joining me now is congressman john conyers of michigan. congressman, great to have you with us tonight. >> always a pleasure to be here. >> you bet, john. i tell you what, i don't have a stick, but if i did i'd hand it to you. i want to you draw that line in the sand tonight. i know you're a single payer guy and have been and believe in that. would you accept any bill whatsoever that didn't have a public option? can you give us a definitive on that tonight? any bill that doesn't have a public option, would you sign on to it ? >> this is not going to be a long answer, no. >> no? you mean, barack obama is not going to get your support unless he has a public option? >> well, we should be doing single payer but we've compromised on that and what we're doing now is we're stepping back, but this cannot be called reform of health care if a public option isn't on it and so this is down to the crunch time, and nancy pelosi has been very definitive on it. majority leader reid has come out on it. the majority of the single-payer people which comprise

conyers, who is a publisher of the detroit free press, mr.lawrence, and i might add foundation chairman and senior members of the administration, and i also want you to know that there are a number of conservative republicans. i am a moderate republican but there's a number of republicans on this committee, including several who were members of this body, constitutional scholars both. in the wake of the terrible tragedy that's been pointed out of the september 112001 our nation clearly needed to mobilize in order to respond with a new and powerful counterterrorism strategy. however, our bipartisan committee believes there was an overreaction in the superheated fear surrounding washington and our country at that time, and we should strive never to let your lead us to over reaction and whenever we grant powers to the executive branch of government, we must incorporate proper safeguards to protect individual rights and ensure proper oversight. that's why i am especially heartened to see this committee exercising its oversight responsibilities wh

i think -- john conyers, as well. at one point he was for congressional hearings.here soe there won't be congressional hearings over acorn. jerry nadler the chairman of the judiciary, let me see evidence he'll consider hearings on acorn. i don't think how much evidence he needs to see. so is nancy pelosi. >> gregg: john conyers several months ago called for hearings on congress and then suddenly he called them off. why? >> he said that the powers that be had decided it didn't reach that level. >> gregg: who are the powers that be? >> i thought about that. there are only two answers to that. one would be john conyers referring to himself and a an oblique way or the president of the united states himself. that is the only people that could make that call. perhaps nancy pelosi but i think not. we should look at president obama's record. he is acorn. he coached acorn. he is an acorn alum and now hired them to recruit people to run the census. i know they will cut the ties but obama is tied up in this thing deeply. the more we learn, we understand how closely he is tied

john conyers, he really had a handle on this bill, huh? so much so that when you crawled up for a redo, you called it h.r. 3200. it is actually h.r. 3221. maybe you didn't read it, because i'm going out on a limb here, but how can you do anything all day? i mean, we know you don't read the bills. >> i love these members that get up and say read the bill. what good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and then you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill? glenn: i know, it's crazy. why do i even get up in the morning? let me ask you this -- there are 15 million unemployed in america right now. is anybody willing to, you know, go into washington and take this clown's job, and then, you know, actually read the bill and then just go, yes, i'm for it, or nope, not me? i mean, how hard is that, especially for the guy who is the chair of the house judiciary committee, which oversees the f.b.i. and the justice department. oh, i feel all warm and tingly and safe inside. the i.r.s. has nearly 2 mi

full committee chairman conyers. full committee chairman smith and members of the house judiciary's committee subcommittee on constitution civil rights and civil liberties. thank you for inviting me to speak to you today on behalf of the justice department about the three intelligence authorities scheduled to expire this december. my written testimony sets forth afirm tf case for renewal for each of these three important authorities. mind. ful of the sub committees time and importance of the discussion my remark today will touch briefly on the importance. of each authority. at the outset it is important to recognize these authorities exist as part of a broader statutory scheme authorized by congress and overseen by the fisa court that supports foreign intelligence collection and thereby protects national security. the lone wolf provision allows the government to conduct surveillance pursuant to a fisa court order on a non-u.s. person if the government demonstrates probable cause that the individual is engaged in inte

