bp chose the riskier centralized option -- centralizer option. the best practice would have been 21 centralizers, but bp used six. if you look at tab 8, it says on page 18 that you did this even though you're some mentors, halliburton, said this would create a severe risk that the cement job would fail. it says based on -- that it would be a severe risk. bp's operations drilling engineer wrote about this decision, "who cares? it is done. and of story. we will probably be fine and get a good segment job." -- a good cement job." when did you learn about that memo? >> that memo -- i was made aware of it by your committee. >> you would not deny that bp supervisors were aware of that document at the time, correct? >> there were people in bp who were aware of that document. >> would you say it is best business practices to say who cares, it's done, and a story, we will probably be fine? -- end of story, we will probably be fine? >> that e-mail is a concern. i would like to understand the context in which it was sent. if there is any evidence that peopl

. >> we are receiving testimony on the progress in afghanistan, with the commander of central command. the troops deserve our support, and the committee gives them that full support. and the support of their families as well. >> thank you. >> last month, it was announced

>> that would make us the only country in the world without a central bank.the question would be what would you put in place? >> i would let the money grow at about 3% at the rate of the increase in population. >> there are serious alternatives. milton friedman gave that particular idea and there is a gold standard and other things. i don't know if i can test your patience but for various reasons, my own research was on the great depression. one of the contributions that i and others made was that the malfunctioning of the gold standard which tied together the monetary policy of every country was one of the major causes of the depression when it became international. there are many dangers and risks to the gold standard not to mention practicalities that would be difficult to put in place. there are good reasons why we left the gold standard in the 1930's and got rid of it entirely later on. my question would be that the fed is not a perfect system but compared to what? there does not seem -- the evidence of 180 countries in the world, there are a couple that

centralizers instead of doing 21 as recommended you only do six. that defies this safety emphasis, does it not? >> we've launched an investigation, which which have shared with yourself, mr. chairman and all of your members, which is identified seven areas. it's identified areas around cement, casing, integrity pressure measurement, well controlled procedures, and three areas around the blow-out preventer which failed to operate. this investigation is ongoing it's not complete. >> you're the ceo of this company. you said you were here to answer questions of the american people. you were an exploration manager with bp. you were the director of bp's exploration. you were vice president of bp's exploration and production. you hold a ph.d. from the university of edinboro. based on the may 12th hearing and may 25th memo, our june 14th letter to you, based on all those facts are your trying to tell me you have not reached a conclusion that bp really cut corners here? >> i think it's too ear try to reach conclusions, with respect, mr. chairman. the invest

in april and may, we saw the insurgency resume in much of central helmand. nonetheless, much of the nature is indicating a possible reduction in some of their operational capacity. for example, the percentage of complex attacks, thhse deploying more than one means of attack, have steadily droppee since its peak in february. the average number of casualty is below 2009 levels. the show increased willingness to report itt's and insurgent weapons caches, which suggest growing pockets of confidence among ordinary people and a willingness to support afghan efforts to support government. we're taking a deliberative approach, expanding our efforts to improve local governance in key districts, has operations improve the security situation gradually. some confidence have expressed -- some in congress have expressed concern. we share this concern and we recognize that there are ways in which our own contracting practices have had unintended consequences, concentrating wealth among are relatively smmll number afghans. general petreaus and admiral mullen have created a

and with the architect called the central nervous of the structure -- central node of the structure, marble was just out south the rooms added attorneys prepare for oral argument. >> in the lawyers lounge, the clerk of the court will come in and give praatical pointers to put it ease the participants before going into the court room. there's a lot of camaraderie there. there's a lot of nervous energy >> is designed to call lawyerss down who are doing arguments for the first time, to make sure that there are not mistakes and they do not tell jokes or attempt to tell jokes during oral argument or not referred to the maturities with one of the justices -- familiarity with one of the justices. they will get a fair decision. we want them to enter that court room prepared and ready and both sides having an equal site at winning the chase -- the case. the attorneys are instructed to be there at 9:15 in the morning, and the regulars know to be there. sometimes you dd not know your california. this is a national court. they do not all ang around the same courthouse. it is different here. they

