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fred, you should look into it.cer ] only flood insurance covers floods. visit floodsmart.gov/risk to learn your risk. >>> it's going to be a long evening. we're doing two shows tonight. >> would you mind autographing? >> oh, my goodness, yes, of course. >> every night i'm in new york, i work at some tiny little club where i can practice my act. i just talk about everything and anything that annoys me. >> thank you. >> you don't get the recognition that you deserve. >> damn right, william. see, i have a fan. i have william. >> larry: we're back with joan rivers. to say that she's inspired a lot of funny women to give comedy a shot is an understatement. here's one of her biggest fans who does not overstate joan's influence. watch. >> hey, joan, it's my, kathy griffin. first of all, congratulations on all the success you're having, again. the documentary is fantastic. you're great. so they asked me to ask a question of you. and i thought, what haven't i asked you? what haven't we talked about? and then i thought, get

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trudy would say oh, my gosh, fred and laugh and hit me or something.proud, yeah. >> larry: fred scarf's work has made prom dreams come true for more than 400 sick teens. to see one young woman get ready for her big night or nominate someone who you think is changing the world, go to cnn heroes.com. >>> tonight on "360" a tragedy in the gulf. a charter boat captain, farther, community leader and most recently a participant in the bp program to clean up the gulf. this is alan crews. he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. those closest to him say when the oil acame ashore, his life began to unravel. >>> also, yet another bp executive makes a starting claim. we have the video that says otherwise. we're keeping them honest at the top of the hour. "larry king live" continues in a moment. ♪ you're the one ♪ who's born to care this life was protected... ♪ seems you've always been right there ♪ this life was saved... ♪ soothing sadness ♪ healing pain and this life was made easier... ♪ making smiles appear again because of this life. nursing. at johnson & jo

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"fred."ou're "the saver," while the website, which gives out thousands of discounts everyday, is called "fred"? hey "saver." yeah that just happened. [ male announcer ] call today or go to esurance.com. >> larry: before we get back with john and melissa and john's doctor, let's check in with anderson cooper still in the gulf naturally. anderson, what's the lead tonight? >> well, breaking news tonight on "360," larry. the president's top man in afghanistan general stanley mcchrystal heading back to washington for a face to face meeting with president obama that could cost the four-star general the job. the stunning interview in "rolling stone" mocking white house officials and ridiculing vice president biden and saying he doesn't see how general mcchrystal can survive this and will resign tomorrow. we're going to talk with the reporter who wrote the article for "rolling stone" and the white house dealt a blow by the courts today when a federal judge here in new orleans blocked a six-month halt

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"fred."e "the saver," while the website, which gives out thousands of discounts everyday, is called "fred"? hey "saver." yeah that just happened. [ male announcer ] call today or go to esurance.com. >>> we're back. ben stein, bp isn't going to improve its pr until this spill stops, is it? >> they're working very hard on it. they buy a hell of a lot of newspaper ads. i think they will, when they stop the spill, scoop it up then they can say we have done something. but i mean their mistakes they have a heck of a deep hole to dig out of. i am not sure they will survive. they have done questionable things and should be blamed for it. >> larry: stephanie, are you surprise aid company this big, this worldwide could be so poor at the top in the relation of dealing with the public? >> well, you know, if they would stop spending so much money on r and spend it on taking precautionary safety measures they should have. clearly they cut so many corners here. to get the oil out faster. that, you know thei

to help decipher what's happening and what's at stake we're joined by fred bergsten, the head of petersoninstitute of international economics. well, the white house didn't release this in some obscure communique. a spokesman said it to the corps on air force one, getting an immediate response from the vice premiere in charge of organization for the g-20. >> president obama sent a letter yesterday to all the heads of the g-20 countries indicating a number of changes in economic policies, including in the chinese currency. the problem is that the g-20 strategy agreed over the last two years in response to the global crisis includes a big element of so-called rebalancing the world economy. the u.s. runs huge trade deficits. china runs huge trade surpluses. that transfers jocks from the united states to china. it hurts our economic recovery. and it also means that china has to put a lot of money into the u.s. to finance the imbalance. that big in-flow of capital kept our monetary conditions easy, our interest rates down. that was a big factor leading to the over-borrowing and over-lending tha

