we're talking about the education secretary arne duncan.he situation room" and will explain why he says that massive disaster was a powerful wake-up call. stand by. >>> happening now, steve wozniak has a bone to picks a serious one, with toyota. computers are his business and the apple cofounders says his problem may be in the prius software. stand by. >>> sarah palin throws down the gauntlet to rahm emanuel for a salty remark, he calls a slur on all of god's children with disabilities. >>> why education secretary arne duncan says hurricane katrina was the best thing to happen to the education system in new orleans. the secretary is here to explain. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the united states is in debt up to its eyeballs, more than $12 trillion in debt already congress poised to raise the ceiling by almost $2 trillion more. someone ran his or her household budget this way, he or she would be in bankruptcy court. here's what president obama had to say about that today. >> these deficits won't just burden our kids

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there is arne duncan who has been with us from the beginning. this school has diversity. it is 20% black, 20% hispanic. with our first fund-raiser, our wine tasting we built two new playground for the kids. we turned it into a sky. a lot of recycled art. it is a city school. all the windows are graded but we turned them into light boxes. ♪ >> we are now a site for the chicago marathon. we are -- is always extra festive in my neighborhood. i love my neighborhood. we signed a $210,000 partnership with the chicago blackhawks. we started and inaugural hockey league and a dance room. we are a performing arts school. it is a dance room for the kids. this is where the students hang out. we had two amazing -- they were there before we got them. from the 30s. this is horses throughout literature. and across from the mural we had a seating area because there has to be a place for people to sit down. we blind globes over the main hallway. this is atlanta on the way to lunch. the kids swim to lunch. this is our banking center. harris bank has a banking center where kids learn about c

secretary duncan has been a terrific advocate for the simple proposition that our communities have aeal responsibility for the education of our children. if you listen to the education rhetoric today, you would think that the only thing that matters in kid's lives is what happens inside a classroom. well, of course that matters. but what happens in their lives, what happens in their families and how their communities are connected to our schools, it's also absolutely crucial. and the secretary has been a terrific advocate for that work in creating not only neddle horse, with whom you've hear of in the next few minutes, but also 150 other community schools in the city of chicago. schools that are really rooted in their neighborhoods and are trying to turn around not on the lives of children, but support their families and support their communities as well. we have many places in the country that are doing this kind of work and hearing jaqueline is an opportunity to hear how parents, together with school leaderses, together with organizations, can really turn around not only this schoo

i've known duncan and i've known him before he joined the marine corps.is won't have an impact on combat readiness. we've seen that in our allies. gays have been serving in the military for as long as we've had a military. in fact any commander who doesn't understand who is or in fact who isn't in their unit is probably kind of disconnected from reality because i can tell you this. the troops all know. by some recent polling, 60 to 70% don't care. this is not a military issue. it is a political issue. and, therefore, it is correct that it's being dealt with where it is, amongst the dozens of hearings that we have on military equipment, roadside bombs, tactics and strategy. >> congressman, with that in mind, that ethos that your fellow congressman mentioned, being gay, does that make you a weaker warrior? >> no, but it takes away from the cohesiveness and unity of that unit. it takes away the comfort and ability for those men and women to feel comfortable in extremely close quarters, showering, fox holes, barracks, living together. we don't let men and wom

the agenda today will include secretary arne duncan who will join us shortly as well as colonel martin our secretary for planning and evaluation and policy development. we also have on hand, our director of budget services, tom skelly and we will of time for question and answer. we only have one microphone today for you and it is over here. the people on this side have an advantage. if you have a question, you may want to plan to migrate over there at one point. if you do come to the microphone, speak directly into it. we are recording and transcribing today's forum and want to assure we get everything done accurately. and we are very pleased with the investment the president is proposing to make in education in this budget to meet both his goal, having the highest proportion of college graduates in 2020 and to secure our economic future. this is a heavy investment to come out texas, adult education, early learning. we are determined to build grass-roots support. to promote the well-rounded education competition and give states and districts as much flexibility as possible. our world w

education secretary, arnie duncan weighed n saying he applauded the superintendent for showing the courageo the right thing for those kids. >> parts of the country have been in a record cold snap and profits at tomato and strawberry farms may be at a hard freeze. 50% reduction in what they normally ship. in florida, the state department of agriculture reports that growers lost half their strawberries and a third of their tomato crop. that forced tomato prices to jump $1 a pound. wholesale prices are twice as high as normal. >>> yeah, we talked about that. it was tough to find the produce here and then when you could find it, you were paying more for it. >> we are looking at a big storm. we are not in the bulls eye. we are going to see some wind and some snow. we don't have the bread-o-meter just yet. i don't see any accumulation on thursday. temperatures above freezing in the mid to upper 30s. with the winds, it will feel like it's in the 20s. better chance of accumulating snow thursday night and into friday morning. 35 for a high on friday. and then 40 on saturday. flurries are still poss

