glenn: what was it? >> well, through the '70's, '80's and '90's, i had been giving large amounts to charity. when the economy is tough and things are difficult, that is the last time in the world when charitable causes, like cancer, homelessness or underserved kids on skoll harships or centers for abused women and children or other charities, the last element that they can possibly afford is to be cut off during difficult times. well, after 9/11, as you may remember, the public may remember, it was an extremely difficult time for america. our corporation was going through difficult times. i had run out of money. i had simply given this this money away, but i still had commitments to charity, commitments that i had agreed to, and i knew i had to honor and people were coming and saying, well, we don't have the money. we're in a recession, much like today. we can't honor that commit many. well, i couldn't do that. i went to two of our major new york banks and i said i need to have this loan. they said, well

that was again a pass that was not necessary. >> glenn: a turnover. >> al: 20. >> glenn: watch the footcatch and the baseline and the glare it was right on that baseline. he was out of bounds. >> al: unlike in college football. turned over and by george mason a break for the dukes. we approach 90 seconds of play in this one. and bowles has it again. here we go. 67, 63 now added to the total. they have not put it on the board here at george mason. we have it 67-63. it is direct. count on comcast sportsnet to get it right. this is your first look in person at bowles i have been telling you about the transfer from texas, what do you think? , he is skilled. he knows how to score. he is one of the big guys that -- one thing that is hard when they pitch it. he has the natural feel. he gets it. he is played on the left he goes right. the weak side defense many coulds to help on him. i like his knowledge. i think for him to take it to the next level he has to learn to play hard all the time. >> al: he had 20 or more points in the contest. sensational is bowles. the foul here. that's number 6 on

from the grad. >> glenn: they beat b.cu twice. >> al: second half around the corner g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g8g88

>> we are here to illustrate how glenn beck's knew book -- >> wait, glenn beck?ill help you win arguments with your idiot friends. >> glenn beck, really? >> watch what i mean. >> whatever. >> karl, what do you think about taxes? >> they're reaching out of good for too long. >> really? >> shared sacrifice. taxes shouldn't progressiprogr e progressive -- >> hang on. progress sniff>> your rate goes up as you earn more. >> that's already how it works. >> fair share. hello. >> okay. we all know you can resight bumper sticker slogans. look at the chart. >> i'm unable to turn my head because i'm flat. >> well, in 2006, the top 1% paid almost 40% of the country's income taxes. >> really? >> really. >> you don't see that in the "new york times." >> i love the "times." >> i'm sure. but i doubt they told you 57% of the earners pay 97% of the income tax bill. >> the poor only paid 3%? >> no, no, no. the middle class paid 3%. the paid got an income tax refund. >> whoa. i wish i was poor. >> you are poor. >> that would be great. >> you're still saying taxes aren't progress sni

i consider myself a modern progressive. >> glenn: read up.s will make your brain hurt but read it, please. there was nothing really american about progressivism. other than it was really started here. but its roots are from europe, which is weird. because while we were studying with people like woodrow wilson we have to be more like europe, the europens were looking to america. the statue of liberty was not built with motivation to thank america. the motivation of those who built it in france not a tribute to us. it was an encouragement to france to be more like america. you know the painting that now sits in the metropolitan museum of art. this is a copy of this painting of george washington. crossing the delaware. it was painted by an american born german. as an inspiration to encourage germans to be more like americans. while all of that was happening in europe, while they said look overseas to what they're doing over there the progressives were saying the same thing. here in america, look overseas to what is happening in europe. they were

glenn beck, everybody. happy new year. >> once again if you want information about the movie theater deal, go to bold fresh tour.com. the dumbest things of the week up next. joy behar and kathy griffin, quite a pair. right back with them. uuuuuuuuuuu >>> the dumbest things of the week. the f word in play this evening. co-host of fox and friends week, and the purveyor of red eye seen at 3:00 o'clock in the morning. something very creative. media matters you may know, that's the far left group that watches beck and me and other people and then takes what we say out of context to try to bring hateful stuff in play. so here is greg gutfilled's satire of media matters. >> my father asked me what i do for a living. what did you tell him? i told him that i spend all day watching fox news and then blog about things that i don't like. when i told him this, he looked very sad. >> why? >> was he jealous? >> no, he cried. he said he wished his son had a real job and contributed to society. >> what a jerk. i shall leave

