am sure that the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to the service lance corporal graham shaw and corporal liam riley, both from 3rd battalion the yorkshire regiment, attached to 1st battalion coldstream guards. we think of their families and never forget the sacrifice that they have made and the service mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. house, i shall be in contact with the northern ireland parties later today. >> i add my sympathy and condolences to the families of those brave servicemen who have lost their lives in the service of our country. mr. speaker, all our constituents are rightly concerned about transparency, expenses and cleaning up politics. with that in mind, now that it is clear that there was a 50,000 pound fund solely for the prime minister's use at his headquarters, will he explain why he did not declare this in the register of members' financial interests? >> i know nothing about what he is talking about. >> jacqui smith. >> across the country, police officers and their community partners are working immens

south carolina senator lindsey graham joins us. good evening senator. are you crying? >> i'm pretty happy. >> greta: okay you're not crying. >> no. >> greta: what about reconciliation? democrats say it has been used 21 times before. any republicans complaining, quit crying. >> it has never been used this way. it was never meant to be used this way. we need health care reform and better hearing in washington. if our democratic friends don't understand what massachusetts was about, that is scary. scott brown took ted kennedy's seat in massachusetts the bluest of blue states running on the idea that he would be the 41st vote against this massive health care bill. what's their response? to accuse us of crying when they try to it through with 51 votes and ignore the american people by making it bigger. i think they've lost their mind. >> greta: what are the

graham stuart. >> thank you, mr. speaker. health on the is skewed to younger, urban labor voting areas, rather -- [shouting] >> rather than older, rather than older rural areas such as my constituency, which is why they receive more than 1800 pounds per head while the east riding receives just 1200. the prime minister knows it is age, nep

it was always going to beat lindsay graham, susan collins and other republicans with whom we are goingwork. many issues are ideological and many others are regional and practical, so you have to divide the question into different categories in terms of how the senate works and financial services and climate in energy. >> people have taken health care as in modeled everything but it was really an out liar. >> it might have been a catalyst that we did not have a debate in massachusetts about energy policy in the last month or about how to regulate wall street or the other 100 dishes we could go down, then of which raised so i think at the end of the day, we all realize that we have to work in a bipartisan fashion, and in answer to your question that came in from that gentleman, the reason that we kind of drove the price of a barrel of oil up to $144 a barrel amongst other things was a failure to regulate derivatives and the failure to regulate international markets and secondly, that the congress on a bipartisan basis could not pass laws to increase the fuel economy standards of the vehi

as far as republicans, we've got graham, collins and mccain sticking together, senator graham's spokesperson says this is an amendment they'll try to tack on the first available thing that comes to the door. we know the jobs bill could be coming shortly as they call it, so that's a possibility. one very interesting thing, the fact that we're talking about senator webb being on board with this, a former navy secretary, a very important person to have, also members of the armed services committee, to have to -- to have him on board is a big plus as they move forward. jane: exactly what are they asking for? >> this group a few days ago put a letter together to attorney general eric holder to say we remain opposed to the idea of bringing people to the states to try them, people like khalid shaikh mohammed. here's a portion of the letter, quote, as you acknowledge in your testimony before the senate judiciary committee in november, your decision to prosecute enemy combatants captured on foreign battlefields like khalid 145eubg mohammed is without precedence in our history. the challenges do not g

graham stuart. >> thank you, mr. speaker. health on the is skewed to younger, urban labor voting areas, rather -- [shouting] >> rather than older, rather than older rural areas such as my constituency, which is why they receive more than 1800 pounds per head while the east riding receives just 1200. the prime minister knows it is age, not deprivation that is the key driver of health. so why does he put the electoral interests of the labour party ahead of the needs? >> mr. speaker, i just have to say to him, that the evidence is that in his region there are 122 new hospitals and 37,000 more staff. we have doubled expenditure on the national health service so that everyone in our country will benefit. and we are giving personal guarantees to every citizen of this country that will receive cancer treatment within two weeks, that they will be in a position to get an operation within 18 weeks, that they will get regular checkups and at the same time they will be able to see a doctor on weekends or in the evening. the party that is

