get really pack -- to get practical, for the typical bishop in sub-saharan africa or most of latin america, when you ask, what are they really worried about? is it losing people to secularism or losing people to christian and capitalism? in some parts of sub-saharan africa listen to militant radical list hinduism. most people are not making choices between belief and disbelief. they are instead shopping for the particular brand of religious belief that suits them best. what that means is that in most parts of the world, the catholic church is

i graduated from boston university in 2005. after almost a year of searching for a job in the washington, d.c., in the 2006, i found one after applying for the legislative assistant position with eagle forum. believe it or not, i actually did not know what eagle forum was or had not after frantically it reading about all the columns that i could, i figured out that this could be a pretty good kick. i was right. colleen and i are the only two staffers in the eagle forum office in d.c. it is five blocks away from here, right behind the capitol building and the supreme court. we are in the middle of all the action i want to discuss how fun it is to work in politics in washington d.c. every person you meet will ask you, who do you work for? colleen and i always have a good answer for that question. everyone is excited for us in the conservative movement. if you work for conservative organizations, you've probably been pretty busy since january 20, 2009. every policy issue under the sun has come up in some form of legislation, but o

i graduated from boston university in 2005. after almost a year of searching for a job in the washington, d.c., in the 2006, i found one after applying for the legislative assistant position with eagle forum. believe it or not, i actually did not know what eagle forum was or had not after frantically it reading about all the columns that i could, i figured out that this could be a pretty good kick. i was right. colleen and i are the only two staffers in the eagle forum office in d.c. it is five blocks away from here, right behind the capitol building and the supreme court. we are in the middle of all the action. i want to discuss how fun it is to work in politics in washington d.c. every person you meet will ask you, who do you work for? colleen and i always have a good answer for that question. everyone is excited for us in the conservative movement. if you work for conservative organizations, you've probably been pretty busy since january 20, 2009. every policy issue under the sun has come up in some form of legislation, but

i graduated from boston university in 2005. after almost a year of searching for a job in the washington, d.c., in the 2006, i found one after applying for the legislative assistant position with eagle forum. believe it or not, i actually did not know what eagle forum was or had not after frantically it reading about all the columns that i could, i figured out that this could be a pretty good kick. i was right. colleen and i are the only two staffers in the eagle forum office in d.c. it is five blocks away from here, right behind the capitol building and the supreme court. we are in the middle of all the action. i want to discuss how fun it is to work in politics in washington d.c. every person you meet will ask you, who do you work for? colleen and i always have a good answer for that question. everyone is excited for us in the conservative movement. if you work for conservative organizations, you've probably been pretty busy since january 20, 2009. every policy issue under the sun has come up in some form of legislation, but

however, i went on to northeastern university in boston, to a suburb, and became a paralegal. was wondering if mr. savage knows if in the supreme court there are any paralegals working? secondly, i learned there is a computer program called lexus nexus used for looking up data on previous cases at the same time rather than going through certain law books. thank you. guest: you would not miss washington if you were here this week, as it is 102 degrees and humid. but it is a great city, and a great place to work. i do not think that there are paralegals at the supreme court, but i don't sit up for sure. the justices have four clerks. you are correct to say that any of these computerized things, if you are a lawyer or paralegal, are wonderful resource. paralegals can do a lot of legal research on the computer now without hhving to look through a bunch of old books. host: from here you go to meeting with justice seein stevens. do you have any idea what he will be talking about? is it his farewell address to the troops? guest: yes, just an informal get together. some asked him if h

i'm joined by catherine mann, professor of economics at the brandeis university international business school. she joins us from boston. catherine mann, private sector hiring up but not very much, what does that tell you? >> well, you know, this is really a picture of a struggling economy. when su have job gains of maybe 10,000 in one sector or 10,000 in another sector, it's really not enough to put a dent in the amount of number of people of unemployed. s stated in the opening segment, you know, the only reason why the unemployment rate fell was because 650,000 people left the labor force. they're not even looking any more. so this really is not a good picture for the economy. you know, at this rate of job creation over the last six months, it would take us a decade to add back the jobs that were lost so far in this recession. >> you mentioned the various sectors, are there any bright spots? >> you have to look very hard. leisure and hospitality at 27,000 people employed. but you know, that's offset by 22,000 in construction having lost their jobs. a couple of sectors, businesses services and so forth, you know, in d

nations plan to cut spending in the boston against aids due to the financial crisis demonstrators as a major international conference on the disease and began to demand universal access to treatment the united nations say funding cuts could threaten recent progress made against the disease which has killed around twenty five million people. will pull punishment in the indian schools comes in the scrutiny up for the suicide of a thirteen year old boy reveals that the still rules some classrooms describe the properties being banned in the country parents are now calling for criminal penalties for teachers to be missing people. it's thirty five years since the two cold war superpowers came together even though it was in space the docking of the soviet so usent american apollo spacecraft began a more corporates of the era between the two countries. headlines up next also he's. straight talking max kaiser through the p.r. junk and shines a light on the low standards to be found in the world of high finance the kinds of reporters that mix.

university and was in the administration for ten years and commissioner for sanitation under mayor, jenkins and was ma developer at port an authority and commissioner for traffic and parking for the city of boston. emily, thank you so much. we are so glad to have your energy, your smarts to lead us to this tough topic this morning. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, susan. well, as the only - at least self identifying water system manager from the east coast, i had originally planned briefly present some highlights of our climate change experience in new york city but after listening yesterday i thought i could spare you anguish and tell you a brief new york story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard in the back and stone walk in the front. years back my son was in the front and we left our backyard and there was a huge august moon rising and we up the block and out into a neighbors backyard when there was a party and when my son got to the party, he said we've got a moon just like that in our backyard. let me say we've not a climate change just like yours in our backyard. the time spent yesterday, at least for me, was very well spent and leads up to the busines

host: he is a graduate of yale, the yale university school of medicine and trained at the boston cityospital and at mass gen. his brother just -- his brother is harold koh, the dean of the yale law school. just a little bit of information. let's take some calls. we're talking about the national hiv/aids strategy. our first call comes from nicklaus in milwaukee. go ahead, nicklaus. caller: thank you and thank you for c-span and the informative guest. i was taught by the pope and the good nuns and priests that chastity can prevent the various diseases. this seems to be a lack in the obama administration of stressing chastity and abstinence and they talk about safe sex. in other words, they want to give condoms, birth control pills and so on which i think is a very, very evil, and i hope they change on this. also, the media we have so much sex-oriented programs and we're telling these young people to have sex and we should stop that. host: condoms, abstention. are those parts of your strategy? guest: absolutely. in general, people need education so they can make informed choices to help

back in 2004 a commenced speech at pepperdine university, boone stressed the need for involvement and called for a new boston tee party movement. today tee part is a household term, we should note boston was not the only city with a tea rebellion during the revolutionary war. before the famous boston tea party, patriots in charleston, south carolina, impounded the tea to protest taxes and in 1776 sold the tea to financial revolution. concerned citizens, taxed enough already. it's time to give americans tax relief and create jobs. in conclusion, god bless our troops, we'll never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from california rise? without objection. ms. chu: i rise today to support the millions of americans caught in the crosshairs of republicans' political calculations. today a partisan minority blocked relief of those laid off during this recession. this obstruction doesn't just keep food off american tables. it keeps americans out of work. people like annette. last month she lost her benefits. now she can't afford the gas s