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this week's book of the week is "if kennedy lived" by jeff greenfield.ersary of jfk's assassination, this is the book to read. an intelligent often haunting book about what america and the world would have looked like if john kennedy had lived. spoiler alert, according to greenfield, no vietnam but no civil rights act either. it's a clever, moving book. and now for the last look. last week a u.n. report suggested that piracy off the coast of somalia has dropped to the lowest level in seven years. the decline credited to improved policing and prosecution and better security and information sharing. one scottish merchant navy officer reported this week there may be additional reasons for the drop. britney spears. the officer told a u.k. paper that blasting songs like britney spears' "hit me baby one more time" is effective in deterring approaching pirates. this isn't surprising. loud noises have successfully fended off pirates in the past and repetitive music has used as an interrogation tactic for years. one operative at guantanamo reported that among oth

. >> reporter: jeff greenfield is another liberal who discerned a new jfk in the speech. in his book "if kennedy lived" greenfield concludes that among other things kennedy would never have escalated the vietnam war. >> it's the start, i think, of an effort by kennedy to begin to reform the way americans think about the world. it's not just us against them and one of us is going to win. >> why did the liberals consider jfk's person, politics and legacy so available to them? >> well, i think some of it is just wishful thinking. some of it is dishonesty. just distorting what happened. >> reporter: stoll notes just two weeks after his call for harmony, kennedy gave another, even more memorable speech. >> he showed up in berlin, the front lines of the cold war, and he said anyone who thinks we can work with a communist, let them come to berlin. >> there are some who say that communism is the wave of the future. let them come to berlin. >> so which was the real jack kennedy? >> the berlink that really represents the real john f. kennedy. >> it's not only about a loop he faces

and jeff greenfield joins us. he is a political analyst and author of a new book "if kennedy lived." he's written about politics all his life. jill abramson is the executive editor of the "new york times." he also has written a piece that's gotten a lot of attention in the "new york times" book review called "an elusive president." and joining us from washington, michael beschloss. he is a presidential historian and regular contributor to pbs newshour and nbc news. i am pleased to have all of them here this evening to reflect on president john f. kennedy. let me begin with jill abramson because she wrote a piece that captured my attention and set out to talk about 50 years of books being written about this man. give me a sense of what we know and what these books tell us and whether-- because i'm fascinated by the fact-- that you think a great biography remains to be written. >> i think a truly great book about john f. kennedy remains to be written. >> rose: even though there's been 40,000 written. >> i know. more

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the twenty four hours a day still to come this hour our first steps to freedom some of the bailed greenfields activists are reunited with their loved ones on the destiny for the rest of the optic thirty gangs still hangs in the balance our special report on the oil platform storm in cases just ahead for me. but first the states are on their way to launching their own drone program that's after leading members of the bloc signed an agreement to invest in new unmanned aircraft technology plans are alarming activists who say it's difficult to determine whether the drones would be used only for peaceful purposes. but has this report. well that group has been dubbed drone club and their intention is to develop a new generation of unmanned aircraft over the next ten years now the reason that they're doing it this is that they believe they're being left behind when it comes to drone technology by countries like the united states and israel currently both britain and france do operate drones they use the american built report drone interesting lee enough though germany has said that they are opposed

there was an earlier recurring problem for greenfield wrote.he south bay freeway is looking great with no problems. 24 minute drive times for the golden gate bridge. >> the bay bridge and the westbound ride, no metering lights or backups. the san mateo bridge is looking great and we are still holding at 11 minutes. >> two cats are dead after they were snatched from their san francisco bay. the owner is a homeless woman known as "cat lady". police say that on monday afternoon, the suspect came up to the woman at pier 14 and grabbed all of her belongings, including a cat carrier that held both cats-- and tossed them in the water. firefighters were able to from the bay, but the two cats had drowned. people who know the woman say they are horrified and >> i think that is just terrible. >> she is known around here. she is a sweet lady. that is not how we take care of people out there. she is homeless, come on. whoever did this, this is, >> animal control now wants to review nearby security cameras that may have captured the crime. the suspect is des

coming up next, jeff greenfield imagines how a second kennedy administration would have governed had the president not been shot. the author presents his thoughts on how kennedy would have run his 1964 presidential campaign and deliberated upon vietnam, the war and civil rights. the program is 45 minutes. >> good evening, it's nice to be back. it's really nice to have c-span back as well. and that often say that as a kid i had two passions, one which was based on the other one was politics. and that they would've had c-span and espn when i was a kid, i never would've left the house. [laughter] so they may run this and i want to apologize in advance for taking a huge chunk of the audience in this happens. but i like to start by reading you something from this book because it sets down my notion of why history is even done. a lot of historians have said that in sunday's "washington post", a pretty prominent historians as what i would regard as taking my book seriously and he doesn't agree with all of this, but he is a real historian treating an amateur historian seriously and that is r

