i apologize, chuck. yet over the last decade, the agency has at least to this senator been disappointing. too often, fcc commissioners have focused on making sure that the policies that they advocate serve the ideas and the needs of the companies that they regulate and their bottom lines. that's not the kind of committee this should be or it's not what the fcc should be. time and time again, the fcc has short-changed consumers and the public interest. the influence of special interests at the agency is especially troubling. even noteworthy in the distasteful way that they clamor for their preferred candidates for fcc office. that is why i remain deeply interested in fcc reform and that is why i continue to weigh the merits of fcc reauthorization. i want an fcc that is transparent, that inspires public confidence, that makes our digital infrastructure a model for the world. tragically, this has not been the case for some time. but if the past has been bleak, we have cause for optimism because i have met t

thank you, chuck robb. [applause] from the very beginning, will marshall has provided much of the intellectual capital of the new democrat movement. many of the ideas that define new democrats today are grounded in the work that will has done as policy director of the d.l.c. and president of the progressive policy institute. thank you, will marshall. to the chairs of the d.l.c., gickgep -- dick gephardt, chuck, sam nunn, president clinton, johnny bro, evan bayh tom vilsack and evan ford jr. thank you for all you've done. for those of you still around here, thank you for your perseverance. i appreciate it very much. so many people and so many of you have supported the d.l.c. and the p.p.i. over the years and believe me, i appreciate it very much. i appreciate every hard-earned dollar you gave us and i thank you one and all. thanks as well to the hundreds of people who worked or interned for the d.l.c. your services made an incredible difference and i hope you're proud of it. i'm very proud of what you contri

feel free to chuck at me whatever you want. the origins of this book really started five years ago when i was working on the lex column with some of you in the room who were there as well, and at one stage i was asked to try and do a quick sketch of what i thought were going to be the key themes going forward for lex to cover. so i started off listing things like telecoms, banks, etc., etc., and then i finally thought, hold on a sec, let's take a step back and look how lex is covering the financial world and corporate world in general and how that matches up to how the financial and corporate world looks. so i try to draw a map of the city of london and compare it to what the stories we were covering and was struck almost immediately by the fact that there was a dig discrepancy, that pretty much all the media was focusing on accessively on the equity markets and writing about foreign exchange, but there was this big wave of debt and derivatives which was pretty important for the city of london and wall street but which by and l

[applause] >> without my friend chuck robb i wouldn't be here. he personally promised to pay my salary for a year even in the d.l.c. didn't last that long. and those of you who were around at the beginning know there was plenty of doubt as to whether it would. that was pretty important to struggling capitol hill staffer with two young daughters and a big mortgage and something i will never forget. thank you, conduct robb. [applause] >> from the very beginning will marshall has provided much of the intellectual capital of the new democratic movement. many of the ideas that define new democrats today are grounded in the work that will has done as policy director of the d.l.c. and president of the progressive policy institute. thank you, will marshall. [applause] >> to the chairs of the d.l.c., dick gephardt, chuck, sam nunn, president clinton, joe lieberman, ever,bayh, tom vilsack, harold ford jr., thank you for all you have done and for those still here thank you for your perseverance. i appreciate it very much. so many people and so many of you h

senator chuck schumer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i am so -- first i want to thank you you, ranking member, all the members, for giving me really the honor to introduce julius genikowski, one of my former staffers and good friends, before he's confirmed to be chairman of the fcc. i have had the pleasure of knowing julius for more than 20 years. in fact, after his new york upbringing, i went to college and then hired him right out of college. he worked for me long and hard. i have been blessed with a dedicated and hard-working staff but julius will always stand out. thanks in large part to the work ethic that his family instilled in him, his parents are in the audience today and i have had the pleasure of knowing them. they can speak volumes about the adoration they have for juliu i like to say hello to

let me say one nice thing about chuck schumer because i have slammed him an awful lot. chuck schumer is a guy who would not come on the show because i went after him really hard and actually on this show also about miguel estrada and some of the other judges that were elevated specifically because they were hispanic african-american and i went after him an awful lot and he actually called up and said i want to be on man-to-man with gel and he did appear ago we talked and while i disagree with him on probably 9% and disagrees with me 90% of the issues we got a respect that goes back and forth. i think that is one makes the show work. >> host: joe, what have you learned about politicians since you started interviewing them on tv? used to be one of them, you knew certain things as a political figure, he used to be the guy in the house who is going for the foreman a pop on hardball, now you are the guy who is entering the guy doing the formative a pop on morning joe? what have you learned since being on the other side of the table about politicians and that you have a known

