they have 36 members on the energy and commerce committee. i say they, mr. speaker, your party, majority party. they were assigned to that committee by the speaker of the house, ms. pelosi. we have 23 republicans. so it's a 36-23 and unless we -- mr. akin: your amendment failed. as did all the other amendments. you mr. gingrey: you might say, mr. speaker, the deck was stacked against us. mr. akin: when it failed, what does that say to us if you are worried about bureaucrats making decisions? does that give you comfort? mr. gingrey: the question does that give you any sense of comfort that bureaucrats won't come between the doctor and his or her patient, it gives you total discomfort is the answer to that question. otherwise we would have had almost a preponderance of members both democrats and republicans voting in favor of that amendment. surely some more than one or two felt that way, but they didn't vote that way. mr. akin: i really appreciate, doctor, your offering this amendment. because i think this is, if there's any indication of where this health ca

the commerce clause, according to james madison, who wrote the constitution, was written to keep commerceegular. neil: was he able to keep his doctors? >> i don't think he was. he lived to a great age. that means that the purpose of the commerce clause was to make sure that the states do not establish tariffs. you and i live in new jersey. we cannot buy a health insurance policy from another state. we can only by the rules was policy that new jersey makes everyone purchase. isn't that interesting? congress allows all kinds of interstate commerce except for health insurance. it permits the 50 states to prevent insurance carriers from any of the other 49 from coming into the home state. why is that? so that the federal government can get its hands on regulating insurance. if it permitted competition -- you know what happens when there's competition. the product gets better and costs less. neil: they have been arguing that in some states where there is no competition, then customers are screwed. >> i have a problem with the big private guys in the given states. they have become soft and cush

, do you think you'll still grow in line with e-commerce next year? >> that's our goal. >> where is the growth coming from? >> we're seeing a recovery in the core ebay business. we're seeing sellers be more successful, buyers finding great deals. it's a more trusted marketplace. and that is driving greater transaction volume and over time greater growth. >> the jewel of the business is pay pal right now? >> well, we have two jewels. we're blessed, we had three, now we have two. we're blessed with two very strong businesses and two really important parts of the e-commerce world. >> tell me about payments, how is business going there? >> tremendously. pay pal business is, they're off ebay business, grossed 20% year-to-date in this economy. more and more consumers are finding that pay pal offers a safe and convenient way to pay online. where you don't share your financial information. it's accepted more and more places. and merchants all over the world are now accepting pay pal, and experiencing incremental sales. >> it's a high growth business, and cert

steve delbianco represents e- commerce giants like ebay and verisign. at a recent congressional hearing, he argued new domain names won't lead to more innovation. >> dot food won't create a single new restaurant. it won't create a new webpage. it won't create new restaurant reviews or online reservation sites for restaurants. they've already got those. >> reporter: beckstrom says when dot com was created, critics said the same thing. >> someone said we are going to create this dot com, but no one is going to use it. why is there any reason to have dot com. we don't need it. and the reality is that dot food may or may not make it. dot new york city may or may not make it. but why not let the free market decide. >> reporter: this is an important day for icann: the u.s. government has agreed to relax its control over the non- profit company, making it more international. >> over 100 million new users will come to the internet this year. 95% of those are outside the united states of america. so the internet is a truly global phenomenon and we need the buy i

i imagine the sense -- the senate commerce committee and others are also waiting like we are to see a lot of the data. we will know more after february once the report is due to congress. i also want to touch on the wireless competition issue, because that is another thing that congress has been pushing very hard about. the senator who heads the antitrust subcommittee had pressed very hard for thefcc to look into this. that along with broadband are the two topics that have been taken right out of the gate. a third topic that a lot of people may be wondering about is net neutrality, keeping the internet open, and that sort of thing. it was something that president obama mentioned a few times on the campaign. he mentioned it again back when he unveiled the big cyber security report, and that is another issue that they will get to in time. >> we will come back to that. anything else to be said about broadband before remove on? let's move on to the wireless issue that you brought up. both the chairman and the lead republican or the senior republican, robert mcdowell, but spoke about wirel

