hold, donald trump. when we come back we'll talk about another area of expertise, branding and tiger woods. don't go away. the all-new ram heavy duty. with a legendary 6.7-liter cummins turbo diesel. an all-new refined interior. it gives brains more to think with. it gives muscles more to work with. it gives trophy shelves more to deal with. introducing the 2010 motor trend truck of the year. ram. >>> donald trump remains with us. tiger woods, a friend of yours. one sponsor, accenture, has dropped him. some sponsors are middle-roading it. and nike endorsed him today, staying with him. what do you make of this, donald? >> he's going through a very tough period of time. who would have ever thought? his career was so perfectly manicured and managed it was amazing. he really is a good guy. i know him and i like him and i respect him. and i wish to see him play golf. i mean, he is rembrandt on canvas. you can't take that canvas away. you know, it's something he should be doing. i can't imagine him, larry, sit

. >> larry: donald trump joins us what he thinks. and the fallout from tiger woods' infidelity, corporate backers backing out of deals with the disgraced golfer. will his self-imposed exile repair a reputation? nba bad boy dennis rodman is here for what it will take for tiger to claw his way out of controversy next on "larry king live." good evening. we're in new york tonight and all this week. tomorrow night the whole cast of "nine" will be with us. tonight, penn gillette, author and producer, libertarian, a new web cast called "we've got a country to save.com and robert rice, good to see robert again, professor of public policy university of california, berkeley, former labor secretary in the clinton administration. and here in new york, s.e. cupp of new york daily news. president obama urged bankers to help rebuild the economy. >> my main message in today's meeting was very simple. that america's banks received extraordinary assistance from american taxpayers to rebuild their industry and now that they're back on their feet, we ex

donald sticks around.alking more tiger with dennis rodman in 60 seconds. >> larry: donald trump is still with us. now dennis rodman is here, an athlete who knows all too well about being in the media eye of the storm. this might be the first time they've been together since the celebrity appearance, and rodman the greatest rebounder in the history of the professional basketball. the possessor of five championship rings. donald, give us your quick ten type of dennis rodman. >> here you go. >> dennis is a winner, larry, he was on "the apprentice," we had a lot of time together. i gained a great respect. he's a champion. he has five rings and how many people have five rings at anything? dennis knows i like him a lot. he was great on the show. by the way, the ratings were fantastic. i like him even more. >> larry: dennis, what's your thoughts on the whole tiger woods' thing? >> well, my thoughts are just like donald's. i think tiger needs to get back outside and just be -- just live his life. i think the home

go see donald trump.o to the hamptons. >> larry: he would be hounded, though. >> it doesn't matter. sooner or later you have to come out and let people see you. i mean, the more you stay hidden, the more people are going to come out and say things about you. so what's going to happen? he'll go on oprah and "60 minutes" and do this, and he has to say the truth. i've learned a big lesson of being a billionaire, a great golfer, a great icon. a famous person. now i have to put all those things together and be a great father and a great husband. >> larry: donald, do handlers play a part in this, people around him and yes men? people who must have known the kind of life he was living and not say anything about it. >> sure. the handlers are there. a lot of blood suckers. when you're famous like that, a lot of athletes have handlers all over the place. they have a big role in somebody's life. obviously tiger had some handlers and maybe they didn't do him justice. >> did you think about your public image? didn't y

. >> what is donald cram writing a review on your book?te a book and we talked about that. ñrhe was like his uncle. he was the godfather. he liked that book a lot. he took an interest in the fact that i was writing this book in seem to like the book of lot. he decided to review it. i was very pleased to have him do it. >> i have a clip from the interview you and i had. >> does bill clinton have relationship with any news person? >> i do not know that he does. i do not believe he does. what did you take what you found all the letters -- what did you think when you found all the letters? >> it should not go on. i think that most journalists and most other people who read this book will say there are a lot of transgressions. this guy is purporting to be a detached analytical newsman and his release snuggling up to a lot of his sources. he was a columnist. he was not an objective reporter giving facts. he was a columnist, so that would be part of his defense no doubt. almost from the very beginning, she got very close to his sources, and proba