. >> chuck sumer was tapped by a white house to be her shirt but -- chuck schumer was tapped by the whiteouse to be sotomayor's sherpa. he talked about the judge and the process moving forward. >> ok. well, we had a very, very good lunch with a new yorker we are proud of, and that is judge sotomayor. let me say this. she is impressive when you read about her history and credentials, even more impressive talking to her face- to-face. she is somebody who presents a very smart, thoughtful, and powerful image in a quiet way, and i am convinced that she, as she talked to my colleagues both democrat and republican, is going to so impressed them. she is even more impressive in person than on paper, and she is really impressive on paper. so this meeting was very gratifying to us, because she will make such a fine supreme court justice in every way. i am proud that she is a new yorker, proud that she is an american, and proud that she was nominated. >> one of the most significant things from our lunches how much i appreciate her focus on her long judicial career on rule of law. she not only unders

at this dinner, chuck embodies the best of both worlds.s the rapid-fire style of a television correspondent and the facial hair of a radio correspondent. [laughter] mika rezenski is here. we both have partners named joe who used to be in congress and did not know when to stop talking. [laughter] and happening now, wolf pulitzer is here. -- blitzer is here. the only man in america with his own situation room. people assume that-cooler, but this is not the case. as far as we have tried, we have not been able to generate the band with necessary to turn larry summers into a hologram. [laughter] we can't do it. one person they know could not be here tonight is secretary hillary clinton. as most of you know, hillary broker elbow a few days ago on her way to the white house. we all wish for a speedy recovery. i do have to say, while it has been reported as an accident, there were some suspicious circumstances. just before the incident, secret service spotted richard holbrooke sprang to be 40 all over the driveway. -- spraying wd-40. on top of the

chuck todd over there. at this dinner, chuck, embodies the best of both worlds, rapid-fire style of a television correspondent and the facial hair of a radio correspondent. [laughter] >> mika is in the house. we have a lot in common. we have partners named joe who used to be in congress and don't know when to stop talking. and happening now, wolf blitzer is here. he's the only man in america with his own situation room. people assume that mine is cooler, but this is not the case . as hard as we've tried, we have not been able to generate the band width necessary to turn larry summers into a hologram. [laughter] >> one person who could not be here tonight is secretary clinton. hillary broke her elbow a few days ago on the way to the white house and we wish her a speedy recovery. i have to say, while it has been reported as an accident, there were some suspicious circumstances. just before the incident, secret service spotted richard holbrook spraying wd-40 all over the driveway. on top of the costs of health

caller: chuck, we are delighted to have you. caller: i am wondering what ever happened to the a abl program. the abl's were supposed to be operative by 2007, but we have never heard about it. we have come along way from when i was involved in missile programs. the accuracy is unbelievable. we missed half the time when we shot at the drone. the drone was launched upper range, and we had in this -- and we had a miss distance. what has ever happened to the abl program. guest: the abl is airborne laser. that is one of the programs that is to be cut, and republicans are opposed to cutting that. is a huge, huge jet like air force one. the whole center carbone -- the whole center of the plane is housing the chemicals that create the laser. with reflecting mirrors and fenty lenses, it goes to a big cyclops eye on the front of the airplane which can direct the laser. there are three lasers that operate on the plane. the first one is a little tiny spotting laser that looks out in the distance and see is the enemy missile, and it says, ok,

. >> bob: somebody else would say chuck and duck. >> rob: exactly. so you're going along great. weak ground ball, one hopper to your third baseman a. punch out. ronny paulino, a very good fastball hitter lines one right back up the box. >> bob: not that you want to see this happen, but if carroll gets aboard, that should probably take nolasco out of the game. he's due to bat neck. >> rob: no, you want to finish it off here. finish it off, get this guy, and it will be a wonderful night in return for scott olsen. >> bob: nolasco is in the on deck circle. >> rob: i doubt seriously nolasco will walk anywhere near the plate. he may be laboring a little bit now. it looks like he's rushing to try to get it up there to home. >> bob: the marlins, by the way, he's going to do some long tossing from the back of the mound. he had to get his teammate out of the way. wes helms is their only right- handed batter. and ball it right center. that will be an out for willie harris. seven outstanding innings by scott olsen. úú what is it to lead? at pnc, it's doing what most benefits o

