by donna?e 2011 budget anticipates that we can close the deficit largely by allowing the bush tax argumentxpire. i think the president should not get into the argument should he, should he not? newrather to present a series of a new tax package. don't call it bush tax cuts. a new tax package aimed toward the middle class, small businesses, that will close tax loopholes and ensure whatever package we put forward is economic fiscally pruden't, paid for, and itps spur economic growth. we what do you think, sam? >> it should continue it for 95%. ki as far as the wealthy, to go from 35% to 39% is not going to ill them. they'll have something to eat the next day. here's my proposal. there is a point -- >> a proposal from sam --aldson. >> i like that. donaldson. p there is a point that, at continuent, perhaps we should theinue to extend the tax cuts across the board. pu but put in a trigger. when the national deficit gets work.r, when unemployment gets better, use of other indexes, sn't folggers raise

i'd like to ask donna and chuck to step forward. donna is press -- dressed in the period costume of lily hitchcock coit. >> hello, everybody. great to be here! >> we also have retired captain jook -- jack mccloskey as well as phil egg anl -- eggan. we -- egan. we love being part of this city. our halt is off to lily hitchcock coit. i stand here today with ian, a descendant of lily hitchcock coit. i must say even though i don't smoke cigars or gamble, my hat is off to lily hitchcock coit. she was a visionary person. . maybe a little ahead of her time. i know if might have been an active member of the fighter department. . but she's near and dear to the heart of everybody in the 2ke789 thank you for the generosity and thank you for coming out and celebrating with us. >> we are very, very honored to have members of lily's family with us here today. down below, barbara. right there, barbara coit is sitting right there. and i'd like to introduce barbara's son, mr. michael coit. >> hello. what a remarkable day. what a grand place. coit to

donna, i want to bring you in on all this, as well. this is not the president's -- he didn't cause this problem. bu, it resty weed >> look, everyone is eoslook, everyone is i really ho tha presidet, ty people who could lttle bit from shirley sherrod, her grace, her willingness to go out there and be courageous in telling her story. perhaps, though, the conservative blogger who wants to go after the naacp should sit and talk to her. he could use a real honest conversation about race. the naacp could be reminded of its history and understand that its mission is still to promote equal justice under the law. i also think this white hous this pr admratiress everyone else could also learn a wonderful lesson from shirley sherrod that before we leap to judgment, we should learn to listen, to believe that the best motives that we all have is truly available if we just listen. that's all we're asking. listen to people. don't rush to judgment. >> and this comes against the backdrop, as ntio nicolle, of a new pe quinnipiac poll showing the preside

if you wish to present documents, please provide donna -- copies for the file. >> thank you very much. supervisor campos: please call item no. 1. >> item number one,motion ordering submitted to the voters an ordinance at annovember 2, 2010 establishing the community policing policyprogram and supplanting any city the november 2, 2010 election that bans lying or -- charter amendment (second draft) and county of san 8a.105, 8a.106, repealing section agency (mta) board of directors; allocate a share of property taxtransportation fund; require the if its budget is rejected by the board of of the mta inspector general; and, eliminate formulas governing operator wages andthese matters instead to collective bargaining. supervisor campos: if there is any member of the public that would like to speak, please come forward. seeing no one, public colleges -- public comments are closed. can we take a motion to forward this to the board of supervisors? the there will call for that motion? >> i want to clarify, you would like to send this as a committee report? supervisor alioto-pier? supervisor mar

johnson and jaunita for their dedication and to the others that have shared their message of peace and donnaliams and her flexibility and moving to the african-american arts culture complex. and miriam do ming guess for all of her hard work. erica green at urban solutions and the classes and she has been working with our kids and teaching them entrepreneur skills and the others for their support. (applause). thank you for bearing with me. as you know the african-american art and culture complex has gone through a major transition. we went from a place that no one participates in programs and everything else to this absolutely gorgeous beautiful amazing facility i am proud to call my home and i have to say if it wasn't for one person in particular -- and i have a great staff and community that has always 17 supported me and there is one person that stands out and he deals with my tantrums and demands and he continues to work hard and bust his butt and the center would not look as beautiful if it wasn't for his work and today we honor earl hall. (applause). and his family is here and he didn't

