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in the interest of research, of cose. hoping i, too, might slumber my way to success.tephanie sy, abc news, new york. >> she's still sleeping. note to self, not at the nuclear power plant. good luck with the boss tomorrow on that one. >>> tomorrow morning here on "good morning america," sarah palin calling the new health care panel a death panel. we'll have a sort of fact check tomorrow morning on "gma." charlie gibson is back here tomorrow night. thanks for watching.

no, of cose we want a bipartisan lan. you heard the president yesterday, look, he ys the republicans have made a calculated decision to de me a victory st as hey did wth clton in the 1990's. you can hear n their voice ho th have basically come to the idea that tey're going to ave to shove throh what they wnt. the caucus are complicatein their own way. gwen: we have so many qestions fromur viewers. i'll start with tis general on for you naftali. what are the top reasonsfor the increasing costs of hlth care and how do th plans from obama in cgress address them? this is fro wes in illinois. >> i mean, obviously, ther is an array of thngs that are going into this and an rray of different theories. one of the b reasons th eryone talks about is te inceive system that we have set up right nowncourages doctors and paties to get as much hlth care and as many procedures apossible rather than focusing othe ones that might be for eective. it isn't an incentive for that one of the things that lawmake on both sides are wrstling this --

after that, "q&a" with ellis cose of "newsweek brand and then another chance to see david cameron. lobbying, influence, and money. monday, ellen miller, co-founder and executive director of the sunshine foundation, on how to use the internet to provide transparency in government. >> this month, c-span2's booktv weakens continuing prime time with more books on the economy and politics. monday night, chris andersen, and senate majority leader harry reid. >> from the right online conference in pittsburgh, conservative blogger is talk about the future of online campaigning. this last about one hour and 10 minutes. we have eric erickson and matt lewis who contribute to politesse daily. i want to make this -- this gives you an opportunity as question. it depends on you. many people as spoken of the last couple of days. we want an answer questions about what we do next. i would start by asking eric and matt to share a couple of their thoughts on how we take the next out. i wanted to begin by looking back where we have come in the past year. i don't know how many of you were in austin, tex

. >> next week on today, we will talk with ellis cose. he produced a radio documentary series. that is next sunday on c-span. her to go this is c-span region -- >> this is c-span. later, a live press conference with president obama and the canadian prime minister stephen harper. >> this morning on washington journal, a discussion about the trade summit with patrick o'brien of the u.s. chamber of commerce. also, a look at business week's cover story on health insurers. then a discussion on u.s. policy towards

. >> next week, we will talk with ellis cose. he produced a radio series about people overcome the odds. that is next sunday. this is c-span, public affairs programming courtesy of america's cable companies. next we will show you bbc's "the record," looking at the last year in parliament. we also listened to the ceo of godfather's pizza talking about a conservative values. tomorrow on c-span, a live joint news prompt -- conference with president obama, mexican president calderon, and canadian prime minister harper. it will in crude immigration, border security, trade, and the h1n1 flu virus. monday, republican fcc commissioner robert mcdowell on transparency as well as expanding broadcast during -- expanding broadband. "the commissioners"2 on ". -- on c-span2. >> welcome to "the record review." mp's reputation seemed to an all-time low. the commons speaker is forced out over his handling of row the up. and find out how an actor and a group of soldiers took on the government and one. the expensing the scandal. >> the first install

. >> next week, we will talk with ellis cose. he produced a ready a documentary series called again"it's the guns." that is next sunday here on c- span. >> this is c-span, public affairs programming. next, we will show you bbc parliament's the record. and then to reporters talk about the significance of the watergate break-in. and later, frank rich on his writings and career. >> monday, robert mcdowell on his agency's efforts to provide more transparency as well as the commission's role in expanding broadband. "the communicators" at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> hello and welcome to the " record review." coming up in the next hour, it is revealed but they have claimed cash for everything from expired mortgages to floating the islands. find out how and actor and a band of retired soldiers took on the government and one. but first, to a scandal that rocked westminster and caused the biggest outpouring of public anger in living memory and dominated news and politics for weeks. >> over the following days, more and more damaging al

