. >> the journalist who really helped uncover this whole thing is this guy, andy carvin. he's a senior strategist over at npr >> jon: this is going to be an interesting interview about following social media. >> when did you start "something's gotta give" fishy? when did you start smelling something fishy? [laughter] january >> jon: that one physically hurt. now i'm not going to hear the rest of the interview over the loud sound of my own childish snickering. actually, one clue to amina's true identity was the i.p. address that she posted on the american news web site lez get real, edited by paula brooks, a widowed deaf lesbian mother of two who turns out to be a dude, as well. this guy, 58-year-old bill graver, a retired ohio military man and construction worker. so now i'm completely [bleeped] freaked out because it turns out that the lesbians we cared the most about in the world are dudes. if ellen degeneres turns out to be a lonely 61-year-old cattle rancher from wyoming named dirk canyon, i am no longer dancing along with her at home. because i do. we'll be right bac

approached the dispatch box, the prime minister was reading a further reference into a report to carvin pricing. the prime minister has to call. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker, and my point is basically this, that if you want to look at the review that you should to look at all of it. and what he does say about the measure proposed by the leader of the opposition is that they would raise costs much more than a carbon price that wouldn't raise the revenue to offset or reduce the cost in any of these we. the cost might be covered by budgetary expenditure but this affects who pays the cost. other people's taxes have to rise in the expenditures and a direct action. so mr. speaker with the professor is putting their and what is a clear contrast between the policy of the government stand for and the opposition policy -- that these polluters would pay. >> we've always been clear about that big polluters to pay the price and by paying that price would have the incentive they need to reduce the carbon pollution they had met. we have also been very clear with austrian families, and when i fi

my conversation with npr's andy carvin is next.ent your money on at the box office this weekend. pulling in at $10.8 million in money, booty, i guess, i'm supposed to read, "pirates of the caribbean." number four, "kung fu panda 2." "hangover part 2." and a surprise tops the list. that's after the break. >> beat the heat at the movies this weekend, it looked like you needed some laughs. the top five included pirates, a panda, a cigarette smoking nonkey from "the hangover." but the op two were for the young at heart. "x men" and "super 8" topped them all with $37 million in its debut. there you go, top five. a former transit cop who shot an unarmed man in the back will is out of prison in the middle of the night. johannes mehserle shot a man, look what happened next. >> let him go! [ gun firing ] >> did you hear that? it was a single shot from officer mehserle's gun. mehserle said he thought he was firing his taser. he was sentenced to two years in prison. he served nine months due to time served before his trial and time off for go

carvin, i think it is a fair question to ask, i wanted to ask it to you directly. if they can compel this, what purchase could they not compel? >> as i said earlier, we are not arguing that the failure to buy something is what causes the economic activity that congress is regulating. he is looking at the wrong side of the transaction. he is looking at the means and saying if you can do that, the failure to buy something, it will always be commerce. that is not what congress said. congress said the status quo was once that was leading to cost shifting. you can imagine a president that forbade the government from forcing the purchase of a good in terms of a substantial commerce clause authority. it would not matter one bit. we're talking about the means. with respect to that, while there may be jumps in timing, in many circumstances this is not one of them. here health insurance is the way that most health care is paid for. 80% comes from non-out of pocket cost. will congress decided to do -- >> it pays for a 37% of health care. medicaid, medicare, many other ways ac

carvin, i think it is a fair question to ask, i wanted to ask it to you directly. if they can compel this, what purchase could they not compel? >> as i said earlier, we are not arguing that the failure to buy something is what causes the economic activity that congress is regulating. he is looking at the wrong side of the transaction. he is looking at the means and saying if you can do that, the failure to buy something, it will always be commerce. that is not what congress said. congress said the status quo was once that was leading to cost shifting. you can imagine a president that forbade the government from forcing the purchase of a good in terms of a substantial commerce clause authority. it would not matter one bit. we're talking about the means. with respect to that, while there may be jumps in timing, in many circumstances this is not one of them. here health insurance is the way that most health care is paid for. 80% comes from non-out of pocket cost. will congress decided to do -- >> it pays for a 37% of health care. medicaid, medicare, many other ways ac