i thought what is donald graham doing writing a review on a book. you don't see that very often from him. >> i've never seen it before. >> do you have any idea why he did it? >> well, i talked to him subsequently. you know, i wrote a book some years ago on joe and stewart alsop, we talked about it on this set. and joe alsop was sort of like his uncle. i mean it was his godfather and very, very close. and he liked that book a lot. so he took an interest in the fact that i was writing a book on polk and seemed to like the book a lot. so he decided to review it in "newsweek," and i was very pleased to have him do so. >> i've got a clip from that 1996 interview that you and i had about joseph alsop, let's see it. >> does bill clinton have a relationship with any newsperson like joe alsop or stewart did with the presidents lyndon johnson and jack kennedy? >> i don't know that he does. i don't believe that he does. >> what did you think when you found all the letters of -- joe alsop would write to president kennedy and say you're just the greatest thing t

donald's course. >> host: but there is a special story about the first class. >> guest: david donald was a small pixie man with a little twinkle in his eye. the first class that he taught at smith was really he got up there and started lecturing intensely and like all of my years i was taking notes, what did he say, how do you spell that? everybody is for the whole 45 minutes or whatever it was the he never stopped. it was one fact after another and we are all writing it down and at the end of the time period we are exhausted and then he stood up there with his smile and said i gave you the standard american history lecture. i will now spend the rest of the term shall be none of this is true. [laughter] through are your notes, girls. he made us think. >> host: next call for joy hakim is palm coast, florida. please, go ahead. >> caller: hello. listening to you has been a pleasure. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: very nice to hear ideas i've had in my 40 years of teaching and as a school media specialist expanded upon. i do have problems definitely with what is happening to history in

donald richardson, my middle school band director.as faced by a lot of peer pressure on the streets. without the music i would probably be in jail or dead. i want to give the kids the same musical opportunity i had. i want kids to be wiser than myself and my generation. that's why we emphasize academic support for academic success. please, world, continue to support the roots of music and all the kids around the world because they are truly the future. last but not least, support the heroes that was here today. thank you all. >> those of us who did not struggle for food today are the lucky ones. more than 800 million people around the globe will go to bed hungry tonight. where do we begin to make a change? well, one hero started in his own kitchen. to share his story, we have a spokesman for the national kidney foundation whose fund raising efforts for earthquake victims in guatemala earned him the honorary title of mayor of los angeles. george lopez. >> hello, everyone. i'm sanjay gupta. lou dobbs could not be here tonight. how many

. >> i just spoke to donald. >> is a lawyer. came over. though, he did. i have bad news for him. >> yeah. >> is that all right? >> i would be. well, keep it from my wife. >> i will be on that. at one that does not tell your . >> really. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome. i'm delighted to see you all here at the british embassy. and a special welcome to harold evans. we at the embassy are delighted to be participating in the the launch of harry's book "my paper chase: true stories of vanished times". the book covers a huge amount of ground from harry's childhood in the northern ireland and for a time, you want to know this, living a few hundred yards from where the jury the of later grew up. then on to his professional career as a journalist and editor, publisher, and author. but this isn't just another autobiography. this is also a biography of the newspaper industry over many, many significant decades. the book describes that almost industrial process of producing newspapers over really the best part of the last century. now, all of that to has vanished.

during those months of the views of the senior members of the incoming administration, in particular, donaldney, colin powell and condoleezza rice with regard to iraq. >> well, it wasn't until fairly late in the day in that year that we knew who were going to occupy the chief's positions in the bush administration. so until that became clear, to find out what was going on, what was being planned, it became necessary to speak to members of a group who were known informally as the vulcans. the vulcans were a group of american advisors who advised george w. bush when he was the presidential candidate. and when i went down to texas in early 1999, which was shortly before he declared himself as a candidate, he said to me with much frankness, i don't know much about foreign policy, i'm going to have to learn pretty damn fast, and one of the things i'm going to do is surround myself with good people. and the good people turned out to be this group, called the vulcans, led condoleezza rice and paul wolfowitz, who has become deputy secretary for defense. so my team and i folk tussed on this group. an

