capitol. later another chance to see a discussion on race in america with the reverend jesse jackson. and then a look at ways to encourage americans to vote in presidential elections. >> tonight c-span concludes three nights of original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of the american government, the supreme court, the white house and the u.s. capitol. we'll end our look tonight with a building where the legislative branch meets to debate and pass the nation's laws, the u.s. capitol. the building lies directly west of the supreme court here in washington and it houses the house of representatives and the senate. .. the dome is the world's most recognized symbol in american democracy. >> what is unique about the capital is that it continues to tell the story. >> here is a place that you can come and have the battle of words and ideas. >> i am in thrall by the senate chamber. if the walls could speak. >> as you look at the statuary's, it is the history of this nation. >> w

capitol. later tonight, a look at ways to encourage americans to vote in the presidential election. . >> mr. speaker, we meet today at a location actually selected. >> is a magnificent old building. . the dome is the world's most recognized symbol in american democracy. >> what is unique about the capital is that it continues to tell the story. >> here is a place that you can come and have the battle of words and ideas. >> i am in thrall by the senate chamber. if the walls could speak. >> as you look at the statuary's, it is the history of this nation. >> we saw the capital as a place of hope. >> the irony is that it was slave labor that built this temple. >>>> standing at the eastern ede of the national mall, the u.s. capital has been home to the american congress and say 200. -- since 1800. 1,770 feet long and almost 300 feet high, it has grown over the centuries as the country has grown. it is here where visitors have always come to hear the timeless function of congress going on. while it

capitol. later another chance to see a discussion on race in america with the reverend jesse jackson. and then a look at ways to encourage americans to vote in presidential elections. >> tonight c-span concludes three nights of original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of the american government, the supreme court, the white house and the u.s. capitol. we'll end our look tonight with a building where the legislative branch meets to debate and pass the nation's laws, the u.s. capitol. the building lies directly west of the supreme court here in washington and it houses the house of representatives and the

they gave people a very bad taste for capitolism.roughout the 1990s, russia was re real really grasping with disaster. it turned out we were worst off under so-called capitolism. i think even now if your currency has integrity, you can build on it. russia had a disaster in 1999. ÷ there was a complete default. it put russia on the lifeline to the imf, which is also respented >> what is the imf. jo the international monetary fund. it was set up a week after pearl harbor was bombed. everyone tried make their currencies cheap so that they would have an advantage when they sold in another country. we'll show leadership. the imf came out of that. they had one main job. it was to have a stable monetary system. fixed exchange rates. they would have to be fixed relative to the dollar. the dollar would be conservable to gold at a fixed rate. jo any other country back up their currency with gold today sno >> no. instead of fighting to maintain a stable monetary system or figure out how to get back to one also almost reverse. they spit on virlt

the tradition of having states provide a capitol christmas tree started nearly 40 years ago.his is the first year the tree has come from arizona. >>> someone paid about 54,000 bucks for the hat worn by the man who shot lee harvey oswald. jack ruby's fi dora was one of the items on the auction block in dallas yesterday. all items were linked to president john f. kennedy's assassination. the auction came weeks before the 46th anniversary of that event. a newspaper kennedy signed for a maid the morning of his death sold for about $39,000, worth about a nickel in 1963. >>> i'm larry smith. veterans day weekend. last week the "uss new york," made of steel salvaged from the world trade center attack on 9/11, yesterday in indiana, navy's football team making a splash, how about the second straight win in south bend? they were beaten up by the irish 43 sfrait years. 23-21 they knock off the ranked irish and out of bcs bowl consideration. >>> real ticker-tape stopped being used in the '60s, how do you make do? some new yorkers threw important documents on to the street during the yank

the tradition of having states provide a capitol christmas tree started nearly 40 years ago.irst time the tree has come from arizona. >>> someone paid about $54,000 for the hat worn by the man who shot lee harvey oswald. jack ruby's fedora was on the auction block in arizona. the auction came weeks before the 46th anniversary of the event. >>> for most of his career images like this at the 2006 masters have been hard to come by for phil mickelson. usually it's tiger woods getting the best of lefty. mickelson was able to reverse that this weekend. he and woods playing in the final group at the hsbc champions in shanghai, tiger here on seven trying to get out of the sand. that is not the way you do it. that's bad for the average weekend golfer. horrible for the world's best. mickelson on 16, nice putt to save par, he gets the win beating tiger for the tires time when they played in the final round. it's his fourth win of the year. $1.2 million. for the first time the richest thoroughbred race in north america has been won by a mare, getting the victory at the breeder's cup. the

more capitol should be given to small businesses and more capitol should be made available. renegotiation should be much easier. not only is credit not listened, but if someone wants to renegotiate a home, renegotiate their mortgage, you can't kid anyone on the phone. the process is so exhausting and cumbersome. documents get lost because there is no accountability. these little was became these many assets. so appeared you can't even find read the actual deed was to a property. the need to basically take a look at that and make institutions more accountable. their is a good reason to do that because they are sitting on capital funding. more of a reason to come in and say you have yours. here is what you need to do. >> used the word accountability. on wall street that is a four-letter word. >> it will never come openly. he is not going to come to washington and be like, you know what, we are paying out 23 billion in bonuses this year. i am going to cut that down to a measly 15 billion give the rest of that money to some find that is going to help small businesses or some fun

