this is good. the good teams should win on the road, which is exactly what the capitals have been doing. they are looking for their 11th win this season away from the verizon center. >> joe: it is the only time the capitals did not have a lead at any point in time. and washington in the white sweaters. and ovechkin looking for semin there. looking behind him but he trapped it with his knee. >> how great is that. the puck actually pops out and he still didn't know where it is. he is talking to the referee again. watch this shot. watch what happens. he is looking. watch what happens. he is looking behind but it sexually pops out in front. his defensemen shoves it underneath him. knee problems. rebound there. continue had it went in, it would have been no goal for the capitals. quit 1st minute of the 3rd period. the capitals had the lead by #. toronto puts 2 of 3 on the board in the middle stanza. washington a 6-4 win over toronto back in early october. a shoot-out loss three weeks ago. and surrounded

so is it good for the economy? well it is certainly good for the sellers. but the economy than consists of both sellers and buyers. it's not so much good for the consumers, the ultimate consumers of the object here and not the buyers that the recipients of the gifts. so, you sort of imagine after a gift-giving transaction the seller could say to the buyer was a good for you? mosul much. -- not so much. now it's getting a little dreary by now. so i think it is worth contemplating a little bit of the ideal gifts. and with your id is possible to do something better than what i am describing. what is an ideal gift? we'll have our own definitions of this but one way to think about an ideal gift is something that is delightful to the recipient. it's something that maybe they wouldn't have known to buy but it delivers them more satisfaction than what they would have chosen to themselves. so it's something kind of special and opens their eyes to new consumption vistas. now, one level you could ask how's that possible if you think about people as being well informed

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>> he looked good. maybe that impacted some of our other guys and what roll they'll play but we need everybody in the second half, rakim and everybody else to handle the basketball better and do better against the press. >> jenn: thanks very much. tim? >> tim: it's one whale of a staff, really, that al skinner has. pat duquette, mo cassara, preston murphy is on that staff as well. listening to him, you can see there's great concern about their ability to control the basketball. those turnovers really hurt. >> mike: seven turnovers for bc, maybe this is working in a new starter, new times. the three-point shoot willing for the rams, a terrific job there. and, you know, jim baron and his team showed a lot of confidence. they did not get off to a quick start and didn't have a great ending, but with a nice lead here. >> tim: no doubt about it. you can see boston college trying to make it's move in that big play inside on that screen and roll. gave rhode island something to lean on going into the break at ha

he's good. he's good. >> barry: got a man in the air and puts it on the floor with travis. >> marques: oklahoma state is causing major problem. that athleticism and quickness beating stanford to the shot. zimmermann is a catch-and-shoot guy. there's the catch and shoot, and there's the contest. he does something a little bit characteristic of him trying to go off the dribble. >> barry: cowboys with the ball on an 11-2 run and lead it by 5. drives on trotter. zimmermann stepping in taking the charge. >> marques: you have the new rule. you can't wear the rim as a halo. you have to be away from the rim, but the defenders for stanford did a nice job clearing himself from the rim, picking up the body and charge. >> barry: shiller worked on by page. >> marques: good defense for page. all up in his body. >> barry: a spin move on anderson. what a beauty. >> marques: that's what stanford needs to do offensively. it's obvious you're having hard time creating shots for oklahoma state. landry fields will do

climate change is doing some good. it's just not doing very much good. that's what i want us to start being much smarter about what we need to do. we need to realize that climate change is not a hoax. it is not a catastrophe. it is a problem. there are many others which we need to fix what we also need to get back to saying it was going to fix climate change, we need much smarter strategy. global warming is real. it is not our top arty but it doesn't mean it's not a provocative. we need to have a co2 tax. but we should also realize that's not what's going to cut it. we need to focus on smart solutions that and we also have to ask ourselves what do we want to be our generational mission? i would assume most of us actually want to leave this world a much better place. there are many other ways we can do that as well. we need to remember that. and the only way to get to the point is if we call our conversation and had a rational conversation discussion about what should we do first. i hope i helped provoke some of that argument that i'm looking forward to y