bill: maybe we will talk to conyers.nto california is another radio shock jock stunt where they got a couple of people to drink a lot of water and one woman who did that died. roll the tape. bill: and she died shortly after that. >> she died. she ultimately was the second to last person in the contest. they gave her consolation. justin timberlake tickets. she didn't make it she was dead within six hours of the program. mother of three. bill: consumed two gallons of water i understand. >> just under. bill: your system. >> they weren't allowed to go to the bathroom. that was the contest. they would win one of these those wii electronic games. bill: they are suing the radio company that owns the station. >> dj's settled out for 100,000 bucks and they got fired. she is still going at it with the station and suing between 1 and million dollars. which actually is not unreasonable. bill: how many children does she have? >> three kids. she bears responsibility, too. there is no question. you have got to split it up. bill: you ca

his wife, you got to remember ler, monica conyers. oh, she is so great. she was just convicted back in june on federal bribery charges in a sludge hauling scandal. i love those sludge handling scandals. can i ask you a question -- has the swine flu already hit and killed most of the population and i'm just not aware of it? i mean, that's a possible terrorism i have been watching the news on other channels, so maybe that happened and nobody is reporting on it. i just can't figure it out. if the swine flu thing didn't happen and wipe out most of the population, why are we so low on citizens that we can't find people to serve that haven't been in jail? i don't know. and then murtha, of course, he's got the airport thing. he's also linked to a lobbying firm that has been raided by the f.b.i. two times. timothy geithner he couldn't figure out turbotax but he's the only guy that could figure out how to fix the economy. he failed to pay his taxes and he's our treasury secretary, oh, and he also runs the i.r.s. then you have what came out today, the outright lies

conyers: if would you yield to me just very, very briefly. i want to tell you and chairwoman woolsey and the good doctor that is on the floor with her -- with us that i have listened to everything you have said. and i want to commend you. i'm so proud that this discussion goes on immediately tonight after the inspirational remarks of the president. especially at the end. just great. now, there was one part that i wanted to remind all the members of the caucus about was the part where he compared the progressive caucus and the single payer concept on the other hand with those of a totally different viewpoint that feel that there should be no employer connection at all. now, that was a tremendously effective rhetorical flourish, but the fact remains that i guess there's somebody that -- come to think of it i'm one of the people that would like to separate the employer connection from health care. i hope that doesn't make me a conservative or whatever group that has been promoting that. because i think now that i reflect on it, i think that's no

congressman barney frank and john conyers. expos in the organization acorn, that is the subject of tonight's talking points memos. there was an undercover sting during which some acorn officials were seen aiding and abetting prostitution and child prostitution. the resulting scandal resulted in congress de-funding them, and their image is now in tatters. they want to see if the undercover duo broke any federal laws, and they also want to find out exactly what acorn is guilty of an look at the housing opportunities agenda. in my opinion, they should be giveing them congressional medals for exposing something that the feds were not able to expos. frank did not vote at all -- they were not able to expose. any investigation into the couple would be brutally wrong and would come off as a partisan hatchet job. with more than 30 criminal conviction on its razum bay, they cannot be trusted. they understand that -- with more than 30 criminal convictions on its resume, they cannot be trusted. they do not deserve a federal witch hunt, an

house judiciary committee chairman john conyers had planned to investigate acorn.ater, he told "the washington times", quote -- "the powers that be decided against it." hmm. when the chairman of the house judiciary committee can't hold a hearing, let me ask you this, can we have an investigation to find out who the powers that be are q. i wish i had a panel of 12 people to investigate, oh, and a very diverse panel, too. judging by the last 24 hours or so, we're going to follow this, acorn, and in fact we have new breaking news on it again today, but judging on the last 24 hours, we'll follow it, but it's just going to be fox and you and me. but see, this is where i started. don't worry. don't worry, because the paradigm is changing. that's the way it started with the czar thing, too. and look at the progress you have made. the acorn story does continue. tonight, a different city, a different acorn office, but what could happen different? the same old corruption, this time in our nation's capital. new tape, next. = what i need to control my diabetes, to stay healthy

john conyers. [applause] >> we love you. thank you, congressman conyers. >> i appreciate the comment about hustling. as the president and ceo of my development corp., a large part of my job is hustling. i always hustling to bring money into our organization. i am always hustling the message that i have to impart is to our staff and constituents. you have to be responsible, individually. you have to take ownership of your circumstances. in fact, money or support may not be there. you have to be resourceful and you have to be reliance. that does not mean that we are not there to support and to guide, but that you to take ownership of that part of your life -- you have to take ownership of that part of your life. as african-americans, historically, we have found a way. we have taken little and made much. that is the message of self- reliance. not necessarily waiting for someone to bring resources, but taking responsibility and being creative about how you move forward in your life and how you correct the wrongs and the things i