. >> larry: the other night, donald trump says the banks have the money and they are not loaning it. barney? >> i'm frustrated by that. there are governmental obstacles in policy. the bank examiners. they work for the insurance commission, the corporation or control the currency. they go out and examine each bank. i'm afraid the culture has been to be too tough. they have not been rebuked because of a loan that should be made and shouldn't have been made. i have tried hard, we talked to the chiefs of the agencies to urge them to get them to lend. it be a part of the accounting rules there. because of the vaul, as the assets deteriorates, we try to fix that. but i think it's fundamentally probably a problem with the culture we are a trying to change. >> larry: do you agree, ron? >> yes, to a large degree. after there is a bubble burst, even borrows get skittish. they are worried. bankers get skittish because they lost money. i think barney makes a very good point that the regulators get overzealous. that is the reason i don't like regulators. he mentioned and talked to the regulators,

. >> curtis and collie and donald brown are living if a fantasy world.n here, they're undefeateded. i don't think they understand this is not really normal for the nfl. so, i kind of give them a hard time about that. but i guess those guys have never lost a game so i guess they can stick to that. i won three when i was a rookie. so they definitely have one up on the rest of us. >> at the end of the day, you know, we have a goal. our ultimate goal is to win games. i'll definitely trade in a couple of those catches for a win any time. so, yes, bittersweet. >> colt stay undefeated. >>> saints are 12-0, clinch a first round bye with a win in atlanta. brees to bush in the flat. running through tacklers and, yeah, smashing the football. 23-9. mike smith, fourth quarter, 26-23. safe field goal. mark brunell can't find anybody. incomplete pass. so the falcons down just three. fourth and two, chris redmond to snelling here. watch the hit. jonathan gilma makes the tackle. 26-23, saints beat the falcons. >> just having that week, that initial bye week, you know, pr

deficits fall into a category that political scientist donald issues.issues on which parties and candidates take a range of positions understood from left to right, these are issues on which everyone, regardless of ideology, holds the same position. everyone, liberal and conservatives alike is against government corruption. everyone is against race, fraud, and abuse. everyone favors competent management and government efficiency. but precisely because there's consensus in american politics on the desirability of such things, the party out of power will offer deficiencies in these as exhibit a in the case for returning to power. the issues are so important to party politics because so many voters have no strong ideological commitment. only slightly more than half of americans, 56%, in the latest pugh research center for the people in the press poll, identify themselves as either liberal or conservative. both parties are continually bidding for the voter support and these are a major way of doing so. bipartisan cooperation on fiscal policy is frequently t

between colin powell on the one side and the vice president, dick cheney, and the defense secretary donaldeld on the other. and this became on iraq policy and even bigger policy the fault line that ran through the administration, the fault line that was never recovered and opened even wider as the time went by. one of our principal purposes, even if we did not deal directly with foreign policy, was to say, in the state department, remember, a lot of people around the administration are his political enemies, and that begs the question about what is condoleezza rice in all of this? i think if you plot a graft through the months and years after the iraq war, you have to say that she was more in the camp of colin powell's enemies, although she actually did not see her role of banging heads together. she chaired the meetings of the principal committees. one of the complaints from a lot of people was the agenda was not reaching a proper conclusion because it was impossible to reconcile the views of the big beasts on the agenda. have i answered your question? >> you have. really, what i want to