a good bounce for washington. nice pass beautifully done. >> phil: he made that pass just at the right moment which an opening occurred between two defenders. >> steve: 8 assists for gilbert. 18 points for antawn. wizards regain the lead by 1. it looked like hollins got away from a shove. how come we can that and the official, who is 5 feet away, can't see that? that's a pivotal play. >> phil: that's a shot >> steve: so the lead seesaws and minnesota by one. a nice screen and boykins cannot convert. hollins wants the basketball. down low with jamison. jefferson short jumper not there. but a good rebound by ellington that time. jefferson inside. gomes. his open jumper is not there. >> phil: the timberwolves were shooting a better percentage to cover the second half points that they had. they were shooting just slightly better. they would have a much larger lead based on the number of possessions. >> steve: again, the wizards regain the lead. a slam by hollins, that gets the crowd up and cheering at the >> phil: tha

alex, good call.

stoirp looks good.e his body in the off-season. >> steve: five turnovers now and three in the last four possessions. >> marques: kansas settles down. maybe some high/low. >> steve: shot clock down to 10. >> marques: a tough shot. nice job to knock it down. >> steve: the junior from burlington, kansas. >> marques: 0 for 6 in the first two games. since that time doing a great job. 53%. >> steve: six straight points by ucla. and that's another turnover. throws it down. 8-0 kansas run. bruins call a time-out. kansas celebrating. this is the big 12 pac-10 hardwood series. >> marques: i talked to bobby hurley his coach before the game. what is the one thing you take away after playing for bobby hurley? steve said discipline. he's shown that in the early stages of his career. >> steve: kansas with the early nine-point lead and coach bill self and ben howland not only proud of their teams but their academics. mustafa abdul-hamid is a walk-on from missouri. he has a minor in communications, a major in global stu

we know dennis is a good guy. he's a good guy. everyone know tiger is a good guy. and tiger needs to come on out and just be a normal human being and everything will take care of itself. i think donald understands that. >> people got to know dennis really strongly on the celebrity apprentice, and he turned out to be not only a good guy but a highly competitive guy. and if you really think about it, you would assume that would be true, but he really i think has shown very well. >> larry: we have one segment left, and we'll and if dennis ever partied with tiger or donald ever partied with tiger. after the break. >> larry: dennis, did you ever party with tiger? >> probably like back in the day when he first came out. when he first came out, started playing golf and getting very good probably in 1996, '97 we hung out a couple of times. >> larry: was he fun to be with? >> he's a great guy. he's a down-to-earth guy. he's not dennis rodman, a wild party guy. he's more subdued, probably smoke a cigar here and there. other than that, i don't see him drinking liquor all nigh

wesley, good morning to you. caller: good morning. appears wanted to let you know, he quit flying commercial aircraft about eight years ago. host: can you tell us who you flew for? caller: what snarle host: yeah. caller: well, i was not a pilot. i mean, i'm talking about as a passenger. host: ok, go ahead. caller: the last time i flew, my wife and i were both completely disabled. i'm a disabled veteran, and every time when we go through, had a little metal clips on my suspenders, and they would nearly undress me and pat me down, and the last time i flew, we actually missed our flights because of all the investigation of me and my wife. host: well, if that happens all the time to you, isn't that the kind of thing where you kind of give yourself, instead of the usual one or two hours, you give yourself three hours -- caller: oh, that wasn't the problem. host: yeah. caller: we couldn't get through the line until they was ready to take us through. and we have to go in a wheelchair everywhere we go in an airport because we can't walk. but

good call by the official.ing in there. >> craig: danny larue, the referee was skating off the line extended, and he gets this one away to keep it 2-2. guys on the ice and seeing it in house at rexall. ovechkin fires, that had to be for staos. green, ovechkin again. >> joe: staios. five on three, 20 seconds now. ovechkin winds, drives, knocked down. this time by strudwick. >> craig: what a warrior, strudwick with the slap shots. >> joe: ovechkin stepping in, fires, didn't get through. looking for morrison. fire and five seconds. ovechkin fires, deslauriers the save. ovechkin, power play time. deflected wide by knuble. outstanding job by the oilers to keep it 2-2 giving up five on three. better than a minute 40. they receive a standing ovation for it. knuble, challenged by staios. still playing the points edition. five on five action dramatic in the third period, all fueled by alex ovechkin's two early goals. around it's gagner, and he will get it out. super work by the oiler penalty killers and recognized by th