. >> and greg from san leandro e- mails, donna summers. >> i don't know.better hair. >> he has great hair. >> that whole bushy thing going on. >> beatleesque. >> he became famous because of youtube posting home videos. >> i like his music. i have -- i don't listen to it at home but if it came on i wouldn't change the channel. >> didn't you ever listen to donna summer ♪ bad girls >> of course did i. >> i want to hear some of this music. >>> all right. i guess we should talk about traffic. why not. >> perry como? >> andy williams, days of wine and roses. >> where are my glasses? [ laughter ] >>> richmond/san rafael bridge got a stall blocking the slow lane. westbound 580 not causing any huge delays so far because traffic is so light heading into marin. up the nimitz freeway 880 through oakland no big problems on the freeways. so quiet into downtown oakland but if you are using minneapolis, minneapolis, ace train number 1 is six minutes behind. >> what are you doing? i'm having bad girl in my head. >> . >>> not expecting the coast to completely clear out hold

. >> the most recent news was the incredible decision on the part of donna morris fisher to give their collection to sfmoma. >> think it is commonly understood that the fischer collection was 1100 works by some of the great contemporary works, one of the great collections in the world. in fact, the collection has not been seen. it has been largely stored at the headquarters, there has never been a publication or exhibition. >> but fischer collection and the additional expansion over the next 50 years, what in the next 25 years will the museum be doing? >> we are very committed to expanding the museum, expanding the collection, the overall growth of the museum. that is one of the things that is very important to us. we are about to enter a strategic planning process. the fundamental question we want to address is, how wil sfmoma growth and enhanced its engagement with the community? it is not enough that the museum has great works in its collection, has great exhibitions, wonderful education programs, it is how does the institution grow and enhance its relationship with the community. i

bitter exit mera donna says he feels betrayed after losing the job as argentina coach. and match the medals the russians are free to name from all glory on day three of the european athletics championships. which start with football there where russian side f.c. sabir are getting their first taste of european football today and are taking on a pall on the missile in the third qualifying round at the league in siberia. mota to the russian premier league last season even got them to the russian cup final and although they lost against an eight it's still in them a shot at the europa league but they will have to find form against a cypriot side who will also need to be european stage to be a second bottom in the russian premier. liverpool also in action in the third qualifying round a new manager roy hodgson is how you can get his reign off to winning start in macedonia when his side take on the king but despite liverpool being firm favorites fortune says it's a tough tough. i could. call a more difficult situation of the war for all of us who are. coming to school to. cal

that was a disappointment for donna stites, whose not-for- profit helped coordinate the effort. her community group is now thinking of buying foreclosed properties and reselling them, but she believes the idea is risky. >> ultimately, you have to know that you can purchase the property, rehab it, and sell it at a cost that at least allows you to break even. >> reporter: geoff smith of chicago's woodstock institute says there also have to be potential buyers. he's been tracking foreclosures in the city for nearly a decade. he wonders if potential buyers will want to live in areas where boarded-up homes dot nearly every block, or if buyers will even be able to get loans. >> there are a lot of people out there who are trying to buy properties, but they just don't qualify for mortgages. and the people who do qualify are perhaps not interested at this point in buying because they don't see the end of the turmoil in the housing market, and they don't want to invest in a property and, in two or three years, see it still be worth less than what they paid for it. >> reporter: so far, the

after the world cup quarter final defeat to germany ground zero and i had told him he wanted marriage donna to stay on this coach however marathoners insistence on keeping his entire backroom staff did not please the day and it's believed that's why did not through his contract marathoner also said national team darren. to college but lardo had worked in the shadows timestamp and told reporters he was proud of his twenty month stint in charge. them and. said look at this stage i can't continue with this to risk but to live with a clear conscience that it puts all of myself in suits and tempted to the pride and honor that i fill as in argentina and that's all in the meanwhile but the new english premier league season just over two weeks away chelsea's chief executive run gourlay has dismissed speculation that striker didier drogba could be leaving the club which is good news for coach color and she lottie has already lost jane cowan michael ballack. absolute no doubt are absolute no doubt did it will be a chelsea player next year d.d. is under contract. and the thing about this time of year

