chuck is a science teacher. they both are world travelers. >> every year they go to somewhere they haven't been before. >> and, you know -- >> in the world. >> and they're full of fact, they're very sophisticated people, they're alaska people, they're hunters, but they are no dummies. and i think that rubbed off on sarah palin. she is no dummy. but i'm not sure of the intellectual curiousty. she didn't get a passport until 2007, and she says, you know, i wasn't raised in a home where the kids went off and traveled the world. well, yeah, but, you know, your parents do do that, and it's kind of a mystery to us actually. >> on the other hand, the policy people would tell us all the time that she would study up throughout the night and have, you know, they would wake up to many e-mails from her with questions and they were happy that she was able to soak in some of this information in a short amount of time, and she would challenge them. if she disagreed with mccain's policy or she had a question about it, she would

i'm chuck roberts.elcome on a wednesday. >>> so far the suspect in the ft. hood shootings is refusing to answer any questions about the day. his attorney says major hasan is coherent but isn't talking about last week's attacks that left 13 dead. he's under guard in intensive care. investigators are trying to figure out what provoked the attack. there are questions if whether the government mised ne clear warning signs. he will get a military trial. earlier i asked a former military lawyer what can be expected at the proceedings and whether it will be public. >> it's going to be public. there's not going to be cameras there. reporterscan be there. they can be in the audience. that's not unusual to see that. of course, in this case with the amount of coverage it's getting already, it will not wane. this is an absolutely huge case with ramifications that will be felt throughout the world. >>> we're learning more about the surviving victims of last week's shooting attacks at ft. hood. 15 of the wounded rema

security is very tight, chuck. they have erected these storage containers around the perimeter of the field so that they can check every person coming in and they describe the security as like when you go through an airport screener. that certainly is at a premium right now even though this is a military installation because the president is here and other top officials are here. they want to make sure they have the highest level of security possible. chuck? >> okay. and how long will the ceremony occur? is it an hour long? do we have any idea what the order of business will be? >> reporter: army officials estimate it will be about an hour long. they're going to hear the band play. there will be an opening prayer, scriptures from the bible will be read and you'll hear from two military officials and the president and shortly after that it is going to wrap up. we don't expect it to be very long. it will be traditional in tone but will also include some of the things that you see that are always official in the army

i'm chuck roberts. the u.s.my filed charges against major nidal hasan. 13 counts of premeditated murder against the army psychiatrist. investigators say additional charges may be filed in connection with the bloody rampage one week ago today. >> it is important to remember this is the first step of a court-martial process. the accused is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty and we have a duty and obligation to protect the constitutional rights of everyone involved. major hasan has obtained legal representation. an accused soldier has the right to be represented by civilian counsel at no cost to the government or military counsel at no expense to the accused. >> 13 people were killed. hasan is in a hospital in san antonio. the military doctors who treated him as a psychiatrist expressed concerns about religious beliefs and odd behavior but never considered him a threat. the associated press says his behavior was a topic of conversation when he was a student at a military medical school. he was conside

>> people on facebook, chuck. we have discussions on facebook and people said i'm having a tough time. let's talk about the tough time we're having financially and what do you tell the kids? kids can figure things out. that's what we're talking about. we don't have to really tell people how tough it is but just to give you an idea to set the table, half of american kids who live in households receiving food stamps before the age of 20. it really is about the kids. also, 7,000 people are losing their unemployment benefits every day. they're trying to get help. agencies can't keep up. if you're out of a job and never have been before, this is new territory for you. you don't necessarily know how to navigate this. you learn as you go along. this is new normal for people. what do you tell the kids? let's get to people calling. harriet calling from ohio. what's your experience. what are you going through? >> caller: how are you? >> great. >> caller: i agree with the fact that you should be honest with your children. th

cit also, chuck, says 90 million employees work at the businesses. they get a lot of their loans from cit. here's a prime example. that brand wanted to expand a few years ago. they went to cit to get the loans for that commercial real estate to expand the franchise. one prime example. what we hear from cit on the news that broke sunday night, chuck, is that they say they insist despite this bankruptcy filing it's going to belending. that's still to be seen, because what we have seen at cit is as the company has struggled, their lending has fallen drat matically, chuck, over the last five years. >> how could they say the lending is a good thing? >> it could be because it shows us the capitalist system may be working. they can allow a big company to file bankruptcy and hopefully reemerge without another bailout. we saw cit went to the government in july, asked for more bailout money, more tae t.a.r.p. money in december, asked for more in july. what this could signal to us is that the government is saying hands off, we're going to let the system handle