good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. become a complete c-span junkie since i'm unemployed at the moment i've got plenty of time to watch you. host: glad you have to, sorry you're unemployed. guest: yes, i agree. caller: well, unfortunately while i was on hold, you answered a lot of my questions. i guess i'm wondering what you would suggest in the wade of campaign finance reform to deal with some of these problems that you've mentioned. i'm especially concerned with seeing senators like leiberman, who apparently are heavily backed by pharmaceuticals and the insurance industry corporations and how they, you know, kind of get poisoned by the money and what you would suggest as a remedy to that. guest: i think you have an interesting challenge in the citizens united case, which is a very important campaign finance case that's awaiting a does by the supreme court. this case was brought daverbs heard by the court last february, and then there was a rehearing back in early september. and this case provides an opportunity to the

are you in good hands? ♪ >> larry: before we discuss health care, let's get the panel's reaction to the record card? >> he said b plus. that's the only possible answer you can give. any president, any time in history, any human being. if you ask me how i am as a husband, a driver, a juggler, a magician, i will answer b plus. higher than that, you're an ass. lower than that, you're pathologically honest. the only possible answer is b pl plus. i would go to a minus if i checked my rear view mirror and that's for all of those. >> larry elder, what grade do you give? >> i would point out the american people had him at 43%, 44% in their latest r poll. if he were run again today, he would not be elected. >> larry: depending who ran against him, right? >> that's true f i ran he would probably get elected. i would give him a d minus on the economy. i like what he's doing in afghanistan. don't like the fact that he put a deadline on it. and regarding our nato allies, yes, they do like hum a lot better than they like

good morning. caller: good morning.intelligible] caller: rush limbaugh is one of the most racist people in america to a black president. only in america could that happen. what is astonishing is that george bush, i felt comfortable during the iraq war, and then for him to keep -- when he had a son that trashed this country, is really astonishing. i appreciate being able to say this on c-span. i tell you why there is going to be a whole lot of good that comes out of obama's administration, no matter what people do or say or lie. host: there was an election in houston for mayor, and if you go to the houston chronicle web site, more details. annise parker wins houston race for mayor, which means she will be the first openly gay mayor in houston. the former attorney was attempting to become the city's second elected black mayor. a lot of anti-gay rhetoric, but apparently annise parker is the apparent winner. more from the houston chronicle dot com. caller from ohio. caller: i think we've reached the tipping point. we may we

caller: good morning. guest: good morning, scott.caller: one question this morning, why can we not do e- verify? too many people in this country' are taking jobs from us and they do not want here. is that fair? guest: i am not an expert on the immigration debate. if you look at the data right now, the challenge is not illegal immigration, it is the very large recession we are in, so, the president's focus has been done economic recovery. we are bringing in ceo's to get ideas on how to get the engine of this economy rolling again. there are a lot of areas that they're going to come up with ideas on. i think that that will be the main focus. host: austan goolsbee, with a master's degree from yale and a ph.d. from mit. he had been a member of the economic recovery board before this. republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. i know the problems that we have out here. the one thing that we have is a lot of debt. i think that the only way that this country can recover is through the engine of small business people. what i sugges

caller: good morning, senator. guest: good morning.ut the health care bill, i was wondering why the republican party did not bring a bill to the floor. guest: that is a great question. four bills offered by republicans. i would have loved to have our bill -- the management of the floor was to start down a road that is different. the payson street act, which you can see on-line, -ío patient's choice act, which can see on- line -- the ideas behind that are well incorporated in upper bill. -- in every bill. would you have is a limited time and limited number of amendments. we have filed hours, but they don't want to vote on how -- hours. filed -- filed ours, but they do not want to vote on hoours. we have a 2500-page bill with 10 republican amendments that will impact 1/6 of our economy. we should of had an open, free for all amendment process. host: will we see you on the floor this weekend? guest: yes, you will. host: will you call again for the meeting of the bill? can you do that? -- the reading of the bill? can you do that? guest: p

