in the last year, there have been more fill busters on the part of the republican party, more phil bustersin the united states senate than there were from the year 1919 to i think the year 1970 in one year. and oftentimes the bills that were being fill bustrd were bills that everybody agreed on. we just saw a gast director confirmed -- gsa director confirmed last yeek and yet her nomination was on hold for six months. this is the person who is going to run the physical operations of the government. there's no excuse for that. the they are there for principled objection. it's not there for delay. and mischief. and that's what we've seen. and certainly, when a senator puts all the appointments of the president on hold because he wants an earmark in his state, that is not in the interest of either his state or the country. and it's disappointing. these are the things we have to overcome. and we're going to work hard to shine a bright line on that and ask people to do what they were brought here to do, which is to govern and solve problems. >> let's turn to the real economy. and outside of was

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. >> george mason fans were hyped up for their bracket buster matchup against the college of charleston. inal minute mason down by 4 until cam long dials long distance for 3. he makes it cutting the deficit to just one point but the cougars would come right back. donovan monroe restores the cougars lead back to 3 points. we go to the final seconds. mason down 2. pierson lay it is in to tie the game, right? wrong. he's called for a charge. george mason loses a heartbreaker at home. 85-83. elsewhere virginia on the road facing clemson. a mismatch from the start. the tigers inside to dematha grad. clemson up 19 at the break. second half, the shock clock winding down. andre young forces up a shot and banks it. it's ugly but clemton built a 32-point lead. the tigers go on and beat virginia 72-49. the fifth straight loss by the carve leers. elsewhere navy on the road against archrival army. second half, a whacky play here. army's pass deflected by navy's chris harris. it's tipped to richard who tip it is to himself and scores on the layup. navy falls to army. the loss ends navy's seven-game w

adjusting for inflation, half at a remains far below other block busters.gone with the wind was the most popular movie if you adjust the ticket prices. it would have brought in $1.5 billion in the united states, followed by star wars and the sound of music. that's all the time we have for today's show. thanks for watching everyone. we'll see you tomorrow.

let's play "oddball." >>> in fact this was directed by buster keaton. we begin near bolivia's mount rico with your oddball travel tip of the week. got a short fuse? looking to have a blast on your next vacation? blow off some steam through the therapeutic use of explosives and boom goes the dynamite. yes, that whole sparking thing is not an exclusive for mark sanford anymore. tour companies now allowing visitors to try their hand while still attached to everything else at the art of blowing stuff up. blow it up real good. it's a boost to the local economy. look at all the targets. critics say the activity puts the mountain at risk of collapsing. it sure looks cool. remember it's all fun and games until that stick of dynamite in your mouth wants out. the home of chris weller and his roommates, the lounge lizards. mr. weller spent more than $30,000, probably spent euros or pounds, to convert his house into a reptile playground, a crocodile and his closest cousins shack up in a luxury suite complete with a tv and pool. what do crocodiles watch on televisio

. >> tom: developing economies really go off like gang busters here in 2010 already. the u.s. economy, clearly, is gaining some of the its sea legs at least in the fourth quarter with the g.d.p. report out. what does this set up in terms of economic growth across the world? >> we're talking about a multispeed recovery around the world. some people refer to it as the "luv psyche elt." l for uranium, u for the united states, v for asia, and some of the emerging markets. >> tom: and referring to the bounce as it were,-- >> that's right, that's right. basically, what we're seeing is about 2.5, 3% growth in the u.s. for this year, 2010. but only, say, 1% in europe, but 5% or 6% in asia. looking at very, very different speeds of recovery around the world. >> tom: we'll leave it there. thank you so much for the global insight. my guest this evening, nariman behravesh, chief economist at i.h.s. let's get you caught up in the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newsreel. >> tom: here are the stories in tonight's n.b.r. newswheel. a muted end to the week for the major averages. stock prices dri

by the way, that prescription drug benefit while some call it a budget buster it's incredibly populartry 9/11 suspects in new york city officially dead? the panelists render their the panelists render their verdicts next.6Ñw?eeeee >> if congress makes a decision that they are going to try to block the opening of a new facility, it potentially constrains what our administration can do. and so this is something that we have got to work through, both in congress but also with public opinions so that people understand that ultimately this is the right thing to do. >> let me tell what you plan a is for khalid sheikh mohammed. he is going to meet justice and meet his maker. he will be brought to justice and he is likely to be executed. >> i don't think it will be offensive at all when he is convicted an the death penalty is applied to him. >> bret: there you see the president today and also the white house press secretary over the weekend. and the president from a few weeks ago talking about the trials for 9/11 suspects and khalid sheikh mohammed, of course, the alleged master mind