. >> thank you very much for your >> thank you, chairman carvin, ranking member sessions, members of the subcommittee, for the opportunity to speak today. thank you, senator sessions for the most gracious introduction. i won't bore you with the statistics for the significance and size of this bill which we all know too well suffice it to say it was unprecedented. it has impacted five states along the gulf coast and the gulf of mexico itself which is one of the united states greatest resources. impact to the gulf and put commercially important aquatic life and endangered or threatened species of turtles and marine mammals, habitat use, migration patterns and the erosion and most significantly the loss of use of the resources. the gulf is an essential habitat for countless species of fish and shellfish contains numerous species of marine mammals many of which are protected or endangered. turtles, marshes that provide feeding and nesting habitat for offshore, near shore and marsh birds and the presence of oil in these habitats may lead to decreased habitat use in the area alter's migrat

is we have the two papers in the back which we are happy to pick up and the lead author on the low carvin innovation paper sitting up front here if anybody has any questions about that paper thank you very much for coming. [applause] [inaudible conversations] at the heritage foundation today congressman allen weston member of the armed services committee talked about u.s. national security and the role of the u.s. military. he talked about the conflict in iraq and afghanistan and the defense in egypt and the rest of the middle east. fallujah remarks to congress and takes questions from the audience. congressman west is a retired army lieutenant colonel and iraq war veteran. this is about an hour. >> [inaudible] to address us during protect america month the first was congressman but mckeon the chairman of the committee, tremendous advocate for a strong america and the defense that has adapted to protect security and we have another such advocate today. a member of congress who is short on official seniority but long on experience and influence in defense matters. it is not too much to say

carvin, i think it is a fair question to ask, i wanted to ask it to you directly. if they can compel this, what rchase could they not compel? >> as i said earlier, we are not arguing that the failure to buy something is what causes the economic activity that congress is regulating. he is looking at the wrong side of the transaction. he is looking at the means and saying if you can do that, the failure to buy something, it will always be commerce. that is not what congress said. congress said the status quo was once that was leading to cost shifting. you can imagine a president that forbade the government from forcing the purchase of a good in terms of a substantial commerce clause authority. it would not matter one bit. we're talking about the means. with respect to that, while there may be jumps in timing, in many circumstances this is not one of them. here health insurance is the way that most health care is paid for. 80% comes from non-out of pocket cost. will congress decided to do -- >> it pays for a 37% of health care. medicaid, medicare, many other ways acco

two papers in the back that you are welcome to pick up, and the author, the lead author of the low carvin innovation paper is sitting up front if anybody has any questions for him about that paper. so thank you very much for coming. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] president obama announced his nominee for commerce secretary former it is an international ceo john bryson. this is confirmed by the senate he would replace secretary barry locke who has been nominated to serve as u.s. ambassador to china. he sits on the board of boeing and walt disney. he is also the co-founder of the natural resources defense council. from the white house state dining room, this is five minutes. >> good afternoon everybody. today i am pleased to announce i will nominate john bryson to be our nation's next commerce secretary. john is somebody who would bring to this job a wealth of experience in the public and in the private sectors. but in my mind, nothing has prepared him more for this demanding role that requires diplomacy, complex since negotiations and careful management of folks with stron

. >> thank you very much for your >> thank you, chairman carvin, ranking member sessions, members ofthe subcommittee, for the opportunity to speak today. thank you, senator sessions for the most gracious introduction. i won't bore you with the statistics for the significance and size of this bill which we all know too well suffice it to say it was unprecedented. it has impacted five states along the gulf coast and the gulf of mexico itself which is one of the united states greatest resources. impact to the gulf and put commercially important aquatic life and endangered or threatened species of turtles and marine mammals, habitat use, migration patterns and the erosion and most significantly the loss of use of the resources. the gulf is an essential habitat for countless species of fish and shellfish contains numerous species of marine mammals many of which are protected or endangered. turtles, marshes that provide feeding and nesting habitat for offshore, near shore and marsh birds and the presence of oil in these habitats may lead to decreased habitat use in the area alter's migrati