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watch this gavel to gavel on c-span 2, to read the senate version and house version, go online to c-span's health care hub. >> as we get better of what we do. >> four of malcolm gladwell's books with his latest as our guest tonight on "q & a." >> joining us on "newsmakers" is jack reed and senator let me begin with what you think the afghan military will look like in 2011? >> it will be larger and primarily focused on infantry units, the units from battalion and not have the logistic and supporting arms, those will be growing more gradually. it will be as it already is, battle tested. and deployed more extensively and a position in several providences to be a lead element. and as a result it will be significant achievement and allow us to begin the transition that the president spoke about. >> will the military be ready? >> i think the army will be ready, ready for a role of holding military and cooperating with local afghans and building political governance. and i believe they will be ready to assume more challenging tasks. they won't be ready for a lab-staff with their own helicopter li

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you can watch it live, gavel-to- gavel, and edited and commercial free only on c-span2. . . >> senator, let me big with you -- let me begin with you. those reports often residing government shelves. why would this be any different? >> this would be different because of the way it is set up. it is set to be fully bipartisan and it is set up to get the assurance of a vote on a recommendation from the commission. so the statutory commission and the law that governs this commission would provide that the recommendations of the commission would not be amendable and would come to the floor of the house and the senate for an automatic vote. >> would be commission have a target for deficit reduction or would there simply be the ability to set whatever target they want to target? why would we expect members of congress to set an ambitious target for themselves when they have not been ambitious about this effort in the past? >> those are excellent questions. we do not set a specific target. part of the work of the commission should be to determine how much reduction to achieve. the reason we are

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. >> watched gavel-to-gavel coverage on our companion network, c-span2. now you can follow the debate with the new c-span radio iphone application. now discussion on the news of the week from today's "washington journal." this is just over an hour. orning at 10:00 a.m., and there's again at 6:00 p.m.. our sunday roundtable, executive director and author, things for joining us. and matt, the editorial page editor. let me begin looking back on the president's speech on wednesday. norm, let me begin with you. guest: seems the more that barack obama goes in the centrist direction the more he becomes willing and able and even eager to escalate the war in of guinness stan, the more that centrist penance like david broder enthused. unfortunately, obama is damaging his base within the democratic party. whether you talk about abandonment of the public option, escalation in a canister and, rigid escalation in afghanistan, you have a problem in the obama party. it will matter. republicans were cheerleading the warlike speech in oslo. they will have the ninth cell of

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watch the senate debate on health care live gavel to gavel here on c-span2. the only network with the full debate unedited and commercial-free. to read the senate bill and the house version plus watch video on demand, go online to c-span's health care hub. >> booktv's in depth will air live on our companion network, c-span, on sunday. c-span2 will cover the senate session live to continue debate on health care. you can see the full three-hour interview and call-in with author joy hakim live at noon sunday on c-span. >> richard wolf covered the obama campaign in 2008, he has a book out called renegade, the making of a president. want to tell us a little bit about your following of the president during the 2008 campaign? >> well, i was one of the few who was there from the very beginning to the very end, and the book came about as the candidate suggested. he thought it would be a great idea for me to write a book, i told him it was a stupid idea until i figured out that there was something about his story that was worth telling, and the way that -- there's some

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of course, live gavel-to-gavel coverage. tonya from martinsburg, west virginia. has it worked? caller: no, it hasn't. it made me mad. this is not change you can believe in. my senator jay rockefeller, they all gave nice speeches and then they vote when you don't want them to compromise. it should be change you can compromise for. every issue, a single pair off the table. public option, medicare by end. you cannot keep your same insurance have last year if you are on hunan a plus in 2010, and if you call them they will charge $70 out of your souls security for a better plan you had this year. we would deny liberals -- war crime arrests, bank bailouts, escalation of the advanced and war. how many times you tell the liberals of your party to shut up and keep quiet and expect them to keep coming out and vote when you take their voice away on every issue -- war crime arrests. the same people who were in the bush administration are allowed to come back in next year. host: we will leave here. thank you for the call. neil king has the impact on businesses -- business is brisk for healt

