calhoun opposed the admission of california to the union, and on that subject he was right. [laughter] now, believe me, we could be bailing california out before it's all over, so don't throw calhoun away quite so quickly. [laughter] fugitive slave act, 1852. uncle tom's cabin. i don't know if any of you have read "the new york times" book review, there's a new book out about the history of uncle tom's cabin. it was the best selling novel of the 19th century. it sold a million copies in the first year. it's a phenomenon. and, um, and be it changed forever the view of people in the north and in europe, particularly in great britain, about what slavery was like. and, of course, it was one of the greatest, most powerful novels ever written. and there's a huge debate today about whether that novel is good, bad, whether we should teach it or not. but nevertheless, it did add to this agitation in the north over slavery. there's an apock create fall story that lincoln met harriet beecher stowe and said this is the little lady who started this great war. whether he said it or not, y

calhoun. know that you know that a lot of us try to figure out a way to cause this thing to have some checks and balances. i do not understand. there has been a major victory in having a consumer protection organization. it is going to be well-funded. i do not understand why people tried to press into an ideological divide to save this one entity should have no checks and balances. i would not confirm me as head of this agency. it is not an appropriate thing. i would ask you, why is it that we have taken this one issue? there have been some modest request. you have been involved in the creation of this. there have been some modest requests regarding checks and balances. there are going to be democratic appointees to this. there could be some ideological republicans appointed at some point that repeal it. i do not understand why you have done this and why you have -- why you have not been willing to say, maybe we should have some appropriate checks and balances? everybody would be united behind

calhoun is trying to make which is that accountability is important. no one debates that. i hope everyone on this panel would agree that we should seek more accountability for federal bank regulators. the question, though, is how do we do that. >> absolutely. >> and not every form of accountability is equally effective or equally appropriate. >> that's right. but accountability is important, isn't it? >> without a doubt. >> senator, i just wanted to make two points if i may in response to your question. i thunk first of all, i mean, there is sort of a fundamental question of government here about who ultimately everybody is accountable to, which is the people. i do think accountable to elected officials, although we might not all like everything that congress and the president do every time, ultimately the people in whom the people have proposed their trust and it seems to me that's a fundamental part of our government, and therefore, when somebody says, for example, it's an interference because in an appropriations bill there is a provision that says to the regulator you

>> new canon, connecticut, and i'm cory calhoun. >> jimmy: cory calhoun. very good.nk it's a great name. [ ding ] yeah, got it. you didn't win though, no. let's play "name that guy." here we go. ♪ [ laughter ] [ thunder ] >> jimmy: hey-oh! you know what that sound means. it's time for the lightning round. we're going to show you up to eight guys -- one at a time. answer as quickly as possible. there is no penalty for a wrong answer. you get one guess per guy, so make him count. and remember, for every right answer, you get $1,000. 15 seconds on the clock. [ laughter ] let's name that guy. ♪ go! >> frankie. [ buzzer ] george. [ buzzer ] >> jimmy: full names, full names. >> mark antoine. [ buzzer ] >> jimmy: no. >> oh, greg matherton. [ buzzer ] uh -- >> jimmy: gosh. sorry, you missed all of them for a score of zero. we were looking for in order -- greg kendyl, mason baylor, royce grob, shannon "buggy" davis, chad frankel, chet crump, peter gilkey, and gary zipper. yeah, yeah, gary zipper. we thought you had a shot at gary zipper. >> steve: gary zipper! [ clapping ] ga

joining an anti-tax rally with members of the tea party and bob calhoun attempted to drag night the politicaling whose captain america is it anyway? would he be a new democratic or rallying with the tea party to lower taxes on billionaires and