chuck? >>> richelle, thank you so much. a woman was desperate to have weight loss surgery but it was too expensive so she decided to have it south of the border. dr. sanjay gupta has her story. >> reporter: sharon was arriving on a flight from atlanta but she's not here for vacation. she's heading south to tijuana to have band surgery. >> we saw he was highly credenti credentialed. >> the price tag a third of the cost in the united states without insurance. >> it's different economy. different cost structure. it does not in any way affect the standards of quality. >> there can be risks when seeking care abroad so says emery university's dr. john sweeney. >> the issue is follow-up and continuity of care that is going to be difficult to achieve. >> it's important to research the types of certifications both the hospital and the surgeon hold. patients should be prepared to pay out of pocket for complications that may arise when they return home. sweeney does note just because a hospital is outs

chuck? [applause] >> thanks, ron. and like other speakers, i want to thank secretary lahood for not only convening this meeting, but putting a focus on this issue. like many in the room, i've listen involved in highway safety for more than 30 years. and we have participated in quite a few campaigns. some of them very successful. some of them very unsuccessful. and so i would like to offer my view and matt's view of rules to follow. there are really only two rules. next slide, please. the first rule is follow the research. pure review data, as far as enthusiasm. i wish everything that gave a warm feeling ended up saving lives. unfortunately, it doesn't. nonscience-based campaigns not only don't work. they tend to displace what does work. a sugar tab let approach really has the same effect. it often feels like it's working. it looks like it's working. but if the same number of young people die, the wonderful young people we just saw, education alone may lead us to that very unfortunate end. we know that education alone

chuck roberts on a wednesday. welcome. a convicted rapist facing multiple counts of murder, rape and kidnapping will stay behind bars indefinitely. a judge in cleveland has denied bond for 50-year-old anthony sowell. calling his alleged crimes gruesome. within the past week authorities have found the remains of at least ten people in and around sowell's home including a skull discovered in the basement. law enforcement officers appear disturbed by the killings. >> 23 years in law enforcement along with other guys with more time we've never seen anything like it so it's very challenging from an investigative standpoint, from an emotional standpoint for all of the investigators on the ground doing it, the coroner's office. so just emotional but the guys are -- the men and women are professional and they'll continue doing their job. >> neighbors say they complained of foul odor in the area but some thought it came from a business that sold sausage nearby. at a news conference later today, the county coroner may release the pr

chuck noll. chuck green. i don't see myself in that category. >> honest to goodness. >> you know, and maybe it's different. people ask me after we won the super bowl, well, is this like jackie robinson? no, there's no way. maybe you have to step away from it and look at it differently, but i just think -- i don't see myself in that category. >> it's not just the emotional impact that you've had and what you've had in terms of history, but in terms of the 139-69 record, in terms of the six division titles, in terms of the only coach to lead a team into the playoffs ten straight years, why wouldn't you be in the hall of fame, tony? >> well, you know, some of those things snuck up on me. really. you don't really realize that you're going through and i've been part of some great teams, and two great franchises. but i guess i just look at that as me being in the right place at the right time. >> i can sit here all day and keep trying. that's all i'm going to get. >> yeah. i don't know that anybody really says, you

they are among the les of the top selling jerseys in the national hockey lead, but as chuck found out, blackhawk fans take their passion for hockey jerseys to a whole new obsession. >> reporter: blackhawk fans love their jerseys. how many blackhawk jerseys do you have? >> i have about probably 20. >> reporter: 20 jerseys? >> at least. >> reporter: from pure hockey passion to borderline addiction. you have your own separate closet for them? >> i actually do. >> reporter: that's sick. >> it's very sick, and i'm horribly embarrassed right now. >> reporter: so if you can't actually be them, you might as well ware them, even if you can't spell them. put you on the spot, how do you spell -- >> how do i spell it the american way or the right way? >> reporter: the way it's on the back of your jersey. >> byful -- let's see here, byfug -- >> oh, okay. du. >> reporter: no, no,llu. ien. but hawks fans really remember those special ones from the past. >> this is signed by bobby hull, 1983, the year got in as a hall of famer. >> reporter: and who on the back? >> stan mckeithia, number 21. >> that's

search chuck roberts hln. dive into the discussion. we'll put the comments on. they're an in dispensable part of the show from noon to 5:00. >> talk straight with chuck on this. quite a discussion on this day, too, being veterans day. >> it's predicated on a slate article and the fact had kimberly munley, this cop, will be on oprah today. what a woman, huh? >> absolutely. >>> the man accused of killing 13 people at ft. hood is probably one of the most hated men in america right now. so why would an army veteran try to send flowers to major nidal hassan? >>> an army veteran tried to send flowers to the alleged ft. hood shooter. both of dan ross's children are in the military as well, but he says his christian faith inspired him to show some kindness to major nidal hasan. he also called hasan a hero. >> the fbi were the ones that actually killed those 13 people because they were well informed that this guy was against the united states of america. and that's part of christianity is you're supposed to love your enemies and do good to them. >> the florist refused to

