if you get a congressman like cohen and he is saying k.k.k. and this, that, and the other thing, mary katharine, you get that kind of a view from, as juan said the democratic party because, i mean, is he not the democratic party but certainly he represents it in tennessee. and i'm going to myself, what is going on? what is driving a guy like cohen to say something like that? >> i think it's hugely problematic for him to just be feeding this narrative and using some really irresponsible language i think about many of his own constituents. not only bad for him but i think it's bad for the conversation in general. the standards for an elected official for a democrat talking about people who are just standing up and speaking out against a piece of legislation should be a little bit higher than, i don't know, a random protest guy who happens to be holding a sign that he finds offensive. are is it okay to point out kooks in a movement, of course. any movement has it just as antiwar movement and pro-choice rallies have them. the problem is with the m

cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. move to suspend the rules and pass house resolution 1271. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 1271, resolution honoring the life and achievements of reverend benjamin lawson hooks. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen, and the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. cohen: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cohen: and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. with the news today of dorothy height's passing, we have lost two significant civil rights leaders in less than two weeks. today in memphis, others

and this abstract for billy cohen's director spread by peter laude. >> we are the fears should open but thought around 9:00 on september 15. it centered completely around the fight against a jury in marxism, laws against jews were also envious or read following the speech. however the broadcasters into rep did [inaudible] sit here writing, i don't yet know what they say. in any event he didn't really against us to the extreme by his underlings usually do. although he said the jewish people had caused other problems plaguing the german people, he believed the government had taken measures that would lead to a tolerable relationship between the jewish and german people. on the whole, much was left unclear but the papers were clueless and by later this morning. he certainly won't be disappointed if you're expecting things to get worse. in the meantime, i read the new laws. for the most part, they are things we are denoted as pretty prohibition on mixed marriages, no aryan female domestic servants under 45 years, so the right on the rise and illegal subjects. this one had watched the nation

janet cohen and bill cohen, two wonderful people, two wonderful friends. back in 2008, you pull together a very moving conference. you brought together a journalist, social scientist, people with civil rights background. well, i was pleased to be there to participate, to talk about, to discuss, to debate the issue that raises the reconciliation in america. you have prepared a beautiful book, "race & reconciliation in america," an outstanding piece. is there something about the distance will come and the progress is made good but were not there yet. we have not laid down the burden of race, that we are on our way and i would love for us to engage in a conversation, the same way we did back in 2008. so janet, what about you my dear? >> guest: will land first of all honored to have you had a conversation with l. and me. the contributions that she is made to this country, to humanity are legend and the contribution you make to a conference we had our first conference on race and reconciliation, people are still talking about it. the message he gave us. so than

former defense secretary william cohen is chairman and crow of the group.e look at the summit, here is the president discussing the urgency of the terrorist threat, what does he hope to accomplish by focusing on the terrorist threat as opposed to pakistan and india's nuclear weapons. >> i think there is general agreement on those attending the summit that this does -- the threat of terrorist groups getting access of nuclear materials is the gravest against us. he's taken an issue that virtually everyone can agree on. to get an agreement on how to have measurable accounting done to make sure we do something rather than just talk about it. i think the issue of pakistan and india is a separate issue that apparently both countries are determined to perhaps enrich more nuclear fuel to build more bombs. that's something we have to address, the world has to address. but what the president wants to do is focus on the single issue because it's the gravest threat that we face. >> can it really be a separate issue, though, secretary cohen when you have pakistan with t

dan cohen of clearbrook farms has been attending for almost 30 years. has it been worth it to you?> oh, my god. this is the backbone of all of our retail sales. i mean, worth it? there's really no other opportunity for me to meet these people. >> for a small business owner, a trade show can put their company on the map. it's the perfect venue to show their wares, make deals and grow their business. but making the decision to attend a big trade show doesn't come cheap. >> ew, $10,000. >> plus $10,000. >> around $13,000. >> we asked the food show operations manager bill lynch for his advice on how newcomers can get the most from their trade show experience even on a shoestring budget. his first tip, read the show materials. >> most exhibitors can save about 40% in their expenses if they just read through the materials. it's deadline dates, getting the orders in time. once you get on site and if you remember, oh, gosh, i forgot to order a table, the expense goes up so much more. >> tip number two, take advantage of show specials. >> we offer a complimentary booth package. it's one of