--n the thomas greenfield linda thomas greenfield recently did a lot of good work on this and has established some good programs within the department, but i believe there is more we can do. i look forward to working with you on it. it is important we have a dialogue about this. there is an opportunity for us to build on what the foundation we have now. the fosters programs are wonderful, -- the fellowship programs are one tool. chairman, andmr. thank you again for being here, and your willingness to serve in this capacity, and we appreciate you having family members share. when people bring their children , they usually get dealt with in a much easier way, but i do not think that will be an issue today anyway. we talked a little bit in our office about the fact that you have certainly done some very contributedd and a good bit in the public arena. one of the questions is with your years of experience, if you will, emmie into the state department. where change happens very slowly, if at all. many of the bureaucrats there, as you and i both know, when someone like you comes in, they say heathe

this week's book of the week is, "if kennedy lived" by jeff greenfield. this is the book to read.ntelligent often haunting book about what the world would have looked like if john kennedy had lived. no vietnam but no civil rights act either. ke clever moving book. and now for the last look. last week u.s. report suggests that piracy off the coast had lowered. one scottish merchant navy officer reported this week that there might be additional reasons for the drop. ♪ oh baby baby >> britney spears. blasting songs like "hit me baby one more time" is effective in deterring pirates. loud noises have successfully fended off pirates in the past and repetitive music has been used as an ininterrogation pack ticket for years. among others, ♪ i love you, you love me >> i love you by that cuddly purple die dinosaur barnie was useful. "slim shady" played for days. >> the u.s. army played music. to smoke out man well noriega in panama city while in the 1990s. the fbi used nancy sinatra "these boots are made for walking" to try and force leader david kuresh out of the waco compound. just last w

jeff greenfield is the author of if kennedy lived and he says things would have been very very different. >> one of the ways to see what happened is to look at what almost happened and try to figure out why history went in this rather than that direction. what was it about the character of the leaders or the decisions being made, that took us down one path or another. and i find it end leslie fascinating. >> i was a bit young err than you, but i do remember there were a lot of people that ask the question, what would the world have been like, what about vietnam, these are the things you write in the book, talk about what you think it would be like? >> here is a perfect example. there's no question that lynn don johnson his mastery, his understanding of his fellow southerners and the fact that he had the emotional punch of the kennedy mar tor come was a powerful combination, that got that civil rights bill passed. richard russell of georgia senator who led the segregation said we could have stopped john kennedy on civil rights, we couldn't stop lindon johnson. do i think eventually like t

i grew up in greenfield, puritan area. went to the lehigh. i'm curious, what's that like no? >> yeah, again, you're talking about a lot of the neighborhoods in detroit are sort of unrecognizable probably. i don't know when you were last back there. >> fifteen years. >> yeah, so i mean my father for instance, when he first moved to detroit from italy in i guess the early '60s, he live lived in this neighborhood that was very german and italian, around seven-mile -- one of the things i did when i moved back was to drive back to the old neighborhood within. the house he lived in was gone. the neighborhood was completely unrecognizable. again, going back to what i said earlier, that's part of the problem. you can look at "the new york times" and read about these amazing developments that are happening in the downtown area. a lot of the skyscrapers that were completely abandoned when i moved back in 2009 have been picked up for a steal by developers like dan gilbert of quicken loans, and they're moving people downtown. is really exciting. but you go to neighborhoods like a neighbo

