we need do is send a message to washington, d.c. we need to send a message to politicians and politics as usual and say, we are taking our country back. we are taking it back in the form espoused those -- in the form of those policies that have been put in place where we see corruption at the top and corruption at the bottom. the deal makers and it s time to take our country back to the constitutional principles. [applause] we have a plan to do that. i want to introduce you now to that plan. we have over 40 but groups to have said, we want to be a part of the coalition of the willing. remember ronald reagan? he said we need a coalition of the willing. well we have it. give that the party of big hand. -- given that the party of big hand. [applause] they have played an integral role in this victory tonight, and that is because they remember what "tea" stands for: "taxed enough already." we can take back our country. our country deserves better. we have the gun owners of america and nevada patriot as well. we have the nevada home schoo

when the glass breaks in washington d.c. in the middle of the night and some family is sitting there and some criminal is coming at them, they're still alone and defenseless against violent criminal. >> you're allowed to have a gun in the home for self-defense. >> ifill: is there a middle ground here in which there is a way to come up with... let me finish the question, guys. where there is any acceptable limitation on guns being private gun ownership. >> every city in this country we ought to have a program calld project exile where every time a drug dealer touchs a gun, gang member touches a gun, violent felon touches a gun there's 100% prosecution every single time. that will make people safe all over this country but more restrictions on the honest people, denying their constitutional rights, that's not the way to go. >> i fully agree that we need tough enforcement of our laws. i was a mayor for 12 years. i strengthened the police department. we need to put the bad guys away but i'd like to prevent some of these crimes f

i grew up in washington, d.c. that has many advantages. you are exposed to d.c. and how it works, and you also have connections and relationships through your family and friends and parents. my parents worked for the government. my dad worked for the federal communications commission, and my mom was a computer person who did government contract in in somewhere in complicated way that i still do not understand. >> word to go to college? >> northwestern university in chicago. i always knew i wanted to be a reporter and that was a good way to get a good background. then i came back to d.c. and dove in. i was an economics major. for my fortune the background, i did a volunteer position at the washington bureau of "the wall street journal" when i was in high school in 1992. back then, a bunch of senior reporters -- they said do not major in journalism. they said if you want to cover medicine, go to medical school. if you want to cover science, be a biology major. if you want to cover washington, major in economics or history or political science. their advice was not

2% of washington d.c. is corporate lobbyists. they have been working their asses off to fix the system so at 2% of americans reap all the benefits and the other 98% get left out. if we can go out and shake up the existing narrative tha this is left verses right, at t party verses progresses, if we can't go out and say 90 percent of us -- 90% of us are not having our first -- not having our voices heard because we have not held elected officials aountable and have left corporations run wild, we will organize with success. then, we wille about to keep up with the need to build infrastructure to help people join us in the fight to defeat the corporate insiders said that the folks who were with us can help level playing field we can get a fair shake. thank you very much. [applause] >> we do have about 50 minutes for questions. we're happy to take a few questions. i will open up the floor to the audience. >> and good afternoon. thank you for keywords. i'm with the national committee for responsive philanthropy. where the nation's watc

pastor henderson contacted me when he was planning his family's trip to washington, d.c., and it had been a dream of his to give the opening prayer and i was pleased to be able to recommend him to the speaker to have that privilege. in addition to his duties at his home church of first baptist church located in my district in lincoln, illinois, he's also a pastor for memorial medical center located in springfield, illinois. in addition to that, he's a public servant in his own right, being elected to his second term now for the west lincoln school board. he's in a whole host of organizations, constandly giving back to his family -- constantly giving back to his family. a member of the orchestra, an officer of the can you be scouts organization in his

that " is in washington d.c.t the jefferson memorial and i would like everybody who is watching know that you can do web searches for law enforcement that say our founding fathers were terrorists. >> as we hear from you, let's look at the new numbers for the senate race in nevada where sharon engle is the republican nominee with almost 60% reporting. angle at 39% compared to lowden 28%. are you with us? >> the tea party movement and how some of the more conservative right wing people like the lady in nevada, i wonder how she would fare against harry reid. >> that is a question we are keeping an eye on her campaign. sharon angle the winner. this is what it looks like from the early pictures as they await the final results from that race. she has been declared the winner. there will be two reeds on the ballot. harry gray is the senate democratic leader. tomorrow morning, in the water will join us on "washington journal." >> first of all, i want to thank you for c-span. i think it is wonderful you are able to get on

