charlie rangel in the course of this, the rhetoric got quite over the top. charlie rangel at one point compared mayor koch to bull connor. because he was mad. and what he was really mad about was, you know, he told ed at one point, you made me a district leader again. i have to be here fighting for this damn hospital, and i could be a lot more effective paying attention to the business of the ways and means committee in washington for the city. so ed has a strong sense of justice. he hued to what seemed to be the right managerial decision. but at the same time in terms of the politics of the city, in terms of the politics of race in the city, it was, it was a decision that had political costs that weren't worth the $6 million that it would have cost to fix up the hospital which eventually, actually, they spent -- in a more affluent time, somebody spent the $6 million, and there's a clinic that columbia runs of what is now condos. >> okay. it was a very painful moment many time. you have to understand -- moment in time. you have to understand that new york ci

congressman charlie rangel is offering tax tips.gressman has included what he calls the charlie rangel report, which features tax advice. charlie rangel was recently found guilty by his colleagues in the house of representatives of multiple ethics violations, including the family to pay taxes on his dominican the law. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning, it is "washington journal." we days, watch live coverage of the u.s. house, and weeknights, congressional hearings and policy forms. on the weekends, you can see our signature interview programs. on saturdays, "the communicator's." you can also watch our programming anytime pepper -- anytime at c-span.org. it is washington, your weight. -- your way. host: bill gertz is the geopolitical editor for "the washington times." the first page, moammar gadhafi uses bloody force. host: what is happening here, and how was the u.s. responding? guest: i would not like to be in the shoes of the

charlie rangel, you know, has introduced a bill. he knew it was going to go anywhere. basically to revive the draft in order to impose the burdens of war an equity stake. we're going to have a war, let's have consensus around it. let's not have this strange situation with his passive discontent we have a majority against the war but the war continues anyway. we'll come in theory that makes sense. in practice he knows it's not going anywhere. and one reason it's not going anywhere is -- well, a couple of reasons. one is that to justify it across the board trip just to make a strong case that the war is in accordance with american values, and that it is necessary. and one thing that i didn't talk about in my little talk because i saw the clock moving, is the idea that a war is necessary, or that a war is a last resort, is the acme of foolishness. there have been cases in american history, and maybe world war ii was one of them, when after munich, after hitler tore up the munich agreement there was nothing more to do. than to fight. but in virtually every other case if yo

the man who is head of ways and means replacing charlie rangel is dave camp and he is having hearings on this. at the end of this little exercise, i will give you a good note of optimism as to how we have embedded our people in the system. i think things can work to some positive degree. >> i want to take it back. we got ahead of ourselves a little bit. in talk about how we get out of this problem. the president was talking about these investments in the state of the union. should he have been talking about that in the context of long-term fiscal responsibility? this problem we have is not one we can grow our way out of. you could have double digit growth for the next two decades and not solve this problem. this is not a problem that we can tax our way out of. raising taxes does not do a darned thing to solve the problem. the demographics in this country have changed drastically and people my age are becoming recipients of these entitlement programs. taxing doesn't do a darned thing to control the fact that health care costs are growing at a faster rate than gdp. if you wanted to cont

how come charlie rangel? what happens to blagojevich, who supposedly she did that government out all these moneys? guest: that is a huge problem that people agree with you on. this unfortunate to a sense of roles of powerful people that are different from the rules of everyday people. i do not think that is what america is made of. as we move forward, the accountability issue will grow ever larger. i think that we are starting to see some government reports coming out about the crisis that will fill in some of the pieces of the puzzle that have been missing. this is an incredibly excruciatingly slow process. i feel like i have been writing about this now for four years, and i still feel i do not know the half of it. i pledge to do my very best to get a final accounting and a final reckoning and hold people accountable. from cleveland, ohio. caller: the reason you do not know the answer to the question, is you are ready to pries grab blame. the ownership society was put out by the republicans and bush, a progr