and so, the fact that joe lieberman is working with lindsey graham, and john kerry has been all over of them are coming together to try to find if a workable, bipartisan structure so that we are incentivizing and rewarding the future and understanding that there is a transition so that we have to make sure the disruptions are minimized as we move into this new energy future. that is going to be vital. so don't give up on that. i don't want us to just say the easy way out is for us to give a bunch of tax credits to clean energy companies. the market works best when its response to price. if they start seeing that dirty energy is a little pricey, clean energy is a little cheaper, they will innervate. -- innovate. they will start to think things through in innovative ways. i want to congratulate john kerry, jolie garmin, and lindsey graham -- and joe lieberman. >> the final question from indiana senator evinan bae. >> let's get your microphone. nice sneakers, by the way. >> thank you. you have to take care of your feet around here. mr. president, you have already addressed this in some

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and south carolina senator lindsay graham followed up yesterday. >> it makes no sense to capture someone fresh off the battlefield and within 50 minutes, read them their miranda rights and lose all the intelligence they possess. >> reporter: but at a senate hearing that same day, f.b.i. director robert mueller insisted no intelligence was lost. >> in the initial interview, we had to determine whether there were other bombs on the plane, whether there were other planes that had similar attacks contemplated, wanted to understand who the bomb maker was, who had directed him. all of that came in the first series of questions. >> reporter: and today, white house officials rejected complaints that they should not have let it be known that abdulmutallab is talking again. >> the reason people were told about the success of these interviews didn't have anything to do with politics. these interrogations are working. they're getting evidence that is actionable, and we're pursuing the right course. no information that was given out over the course of those briefings compromises that in any way. >> r

records left unbroken in this world, no deeds of daring do left to achieve, we bring you the story of graham hughes, the 30-year-old brit is attempting to be the first person in the world to set foot in all 194 countries without getting on an airplane, and to really make it a real challenge, he is trying to do it on pennies a day. annabelle roberts has his story. >> i'm in cuba. >> reporter: cuba was country number 34. his current total is 142, so he is 3/4 of the way through his list to break the world's record. his target is 200. >> all i know is i'm really tired. >> reporter: he has to travel by public transport, never by plane. eat street food and avoid hotels. so far he's been thrown into jail twice. >> in congo they took my t-shirt off me, my shoes and socks and took my glasses. i couldn't see. threw me in a room with mosquitos for a week. i had to pray to god i didn't get malaria. it wasn't pleasant. they thought i was a spy. >> reporter: another low points with way he was turned away at the border for not having a visa. >> i had to go back, get the visa, go all the way back. took me

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records left unbroken in this world, no deeds of daring do left to achieve, we bring you the story of graham hughes. the 30-year-old brit is attempting to be the first person in the world to setoot in all 194 countries without getting on an airplane. and to really make it a real challenge, he is trying to do it on pennies a day. annabelle roberts of itn has his story. >> i'm in cuba! >> reporter: cuba was country number 34. his current total is 142. so he is three-quarters of the way through the list to break the world record. his target is 200. >> all i know is i'm really tired. >> reporter: he has to travel by public transport, never by plane, eat street food, and avoids hotels. so far he has been thrown into jail twice. >> i was thrown in jail in congo that. >> took my t-shirt off me, my they took my glasses. i couldn't see. they threw me in a room for a week. i had to pray to god i didn't get malaria. it wasn't very pleasant. i think they thought i was a spy. when you look at me, i look like james bond. >> reporter: another point was when he turned away at the mr&y having a visa. >> go