with the fairfax county chamber of commerce as the sponsor, much of the debate focused on transportation, taxes and energy poll system policy. with the opening handshake out of the way, both candidates quickly went on the defense yichl. bob mcdonnell criticized creigh deeds on his controversial 1989 pasters thesis. in it mcdonnell wrote working women undermine the family. >> my opponent spent most of his time running, i believe, a backwards-looking and negative campaign. >> reporter: deeds didn't let up. >> i didn't write when i was 34 years old working women were a detriment to the family. i didn't write when i was 34 yearsld roe-v-wade ought to be

chamber of commerce. bill tucker reports. >> reporter: e-verify is now the rule of the land. for contracts lasting longer than 120 days must use the federally run program to verify whether the employees are legally able to work in the united states. >> once federal contractors sign up and they see how simple it is and how easy it is to use and quick it is to use, they'll learn what 148,000 other employees already know. the system does work. >> reporter: the u.s. chamber of commerce is the program's staunchest foe and wants the program stopped arguing that e-verify harms business, the government and public interest. it's a claim that supporters of the program strongly contest. >> there's really no harm to a business that could be caused by using e-verify unless their spi entire workforce is illegal and they'll lose it. >> reporter: one of the parties to the suit with the chamber explains. >> what we would like to see is a system that goes toward a biometric dive identifier so be we impose it, we need to make sure we have the best system in place. >> reporter: currently 97% of

chicago has always been a global leader in culture, art, architect, commerce, sports and even cuisine if you like a good meal, mr. president. the olympic spirit is alive and well in chicaeo. the chicago 2016 committee recognized the impornce of the games in renewing old friendships around the world as well as establishing new ones. this ideal and the value of "friendsp through sports" is at the heart of the city's olympic bid. it is a beautiful city and i'm proud to call it he. it shoases much of what makes this country so great. that is why it is an ideal site for the olympic and paralympic games. for athletes, an events location would be ver close together allowing for convenience and ease, for visitors outstanding public transportation and modern infrastructure makes all events readily accessible and easy to attend. r residents of the city and people across the united states, chicago would shine on the world stage and millions of dollars would pour in from across the globe. mr. president, especially if we pass senate bill 1023, promoting travel to the united states and relaying bet

you might say the commerce department can regulate interstate commerce, so can now everything be regulatedthis is a dangerous administration that has disregard for the law. >> first, if you don't like the news, maybe it is the person delivering the news and that%% >> remember when president obama had that highly unusual meeting in the white house with the head of the congressional budget office? the same c.b.o. chief who argued that the healthcare savings didn't add up, you should see how the numbers are starting to change now. not only are they down, he actually finds they are going to reduce the deficit. do you think it is a coincidence? >> no it is not a coincidence. presidents try to browbeat bureaucrats all the time to giving estimates in line with the president's agenda. what is unusual is to have the congressional budget office be in on this. i remember reagan beating up the head of the office of the o.m. b, stockman, about his estimates which contradicted reagan's estimates but that was not congress. it is the fact that congress is caving into the president that is so worrisome,

chamber of commerce. you've even got one of the most favorable groups for the republicans, u.s. chamber of commerce is telling them it isn't going to happen. >> the average insurance premium this year was over $13,000, as much as an annual income for somebody on minimum rate. >> how much more ammunition do the democrats need? this ought to be done, and let's get after it. you know, the blue dogs, the blue dogs got to be paying attention to this too. they're teetering, i think, on being obstructionists. >> i'm note going to speak for the blue dogs. i think many of them are going to be with us on a public option. what they would like to see is three amendments to the health care plan when it hits the house floor. one of them would be single payer, another would be public option, another would be cooperatives. they're all going to vote for the non-profit cooperatives but maybe they'll vote for two out of three. we'll get a bill out of the house. hopefully the senate is going to have a bill. you know, this needs to be ted kennedy's legacy. we admire him because he had heart. you've

we cannot have policies designed to foster an open market of competition with speech and commerce on the internet if we have exempted wireless from the picture when wireless is a very common means for people getting access to the internet. it just does not make any sense. >> would it be fair to apply net neutrality regulations to the carriers who just spent billions on the 700 mhz spectrum knowing that these types of regulations would not apply to them? >> they have a good talking point. they do not have a lot of legal argument there. let's be clear. they did not by a deed to the public sector. they bought a license. the public controls that. it is the public airwaves they are using to transmit their signals. fcc has every right to go out and say that the license conditions need to change because it is in the public interest. we are clarifying it now. imagine we were talking about a public safety issue. there may be a company that bought access to federal land to build a building or drill an oil well. we changed the safety regulations. they bought the license not knowing there would