. >> reporter: donna moran is still fighting hot spots around her home near tehachapi, california. >> we can't leave. we can't leave or we wouldn't have a house. >> reporter: when flames from the fast-moving blaze got close to her home, she had five minutes to make a choice. she said she got no evacuation order ahead of the fire. did you think at some point you and your husband were going to die? >> yes. >> reporter: firefighters saved her home but not her neighbors'. for many returning home today, this is what they are going to find, and almost unrecognizable structure. this looks like what's left of a refrigerator, over here a fireplace, all their belongings burned to the ground. 30 to 40 structures have been burned so far while crews are scrambling to protect 150 homes that are threatened. so this is a point where you're going to hold the fireline, make it -- >> we are going to keep it on this side of that dozer break, yes. >> reporter: robert tip ton lost everything. his dog alerted him to the flames. >> i mean she barks but not like yesterday. she was scared and shaking. so i jus

so cary and the scenic designic, donna eastman, as well as the lighting designer jim ingles developed this idea of a turn table which would turn and allow the audience to see primary locations but see beyond that through the set secondary and tertiary types of scenes as opposed to being very boxy. so in the writing of the piece, all of this is taken into consideration while it was being developed, how we were going to stage it. over that period of 3 1/2 to 4 years, the piece got tighter, stronger, we worked with a variety of actors that came and went which in this particular case was very important because the material deals with people from a lot of different backgrounds and my own background is japanese american, there are two cake ters who are japanese american, three, rather, but there are african american characters, there's a russian jew by way of yokohama and i don't necessarily have those backgrounds. so in the workshop process, what it allows me to do to work with actors, particularly some of the african american characters, i can work with them to make sure the characters i

to the quarterfinals of the world cup with a repeat and four nil by germany after that exits marah donna said he would stay on as coach but only if he was allowed to take his entire backroom stuff that was the sticking point for his bosses who wanted to change his assistants used to manage us soldier back to step into him coach for the friendly against ireland in dublin next month possible long term success as a studio and his coach a one hundred one arrests in. meanwhile with the new english premier league season just over two weeks away chelsea's chief executive ron gourmet has dismissed speculation that striker did a drug that could be leaving the club which is good news for coach concha lotty who has already lost joe cole and michael ballack absolutely no doubt absolute no doubt video will be a chelsea player next year really is under contract. and anything about this time of year is we always. you know it's put our players to be in the newsies you know. it's normal but yeah very doable will be a chelsea player actually carlo is completely comfortable with the way with the team. you

earlier i spoke to donna. head of the center for victims of crime at the academic college and also political journalist and a list gideon levy here's what they had to say. i'm not so sure about it personally i think that this case has been. timely because the court emphasized this sure prison. when he was married nor. to claim to be and the real question is whether. we are adults people who are grown up people and we know that in any kind of relationship between men and women big lies and small lies white lies and lies. about his age he could tell her he loved and he didn't love her he could tell her that he has a car and he doesn't have a car. there really shows that he most men will pretend to be a jew and this is the subtext of the whole thing don't touch all women that's the subtext yf the judges to maintain the if they didn't mean it but that's their meaning. it was still to come later in the program a manhunt in southern russia police through the north caucasus searching for the militants who attacked a

television has released footage of the foreman leader fidel castro visiting a town outside the capital of donna eighty three year old castro was attending the ceremony to commemorate those who were killed in a failed revolution attempt fifty seven years ago this is the latest in a series of recent public appearances and his first confirmed trip outside of atlanta. fell ill in two thousand and six and disappeared from public view and gave a power to his younger brother. police have discovered fifty one bodies in the field in northern mexico following two days of digging the graves are believed to be connected to drug gang violence investigators are struggling to identify the victims of the numerous tattoos found on the remains could give an indication officials believe some of the bodies had been dumped in a mass grave within the past two weeks. have a recap of our top stories in a few minutes stay with us here not. the germans started off the ignorance and lost it for almost thirty years juli two superpowers and. brains. to choose. to live the speech congress on t.v. . says that the top stories

. >> reporter: this morning, donna moran was keeping an eye on hot spots and counting her blessings. she had to ride out the blaze because she says evacuation orders came too late. >> you're looking around to see, okay, what's on fire now? where do i need to go now? and it's-- we're here, we're alive, our animals are alive. >> reporter: her home suffered only minor damage but with 150 structures still threatened, firefighters are battling from the air and on the ground. >> there's a lot of heavy fuels. i mean, we in a rural, kind of rugged area as you can see, and the fuels this year are significantly higher than they have been in the past. >> reporter: after years of drought, this entire area is tinder dry so it could be another bad night for firefighters. katie. >> couric: all right, hate kaufman in tehatchapi, california, tonight, hattie. thank you. in other news, it's day 100 in the gulf, and what a change. it's hard now to find any oil on the surface of the water. skimmers collected just 155 barrels of oil and water yesterday. at the height of the leak three weeks ago, they pick

