plus, the snub by johnny carson that stings to this day. joan rivers and a few surprise guests, including bill maher and kathy griffin, next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. what a night. joan rivers is a comic, author, actress, entrepreneur, and the focus of a brilliant new documentary, "joan rivers: a piece of work." i saw it, loved it, it is brutally frank about the highs and lows of joan's incredible career. in between laughing, which you'll do a lot, you'll be amazed by her drive and the relentless schedule she keeps. take a look. >> right now everything is absolutely wonderful. i am the golden girl. but i have been here before. and i know, nothing is yours permanently. and you better enjoy it while it's happening. >> so, next week, monday, regis and kelly, a book signing at qvc, tuesday, wor, rachael ray, howard stern. wednesday, florida, breakfast lecture, an afternoon book signing. back to miami to perform two shows. thursday, a radio show, red eye home, qvc, corporate booking. then back to the cutting room. >> larry: t

carson: i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois rise? >> i ask that the instruction printed in part b of house report 111-506 relating to page 11, line 8, be considered to refer to section 4-d-2-a of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment printed in part a of such report in part b of such report. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> i reserve the right -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. >> i reserve the right to object. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas reserves the right -- the time. mr. neugebauer: while i do not plan to object, i want to point out by accepting the chairman's request we're agreeing to help you fix a draft issue with your amendment. however, republicans also note that only one of our amendments was made in order today. so at the same time we are agreeing to help you fix your amendment, an amendment, by the way, that is considered adopted without a vote, your side has

, to begin our discussions today. -- johnnie carson, to begin our discussions today. [applause] >> p.j., thank you very much for the kind introduction. i would also like to thank cheryl benton who has put this program together. i also would like to extend my warm welcome to congressman payne, the chairman of the house subcommittee on africa, as one of africa's leading supporters and our policies. welcome, congressman payne. good afternoon to a very large audience. including a number of faces that are familiar with me. i would like to thank the bureau of public affairs again for organizing this diplomacy briefing hearing, for inviting me to join all of you today to discuss some of the key priorities that we see in africa. i want to begin by emphasizing the strong commitment of this administration to working with our african partners to bring about a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous africa. bill ball administration -- the obama administration seized immense potential in africa and we're determined to work with africans across the continent to help realize that grea

carson: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to ask the gentleman from massachusetts to engage in a short colloquy. mr. chairman, i'd like to confirm that all insurance companies, specifically mutual insurance holding companies, are included in the definition of insurance companies, that a period in the resolution authority title in the conference report, further, i'd like to confirm my understanding that under title 2 of the conference report, all insurance companies, specifically including mutual insurance holding companies, remain subject to resolution under the existing state insurance insolvency and liquidation regimes. can the chairman confirm my understanding on this point? i yield to chairman frank. mr. frank: paying to attention to this very specific, but very important point, he is absolutely right. we have no intention of disturbing the well-run state insurance regimes. we respect and honor that form of the mutual insurance holding company and the gentleman's interpretation is entirely correct. they will rema

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caller: and general in the carson city area the best job i had, i made $18 an hour. was doing well on unemployment. the problem with me is that i am 54 years old. they like to hire a -- helpers in train them to be a painter rather than hire somebody my age. host: if you're getting $18 an hour, how much would a painter's helper probably get paid? caller: minimum-wage. the fact that i have to go into the casinos in get minimum-wage jobs -- i am willing to travel to go to work. but nothing is panning out. the unemployment rate over 13%. this is horrible. host: if you follow politics, have you spoken to your legislators about this? caller: i will let them know how i feel come election time. if they keep dragging their feet and of giving their people unemployed benefits, the public pays their salaries. . they should be able to turn around and give us the benefit of the doubt. i hope we take a lot of these guys out of there. repaint -- the american citizens pay for that stuff. host: we are asking about your job search for today. we will do that for 45 minutes. and we will

but we have done, from washington and carson city, $300 million of the economic recovery package that directly went to education. [applause] that bill also reduce taxes for 95% of people in america. [applause] small businesses we helped. home buyers -- we have done some things for home buyers. i heard our attorney general talking about mortgage fraud. the reason that the u.s. attorney here in guided almost 200 people, because they were cheating people. in nevada regarding their homes, and that is because of federal law was passed. when one person called me to talk about the problems that the city center, i thought i should do something. i call the number of banks. i called the miracle way who is part of that project. -- the emir of kuwait who is part of that budget. i was contacted by representatives of properties and they were talking about the issue of the unfair tax code that would prevent them from recharging their businesses, called debt forgiveness is. we got that done and it's got many of those companies from going into bankruptcy and they are doing pretty well right now. in ru

we haven't been able to do more , but we have done, from carson, washington city, $3million that directly went to education. that bill also reduced taxes for 95% of the people in america. small businesses we help, home buyers, we've done some things for home buyers. i heard our attorney general talk about mortgage fraud. the reason that the u.s. attorney here two weeks ago indicted almost 200 people, it was because they were cheating people here in nevada regarding their home, and that's because of federal law we passed. but i wws called on behalf of kirk kerr korean on behalf of the problems at the city center. i thought i should do something. i called a number of banks. i called the emir of kuwait who was a partner in that operation, and i think those phone calls helped. when i was contacted by representatives of harrah's and other nevada properties, and they were telling me about an issue, an issue that was unfair in the tax code that was going to prevent them from recharging their businesses called debt forgiveness. got that done t. stopped many of those companies from going into bank

host: carson, california. let's go to steve, republican's line.aller: professor, i'm always been more of a proactive person rather than reactive. and for the past ten years i've been trying to get every level of government to post their finances to the web. it doesn't seem like anyone's really subscribed. and i can't solve the problems like the city of l.a. is having at this point. but isn't it real easy, all accounting is in elect format. cabinet you post the financings? maybe the state for the california state lottery? doesn't that seem like a solution so we can avoid these fiscal crises because we can catch them right away? guest: well, it's certainly an interesting solution. and it raises one of the interesting things of course about a chapter 9 bankruptcy. because in a sense the stigma is different from, say, a company filing for bankruptcy or an individual filing for bankruptcy. again, up here in harrisburg people talk about it every day. how did the city get into the mess? who was running the city? why did they do this? and people have a re