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another weekend session live on our companion in the case, c-span 2, the only channel to cover it gavel-to-gavel. plus the congressional quarterly roll call group and for iphone users, the new a for more including archived video and to read the bill, go to c-span hub. >> "washington journal" continues. host: en spend some time going through the news and taking your calls. the phone numbers back on the bottom of your screen. you can talk about anything you'd like. in the next 15 minutes. we'll the show at 9:00 to go to the floor of the house. the health care debate resumes in the senate 10:00 live on c-span 2. before we get to calls in case you missed it. "time" magazine has named fed chair ben bernanke person of the year for 2009. here's a spot of the cover of "time" magazine with the fed on it. last year's winner was then president-elect obama. the 2007 winner was vladimir putin. ben bernanke "time" magazine's person of the year. cambridgal, illinois, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. i just wanted to talk a little bit about this the relocation of the guantanamo bay prisoners. host:

follow the debate by watching live gavel-to-gavel on at it and commercial free only on c-span2.ights on c- span radio. review the debate at our health care of with live streaming video from the senate floor, complete the deal archives including a debate on the bill and amendment, briefings from leadership and other key senators, and the latest from the reporters and editors of the roll call corporate -- roll-call group. all the health care debate with a new c-span iphone application. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> up next, supreme court journalists identify significant oral arguments. then a discussion on the future of the u.s. automobile industry. after that, a hearing on how security leaks at the tsa. tomorrow on the washington journal," drew armstrong updates on the continuing health care debate. our political roundtable on the news of the week with jill lawrence and chris stirewalt. the vice president of the american foreign policy council on iran discusses iran's nuclear program. "washingto

of course, live gavel-to-gavel coverage. tonya from martinsburg, west virginia. has it worked? caller: no, it hasn't. it made me mad. this is not change you can believe in. my senator jay rockefeller, they all gave nice speeches and then they vote when you don't want them to compromise. it should be change you can compromise for. every issue, a single pair off the table. public option, medicare by end. you cannot keep your same insurance have last year if you are on hunan a plus in 2010, and if you call them they will charge $70 out of your souls security for a better plan you had this year. we would deny liberals -- war crime arrests, bank bailouts, escalation of the advanced and war. how many times you tell the liberals of your party to shut up and keep quiet and expect them to keep coming out and vote when you take their voice away on every issue -- war crime arrests. the same people who were in the bush administration are allowed to come back in next year. host: we will leave here. thank you for the call. neil king has the impact on businesses -- business is brisk for healt

when the house does gavel back in we expect debate on the financial regulations bill. the senate also in recess at this hour, scheduled to return at 6:15 eastern time to continue work on health care legislation. it's the 10th day the chamber has been considering the measure and we have had debate on several amendments. majority leader reid has said there will be no more votes today. senate democrats are meeting behind closed doors on removing the government-run public option from the health bill. live senate coverage on c-span 2. here's a portion of today's "washington urm journal" on the house financial regulations bill. host: congressman bachus joins us now and ranking member on the house financial services committee. this act? and call the shots and make decisions whether it's in healthcare, whether in energy policy and now in financial services or matters of credit, and i think it is always dangerous when the government begins to make decisions that individuals have made historically in our country. individuals have made those decisions. there has been competition

[gavel] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellitecorp. 2009] >> members return later for an executive session that was closed to news coverage. >> the heart of the men matter at -- are the matter is they have a trillion dollars in savings. insurance premiums will "dramatically for most americans. >> follow every minute of the debate from the senate floor with late nights and possibly another weekend session, live on our companion network, c-span 2, the only network to cover the senate with no commercials or commentary. also, get updates from the reporters and editors of the congressional quarterly roll call group. for iphone users, hear the debate with a numberapp. >> in a few moments, senate homd governmental affairs committee looks at the future of the economy live at 10:00 eastern. at 2:00 eastern, the center's focus on the afghanistan contacting and hear from representatives on the department of defense and state and the u.s. agency for international development. we will discuss health care and climate change with the center of m

watch this live gavel to gavel on c-span 2, the only network on the full debate. go online for video on demand, at c-span/healthcarehub. >> four of malcolm gladwell's books currently sit on the "new york times" best-seller list, including his latest. >> now the first of several hearings this past week on president obama's new afghan strategy, and we hear from several with the chair. >> there has been some confusing about whether the beginning date for u.s. troop reductions is set for july, 2011 with the pace of those reductions being conditioned based. or whether the 2011 july starting date itself is dependent on conditions on the ground, and secretary gates, which is it? >> mr. chairman, it is july 2011 is when we expect the transition process to begin. our view is that -- >> is that date conditioned based or not? >> no, sir. >> ok, next question, and this has to do with the partnering ratio. there are currently just over 10,000 u.s. troops in helman province in southern afghanistan, and partnered with 1500 or so afghan soldiers. the partnering goal for the unite