but when bands like my husband, bill cohen, black man, david shoe in, when they speak out, our rabbi when he speaks out they listen, they pay attention. so i'm so grateful for him and his commitment. >> host: bill came from a great background and knowing him over the years and reading about tim, knowing where he grew up in knots all one thing i'm struck about you, the date that you are boring. august 28. you know, to me sometimes i think about that date and what happened on that date years later after you were born, the marshall washington, 63. and maybe like a bird and, something i call the spirit of history at certain dates and times and places sort of check it out. so maybe just maybe those forces attracted the two of you down at this time. >> guest: i think it was totally coincidental that we met. >> guest: it's a sign. i i believe in not. >> guest: it was accidentally ran into each other. >> host: tell me about it. gusto i was deeply involved in the future resolution where the connection had to get back to me and i said we'll stop in boston it's got a great show and a very popul

we want to go to scott cohen who has the latest on the s.e.c. charges against goldman sachs. scott? >> well, trish, goldman sachs was founded in 1869, a bastion of the financial world, and we can take a look at the headquarters in lower manhattan of a company now under fire, often a lightning rod and never more so than today. the securities and exchange commission filing civil fraud charges against goldman sachs as well as one of its vice presidents involving mortgage-backed securities. the s.e.c. says that goldman structured a portfolio of what turned out the to be toxic mortgages hand picked by a hedge fund manager run by john paulson. and the s.e.c. says that goldman did not disclose that paulson not only had picked the mortgages, but that he was betting against those mortgages in 2007 as the housing market was about to come undone. goldman sachs today says it will vigorously fight the charges and work to restore its reputation, a reputation that today is very much under fire. here is the s.e.c. chief of enforcement speaking today in new orleans. >> there is a fundamental differe

. >>> we have breaking news right now, and let me go to scott cohen. >> well, maria, a while since we caught up with the accused ponzi schemer accused in the $7 billion schemer involving certificates of deposit. he is on the third criminal defense team, and that criminal defense team now includes we are told alan dershowitz, the harvard law professor and legal scholar who we have learned visited allan stanford, who you see there in jail this week, and that was stanford at a court hearing on tuesday. he has been in custody non-stop since his indictment june 18th of 2009, and we can speculate that one of the reasons that dershowitz is brought on board is because defense team after defense team has complained about the constitutionality of that confinement, and the fact that stanford cannot review documents of the facility where he is being held. he is schedule fked yucheduled and his attorney is the third u.s. attorney to represent him. >> thank you, scott. >>> and coming up on the "closing bell," tiger woods is not getting a warm reception from some fans at the masters. looking at this

just to be against barack obama. >> we have congressman cohen joining us right now from memphis.oining us. give me your insights right up front. i'm i'm a student of the tea party crowd. who are these people? how much is racial? how much is ideological and how much rooted in organizations like the no nothings, kkk, et cete cetera? >> i think there's a lot of it. on the health care vote i walked on the mall among the protesters at least a half hour. i took my congressional badge off, had shades on and walked around. it was a very homogenous group. almost 99% white. i saw a minimal number of african-americans, asians, native americans, they were so alike. after the hatred i saw exposed calling congressman john lewis, one of my heroes and congressman emanuel cleaver, another friend, the "n" word, and spitting on emmanuel cleaver just disgusted me. the names they used for barney frank, it showed a disregard. not all tea party think that way. when the leadership didn't say anything about it and object, the group for the harmful words and actions, comparing president obama to hitler an

tonight former treasury are secretary hank paulson and his book "on the brink q and bill and janet cohen on "race issues." recent toyota recalls have questioned the government's enforcement auto safety standards, along with dave, president and ceo of the alliance of automobile manufacturers which represents toyota and detroit news reporter dave who covered the recent congressional hearings discuss federal oversight of car safety standards. we welcome your calls and tweets. it's underway at 8 p.m. eastern live on c san. and here's of portion of one of those recent corrosional hearings, starting with the opening statement of the executive vice president of the toyota corporation. >> my name is yew hiv yam da. i am the chief engineer for our company. i was fortunate to be the chief engineer of the first generation prius. i helped plan and develop the first hybrid in the world and this hybrid led over auto makers to realize they importance of environmentally-friendly technology. toyota testified to congress last year to show as the priority has traditionally been the point. first, 5th, secon