madison street at central avenue, watch for some closures in effect. the northbound jfx is creating delays. take northbound charles as an alternate. 31 miles per hour on average on 95 from white marsh. delays developing just prior to liberty of the outer loop. no delays on 70. the other minister is your drive time on the outer loop west side. seven minute ride on southbound 895 down to the harbor tunnel. volume continues to build at old court road. we switch over to 97. problem-free at the moment. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony has a check on the forecast. >> good morning. let's start with the current conditions. mostly clear skies. the humidity has gone down from yesterday. 72 at the airport. we're still going to make it close to 90 today. the humidity will make it feel better than it did on sunday. we turn up the humidity again on tuesday and wednesday. 94 on wednesday. scattered thunderstorms are possible through the middle portion of the week. >> thank you. 69 degrees on tv hill. a firefighter learns the lesson of never giving up hope

the stock market is important, is an important asset as well and let's face it-- the central bank does respond to the stock market and if the stock arc it went down 20% tomorrow, the fed would react. or, but then it has to be symmetric, aga like some of the circuit breaker rules. if the market goes down by 10% then we shut down the market. whatf it goes up by 1%? that is okay. again, you want symmetric to symmetric rules. i amot sur but i think more about foster's rule about whether you shldn't allow asmetric response, that is, when prices rise and fall, should the response be symmetric and i will leave that as something that can be in t question-and-ansr period. those are my thoughts and for wh it is worth-- i am still willing t bet we will always have bubbles. >> thank you john. i told you i thought we had an outstanding panel and you can sethat i was right. i nt to give each of the panelists a chance either to expand upon something that he said before or take up ssues raised by other speakers. i think will just go right down the table here. so, further comments. >> i guess i would l

each of those countries has a central bureau. our data is protected by the commission for control of interpol files. my secretary general, mr. noble. as you can see, intellectual property rights is part of the high techs crimes area. dealing specifically with intellectual property crime, we are the central point of reference for all 188 member countries. we also act as a central point of reference for all public and private sector stakeholders. a lot of my time is spent working with i.p. crime affected industries. we also raise awareness about the extent of organized i.p. crime. traditionally, customs has been very involved in this matter, but police have not. as a result of what we're doing, far more police forces are actively engaged in this subject. the focus of our activities is actually the fleeing -- actually deploying training. do that by coordinating and facilitating these cross industry law enforcement interventions. interpol is an international organization. no vested powers. all the interventions are done by the nation

centralizers instead of doing 21 as recommended you only do six. that defies this safety emphasis, does it not? >> we've launched an investigation, which which have shared with yourself, mr. chairman and all of your members, which is identified seven areas. it's identified areas around cement, casing, integrity pressure measurement, well controlled procedures, and three areas around the blow-out preventer which failed to operate. this investigation is ongoing it's not complete. >> you're the ceo of this company. you said you were here to answer questions of the american people. you were an exploration manager with bp. you were the director of bp's exploration. you were vice president of bp's exploration and production. you hold a ph.d. from the university of edinboro. based on the may 12th hearing and may 25th memo, our june 14th letter to you, based on all those facts are your trying to tell me you have not reached a conclusion that bp really cut corners here? >> i think it's too ear try to reach conclusions, with respect, mr. chairman. the invest

. >> brown: now to central asia, where political turbulence, ethnic violence and a refugee crisis has hit the nation of kyrgyzstan. margaret warner has that story. >> warner: the magnitude of a looming humanitarian disaster in kyrgyzstan came more sharply into focus today. u.n. officials announced 400,000 people had fled the ethnic violence that began a week ago in this central asian country. that's four times the previous estimate. most are minority uzbeks. some 300,000 are sheltering along the now-closed border with uzbekistan with food and water in short supply. >> (translated): there are some people here who have lost everything. who lost their home and cars. they don't even plan to come back. what would they do there? sleep on the ground? >> warner: another 100,000 refugees made it into uzbekistan before the uzbek government shut the door monday. the violence they fled was centered in osh, just three miles from the border. entire blocks there were reduced to charred rubble. witnesses reported roving mobs of young kyrgyz men looting and torching uzbek homes and businesses. >> arme

food aid and a study we did last august in the central plateau.asically quaty of food, acceptable the, how culturally appropriate it is and what we found is that of those who had received food aid for those resurveyed 60% didn't know how to prepare the food they had received. 40% it was a type of food they hadn't eaten. more than half the surveys spent over four hours in line to get the food primarily women. 10% of the trip was spoiled or not a double and 10% said the food made them ill. this was before the earthquake. a bigger problem we need to talk about this the machinery that we have to deliver the food. 15% of our food is multistate meaning food that must be sold to fund a project. what does that mean in practical terms? if you have to sell food on the local market to build a road or a development project you have to sell that most of the time across lower than local producers. you are undercutting the agricultur community by doing that and we have very strong conversations with people off the record who say this is hampering agricultural de