from chuck to dick gephardt, to jim jones, to john, bill, and barbara. obviously, to that great chairman and 91 who we will hear from later. i thought about the congressm from mississippi. the great leader in the senate from connecticut, joe lieberman. i thought about dave bliss here this evening. i thought about ellen and the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend and vice chairman and partner in sharing -- in sharing this organization. and of course, my immediate predecessor, my friend, the great governor. for we have all been a part of something very special. mainly because of the courage and determination and tenacity of a fellow black men who is now a fellow again that you will see later, and our friend al from. tonight's dinner is special, not only for those of us in this room. what al did more for our party and the body of politics, and the most to get for our party -- the more he did for the larger body of politics, he helped make our party, or at least a huge wing of it, not only believes in the future, the shapers and chaser

this afternoon, pastor chuck said we will go into that prophesy in more detail but you have to understand we are seeing the fulfillment of bible prophesy. now, what's interesting, of course, is that the iranian leaders believe they're seeing the fulfillment of the koran, the fulfillment of islamic eschology and is a collision course. to fundamentally different views, racing towards each other, in our lifetime. now, let's know this is not the first time in human history that the leaders of iran have wanted to annihilate the jewish people who follow god. take out your bible to the book of esther and i will read some of the versus so if you don't have your bible -- and while we're doing this, let me welcome again the 80 congregations around north america that are joining us via a live internet feed and the horizon radio broadcasting networks as well as the c-span viewers. thank you and welcome and i'm glad you're here with us today. let's say thank you to that. [applause] >> in esther chapter 1, the first few verses we get an interesting picture. now, it took place in the days of those who r

. >> former president clinton and chuck daughter chelsea are here now? >> yes. >> [unintelligible] >> she has a busy summer schedule for travel. we have to wait and see if there's any impact. we just don't know yet. >> as you know, there were many reports about what the secretary is prepared to do for the service members. can you tell us, beyond what the president announced last night, will there be benefits for civil service members? >> of this afternoon, we will be putting out a statement by secretary clinton that makes clear that we will be aggressively implementing the memorandum signed by the president last night. we will emblem of this policy, changing your foreign affairs manuel, standard regulations to allow same-sex domestic partners for service employees to qualify as family members for a variety of benefits. the statement will have a long list of changes. this involves working with foreign governments to provide same-sex domestic partners, to the extent possible with diplomatic leases, privileges and obligations to work in the local economy. a

senator chuck grassley is involved in the negotiations. over the weekend he used twitter to make his sentiments known to the president. he is a top republican in the senate finance committee. he said obama had the nerve to call for prompt action while sightseeing in paris. iowa is next on our independent line. caller: to the last caller -- where can all those people go? will we had a single-payer system we would not be having that discussion. is a shame that mr. obama has not even allowed that to be discussed. -- it is a shame. i understand from the meeting last week it was supposed to be discussed. back in 2003 obama said he was a proponent of single-payer and it was the only way to go, but that we had a long road to get there. he said first we needed to take back the white house and in congress. guess what? we have all those things, yet we're not even talking about it is too big to do with and people will not stand up to the establishment. the status quo will stay the same until you get a new third party. i encourage people to call in an

chuck grassly and i'm wondering though, if they sort of grasping at straws trying grab him there and olympia snow from over here on the finance panel and maybe a couple of others. doesn't sound like you think that's bipartisan product. >> that's what they're doing. grassly has been given no authority to regard anything on republicans on that committee and he's said, while his staff has talked to senator balkas. he's not negotiating with him. if we have only three day left to produce a bill and we've not had a republican bill to decide what's the rerepublican on this? i say it may have, um... it may reflect the fact that i know our democratic friends know what a lot of us are thinking and that may partially be reflected but isn't as if we sat with them to write the bill. >> our news maker programs comes your way after tomorrow and 6 profit margins majority leader whip serving the state of arizona. we'll have open phones for 20 minutes before our next guest comes in. here's the number for republicans, democrats and independents. the "washington post" this morning. it's off lead story b