i keep thinking about jeff greenfield's book. what if he lived? he did live. that day i was at holy ross and i was checking my mail and i just had lunch and somebody said he was shot and i went to history class and the teacher, the professor let us out. we used to get three cuts. he said you won't get a cut if you go. we watched cronkite the rest of the afternoon. i haven't been able to put it together soon. we never got over it. he looked at me and said i think that's true of a lot of people. >> i want to talk about your documentaries. the first clip is le tisha bald ridge talking about in the white house. >> the whole white house staff couldn't believe what happened. they walked around on tiptoe, no noise in the hall. the halls were always noisy and full of laughter and teasing and started greeting each other. not a sound. >> i interviewed a bunch of women off the record when i did my book years ago and kennedy and nixon. it never comes across the news conference is how much fun everybody had. he would bop around saying hello to everybody. he was relaxed abo

i recommend it, "if kennedy lived" by the great jeff greenfield.hanks for coming on, jeff. >>> "let me finish" tonight with this. i'm down here in miami for the miami book fair international, and i've been speaking to groups large and small about my book, "tip and the gipper: when politics worked," and about the choice this country faces today. if we want our political leaders to compromise and move the country forward or continue to bark at each other? based on what i know about politics, it's just as easy for working your politics for getting something done, as for getting nothing done, which is what's been happening. if a democrat wants to deal on the budget, he should blame the republicans for changing entitlement programs. if a republican wants to deal, he or she should blame the democrats for plugging corporate loopholes. the key to dealing is to tell the public the honest truth, that a failure to deal itself, a failure to meet this coming deadline of december 13th on the budget is bad for the country. it will lead to another threatened gover

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belgariad endless greenfields people in traditional dress. the region of the day as a natural paradise where time seems to have stood still. people have always worked in the fields. as a family a mother a grandmother and two children. it's midday the sun is scorching more than thirty degrees. apart and it's getting hard little one. seven and his sister hayley nine to school today then they did here. the no one to see whether the situation is normal not. it but these little children the punishing them like this making them work so hard when life are they going to have . a future will they have. near the border with greece during the two thousand just this little village experienced an unprecedented period of growth area became the gateway to europe hundred number dreamed of construction tourism and development then the belgariad became a member of the e.u. since then things aren't quite right in the region of a. kid which of you are going to work in the fields after class go on raise your hands. but what was or in this fourth grade class the a

jeff greenfield -- >> guest: he has written a book. exactly.it would be fun to do it and to think about it. he lost 1960. he was reelected to the senate and 58 so he would have been in intel's 64 and my guess is he would have run for re-election in the senate and maybe he would have tried in nixon's late years. but independent testing of positions would have been her first? the lee harvey oswald once told his wife that he was going to assassinate vice president nixon on a trip to dallas. isn't that interesting? when nixon was told about kennedy's murder he was really shaken up. all of his key aides said maybe it was going through his mind, my god that could've been me if i would have gotten a few more votes here and there and had been elected president. >> host: for oswald it was not political. the same way with hinckley because hinckley had stalked president carter as well. it wasn't political. there was a political dimension to oswald that hinckley -- oswald had been always looking for something, looking for something and that is what got the

that i came from athens georgia last evening because yesterday we cut the ribbon on a brand-new greenfield feet,y, 850,000 square 1400 people strong when it is fully operational at the end of next year and these will be smallbulldozers and excavators that were formerly only produced in japan. regardless united states for several reasons, one, we can compete from a base year. two, we like the port system near and a lot of that production will stand the u.s. and a lot of that will be exported to south america and europe. we feel there is a very good condition a very good to not only build your but compete from a us-based. a year ago we did the same thing in victoria texas, south texas. these are very large machines. 40 to 50 ton machines. it also came in from japan and we will be building is the first time in the united states and exported to south america. some of that is coming back to the u.s. and i'm very happy and proud of that is the u.s. manufacturing company. in fact, we spent about $6.5 billion in capital expense in the last five years in the united states. we invested heavily here.

. >> in fact, so romantic that at least two authors, stephen king and jeff greenfield, have written bookshave been had kennedy survived. >> exactly. in fact, i talked to both when they were writing the books. it was fun to think about what if. >> what do you think would have been? >> i think it would have been different. there's no question. on the one hand, i got to say for lbj, the guy i knew when i was 24 years old and who i have enormous affection for, i'm not sure that jfk would have been able to get the civil rights bill through the congress. would he have been able to get voting rights bill, medicare. i think lbj had a brilliance with the congress that jfk wouldn't have. but it's very possible that jfk was a more rational person than lbj. it's possible when the war was spiraling out of control, he might have said enough and he might have cut it short earlier. that would have made such a difference in the country. but we don't know. he might not have. >> make sure to follow me on twitter. check out our show page at cnn.com/thelead for videos, blogs and extras. we also have a page on

