. >> frank rich, for those who do not recall on on sundays in the "the new york times" give us a view of where we are now. >> i and we live in a world that is an enormous transition. not just a transition from one kind of presidential the administration to a very different one, but obviously one in economic transition and a lot of the unquestioned rules of our economy being up for grabs. in case of america, a social transition as the country becomes more and more of a minority dominated country which is causing some interesting fissions. obviously, we are in transition around the world of american foreign policy tries to redefine itself in the middle east once again and tries to remake itself. >> how long have you been writing your 1500 word column? >> that is a good question. i am guessing about 10 years. maybe even longer i am terrible about dates. >> 1999, i guess that works out to 10 years. you have been in politics for 15 years? >> wright, i have been in the op ed and page of the times since 1994. >> not many people write one column week. how your project? >> it is completely dif

xday >> frank rich, thank you very much for joining us. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> for a dvd copy of this program called the number on your screen. for a three transcripts or to give us your comments visit us at qanda.org. >> next week on today, we will talk with ellis cose. he produced a radio documentary series. that is next sunday on c-span. her to go this is c-span region -- >> this is c-span. later, a live press conference with president obama and the canadian prime minister stephen harper. >> this morning on washington journal, a discussion about the trade summit with patrick o'brien of the u.s. chamber of commerce. also, a look at business week's cover story on health insurers. then a discussion on u.s. policy towards

joining us now is the "new york times" columnist frank rich. his most recent piece on sunday gives some historical context to the gun toting protestors showing up at these town hall events. nice to see you. >> nice to see you. >> in your column this weekend you talked about similarities between the political climate today and the political climate in the early '60s, of course, with looming large in that political climate the assassination of john kennedy in 1963. were you intending to make that explicit allegory because you're worried about assassination attempts? >> the truth is i've been worried for sometime even before the events surrounding these health care town halls. it began during the campaign where people were shouting, treason, and worse, about obama at palin rallies and essentially no one would, in the republican party, would condemn it. there were people, you know, appearing in nazi regalia and all the rest and it's been stepping up since then. the department of homeland security as you know released a report in april talking about

. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for "the new york times." including his look at the future of the internet from 1995, the whitewater hearings, and his column falling 9/11. "q&a" sunday night on c-span. >> however c-span funded? >> i'd of nations. >> federal funds or grant funds. >> may be from private contributions. >> honestly, i don't know. >> i would say from commercials. >> something from the government. >> how c-span funded? 30 years ago cut, america's cable companies created c-span, a private business initiative, no government and it, no government money." >> this week on "the communicator's," a discussion of the future of the fcc with robert mcdowell. >> we are pleased to welcome back robert mcdowell, sec commissioner, just three concerned by the senate for his second five-year term. joining us, amy schatz. thank you for being here. let's start broadly. first of all, this is a two- partner. what in the next six months to one year would you like to see the

when rachel joins you at the top of the hour the thoughts of her special guest frank rich of "the new" a woman shouts at barney frank for supposedly supporting the hitleresque policies of president obama. he portrays her accurately as a lunatic. rush limbaugh and fox news defend the antisemitic lunatic. "worst persons" ahead. >>> and then which of these possible presidential nominees will you be talking about in 2012? we all have confidence and we all have doubt. but when the moment comes... what's going to win? here's to confidence. gillette helps you look, feel, be your best. gillette. the best a man can get. for me to keep my bones strong but even with calcium, vitamin d, and exercise, i still got osteoporosis. i never thought i could do more than stop my bone loss. then my doctor told me i could, with once-monthly boniva. boniva works with your body to help stop and reverse bone loss. studies show, after one year on boniva, nine out of ten women stopped and reversed their bone loss. i know i did. (announcer) don't take boniva if you have low blood calcium, severe kidney disease or

. >> 29, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for the new york times. including his look of the internet from 1995, the whitewater hearings and his column following 9/11. "q&a," tonight on c-span. >> how is he spent funded? donations? >> may be private contributions. >> honestly i don't know. >> i would say from commercials. >> advertisement? >> something from the government? >> how is he's been funded? it is a public service, a private business, no government money. . . >> center martinez has said that he would resign early. he had already said he would not run for reelection. the governor of the state will have to make some appointment and check into all laws and regulations on how this work. he is running for the seat and asked to pick an appointment. our reaction, and how does this affect the election? >> i had dinner with him last night and he told me about it. mel -- the senate is full of people with interesting stories. but nobody has a better story than mel martinez. he came from cuba to the united states in the peter pan operation. his parents

the supreme court coming deeper sunday in october on c-span. >> up next, "q&a" with frank rich.after that, the bbc program "the record" looks at british politics over the last several months. we will show you the roundtable discussion with journalists and president nixon on the 30th anniversary