the party out of power loves the phil buster. when they had the seats, they had activists all over talking about the nuclear action. because they were phil bustering the elections. now, 59 seats with scott brown's election, now the democrat have a healthy majority in the senate. democrats all over the country, we have to get rid of it. this is an abomination. the republicans are misusing it. and i think whether are you love or hate it, it's always been a part of the u.s. senate. it is used more often than maybe it used to be. but i also think that's because the u.s. congress is a little bit different than it used to be. for much of the 20th century, you had healthy democratic majorities and i only bring it up because it was just one party. it could have been a republican majority. but that majority was broken up within itself by regional factions. and so you had a bloc of really large conservative democrats that would band together to fight blocs of liberal democrats that would band together. and they would then work with the min

you know, in ireland where the economy is also going like gang busters, almost a leprechaun on steroids the public worker some of the workers are taking a wage cut of 15 to 20%. >> what is the mood in europe? do you think there's a sense that the project is in danger? or will this just -- will people move on? >> there's a certain amount of panic in brussels, for good reasons. i sometimes hear it invoked that the good news is that the new europe and the countries formally in the soviet world have actually weathered the crisis a little better. is that right? >> i'm not sure. >> they have stronger budgetary positions. the polls, the czechs, the hungarians -- greece, spain, italy, france, 9% of gdp. >> not just a deficit or debt problem. it's a current account problem. if you look at the countries like the baltic states, hungary, they've had to make severe adjustment. interestingly the imf came in to help them in western europe. the germans and the french don't want the imf in. why? it would be seen that they failed. president sarkozy doesn't want his socialist rival dominique strauss kahn

the party out of power loves the phil buster.ey had the seats, they had activists all over talking about the nuclear action. because they were phil bustering the elections. now, 59 seats with scott brown's election, now the democrat have a healthy majority in the senate. democrats all over the country, we have to get rid of it. this is an abomination. the republicans are misusing it. and i think whether are you love or hate it, it's always been a part of the u.s. senate. it is used more often than maybe it used to be. but i also think that's because the u.s. congress is a little bit different than it used to be. for much of the 20th century, you had healthy democratic majorities and i only bring it up because it was just one party. it could have been a republican majority. but that majority was broken up within itself by regional factions. and so you had a bloc of really large conservative democrats that would band together to fight blocs of liberal democrats that would band together. and they would then work with the minority pa

beijing is now a sanctions buster. why are the people in beijing's supporting the iranians?here are many reasons. analysts point to a few of them such as china wanted to secure access to iran's clean-burning gas, china wanted to compete with russia for influence in iran, china wanted to defend its principle of non-intervention in the affairs of other countries, and of course, china wanted to support the mullahs because they don't want to see the theocracy collapse because that would give hope to the chinese people that they may be able to get rid of their own dictators. yes, these are reasons why china is supporting iran. we need to go deeper and to understand what china is really doing and what they are really doing is trying to undermine america's influence and role in the world. they are trying to make us look ineffectual and partly because they feel threatened by who we are, by the values that we stand for. insecure, intolerance, and a secretive china feels it must change the liberal and democratic system that we lead. what is china doing? they are supporting every nucle

there is no president in american history using the fill buster on a vast majority of the legislation. that's part of the reason it's so difficult to get things done. >> but larry, the reason you say it's been forced, it's not the means by which they get it passed, it's because the american people spoke out very clearly last summer in town hall meetings, they had rallies across the country in september and october, they went up there in massachusetts. democrats in massachusetts went to the polls to vote for scott brown for one reason. he said he would stop it. yet there it is, the president saying, we're going to jam this thing through no matter what. >> larry: hold it, senator brown voted to -- with the democrats on the jobs bill vote to take place tomorrow. >> he voted for the jobs bill but it doesn't explain why he's pushing through health care. >> larry: leslie? >> it's best for the american people, larry. it's best not only for our financial health but for our fiscal health. this isn't just about politics, this is about not looking for the levy to break. this is about being preve