is inherently unconstitutional but the government regulates health care and ignoring the fact the commerce clause and the constitution, article 1 and section 8, specifically gives the government the power to regulate commerce in the united states. >> i want you to guys to know that joe and i are in all of you of the specific quotations on the constitution. >> action menefee. i would slip into the conversation. >> and, of course -- >> i know what is going on. >> and mention the people who fervently believe that roswell, mexico, is still a continuing problem. but let us leave health care alone. i think it is a good time to remind our listeners on sirius xm rating would are listening to. linda gasparello, myself, the welland king, joe matthew from sirius xm -- and bob franken, constitutional scholar, and constitutional scholar on behalf of hearst newspapers, chuck lewis. we are glad you are here with us on the radio. you can see programs team is by going on the web towhchronicle.com, where they all are, including some of the columns that are right. i want to change in little bit here. one of

. >> reporter: billionaire investor and former commerce secretary. >> peter:er son says wall street just started awarding stock bonuses instead. >> and executive pay went up ten times faster than the average worker. so we have to be careful here about overreacting to some understandable anger. >> reporter: the new guidelines are really more principles than rules. the test will be getting each country to enforce them. anthony mason, cbs news, pittsburgh. >> couric: and in washington, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg returned to work today after spending the night in the hospital. she was admitted after a treatment for anemia left her feeling light-headed and fatigued. ginsburg, who is 76, had surgery for pancreatic cancer earlier this year. coming up next, these agents would take a bullet to protect a foreign leader. an exclusive look at one of the toughest jobs in the world. >> couric: finally tonight, with so many foreign dignitaries at the u.n. this week, keeping them safe was a monumental task and not for the faint of heart. our chief investigative correspondent armen keteyia

some constitutional -- interstate commerce authority.he reaction from the atf was anticipated says one of the writers of the bill who freely admits the law is meant to be a finger in the eye of the federal government. >> that's the purpose of the firearms freedom act to be able to mount that challenge to among to be able to regulate everything under the sun under the guise of regulating interstate commerce. >> and he has a strong ally in the governor who it would seem might be at odds with the president who's very pro gun control, who is also a fellow democrat. >> but when the federal government comes in and says we want to be your dad did, we want to tell you how to live your life, that's where we draw the line and say, whoa, not in montana mt. >> reporter: 95% of homes contain a firearm in montana and the feeling among many there is the thing to fear the most is not a person with a gun, but a government that would take that gun away. bill tucker, cnn, missoula, montana. >> and in a little twist, the groups which helped write and pass t

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there are some people who say this has notifying to do with commerce.y. the people who are for this proposal say commerce clause allows it, power to tax allows it. so what i'm embarking on now all this week, i practice law every day. we have a team of lawyers. i want a team of american lawyers and non-lawyers to contact me that can contact me at peter.johnson at fox news or peter johnson jr. on twitter. when i argue appeals, when i go before the courts of appeals i speak and say what do you think of this issue? i want to hear what americans are saying. is this constitutional? is this legal? show me instances in your life where the federal government has the right to act and where it doesn't have the right to act. we will becoming to a conclusion is the health reform as put forward by the president constitutional? will it pass muster? is it legal? and i would love to hear what you have to say. and going through the blogs, i know americans have great opinions and a better understanding than a lot of lawyers of our american constitution. so i want to hear

joining us now is the commerce secretary of the united states, gary loc. good to see you. >> thank you very much, erin. >> can we finally start celebrating and saying misch accomplished? >> no, not at all. the president, while very encouraged by a lot of these leading economic indicators from consumer spending, consumer confidence, manufacturing output, production and housing starts, the president is still very concerned about the high unemployment rate. and for the people throughout america, they're still concerned about their future, worried about the opportunities for their children and their grand children. so our administration is very much focused on trying to reduce the unemployment rate, getting jobs back into our economy. >> so you're going to wait, literally until we see a positive payroll number? before you say this administration turned it around? is that the kind of political thing to look for? >> well, we're very pleased with what the president's initiatives have already been able to accomplish. most of the economists are saying that the stim