i thought back on the great leaders of this organization from chuck robb to dig gephardt to jim jones, at 2 barbara kinelly, obviously to the great chairman in 1990 and 1991 with whom we will hear from later. a thought about the congressman from mississippi. the great leader and the senate from connecticut, joe lieberman. the hon. joe long. i thought about roy romer and did mccurry who is here this evening. i thought about the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend of vice chairman and partner in chairing this organization, now senator tom carver. of course, my immediate predecessor, my friend, the great gov. tom vilsack. we have all been a part of something very special because, largely, the courage and determination and tenacity of a little fellow back then who is now a little fellow again, and you'll see later, in our friend al from. tonight's dinner is special not only for those of us in this room but for politicians and those who benefited from new policies all across this country, and i daresay the world. what al did more for our party and more for the body o

also writing in "bill" today is a key republican player, chuck grassley, r he voices concerns. -- thiss in "the hill" newspaper to do. he says there's no shortage of ideas, but most fall short of revenue to pay for them. some favor universal coverage financed entirely by the taxpaying public. i caution those who favor driving 120 million more americans into a taxpayer- financed insurance system that the federal government is an unfair competitor and would likely run the private sector of business. let's take the first call from the republican line in indiana. caller: i appreciate it. my basic overview is that america cannot pay for everybody. it is difficult for politicians to turn around and say "no." i believe that if you go to a hospital for any need if you cannot pay for you should be turned away. we have to be responsible financially. we have to be responsible for our own actions. nobody should have to pay for anybody else's mishaps or inefficiencies. if you cannot make it, cannot provide for yourself, then you should not be given anything. if we did that -- people say that is cru

the other person who is up is chuck schumer, who is not only a favorite, but a heavy favorite. he does not have any serious opposition. he has an incredible amount of money on hand. the only person who seems to be talking about being a republican opponent to gillibrand is one that's representing long island in congress. the governor's race is a big stumbling block for democrats. david paterson has very low approval ratings. the democratic establishment in the state as narrowly won a primary. the question is, will david paterson run for reelection? for all the candidates running, the person at the top of the ballot could have an impact on their own races. host: amy walter, thank you for being with us. have a good weekend. we want to malcowelcome abderram foukara. i want to begin with this treat that gives us an account. it says "we will never solve their problems. the u.s. should get out of other people's business. there are enough problems at home to worry about." how do you respond to that? guest: at least a philosophy of the speech yesterday was extraordinary in so many diffe

. >> last week i was speaking with finance democrats, they insisted that max baucus and chuck grassley, but i am wondering if they are grasping at straws. trying to grab for olympia snowe, maybe a couple of others. does not sound like to me you will pick up a bipartisan vote. >> you are exactly right. charles grassley has been given no authority to negotiate anything. he has said that while his staff has spoken to senator baucus, he is not negotiating with max baucus. we have not had a republican meeting to decide the republican position. it may reflect the fact that i know that our democratic friends know what a lot of us are thinking. host: you will be able to see the entire interview with senator jon kyl later on this morning after this program, at 10:00 a.m. on c-span. we are going to continue our discussion of spending by the obama administration, especially with regards to health and other areas right after this break. we will be right back. ♪ >> the government funding of direct aid to colleges and students is aid late 1960's thing that has grown rapidly since then. >> today, not

i thought back on the great leaders of this organization, from chuck robb, to dick gephardt, to bruise babbitabbit. john jones. obviously to the great chairman in 1990 and 1991. i thought about the great ag secreta secretary. the great leader in the senator joe lieberman. the honor reliable joe long. i thought about the honorable roy romer. i thought about ellen tauscher and the great senator from indiana. i thought about my dear friend and vice chairman and partner in chairing this organization, the great then governor and senator now and my immediate prepared ses -- predecessor. for we have all been a part of something very special because largely if not mainly because of the courage, determination and tenacity of a little fellow back then who is now a little fellow again whom you will see later in al from. tonight's dinner is special not only for those of us in this room but for politicians and those who have benefited from new policies all across this country and i daresay the world. what al did more for our party and more for the body politic and what more he did for the larger bo

chuck, go ahead. caller: good morning. listen, i'm a registered libertarian. i'm calling on the independent line. and i'm hoping that you are the or the reporter aren't going to misthe forest for the trees here. the supreme court has clearly established that we have a constitutional right to the privacy of our bodies. what we do with our bodies is our business. and that's been established with row versus wade. now, what could be more devastating than the death of a child in the womb? but you cannot make a law against it. so i don't know how the government can continue to keep things ill leel or to try to circumvent the constitution somehow through legislation in order to deny us our right to do what we please to do and not attack us for it. and i was wondering if you look into whether or not this is actually a constitutional law? row versus wade says we have an absolute right to the privacy of our bodies. could you comment on that? guest: well, you're right. the supreme court has been involved in this before in the early clinton administration the f.d.a. tried