that's good, too. it produces good human relations. if you disagree, you know that tomorrow, we may agree. >> we will continue with the supreme court interviews in a moment. visit our web site for information about the nine justices and read about the history of the court at c- span.org/supremecourt. now, more information on this week's series on the supreme court. >> that is not the business judges are in. we do not sit here to make the law, decide who ought to win. we decide who wins under the law that the people have adopted. >> a rare glimpse into america's highest court threw unprecedented and on the record conversations with 10 supreme court justices. and thursday, scalia and ginsberg. get our copy of the supreme court on dvd. it is part of the "american icons" collection. it includes programs on the white house and the capital. one of the many items available at c-span.org/store. >> now, our conversation with justice clarence thomas. he has served since 1991. we met with him in the east conference room at the supreme court build

they're having a good time. it's good. >> larry: were the jacksons always a family that got together, kids with kids? >> yes. we got together with my kids, tito's kids hung out together. >> family day. >> yes, we had family day. so we're no different than any other family. >> larry: and you had a decision to make about this reality series, and you may have been the most hesitant, jackie, of giving up your privacy. i think you were the most hesitant. >> i'm a pretty private person. >> larry: i could tell that. >> yeah. i'm very private, very quiet. i like it that way. i don't like to be in the spotlight, you know, i like to be behind the scenes, more or less. >> larry: so? >> jermaine loves the spotlight. >> no, i don't. >> he loves it. >> no, no, no. >> but that's a good thing. >> larry: needs someone to love it. >> it's a good thing. he is what he is. >> i don't like the spotlight, larry. you know that. the light just finds me. >> see, see! >> larry: you opened your refrigerator those ten minutes. tito, do you

good morning, everybody. in a historic vote that took place this morning, members of the senate joined their colleagues in the house of representatives to pass a landmark health insurance reform package legislation that brings us toward the end of a nearly century-long struggle to reform america's health care system. ever since teddy roosevelt first called for reform in 1912, seven presidents, democrats and republicans alike, have taken up the cause of reform. time and time again, such efforts have been blocked by special interest lobbyists who perpetuated the status quo that works better for the insurance industry than it does for the people. with passage of bills in the house and senate, we are now poised to deliver on a promise of real, meaningful health insurance reform that will bring additional security and stability to the american people. the reform bill that passed the senate this morning, like the house bill, includes the toughest measures ever taken to hold the insurance industry accountable. compa

good morning. >> caller: good morning. steve, i have the presence to say this before i close my comment to the general. i watched the news media report on this war ever since it started. when the first troops went into afghanistan, i believe it was somewhat in the neighbor of tens of thousands. if we put in 68,000, i think the situation in afghanistan would be much greater right now. and no one criticize the bush administration for how they spent all of our resources to iraq. and that burns me up. of as a veteran, i saw friends of mine die in vietnam, when the president didn't do the job that we were sent over there to do. and i just feel like the media in this country takes every negative thing that our president announces and blows it out of proportion. we have sent our troops over there, volunteers, to fight this war because we started something that we needed to do. and i just feel terrible that the media can now criticize president obama. who's only been in office for 12 months. >> host: thank you. we'll get a respons

right now that's a good foul >> mike: real good one. missed them both. here comes daytop with the ball. london warren pushes it. high post, huelsman swings >> derek: they're going to need to knock down some open shots tonight. >> mike: and chris walks i the another travel by chris >> mike: yep. old dough men ondoing a nice job stepping up in thepassing lane >> derek: they are. they are doing a good job of scouting this team, in particular chris wright. they try to force him to his left. chris has to respond and understand that he can't go to his right every time he touches the ball at the top of the key. he has to go to that short mid- range jump shot on occasion >> mike: down low the parks inside to lee, misses the jump hook. he is still scoreless. stolen away and back up and in by marquel de lancey. the flyers continue to be sloppy with it and their lead a down to 1, 10-9 >> mike: chris job son, high post, back tout london warren. london coming off the dribble, trying to squeeze through traffic. so left on -- so 10 left on the shot clock. chris wright'