conyers, do you have five more minutes for questions? i'm so nearly exhausted, i hardly have anything else to say. but to thank you for this meeting and to thank our witnesses for holding up. but, you know, it's been made public that the american medical association sort of come out for the obama approach. you all have heard about that? have you? no? yes, no? okay. you don't know if ama is with obama or not. what about your companies? have your companies said anything one way or the other about obama's strategy of health reform? anybody? you don't know. >> congressman, cigna came out as others in the industry and supported many aspects of the president's plan. >> okay. let me put it more delicately. are there parts of the obama hr-3200 approach that you are -- that your company is for and other parts you may not be in full accord with? is that fair enough? everybody shakes their head. there are parts you can go along with and some parts, obviously public option is not one of your favorite parts of the bill, where ever it may appear. ther

conyers, do you have five more minutes for questions? i'm so nearly exhausted, i hardly have anything else to say. but to thank you for this meeting and to thank our witnesses for holding up. but, you know, it's been made public that the american medical association sort of come out for the obama approach. you all have heard about that? have you? no? yes, no? okay. you don't know if ama is with obama or not. what about your companies? have your companies said anything one way or the other about obama's strategy of health reform? anybody? you don't know. >> congressman, cigna came out as others in the industry and supported many aspects of the president's plan. >> okay. let me put it more delicately. are there parts of the obama hr-3200 approach that you are -- that your company is for and other parts you may not be in full accord with? is that fair enough? everybody shakes their head. there are parts you can go along with and some parts, obviously public option is not one of your favorite parts of the bill, where ever it may appear. ther

conyers just laughed. brian: 10 minutes after the top of the hour.friend said he always put others first in heroic act of trying to help a fellow soldier is what led to his death. gretchen: jared c. monty will receive the medal of honor post thiewm thiewm mustily today. brian: joining us is commander sergeant of monti in afghanistan. he joins us to tell about his experience with a true american hero. could you set the scene for us that made this very special honor go to this very special man? >> sure. good morning, brian. on the 21st of june, 2006. sergeant monti and cunningham were leading a 16 man patrol in afghanistan abutted to pakistan. that evening they were attacked by about 50 taliban warriors. and they beat the enemy back with rifle fire and grenade fire initially. they were flanked on the left as sergeant. he immediately began to call for artillery fire and close air support. in the midst of that, they realized a soldier was lost. forwarded their position. while sergeant monti called for fire. sergeant cunningham said i'm going to go get pr

conyers read the bill! read the bill! read the bill! there's more.mpanies. -- congresswomen that is socialism and it's evil. america look at the urban communities these political representatives are supposed to be representing. are they any better since they've been in office. harlem, detroit, los angeles. as the board member with the opportunity charter school in harlem, new york i can tell you our government is failing our kids. not only have these liberal policies failed, they are trying to make matters worse with cap-and-trade. and let's get the terminology straight, in washington, d.c. they call the cap-and-trade, i call it cap and tax. it's a tax on energy. the goal of cap-and-trade is to force americans to use less energy by making it more expensive. it will reduce dispossible income and our standard of living. it will lead to job losss and manufacturing where they'll move overseas. it will reduce economic growth. that's why cap and tax is a ball and chain for all americans. it's an energy policy that will enslave everybody. for the sake of li

that is our chairman, john conyers.[applause] the issue of the recording industry or artists in the recording industry, basically is an issue of fairness. it has been perpetuated that we are trying to put black radio out of business. which is such a silly, silly thing to think. it's silly to think, because if you take a look at me, why would i want to do that to me. at any rate, all the misnomers that have been perpetuated by radio, am/fm radio and unfortunately black radio, these are untruths. and until you have had an opportunity to read the bill or understand our side of the story, which we have not been given an opportunity to issue via radio. we have been barred from doing so. the only way we can get our word out is through these kinds of gatherings. 48 years ago i recorded a song called "don't make me over." and that was followed by two or three other songs, one that comes immediately to my mind is "walk on by." and when these particular recordings were sent to radio stations, they were sent with almost a prerequi