duncan kennedy, bbc news. >>> general motors has announced the iconic hummer brand will close down. they announced plans to sell the brand last year before it went into bankruptcy protection, but its attempt to sell the brand to a chinese firm has collapsed. >>> hundreds of thousands of greeks have protested the austerity measures. the police fired tear gas. this is the second general strike in two weeks. they were angry with the response to the european crisis that seems to be growing. >>> members of the british parliament accused members of the tabloid of collective amnesia, insisting they were not aware of the legal hacking of phone messages left by celebrities, a fake personalities, and the royal family. the owner of the tabloid has rejected the criticism. >>> 11 days from the start against the taliban offensive, the overall commander in southern afghanistan has told the bbc further progress has been made. the british royal air force has played a key role. our defense corres spent the day with nine squadrons from the raf. >> it is early morning. the tornado crews are flying arou

duncan kennedy, abc news, in rome. >> 11 days from the start of the operation in helmand province, we are told that further progress has been made. the royal air force has played a key role. our defense correspondent is in canada are -- kandahar. >> [unintelligible] >> it is early morning and crews are on a round-the-clock mission, keeping crews below. these guys are high above homeland. -- the helmand province. >> there is a bit of instability creeping in. >> it started with a weather briefing. then they rolled close air support to nato forces on the ground anywhere in afghanistan. they flew in one week the same number of hours that would normally fly in a month. >> it is what we are trained to do. to get there is quite rewarding. >> at first, it was a slow buildup. it is fortunate their work magic -- american troops. i was literally screaming on the radio. >> they had been in service for roughly eight years. the squadron here incensed january has played a vital role in the operation -- here since january has played a vital role in the operation. they are helping soldiers under fire,

education secretary arne duncan backed the board's decision, saying students only have one chance foreducation. but at several rallies, the fired teachers got plenty of support from their students. >> it's really hard to see them hurt like this because we are really a family. >> reporter: several teachers were plainly shocked at the board's decision. >> i tried to be a very dedicated teacher, you know, and i just never thought this would be the way it would end. >> reporter: the vote by the board was one vote board of unanimous, that the best strategy for the state's worst performing school is not to try to improve it, but to essentially start again. mike taibbi, nbc news, new york. >>> we'll keep an eye on it. >>> on wall street today, the dow regained most of what it lost yesterday. up just under 92 points. we are back in a moment. . sure, but do we speak brid yes, we do. and we can say 700 miles on a single tank and epa-estimated 41 mpg city and all the words stick because they're true. we speak the most fuel-efficient midsize sedan in america. yes, we speak car, and apparently qui

now call on the gentleman from tennessee, congressman duncan. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman.yesterday a woman named rhonda smith testified at the energy and commerce committee and she's from east tennessee, from just outside my district, which is based around knoxville. she was driving into knoxville in her lexus automobile. on october 12th, 2006, three and a half years ago, and she experienced one of these sudden acceleration events and her automobile reached 100 miles an hour. she said she thought it was her time to die. she said she called her husband and tried to put the car in reverse but the computer apparently didn't recognize it. she feels that toyota's response to her complaints was a farce. toyota apparently told her there was nothing wrong with her car. our investigators for energy and commerce committee and this committee have found their complaints started coming in about these events in 2001 and nhtsa started an investigation apparently in 2004 aimed at toyota. now, 2004, that's six years ago, if that investigation started early in the year. maybe five and a hal

and tim duncan, what a special player. maybe the best hands a big man ever claimed.liams at duke and now trevor booker. what a magnificent group to be a part of. >> tim: no question about it. glad they found a color photo of me. >> tim: let's see. which of those six players relied on the jump shot more? hmm. >> mike: i prefer to think i had an all post. >> tim: you did. reid falling away. johnson the rebound. >> mike: quite earlier very fortunate that florida state not lighting it up. >> tim: in no-man's land. >> mike: very fortunate with that turnover that it's a dead ball turnover and they get to set their defense. lots of times both passes get picked off. >> tim: oliver purnell has got to be thinking just get me to halftime, trailing by a single digit. this has been a root canal first half for his squad. turnover is always important. inside shannon, can't get that one to go. very few opportunities to get baskets at times. can't make the shot. a defensive play by singleton. >> mike: leads the conference, those long arms. not only in deflection, but getting the ball