>> senator mccain and i co-chaired the pork busters coalition. i've got a lot of scars, so does mckarng going after these earmarks and it's 2% of the spending. i'm willing to go after earmarks. but at some point we have to do something about entitlements. you certainly can't add new entite millie entitlements for health care which envision the government basically taking over that share of the market and not expect it to have this profound effect on the anticipation of what future deficits will be. it's going to add to the deficit in the future. >> congressman royce, thank you very much. appreciate you're taking time. >>> next on the show, human piggy bank. could the passenger next to you be smuggling millions of dollars into the country? wait until you hear how it gets done. >>> plus -- toyota's recall debacle opening frankly a can of worms. could all of the electronics in your car, talking about the most expense everybody cive cars be risk? what cars drive by wire? weave got the names. i drove my first car from my parent's home in the north of

beijing is now sanctions buster. -- is now açó sanctions' buster. china wants to support the mullahs, because they do not want to see the theocracy collapse, because if it collapses, that gives hope to the chinese people that they may be able to get rid of their of dictators. -- their own dictators. yes, this isÑi why china is supporting iran,ñr but we need o go deeper and understand what china is really doing it. okthey are threatened by the values that we stand before -- that we stand for. china thinks we need to change. so what is china doing? china is supporting every nuclear road, thereby fundamentally altering the structure of the system. yet, china's support for the mullahs -- what is this paradox? in as a stumbling economy. -- it has a stumbling economy. despite everything else, the mullahs are winning. unbelievably, they are paying no penalty for doing so. so why are the iranians succeeded against us? our principal problem is that we have our priorities wrong -- so why are the iranians succeeding against us? there is a longer-term objective

hats off to mark finkle stein, news buster, making the point it's jeopardizing national security to have report coming out about him talking now. >> jon: and senator kit bond having a fight with the white house about that and didn't make the list as well. the 12 films on the oscars, some think the avatar and hurt locker. >> we have a population-- >> so what about it? when it comes to how these things get chosen, cal, is that a media campaign? is there a certain kind of film that's going to-- >> sure, i subscribe to variety and then you see the, for your consideration ads. full page ads, best actor, best actress, supporting, a real campaign and members of the academy, several hundred of them who get the films they watch them at home or go to a particular theater at a particular time, but look, they all have their particular biases. not just oliver stone, who is the far furthest left maybe of anybody in hollywood. and these are reflected in the films, like "up in the air", for example, anti-business. >> up in the air, how is that liberal. >> i didn't say liberal, anti-business. >> oh and t

little steamed over the liberal media's treatment of reverend jeremiah wright as opposed to acorn buster james o'keefe. this is a fascinating story. owe o'keefe was busted in new orleans. we will find out what bernie's beef is in a moment. bold fresh tour. show you what happened when beck and i got in front of the live audience. right back. this is not pay the hospital insurance. this is not pay the doctor insurance. this is not major medical insurance. this is affordable-we-pay-cash -directly-to-you- fast-when-you're-sick -or-hurt-insurance. if all you know about us is... aflac! ...then you don't know quack. to find out all the ways aflac's got you covered, visit knowquack.com [ birds reech ] [ loud rumbling ] [ rifle fires ] [ announcer ] if you think about it, this is what makes theladders different... from other job search sites. we only want the big jobs. join theladders.com. a premium job site for only $100k+ jobs... and only $100k+ talent. ( sneezing ) i didn't take zicam cold remedy... but i did. zicam reduces the duration of a cold. ( sneezing ) no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no...

little steamed over the liberal media's treatment of reverend jeremiah wright as opposed to acorn buster james o'keefe. this is a fascinating story. owe o'keefe was busted in new orleans. we will find out what bernie's beef is in a moment. bold fresh tour. show you what happened when beck and i got in front of the live audience. right back. >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly. we continue with bernie goldberg picked up a difference in the way william wright and bill ayers were treated by the "new york times" and the way james o'keefe is being treated. o'keefe was arrested last week for a felony for shenanigans in larry landrieu's office. joining me again is bernie goldberg bernard.com is worth a look. so front page sunday "new york times" there is o'keefe and a few other conservative younger people are in trouble with him. what did you pick up on it? >> well, first of all, i want to make clear i'm not defending james o'keefe. i don't know what he did, but if he did what is he charged with, that's his problem. i'm not defending that. second, i'm not even arguing against