had led argentina to the quarterfinals in the world cup where they were beaten by germany after that donna said. as coach but only if he was allowed to keep his entire backroom staff that was a sticking point for his bosses who want to trash the system. the manager seizure of the key staff will be interim coach for the friendly against ireland in dublin next month possible long term successes into the studio a one hundred percent there are so of racing in. the lobby for delegation has been interested in during the three day evaluation of the strategic world cup bait fish will store the suncor stadium which could be one of the venues to host the tournament in twenty twenty two other arenas in the state of queensland we're showing off an exhibition visiting officials also met young local players the six small countries to inspect including russia before announcing their verdict on december the second and the strains say they'll be on tenterhooks until lead. we'll. see if we're successful to get the twenty twenty to thirty for world cup the biggest show in town the biggest show in the world f

jeff well earlier i spoke to donna pro got she was head of the naga center for victims of crime the academic college and also political journalist and analyst gideon levy about this and here's what they say. i don't think it would have been different the service the president that we heard last year was. the prominent person who misled serry floure. or no women into believing that he would help them. they had sex with him and he was charged today was sentenced to twelve years in prison and he was done think it's a racist thing we are adults people who are grown up people and we know that in any kind of relationship between men and women their big lies and small lies white lies and blake lies he lie here about his age he could tell her he loved her and he didn't love her he could tell her that day he has a car and he doesn't have a car. there really shows that he's a most men will pretend to be a jewel and this is the subtext of the whole thing don't touch all women that's the subtext the judge is the main the diva they didn't mean it but that's their meaning . well still to come in the progr

actually on science if you just call richard lindsey's the head of a written notice the it's about donna richard lindzen he's the head of atmospheric sami's and you can instead of iraq on the brakes as i think i want to do with my shoes is institute of technology he's the one that he's the one of us a lot of pharaoh no i think he said to me you know you said alexander was still saying. yes alex said there was no science that now will secretary geithner's alexander was in the same way what it was and i'm not going to trail it i'll go through a list of the scientific papers if you like but alexander was i just quoted you know i'll write general motors out of it just any other wheels run out of time saying we're going to seal sales are a very very lively articulate way thanks to my guests today in oxford new york and los angeles and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk rule. and. every month we give you the future we hope you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia a

science if you just call richard lindzen he's the head of the rich you know this is the it's about donna richard lindzen he's the head of atmospheric sami's one you can instead of iraq was very exciting as a thing to do with my shoes institute of technology he's the one that has the want to solidify although i think it's sad to me to know you said alexander stille science said there was no sign. and i will say i did our studies and it was in the end as i want you to listen i'm not going to trial if i go through a list of the scientific papers if you like but alexander was i just quoted you know i'll write your own letters to just run out of time saying hey she lives are a very very lively articulate way thanks to my guests today in oxford new york and los angeles and thanks to our viewers for watching us here at r.t. see you next time and remember cross talk rules. and. hungry for the full story we've got it for. the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers on the. every month we give you the future to understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings th

joining us now is life coach and dating expert donna barnes.good morning. >> so if they were to come to you, knock on your door, and say give us some advice just off the bat, how best to make this work, what would you tell them? >> first and foremost, i think keep respect for each other and what's important to each other and not really try to change the other person in a way that they're not open to. but having an open mind and being willing to change is always good within a relationship. >> this order to make something like this work, does it not take an extraordinary amount of maturity? >> absolutely. yeah. it has to be not about just getting your way. i think we're all used to having it our way and what we want. but then when you're in love with another person and you're forming a union, it has to be about what you both want and what compromise works for both of you. >> assume both people go into this thing and say i am going to retain my christianity and i'm going to retain my jewishness. how then do you go about planning a family, dealing

donna and jan, i think they would agree that runng for office is not for the faint of heart. this is tough and it is about power, especially if you are talking about control of a legislature, control of the congress or who is going to be president, vice president, speaker of the house. the advice that i give and i wrote a book about it, it says know your power. i say to women, know your power because when you go out there to run, it is difficult but have confidence in who you are because there is no one like you. you have the unique contribution to make, and there is nothing more wholesome for our political process or goernmental process than the increased participation women. [applause] and don't let anybody diminish your experience, your knowledge or the rest because it isn't the same path that people may have taken before. i went from the kitchen to the congress and a serendipitous way but i did face a high value on my experience as a mom, five kids in six years, the organization that that's a, that the siplin, the focus and interpersonal skills. [laughter] the management