host: the politico is reporting that center -- secretary duncan had a breakthrough. the process for getting rid of non-performers is cumbersome and teachers want to come to the table to find a solution. why is this such a change? guest: i think we have an opportunity right now to change the conversation. we have been saying this for awhile. in new york city, we want these measures to be fair. teachers want to teach with other teachers who are effective. they want to help children. we have to find ways that are fair and fast, not glacial. we recognize that and said, let's step up to do that. we asked kenneth feinberg to do that. we cannot do it alone. just as teachers cannot change a generation of students alone, we need the help of labor and management. host: sam on the democratic line. caller: good morning. this is near and dear to my heart. both of my son and daughters are in st. mary's county. some of the the schools there are considered failing. there are a lot of poverty issues here. there are some kids who have a lot of money but there are a lot of kids who dep

this weekend on c-span, first lady michelle obama on preventing childhood obesity and secretary arne duncanthis is coverage of the winter meeting of the national governors meeting live throughout theÑi weekend on c- span. >> "washington journal" next. the dali lama will be recognized this morning by the national endowment for democracy and received a democracy service medal from the library of congress. live coverage is at 10:30 eastern. we will join the cpac meeting. live coverage is on c-span. and coming up this hour, mark schmidt of american prospect willk

. >> it wasn't just rahm emanuel apologizing, the education secretary duncan phoned the new orleans mayor after saying hurricane katrina was the best thing that happened to the city's schools because it provided them an opportunity to rebuild. joining what one reporter called a buffet line of administration officials eating their words. at the white house, wendell goler, fox news. >> bret: also in the buffet line is ray lahood who sent toyota's stock tumbling today. here is what he said to a house committee when asked what he would say to owners of cars affect bade massive recall. >> my advice is if anybody owns one of these vehicles, stop driving it. take it to toyota dealer, because they believe they have the fix for it. >> lahood later called that a misstatement about stopping driving it. toyota says it has figured out how to fix the problem with gas pedals that can get stuck. a member of the president's advisory council on faith-base and neighborhood partnerships is standing by an earlier statement that pope benedict is "hurting people in the name of jesus." harry knocks returning to

. >> earlier today, education secretary arnie duncan applauded the school board's decision. >>> firsthree will be set up at boston logan, then chicago o'hare. homeland security says the rest of the machines should be up and running by the end of june. >>> the senate has passed a bill to given new incentive to businesses that hire workers. this measure would exempt employers from paying the social security payroll tax for their new workers. it also includes an additional $1,000 credit if workers stay on the job for a full year. the bill now goes to the house for a vote. >>> let's check in on the roads now with sharon gibala for a full vote. >> reporter: busy ride on the beltway. first one and the latest one is going to be on the west side. that one at i-70, blocking the right lane. with a 10-minute backup there. big backup. even though the accidents are in the clearing stages. it's a 50-minute backup, all the way to park heights avenue. a bunch of city wrecks, west northern to west belvedere. montemmier at gnome. and pennington at ordinance. 95 northbound, still a little slow, approach

when i was in the house i had an agreement with duncan hunter, who was on the armed services committeeg to keep the test site in a reasonable set -- reasonable state of readiness. but this administration's commitment to the ratification is unambiguous. >> any other questions? thank you. >> thank you very much. i brin>> i bring you the russian ambassador, sergey keslyak. >> i do not believe i am expected to give you good advice on how to manage your nuclear stockpiles. but i'd like to say that the environment is discussed back home, the same things. [unintelligible] the negotiations that are being conducted in geneva are difficult, but they are conducted in absolutely different environment from what i have learned during my arms control career during the cold war. it is no longer a discussion between the pros. it is no longer an attempt to manage the hostile relations between the two of us. it is more like dealing with the vestiges of the cold war that we have accumulated and you have accumulated enormous quantities, far beyond the necessary requirements of deterrence. so, what i would

isi today's ago secretary duncan said that teachers need to be out of the system.f you look at new york city-- to give you one example, new york city has an article in "the new yorker" last august of the rubber room. new york city has what they call a rubber rooms because it takes up to seven years to fire a really bad teacher, said they pay these teachers full salary to sit, and they have been tire rims of teachers who go and sit and tell their finally processed out of the system. new york city is spending $50 million a year on teachers to cannot teach that they cannot fire. i think that is grotesquely wrong. the $50 million ought to go to increase the pay of good teachers and not pay teachers who can't teach so that would be an example of what we ought to do. [applause] by the way, thank you for teaching. >> speaker gingrich thanks for sharing your time here with us today. we appreciate. a man and internet publisher new hampshire. i need to revise this because you are a former elected officials and i have to web sites right now that i am starting. one is about ou