we lived in greenfield which is a town of 600 people. it was a beautiful town up in the foothills. in the fall, a lot of people used to drive through the town. down the road from us was a fellow named oscar. he was in his late 70's. he was still a farmer. he was working on his fences monday and this huge black suv pulls up with texas writes. this fellow gets out and he has this huge hat, big cowboy hat. he walks up to oscar who isn't as big and says, sir, this your farm? yep, oscar says. he says, you lived here all your life? oscar says, not yet. [laughter] he says, how big is your farm? oscar says, that is a big question. he says, if you go down the road here, you will see a birch tree. go up that little ridge there and you will find a stone wall. then you cross that stone wall to a bunch of trees and come down there and come up here, that is my farm. he says, well i am from texas. i can get in my car and drive all day and only be halfway across my farm. oscar says, yep, used to have a car like that myself. [laughter] [applause] applause from the press? i will tell one more story.

so the deal actually gets is quite far and since ethan into greenfield. it's not the final green. it will be but the steps to be taken what we can find more safeguards to make sure that iran does not have secret weapons but the turn and turn zeal and of course not just the iranians that are crying victory coming out of those talks in geneva. visit the temple the moment the incursion. relations with iraq and our efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation in the wool you all. tsonga iran has agreed to keep concealed weapon. it's clear it's been a guiding star in the new kennedy steve young people with medical document on the vaulting into weapons no signal. the saudis by the way this monday reaching a twenty four hours silence with a written statement on those nuclear talks. if there is goodwill than this agreement could be an initial step towards reaching a comprehensive solution for iran's nuclear program. that lead to the removal of weapons of mass destruction especially nuclear weapons from the middle east and arab gulf reaction to that reaction possibly could on the part of the s

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and later, jeff greenfield, author of "if kennedy lived, imagine how a second administration would have governed." and we conclude with historian robert dallek, author of "camelot's court." it all happens next on booktv. >> now, historian martin sandler presents a collection of john f. kennedy's personal correspondences. the letters range from notes sent to his parents from boarding school to secret missives to soviet premier new kieta khrushchev during the cold war. this event from the hyannis museum in massachusetts is just over an hour. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. we want to welcome you here to the john f. kennedy hyannis museum. we're very happy to have you here this evening, and we're happy to have c-span with us as well for the author, martin sandler and rob sennett, who's a past chairman of the board of trustees of the jfk hyannis museum foundation. my name is dick neats, and i'm happy to have you with us, and we're looking forward to a wonderful program, and we thank you all again. i would give you a couple of reminders, if you would. please turn your cell phones off,

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eastern with authors martin sadler, ira stall, jeff greenfield. plus an authors' panel relives november 22, 1963. it's all part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. and don't forget booktv's book club for november wants to know what kennedy books you're reading. post your thoughts at booktv.org/bookclub. >> the war in europe turning hot, when the blitzkrieg took place in the low countries, the u.s. was totally unprepared. ask george marshall, chief of staff of the army, came to president roosevelt and said we can't do things we've done in the past. we have to act now, we have to act decisively, and you have to do it today. so roosevelt went to congress the next week and said the u.s. must build 50,000 airplanes to protect itself. and and all the auto companies were given projects to build engines and airplane parts. ford motor company was given the b-24 bomber which was a problematic airplane. it was the newest airplane we had, it was still if development stages, and -- in development stages, and they wanted to mass produce this airplane. so ford sa

>>george: the accident on interstate 580 at greenfield has cleared from the shoulder and is startinge traffic in the westbound direction. the commute through the dublin interchange looks good for it for your ride through the south bay hill find pretty good conditions as well but for the most part light traffic care coming up from highway 85 into downtown san jose. checking the bay bridge for you, like traffic for your last word ride. we did not see much of it back up yesterday. we hope to sued in less today. holly 92 is 11 minutes ride. slain san francisco supervisor harvey milk and mayor george moscone will be honored today. community groups and the harvey milk foundation will hold back-to-back vigil and marches on the steps of city hall at 4:30. this will be followed by a march to the plaza at market and castro streets. family and friends of milk and moscone will be speaking about the two men. it has been thirty-five years after the city's first openly gay supervisor was assassinated at city hall along with the mayor. they were killed by a disgruntled former city supervisor, dan wh