>> larry: when can we get -- last night, the other night, rather, donald trump says the banks have the money but they're not loaning it, barney. >> i'm frustrated by that. i think here's the problem. there were certainly no governmental obstacles in policy. but have you this problem. the bank examiners, they're the people who work for the federal deposit insurance commission, corporation or control the currency. they go out and examine each bank. i'm afraid their culture has been to be too tough. no bank examiner has ever been rebuked because of a loan that should have been made and wasn't made. they're more often rebuked for loans that were made that shouldn't have been made. i have tried hard, we talked to the chiefs of the agencies to urge them to get people to lend. the accounting rules can be a problem there. because as the value of the assets deteriorates and the amount they can lend deteriorates, we've tried to fix that. but i think it's fundamentally probably a problem with the bank examiners that we're try to change. >> larry: do you agree, ron? >> yes, to a large degree. afte

. >> ogletree: and donald, from your point of view, what does belleville represent to you? >> it's a human mosaic that we often take for granted, we don't get to know. and it's crying out for communication and to building that human mosaic into one strong community. >> ogletree: dr. mason, what does belleville represent to you? >> oh, it was a conversation about america, where we have a gorilla at dinner, and people either want to act like it's not there or are afraid to talk about it in an honest way. >> ogletree: okay, and, john, what does belleville represent to you? >> i'm reminded of ellis cose's observation that discussions about race are too often shouts and whispers. >> ogletree: and, bill, you've written a lot about this, thought a lot about it. and you've had a lot of interesting and provocative ideas. having the chance to look back, step back and look at belleville, what's the message for belleville, and what's the message for journalists? what's the message for america? >> well, i think belleville represents the increasing racial and ethnic complexity of america

deficit's fall into a category that political scientist donald stokes called violence issues. unlike position issues in which parties and candidates take a range of positions on a continuum of alternatives usually understood and left to right, valence issues are issues in which everyone holds the same position. liberals and conservatives alike are against government corruption. everyone is against waste, fraud and abuse. everyone favors competent management efficiency. but the consensus in american politics, the desirability of such things, the party out of power will -- offer these in its case on returning to power. they are so important because so many voters have no strong ideological commitments. only slightly more than half of americans, 56% in the latest q research center identified themselves as either liberal or conservative. both parties are continuing the bidding for these voters support and valence issues our way of doing so. bipartisan cooperation is the casualty of these parties's efforts to paint their opponents as incompetent. both parties attempt to use the len

also this from donald says the c.i.a. is pumping the drugs into the cities and i get arrested for smoking. yeah. guest: well, i don't think that -- when we look at how we use our resources i think the drug war has been very much overblown and overextended. it is not in faculty the case that will is tens of thousands of people in prison for marijuana offenses. but if we look at the area of law enforcement we made something like 1.# million drug arrests every year. of them about 40% are for marijuana offenses. so whether or not anyone thinks marijuana is bad we need to look at the scale of harm we are talking about. . passno carrierring caller: we need to think of alternatives to jail. for example, being a man, i do not know what it is like to be a woman testifying in a rape case. it seems to me that whenever she does that', she has to go throuh the whole thing all over again. to i would like to see if the victim of greece and the defendant agrees, that a man ought to be surgically sterilized, we can forget about the whole

also this from donald says the c.i.a. is pumping the drugs into the cities and i get arrested for smoking. yeah. guest: well, i don't think that -- when we look at how we use our resources i think the drug war has been very much overblown and overextended. it is not in faculty the case that will is tens of thousands of people in prison for marijuana offenses. but if we look at the area of law enforcement we made something like 1.# million drug arrests every year. of them about 40% are for marijuana offenses. so whether or not anyone thinks marijuana is bad we need to look at the scale of harm we are talking about. . passno carrierringconnect 2400  caller: it is an awful thing for her. what i like to see is that the victim agrees and the defendant agrees that they be sterilized and forget about the whole thing. guest: well, that is a provocative statement, but i think there are alternatives. there are very significant -- there has been a very significant movement in that direction. judges have been increasingly using comm