san francisco personality donna sashay kicked things off raising $1,500. >> all is about a cause. once you hear the cause, the kids get a chance to compete. they get to train. all free of charge because of the money we raised here and other events. >> the fund-raiser is saturday from 9:00 to 6:00. nothing like repelling in sequence. it will be a lot of fun. so far more than 100 people pledged to go over the edge. >> it looks like fun, doesn't it? >> it does look like fun. >> let's rejoin rob mayeda who spent the evening at the gilroy garlic festival. apparently it gets better and better. >> it does. we find all these new types of food. as you saw earlier with the ten-foot flames shooting up to the ceiling, that was part of gourmet alley. i brought in mike davis. amazing to hear the stories of folks doing all this hard work. this is a voluntary staff feeding all here. >> we have over 2,000 volunteers in gourmet alley. we work three days during the festival. our set up starts one week before on saturday. we bring in 100 volunteers on sunday and set this up for one full week. takes u

. >> and then on facebook, donna says, i think they are in a good location for those who don't want toraffic. san jose would have to figure out if they could connect with bart or provide some other form of safe transportation for people down there. >> we were told to be brief. >> move along. >> let's get to traffic! >>> all right. you know, things look good out there. here's a live look across the san mateo bridge. this is just past the toll plaza. you can see the right side of your screen that's westbound 92 in the commute direction. 14 minutes now to take from you hayward to the peninsula. 880 through oakland, you're fine from san leandro up into downtown and bart is all on time. but you may want to take it to a giants game. giants play the marlins today starting at 4:05 p.m. how's the weather looking for a baseball game? >> breezy but nice if you are headed out to the game. around the bay area decent weather but temperatures running cooler than average for this time of year. 70s and 80s inland, 60s and 70s around the bay, and 50s and 60s coastside so next couple of days things will

just days before she will donna design werding gown, oscar de la renta or vera wang is still in questione is planning the ultimate wedding. details of what a $2 million can plan. >> they have porcelain p ro ta-potties at the wedding with music piped in. >> reporter: president obama said he didn't make the guest list. but for good reason. >> you don't want two presidents at one -- >> reporter: who is on the guest list? >> entertainment tonight" confirmed barbra streisand, steven spielberg. >> reporter: downtown rhinebeck the uninvited guests, the media, definitely arrived. keeping the small town welcomed attention. >> if could you choose any town in the whole world but decided to choose this little town. >> reporter: amid the celebration, poignant moments of celebration for the father of the groom, edward mezvinsky. some of the wedding guests are here to stay at the beekman inn behind me and could be arriving today. we will be keeping a close eye on the situation here. tonight the rehearsal dinner is set to take place nearby at the 500-plus estate. guests will dine in an old stone bar ove

down into morgan hill san jose is certain to but to fog as well. 58 degrees in oakland, hayward and donnauth bay. also for livermore valley as the head into the afternoon will stay in the '70s for much of the north bay getting up into the upper seventies for places like santa rosa mill valley 76 degrees. along the peninsula pretty chilly out there 62 only for san francisco along the coastline lower 60s and even overseas they are still dealing with cold temperatures. 66 and oakland 65 richmond, stores to give a little warmer the further inland to move. 80 degrees around the san rob rowley. sunnyvale 77 same goes for santa clara, milpitas no sir to give in to the '80s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. is pretty consistent, and no big changes no raindrops or big stones or anything. expect the same typical pattern, morning fog clearing into the afternoon. cool temperatures just a slight, a gradual warming. as a headdress of the work we get into the weekend. >> thank you, a quick check and your commute traffic on the bay bridge purges moving well on westbound 80 volume is building

donna is a senior writer for money magazine which reported on so-called gray divorce in their latesttends to hurt more than a younger divorce where people focus on the young children. when you're older you worry about being lonely, being older, sick, who will take care of me? you wonder if you can start over again and it is painful to split up from a spouse that you have been with your whole life. >> there is also a financial component to this where most places -- or only nine states community property is a 50/50 split. >> right. as gail said it is a difficult divorce at any age, but you have been together for decades the financial stakes are much higher. there are only nine states where it's community property and you split 50/50. most divorces settle out of court or through negotiation. there is a lot to negotiate. >> when you're involved in that, there is so much that's intertwined between the finances and the emotion of this. also, the fact that for both parties you don't know whether you're going to have a companion again. >> correct. companionship is important to everybody. the