that i came from athens, georgia, last evening because yesterday we cut the ribbon on a brand-new greenfield factory, 850,000 square feet, 1400 people strong when it is fully operational at the end of next year. and these will be small bulldozers and small excavators that were formerly only produced in japan. we brought those to the united states for several reasons. one, we can compete from a base here. two, we like the ports system here. and a lot of that production will stay in the u.s. and a lot of that will be exported to south america and europe. we feel there is a very good chance and a very good condition to not only build here but compete from a us-based. a year ago, we did the same thing in south texas on another excavator plant. 40 ton machines that also came from japan. we will be building those for the first time in the united states and exporting to south america. some of that is coming back to the u.s., and i'm very proud of that as a u.s. manufacturing company. in fact, we spent about $6.5 billion in capital expense in five years in the united states. we invested heavily here

eastern with martin sandler, ira stoll, jeff greenfield and robert -- theauthors panel relives date. is all part of book tv. "book tv book club for november wants to know what kennedy books you are reading. >> the obama administration announced wednesday that in the first month that sign-up has been available, more than 100,000 people have enrolled for health insurance through state and federal marketplaces. another 846,000 have completed applications. statistics released by the department of health and human services also show that 1.5 million people applied for insurance. or than one million are eligible for coverage. sebeliustary kathleen spoke with reporters in a conference call. thanks and i want to start by donna,g mike, julie, nancy who you will hear from in a minute and will happy -- be happy to answer your questions. today we are releasing a report with data for october 1 through november 2. the numbers i am about to run through tail two very important stories. our country, of americans are interested in the affordable health coverage that is being offered through the market

we lived in greenfield which is a town of 600 people. it was a beautiful town up in the foothills. in the fall, a lot of people used to drive through the town. down the road from us was a fellow named oscar. he was in his late 70's. he was still a farmer. he was working on his fences monday and this huge black suv pulls up with texas writes. this fellow gets out and he has this huge hat, big cowboy hat. he walks up to oscar who isn't as big and says, sir, this your farm? yep, oscar says. he says, you lived here all your life? wax oscar says, not yet. [applause] he says, how big is your farm? oscar says, that is a big question. he says, if you go down the road here, you will see a birch tree. go up that little ridge there and you will find a stone wall. the lacrosse that stonewall to a bunch of trees and come down there and come up here, that is my farm. >> he says, well i am from texas. i can get in my car and drive all day and only be halfway across my farm. yep, used to have a car like that myself. [laughter] [applause] plus -- them the press? i will tell one more story. that way

we lived in greenfield, a town of 600 here and it was a beautiful town up in the foothills. and in the fall a lot of people used to drive through the town. down the road from us was development auster. he was in his late 70s. he had a little dairy farm. he was out working on it since one and this great big huge black suv pulls up with texas plates. this fella gets out. he's got this huge have, this big cowboy hat. and he walks up to oscar, who wasn't a big, and he says, sir, yes, this your farm? yes, oscar says. he says, have you lived all your life? oscar says, not yet. [laughter] he says to them, welcome how big is your farm? oscar says, well, that's a good question. he takes his pipe out of his mouth. if you go down the road your you will see a birch tree. when you see that go up to the ridge and you'll find a stone wall. go across the stone wall to a bunch of oak trees, come down there and get to the road and come up here. that's my farm. the guy says, well, i'm from texas, and i can get in my car and i can drive all day, all day, and only be halfway across my farm. osca

eastern with authors martin sandler, irish stock, jeff greenfield, and robert geller, plus an author's panel relives november 22nd 1963, all part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. and don't forget, book tv book club wants to know what kennedy books your reading. post your thoughts in our chat room. at c-span.org / book club. >> next, i hearing on hurricane sandy recovery efforts. senators last week heard from fema administrator and housing secretary sean donovan testifying for two hours. [silence]e ommittee >> to the subcommittee on the emergency management and governmental relations in the district of columbia, we thanke you all for being here and arewe here today to examine the recovery in the northeast one year after hurricane s&p cameame ashore october 29th 2012. as we mark this we owe it tole ourselves and to those who were lost a year agoves and to thosee lost a year ago to continue to learn from sandy, to improve disastrous response and recovery across the country. as we all know, the next big disaster can happen at anytime, anywhere. my home state of alaska, we have our fair