i want also everyone listening to know,,+ madam speaker, that senator fred thompson was a star of crime series over a period of years has a star on the walk of fame and even ran for president of the united states. and i want you to know, madam speaker, and my colleagues, that governor arnold schwarzenegger, the terminator, has a star on the walk of fame. he is a republican and proudly serves as a republican. he represents the great state of california where hollywood is. and i want you to know that i recently took down to south africa, madam speaker, a project named after a gentleman who was the face of hollywood, because i was told several years ago that they were getting ready to close the rosa parks library and information in cape town, south africa, and that is the information septre attached to our embassy, the u.s. embassy. they were going to close it down because, they said, the cold war was over. so i took 100 of america's best and loved films that they love all offer the world, that shows our principles, our values, our beliefs, and our humanity because everyone is influenced b

fred ganz? >> larry: no, the impressionist. not the -- the ventriloquist. the ventriloquist.to -- never mind. >> edgar bergen. that's the last ventriloquist i can remember. is anyone in the age of the internet and wifi still doing ventriloquism? >> larry: the guy at the mirage in vegas. terry fater. have you seen him? >> i've never heard of him. >> larry: he has a ten-year contract at $10 million a year from the mirage. i saw him once at this cancer event they do that i emcee every year. jay leno was the comic and jay brought him on. he appears in the room. he's the greatest ventriloquist ever. he has 132 puppets. >> sort of like saying he's the tallest midget, but okay. i'm not a big fan of ventriloquism, but okay. i'll go, larry. let's get tickets. we'll get nancy reagan and we'll go out there together. you, me, anderson cooper and nancy reagan will all be out there to see the tallest midget. whatever. we have time to do it now. >> larry: i'll be back. we're losing control. we're losing control. we'll be right back. definitely will. i just want to say, larry, what a monumen

regal hemorrhage while preserving -- presiding over the accord, chief justice stone was replaced by fredvinson. he supported the tom clark, president truman's attorney general in 1949. i am pleased and privileged to call my friend, the justice tom clark's daughter -- mimi, are you here? there she is. it is wonderful to see you. thank you for being here. justice frankfurter continued his influence as his tenure moved toward its conclusion in the early 1960's. president john f. kennedy told3 bradlee they're replacing frankfurter with another jewish justice was too obvious and keep. nevertheless, he did so in 1962 with oldberg. jfk consulttd about his choice with both justice frankfurter and chief justice of world war in. kennedy's successor and lyndon johnson -- chief justice earl warren. lyndon johnson looked to sitting justices to affirm his choices. fortis preferred his lucrative practice in washington as well as his partisan support for his friend, lbj. johnson twisted the arms of two rereluctant men. he sent fortis to the high court as associate justice. the jewish seat remained intac

fred, how you doing over there? i think this is gonna be a problem. see what i mean?know what i'm talking about. because i'm a home people. and, there's no place like me. [ female announcer ] only flood insurance covers floods. for a free brochure, call the number on your screen. >> larry: before we meet our next guest let's check in with anderson cooper and an update on "360." >>> larry, live in louisiana. startling hearings on capitol hill revealing just what a dog and pony show oil companies not just bp but other drillers as well have put on for regulators, issuing getting approval for spill response plans flawed at best, riddled with factual inaccuracies how did they get away with it? look at the photos taken by the plaquemines parish strike force, a nesting site, see a chick lying dead, nearby eggs crushed. local officials saying clean-up crews sent by bp are responsible for the destruction. we'll talk about that with billy nungesser president of plaquemines parish. and a revision on the oil flooding into the gulf. should anyone believe the numbers? we'll look in

