republican line are as upset as i am that this president essentially admitted that he hadn't read the bill eith when he was asked specifically about a provision first pointed out by investors business daily. >> host: it was on a conference call. >> guest: that's right. the individual market would basically be destroyed, he admitted that he hadn't even heard of thatrovision. and i think that this mirrors the outrage, a we saw it during the stimulus debate, of these massive programs getting rammed through, and then the american people oy discovering after they're passed and signed into a law that they're not getting what they were promised and that, in fact, every single one of the has turne out to be a slush fund for special interests. i think that's another reason why it was important to write the book because when these things come and when they're rammed through, we do have the power to say stop and to ask and demand to know who benefits. i have a section in my chapter on czars about the health care czar, nancy deparle. this is somebody who if she had had an r by her name would have been roun

not only did he not go to springfield he did noto tohe office and the chicago eithe it troubled his staff to put it lightly and it was almost as if as if he had a real psychological problem. i have talked to enough people that i finally went in to talk to several psychiatrt who were good enough that would not give a diagnosis but did point* me toward clinical definition of a narcissistic pernality disorder for somody who has the overall neefor attention and pass to be in the middle of things muc of which is to cover up aasic lack of self-esteem and many staff members sought at fitim at 280. they remember en they cannot get him out of thoffice or out of his house to go to a political event. to talk about his policies he did not want to go. he did not want that computation with anybody that would challenge him which makes y wonder about the basic lack of self-esteem or self-confidence. but when he did go, he was fabulous and turned around the room. ey were just as troubled and puzzled as everybody else. he is a man he had his demons and we saw them play out and illinois >> host: that is eri

eith accept the assessment or coect it or let's have ace a discussion, e penton official said. will you read i and tell u whatou think. within the military this official said there's frustration, significant frusation, a serious frustration. sohen will that frustrion be addressed? >> well, i thinkthat's wt's ing to be takinglace over these next couple of week and i thk we could expect some contentiouclosed door meetings where you will have civilians-- some perha from the state department, some from the white house, national security cocil maybe even some civilia at the pentagon-- argui that the approach nds to be narrower. and you'll have the military saying, well the approach that you artulated was this broad approach. and perhaps a fundamental spute over just wt was meant ba in march. bui think youe starting to see from the commenthat was in our story thisorning, from some of the her things that are percolang out there this sort of grong split between somef the civilian leaders an military leaders over just what was the sttegy, what is the strategy, and what should be t strat

it puts bara obama in a terrible position because essentially he said eith you go in or u might as welletout because there is no mdle way. andpoliticians don't like that. but think intellectuall he's absolutely corre. >> do youagreehat president obama is now in a difficult position. >> he is present obama's choice. >> mcchryal. >> sure. >> lehrer: a mcchrystal was petras's choi. ey are all in it together. >> he i in fact, the president's -- what suck me and aga in stark ctrast i think to the prious administration which did gorequently shoppingor friendly advice or advice that itgreed with military advice was it candor. i me had was not aeport that was intended to win favort the white house or makthe white house more uncomfortale. the request for 30,000 troops, said without the 30,000 troops will be failure. that it was to guarane with the 30,000 troops there will be success. or any te certain. so i tnk in that case, the mission estion still remai. what is the mission. when will we know we have won. an when will we be out. >> lehrer: do y agree with david thatt's less about troops tn it is

but to me, i think the queion at this point becomes eith the united stes commits to this and reallyommits to it. or it walks away. but this middle grou of sort of holding on isn't going work anymo. and that, to me, theood news is at least we areow coming to head. we're at least comg to that decision point. and that's aritical decision th needs to be made. anto me, that's good news, becae at least it gives everybody inlved some sense of where this is gog. think that's something worth looking forward to because wh's been going on up until now is unacceptabl >> moyers: buteople say to me, you know, they're opposeto escalang the war. but they say, "h can we walk away from the people w joined th fight in no small part, because we've asked them to? >> right. and what happens ithe united stes and the coalition leaves? the taliban invariablyomes back. d there's the potential now for al qaeda to co back and we start it allver again. this is the prlem with afghanistan. you can't stay. you can't go. there are absolutes in this. and it this fine line that everybody's tryi to walk. are prepared for th

and i ink they, cause the republicansdon't run anything here in washington, th don't control eithe chamber anthey don't have presidential fro runner so early in the game this time around,hat there is this void that the people ke rush and gnn beck are more than happy to fill. >> going to ur point about havingultiple messages having line fo or five a day, i mean that is the strategy that was a big pce of the story that irote. quoting a lot of --. rose: probably where i got the idea. >> didn'want to say anything but yes, there wa a republican who was immensely frtrated and said he couldn'tock in on a target and aim and what i thought, you kno obama would give one speech about, you know, health care atunchtime and the stimulus at:00 in the afternoon an urn renewal at 6:00 and israel at8:00. and what do yo do. t here is what i think is teresting. again,his would have been heresy in the reagan era, you know, you had one messe and that was it. and you made sure everybody goit and that's not what happening any more. ain there are so many differenplatforms to carry your msage now. you can haveine a