>> glenn who? is he on some network somewhere?billy graham. >> listen, let me tell you about reverend graham. when i saw that name, reverend graham was number two most admired, i remember, back in 1969. we were looking for it then because nixon got number one and agnew, if you can believe it, got number three. billy graham i bet has been on that list 50, 60 years. >> and hillary clinton for 17 years f. you can believe that. we have to move on to most admired woman. pat, let me ask you first. >> you know where we're going. we're "going rogue" on this one here. >> oh, no, no new york ci, no! >> we're going all the way to wasilla. >> what i want to know, pat, did you put down the credit card and buy that book? >> no. i tell you, they september nt m advance, somebody like me. you get an advanced copy of a book like that there, chris. >> you are a big shot. how about your most admired woman? >> all of his boy friends got copies of the books. pat's been there a long time. i kind of like queen victoria but i guess maybe i got a little pr

in space and john glenn on the earth, without the tomato, without the underground railroad, without roy rogers, without tires and ignition switches, without the humble fly swatter, without the richter scale, without jesse owens running for gold and for all of us in berlin, without street lights, without fire departments, without superman. i believe in ohio because ohio will power the future. [applause] >> the first major glass company to open its doors in toledo was libbey glass. it was energy that brought edward libbey here. he brought his company from the east coast to ohio in 1880s because our natural gas could fuel his operations at a lower cost. from that fateful decision more than a century ago, toledo became an international center for glass production. and while energy once brought us the glass industry, today that glass industry is bringing us new energy companies making solar panels. and that means jobs in solar research and design, production, distribution, and installation. and that means a renewable source of power that will attract new companies in countless industries

live coverage here on glenn theobald. >> i would commend my friends -- in working with encouraging young people to engage -- absolutely right. this does route employment that people gain. >> beautiful. >> a moment ago of a government is doing charities in the sector. >> i recently visited a mental health charity getting its funding from 27 different sources. twenty-seven audits every year. having to employ at least one full time person just to do the paperwork. we can streamline that system. >> one thing we can do is look at having one kind of system because of migration. somebody is funding the organization that will be dependent on funds with a looking so much at the have sector. >> questions for the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker. >> i have been asked to reply. my hon. friend the prime minister is in northern ireland where talks are ongoing to secure agreement on the evolution of police and justice hours. the prime minister will make a written statement later and place it in the library of those how those. i am sure the house will wish to join me in paying tribute to rifle

so at the beginning of the 20th century, glenn browne and other designers, city designers, daniel burnham, had the idea of finding him, honoring him properly, giving him a proper burial he had never had and recognizing the man who designed the nation's capital they did here. they brought him to the spot in 1909. and gave him this grave, a little late maybe, but better late than never. >> the way they have a range here is you often find the name of -- this is a u.s. air corps lieutenant. you'll find the name of the person who was in the service on one side of the tomb, and on the other side you'll find his or her spouse's name. so at arlington, the rule is that if you qualify for burial here, your husband or wife can come as well. and in order to save space in recent years, they have put people basically in the same tomb. they call that bunk, one of top of the other. there's great attention given now to save space. with the way the very people, still with great respect, but with attention to efficiency and space. there's also a trend in recent years to encourage cremation for those who wan