>> i think the meeting next week will continue this process but as we have said before, chuck, we know the votes are not there right now. we want -- >> [inaudible] >> i will point to any of the questions on health care that might -- yes, if we can't seek 50 plus one it will be tough to pass. to be more serious, i think there is a seriousness in the effort but i think that and i think 2005 and in 2006, even in 2007, there was not a majority yet to do this. we want to work with those both in favor and support of those previous efforts to see where we can get comprehensive immigration reform passed. yes, ma'am. >> back on health care for a moment. the senate finance committee is trying to bring the cost of the bill down to a trillion dollars or less and i understand the white house supports that as well. are you willing to make the trade-offs needed specifically in order to bring the cost down, forget about the pay force but to bring the cost down you're going to turn back the benefit package, turn back the number of people who qualify for the number of the subsidies, that's how would you

office account records show that senators chuck schumer and john cornyn are the biggest spenders, but are not the only ones to use charter flights. in the first half of the fiscal year, three others spent more than $100,000 each on transportation. following a decision by the united nations security council to move ahead with sanctions on north korea, defense secretary robert gates says he does not dismiss threats of retaliation. speaking in brussels, the secretary also says that it does not appear that the capitol has made any military preparations to follow through on the threats. officials from scotland, indonesia, and thailand, and from the missions in geneva expect in announcement of a global swine flu pandemic to be imminent. the world health organization meeting in an emergency session today is likely to declare the first flu pandemic in 41 years. it would push drugmakers to fast-track production of a vaccine. finally, from the new york daily news the head of the white house military office forced out over the photo over the statue of liberty has become a senior fellow at the ce

guest: i take your point, chuck. i think you are actually right. i would say this in our defense. we're doing the best we can. there is absolutely so much news going on right now that you cannot get all of it into a half-hour news program every sunday or even a half hour news program that comes on five nights per week. we are doing our best, but there is so much going on that every issue is going to get short shrift from time to time. as a news editor you try to one of the things you think are most important that affect most of the people. you are absolutely right when you talk about the stimulus package. what could have more impact? we will try to keep at it. we will try to get it on. but if it is a tough thing with so many things going on to cover all these things in debt every single time. host: bob began his career for "before worth star-telegram" and this is your 40th year? guest: yes, 40 years last month. host: hello, jim. caller: yes, i feel honored to have you on the phone. i put you in with the people like walter cronkite and even then brothers and people from that era. w

some, such as republican senator john kyl of arizona, -- jon kyl of arizona, and chuck shumer of new york, voiced their support of the bureau's decision which was a step further than my initial letter. but they, too, desire to, quote, understand the situation more fully as senators kyl and shumer wrote. when i received response from the f.b.i. on march 9, only one of the 10 questions i posed was unanswered which prompted me to send a second letter restating the original questions and pressing the f.b.i. for a timely and detailed response. i submit a copy of that letter for the record. days after my second letter care launched a public attack against me claiming in a march 12 press release that i abused my office by seeking to pressure the f.b.i. to produce negative information about the organization. those assertions are patently untrue and would not even warrant a response. were it not that they were symptom attic or i believe a larger pattern of intimidation undertaken by care. intimidation which is of great consequence given the national security matters at stake. as my letter to

we heard from chuck schumer about your past experience. we know that he was very impressed with the kind of work you did. it takes total credit for whatever the elements you have had. if these nominees are confirmed it, if you are still going to have some very critical tasks that have to get attention. our work on digital transmission is not yet done. we need to plan for public safety broadband network using some air waves that were freed up by the switch. we are still needing to make more of our communications system work with the residents of new jersey. is the only state without its own media market. it is the only commercial high- powered state wwor has failed to meet its obligation to our state. we will talk to you about that. we will make sure that you have the time to ask questions and still meet other obligations. the sec is drastic -- trapping in other plan -- the fcc is drafting another plan. to help people learn and get better jobs and keep america competitive. i look forward to our contact in the future knowing full well that w