700 + comment thread on the new york times web site posted in response to a liberal columnist frank rich's column title is folbaum -- is barack obama punking us? >> welcome to right wing freak club. as many of you know, when my book launched, one of the appearances i did was on the view. that's right. i braved the lion's den and i came prepared and it was quite fascinating. you can see the clip on hot air or on youtube. i was stunned by how ill armed and ill-prepared willhoopeei and the rest were. barack obama was day of side by repeating over and over again that washington is broken. yet, under president barack obama, business as usual is booming. the collapse of the era of hope and change demonstrates the first and last lot of political physics. as government grows, corruption and flows. this is true whether a democrat is an office or a republican is. massive new federal spending + tens of thousands of pages of new regulations that no one has ever read, plus unprecedented new powers over taxpayers on the economy due course limitless new opportunities for sleaze, favored trading, deal cut

he writes -- next up, the "times" frank rich asks is obama punking us.writes -- and in republican death trip, paul krugman takes a look at the gop and its tactic. paul krugman writes -- paul krugman joins me live now. paul, thanks for being with us and let me ask you about health care reform in particular. what i hear from democrats is that all of this trash talk at town halls is making them more likely to pass an all-democratic bill. are you skeptical they can do it? >> there is a question of how much you can do through reconciliation process because we don't get -- you have to hold all 50 senate democrats to do that without using reconciliation, so i don't know, but look, if the reaction is my god, if this is what the opposition is like, then we should be in favor of what the president's proposing. that's a good thing. the worst thing, not just on health care, but for the country as a whole, this could be, politically. >> as somebody who cares about over the long-term if not the short-term, levels of federal spending, what do you think is the right way

when rachel joins you at the top of the hour the thoughts of her special guest frank rich of "the newk times." a woman shouts at barney frank for supposedly supporting the hitleresque policies of president obama. he portrays her accurately as a lunatic. rush limbaugh and fox news defend the antisemitic lunatic. worst persons ahead. and then which of these possible presidential nominees will you be talking about in 2012? people think that honda is always the most fuel efficient choice. well, this chevy cobalt xfe has better highway mileage than a comparable honda civic. this chevy traverse has better mileage than honda pilot. the all-new chevy equinox has better mileage than honda cr-v. and chevy malibu has better mileage than accord. however, honda does make something that we just can't compete with. it's self-propelled. there's never been more reasons to look at chevy. pothole:h no...your tire's all flat and junk. oh, d i do that? here, let me get my cellular out - call ya a wrecker. ...oh shoot...i got no phone ...cuz i'm a pothole...so....k, bye! anncr: accidents are bad. anncr: bu

when rachel joins you at the top of the hour the thoughts of her special guest frank rich of "the newk times." a woman shouts at barney frank for supposedly supporting the hitleresque policies of president obama. he portrays her accurately as a lunatic. rush limbaugh and fox news defend the antisemitic lunatic. worst persons ahead. and then which of these possible presidential nominees will you be talking about in 2012? we all have confidence and we all have doubt. but when the moment comes... what's going to win? here's to confidence. gillette helps you look, feel, be your best. gillette. the best a man can get. >>> in february governor bobby ginnedel of louisiana tried to make fun of stimulus money for high speed rail projects. in august governor bobby jindel is applying for $300 million of stimulus money, well you know where this is going. having the right tools is crucial to being able to manage your diabetes properly. it's very important for me to uh check my blood sugar before i go on stage. being on when i'm feeling low can be like a rollercoaster. it does at times feel like my

their feet in burl ap bags, leaving a trail of bloods m:ezatq0v1e0s10=50atq0v1e0s10=5 >> sunday frank rich reflectos 15 years of political columns for the "new york times," including his look at the future of the internet from 1995, the whitewater hear sxgs his column following 9/11. that is sunday night on c-span. >> cent democrats met with the democrats to discuss healthcare and spoke with reporters for almost 10 minutes. >> this was a wonderful time we spent together. the massive legislation is now law in this country. we talked about that. the first thing we did, the thing we are working on now is healthcare. there was absolute unity in the conference. different ideas were expressed, but every idea was that we understand that before year's end we're going to get comprehensive and everyone recognizes we are going to do if there is any way humanly possible a bipartisan bill. we don't want to do a partisan bill. we hope our republican colleaguesk knowledge that. we will continue to work with them as long as we have to. the american people want healthcare reform and we're going to do healt