fred, how you doing over there? i think this is gonna be a problem. see what i mean? hey, i know what i'm talking about. because i'm a home people. and, there's no place like me. [ female announcer ] only flood insurance covers floods. for a free brochure, call the number on your screen. >> larry: do you think your brother was killed? >> larry: joan rivers here tomorrow night. jermaine jackson on friday. go to facebook.com/cnnlarrykinglive. for behind the scene photos of jermaine and me honoring the memory of michael on his first anniversary of his death. michael hastings is with us from kabul, afghanistan. he's the author of the article in "rolling stone." anything you left out? anything you're sorry about? >> no, i think i did my job to the best of my ability. obviously, in the magazine story, there's always tons you leave out. so -- but in terms of regret, certainly no regrets. >> larry: all right, we have us a couple of excerpts from the article. i ask you to comment on them. number one. according to sources, you write, familiar with the meeting, mcchrystal though

the heirs of fred astaire were able to re-launch his career, selling electric brooms during halftime♪ if i can dream of a better life... ♪ >> kroft: and elvis was able to sing a duet with celine dion on "american idol." >> ♪ tell me why, oh, why ♪ oh, why? >> kroft: elvis, many think, is the perfect business model for the michael jackson estate. elvis is the all-time king of afterlife income, and still pulls in $50 million a year. but then, elvis is more than a dead celebrity. he is also a destination, at $28 a head. >> everybody ready to see graceland? >> all: yes! >> kroft: graceland and the rest of the elvis realm is now controlled by billionaire entertainment entrepreneur robert sillerman. >> robert sillerman: and this modest, by today's standards, home is the second-most visited private residence in the united states. it's seen by 600,000 people a year. >> kroft: sillerman doesn't just represent elvis; he owns elvis. four years ago, he spent $100 million to buy 85% of the rights to the presley estate. >> sillerman: turned out to be a wonderful deal for us and for the family. >>

judge, judge, fred, i told you not to bother me while i'm eating. but, judge, the president wants to talk to you. the president of what? the president of the united states. >> brown: originally staged on broadway two years ago, thurgood was written by veteran film and tv producer and director george stevens jr.. >> it's the man that makes the play possible because he had a gift for narrative. and a sense of humor. and through his life, he was telling stories to illustrate his experiences and to illustrate the civil rights issue. and all of that is fodder for telling his story on the stage. >> reporter: stevens was able to use many of marshal's own words and stories from his writings, speeches and interviews as when marshal wants described a moment lyndon johnson asked him to join the court. >> he said we've gotten along pretty well all these years. i said, yes, sir. he said, well, i guess this is about to end. isn't it? i said you mean and i being friends? he said, yep. >> the blessing of it is that people come to it expecting it will be good for th

the next call comes from fred, democratic line. good morning, fred, from pennsylvania. caller: how are you doing? calling about a double recession and what caused it. the cause is probably overspending. i would say right now to get out of this, they need to actually stop spending or freeze, or just like the other caller said about, those politicians -- we should vote on their pay. on top of that, can make a comment about the bp thing? host: real quick. caller: i read in the papal -- paper that people are doing the boycotting thing with the gas stations. it has nothing to do -- every disaster happens for some kind of a reason. i think whether lesson to be careful. of but to boycott -- but to boycott, i don't think it will work because bp is do whatever they can do. host: we will be talking about the oil spill and energy legislation coming up at 7:45 a.m. eastern time with senator mark the baggage of alaska, a democrat. -- senator mark begich of alaska. he along with 22 other senators talked about energy and climate legislation and what is next. the associated press is re

fred carr -- dr. fred carter, the president of the university where we are tonight. >> we need to make sure that we hold all higher educational institutions accountable for it if you take state funds, we decide your funding by in-state purses out of states students. what do your programs that actually helps south carolina businesses through we do not on schools -- it needs to be because they are effective for the student and the families that pay for the status to go there, that it is working and effective in terms of helping with our south carolina businesses, and we make sure that the money going into the classroom is right. i want results and accountability with every institution of higher education. >> i had been at francis marion all over the last several years. one time i'm mad to take over from the government. i called and asked is if it buys. francis marion is providing a service is so many people in this community. they cannot take all the students that would like to come to this university.