and the court had interpreted what is commerce, what is economic activity, very, very broadly. in order to get to where these individuals want to go, they will have to plow through decades of precedent. that's going to be a rather tall order to ask, even from a fairly sympathetic supreme court. >> now, last month, minnesota's most colorful politician, congresswoman michele bachmann, also endorsed invoking the tenth amendment, but said, it will only work if all the states band together. now, that sounds a lot like that country that actually calls itself the united states of america, doesn't it, jonathan? >> you know, the interesting aspect of that is that many judges believe the greatest protection for states' rights is political. so there are some justices in that group that say that, you know, president obama cannot force this upon the nation. it's going to take a majority of both houses. and we've already seen quite effective campaigns against it. and so if you can get all of these states to join together, presumably you can get their representatives to join together and oppo

he talked about appointing a sort of manufacturing job czar in the commerce department, which i would welcome. >> which i would welcome. manufacturing czar, sure, sounds great. but now that president obama is the one appointing the czars -- >> these czars are an affront to the constitution. they're anti-democratic. they are a poor example of a new era of transparency which was what was promised to this country. >> senator lamar alexander. as for senator bennett, he's written a letter to the obama white house complaining about the proliferation of czars in your administration. if you go to senator bennett's website at this very moment, you will see one of the things on his brag list of his accomplishments in the senate is "successfully urged president clinton to appoint a year 2000 czar." but that was for y2k, that was huge. that totally needed a czar. czarism is auditioning to be the new birtherism on the right. it's a fact-free but exciting slander against the obama white house, one that bridges the ever-narrowing gap between conservative conspiracy theorys and the beltway republican

chamber of commerce. >> september 1 marked the 70th anniversary of the start of world war ii. sunday, a commemoration featuring polish president and other leaders. >> as congress comes back and gets ready to debate health care once again, we thought we would take this opportunity to look at some of the issues around hr- 3200, the house version of the health care reform bill. our guest joins us to help us put context to the bill, and we will show you some of the debate that happened earlier this summer. martin von, when you look at hr- 3200, how radical is it with regard to how much change it would bring to the current health-care system? >> is a pretty far reaching system. people know this is not just in criminal nips and tucks around the edges. this is an ambitious plan. the goal is to cover all americans and provide universal health insurance, and that requires radical changes in terms of the insurance market and the revenues needed to meet that goal. >> what are some of the more significant changes to the health care system as we know it now? >> one significant change is th

however, here is the chamber of commerce, the national chamber has fought hard against a lot of thesehy would the chamber of commerce, whose mission it is to help business why would they fight it? >> i think they have some concerns with various aspects of the proposals that we have seen through congress and idea now is to get all these committees together, democrats and republicans to offer amendments and really try to get the best of possible health care reform package, health insurance reform package we can. i think there's a great deal of agreement, perhaps 80% of it. so let's not lose sight of the good things and let's make it even better. but the companies that i've talked to are clamoring for health care reform, health insurance reform. en. >> when you look at some of the different plans off nerd committee and most recent one we have been talking about is senator baucus' proposal, for instance, there would be tax credits for small businesses that offer insurance to their employees but also this free ride provision that if your employees can't afford your insurance and they have

representative joe barton of texas is the lead republican on the commerce committee. we'll hear his views on the president's speech. let's go to telephone calls, starting with oxford, michigan and a doll, independent line. -- donald, independent line. caller: there is a huge distance between what the president is saying and what is in the bill. the public exchange, it states that after the bill goes into effect, all insurance must be purchased through the public exchange. so there is no option of running out and buying private insurance. the public exchange will have four basic plans, private insurance has to me before basic plans. host: that is the legislation as it was reported out of the house committees, but there are many more steps in the process. caller: there is a lot more out there to go, still, but none of the plans that i have seen is being the public option being an option. it meant -- and ends up being mandatory down the road. host: what do you want happening? caller: i do not have a problem if the public auction is optional. if it is competing -- one mod