. >> they are d.c. judges, federal district court judges who are hearing habeas appeals from gitmo detainees, and i'll provide you some of the comments they have made. it is unfortunate, according to judge hogan, it's unfortunate in my view that the legislative branch of the government and the executive branch have not moved more strongly to provide uniform clear rules and laws for handling these cases. and i've got other quotes that i will provide you. what i'm trying to do here is lay the foundation for the idea that our laws thatexist today do not recognize the dilemma the country faces. the administration has determined that 48 people held at gitmo are too dangerous to let go but are not going to be subject to normal criminal proceedings. in other words,we believe the evidence suggests they are members of al qaeda. they have all gone before a habeas judge, and the judge agreed, but they are never going to be tried in a traditional fashion. is the administration's decision in your opinion consistent

. >> it is a clause 25 in washington, d.c. president obama hold his first meeting -- 8:25 in washington, d.c. president obama hold his first meeting with executives from bp. the president wants money to go into a damages fund run not by the people at by an independent third party. the federal government wants to crack down on college recruiters. the department of education will announce the rules that will prevent colleges from paying recruiters for students or for in beijing in aggressive student recruitment. -- or for engaging in aggressive student recruitment. officials say israel will significantly ease its blockade of the gaza strip. it was under international criticism on a flotilla delivering aid to civilians. the israeli naval blockade of will remain in tact. france is raising is a retirement age from 60to 62. -- 60 to 62 to rein in its deficit. it has angry reactions from labor unions and some parties. with demonstrations against the measure on the way before its unveiling today. those are some of the latest headlines

[applause] in fact, i think they can hear you all the way to washington, d.c.pplause] from the moment i declare my candidacy, over 7000 volunteers, over 20 coalitions, a 12,000 donors, and a tireless, hard- working staff have made this the greatest team effort i have ever had the privilege to be a part of. all of you worked together to make together -- to make tonight a reality and i owe you a debt of gratitude that is very difficult for me to express. [applause] while i cannot thank all of you, that there is one very special person who has been my running mate for over 25 years now, my husband frank, the rock of my life. [applause] i want to begin tonight by acknowledging two committed republicans who also have sacrificed and work hard for the cause of victory in november. chalk devore --vhuck devore and tom campbell. we worked hard for the privilege of this office and i salute them for their determined work to change the course of america and i look very much forward to their help and support in the common cause we now share. [applause] and congratulations as

but d.c.eachers will also see a 21% increase in base pay over five years at a time when other districts are freezing salaries to avoid layoffs. and we fill in the picture for now with jennifer cohen, an education policy analyst at the new american foundation . and jay mathews, education columnist for "the washington post." jay, how big an are they facing right now? >> my view is it has no impact on the reform measures we're talking about. that most school districts will either freeze salaries or raise class sizes and that historically doesn't have much effect on student achievement. >> brown: before we get to reform effort, in the classroom and in terms of the numbers, the numbers are pretty big. >> well, you'll have one, two, maybe three more kids in the class. data we've got shows that kind of change in class size has no affect on achievement, no real affect on what goes on in the classroom. it's a fairly tr *euf kwralg effect. >> brown: what do you see? >> there are, of course, varying esti