central command. i want to thank you for your willingness at the president's request to leave that position to take charge of the campaign in afghanistan. we appreciate your sacrifice and that of your family. your wife holly is with you this morning, and so we all want to thank her personally for her commitment and her sacrifices along the way. i like to tell you that her understanding of your doing your patriotic duty as yoo are now doing again, taking over the command in afghanistan, her understanding as a part of that is truly inspiring. we profoundly thank you, mrs. petreaus. i also want to express my gratitude to general mcchrystal for his great service to our nation over three decades. eight takes strange bounces at times, -- fate takes strange bounces at a time, and working through them with dignity honor, as has general mcchrystal, is a hallmark of leadership and character. the challenges in afghanistan are in many ways as or more complex than those general petreaus inherited when he assumed c

or would you have made the decision to use 21 centralizers instead of six? would you have used a cement bond? >> i am not a drilling engineer, so i would not have been asked to make those decisions. if our investigation determines that at any time people put cost ahead of safety, then we will take action. >> well, with all due respect, mr. hayward, i think you are copping out. you're the captain of the ship, and it has been said on both sides of the aisle in this committee, we had a president once to said "the buck stops on my desk." a very distinguished president. the buck stops on your desk, and i do not think we are getting the answers from you that need to be presented to this committee in a forthright answer. it has spent -- it has been a little frustrating to this committee. >> i want to follow up on my friend from oklahoma's questions about the culture of safety at bp, because you have stated repeatedly that sends you took over that safe, reliable operations are your number one priority.. you have been ceo for three years, correct? >> correct. >> then

centralized targets that have caused that bureaucracy to grow. our ambition is to make sure that people at the front line, nurses, doctors, people involved in clinil care, that is where it is, instead oo the increasing management we have seen in recent years. >> many of my constituents are employed -- [unintelligible] could the prime minister confirmed that the 20 million- pound plan will be honored to develop the next generation of electric cars? >> can i welcome the hon. lady to replace and said i, too, have visited the area, and it is wonderful to see the incredible investment that has gone in there, and the many jobs that have been created, not justn the plant, but the supply chain? i want to see electric cars being developed. we discussed that specifically. in terms of the grant, i don't have a specific answer for -- it is a funny old thing, you know? i will give answers instead of making them up on the spot but i would be delighted to let her know as soon as possible. >> mr. speaker, and noting the very high standards of professional care,

tony hayward and bp's role has been central to the causes of the incident and to the response over the course of our inquiry today, committee investigators working in a by partisan fashion have conducted numerous interviews and briefings and reviewed tens of thousands ofages of documents, our subcommittee has done an excellent job and this sub committee has been focused on gathering e facts rather than rushing to judgment. and from this intensive effort we have begun to have a series of questions, exploring these and related questions today will help us identify for congress and identify for the country what went wrong on april 20th and the days thereafter, and while we are investigating, a picture of the chain of event leading to this incident is emerging. mr. chairman, you and chairman waxman recently outlined some critical questions that we hope mr. hayward will address, for example you noted the investigation has identified questionable choices by bp engineers to use a particular well design over another one that would appear to have provided more built in barriers to an uncriminal

central command. i want to thank you for your willingness to leave that position and take charge of the campaign in afghanistan pitt. and that of your family. yor wife holly is with you this morning, and so we all want to thank her personally forer commitment and her sacrifices along the way. i like to tell you that her understanding of your doing your patriotic duty as yoo are now doing again, taking over the command in afghanistan, her understanding as a part of that is truly inspiring. we profoundly thank you, mrs. petreaus. i also want to express my gratitude to general mcchrystal for his great service to our nation over three decades. eight takes strange bounces at times, -- fate takes strange bounces at a time, and working through them with dignity honor, as has general mcchrystal, is a hallmark of leadership and character. the challenges in afghanistan are in many ways as or more complex than those general petreaus inherited when he assumed command in iraq. recent news reports indicate that pro