hastings: i'm pleased at this time to yield to the -- two minutes to the gentlewoman from maryland, donna edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. edwards: thank you, mr. speaker. look, at 3:00 this afternoon, 2,742,660 americans were denied an extension of their unemployment benefits. it's just that simple. i've heard the arguments on the other side but when a liberal goes in to buy bread, nobody says that's liberal bread. when a conservative goes in to buy cereal, nobody says that's conservative cereal. when republicans go in to pay their rent, nobody says that's republican rent. when democrats go to pay they the electric bill, nobody says it's a democratic electric bill. yet here on this floor we have heard time and time again about liberals and conservatives and republicans and democrats and when americans are unemployed, it doesn't matter what any of those labels are buzz they're -- because they're trying to feed their families and take care of their responsibilities. and they have paid in, in many cases, for years and years and year, into

[applause] >> thanks, la donna. my father was a passion supportive of the americans. he believed that tribes should always be given the resources. one of my father's proudest moments of all was one of the first native american commissioners which is the highest federal position. as many of you know, my father had five brothers and sisters and we were so blessed to have them with us today. [applause] i know i can speak for all the grandchildren when i say the will of these folks and dearly and will carry their wisdom and their love with us forever. we will hear from one of them now. please give a warm welcome. [applause] there are six of us, and i am the sixth. my two sisters decided to pass, so you are stuck with me today. i wanted to talk a little bit about my brother. i want you to know that where we were raised and what we did. my brother was the worst former than i ever dealt with. he said in the 30's when the depression came that it did not come to st. john's, because we were already depressed. we did not have trackers -- tractors, we dealt with horses. the day o

lee: i would like to yield one minute to the congresswoman from maryland, donna edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. edwards: i rise in support as a co-sponsor of this amendment and i thank congresswoman lee. this amendment requires that we act on evidence and we know that based on the evidence our afghanistan policy is a failure. numerous strategies and restated mission statements from president bush to prime minister gordon brown to prime minister blair to president obama, we -- restated mission statements continue to fall short. u.s. military reported that 102 coalition forces were killed in june alone along with the people of afghanistan heightening the iraq war. we need to use our resources to bring our troops, our treasure home. i want to be clear. my opposition to the war is opposition to the policy and not to the brave men and women about we do an an injustice if we do not have a debate. i have seen the conditions on the ground just recently and this war will never end quickly, if at all. i urge my colleagues to support this amendmen

host: pa., donna. caller: i cannot believe some of the opposition to this financial reform bill. what difference does it make how many pages it is? that is just strange. i am all for it. many times -- purchasing a home, for example. i signed hundreds of pages. the print was so fine. he could not even see it. it was for purchasing a home. host: let's talk about the impact of the agency on mortgages. guest: that is one thing in elizabeth warren has of the credit for. it will be to improve disclosures and simplify the process for credit cards and mortgages. everyone who has bought a house knows how much paper work is involved. the agency will be tasked with eliminating the fine print. making sure people know the fees there will be hit with. the mortgage area, because of what we just went through with the subprime lending crisis, will be a primary focus of the agency. host: people have also said the new agency could focus on palance. guest: it is a little awkward how they set it up. it can get big payday loan companies, but not smaller ones. there has been a big push by the left to r

pine hearst, north carolina, republican line, donna, good morning. caller: good morning, greta, how are you doing today? i am a libertarian. it seems like to me, none of them know what they are doing. really and truly. it and you -- you vote republican, they don't know what they're doing. democrat, a bit like to spend money to goods. independents like joe lieberman, he does not know where he is going. take charlie rangel, they have not figured out what to do with him. i just don't know. this is one time where i really don't know who to vote for. i listened to the calls, maybe eventually i will figure out. thank you. have a good day. host: "the washington post" this morning has a front-page story about bp. also this morning on bp, "the financial times" this morning said bp stop refueling iranian airliners. it has also taken out a full- page ad in today's "financial times," making this right. a full-page ad in the "the financial times" from bp this morning. "the washington post" has a headline that louisiana officials are urging bp to speed up the clai