so you would take her to mcdonald's, chuck e. cheese. you spent a fair amount of time with her? >> yes, ma'am. >> now, you mentioned you picked her up from her aunt's house, from the grandmother, but how much time did antoinette spend with her? >> that i'm not aware of because, i mean, i don't live here in fayetteville. >> right. >> i recently moved to charlotte. but shaniya was mostly -- my aunt took good care of her as long as my father. the majority of time she was with my father or with my aunt. just with my aunt spending time and my father, you know, raising her. my father recently gave her -- antoinette -- a chance to give the mother a second chance to raise her daughter. i mean, because everybody deserves a second chance. just like a convicted felon, i mean, he deserves a second chance because he could have changed. you never know. >> did anybody in your side of the family know that drugs were being sold out of that home? >> no, not that i'm aware of. >> that was my understanding, that nobody on the dad's side knew that that was going on in the home. >> no, we didn't have

to do the same kind of work that you've been doing, chuck, at madd. and that others have been doing all across the country. we're going to do that. we're going to provide the leadership to help them jump start their opportunity. you can help them do that. i know they will be grateful. because this idea of public awareness is so important. but all of us taking personal responsibility is so important too. there's no way i can say thank you to all of you. but we have made a big difference. this is a tremendous start. i know all of you know that. i wish there was other words other than just thank you. but please know from d.o.t. from the families, from those who have been affected so deeply by this, and for those who really want to make a difference, all of you and those that are watching, we are grateful to you. we are off to a great start. we are going to solve this problem. thank you very much. [applause] >>>> thanksgiving week on c-span. a look from the bipartisan policy center. midterm election, and the look ahead from 2012. what's fair in politics?

were at their work as that chuck robb is a free bracing cocaine using candidate. and then the other sayyaf adds -- the other side had ads about ollie north running for congress. where is the line? >> [inaudible] the premise of this, taking the poison at a partisanship. you mentioned that the beginning that you wanted the panel is to talk about whether partisanship is really a negative thing, if it is poison. when partisanship can be good, whether there is a way to make partisanship less -- perceive the less like boys and among the american people. is there a way we can get people to understand that politics is about conflict, about people with different perceptions and ideologies, that we should celebrate that rather than denigrate differences just on principles? >> the common theme is when does it really cross the line? let's start at that end. dollars i'll pass to steve. >> charlie. dollars things have to be fact- based. you have to tell the true story and you do not cross the line of personal attacks unless it is really legitimate. i lifted the campaign and tha

i'm chuck roberts. >>> charges are expected to be upgraded against a dad accused of running over his daughter because he thought she was too westernized. she died yesterday. she's been in a hospital since being run over two weeks ago. police say the father was upset because she was living with her boyfriend and didn't live by traditional muslim values. before his hearing, a prosecutor called him a flight risk. >> the defendant tries to hide behind moral conditions but he also fled so the state has serious concerns that he would flea in he was released and he does have resources and others who would be willing to help him. he got as far as england. he clearly was able to get pretty far away from the jurisdiction in an attempt to escape responsibility for his actions. >> the boyfriend's mother was also struck by the car. family members said she is in serious but stable condition. >>> a 25-year-old pregnant mother in pensacola, florida, is missing. she went to see her unborn baby father on thursday and hasn't been seen next. watkins relatives are desperate and distraught. >> if anybody

i think of chuck daley and rollie mattson. >> joe: you think of the hall of famers. >> joe: this is the roots of basketball. >> lorenzo hudson to the rim but not finish for virginia tech. starts out a little chilly on this after thanksgiving here in philadelphia. temple with the 1-point loss at the verizon center. and capable playing it that way as we know. and fernandez loading up the 3. hot, shotting a 37% from the land of 3. that's and that's bell got anxious wanting to get to the bucket. >> joe: the irony and it is 2 point guards. and guzman and fernandez. the more creative but he is a better shooter. >> michael: so he can playing off the ball. if scoring guard would emerge for the owls that may help them over the course of the next four months. so far so good. >> michael: we'll see him from philadelphia south. southern high school. that's a terrell bell foul. and checked in at 6'6" junior. another freshman. >> joe: they are known for their singy man to man switching a lot of screens and you get a lot of contact that way and fouls awhat i there the -- from the basket. brooks thought

chuck very kindly took on a napkin and drew a map of wasilla to show where their house was. and i don't know if you've seen pictures of it, but it was quite an alaska home when you drive in, there's a pure and it made of taylor's and inside it looks like a taxidermy museum. and when we briefly did run into governor palin i mentioned this to her and she said that's what i always say. they were just really great to us. they shared wonderful stories and check is a really funny guy. he was talking about when they were doing inventory on the clothes and trying to figure out which purchases had to go back to the rnc or what they were going to do with the clothes. sally got a little concerned and was rushing around trying to get everything back. according to sub six, she gave away his only good belt, which actually did want to hand, but she dotted line to the rnc. make your quote in the book and i think it's because i've met him and they know his personality a little bit from the time we sat with them. we often what his reaction was when sarah first told them she was interested in