. >> frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for the "new york times," including his lookhe future of the internet, the whitewater hearings and his column following 9/11. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us to talk about secretary clinton's trip to africa is the former secretary of state for african affairs in the bush and ministration. what is the administration hoping to get out of this trip? guest: secretary clinton has chosen good countries to go to that are of strategic importance to america, countries like nigeria, kenya, which will help us achieve our goals in terms of economic development, at countering terrorism, and the promotion of good governance sustainability. host: this is the list, and you touched on most of them. nigeria, liberia and cap verde. today she is in south africa. she is meeting with the south african president and has praised ties between the u.s. and south africa. after talks with jacobsen but, she flies to cape town where she will -- after talks with jacob zuma, she flies to cape town. what is going to be the headline out of th

. >> frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for the "new york times," including his lookt the future of the internet , the whitewater hearings and his column on 9/11. >> how is c-span find it? >> donations. >> federal funds. >> private contributions. >> honestly, i don't know. >> advertisement. >> something from the government. >> 30 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, a private business initiatives. no government mandate, no government money. >> earlier today the secretaries of the department of homeland security, education and health and human services talked about how schools can be prepared for the upcoming flu season. they were joined by the director of the centers for disease control. >> good morning everybody. i would like to welcome you to the department of health and human services. i am kathleen sebelius's secretary and am glad to be with three great leaders of our country, janet the public can now -- janet napolitano and tom freenman, who is the director of the center for disease control. we have been working together to prep

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. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for "the new york times." that is sunday night here on c- span. >> how is c-span funded? >> donations. >> grant funds. >> may be private contributions. >> honestly, i do not know. >> from commercials. >> something from the government and. >> have always c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, no government mandate, no government money. >> the joint economic committee held a hearing this morning to look at the latest monthly unemployment figures. there's a report on unemployment numbers for july. karen maloney of new york is the chair. this is about an hour and a half. >> evidence that the stimulus bill is taking hold a starting to emerge. the pace of job loss has moderated significantly in recent months. clearly, the trend is towards recovery. i am optimistic that more americans will be heading back to work as more stimulus projects get under way. while we welcome these signs of improvement, this morning's employment report reminds us of the high toll that the

. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for "the new york times," it including a look the internet and his columns following 9/11. >> according to the ap this morning, we heard reports that florida senator mill martinez was resigning. the time line is not clear -- florida senator martina's stepping down. the stimulus package called on the fcc to develop a plan for providing all americans access to high-speed internet. as part of the process the fcc is holding a series of workshops on national broadband bid yesterday in washington, this is 2 1/2 -- on national broadband. this was yesterday in washington. >> it is my pleasure to welcome everyone here to the kickoff of the omnibus broadband initiative's public workshop series. we have come as you know, a plan to host two dozen workshops in the next month. a goal some have said is impossible. to them i say, the washington nationals have won 4 straight. [laughter] this is a very important day, today i hope we can have real discussion. let me be as informal as we can, but let me see if i can put today's events in a li

. ♪ >> tonight, frank rich reflects some 15 years of political columns for "the new york times."hat includes the whitewater hearings and his column following 9/11. that is tonight at 8:00 p.m. >> this month, the "book tv" meetings continue. tonight, a look at british politics from the bbc, including the mp expenses scandal, resignation of the house speaker, and debate over military operations in afghanistan. that is tonight. today, the future of the american conservative movement at the panel from this year's freedom fest, today on c-span2. >> monday, the fcc commissioner on his agency's effort to provide more transparency and expand broadband. "washington journal" continues. host: michael scheuer is our guest for the next half-hour. let me begin by showing some headlines from the papers. this is "the washington times." and on the front page of "the new york time." there was the the of the al qaeda leader, supposedly -- how important was he? guest: it was the pakistan need to. it was their chief. it was baitullah mehsud and they claim that a drone killed him. the pakistan al qaed