. >> i remember when the senate went on television when john glenn went to the floor and brought out his brush and talked about u ho members will have to wear their red ties. well red ties occur for all members of the house of commons here to look better on television? >> there was always an idea that you looked better on television if you wear a blue shirt. when the german parliament was televised for the first time it had said that in the paper the day pf and every single one of the 500 german members came in wearing blue shirts but you could see there, they're actually wearing a different colored clothes. and -- i think they weren't all look like american anchormen. >> the gentlemen, we could look now, who is on the floor giving a speech is mr. sumburg what could you tell us about him. >> he's a labor m.p. and he's responding to -- what we had this morning which is -- the queen came and opened parliament this morning and traditional my, immediately after the queen makes the speech, m.p.'s from both sides conservative m.p. in gow and sumburg the labor m.p., make a speech saying how

so the beginning of the 20th century, frederick olmsted, glenn brown and other designers, city designers, daniel burnham, had the idea of finding love what, honoring him properly, giving him the proper burial he never had, and recognizing the man who had designed the nation's capital. they did a year. they brought lot to this spot in 1909 and gave him this grave a little late mabey but better late than never. the way they have it arranged is you will often find the name of -- this is a u.s. air corps lieutenant. you will find the name of the person who was in the service on one side of the tomb, and on the other side his or her spouse's name so at arlington to rule this if you qualify for burial here for husband and wife can come here as well and in order to save space in the recent years, they have put people basically in the same tomb. they call it what bunk-style burial. there's great attention given now to save space with the way they buried her people still with respect but attention to efficiency of space. there's also a trend in recent years to encourage cremation for those who wa

. >> i'm glenn and i guess i'm going to be teaching you how to ski today, huh? made me extremely nervous. >> i've been on skis like once 100 years ago and i'm not great. >> you're not that old. >> i'm not great -- >> i don't mean that -- >> i don't like glenn. okay? or his hair. i kind of feel uncomfortable, like out of control. >> a lot of people are confused and think skiing is a sport. it's a pasttime. >> okay. >> you don't have to be good at pasttimes to enjoy them. >> how do i begin? who do i start with? seriously? i mean, come on. >> all right. before we get going, gang, let's just take a little bit of a run and see how everybody's ability is, okay? >> okay. >> down we go. down the slide, nice and easy. >> all right. doing good. doing good. hang on. we lost one. thought you were with us. i may have to work with you alone. >> look at them. quit showing off! apparently there are two skiing basics, the pizza pie, which makes you slow down -- >> come around. come around. there you go. >> and the more technical french fry, which makes you go faster or, in my ca

tonight glenn beck, megyn kelly, marina, the hot for words lady. an unreality check. >> time is going by really slow. bill: caution were you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. i'm bill o'reilly. thank you for watching us. we have a special treat. the segment from the year wrapped into one program. healthcare, you haveel been talking about it on your program. >>an yes. bill: the key question is, do you believe that the constitution of the united stateson demands the government pay for poor people's healthcare? healthcare? >>.bill: isn't it true that the united states of america is a compassionate nation which providesat safety nets for peop. i'm not opposed to poor people having access to healthcare if they can't afford it. what are you going to do, let them die in the street? >> of course, not. tell me all g the street corners in all the towns where people are dieing in the streets because they don't have healthcare. bill: theyte go to the emergency rooms. >> exactly. what obama is doing -- this is the first step gett

or glenn beck. or bill o'reilly. or you name it. the whole -- the haters.the tea party, the baggers, all this stuff. it is made for herb absolutely. he did get at w. toward the end. this is the time herb we needed -- we really need him very much. and so i hope you will find this of interest. and take pride in it as i do trying to put out this book on behalf of our foundation. and in memory of herb. he lives on. there's -- i ended my -- i don't like to read things i've written myself. but the -- the last line of my essay about herb and then i do sort of a section on the various periods leading up to the cartoons. but, yeah, here it is right here. i talk about herb just before he was going to die. i said herb was a perfectionist also dissatisfied with his daily product. often wishing he had the opportunity to redo and strengthen his cartoon. but then in a philosophic mood he would take comfort in the knowledge that if his cartoon didn't come out just wait he wished, well, it was always a fresh sheet of paper and a chance to have another shot at it tomorrow. a