that's what these policies on fred tee and fannie are doing. we need to reform freddie and fannie and we're in the willing to do that. i want to jump forward, past freddie and fannie, we've got the trouble with wall street starting to melt down we do the big bailout of wall street and then the center point of the democrat's plan was the stimulus package. the idea was, they saw unemployment starting to go up, the economy was p, this is a great opportunity for us to spend money on all the things we want to spend money on. so they spent $800 billion which is a whole lot of money, on this stimulus package and the idea was if we spent enough mone it will get the economy going again, in spite of fixing freddie and fannie. what do you think about that eory that if the government spends tons of money, it's going to somehow get the economy going. a lot of people believe that. i yield to my frnd. >> i thank you for yielding this has been described as keynesian economics, which means bigger vernment spending, more borrow, you've got a great quote there, h

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fred f. jennings and he gave me 15 cents for it. then i had dreams of becoming a great game hunter.[laughter] i had all of those dreams, but i never dreamed of becoming a united states senator. thank you for those questions. [applause] >> robert byrd served more than 50 years in the u.s. senate, a longer than anyone else in history. he was 92 years old. looking ahead to our live coverage, and about 20 minutes we will take you to the center for strategic and international studies from -- for remarks from steny core year. he will be joined by the national security provider. and confirmation hearings get under way for elena kagan. she will appear live at 12:30 eastern on c-span3 and c-span radio. we have a preview of the shearing from this morning's "washington journal." e wall street journal." "usa today" lead editorial " said elena kagan, setting the senate hearings are a hollow shell raid -- quotes elena kagan, saying the senate hearings are hollow charade. guest: i spoke to john ul stevens and he says it is an opportunity for the senators to say how important hearings are. beyond t

. >> i thought your point ask me about fred thompson.scrapping and clawing to make a gubernatorial race. being part of the bush tax cuts was a huge thing. making sure that people can keep their own tax money as a good thing. being a strong nuclear opponent at the national labs, getting national lab status down in that neck of the woods, making sure that it nuclear sure it program in savannah is first and foremost on my mind, especially when it comes to my district. in my legislative career, and is down, whether state or federal, the ban on partial birth abortion. it was a crowning moment in my life. i think it was a wonderful moment in south carolina and i don't think the thing in my local career could come close to that. >> putting that question to representative haley. in your campaign, if you talk about things that you fought for in the state legislature. he said that you fought the battles for 2.5 years. voters are looking for results. if elected, -- since you have been elected since 2004, please name your three most significant acco

we with our congress along with the fred who has had more of his share of crisis not of his making have make challenges and critical ahead. i hope the many who die the affected families and now who now depend on ocs platforms for their livelihood, this and of the hearings will help us go beyond a knee-jerk reaction to do the right thing for the region and our country. that bp and any other responsible party will be held fully accountable and responsible and that petroleum d natural gas companies will learn important lessons to ensure this does not happen again. i want to thank you, mr. hayward for being here, i look forward to to your testimony and full answers to the questions we will ask on behalf of the people in the region and on behalf of the american people. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. welch, opening statement, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. hayward, in the 49 days since the deep water horizon explosion 'caused this extraordinary environmental ppcatastrophe, we've heard time and again from bp this was an abration, the facts regrettably tell a different story. in 2005,

fred is ining usn the independent ne. caller: yes. call.g my e like to address long-term impact of the dispsements, which is basically a deterge. i've been on several conservation group boards,nd thaca up in the past is effort toesck salmon.ntic it didn't succeed in a lotf e rivers because theround war that ran into the rivers had deternt, and that acted as a hormone, i belie estrogen, so that the males actually became sterile, and therore, you know, affected futureenerations. an we know now that the tunas migrate onhe sface live on the surface. that' just one speciesbut it could have long-termffec on the reproduction capabilities of all fishes that could be susceptible to a dernt use. host: miss beinecke? guest: i think you're absolutely right. earlier, the s was to protect the cotline, to break the l the efore iteached coast so that it didt coat those very valuable coast wells which yohave in massachusetts as well, so vue ery aware of the them. but by the same token, is gotten inte water whe the tuna has swned. fish are all kinds of laae