to republican congressman donald manzullo. then i look at the tea party movement. north carolina senator kay hagagn discusses health care in the senate. . we want to get your reaction this wednesday morning to the process of thus far and where they are in their debate. here is the front page of "role call." senate closes in now on healthcare deal. the right they are moving to close ranks and put nearly a week of infighting behind them and the headline to the jump part of the piece says lieberman and liberals are you 19 now behind a health-care bill. the co-writer, mr. drucker, joins us now. speak more about senator lieberman. is he saying he is definitely on board? guest: he is not using the word definite. but for months he said he would filibuster a bill that included a public option of any kind and more recently he would filibuster any bill with the medicare expansion, by and for those ages 55 through 64. those are being removed from the bill and he is back on board and leaning toward supporting it. what he said is he wants to take a look at the legislative langu

between colin powell on the one side and the vice president, dick cheney, and the defense secretary donaldiraq policy and even bigger policy the fault line that ran through the administration, the fault line that was never recovered and opened even wider as the time went by. one of our principal purposes, even if we did not deal directly with foreign policy, was to say, in the state department, remember, a lot of people around the administration are his political enemies, and that begs the question about what is condoleezza rice in all of this? i think if you plot a graft through the months and years after the iraq war, you have to say that she was more in the camp of colin powell's enemies, although she actually did not see her role of banging heads together. she chaired the meetings of the principal committees. one of the complaints from a lot of people was the agenda was not reaching a proper conclusion because it was impossible to reconcile the views of the big beasts on the agenda. have i answered your question? >> you have. really, what i want to know now, what was your brief includi

. >> on today's "washington journal" republican congressman donald manzullo.e'll look at the tea party movement with the president of tea party.org dale robertson and kay hagen discusses the fight over health care in the senate. that's at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> now available, c-span's book abraham lincoln, great american historians on our 16th president. it is a unique contemporary perspective on lincoln from 56 scholars, journalists. abraham lincoln in hard cover at your favorite book seller and now in digital audio available where digital audio down lodes are sold. >> the obama administration negotiated a deal yesterday to purchase a prison in thompson, illinois, to house detainees from guantanamo bay. pat quinn and senator dick durbin met with the president at the white house and discussed the agreement with reporters. this is 10 minutes. >> we want to welcome everybody here. my name is pat quinn. i'm the governor of illinois. you have seen the letter today from the secretary of state and the secretary of defense and the attorney general and the se

my father, donald regan, a firefighter working in rescue three was killed on september 11th, 2001. he taught me respect, pride and honor. my dad said to always do the right thing and to never give up. well, i'm here today doing that. [cheers and applause] i was also recently told that attorney general holder doesn't have to listen to my opinion. well, we have elected officials in congress that are elected by our opinion. so for someone to say that my opinion doesn't have an effect on attorney general holder, that's like saying none of your opinions have an effect on attorney general holder. stand up. [cheers and applause] our next speaker, famed actor also was a marine back in 1959-'63. the only thing i can say is once a marine, always a marine, semper fi. brian dennehy. [cheers and applause] >> are you all wearing your sun block? [laughter] i have been honored to give the opportunity to read a letter, a statement written by judea and ruth pearl, the parents of daniel pearl, "the wall street journal" reporter who was brutally murdered by the terrorists in 2002. in fact, the terrori

david donald, who was later to win a pulitzer prize, a great historian -- this was at smith college.went to school in vermont. i did not think much of history, particularly american history. i was always a reader, and in europe that kings and queens and knights in armor, things going on. but in american history, people were regular clothes. they were dull. so i got to smith, and somebody told me i should be taking this course, and i had to be urged. and i was astonished by the title. i did not understand it. it was called american intellectual history. i was puzzled. what in the world is intellectual about history? i thought it was boring. but i got into this course, and it was about ideas. it was amazing. it turned me around. i would not have written my books if i had not taken this course. david, was a small man with a twinkle in his side. the first-class -- he got up there and started lecturing intensely. so i'm taking notes, asking how you spell that. everybody. he never stopped. just one fact after another. we were all riding it down, exhausted. he just said, i give you a standa