and of cose, behoove it is airlines to get you out of the plane after a delay of two, three hours, headlines like the one we are talking about now. you are at the whim of the airline. sadly the finger has been proven to be the most effective and has been to call local news anchors antext the media and to, you know, put it in twitter and create outrage. >> pressure on the airlines? >> yes. >> hurry up and do -- >> not the way it should work. >> doesn't sound like it. starting saturday passengers will have to provide birth dates and gender when they start making airline reservations. why is that? >> this is part of an effort by the tsa to improve its terror watch list and fly people that shouldn't be flying. fa phasing it in over time. making sure it match tess i.d. you are using. if you have problems they will spot stop you if your middle initial is different. if your birthday is different you plain into problems. the best advice, make sure for your freedom flier program they have the most accurate information including your full name and birth dated. that can help speed you through. >> all r

now, look, if you were forced to cose between playing "mark sanford karaoke" and rescuing mankind fromtionwhich would you choose? >> rescuing mankind. >> jimmy: oh, well. tonight, unfortunately, we'll be playing "mark sanford karaoke." [ laughter ] but here's h we play, everybody. you'll each stand with your back to the 108, and you'll read the words in front of you. thell change from white to yellow to help you follow along. at the end, we'll decide the winner based on dience applause. and steve, tell us what toght's winner will be taking home. ♪ >> steve: well, jimmy, tonht's winner will receive a brand new gpx karaoke system. sing along to your favorite songs and follow the lyrics on the built in monitor. it includes microphone and a/v cables. jimmy? >> jimmy: wow. that is an awesome karaoke machine. that is pretty tight, right? you guys don't want it? yeah? yeah, you're gonna have to work hard. you'll have to really work hard. all right, let's get started. sean, you're up. remeer now, you can sing however you want, just as long as you're singing and not talking, all right? lle sing

. >> of cose. taliban was no very friendly to e images, e tv in general. they will noteal with our correspondt or our payroll friendly so setimes appr in mean interviews. however, thessue of women, for example, we have dealt withit from different angles becse, also, there s another argument there that this is a rlection on the. culture itself. it is not the taliban tha insisted on itnly. it cares this kind of value and tradition and chae it... fo socialchange rather than just, you know, issue a claration of sendingheir daughters to school. >> rose: here is tomriedman, july 26. thsame day present obama spoke to the muslim world from cairo university, osa bin lan released a long statent on his islamic web site and on al jazeera as the yptian middle eaern expt noted, ama beat osaa hands down. ask the content of oma's speechand they will tl you, d what osamma sd and many wi say, "did he give a eech?" >> prior to obama's speech, one night orwo night before the speech, and his argumentwas that whatever obama is going to sa will deceive you becau look at what has

rightnow of cose he hasime to fix it. but in order toix it he has to be clear, unauto can i have captain call and dry line in the sand what he wants tbe. they're not doing that. robert gibbs still talking in his latest press briefgs. this is not the time -- is time to say this is what needso be in this bill in order ft to be rea refor remember are thenemies of reform, so many out therhave gotten very good at calng evything reform. and at the ment terally ousands of lobbyists working to undermine rorm. 400,000 atay is spent lobby n. 350 former congrsional staffers a out thereobbying. six of them were staffers who -- this is really an overwhelmg effort to undmine reform the namef reform. and if the preside stops being pied piper for a moment says, this is what needs to be in this bill, come withme or get out of the way. that's what i need in order to have rea reform. >> charl: why do you think he hasn't done that? >> i think it is because --hat is one of the thgs that people love about him. temperamentallhe doesn't like con