. >> michael: we lost chuck daley one of my favoritess. start using the look.ut in the 4 hin mark but it is about management. down 14 for segment greenberg. and balance. and temple has it. and virginia tech does not. and a nice you are not spoft to outscore them in this sport. is. >> joe: what were we discussing. they allow the opposition to shoot 39% from the floor and 27% from 3. they bettered the numbers tonight. >> joe: showing his name with a 3. and with the ball. and when you finish it likele allen that's a nice way to rack it up. and coming up with the rip away. and low a good luck would not go down. three and out now and guzman. the left hand the lead is back up to 16 again with 3 and a half left. and fernandez got whistled for a push. >> michael: we're in the mark and see if he can inch the lead after guzman and the advantage. honey... the credit fairy... doesn't exist. what? it's make-believe. nobody left anything under your pillow. if there's no credit fairy then who will make our credit score go up? we will. by doing things like paying our bills on

. >> i heard the legend of bubba chuck. >> one of the best that ever played basketball. >> what's up? i'm allen iverson and we're in here talking. this is my life, 365. when you talk about allen iverson it's better to talk negative. ♪ >> i took the team and gave it back to the fans. >> i put it in back. catch him again. >> people that don't understand -- i guess -- they probably understand it but they try not to understand it because, you know, when you talk about allen iverson, it's better to talk about something negatively. more headlines and bold print like allen iverson having a dispute with a coach or missing practice -- that's the big headline. but i understand it. i accept it. a person has a perception of you -- that's what you're going to be and my whole thing is not trying to convince somebody i'm a good person, that i care. i care about if people think a good guy -- i would be lying if i said i want everybody to think i am the devil. >> right. >> but i don't go out of my way to prove that i am. >> right. >> you know, a good person. >> being a role model is not something that

chuck says on our facebook page -- tanya b. says -- we want to know what you think. go to cnn.com/robin. we'll read those comments throughout the morning. >>> it's the world's biggest one on one break dance contest. look at this, look at the crowd they have. i've seen fewer pro games some places. fifth year they've had this competition. lalu took home the crown. taught by richard lui. >> that's right, you just come on down here, i'll show you some of my key signature moves. >> you're going to tear your jacket if you don't take it off. >>> a police officer has been suspended after he tasered a 10-year-old girl, but you might be surprised why. plus we're hearing from the girl's mom who police say gave the officer permission to taser the girl. that's new for you in about 20 minutes. >>> all right, let's head on over to bob van dillen right now. some folks planning ahead. >> some major problems popping up, and it's not due to weather. let me take you to atlanta because we have an outage. the ent where the pilots file their flight plans is out. if you're one of the planes

so you would take her to mcdonald's, chuck e. cheese. you spent a fair amount of time with her? >> yes, ma'am. >> now, you mentioned you picked her up from her aunt's house, the grandmother. but how much time did antoinette spend with her? >> that i'm not aware of because, i mean, i don't live here in fayetteville. >> right. >> i recently moved to charlotte. but shaniya was mostly -- my aunt took good care of her as long as my father. the majority of time she was with my father or with my aunt. just with my aunt spending time and with my father raising her. and my father recently gave her -- antoinette a chance to give the mother a second chance to raise her daughter. i mean, because everybody deserves a second chance. just like a convicted felon, i mean, he deserves a second chance because he could have changed. you never know. >> did anybody in your side of the family know that drugs were being sold out of that home? >> no, not that i'm aware of. >> that was my understanding, that nobody on the dad's side knew that that was going on in the home. >> no, we didn't have no clue a

. >> i heard the legend of bubba chuck. >> one of the best that ever played basketball. >> what's up? i'm allen iverson and we're in here talking. this is my life, 365. when you talk about allen iverson it's better to talk negative. ♪ >> i took the team and gave it back to the fans. >> i put it in back. catch him again. >> people that don't understand -- i guess -- they probably understand it but they try not to understand it because, you know, when you talk about allen iverson, it's better to talk about something negatively. more headlines and bold print like allen iverson having a dispute with a coach or missing practice -- that's the big headline. but i understand it. i accept it. a person has a perception of you -- that's what you're going to be and my whole thing is not trying to convince somebody i'm a good person, that i care. i care about if people think a good guy -- i would be lying if i said i want everybody to think i am the devil. >> right. >> but i don't go out of my way to prove that i am. >> right. >> you know, a good person. >> being a role model is not something that