on the other side of the capitol, house leaders hope to take a vote on their bill this weekend. president obama wanted a bill on his desk by the time of the august recess a couple months ago. >>> detainees at the u.s. facility at guantanamo bay won't get the h1n1 flu vaccines after all. the task force responsibility for detainees said last week they would get shots but lawmakers criticized the plan because of vaccine shortages in the u.s. the white house says there's no h1n1 vaccine for gitmo and none is on the way. >>> judging by these pictures, and the sounds, iran's opposition movement has not lost its steam or spirit defying a harsh government crackdown. thousands took to the streets of

the president will be on capitol hill to lobby for the bill. two more democrats in the house when health care comes up for the vote the winners of the tuesday's special elections in new york and california. >>> m people who oppose health care reform gathered outside the capitol. the rally organized by the t.e.a. party groups. michele bachmann dubbed it a house call. she invited t.e.a. party members they oppose health care reform. >>> hurricane ida is downgraded to a tropical storm but making people miserable in nicaragua. people are preparing for 20 or 30 inches of rain. it brushed past cancun monday. it comes late in the hurricane season that ends on the 30th of november. >>> the holidays are about tradition and spending, but with the economy the way it is, a lot of us have to cut back. how are you talking to your kids about your financial situation? we're going to hear some of your stories. >>> this just in, the house of representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill extending benefits for unemployed people for another 16 weeks. the tax cre

the tradition of having states provide a capitol christmas tree started nearly 40 years ago.his is the first year it's come from arizona. >>> someone paid about 54,000 bucks for the hat worn by the man who shot lee harvey oswald. jack ruby's fedora was waun one of the items on the auction block yesterday, all items linked to john f. kennedy's assassination. it came weeks before the 46th anniversary of that event. a newspaper kennedy signed for a maid the morning of his death sold for about 39,000s. it was worth about a nickel in 1963. >>> i'm larry smith. it's the football game that could prove fatal. that's why clark is going to sit out tomorrow's game. two years ago clark nearly died after the steelers' trip to the mile high city. he has a rare sickle cell disorder that's activated by high altitudes. he had multiple surgeries and lost nearly 30 pounds. now he's recovered but one report indicates the safety will make the trip to denver but won't play in the game. >> it's a tough decision, you know. tough to go home and tell your wife that's been worried about you for a year

note my father was an a & r man at capitol. the beach boys. >> did he really? >> larry: carl ingerman. he was there for years. >> this is actually about me and clive. >> larry: i don't usually get personal. i threw that in as a little touch to add a -- >> it's off top eic. >> larry: historic -- >> you think i care about your father-in-law and the beach boys? >> larry: okay. is this true? you weren't there most of the time he was recording? >> no, we had met every week in my office for six straight months. he has a studio in his home in connecticut. he would come and every wednesday he would come in with the tracks, he would sing live. we'd go over tempo. we'd go over -- >> which was weird, buying. clive's got this incredible office in new york. >> larry: i know. i've been up there. >> i'm sitting on this side of the table. he's sitting about where you are. i've never done this before. when i go in the studio i write the music, i sing it, it's done and the record label hears it. i would do these arrangements, and clive was sitti

he is sitting there as a judge and you go to capitol hill and ask why can't you impeach him? doesn't it compare to groping people and they would so you know. fox news would not like it. we would be accused of going after a conservative judge. nevermind that he legalized torture. is a member of the executive branch. is a conservative. is not involved. we can't have impeachment. and in april when some of these memos came out, senator leahy, chairman of the senate judicial committee said judge bybee, wittig inconvenience you anyway to ,-comcome and talk to us, it's in washington. if not, sir, got the golf that they. i will take a rain check. okay. didn't mean. bin btw. was just asking. and that is that. during the last congress that ended last year, dozens of subpoenas simply ignore. dick cheney, condoleezza rice, not inclined. i have to do something else. okay. or will ask the justice department to enforce, and when they don't we will take into court. that will drag it out more. but we won't you come in and talk to us. and every committee on either side of the hill has the undi

hill. -- hot seat on capitol hill. former treasury officials from the george motion administration -- george bush administration also commented. much of the anger directed at tim geithner rises from growing frustration with the administration's inability to stem rising unemployment even though the economy has rebounded from the crisis. a professor at mit says a lot of people are dissatisfied. we are asking you if you think a second stimulus package would be a worthy step. chicago, and are democrats line, go ahead. caller: morning. it is a beautiful morning. give our president a break. he just got into office. if we had followed the formal president for the eight years that he was in office and made this mess than we would not be in this position today. he just got in there. he is doing the best that he can with the mess that he came in with. host: your thoughts on a second stimulus package? caller: the only way we can begin to start getting out of this -- it takes money to make the world go around. money is what got us