, live simon johnson talks about the boom "13 bankers" "on the brink" and also also bill and janet cohen on "race issues." all this month see the winners of c-span studentcam video documentary competition. middle and law school students submitted video on one the greatest strength or challenged the country's facing. watch every morning on c-span just before washington journal. and at 8:30 during the program, meet the students who made them. for all of the winners, go to studentcam.org. >> he gives his thoughts on how the economic recession has forever changes capitalism in the u.s., what free market systems have to do to survive in today's global economy and what it all means for the conservative movement. from yesterday, this is about 1 hour and 20 minutes. we'll show you as much as we can under the u.s. nuclear discussion gets underway around noon eastern. >> welcome to the bradley lecture titled conservatism and the new capitalism. for many people in the free enterprise movement, these have been difficult time. over the past month and couple of years, we see government boring and spen

elizabeth cohen joining me here now. we're talking about one particular procedure here.ally speaking, are they that much higher here in the states? >> they're a lot higher here in the states. that was for nasal polyps. let's talk about bypass surgery. if you want to have bypass surgery in india, it will cost you $8,500. costa rica, $25,000. you don't have the answer, so i'm going to get you to -- what do you think? i was going to have you guess, but -- >> yeah, definitely. >> $144,000. so you can see the huge difference there. with a hysterectomy, $5,000 in thailand, $6,675 in mexico, in the united states, they would ask someone for $15,000. to do a hysterectomy. so, yes, the differences are very clear. it's across the board. it's over a large number of procedures. >> i kind of want to know why it's so expensive. this idea of medical tourism, right, is this a growing trend? are a lot of people leaving the states to go elsewhere for medical care? >> it is. absolutely. hundreds of thousands of people are leaving the united states to go get medical care because it's cheaper

at number five, stephen cohen, $1.4 billion. >> he is the quintessential living large hedge fund manager with his mansion in greenwich, his amazing art collection. >> reporter: a 35,000 square foot mansion, indoor pool, outdoor ice rink and extra garage for the zamboni. conspicuous consumption in a banner year for the heavyweight wall streets. lisa mayors, washington. >>> up next, it lived only 78 days. [ male announcer ] ready for the most amazing miracle-gro results ever? spectacular plants without all the weeds. with miracle-gro shake 'n feed plus weed preventer. just a few shakes stops weeds before they start. plants grow twice as big. with almost no weeds. even in your vegetable garden. want three months of feeding, without all the weeding? ♪ all you need... is shake 'n feed plus weed preventer. the one doctors recommend most for joint pain. more than the medicines in tylenol or aleve. the medicine in advil is the #1 doctor recommendation for joint pain. relief doesn't get any better than this. advil. and now i know without enough, our bodies can steal it from our bones. only caltra

cnbc scott cohen flying last night on continental to new jersey said the pilot gave a warning. >> he came back on and said i want to reiterate, you're not allowed to having anything on your laps, especially cell phones and computers. if we find anything on your lap, i will divert the flight. >> reporter: two f-16 fighter jets were scrambled to escort the united flight. al madadi who was wearing sandals was searched. no explosives were found. a frequent critic of the department of homeland security says the government's response was just right. >> the air marshals from all that i know did exactly the right thing. what he did was absolutely stupid and irresponsible. >> reporter: the justice department decided not to file charges which would have been legally complicated because al madai has diplomatic immunity, but qatar agreed to send him packing back home tomorrow. >>> pete williams, thanks. >>> we turn to our coverage in west virginia and a bad setback for the families of four trapped miners. rescue teams went in just before 5:00 a.m. but they were turned back. our own tom costello

we'll talk bonds with street critique guest marilyn cohen, president of envision capital management. also, the $100 bill is getting a facelift, but this latest change is much more than cosmetic. brokerage firm charles schwab will pay $200 million to settle a federal class-action lawsuit. it was filed by investors who say the brokerage misled them about the safety of mortgage backed securities. the schwab fund at the center of the litigation shrank in value from nearly $14 billion in 2007 to less than a billion dollars in early 2008. the firm didn't admit any wrongdoing, but says the settlement essentially wipes out its first quarter profit of $119 million. >> tom: some new rules today about how uncle sam will scrutinize proposed mergers of rival businesses. the justice department and the federal trade commission say the guidelines give companies a better idea of exactly what they're looking for when it comes to competition. but critics say the proposals could make it easier for those regulators to block proposed deals. the new rules are open for public comment for the next 30 days. >

there has to be what professor elliott cohen has called this unequal dialog between civilian leaders and military leaders. it's very important for military leaders to help maybe crystallize the policy by helping -- helping civilian leadership understand the potential costs and consequences. help sharpen whatever the objectives are. george marshall said at one point that if you get the objectives right, a lieutenant can write the strategy. i think a lot of the -- you know, a lot of the debate has to be about that. i mean, george bundy by contrast, who helped, i think, set conditions for the disaster of vietnam and the way we got into vietnam, said that the lack of an objective was really an advantage. because that would give the president more flexibility in the domestic political realm. so if things went bad in vietnam, the administration could just say well, it wasn't really our objective to win this war anyway. and it was that ambiguity that prehaven't the development of an effective strategy. the problem with the joint chiefs in this period of time is the joint chiefs of staff fai

