we'll ask two key members of congress: chairman of the house ways and means committee charles rangel, democrat of new york; and finance committee member senator orrin hatch, republican of utah. then we'll look back on the remarkable life of walter cronkite with our own bob schieffer, former senator and astronaut john glenn and historian douglas brinkley. but first fixing health care on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs "face the nation" with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, harry smith. >> smith: welcome again to the broadcast. bob schieffer is off but he'll be joining us again in just a few minutes. joining us now from new york congressman charles rangel and here in our studio senator orrin hatch. good morning, gentlemen. >> good morning, harry. >> smith: congressman, let me start with you. the head of the congressional budget office came out this week and said the plans he's looked at so far don't do the job nor... in fact, the cost of health care might go up. have you guys botched this job so far? >> no. i'm su

bep embattled house ways and means committee chairman charles rangel has spent $280,000 in legal feesn the last quarter al alone. the congressman's mosts recent financial disclosure report shows he paid that money to four different law firms. he has spent $8928,000 in legal fees over the last year. rangel is facing a number of investigations by the house ethics committee, including inquiries into whether the core spratt sponsored trips he took to the caribbean complied with house rules and if he inappropriately used his official stationery to raise money for a public center in his name. there is also questions over his use of a four rent-subsidized apartments in new york and his failure to pay taxes on a vacation home in the dominican republic. house investigators say it could drag on into next year despite assurances last year by nancy pelosi that they could be completed by the beginning of this year. hillary clinton is said to be at odds with the white house over her selections to fill key positions at the state department. "the new york times" ortsds, quote, mrs. clinton's candidat

. >> to pay for the democrats' trillion dollar healthcare plan, charl rangel, chairman of the house ways and means committee, called for new tax hikes for selected americans. rangel estimates his proposal would generate $550 billion and complement projected savings. under the plan, starting in 2011, individuals earning more than $280,000 a year and couples making more than $350,000 would face a surtax of 1%. for individuals making over $400,000 a year and couples with a combined income exceeding 500k, the surtax would be higher, a figure as yet unspecified. >> to the extent we can squeeze more out of the system for savings reduces the need for the pay-for, but it will be at the high end and not touch the middle class. >> we are asking about 1 or 2% of the american people who did really well under the bush tax cuts to pay a little bit of a surcharge as we go through this transition. >> almost instantly republicans and one key senate democrat recoiled from the randle plan. >> raising taxes on a group of americans, the majority of which are business owners in this country during the worst r

republicans did the same thing before the 2004 election when they forced the house to vote on charles rangel's bill on whether or not we should bring back the military draft. they did this to disabuse the nation of a rumor and gets all of the democrats on record, republicans on record saying they opposed it. i think it's the same thing. this is very clever though because it's not so much of a distraction that you can call it out as one. it's something that congress really does. it is a distraction from thaddaeus mccotter's gates apology resolution but other than that pretty legitimate. >> senator james inhofe of oklahoma today was interviewed for a piece in politico about the birthers and about there now difficult situation that the republican party is in with this very loud, active, crazy group of people who maintain this despite all the evidence. inhope in response to politico's question said the birthers have a point. he then backtracked and said later in the day that the only reason they have a point is because the white house has screwed up this issue somehow. can you give me a take on wh

house ways and committee chairman charles rangel says that his committee is prepared to introduce a billuld tax americans making at least $350,000 annually to pay for health care reform. this as president obama expressed his confidence today that reform would be passed. we get the thoughts now of a doctor and hospital executive. ceo and president of new york presbyterian hospital. dr. pardes, it's great to have you on the program. always great to see you. let me get your take on what's going on in washington. what you see on the table right now from the obama administration as far as health care reform. do you like it? what do you like, what don't you like? >> i think obama -- the obama administration seems to be getting credit for taking this on. it's critical we do something with health care reform. we should just not tolerate the fact that so many people don't have access to coverage. there are a lot of things that are on the table that i like. there are some things i have reservation on. my main concern is at the end of the day american people throughout the country should be able to

of course, we know that they are efforting a bill asap as you just heard from charles rangel. wall street here and the activity, we're basically back at the highs of the afternoon, not a major move, obviously. about 20 points higher on the dow jones industrial average, holding above 8300 at 350 on the blue chip average. we are in a show me market where we are waiting on a number of earnings coming out after the bell and into the next two weeks. goldman sachs reporting earnings as expected better than the consensus estimates. nasdaq getting a bid by about 6 points today. money moving into technology and the s&p 500 fractionally moved today with a gain on the session of 3.5 points.. oil once again a factor in this market under $60 a barrel. joining me bob fa sanny, with me. bob, what strikes you what you just heard in washington or about what investors are focusing on today? >> how amazingly fast they are moving this health care legislation through. they're paying for it partly by raising taxes on people making over $350,000 a year and don't kid yourself, maria, it could go up 2

we have charles rangel and orrin hatch and then on the back half of the show more remembrances of walterenn, bob schieffer, and his story... and his storeian doug brinkley. >> mason: ahead now here on sunday morning. >> they didn't call walter the most trusteded man in america for nothing. >> mason: singing his praises. >> the headlines say it all. walter cronkite's death has touched millions of people both within the news business and without. many have spoken of their admiration for america's anchorman. we want to take a few minutes now to share some of their thoughts with you. beginning with president obama. >> in an industry of icons walter set the standard by which all others have been judged. he was there through wars and riots, marches and milestones, calmly telling us what we needed to know. >> good evening. >> couric: he was an anchor in every sense of the word. he kind of put things together, made sense of this crazy world around us. >> you've got to do your damnedest to give your very, very best. to prove to walter that you belonged as a correspondent for cbs news. >> from dal