and world championship really blessed in those early years by chuck robb and sam nunn and dick gephardt, later joe lieberman, ev evan bayh. by senator carper, and there is a really, i think, magnificent person that will speak after me that proves the d.l.c. fellows program, rachel storch i'm glad you are hear representing the state and local representatives affiliated with the d.l.c. that was a really good movie. it had the virtue of being at least except for the stuff about me, true. i think secretary sebelius may be here. we were together at a previous event and i have a little more to say about that in a minute. but i loved getting involved in the d.l.c. for one thing, i was just tired of getting beat. and i'm old enough now to know what it was like to get beat over and over and over again. essentially, here is what happened to us. national elections and the standing of national political parties are determined by they things. the political culture. the conditions at election time. and the quality of the candidates. for much of the 20th century the political culture of america kept u

you know, maybe chuck grassley. i think he's very torn. i think he is working very hard with baucus right now. i just don't know if he can agree to what the majority of democrats in the house will demand. andt

>> following on chuck and ed's question on the issue of victory or lack thereof in iran militaryically -- >> iraq. >> excuse me, i'm sorry, forgive me. on the issue of iraq, during the bush years there was a debate. one side of the point said, look, we can never win this war militarily, it's a several-pronged approach to include the military as well as the political issues. now, is this administration subscribing to that, and if so, how could this war be won militarily? >> well, without getting into whatever agreements or disagreements were had inside the previous administration, i'll leave that up to members of the previous administration which in some ways seem to be having those arguments still, the president has always said and said this for probably the past at least two-and-a-half years that there wasn't only a military solution to this problem, that unless or until there was a political solution to this that, obviously, thety mennishes of a political solution have to happen in order for this country to move forward. >> so once the political solution is settled, we could maybe cl

that was chuck and duck for brad bergesen. he gets the ground ball to brian roberts and a one, two, three top of the sixth. the orioles lead 3-1. this was dangerous. >> welcome back to the yard everybody. today, dave trembley told the media it is highly unlikely that koji u har aye will make his scheduled start on sunday against the nationals. cocky returned home today with the team. he met with team doctors, and although the reports were good, but the swelling and the inflammation in his elbow seemed to have subsided a bit, it seem that is the orioles are not prepared to put him back out on the mound. andy macphail is going to talk to the team doctors again to decide what the next step will be. it is widely believed that david hernandez will be recalled from triple-a nor fork to get the start. >> bob: 12 starts for uehara. and that ball bangs off the mound and a base hit for nolan reimold and he is 2-3. >> jim: there you go low fastball, middle of the plate. he was talking today. he said the biggest problem he had in the

>> i mean, shouldn't -- >> i answered -- i answered the question, chuck, which is that we don't yet know how this is going to play out. ok. >> thank you, mr. president. before i ask my question, i wanted to end david's, is the public plan nonnegotiable? >> that's your question. are you the ombudsman for the white house press corps? what's -- is that your question? >> i have a two-part question. is the public plan nonnegotiable? and while i appreciate your plangwadge about the logic of the health care plan, the public plan, investing logical to a lot of people that if the government is offering a cheaper health care plan then lots of employers will want to have their employees covered by that cheaper plan which will not have to be for profit, unlike private plans and may possibly benefit from some government subsidies, who knows, and then their employees would be signed up for this public plan which would violate what you're promising the american people, that they will not have to change health care plans if they like the plan they have. >> ok. you're pitching, i'm catching. i got the qu

senate finance committee where he is leading an effort in conjunction with ranking member senator chuck grassley to get consensus on a comprehensive bipartisan health care reform bill in the coming weeks a. as part of that effort he has been a passionate advocate for comparative effectiveness research downright, sponsoring his own legislation with senator conrad in the last congressional session and including provisions to address the inappropriate use of cost information in the comparative effectiveness research. in addition to this he finds time per ultramarathons which is pretty good preparation for what he's trying to accomplish now. senator baucus, we're pleased to have you back at brookings institute for this opening keynote. [applause] >> thank you, mark, very much and thank you very much for inviting me to your session today to talk about an issue i think a great chance a primitive and that is compared -- that is comparative effectiveness research. santi in dallas $0.1, and men alike shopping they would call it research. [laughter] think about it. from cars to television when am