when speaker policy to the gavel in 2007 the debt for every man, woman and child was $29,000. with this increase just three short years later it will be more than $45,000 for every man, woman and child. that is a burden that is growing that we oppose and is going, again, to burden the future and our economy. >> if the federal government spending isn't going to get us out of this mess we would have been out a long time ago. think about where we are at. last year was a record deficit on top of the record that the first year -- the first two months of this fiscal year or higher than the first two months of last. that's the kind of spending we are seeing. this is the kind of taxpayer protection we need. i want to thank steve and kevin for bringing this bill forward. and congressman mccurdy and brady are exactly right, you think about what makes this country special and the greatest nation in history. it is a simple concept, parents make sacrifices for their children so when they grow up they can have liked better than they did indeed generation americas on that for the succeeding.

then the gavel is pounded and people sit down and the court is called into session. it is always very ceremonial. the building is majestic, and the procedures are high ceremony, very traditional. nothing informal and modern about the way the court conducts its proceedings. very, very traditional, but i like it that way. i would not change it. i have never heard and advocates say they would like to see the court proceeding modernized in some way. it just in still see enormous respect for the institution and the processes. a lot of reverence for the court. >> it is a very powerful experience. i think everyone feels it, even people who have been before the court many, many times still get a rush when it happens. one of the lawyers on my staff, quite a good lawyer, i went to him when i was new in the office and said, how do you feel when you argue? do you have butterflies? >> he said, i do, but i decide is like playing ball. you are nervous until the first hit. after that, it is fine. >> when your first argument arrives, the uniform reaction among everyone is, i cannot b

[audio: gavel hits the desk] this bill will let americans keep the coverage they have now. ...and guaranteeo one is denied coverage for getting sick... ...or for a pre-existing condition. this bill keeps all medical decisions between doctors... ...and their patients. it'll lower the cost of health insurance, and still lower the deficit. this bill... this is the bill. this is the health reform bill we've been waiting for. >>> you're watching "larry king live." we're joined by dr. jim tucker, assistant professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the university of virgin virginia. he has studied over 2, 500 cases of reincarnation memories in kids and the author of "life before life" and here to explain reincarnation memories and what he's learned from years of research. you heard the story of james. young boy. thinks he was in world war ii. is this a similar story to what you researched with the kids? >> it is. at the university of virginia we've been studying them for nearly 50 years. and what we have found is that kids from all over the world report very similar things at around

[audio: gavel hits the desk] this bill will let americans keep the coverage they have now. ...and guarantee no one is denied coverage for getting sick... ...or for a pre-existing condition. this bill keeps all medical decisions between doctors... ...and their patients. it'll lower the cost of health insurance, and still lower the deficit. this bill... this is the bill. this is the health reform bill we've been waiting for. i just want fewer pills and relief that lasts all day. take 2 extra strength tylenol every 4 to 6 hours?!? taking 8 pills a day... and if i take it for 10 days -- that's 80 pills. just 2 aleve can last all day. perfect. choose aleve and you can be taking four times... fewer pills than extra strength tylenol. just 2 aleve have the strength to relieve arthritis pain all day. >> larry: we're back with tiger woods. hello. >> caller: how you doing tonight? >> doing great. >> caller: i have a two-part question. my son is 7 years old and loves golf, but the problem is most of the public courses won't let them on unless they're 12 years old. i know you started real young, and you

and with the hartford [audio: gavel hits the desk] this bill will let americans keep the coverage theyave now. ...and guarantee no one is denied coverage for getting sick... ...or for a pre-existing condition. this bill keeps all medical decisions between doctors... ...and their patients. it'll lower the cost of health insurance, and still lower the deficit. this bill... this is the bill. this is the health reform bill we've been waiting for. >>> he's already a worldwide legend at 22. he's tiger woods. okay, you can hit the ball good when you were a kid and you knew you liked it. when did you say, i want to -- i think i want to do this for a living? >> you know, i never did. that's kind of strange to say that even. i never did. i just wanted to keep playing and competing. i loved to play in tournaments and i loved to compete in no matter what it is. >> larry: you went to stanford and majored in economics. >> yes. >> larry: did you have a goal other than golf? let's say that golf wasn't there. >> i'd have to do something in business within the golfing world. i love it. i have to be arou