. -- the capitol. get your own copy of "american icons," online. >> free-lance journalist david axe was recently embedded with troops in afghanistan. in this interview, we talked to him about his experience. >> this time, i went to an agricultural district to see a different facet of the war effort. >> are there commercial flights? how do you make those arrangements? >> there are, you can make the arrangements. that is not as efficient as the u.s. air transportation system but just a typical commercial flight. >> how concerned are you? >> you ride in the same articles, you are required to wear the same gear. it is law enforcement yougear. you have the same protective measures that u.s. troops to. it is how her sophisticated stuff. logistics of the trip are dicier. -- it is sophisticated stuff. >> why? >> is a big country. it is rugged. the infrastructure is very poor. often when you have to contend with the bureaucracy, corruption becomes an issue. for instance, i had to get a week-long visa extension

the tradition of having states provide a capitol christmas tree started 40 years ago. the first time the tree has come from arizona. >>> 20 years ago tomorrow this scene kept people around the world watching television. millions of people tasted real freedom for the first time. how germany is marking the fall of the berlin wall. y8 >>> the house had its say and passed a health care reform bill but the debate is not over yet. our i-reporters are weighing in on whether this is good or bad for the country. >>> investigators ask for help in the deadly shooting in ft. hood. why they think people caught in the rampage may have valuable evidence. >>> if you miss services at your church today, now you have an option to attend from home. all you do is a computer. hln "news and views." hello. the first battle for health care reform is over and it's a victory for president obama's top domestic priority. the house of representatives has approved a health care reform plan but it was a close call. the measure passed with only two votes to spare and one of them came from the republic

saturday, the capitol, the history, art, and architecture.hursday, friday, and saturday on c-span. get your own copy. it is $24.95 plus shipping and handling. >> "washington journal" continues. host: lewis morris, department of health and human services deputy inspector general. one of his responsibilities is investigating fraud in the medicare and medicaid programs. what kind of fraud are we talking about? guest: it ranges from organized criminals setting up sham medical equipment companies to regrettably some of the large fortune 500 companies in this country. every place we look we're finding evidence of fraud. host: how pervasive? guest: it is hard to say. fraud is a crime of deception. the most effective frauds are those that go undetected. the the news is that we're using high-tech screening devices. we're using tebaldi to get a jump on these crimes faster and faster -- we are using technology to get a jump on these crimes faster and faster. host: could you go back to what you said. what kind of tools are using to investigate fraud? gue

. >>> president obama goes to capitol hill to close the deal on health care reform with fellow democrats. a last-minute appeal to get them to support the bill that could be put up for a vote tonight. democrats are strlin struggling enough votes even though they have a strong house majority. they increased that majority yesterday. bill owen won a special election in upstate new york. many democrats oppose it because it allows federal money to support abortions. >> no federal funds used to pay for abortions. and so that means no federal funds used to pay for abortions in the public option, that means no public funds for abortions received on subsidies on the exchange. >> your vote is no. >> right. >> last night they struck a deal. they agreed to add tougher restrictions to the bill. democrat officials are optimistic they've lined up enough votes. are pubs are expected to oppose the bill. >>> a computer error nearly wiped out the bank accounts of 60,000 retired new york teachers. yesterday morning, $189 million was withdrawn from retirement funds by mills take. many retired teachers are wor

we couldn't take pictures on the lawn of state capitols.black soldiers didn't have the same rights as other p.o.w.'s. our money was counterfeited. we couldn't buy a hotel room at holiday inn. august 1963. in august 20, 2008 president barack obama received the nomination of the democratic party in denver, colorado. one sees that growth there. on the other hand, we cannot get positioned where we become civil rights neutral when there's civil rights work to be done. we're now adversaries to manipulate us into the inability to protest how we feel because we have a president of our choice. and that is a real manipulation. so if you have a position of a court decision that you can't use d.n.a. as a right to protect people who have been wrongfully convicted. we don't support that position. men on my staff in jail 30, 40 years, longer than nelson mandela. he was innocent. he was on death row three times. we can't be silent about that. another young man was in jail from florida 38 years. years longer than mandela. was freed by d.n.a. so we still hav

capitol, as it c-span.org., you'll find links, public information, and histories of the three buildings and the institutions they house. that is at c-span.org. "american icons." three nights of original documentaries on the iconic ho mes of the three branches of american government continues saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. the capital, america opposing most symbolic structure -- america's most symbolic structure. you can get the three discdv dvd set. order. c-span.org/store -- order at c- span.org/store. >> this year's tree is a douglas fir from west virginia. here's a look at its arrival at the north portico. [indistinguishable conversations] the >> tonight on c-span, former new york times reporter jason blair on journalism ethics. also a discussion of u.s. troops in afghanistan with freelance journalist david axe. and another chance to see "the white house: inside of america's most famous home." but first, jason blair talks about the scandal he was involved in. this is one hour and 25 minutes. >> welcome to th