republican congressman john duncan of tennessee says get rid of them. >> the solution seems to be we need to double, we need to triple, we need to triple down on this, get many, many, thousands more air marshals. >> well, we may do that but i sure would hate to see it because it's just a total waste of money. i know that any time you create a federal bureaucracy it just grows and grows and the appropriations just go up and up and up. as i said, look at the record. they haven't done anything. >> reporter: last week president obama asked for an additional $85 million to beef up the federal air marshal service. >> and drew griffin is with us right now. and, drew, pretty harsh to say just get rid of them. how can that make us any safer? >> campbell, from the security experts and the air marshals, themselves, their time and talent they're telling us is being wasted. this is a hastily grown group, knee-jerk reaction after 9/11. the mission was to protect the cockpit doors. they're not trained to find the guy in the back of the plane with a bomb. once the cockpit planes were locked they bec

. >> reporter: what should be done with the air marshals, republican congressman john duncan of tennesseeget rid of them. >> the solution seems to be we need to double, we need to triple, we need to triple down on this, get many, many thousands more air marshalmarsh >> we may do that, but i sure would hate to see it because it's just a total waste of money. i know that any time you create a federal bureaucracy the grows and grows and appropriations goes up and up. as i said, look at the record. they haven't done anything. >> reporter: last week, president obama asked for an additional $85 million to beef up the federal air marshall service. there are some security experts who believe air marshalls in airplanes may be detrimental to our security. for two reasons, one, you introduce a gun any time you bring an air marshall on board you bring a gun into the passenger cabin of the plane. that is a gun that potentially could be used by a terrorist if they overtake that air marshall. secondly, there is a risk that people believe or have this false impression an air marshall might be on their pl

from burke, virginia, dan duncan ys, with all that snow out there, those who live near railroad tracks, you might consider packing the refrigerator cars and send all that stuff to vancouver to help with the olympics, because as you know, they've got a shortage up there. miranda in fredericksburg, virginia, says the same thing, send the snow to vancouver. snowiest months after, february, 1889. and this month, right now, with so much snow across the area, 24.8, and stilled adding to that. and we've been showing you some of the scenes from back then, 1899 with more than 35 inches. can you imagine how long it must have taken them to get out, dig around, get around, well before suvs. >> those are amazing archival photos. those are scenes in washington way back from 1899. the snowiest winter ever. he locally, we have temperatures just near 20 degrees right now, it is continuing to be very cold. and the blizzard warnings are not only here, they extend up towards new york city, long island, as well as all the way back into southern pennsylvania and into west virginia. we've got this coastal lo

dayton duncan: we have shot in 53 of the 58 national parks. our shooting schedule by about two years for a project of this size, mainly because there are so many places we needed to go. the parks themselves, the places themselves are, in essence, characters in our film. we wanted to be able to interview them as extensively as possible, and some of them we went 3 different seasons to visit them. burns: we're filming in denali, and it has only one road. it's 90 miles long, and most of it is dirt and completely unimproved, and that's the way the park wants it to be, and so you have a sense that this is just your little ribbon of territory-- "don't leave this line. this is where you go"-- and the beasts there--the moose, all the other animals, but for me, especially, the bear-- and one day where it was in early august, we were perusing these brown bears in alaska, and we look at each other, and, you know, it's great. in this film, the landscape really is the character. it's one of the characters. it's the main character. i mean, it is a film about

arne duncan on health care policy. census. republicans, 202-737-0001. democrats, 202-737-0002. independents, 202-628-0205. here to talk about the sentence, but in particular, your -- census, but in particular, your quarterly reports, what did it find? guest: our quarterly report is based on a requirement that the appropriations committee placed on us to measure the progress of the sentence on a quarterly basis. -- census on a quarterly basis. we look at five things in the report. one is the status of the paper- based operation control system. that is the system they will use to manage in the enumerators then go out to do non-response follow up. that was the software that you receive it -- just referred to. the second thing we look at is some of the cost schedules that census has. we look at a load test that the census bureau is conducting on how well all of their i.t. systems will work. we looked at a revised cost estimates that the census director commission for a non- response follow up operation. so the report follo

we have great respect for secretary duncan and ultimately we'll try to turn around. in the president's budget as well though is lots of signals about how to reauthorize the elementary and secondary act that used to be called no child left behind but everybody's moving away from even that title, in terms of how to make it a law that really helps all kids succeed. >> host: let's take a look at comments secretary duncan made on monday. >> the proed budget includes a $3 billion increase for competitive programs in the elementary and secondary education act. also known as no child left behind. it also signals the president's commitment to redesign the accountability system created by nclb so the focus on helping students graduate high school ready for success in college and in the world of work. the president's committed to strengthening the current accountability system and it will be based on out comes, and closing achievement gaps. and far too many states, standards are too low and the existing law doesn't provide states with incentives to raise their standards. in fac