we with our congress along with the fred who has had more of his share of crisis not of his making have make challenges and critical ahead. i hope the many who died, the affected families and now who now depend on ocs platforms for their livelihood, this and of the hearings will help us go beyond a knee-jerk reaction to do the right thing for the region and our country. that bp and any other responsible party will be held fully accountable and responsible and that petroleum and natural gas companies will learn important lessons to ensure this does not happen again. i want to thank you, mr. hayward for being here, i look forward to to your testimony and full answers to the questions we will ask on behalf of the people in the region and on behalf of the american people. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. welch, opening statement, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. hayward, in the 49 days since the deep water horizon explosion 'caused this extraordinary environmental catastrophe, we've heard time and again from bp this was an abration, the facts regrettably tell a different story. in 200

fred carter, the president of francis marion. >> i think the answer for the schools is to make sure weold all of higher education institutions accountable. if you take state funds,, how many dollars get inside the classroom. whether your programs are helping south carolina businesses. we do not need to fund schools based on the number of lobbyists at the statehouse. it has to be because they are efficient and effective for the students and the families that pay that the schools can be effective in terms of helping with south carolina businesses and make sure the money is right. it is all about accountability. -- frances marion is providing a vehicle to summon the people in this community. they cannot take all the students that want to come here. that is what the role of some many of these universities are. educate young people and provide them new opportunities there would not have otherwise. i voted to keep all of colleges and universities in south carolina opened because we have that the man. there should not be a quarter with the governor is not sitting down with the head of these r

democrat tax power and we passed a bill for the first time in this house to regulate fannie mae and fred tee p.a.c. secretary paulsen said it didn't go as far as he'd like but it was a good bill. fannie mae and freddie mac were put into conservatorship. they were the first major institutions to be reformed. we also in this house passed a bill to control subprime lending. the gentleman from alabama had been the chairman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over subprime lending in those republican years and never produced a bill. he said it was our fault because he wrote a letter, myself, mr. miller of north carolina and we didn't tell him we'd vote for im. i wish i could have it back. i wish i knew i was secretely in charge of the republican agenda. i wish i knew they wouldn't do anything unless i said they could but nobody told me. where were they when i needed thome to be more powerful. the republicans never checked with me as to what they were supposed to do. it's 2007, we did pass such a bill to restrict subprime lending and the wall street journal attacked us. they said it was a sa

fred joined us from ocean city, maryland. caller: yes, that mitch mcconnell comment just about says it all. the president has been talking out of both sides of his mouth for most of his presidency. he makes a summit the sky is falling when it is not -- makes it sound like the sky is falling when it is not. i cannot believe that people are falling for it. he cannot run this country. he is doing a terrible job. host: edward joins us from maryland. caller: good brain. i have a solution to the oil spill problem. i am a scientist. what you have there is a column of oil and a pipe that goes below the ocean floor for nearly 3.4 miles. that is a considerable amount of moving mass. it is approximately one ton moving nearry 10 meters per second. that is a lot of mass like a moving locomotive. you can design a propeller- driven torpedo -- it can be designed easily. host: ok, we will focus now on the situation again on the gulf coast. concerning this letter that the president has sent asking for $150 million. joining us next is paul from

our chair of the export/import bank, helping to bring jobs here to the united states of america -- fred hochberg. [applause] our chair of the council on environmental quality, doing outstanding work each and every day -- nancy sutley. where is she? [applause] nancy is a little vertically challenged, but i see her over there. [laughter) we've got here a trailblazer for federal appointees -- we are so proud of her -- ms. roberta achtenberg is here. give roberta a big round of applause. [applause] and then i understand we've got a terrific country singer -- chely wright is in the house. [applause] in addition -- i know they had to leave because they had votes, but you guys obviously don't have just fiercer warriors on your behalf than a couple of our openly gay and lesbian members of congress -- tammy baldwin and jared polis. [applause] they are openly terrific. [laughter] they do great work. and it is also great to have so many activists and organizers from around the country -- folks who fight every day for the rights of parents and children and partners and citizens to be treated equall