you find and the people you talk to on the hill is there more support on the democratic side for graham's>> most definitely and talk to senator graham's people and other people involve in the legislation and they'll tell you they are confident democrats do not want to, at this point, stand forward and basically defend the administration's plans to hold civilian trialser for 9/11 conspirators. there is no appetite for it and whatever appetite there was in congress is diminishing, and you have seen companion legislation, actually now introduced in the house by frank wolf from virginia, already has a handful of democrats, cosponsoring that legislation and i think you will see it move quickly and will see... bill: just so i understand it, based on history and your understanding of the way the hill works when it happens like this based on history, when there is... i don't want to call it bipartisanship and whether we've achieved that, necessarily on this piece of legislation, but is that a signal the white house, that says, hey, find another plan, because, this isn't going to happen, and i'm t

those senators include john mccain and lindsey graham. they want to force the trials to be held in military court. that would create a standoff with an administration that strongly prefers civilian trials. >>> top officials went to capitol hill to make a historic announcement. they told congress it's time to repeal the don't ask, don't tell policy. martha raddatz reports. >> reporter: it was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. the highest-ranking military officer in the nation. who said what no one in his position has ever said before. >> it is my personal belief that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly would be the right thing to do. i cannot escape being troubled by the fact that we have in place a policy which forces young men and women to lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens. >> reporter: admiral mullen's statement ran into stiff opposition from republican senators. >> persons who demonstrate an propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts would very likely create an unacceptable risk to t

they love alexander graham bell's letter to his daughters. alexander graham bell wrote a letter to his daughters about a trip he was on, and he sends -- he had seen a stingray, and he sends his daughters the lips of the stingray and the tail. and he sends them through the mail. and he was a wonderful educator of children and an educator of the deaf. but in teaching children, he felt strongly that they should learn by doing. and here's this example of him -- he wants his children to see what a stingray looks like, and he puts it in the mail to them. c-span: also, there's a letter to his daughter, marian daisy bell, when she was 21. guest: yes. c-span: get your book, if you don't mind. guest: no. what page? c-span: page 161. the reason why, i want you to help me read these jokes. guest: oh, the corny jokes? guest: yes. what was the point of the jokes? guest: he was very busy crunching numbers, so to speak, working on data that had to do with genetics and the deaf. i think that it really was a break from his work. and he loved corny jokes, and h

and i thought of catherine graham, actually when i was reading his piece, because i love mrs. graham who was a publisher in "the washington post". because she had such respect for politics. but real respect for the presidency and for the institutions in washington. and she brought people together from different parties. when i was in washington i had a wonderful working relationship with senator frist. and we were from different parties. but we were always looking for a way in which we could keep moving. >> rose: what happened? >> it's a combination of everything. and in many ways we need more grown-ups there. that break down these barriers, no matter what the differences are in substance. i actually thought today was a wonderful day. because the president got everybody talking, kept bringing them back to substance. i would hire him in a minute as a full professor to run a great seminar but i thought he-- the fact that he kept bringing people back kept trying to break down the ideology to get them to talk about substance t was a good day for washington. >> rose: but at the sam

. >> bret: nina, there is a push, bipartisan push led by lindsey graham of south carolina.nding and put them back into military commissions starting a bill launched tomorrow. >> i think it probably would do the white house a favor, actually, if congress took action, went this route, went a route of saying military -- we should have military tribunals for anybody declared an enemy combatant because i think what's happened to the white house is that they have run up against -- the contradictions of their two predictions are blowing up in heir face. they want to look tough to voters because it's popular to say these guys are righteous murderers. on the other hand, they want to look like they're just and fair and rule of law to appeal to their civil liberties allies on the left. and you can't the two sides aren't ten being. it's not a proper position. they are rightly tied in trying this guy in a court in new york city or a place like that congress would have done a favor to act. >> bret: the administration insists a decision has been made. our reporting has said that pretty mu

and so the fact that joe lieberman is working with lindsey graham, john kerry has been all over thisthe three of them are coming together to try and find a workable, bipartisan structure so that we are incentivizing and rewarding the future -- and understanding that there is a transition, so that we have got to make sure that the disruptions are minimized as we move into this energy future. that is going to be vital. so do not give up on that. i do not want us to just say the easy way out is for arrested just give a bunch of tax credits to clean energy companies. the market works best when it responds to price. and if they start seeing that, you know what, dirty energy is a little pricier, clean energy is a little cheaper, they will innovate and think things through in all kinds of innovative ways. i want to congratulate specifically john kerry, joe lieberman, and lindsey graham, who it probably does not help him for me to compliment him, but has been very thoughtful in terms of how they are approaching the issue. >> final question -- evan bayh, indiana. [inaudible] >> we can get to

