particularly not just the first round of expansion. it wasn't just u.s. position on serbia. it was a combination of things that created the impression in russia, the impression across the russian political spectrum. then they were no longer relevant pitted the united and you described inian your book as a part of the triumphant feeling. could you speak a little bit about that? what do you mean by this triumphalism and how did it come about? >> guest: the try on fellows on came in the sense that the end of the cold war was a close eye military victory, not a negotiated in the in the interest of both countries. in the following from that not only the soviet union but russia and yeltsin was a defeated power. now i know very well that yeltsin's russia helped us end the cold war and was taking more pro-american positions toward the end of the cold war the uneven gorbachev was taking. so to say in effect that russia was defeated come to think about was the case and get many people said they don't like nato expansion. tough, they lost the col

so and we had told the russians don't worry about nato expansion. it is a defensive alliance. who had serbia attack in nato that we bombed them that was an act of war so this was my understand the pressure, but i think the earlier policy is beginning to expand nato instead of making european security and russia a part of that finding a way to do that brought on many of the current problems we have today in russia. >> host: this was a top decision. no question you are right. domestic politics played a role, and i don't think president clinton and his associates would deny it. but there was more to the story. as you cover objectively in your own book secretary baker does deny that he made any commitment to gorbachev regarding the nato expansion. gorbachev thought he got a commitment that there was certainly no legally binding document. moreover, gorbachev was no longer there. the first bush administration was no longer there. it was a different situation. i'm sure you remember how boris yeltsin and the president went to warsaw and had the meeting with the polish president and he

particularly in the first round of nato expansion, it wasn't just u.s.osition on serbia, it was a combination of the things which created an impression in russia and naturally impression across the russian political spectrum. they were no longer relevant. they felt that russian perspectives could be disregarded and you described in your book as a part of american triumphal list spirits, good to speak a little bit about that and which you mean by this triumphalism and how did it come about? >> guest: the triumphalism came in the sense that the end of the cold war wasç a quasi military victory and not negotiated in the interests of both countries. and calling from that not of the soviet union but russia and yeltsin, it was a defeated howard. now i know very well that yeltsin's russia hoped to end the cold war and was taking more american positions toward the end of the cold war that even gorbachev was taking. so to say in the fact that russia was defeated power come to think that that was the case and yet many people said it, they doubt lightning till exp

we've had not have meansful expansions in the past. unemployment is at an extraordinarily high level, with no indication of how to create the kinds of jobs we need for uptake. you've talked about stimulus not being stimulating, it was all about spending. at that rolls down and we haven't made investment, what is the u.s. economy going to look like. in the post apocalyptic time, the bad banks have gotten bigger. we've broadened the definition of "too big to fail." we still have the same dislocation with the chinese as we've had before and nationalized the mortgage industry, so when you look on the into the future, you have to wonder whether the "v" starts to bend a bit. it's good to go cautious looking at what's in front of you. >> fair enough. i totally agree with you. michael darta, you have become the great expert about credit risk and corporate credit spreads against risk-free treasuries as a leading indicator. you're using the yield curve, money market rates, as forward-looking indicators, in your judgment, you heard joe's rebuttal

with expansion of government comes with expansion of tax. we have a brand-new entitlement of two trillion dollars, which adds to a debt of another $10 trillion. we're going to have to pay it. it won't come out of the taxing of the very rich. it will happen to come from a broad-based taxes. >> i agree with charles. that's what i was trying to say before. taxes undoubtedly will have to rise in order to catch up with this debt. the debt, the huge debt, began under president bush, we fought two wars, with no taxes to pay for it. this is unprecedented in american history. and it is certainly true that we have also adopted other problems. people do not want to cut services. you look at all the things that -- how the governors are struggles at a moment. >> i am not just going to let it stand that the people out there protesting is because the chairman of the fed talks about it. some of them obviously feel that way. they also feel angry about other things, not seeming to do with the debt, but the way the government in their lives -- who seems to be