d.c., alan, independent line. are you there? go ahead, what do you think? caller: yes, i think we are. host: why is that? caller: the republican party, we have to extend the unemployment. 1.4 million people out of work. you have to get these people so they can spend money and pay bills. host: is that enough? >> , i think that is one of the bigger problems. host: what do you do about the housing situation? caller: i haven't even thought about that. host: we will move on to hot springs village, arkansas. henry, independent line. what are your thoughts? caller: let me turn my tv off. host: that would be great. caller: the first thing i wanted to say, thank you so much for your quirky smile and the morning, this early in the morning when people are so crabby and everything. thank you so much for that. honey, i am 86 years old. i am from the great depression. i saw the last recession that they call the recession but it was a depression. my input on this -- first thing they should do is put all

he not only commanded the d.c.national guard, he worked closely with me and with city officials on programs for our city and its disadvantaged youth and keeping our guard competitive as a force at home as well as abroad. as i highlighted in the original bill, the education incentives in this bill serve not only to encourage high quality recruits, but when appropriated have had the important benefit of helping d.c. national guard to maintain the force%necessary to protect the federal presence because this funding helps equalize an important benefit compared with what is offered by guard units in surrounding jurisdictions which also are opened to d.c. national guard members. while the appropriators have been good enough to provide funding for the d.c. national guard by considering it a programmatic request, it is imperative this important educational initiative be authorized appropriately to ensure its permanent sustainability. i urge my colleagues to support the bill and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker

the d.c. court treats the fcc very skeptically. in the past, the fcc has not been as careful about their record as they could have been. this is a gamble on the part of the industry. the federal record -- the federal court could take the fcc's jurisdiction away and force it to reclassify broadband under title ii and make it a common carrier. that is problematic for the industry. be careful what you do. you could end up in a place you did not anticipate and you could win a battle and lose a war. the war has kind of moved to title ii lite, as it is being called. it will be interesting to see how that shift occurs. we would be happy as regulators to give them jurisdiction as long as they focus on nondiscriminatory access and interconnection access. we're not excited about content stuff or anything like that. we also believe everybody has to be caught in the game. the big players, whether you are comcast, at&t, or google -- everybody should think about market power and market control. what is the best way to do that? the private sector

only washington, d.c., can you go spend $33 billion and say it's not going to cost anything. the problem is if this program is participated up to $33 billion, we don't have $33 billion. and so we're going to go have to borrow $33 billion from the chinese to loan banks to loan to small businesses in this country. and a lot of folks, i think, understand that kind of how we got here was that the whole world, small businesses, individuals and governments, have been on this borrowing and spending binge, borrow and spend, borrow and spend, and quite honestly that's how we wove this web where we are our financial markets in somewhat of a wrinkle right now. and while i applaud the gentleman's amendment, i still go back to the fundamental point here that, one, this bill will not help small businesses have any additional capital, but more importantly we are going to go spend $33 billion that we don't have and i don't think that's the right prescription for our country. with that i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves. mr. green: thank you, madam chair. let me simply say i

2% of washington d.c. is corporate lobbyists. they have been working their asses off to fix the system so that 2% of americans reap all the benefits and the other 98% get left out. if we can go out and shake up the existing narrative that this is left verses right, at t party verses progresses, if we can't go out and say 90 percent of us -- 90% of us are not having our first -- not having our voices heard because we have not held elected officials accountable and have left corporations run wild, we will organize with success. then, we will be about to keep up with the need to build infrastructure to help people join us in the fight to defeat the corporate insiders said that the folks who were with us can help level playing field we can get a fair shake. thank you very much. [applause] >> we do have about 50 minutes for questions. we're happy to take a few questions. i will open up the floor to the audience. >> and good afternoon. thank you for keywords. i'm with the national committee for responsive philanthropy. where the nation

care is the politico from washington d.c. -- here is the "politico" from washington d.c. and here is "the hill" newspaper. here is what joe barton had to say yesterday. >> i am not speaking for the republican party or anyone in the house of representatives, but myself. i am ashamed of what happened in the white house yesterday. i think it is a tragedy of the first portioproportion that a pe corporation can be subject to what i would characterize as a shakedown, in this case a $20 billion shakedown, with the attorney general of the united states who is legitimately conducting a criminal investigation, and has every right to do so on behalf of the american people. it amounts to a $20 billion slush fund. it is unprecedented in our nation's history and has no legal standing and, i think, sets a terrible precedent for our nation. host: here he is with a scrum of photographers all around taking his picture. and here is "the wall street journal." the "washington post" have no picture, but a lead story as well. and inside the money section. and before we get to calls, here is the