that is our chairman, john conyers. [applause] the issue of the recording industry or artists in the recording industry is an issue with fairness. it has been perpetuated that we are trying to put black radio out of business, which is such a silly thing to think. it is silly to think, because a few take a look at me, why would i want to do that to me? at any rate, all the misnomers that have been perpetuated by radio, specifically to a m/fm radio, and unfortunately, to black radio. these are untruths, and until you have had an opportunity to either read the bill and understand our side of the story, which we have not been given an opportunity to issue the radio, we have been barred from doing so, the only way we can get our word out is through these kinds of gatherings. 48 years ago are recorded a song called "don't make me over." that was followed by two or three other songs, one that comes to my mind is the "walk on by." when these particular recordings were sent to radio stations, they were sent with almost a prerequ

. >> john conyers said he would. >> we have the attorney general of louisiana looking where all thatns, that's underway, too. >> why doesn't the u.s. congress investigate, because the house of the judiciary committee agreed to do it a da democrat, then he said no i'm not going to. he put it the powers that be called me off of it. >> maybe we'll talk to the congressman. all right, sacramento, california is another radio shock jock stunt where they got a couple of people to drink a lot of water, and one woman who did that died. roll the tape. >> jennifer, i heard that you're not doing too well. >> my head hurts. >> oh. >> they keep telling me that it's the water, that it will tell my head to hurt and make me puke, but-- >> who told you that the intern. >> yeah. >> it kind of, it makes you, it hurts, but makes you feel lightheaded so i'm he not sure. >> this is what it feels like when you're drowning, a lot of water inside of you. >> oh, it hurts. >> yeah, and she died shortly after that. ultimately the second to the last person of the contest and consolation justin timberlake concert t

full committee chairman conyers. full committee chairman smith and members of the house judiciary's committee subcommittee on constitution civil rights and civil liberties. thank you for inviting me to speak to you today on behalf of the justice department about the three intelligence authorities scheduled to expire this december. my written testimony sets forth afirm tf case for renewal for each of these three important authorities. mind. ful of the sub committees time and importance of the discussion my remark today will touch briefly on the importance. of each authority. at the outset it is important to recognize these authorities exist as part of a broader statutory scheme authorized by congress and overseen by the fisa court that supports foreign intelligence collection and thereby protects national security. the lone wolf provision allows the government to conduct surveillance pursuant to a fisa court order on a non-u.s. person if the government demonstrates probable cause that the individual is engaged in inte

john conyers doesn't want to investigate acorn? defunds them, but then changed his minds. >> they want to investigate and intimidate a 20-year-old girl. we got to take a break. by the way, did you hear this? the off the office is broke and needs a bailout. we'll give you the details. more with our great, great -- >> that's why we need more government. sean: you don't mean that. right back with our "great american panel" great ahead. . !e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e!e sean: and we continue now with our great american panel. so the government wants to take over health care, jay, and now, we find out about our poor post office. they are in the whhole. >> i do not send letters anymore through the post office, so i am not surprised there are struggling. we want to do the health care. we want to continue -- they are struggling. when will the american people wake up and demand that we stop this? sean: sandy, freddie, flopped -- fammonnie, bankrupt by the econ. >> this does feed into the really important argument about whether the governme

i wasn't aware of the sensenbrenner conyers bill until i heard testimony and i would trust that came out of a serious effort to provide safety and security for the american people after september in the oven and as i listen to the fed chairman's lamented but bill did not provide to the floor in the same condition understand his sentiments. >> will the distinguished gentleman from iowa yield? >> this was before your time. you were not even here. >> that would be why i don't remember it. [laughter] >> apparently. thank you, mr. chairman know i don't feel so badly for not being completely tune into the history. but it did trigger my memory how the bankruh@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ bill that appeared fresh and voted on literally the next day from the printer that nobody had a chance to read. that was unfortunate spirit reclaiming my time and perhaps resetting the clock would wonder if maybe the chairman of the subcommittee and full committee might wish to join me in my endeavor to move the rules committee to the floor because the business of this congress takes place in bowl of the wall rather than