senator lindsey graham, a very experienced and still remains a j.a.g. officer in the air force after many years, still goes off to do his duty two weeks a year, he asked him this dramatic question to the attorney gener general: "if we captured bin laden himself tomorrow, would he be entitled to miranda warnings at the moment of capture?" attorney general holder: "again, i'm not -- that all depends. i mean..." he never gave a full answer to that. so, madam president, i thank the chair and believe that we've got to get our heads straight on this matter and cease to be providing the kind of due process rights that american citizens get and provide the kind of legitimate due process rights that a military commission provides. and they are great but they're not the same and they understand that we are at war and it creates a different dynamic in how the cases are processed. i thank the chair, would yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. ms. murkowski: madam president? the presiding officer: would the senator withhold his request? mr. sessions: m

. >> baby graham was breathing, and you can help you can hear help arrive on the 911 take. -- on the911 tape. >> he is doing great. everything is fine, and i could not have asked for anything better. >> that is the craziest thing i have ever heard. >> the baby was taken to parkland medical center and given a clean bill of health. this is their first baby. >> if you missed any of this newscast or would like to see it again, we will rebroadcasted again at 7:00 on wbal plus. >> the governor deploys the maryland national guard to help us get through the storm. >> the snow keeps coming down, and people keep coming out to the grocery store. a live look, next. >> local school systems find a way to save their snow days. coming up, it all has to do with how many hours they set aside for learning. >> maryland and the mid-atlantic region right now under a winter weather us all. it has prompted the state of emergency. >> this note is the big story across a region. a winter storm warning is in effect with blizzard like conditions expected across the mid-atlantic. >> we begin tonight with double-

. >> if i told you that senator lindsay graham is leading the charge to get these terror trials out of civilian court as a former jag officer and a republican, you would not be surprised to know that joe lieberman was a part of this request and that john mccain would be by his side. >> that's all part of the same posse. >> but when these two democrats and possibly joined by evan bayh who mentioned it on sunday joined lindsay graham, i think the president has to take notice. >> obviously, they are part of a bipartisan bill that lindsay graham will be introducing. we're talking about jim webb, the virginia senator and blanch lincoln, the democrat from arkansas. they're going to join him in saying they do not agree that these trials should happen in new york city. interesting point about evan bayh is he seems to be upset about the cost of having it here in new york city. $200 million. >> a year. a billion over five. >> a heck of a lot of money. >> it is a lot of money. so what this group of senators, democrats and republicans are going to do, they're going to try to attach an amendment un

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after a nice, quiet strong market to bring back the benjamin gra graham book, please. what we saw was a return of 2008, hedge funds gone wild. suldly we're learning of credit default swaps of spain. i'm sorry, i would rather know of the credit default swaps of the hedge funds that blew up. i do care about washington and beijing. so hedge funds sold. they sold everything like they did back then. they're piling into cash. that's why your screen looked like it did. does it make sense? they had to, right? maybe it makes sense for next week if the employment number is bad. could be it makes sense if the hedge funds go wild. it took some stocks way, way below where they ever show gone. think at ford at $1.50. was that ford's fault? it was the hedge fund's fault. they can turn in losses for a loes of reasons whiek unnatural ones of hedge funds gone wild. what do you do? you let it play out. look for the same kinds of bargain wes found then. companies that had low yields that became accidental high ones. cisco should have been up huge. you saw that before the market went out o

the wmd commission, joint my shared by senator graham and senator talent, recently issued a report intry, and if you look at this issue closely, what you will see is that prevention is only one part of the strategy of dealing with a biological attack. unfortunately, the ingredients of a bioweapon occur in nature. the difference between the ability to launch an attack and the inability to launch an attack lies in the know how of the person who is trying to carry out the attack. if you have the know how and the capability, you can get the ingredients relatively quickly. not only that, if you get the ingredients, it's virtually impossible for us to prevent you from bringing them into the country. you could fabricate the weaponized version of a biological attack mechanism in a small vial, which we would be very unlikely to cap at the border. if fact, you could infect somebody and send an infectious person across the born did he. so how we deal with biological weapons requires not only better detection, but the ability to respond with countermeasures, effectively and quickly. if you look,