. >>> richelle carey is asking on our hln, your facebook page, as are myself and chuck, and i'm interested to know some of the comments you've gotten. >> in the case you were talking about back in 2005, ruled unconstitutional to put someone to death who was found guilty of committing a murder as a minor. the majority opinion actually referenced the fact they thought that juveniles could possibly be rehabilitated. that's kind ever the crux of this as well. what we're talking about is whether or not it's cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a juvenile to life in prison for a crime that is not murder. the cases they're focusing on christi, a case where a 13-year-old, found guilty of raping an elderly woman. people don't really have sympathy for that. understandably. in another case, a 16-year-old is serving life in prison for a robbery. there's about 100 kids, like you said, in this situation, but obviously when you're talking about a supreme court case it would have far-reaching implications for future cases as well. that's what we're talking about. some are saying in you're old enough 2

i am a member of the constitution party and i voted for chuck baldwin for president. and by the way, the constitution party is getting ready to do advertising with the handle de symbol, the democrats not plus the republicans with elephant, the baala brought to you by the constitution party. if lindsey graham and john mccain are the future of the republican party i think most americans are going to say to the republicans can keep the party. what i see here in front outpouring of american feelings, and by the with a loss of ratings and president obama has been a historic plummet, now just a few months into office here we are looking at the ratings going down from january of 78, nearly 80% to 50% and we are not even through the first year in office a there is tremendous disappointment even from the left with president obama but certainly middle america. i warned when i wrote the obama nation the president would rule from the far left. he would not be a pragmatist like president clinton was. by the way i think hillary clinton would have been more of a pragmatist had she w

kids were going to go and not come back, then basically you were literally taking your money in chuckingt away because that is a akin to what you are doing, and we don't believe that you shouldn't help people achieve. you should, but you also need to prepare the ones you are staying and the ones who are most likely to come back for the opportunities that are there. and in that context you are absolutely right. i would take the same as you did and be much less polite about it probably, but that is the wider context again of using the case study here to speak to the wider issue. look, ellis is healthy but warner too bad things happen and that process we talk about, it is slow. it is like a thread in your sweater, it unravels a bit by bit by bit by bit and you have to address that or else you are in trouble. >> i have one other comment of a critical nature. it covers, in the paper it covers a quote from richard brodsky in the book which states the best kids go well the ones with the biggest problems day and then we have to deal with their kids in the school in the next generation. thy hope

we'll go to chuck and maybe someone will -- >> let me start with afghanistan.hings he said in a march 27 speech sounds like what he is previewing them. bids march for afghanistan. we cannot turn a blind eye. we will seek a new contract with the afghan government. setting clear benchmarks, clear metrics for international assistance. we will not blindly state stores and send -- and hold us accountable. how much of the march 27 speech is going to end up to be very applicable to what we hear tomorrow? >> we were asked in the lead up to a security forces decision in march about whether there would be benchmarks. that answer than was yes and the answer now is yes. as their relates -- in-line dollars had you finished setting benchmarks? >> we have finished setting the bench marks, but there will be some new wrinkles to what we are doing. dollars you have been setting benchmarks this whole time? >> as reported to congress, absolutely. in terms of the corruption, obviously the governance -- you mentioned. dollars the same government. >> somewhat up in the air as of the

. >> chuck was working with that with mr. grantis office. >> greg, i got to tell you something. we had conversations the last day or two with mr. grantis and his staff, ms. doyle and her staff. and i've got to tell you, just fine leadership. fine leadership. and you know what, there was no fighting. nothing like that. true professionalism. and i think as mark stated, you know this case here has reached out and touched all of us. and i just can't say enough good things about the leadership from those -- from those folks. >> well, i didn't mean fighting tooth but you stressed. how bad that you wanted this case? >> well, let's just say i think from our perspective and i can speak for these folks and the task force folks, we started it from the beginning and we wanted to finish it out. >> what would you say -- one last comment to the folks in fayetteville about this whole ordeal, this whole tragedy? >> well, i was asked a question yesterday. you know there's a lot of causes of crime out here in the community. there's not really one big answer to alleviate crime. but i got to tell yo