capitol and houses the courtroom of the justices. >> the hon. chief justice and the associate justice of the night of the of the united states. >> something different is going on here. you need to appreciate how important it is. >> this is the highest court in the land. the framers created it after studying a great lawmaker in history. >> one of these cases was very close. you cannot go here to make the law to decide who wants to win. we decide who wins under the law. >> who will be surprised by the high-level? >> why do we have a beautiful structure? it is to remind us that we have an important country. it is to remind the public of the important and centrality of the law. >> it amazes me and gives me faith in our country to know how much people trust the courts. >> i think the danger is sometimes the building things it is all about you. that is something that i do not think it works well. >> home to america's highest court. the role is to interpret the constitution of the united states. outside, almost daily expressions of protest are made by

. >>> just down the street from capitol hill, you can see how the issue of health care is affecting peopleelaine kquijano talked to one taking a risk with her health and a boss trying to help her. >> reporter: this 58-year-old woman never imagine struggling like this. >> i'm working all the time, not making a whole lot of money, and don't have any health insurance. >> reporter: for 39 years, she worked and paid into an employer-sponsored health insurance plan. but the economic downturn suddenly left caldwell without a job and without health insurance. at first, she tried paying for health care herself, but without her employer picking up half the cost, she found insurance out of reach. >> that's a lot to me, $343 a month when you don't have a steady income is like saying $3 thous thous ,000 a month. >> reporter: so caldwell who suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol is doing without three of the four medications she needs. >> i don't know what my blood pressure is, and i don't want to know. >> reporter: she works four part-time jobs, but doesn't have health insuran

down the street from capitol hill you can see how the issue is really affecting people.ine quijano talked to a worker taking a chance with her health and a boss trying to help her. >> you're thinking about 8 by 10. >> reporter: 58-year-old carrie never imagined struggling like this. >> working all the time, not making a lot of money, and don't have health insurance. >> reporter: for 39 years she worked and paid into an employer sponsored health insurance plan. but the economic downturn suddenly left her without a job and without health insurance. at first, she tried paying for health care herself. but without her employer picking up half of the cost, she found insurance out of reach. >> that's a lot to me. $343 a month when you don't have steady income it's like saying $3,000 a month. i just plain didn't have that money. >> reporter: so caldwell who suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol is doing without three of the four medications she needs. >> i don't know what my blood pressure is and i don't want to know. >> reporter: she works four part-ti

. >>> president obama goes to capitol hill today to try to close the deal on health care reform with fellow democrats. he's making a last-minute appeal to get him to support the bill that could be put up for a vote tonight. democrats are struggling to get enough votes even if they have a strong house majority. they increased that majority yesterday when they swore in representative bill owen. he won a special election in upstate new york. many conservative democrats oppose the health care bill because it allows federal money to support abortions. >> no federal funds used to pay for abortions. that means no federal funds used to pay for abortions in the public option, no public funds used to pay for abortions for people receiving subsidies on the exchange. >> or your vote is no. >> right. >>> last night, democratic leaders struck a deal with those conservative democrats. they agreed to add tougher restrictions to the bill. democratic officials are now optimistic they've lined up enough votes. all of the republicans are expected to oppose the bill. >>> police shot and wounded a person

hood began on capitol hill. the senate homeland security committee held a hearing whether the tragedy was as a result of federal agencies not sharing intelligence information. they looked into the threat posed by homegrown terrorists. 13 people were killed in the shooting. the suspect major nidal hasan faces murder charges. the army psychiatrist was set to be deployed overseas when he went on this shooting spree. >>> defense secretary robert gaits is heading the army and navy to head that commission. he may have had a troubled residency at walter reed medical center. national public radio obtained a memo reportedly written by his supervisor saying the faculty had serious concerned about his work ethic and professionalism. >> what this memo is saying is this psychiatrist could be reckless for his patients. he could be a danger to them yet he kept getting promoted. he was sent to ft. hood to treat some of the most vulnerable soldiers in the army. >> so far cnn has not been able to verify the authenticity of that m

president obama will also visit capitol hill tomorrow to make a personal push for that legislation. >> a gruch inmates jumped no n. to a fight involving a prisoner and a guard, but surveillance video showses that this story does not end like you might think. >>> and the son of nba ledge he said michael jordan says he only wanted to wear the shoes endorsed by his dad, but his decision has cost his college. >>> time too look at weather. he's watching what was a tropical storm and you're tellings us something is going to happen. >> remember yesterday it wasn't even a depression at this time yesterday, but it built itself into a tropical depression, and storm and then a hurricane. first thing this morning, hurricane ida came to shore, currently over land. so really raining very hard across eastern nicaragua, 75 miles an hour. that's a weak hurricane, but look at the track. this is odd to see it in november, but the track will take it back into the caribbean and if it holds together over land, about it comes back into the gulf of mexico, it could be a problem for the lower gulf coast somet