. >> so today we're announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas expansion exploration. >> reporter: it looks like a flip-flop in the '08 campaign. with the gas prices rising john mccain supported offshore drilling. barack obama said no. >> to drill offshore here in florida and other places around the country would not provide families with any relief. >> reporter: but for the past year, president obama's looked at how to develop wind and solar energy and nuclear power while being sure our economy recovers. >> we are going to need to harness traditional sources of fuel, even as we ramp up production of new sources of renewable home-grown energy. >> reporter: the president is ok'ing drilling off the coast of virginia, south to florida, not further north, not in california. some new leases okayed in alaska. environmentalists are upset. >> there's not much oil and gas. it looks like a side show. it could ruin beaches and tourism. >> reporter: even though they demanded more drilling republicans are hailing a positive step. >> the good news is that virginia is ready to go. >> reporter: a

the expansion includes this facility and another facility in concord, north carolina. both are aimed at enhancing our position as a market leader. when completed, this will more than double or global capacity for lithium battery separators. it is a very exciting time for our company. the opportunities we have in the marketplace are real and not would like to think our people . [applause] but they keep their head on that note, i am very pleased to introduce to you the president of united states, brought about. -- the president of united states barack obama. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, guys. hello, everybody. hello. good to see you. everybody, please, have a seat. thank you so much for the warm welcome. to bob, thank you for the terrific introduction. i want to thank brian morehead for the great war -- for the great tour. we have the governor that is to win a best -- a great job on the behalf of all the people of north carolina. please give her a round of applause. [applause] >> i think it is important to note that the state of north carolina has provided enormou

both expansions as well as constraints. again, it has been out there. obama has referred to it a number of times. i have met with people on the house and senate side. there is some suggestion, and my guess is the three may do another op-ed piece. suggesting everyone stand down, back, and come back together, open-minded to changes. but the three of them were able to once again, across those barriers. >> one of the things that amazes me that i would like to ask you guys about -- i have been here five years. the thing that blows my mind is to hear senator dole is 86 now. i look forward to playing golf and stuff like that when i'm 86. since i have been at havedole institute, he has gotten the french legion of honor award, taken as big role in the health- care debate, when to normandy with the president this past june, it took the lead on the world war ii memorial, and got that dedicated. he was involved -- >> you know, the thing you talk about the world war ii museum, my friends eyes light up when he goes to meet veterans at th

when completed, the expansions will more than double our global capacity for lithium battery separators. it is a very exciting time for our company the opportunities are real and developing quickly. i like to think our people around the world, especially this year in charlotte for contributing to our success and positioning our company for continued growth. on that note -- [applause] thank you. on that note, i am very pleased to introduce to you the president of the united states, iraq obas, barack obama. >> thank you, guys. hello, everybody. hello. good to see you. everybody, please have a seat. have a seat. well, thank you so much for the warm welcome. to bob, thank you very much for the terrific introduction. i want to thank bryan moorehead for the great tour, and mitchell pulwer for trying to explain to me what was going on here. we've got governor beverly perdue, who's doing just a great job on behalf of all of north carolina. please give her a big round of applause. and i think it's important to note that the state of north carolina has provided enormous support for expansion here

the expansion includes this facility in charlotte as well as construction of a new facility in concord, north carolina. both of which are aimed at enhancing our position in the market leader for electric drive vehicle applications. when completed, these expansions in north carolina will more than double our global capacity for lithium battery separateors. the opportunities we have in the market are developing quickly. i would like to that ta people around the world and for those here in charlotte today for contributing to our success and positioning our company for continued growth. [applause] thank you. on that note, i would like to introduce to you the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] applause >> thank you, everybody. have a seat. bob, fa you -- thank you very much for the terrific introduction. i would like to thank you for trying to explain to me what was going on here. [laughter] we have beverly purdue doing a great job. thank you very much. [applause] it is important to note that the state of north carolina has been supporting your company here. i didn't w

expansion of medicaid, limited changes to the medicare program. both expansions as well as constraints. again it's been out there. obama has referred to a number of times. they met with people on the house and senate side, republicans and democrats. there's some suggestion, and my guess is the three of the media and op-ed piece on the 25th february sort of suggesting that everybody stand down, stand back and come back together, open-minded to changes whether it is malpractice reform or wherever it happens to be. but the three of them were able to once again across the barriers and come to agreement. >> one of the things that amazes me that i would like to ask you guys about -- i've been here five years, and the thing that just blows my mind come here senator dole is 86 now, and i looking forward to playing golf and stuff like that when i'm 86. but since i've been at the dole institute the last five years, he's gotten the award from west point, he's gotten the french legion of honor award. he's taken this big role, sheila, you described in the heal

