. >> to see morer reading lists and other information, visit our web site, booktv.org >> ezekiel emanuel, chair of the of bio ethics at the clinical center of national institutes of health, presents his plan to reimagine the nation's health care system. according to dr. emanuel, the united states spent $2.1 trillion on health care in 2007, 47 million americans were uninsured. his proposal includes eliminating employer health care and creating an independent program, that grades insurance companies and health care plans. he's the brother of rahm emanuel, president obama's chief of staff. the event, hosted by the commonwealth club of california in san francisco, is an hour. >> good evening and welcome to night's meeting of commonwealth club of california. you can the club on the internet at commonwealt commonwealthclub.org. i'm mark smith, chief executive officer of the california health care organization which is the underwriter for tonight's program. now it is my pleasure to introduce our distinguished speaker, dr. ezekiel manuel, chair of department of bioethics chair of at national ins

[applause] >> ezekiel emanuel is the chair of department of bioethics at clinical center of national institutes of health. dr. emanuel is the author or could author of several books, including, no margin, mission. the quest for medical excellence. he is the brother of rahm emanuel the barack obama's chief of staff. for more information on the author, visit bioethic bioethics..nih.governor. >> robert baer, author of "the devil we know" and two rand corporation authors, talk about the threat of iran. the international spy museum in washington hosted this event t lasted about an hour 25 minutes. >> i welcome, everyone to the international spy museum. i'm peter ernest, the executive director. delighted to see you all here. let me give you a sense of format. what we'll do, i will just make introductory remarks here, including remarks on our three speakers, and each of them will come up and do, perhaps 15 minutes, presentation. join the panel here. and then we will open it up i may have a question or two but we will open it up from questions from the floor. so having witnessed the president