capitol and houses the court room and offices of the nine justices. . . >> the hon. chief justice and the associate justice of the night of the of the united states. >> something different is going on here. you need to appreciate how important it is. >> this is the highest court in the land. the framers created it after studying a great lawmaker in history. >> one of these cases was very close. close. you cannot go here to make the law to decide who wants to win. we decide who wins under the law. >> who will be surprised by the high-level? >> why do we have a beautiful structure? it is to remind us that we have an important country. it is to remind the public of the important and centrality of the law. >> it amazes me and gives me faith in our country to know how much people trust the courts. >> i think the danger is sometimes the building things it is all about you. that is something that i do not think it works well. >> home to america's highest court. the role is to interpret the constitution of the united states. outside, almost daily expressions of protest are m

leach spent 30 years on capitol hill. as a republican congressman, representing southeast iowa, he was known as a moderate who often bucked his party on issue issues from embryonic stem cell research to the iraq war which he voted against. he is perhaps best known for the graham-leach act which ranks just behind the federal reserve act of 1914 in importance. he lost re-elect after the social conservatives refused to to back him over the gay marriage, and internet gambling. in 2008, mr. leach broke with republicans to support obama for president, speaking as a democrat national convention in denver. this summer, president obama nominated mr. leach as the 9th chairman of the national endowment for the humanities. he was sworn in this august, after the princeton university woodrow wilson school and the school of government. chairman leach comes to with the undergraduate from princeton, a masters from john hopkins, and eight honorary degrees. but perhaps most useful in the rough and tumble, he has membership in the national h

>> 500 protesters gathered outside the georgia capitol yesterday. you can hear chants of "kill that bill" referring to the health care reform package that passed late saturday. part of the t.e.a. party express their second cross-country tour. >>> a chicago bus driver made an unscheduled stop this morning inside a home. we'll tell you if anybody was inside and seriously hurt. >>> we're less than an hour away from the start of a memorial service at ft. hood. a somber ceremony to remember the 13 people killed in that shooting rampage on post. not everyone who's there and there are hundreds perhaps even thousands there were actually at the site of the shooting. in fact, one woman whose husband is at ft. hood brought their 3-year-old daughter. her husband was at the shooting but what happens to my husband's brothers and sisters happens to all of us. the commander in chief, the first lady are there. the obamas will join grieving families and a shaken community at the post beginning in about 40 minutes. >>> one of our i-reporters captured captured ida's gi

public tours into the white house, america's most famous home and explore the history, art of the capitolca's most symbolic structures. "american icons. it's $24.95 plus shipping and handling. order online. >> prince albert of monday -- monaco issues a 50th anniversary of the signing of the treaty which established the continent as an area of peaceful purposes. he spoke at the national press club today. this portion of the event is half an hour. >> i'm a reporter for "usa today" and i'm president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists and we are committed to the future of journalism by providing journalism and education and fostering a free press. for more information about the national press club visit our website at www press.org. i would like to welcome our speaker. i would like to welcome those of you who are watching us on c-span. we are looking forward to today's speech and i will ask as many questions from the audience as time permits. hold your applause during the speech so we have time for questions. for our broadcast audi

host: are you still working on capitol hill?ler: i am not i have not worked on capitol hill for quite awhile now. but senator pryor give me my start in my career but i am very grateful to him. host: what would your assessment be of today's climate versus when you serve? caller: it is so different. actually saddens me quite a bit. in my days -- i am from the old days -- it was a different atmosphere. much more supportive of each other, much more bipartisan. it is very sad to see how things have changed. host: thank you for your call, portia. i am sure the senator appreciates it as well. with the climate in washington, was it a progression over time, or was it events that changed? guest: strangely enough, i think it began -- i hate to say -- but i think it began during the clinton years, when he came into office, and republicans -- here i am talking about politics -- when republicans came in with the majority in the house, especially, many of the people from the house during that time had been bottled up, not been involved as they

tonight at 8:00 p.m., the capitol. american icons, tonight at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. get your own copy of american icons, a 3 disk dtv said. order online at c-span.org /store. >> this week, a discussion with fcc commissioner meredith atwell maker. she discusses net neutrality, media ownership rules, and federal rabin policy. >> meredith atwell maker is the best this week on "the communicators." also here is kim hart to join in the questioning. if we did start with the issue of network neutrality and debt management. reduce the price that chairman genachowski emphasize this as his priority -- were you surprised? >> certainly the president had outlined in his campaign speeches, so we knew this was a priority of the chairman. i think a lot like to start with something we all agree on, which is the fact that we ought to have an open internet and we want to have the free flow of lots of, -- content on the internet. i think read disagree is whether consumers and innovation would best be served with fcc rules on net neutrality. i worry about the unintended consequences. >> d