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. >> so, th article, of cose, is totally misleadin glal warmg is a very smaller part of my concern. the auor is a very fine writer. >> rose: he is, indeed. but it isostly fiction rather than ft. >> rose:ow can a very fine writer write fiction rather than fact. >> he had his agenda which sn't mine. >> rose: what was his agenda? >> his agenda was to write a piece about globa warming. >> rose: right. >> he told me he was going to a profile of m, and it was-- he isted it into a story about global warming, which is really-- i don claim to be an expert on that subject. i'm not activis and i certainly am not an appropriate persono be a political acvist. so it gave, i think oth a very misleading view. however, i mean theictures arbeautiful, and so i can compin. ( laughter ) rose: it like your tie. you have a beautiful tie. >> which my wife chose for me this morning. >> rose: this morning. she cks out your clotheshen you leave in morning >> no usually. >> rose: the tie or for televisn. >> f television, yes. >> ros well, she has good tae. >> thank you. >> rose: so what i your view on glob war

. >> ellis cose, thank you very much. >> it is a pleasure chatting with you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call the number shown. for free transcripts, or to give us your comments about this program, visit us online. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> up next, on remarks by british conservative party leader david cameron. and then ambassador rolf richard albrecht but the situation in afghanistan and pakistan. and after that, a discussion on the middle east peace process. tomorrow on "washington journal"; talks about how obama is present -- promoting his agenda during the august recess. jim martin talking about proposals from the republicans and democrats in congress. and the discussion of the book "dread." "washington journal," alive every morning at 7:00 a.m. here and c-span. >> this fall, entered the home to america's highest court, from the grant public places to those only a sizable by the nine justices, "the supreme c

cing out of the senate, he cld go there, but hi preference would be to ve a public option, which of cose played very well here. folks here in this state who are der some kind of public plan if you willor their health care coverage now so people are comfortable witness they get it. it's not demonized. government health care is t dmonized ten it t here. i think that might be an abuting thing for the country to watch a this moves along. >> brown we willeave it thre. thank you all very much. >> ifill: finally, the extraordinary talef one of the worls most famous brains. that's the cus of tonight's premiere of ova science now." a warning: the are explicit medical images in the excets we are about show you. >> reporter: this the braun that me than any other in history s aowed scientists toake sense of your bran. for 82 years it resided in the hed of a man naed henry gustave mullisom, better kwn as h. m., he was perhaps the most studied patit ever. and thatidn't end when he dd last year. with h.m.'s prmission, the dotor went to work dissectin hibrain into 3,000 slices. >> you c imagine the brn

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. >> ellis cose on his public radio series, "against the odds." >> arlen specter met with his constituentsarrisburg. >> good morning, ladies and gentleman. thank you for coming out this morning. for the past three decades in august, i have made it a practice to have town meetings. i will make a very short opening statement for about five or seven minutes. . . i will make a brief summary about what is happening in washington, and i have come here to find out what is on your mind. in a representative democracy, for me to do a job as one of the united states senators, i have to be in touch with the people of my state. and i will make it a practice every year to cover every one of the pennsylvania districts to keep me advised as to what is going on. i am looking forward to a civil discussion. where we have ideas, and freedom of speech is a precious commodity in america. freedom of speech means to express yourself, but if somebody else wants to express themselves, to have stability, so we can exchange ideas. there are a great many subjects of importance in washington today. we're working very h

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. >> on this show, ellis cose, sunday night on c-span. >> this fall, enter the home of america's highestrt. from grand public places to those only accessible by the nine justices. the supreme court, coming the first sunday in october on c- span. "washington journal" continues. host: andrew, this is the front page from yesterday. general rick crystals remarks that the taliban is the winning, do you agree? -- general mcchrystal's remarks. guest: i do agree that in the counter insurgency if you are not winning coming need to seize back control. but it is not like any of these insurgent groups in afghanistan will be able to march on kabul successfully in the next 12 months. what we are fearing is that this campaign of fear and intimidation that taken place in cities, especially of southern afghanistan -- that is what we fear. the taliban is beating us in that silent war. not so much the shooting, connecticut or. host: what do you mean by the silent war? -- not so much in the shooting come kinetic war. guest: when we track activities, we track how they are shooting at us. we are bad at tracki

