they have known each other since i think he was three and they only lost carol a few months ago. his lifetime partnership with a great model for relationships appear to have his personal life also a model for all of us, what it means to live a life of integrity. on democracy now we have interviewed noam many times a year ago and i think about 2002 it was around midnight, it was may 20 and of. journalist and i were at a momentous time and after a quarter of a century of slaughter, a genocide the people of this were celebrating their freedom. those who have survived. the indonesian military had killed off a third of the population. and i remember that night clearly the u.n. secretary general took the stage is ever handed over the power from the united nations to the people, and the love -- rebel leader ascended to the podium and unfurled a the flying of the democratic republic of east timor the lighting of the firm works was reflected in the tear stained faces of the people of timor. they had resisted and they had one and an unbelievably high price but they had one. we were broadca

carol, independent line. >> good morning i'm honored to speak with patrick. he's been working so hard on naked short selling. i've been gravely concerned about this in our country. i think it's in a ruins. all of the markets. what can we as stockholder, what can we as small, really nobodys in the united states do about this problem? it's very concerning? >> well, carol, first of all thank you for your kind comments. the truth of it is, nothing. there's nothing you can do. this is the perfect crime. most people don't know. it's economists have a phrase called the problem of dispersed cost and concentration benefits. these folks figured out how to drain tens and hundreds of billions and maybe more, maybe one or two trillion out of the system. out of your saving as count and everybody else's and most people never even understood this was going on. now that it's broken through, and that gave them the clout to come and hire lobbyists. they're extremely powerful here in town. i fight with them all the time. as soon as i leave the manage hedge funds lobby is sending

to cape canaveral in florida, carol on our democrats' line. >> caller: hi. i'm very disappointed that obama did not make a statement about the treasury bond situation, the 1.34 billion that we can't decide whether they're fake or stolen. and i am amazed that there's no reporter that asked that question. che leads me to believe that the questions are filtered. this has been a hot topic on talk radio. but, you know, and i think there has to be a statement made about this. it's absurd that it's been almost a month and we can't decide, you know, and it's just very interesting that the amount is the tarp amount, and there needs to be a statement made about this. >> host: the only question the president got about the financial situation was about the federal reserve and about ben bernanke saying that the president did support the fed chair bernanke saying also that the federal reserve could have done a better job in anticipating systemic risk in the markets. next up is virginia, frank on our independents line. hi. >> caller: hi, sir. this is really the first news

carol, obviously, is the head of that inside.

she was involved in the publishing scene in the '50s of more than just focusing on carol lack, it really presents a bigger picture of literary life in new york in the 50's in greenwich village which continues to always seem to be of interest, so we are excited about that one. our latest book that just came out is called the peak diaries, how learning to love watching ourselves and our neighbors, and what he is talking about is at one time everyone was interested in pop culture because everyone is fascinated in celebrities but he has coined this term in the focus is going from celebrities to the focus on yourself and you actually can be the celebrity and you can do that by blogs and web sites and youtube videos, so it is a commentary on what that change in technology has created for the social and cultural life in the u.s. and it is very entertaining. he actually inserts himself in lots of scenarios. key blogs all the time. he was abea twittering people's secrets. people were asked that they wanted to get a copy of his book today. we asked them to tell us a secrets and how went on his twi

carol browner, president obama's top energy advisor, rahm emanuel the chief of staff have been working the phones in person. president obama making a plea in the rose garden speech, spoke about it at his press conference the other day. there's definitely a push there as well. >> tell us about house speaker pelosi and why is she getting so directly involved in talking to lawmakers to vote in favor of the bill? >> this has been one of her quote unquote flagship issues for as long as she has been the speaker of the house. she took over in 2006. this is one of her biggest issues. she's been the one kind of pushing the chairman of the house energy and commerce committee henry waxman all along this process from the get-go she's probably responsible for henry waxman sitting in the energy commerce and -- spot. that was a decision made right after the election last november that pretty much kickstarted this entire process to try to move this bill through. she's someone from san francisco who's been a big environmentalist her whole career. this is an issue that environmentalists have been trying