you asked questions about public tolerance on this and i'm wondering what the pressure is like on capitol hill for the president to sell this effectively. >> the biggest trouble they are having is it's going to cost a lot of money and take a long time and the country doesn't see us spending time and money on an

similarly, you do that i capitol hill, but as we saw with the president's health care address and the average there, you never know what will command attention there. -- and the out reached their, you never know will command attention there. host: as you point out in the playbook, the president is expected to address the nation on tuesday night, and also indicating that the follow-up on all this will be the president's national security team is staying on capitol hill. there is a lot of speculation as to when and what the general mcchrystal says this of a plea when he testifies before a number of key committees. -- says specifically when he testifies before a number of key committees. guest: we don't know what the president has decided it every external indication is that the president will be going more towards what general mcchrystal has recommended that away from it. the medium recommendation was 40,000 troops. those i talked to in the administration believe that the announcement will be 20,000 to 40,000, slightly less than 40,000, but probably in the upper half of that. no matter

that is why six months ago quarter of us went to capitol. i stood up and said excuse me, senator, why have you taken single-payer off the table? why have you not allowed one doctor to testify for single- payer? instead of hearing as out senator max baucus ordered us arrested. one by one, we stood up and confronted max baucus and one by one we were arrested and charged with the "destruction of congress." in a plea deal earlier this year we agreed to not open could disrupt congress." since that day max baucus, harry reid, nancy pelosi, and others have cobbled together and comprehensible legislation. it is convoluted. it is confusing. but one thing is clear, president obama and the democrats have cut a dirty deal with the house insurance and pharmaceutical industries. a bomb attack single-payer off the table and an exchange the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries supported his drive for "reform." that is why harry and louise before again by the bigpharma are back on the air or drink for passage. there are 80 members of the house who

. >>> president obama went to capitol hill today to lobby for the health care bill. a vote could comb as early as today. the president wants democrats to keep the ball rolling. he has won the support of some congressional democrats who say the health care situation is a problem that must be fixed soon. >> no bill could ever containering that everybody wants or please everybody in every district. that is impossible. but what is possible, what is in our grasp right now is the chance to prevent a future where every day 14,000 americans continue to lose their health insurance and every year 18,000 americans die because they don't have it. >>> the gop is sharpening attacks in a last ditch effort to derail it. republicans are so far standing you nighted in their opposition. >> not only does the pelosi health care plan increase taxes but it will grow the federal government taking more and more of our freedoms away. this proposes the creation of 110 new brew rockcies, boards and more. >>> in the gop's weekly aggress, the plan is called to be with drawn and reworked. barbara

he spent 30 years on capitol hill. as a republican congressman representing southeast iowa, he was known as a moderate who often bucked his party on issues from embryonic stem cell research which he supported to the iran war which he voted against. he is perhaps best known for the graham-leach act which deregulated the banking industry, and ranked just behind the federal banking act. gaming interest opposed him over his fans against internet gambling. in 2008, mr. leech broke with republicans to support obama for president. speaking at the democratic national convention in denver. this summer, president obama nominated mr. leach as the 9th chairman of the national endowment of the humanities. he was sworn in this august, and after a brief stint at the woodrow wilson's school. chairman leach comes to his position with an undergraduate degree, a masters degree, and an eight honorary degrees. but perhaps most useful in the rough and tumble of washington politics, he has membership in the national wrestling hall of fame in

maybe there is some light at the end of this tunnel because quite remarkably on capitol hill, there are some better proposals that are being heard. i will not go through each of the little aspects of this, but too -- but "too big to fail is too big." -- but "too big to fail" is too big. when they get that big, they underperform. they cannot be managed. what is worse is that they do that in what used to be implicit and now is exquisite with the backstop of the federal taxpayer guarantee on their debt. even at the zero crossed they underperform. it makes no sense. we should not be doing it. this was the argument that when these things were put together, it is once again, synergies. i will give you one piece. if you are investing in a deal and someone says there are going to be synergies, run the other way. it is one of those investment banking words that the moment you hear it, you know it is flimflam. synergies, only once in a thousand deals they actually result. at two big to fail is not -- too big to fail is not too big to fail. it is too big. there are just two people who fail to get

host: all kinds of different groups on capitol hill. here is an article concerning one of them, talking turkey is lobbyists gravy train. as most washington citizens continue to focus solely on the health-care debate, wells and have the best signal did in town -- chief lobbyist for the gobble lobby. -- he may have the biggest gog in town. inside "the roll call" -- mr. wells last year at the annual pardoning of the turkey, a white house tradition going back many presidencies. they write the one of the highly visible traditions is the of coming pardoning of the national thanksgiving turkey by president barack obama -- the lucky bird is from the chairman of the federation's turkey farm. it will be on c-span this week. sam francisco, good morning to don, republicans caller. caller: how are you doing? host: fine, thanks. go ahead. caller: the first thing. the woman who enters the phone does not tell me how long i will be on line. host: sometimes it is hard to tell. we appreciate your patience. caller: i don't know whether 25 minutes or 70 min