look who joined in, liberals like patrick kennedy, john conyers, george miller, patrick kennedy? all three voted against a.c.o.r.n., along with 169 other democrats. earth to a.c.o.r.n., the fact is your days are starting to look look they could possibly be numbered. those are the facts. that's the news. but as wrong as a.c.o.r.n.'s workers were in that videotape and with as much heat as they're getting, as much money as they're losing, should we not also ask questions of the filmmakers who seem to have bought them down? that's an important question, questions like where is the rest of that video that a.c.o.r.n. says will actually exonerate them? questions like could you have possibly have misrepresented yourself as something you were not in those videos? why did you report on account of a murder without checking it out. these are all things that would have cost me my job had i done them working here at this news consideration. in fact the network that is showing this video the most actually castigated dan rather for doing something that could be argued was perhaps even less than

but certainly the conyers nature center, which has hiking trails and horse trails, was completely floodedyou see the out building, the power building, the nature center, water up to the second level. so -- yeah, we, we had something that's been flooding. >> we're looking at a bridge. a bunch of officers on the bridge. is that the route 20 bridge? >> yes, that's the georgia 20 bridge. and the officers were inspecting and making sure that you know, the bridge was still safe to drive over. and later that day, they did close the bridge on 138. >> has the crest happened? is everything getting better? >> yes. things are starting to go down. and they reopened the bridge on 138, at least the westbound lane. and the eastbound lane is being redirected into the west lane. >> real quickly, all the water standing around, any health concerns, anybody tell you to watch out, don't walk through the water? >> they're saying it on the news. and certainly the sheriffs trying to tell people to stay out of the water. because you don't know what's in it. so -- >> john, these are great pictures. >> thanks. >> i

. >> that is also chairman john conyers opinion and he asked the ranking chairman to pursue that and again this is not republicans, this is about all of the corporate structure, whether things have been violated. you know, if you want to have an independent investigation and i have heard that express used many times you go out to price waterhouse or ernst and young and say i want an audit of our corporations and let me make it public. >> chris: let me interrupt you if i may because you said this last week you would name an independent auditor by friday to review acorn. i looked at your website 20 minutes ago and there is still not a word. >> you will have that announcement on monday making sure that when we hit the ground runing that everything is in place because it is important. >> chris: somebody i independet like price waterhouse. you are naming the auditor. >> you will find out who that person is and you will also note that we brought in things last year, new auditors, new financial professionals to make sure that they gave us sound advice which i have been implementing as well

conyers, do you have five more minutes for questions? >> i'm so nearly exhausted, i hardly have anything else to say. but to thank you for this meeting and to thank our witnesses for holding up. but, you know, it's been made public that the american medical association sort of come out for the obama approach. you all have heard about that? have you? no? yes, no? okay. you don't know if ama is with obama or not. what about your companies? have your companies said anything one way or the other about obama's strategy of health reform? anybody? you don't know. >> congressman, cigna came out as others in the industry and supported many aspects of the president's plan. >> okay. let me put it more delicately. are there parts of the obama hr-3200 approach that you are -- that your company is for and other parts you may not be in full accord with? is that fair enough? everybody shakes their head. there are parts you can go along with and some parts, obviously public option is not one of your favorite parts of the bill, where ever it may appear. t

black caucus annual convention today here in washington, d.c., which was hosted by congressman john conyers, who obviously is pushing hard for single payer. he says that the democrats have capitulated. but to your point, joe, what they believe needs to be done is that the stories, the human interest stories like that lady in virginia who needs surgery right now, and has no options, and no help whatsoever, i don't know why the republicans won't do something. >> ed, i have on my blackberry right now a lady who called my show who was -- had an advanced degree, lost her job, working for again motors, i believe, or alison company, in indiana. she is now on her last paycheck. she now has no insurance. she does not know what she's going to do. >> welcome to america. >> why isn't she working with medicaid then? we have public programs for this already. >> but not for everybody. we're a better country than that. we can do this for everybody. >> but then you have republicans who want to cut medicare. >>> coming up, a shortage of ammunition in this country. bullet makers can't make the ammo fast enoug

