i'm going to ask you, ambassador crocker.ou seem to be playing down this violence which is taking so many lives right now. >> we have seen unfortunately all too many episodes of this in the past. we saw it during my time in iraq. we've seen it subsequently as al qaeda has shifted from attacks on civilian populations to attacks on iraqi government ministries. now they seem to be shifting back to attacks on the civilian population. they are horrific. clearly it has to be an imperative for the iraqis and ourselves to crack these networks and bring the violence down. but what we have seen repeatedly is that the attacks, as bloody and as vicious as they are, have not stopped the political process in iraq. >> all right. >> we don't expect them to stop it now. >> we have about 20 seconds, haven't stopped it but they are certainly hampering it. how does this change? >> again, this is why i say we are in a period of very high risk. we have to look at the draw down schedule, make sure the iraqi government is acting in a caretaker capac

it's time to ask, does anybody really care who gets dick cheney's betty crocker seal of approval. >>> if you're wondering why the s.e.c. employees didn't have their eyes on the ball while wall street crippled the economy, wait until you see what they did with those eyes. here is a hint, it's x-rated. triple x rated. >>> finish on tricky issue of immigration reform. let's start with the political fight over wall street reform. chairman of the democratic congressional campaign committee, it's his job to get democrats elected this fall. this is a winner for you, isn't it? they are the bad guys. >> it's a winner because it's a winner for the american people. we need to hold wall street accountable. never again should people be held accountable. they made bad decisions. we shouldn't ask taxpayers to bail them out. next time we need to make sure they take responsibility and we don't bail them out. >> are you going to get this rammed through or get republicans to slow this down. looks like people like richard shelby are saying, give us a couple weeks to work it out. do they want to cooperate

brian crocker was our ambassador said the other day, a lot of criticisms about going in there, whether we should have gone in there, how we went into. he said, we can discuss that and debate, but he said what matters most of all is how we left it and what we left there. i think that will probably be determined of how we see what we did. and if indeed a democracy is established there, one that can sustain itself, i think you'll be a double plus. a double thumbs up. that will be the result. joe biden the other day, not my team, not my part, but joe biden the other day said it looks very good, it looks a promising. and we can take some pride in is that as long as that we is inclusive of a larger group, i think i could agree with that. remember, too, and i try to point this out in the book that there was a lot of unity in that decision that there was an awful lot of support for it as candidate obama reminded clinton she was for this, jay rockefeller was for the. so people operating on the same assumption on what they thought were the facts on the ground, all very much took the same positio

first up, the republican party in ohio, confusing congresswoman betty sutton with betty crocker.years of social progress in order to get voters' attention, sending out a newsletter attacking the democrat with this vote, let's take betty sutton out of the house and put her back in the kitchen. it's clever. ms. sutton calls the attack an insult to all women regardless of whether they work in the home. but the gop county chairman said he hasn't received any complaints. he also claims that the line is not sexist and that type of rhetoric is very common in all elections. sutton faces re-election this fall. the liberation of women reminds me that we can liberate our country from the banks that control the government. >>> next an indiana man raisings quite a stink when he's finally arrested. in his attempt to evade police, thomas hobis jr. hopped into a manure pit and hid there neck-deep in hog feces for longer than an hour. the officers' reward for apprehending the smelly bandit? they were able to share an ambulance ride with the smelly man as he was suffering from hypothermia as a res

people who deal with refugees, and crocker the former ambassador to baghdad and what he said about the pri minister is maliki sees a baathist under a free one. he believes all of those people who left and went to damascus for former baathist scott r. saddam hussein supporters and there was no way any of us could talk and out of that and u.n. people say he calls them, words and traders and he had no sympathy for them whatsoever, which is demonstrated by the kind of policies that the government carried out. they pledged $25 million in the spring of 07. they didn't get it for another 18 months, and it was only 25 million at that time oil prices were higher. they certainly could have afforded to help those people. and i rockies noticed that. for them it was a shame. how can we be so rich and our government does nothing for us? and i think it was maliki himself who, because of his own experience, believe that you were up to no good if you left the country and you were only conspiring against the powers that were in baghdad. >> host: it's really -- it doesn't make a lot of sense in some ways

it's time to ask, does anybody really care who gets dick cheney's betty crocker seal of approval. >>> and if you're wondering why the s.e.c. employees didn't have their eyes on the ball while wall street crippled the economy. wait until you see what they did with those eyes? here's a hint, it's triple x-rated. check out the side show to see what the s.e.c. boys were busy doing. >>> and i'll finish with thoughts on the tricky issue of immigration reform. >>> let's start with the fight over wall street reform. democrat chris van holland ever maryland is chairman of the congressional campaign committee. it's his job to get democrats elected this fall. this is a winner for you, isn't it, wall street? they're the bad guys. >> it's a winner because it's a winner for the american people. woo need to hold wall street accountable. never again should the taxpayers be left on the hook for the big mistakes of people on wall street. they made the bad decisions we shouldn't ask taxpayers to bail them out. next time we need to make sure they take responsibility and they're held accountable and we ne