. >> sunday, ellis cose on his public radio series, against the aunts, which profiles people who have overcome significant obstacles in life. >> back here live in pittsburgh, pa. at the david lawrence convention center. the netroots nation conference, four days of lectures, training sessions, and panel discussions with progressive online activist, bloggers, and politicians. the keynote speaker is former president bill clinton. our live coverage on c-span. >> under way to work tomorrow, look around. there is a union l. there busting their balls for you. we plug up the holes in the role of so you$pç don't [beep] up yor car. >> [unintelligible] dall i know is we are hard- working taxpayers like you. >> hello, netroots nation. i did not approve that message, but i love watching its. what i do approve is the message our 1.6 million members are sending all across this country. we worked for change. we voted for change, and now we want the change that we fought like hell for. we are proud of our role in american politics. we are happy to be a part of netroots nation. we are honored to be sp

expensive to buy abroad but what it does, andt does kill inflation which is the point and that of cose is a good thing but by making it too strong, what you do is you kill your domestic manufacturing and of course that is what we have seen for the last 30 years ishis gradual death of our domesc manufacturing base as good flow into our country that are now cheaper because the dollar is stronger and it's the flow out of our country to countries like argentina, countries like brazil all over the world, people can no longer or ford or don't want to buy because there are artificialnflations of the price and that works both ways so does not just of korstnited states. but you see that in argentina when they have the crisis through the cracks the problems that they made their peso equal to a dollar so for every peso they printed they had to have the u.s. dollar in research. inflation plunged to zero overnight, b it also killed the domestic manufacturing industry. the third thing he i usery, its debt. not only to credit card companies charge as 30% on their credit cards, but essentially the wld

. >> sunday, ellis cose of his public radio series that profiles people who have overcome significant obstacles and lie. sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> british voters are expected to go the polls in national elections next spring. this weekend, david cameron of how a a tory government would change current domestic policies. british politics, sunday night on c-span. >> now, president obama at a town hall meeting on proposed health care legislation. this is an airport hangar in belgrade, montana. it is just over an hour. [applause] >> hello, montana. thank you. thank you. it is great to be here. please, everybody have a seat. i am excited to be back in montana. where is michelle? michelle and the girls were supposed to go whitewater rafting. i just heard some rain to wonder not know what is going on out there. they are on their way. i want to acknowledge some outstanding public officials and friends. first of all, the man who is working tirelessly to make sure that the american people get a fair deal when it comes to health care in america. please give max baucus a big round of appl

. >> sunday, eliis cose on his public radio program against the odds. q&a, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. on c-span. >> this fall, into the home to the -- to america's highest court, to those only accessible by the nine justices. the supreme court, coming on c- span. >> up next, a look at health insurance companies. this portion of washington journalism out 30 minutes. continues. >> keith epstein with business week magazine has the cover story, health reform, why insurers are winning. i want to show a little from the inside and read some of what you wrote. as the health reform shifts from a vacationing washington to c congressional districts, more of the battle is over. likely victors such as wellpoint and unitedhealth. no matter what specifics emerge in the voluminous congress the insurance industry will emerge more profitable. how did it get to this point? >> guest: we've heard about townhall meetings being disrupted and ads suggesting insurance companies are like sharks and counter ads, you know, suggesting the insurance companies are the villains. meanwh

" seemed far-fetched or that the tribune would then go bankrupt seemed even more incredible and of cosewe see thi happening all over the country. i guess it's question is whether the newspaper business itself can adjust or whether there has to be other outlets fond. peopleo need information and i think they recognize that, and so people come if you are in journalism, what it comes to be called, you have to find a way of doing it. pa othis is a function of our culture. think about your own light snow and what they were like, ten, 15, 20 years ago. what are the thingsou actually tink about? there is not a lot of time given to serious thought. it is amazing, the "a today" became a big success, just gave a little nuggets of the news. i'm not here to attack them. but the summit turned up the people said, the lesson is better the more we can get them to do this we will just wait it in front of their nose and let them sniffrbrb the i think the rock bottom has to be-- because they do believe in the ehange of ideas and i think eventually, the good will drive out the bad or not drive it out compl