also, bill cohen who was bill clinton's secretary of defense has also said the same thing about cheney, do you feel that we have missed an opportunity by not holding this last administration's feet to the fire? and finally, what's your take on sarah palin? >> guest: on def con i've heard the same thing, on sarah palin i'm a spectator, i don't know. there are certain nixonian qualities about ms. palin, but, you know, that's still unfolding. the centerpiece of your question was, what was that? you don't remember either. it was the important part i was saving for last. paul u are you doctor? >> caller: yes. holding the bush administration -- >> host: that's right. i'm going through some of the other e-mail questions, so thanks, paul. >> guest: thank you, paul. paul, that's very important, and it's unfortunate it's not happened. it's very troublesome. i'm watching right now, as i'm sure you and others are, that we're seeing because nobody is being held accountable, a total rewriting of what happened. rove is doing it, others are doing it. rove is coming out and saying, well, waterboarding'

. >> on behalf of our owners, carla cohen and barbara me, i would like to welcome dr. martha nussbaum to politic and prose bookstore. [applause] we are always honored, we are always honored to be located at this juncture of world-class academics in the general reading public but of course the d.c.'s readers are pretty world-class themselves. i am pleased to particularly welcome martha nussbaum for her newest work, "from disgust to humanity" sexual orientation and constitutional law. i am personally overjoyed that she is coming to us from chicago which is my own, motter. dr. nussbaum however is an academic who quite commonly makes ivory tower into the civil sphere and is brought any conversations about practical justice, goodness and back to the academy with her. as a philosopher professor nussbaum strives to be a lawyer for humanity. i have heard her quote often. with an early background and

andr"andrea mitchell reports," and among her guests, jay rockefeller and bill cohen. it's great.lime pie, pineapple upside down cake, raspberry cheesecake... ...yeah, every night it's something differe

the stuff he did in the 90s predates everything for sasha baron cohen. but it seems like he held back. >> this is the edgest comedy since "leap year." but i like the fact he is making fun at all. look at "hogan's heroes." they didn't address what the nazis were. they made fun of it on some level, but they didn't say, look, jew's are being -- they didn't take the horror of what it was. i don't mind him doing that. as long as he is not praising it. he says, i am not mocking islam because he know there's are a bunch of terrorists that will kill you. >> monty python, didn't think for a ement month a bunch of catholics would kill them. that's not what catholics do. i hate the idea. the idea that bugs me is incompetence makes a threat almost endearing. isn't it adorable they will accidentally blow themselves up. >> what they are getting at -- and i like this idea. we all at times have so much reference for these guys that we fear making a comical situation out of it. i really think they are ridiculous. we should make fun of them like team america feigned fun o

not long ago, cohen got permission to expand the house, in part, to add to his dressing room. john's signature flag painting for an estimated $110 million. conspicuous consumption in a banner year for the heavyweights of wall street. lisa myers, nbc news, washington. >> marimaria, what's the big de? we all have zamboni garages. mike has a zamboni garage. are the numbers are shocking, the garage is shocking. isn't this what these guys do? >> that's exactly what they do. john paulson, the famous hedge fund manager who made all that money on subprime, when we were in the middle of the housing boom he was betting against it because they did all this research about the data that told them that when housing prices decline or housing prices increase by a small amount, foreclosures -- i mean, they had all this data about what went on when the market starts slowing down. they made an enormous amount of money on it. the bottom line is, let's look at 2008 for a minute. so many hedge funds liquidated. a lot of hedge funds also got in a lot of trouble because of the bets they had to make.

starting a 2:for guy that look at the financial market with william cohen author of house of cards aale of hubris and wretched excess on wall street. finally, a look at the new america foundation's barry lynn and his book, cornered the new monopoly and the economics of destruction. >> we are going to get started. can people hear me okay? thanks for joining us. it is a wonderful thing that so many of you want to spend a beautiful saturday morning in a dark gem talking about cheerful subjects like al qaeda, terrorism, robotic soldiers and warrantless electronic surveillance, but welcome. i have been asked to remind you to turn off cell phones and to emphasize that.i'm going to ask if any cell phones ring that the camera turn on you to be as humiliating as possible. i am going to be brief and introduction so we have as much time to talk about the books in question which are all fascinating. to my left, since two of my colleagues and actually three colleagues, one of whom is honorary, bruce rydell who sits to my immediate left is a senior fellow and foreign-policy studies at the brooking

