>> richard ravitch, lieutenant governor of new york, and new york senator charles schumer. it's about an hour, 40 minutes. the editorial directer and public policy fellow at the peterson institute for international economics and previously was chief international economics correspondent for "the new york times." he was a journalist with the times for many years, first becoming acquainted with senator moynihan when he was reporting on new york politics and later as a correspondent in washington d.c. steve also served as the bureau chief for the times in new delhi, india, where he coveredded ambassador moynihan. steve hess is a presidential historenior fellow emeritus in governance studies at the brookings institution which he joined in 1972. he served on the white house staff of presidents dwight eisenhower and richard nixon, and he was an adviser to presidents jimmy carter and gerald ford. of his experience in nixon's white house as deputy assistant to the president for urban affairs, he once said, basically, i was the chief of staff to daniel patrick moynihan. [laughter] p

now, senator charles schumer is our keynote speaker. he's down at the end of this panel. [laughter] he is the senior senator from new york state, and his is a remarkable career of public service. he first ran for public office for the new york state assembly upon graduating from harvard law school at the age of 2. $-- age of 23. he has never lost an election. [laughter] [applause] he was elected to the u.s. senate in 1998 where he worked side by side with senator moynihan. he has been and is an advocate for moynihan station, and he will report, i am sure, on today's groundbreaking which was made possible with federal stimulus funding that senator schumer helped direct towards this project, and we are all so grateful to you, senator schumer, for this. and one quick aside, i also welcome the senator's wife, iris, who i think is here. she's a wonderful friend of the museum, and now i would like to ask senator schumer to come and just give him the biggest round of applause for moynihan station. [applause] >> well, thank you. thank you, susan, and thank you for the great job y

senator charles schumer says the drugs pack as much punch as cocaine or methamphetamine, and they should be illegal. the small pacts are available online and they look like they come from a spa. but what is inside can kill. >> they're being crushed. they can be smoked. it can be taken orally. it could be snorted as well. >> schumer's bill would add the chemicals in bath salts to a list of federally controlled substances. officials say the drug causes extreme highs and lows. a number of deaths have been reported in the new year, and the drug is already illegal in several states. >>> there is some major changes coming to girl scout cookies this year. first they decided to cut back on their offers and only produce the six most popular brands. girl scouts around the nations will be going door to door soon. cookie sales bring in over $700 million a year for girl scouts. more than any of the other organization's programs, of course. another rule this year applies to competitive moms and dads. i like this one who sell at work. now they're going to have to have their daughter deliver the cookies

lawmakers like new york democratic senator charles schumer insisted president obama tell president hu how frustrated americans are. >> we are fed up with your governments intransigents and currency manipulation. if you refuse to play by the same rules as etch else, we will force to you do so. >> the time for talk is over. the time for action is now. >> reporter: the obama/hu meeting ended with an obama call for a speedier yen flsays been movement but it's not as fast as we want. >> question, what policy options does president obama have if president hu jintao refuses to budge on china's currency? >> realisticcally, none. the united states is committed to globalization. the chinese are committed to china first. they are running an chickally nationalist policy. why should they give up a trade policy that's succeeding marvelously to them to embrace one that is failing completely for us. we've. running huge trade deficits for 20 years. it's because of globalization. it is also because we can't move to economic nationalism because american corporations, giant corporations have a vital inte

joining us now is senator charles schumer, the democratic senator from new york, who is in new york this morning. i should point out wearing his green tie, which i assume is support for the new york jets. >> go, jets. >> schieffer: all right. welcome, senator. well, let's start where sort of where senator mccain left off. he agreed, you heard him, with what mitch mcconnell said also this morning. "there needs to be a vote on repealing health care." if the republicans do force a vote-- and i would guess that about the only way they can get this done is just to add it on as an amendment to some other legislation-- that seems most likely to me. if they do that, senator schumer, what will be the democratic response? >> well, let me say harry reid has wisely said we should not... he would not offer repeal on the floor, because the american people want us to focus on jobs and the economy and stretching the middle class paycheck. but mitch mcconnell has the right to offer an amendment. if he does, if the republicans offer an amendment on the floor, then we will require them to vote on the indiv

we'll be joined by democrat charles schumer and senator tom coburn, a republican from oklahoma.s morning on "meet the press." >> thank you very much, david. we'll see you then as we finish up with a chorus of whines here. >> the dogs are, too. that's it for us on this sunday morning. janice huff, melissa francis, many thanks. coming up next weekend on "today," suzanne summers stops by. >> and protect yourself from onli rocket scientists! you gave us the space age... but your savings accounts are stuck in the stone age! earn more commodore with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! [ laughs ] instead of earning zilch, your savings will be earning three times the national average. three times more? roger that!

in an effort to road discourse charles schumer and tom cooper said on meet the press they would sit togetherat the speech. >> i do think we as officials have obligation to try it down, boy carted down. maybe the media will be less. >> this comes one week after congresswoman gifford were shot in the head. she is in critical condition six others were killed 22 rob jared loughner mark is in custody charged in the shootings. based on our mind coatings they believe he is l, a profile of the congressional medal house says it's time to put more focus on mental health care. >> it's something we don't talk about discuss because of the stigma we need to address that. >> according to one cash raab's states have come more than $2 billion from services. >> according to the american academy of pediatrics each year thousands of children are killed or injured in car crashes stanley roberts writes with the police department of the california highway patrol as they look for children not properly restrained. >> what's going on with your seat belt? >> stay in the car. >> the of serbia's the door not one but thr

charles schumer says he will be elbow to elbow with tom coburn. >> i think if coburn and schumer can sit next to each other just about everybody can. >> reporter: among the president's special guests will be the medical team tending to congresswoman gabrielle giffords and hero intern daniel hernandez. erica. >> he is an incredible 20-year-old. chip reid, thanks. >>> joining us from washington, john dickerson. this is lots of good stuff for you at this point as we look to the state of the union. the focus will be on jobs, but what will we hear in specifics. >> reporter: erica, we probably won't hear a lot of specifics. the white house sees this state of the union differently. there will be specifics about education and investment and the president will talk a lot about growth arguing america is at a turning point in the global competition against china and india. he will talk about cutting spnding. it is going to be more themematic, rather than a long list of specifics. >> those investments are a bit of an opening argument. the president calling them investments. on the right they are

he also worked in congress for senator charles e. schumerurce bank specializing in serving the needs of green entrepreneurers and sustainable businesses, and he's served on the advisory board of entrepreneurs and served as a board member of countless medias, a leading nonpartisan non-profit organization seeking to immediate lize children and families. we are pleased he's chosen this high school for the venue of the event. we believe we are leading the way for stem education in the district of columbia, and soon nationally and in providing our students with the proper opportunities to utilize industry, some of whom are represented here today to provide them with the foundation to lead their peers into a new technology savvy environment. ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinguished pleasure to welcome to our school, the chairman of the federal communications commission. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you, david, for that introduction. thank you for what you have done for this great school. thank you to all of you, all you students o

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