john conyers, he questions the need for lawmakers to read the bill. mr. conyers, that is your job., mr. conyers, read the bill, read the bill, read the bill. [crowd chanting "read the bill!"] congresswoman diane watson admirers of fidel castro. congresswoman maxine waters have note -- has no problem with governments taking over oil companies. congress women, that is socialism and is evil. america, look at the urban communities these political representatives are supposed to be representing. are they any better since they have been in office? haarlem, detroit, los angeles. as a board member with the opportunity charter school in the heart of new york, i can tell you our government is failing our kids. not only have these liberal policies failed, they are trying to make matters worse with cap and trade. and let's get the terminology straight. in washington d.c. they called it cap and trade. i call it cap and taxes. it is a cap on energy. the goal of cap and trade is to force americans to use less energy by making it more expensive. it will reduce disposable income. and our standard o

we have had other people from the committee, and they have said that john conyers originally said that he is going to investigate acorn, then they said never mind, when asked why not he said the powers that be. we talked about him every day for two weeks. we have invited him on to defended himself and he has declined. >> that is why we need the inspector general to investigate as well. crime's been committed. individuals convicted. we need to get to the bottom of it. what acorn has recently proposed is too little, too late. we need a lot of people to resign immediately. megyn: how do you convince the doj to investigate, or the fbi? >> the inspector general is independent of the department of justice itself. i am convinced that they are individuals of integrity, they know that the in -- that the american people are watching. megyn: what would be the justification for doing it now? i know that we have these undercover videos, but in these cases no laws were skirted because it was really just a guy and a gal posing as a pimp and a prostitute and no phony forms were ever filed. >> we do no

where is john conyers on this.tigating this years ago and changed his mind and-- >> gotcha, we'll leave it there and let now what happens with acorn. i'm sure something else this week. thank you. >> coming up an announcement on the woman with two embryos. we'll explain. bicycle, what are we waiting for? the flowers are blooming. the air is sweet. and zyrtec® starts... relieving my allergies... 2 hours faster than claritin®. my worst symptoms feel better, indoors and outdoors. with zyrtec®, the fastest... 24-hour allergy medicine, i promise not to wait as long to go for our ride. zyrtec® works fast, so i can love the air™. you can serve a nutritious breakfast from walmart for just over $1 a person. one breakfast a week saves a family of four over $800 a year. save money. live better. walmart. some people like to pretend... a flood could never happen to them... and that their homeowners insurance... protects them. it doesn't. stop pretending. it can happen to you. protect your home with flood insurance. call the numb

we ought to take representative conyers from michigan at his word a while back when he initiated it,at i hear there are a lot of investigations and some have been going on since some of the dubious practices in the last election. that were highlighted. but, no findings. >> well, a lot of these investigations have been squashed before the findings were released. and, john conyers, is just another one and called for an investigation and then, his words are that there was not sufficient evidence. well, i think considering the am of money that this organization is -- has received, and is about to receive, i think these investigations have to get serious. >> clayton: we have to leave it there. unfortunately, doctor, we have to leave it there, come back an update us when you guys have evidence about this and keep us in the loop on the discussion, okay? >> sure will, thanks. >> alisyn: thank you. all right. are you a parent guilty of spying on your kids on the internet? do you even consider it spying if you occasionally check out their social networking pages in e-? well, if so, you are not

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frank, charmse frank and conyers who called for -- chairmans frank and conyers who called for a c.r.s., congressional research services to take a look at acorn and write a report. well, crfment r.s. doesn't have the authority to go in -- well, c.r.s. doesn't have an authority to go in and do a tax audit. they don't have the authority that these chairmen have themselves. if they want to get to the bottom of it, they call for hearings and an investigation and they levy their subpoena power and they do that. but instead they like to redirect the american people into believing that calling for a c.r.s. report is somehow a substitute of congressional investigations. it's not. the justice department that should be doing a complete thorough criminal investigation working hand in glove with the i.r.s. should instead simply announce that they're going to take a look and see if they've written checks to acorn and then react accordingly. and the u.s. treasury finally takes a position that they don't want to cooperate, don't want acorn cooperating with them and helping out with taxes. these are a