. >> from steve cohen, white liberal representative -- >> it's like the kkk. >> they're not criticizing their own party movement. when you look at what's happening with that group of people, the republican party is trying to sub sume that group. they want to own it. palin and bachmann says they're merging. i don't know about that. >> 15 seconds each. who benefits most from the tea party angst -- republicans or democrats -- in november? >> definitely republicans. that's why they are being described as racists. >> it's a mid-term election and democrats will lose seats but moderates are turned off by the rhetoric at the tea party speeches. it feels negative, not positive. it's not here's what we're going to do. here's what's wrong. it's not a positive way to approach politics. >> don't go anywhere. >>> just what is gangster government? the woman who uses that phrase a lot is here next. michele bachmann after the break. stay with us. when i grow up, i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to work wi

one that jerry's partner, ben cohen, takes to capitol hill. >> ah! >> ben is here to lobby on behalf of his organization, business leaders for sensible priorities. >> you the man.

>> thanks very much, scott cohen. let's get the market reaction. bob, off the lows for the market for now. >> but not by much. the most interesting thing is over here at the politics and the timing of the announcement. we have a huge financial regulatory reform bill up in the senate, probably in the next couple weeks. senator dodd has been shepherding that. roger freeman, a pretty respected analyst over at barclays had a note out in the middle of the day, which i think crist liesed a lot of people's comments. it was a way to sway some of the on the fence republicans to support a tougher financials bill. the president has said that anybody who votes against this -- so strong rhetoric around here today. the goldman sachs here, a low of about $155, well off that low, huge volume, north of 0 million shares changing hands. citigroup also dropped initially, but has come back a bit. there were questions whether this would cause the government to delay selling its stake. i can't imagine why that would be, but it was curious how many questions i got about t

cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. a great lion, a leader, a silver tongue order of the gospel, a great civil rights icon, benjamin hooks, fell in memphis, tennessee, this morning. the remped benjamin hooks was a member of the naacp from 1966 to 1972. he served from 1972 to 1977 and the first african-american trial court judge in tennessee appointed by governor frank klemette in 1965 and elected in 196. the reverend hooks led this country during some of the most difficult times in civil rights. he joined with dr. king and the southern christian leadership conference in 1966 after being ordained as a minister in memphis at middle baptist church. he was an attorney, he was a businessman, he was a minister, he was a civil rights leader. he was awarded the medal of freedom by president bush in 2007 and recently was up here in congress and talked to many members of the congress in the rayburn building just two months ago. he leaves his wife, frances, and many, many millions who benefited from his leadership and his courage.

it was an idea that was out there and at one point it was going to be sasha baron cohen doing it.it ended up being me. but i dream one day of talking about it very seriously. and charlie you asking me "when you came out dressed as a na'vi, what went through your head?" >> rose: (laughs) i did say that. i said whose idea was it. (laughter) roger comes outs of what for you? you knew rojer? you knew a rojer? you knew a composite of rogers? you knew some of rojer in yourself? >> yeah. i mean i know a few of them. i also have seen... a lot of his his behavior comes from me. not necessarily... >> rose: what you imagined his behavior would be if you had his... >> well, at points in my life where i was more frustrated with how things were going or... it's hard to believe but i wasn't always successful. >> rose: but better things were driving you in what i read called "career stall" where you had a career stall. >> oh, career stall. >> rose: did you know that when you had it? >> no, thankfully. >> rose: but you did it pretty well, though. you survived it, clearly. >> i had a gap between mo

steve cohen of memphis, congressman cantor of virginia.here is an extraordinary amount of anger and it's beyond anxiety. it's a kind of blind anger. and you know this is where analogies get very complicated but remember what happened on you know stevenson was spit on in dallas. lady bird johnson was jostled. there have been many moments of furry and anger in the country but this feels a little rawer and a little rougher and therefore all the more-- all the more dangerous. and it is not that we've never had conflict. it's not that there is not a legitimate case against the health-care bill. this isn't about that. this is about people who in greater numbers than historians usually can summon right now are actually threatening lawmakers for votes that they made in the congress on a bill that john dingel who has been in the house since 1955 said is to the right of where nixon was. >> right. >> i mean it's still hard for me to understand that it's only about health care it didn't be. i mean what could be so devastating to people about trying to