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not thank secretary duncan.ity. you see failures everywhere -- in forcing -- enforcing responsibility. where is tammy? tammy had the privilege last year at helping mrs. obama plant her garden when she was in fifth grade. now she is a sixth grader. you are nervous, but don't be. you want me to make a fool of myself so you look ok? tammy, please join us. [applause] >> good afternoon. my name is tammy, and 12-years old and i am attending school here in the district. i would like to say something about change. ça lot has changed for me. i have moved on from bancroft elementary school to a middle school. i have new teachers and assignments. i could not do much about this kind of change, it just happens to you as you get older. [laughter] but another big change in my life since last year has come because of a partnership my classmates and i at bancroft elementary school had with mrs. obama and the white house. my fifth grade class was invited to help plants,ç harvest and et vegetables from the white house kitchen ga

host: revised student loan practices -- arne duncan wants to send a bill to congress. costs and debt for college. what is your take? guest: it is clear that the price of college continues to go up. we have gotten ourselves in a catch-22. we're expecting anybody who wants to be somebody to go to college. we want to create more affordability but by increasing -- it is kind of a supply and demand thing -- by increasing the grants to colleges, it will actually increase the cost of the price tag because every time you increase a pell grant or anything like that, you see an increase in the price the colleges pay. if you demand more for product, you will get a higher price. that is a question we ask on our test. host: out and folks take this test at home? guest: go to our website, isi.org and it goes right to it. you can't take the test online and see how well you do. i encourage people to do that. host: you go well beyond the constitution and utah grab economic matters. here is an economic question for our next caller, an independent. they are talking about a progressive tax

. >> more now on the fiscal year 2010 budget from education secretary arne duncan.ces. apologies for not having enough chairs for everyone today. thank you for cramming in and grabbing spots where ever you can. we are here to talk about wanted to dole -- talk about data systems, in particular an 11- year-old reading about history. i am very pleased about the turnout to talk about that, so thank you for your interest. we're here to talk about what is in the screen but -- the proposed 2011 budget, and we know it you have lots of questions, so we will leave plenty of time for that. the agenda will include comments by senator duncan perry and we also have our director of budget services, who has just come from the press called with the secretary, and then we will have time for question and answer. we only have one microphone. it is over here, so the people on this side have the advantage. if you have a question, you might want to plan to migrate over here at some point. if you do come to the mike, speak directly into it. we're transcribing today and want to make sure we

secretary sibelius, duncan, salazar, donovan. as well as surgeon general benjamin. i want to thank them all for there excellent work and leadership. you like doing a phenomenal job. i also want to think some of our other guest, senators harkin and gilbrand. good to see you all. thank you for your leadership. representative laurel, christensen. thank you for you being here and to work to have done to get as to this point. i want to thank you. good on your feet. he is still upset because he is shorter than me. thank you for your work, your passion. we're glad to have you aboard. dr. judith palfrey, thank you for your wonderful work as well as will allen. wonderful words. we're going to get on it. you guessed a doing a terrific job, and you represent all of what we can do together. thank you all for coming today and braving this weather and risking getting stuck here. thank teefor the word that you do every day to help our kids lead active and healthy lives. one final congratulations. i hear that the watkins hornets, are some of the hornets here? stand up. i know you a

the education secretary arne duncan explains those at this news conference. it is just under an hour. >> apologies for not having enough chairs for everyone today. thanks for cramming in and grabbing spots where you can. of course we're here to talk today about longitudinal data systems in missouri, specifically for 11-year-olds. [laughter] in reading about history. i am very pleased by the turnout, to talk about that. so thank you for your interest. no, we are of course here to talk about what's in this green book, the proposed 2011 budget and, we know you have lots of questions so we'll leave plenty of time for that. the agenda today will include comments by secretary duncan, who will be joining us shortly as well as by carmel martin, assistant secretary for planning, evaluation and policy development. we have on hand now, thank you, tom, director of budget services, tom skellie. who is just come from, from the press with the secretary and carmel. again we'll have time for question and answer. we only have one microphone here today, for you. it is over here