last year, nearly 20 ,000 travel-related jobs were los and the commerce department predicts that we'll lose another 247,000 jobs this year. well, we can do something about this. we can brinf in more travelers. we can create more jobs, and we can boost our economy. that's hy we need to pass the travel promotion act. first, this bill will create a public-private partnership to promote the united states as an international travel destination and finally establish a coordinated national tourism program. senator dorgan had some amazine blowups of some of the work that you've seen in other cntries. indonesia has their own tourism program. bahamas enticing people to go there. scotland, taiwan, south africa, australia with their kangaroo. what do we have right? nothing. cities are going out there, places like new york, places like las vegas. well, it's not as easy for some small places in minnesota or north dakota or vermont or new hampshire to do that, but this is a chance where we can actually promote our country internationally. and we are in major competition for international travelers bu

but i would call people's attention to the information from the chamber of commerce. the second paragraph they are saying in 2007, the employee benefits totaled about 18.6% of total compensation. health insurance is a significant portion of that and for virtually all employers that are providing health insurance now is higher. i think with any analysis of the information that we have had presented before us, that this is not an unduly burdensome level. it is, in fact, a bargain for most of the smaller companies and it will level the playing field so that everybody provide it and we will be protecting employer provided health insurance. failing that, within the next two or three years we will watch a continued and accelerating decline as it becomes more and more affordable. . . i think it is important to understand what makes up that number and if we can direct the precious resources that the american taxpayers give us to this 13 million to 16 million, then we can move forward. >> i appreciate the gentleman talking about the complexity of that number. i would point out

we have to have a department of commerce that tells the story.we will continue to work on that and i think we will have some good jobs news for the next month. the bigger part that has to happen is what are we doing to improve the playing field for the mid-size businesses? >> we are visiting with governor mark sanford. we're taking your telephone calls. wsc is also listening in charleston. let's continue with our calls. you are on with double governor mark sanford. >> caller: our you? do you think if you resign, all the problems and issues that people are saying about you will just go away? >> i don't. if i did, i would have resigned. if i thought that that was the cure to all the problems of south carolina[q÷ like unemployt and the rest, i would have resigned. at the end of the day, i still think that we need a voice for fiscal sanity as we pushed it over last six years. i think we need an advocate for restructuring. we have pieces of it. dmv reform came into play. it was the first change to the dot since the early 1900's. we have gotten pieces

legislative audit committee itself in 2004 did audits of the administration and the department of commercend found no findings of any wrongdoing. that is a legislative audit by itself, which is the oversight arm. all we're saying is, let's let the ethics committee moved through the process and make decisions after that. when i heard that last night, but it was worth bringing -- i thought it was worth bringing up. any questions? >> are you yourself torture and the process by calling into question -- short circuit in the process calling this into questions? >> the nature of the preliminary process -- it is like -- we're not in a courtroom, but if you were, it is the prosecutor's case with nothing further to say. if we're just going in the prosecutors' case, let's go with whatever david thomas has to say about business class tickets. let's just go with it. let's ignore the fact that there's a 30-year history where they have used business class tickets, but ignored the fact that republicans and democrats alike have seen those tickets, and let's ignore the fact that some of david thomas' own su

according to the commerce secretary, the obama administration is setting up an office to help peopleransfer ideas into companies. business owners would get training credit and access to government research through this new initiative. there was concern that the federal reserve would use fewer tools to boost the economy. morgan stanley tells bloomberg that the s&p may ended the year round 1050 which is 1% below yesterday's close. stock futures looking a slight bit lower for today. marriott and choice hotels -- luxury hotel owners risk defaulting on their debt as many rooms go empty. 1500 hotels may be in danger with their debt. bloomberg news, reporting for wbal tv 11 news. >> thank you. we will see you back here at 6:15 for your next report. >> coming up, we will get another look at your morning commute with traffic and weather together. >> the number for the ravens and the browns goes far this season. the ravens players may not see it that way. we will tell you why next. >> do not forget to e-mail us your answers to the water cooler question of the day. do you think more personal ti

that's the official data from the commerce department.so it's not the case that tourism is at record high, that we're setting all these records. and it is the case, in my judgment, based on imper kal data and research that we have far fewer overseas visitors coming to this country now than we did nine years ago and i'm telling you something, that relates, in my judgment, to substantial lost opportunity for a number of reasons: jobs that we should have that we don't have. and, second, an awfully good impression by people who come here and visit here. i think my colleague will agree with me that post 9/11 there were a lot of things done that suggested toeople around the country -- around the world, i should say, it will take a while to get to the united states. you're not very welcome there. it will take a long time to get a visa. you'll have to wait a long, long time. i wanted to show my colleague, this is all 2008 material, by the way. headlines like this, "the sydney morning herald," coming to america isn't easy. "ed guardian," united ki