what you have done here at kalamazoo central is amazing. parents are proud of you, your teachers, for principle -- we are all proud. graduates, all of these folks around you -- i have to say but the cameras and the beaming smiles, they have worked hard to get everything you need to achieve your dreams and to fill your god-given talent. unfortunately you cannot take them with you when you leave here. no one is going to follow you around making sure that you get to class on time, making sure you are doing your work. no one is going to be doing that for you. going forward, that is all on you. the responsibility for your future success is clearly on your shoulders. the question i have for you today is this -- with each of you -- what is each of you going to do to meet that responsibility? right now you're getting plenty of bad of the fis from everybody. some of it is helpful. -- plenty of advice from everybody. some of it is helpful. [laughter] and so i hate the pylon with advice -- to pile on with advice. but while i am here, what the heck. i

he's served temple bethal since 2002 and before that served at the central synagogue in new york city. he has a long distinguished career serving on the boards of many charitable organizations, interfaith coalitions and prestigious jewish organizations. he served as chair of the central conference of the american rabbis committee on justice, peace and religious liberties, vice chair of the commission on social action of reform judaism. he shares the commission's task force on israel and world affairs. rabbi davidson is a member of the hew brew nation's council and serves on the clergy advisory board of interfaith of new york state. rabbi davidson is a worthy entry into the long role of distinguished guests. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? mr. cohen: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. back

by removing many of the centralized targets that have caused that bureaucracy to grow.ition is to ensure that the priority is the people on the front line -- the nurses, the doctors, the people involved in clinical care -- instead of the endless increase in management that we have seen in recent years. >> many of my constituents are employed by nissan and in supply chain jobs. can the prime minister confirm that the £20 million grant awarded to nissan under the previous government in march will be honored, in order to develop the next generation of electric cars? >> let me welcome the honorable lady to her place and say that i, too, have visited the nissan plant near sunderland. it is an absolute wonder to see the incredible investment that has gone in there and the many jobs that have been created, not just at that plant but in the supply chain. i want to see electric cars being developed, and when i was at nissan we discussed that specifically. as for the grant, i do not have a specific answer for her -- >> ah! >> it's a funny, old thing. i'm going to give accurate an

>> it's a central, central issue for the campaign in kandahar, to get electricity to the people as part of our overall counter-insurgency. but the point i want to make is david petraeus raised it, ambassador eikenberry immediately said he supported what general pretrace was proposing, and since i'd already been working on, i them-- as soon as the call was over-- i called the head of a.i.d. and the deputy secretary state jack loo we're working on it to accelerate an ongoing process. tomorrow morning we will have an international secure television conference on kandahar electricity. this is not dysfunctionality. i know what disfunctionality is when i see it. i've been there. >> ifill: i bet you do. but let me ask you about another set of relationships, and that's with karzai. >> he is the legitimately elected president of the country. it was a messy election, as the president said, but it's long in the past. secretary clinton went to kabul i went with her-- on november 19 for his inauguration. he made certain commitments. he went to london and repeated them. yesterday he signed one of the

and officials in the central asian nation of kyrgyzstan reported at least 138 people dead and 1,800 hurt in ethnic violence since last week. the newshour is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: another soccer story: this one is about north korea as it readies for its first world cup match in 44 years. "art beat" talks to a british filmmaker who was granted rare access to make a movie about north korea's successful 1966 team. find more of jeff's interview with actor laurence fishburne of "thurgood." and on the oil spill, special coverage of the president's oval office address tomorrow, on air and online. we'll stream the president's remarks live and ask experts to react. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations

central command. want to thank you for your willingness, as the president's request, to leave that position to take charge of the campaign in afghanistan. we appreciate your sacrifice, and that of your family. your wife, holly, is with you this morning. we all want to thank her personally for commitment and her sacrifices along the way. i must tell you, general, that her understanding of your doing your patriotic duty, as you are now taking over the command in afghanistan, her understanding and support of that is truly inspiring. if the we profoundly thank you, mrs. patraeus. ordaz -- we've brownley thank you, mrs. patraeus. i also want to express my gratitude to general mcchrystal for his great service over three decades. fate takes strange pathways' at times. the general mcchrystal is a hallmark of leadership and character. the challenges we face are in many ways as complex or more complex than general patraeus in the rigid when he assumed command in iraq. news reports in afghanistan is that things