bruce is now at work on the expansion of the presidency in the 21st century. they are all joined tonight by terry moran, coan author of abc news "nightline." the questions for tonight's work is coframed, in addition, he's also the supreme court correspondent. he has reported extensively on the wars in iraq, afghanistan, and he was white house correspondent during the presidency of bill clinton and george w. bush. let's welcome our guest and get excited for a great evening. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, todd. thank you. it's an honor to be here with all of us and with this remarkable panel. it's a great topic too. a topic of abiding interest really to generations of americans. you never know where it's going to turn up. i was in the taxi over here, told the taxi driver, i'm going to national constitution center. he starts driving, a couple of minutes later,

we support expansion of the summer food program and afterschool childcare program. we support the healthy start act introduced by representative stephanie and jo ann emerson to provide 5 cents and usda per meal for the school breakfast program. that is h.r. 4638. we urge the congress to expand the free meal programs gradually over time to make the income guidelines consistent with the income guidelines in the wic program. h.r. 3705 has been introduced to do this, and we support that approach. finally, we ask that you close a major loop hole in the statute which allows funds that you appropriate for school meals to be used for expensive, unrelated to providing those the school meals. there is no provision in the statute or in the regulations that govern what expenses can be reimbursed. furthermore, when a charge is made that we believed to be inappropriate, there is no recourse. there is no appeal process to usda. our suggested amendment is written in the testimony. second, with regard to nutrition integrity, we have a few suggestions. partnership with a first lady m

[laughter] >> here of course you have him with his expansive breast as well as holders want to lay theface against. [laughter] >> we tend to think that this personality cult is so absurd because it doesn't look like our idea of a general. you say general to an american and we think macarthur and eisenhower. we think people don't look at all like this. but actually this image has an appeal on the people of north korea. just to make sure i'm not reading anything into these pictures. because north korean propaganda is not so. when they want to make a point they come right out and say it. so they do say literally our great mother, general kim jong-il. that's not all they call him of course but they do call him on occasion father leader as well. he's also been referred to as the parent increasing and also his paternal qualities are at the forefront. he is worrying about whether the soldiers are one of, whether they are eating enough insulin. he is not in educating figure. the party is also referred to quite literally as the mother party. this is the attitude that is expected of north korean

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the huge expansion of the middle classes.places like mexico and brazil that has all sorts of political and economic implications. and i would say that there is a fourth, less benign phenomenon which is the huge crime and drug trafficking problem that is affecting the region which is really threatening to unravel the whole social fabric in latin america. >> and i would agree with that. i would agree with all three of my fellow panelists said. i would be more specific in terms of the electoral trends over the last ten years what we have seen over the last ten years is this remarkable emergence of a center left political coalition across the region and one country after another really trying to map out, their own way, latin america's own way very distinct from the united states and dissenting in very keyways from what is traditionally been u.s. policy in latin america. latin america was early on a dissenter of george bush's militarism and unilateralism. we saw dissenting from the war on-- the invasion of iraq and a number of oth

. >> today, we're announcing the expansion of offshore oil and gas exploration. but in a ways that balance the need to harness domestic energy resources and the need to protect america's natural resources. >> you heard right, mr. obama unveiled plans to open large areas to oil and gas drilling. the plan is to lift a 20 year ban off the virginia coastline and big expanse in the gulf of mexico and parts of the african ocean. how does that stack up with the promise the president made before he was elected. tom foreman looks back. >> reporter: the presidents plan to open vast new coastal waters for oil and gas exploration in much of the east and south and far north, too, brought immediate fire, even as he insists it fits his strategy to move towards a greener energy supply. >> the only way this transition will succeed is if it strengthens our economy in the short term and the long run, to fail to recognize this reality would be a mistake. >> reporter: keeping them honest, that does not sound like the barack obama from the campaign trail. >> we'll drill here and we'll

it's the notion of liberty and expansion of government since liberals have taken over in the senate and house, has pushed the taxes higher, the reach, and the power and the extent of government. it's betrayal of betrayal of the american social contract. these people oppose america becoming a social democracy like europe, and they like the traditional idea of the more independent and less government coddling and cradling of the population. >> i think you are overstating the case, charles. these are people, remember they are up there in age. the concern when it comes to it is healthcare -- >> bret: you can't paint them with a broad brush. >> over 65 in the "new york times" poll. >> but look at it the crowds -- >> they are an older whiter group and they think of taxes and medicare and they the healthcare plan is going to cut my benefits and i think there is a strong sense of self-interest. not just principle here. there is nothing wrong with self-interest. >> i'm saying that the idea of constitutionalism is not a rousing one that you expect but you see it in the signs and the features and