atlanta was a boom town, it had -- the chamber of commerce to their counterparts declaring themselves the center of the new nation open for business with all lands and informing the london chamber of commerce that new york city, meanwhile, had grown inoperative. atlanta was indeed the new nation's center for business. through the first three years of war, atlanta was well removed from the front. so it became a thriving place, a place that troops passed through and spend money and refugees arrived by the hundreds each day. more and more, as the union army advance into tennessee and into mississippi and along the coast, the result was dhat the city became ireasingly chaotic. crime became rampant, poor sanitation was a big problem and eventually epidemics of scarlet fever and smallpox broke out. but atlantis' still seemed to be a refuge from war. by january 18, '64, general sherman in tennessee had atlanta in his sights. the union army which had fumbled for the first three years of war, finally under the new commander, general ulysses s. grant, decided it was time for a coordinated strat

the constitutional lous the federal government to regulate interstate commerce, but ripkin argues the insurance agencies say it will hurt their future. >> i like any company, big companies do help the united states. >> back at in the '30's, they wanted to make alcohol illegal, but had to pass a mandate and now congress says it needs the money and good health of younger people to fund the system and spread the risk. >> when you're 25 and healthy, you think you're invincible. you think you you are never going to get sick or get into an accident. >> and so young people don't buy insurance, but kendall says if one gets in an accident and runs up huge medical bills, taxpayers foots the bill and argues that the interstate commerce clause regulates insurance and healthcare, but when the clinton administration wanted an individual mandate in the '90's, the non-partisan congressional budget office also called such a requirement unprecedented, saying that the government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the united states. >> the governmen

point this and extend the statute that we have on the books, but i think both the senate and house commerce committees have indicated that they want to push this forward. . . team members have been called on to take a hard look at internet companies, how they collect your information, information about you as you surf the web, and things you are presumably interested in. i think that is going to be an interesting discussion going forward as the internet companies bring out their heavyweights, to know that we're doing everything right to preserve privacy and what congress does on that front. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> moshe shorts from the congressional research service discusses a new report saying that contractors and afghanistan outnumber u.s. troops. and just and hollander talks about his book, "fallujah and dangerous:america's worst properties and what can be done about them." "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." on september 9, world argum

chamber of commerce. in the second paragraph they are saying in 2007, the employee benefits totaled about 18.6% of total compensation. health insurance is a significant portion of that and for virtually all employers that are providing health insurance now is higher. i think with any analysis of the information that we have had presented before us, that this is not an unduly burdensome level. it is, in fact, a bargain for most of the smaller companies and it will level the playing field so that everybody provide it and we will be protecting employer provided health insurance. failing that, within the next two or three years we will watch a continued and accelerating decline as it becomes more and more affordable. . . i think it is important to understand what makes up that number and if we can direct the precious resources that the american taxpayers give us to this 13 million to 16 million, then we can move forward. >> i appreciate the gentleman talking about the complexity of that number. i would point

. >> reporter: the city's chamber of commerce says tax revenue show hotel rooms are selling at the same rate as last year but everyone here says it all comes down to the weather. it has been perfect this labor day weekend, pulling in hundreds of people to the club secret but june was another story. >> it rained. it was cold. it is not the best month to begin with so that put it over the edge of being downhill. >> reporter: secrets owner says business boomed in july and august. >> you just have to fight for it to get people aware of the great deal in ocean city, maryland. >> reporter: the chambers of commerce says they spent a record amount of advertising in new york and nigeria and it seems to have worked. can you thank those two states for saving owe someone city this summer. tisha thompson, fox 5 news. >> it wasn't just tourists and merchants who had to worry about the summer season. martin o'malley pulled plans to hold a reception at secrets. that move took $1,000 off the table for that club. >>> president obama is getting ready for tomorrow's big speech to the nation's school childr