caller: good morning, c-span. good morning, america. guest: good morning.aller: c-span, it's kind of tough. since 2000 i've been listening to you guys. and lately you guys are -- your republican blood is showing. we had a heritage foundation girl on. and then what i call fox fascist, all they do is tear down the president and the united states and you have her on. host: sir, we invited her as our guest so why don't you ask the question? caller: why does she hate america? i guess that's the sean hasity line, why does she hate america and every democrat? guest: i don't think i've been accused of that before. i take a critical approach to things i discuss. host: linda on our republican line. caller: hello. hello. guest: good morning. caller: i wanted to ask your guest how it was possible that when the politician is giving a speech they manage to find the person who died because they didn't get a letter or the person who -- because their feet was turned off and they're mentioned prominently? when in this case there was a father who was extremely credible and al

i said last night when i spoke books were a good thing. reading was a good thing. it wasn't anything to be afraid of and there was no book in my house and there were many books in my house i was sent free to explore and i was reading a lot of adult books at 12 and 13. also because there were not any young adult books you went from nancy drew to salinger or i don't know, john o'hara, and i never had the idea that i was reading anything wrong because there wasn't anything wrong. they were books and they were to be cherished and they were there for me and the more i explored these books the more i wanted to read. and it's through reading that you become a writer. i don't believe anybody can be a writer who hasn't first and eighth reader. >> how many books are you currently working on? >> currently i am a one project at a time girl. i have to focus in and it's very hard for me if i can't do that. i only take on one project at a time. >> how many ideas are in your head? >> i don't know. i'm not sure. i never know. it's interesting usually based on the back burner for a

good morning. >> caller: good morning. dr. fauci, a polio survivor. i acquired pali given 1961 when i was 2-years-old. and i am now being affected by the post polio syndrome and i have three questions concerning polio immunization practices. the first is our troops are being exposed in afghanistan to people who have had polio either as carriers or people who have been given the disease and ramifications of the disease. our our soldiers and marines still being immunized for polio, and are they able to be carriers back into the current populist? because i knew a big frustration with folks at the nih is a lot of parents are not immunizing their children and soldiers acting as carriers. my second question is rotary international and many other people are funding the polio immunizations but using the vaccine that in essence does allow the naysayers to say instead of one in a million chances of getting the polio vaccine actually they are immunizing to give you the disease so that seems to be something that we need to correct. and third i didn't know i had p

they will lose their life savings and will get a good doctor, good hospital, and a good outcome. isn't that what america's all about? isn't that why were so as to be here? why don't we have more support? or republican side of the aisle all it does is come here and tell us what's wrong with the idea of health care reform. this morning's "washington post" has an article which i hope some of my republican colleagues will read because it talks about a lost opportunity which the republicans have. we've invited the republicans from day one to be part of the conversation about health care reform. senator enzi from wyoming is one who assiduously gave every effort, spent 61 days trying to reach a bipartisan agreement and failed amah but at least he tried. i commend him for trying. too many others on the other side didn't try. stephen pearlstein right one can only imagine how republicans could have rationed health care reform legislation in the senate. without question, they could've won what deficit reducing cost savings of medicare by setting limits on spending growth, reform in the way

>> it's really good.w you have a lot of opportunities to grow up and have a good life and have a good job and have a house that's stable. >> larry: how about living in new houses? do you like that, tyler? >> uh-huh. the houses are stable and protective. >> larry: queen, you were quoted as saying that the kids at the school are like the ones you knew growing up. in what way? >> because i come from basically from a lower middle class neighborhood, if not lower than that. you know, i knew a lot of kids who have family issues, whether it was drugs or alcohol in the house or whether there was abuse in the home or whether they just lived below the poverty level and their parents really struggled to put just food on the table and clothes on their backs. so i know to see a lot of kids like who have gone through that at this school, don't be fooled by these guys right now. they're being very professional on tv, but they're so amazing. i mean, these two, they both play saxophone, this guy's in student government, t

caller: good morning. host: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: i have basically four quick questions, and then i'll take the answer off the air. my first question is, initially in your statement you said that in the future these jobs would impact us. my question is, have you approached manufacturers and other people to find out if they are really interested in accepting your product, and how far down the line would it intact us, since right now we are in such a job crisis? my second question would be -- host: caller, let me stop include and get back to the second question. we can keep things more orderly that way. mr. filsinger, anything on the first question? guest: yes. manufacturers, some of them are members of the coalition. so yes, we have spoken to many manufacturers, and many of them are on our coalition who are seeking funds so they can move forward in getting some of these things done. a few examples of that are -- one is a manufacturer of more efficient components for the transmission system, which can potentially cut electricit