michael calhoun. he is president of the center for responsible lending, a non- profit, non-partisan consumer research and policy organization. market share for --improving the financial life of its members. the president and ceo of sprint bank based out of oklahoma. is also the chairman. and mr. pincus is a partner at the law firm here in washington d.c., and a member of the u.s. chamber of commerce. adam levitin, a professor of georgetown university, specializes in financial regulation. we thank you all for your time. mr. calhoun, you may proceed. >> thank you, chairman johnson, ranking member shall become and members of the committee. the center for responsible lending works to help families achieve and maintain financial success. we aren't at the lead of self- help, that nation's largest community lender. it has provided whole financing to more than 64,000 families along with charter school financing, small business loans, and other community developing financing. as we approach this anniversary of

sitting in this institution and looking across it to his colleagues, i assume imagining the ghosts of calhoun and clay and other great senators. and he wrote to his wife, and he said, you know, i sit here in the senate looking at this institution and at my colleagues, and i pinch myself, and i say how the hell did i get here? a number of months later, it was very late at night, and he was again sitting there, and he wrote to his wife, and again watching the debate and he looked across at his colleagues and he wrote to her, and he said, i ask myself how the hell did they get here anyway? i suspect that at this moment in america a lot of americans are looking at the united states senate, it the congress, and they are asking a similar question, wondering whether or not we get it. mr. president, i have enormous respect for this institution. i still believe in the phrase "the world's greatest deliberative body," which has unfortunately budget a punch line in these days, but which when we are bipartisan and serious, is still a true description, still possible when we rise to the moment. i've seen t

calhoun he may not have been the brightest who pulled in the chandelier because he didn't pick up on them and though i won't get into that at least at this moment, his mission to mexico got a little filed because of some of the things he did. but when he was dispatched by the united states government to go to mexico, it was to buy land for a railroad to create a transcontinental railroad that what part of the transcontinental railroad being planned for the middle of the country. we talked today about big business and its involvement with government and the government dillinger out or the amount of money to big business has in campaigns. at this point in his life, james was a real road president and in 1853 the taxpayers in this country spent millions of dollars to acquire land so that the railroads could build a railroad that they could draw great profits from. but that was not his nightmare. it was the fact we didn't need the land to create the southern continental railroad, transcontinental railroad. the white line that you see is the route he showed the senate could be built witho

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political figures in my cohort are the presidents: john tyler, benjamin harrison, martin van buren, john calhoun, daniel webster, henry clay. these are the--the political stars of this generation. c-span: where did you write the book--what part of the country? >> guest: in los angeles--west los angeles. c-span: what do you do out there? >> guest: i teach history. c-span: at--at... >> guest: the university of california at los angeles. c-span: ucla. >> guest: ucla, yeah. c-span: how long have you done that? >> guest: i've taught history for 33 years and i've been at ucla since 1981. c-span: why history? >> guest: you know, i think--i have a theory about people and why they become what they become. i think there are about four basic ways to understand reality or understand the world. one of them is, obviously. through measuring and it, you know, it appeals to people who are--who be--who become scientists of observation and measurement. another one is clearly a religious sensibility. there's also, i think, a poetic and imaginative way of grasping reality. and another is to understand what has gone

calhoun, had you seen that? >> yes, have . >> to my mind, it is something to simplify the mortgage disclosure forms. is the new form being performed -- proposed by the cfpb and going to consumer testing right now better than the existing forms? >> yes, and my understanding that it has received accolades from both those consumer advocates as well as mortgage lenders. we look at it for the lands of both, being affiliated with a substantial mortgage lender. it is a place where consolidating the authority, it is what you had for more than a decade. the federal and serve both having authority in that area and being unable to agree on even a simple disclosure form. it was a place where we see the value of the consumer bureau been demonstrated. we also see the care with which the consumer borough has moved forward with that proposal. this horrible agency has done something that prior to existence no one could create. so simplifying a clear opportunity for the consumer to understand what they are entering into and get t