. >> john mccain, lindsey graham and others were asked about the democratic jobs bill, still unspecific jobs bill. this was their reaction earlier at a news conference today. >> i'll be glad to examine it, and we want to work with the president and the democrats, but that means sitting down at the table together. something we have not done yet. >> you can't be this far in debt without both parties working together. that's the problem. we work together way too well in terms of indebting the future generations of the country. >> and, you know, one of the things, steve, to your point about them working together, i talked to a lot of business people who says until small business people have a better sense of what will happen on health care and financial regulations, on all kinds of new laws, they don't feel comfortable with starting to hire again because they don't wlan the climate is going to be like. >> i've heard that for a while. we heard that at an economic summit. i'm sure it's a small factor. i doubt it's a big factor. if there were orders on their books, they'd hire. they wouldn't c

so we are encouraged by the work senator schumer is doing with senator lindsey graham, republican of carolina. we are encouraged congressman luis gutierez introduced a very good bill in the house of representatives, but it really is going to take much more leadership from the president who made a promise quite frankly to the latino community that hasn't been forgotten that he would make this issue a priority in his first year. >> host: let's take a call from louisiana. danny on the line for democrats. you were with janet murguia with the national council of la raza. colcord yes, ms. murguia, i see inconsistencies in your argument. for one thing, it seems the take away from them. if you do make all of these illegal is illegal, they are quneducated, cannot speak english, and all things being equal pay wise, they are going to choose the more educated american worker over them and what we are doing is in fact importing a whole class of welfare people in the end when qtup&. guest: obviously i disagree with that assertion. there is no question in our mind that therei] is enough data out >>

he makes it, will the nfl take kindly to the eye black with the bible versus and preaching at pro grahamf he can't make it into the nfl it's because he can't make a pane grass window with a football. i have about as much chance of being in the nfl as this guy. most nfl owners are roughly to the right of atill a the hun. the idea that tim tebow would have any troubles is ridiculous. he would do just fine. >> thanks so much for your time. enjoy the super bowl bikini and anti-abortion ads this year. >> hey, go saints. that's all i've got to say. >> who dat. >> coming up on countdown, bill o'reilly has been complaining about the daly kos poll that shows rather extreme views are hold by a rather large proportion of self-identified republicans. next on this show, we are headed to new orleans tomorrow. we actually got a little bit of a head start on that today, led by our stom panachs. [ female] olay ribbons body wash shakes off dry winter skin with 2 separate ribbons. the white ribbon that cleanses and the body butter ribbon that moisturizes continuously leaving skin satiny smooth. goodbye dry

somebody will hear eventually that she's been giving money politically to lindsay graham who is the bane of the tea party and here she is once again using her child to try to beat up the white house when it's clear she doesn't care when her political buddies and fox colleagues are far more guilty of the same offense. is there a tipping point in terms of doing damage with those who have supported her in the past? >> well the greatest disappointment has got to be with those mothers who are, families in the same situation as her who thought she would be that advocate. but authenticity, the sort of genuine nature of the unvarnished nature of her is her currency. that's her brand. and the more she has to create problems like this and try and get out of them, the more she's worried about offending certain people the more she looks like another career politician and that is ultimately going to be her downfall. she has to take a stand and stick to it. that's what going rogue would really mean. >> richard wolffe of msnbc author of "renegade" as always our great thanks. >> thank you, keith. >> thi