and at the end, we have chuck reed, the mayor of san jose, california. a job he has held since 2007. so you can see, if you looked at those charts, just when things start to get back on each of these mayors took their jobs, which is another question about their sanity. but it does sort of make you realize why you don't have to worry about anybody else challenging them,, given that what we've been talking about going forward. in any event, mayor reid is a graduate of the air force academy and has a law degree from stanford law school. he was a practice he attorney in san jose before he took the job as mayor of that city in the state of california, which we here in washington look at as a model because when we feel bad about our congress folks, we just look to the california legislature and we say it could've been worse. [laughter] we are going to start by asking each of the four mayors to speak very frankly for a couple of minutes to give us a snapshot of the economic and fiscal conditions in his or her city. we're going to go from east to west and will s

they are among the les of the top selling jerseys in the national hockey lead, but as chuck found out, blackhawk fans take their passion for hockey jerseys to a whole new obsession. >> reporter: blackhawk fans love their jerseys. how many blackhawk jerseys do you have? >> i have about probably 20. >> reporter: 20 jerseys? >> at least. >> reporter: from pure hockey passion to borderline addiction. you have your own separate closet for them? >> i actually do. >> reporter: that's sick. >> it's very sick, and i'm horribly embarrassed right now. >> reporter: so if you can't actually be them, you might as well ware them, even if you can't spell them. put you on the spot, how do you spell -- >> how do i spell it the american way or the right way? >> reporter: the way it's on the back of your jersey. >> byful -- let's see here, byfug -- >> oh, okay. du. >> reporter: no, no,llu. ien. but hawks fans really remember those special ones from the past. >> this is signed by bobby hull, 1983, the year got in as a hall of famer. >> reporter: and who on the back? >> stan mckeithia, number 21. >> that's

committee, to his credit -- they were nearly obsessed with trying to gain republicans, people like chuck grassley. you basically have to do your best to find a way to meet in the middle. you have to find a way to find a meeting of the mines. at the end of the day, you have to have two to tango. if this is simply an exercise in how to make political points -- it was more important to cover people and bring them health care. >> let me ask you about some structural questions beyond the individual motivations of obama. the reality is that when a president has an approval rating of 15% among the partisans, it is not easy to ask someone to cross the party lines on a major issue. we saw this on george w. bush, when they thought they would bring the red-state democrats. bush was so unpopular among the democrats, you had to think twice. obama is at 14% among republicans. if you work with him, there will be a lot of grief. what is the chicken or the egg? the approval rating among the other party is declining faster. does it make it impossible to get support from members of the other political part

and her and her husband, chuck, she has been on the faculty of the national war college, and in fact just a little while ago i was reading thomas's latest book about the battle, the war in iraq, and she was quoted, i thought that was pretty cool. i knew someone who was quoted in a book. .. i am grateful for their presence, but all the more i thank you for being here because of the major competition that we had at this hour. as the airlines say, we know you had a choice, and we thank you for choosing to fly with us, and lying is a very appropriate term both for this session and for our major competition. it is also appropriate that we are doing this at this particular time because this is a national eight the air force week. we are right in the midst of that week, and of course with my ranking, we have a pilot and crew who flew with the eighth air force. as tom posed mentioned, of course i have written articles and books that have dealt with the american civil war in one way or another. once i started writing this book, "the wars of myron king," frequently i was asked why have you cha

. >> that senator chuck schumer standing behind him. but this plan not the same thing as what the white house has been thinking. the president wants the federal reserve in the lead when it comes to banking reform as long as it steps up the job. >>> this is a brazen heist. imagine a ring of thieves around the globe in 280 cities standing by with phony atm cards and in 12 hours they swipe away and steal $9 million. sound like "oceans 11" for or something. those are the allegations from the acting u.s. attorney in atlanta. it indicted eight russian and eastern european people on allegations of computer hacking, only one has been arrested. the other seven are still at large. robin, back to you. >> thank you. >>> it's a common grocery store debate. which is best for you, the fresh or the frozen veggies? we're going beyond the surface to ice some conventional wisdom. >> fresh versus frozen produce, which is better? if you think fresh, think again. it turns out that frozen produce is just as nutritious as fresh produce because frozen vegetable

during a break, which chuck roberts was doing. he's, like -- >> the things you wish you could see. >> good morning. >> we knew it was kind of fake. we had an idea. >>> here's what it looks like across the board. low pressure region just south of cape hatteras, the one that was really ida just a couple of days ago. then reformed and got worse once it hit the atlantic ocean. worse in terms of rainfall and wind. the wind especially yesterday, gusted to 75 miles per hour. that's hurricane strength right near virginia beach. it was extremely windy yesterday. the wind is still out there, the rain still heavy at times. coastal flood warnings we have them out there, the bright shaded greens, coastline from jersey to virginia, inland flooding, five to ten inches of rain. right now the heaviest rain around the jersey shore and just south of staten island. winds gusting to about 40 miles per hour. you're looking at winds sustained at about 35 to 40 right now. gusting to 40 miles per hour, that's why we have all of those wind advisories in ef