. >> suarez: at the south african embassy in washington, d.c., spectators were jubilant at the start of the first match. the host country's team took on mexico. more than 80,000 packed the stadium in johannesburg, including bishop desmond tutu. >> unfortunately, there was a tragedy in the mandela family. >> suarez: his country's best known personality, nelson mandela had planned to attend the opening game, but the former president's great-granddaughter was killed in a car accident last night. south africa scored the first goal of the cup to the delight of millions. but the match ended in a tie when mexico scored late. ( cheers and applause ) played once every four years, the tournament began in 1930. teams are divided into eight initial groups; two advance from each group to face a 16-team knockout contest. hundreds of millions will watch these matches on tv. the frenzy over soccer around the world, however, has never been matched in the u.s. but this time around, americans have bought more tickets than residents of any other country, except south africa. >> they call it "the beautif

2% of washiton d.c. is corporate lobbyists.heyave been working their asses off t fix the systemo that 2% of americans reap all the benefits and the other 98% get left out. if we can go out and shake up the existing narrative that this is left verses right, at t party verses progresses, if we can't go out and say 90 percent of us -- 90% of are not having our first -- not havg our voices heard because we have not held elected officials accountable and have left corporations run wild, we will organize with success. then, we will be about to keep up with the need to build infrtructure to help people join us in the fight to defeat the corporate insiders said that the folks who were with us can he level playingielde can get a fair shake thank u very much. [applause] >> we have about 50 minutes for quesons. we're happyo take a few questions. i will open up the floor to the audience. >> and good afternoon. thank you for keywords. i'm with the national committee for responsive planthropy. where the nation's watchdog ornization for grant

we are in washington, d.c. this week and then we are opening in denver.alm springs, new york and los angeles and it will be available on dvd starting in august. >> how much will it sell for? >> i don't know. that is a good question. i should find out. >> on many people worked on this with you? >> i don't know the total number of people. we had a small crew, about seven people shooting the film we have a pretty small team. >> did you edit this yourself? >> yes, i did. i don't always recommend that but i did not have -- that budget reflects me doing a lot of things. >> we want to go to another club. here is eva moscowitz talking about kids being educated no matter their circumstances. >> we do our best to support these kids for the main thing we do is educate the children no matter what the circumstances. they need to learn to read and write. we need to provide more to schools and make focus for the child. can children be distracted? absolutely. we cannot change the hands that the child was dealt or that we have been dealt that schools. get that job and get

i love washington d.c. there are questions about how we participate in this war of ideas. my answer would be to save some money and let these guys eat themselves up because they are. clerics have come out against al qaeda's ideology. the organization has shown it will be crippled. individuals involved talked about this on things like blogs. i noted the difference in statements. read them before and after fort hood. different statements. the guy is trying to figure out -- he does not have a problem in justifying fort hood. he actually says something like it would have been better if it was a military target. no kidding, chief. this ideology is killing itself. a most recent example is an organization that slowly established some version of safe haven in pakistan that is taken the step of doing the same thing again, killing some many pakistanis that the parliament which believes the government acts at the behest of the government, said we better go after these guys. countries still believe some of the motivaaions for al qaeda are solid. be heading's overseas, -- be , this is

bely politicians, tend to be full of political rhetoric that they live and breed here in washington, d.c. if they use that rhetoric and continued to espouse what the talk is here in d.c., they will perform pretty poorly against a challenger or someone who does a much better job of connecting and understanding the needs and wishes of young voters. understanding and listening to young voters and what they need is really key. >> let me ask you the same question. >> there is no silver bullet in campaigns. there is never one thing that does the track. --trick. the high-bs factor that young voters have is absolutely true. they grow and a world where tb is big. they grew up in a tv culture were looking at reality or seeing things that are not scripted is the real thing. when you translate that into the political world, and the campaiin that is more open and direct and honest or at least lets you inside to know the candidates personally will have a better engagement and better penetration with young voters because they look at that as genuine. authenticity is critical for young voters. >> you ta