. >> i thought you were going to ask me about fred thompson. i am scratching and clawing to make the gubernatorial race. let me get serious. being part of the bush tax cut i think was a huge thing. making sure that people can keep their own tax money, that is a good thing. being a strong nuclear proponent at the national lab, getting national labs that is down in the neck of the woods, making sure nuclear sure the program of our nation with the savannah river site is first and foremost on my mind, especially when it comes to my district. in my legislative career, hands down, whether state or federal, it is helping lead the ban on partial birth abortion. it was a crowning moment in my life. i think it was a wonderful moment in south carolina, and i do not think anything i could do in my political career could come close to that. >> putting that same question, framing it a little differently, in your campaign, you have talked about a lot of things you have fought for in the state legislature. you mention that in terms of voting on the record and

host: fred, republican in farmington, maine. caller: well over a month ago i called b.p. as well as a number of politicians with what i felt was a cure for this oil and they gave me no contact back and it was electromagnets. i have seen electromagnets pick up railroad cars. there is no way they couldn't have put electromagnets positioned in different places with the little robot down there and cinched it up against the pipes and could have stopped all the leaks a long time ago but nobody wanted to listen, especially b.p. host: mr. tippee. guest: that is an interesting concept. obviously that is a lot of metal down there on the sea floor. elect electromagnetics could play a role certainly. the one thing that occurs to me as the gentleman was describing his idea you have to be very careful not to aggravate the fl flow. there's a lot of junk on the bottom of the sea bed. the riser is lying on the floor. the b.o. pfpp. is still on top the well. there have been leaks around the wellhead. so you don't want to jar the b.o.p. and open it more than it is. the flow is actually cons

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fred, on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning.thank you for c-span to make life a little better for everybody. when you come to the united states from europe, the difference you see is gas stations, like 7-11 makes this country 24-hours running. other countries is -- [inaudible] so this is a different culture, different economy. to talk about alternative, we have to figure out all of those gas stations, all of those employees, technicians have to change their job. and, you know, the real estate, you know, value for the gas station is million dollar branch right now like 7/11 and mcdonald's. you have to change all of those. like one day we decided not to eat hamburgers. what's the alternative? so it's a big deal. and we need to work and think about those points, too. thank you again. guest: you know, this transition will take 25, 30 years. nothing, nothing is happening overnight when it comes to, you know, oil and cars. we just have too many -- like the caller said, the infrastructure is based on oil. it sounds like -- you know, th

myrtle beach, south carolina fred on the republican line. caller: good morning. sir, if there was a -- if there was a truth it would have already blown a gasket. what about the dutch? they offered ships and the united states turned them down. guest: first, i won't take any offense but i will say i'm being very truthful here. the dutch offered dredgers. it's kind of ironic that they didn't often them to the coast guard or responder. they offered them via the press. and the dutch for years have been trying to access the u.s. market in dredging. there are american dredgers standing by with similar capabilities. who would offer their services through the proper channels through the coast guard, through the responders. if the american dredging fleet can't handle it, i say bring in the dutch. we used to say in this country, this is a difficult situation. we need to send in the marines. now it appears, this is a difficult situation. we need to bring in the foreigners. that's just wrong. host: are you still on the line? caller: i am. host: what's your response? caller: i