co-sponsored by chuck grassley, debbie stabenow. the list goes on, republicans and democrats. both philosophies, and it's about prescription drug prices. and i want to describe what this amendment is. it says, let's give the american people the freedom to access the identical f.d.a. approved drug, identical drug that is f.d.a. approved when it is sold for a fraction of the price everywhere else in the world. the american consumer is charged the highest prices in the world for brand named drugs. here's what's happening to price increases for prescription drugs. you see the rate of inflation, that's the yellow line. take a look at drug price, the red line. and, by the way, this past year 9.3% increase in prescription drug pricing. now, mr. president, this issue is not some irrelevant issue. there are a whole lot of folks who use prescription drugs to manage disease an keep them out of a hospital. and i understand many of these drugs are miracle drugs. and i don't want to retard the ability to create drugs or explore and do research and so on. a substantial amount of the research

we will go to chuck. >> on afghanistan, in the march 27 speech, many the things sounded like what you are previewing now -- we cannot turn a blind eye to corruption, we will seek a contact with the afghan government to crack down on corrupt behavior. he said going forward, we will not blindly stay the course, but sent a clear message -- saend a clear message. how much of that speech will be applicable to what we hear tomorrow? >> we heard about the security force's decision in march about whether there would be benchmarks -- the answer then was s and the answer now is yes. >> are the benchmarks changing or -- >> no, we have finished setting the benchmarks, but not to get ahead of what the president announces, but there will be some new wrinkles to what we're doing. as reported to congress, absolutely. in terms of the corruption in governance -- >> re-election -- >> well, somewhat up in the air as of the middle of august. >> so i guess the thing is -- what is going to be different about what he said that from what he said? like he just said, new wrinkles? -- like you just said, new wri

senator chuck schumer speaking earlier saying majority democrats will push through a bill with or without republican support. responding to the senator, tae bailey hutchison of texas says the democrats are pushing a measure that would impose heavy spending mandates on businesses at a time when the economy is still struggling. several economic reports are expected. u.s. home sales, consumer prices, and jobless benefits are among them. many expect a 3.5% annual growth rate to below worked. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> tonight, net net neutrality. federal communications commission chairman maps out the goals for his agency. >> "washington journal" continues. host: ruth goldway, postal regulatory commission chair. how likely is that to happen? guest: if the postal service wants to cut saturday service, they will have to come to the postal regulatory commission. we will determine the cost and benefits and report back to them. in addition, they have to get permission from the congress. the law under which the postal service operates is fairly vague, they do have to

. >> chuck was working with that with mr. grannis office. >> greg, i got to tell you something. we had conversations the last day or two with mr. grannis and his staff, ms. doyle and her staff. and i've got to tell you, just fine leadership. fine leadership. and you know what, there was no fighting. nothing like that. true professionalism. and i think as mark stated, you know this case here has reached out and touched all of us. and i just can't say enough good things about the leadership from those -- from those folks. >> well, i didn't mean fighting but you stressed -- how bad that you wanted this case? >> well, let's just say i think from our perspective and i can speak for these folks and the task force folks, we started it from the beginning and we wanted to finish it out. >> what would you say -- one last comment to the folks in fayetteville about this whole ordeal, this whole tragedy? >> well, i was asked a question yesterday. you know there's a lot of causes of crime out here in the community. there's not really one big answer to alleviate crime. but i got to tell you, i

i worked for chuck robb in 1994. we tried to convince people. we had tough ads. those ads were tough. we tried to tell people that nancy reagan said that ollie north was a liar. that is how you draw the line. if it is true and accurate, then deliver it. >> there are three are's to fall, their record, their rhetoric, and those things that are relevant. is the fact that a 17-year- old child got a dui last year relevant? no. is the fact that you fix the ticket relevant? yes. >> ben franklin's branson was pretty vicious as a journalist -- ben franklin's grandson was pretty vicious as a journalist. but the big difference back then was that they really did find common ground when it came to certain big issues and whether they were issues of war and peace for the economy. they did find ways to come to a certain compromise. it is not so much the partisanship and air society that we have lost. it is the inability to find the common ground and make some compromises. franklin once said that compromise is to not make heroes, but they do make great democracies. if you are a c