does anybody out there remember auto graham who two generations ago, three generations ago almost playeden years of professional football, won seven championships or joe montana who won four. we need to basically allow history to run its course because the nfl is not 19 years old, it's 90 years old. >> charlie: when you look at these two coaches does the fact that called well is a rookie coach make a difference. >> i don't think it does, charlie. he has his roots in the joe paternal school. he's a meantee of joe paternal. so i think nothing surprises him. and i think the team follows his lead the same as it did with dungee. it's the same thing with sean paten. i think the team gets sky high and stays extremely motivated and pound up during a game. i don't think either team has an advantage in that way. i would say the one thing i like about sean paten and what he does, he calls the offensive plays and i think he is excellent. as good as anybody in the game right now at in-game adjustments. when he sees a team doing something to him he figures it out just like manning does and what he doe

up several times during the gates hearing, the dod hearing, during a news conference with lindsey graham about the whole question whether any funds should be available to move the 9/11 defendants to the u.s. for trial. so i guess you would have to say, in defense of the republicans, most of them didn't know this information. now everybody knows it. >> and pete, let me ask you what you know about the ticktock here, not of the interrogation that's happening right now, but the interrogation that happened initially. tell us what you know about what he initially said and when he was given his miranda rights, when he clammed up. i think there's a lot of confusion, and frankly, we just are getting the briefing now from the administration about how all this went down in the hours after his capture. >> there is confusion about this. partly because every time the administration explains it, they explain it in a different way. but our understanding is this -- he was arrested on the plane, he was brought to a hospital, because he had burns on his legs because the explosive material didn't explode, i

billy graham. we list a book on thomas gotham, who was from auburn. and we list a book on music. in religion, sports, and music, you have written a book about stealth reconstruction in the south using those venues. 's but i understand, i never knew bear bryant. but supposedly, bear bryant did more to foster desegregation in alabama than anybody else. because he took the alabama football team out of southern california one year. anybody -- sam van cunningham? ran all over alabama. and bear bryant supposedly came back home and said it's time for us to rethink the way we do things. and supposedly, that was one of the turning points spirit is said cunningham integrated the end zone. >> let me say south carolina press at a football team that was strong enough to be any sort of -- [laughter] >> but in any event, this wasn't your question, but i think i want to say it just the same. i think that one of the main problems with politics in this country is that we treat it like a football game. and it is so, so important, and we make such little stuff of it. >> you didn't ask that question.

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. >> wolf, we got a statement from lindsey graham who is critical of the rule and he says that the rulerisk for no higher purpose. he says that i am glad that the policy being reviewed, and it is long overdue. graham says he has legislation prepared in case the review process is stalled and he considers this rule a matter of life and death. one more update on roger hill's case, even though they took over the 12 spies, army investigators learned that all 12 men were released and no one knows where they are now. >> how is that possible that nato does not know where they are? and the suspicion is that they were actually spies working for the taliban? >> i know it is really hard to believe, but that, the reason for that is because nato stops tracking detainees once they are handed over to the afghan authorities and that is the way that the rule is set up, and one of many reasons why this rule is so widely criticized now. now, all 12 of those suspected spies, wolf, were let go and remember they all worked on the base, so that means they were all armed with a lot of information about how the

senator lindsey graham, very experienced and still remains a jag officer in the air force after manystill goes off to his duty two weeks a year. he asked this question to the attorney general. "if we captured osama bin laden tomorrow, would he be entitled to miranda eighth warnings at the moment of captures"? the attorney general, again, i'm not, that all democrats. i mean. he never gave a full answer. madam president, i thank the chair and believe we have got to get our head straight on this matter and cease to be providing the kind of due process rights that american citizens get and provide the kind of legitimate due process rights that a military commission provides. they are great, but they are not the same, and we understand that we are at war, and it creates a dynamic and allocation of process. i thank the chair. >> new york senator, chum schumer, and maryland congress man chris val hollins said they are looking at something in light of a recent supreme court ruling. this was a topic at the "washington journal." the new york post" this morning is "power- play." "with 15,000 tr