around tysons corner knows it is a construction zone from new hot lanes on 495 to the metrorail expansion get a whole lot worse. fox 5's john henrehan has our traffic alert this morning. >> this is tysons corner, the beltway and route 123 is here. route 7 is over there a little bit. for construction delays and traffic difficulties, tysons corner will be ground zero for about the next two years. construct on the beltway's extra hot lanes is already well under way andouille tilt relocation for the future expansion of metrorail has been tearing up northern virginia streets if a year. traffic has already been impacted gentleman it has taken away the lane that were right on the access roads. those are gone and then the lane shifting provides a problem especially if it is dark outside or if it is raining. >> reporter: well, traffic around here will get worse before it gets better. >> traffic will be shifted. they will widen i-95 between newington and woodbridge. that is ahead of schedule. should being done in the fall. finishing the fairfax county parkway so it runs from route seven all the way

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after all our last two economic expansions turned out to to be speculative bubbles or at least degenerated into them. the tech led the boom of the 90 started off real enough before floating into fantasyland but the housing led boom of the past decade looks like it may have been a good deal of flimflam know all along. so there's a good growing sense that we have to get past quick fixes and ensure the the policy conditions for real and durable growth are in place. and there's no better guide to what those conditions are then this new book from a -- "from poverty to prosperity: intangible assets, hidden liabiilities and the lasting triumph over scarcity", about the new economics 2.0 as the authors call it, a traditional economics was predominantly occupied with the efficient allocation of resources under conditions of scarcity. economics 2.0, on the other hand, is concerned with the conditions for overcoming scarcity by creating new resources and wealth. this is a wonderful survey of the new economics of growth and perhaps its biggest selling point to this reader is its suburban interviews wi

in principle, there are political and psychological biases with respect to nato and nato expansion. economic and other interests in each particular neighboring country, the west might look at it in a much less hostile way rather than one russia says this is our area of national interest which is often seen as neo-imperial attempts to dominate. russia does not want nato to take over post-soviet space under whatever pretext and deprive russia of its legitimate interests toward russia as nec minorities and economic investment and everything russia has with respect to that space. there is concern that some conflict in the caucuses, which still remains quite likely, may bring russia and the wet sand and to direct confrontation -- and the west into direct confrontation. if nato comes right to the russian border from the west and from the south, that is why russia says that. in the new military doctrine, it is formulated in a very cautious way, just like the formulation on nuclear-weapons. it is worth mentioning here because in some short time, russia will come with its nuclear posture rev

new york senator was a self-proclaimed hambletonian and his support for expanse of federal power and believe day much more active national government in the new age of corporations was essential to protect the rights of the people from their overweening power as had been the case with henry cabot lodge and taft himself had been an ardent square d there during the t.r. administration and indeed he had helped the would be his successor in 1908 considering him the most thoughtful and loyal advocate of his policies reported to have said i will walk on my hands and knees from the white house to the capital to see him made president but as sid notes a vast and principal bishop and ultimately did develop in 1912 between taft and t.r. republicans but not the proper extent of federal power for neither t.r. nor taft claimed to the doctrine of laissez-faire but the role of the constitution in american life as this charter of democracy speech t.r. decided to challenge in some would say dismantle the constitution as the framework for focusing and refining the public will and not all the endorsed

and 2 million of the largest banks in order to get approval for mergers and expansions. one of the other factors, of course, is in -- in the economic contraction that we faced was the fact that the fed set negative real interest rates, in other words, they set the interest rates when measured against inflation at a negative sum and when our federal reserve put that in place for four years running, it was followed by central banks in europe that did the same thing. so central banks all over the world for four years set those interest rates at a negative rate. virtually every economist will tell you that this played a significant role in the crisis. and we're not looking at the fact that we have not addressed this issue either. because, in essence, the fed and the central banks threw fuel on the fire. these ungeorge bushly low rates incentivize -- unusually low rates incentivized to take excessive risks and they exacerbate the normal business cycle. dr. frederick high at explained this on how this causes booms and bufts in the cycle. and freddie mac and fannie mae and the