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we are out of time so good night. before we get into our discussion with this talented bunch, let's take a look at the film everyone is talking about. here is a segment from "nine." ♪ >> larry: i was fortunate enough to see "nine" last week. my quote is "nine" is a ten. it director is rob marshall. how did you assemble in cast? >> oh, gosh. i guess piece by piece. i never would have imagine we would have this cast. >> larry: who was the hardest to get? >> the man in the middle. >> larry: did you resist it, daniel? >> you can't resist him. he is irresistible. >> larry: did you like this from the get-go? >> yes. it wasn't -- at the time it was when he found me we had just finished -- my wife just finished making a film in the states. it wasn't a good moment for me to transplant everyone somewhere else. >> larry: so why did you succumb? >> him. >> and these lovely ladies. >> larry: and the script. kate, how did they get you? >> i auditioned for rob? i sang first and it was kind of old school. i sang and i got a call back

good. good insight. write down on the piece of paper what grade you would give to congress for its performance this year. what grade would you give congress. ok. anybody give them an a? b? one b. that was my highest grade in college. ok. how many c's? i have one, two, three, four c's. how many d's? four. and how many f's? two. ok. what is wrong with congress? go ahead. >> they are dysfunctional. they don't listen to the population. they have their own agenda. they don't respond to anybody who has a different opinion. they work on things which are not important to moving us forward. they should be working on the economy. they work on health care. what is the most important thing? a nation's power is economics. everything emanates from economics. if we are not a strong country we will not have health care and defense. >> tim. what is wrong with congress? >> they are politicians. that is wrong with them. i am being serious. areareer po. a lot of the guys are people who have been in congress and that is the

that's no good.shington still looking for its first field goal, 0 for 5. >> phil: again, this is what they want. this is what they do. they have the small lineup. they want to push the ball, get quick shots. averaging 85 shots a game. third most in the league. so this is right to their liking right now. >> steve: last summer, #th -- 7 7th overall pick in the draft. steff curry from davidson, another field goal, and fellowship saunders will take a -- and flip saunders will take a timeout to keep this situation from getting out of hand and the wizards digging too deep of a hole in the first quarter. monta ellis and his pregame routine. >> steve: two, one from half court, and one from the baseline over his head. they were not doctored. >> phil: you talk about guys loving the home court advantage. monta ellis fifth best in points per game at home after 27. about three or four points above his average. he's an explosive player. i said he was first in the league in steals. let's me correct that. second in

. >> steve: he had a good week in practice.th gordon out he7v$nhç gettina lot of playing time and his confidence, he knows he is going to get minutes now. >> marques: i'm not going to name names but talking with people close to the program they are not sorry to see drew gordon go. they liked him as a person. they thought his attitude was a bit of a distraction to the basketball team. it's going to mean more minutes and opportunities for guys like morgan. >> steve: anderson, it doesn't go. markieff morris. >> marques: their style of play is geared to their talent. >> steve: life is about fighting through challenges. >> marques: i don't care about the nba. i'm not preparing for the nba. i'm preparing guys to play here. >> steve: tyshawn taylor with an oy six points. he's been averaging seven per game8yg this year. >> marques: and it gives you an idea of the balance and talent of this basketball team. >> steve: 14% from three-point range in six games this year. there's collins missing. anderson gets it, throws it away. thomas robi

host: good morning, everyone. we want to begin with a debate happening in the white house as well as between democrats and republicans on what to do with that extra tarp money, troubled relief asset -- troubled asset relief program. what are your thoughts? here are the phone lines -- host: frontpage of "the washington post." obama preparing new push to add jobs and tackle deficit. the story continues in a "the washington post." host: that is "the washington post." your thoughts -- pay down the debt or create jobs? the jobs . what kind of jobs? caller: yes, good morning. for certain, infrastructure. i also am very interested in the electric grid and anything that we can do to eliminate importing oil. there is plenty of avenues available if the people will get busy and start creating jobs. i don't feel it is that important to have money to pay down the debt just yet when people are working and paying taxes, that will also help pay down the debt. right now we need jobs. holst, when do you think the president should t

