host: we have talking with mayor dave bing, and viewers can call or send comments by e-mail or a twittere and we will mix those in the conversation. for mayor bing, this is from texas, republican line. caller: just as a republican, i feel bad for you folks up there. i talk to lawyer people, 12 to 15 people daily from your city. i feel so bad for you, and it hurts me more to see the president telling these people out of work, that those jobs are not coming back. they are gone. and i guess with everything that's about to occur, we are being told under the new energy plan that they are passing, that the folks in america, will pay 100 to 300 dollars more on our electric bill. i talk to them all the time. and your citizens tell me they don't know what they are going to do. they just want to pack up and move. mr. mayor, can you comment on that please? guest: one thing that's a major problem in the state of michigan and detroit, we are losing a lot of our population. in detroit for example, we were a city of roughly two million people, and we now have half of that population in detroit. and we

[applause] >> my game is a little like dave bing's except i don't have the jump shot or the speed or the ball-handling skills. or the endurance. i also don't have the afro. don't think i forgot that, dave. i remember. i remember that. i also want to acknowledge that we've got the executive director of the white house council on auto communities and workers who's working hard, has a direct line to me each and every day. he's traveling constantly back here. ed montgomery. please give ed a big round of applause. [applause] >> and the chairman of the grand band of ottawa and chippewa band here. please give derek a round of applause. [applause] >> and finally the president of the college where we are here, jim jacobs. give jim jacob as big round of applause. [applause] >> and those of you who i've missed, you know how grateful i am that you're here. and thank you, all. it is wonderful to be back at macomb. it was terrific visiting this campus as a candidate. but i have to admit it's even better visiting as a president. [applause] >> now, this is a place where anyone, anyone with a desire

mayor dave bing joining us live from detroit. he went 12 years in business and after problems of the last mayor, he comes to office with economic change. thank you for being with us today. guest: good being here. host: i am looking at the headlines of fed says jobless rate may hit 10.1%, what do you see in the high unemployment rate? guest:

my game's a little like dave bing's.pt i don't have the jump shot or the speed or the ball handling skills. or the endurance. also don't have the afro. don't think i forgot that, dave. i remember. i remember that. i also want to acknowledge that we've got the executive director of the white house council on auto communities and workers who's working hard, has a direct line to me each and every day, he's traveling constantly back here. ed montgomery. please give ed a big round of applause. and the chairman of the grand traverse band of ottawa and chippewa indian tribes, derrick bailey is here. please give derrick a big round of applause. and finally the president of the college where we are here, jim jacobs. give jim jacobs a big round of applause. and those of you who i have missed, you know how grateful i am that you're here and thank you all. it is wonderful to be back at macomb. it was terrific visiting this campus as a candidate but i have to admit it's even better visiting as a president. this is a place where anyon

host: we have talking with mayor dave bing, and viewers can call or send comments by e-mail or a twitter message and we will mix those in the conversation. for mayor bing, this is from texas, republican line. caller: just as a republican, i feel bad for you folks up there. i talk to lawyer people, 12 to 15 people daily from your city. i feel so bad for you, and it hurts me more to see the president telling these people out of work, that those jobs are not coming back. they are gone. and i guess with everything that's about to occur, we are being told under the new energy plan that they are passing, that the folks in america, will pay 100 to 300 dollars more on our electric bill. i talk to them all the time. and your citizens tell me they don't know what they are going to do. they just want to pack up and move. mr. mayor, can you comment on that please? guest: one thing that's a major problem in the state of michigan and detroit, we are losing a lot of our population. in detroit for example, we were a city of roughly two million people, and we now have half of that population in detroit.

washington journal <' we will talk with john cornyn -- washington journal, we will talk with john cornyn, dave bing and jim jordan. you can watch this at 7:00 eastern on c-span. this week, democrats introduced their health care bill, and members debated health care on the floor of the house. the first was dennis kucinich, this is 15 minutes. >> americans want quality, affordable health care. 50 million americans are uninsured and this will still leave 17 million americans uninsured. how is this possible? this keeps in place a for-profit insurance system that siphons off $400 billion that could be used to make certain that all americans receive quality health care. this will not solve the problem of under insurance. 60% of all the bankruptcy's in america are from people who cannot pay for their hospital bills, but 80% of them have insurance. they simply cannot afford the premiums. the only way to break the hold of the insurance companies is to promise this to all americans through a nonprofit health care system. >> the gentleman's time has expired, for what purpose does the gentleman from south caro

a look at detroit's economy with mayor dave bing, and congressman jim jordan will discuss merrill lynch pose a takeover by bank of america and how federal tarp funds for use to finance the deal. you can watch "washington journal" and call in starting at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> secretary of state hillary clinton today delivered a wide- ranging speech on the obama administration approach to u.s. foreign policy. the speech on so-called smart power included statements on iran, the middle east, north korea, and the war in afghanistan. from the council on foreign relations in washington, this is an hour 15 minutes. [applause] >> good afternoon. i am the president of the council on foreign relations, and i want to welcome our members and guests who are here in this magnificent new washington, d.c building. i also want to welcome the many other people who may be listening to are watching this event on any number of mechanical devices that i, for one, am unable to operate. for those of you are not familiar with us, the council on for relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organiz

host: earlier we heard from trea detroit's mayor dave bing and he spoke about those leaving the auto industry to be retrained for other purposes and talked about the role of education. >> i think that detroit is always going to be the motor city. because we are not going to be heavily involved in manufacturing as we once were, when you really look at the brain power and look at what is happening in our area in terms of higher education, most of the car companies around the world still have their engineering people here. all the technical capabilities that are here in detroit i think will remain here. we just won't see a lot of plant activity. that is why they moved down south and offshore. in terms of brain power it is here in detroit and continuing will being looked at as the motor city. host: that was detroit's circumstances but how does it apply to others? guest: i think that is true for a lot of cities. they tend to have industries for which they don't want to abandon the historic role of the workforce in that area. i certainly wouldn't suggest that detroit should abandon the aut