but the gold trade at $1,000 eith either thinks the market thinks it isn't going to stay muted or we're going do have some other sort of crisis. so there's a little bit of a question mark on top of the gold price today. >> yeah, gold is a puzzle. but right now, it's up $12 at $1,009. and check out oil. up $3 at $70.95. and the futures are way off -- wait a minute, that's wrong. that is almost certain that is not right on the s&p. the s&p is actually up 11 points. i don't know where that is in relags to fair value, but obviously it's above. so we're heading higher. let's find out how all of this is playing out premancht our reporters are there. ready to bring you up to date. el nesto grande. >> we'll call it a kick save haines. we had a big day friday, of course, we cut our weekly losses in half. we're coming off of a losing week though but this global momentum here today led by a new 52-week in shanghai, led by continuing buying, if you will, into the commodity story and selling of the dollar. it's interesting because the dollar story is one that we're ready to take some risk. we believ

it apaurparently came off eithe the shuttle or international space station. scheduled to land tonight at florida's kennedy space center. >>> on new york's staten island dozens of kids were hurt in this accident between a school bus and suv. officials say the collision sent both vehicles through a fence and into a yard. there are the images there. 25 children and two adults were hurt. all but one adult were actually treated at the scene. the other adult was taken to the hospital, wolf. >> could have been a whole lot worse. >> reporter: certainly could have. >>> a congressman apologizes for calling the president a liar. but what about the issue he's raising, health insurance for illegal immigrants? the president says that won't happen. what if immigration reform passes? i'll speak with the health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius. >>> an unflattering new tape reveals the extent to which bernard madoff went to keep his scam secret. are working from thd using a mifi-- a mobile hotspot that provides up to five shared wi-fi connections. two are downlo

eith plan would prevent large numbers of foreclosures and would be a good starting point for an effective foreclosure relief plan. we hope that these findings and perhaps unexpected insight to your work as policymakers and thank you again for the opportunity to appr before you today. i would of course be happy to address any questions you have. >> thank you all very much fo being here today. i recognize myself for five minutes for questions. let me just proceed my questions with a statement about the concern that all the members basically have about what appears to be a lack of substantial loan modifications, and a lot of unrest, by homeowners who are desperately seeking loan modifications. now, we all recognize that many of these homeowners have been laid off. they may have lost their jobs, and they don't have the kind of income that could assist in getting a loan modification. what i have found is if the income is -- appears to be too low, that there is just no way for them to get help. i am told that it was basically stated earlier by the assistant secretary that some servicers are fin

and over time i've taken to eith either say, well, actually, i'm not, i know some who are, but i'm sometimes i'll describe myself as i'm just a servant. or sometimes i'll say well actually i'm a atesman. i used to be a politician. but now i'm a statesman. so i -- whenever i hear folks c@ll government bureaucrat, i don't take too kindly to that. so we thank you for your service and i, too, would like to reidentifyith the remarks of senator mcskas kill. that's one of the nicest things i've ever heard you say about anything or anybody. so treasury this day. mr. chairman, that was all i had. no, that's not all i h senator coburn are is is gone but he and i share an interest in a number of things along with others on our committee. one of the things we have an interest in is trying to recover money that's been misappropriated or misspent. one of the laws we have to comply with deals with improper payments. we know that every year agencies are supposed to report their improper payments. last year, omb told said we're up to $72 billion of improper payments, mostly overpayment, we're offering legisl

and over time i've taken to eith either say, well, actually, i'm not, i know some who are, but i'm sometimes i'll describe myself as i'm just a servant. or sometimes i'll say well actually i'm a statesman. i used to be a politician. but now i'm a statesman. so i -- whenever i hear folks call government bureaucrat, i don't take too kindly to that. so we thank you for your service and i, too, would like to reidentify with the remarks of senator mcskas kill. that's one of the nicest things i've ever heard you say about anything or anybody. so treasury this day. mr. chairman, that was all i had. no, that's not all i h senator coburn are is is gone but he and i share an interest in a number of things along with others on our committee. one of the things we have an interest in is trying to recover money that's been misappropriated or misspent. one of the laws we have to comply with deals with improper payments. we know that every year agencies are supposed to report their improper payments. last year, omb told said we're up to $72 billion of improper payments, mostly overpayment, we're offering le

and when the president of the united state stands up and say we don't, he eithe is not paying attentionwhat we're saying, which has been one of the big problems withhis debate, or he willfully ignores the fact tha there are solutions that we can move forward and reduce health care costs in america and preserve the quality. i'd like to just make a comment about the so-called co-op approach. my friends, you can call it the government option, you can call it the co-op, you can callt a banana, but the fact is, is it government intervention into the free marketplace which will lead to crowding out, which will over me -- over time will lead to government control of health re in america. a co-op can exist today. a co-op doesn't -- they don't have to wait for legislation. they can exist today. yet very few do. if the was a pressing need for more co-ops, woun't more of them have been created? under the co-op approach, the federal government would design, fund and foster their creation, but don't kid ourselves. creating a new massive government plan designed in washington is still washington invo