john conyers said he could not get the powers that be on his side.ing to hear from nancy pelosi now? what does this gop move mean? >> we have attorneys general in state after state stepping forward. looks like they will investigate acorn. in louisiana, the attorney general subpoenaed documents. this is greasy a tale of two parties. democrats outside washington doing the right thing. democrats in washington, frequently getting elected from acorn possible voter registration, they are protecting acorn and not allowing them to be challenged. martha: thank you for following this since the beginning. we will get back to. -- we will get back to you. trace: apparently, there is a right way and a wrong way to sneeze. choctaw must have missed the memo. -- chuck todd must have missed the memo. martha: we are going to show that later. [laughter] you know how to sneeze, right? all right. we do want to show you something. we have incredible video that you may have seen by now. he saw the old video of serena williams going off on a judge. we will show you that afte

john conyers said that the powers that be have decided there wouldn't be hearings.who could the powers that be be when you are the chairman of the judiciary committee in the house of representatives and you look up and say the powers that be are the speaker or the president of the united states. what we do know is that the president of the united states used to work for acorn. he not only worked for acorn but was a trainer for acorn and headed up a project vote which is part and parcel of acorn. he wore a jersey, player and coach and alumni who has hired acorn to help facilitate hiring people to help acorn. . we have a president of the united states with a chief of staff named rahm emanuel who used to serve in the house of representatives, he's known for a hardball, hard core chicago-style politics and we're going to have to wonder if we can actually get hearings and investigations? here's what need today happen, mr. speaker. this congress needs to have multiple committees with bipartisan hearings and investigations on every aspect of acorn. the department of justic

. >> it's also chairman john conyers' opinion and he's asked to pursue that. this is not republicans. this is about all the corporate structure, whether things have been violated. you know, if you want to have an independent investigation, and i've heard that expression used by bertha many times, you go to price water hours or ernst and young and say i want an audit of our corporations, and when we get -- >> let me interrupt you, if i may, because you said this last week that you would name an independent auditor by friday to review acorn. i looked at your website 20 minutes ago. there's still not a word. >> you will have that announcement on monday making sure that when we hit the ground running that everything is in place because it is important -- >> does that mean somebody independent like price waterhouse? you're naming the auditors. >> you'll find out who that person is and you'll also note that we brought in things last year, new auditors, new financial professionals to make sure that they gave us sound advice, which i've been implementing as well as ma

i want to thank the 85 members of the house who have signed on to h.r. 676, the bill which john conyers and i authored which establishes medicare for all. it's very clear that there's only one way that you can control costs and make it possible for people to have the doctor of choice, and that legislation, h.r. 676, accomplishes that. i would like to suggest that the underlying angst we have seen reflected across this country in the last couple months at town hall meetings and individual confrontations, is not simply about health care. and we ignore at our peril the underlying economic issues that are confronting this country. the fact there are 15 million americans out of work. the fact that so many people have lost their investments, so many people have lost their pensions. this is what is moving the american people to revolt against their own government. so we need to look at this in a broader way, not only to address the health care issues, but also address the underlying economic questions. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >>

i would like to thank chairman conyers and scott and ranking member smith and gohmert of the judiciary committee. they worked to ensure this legislation was expeditiously moved through the legislative process as it -- as concerns were addressed. i would also like to thank the house leadership on both sides for their hard work in bringing the bill before us today. finally i would like to thank my fellow californiaians, dear friend, adam schiff, for his partnership. can i think of no better colleague in the house of representatives to work with than i found in adam schiff. i thank you very much and i yield back the balance of my time and urge passage of this critically important bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from california. mr. schiff: mr. speaker, may i inquire how many more speakers my colleague from texas has? mr. poe: we have no other speakers. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. schiff: i thank you, mr. speaker.