we with our congress along with the fred who has had more of his share of crisis not of his making have make challenges and critical ahead. i hope the many who dd, the affected families and now who now depend on ocs platforms for their livelihood, this and of the hearings will help us go beyond a knee-jerk reaction to do the right thing for the region and our country. that bp and any other responsible party will be held fully accountable and responsible and that petroleum and natural gas companies will learn important lessons to ensure this does not happen again. i want to thank you, mr. hayward for being here, i look forward to to your testimony and full answers to the questions we will ask on behalf of the people in the region and on behalf of the american people. i yield back. >> thank you. mr. welch, opening statement, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. hayward, in the 49 days since the deep water horizon explosion 'caused this extraordinary environmental catastrophe, we've heard time and again from bp this was an abration, the facts regrettably tell a different story. in 2005,

fred, go ahead. caller: good morning, and thanks for c-span. i just wanted to say that i haven't read the bill yet, so i don't really know what's in it, but one of the things i think is most disappointing about the financial markets is that we don't hold anybody accountable. people can be as free as they want to be, but when society, us, the federal government has to step in and fix somebody's mess, then that company, as officers, need to go to jail, possibly even the board. and the way i think of it is it would be like drunk driving laws. basically, you know, you go out, they have a good time with your friends, and you do something stupid and get too drunk or get too carried away or inebriated, and you wreck your car, you hurt yourself and everything else. when the cops show up, you're the one that's in trouble the one that's in trouble because you used your freedom to basically force society to clean up your mess. and that's the financial markets ought to be regulated. if we show up and have to fix everything, you're going to be in trouble. a

in 2004, when the bush administration pushed fannie mae and fred key macmore deeply into buying subprime mortgages, i opposed that, as i will put it to the record and then join police department oxley in trying to reform it. fannie mae and freddie mac are today in conservatorship. the secretary testified before our committee, unchallenged by any republicans, who were much tougher in his absence, fannie mae and freddie mac, -- i ask for an additional two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts has two additional minutes. mr. frank: unchallenged by any of the republicans, fannie mae and freddie mac are not now costing the taxpayer any money. the money owed is from the prior activity, before secretary paulson put them into conservatorship with authority he did not get from a republican congress but from a democratic congress. it was a bill he could work with. since then, fannie mae and freddie mac have been in conservave -- conservatorship and they are not costing the taxpayer money. clearly we have to take the next step. we are consulted with the realtors, with t

guys were putting out this stuff just ing ther dusty and ady to be picked up and i idn't use the word fredust getting easier today to thco each day o connect with people but i think people can le the question better. >> i will let you handle the questionabout thuse, but quicy i hink history never repeats itself exactl and the analogy is n perfect but you're point goes to the int i wa trying to make which is i a sense e of th potential weaknesses of the tea arty in terms of hing a direct impact on ameican policy as oppod to american politics thahey are in a sese t policy critique is as i said in uwait andmuch more wide-raing in a wa than the left anti-warcritique. you could go ack and forth on this because there is a lof anti-war ativists website howard xin with the same kind of authority that may be tea party in the liberty ad tyanny but i agree there probably is more of a structural critiqued present in somef the tea part tivism but i think that is actually for ms movement that can be a weakness as wel as a strgth because th anti-war movent always knew what it wanted too when it took powe

. >> i thought you were going to ask me about fred thompson. i am scratching and clawing to make this. getting serious, being part of this, the bush tax cuts was huge. making sure people can keep their own tax money is good. it being a strong nuclear proponent at the national lab, getting national lab status in is firstk of the wordods and foremost in my mind, especially when it comes to my district. and my legislative career, hands down, state or federal, it is helping lead the fight on partial birth abortion. it was a crowning moment in my life. i now think anything i could do it in my political career could come close to that. >> same question, framing it differently, representative haley, you talk about fighting for the state legislature. you mentioned earlier that in terms of voting on the record and other issues that you fault as it battles. if elected, since you have been elected to represent looking county since 2004, please name+ your three most significant accomplishments during your service. >> absolutely, by 2.5 year brutal battle t