the party out of power loves the phil buster.clear action. because they were phil bustering the elections. now, 59 seats with scott brown's election, now the democrat have a healthy majority in the senate. democrats all over the country, we have to get rid of it. this is an abomination. the republicans are misusing it. and i think whether are you love or hate it, it's always been a part of the u.s. senate. it is used more often than maybe it used to be. but i also think that's because the u.s. congress is a little bit different than it used to be. for much of the 20th century, you had healthy democratic majorities and i only bring it up because it was just one party. it could have been a republican majority. but that majority was broken up within itself by regional factions. and so you had a bloc of really large conservative democrats that would band together to fight blocs of liberal democrats that would band together. and they would then work with the minority party where you would have conservative democrats and republicans wo

pulling out all the stops, too, and like most of the region, these storms have turned into a budget buster. good we're slightly over $50 llion on the $26 million budget. as you said, we have some flexibility in our operations budget at the end of -- june 30 is the end of the fiscal year. we'll be able to move some things around. >> reporter: crews will likely have to pull double duty both plowing and hauling. >> there are some areas we can't plow it out of the way. we have to go in and haul it off of the road so hat adds an extra layer to clearing the roads. >> reporter: the workers will be on 12-hour shifts around the clock trying to keep the roads open and they're asking you to do your part, too. >> we really, really appreciate it if people can stay off the roads tomorrow night. when people are out on the roads and they're dodging and weaving around our plows, it makes it really hard for us to plow. >> reporter: here is some other critical information you need to know about snow emergency routes. some of them go into effect tonight. here's what we know so far. in loudoun county, the snow

the senate operates not just with a rule 22, which is the fill buster that requires... >> woodruff: why do you call it blowing up the senate? >> because you're going to end up... this is a body that operates by unanimous consent. and if you get 40 of your members or more really upset, you could boll locks up the works completely. so you've got to move slowly here or at least hope that you can find oth ways to work together. and actually having the pressure off harry reid, the senate majority leader, who can't get 60 of his own votes together more than once every few months at best may make a difference and it may put more pressure on both parties to find vehicles to make things work. >> woodruff: so senator daschle, if the pressure is off, what do we look for? what's really at stake with what happens in the senate? a lot of people look at washington and they say "this place is dysfunctional, it's not working." what's really at stake? >> who things. first of all, of course, the agenda. we have a huge array of big, big issues that have to be addressed. regardless of your position. we have

and we keep doing it and keep doing it and keep doing it eventually public -- if they keep fill bustering and keep -- we can't get 60 votes, then eventually public pressure pushes them to do it. for instance, we ought to do this bank tax, levied at the big banks that, frankly you got all kinds of benefits from something we had to do, the bank bailout, and use that -- those tax revenues into the big banks for a jobs program. we keep putting that on the floor. they keep saying we have to have 60 votes. we keep trying to. we keep trying. eventually, they are embarrassed into passing, in my view. and we got to show whose side are you on and the public, this massachusetts -- polling out of the massachusetts ray the voters thought government is more on the side of wall street than main street. >> yeah. >> and that can't be with the democrats in power. we have to show whose side we are on. >> senator, the folks that i ran into yesterday at hartford, connecticut, they think washington is broken. they like obama, they want him to succeed, but they don't believe that this congress is ever going to

gentlemen, you heard, no fig bustering in honor of her 75th birthday.he house to get rid of those automatic pay increases. i agree with the caller. at a time when americans are sacrificing, so should members of congress.çó it's hard to argue with her about the gridlock andñr after year a health care bill hasn't been passed. if you listen to the president's state of the union address, you could piece together, there are many pieces of legislation that have passed the house. speaking of fig bustering -- the senate is beingñr controlled by democrats. i'm trying to say the obvious, we need to be able to have a senate that can function and pass legislation and able to compromise with the president and the house enough to at least change punk youation marks. and if we have that process, we can come to real agreements on health care, which it is very important for future generations. this health care bill isn't about us, it's about future generations of americans who can't afford to pay skyrocketing health costs and getting less for it. we can't give up on hea

roosevelt as saying it was the budget buster but he went ahead and he did have some discretionary many but six days before it open the japanese attacked us then suddenly all of that electricity was useful for smelting aluminum and became the basis of our counterattack to build the planes and hoping in the naval battle in the pacific. so there are good use is the third good. where we stand as the country as well in the past we had great technologies created more supply and nature that will not have been in the short run. but it has drawbacks too not be able to serve that function. there is hope with a genetically modified food that uses less water to grow. that may be a savior technology. but not on the horizon for colleges have to make do with the existing water the we have got. that is a problem some have monumental challenges some have more modest because the united states really could be equivalent of the many saudi arabia for water for the water thirsty world producing the water intensive goods including food and industrial goods that we use. that the world will not be able to prod