. >> on sunday, ellis cose of newsweek on his public radio series, " against the odds." >> now, the special representative for afghanistan and pakistan. he was at the center for american progress to discuss u.s. strategy in the region. this is an hour and half. >> good morning. good morning, everybody. i am the president of the center for american progress. thank you for joining us this morning. we're happy to have richard holbrooke and is very spectacular -- and the very spectacular team that we have here today. this region of the world as part of the national security concern of the united states. smarter, commitment to the conflict there. the center has made this a primary focus to the ongoing work of human policy analysts, particularly one who is here today. ambassador holbrooke has assembled an impressive team. there is the multidisciplinary interagency nature of secretary clinton and investor who were's approach to afghanistan and pakistan which tendons on the -- which hinges on military assets. to the best of my knowledge, this is a first. drawing all these resources under together u

have gotten better, not where we wanted, but have gotten better with high speed access, many of our coses require at least 20 hours of lab work. this is physical lab work. when we first started we built labs across the country in our local union halls. we actually installed routers and servers and pcs across the country t we could only do so many of those. so our students, sometimes 25 hours, they would drive to these labs. these are full time working folks so almost always want to go on the weekend and. they drive 400 miles to get to this lab and they want to do it on the weekend, they would have to spend the night at a motel in order to finish all of that course work in one weekend. .. night in a hotel in order to finish all of th@t course work in one weekend. wealthy logistics of that for us we would have to get an instructor there for the weekend. we would obviously want as many students as possible that weekend to make the instructor cost-effective. the fact the student had to leave their family, spend a night away, the whole thing was quite logistically complicated and believe it or

. >> sunday, ellis cose of newsweek magazine on his public radio series that profiles people who havercome signifigant obstacles in life. >> sonia sotomayor attended a white house reception this week with president obama. we will show this at 7:00 on saturday. >> now, newt gingrich. he will talk about the budget process at the federal and state and local levels. the american enterprise institute hosted this, and this is 50 minutes. >> i apologize for starting as you are eating -- but i want to thank him for a great power, and really showing at a practical level the kind of changes and leadership that can make a huge difference. i will talk about this and i will go to some examples of continuing change and over how fundamental -- fundamentally different the thinking will be. i want to say to -- i want to talk about two examples of this. america works, and the prison fellowship model that he has done such a great job of developing. i believe that a prisoner rehabilitation should be a concern for all americans. 66% of the inmates are i rested again, within one year and 56% are back in pr

teaching us about failing, about the senate or about life, he has taught us about how to chart our coseer: edward moore kennedy was the anchor of the kennedy clan, a job he ascended to when family tragedy forced him to take the helm. >> teddy was a surrogate father to me and 29 of my cousins, 10 of my brothers and sisters. >> reporter: from the tragic and very public deaths of his brhers to the normal family triumphs and celebration to the unexpected, ted kennedy didn't forget that family came first. >> to introduce my four strongest supporters. >> reporter: despite the failure of his first marriage -- >> this is a big-time, real thing. >> reporter: -- he found love again. >> i realized that i wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. >> reporter: and he did, vicki, his children and other family members were there to say good-bye to the man knn to us as senator kennedy, but to them, simply as teddy. nbc news contributor neil sweite is the co-author of "the last line: the rise and fall of ted kennedy," along with historian doris curran-goodwin, a kennedy family friend. good morning.

host: "the >> sunday, ellis cose for "newsweek" magazine which profiles of people who have overcome significant obstacles. sunday night on c-span. >> british voters are expected to go to the polls next spring. this weekend, david cameron on how a tory government would change current domestic policies. british politics sunday night on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> the u.s. government. >> benefactors. >> i do not know. some of it is government raised. >> it is not public. >> donations. >> and want to say from me. my tax dollars. >> how was c-span funded? america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. a private business initiatives. no government mandate. no government money. >> in a few minutes we will be bringing you live coverage of this convention of bloggers and on-line activists. it is the to day gathering in pittsburgh. while we wait for this to get underway in a few minutes, here is one of the citizen videos on health care that we received here at c-span. >> once again. >> what insurance plan has the highest cost in the country? medicare. that is a proven fact from the