tidings losing 1970 campaign we held a press conference and some of you might remember this, in the carol arms hotel on capitol hill. no tv cameras came but steny was standing alone in the back of the room. when i asked steny why he was there, he simply said, i was with joe tidings at the beginning, and i'll be with joe tidings at the very end. i have never forgotten that lesson and i hope i never will. my friend, joe lieberman, was here. and i was in hartford the night that he lost his primary because i wanted to be with him because he was my friend and he has given so much to this country and thank god he was able to win that election and come back to the u.s. senate. but i learned that lesson from steny hoyer. those who knew me best know that i'm not one to shy away from a fight. ginger says i'm down right combative. lord knows i'm a democrat. i've never voted for a republican in my life and i probably never will. but i'm disgusted with the polarization and incivility that has come to define our politics and i deeply believe that the dawning challenges that president obama faces and th

it was quite bewitching watching carol and last night. she was expecting a senior position in cabinet that she did not get. she decided to attack the prime minister. she should have counted to 10 before she wrote that letter. i think she will regret. i think airline has been effective minister. -- i think caroline has been an effective minister. >> you think the position of women, generally, is a very secure and strong one contrary to what harriet harman said today? >> i think labor has made the difference really. you have to try it wherever possible to get women into senior posts. yet got to make sure they have the right capable women. dr. >> what you make of gordon brown being relatively safe? can hear me? >> yes, i can hear you. when you talk about a rebellion, i think you miss the point. what is important is what the people of britain said at the polls last night. it would appear today that the prime minister is not prepared to listen to what was said last night. i think it will be repeated tomorrow night and monday morning with the e

. >> host: good morning, carol and republican. >> caller: good morning and thank you. i'm concerned about as americans stepped into these high gas mileage cars they save 1.8, was going to make up the tax revenue that comes from that gasoline that we use? we are going to lose all that revenue somebody is going to have to step up somewhere and i wonder if you can give me a little bit of light on who is going to make up those taxes. >> guest: i think that cutting gas imports as you are probably aware the u.s. gets a lot of its gas from the middle east, canada, elsewhere. that's kind of a part of the obama administration's motivation if they want to encourage alternative energy, wind, solar, etc. so i think they would argue that it isn't a bad thing and would be more than enough money, the tax would be made up from other countries taking the place. >> host: lexington kentucky on the democrats' line. >> caller: it was already mentioned about the suv in the bill, the 17 miles per hour to 19. i think we are just defeating the road the president wants to take and i underestima

carol browner, the senior adviser on the -- a lot of the secretaries have been calling in meeting directly with members. the energy secretary has been active in this. so really the white house has just fully deployed be forces to try to push this over the edge. host: what about republicans? do you expect to get any house republicans on this bill today? guest: well, there is a group, a lobby -- overall, republicans are adamantly opposed to this, but because the vote looks like it will be so tight, the democrats -- there is a group, a group called the independent 11, 11 moderate republicans, most of whom have not declared their results -- have not declared their votes. they may get just a handful of moderate republicans, and they will be grateful to have them. host: if this bill passes today in the house, or maybe it early saturday morning, what are the prospects in the senate? guest: is a really hard lis

we start off with the border czar, then the energy czar, carol browner. i believe she was part of the e.p.a. last time, maybe under carter or clinton, i'm not sure. probably clinton. i don't know all about all these people. urban czar, infotech czar, faith-based czar, the been reported that he's an atheist. but that is his faith, i suppose. health reform czar, nancy-ann, tarp czar, now we have all heard about the tarps, heash alison is the -- herb alison is the tarp czar. stimulus accountability czar, the nonproliferation czar, the -- and i may be mispronouncing these folks' names and let me say right off, if i've mispronounced anybody's name, it's because i'm from texas and i apologize for that. the terrorist czar is john brennan, the regulatory czar, there's an interesting one, cass, the drug czar is gil kerilowski. the guantanamo closure czar, the af/pak czar, the mideast peace czar, the persian gulf/southwest asia czar, dennis ross, the sudan czar, j. scott, climate czar, todd stern, car czar, steve rad in her -- rat in her. he's been all over the pla