in principle, there are political and psychological biases with respect to nato and nato expansion. it is seen from russia as the west taking advantage of gorbachev's soviet union and yeltsin's democratic russia. this is not to eliminate -- this is not to eliminate those countries from, misrules. yeltsin decided to liberate delayed -- in neighboring soviet republics from communist rule. neither of them expected nato to move to take this space. russia considers post-soviet space as an area of legitimate interests. and it really is. the only problem is russia does not formulate its interest in a tangible and clear way. that has been my problem for many years. i tried to persuade them if they would formulate in a very precise way what are your economic and other interests in each particular neighboring country, the west might look at it in a much less hostile way rather than one russia says this is our area of national interest which is often seen as neo-imperial attempts to dominate. russia does not want nato to take over post-soviet space under whatever pretext and deprive russia of

such as that country's booming offshore oil drilling program, its health care system and the rapid expansion of the pentecostal church there one night they took time out to visit the rodeo there. naturally, they couldn't resist filing a report about that, too. >> reporter: it is billed as the world's biggest rodeo. for two weeks, more than a million people dress for the west and ready to party down come here to brazil, a couple hundred miles from sao paulo. this is a professional bull rider from weatherford, oklahoma. >> the rodeo is great here in brazil. >> reporter: he says fans here are so hardcore, even he gets recognized. >> yeah. they televise it three times a week here in brazil. some of us are familiar faces to them. >> reporter: today, rodeo is a billion dollar a year industry in brazil. there are hundreds of them. this is the granddaddy of them all. this is, after all, a country with a cattle culture going back generations. it's home to many p of brazil's slaughter houses. in the 1950s the town fathers had an idea to start a rodeo to keep rowedy cowboys off the streets. there is a

insensitive to milton friedman's warning that the bulk of the community automatically favors any expansion of government powers as long as it protects individuals from big bad corporations, reduce poverty, protect the environment, or promotes equality. i will try to avoid that trap. but the start with a fact. capitalism has been on arrival in its ability to produce material well-being and to distribute those goods and services more widely than any other system with which scientists have experimented. karl marx knew this. max ankle during the rule of 100 years, capitalism was more profound than all the other proceeding generations. that was true. not how would results and how it was just to did was wrong. the port live better in capitalist economies than most of the battle class and socialist economies and better than those in the copter credit -- kleptocratic societies. there is a long and arduous path to duplicate the living standards produced by capitalist economies and prove that the limits to growth in centrally managed economies like russia and china or bureaucrat have the and -- gove

we take the examples of medicare and social security, today, those programs are more expansive. they don't look like anything. i believe this is a framework we'll be able to develop for the future that really works for the system. i will say on competition. one of the provisions i've been able to commamon is for a company to publish rate increases you see rate increases of 40% and sometimes even higher percentage. if that's excessive, they be prohibited. i think this is going to be a real check on insurance companies. unfortunately, i was able -- fortunately, i was able to work to champion that bill. host: a republican caller. go ahead. caller: one of my reasons against your health bill is the fact that i think most american people just don't trust their elected officials anymore. too many examples i can give you. president obama said if you were making less than $200,000 a year, you wouldn't pay a dime extra in taxes. that doesn't happen to be true f. you make $100,000 and your company provides you with health insurance and the value of that health insurance is $10,000, you wil

as the name implies it has the most expansive jurisdiction. host: former ib tell against commissioner in the house yesterday talking about the new procedures in place for in bound travel to the u.s. >> if i could add to that, after the christmas bomb plot we targeted 14 countries. that was a message to those countries that was the wrong message. our homeland security secretary who has ablely succeeded michael chertoff has traveled extensively. it is an intelligence based screening rather than a name based screening system. this is the way we will capture folks that don't fit the stereo type of a muslim male between 20-40. they are not even all muslim. i resent the fact that jihad jane took my name. that wasn't her given name. they come from all over the world. going forward, we are going to do something much more effective. guest: the cia, f.b.i., national security agency parts of the department of homeland security. tsa does. there's an intelligence unit. in theory, automatic of these will be brought together before people board airports whic