. >> can you see the picture of furred getting out for limousine going into the d.c. jail? e point is, she was willing to take the responsibility for the institution. does that situation exist tay? i think much less so. i think also we have a media environment in which we are losing to some extent because of the pressu of speed, manufactured controversy, gossip, the web partly, which i think is a great reporting platform but we also need as removed to these platforms to bring to them the standards of the desk of the old jrnalism. >> very quickly in rebuttal, i am saying they're very good examples of journalism and t spirit is there. if you -- if you used to have a staff of 200 and you now have a staff of 100 which is what happens to a lot of newspapers, they cannot do the digging and in-depth reporting but i think the vitality is their and my argument is that the people on the business side need to find that business model and things will get better. but i agree with you, there is not enough of this and the culture of impatience and speed. >> we have set a tone here that wi

washington, d.c., should help. if i am hungry, the government should help. we are very top-down, and get these little free countries have to be built from the bottom up. this counterinsurgency plan is a way to try to win those villages and hearts and minds of the individuals. that is what makes it very difficult for the president, because general mcchrystal was well thought of by the leadership in afghanistan. host: the news in the past month from afghanistan has been pretty mixed, i would say, at best. casualties are up. president karzai is not optimistic about our efforts there and is beginning to forge his own relationships with the taliban. many of the analysis this morning suggests there will be lots of questions on capitol hill about whether or not, no matter how much money, no matter how many trips, we can never be successful there. guest: we have always heard that. that happened in iraq. "well, we cannot win, so we have to leave," and then six months later we win, basically. these counterinsurgency situatio

that may be important to the d.c. bureaucrats but to the community banks and credit unions and communities they serve, i can assure you it's not. they are treated as too small to save. they don't receive the special treatment accorded to the big guys in this bill. they go through the bankruptcy process. why the double standard? why the double standard for our communities? they didn't cause wall street's collapse and yet they are held to a different standard. this is harmful to main street small businesses. the legislation creates an office of financial research to, quote, monitor, record and report on any financial transaction, including consumer transactions without the consent of the consumer, monitor, record and report any transaction without your approval. this new big brother bureaucracy will be funded through assessments on financial institutions that trickle down to consumers through higher fees. according to the c.b.o., the cost of the proposed fee would be borne through the customers, employees and investors.

>> i wasn't too surprised by that because within the sort of washington, d.c.ttering classes, general jones, though obviously a very well-decorated military veteran, doesn't -- he doesn't have the sort of -- he's someone who takes a lot of flack within the washington, d.c. gossip circles. >> larry: is this going to change the pentagon and the press? >> it's probably very doubtful that one story will do much to change the pentagon or the press. the pentagon has a budget of $600 billion a year and the press seems pretty incore ridgeable in their behavior anyway. will it change the relationship between -- no, i don't know who the first journalist is who's going to profile general petraeus in his new job as commander in afghanistan. but i can probably guess it's not going to be me, though i'd be happy to if they talk to me. >> larry: we'll take a break. when we come back, ari fleisher will join us. the impact of the departure on the troops, the taliban, the war. michael's going to hang around too. don't go away. on a second... come on up here, where your brothers s

here in washington, d.c. and nationwide on xm satellite channel 132 and live on the web at c-span.org and you can also follow us on facebook and on twitter. >> c-span is now available in over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history and non-fiction books all as a public service, created by america's companies. >> of course, the lotry is prescribed by law if demand outpaces supply, you have to do a lottery. >> i really think this is the civil rights issue of today, and it's not just about race. i mean, it's about class. >> tonight the lottery producer director madeline sackler on the family she chronicled hoping to and tone -- at 8:00 eastern on company's -- let me say to the american people, this is a change in personnel but not a change in policy. general petraeus fully participated in our review last fall. and he both support and helped design strategy that we have in place. >> learn more about the president's choice to head u.s. forces in afghanistan. general david