he was gaveling that in. that's in complete violation of article one, section nine of the constitution. so we're going down the wrong rift and all because like ron paul said, we're not following the constitution. host: david on the line for republicans out of chester brook. go ahead. caller: thank you. i think president obama is creating some kind of high expectation from people because of his capacity to speak well. and his i had yomatic expressions are quite impressive, and he's bringing high expectations to those who bought this for him. so high expectations under the muslim world, and i don't think to which match his actions, and this can create a situation, because some stations are very high. and it tomas seems that he is more inspired than things on pace with cooperation with everyone. and i think in the short run, he will win, obviously a lot of issues. but in the long run, i think it will maybe boomer rang against him. and i wish him if best. he is my president. but i think that we will see the resul

watch the senate debate on health care, live gavel-to-gavel here on c-span2, the only network with the full debate and edited in commercial free. to read this and the bill and the house version plus watch video-on-demand go on line to c-span's health care hub. >> every once in awhile we get the chance to talk to a children's author on booktv, and judy blumberg is one of the more famous children's authors and she is joining us now while we are doing our show at the national book festival. why did you start writing? >> i started writing because i just had so much creative energy who locked up inside of me, and it was making me sick. i didn't know it at the time but i was sick throughout my 20s and once i started to write, all my illnesses magically vanish. i do think that the creative child, i had a lot of outlets when i was in school and suddenly i didn't have the same creative outlets ore-ida didn't know that i did. i didn't know what to do, and once i started to write and i always have the stories in sight of my head, and i let it out, and it was cathartic and it was wonderful and it

[audio: gavel hits the desk] this bill will let americans keep the coverage they have now. ...and guaranteeis denied coverage for getting sick... ...or for a pre-existing condition. this bill keeps all medical decisions between doctors... ...and their patients. it'll lower the cost of health insurance, and still lower the deficit. this bill... this is the bill. this is the health reform bill we've been waiting for. >>> bob says he died and was revived. we're talking about what happened to him when he went into cardiac arrest and came back from the dead. he's the co-founder of the sudden cardiac arrest foundation. what do you remember of that? >> not much. when it happened to me, i was just following the quarterback on a rollout, and i took two or three steps and took half a step and started to lean and that's all i remember. >> no pain? >> no pain. i had a heart attack like before where i had some minor pain, jaw pain. i was unaware i had a hard attack until after the fact when i had the symptoms and i recognized it. being the macho guy i was i refused to do anything about it. when i went d

education association book of the year, the scribes book award and the american bar association silver gavel award for media and the arts. professor powe is a graduate of yale university and university of washington school of law and he was clerk to justice william brennan of the united states supreme court in the 1970 to 71 term. his newest work surveys more than 200 leaders of american constitutional law. to support his thesis that the supreme court overarching role in constitutional interpretation has been "to harmonize the constitution with the demands of majority politics." while this book is intended for the labor leader, his fresh insights and opinions make the book a week for even the most serious scholar of american legal history. powe remises for example that his verdict on many landmark opinions has often been different than the initial public response. for example, after the disastrous dred scott opinion in 1857 voters did not punish the democratic party for their support of the result. andy democrats gained votes in the ensuing election in every state, both north and south. in t

please come back again. >> guest: thank you very much for having me. >> and the senate just gaveling in to begin day seven of its health care debate, continuing to work on their version of an $848 billion bill to insure that most americans buy health insurance. we're also following the president's visit to capitol hill this afternoon to attend a democratic caucus meeting. senators gathering off the floor to discuss strategy and amendments that could bring the bill to a final vote. and one programming note, in depth, normally seen at this time here is now live on c-span talking today with author joy hakim. to the floor of the u.s. senate, now, the chaplain is reciting a prayer for this sunday session as the senators begin day seven of health care debate. labors. help them also to take solace in the fact that they are ultimately accountable to you, we pray in your great name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation un

members are about to gavel in for the morning hour of speeches.egislative work will begin at 2:00 p.m. among today's bills, one manager of federal grants and the grant process. another congratulating this year's major league soccer champions. now live to the u.s. house floor. ommercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, december 14, 2009. i hereby appoint the honorable donna f. edwards to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: madam speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: madam speaker. -time madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed to the conference report accompanying h.r. 3288, an act making appropriations for the department of tra

watch the senate debate on healthcare live gavel-to-gavel here on c-span2. the only network with the full debate unedited and commercial-free. to read the senate bill and the house version plus watch video on demand, go online to c-span's healthcare hub. >> the house homeland security committee could issue subpoenas to the northern virginia couple who made it past security at last week's white house dinner. the moves after the salahis said they would not testify at this hearing. the committee did hear from secret service director mark sullivan. this part of the hearing is 90 minutes. >> the committee on homeland security will come to order. the committee is meeting today to receive testimony on the united states secret service and presidential protection, an examination of a systems failure. good morning. i want to thank the witnesses for agreeing to testify here today. some people have asked me why we're having this hearing. . .. >> we are not concerned about agency embarrassment, discomfort, or shame cannot serve as a substitute for performance. the securi