if you look at the military doctrine, the list of priorities he may find that native expansion is not one. ballistic missile and the decision guide call our number four and nuclear proliferation so those threats are never seven and then national terrorism is pretty 11 it may prove that is a issue. but the prevailing opinion of the strategic community both in a government and part of the government. >> taken as a political reality. >> the main argument will be used against the new treaty is easily predictable and does not limit the ballistic missiles and the united states or provide for any certainty about ballistic missile defense where there are stringent limitations at least for the next 10 years. secondly, the precision guided systems which will be expanded that is what the strategic forces. ashley reductions that are supplied by the treaty they will convert their nuclear weapons in exchange for certain guidance a long-range weapons and that would be seen as a major deficiency. and it was the number one ejection but it now moves down the list it is for the new accounting rules in p

we take the examples of medicare and social security, today, those programs are more expansive.hey don't look like anything. i believe this is a framework we'll be able to develop for the future that really works for the system. i will say on competition. one of the provisions i've been able to commamon is for a company to publish rate increases@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ i think this will be a real check on insuranc

we also see huge administrative costs coming when we have to supervise a huge expansion of medicaid and, as we understand it, shoulder the administrative costs of the new exchanges. so it's going to be a very, very expensive thing under any estimate for taxpayers here and in every other state, and that hidden, crammed down tax increase that this bill will necessity, just another example of the dishonest accounting with which it was sold. >> and you can see the entire interview of governor mitch daniel the on "new makers" today at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. iranian photojournalist recently moved to the united states after the government refused to renew his press pass. the national press club young members committee and reporters without borders are the hosts of this event. it's about 50 minutes. >> thank you for joining us tonight. this is the inaugural event of the truth teller series. i am more than happy to have the our guest speaking to us tonight -- our guest speaking ato us tonight. we are the only age demographic based committee at the club representing everyone

the expansions in pell grants will provide a critical support to millions of middle-class americans who are struggling with the cost of college. the caps on student loan payments will ensure that our students do not go broke because they choose to pursue a college education. and i am particularly thrilled that this bill invest in community colleges across the our country so that more students can gain the knowledge and technical jobs skills that they need to compete and succeed. i have seen firsthand the power of community colleges to change lives and serve as a gateway to opportunity for students at all stages of their lives and careers. this bill increases investments in community colleges around the country to help these institutions do what they do best, and prepare our students for the work force of today and tomorrow. the president has set an ambitious goal for higher education in this country. by 2020, we want america once again to have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world. [applause] to make this happen, we will need to invest in these students and invest in

that's, of course, with contraction from expansion and considerly above the poll consensus. now, the manufacturing sector, which drove a large part of the return to growth last year is also at its fastest pace since the middle of 2006. that has helped push the session high against the dollar. as far as european markets are concerned, despite the sell-off in asia, this is a piece of data that will help that, as well. up 0.5% for the ftse 100. xetra dax up 0.6% at the moment and a good balance of earnings. so the data at the moment is supporting higher equity prices, christine. >> hey, ross. here in asia, we have profit taking going on. nikkei 225 wsh this particular market down 1.3%. chip-related shares giving back some of those gains we had yesterday. we had toyota in focus yesterday. moody's cutting the, elsewhere in shanghai, the composite, 1.1% lower. we're seeing more measures, fresh measures by the government to cut circulation. that is weighing on the index there. the hang seng down 0.3%. in south korea, the kospi sliding 0.4%. the bombay sensex rising to the up side,

we had to supervise a huge expansion of medicaid. as we understand it, we have to shoulder the costs of the new exchanges, and it will be a very expensive things for taxpayers here and in every other state. this bill will necessitate this and it is another example of what was sold. >> you can see the entire interview on and "newsmakers," a day at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on >> all this month, see the winners of c-span's " 2010 studentcam." watch the top winning videos every morning on c-span at 6:50 a.m. eastern just before washington journal. at 830 yen, during the program, meet the students that made them to visit -- visit our web site. >> vice-president joe biden spoke at this dinner and comedian joe wong provided the entertainment. this lasts about one hour 10 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the vice president of the united states, joe biden>> happy st. patrick's day to you all. please be seated. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the 66th annual radio and tv correspondents dinner, here tonight at th