on the outside, charlie rangel who at that time was head of the ways and means committee i-- ths is before the health care bill. he said there is no problem with medicare. what do you say to that? like i would say to sober up. [applause] he also says we are not doing horrible things to social security to balance the budget of the united states on the backs of social security recipients. what we did, we take care of the lowest 20% in society by giving them 125% of poverty level. anybody over 80 we get a 5% bump. we turn to a new cost of living index. we raise the retirement age to 68 by the year 2015. the average life expectancy is 77. >> my wife is here. going to work out is thinking about it. we say nobody stole your trust fund. it has a surplus of $2.50 trillion. that is true. that consisted beautiful chunks of paper. that young person of putting in today what i will get tomorrow. there is no lock box. but he put in yesterday, i get out. in maine -- in may, and not enough came in to get out. here is some of our beautiful paper. we need a little cash. when you walk up to the window, you g

charlie rangel was lucky he did not get voted off the island. listen, i hope the congress can work productively together so our fellow citizens will not merely see us as idol americans, but all of us will emerge as american idylls. thank you all very much and have a great night. god bless. [applauding] [applauding] >> in the last part of the presentation. [applauding] [laughter] somebody who led two of his jokes go over your head. [laughter] after 11 years as a washington correspondent covering politics at the white house the woman we are honoring with the washington press club foundation lifetime achievement award was appointed london bureau chief and became the first woman to have a time euro overseas. her rich career has taken to all 50 states. we would like to thank bloomberg. do we have that tape cued up? hello? we would like to thank bloomberg for compiling this video. if they don't run it i will keep going. grauman's i am a journalist from the time i was old enough to wre my name which would have been about the third grade. i never wanted

on the outside, charlie rangel who at that time was head of the ways and means committee i-- ths is before the health care bill. he said there is no problem with medicare. what do you say to that? like i would say to sober up. [applause] he also says we are not doing horrible things to social security to balance the budget of the united states on the backs of social security recipients. what we did, we take care of the lowest 20% in society by giving them 125% of poverty level. anybody over 80 we get a 5% bump. we turn to a new cost of living index. we raise the retirement age to 68 by the year 2015. the average life expectancy is 77. >> my wife is here. going to work out is thinking about it. we say nobody stole your trust fund. it has a surplus of $2.50 trillion. that is true. that consisted beautiful chunks of paper. that young person of putting in today what i will get tomorrow. there is no lock box. but he put in yesterday, i get out. in maine -- in may, and not enough came in to get out. here is some of our beautiful paper. we need a little cash. when you walk up to the window, you g

charlie rangel was lucky he did not get voted off the island. listen, i hope the congress can work productively together so our fellow citizens will not merely see us as idol americans, but all of us will emerge as american idylls. thank you all very much and have a great night. god bless. [applauding] [applauding] >> in the last part of the presentation. [applauding] [laughter] somebody who led two of his jokes go over your head. [laughter] after 11 years as a washington correspondent covering politics at the white house the woman we are honoring with the washington press club foundation lifetime achievement award was appointed london bureau chief and became the first woman to have a time euro overseas. her rich career has taken to all 50 states. we would like to thank bloomberg. do we have that tape cued up? hello? we would like to thank bloomberg for compiling this video. if they don't run it i will keep going. grauman's i am a journalist from the time i was old enough to wre my name which would have been about the third grade. i never wanted

charlie rangel was lucky he did not get voted off the island. listen, i hope the congress can work productively together so our fellow citizens will not merely see us as idol americans, but all of us will emerge as american idylls. thank you all very much and have a great night. god bless. [applauding] [applauding] >> in the last part of the presentation. [applauding] [laughter] somebody who led two of his jokes go over your head. [laughter] after 11 years as a washington correspondent covering politics at the white house the woman we are honoring with the washington press club foundation lifetime achievement award was appointed london bureau chief and became the first woman to have a time euro overseas. her rich career has taken to all 50 states. we would like to thank bloomberg. do we have that tape cued up? hello? we would like to thank bloomberg for compiling this video. if they don't run it i will keep going. grauman's i am a journalist from the time i was old enough to wre my name which would have been about the third grade. i never wanted