dan carlin, if he went down list of legal activists, many people might say him or harold cohen. host: michigan, anderson, republican line. go ahead. caller: thank you for c-span, we appreciate your efforts, although i wish you would have more opposing opinions on the show at the same time. it is easier to rebuke someone when they sit in front of you. on that note, i obviously have something to say about the governor. i want to tell people about what is happening in michigan. you can see that her lack of decision making has put us into the huge problems that we have. i hear -- by her sheer fact of being a governor, you can see the decisions coming from the supreme court. also, she is canadian. why would we lot -- why would we want her to make decisions for the rest of america? guest: michigan has a -- has been a rough place recently. i do not know enough about michigan politics, but it would certainly be explored at great length in any confirmation hearing. it could be a factor against choosing her through the political criticisms. i would be surprised if our canadian origins are

dan carlin, if he went down list of legal activists, many people might say him or harold cohen. host: michigan, anderson, republican line. go ahead. caller: thank you for c-span, we appreciate your efforts, although i wish you would have more opposing opinions on the show at the same time. it is easier to rebuke someone when they sit in front of you. on that note, i obviously have something to say about the governor. i want to tell people about what is happening in michigan. you can see that her lack of decision making has put us into the huge problems that we have. i hear -- by her sheer fact of being a governor, you can see the decisions coming from the supreme court. also, she is canadian. why would we lot -- why would we want her to make decisions for the rest of america? guest: michigan has a -- has been a rough place recently. i do not know enough about michigan politics, but it would certainly be explored at great length in any confirmation hearing. it could be a factor against choosing her through the political criticisms. i would be surprised if our canadian origins are

ron cohen and our guests host today is jim greenwood. good to see you this morning.e was relieved the way the health care reform bill went down. that when it came to protecting biotechs against generic, you wanted 14 and the white house wanted 7 and you got 12. >> good enough. instead of a big windfall for the industry, it's almost like getting back to business of developing our drugs. >> he also said if you're going through hell, keep going. that's how a lot of people feel. >> it's enough time for you to make money on a new product? >> yes. it is. it's a reasonable amount of time based on what it takes to get there. we just had our first major drug approved to help people with multiple skroes is walk. we had to raise 6 million as a company to fund that work. once you get there you need to have a certain period to justify the risk and that kind of time and investment. >> you have another battle. it's a controversial drug. very exciting to help people walk but very expensive and we read that people are struggling to get their insurance companies to cover it because it

cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. today is tax day, of course, and that's somewhat of a dreaded day in many minds. but the fact is in the past year we have had more tax cuts than almost anytime in our nation's history. but with president obama and this congress they have been directed to the lower working class people, the lower income people and not the top 2% or 3% as what happened during the bush administration. president obama stod at this podium -- the podium behind me in the state of the union address and said, now, let me repeat. we cut taxes. we cut taxes 95% of working familiar lows. we cut taxes for small business owners. we cut tax for first-time homebuyers. we cut taxes for eight million americans paying for college. we put $300 billion of tax cuts into people's pocket so businesses had customers. i'm proud to have supported the president in these measures. a third of the stimulus package, the aara was tax cuts. it's something that people don't realize because of the false rhetoric that is spread throughou

also, william cohen and barry lend. on afterwards, the efforts to alert the s.e.c.and the media about bernie madoff's ponzi scheme. his book is "no one would listen." sunday, this year's just announced pulitzer prize winner for history, biography, and general nonfiction. find the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org, and follow us on twitter. this weekend, gordon brown, david cameron, and nick clegg will face off in u.s.-style debates. watch them in their entirety for three consecutive weekends with the first election debate courtesy of itv sunday at 9:00 eastern and pacific on c-span. >> the vetting process has begun for a new supreme court justice. use the new c-span video library to find background information on possible nominees, including michigan governor jennifer granholm, janet napolitano and other names reported by the media on the shortlist. search it, watch it, clip it, and share it. every program since 1987, the c-span video library, cable's latest gift to america. >> "washington journal" continues. host: david weigel writes a blog for "the washington

also william cohen and barry lynn on "after words," harry markopolos on his effort to talk to the fcc on the bernie madoff onno o would listen." .. i really do have to comment on some of the of professor's remarks, as well as those of the rabbi, and when i first went to germany as a young soldier in the 1970's, i was bewildered, because as someone who spoke german, whose family was half german, i was a member of the club, so things would be said to me that weren't said for public consumption, and for whatever reason, you just can't kill anti-semitism, so i'd like to just as a way of prelude, offer a few my views on it, specifically concerning the middle east and europe, and to begin with europe. you've got to understand that while the holocaust was an immeasurable, immeasurable tragedy for the jewish people, it was a great embarrassment -- >> people can't hear you in the back. >> sure. it was a great embarrassment for europeans, and embarrassment is a potent force and with you see the irrational criticism and outright lies told about israel and europe, i think you can understand it in