this expansion been allowed for 126 s no racial groups or for the pure 63 races it did not take much of analytical ability to see any notion of race was so diluted as to lose much of the plunge and also buckle much further under the weight two of interracial sex. nothing new here. americans disorderly sexual habits have overflowed racial lines. to find the higher rates of interracial marriage including the african americans now often married to have children outside the ethnic group. by 1990 american families are so heterogeneous one-third of blacks and 4/5 of asians and 1920 s of native american indians were closely related to someone of a different racial groups that was back in 1990. 12% of young people calling themselves multiracial it is expected by a 2050 10% of whites and blacks and more than the 2 percent of latinos and native americans will be married to someone outside their racial group. by 2050 the whole thing they have collapsed. with so many non-white and white americans marrying willy-nilly barriers between the progeny of european immigrants have largely disappeared. t

we have to supervise a huge expansion of medicaid and, as we understand it, shouldered the administrative cost of the new exchanges. this is going to be a very expensive thing under any estimate for taxpayers here and other states. that hidden, crammed down tax increase that this bill will necessitate is just another example of the dishonest accounting with which it was sold. >> you can see the entire interview on "newsmakers." that is today at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> tomorrow, a discussion on conservatism and the new capitalism. also, look at what free market systems have to do to survive in our free market economy. live coverage begins at 5:03 p.m. eastern on c-span. but if you have a process where it takes years to get an answer -- >> it you have a process where it takes years to get an answer, that is not a good answer for anybody. it does not make the agency effected. >> thomas tauke discusses the government's communication policies. . >> it was summarized in my book "virtually normal." is now 2010. it was interesting -- to go over the arguments i made then and see how they h

it was the rapid expansion of the economy that helped produce the unprecedented balanced budget. whether it comes to increasing medicare benefits, pay-go removes from the table the easily usually unspoken solution. and that is, of course, to pass the costs long to our children. i was proud to sponsor the pay-go law, not because it gets us out of our deep fiscal hole, but because it stops us from digging any deeper. theoretically. david again is right. they are rhettically, because it can be waived. he can -- we can clang the law. hopefully we will not, certainly we must not. all of these steps are important to helping control the damage to our budget and to our future. but they are together a small part of the solution. that's why president obama create add bipartisan fiscal commission to tackle the most pressing long term challenges. i've long been an advocate for fiscal commission. i was the only leader of either party that testified on behalf of the creation of the commission before senator konrad and senator gray. i'm glad to see that two proven budget balancers have been app

the military doctrine, the list of priorities for foreign military threats, you may find that nato expansion is number one, ballistic missile defense and precision guidance long-range systems are number four, non- proliferation threats are number 7 and national terrorism is number 11. you may argue about that. you may prove that this is the wrong list of portis but it is an officially accepted document which reflects the prevailing opinion of politically elite and the strategic community and the government and out of the government of russia. to to be taken as a political reality. -- it is to be taken out as a political reality. the main argument that is to be used against the new treaty is easily predictable. first of all, it does not in any way limit ballistic missile defense of the united states and does not provide for any certainty about the future ballistic missile defense while placing quite stringent limitations on russian strategic defense for the next several years. secondly, the precision guided systems which will be expanded and will be one day -- one way of reduction than united

we see huge administrative costs coming when we have to supervise a huge expansion of medicaid. as we understand it, we shoulder the administrative cost of the new exchanges. this is going to be an expensive thing for taxpayers here and in every other state. that hidden tax increase -- this bill is another example of the dishonest accounting with which it was sold. >> you can see the entire interview on " newsmakers." >> all this month, see the winners of c-span is the video documentary contest. students submitted videos on monday the country's greatest strengths or the challenges the country is facing. watch the winning videos every morning just before washington journal. during the program, meet the students that made them. for a preview of all the winners, visit studentcam.org. >> the radio and television correspondents' annual dinner in washington. joe biden spoke at the dinner and comedian joe wong provided the entertainment. >> ladies and gentlemen, the 66th annual radio and television correspondents dinner chair, linda scott of the pbs "newshour." [applause] >> ladies and

president indicated in the house hearing last week, we really did not keep pace with our business expansion, our reinforcements of the human resources of the quality assurance. >> [speaking japanese] >> [speaking japanese] >> translator: how does -- how this issue came about is because there weren't many vehicle -- many voices were sent to us from the customers but we really did not listen to everyone of them very carefully one by one. we should have really listen to them carefully and rendered some technical analysis so that it would be connected to our following product improvement however, the quality of this work or the efficiency of our work or the speed with which we work to have big, slow -- or sort of a came gradually and this came to a much larger issue. we have taken this very seriously and reflected upon it very seriously. then as we said earlier we have changed our system and and we are to improve our system and very drastically and vary greatly and we're working on a very hard right now. >> mr. uchiyamada, we have a rule here that each questioner can only ask five minutes of qu