. >> there was another interesting moment in this session where charles rangel, the chairman of the house ways and means committee, which has already put forward its version of the health care reform bill, showed up at this markup session. why did he show up? one of the republicans on the committee put forward a proposed amendment that was rejected that would have affected the taxation plan that charlie rangel put forward in his committee to pay for health care. gregg: somebody stepped on his turf. over on the senate side, the health care train seems to have come to a stop. what is up there? >> we were expecting more meetings on the senate side of things among the gang of six. that is the committee that is taking up health care legislation. what we have heard is that one of those members of the gang of six, mike enzi was meeting with charles grassley and one of their colleagues on the house side. they said that the senate version that is being debated is, in the words of mike enzi, a train wreck. the senate side will not likely put forward its version of health care reform before the sena

the democrat from new york, charles rangel, who said the plan is that they will find a lot of savings, and they think they can raise $550 billion by raising taxes on the so-called rich. individuals making above $280,000 per year. you would see your adjusted gross income tax at an additional 1%. it would be higher for couples and individuals making more than those figures. some democrats have said that will not work. among them, dick durbin. megyn: that is part of the problem. they are worried about small business owners who are taxed as individuals. they're worried about jobs go away. i guess they will try to resolve this. when do we expect this to come to vast? we had heard the president wanted something by august. >> that is looking increasingly unlikely, according to leading democrats who made the rounds on the sunday morning talk shows. looks like that goal is slipping away. we doubt that the president will have anything to sign by the time the august recess happens. it is looking unlikely that he will have anything presented to him. fox news has confirmed that there's no finance

new york governor david paterson and charles rangel speak. >>> a plea bargain hearing for aaron coatel begin. >>> the famous running of the bulls is under way in spain right now. america has something like that going on. this is by far the worse that can happen. >>> florida deputies have arrested two men accused of killing a florida couple, a third man is charged with evidence tampering and authorities say more arresting could be on the way. they were killed in their home on thursday. the couple had 16 children, many of them were adopted children with special needs. >>> president obama wants to better coordinate federal efforts to help u.s. cities. today he's holding a one-day white house summit to start writing a national urban policy. later the head of a new office of urban affairs will travel the country to reach out to city leads. >> that's not part of the uniform. you need to tha that off. this outfit is too matchy matchy as it is. i was trying to break it up with some sirnl horizontal lines. >> that's sasha barron cohen as "bruno" and his movie is number one at the box office. k

speaker she is moving too fast and a damn sure don't want to tell the president, representative charles rangel told a fellow lawmaker as they walked into a closed-door meeting and a remark was overheard. is he being too ambitious? guest: i think so. we heard as the present a spoke in the last few days, it has been a glaring omission that he hasn't mentioned the august deadline anymore. i think realistically it has become so the goal to make the deadline. it is the one -- one of the few areas where republicans really found attraction as far as messaging. so what's the rush? we heard leader mitch mcconnell say several times it is not that we don't want to do it, we just want to do it right. when you talk about the astronomical dollar figures from the two weeks doesn't see it politically impossible. host: manhattan, independent line. caller: thank you for giving me this opportunity. i'm a registered nurse myself and i have been involved in quality management, as far as getting endorsement -- reimbursement from insurance companies to pay for the patients who are insured. i have been watching this

to henry waxman, george miller, charles rangel, to whom i have worked with. we must come together to produce a product for the american people. president obama has issued a very strong statement of how pleased he is that this product is being put on the table. it will be marked up later this week and perhaps into next week. we enter a process of improvement. this is not to the original document that was introduced or put on the table as a draft, it has been improved. it has responded to the views and concerns of not only the members of congress but also those outside of congress. those who are users of health care and those who are providers of health care. as chairman waxman has indicated, they will be continued to consider ways and means to improve this legislation. as the president indicates, this is an excellent work for the american people. it seeks to bring costs down and it will bring costs down. not just for government but more importantly, for individuals and families who are being priced out of the market, understand that have health care now but th

i especially want to commend my colleague, the gentleman from new york, the honorable charles rangel for introducing this legislation. he is himself a veteran of the korean conflict, having served in the army from 1948 through 1952 and also the united states civil war which ended in 1865 -- he served in that war as well. i urge my colleagues to support this important legislation and i reserve the balance of my time. and i believe my humor has gone over the heads of those who occupy the chamber at this particular time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from reserves his time. the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, is now recognized. mr. poe: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: so ordered. mr. poe: i notice that the gentleman from new york was a little concerned when he was informed that he served in the civil war in 1865, but be that as it may, mr. speaker, h.r. 2632, the korean war veterans recognition act amends the official flag code to add national korean war veterans armistice day, which is july 27 to the list of days on which the american flag sh

since march of this year we have excluded the gentleman down here in the lower corner, that's charles rangel, democrat of new york, who is the distinguished chairman of the ways and means committee. he actually emerge interested this conference and sort of threw up his hands, according to press reports, and said, the government's being run by three people. and i'm frustrated. he left. we don't think charlie rangel did it. >> that could be an important clue. i'm on the ways and means committee. we did not put that language in there. so mr. rangel claimed there were three people that were writing the bill? mr. latourette: basically. that was his quoted statement in the press. the other folks -- we know this individual was in the room. this is rahm emanuel, our former colleague from illinois, who now serves as the president's chief of staff. this is the -- mr. orzag, o.m.b. director. mr. d.o.d. -- mr. dodd, senator from connecticut, chairman of the banking committee, ms. pelosi of california, and senator harry reid of nevada who is the leader over on the other side. i put the question mark down