it said you needed 21 centralizes to make sure the rig was safe. the american petroleum institute recommended practice says, "if casing is not centralized, it may lay near the bore hole wall. it is difficult if not impossible to displace met from the narrow side of casing is poorly centralized. this results in bypassed mud channels and inability to receive zonal isolation." the experts say you need 21. if we can put up the first slide. a bp employee wrote and said we only get six. we do not have time to deal with this problem. time to british petroleum was money. this rig was 45 days late. it cost you $500,000 per day. so what happened then? another british petroleum person sent a memorandum saying that we need to follow the model. he kicked it up to mr. guide. i do notback and said, like the fact this will take 10 hours to do. another person said we will fly 15 things in. they can be here tomorrow morning. he said, i do not like the 10 hours. and it did not happen. then, the next response from british petroleum. next slide, please. it was an e-mai

it is foccs predominantly in the central valley.e actually have been formed national park service employees on the campus working in the student center who not only planned trips into yosemite or other parks, but also recruits for seasonal positions in the park. >> may i interrupt you because my time is limited? we take that as a program to begin to transfer to los angeles? los angeles county is 12 million people. it is a beautiful area. my county, like i said, has 12 the city is 4 million people. we need to be able to do a little more in the areas where we have more people to attract the people who will take their families to the parks. >> one of my goals is to take these programs that i know i successful and replicate them in places like los angeles. >> i would love to be able to be some kind of resource to you. we have done a lot through our ntain briel m conservatory. is this something that you can do without legislation? >> we can do it without legislation. >> the last question for the record is, working with parks on the borde

just a question of the oning of the supply route through russia and central asia. how quickly will this route be is the goal to ship the majority or is it the the the proportion of supplies tohat route to avoid the more dangerous routto paktan? >> i've is a, iannottgo into details aut the obviously, i cannot go into details about our operational decisions. we will take advantage o all the transport routes available. as soon as possible. >> german press agency. two questions. he said he pushed ministers very hard -- part. how did they respond? did they promise me trainers? what do yoexpect? on the afghan ay and police, you told us about the quantity trained. yet not mentioned the quality. how would you rate t quality of the afghan forces? >> the two questions are interlinked. an expsion of the capacity, improvement of the capacity of the afghan security forcess that only a question about quantity. it is also a question about quality. the quality is ao about training and education. it is two sides of the same subject. i got a positive response. ministers agreed train

organized crime groups are less centralized. they are less ordered -- less worry about hierarchy. their connections to violence or corruption are not always apparent. they do not need it to achieve their activities. we have identified a lot of problems. what are we doing about it? i can tell you that the department of justice is incredibly committed to the criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights. there has been unprecedented levels of attention by high- level government officials in the administration. the department of justice reconstituted back in february the department of justice intellectual property task force. it brings high-level attention to this issue. it is focused on enhancing our operational capabilities. it is tried to create public awareness. we have also in the department reemphasized that's we have -- that we have prioritized intellectual property crimes that are related to organized criminal networks and terrorism. in addition to that, we expect to work very closely, and have been working very closely with -- administration's administration on develo

central bank oversight of these functions is, threat the largest economies because the role that central banks play as the settlement bank to the nation's banking system. the fact that payment clearing and summit utilities have not been a source of systemic problems to date is no guarantee of continued strong performance, as markets continue to grow and congress encourages the greater use of central clearing, the financial system will be increasingly reliant on the performance, integrity, and soundness of the of pcs systems. for all of these reasons, we believe that the ouse offer to strike title 8 should be respected -- should be rejected, respectfully. i am concerned that continuing the status quo, fragment regulation of the systemically important companies, could leave our financial system vulnerable to unforeseen problems again. carving out fmu's from regulation would be inconsistent with the heightened standards that we are applying to other large financial institutions in the course of the two bills. with fmu access to temporary, secure, emergency facilities, our financial system w

they need to come and start moving into these parishes and these counties and create a central integrated place, a one stop center to take care of these people, because this is going to go on for years. but we need to do it before hurricane season. the idea of a hricane with a surge could really make a difference. host: general, we need to get this last call in from georgia on our line for republicans. steve, go ahead. caller: president obama or the admiral and giving them your ideas. and would you consider being theiaison for bp? guest: i will help in any way i can and right now i'm helping by trying to give some analysis by what i'm seeing and hearing on the ground as well a to give ideas. i'm not much about looking back and parsing blame. at this point i think people looking for solutions, and every good idea needs to be considered and enacted upon, and meet with the governors and give them what they need to protect e shoreline. but we need the military mobilized and get them to provide the command and control and the spotlight overhead systems so we can see where that oil is so we can