[applause] >> wherever you look, from washington, d.c. to state houses to new york all the way to california, in city halls and court rooms across this country the people we entrust to make the laws, to enforce the laws, to preserve our freedoms are abandoning us and advocating their sworn and sacred duties. it is closing in on two directions. let me talk about it right here right now. from our border to the south, it is closing in. and from cities in every corner of this country. it is caused by dishonest and deadly abuses of power by those who wield it. selective enforcement and prosecution of the criminal laws in this country against the bad guys and selective recognition and protection of the freedoms of the good guys. the political elites -- and you know who i am talking about when i say that -- they want to pick and choose which laws they enforce and which was they ignore. whose rights they defend and whose rights they deny. in doing so, they directly endanger you, me, and everyone in our country. here is how. right now, in mexico,

. >> it is a cloth 30-year in washington, d.c. -- 8:30 in washington, d.c. are things that the obama administration could implement today that could get the zero and mr. back to work without a six month time limit. the head of libya's national oil corp. says he is happy for bp to continue to operate in his country's territorial waters despite the oil spill. the oil minister said it the spill is a tragedy, but it is exaggerated in a way. bps signed a deal with the -- bp is signed a deal with that company. and one person must explain his controversial comments about some colleagues. he said that general stamina crystal had been instructed -- stanly mcchrystal had been instructed to its plan his comments. and europeans plan to spend more than last year on summer holidays. there to travel plans however have been weighed by the financial situation many plan to take one holiday trip this summer. those are some of the latest+ headlines on c-span radio. >> several events to tell you about today. the treasury secretary will speak at an oversight of the tarp program.

we're in washington, d.c. this week. and then we're opening in denver. we're also in palm springs, new york, and l.a. an then it will be available in dmb vd starting in august. -- dvd. >> how much will it sell for? >> i don't know. that's a good question. >> and how many people worked on this with you? >> i don't know the total number of people. we had a small crew. we had about seven people shooting the film and we have a pretty small team now. we're all wearing a lot of hats. >> did you edit it yourself? >> yes, i did. i don't always recommend that, but i didn't have the budget somewhat reflects my doing lots of things. >> we want to go to another clip. we're running out of time. here is eva talking about the need to educate kids no matter the circumstances they came from. >> we have families who are in very challenging circumstances, and we do our best to support them. but the main thing we do is educate the children no matter what the circumstance is. they still have to learn how to read and write, and so we need to provide more at the school, we nee

mortgage lender has been indied d.c. unitedded for allegedly a huge fraud against. tarp. he was the chief executive of t.b.w.. he and coconspirators carried out a scheme, part of a failed teempt save their company and a major bank. >> court documents allege mr. farkas and others carried out a massive fraud that resulted in losses of more than $1.9 billion and contributed to the failure of t.b.w., along with colonial bank. one of the 50 largest banks in the united states in 2009. the alleged is stunning in its scale and complexity. >> investigators alerted the u.s. treasury before the money was paid out. the government sponsored mortgage lenders fannie mae and freddie mac will no longer be trade on the new york stock exchange. an announcement today said they're being delisted after their average stock price fell below $1 a share. as for the rest of the wall street, it was a relatively flat day. the dow jones industrial average gained more than four points. the nasdaq rose a fraction of a point. a federal judge in san francisco heard closing arguments today in a landmark ch

one in new jersey and one down here in the d.c. area. i thought the prices would come down with the recession. the prices never come down in washington. prices are going up. i rent a very small place. many members of congress just live on their salaries. if we have to turn it over to somebody else, you would lose all of those people. host: what do you make of that? guest: new jersey is going through tough economic times. california is a big stake in gets a lot of play. but we are even worse in california. we have a new governor. he has made a lot of tough to ounces. he has a member of the public sector -- tough choices. he has many members say they will not take a pay increase this year. we do not have $24 billion sitting in the bank. we will have to borrow it from china or print more dollars to fund more government employees. that is the wrong way to go. many say we are spending too much and taxing too much. host: in the pan , maryland. caller: -- independent line, maryland. caller: many americans do not have an investment account. ther