and so the fact that joe lieberman is working with lindsey graham, john kerry has been all over this- the three of them are coming together to try to find a workable, bipartisan structure so that we are incentivizing and rewarding the future -- and understanding that there's a transition, so that we've got to make sure that the disruptions are minimized as we move into this new energy future -- that's going to be vital. so don't give up on that. i don't want us to just say the easy way out is for us to just give a bunch of tax credits to clean energy companies. the market works best when it responds to price. and if they start seeing that, you know what, dirty energy is a little pricier, clean energy is a little cheaper, they will innovate, and they will think things through in all kinds of innovative ways. so i want to congratulate specifically john kerry, joe lieberman, and lindsey graham, who it probably doesn't help him for me to compliment him -- [laughter] -- but has been very thoughtful in terms of how they're approaching this issue. >> final question, evan bayh, indiana. >> t

to cross that line and all of a sudden decide as a corporation i want to defeat lindsey graham in south carolina and those corporations are in san francisco, boston, new york city could very well be the single biggest favor you can do for lindsey graham to guarantee the reelection because he will make a huge issue out of that >> good morning. good morning, and welcome, it is great to see all of you bright eyed and energetic. we have a great session this morning. before we start, i thought i would do two quick things of business. last night,çó the illinois campaign for better health care representative decided that he was born to be a little creative -- going to be a little creative. he broke out the words "budget reconciliation process." and then he wondered what words you could not make out of those letters and what words can you make out of those letters. i am going to read what you can can't not do. -- cannot do. you cannot spell the word filibuster. you can't spell out the word pass and pledge. you cannot spell out the word lieberman. [laughter] you can use those letters for pelosi,

he's having a tough like right now, but john edwards talked about this, with two americas, bob graham who is a much more wholesome figure, talking about the one america concept that people feel as if they are being asked to sacrifice something while other people are getting something. if you've looked back to the corp rational behind the obama candidacy, i don't think it's any particular policy or political bend. it wasn't a return of liberalism it was the sense of starting from 2004 convention speech that we're all in this together. if we were not red states and blue states and black america and white america, we could all come together and deal with the core problems. whether that's energy, education system, is he failing their children, the competition with china or india that people are really detecting or the long-term issues are debt and deficit. they want someone who's going to pull the country together to handle these problems. as a country, i would argue that we are like an athlete or team in need of going to training camp. but somebody has too explain to us what the end resu

if you look at the book index we have got -- we've list a book on religion, billy graham, we list a book on thomas auslin, and we list a book on music because in religion, sports and music you've written a book about "stealth reconstruction" in the south using those views. but i understand. i never knew of bear bryant but supposedly bear bryant did more to foster desegregation in alabama and anybody else because he took the alabama football team to southern california one year and what was it, sam the bam cunningham debate kuran oliver alabama and bear bryant supposedly came home and said it's time to rethink the way we do things and supposedly that was one of the turning points. >> said cunningham integrated the enso. >> yes, he did. >> let me say this, south carolina never has had a football team strong enough to be any sort of -- [laughter] but in any event -- this was in the question but i think it is -- i want to say this just to say it. i think that one of the main problems that politics in this country as we treat it like a football game and it is so, so important and we make such

it was always with the lindsey graham, lindsay collins and others. many issues are a logical.any are regional. practical. so you have to decide the question to different categories in terms of how the senate works and financial services, climate and energy. >> people have taken health care as if it were the model of everything that is in a flier. >> it might have been a catalyst in the massachusetts election, but we did not have a debate and the last month about how to regulate wall street or another hundred issues we could go down none of which were raised so i think the end of today we all realize we have to work in a bipartisan fashion and in answer to your question that came from that gentleman, the reason that we drove the price of a barrel of oil up to $144 a barrel amongst other things was a failure to regulate derivatives or failure to regulate international markets, and secondly that the caucus on a bipartisan basis could not pass laws to increase the fuel economy standards of the vehicles we tried so that we went from 20% imported oil in 1970 up to 60% imported oil a