our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us with more advice. >> with the pollen we have't imagine not having an allergy. >> i didn't have allergies until i moved to atlanta. >> my car was covered in green. i all of a sudden had a green car. it was amazing. let's take a look at the pollen counts around the country. what i want to say first is anything over 120 is considered extremely high, all right? so look at atlanta, 2,351 and again, anything over 120 is considered extremely high. off thein at around 1500, nashville at 240 and all sorts of other numbers and you can see the brown region. we're talking a lot of pollen and people who never suffered allergies be feeling it. how do you know if it's not just allergies and it's a cold. allergies involve a certain level of itchiness, your eyes and your nose that you don't get with a cold. also, a cold and a flu will end at a certain point. allergies seem to go on and on. it's not a five-day experience. it keeps going on until the pollen goes away. >> i didn't have allergies until i moved here. is there a truth to that or am i

insight from robert cohen manager of the dynamic manager to the best performing metals fund in the u.s., up 7.3% in the past year. welcome to "power lunch." >> thank you. >> why invest in gold now? >> well, we still think gold is moving up due mostly to monetary reflation. we've seen, obviously, a large amount of expansion of the u.s. monetary base to fight off a recession in late 2008, but, also, we see ongoing budget deficits for many years. we just see the need to print more currency, mostly in the developed countries because as the population ages and there's low birth rates, you have a larger and larger debt burden and burden of health care costs on a smaller and smaller working class portion of the population. >> but gold has had such a run over the past year, do you think it still has that much left to go? has it had its run? >> gold has been running since 2001 on the back of the monetary reflation argument. we have been bullish on mostly on the arguments of the medium and long-term arguments for many years. what came along in 2008 was the global economic recession, which was ve

also, william cohen. his book is "no one would listen." find the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org. >> the supreme court is requesting a 5% budget increase for next year to cover security costs and the modernization project. clarence thomas and stephen breyer testified on capitol hill thursday. this is about 11 $5. -- 1.5 hours. >> the committee will come to order. just a personal note, numbers 42 is an honor of april 15 1947. we honor him today. i thought it be fitting to honor numbers 42. a good story about him being the last player to win. >> what is the yankees record so far? >> you are out of order. owlet i to note that there has been a change at the courts which has special meaning to the court and to the american society in general. she comes from the south bronx. it is the area i grew up in. her parents were born in the same island of puerto rico that i was born in. it was a special time to become a part of the fair procedures. this morning we gather to hear about the 2011 budget. we have the honor of the joined by two distingu

cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has the story. >> the story of baby jenny starts herepsed apartment building in port-au-prince. when the earthquake hit, 2-month-old jenny was with her mother nadine devilmay who was knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital. every day nadine told her husband, junior alexis to go back to their home and search for jenny in the rubble and every day for four days junior came back with the same answer. i can't find jenny. the couple started to give up all hope of ever finding their daughter alive until what the parents call a miracle happened. on the fifth day somebody else found her alive and whisked her off to the hospital. jenny was brought to the field hospital where i was stationed. >> she's got a depressed skull fracture and she's had broken ribs. doctors said jenny would die within hours if she didn't get to a real hospital in the united states. >> i thought the state department wasn't allowing haitian patients. >> i don't care what the state department says. >> dethey put her on they assumed she was an orphan and told the driver

scott cohen and michelle caruso-cabrera covering those angles for us. scotty, we'll start with you. >> never more than -- or less than one cockroach. there's always more than one cockroach. that's what i'm trying to say. more cases like this. stay tuned, we're told today, which is pretty much what s.e.c. enforcement chief robert khuzami said after unveiling the charges on friday. >> we have a structured product and a new product enforcement unit in the s.e.c. that's looking at these as well as other products, transactions and practices across the markets arising out of the financial crisis, and we will look at deals with similar profiles or any deal where disclosures were not properly made. >> and that part, disclosure, is key at the s.e.c., we are told. strip away out the futuror over the goldman deal, the point that goldman says they lost money in the deal, the point that investors were sophisticated and should have known, strip it away and that's a case about disclosure and that, we are told, is central to what the s.e.c. is looking for at all these

our senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen explains. >> you recently had an experience when youhe hospital that really blew your mind. >> well, when i got out of the hospital and got the bill. yeah, i definitely had an alarming experience. i received my bill. and i noticed some items that were totally inflated. for acce forceps, disposable. >> what went through your mind. >> i was outraged. i said, listen, i'm a physician, this is an instrument that you're going to throw away. and i encountered a very arrogant young man from the billing department who basically said, when you sign consent for the procedure, you allowed us to charge you anything we wanted to. >> and so you then went on the internet to see what it would cost to get a pair of forceps from a medical supply company. >> yes, i did. >> show me what you found. >> a forcep similar to the one i had, $1923. >> you paid $863 but you can buy it from a medical supply company for $192. >> yes, yes. that's very troubling. >> well, what i'm going to do is i'm going to go to the american hospital association and ask them, please