[applause] i'm glad to see that you made it because i heard chuck schumer tried to tell you that we really did move this event to yankee stadium. [laughter] >> guest: you have to love the al smith dinner. it is a unique moment. and seeing the funny side of mccain is something maybe what have helped him if people had seen it more often. look, there were frustrations with the kind of attention and performance obama was doing. but i just think it is healthy people can laugh at themselves and poke fun as well. >> host: final question on election day in chicago, will cost drew events that led to his speech in grant park. >> guest: being inspired by teddy white's but i wanted to capture the last 24 hours, 36 hours of the campaign which is the opening of the book, and it was an extraordinary time of change for this individual where he transitions from being a semi normal person into this institutional figure of a president. well spent the time in this hotel room at the top of the hyatt hotel, and things move very, very quickly on the night. david axelrod, his chief strategist, called early on in

the very important senate finance committee where he's leading an effort with ranking member senator chuck grassley to get consensus on a comprehensive bipartisan healthcare reform bill in the coming weeks. as part of that effort senator baucus has been a passionate advocate for comparative effectiveness research done right sponsoring his own legislation with senator conrad during the last congressional session and including provisions to address appropriate cost on comparative research. and he finds time for ultra mare thanes which is pretty good preparation for what he's trying to do right now. we're glad to have you back at brookings for this keynote. [applause] >> thank you, mark, very much. and thank you very much for inviting me to your session today to talk about an issue i think of great transitive effect which is comparative research. cynthia nelms once said if men liked shopping, they'd call it research. [laughter] >> think about it. from cars to television when americans go shopping they are readily able to find and evaluate information about the quality and effectiveness of alm

in order to indicate to him this wasn't a sort of prepared thing, this was absolutely a moment i chucked the clipboard on the floor to indicate this is especially between us and the amazing thing was the next 20 minutes he responded to all of those questions in the up by what do i think about the american people, i let down the whole system, the hopes and dreams of all those young people who think politics are corrupt, i have to live with this for the rest of my life, etc.. so, the three points he answered them all over the next 20 minutes. >> host: did you ever talk to him after the interviews were concluded? >> there was one in the restaurant, but after the interviews were done we edited and to had erred and two were about to air and i went to take my leave and think and as we were leaving and that was an extraordinary experience you never hear that richard nixon was carefree. that was never the word but it that day for 20 minutes all the screens he had, screens to block off the rest of the world, a block of intimacy with people were up for 20 minutes and that was an extraordinary expe

massachusetts, and the finance committee, chaired by senator baucus, the ranking member, of course, is senator chuck ghastly from iowa. these two committees, as well as the president of the united states, are considering numerous proposals that deserve the careful attention of the american people and of congress. because this legislation, however it turns out, could fundamentally affect the relationship between patients and their doctors as well as the relationship between the individual and our government. in the kennedy bill, which has been proposed and which is pending now before the health, education, labor and pensions committee, there are several troublesome provisions. one, a government-run plan which would compete, allegedly, with the private sector but, as we all know, the government is the 800-pound gorilla and there is no true competition when government is involved. and, in fact, one projection is that as many as almost 120 million people would ultimately find themselves in a single-payer government-run system because essentially the federal government would undercut those private health

the plane did was 40 miles from the chuck e. cheese, this limit was 40 miles from the cello lesson, the montessori it was 40 miles from the math coach. dad's job was 40 miles from bonds job and both their jobs or 40 miles from the three car garage. the cars ceased to be object of desire and equipment for adventure and it turned into office and rec room and communications hub and breakfast nook and recycling bin. a motorized cupholder is what the modern car has become. americans, the richest people on earth, were stuck in a conference of the crossover suvs, squeezed into the space than tax support call center employees at a mumbai queue local farm. in we became tired of our cars and became angry at our cars and the pointy headed busybodies of the environmentalist new urbanist utopian communitarian ilk, they blame the victim. they claimed it was the car. the car have forced us to live in widely scattered settlements in the wilderness of big box stores in the olive garden. if we would all just get on our segues or hop on a trolley