. >> frank rich will reflect on 15 years of political columns, including his look at the future of the internet in 1995, and his column after 9/11. >> now, an event with newt gingrich, who spoke at the conservative young america foundation in washington. this is about 55 minutes. >> thank you very much. i want to thank the young americans foundation -- young america's foundation for letting me come to speak to you. we spoke about developing a movie, ronald reagan, rendevous with destiny. this showed why he was so great and turned things around in this country. if you see the movie and you look at what we are living through, this is eery. when he ran for office we had a liberal democratic president, with a program for a much larger government and an economic program that was not succeeding and he was concerned about foreign policy. and you watch about six and a half minutes of jimmy carter, you understand how he got to be president. we are back in a similar environment. i want to talk about what you will be involved with, and i want to do this in a way that will encourage you to go back

. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on his career, including his look at the internet, whitewater hearingsd his column following the 9/11 attacks. host: we are joined now by senator patrick leahy, a member of the senate judicial committee. i want to ask you about sonia sotomayor. there is a story talking about the white house meeting between president obama and senate democrats. they say there was so little suspense, the sun -- subject barely came up when they met. this is not even an issue, patrick leahy said, as he returned. guest: actually, it was done. i was sitting next to the president at lunch, and we talked about a little bit, but there is nothing to worry about. he made a good nomination, and she is going to be confirmed. it will be a bipartisan vote, it will be a significant vote. host: are you surprised by the number of republican to have said that they will not support her nomination? guest: yes, some have taken the attitude that no matter who the president nominated, they would have voted no. sometimes i'd joke, even if he had nominated moses, they would not vote for him. her

. >> tonight, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for " the new york times." that encloses look on the internet that in 1989. that is " q &a" on c-span. >> a look at british politics tonight. that is 9:00 eastern, pacific and eastern on c-span. host:c-spanc-spanthis is cspan'd the court's." there were nine republicans that joined the democrats for the confirmation of judge sonia sotomayor. highlights from that our next. >> today i will speak in support of judge sonia sotomayor's nomination. first, i will be joined by several of my esteemed fellow women senators, including senator shut in of new hampshire who is here already, senator from michigan, and senator murray of washington state. we all know that this nomination is history-making for several reasons. one of them is that judge sonia sotomayor will be only the third woman to ever joined the supreme court of the united states of america. we know she is incredibly well- qualified richie has more federal judiciary experience than any nominee for the past 100 years. that is something that is remarkable. i do

. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for "the new york times." sunday night on c-span. >> an update on operations in afghanistan. geoff morrell address the possibility of additional troops being sent there. we join him in progress. this is a half hour. >> the assessments we got in 2006 and 2007. this is a product that was conditioned by the secretary and by the secretary general of nato, and it is designed to get those two people and the people who work for them a better sense of the situation on the ground in afghanistan, and the way ahead is the commander hasees i. again say that the secretary's meeting with the general that he was impressed with the briefing he got and the assessments thus far. he wants him to take into consideration a few other ideas he had to address some additional issues in this review of the situation on the ground. in light of that, the secretary has told general mcchrystal to take beyond the 60 days if needed said he anticipates getting this final product in late august, released september at this point. this was also c

. >> sunday frank rich talks about future of the internet, the white water hearings and his column following 9/11. sunday on c-span. now christina romer, president of the white house council of economic numbers talks about the economic package. the economic club of washington host this is event. it's 50 minutes. >> can i have everybody's attention? could i have your attention for a moment? thank you. we're going to start right on time. >> i first want to acknowledge the presence of some special guests, the ambassador from india. ambassador shakar's here. [applause] >> and the vice chairman of the d.c. city council, councilman jack evans. and we have representatives from the embassies of poland, australia and russia r russia here as well. -- russia here as well. >> let me begin by introducing our special guest dr. romer. as many of you may no dr. rome is the chair of economic advisors. that position was established by the employment act of 1946 where it was decided that the president of the united states needed some independent objective, economic analysis and advice and from the time that th

. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on his years as a political columnist for the of what new york times." >> i senate hearing on the obama administration's financial regulation plans. we will hear about a proposal to consolidate two agencies charged with regulating banks. chris dodd of connecticut chairs the banking committee. this hearing is about two hours and 10 minutes. >> i have informed our colleagues already that we are under some time constraints. we have a couple of votes around 10:30 before the senate. there is a meeting that begins afternoon that many of us will have to attend. so we're not going to make any opening statements. we agree to that this morning to get right to our witnesses. i know our colleague from tennessee would like that president. he has been dying for that moment for two years now. no, it is the mayor spoke. we are not setting a precedent here but we will move in that direction. this strengthening and s streamlining this is a major subject matter. how many hearings have we had? 28 hearings since january on this subject matter, of our financial modernizatio

. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on columns from "the new york times." the whitewater hearings, and his column following 9/11. q&a, sunday night on c-span. >> now christina romer talks about the employment numbers being released friday and economic stimulus package that passed in january. the economic club of washington hosts of this event. it is 50 minutes. >> could i have your attention for a moment? thank you. we're going to start right on time. i first went to a knowledge the presence of some special guests, the ambassador from india is here. [applause] and the vice chairman of the d.c. city council, jack evans. [applause] and we have representatives from the embassies of australia, poland, austria, and russia here as well. let me begin this morning by introducing our special guest, dr. romer. as many of you may know, she is chair of the council of economic advisers. that position was established in the employment act of 1946 were it was decided that the president of the united states needed some independent, objective economic analysis and advice. a

. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns in "the new york times," includingis piece on the future of the internet in 1995, and his column following 9/11. >> "washington journal" continues. host: senator ben cardin from maryland, our final guest today. your photograph is all over the papers this morning. we will show "will call" first -- we are having a hard time with the camera -- you are standing with jack reed and max baucus, and in both cases, everyone is smiling. what is going on in that room? guest: it is the day before recess, so that maybe while we -- why we are smiling. we are talking about health care reform. we are making a lot of progress. americans are starting to understand that the status quo is unacceptable. the cost of health care is rising and people are losing their benefits. in maryland, it costs about $11,000 for a family plan, private insurance. that is scheduled to increase in the next 10 years, projected to be $23,000. every day in maryland, a couple of people lose their health insurance. americans are rightly concerned that we get it r

benefit whether i'm reading a conservative columnist, whether i'm reading a liberal columnist or frank rich, they've spent their entire life honing their craft and for them to work all week and give us a great column and then for it to just be given away free seems to me obscene. just obscene. >> but they're going to have to figure out, the owners of publishers and newspapers, are going to have to figure out a way to monetize the internet or they're not going to survive. they made the horrific mistake eight, nine, ten years ago of giving it away for free and now the drudge reports and everybody else just, you know, grab it, put it up on their website for free and, you're right, joe. >> there's a great "washington post" op-ed about a guy explaining how long it had taken him to develop contacts and get information and then he had i think gawker picked it up -- and not knocking gawker because it's just one of many sites that i go to, you go to, we all go to -- but the guy was excited at first but then my editor said, wait a second, you spend all of your time, how long did it take to you get th

sunday frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for "new york times" including his look athe future of the internet. the whitewater hearings and his column following 9/11. that is sunday night on c-span. host: our guest is elise hogue from moveon.org. what does moveon.org want to see happen on the hill? what kind of healthcare became does it want? >> our members have been strong advocates for true healthcare reform the heart of which is a public health insurance option. by real we mean ready on day one, everyone is covered. accountable to the population and large enough to compete with the controlling interests of the market. host: do you think you will get it? guest: i think we have a shot. this is the heart of president obama's plan. we have seen versions in the health bill. we have seen congressmen organizing, the congressional progressive caucus with their 57 signatures saying the final bill needs to have a public health insurance option. the bottom line is most americans want a public health insurance option. we have seen 70% of americans say that this is the plan that

. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for "the new york times." including his look at the future of the internet from 1995, the whitewater hearings and his column following 9/11. >> on the morning of december 7, 1941, japanese submarines and planes attacked the u.s. pacific fleet at pearl harbor in hawaii. eight american battleships including the u.s.s. arizona were sunk or badly damaged, roughly 300 american aircraft were destroyed or incapacitated and the following interviews with military veterans of the attack were conducted by the national park service which overseas the u.s.s. arizona memorial. this is about an hour. >> we were in a hurricane for nine days, coming over for san diego -- here you have a rather green crew, but we got into honolulu, and some of us got liberty. we took a taxi in to the army-navy y in downtown hawaii and i walked across the street. i ordered a soda. and the lady said, "you're from the u.s.s. ward. and i said "how do you know?" she said, "you're all that delicate shade of green." the u.s.s. ward was the guard ship

. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for ""the new york times." >> how isspan funded? >> i have no clue. >> maybe some government grants? >> i would say donations. >> advertising for products. >> public money, i am sure. >> by taxes? >> palle cspan funded? america's cable companies created cspan as a public service. it is a private business initiative. there is no government mandate or government money. >> mahmoud ahmadinejad was sworn in today in tehran for a second term. protesters gathered outside parliament to protest the inauguration. in his inaugural speech, he called for national unity and criticized foreign governments for questioning the validity of the election. this is courtesy of state-run channel the iran-english channel. >> i, as the president, in the presence of the holy koran and in the presence of the iranian nation. , i hereby swear in the name of almighty god to protect the official faith, the system of the islamic revolution, and the constitution. and to use all my expertise and all i have in my power into this charge of responsibilities

sunday, frank rich with the new york times. the white water hearings on q &a > > how is c-span funded? > > advertiasing? a private initiative. ♪ >> this is c-span's "america and the courts." thursday, the u.s. senate voted to confirm the nomination of sonia sotomayor to the supreme court 68-31 with nine republicans joining the democrats. next, highlights from the senate floor debate. sotomayor's nomination, but first i'm going to be joined by several of my esteemed fellow women senators, including senator shaheen of new hampshire, who is here already. senator stabenow of michigan. senator gillibrand from new york. and senator murray of washington state. we all know that this nomination is history-making for several reasons, but one of them, of course, is that judge sotomayor will be only the third woman to ever join the supreme court of the united states of america. we know she's incredibly well-qualified. she's got more federal judicial experience than any nominee for the past 100 years. that's something that's remarkable. but

cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute] >> sunday frank richeflects on "the new york times," including his look at the internet since 1995. and his column from 9-11. sunday night, "q & a." c-span. >> sunday a look at british politics from the bbc. and questions over military op -- operations in afghanistan. >> president obama used his weekly online address to refute critics of pending health care legislation. the republican address is given this week by bob mcdonald, a candidate for virginia governor. he talked about the economy, job creation, and the federal energy bill. >> on friday we received better news than we expected about the state of our economy. we learned that we lost 247,000 jobs in july, some 200,000 fewer jobs than we lost in june, and far fewer than the nearly 700,000 a month than we were losing at the beginning of the year. of course, this is little comfort to anyone who saw their job disappear in july and to the millions of americans who are looking for work, and i will not rest until anyone who is looking for work can find a

. >> sunday, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for the new york times, including hislook at the future of the internet from 1995. the white water hearings. q. and a. sunday night on c-span. >> this is a senate hearing on climate change and energy technology. we'll here from interior and energy department officials and environmental groups. barbara bach chairs the group and the committee. it's two and a half hours. >> very happy to see all of you here. today's hearing will focus on insuring that america leads the clean energy transformation as we address the threat posed by climate change. i want to thank our witnesses who will share their expertise on this critical subject. we are facing two historic challenges in america today, a deep economic recession and the threat of unchecked global warming. we'll examine ways in which federal initiatives are addressing both of these challenges, and about additional steps we can take to provide incentives for clean energy development to transform the american economy. this country can, and should be a leader of the clean energy

hey, frank rich, "new york times" commentors, welcome to the right wing freak club. of you know, when my book launched one of the appearances i did was on the view. that's right. thank you. i braved the lion's den and i came prepared and it was quite fascinating. you can see the clip on hot air or on u tube. and i was stunned by how ill armed -- i was not stunned by how uninformed. i was stunned by how ill prepared whoopie and joy were in response to the book. and as i noted afterwards, after the appearance, you know you've won the argument when all they can do is quibble with you about how corrupt barack obama is and not whether. [applause] obama was defied by repeating over and over again that quote unquote washington is broken. and yet under president obama the business as usual in washington is booming. the collapse of the era of hope and changeieness demonstrates the first and last law of political physics. as government grows, corruption flows. and this is true whether a democrat is in office or whether a republican is. massive new federal spending plus tens of

. >> tonight frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for the new york times including his look of the future of the internet from 1995, the whitewater hearings, and his call following 9/11. tonight on cspan3 >> i look at british politics from the bbc, including mp scandal, and debate over military operations in afghanistan. tonight, nine eastern and pacific on the c-span. >> now, a senate hearing on autism research. pop tom harkin of iowa chairs the appropriations subcommittee. this is two hours, 15 minutes. today's hearing is on autism. regarding research, treatments and interventions. the cdc estimates that one out of every 150 children to share will be diagnosed with autism. among boys, the rate is even higher. we don't know what causes this disorder. most researchers agree there is a genetic component in some cases every discovery seems to raise more questions. we still don't know what the triggering mechanisms are. and some experts think environmental factors are in play. maybe during gestation. we know a little bit more about interventions. some behavioral interventi