calhoun and he may not have been the brightest bold in the chandelier but he didn't pick up on him and i went into it at least this dhaka this moment the mission to mexico got fouled up because of the things he did. to go to mexico to buy land for a railroad to go through to create the transcontinental railroad that would parallel to trash transcontinental railroad being planned for the middle of the country. about the big business and its involvement in the government and of the government bailing it out or the amount of money to big business has in the campaigns. this point in his life james gadson was a railroad president and 1853 the taxpayers in this country spent millions of dollars to acquire land so the railroads could build a railroad they could draw great profits from. but that wasn't his nightmare. the nightmare is the fact we didn't meet that land to create a seven continental railroad, transcontinental railroad. the white line that you see is the intention of the senate could be built without making this purchase and in the san francisco which is the great port. this when

because i know howard at the time -- >> calhoun. >> right.y were producing lawyers, and i wonder if that was put out to kind of make the black lawyer look like a baffoon. so those are the things i was -- >> flip wilson was one of my favorite comedians. i interviewed flip wilson probably more than any other comedian. i had a lot of respect for him as a comic, and i thought he was one of the best around until richard pryor arrived on the scene because flip was a vaudeville type. he brought the old school to the new school because he did have social commentary embedded in that vaudeville approach that he had. but flip was there. redd foxx, i think we did mention him, but he was one of those breakthrough comics in the late '50s and '60s who moved us from the old -- >> he was on -- [inaudible] party records back then. >> yeah. he was doing the party records, but he also was working in clubs at this point. he could never breakthrough for a while until he got with nipsy and started to breakthrough. they had a tremendous impact on things. in terms of

with an iconic portrait of abraham lincoln featuring lincoln's head on the politician john calhoun's today, the ama worries there are consequences to unrealistic advertising. several studies show that american girls even as young as the age of 3 are unhappy with their bodies but will models, photographers and the media be up for changing their creativity or publicity complains? there are plenty of celebrities who ask for a nip or tuck here. >> who wouldn't want to be blemish free. >> sarah jessica parker is on this month's cover of "vogue" and it's the age issue but not a wrinkle to be found. elizabeth hurley is quoted as saying she allows on a good photographer and a certain amount of retouching. >> the american medical association is adopting a new policy that discourages air brushing, specifically in teen publications. its concern -- photo shopped images can lead to eating disorders and distorted body image. >> we think some regional guidelines could be developed by the advertising associations to make sure that we do take care of our kids in a good way so that they don't develop

although flood barriers and procedures have so far protected the fort calhoun nuclear plant in nebraska, this is not the time to look away from making further efforts on protecting reactors from floods. one of the ringing lessons of the fukushima disaster is the need for enhanced capabilities for nuclear operators to cope with prolonged power outages. every u.s. nuclear plant should be able to cope with a prolonged loss of power for at least eight hours for an initial period and eventually 72 hours using only the resources on site so that plant operators can utilize preplanned and prestaged equipment and muster other resources, if necessary. we should be prepared for simultaneous events at multiple reactors on site and should be able to maintain key power functions in the face of varying circumstances, including debilitated infrastructure, a lack of communication, and especially the loss of on-site power. it's clear that operators' capability to cope with a prolonged loss of power was critical at fukushima. we know that the tsunami hit the fukushima diachi plant and wiped out all at fit

where tangelo calhoun led her friends and family from the u.s. garrison in titleburg in the classic cheer. soccer, long an international favorite, enthralled america in what's been a miserable summer for sports. >> the nfl and the nba have been locked out. baseball is going with the roger clemens' mistrial. and this is something americans can see and feel proud of these women going out there and playing for the purity of the sport and winning. >> reporter: but the champions would be japan, a country still reeling from an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. a victory that came in the middle of the night, and gave a weary nation a reason to celebrate. even in japan, few people thought their team would make it to the finals, let alone bring home the cup by defeating the number-one team in the world. ann? >> anne thompson, thank you very much for your report. i'm glad you got all of that team usa paint off of your face. that's good. >> i was in the newsroom yesterday watching, trying to get work done. at moments no one was working. everyone was