we're in george washington university with sarah who's a coauthor of "politics or principle: fill bustering in the united states senate" to begin with, where does the word come from? >> the word comes from the dutch from a word that called free booter. which applied and meant pirates that were unstoppable and basically killing everything in sight. that's sort of the idea that filibustering senators can't be talk. they can talk and talk until the majority of the senate can cut them off. >> how did it start? is there such a thing in the constitution? >> the constitution says one thing about congressional rules, it said the house and senate can set their own rules. funny enough in 1979 they basically had the same set of rules. it wasn't until early 1800s, the senate when a rule which the house has had, we called it previous question motion, it's used to cut off debate. the senate it, it wasn't using it, they didn't know how to use it, they got some advice and how it goes. once it's gone, there's no way for majority to cut off debate. i don't think the senators really understood what they were

. >>> so far, it's all systems go for tomorrow's afternoon big east brook buster at the verdicts sonr. as long as the official can make it to the game, they will play the game. hoyaswill they be able to do something about snit? scottie is so good, he has been doing it for four years. hopefully you can make it difficult for him. and they the supporting cast around him, he is one much these guys that gets his points in an unselfish manner. you know, we are used toilet if that makes sense, if that makes it any easier but we know what to expect. whether or not, that's different. but we know what to expect. >> you know, he is shooting real well, shooting from everywhere. >> we just had to try to contain him, you know, try to force him into shots and take him shots that are not his best looks. play team defense and hope that he has an off night. >> check out old dominion taking on virginia commonwealth tomorrow at 4:00. that's live. you can get the score from your teams tent -- sent to your phones for free. >>> to the nfl. clinton portis is no dummy. he knows when to leave the snow. he sho

. >> a filibuster buster. >> hehe story, and if we get the story, you will have it. >> let me tell you -- >> okay. if i had a list, this guy would be on it. maybe you are the 1.3 million people who have watched it on youtube. forget the guy talking in the foreground and watch the guy sitting on the computer. you see it right on the left side of the screen and that guy with the head is talking to guy who walked up. the guy sitting down is banker dave kiley and opening up a e-mail with racy photos of a model. australian news caught him in the act as they interviewed this fellow with the front of the screen there, and now the fellow is on leave while the company decides whether to do something about it. but here is the thing, he is getting support on the website. here is the we are the city starting to encourage to plead for the knucklehead's job. >> ali? >> yep. >> you know what, there is a possibility that we might get this scott brown -- let's, ali, i am takin

were 0-for in the first and certainly against the florida zone, they need to knock down some zone busters otherwise the gators will stay in that zone, dave, and challenge the gamecocks shooters from the outside. >> dave: six-point game. 9 of the last 11 meetings between these clubs decided by 6 points or less. looks like we are headed that same direction tonight, as muldrow, with 14.7 rebounds. >> joe: nice jump shot. i continue to be impressed with the improvement of sam muldrow. >> dave: murphy inside. >> joe: that's what i'm talking about. they worked it with him today around the basket, inside moves, using the glass. and erik murphy right there with a big offensive baseline play for the gators. >> dave: galloway, off the mark. shipman with the rebound. off to walker. nice ball work over devan downey. boynton will try for three. here's downey. walker almost stripped it away from him. devan downey, having a rough go of it. but the man can get going at any second. he's got 11 tonight. he will need more in the gone want to come bac back mom uth , yearoy ed ugamelf hisr. by e oe wa alrutpl

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beijing is now a sanctions buster. now, why are people in beijing supporting the iranians?ll, of course, there are many reasons and analysts point to a few of them. such as china wanted to secure access to ibm's cleaner-burning gas, china wanting to compete with russia for influence and iran, china wanting to defend its principle of nonintervention in the affairs of other countries, and, of course, china wanting to support this mullahs because they do not want to see the theocracy to collapse because of it collapses that gives hope to the chinese people that they may be able to get rid of their own dictators. yes, these are reasons why china is supporting iran. but we need to go deeper into understand what china is really doing. and what china is really doing is trying to undermine america's influence and role in the world. they are first us look ineffectl largely because they feel threatened by who we are, by the values that we stand for. and insecurity and intolerant and secretive china feels that it must change the liberal open and democratic international system that we