host: the next view is from carol, iowa, tony on independent line. caller: i think the obama administration is probably doing the right thing just because you never know what they are up to over there. kind of like the story of troy, how you defeat a great army, suck them in and get them from behind. so i think they are doing all right. we will see. time will tell. host: "usa today" as a story about iraq. the front-page story is about the drawdown of u.s. troops. despite risks, country is eager for drawdown. american see progress, the hot spots remain. as the june 30 the deadline approaches, writes "usa today," for most u.s. troops to withdraw from iraqi cities at a six-year occupation, much of the countries eager for the change. vast areas including baghdad have seen security improved dramatically and, while some tensions linger between sunni and shi'ite moslems, major combat operations and on to a close. meanwhile the iraqi government says it's ready to provide security and some of the response belize have been that have been performed largely by a

carol ann, republican. caller: i unconcerned -- i am concerned, americans with a high gas mileage cars, the present saying we will save 1.8 million gallons of gasoline, but who will make up the tax revenue that comes from the gasoline that we use? if we will lose all of that revenue, we have all these cars driving places, someone will have to step up taxes somewhere. i would thank you if you could give me a little bit of light on who would make up the taxes. guest: of i think that cutting get -- i think that cutting gas imports, as you are aware, but united states imports much of the oil and gas from the middle east, canada, and elsewhere and that is part of the obama administration's motivation here, they want to encourage alternative energy like wind and solar. so i think they would probably argue that cutting imports of gas is not a bad thing, the tax committed elsewhere from other energy taking its place. host: lexington, but he kentucky, the democrats' line. caller: oit was already mentiond about as yo

carol is joining us from charleston, south carolina. good morning. caller: good morning. one of the things that concerns me about what is going on with governor's sanford -- gov. sanford is not about his moral -- but he holds other people and his self high in terms of morality. when it issues that he had with accepting the stimulus funds was the fact that he did not find that it was morally correct. he has people in south carolina who are dying on the vine in terms of their economic status. we have one of the highest rates of unemployment here. our educational system is the lowest, if not the second lowest in the country. we fall under educating our young people here, under third world countries, and our governor will stand up and speak of the morality of not accepting the stimulus money when in fact he is not dealing with the issue, the real issues that are going on with the people of south carolina. host: should he stay on as the governor? -- caller: i do not think he should, not because of the affair. i think it is totally hypocritical, saying walking right and speakin

i rise to join my colleague, representative carol shea-porter, in urging our colleagues to ban burn areas in the war zone. we talked about the reckless disposal of hazardous waste in iraq and afghanistan and the devastating toll they are taking on the health of our service men and women. it's encouraging that the generals have taken seriously our concerns about the dangers of burn pits. but this legislation is necessary to make sure this takes place. this sendorsed by the american legion, by the d.a.v., by the iava, by the national guard association and by the v.f.w. i urge its passage. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: reserve the balance of our time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from missouri. mr. skelton: mr. chairman, i yield one minute to my friend, a member of the armed services committee, the gentleman from virginia, mr. nye, one minute. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. nye: i'd like to thank the chairman for yielding. mr. speaker, a lot of the legislation that comes through this house deal

he introduced chu and then chu was followed by carol browner. as you may know she was the impression person for clinton, and then was followed by think it was lisa jackson, one of the-- governor schwartzenegger's people in this. ewind theroux the resumes and it was beautiful. he announced his policies that this a demonstration is going to go along with science and when he hesitated with that word science, there was an application no one had heard of it but that he was going to go along with science and then said that we wanted to have energy independence. we were worried about the environment, the research and the globals the. and then chu came up and he too mention science many times and hesitating. the words came out, hit the table and crawled towards you. let me if i can go little bit on the energy policy. one of the goals of this adminstration is energy independence and of course i am an old german. i am an economist. i worry about how things get put together, the capitol resources and how people get them so in comes-- i am braded bachman da