we ask the same questions of donald fehr, who essentially blamed the entire steroid scandal in major league baseball on legal dietary supplements. mr. chairman, we are glad that you're holding this hearing. we support efforts to stop the sale of illegal steroids. we strongly support some resources for government agencies to enforce the law. we stand ready to work with the committee and other agencies to help identify and remove criminal activity, the root cause of this tragedy. and i look for to your questions. >> thank you, mr. fabricant. our final witness is mr. richard kingham, concentrating on product liability, representing many major pharmaceutical manufacturers. is a graduate of george washington university, law degree from the university of virginia. thank you very much for coming in, mr. kingham. before george. -- the floor is yours. >> manufacturers of legitimate dietary supplement share the concern that you have for the distribution of body building products that contain anabolic steroids birdie at first that banks are well known and they should not be available for genera

we ask the same questions of donald fehr, who essentially blamed the entire steroid scandal in major league baseball on legal dietary supplements. mr. chairman, we are glad that you're holding this hearing. we support efforts to stop the sale of illegal steroids. we strongly support some resources for government agencies to enforce the law. we stand ready to work with the committee and other agencies to help identify and remove criminal activity, the root cause of this tragedy. and i look for to your questions. >> thank you, mr. fabricant. our final witness is mr. richard kingham, concentrating on product liability, representing many major pharmaceutical manufacturers. is a graduate of george washington university, law degree from the university of virginia. thank you very much for coming in, mr. kingham. before george. -- the floor is yours. >> manufacturers of legitimate dietary supplement share the concern that you have for the distribution of body building products that contain anabolic steroids birdie at first that banks are well known and they should not be available for genera

while it is fun to hear them talk about bill gates and donald trump and george sorros, the people mosturt by this tax are bill the farmer, donna the florist, or george the funeral director. real people building wealth in our communities who oppose this death tax. these are not the aristocracies that are being referred to in this debate. . this does create a permanently high tax rate and permanently destructive tax rate. 45% is too high. because like the a.m.t. it's not indexed for inflation, it is certain to ensnare more and more family farms and small businesses in future generations. we've seen this play before. alternative minimum tax was created to tackle and address only 100-plus of the wealthy americans -- wealthiest americans in the united states. but because it wasn't indexed to inflation, today it would impact 24 million middle class americans. we are going to see that same creep, those same small businesses and middle americans -- middle american families affected by this death tax in future generations. we are told, and i think sincerely, that this is the best we can do as a

host: donald in dallas opposes the president's proposal. why is that? caller: we should not be over there at all. the whole premise for everything that we have been talking about for the last however long was not done -- 9/11 was a giant conspiracy. we paid the taliban $40 million shortly before that because they were good at eradicating the poppy fields. the gentleman yesterday said they are taking their money to fund of the war from the poppy fields. how could that possibly be if we were paying the money before their friends attacked us? it is ridiculous. i would also like to say, the hemp plant also likes the conspiracy. host: this message from twitter. bush and obama are the same. this is the lead editorial in "the washington post." host: jeff in west virginia supports the president. go ahead. i am sorry. that is randy, who opposes it, in michigan. caller: good morning. i oppose this war based on no draft. i am 52. i grew up with the threat of being drafted. i think we need to read and stil-instill it. when you grow up knowing that you have no choic

in the end donald rumsfeld would not accept. and then the department of defense you have a different story. the trouble without engaging the americans with the aftermath was that they themselves did not create the office of every construction humanitarian assistance until february 2003. it was not for a lack of trying by british officials. i was not present in the meeting on january 31st 2003 when we know that the british team did say to the president what about the aftermath? that is it. and not giving you any scoops but that has been out for a couple of years. seoul officials did try to engage but the heart of the matter, on the american side they did not get their act together and then it turned out the act was not good enough any way. as it was confirmed. >> thank you. one last question. to go back to the question of the british influence on the administration, do you feel that because whatever commitment may have been bed at crawford or in the summer after crawford, that britain's ability to say say, but to influence the un

