byron york of the washington examiner.chris hayes we welcome our audience watching overseas and the radio audience of xm channel 130 and our c-span audience as well. good morning. caller: good morning. as a republican, i certainly didn't support barack obama during the election but i understand and was hopeful about the message he talked about - the potent for reform and especially within the healthcare environment. represented some opportunity to improve things greatly, and fact of the matter is that in the last year we've had to move from hope to reality. i'm kind of shocked that mr. hayes has said this is a center right plan. the public perception of a 2000 page bill is we do here about the louis vuit louisiana bills excessive focus on public and government run option components to this plan. and this is an environment that's spending trillions of dollars on numerous other politically motivated and - i think that congressional leadership has been able to spend the money of the people on these other important but extreme

byron york of the washington examiner.hris hayes we welcome our audience watching overseas and the radio audience of xm channel 130 and our c-span audience as well. good morning. caller: good morning. as a republican, i certainly didn't support barack obama during the election but i understand and was hopeful about the message he talked about - the potent for reform and especially within the healthcare environment. represented some opportunity to improve things greatly, and fact of the matter is that in the last year we've had to move from hope to reality. i'm kind of shocked that mr. hayes has said this is a center right plan. the public perception of a 2000 page bill is we do here about the louis vuit louisiana bills excessive focus on public and government run option components to this plan. and this is an environment that's spending trillions of dollars on numerous other politically motivated and - i think that congressional leadership has been able to spend the money of the people on these other important but extremel

byron york will be our first guest to talk about the massachusetts election. suzy defrancis

discussion on the status of health care legislation in light of the massachusetts senate election with byron yorkand christopher hayes. there will also be a look at the 80 relief efforts. then we will talk about the future of guantanamo bay detainees. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. british prime minister gordon brown talks about the government relief efforts in haiti and the creation of the united nations reconstruction agency to respond to future disasters. that is at 9:00 p.m. here on c- span. on wednesday, president obama gives his first state of the human -- union address to congress. the state of the union address will be on wednesday night. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen to the president's address live on your iphone with the c-span radio app. >> coming up, comments from and how to become a great leader. these are from the national leadership congress -- conference hosted by the national urban fellows. >> welcome to the second day of this incredible conference. i want to thank everyone for being here to help us celebrate 40 years o

. >> and on washington journal, a look at health care legislation with byron york of "the washingtony detainees, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to rerp the ladies when creating a new government, dolly madison had to encourage her once shy husband james. this weekend on "afterwards" the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas fleming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. "after words" part of this nation's book tv on c-span 2. >> up next south carolina governor mark sanford delivers his state of the state address and braised lawmakers on work on the bills and also apologized on his extra marital affairs. from columbia, this is close to an hour. >> sergeant. >> the joint assembly will please come to order. let us stand and welcome our esteemed governor, governor marshall sanford. >> good to see you. how are you? how are you feeling? nice to see you. good to see you. how are you? >> we were worried you weren't coming. >> i wouldn't miss it. you all right? see you in charleston. doing all right. h

from the reports of conservative media outlets, byron york at the washington examiner, michele obama had a role in that. can you imagine if laura bush had her fingerprints on something like that? this was a common theme of the book in my blog and my columns. the government standard and scrutiny from conservative republicans versus the liberal democrats. >> host: keep the volume turned on. randy in virginia. please go ahead. >> caller: good morning. happy new year. thank you for your efforts on behalf of those of us in the real world. let me give you an example of those not for profits in the hospitals and schools and how they are connected in this not for profit industrial complex along with the educational industrial complex. i own a small business called virginia is for education that has visited a thousand schools with a mobile city that has a physical fitness and educational component, all within this mobile trailer. not only do i go to school but i follow the children home into depressed neighborhoods so that those children whose families don't have disposable income can partici

washington journal" a discussion on the status of health care legislation, in light of the senate, with byron yorkhayes. and sals with suzy de francis, and speak about guantanamo detainees, that's live on "washington journal." >> each year youth speaking of politics and their futures, "q & a" on c-span. >> remarks from first lady, michelle obama, this is about 25 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. hello, i am elizabeth couch, mayor of the city of bernsville, thank you. i would like to now introduce the conference leadership here with me, past president, jerry abramson. richard daily of chicago. [applause] doug palmer of trenton. don bister of akron. joe riley of charleston. c.e.o. and executive director, tom cochran. and ladies and gentlemen, our friend from the white house, valerie gerod. my friends, it's a great honor for me to introduce to you our feature speaker, michelle obama, as first lady has boldly advocated the importance of healthy eating and access to fresh fruits and vegetables especially for our children. nearly one-third of our nation's children are overweight or obese. and the r