there's a look at the capitol looking very lovely this morning. >> it is pretty. >> more details in ait. >> i know that you know the news because you watch this show. so why don't you prove it to yourself. take the cnn challenge. challenge your friends, yourself, test your knowledge. you can pick your favorite anchor. so is hln's richelle carey. play now at cnn.com. >>> two sisters have a business that is right on the money. see how they're using cold, hard cash to make special flower arrangements. also ahead, you may soon have to pick up the tab for the afghanistan war. who is proposing a tax to cover the costs? >>> a window washer is okay after falling eight stories. this happened in seattle. the man was on top of the building when he fell. he hit a window on the way down. his safety rope actually broke his fall before he hit the ground. now the fire department says he was hurt but has nonlife threatening injuries thankfully. two sisters make some flower arrangements that are not flowers. they are real money. look! clients pay the amount they want to give to loved ones plus the cost

it will reach the capitol in three weeks.n it's going to take another week to decorate it with 10,000 lights and 5,000 ornaments made by arizona school children. >>> you know what i always wonder? if they cut down these trees now, it takes three weeks to get there and another week to decorate t why is it when you do it for your house, the pine needles fall in the first week? >> it's a fire hazard. i don't know what they pump in there. >>> here is a little nugget for you. during hurricane season only 5% of all tropical activity happens in november. beating the odds right now. this is hurricane ida right now, category 1 storm. 90-mile-per-hour sustained winds, clouds are sheering off, getting blown apart a little bit. that's good news. that means it will buzz it down further before it finally makes landfall. we're anticipating it overnight tonight, probably after midnight as a category 1 storm. it makes an abrupt turn to the right, though. a cold front off to the west will absorb that, all the moisture and wind and move it thro

republicans, meanwhile, rallied with tea party movement protesters on capitol hill signaling continuedolid opposition. well, after winning the world series, the manager of the yankees played good is a msamar and helped a crash victim on had his way home, right, rafer? >> exactly. joe girardi was heading home after his team won the world series and they had the celebration at the new yankees stadium when he spotted a car that had crashed along a busy, curving stretch of highway. wnbc reports jury agirardi saw jutting into traffic. he parked across three lanes of traffic to help her out and then flagged down cops as they drove by and the funny thing about this, the woman had no idea who he was. >> he left and then one of the officers came over and said, do you know who just came and helped you? and i was like, no. she was like, joe girardi. i was like, oh. >> now to be fair, she is from connecticut. maybe that's why. maybe she's just not a baseball fan. >> i'm so glad she's all right. thank you. >>> christmas lights are going up early in one illinois town. a little boy who has a rare for

i will sometimes come in and meet with senators at the capitol and tell them my thoughts about the deficit question or the deficit or where we are going as far as the dollar. i would love to do that. i am more of a behind-the-scenes teacher. >> david walker, who used to run the gao and now runs the peterson foundation, says that we cannot grow out of the situation we are in now. >> it is frightening. >> is that true? is it the first time in our history >? >> i never want to say that we can't. we have been in terrible situations. coming out of world war ii, we have had tough times before. we were confronted with the loss of war, financially as well as what it does to the spirit. i think that the country is valiant. i want to say resilient enough to come out of this. this is unprecedented spending, and ending deficits and an unconscionable accumulation of debt. it is the kind of debt that thomas jefferson said was the last thing he would want to burden the country with. i guess we gave our implicit permission because we elected the people that we do. -- we elect the people that we do. it is

there were fireworks on capitol hill over the plan to try five 9/11 suspects including khalid shaikh mohammed. a woman confronted eric hold er after he defended the decision yesterday. take a listen. >> you are very conversant with the law. i am not. i think i can speak for many 9/11 families when i say that we are heart sick and weary of the delays and the machinations, and i am afraid that the theatrics are going to take over at this point and i very much regret that. >> well, think of this, though, for how long have these cases been pending? i've been attorney general for eight or nine months and we've taken the first steps towards resolving these matters. we are going to go through a process. they will undoubtedly try to do things in court as they did in the military commission. >> now if you're watching this hearing yesterday in the senate judiciary committee, he was hammered, the attorney general was. some family members of 9/11 victims broke into applause as republican senator grilled attorney general holder for leaving justice up to a judge and jury. holder insists that a civ

we begin with an update from a capitol hill reporter. >> there has been talk this week that as we get closer to today's action we have a target for three democratic senators about ereir concerns about health fro. senator nelson, senator lincoln and senator land route. where do those three stand as far as where they will vote? >> host: >> guest: senator nelson said he will vote today on this motion to start debate and put the health care on the floor. the others have not come out and oid as forcefully than they will vote in favor of it but it is looking increasingly likely toat the democratic caucus will be unified tonight. >> she was quoted as saying she is leaning towards starting debate. reparently no one knows yet. maybe some other things you are hearing about? >> democrats have worked very hard to make sure she is happy with this bill including a provision that was added in the most recent days. that would be a big help to louisiana in terms of federal funding for medicaid. it is fairly clear that senator landru is warming up to this bill. senator lincoln wanted 72 hours from the

