it turns out that grandpa adela no, warren delano was the american opium king of china.t turns out that franklin, the fortune that sustain the life of franklin delano roosevelt was made through illegal drug deals in china. you can't make it up. but this was the hidden history that i was finding out there on this imperial cruise. folks, if you read this book and you are surprised by what you find, i mean, i am with you because i didn't realize there was this much out there that we didn't know that was still left to be discovered, and i was writing the buck. i wondered why and you might wonder the same thing as to page through it. this is my third book about matters between america and asia of. i have seamen written about a lot of may him over the last 100 years out there in the pacific and after writing my first book, the "flags of our fathers," i wondered what i could do about all of this, so i established the james bradley peace foundations. for the last ten years we have been sending american high school children to japan and china on. they lived there for one year, go

she threw the ball the grandpa. and grandpa threw the ball to my wife, who was a very good athlete, and she threw the ball right over the plate. she works at a cancer hospital in boston. the announcer said that i was throwing the ball with joanna, but she was doing it for the children. she got a lot of applause for that. >> sit over there, we can continue chatting a little bit. what do people not know about this court that you want them to know? the average person that does not understand. >> two things. one is the job of the court -- much more a straight legal job than people think. people think that we decide what we like. that isn't true. i feel like i never decide what i like. very often, these questions are hard, and the law in no -- is not clear. the fourteenth amendment says that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. what does that mean? you cannot be deprived the right of asking a doctor if you're at the end of life to commit suicide? do you have the constituti

we're talking about grandma because she cannot persuade grandpa. but the fact of the matter is we take 465 billion over ten years out of medicare, grandma and grandpa and those who are younger who are looking forward to medicare are going to be affected. i wonder if i may say to the senator from arizona and the senator from oklahoma and nebraska here. it wasn't long ago in response to your question. in fact, it was 2005 when her democratic colleagues sought to -- when we sought to restrain the growth of medicare by $10 billion over five years. and this is what they said. now remember their restrain into to both of medicare by 465 billion spending on a new program and republicans were at the time trying to save $10 billion over five years and a moral document said senator reid, senator dodd, the distinguished senator from connecticut, funding from medicare would be cut. senator rockefeller, a moral disaster of monumental proportion. senator boxer, in the same way compared it to katrina. senator kerry, where passing it on to our seniors. senator levi

there was a time when grandma and grandpa retired and moved in with their kids. you remember that era? i do. it happened in our family and they didn't have any choice. they had to because they had modest jobs and not a lot of savings and they depended on their kids to find a spare bedroom or sleep in a basement that's made over so they've have a comfortable safe place to be. social security changed that for most american families. this bill will change health care for most american families. and the same thing is true with medicare. the critics of medicare and they have been legion on the floor of the united states senate ignore the obvious. they will have the peace of mind to know they cannot affordable health care once they reach the age of 65. 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.

. >> for what my grandpa called because of his life in every part of this land that every american have quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege, we pray to the lord. >> lord, hear our prayer. >> for a new season of hope, will rise to our best ideals and close the book on the old politics of race and gender, group against group, race against race, we pray to the lord. >> lord, hear our prayer. >> for my uncle teddy is called to keep the promise for all the people here even strangers and newcomers can rise no matter what their color, no matter what their place of birth, students with of tuition for college and families without the chance to own a home, for all americans seeking a better life and a better land, for all those left out and left behind, we pray to the lord. >> lord, hear our prayer. >> for my uncle's stand against violence, hate, and war, and his belief that peace can be kept through the triumph of justice and that truest justice can come only through the work of peace, we pray to the lord. >> lord, hear our prayer. >> as uncle teddy once told thousands

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she threw the ball the grandpa. and grandpa threw the ball to my wife, who was a very good athlete, and she threw the ball right over the plate. she works at a cancer hospital in boston. the announcer said that i was throwing the ball with joanna, but she was doing it for the children. she got a lot of applause for that. >> sit over there, we can continue chatting a little bit. what do people not know about this court that you want them to know? the average person that does not understand. >> two things. one is the job of the court -- much more a straight legal job than people think. people think that we decide what we like. that isn't true. i feel like i never decide what i like. very often, these questions are hard, and the law is not clear. the fourteenth amendment says that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. what does that mean? you cannot be deprived the right of asking a doctor if you're at the end of life to commit suicide? do you have the constitutional righ