. >> good morning. i don't love to spend time outside of the school district talking to large groups of people, but this one i was particularly interested in because people said that it was the economist, and i was going to be talking to a lot of economists, and i think that economists have indiana credibly -- incredibly interestingic sight into public education that we need to tap into more. right now in particular i believe that in this time of significant financial crisis in this country with all of the talk about stimulus packages and bailouts and that sort of thing what's miss anything the conversation -- missing in the conversation is the need to focus on schools because i believe that in the long term we are never going to regain our positioning in the global marketplace until we fix the problems of public education in our country. if you look at any of the statistics and the 2006 the last result on indication of this, we were 23rd amongst oecd nations in terms of our mathematics achievement whic

good luck to everybody.applause] i hope you all get a little bit of sleep working on this project but not too much. i hope you all still speak to each other when you're done. thank you. >> back at 1:15. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> so a lunch break now at american university's campaign management institute. they will resume about 1:15 eastern time this afternoon. as will our live coverage at that point. the next seminar a discussion on campaign finance planning and major donors. again that at 1:15 p.m. eastern time. our live coverage will continue then here on c-span2. now, a 2009 review of health care, from today's "washington journal.". >> host: julie rovner of npr we keep hearing when the issues like public option and abortion will be big issues to tackle. what are the other issues that will have to be meted out when these two bills meet together? >> guest: a lot of people think the biggest issue will be how these bills are financed. remember the preside

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good morning. caller: good morning.nt is doing a wonderful job to resolve an on-going issue of that, being there from the previous of this government and he has just like, you know just like the small pieces that the outreach is being done and all the other things being done and i think transferring the prisoners is just one small piece in a big puzzle. it is a very big task to clean up something he did not start. he has gone through many different avenues and i'm not going to say i know all of them but he's been trying all along. had made the commitment and i felt he was very honest making that commitment to resolve this issue. which is just a bad press for our country. so i think this is a small piece in the puzzle. i think over all, he is listening to our voices and he does agree with the fact that this has to be settled in a judicial way one way or another and i want to thank him for all his hard work. host: preview of an option editorial by vicki kennedy the widow of the late senator ted ken different she writes te

good morning. to call this a healthcare bill is a miss no , er. we will not and cannot ever have decent healthcare whenever this is a profit margin involved. that is the bottom line. how good could it be for us? loopholes lurk. >> buried in the financial regulatory overall is a position that appears to do one thing. one of a number of excemptions allowing customers#Ñ aiming to overall the nations regulatory kate evering to members of the military in their family. the managing bettlelheim. let us know where you are. >> waiting for a congressional caucus. including in that is a potential expansion of the medicare to folks 55 and over. until they get the numbers, lawmakers really don't want to add advance this debate too much furnler. >> how popular is the expansion of healthcare? >> we are getting preliminary response. not very detailed sometimes 30% or more lower. they are reamly upset. some of them cut deals. they are dealing like the post will be moved. host: how significant were nancy pelosi's co

>> that's actually a good question. >> where's it from?ey're from argentina. >> i've never seen one of these. >> larry: i haven't either. >> that is a big question about them, what exactly is this bird. this bird looks kind of like a vulture. has the long legs like a stork, but they're most closely related to a duck. >> larry: a duck? who named them the screamer? >> they're named after the sound they make. they make a loud screaming call that can be deafening when there's a flock of them. in the swamps, they'll scream to attract a harem of females. >> larry: i do the same thing. >> once they do that, they protect them with these. they actually have weapons that have spurs on their wings. see these spurs -- >> look at this, larry, i've never seen this. look at this spur. look at that. >> larry: yeah, a spur. beautiful. >> oh, shoot. you got it again. >> that is sharp. go ahead and touch me if you don't believe me. >> larry: i believe you. bye, screamer, eat some corn an get out of here. you're making me nervous. >> i think he likes corn. >>

good morning.love what everybody has had to say on your show this morning. i think the whole thing is ridiculous. i don't see where it's going to help any of us, any of us lower income people who used to be middle class people. i can't afford part b on my medicare. so i don't have part b. i have a sick daughter who probably has over $80,000 in medical bills. doesn't have insurance. took over six years to get my daughter diagnosed with something pretty simple. and the whole thing is a mess. it's disgusting and it's a mess. and i'm against abortion on all of this. i would never go have one. i don't feel i should have to pay for one. host: texas, jerry on the republican line. your thoughts. caller: good morning,ç greta. i believe it's both corrupt and unconstitutional. corruption, of course, is defined as the dishonest exploitation of power for personal gain, and -- would fall under the equal protection clause. these people are just -- they just amaze me with their gall.ç it'sç unbelievable. host:

good morning. host: happy holidays. the most important to me was the situation with a and bin laden when we have the mentor bora -- when we had him in the torah borah, we pulled our special forces out. this was under bush. if you go back a little ways and realize that after 9/11, the only plane that was allowed to leave the states was to let the bin laden family leave the country. any investigation would have held them for more information. but the bushes were in business with the bin laden family. and then about the segment of the police in afghanistan. host: the training of the police in afghanistan? go ahead. caller: they are all heroin addicted. i mean, we trained the etoile event in the first place. favre host: political stories of the year -- host: favorite political stories of the year, here is mike, go ahead. caller: yes, on the health care deal, i guess i have a hard time understanding why the democrats feel that -- or anyone can feel that this health care beabill, increasing it by trillio

good morning. it is early. good morning and.[laughter] my name is hillary show then i am the director of the naacp washington bureau and senior vice president for advocacy policy for the it naacp. we're glad you're here as we focus on the crucial civil-rights issues of the difference between crack cocaine and powder cocaine sentencing laws and how those lines have become so obvious and prevalent and undercutting of the trust and integrity of the criminal justice community needs to be successful to carry out their responsibilities and our community. so we're on the senate side to talk about legislation to begin addressing those disparities and with us is an esteemed a group of experts from different segments. what of the things that is great from the particular group of individuals rehab as some bold this a a very well how to for you will see their perspective. people that lead to the far left, right, democrats, repu blicans cover religious activists and those that are agnostic but the bottom line is that they all agree on one is

i will be listening for good dancers.don't want to just brainstorm -- i will be listening for good answers. i don't want to just brainstorm at 30,000 feet. the want ideas that will spur job growth as quickly as possible. i want to be cleared, we will not overcome the unemployment challenge in just a few well hours this afternoon, but i assure you there is extraordinary skepticism that any discussions like this can actually produce results. i am well aware of that. i don't mind skepticism. if i listened to the skeptics, i would not be here. but i am confident that we will make progress. i am confident that people like you, who have built thriving businesses or revolutionized industries were brought cities and communities together and changed the way that we look at the world, innovated, created new products, that you could come up with additional good ideas on how to create jobs. i am confident that the spirit of bold, persistent innovation has gotten through -- has gotten our country through its darkest hours. we still ha

so he had a pretty good view of what was going on. did you at the time -- you said you thought he was up to something. but it sounds like you thought he could have been trying to light a cigarette. >> no, it wasn't a cigarette. as you look at it, you don't have a clue -- the first clue. things happen very fast. at the time, you look at it, first thing that comes to your mind is, it can't be. and then you try to get control of it. i'm more scared now getting out of the plane and knowing everything what i know now than when i was in the plane. >> so now you have a better sense of the -- could have been a terrorist attack? >> yes, yes. we were able to handle it better that way. i think people did a marvelous job. so did the crew. >> thank you so much for giving us some clarity on this. this is a matter of a great concern to everybody around the country. but we are dealing with very little information. your firsthand information is remarkable. we're very happy you and the other 278 passengers on the flight were able to land safely. thanks

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faith and i was acting in good faith.ece where you think you're right and the other guy is wrong. but basically i don't see a large return to bipartisanship and i do think if the republicans got three or four seats in the stratp in 2010, which i do not'd and they have enough for the filibuster. >> we have been talking about partisanship and participateship and also the question about tablt? >> tom keane, former governor of new jersey, told me when they was an acre in washington, his father was the ranking member on the ways and means committee when wilbur mills was the chairman. and every sunday wilbur mills would stop and have a cup of coffee with his father to talk about the problems they faced in the week ahead and ways to deal with those problems. [inaudible comment] >> that was pretty good. >> and is there some -- has there be son some basic decline in civility that is separate from this question that we have been talking about of partisanship that may also be part of the equation? >> well, yes, there has been, but w