center of the new nation to open for business with all lands and informing the london chamber of commerce that the new york city in the meanwhile had grown inoperative. [laughter] no, atlanta was the new nation center for busins. through t first three years of war, atlanta was well removed from the front. so, it became a thriving place and a place that troops passed through and spend money and refugees arrived by the hundreds each d. more and more, is the union army advanced into tennessee a into mississippi and along the coast, the result was that the city became increasingly chaotic, crime became rampant, for sanitation was a big problemnd eventually epidemics of scaet fever d smallpox broke out. but, atlanta still seemed to be a refuge from the war. however by january 14, general william tecumseh sherman in teessee ha@ atlanta in his sights. the union army which had fumbled for the first three year of war finally under the new commander of general ulysses s. grant, decided that it was time for a coordinated strategy. grant would command the army in virginia, a union army in virginia at

but i would call people's attention to the information from the chamber of commerce.cond paragraph they are they say in 2007 the employee benefits totaled about 18.6% of total compensation. health insurance is a significant portion of this, and for virtually all of the employers that are providing health insurance, this is higher. with any analysis of the information that we have had presented before us, this is not a burdensome level, this is a bargain for most of the small companies. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] this will level the playing field and we will be protecting the employer provided health insurance. failing that, we will see an accelerating decline, as this becomes more and more unaffordable. >> will the gentleman yield? this is not directly an answer to your comments, but i have heard people referring to 50 million uninsured. i would like to put in the kaiser family and about 11 million are available for s- chip, 9 million are not u.s. citizens and others are college stud

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commerce has become a campground for the ruling elite. thirty-eight years he has been there. no one there to hold him to account. there is no credible person anywhere that will tell you congress can investigate itself on either side see three let's go back eight years and put this in perspective. i don't remember it the same sort of thing happening to this level, this sort of egregious level in eight years that republicans like congress. by ron? >> tobacco bring up tom delay. they will bring up either perceived insults are sluts. these people are very petty. if you or i had $1 million like charlie rick husband, we are in jail. the average american would be in jail for what he's done. then i go to joe wilson and six days later they rebuke them. you cannot compare the two credibly speak during which it happened to charlie wrangle? >> he should be thrown out and he needs to be in jail. this is tax evasion. he's stealing from the government they won't do that. they don't have enough leadership in congress between the question is whether he violated house disclosure rules. let's b

the commerce department finds the economy have rank at a pace of 0.07%. it is better than predicted and suggests the recession is fending. many economists predict it will grow again in the third quarter. >>> michael vick says his daughter wants a dog but for now that is a gift the most famous dog abuser cannot deliver. in the meantime we have a story about a pit bull left for dead has made an amazing recovery. her stamina endless. her strength unbelievable. you aring looking at trooper a pit bull who was pulled from a dumpster in a sealed blastic bag. >> her wounds have just about completely healed. she is excited and acting like a normal dog. >> they keep her on a tight leash because they can't predict how she will act. she was used as a bait in a dog fighting weak it. >> will take a weaker dog that is not a good fighter and force other dog to attack it. >> i they lot of these dogs don't see veterinarians. >> that is one sport one celebrity talks about all the time. michael vick told a crowd how he was exposed toe the practice at the age of. >> i didn't

the commerce departmt said housing starts increased 1.5% slightly less than economis were expecting but still ading in the right direction. groundreaking for single- family homes fell 3%. but construction on multi-faly homes like apaments, jumped 25 applications for building permits an indicatorf future activityere also up. >> paul: another factor in spurring that optism in housing. mo and more americans are tang advantage of that $8,000 tax credit for newomebuyers. and late today, a ll was introduced in the senate to extendhat credit for another 6 months. righnow, the measure expires november0th, and homebuyers have to close by then to qlity for the tax edit. the i.r.s. says most 1.5 million erican taxpayers have already cashed in on theeal. experts say that's abo what had been eected. whenhe credit was made part of the stimulus packageassed by congressarlier this year. >> susie: meanile federal agenes and state attorneys general are sounding t alarm about an epidemic mortgage modification fra. to fight it, the feral trade mmission may ban upfront fee for companies at modify mortgas. t