than is usually the case in a formal congressional hearing because of the fact that i now have the gavel and i chair the europe committee on foreign affairs and i describe it as the committee with no rules because i think it's much more important to be able to engage in a dialogue and fully flesh out these issues and see where there is agreement and see where there is consensus. i think it's clear you know where i'm coming from, but that does not in any way mean that i don't appreciate the value of voluntary programs, particularly counseling aspects and, if you will, think of it in this way. oftentimes courts will refer matters for mediation and those mediators oftentimes have demonstrate strabble demomsthable effect because it keeps court calendars and it doesn't diminish the significance. it creates a different role for voluntary modification programs. mrs. schwartz. >> the way i think about it and i have spent time with foreclosure attorneys, bankruptcy attorneys, the nonprofit counselors, the bankers, the servicers, i feel like i have spent a lot of time on this. i do need to reitera

of course, we continue with our gavel-to-gavel uninterrupted live coverage of the senate on c-span2.so there are other ways to follow this health care debate in the senate. you can listen to highlights on c-span radio, you can review the debate on our website on the health care of with live streaming video of the senate floor and complete video archives including a debate on the bill, amendments, briefings from leadership and other key senators and the latest from reporters and editors of cq roll-call group. and we have a new iphone application to follow the health-care debate, c-span radio iphone, it is free and you go listen to c-span, c-span2 and radio. massachusetts, rep on the independent line. does the deal making the matter? caller: as the situation is now, i'm dead set against abortion. however, the only way i would be for abortion is if, one, the woman is raped or incest -- that is the only way i would be for it. host: all right. a little bit more about what is next if the senate goes through and past is their version of the legislation. here is "the new york times." it is u

watch live gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span2, the full debate, and edited and commercial free and get reporters and editors from congressional quarterly or roll call group, we partnered with cq roll call for enhanced coverage throughout. this weekend on book tv, a look at climateç change with former vice president al gore and reducing the effects of greenhouse gases. and lawrence solomon on the scientists who question the validity of global warming. after words, a bio of the supreme court justice antonin scalia she is a defeated by former solicitor general can olson, and then how google became a media giant. this weekend on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: kevin hall, mcclatchy newspapers national economics correspondent the administration is beginning year to and so is that global economic meltdown. if you haveç to give a broad carrot -- categorization of the policies in year 2, what is it? guest: year one, plug the holes and don't let the boat sink and nowç itt( is billing the watert and buy end of next year getting the book actually moving forward. -- getting th

follow the entire debate on our companion network, c-span 2, the only network with gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. senate. and to read the senate bill and the house version and see video on demand go to c-span's healthcare hubris. >> as we mentioned the hearing looking at pilot fatigue gets underway in about 10 minutes or so at 10:00 15 eastern. until then a look at the latest headlines and your journal. first, bob cusack, the front page of "the hill" a newspaper host: sam young man writes in the piece presidents are defined by and large by the wars they wage. how will the president be defined tonight? >> well, he'll be defined because he will basically own the afghanistan war. own the afghanistan war. he called this the good war on the campaign trail. he sent 17,000 additional troops to afghanistan. at that time democrats embraced the move. they said that president bush had not paid a lot of attention to afghanistan and that he was focusing too much. just like president bush was defined by his decision to invade iraq, it went well at first and his political capital evaporated as the w

for families, when speaker pelosi's took the gavel in 2007, the debt for everyone was $29,000.ith this increase, three short years later, it will be more than $45,000 for every man, woman, and child and that is a burden that is growing doubt we oppose and it will burden our future and economy. >> if the federal government spending would have gotten us out of this mess we would have been out a long time ago. last year was a record deficit year. the first two months of this fiscal year are higher than the first two months of last. that is the kind of spending we are seeing. this is kinthe kind of taxpayer protection we need. you think about what makes this country special. what makes this the greatest country. it is a simple concept. parents make sacrifices for their children so when they grow they can have life better. each generation has done that. when you start to turn it around and look for the moment and spend for the moment and live for the now and spend for the now, that is a terrible sign. this concept, this tax payer concept helps give us the discipline we need to get b