in all, close to 11,000 troops have been -- republican congressman duncan hunter of california is heres well, he's in favor of keeping don't ask, don't tell. both are members of the house armed services committee. congresswoman, first to you. secretary gates has made it clear he's supportive of repealing this ban, but what is not clear is really when it's going to happen. it's not going to the happen tomorrow, he's talking about at least one year as they study it. your thoughts on the timeline. >> yeah, well, you know, first thing is it's law. he can't repeal anything unless he gets the votes in congress. the law enacted by a democrat congress in 1993 makes that the law, no homosexuals in the military. ike skelton, chairman of the armed services committee, democrat, says he's not going to hold hearings. frankly, i'm kind of angry secretary gates is devoting an hour to this when we have not had an actual full hearing on roadside bombs, the number one killer of soldiers, sailors, and marines in afghanistan. his priorities are out of whack, and i think congress' are too. jane: but, congre

i met with arne duncan and he holds more money than anybody else for education.nd when i told him and asked him what he's doing for indian education, he almost teared up when he talked about going out to lane deer and saying he was really sad. he didn't know how to be able to help. i said there's a lot of ways. nci has got a few ideas about that. so the opportunity to be able to place -- we can help place young people -- we just had a meeting here at the press club with several of these news reporters. helen thomas was there probably the oldest one sitting on the front. but we need to have a native american, strong, independent and being able to ask all the questions 'cause unasked they won't address it in front of the world and in front of the press in front of all the people. our issues need to be brought up. there's money available for it. and if any tribe has young people who want to be able to get into reporting and journalism then the national press club has scholarships and i would ask that you contact ncai give those names because we have positions going

first, it is veteran's affair secretary eric shinseki and then arnie duncan, education secretary.etka discusses u.s. policies toward iran.çó we'll hear more ab> the budget from bernie sanders. "washington journal" is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. a couple of live events to tell you about this morning. from the president's fiscal year 2011 budget request. that's on c-span 3 at 9:00 eastern. at 10:00 eastern here on c-span, treasury secretary tim geithner testifies before the senate finance committee. now veterans affairs secretary eric shinseki on the 2011 budget request for his agency. this is about 45 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, secretary of veteran affairs, the honorable eric k. shin secretary qui. -- shinseki.ñr >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for joining us for today's budget rollout. we will be sharing with you the president's fiscal year 2011 budget and the advanced appropriations request for the department of veterans affairs. this budget request provides the resources necessary for us to continue pursuing the two overarching goals that the pr

secretary vilsack, sebelius, duncan, salazar, donovan. did i leave anybody. solice a as well as surgeon general benjamin who has been a tremendous support for this. i want to thank them all for their excellent work their leadership. you are all doing a phenomenal job and again we wouldn't be able to do this without you. i want to thank some of our guests, senators harkin and gila brand. good to see you and thai for your leadership. representative delauro and christenson and fudge and thank you for being here and the work i have done to get us to this point. i want to thank tiki. good mc, pretty sharp. good on your feet. >> [inaudible]. >> yeah he is still upset because he is shorter than me. it is okay, tiki. [applause] that is the first thing he said. he was like i didn't know you were so tall. yeah i know. i know. [laughter] but thank you, thank you for your work, your passion. thank you for for braving the weather to be here. we're glad to have you onboard. dr. judith pelfrey, thank you for your wonderful work as well as will allen. wonderful words and we'

they were filming, and he was walking with mortenson to his favorite coffee shop which happen to be duncan person had to say. the person with the camera turned to him and said excuse me sir, would you mind taking a picture of me and howard zinn? [applause] democracy now. [applause] >> our next speaker, how do you follow amy goodman? you follow amy goodman with sojourner truth. how about that? in 1851, the african-american abolitionists and former slave sojourner truth spoke to a gathering of feminist. the speech which was only a few minutes long was a landmark moment in the feminist and abolitionist history and it has been memorialized in kept alive through that people speak and voices of a people's history of the united states and it is going to be read right now by spoken word artist susanna elizabeth rose. she reads, ain't i a woman. [applause] >> well children, when there is so much racket, there must be something out of kilter. i think that between the of the south and the woman of the north, all talking about riots, the white man will be in a fix pretty soon. but what is all this her

duncan. >> thank you mr. chairman. mr.t looking at these events with the benefit of hindsight. two men who did were peter boone, who is a researcher at the london school of economics and simon johnson the professor mit. >> could the gentleman speak closer to the mic so we can hear you? >> simon johnston a professor mit and sloan school of management and they wrote in "the new republic" magazine in the september 23rd issue, the fed may well that mitigated the current crisis by sowing the seeds for the next one and they say in fact the fed has exacerbated the possibility of another similar even larger crisis. in fact the way they put it they say as a result of less real reform happen suddenly faced the prospect of another double burst bailout cycle that will be more dangerous than the one had is untrue. i am assuming you know the american people are very angry about these bailouts and the bonuses and salaries that have come about through what most of them see as the big government, big business duopoly and they feel like thi