food aid and atudy we did last aust in the central plateau. basicay quality of food, acceptable the, how culturally appropriate it is and what we found is that of thoe who had received food aid for those resurveyed 60% didn'tnow how to prepare the food they had received. 40% was a type of food they hadn't eaten. more than half the surveys spent over four hours in line to ge the food primarily women. 10% of the trip was spoiled or not a double an 10% said the food made them ill. this was bore the earthquake. a bigger problem we need to talk about this the machinery that we have to deliver the food. 15% of our food is multistate meaning food that must besold to fund a project. what does that mean in practical terms? if you he to sll food on t locamarket to build a road or a development project you have to sell that most of the time across lower than cal producers. you are undercutting the agricultural community by doing that and we have very strong conversations with people off the record who say thi is hamperng agricultural depmentin haiti. the

it is central to answer the questions. you cannot persuade a justice if you do not answer what they ask. they are very demanding, as they should be. that is their job. it is very challenging in that respect. >> 4%? >> no, your honor. >> pixar number. eight? 8%? does it stop being a quota because it is somewhere between 8% and 12%, but it is a quota if it is 10%? >> a lot of people think it is just a dog and ony show. what can somebody tell me in half an hour that is going to make a difference? and the answer is, it is probably quite rare, although not unheard of, that oral arguments could change my mind. but it is quite common that i go in with my mind not made up. i mean, a lot of these cases are very close, and you go in on aknife's edge. persuasive argument can make the difference. >> i had over 50 questions once. the interrupt each other. >> it had been my practice on until some of the end of the lawyers their breath before interrupting, and here, i learned that if you do that, or in a hot case, if you wait until the e

they are creating a bigger central government that's going to kill our freedom. mr. akin: gentleman, the thing is, you and i are not talking tonight something that is speculative or based on theory. these graphs are ending in 2010. these are actual numbers. this is what has happened and doesn't work. it didn't work for f.d.r. and not going to work for president obama and others. that's what is happening to employment in the private sector. and the red line, of course, is government and a whole lot of that is these census people running around and snooping around and living who lives in which house and makes you feel we are putting those government jobs on. let's get to the mechanicses because all of this stuff, it's not rocket science but basic economics. i wish they could run lemonade stands so they could understand the basic economics. we had a town hall meeting back my district. maybe, i thought, i'm here too long. so i asked them, if you wanted to kill jobs, what would you do, what are the job killers? you know what was the top of their list? excessive taxation.

the european command and the central command. the creation of this established, for the first time , a single command units for the continent. just as we have the european command, the central command for the middle east, and parts of the asian continent, and southcom for latin america. africa was the only part of the world without a distinct command. the policy to africa, this is formulated and made here in the department oo state. in africa, the defense department plays an important but subordinate role to what is done by the state department. and we believe that they can, in fact, make contributions and these contributions are best made in the area of defense, where they will help to encourage the african military is to be more professional. not to be involved in politics. not to engage in military intervention. but to be the protectors and the defenders of the country and not the predators against other people. we think it is important to allow other u.s. government agencies, like the national institutes of health to continue

the french government was hyper centralized. it you wanted to repair the town hall -- if you wanted to repair the town hall, you had to send a requisition, wait months for the red tape, and finally they would get back to you. in america, everything was local initiative. he was overwhelmed by that. he would see now what he predicted. as the country gets bigger and stronger, as it becomes a world power, as it's incredible resources make inevitable, as it runs out of frontier and bumps into the pacific, you do need a huge central government. individuals may think they do not want it, but each of them has something he wants government to give him. by the time it is over, it will not be the america of the 1830's. he absolutely did foresee that. all the efforts to resist that kind of collectivity would strike him as the spirit of the country that he knew. he would feel that the habits of the heart have decayed, that the religious sense of a shared mission that he found all over this continent -- he would probably think that has largel

the g20 finance ministers and central bank governors committed ten days ago to providing the details of the new capital, liquidity and leverage requirements by the meeting in seoul in november. we should honour that commitment and to my mind demand rigorous standards, even if that means an appropriate transition to those standards. we should also demand the highest levels of transparency from banks, and encourage published stress tests where they have not taken place, for we know that concealing the truth is merely delaying the necessary adjustment.+ i would also like to pay tribute to the work that adair turner is doing on our behalf in the international debate. we also face uncertainty about the new framework for financial supervision in europe, that needs to be resolved in the next few weeks. as europe's cross-border financial centre, the city has an interest in strong mechanisms to underpin the single market, including better procedures in a crisis, stronger arrangements for mediation between supervisors and strict enforcement of the law. but we must have safeguards in place to e