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> sunday, frank rich reflects on 15 years of political columns for the "new york times." including his look at the future of the internet from 1995. the white water hearings, and his column following 9/11. q & a sunday night on c-span. >> vice president biden today defended the administration's $787 billion economic stimulus package after a meeting with white house economic advisors. he also talks about the so-called cash for clunkers auto rebate program. this is about 4 minutes. >> we just finished a briefing with the economic team about the impact and role the recovery act in more optimistic projections that were seen. six months ago we gathered here in the white house worrying about the u.s. economy and whether or not it was falling off a cliff. and today analysts are trying to determine if -- if an official recovery is already underway. to quote my good friend larry summers he said six months ago we were talking about whether or not this recession was going to turn into a depression. and now today we're sittin

[applause] sunday frank rich reflects an 15 years of political columns for the new york times including his look at the future of the internet from 1995. in his column falling 9/11. q and 8 sunday night on c-span. sunday a look at british politics from the bbc including the mp resignation scandal and the debate over military operations in afghanistan. sunday night 9 eastern and pacific on the c-span. effective medical devices spoken to the senate health care committee. we will hear about current loss of will restrict patients' from suing the manufacturers of devices. this is an hour -- 1 hour, 50 minutes. >> we will come to order. this hearing on protecting patients got from defective medical devices. senator kennedy championed this amendment, a bill that gave the food and drug administration authority to regulate medical devices. in support of that, senator kennedy said at the time,"today the medical device industry plays a prominent role in medicine. many devices are used to sustain life. people grow more and more dependent on medical devices. we stand to benefit a great deal from the

rich. glenn: i know george soros is spending all kinds of money on that. fox news contributor frank luntz, author of a new book that comes out next month "what americans really want," i'm looking at the words used here, right wing extremists, desperate republicans, angry mobs, the mob, manufactured anger, astroturf, brooks brothers brigade. i don't remember hearing these words coming from the bush white house and i'm not a defender of the bush white house by any stretch of the imagination, but i don't remember anyone saying anything like that coming out of george bush's realm. they're political hacks that said some awful things, but this, really, calling the republicans a mob. >> it is character as nation. it began in '94, '95 with the clinton administration, with the monica lewinsky thing when anyone said what happened here? if you challenged the clinton administration, they went after you, your family, your business. it is a viciousness that you see on the left. glenn: i mean, look, i'm a political talk show host and anchor. i have said vicious things. that's different than the ad

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i'm not sure -- i would ask rich, if big business found a way to get itself a bad name on the public all by itself. >> ask john kerry, barney frank, who was it that was taken to tank for advertising at these pga events. congress has fallen in this particular case. they started the ball rolling. >> there is no question here that i think that if you look at it, we're not talking about corporate advertising. we're talking about stealth under the radar corporate sponsorship. that's because they have been beaten up too much. >> all to jason's point, which is the minute you start bailing out banks you feel like you can tell them what they can do with everything, which -- i find the socialism word a little extreme and far from that. >> michelle is exactly rate. lehman brothers isn't doing any sponsorships. >> yeah. they shouldn't be. >> well, they weren't bailed out. they went under. that's the point in all of this. the left wants to bail these companies out so they can control -- >> and then yell at them. >> good they're making bad investments, rich, let them fail. >> well, i mean, why don't you talk to george bush, the guy that put fo

frank and honest discussion on what we're going to do long-term. >> in the health care bill they're saying raise taxes. >> on the rich. >> but they're still saying no way to raise taxes on the rich to fix all of our problems, it's got to be dramatic slashing and spending or much higher taxes down the road. and this is something we keep pushing off. i will say, however, robert reich wrote in his blog this week. he says deficits and debts mean about nothing anyway. he says the only thing worth looking at in the concern about the deficits are running is the $1.6 trillion number this year, he says the only thing shocking about that is that it's too small. we need to be spending more. >> come on. >> that's what he said. >> that's why people are so angry in some of these town hall meetings is because they're afraid we're going to put ourselves so deeply in debt, we won't get out. >> have you got a romans' numeral? >> i do, it's 40%, and it's a way of putting this debt in perspective for next year in particular. >> about borrowing. >> i'm not good at pop quizzes. >> it is 40%. >> how much of every dollar goes to debt service? >> pretty close. next year