lindsey graham, republican. joe lieberman, independent. john kerry, democrat.t to be a pollyanna about it. it will not be easy. i think we will have a chance to get a bill through in the senate as well. s a lot we have to do, but i hope that it -- as we move theseç things forward, especiay if we get bipartisan support in the senate and especially if the american people see that the republicans are being hypocritical about standing back and not participating and are playing to the fierce, people's fears, as they talk about things that are clearly untrue like death panels and the fears of government involvement, which i çthink people should recognizes absolutely necessary if we are going to cover 36 million people, as our bill envisions doing. w3and holding down health care costs for the future. even getting a reduction in the deficit because of the efforts to hold down health care costs that is not just good for the health care area and the people involved, but it would be a way to get our deficit under control as well. but we have got to get back to being abl

and, so, the fact that joe lieberman is work with lindsey graham and john kerry has been all over this and the three of them are coming together to try to find a workable bipartisan structure so that we are incentivizing and rewarding the future and understanding that there is a transition, so we have got to make sure the disruptions are minimized as we move into the new energy future, and that is going to be vital. so, don't give up on that. i don't want to us just say, the easy way out is for us to just give a bunch of tax credits to clean energy companies. the market works best when it's -- it responds to price and if they star seeing, you know what, dirty energy is a little pricier and clean energy is cheaper they'll innovate and think things through in all kind of innovative ways and i want to congratulate specifically john kerry and joe lieberman and linlind lindsey graham and it probably doesn't help for me to compliment him but has been thoughtful in terms of how they are approaching the issue. >> final question. evan byah, indiana. >> thank you, for being with us, mr. presiden

in just a few moments, todd grahams or acting assistant secretary for management is going to give youhe details of the budget proposals. what we hope you take away from this briefing is an overview of the financial plan for a department and an administration fully committed to meeting the needs of our veterans. with this budget proposal, president obama is sending a signal loud and strong to our citizen soldiers from the greatest generation to the latest generation that we will meet their needs. and we will keep our commitment to them. now, ladies and gentlemen, it's my great pleasure to rich mr. john gingrich and our enormously effective chief of staff. >> mr. secretary, deputy secretary, thank you for your leadership on the budget process. now, it is my pleasure to introduce todd grahams, who took over as principal deputy assistant secretary for management in late november of last year. he also is currently serving as the acting assistant secretary for management and chief financial officer. responsible for the financial management of va's $110 billion budget as well as the departme

assistant chief scott graham.we thank you for taking time with us out in montgomery county. >> well, let's check in with kimberly suitors, she's been in vienna, virginia all morning long. are the conditions getting worse? >> it's beautiful out here, it's just gorgeous. conditions are horrible. you can see a guy, he's trying to clear off his car and he thought it was a nice, snowy day and, boom, he gets hit by those high, heavy winds fast and furious. very uncomfortable. you can see people trying to make their way along route 7, brutal to be out. we were out starting about 3:00 in the morning, it wasn't that bad then. i drove route 66, nobody on there except for a stuck pick-up truck. got into downtown vienna here in fairfax county, really not all that bad, then the wind really picked up and the snow started blowing sideways and coming down hard. joining us is jeff kercher, he's a pharmacist, what are you doing out there. i'm here for vienna drug centers so anybody who needs to come and get their prescriptions they

i am a former colleague of doctor graham also the instructor of the columbia college class that is hereso you can blame me for all the questions. and i had a course, as a journalist i have a three-part or. the first is about you talked about your identity as a father and and obama talks a lot about his identity as a father and responsibilities. you talked about your mother but i was just curious about your relationship with your own father. that's the first of their physical and was i was wondering how much, these are all unrelated, sorry. how much personal time you have spent in obama was doing a book and if you had any kind of reaction for him. and a third had to do with and this is as an instructor, trying to channel students into places where there are jobs, and what's going on here but i was one if you could speak to the advantages and disadvantages of working in the mainstream. i don't think it gets more money and strength and the washingtwashington post, versus a specialty publication or association publication that you do now. so there are three different, separate questions. >>