they are among the les of the top selling jerseys in the national hockey lead, but as chuck found out, blackhawk fans take their passion for hockey jerseys to a whole new obsession. >> reporter: blackhawk fans love their jerseys. how many blackhawk jerseys do you have? >> i have about probably 20. >> reporter: 20 jerseys? >> at least. >> reporter: from pure hockey passion to borderline addiction. you have your own separate closet for them? >> i actually do. >> reporter: that's sick. >> it's very sick, and i'm horribly embarrassed right now. >> reporter: so if you can't actually be them, you might as well ware them, even if you can't spell them. put you on the spot, how do you spell -- >> how do i spell it the american way or the right way? >> reporter: the way it's on the back of your jersey. >> byful -- let's see here, byfug -- >> oh, okay. du. >> reporter: no, no,llu. ien. but hawks fans really remember those special ones from the past. >> this is signed by bobby hull, 1983, the year got in as a hall of famer. >> reporter: and who on the back? >> stan mckeithia, number 21. >> that's

in my mind, you look back to a race in the early 1990's between oliver north and chuck robb. he said that he is a frayed -- free-basing, cocaine dass used -- cocaine-using candidate, and then he said, oliver north line in front of congress. where is the line? >> where is this? >> i am going to address the premise of taking the poison out of partisanship. you wanted the panelists to talk about whether partisanship is a negative thing. if this is poisonous. and when this can be good, if there is a way to make partisanship less -- perceived less like poison among the american people. is there a reason to make people understand that politics is about conflict in people with different perceptions and ideologies, and that we should sort of celebrate that, rather than denigrating the differences, on the principles? >> the common theme is when this crosses the line. we will start on the other end? >> i will pass this on to steve. >> things have to be based on the truth, and you have to tell the true story. you do not cross the line unless this is something that is legitimate. i went

. >> although chuck grassley was negotiating all summer with max baucus. while he was doing that, they were publicly suggesting there would be a challenge. at the same time, tom harkin took that occasion to tell one of the newspapers that maybe we should start voting every two years on whether chairman keep their cavils. -- on whether chairman keep their gavels. is it a question of individual leaders or is there now a structural force represents the kind of things that baucus and crassly seems to know what to do -- grassley seem to know what to do? >> with the democratic majority in the house and senate, he does not have to reach across the aisle. he does that have to present legislation that is acceptable to mainstream republicans been. i think the main thing we can do is take away the majority. >> when you alluded to something earlier, any time a republican tries to be bipartisan, he gets crushed the next day by sean, rush, o'reilly, they automatically start rallying a candidate to run against them. it is a structural impediment to buy partisanship. >> h

thank you, chuck. >> thank you, mr. chairman.gin by thanking you for your hard work and dedication in crafting this legislation, overhauling america's financial system would be difficult in the best of times. but senator dodd's done a terrific job putting together a draft bill that will reform wall street and protect main street even in these most difficult and tumultuous times. it's been two years -- it's now been more than two years since the crisis started to unfold with the collapse of a couple of bear stearns hedge funds and more than a year since the collapse of lehman brothers that sent our financial markets into deep panic and laid bare for all to see the inadequacies of a regulatory system where all shopkeepers were minding their own aisle, but nobody was responsible for minding the entire store. risks that ultimately brought down the financial system were allowed to build up in the unregulated and underregulated corners of our markets, getting little attention until it was too late. when the financial system fails on th

and a it'll either be the, you know, chuck harder or senator shrewer's harder one or our carrot as hereferred to. my first question to both of you, i'll start with the secretary. how do people know if somebody is texting. for example, if there are two other passengers in the car, and they perceive the texting and know their lives are at risk. the figure of the football field is terrifying to me. if that's advantage texting experience is the length of a football field. all kinds of accidents and deaths take place in that amount of time. they can turn the driver in. they can use their cell phones since they are not driving to call somebody up, and say this guy is, you know, i don't know how you stop it. even with laws, i mean this is incredibly serious stuff that we are doing here. but it's the state police aren't going to do it, because they can't see it. they can see if they get at the right angle on the cell phone. the feds don't have people. we don't have federal, state police so to speak. so how do you -- how do you observe -- how do you make people feel that they are being watched

at the end we have chuck reed, the mayor of san jose california a job he has held since 2007 so we can see if you look at those charts just when things started to get that each of these mayors took their jobs which is another question about their sanity but it does sort of make you realize why they don't have to worry about anybody else challenging them given that who would want the job given what we have been told going forward. mayor readed the graduate of the air force academy in has a law degree from stanford law school. he was a practicing attorney in san jose before he took the job as mayor of that city in the state of california which we here in washington looked at as a model because when we feel bad about how congress functions we look to the california legislature and we say it could have been worse. [laughter] we are going to start by asking each of the for may years to speak very briefly a couple of minutes to give us a snapshot of the economic and fiscal conditions in his or her city and then we are going to go from east to west and we will start therefore with mayor nutte