we also check talk-show hosts like keep all our men, glenn beck, rush limbaugh. -- keith olbermann, glenn beck, rush limbaugh. host: some more promises not get rated -- caller: only after it it -- guest: only after a natural disaster can we look at some of those. i think we have to wait until there is an opportunity for the president to act, in that case. host: here are the top 10 promises as we take the last call from houston, texas. pam on the democrat line. guestcaller: i was interested iw you rate president obama's promised to curtail free trade -- promise to curtail free trade, address the problem we are having. i have been in business for 30 years. i think the crux of our financial problems have to do with those two issues. guest: great question. of the 503 promises -- there are a few on trade -- but you can go on our website anc what we have done on -- and see what we have done on that issue. host: anything more about the future of politifact? guest: we believe there is a lot of desire and need for us to do this. our friends in texas have been doing this for a week and have been do

. >> glenn: narrowly missing a girl and coming within inches of the 6-year-old. >>> a sex toy smash andb in the buckeye state. a man drives his car through a set of doors but forgetgets ifo put the vehicle in park. he dashes around the store, looking following a $300 sex toy. one problem, his license plate was visible. all across the country an assault on atms. in california they took the whole machine and in texas a truck is used to pull and bash it. perhaps the most memorable caught on tape moment of 2009 came in the beginning of the year as u.s. airways flight 1549 splash landed into new york's hudson river. all of its 150 passengers and five crews were safely rescued. the landing of the airplane by pilot chesley sullenberger was quickly proclaimed the miracle on the hudson. in new york, johnathan hudson, fox news. >> kimberly: kimberly guilfoyle, fox news. >> how helpful are the videos. >> the one shooting there when they were shooting over the pool table. they arrested people from the video and prosecuted from the video. and the one with the -- they arrested people on that and othe

and he was wearing a watkins glenn jacket over his car print shirt and we asked dave -- we said when did you become interested in cars? and he said when i opened my eyes and realized i was born. [laughter] >> and in many ways that's true for all of us. and my sister, the anthropologist, likes to put it that to humans, culture is like water is to fish. because it surrounds us, it's often quite invisible even though we're in it. and the ideology that supports our car culture is something that is largely invisible to us and that we started to explore fairly early in our research. the images that bombard us daily from the media are quite different than those family snapshots. not quite so comforting but much more exciting. much more glamorous. this poster from 2008's ironman starring robert downey, jr., provides just the kind of car excitement we've come to expect not just from car advertising again but from much of the entertainment that we indulge in that is car centric. and american car ideology like the messages that come to us in many hollywood films is supported by a series of core

glenn beck would believe it and suddenly it would be cycling around. very, very difficult.think -- people can please sit down. the point about 1968 was made in the introduction is this, grant park. no one remembers grant park. just a nice lovely field of green in chicago by delay. but it was the stage of the most fierce confrontation between police and demonstrators at the height of the 1968 democratic convention. and that confrontation was symptomatic of a divide in our country, and a divide in the democratic party that led to the rise of reagan and nixon him and republican dominance in the expansion of the war, and you know, ambitions of some led to the watergate crisis and the collapse of the nixon administration for going too far. but grant park wasú÷ñ the place where people were gassed, where people were beaten very heavily, for no provocation, no reason whatsoever. and itÑi was on the night of obama's election that he returned to grant park and spoke to a huge, huge multiracial crowd of thousands and thousands of people. many of whom had a memory of grant park in 1968