she's facing another person with a d.c. mailing address which in some ways is good news for her. he can't say he's part of the establishment and can't attack her for the vote on the bank bailout, the so-called tarp program, because he voted for it too. what he is going to tie her to is the obama administration rjs her votes that were in step with the obama administration . this is what's interesting about this primary week. we talked about this the other day, the fact that she is setting herself up as the centrist. she did that in that package piece saying my vote can't be bought. but at the same time, she had to run to the left in the primary. she was the deciding vote on health care and the stimulus. republicans are going to use that against her in the fall. >> woodruff: dan, let's move to the senate race in nevada, where the latecomer, sharron angle, favorite of the tea party, has won the republican primary. what does this mean for harry reid? >> well, if you talk to the democrats they feel much happier today than they did a few weeks ago about the way this race may play out.

. >> it is 9:00 04 in washington, d.c. a new poll shows 52% of those asked disapprove of the president's handling of the oil spill situation. that disapproval rating is about the same of george w. bush after hurricane katrina. the overall approval rating stayed stable at 50%. the poll also indicates that the economy remains people's top concerns. 64% of respondents say their household budgets are sound. new figures out today on the economy. home construction plunged last month by 10% from april since the lowest level since december as builder scaled back without a federal tax credit to work by years. building permits also fell. wholesale prices fell for a second straight month in may. the first time that has happened in the year, reflecting big declines in the cost of energy and food. north korea is warninn that tension over the sinking of the south korean war ship could trigger a nuclear war unless the u.s. security council act impartially. the threat came just hours after the un ambassador told reporters that if military

we can't get this economy moving again until we get washington, d.c., under control. i urge my colleagues reject this phony, bologna deeming of the budget. -- baloney deeming of the budget. let's give the american people a budget they deserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in 2002 representative stephanie tubbs jones introduced legislation to crack down on predatory lending and subprime borrowers. acting then to protect american homeowners could have prevent the foreclosure crisis which led to the financial crisis which led to the deepest recession in generations. but instead of acting in 2002 or 2003 or every other year they controlled the white house, my republican colleagues stood by and did nothing. we can now clearly see the result of that inaction. this week we will take long overdue steps as we vote on the most sweeping refor

care is the politico from washingt d.c. -- here is the "politico" from washington d.c.d here is "the hill" newspaper. here is what joe barton had to say yesterday. >> i am not speaking for the republican party or anyone in the house of representatives, but myself. i am ashamed of what happened in the white house yesterday. i think it is a tragedy of the first portioproportion that a pe corporation can be subject to what i would characterize as a shakedown, in this case a $20 billion shakedown, with e attorney general of the united states who is legitimately conducting a criminal investigion, and has every right to do so on behalf of the american people. it amounts to a $20 billion slush fund. it is unprecedentein our nation's history and has no legal standing and, i think, sets a terrible precedent for our nation. host: here he is with a scrum of photographers all around taking his picture. and here is "the wall street journal." the "washington post" have no picture, but a lead story as well. and inside the money section. and before we get to calls, here is the open for

along the lines ever lennon d.c. mccartney and i'm wondering about the creative tension, political tension that came to bear when you were working on the watergate project, for lack of a better term, and how you think that might have had a positive or negative impact on the work that you did? >> good question. first ever all i think both of us -- first of all i think both of us would say today that team reporting and group reporting can produce results and give you an extra element that is pretty hard to beat. in our case, we asked this question for the first time a few minutes ago. if it had been two different people, would the same results have occurred? i doubt it. maybe. but i doubt it. things happen on their own time. particular circumstances. but in our case there's no question that there was in this time and place a remarkable synergy, whatever you want to call it, a complementary blending of skills, deficiencies , everything worked -- >> we are dear friends now. but as you can see there's still disagreements.