have conversations behind closed doors that may be direct and forthright as occasionally ambassador crocker and i did with prime minister maliki and he did with us, but again, we should most likely keep this behind closed doors and see how we can move this forward in a constructive and productive manner, and i have to say that the conversation, again, that ambassador holbrooke and i had with him two hours, double the team that was allotted for it, was quite constructive, it was quite candid -- >> charlie: and -- >> forthright with each other. >> charlie: define what constructive means. >> it talked about -- it talked about specific, substantive issues, and plans, and advanced the ball. we heard, for example, the president -- president karzai's plan and aspirations for the national peace jurga, we talked about the visit to washington and all the different events -- >> charlie: which was cancelled at one time until he fixed the election commission. >> again, it is on the books. it is going to take place. there are some very good activities and events that will be part of that. and again, i'll

was in iraq november a year ago and i was there at the request of general odierno and ambassador crocker. we were doing an assessment, objective acidifies on their plans for how they were going to operate in the turnover. while i was calling about to the different cities and towns and military organizations and other government organizations, iraqi ministries i can across something that struck me more than anything else as i was sitting in general odierno's headquarters i told him i can close my eyes and listen to these briefs and i wouldn't know i was in the military headquarters. i said to monitor the policy and open up the recreational swimming pools. you have these groups that connect to the tribes to hear their issues and concerns to work with resolving their disputes. there were very few military things they had down pat. it was all of these things dealing with the economy and the social structure and the political structure in iraq, any kind of smile is a general petraeus start of all that. dave petraeus would say if we could do the military security peace if nobody else is improv

. >>> whether you cook like betty crocker or can barely boil water, there are some high-tech tools that you can afford. katie lee is here with some of her favorites. good morning. >> good morning. mice nice to see you. >> and great to see some of these interesting gadgets. >> all of them are pretty inexpensi inexpensive. we do have one splurge. but the first one is great if you have trouble with portion control. >> i think i may have eaten entire bags of things. >> i have a hard time sitting down with a bag of chips. so these are called measure up bowls and it's very subtle, but there are different lines inside here that say two cup, one cup. so if you're dieting, you can take control of what you're eating. and this is what a serving p spaghetti actually looks like, which is actually sad. >> and the other thing inside of these is -- they also say how many cups you've got in there. so you can just look at the label on whatever it is you've purchased to see what the serving size equates to. >> exactly. >> and then you can have five bowls of it.you can adjust. there was a study that people

ryan crocker was our ambassador said peter de a lot of criticisms about going in there, how we went inthere. he said and we can discuss that, but he said what matters most of all is how we left it and what we left. i think that will probably be the determinant of how we see what we did and if indeed a doxy is established that can sustain itself i think it will be a double plus, double sums up. there will be the result. joe biden the other day -- notte my team or party but joe biden together they settled it looks very good. it looks promising and we can take some -- we can take some pride just as long as that "we" is inclusive of a larger group i think i could include that. remember, too, and i try to point this out in the book, that there was a lot of unity in the decision. there was an awful lot of support as candidate will, kept reminding hillary clinton she was for this, john kerry was for this, john rockefeller was for this. so, people operating off the same assumptions than what they thought were the facts on the ground all very much took the same position with few exceptions. >>

crocker the chairman board of directors, president boardman and members of the committee for the support have received the past five months of the new inspector general. i am also pleased to report that amtrak management and the oig agreed to in a policy and the inspector general of the credit administration found that the new policy is consistent with the letter and the spirit of the act. i want to thank the subcommittee for including it's very helpful requirement in last year's appropriation act. today i will discuss the significant opportunities amtrak has to provide increased levels of high quality passenger rail service and for important challenges management must address to to get advantage of these opportunities. first, the opportunities. the passenger rail investment and improvement act to amend the changed amtrak's role within the national passenger rail system. rather than relying on amtrak through the full amount of the new interested passenger rail services alone, mccaul one states supported with federal grants to share and developing new corridor and high-speed rail services

ryan crocker to was our ambassador said the other day a lot of criticisms about going in there, whether we should have gone into, how we got into. he said we can discuss that, but he said what matters most of all is how we left it and what we left there. i think that will probably be the determining of how we see what we did. and if indeed a democracy is established there, or can sustain itself i think it will be a double plus, double thumbs up. that will be the result. joe biden the other day, not my team, not my party, but joe biden said look, it looks very good, it looks very promising. and we can take some pride in his. as long as that we is inclusive of a larger group, i think i could agree with that. remember, too, and i tried to point this out in the book that there was a lot of unity in that decision. there was an awful lot of support, as candidate obama kept reminding hillary clinton she was for this. kerry was for this. so people operating off the same assumptions and what they thought were the facts on the ground, all very much took the same issue. >> host: one, i have lookin

they spent $692 million a year moving their wheaties and betty crocker goods to market.y mile they travel below the speed limit it costs them $2 million in overtime charges to their drives and late delivery fees for their customers. there is a business cost to delay. just try anywhere in america to get a plumber. we'll be there between 8:00 and noon. plumbing contractors told us they used to make eight or nine calls a day. now they're doing four. it means their business is less efficient because they can't get through the congestion. so we have to make these changes. we have to deliver projects more expeditiously. we have to put people to work more faster. we do this with freight movement corridors and investments for major metropolitan areas of the country. we have to have a $450 billion investment in america's future of transportation. recommended by two independent national commissions. so, what i'm proposing -- i'm promoting for consideration is an idea that i will atribe but to mr. basho, who many years ago worked on this idea for ashto. at the time i said, jack, th