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that last lady that just called in and said those things about rush limbaugh and glenn beck, neitherf whom are people i listen to, she is lying nigger. host: toledo, ohio. democratic line. caller: until ronald reagan came into office, we did not have a crack cocaine. they took over the media. there used to be a saying, the media would not show the police using the water hoses on people. they say that the media and inflamed racial things -- that the media inflamed racial things in the south. of course, today the media is silent on anything racial. baseball. they take all of those african- americans out of baseball. every time they have an investigation -- host: larry, are you talking about the current day? they have kicked all of the african americans out of baseball? caller: sure. in the 1980's, that is when the african americans stopped being in baseball and nobody said anything. host: you think that was a concerted effort on the part of baseball? caller: flood? host: you think that was a concerted effort on the part of baseball? caller: yes. host: this is the start of the legislati

-- glenn, you might want to think about what you say before you say it. missouri, go ahead. caller: i have listened to you people for 10 years and this is the first time i have been able to get on. i have knowledge about politicians. and how they handle things. i was a committee man for the democratic party for over 60 years. what is going on today is absolute ignorance. that is all that you can call it. i have got another word for it. the media and these people sitting up there talking. but they say that i cannot say bs, so i will call at fantastic. host: let's move on to tucson, arizona. michael? caller: how are you this morning? host: what do you think about the democratic plan? caller: i think that the republicans had eight years. we are only one year into this new administration. can you hear me? çóthe trick is that everyone is making hentoff about everything but speculation, but let's get down to the nuts and bolts, so let's put a committee together. if obama tells us not to step on the giants philip, they could not take him apart like they already

i will thank jim harrison and glenn mcconnell.on. this bill has allowed the private sector in the marketplace to work. i think not only members of the task force, but niki caylee and harry ketoe for what they did. do you want to stand again or should we class that you? we will clap at you. we talked about improving education. did we have a fight on this one? as a result of that back and forth on this administration's core belief that every parent ought to have an opportunity to decide what school works best for them and their child, a choice, more has been offered. virtual schools and classrooms allow someone in rural south carolina to get educational expertise from a different corner of south carolina. people worked hard on that one in showed real leadership? -- real leadership. we passed a school bill that was the first of its kind in the nation and i do not believe we would of thought in that bill through. we needed a larger debate on full-scale choice in education. westies deserves credit for advancing that bill. wes, would yo

but i listen to fox, i listen to glenn beck, kennedy, o'reilly, chris matthews, keith okayer ton. i listen to it all. i didn't have the best of circumstances when i came up. i didn't graduate high school. but i went back and got my high school diploma and got a job. they sent me to school. >> right. >> caller: and the constitution says that i hear you keep talking about the constitution the constitution says this the constitution says that. the constitution never said that huh to have farming to take care of anybody houses, the constitution never said that you had insurance on cause if you want to have a cause. >> host: hey, james. we're just a little tight on time. what would you address michael steele to address? >> caller: why did they lose the race in maryland if he was such a great listener? >> well, you know, governor ehrlich and i did the unthinkable. we won after 40 years of having democrats in maryland, the last republican governor before ehrlich was sparagnon. in 2002, the people of maryland decided they wanted to make a different course. i think when you look at governo

i listen to glenn beck, hasity, o'riley, chris matthews, keith observerman. christen to it all -- keith olbermann. i listened to it all. i didn't graduate high school. i went back and got a job and they sent me back to school. the constitution says -- i hear you saying about the constitution says this and says that. the constitution never said that you had to have firemen to take care of anybody's house to take care of a fire. the constitution never said you have to have insurance on cars. if you have a car you have to have it insured. host: james, what would you like michael steele to address? caller: why did they lose the race in maryland if they were such a great listener? guest: well, governorer lick and i did -- governor erlich and i did the unthinkable. the last republican governor before governor was speer agnew. and the people of maryland decided they wanted to take a different course. i think when you look at governor erlich's record and think of my responsibility on behalf of governor of small business reform and certainly dealing with a number of o