this weekend on c-span, first lady michelle obama on preventing childhood obesity and secretary arne duncan on education policy, part of our color -- coverage on this year's annual meeting on the national governors association. livecopter of the weekend. >> sometimes i think history is a series of accidents, like a pileup of cars in a snowstorm. >> how did the u.s. and up in vietnam? sunday, pulitzer prize-winning author ted mark -- ted morgan on the valley of death and the battle that ended french colonial rule in indochina, sunday night on q&a, c-span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> the white house plans to hold a health care summit next week inviting republicans to take part. the associated group -- a sensitive press shows a new study out today that show premiums for prescription drug coverage has gone up an average of 14% last year. president obama is in las vegas today to unveil a $100 million plan to help some home mortgages. las vegas has the worst foreclosure crisis in the country. c-span is coverin

in secretary arne duncan on education policy.ageçó of the winter meetingç of the national governors' association, live on c-span throughout theç weekend. >> have you visited the c-span website lately? you will find video of the events we have covered today, speeches from the conservative political actionç conference, the president's signing an executive order creating a debt commission, and remarks by the dali lama after his meeting with the president. that is at c-span.org. now brigadier-general jonathan vance talks about canada's role until recently, he was the commander of the canadian-made a joint task force. this is about 30 minutes. -- ?ndshe was the commander of e ;>[canadian-natoçç jow3t(çink force. national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> good morning. welcome to the atlantic council. i'm the vice president and director of the international security program at the council. i am delighted to welcome you to this forum. ççqbefore introducing our distinguishedç guest

now call on the gentleman from tennessee, congressman duncan. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman.sterday a woman named rhonda smith testified at the energy and commerce committee and she's from east tennessee, from just outside my district, which is based around knoxville. she was driving into knoxville in her lexus automobile. on october 12th, 2006, three and a half years ago, and she experienced one of these sudden acceleration events and her automobile reached 100 miles an hour. she said she thought it was her time to die. she said she called her husband and tried to put the car in reverse but the computer apparently didn't recognize it. she feels that toyota's response to her complaints was a farce. toyota apparently told her there was nothing wrong with her car. our investigators for energy and commerce committee and this committee have found their complaints started coming in about these events in 2001 and nhtsa started an investigation apparently in 2004 aimed at toyota. now, 2004, that's six years ago, if that investigation started early in the year. maybe five and a half

host: revised student loan practices -- arne duncan wants to send a bill to congress.g the grants to colleges, it will actually increase the cost of the price tag because every time you increase a pell grant or anything like that, you see an increase in the price the colleges pay. if you demand more for product, you will get a higher price. that is a question we ask on our test. host: out and folks take this test at home? guest: go to our website, isi.org and it goes right to it. you can't take the test online and see how well you do. i encourage people to do that. host: you go well beyond the constitution and utah grab economic matters. here is an economic question for our next caller, an independent. they are talking about a progressive tax. what is it? caller: i am not certain because it is not being publicized but believe it is"c." host: that is the correct answer. caller: could george guest -- could your guest give a brief summary of [unintelligible] guest: dread scott was only the second instance where the supreme court had validated a federal statute. it was dec

republican congressman john duncan of tennessee says, get rid of them. >> the solution seems to be, weouble, triple, we need to triple down on this, get many, many, many thousands more air marshals. >> well, we may do that, but i sure would hate to see it because it's just a total waste of money. i know that any time you create a federal bureaucracy it just grows and grows and the appropriations just go up and up. but, as i said, look at the record. they haven't done anything. >> reporter: last week, president obama asked for an additional $85 million to beef up the federal air marshal service. kiran, the air marshals themselves have told me their agency is, at best, dysfunctional. they say it is not protecting the public as it should. there are already calls in congress to investigate the widespread allegations of discrimination and mismanagement at this agency, but now a growing chorus asking if this agency is needed at all. kiran? >> amazing reporting. drew griffin fors us, thanks. also, just how much is the tsa spending on the air marshal program? where are your tax dollars actuall