congressional hearings on the war will open on capitol hill. health care debate is going to resume, the testing the ability of the congress and the white house to multitask." we are taking your calls on health care in what you are expecting happen this week, what you are hoping to see. afghanistan, part of the plan this week, "the new york times" reports a potential time frame for winding down involvement. "the president is expected to make the announcement this week according to senior administration officials. an anonymous official said that the president wants to give a clear sense that there is a time frame for action and that the war will wind down. the official would not disclose the time frame, but said that it would not be as firm as the withdrawal from iraq, where mr. obama has committed to withdrawing all forces by 2011. looking at afghanistan, more than troops, there is an emphasis on skills over numbers. looking not only at the forces and their number, but what they will be doing. jim michaels says it involves more than extra forces

we did when joint appearance at the capitol during the summer but that was a smaller group than. zour purpose here today is to make clear that there is a major civilian component in our efforts. this is jane marriott's last two or three days here perry she was on loan from the british government. >> it is not official yet. >> unofficially -- [laughter] unofficially, her majesty's government is sending her to tehran as the deputy chief of the mission. she will be replaced. she will be succeeded but she cannot be replaced she has done an unbelievable job. i work with many people on loan to the department and i have never seen anyone do the job that she has. we will sorely miss her. we are also reorganizing our international outrage. there are about 25-26 counterparts to my job now, established since this job was set up. the germans have been coordinating that effort. with the elections behind us, we will be intensifying our efforts on coordination, coordinating the international effort. the germans are appointing a new counterpart as part of the agreement between the cdu and the ftp. we

that is why six months ago the four of us went to capitol hill. when senator baucus opened the first day of hearings and may i stood up and said excuse me, senator, why have you taken single payer off the table? why have you not allowed one doctor to testify for single payer? instead of hearing the south, bachus orders are arrested. one by one, margaret, kevin, carol and four others stood up and confronted bachus and one by one we were arrested and charged with disruption of congress congress to the end of this year. through that day, bachus and harry reid in the senate and nancy pelosi and steny hoyer have cobbled together incomprehensible legislation. it is convoluted. it is confusing. but one thing is clear. president obama and the democrats have cut a dirty deal with the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries. obama took single-payer off the table and exchange the health insurance and pharmaceutical industry supported his drive for, quote, reform. that's why harry and louise, once again paid for by the big forma are on the air. the pas

there anything you were working on the bank examiners having to do with the banks kind of hold on to capitol and short their balance sheets and extended that credit? is this a sign of the tension still being here? >> the guidance that has been released, the intention is to clarify how we treated, especially in commercial real estate where we are experiencing a lot of stress. it is also to make sure that we get consistency between all the agencies and our examiners and the treatment of those credits. we need to realize that institutions are dealing with boris that are under stress and to understand -- that dealing with bar wars that are under stress an -- borers -- are worse -- borrowers that are under stress. >> every quarter that the industry moves that laws of the balance sheet, that is making progress. we will be in a better position next year than this year. >> can you give us the number of institutions that are well capitalized and the percentage by assets? >> sure, we had 8099 institutions reporting and of those, 7007 other 63, about 96%, were well-capitalized. those institutions repre

but the capitol building and the presidential mansion, as it was called,. they slathered on thick coats of white paint to cover the black and exterior of the president's house and that's when the house got its name, the white house, for the first time. and it was elizabeth monroe, the first first lady to live in it after the war who redecorated and refurbished the interior and turned into america's most beautiful home. while elizabeth was refurbishing the white house, her husband was refurbishing a nation ravaged by war. he determined to make the nation impregnable to future attacks by foreign enemies. he not only reinforced existing defenses, he expanded our boundaries to the natural defenses of the oceans, lakes, rivers and mountains that surround the continent. he sent andrew jackson and a small army to seize florida from spain. then forced spain to redraw the western boundaries of the louisiana territory to extend into the rocky mountains. and northward to the pacific ocean. for the first time since they declared independence americans were secure of at

. >>> fireworks on capitol hill on the plan to try five 9/11 suspects including khalid shaikh mohammed in a civilian court rather than a military commission. some of the victims' families signed a letter opposing that idea, but holder stood his ground during yesterday's hearing. >> one with of the factors has to be the fact that he has at least at some time asked to plead guilty. you had to have taken that into account. >> that was then. i don't know what khalid shaikh mohammed wants to do now, and i'm not going to base a determination on where these cases ought to be brought on what a terrorist, what a murderer, wants to do. he will not select the prosecution venue. i will select it, and i have. >> that same republican senator got applause from some family members of 9/11 victims for his tough questioning of holder. holder says that a civilian trial will not give the suspects any more of an advantage than a military commission. he also promised to seek the death penalty in these cases. >>> okay. more charges cannot be filed in the kidnapping and death of a 5-year-old girl until north