host: and donald writes, do the scanners peck up things inside of the stpwhode balls the next step will be to surgically implant someone with an explosive. here's sterling heights, michigan. brian on our independents line. what do you think of airport security? caller: right now i believe that the security is fine. i don't think that is a huge, major problem there. i want to bring zpwup that i never heard anybody talk about yet. this much omar guy was on some sort of no-fly list. how many names are on that list? how many names are on that list? who is checking these lists? that's what worries me. we don't know how they find this one guy's name out of, what, 500,000 people. i just find this to get some information on who is watching these lists? when do they check the lists? it's just absolutely incredible how we have so many names on the list, but yet no one is even looking at the list except the people getting on the plane. thank you very much. host: here's california. john on our republican line, go ahead. caller: yes, i think that -- host: john, make sure you mute your television or

host: former representative donald rumsfeld, "stick with one of three responses.ell you, i know and i cannot tell you, or, i do not know." . guest: 1 is don't do a live advertisement with an animal. no explanation of it. that really piqued my interest. he is now the chancellor of texas tech. i said, "where did you get this thing? he said, "don't you remember george mcgovern? he had a deal where he had a life advertisement going and he had a dog in it and he got mad at the dog and took a swing at him, allegedly." that incredible negative impact. i had forgotten about the thing. the other goal is always asked for the vote. that came from tip o'neill. he had this lady and he said, "how are we doing?" she said, "here is the list, nine votes for you." "your name is not on the list." "congressman, you never asked for it." host: former congressman lou frey, thanks for stopping by. guest: that you very much. by the book. buy -- the book. we need to teach our kids about six. hos -- about six. -- civics. host: we will come back to the question we asked at the top of the pro

the owner of the los angeles clippers, donald sterling was the defendant in that case, a $2.7 millionsettlement, the largest settlement in the history of the civil rights division. or in 2005 to 2007 there were 16 cases total brought under u. s-sierra, which is the statute that brought servicemembers are in discrimination when they were turned to the civilian workforce. in the first eight months of the obama administration we have filed 18 cases. so we have picked up at pace of our efforts to protect servicemembers who are doing so much to defend our nation and then confront discrimination at home. we have dusted off our desperate impact theory that the fax support it whether it was in context from the voting context, the employment context. people accused the desperate impact theory because every court that is ruled on this has said that it is permissible to do so. and we are not the buffet line at the cafeteria anymore. some people don't like that line because they eat everything at the cafeteria. i couldn't do that. i could need all that stuff there. and so we are also ramping up o

donald back. >> thank you very much. just for the record the salahi's for all on the list. so that social secretary wouldn't have had the responsibility in this situation. the party planners, they are not security personnel and i think one of the reasons we brought the director sullivan today is to explain the role of the secret service from security standpoint and he can answer a number number of these questions as we go forward. other members are reminded of the kennedy rules opening statements may be submitted for the record. our women's is mark sullivan. mr. saladdin was sworn in as a 22nd director of the united states secret service on may 31st, 2006. mr. sullivan has been the recipient of numerous awards for superior performance throughout his 26 year tenure with secret service including the distinguished presidential rank award 2005. welcome, mr. sullivan to thank you for being here today. without objection the witnesses full statement will be inserted in the record. i now ask directors sullivan to summarize his statement for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman. goo

at this point, i'd like to bring up colleague, donald payne of new jersey. he's joined us 34 evenings and it's a pleasure to yield to him this evening. mr. payne: let me certainly begin by thanking the gentlelady from california, the distinguished chair of the congressional black caucus congresswoman barbara lee, for anchoring this special order on job creations. she continues her diligence in addressing issues that confront our nation in general but in particular, the african-american community, which has been a laudable effort and let me commend her for her diligence. let me also commend the gentlelady from cleveland who comes to us, representative fudge, as a former mayor and i look at her as the mayor of the c.b.c. why would i call her the mayor of the c.b.c.? because the mayor has to have hands on, the mayor has to deal with all the issues, the mayor has to listen to see what's going on in education and jobs. the mayor is concerned about health care and it's where the rubber meets the road and you need someone who has the understanding and the persevera