host: gary duncan what does twitter commented -- bob beckel on the left and cal thomas on the right havetorial inside "usa today." what if we had a clean slate on health care? they agreed -- start from scratch, agree on key principle to help fix our ailing medical system. if only the president and those in congress follow suit. on a republican line, barbara from the state of washington. caller: i wanted to take -- make a couple of comments. i'm wondering why we want -- have a government who wants to extract money from citizens when we have millions of people currently out of work. and frankly, i think it is just another way of them taking more money to replace all of the money that has been stolen or squandered. thank you. host: you don't think the summit will make a difference? she hung up. we are going to take a short break. during the course of the next two and a half hours we will be talking to a number of members of congress and then julie rover from national public radio, who covers health care, and then we will return to live coverage. the house and senate are in session. with mor

cable satellite corp. 2010] >> this weekend, michelle obama on preventing childhood obesity and arne duncantion. live, throughout the weekend, on c-span. >> now president of, starts an executive order starting a commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. alan simpson dan region -- simpson and bowles will serve as cochairs. >> one problem helped spark the deepest recession of the great recession, which we're still recovering from. that helped aggravate an already severe fiscal crisis brought on by years of bad habits in washington. that required emergency action, but now, with so many americans out of work, the task of recovery is far from complete, so in the short term, we are going to take steps to encourage business to create jobs. that will continue to be my top priority. there is no doubt we're also going to have to address the long-term quandary of a government that spends more than it takes in. now when i walk in the door of the white house, our government was spending 25% of gdp but taking in 15% of gdp. without action, the accumulated waste of the deficit would ever increasing

gary duncan would agree, this twitter comment, "most folks are too bitter about how we got into the waro realize how much better off the people are without a dictator." yesterday, john linder, a republican from georgia, announced that he would retire from the house. this story in "the new york times, he is the 20th house republicans to announce plans to retire, as well as 14 house democrats, with two more democrats not completing their terms. joe, new york, good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call this morning. the rebirth of iraq is important, and charlie rangel needs to step down. the jobs that are here in the u.s., they're all working over here for lower wages, they are coming over here to take less, talking about good jobs over here, we have none for the americans, a senior citizens taking all of the available money, that is my comment about iraq, we have got to take care of our own house. the people over here are starving, little low on the little children. they want to go back and forth about health care? everyone needs health care. rich people do not spend money on anyt

our economic envoy, duncan kelley, will continue to help are expand with new opportunities.he agreement. i spoke very late in the evening in northern ireland with both and congratulated and thanked them for their efforts. i spoke earlier this morning with both peter and martin and did the same. i also pledged our continuing support for their efforts. today, we salute this achievement. we recognize that a new chapter of partnership among northern ireland'politicals leadership and people can now begin. i am confident that the people of northern ireland will make the most of this moment. i want to reaffirm the commitment of the united states and my personal commitment to support them and everywhere the weekend as they continue on this very positive path into the future. i would be glad to take your questions. good morning. here comes the microphone. >> a quick reaction on the charges against the 10 americans in haiti. it is the united states studying the idea of withholding recognition of the iraqi elections in march if the 500 sunni candidates are excluded? some of the reporte

host: revised student loan practices -- arne duncan wants to send a bill to congress.t is clear that the price of college continues to go up. we have gotten ourselves in a catch-22. we're expecting anybody who wants to be somebody to go to college. we want to create more affordability but by increasing -- it is kind of a supply and demand thing -- by increasing the grants to colleges, it will actually increase the cost of the price tag because every time you increase a pell grant or anything like that, you see an increase in the price the colleges pay. if you demand more for product, you will get a higher price. that is a question we ask on our test. host: out and folks take this test at home? guest: go to our website, isi.org and it goes right to it. you can't take the test online and see how well you do. i encourage people to do that. host: you go well beyond the constitution and utah grab economic matters. here is an economic question for our next caller, an independent. they are talking about a progressive tax. what is it? caller: i am not certain because it is not

it was in then i can this complex building that a nobel physicist duncan o-ring into a glass of cold water and said, well you know, this is what it space shuttle may have blown up. so you know, sometimes we need to review our assumptions and inclination towards complexity. if i should be worried that the dogs guarding the u.s. capitol our sniffing cars out there, that they are not doing a good job, and they are not reliable, and that they're going to get tired, you ought to tell me that that's the case. but you know it seems to me that those dogs are after seven by 24. and i know that the capital is not, you know, several thousand airplanes flying around the u.s.a. but you're not going to tell me that a country that can deploy millions of troops overseas during world war ii cannot deploy a few hundred dogs in civilian airports in the continental u.s., if this is truly the long twilight struggle that some folks would want us to believe that it is. >> the only point i would make is, that i think a lot about analysis that that you are referring to has been done and it was done in the ea