. >> for what my grandpa called because of his life in every part of this land that every american havecare as a fundamental right and not a privilege, we pray to the lord. >> lord, hear our prayer. >> for a new season of hope, will rise to our best ideals and close the book on the old politics of race and gender, group against group, race against race, we pray to the lord. >> lord, hear our prayer. >> for my uncle teddy is called to keep the promise for all the people here even strangers and newcomers can rise no matter what their color, no matter what their place of birth, students with of tuition for college and families without the chance to own a home, for all americans seeking a better life and a better land, for all those left out and left behind, we pray to the lord. >> lord, hear our prayer. >> for my uncle's stand against violence, hate, and war, and his belief that peace can be kept through the triumph of justice and that truest justice can come only through the work of peace, we pray to the lord. >> lord, hear our prayer. >> as uncle teddy once told thousands and millions, m

grandma and grandpa and those who are younger who are looking forward to medicare are going to be affected. and i wonder, if i may say to the senator from arizona -- and then i see the senator from oklahoma and nebraska here -- it wasn't long ago, in response to your question -- in fact it was 2005 -- when our democrat colleagues sought to -- when we sought to restrain the growth of medicare by $10 billion over five years. and this is what they said. remember, they're restraining the growth of medicare by $465 million and spending it on a new program and republicans were at the time trying to save $10 billion over five years. "an immoral document," said senator reid. senator dodd, the senator from connecticut, "funding for medicare would be cut." senator rockefeller, "a moral disaster of monumental proportion." senator boxer in the same way compared it to katrina. senator kerry, "we're passing the costs on to our seniors." senator levin, "we're going to be hurt by this bill." irresponsible and cruel" said senator kohl. senator reid, senator hillary clinton -- that was to restrain the growt

grandma and grandpa and those who are younger who are looking forward to medicare are going to be affected. and i wonder, if i may say to the senator from arizona -- and then i see the senator from oklahoma and nebraska here -- it wasn't long ago, in response to your question -- in fact it was 2005 -- when our democrat colleagues sought to -- when we sought to restrain the growth of medicare by $10 billion over five years. and this is what they said. remember, they're restraining the growth of medicare by $465 million and spending it on a new program and republicans were at the time trying to save $10 billion over five years. "an immoral document," said senator reid. senator dodd, the senator from connecticut, "funding for medicare would be cut." senator rockefeller, "a moral disaster of monumental proportion." senator boxer in the same way compared it to katrina. senator kerry, "we're passing the costs on to our seniors." senator levin, "we're going to be hurt by this bill." irresponsible and cruel" said senator kohl. senator reid, senator hillary clinton -- that was to restrain the growt

there was a time when grandma and grandpa retired and moved in with their kids.ou remember that era? i do. it happened in our family, and they didn't have any choice. they had to because they had modest jobs and not a lot of savings, and they depended on their kids to find that spare bedroom or let them sleep in a basement that's made over so they would have a comfortable, safe place to be. social security changed that for most american families. this bill will change health care for most american families. and the same thing is true with medicare. the critics of medicare -- and they have been legion on the floor of the united states senate -- ignore the obvious. 45 million americans have peace of mind to know that they can get affordable health care once they've reached the age of 6 56789 they won't lose their -- 6 56789 they won't lose their live savings. they'll get a good doctor and a good outcome. isn't that why we're supposed to be here? why don't we have more support? the republican side of the aisle, all they do is come here and tell us what's wrong with

no disrespect to grandpa. he is in the same boat. and he said that grandma didn't need to worry about her medicare advantage plan because none of the benefits would be cut. but, mr. president, that's not what the director of the congressional budget office, who's often sited b cited by tht of the committee. he said that nearly half of the benefits currently provided to seniors would disappear under the finance committee plan which is much like the plan we're considering. these would include those i was mentioning. so today, mr. president, with senator mccain leading the discussion, we'd like to talk about the medicare advantage plan and why it's such a essential part of this bill. this is a $2.5 trillion bill. that's what it would cost over ten years. and about half it is paid for by these medicaid cuts and the -- medicare cuts and the ones we're talking about today is the medicare advantage plan. i understand there will be an amendment by senator hatch, who i'm sure will talk about his own amendment. he of course was present on the

seniors having to pay for these other new entitlements, so grandma and tkpwra pa are going -- and grandpae going to be paying for that too. if my colleagues insist on doing it, we need to guarantee any new program has a stable and reliable source of funding. medicare cuts in this bill are neither stable nor reliable. my democratic colleagues have spoken at length about how the medicare provisions in this bill will bend the growth of health care spending. that, unfortunately, is far from accurate. if you don't believe me, list ton what the other nationally recognized experts have to say. according to "the new york times," the c.e.o. of world renowned mayo clinic, which we use around here

a lot of grandmas and grandpas have figured it out and they're not going to stand for it. now, the chairman of the finance committee has repeatedly said that this bill will not cut or reduce any guaranteed medicare benefit. that statement seems to ignore what this bill will do to providers. if a medicare patient cannot get into a nursing home, they don't have nursing home benefits. if they can't find a home health aide willing to take medicare patients, they don't have health home benefits. now, the promise for coverage, which you can't get a doctor to see you, is not health care. you don't have benefits if you can't get a provider to treat you and, unfortunately, that's exactly what this bill will do. some of my democratic colleagues have also attempted to justify the medicare cuts in the reid bill by arguing that many of the trade associations representing health care providers have endorsed this bill. they're correct that several washington-based trade associations and their lobbyists have endorsed the reid bill. it's probably worth exploring why some of the groups have