. >> you want to end the physically buster. >> interesting. saw yesterday the filibuster was originally created because of minority factions within the same party. >> i think we should outlaw it now until the republicans get back in. >> okay. fine. gotcha. our next guest, one of the first bank ceos to refuse t.a.r.p. money, dick evans joins us here on set. it's great to see you. >> thank you. >> you don't like this plan? >> well, i'm not sure it's going to make the difference. on main street, what we've experienced is we've been out calling on customers. our calls are up 75%. we've got 63% more business relationships than we had, but our loans are down. and so what is happening is the business person is scared to death. it's about confidence in the future. and until we get confidence in the future out on main street and businesses, they're not going to buy another truck. they're not going to expand their business. and so it's not about banks not loaning money. it isn't for us. we've got over $1 billion sitting in our account at the fair. we've

the americans are asking, where are the jobs that this trillion dollar budget buster promised?rd time going to my district in monroe county which has gone from 6% unemployment when the democrats took control of congress in january of 2007 to last month over 20% unemployment. sadly, this is a story that's being repeated all across america. so while the president and his democratic colleagues in congress are trying to remember the words to happy days are here again, the american people are left wondering, where are the jobs and does anyone in washington care about us? i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. .7 c16 c13 mr. mcdermott: like everyone, i was watching the olympics. who was the most famous person in canada. fame is a fleeting thing. 6 o seconds down the hill. the most famous person in canada by a vote on the c.d.c. was a politician,

in the early part of the last century that really created the early progressive movement and trust busters, recognizing that companies like standard oil and others had dominated the market and were squeezing, driving down and harming small businesses and individuals and tried to set about a better balance. and they did. that long tradition of standing up for families, working men and women is a tradition we now hold on the democratic side of this house. it's what we are trying to do in so many different ways, here with this bill, ending a 65-year opportunity that the health insurance industry has had to monopolize and engage in conspiracies to set prices and harm the public, not just in their economics and family income, but in their ability to sustain their lives. we have a chance tomorrow to follow a long tradition of righting the balance of pushing back against those forces that would dominate us economically, socially and in this case in our very health, so tomorrow's a very, very important day but also a day we can begin -- continue, continue the process that we have seen this last ye

councils of foreign relations -- i meant to bring that big book, 1,000 pages, a lap buster they called it. but it was a strategic awakening. the title of the conference national security political, military and economic strategies in the decade ahead. burke said you got to look 10 years ahead. nobody is doing that. we've got to have that in our strategy. and i think admiral mullen would agree when we locked into now we made progress with three departments in quadrennial reviews. they're looking four years ahead and each one is compartmentalized. furthermore, burke insisted in this conference that we bring together national security and national economics. sound familiar? burke quoted eisenhower, who often said that those dealing with the daily near term operational requirements could not look over and across the strategic horizon. of the 30 odd scholars at the conference, he included some well-known older names like herman kahn and younger things like henry kissinger and others. burke insisted we put together the points of differences to find the issues. he said so often the problem is

after all, it was a great republican president, teddy roosevelt, who was the great trust buster, the one who brought antitrust principles into american injuries prudence and -- jurisprudence, as we heard from others, sponsors of this bill -- as there was attempts to put in antitrust legislation as it relates to the health insurance industry. after all, competition is the engine that drives our economy, spurs innovation, ensures that the american consumer would receive a fair deal. but far too long, the insurance industry has been able to avoid accountability by dividing up the territories among themselves, like the robbers barrons did on the backs of americans. i support my colleagues in the competitive task force. i know we need central ohio an american business to be competitive, something this bill will help to ensure. this bill is needed because the health insurance industry is sick, and we need to fix it. we know that we have an unhealthy insurance system because we see that the signs and symptoms are there. 96% of all health insurance markets are highly concentrated. the -- lea

recently and, perhaps, even in this changed administration leaders have been asked to build a bunker busters' nuclear weapons, enhance the so called a stockpile of nuclear weapons so that as we go down from 9000-8000-7000-6000 they will be smarter and more effective. what moral authority do we have to tell iran that you can't have nuclear-weapons if, in back, we supplied those nuclear weapons ons to other nations in the middle east and the region and allowed them to proliferate in a nearby nation. and in relationship to north korea, and i spent time and not to real, i don't think if they actually pushed the button on a missile that it would actually work because the electricity does not work very well there. if you're going to pile in a whole bunch of nuclear material in south korea what moral authority do we have to say to north korea or iran or any other nation that you should not pursue this direction. if you're just trying to be nice we will be nice back and have full opportunities for trade. how would you answer that question? >> well, it is affiliated question. this is, of course, the