the secretary's predecessor donald rumsfeld this afternoon calmed that a bald misstatement, and former secretary rumsfeld said he was "not aware of a single request." i wonder, admiral, are you aware of a request for reinforcements from 2001 to 2006, or 2008 that was not heeded? can you tell the committee who made those requests? can you tell the committee who in the chain of command denied those requests? because i find the president's assertion having been a part of a very strong bipartisan support for afghanistan really astonishing. >> fortunately, another issue left hanging. the time of the gentleman expired. >> i would ask unanimous consent to permit the admiral to answer the question. >> any objection? >> just in my tenure here, sir, that general mckiernan specifically had a fairly substantial request for upwards of 20,000 forces which we couldn't meet because they just weren't there. they were in iraq. i spock out very early afghanistan was underresourced. from where i live, underresourced with military services. we didn't have them because they were pushed to iraq and we couldn

my father donald regan, a firefighter, was killed on september 11. he taught me pride, respect, and honor. he taught me to do the right thing and never give up. i am here today doing that. i was also recently told that attorney general holder does not have to listen to my opinion. we have elected officials in congress that are elected by our opinions. for someone to say that my opinion does not have an effect on attorney-general holder, that is like saying that none of your opinions have an effect on the attorney general holder. stand up. [crowd responding] >> our next speaker is the famed actor who was a marine from 1959 to 1963. all i can say is once a marine, always a marine. semper fi. brian dennehy. >> i have been honored to give the opportunity to read a letter, a statement written by judea and ruth pearl, the parents of daniel pearl, the "wall street journal" reporter who was brutally murdered by terrorists in 2002. the terrorist who wielded the sword is one of the men who will be tried over here. this was written december 5, 2009. "friends, o

as specialist giagos' brother donald said, he was always taking different jobs, but they always put him in the service of others. today i ask you to join me in thanking specialist giagos' family for his service and for his sacrifice. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a. a senator:: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from nebraska. mr. jones: i have a motion at the desk. the clerk: the senator from nebraska moves to commit the bill back to committee with instructions on changes that do not include cuts in payments to home health agencies totaling negative $42.1 billion. mr. johanns: thank you. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak in favor of the motion that was just read. one of the things that i say is so very important about a debate on the senate floor is we begin to understand what this legislation does to real people, and we have come to really understand that $466 billion in medicare cuts that are shown over my left shoulder here have real consequences to real people all across the united states. these cuts compromise care, they compromise access to services

. >> host: and a tweet from donald who writes, do the scanners pick up things inside of the body?se the next step will be to surgically implant someone with an explosive. here's sterling heights, michigan, brian on our republicans' line. what do you think of airport security? >> caller: i believe that the security is fine, i don't think that is the huge, major problem there. i want to bring up something i haven't heard anybody talk about yet. now, this omar guy was on this no-fly list. there's also the possible terrorist list, how many names are on that list? who was checking these lists? that's what's getting to me. we don't know who's checking them or how to find this one guy's name out of, what, 500,000 people? so i just want to get some input or information on who is watching these lists, when do they check the lists? it's just absolutely incredible how we have so many names on the list but yet no one is even looking at the list to stop people from getting onto planes. thank you very much, and i look forward to "washington journal. >> host: john on our republican line, go ahea

now to another classy guy joining us, donald trump on the phone. what do you make of these powwows? do they do anything? >> i do not think so. the economy is the economy. banks have to lend money. to discuss jobs by an of itself will not do much, neail. neil: i think one thing the president might add to it is dealing with the job situation, so bear with me. >> i and he is trying hard, but things have come into place. we load banks billions and billions in terms of the dollars. if the banks do not put it out, there will be very little happening. i think he is trying hard on the waterfront. everyone i speak to says it. every once in awhile, you have a banker talking about their money, but it is not true. neil: when they say we should have standards for those we are not learning money to, what do you say? >> if you have standards where they are not producing jobs, those banks will not be participating. i'm not just talking about real estate. i'm talking about other businesses, also. i have friends cannot borrow money from banks and have have lines of credit terminated. it is a problem.