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host: patricia, a democrat, washington, d.c. caller: good morning. i'm going to quote what one of the elite people said. i'm one of the little people. senator byrd always never forgot the little people. he was an avid citizen band operated. he was known as big byrd. we would contact him and he would talk on this citizen's band. a cb operator. host: are the still use? caller: no, they are not. but i'm back in the day and he was known as big byrd. he met with us on the capitol steps, a group of us who belonged to a club. he was so gracious. he took us to his office and all of that. this may be a part that people don't know about senator byrd and the little people. host: west virginia, independent line. you are on the air. tell us about senator byrd. caller: he was a great man. we are going to miss him very, very much. i am 50 years old, and i met him when i was probably 12 years old. met him several times after that, but at different things. he raised a lot of money for west virginia for water systems, sewage systems. he tried to help clean the state u

washington, d.c., republican line. what is your top issue this summer? caller: i am interested in the immigration law in arizona. i am a native of tucson and lived there all my life before moving to the wonderful state of washington, and i experienced firsthand the immigration problems in arizona. i have a number of friends, close friends, who are hispanic. most of the ones that i know have come into the country legally, as well as other nationalities that i know that have come into the country legally. i remember as a young girl, my parents lived in the outskirts of tucson, out of the city limits, and we had a little ranch. we would have numerous illegal aliens coming across the border. and my dear, sweet mama would always give them sandwiches and water because it is a rough area to come across the border in that way. i'm very distressed at the way the nation has condemned arizona. you must understand that a lot of the problem with illegal immigration in arizona is condoning of the small businesses in hiring illegals. i recently have worked for a major

i am not sure what that meant. >> with 40,000 journalists being laid off this past year alone, what d.cwhat was the first part? >> 40,000 journalists have been laid off in the past year. >> 40,000 journalists have been laid off at traditional journalistic institutions. my guess their air that many more that call themselves journalists who are doing work on the web. by think that we are in a new era in which there is movement all over the place. i think some of the great journalistic institutions are going to persevere and put out most of their product on the web. but let me ask a question here. of those of you who are students, how many get most of your news from the web? and of those of you who are students, how many of you read a daily newspaper in newspaper form? there is part of the answer to your question. >> a statement first. my firm belief is that this country will never say you're likes again. that may be pessimistic in nature but it leads into my question. in a country that is concerned about whether the president of the united states is a citizen, is there room for investigat

this is washington, d.c.. we play politics down here from time to time. some people may see this as an opportunity. there is a debate over net neutrality and whether that is a good thing or a bad thing. those folks who believe in net neutrality and want to see consumers empowered think the chairman is making good moves. the other side does not support net neutrality. does that do not support it probably see this as an opportunity to make sure that some of the rules the chairman wants to implement to empower consumers do not happen. >> a lot of commentators are saying and some republicans are saying that this third way could land telecommunications policy in the courts for several years. do you agree? >> the do not think so. i think what the chairman is trying to do is take a very light touch. if you look at what he is trying to do and give a fair reading to it, he is basically taking four of the principles that many people basically agreed to and adding one or two more provisions of consumer protection. like i said, this is about empowering consumers. the

economic and military superpower, we are going to have to change the way we do business in washington, d.c. performance-based budgeting can be an effective tool to do just that. they can make clear what federal programs are not performing and then it can spell out what federal programs are duplicative in nature. performance based budgeting dictates we identify the problem and enact a solution. it's not enough to just recognize there's a problem. mostal of us can step forward and say we are spending too much money. but the question is, the core question becomes what are the changes that -- what are we going to make? one of the challenges that we see within the bill is that it's not necessarily performance-based bugging -- budgeting because the question becomes what are you going to do about it? it sets out to diagnose a problem that we already know exists but does not necessarily follow through and prescribe a cure. we know there are duplicative and nonperforming federal programs. we know this. we need to finish the job and actually cut those programs. to be complete the bill must suggest t