. >> my name is jonathan cohen. i'm with the bush institute in dallas.next week we're having a conference on cyberdissent. featuring dissidents from countries around the world. my question is related to the variety of dissidents who are bringing to our conference. and i'm prompted by the interesting phenomenon from the green movement protests of last where the chinese religious movement provided servers to iranian dissidents. to get their message out. and i'm curious to know from the panel to what extent is there cross-border cooperation between iranian bloggers and other cyberdissidents. and other fellows in other countries. >> actually there are many universities around the globe that are helping iranian bloggers or even iranian geeks. they are actually trying to provide iranians with proxies. you might have heard of siphon. of course, it doesn't work. that's the problem. it doesn't work properly. because the iranian government knows how to block it. but many iranian bloggers who are also studying computer science are trying to get help from the univer

although i had -- my long time mentor for whom i started practicing tax law with, professor edwin cohen of the university of virginia law school, a great tax lawyer, always told me we pronounced it. it should have been called tefra so that we could have tea for two. >> tefra was a remarkable solo performance by bob dole it off deal with exactly the problem that we find insurmountable now, which is dealing with the deficit. although at that time we had a huge deficit. and we had very high interest rates. and in the order of 18% interest rates. and dole and some other members of the finance committee met with paul volcker was the fed chair at the time. and he said if you pass a big package that cuts the deficit by a specified amount, he would -- he would ease off on the interest rates. and so that was the motive that they had. and the members of the finance committee and i believe it the republicans took upon that as a challenge. and we were -- we put together in 1982 and tefra was mainly the tax piece. but there was a spending cut piece. and it was called the three-legged stool, the famo

this is -- i would -- i ask unanimous consent to insert in the record a column by roger cohen that ithink puts an appropriate frame on this important -- important discussion today in which we recognize the grief of the polish people and show solidarity with them. timely, i'd just like to say thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas continues to reserve his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. delahunt: yes, madam speaker, and i now yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, mr. pascrell. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for one minute. mr. pascrell: i ask for unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. pascrell: thank you. the very people who stand on this floor today, mr. delahunt, 10 years ago when we fought to make sure that poland was a member of nato. in your career, ironically as you stand to manage this resolution, resolution 1246, has been filled with building bridges between community. it is ironic that this tragedy hopefully will lead, and the signs

diane brady and william cohen, contributor at the daily beast.com. talk about goldman sachs emerging some would say unscathed from the bailout. then they ended up earning 13 billion last year, now facing the fraud charges. what is the sec alleging happened to goldman? >> they sold a product designed to fail, that's the allegation. they presented a product to the market that was stuffed with these bonds that had been chosen by somebody who was trying to bet against them then they placed the bets themselves. in essence what they were doing was misleading people. that's the nub. accusation, it's a civil charge, nobody is going to go to jail over this. there are questions of whether or not it was illegal. >> the inner workers of these exotic financial instruments, or whatever you want to say, there was sort of an internal battle, that the housing bubble was not going to continue and they raised the red flag but found a way to hedge their bets against the housing market tanking. >> whether you admire them or not, whether you like what they did or not, thi

and bob stafford in vermont and john heinz in pennsylvania and john chafee in rhode island and bill cohen in maine. so that when we had the so-called wednesday club, it was full. and that has dwindled so that the moderates can meet in a telephone booth today. and we really ought to go back to the days of just a little bipartisanship. we had an enormous problem in 2005 when the shoe was on the other foot, and the filibustering was being done on this side of the aisle. fortunately we were able to work through that problem. there was flirtation with the nuclear, so-called constitutional option which would have changed the rules on filibuster. we preserved the procedure of the senate, the tradition of the senate to be the saucer which cools the tea, as the expression was used during the colonial days. and i think very importantly to maintain that tradition and that procedure. it was the coolness of the senate which saved the independence of the federal judiciary in the impeachment proceeding of supreme court justice chase in 1805 that preserved the independence of the presidency and the acqui