in his current post at central command, he has worked closely with our forces in afghanistan. he has worked closely with congress. he has worked closely with the afghan and pakistani governments. and which are partners in the region. he has my full confidence. i am urging the senate to confirm him for this new assignment as swiftly as possible. let me conclude by saying that it was a difficult decision to come to the conclusion i have made today. indeed, it saddens me to lose the service of a soldier who i have come to respect and admire. the reasons that led me to this decision are the same principles that have supported the strength of our military and our nation since the founding. once again, i think general mcchrystal for his enormous contributions to the security of this nation and the success of our mission in afghanistan. i look forward to working with general petraeus and my entire áq(u)ity team to succeed in our mission. i reaffirm that america stands as one in our support for the men and women who defend us. thank you very much. [captioning performed by national cap

. >> we are receiving testimony on the progress in afghanistan, with the commander of central command. the troops deserve our support, and the committee gives them that full support. and the support of their families as well. >> thank you. >> last month, it was announced for the first timm that more soldiers are in afghanistan and in iraq. year since general stanley mcchrystal took command of the naked-let the news from afghanistan has been largely negative. the increase in casuallies -- coalition, and afghan security forces. the mixed results in marjah and the apparent return of taliban intimidation and assassinations of local officialssthere. the failure of afghan government officials to deliver much-needed services to win local alllgiances. the delay in the kandahar campaign. the resiggation of two senior afghan security officials who seemingly were among the most competent members of the cabinet and had strong coalition support. the role of local powerbrokers, including members of the karzai family, and can the heart. the growth of militias and the counterproductive activities of

with respect to the oil is bill kampai -- the oil skill, on th issue tha i central as compensation forhe losses, creating the losses, is not the federal government bearing a certain amou of culpability as well, since they had in place a plan to print the oil and they had no boots availle -- burn the oil andhey had no boons available. it is not best for the environment, but it i better than the dpersants. with respect to the government takeover of the industry, how can they do that under the constitution? can you talk about of the rising to fedal government as opposed to the state government -- auorizing the federal government as opposed to the state government to do anything? we don't need more government jobs. we need less government jobs and more in the private sector. we taxpayers are furnishing all this money for nothing to the banking industry's who are not doing their job, just as the f or government is not doing their job at the borders -- just as the federal government is not doing their job at the borders. host: we are moving beyond the oil spill. burning the oil? guest: you c

[laughter] >> if not, i will do it as a central commander. [laughter] >> one way or another, i will do. >> earlier this month, as general mcchrystal announced he was slow in the operations to allow more time for discussion with local leaders to try to get more of their buy in, and better governance. isaf taking additional time should mean that we will have more afghan-led operations in a few months. i am wondering whether or not since we have slowed somewhat the pace of operations that that will present an opportunity, at least, to bring in more afghan forces capable of leading in the campaign during this period. ? >> there is a plant to employ an additional afghan army brigade, and also an additional effort in police battalion and individual police, as well. >> if there are possibilities to increase the numbers of afghan troops that can lead above that plan, will you take a look at that? >> i will. >> do you know off and how many off in troops will be in that province by september? >> i think what it will be in the range of 7500 to 8000. >>

john hill on political centralism and the role of government in our lives. we have a tufts university professor. that is on c-span 2. on this morning's "washington journal," it represented a from the center for american progress will discuss the bp oil spill. after that, a new york university press up -- professor. later, an update on a tax package that congress has been working on. "washington journal" each morning on c-span. later on c-span 2, warren buffett testifies before the financial crisis inquiry. he will talk about the reliability of credit rating agencies. live coverage begins at 8:30 eastern. attorney general are colder confirmed -- attorney-general eric holder confirmed there has been criminal activity in the oil spill. this is about 10 minutes. >> the president reiterated that the primary task is to stop the leak and help the people in the region get back on their feet and continue to their normal lives. as we have said all along, we must also ensure that anyone found responsible for the oil spill is held accountable. that means enforcing the a