i listen to glenn beck, hasity, o'riley, chris matthews, keith observerman. i christen to it all -- keith olbermann. i listened to it all. i didn't graduate high school. i went back and got a job and they sent me back to school. the constitution says -- i hear you saying about the constitution says this and says that. the constitution never said that you had to have firemen to take care of anybody's house to take care of a fire. the constitution never said you have to have insurance on cars. if you have a car you have to have it insured. host: james, what would you like michael steele to address? caller: why did they lose the race in maryland if they were such a great listener? guest: well, governorer lick and i did -- governor erlich and i did the unthinkable. the last republican governor before governor was speer agnew. and the people of maryland decided they wanted to take a different course. i think when you look at governor erlich's record and think of my responsibility on behalf of governor of small business reform and certainly dealing with a number of

was he like rush limbaugh, was he like glenn beck? actually, mr. weems -- this was written about him in -- by one of the analysts. the nomination of mr. weems will be a departure from tradition. historically c.m.s. administrators have been academics or lobbyists. the academics lack leadership and economic skills and the lobbyists come off as too mack velarde ians. there have been 30 administrators. mr. weems whoo have been the first administrator if the senate had chosen to confirm him in 2006 who actually was a career person who had worked his way up within thed a -- within the c.m.s. structure. he was not a political hack. he wasn't a political appointee. but for reasons known only to them the democratic majority in the senate didn't want to confirm him. now, fast forward to a year ago almost exactly and president obama's inaugurated and you would think that if one of the big national priorities that we're going to talk about is health care, one of the first nominations or maybe the second nomination would be to get somebody in charge of this pro

certain belief system on most of the networks and then you have the other side which maybe is the glenn beck side which is giving numbers that are saying these things and then these people are saying these things, isn't there a fact that in the government today that there's a socialistic view which means the government is better to run things, and there's a capitalistic view -- guest: on this controversial about taxes -- on this controversy about taxes, i hear from both sides there are some people that are very concerned about rising taxes and that could discourage business. that could prevent people from wanting to earn more because they don't want to hire marginal -- higher marginal fax rate or higher property taxes. taxes are obviously a burden on individuals and businesses. but i also hear from businesses who are worried about things like infrastructure. they also want government to keep spending because the roads are too crowded and the bridges are falling down. so some businesses and some people say, no, we really do need to keep up those -- increase our tax revenues because other

in space and john glenn on the earth, without the tomato, without the underground railroad, without roy rogers, without tires and ignition switches, without the humble fly swatter, without the richter scale, without jesse owens running for gold and for all of us in berlin, without street lights, without fire departments, without superman. i believe in ohio because ohio will power the future. [applause] >> the first major glass coming to open its doors in toledo was libbey glass. it was energy that brought edward libbey here. he brought his company from the east coast to ohio in the 1880s a cuts our natural gas could fuel his operations at a lower cost. from that fateful decision more than a century ago, toledo became an international center for glass production. and while energy once brought us the glass industry, today that glass industry is bringing us new energy companies making solar panels. that means jobs in solar research and design, production, distribution, and installation. and that means a renewable source of power that will attract new companies in countless industries w

we will talk to former congressman glenn browder about his book about that history of the civil rights a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> this weekend, marine corps university marine corpsmoyer and winning counter insurgency wars. part of a weekend filled with non-fiction books on2 on. for the complete schedule, the two booktv.org. >> they spoke about their findings during a 45 minute briefing at pentagon. secretary gates thank the cochairs while highlighting some of the key findings, as well as he intends to move forward upon the recommendations of this report. >> secretary gates described the report as a serious assessment and one that should be noted that was delivered on time despite the very aggressive schedule. this afternoon, it is my privilege to present to you the cochairs of that independent review, the former secretary of the army, togo west, and the former chief of naval operations, vernon clark, both of whom many of you know, but have graciously given some of their time to discussing with you in more detail their findings and recommendations and to also address some of your q