i know congressman smith said something about the culture of corruption is good because john conyersat be have basically told him to back off any investigation of acorn on the congressional level. the people of the country can smell a rat here and this thing is so -- it just stinks to high help and has to be examined and the obama administration should just wash its hands of this organization if it can but can it in gretchen: i don't know what was more alarming is the five interviews sunday only one outfit asked a question about acorn. number two, his answer really, really, i have to say, shocked me. because to say to the american taxpayer that it is not a high priority for the president to be looking out for the tax dollars, take politics aside, to be so careless about the feelings of people that are doling out tax dollars to washington i thought was unbelievable >> at least he got in a basketball game last night at the church in manhattan. so he has his priorities straight. and you have to give kudos to stephanopoulous for asking the question but chris wallace would have been a lit

i work with congressman john conyers and the california nurses association for group called health care, not were for. when we go to capitol hill, rahm emanuel twisted arms last spring to induce enough democrats against their better judgment to vote for the supplemental. of this is an echo of the vietnam war era. you cannot depend on any political party to bucket's president. we need to solidify it and push the democrats who are willing to take that risk. in the short term there will get resistance from the white house, but in the long term history will vindicate him. host: this message by twitter says we have been there too long. guest: it is an endless war potentially. there was an op-ed in the paper the other day about the traditional decision-making process. karzai was selected. that was in 2002. he is corrupt, inept, and now lacks legitimacy. we had an op ed in ""the new york times" -- this does not advance people's understanding. the other alternative to karzai is a warlord himself. when i spoke to people in kabul and ask them what was the worst time they have lived through in the

john conyers i have to have public option or i am not voting for it.ny hoyer, majority leader says it doesn't have to be in there. steve: which is weird when you think that nancy pelosi his boss says it's a central part. brian: steny hoyer had an intelligent town hall. he was actually listening. 23 house democrats will vote no at this hour. if they get up to 3 and the republicans hold theirs and they all vote no across the line which the word is they will in the house, they are not going to get the votes. alisyn: part of it is they went home for summer recess and some had town hall meetings and heard from the republic. reflected these numbers at least a third don't want their representative to vote for this. it's interesting, also, that 24 % to 29% say that they don't know what they would do because people can't really understand the bill. and that is what the president is tasked with tonight, is explaining it to those undecided people who have no idea what their representative would be voting for. steve: also, it was probably bad news for the presiden

i appreciate the work of the judiciary committee and chairman conyers and scott on placing this on the house calendar. i'm disappointed in the partisan obstructionist tactics that precluded recognition in a timely fashion in july. this truly bipartisan resolution that has been introduced year after year and passed by this house urging citizens to take back their streets from criminals is hijacked by partisan politics. a month later we have to talk about this year's event in the past tense. it did bring together citizens, law enforcement agencies and civic gupes throughout the united states -- groups throughout the united states to heighten crime and drug prevention awareness and national night out is the largest, most cost effective campaign. whether it is stopping illegal drug sales, making schools safer, locating missing children or remaining vigilant against terrorism, local law enforcement officials depend on community networks to succeed. this high profile, high impact national night out sends a message to criminals letting them that neighborhoods are fighting back. the involvemen

we stumbled into this hearing is really what it was from congressman conyers and it was a health anderal of our members got up and said why we thought it was a bad idea. the next thing you know all of our doctors were speaking an none of his were and he was listening. >> we don't feel like we've been involved in the process about the people -- [inaudible] not people -- taking care of patients every day. >> this fight is a long way from being over. we have a chance of winning. and people in asking are actually listening to us. >> now, rise to your feet and welcome a man fresh from the front lines, a tireless lobbyist for the forgotten special interest, the american taxpayer. here's the director of government affairs for the 36 2,000 strong national taxpayers union. andrew moilen. >> good afternoon, taxpayers. god afternoon, -- good afternoon america. people to my right, people to my other right. now, if you are excited to be here today and help turn our government around, let me hear an amen. president obama's in minnesota today. let me hear an amen. now, that sounded proof that hell

john conyers said he hasn't read the health care bill.we have to have a voice, and we no longer have it on national tv. >> we ask everyone what matters to them. i did not think has happened before. the caller does not use the freedom of speech. it happens more than any other one. freedom of religion is second come surprisingly. freedom to own a gun is third from away back. more americans are using freedom of speech this year than anytime since the vietnam war. one other point. we look at the most important values of america represents and it is not democracy, not justice, not opportunity. it is liberty. and when americans start to feel that there liberty is being taken away in some way, they will rebel. and that is part of what these town hall meetings are about. caller: on want to know what the government is going to do about these companies the far you when you get injured on the job. they do not pay into workers' compensation. and here and with an injury now that i have been struggling with tree and i have been fighting them. host: tha