donna, independent. your faith in president obama and congress. caller: good morning. i don't know if it is somewhat -- so much as a faith but i do have patience to wait and see what happens. you just can't solve a lot of problems quickly. and there are a lot of problems our country is facing. instead of going in this direction or that direction, we really need to pull together. i am disappointed with republican rebels representatives, flat refusal to cooperate. that is a hindrance. democrat rep also who are not working with the president to help to get the agenda -- this country where it needs to be. host: how quick is too quick? how much time should this take? there is a midterm election coming. caller: you can't keep putting people in office, keep putting people in office but about making commitments to them and making sure that they understand that you want them to be committed to you. my family and friends are making a concerted effort to let the representatives running in our area in georgia, that we are holding them accountable and we want them to answer to us -

caller: that is donna. host: sorry about that.aller: there is an offer, tom hartman, who wrote the book, "equal protection," and other various things. the citizens united case is in their and it talks about all the big money going to politicians. i would recommend, "equal protection," by tom hartman. there is also a web site called the move to amend to amend the constitution to let people -- corporations are not people. i would love to see that endorsed because i just think this is a dangerous direction. host: "the hartford current" has this story. the focus on work trauma. next up is santa barbara on our line for republicans. go ahead. caller: thank you. host: are you with me? caller: yes, sir. host: more headlines regarding spain's triumph in the world cup. "the los angeles times" as their lead item about auto safety legislation scaled-back. they say the bill changed amidst industry opposition.

host: donna is wondering if iraq is wondering -- if iraq is going to pay the u.s. back. guest: not think we have the means or the ability to pay them back. even so, there is no way that iraq can generate the funds to pay any kinds of this kind. the total oil exports of the country are insignificant compared to the total amount of resources the united states uses in the war which is something like $2 or $3 trillion. whether it is legitimate or not, i do not think it is that the iraqis should pave the united states back for this. even if it seems to be legitimate, we do not have the means. host: larry joins us from university park, illinois. good morning. caller: good morning, mr. allawi. i hope you can answer this question on your own. the united states was engaged in a civil war in the 19th century. no country -- france, germany, spain, intervened. do you believe we should be intervening in the conflict over there in the middle east? guest: it is not so much intervention. it is a question of the involvement of a great power in a crucial part of the world. the u.s. is inv

host: donna from ohio. independent line. caller: i've wanted to say, my prayers go out to those people, and my question is, british petroleum had such an interest in this country. i know up north, all the bp stations change their name because we boycotted them because of their inactivity of closing this. do you think they will ever get this thing close? and what well but -- the result be on the ecosystem in louisiana and surrounding area? guest: thank you for your concern. we obviously hope we will get it shut down. when no one of the relief wells is very near to entering -- those with experience in the oil and gas industry believe there is a high chance of success there. the current closure attempt is being investigated now. hopefully it will impact us. that is kind of part of our problem here in south louisiana, in particular. almost like a hurricane was sitting over us instead of moving on. the damage being occurred, it continues and grows and we did not know what the end is going to be and we can begin a recovery. certai

seven weeks, causing an estimated 2.5 million americans, actually it's more than that, congresswoman donna edwards has it to the person, she's got a website that tabulates it to the individual person, families, and the fact is, it's more than 2.5 million families to lose their lifeline that they have earned through their work in their working years. unemployment insurance is insurance. it's not a giveaway, it's not a handout. it's galling and appalling and downright insensitive and insulting for anyone to imply that people who receive unemployment insurance are lazy. yet you have heard people in the party opposite say that folks just don't want to work and they're just sitting up, not really trying to find a job. that is ridiculous. there is -- there are five people applying for every one job. there's not enough jobs. we are trying to create more. the unemployment rate is unacceptably high. democrats are committed to chopping that rate way down but the fact is, until we're able to do that, we need real support and folks need to get in there and get some unemployment benefits to make it. th

lee: i wou like to yield one minute to the congresswoman from maryland, donna edwards. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. edwards: i rise in support as a co-sponsor of this amendment and i thank congresswoman lee. this amendment requires that we act on evidee and we know that based on the evidence our afghanistan policy is a failure. numerous strategies and restated mission statements from president bush to prime minister gordon brown to prime minister blair to president obama, we -- restated mission statements continue to fall srt. u.s. military reported that 102 coalition forces were killed in june alone along with the people of afghanistan heightening the iraq war. we need to use our resources to bring our troops, our treasure home. i want to be clear. my opposition to the war is opposition to the policy and not to the brave men and women about we do an an injustice if we do not have a debate. i have seen the conditions on the ground just recently and this war will never end quickly, if at all. i urge my colleagues to support this andment. and