our guest is the author of the book, congressman glenn brouder.d for the state of alabama from 1989 to 1997. and will be with us in the 9:15. our first call is from florida. jackie on our independent line. caller: it would be nice if you would advise the people in this country what your political status is. c-span neglected to advise the people that mr. kitcher was a very staunch conservative and has been. so where do you stand? and the problem that i have with your comments is didn't alabama keep a poll tax in effect in alabama for several years? i'll take your answer off the air. guest: well, thank you very much for that question. i am a democrat. i served in 14 years in office as a democrat as a state legislature, state secretary of state and as a u.s. congressman. so i am a democrat. i am -- i have never been a highly partisan person. i've been not only interested in buy racial politics and bipartisan politics. and you're right, alabama did have a poll tax until it was knocked out. if you study southern history, it's -- you see continue nutes.

you see all the pundits -- it letterman, olbermann, and the republican side, glenn beck, making fun of them. give him a chance, i am pleading with people. thank you so much. go, scott brown. host: "the new york times" reported that john boehner has hired a former top adviser to the house republicans in 1994, barry jackson. he is the one who helped devise the contract with america. he is now on mr. john boehner's staff. his longtime adviser died on january 10 very suddenly. but "the new york times" says the selection of mr. jackson, who worked for mr. john boehner , it demonstrates how serious republicans are producing a campaign platform for the coming elections. given mr. jackson's reputation as a tough partisan operator. louisiana, this is jason. good morning. calling on the republican line. caller: thank you. yes, i have a wet house for the white house, the republican party and independent party -- message for the white house. obama needs to put the best the ball down and get a baseball bat and start beating heads in his party. rahm emanuel -- punching that -- back, obama has the sk

certain belief system on most of the networks and then you have the other side which maybe is the glenn beck side which is giving numbers that are saying these things and then these people are saying these things, isn't there a fact that in the government today that there's a socialistic view which means the government is better to run things and there's a capitalistic view -- guest: on this controversial about taxes -- on this controversy about taxes i hear from both sides there are some people that are very concerned about rising taxes and that could discourage business. that could prevent people from wanting to earn more because they don't want to hire marginal -- higher marginal fax rate or higher property taxes. taxes are obviously a burden on individuals and businesses. but i also hear from businesses who are worried about things like infrastructure. they also want government to keep spending because the roads are too crowded and the bridges are falling down. so some businesses and some people say no, we really do need to keep up those -- increase our tax revenues because otherwis

in other words, in a hyper partisan political climate beer seemingly nothing is shocking anymore glenneck calling the president a racist, do you find yourself working that much harder to shock? >> guest: this goes back to that criticism from bill sure. no, i don't, i don't purposely make things inflammatory. i think that there are the voice of the issues in this country and if i'm guilty or spoke of anything in his of being blunt and i think that there is not enough of that kind of blindness in washington and i think that's probably why it makes what i say all the more stark or all the more seemingly inflammatory. i don't mince words and i think there's too much of that and i think the fog of in many cases political correctness that miller's issues, that to me are black-and-white, and you know, i think there is a double standard of how this worry about inflammation is applied. i mean, there's a lot of inflammatory rhetoric that comes from the white house press office and from the obama white house the words its enemies, but nobody ever worries about them and divisiveness in the hyper p

the cost of pre-emption at the expense of state jurisdiction in glenn theobald common sense only because it clearly demonstrates the security regulators in their structure actually work. . . therefore is created a huge regulatory vacuum, which is highly significant because these deals are often billion-dollar deals that have an effect on our economy. today no one regulates the thought erring. nasaa says they should regulate the authority in all five or six offerings. since the repeal of the glass-steagall act with greenwich bliley with an excessive risk taking emerge within institutions with federally insured deposits. which examined yesterday. key activities of investment banks are incompatible with the special your commercial banking. these include underwriting and dealing in securities derivatives of such securities, principal invested and managing in-house hedge funds. i believe that a non-bank financial intermediation industry would quickly emerge following glass-steagall type reregulation, but it would be one that was populated at transparent firms that won themselves to straightfo