we are hearing the me arguments now we heard about fannie and fred way. there is no trouble. they are solvent. everything is fine. we are hring the same thing with f.h.a. now. i can tell you when f.h.a. sured simply, one in 50omes, now it's one in four. we are again going to face trouble here unless we make adtional changes to the one that is are being proposed in this bill. this is a prudent amendment. it wou raise from 3.5% to 5% the minimum down payment. it gives more indivialsore skin in the game for their home and fewer individua will wlk awaynd they'll try to work it out and try to make their mortgages go on. we cannot afford to ignore histor if we reject this amendment, we are ignong history. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentlen from masshusetts. mr. frank: mr. chairman, iould like to close and i serve th balance of my time the chair: the gentleman has the right close. the gentleman from new jsey. mr. garrett:r. speaker, i think the words of the gentlelady from illinois makes my case in her amendment which really unfor

ed markey, joe barton, fred upton and john dingell, rick boucher played significant roles in developing the proposal. john barrowad a very important part of this legislation as well. and i commend all of them for working together with me in preparing for this legislation that we're presenting to our colleagues today. e staffs of both the majority and the minority had extensive discussions with interested stakeholders and agencies. we worked with many members to answer their questions, address their concerns and consider their constructive suggestions. it's been a cooperative process that has produced strong bipartisan legislation. in fact, the energy and commerce committee favorably reported the bill by a unanimous votof 47-0. today, our electric grid simply isn't adequately protected from a range of potential threats in an emergency situation where the grid faces an imminent threat. the federal energy regulatory commission currently lacks authority to require the necessary protective measures. there are also an ever growing number of security vulnerabilities. these are weaknesses in th

beach, south carola fred on the republican line. caller: good morning.if there was a -- if there was a truth it would have already blown a gasket. what about the dutch? they offeredhips and the down. states turned them guest: first, i won't take any ill say i'm being thful here. the dutch offered dredgers. it's kind of ironic that they didn't often them to the coast guard or responder. press.fered them via the and the dutch for years have access the u.s. market in dredging. there are american dredgers anding by with similar capabilities. services ffer their through the proper channels through the coast guard, through responders. if the american dredging fleet can't handle it, i say bring in the dutch. this countty, in this is a difficult situation. n the marines. i now it appears, this is a difficult situation. e need to bring in the foreigners. that's just wrong. host: are you still on the line? caller: i am. host: what's your response? caller: i think it's the esident kowtowing to the unions. he's so distant or deforms && detached or thinks that he can

great falls, va., fred is on the line. caller: 80 c-span for making life better for everybody. -- thank you c-span for making life better for everybody. in europe, gas stations are different. this is a big country with different cultures and economies. when we talk about alternative energy, we have to figure out all the gas stations, employees, technicians. they will have to change their jobs. the real estate for the gas station would need to be changed. it would be like if one day we decided not to eat hamburgers. what would be the alternative? we need to think about those points. they kill again. gu-- thank you again. guest: the transition will have to take 20 or 30 years. the intra- structure is based on oil. you have the donkey following the ^. at some point, if you have to make a change. you can keep falling something forever. we've been doing that with oil for over a century. the real thing is when there is an energy crisis. we have that in the 1970's when there were lines at the pump and there was no oil. things wer

on contracting in general not just contingency, he worked with alan brown on the staff of senator fred thompson and they wrote the fair act. he basically said we took the omb definition and when counsel got it, they changed require to mandate and employee to personnel -- excuse me, they required mandate -- to require and personnel to employee. but let me read the definition and see if we disagree. the definition of inherently governmental is so intimately related to the public interest as to require performance by a federal government employee. that's it. the disagreement isn't over the definition, correct? for the record, no have said there's disagreement here. so you all agree. so it really now is a judgment calls to how this definition applies. we appear, aren't looking to change the definition. we are interest to see how it applies now in practical terms. so hence i want to box you in. you got facilities, convoys and personnel. within static facilities, you have bases, government buildings, and private facilities. within convoys you have private vehicles, but you could have u.s. go

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