it had been confirmed by the commerce department in 1994. wrong-way wilson was wrong.asserted that senator strom thurmond from wrong-way's home state had fathered a daughter with a black woman, mr. wilson called the assertion a, quote, smear on the image of senator thurmond. this was after his family acknowledged not just paternity but the fact the senator had maintained a secret relationship with his daughter and provided her money for decades. after this was admitted. congressman wilson considered references to it a smear and said thurmond's daughter should have kept it to herself. coincidence, of course, wrong-way, that it would be you who would be affirmed as a smear. then it would be you, again, who in the middle of a festival of blind racial rage dressed up as a health care debate. it would be you who shout out "you lie" at a biracial president of the united states as he addressed congress and just a coincidence that it would be you who is a member of the radicalized insurrection glorifying group of the sons of confederate veterans. but back to this incident. you

barbara lang, ceo of chamber of commerce says the cultural scene sets it above the rest. >> there is such excitement going on in our city now, the new administration, the restaurant scene is almost rivalling new york now. there is lots of really good things happening in the district of columbia. >> reporter: the rankings give d.c. bragging rights but the ultimate bragging rights will be if the publicity turns to tourism and more industry relocating to the region. claudia coffey, fox 5 news. >>> did you see it? astounding display from president obama. keep your eye on his smile. a series of pictures taken at the metropolitan museum of art. tee 140 pictures. his smile never changed. maybe one spot it changed a bit. but only one time. before you decide if it's doctored, we watched, his hands, his fingers do move a little bit. check it out on our web site. kind of cool, isn't it. >> gary, i washed my car today. >> i came in behind you and i noticed it was shiny. >> it dumped on me the whole way here. >> i know sue palka said it would rain today. you are in thesame room. >> i'm a visual g

a boosin august thanks to back to school shpers and the government's cash r clunkers progra the commerce deparent says retail sales jumped mo than 2.5% in august. department storeand clothing retailerboth saw 2% gains. ev if you factor out auto sales, it was still a od month with the rest of the retl sector up 1%. that's more thanouble what economts expected. wa street opened narrowly mixed ashose strong retail mbers were offset by a bigge than expected jump in ination at the whosale level. august producer pres rose 1.7%. then numous stock upgrades by analysts gave the market firm undertone th the dow up 40 ints at mid-day. the ray gathered momentum as those positive bernanke mments made the rnds. and stoc ended near the day's highs. >> susie: morenalysis now on the anniversy of the lehman llapse and how that event changed wall street. joining us nowobert albertson, chiestrategist at saler o'neill. hi, robert. >> hi. >> susie. >> susie: i don't know you saw the ver of the economist this week, but says, wall street one year on, what's changed. howould you answer that question? >> wl, it's

department of commerce auditorium. one more note, abc 7 will try to answer some of your questions tomorrow night. leon harris and i will host a live one-hour special called " critical condition." that is wednesday at 8:00 p.m. >>> police and montgomery county are searching for a missing 11- year-old girl. she was last seen in her home on sunday morning in the 13,300 block of wedgeport lane in germantown. hispanic, 5 feet 2 inches tall. there are no sounds of sign -- foul play. >>> in about two weeks the district is ending most of its car safety checks. the idea is to save money but critics wonder at what cost to safety. cathy parker gives a firsthand look at the possible and back. >> in just minutes, at the end of the routine vehicle inspection in d.c. took a turn for the worst. listen as the wheels and the car next to the station wagon screeches wildly. this is what the cameras captured seconds later. >> moved out the way. -- move out of the way. >> luckily there when a series injuries but several vehicles including t

this is the 20th year the fairfax chamber of commerce has sponsored a gubernatorial debate. >>> two men know just how many tomorrows they'll have. the court has set their dates of execution. first up, larry bill elliot, convicted of killing a north virginiaen couple back in 2001. a judge has set his date of execution for october the 5th and for john alan muhammad, execution date is november 10th. he was convicted of masterminding sniper attacks back in 2002. 10 people were murdered. his attorney says his client will appeal to the u.s. supreme court and will ask the governor for clemency. >>> amtrak could lose $1.6 billion in subsidies if it doesn't change its current policy. the senate voted today to who would money unless it lets passengers to transport hand guns in their checked baggage. but a house version does not have that kind of provision. the bills must be reconciled before amtrak would have to make changes. >>> the hits keep coming for acorn. ever since employees of the advocacy group were caught in a scathing video scene advising a couple posing as a prostitute and a pimp. and