of expansion. during the last 20 years, they have in many cases doubled their exhibition spaces.have increased their staffs. many of them are undergoing a very drastic financial pressure right now. do you have any perspective, in terms of the damage to public museums and ideas from the neh? >> you have to find the dilemma. there is hardly a museum in america that is not under budget pressure, and many under very intense pressure. we have vastly more museums in america than the american people think about. no one has ever exactly counted it. we are a state of 40,000 ponds. museums across this country are like pawns. they are everywhere. it is wonderful. but it is also, in difficult economic times, hard to keep up. it tells you, because of the variety of them -- people want to have something to do with their history, or in some cases there is a brand new museum in columbia, south carolina that is largely art from switzerland. if you like jock committee -- if you like giaccometti, it is right there. i am very worried about the state of museums. if you just visualize a museum, right

your goal is growth, 45%, drive non-rhyme expansion initiatives.support our could share increases for nonprime products. key to success focused by all channels on targeting higher margin products and that is higher risk products. exhibit 6b. speier sure try to execute that new strategy for at least a year, year and a half and senator we did execute elements of the. >> let's just focus on the higher margin products. you want to focus all channels on targeting higher margin products. drive nonsanctioned-- non-expansion initiative. that is your goal. >> updated 11/12/07. do you see that updated, 11/12/07? >> seven? >> i am seeing this, yes. this is the target for the home loans group that we are looking at, not the company. >> nonprime expansion. >> yes. if i could again, because i am setting the strategy with the board, setting the strategy for the overall company. it really needs to be in the context, when we talk about diversifying the company, that included having a strategy for entering the credit card business and we subsequently did the perfidy

you might see republicans focusing on this irs expansion in order to sell to the american people that going to be one big pain in your butt. >> winning argument. >> strikes me as a one-day story. >> there you go. >> okay. >> well, this is our one day on it. . dr. emanuel, brother of rahm emanuel, omb official, made a bet with justice scalia. who won? >> what happened is three days after the massachusetts senate results when scott brown won, zeke emanuel run into justice scalia and said, despite scot scott brown, i guarantee you health care will still pass. the original bet was $5, justice scalia was hesitant about making bets but zeke was able to convince him to take him out to dinner if he wins at a very expensive restaurant in d.c. obviously, zeke emanuel won. so paparazzi will be camped outside the restaurant waiting to see what will be one of the more interesting dinners we've seen in d.c. >> that's a summit meeting for you. >> does that mean he has to recuse himself when health care comes up before the court? >> let's send it to those guys playing tennis. scalia is a great ten mi

this is a big government expansion, and you cannot expand government without increasing spending and over time increases taxes. >> chris: what do you think just of the president's demeanor there, when he says the tea party rallies, they amuse me? >> well, i think he is not amused. that's why he is reacting the way he is. he reacts to this network with a certain frequency. and you and others directly. i think the president has forgotten one of the examples of how to handle this kind of thing. that was ronald reagan. and ronald reagan used to hear about it, reminding of his critics and he'd smile and pass it off and press on. but i'm sure the tea parties are encouraged to get in a direct confrontation with the president of the united states. >> chris: you introduced on tax day a measure that passed the senate by 85-13 opposing a value-added tax. while some of the president's advisors have said maybe we have to consider it, the president has not proposed it. why offer the amendment? >> well, because there is all kind of talk around capitol hill with the democrats and others about well,

so this is an important expansion in authority, probably the most important expansion since the invention of deposit insurance in the 1930s. >> brown: you also fears on wall street and from some republicans and mitch mcconnell repeated today that new regulations, new fees on banks can hurt business, can hurt jobs, and specifically at a time when people really are hurting, and that's the wrong approach to take right now. >> you know, there's something ironic about banks who got themselves into problems that to the large credit collapse in 75 years, that drove millions of people into unemployment worried that somehow it's oversight that's going to cause the problem for their lending when so much of what could have been lent was dissipateed on misguided trading of various kinds. we are very mindful of the importance of increased lending. we understand very well the importance of business confidence. but i cannot imagine a measure that would do more to impair confidence than to leave our financial system as it stood before this crisis. >> brown: "too big to fail" issue. why not go further? wh