i had my nose because of glenn to cover 18 to 21, to clarify these cases addressed in the documents. when we go on record and off document there's a lot of disagreement about what these cases mean that when we discuss them as we had in the queue and a year we came to clarity about the summum case in the free-speech realm where you decide who is talking, and a different analysis would be applied in the establishment clause arena where government cannot promote or in france religion. so looking quickly at questions 18321, these questions addressed religious expression on government property in the context such as grademark curse on government cemeteries. in religious preferences and scripture and monuments on government property talking about a little bit. during holiday displays and art galleries. as you all know controversies in these areas are very common and i would say many find the courts really difficult to understand. there are much more subject to ridicule as a pretty good jokes, but there are really difficult to explain but it is possible. i urge you all to look at this at th

glenn: host: ed gillespie and 60 students from the washington center, we want to conclude with a round of applause and thank you for sharing your expertise here with us. guest: thank you. host: you're washing watching c. span's "washington journal" and it is tuesday january 12th. we have a news update first from c-span radio. it is 9:18 a.m. eastern time. the federal reserve said it made a record profit of over $46 billion, marking the biggest profit since 1914 when the fed was create, saying the increase was due to earnings on securities it held last year. those earnings will be turned over to the u.s. treasury. the commerce department reports that the trade deficit jumped to the highest level in ten months as the demand for imports rose and exports rose as well supporting the view that american manufacturers will be helped by a rebounding global economy. the federal government launches a new organization on distracted driving called "focus driven. " transportation secretary ray lahood speaking earlier on "the early show" said they will be traveling the country to persuade people to p

glenn conrad and others i won't go into. i will just save that for another day, mr.president, and would submit the balance of my remarks for the record. i see our outstanding chairman, senator leahy, is here. i know he wants to get back to the committee, and i appreciate his leadership. he is a person i enjoy working with. we spat a little bit over these nominations, but he allows us to have a full and fair hearing when we have them, and i think i can't ask for more than that. i thank the chair and would yield the floor. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont is recognized. mr. leahy: i thank the senator from alabama for his kind words. he and i have been friends for years. we share the distinction of both having married above ourselves, and that helps. as we -- and i'm going to be sure to leave five minutes for the distinguished senator from delaware who wishes to speak on another matter, but i do want to note as we return for the second session of the 111th congress, the senate last considers the long-stalled nomination of judge b

we also check the talk show host like glenn beck and rush limbaugh. you make a great suggestion. >> host: promises not yet rated including the directing of rebuilding effort from the white house after a a catastrophe, also failing to elect a chief financial officer. >> guest: yeah, we left two promises open. only after a major domestic disaster can we really measure those? we chose last week as we were finishing up rating all of the promises not to rate those. we think we have to wait until there is an opportunity for the president to act in that case. >> host: and we'll show you polititfact top 10 promises. we'll take the last call. it's pam on the line. you're on with bill adair. go ahead. >> caller: yes, i'm interested in knowing how you rate president obama's performance so far with respect to his promises to curtail free trade and to address the problems we're having. because in my opinion i've been in business for 30 years here in houston. i think that all of our financial problems have to do with those two issues. >> guest: boy, great question.

. >> i remember when the senate went on television thursday senator john glenn went down to the floorasically talked about how members would have to wear their red ties. was that for all members to look better on television? >> there was an idea that you look better on television if you wear a blue shirt when the german parliament was televised for the first time. it is said that in the papers today before, and every single one of the 500 members of the german parliament came in wearing blue shirts, but you can see that they are actually wearing different colored coats, and i think that there will not all look like american anchormen. >> we can look at the gentlemen on the floor during one of the introductory speeches. what can you tell us about him. >> he is a labor mp, and he is responding to what we had this morning, which was the queen came and opened parliament this morning, and traditionally, immediately after the queen makes this speech, mp's from both sides make a speech saying how grateful they were. it shows the queen has come to her parliament, and they, the members, are ve