but it's basically above central park. >> later on it becomes a controversy as to where eva mossco wits list. >> yeah. >> let's see her some more talking to some of the parents. >> i wanted to make sure to tell you personally the good, the bad, and the ugly about our school design. we don't have any kind of magic formula here. it's basically establishing a very strong school culture of high expectation. so we have a longer school day and we have a longer school year, and we're pretty relentless. what happens if your child doesn't, if you don't show up on time? what do you think we do? what would really crazy people who do who are just totally focused on you getting your kid to school? we do wakeup calls. we will wake you up. if you are late, consistently, we will do wakeup calls. we're going to have to work three times as hard, and we do, and we're very, very successful. on our practice exams, a hundred percent of our children ace the exam. a hundred percent. there's no zone school in harlem that has more than 58% of the children passing the test. to me, what this suggests is that child

that last will focus on iran's revolutionary guard, the elite military force that plays a central role in supplying safeguarding the iranian nuclear program. turkey and brazil voted against sanctions. they negotiated a deal last month to ship low-enriched uranium out of iran in exchange for medical reactor fuel. both countries criticized today's action. >> the concerns regarding the nuclear program raise today will not be resolved until dialogue begins by adopting sanctions. this council is actually opting for one of the two traction that were supposed to run in parallel. in our opinion, the wrong one. >> suarez: the u.s. and others dismissed the fuel swap with brazil and turkey because iran would be allowed to keep enough material for a nuclear weapon and continue enriching uraniumed. in washington, president obama spoke after the u.n. vote. he said this day was not inevitable. >> we know the iranian government will not change its behavior overnight, but today's vote demonstrates the growing cost that will come with iranian intransigence. now, i want to be clear-- these sachkzs do not

this discussion today was the central. currently under federal law, there is a 75 million-dollar cap on how much oil companies could be required to pay for economic damages resulting from an spill. that amount would be insufficient, obviously. i am pleased to announce that bp has agreed to set aside $20 billion to pay claims for damages resulting from this oil spill. this $20 billion will provide substantial insurance on the claims that people and businesses have. this is not a cap. the people of the gulf have my commitment that bp will meet its obligations. bp has publicly pledged to meet their commitments to the people in the gulf. we have set up a financial and legal framework to do it. another important aspect is that this $20 billion fund will not be controlled by bp or the government. it will be put in an escrow account administered by an impartial independent third party. if you or your business has suffered an economic loss as a result of this oil spill, you will be eligible to fire -- filed a claim for part of thi

. >> the bailout issue has been a central question about all this. what would be a better alternative beyond just a simple could go with lehman brothers. >> with lehman brotters, we said they were nottallowed to aat immediately. there were not allowed to issue a injunctive relief. we said, okay, we ill -- we will allow nhance bankruptcy. we went to experts and we addressed those by giving the bankruptcyy udge's more power. the primary differences i see to the general public about the differrnce in bankruptcy and this procedure is the democrat procedure. it was a procedure of the bush administration. that is what president bush did. and as the secretary paulson did. they are correct. i did not claim that democrats thouggt this up. the differences we must stop it. bankruptcy has established practice. and has a body of law behind it. there is predictability. there is a list for senior debt goes first. some people were told to forget it. other people were given 90 cents on the $1. other people were paid off in+ full. aig is the most outrageous of all. fo

central command. we extend to all of the men and women who serve under your command, the banks of this committee for their service, their valor and their dedication. they deserve our support. i know our committee gives them that full support. >> i would do that, mr. chairman. thank you. >> the milestone was reached for the first time, more troops are serving in afghanistan and in iraq. this marks one year since standing crystal -- stanley mccrystal took command. there have been mixed results in marjah and assassinations of local officials. there have been failures of afghan officials to deliver services, a delay in the kandahar campaign and upset release of two officials who had strong coalitions of support. there has been a growth of militias and counterproductive activities of some u.s. hired private security contractors. there has been some differences between them and the taliban. general mcccrystal acknowledged these reports. he also said you have to step back and acknowledge the trend in these d

some of it will be transferred to central command. many of the things that we do as we plan the future and regional security architecture will be run by central command. it is our responsibility to build a plan to determine which of these tavis is transferred to which entity into his best qualified to do that. we have gone through and done this. some will be terminated because they are no longer necessary. some of them will be turned over the embassy. others will be given to the government of iraq. it is important to make note who has the capacity of reach task into will be the ones to best engage with the iraqi government. without any specifics, i want to make sure the you know we are spending an awful lot of time on this. as a part of this contract we have been working hard to reduce the size and number of contractors to make sure that we only need those that are necessary. as we transition we will continue to do this analysis. fundamentally, as you all know, we are also working with at the state department to transition what we hav