time it came from athens, georgia last evening because yesterday we cut the ribbon on a brand-new greenfield factory 850,000 square feet. 1400 people strong when it's fully operational at the end of next year. these will be small bulldozers and small excavators that were formally only produced in japan. we brought those to the united states for several reasons. one, we can compete from

we need to be inspired by people like those who marched with me from north hampton to greenfield. we need to do the right thing. with that, mr. speaker, i thank you for the time. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from alabama, mrs. roby, for five minutes. mr. speaker, i rise today to share some of the stories of alabamans who are being negatively affected by the implementation of the affordable care act. over the last several weeks thousands of health insurance policyholders in alabama have received notice that their plans have been canceled or altered and their costs have risen, some quite dramatically. this despite president obama's often repeated and unmistakable promise to the contrary. he he promised the affordable care act, quote, if you like your doctor you will be able to coop your doctor, period. if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan, period. no one will take it away, no matter what. mr. speaker, we now know this wasn't true. to make matt

she is taking your calls and questions. ,ames is up, greenfield massachusetts.aller: thank you for taking my call. if insurance -- auto insurance is considered coverage on the affordable care act. buying automobile insurance would not cover the requirement to purchase health insurance under the affordable care act. what you would need to purchase is a health insurance plan that meets certain standards. that includes hospital stays, not-- drug coverage, charging women more than men and not rejecting anyone for a pre- existing condition. there is a specific set of criteria that an insurance plan needs to me to be compliant with the requirements to carry coverage. host: you have a follow-up? caller: people who are on unemployment, are they covered by the affordable care act? they generally are. there are two requirements for purchasing insurance. you have to be a legal resident and not incarcerated. if you meet those requirements, you are near certainly eligible to use the affordable care act. post" had washington a chart over the weekend. their insurance through m

. >> munster says hugh about rich greenfield, facebook. much better than expected. people say everything. i talked to a taiwan manufacturer of screws for this and then i met with the alcoa people that make this and i have no conclusions whatsoever. >> none at all? >> can i see that again, please? >> no conclusions. >> obviously, you have to work on your channel -- >> remember, this is an alcoa skin. and steve jobs loved the feel of aluminum versus plastic. and if you try to get an answer from alcoa about how well things are, they're going to tell you you're going to have to wait a long time. alcoa can wait. >> yes, yes. i'm a mini fan, by the way. >> you are? >> yeah. >> that means your wife doesn't like what you watch. >> no, it's just easy to carry with you and take with you and much lighter than this and basically does the same things. in terms of the stock and impact and this coming out and mossberg's incredibly positive review -- >> i think it does matter. but that's the problem with the analysts. the analysts think it's gross margins. my suggestion is when you

eastern, with authors martin sandler, ira stoll, jeff greenfield, and robert dallek.s an authors panel relives november 22, 1963. it is all part of book tv this weekend on c-span2. and don't forget, book tv's book club for november wants to know what kennedy books you're reading. post your thoughts in our book club chat room at booktv.org/bookclub. "washington journal" continues. host: we take a look on when saves about a recent magazine article. to date we want to go online to the atlantic web to look at this piece by philip bump, "does more campaign money actually buy more votes: an investigation." let's answer the question -- does it? guest: there is a correlation, which i suspect will not surprise a lot of people. we took a look at the house .aces in 2012 we found there was a correlation. between the amount of money that was spent and the vote total by which the person won. host: there are these charts with blue dots and red lines. can you explain this first one? it shows the trend and all of the data. explain what happened here, what you are looking at. is.st: it

and i'm using rich greenfield's numbers.rading at 30 times revenue -- price-to-revenue, right? for a comp, facebook is 10.6. going in to today, when i thought it would be a $20 billion, i could find yelp at 14, 15. but we're expensive now. i think this company's got a big future, but it's expensive. >> it's expensive. >> too expensive. >> at this price right here? >> too expensive, absolutely. >> despite growing at three times their peers? >> you know i'm a bull on this whole sector overall. i think when you look at the social companies like facebook, linkedin, twitter, youtube, which we should actually talk a little bit about today, they're changing all of the consumption of media. i think twitter will certainly beat revenue drastically compared to what people expect. it's already adjusted ebitda profitable. but here today, too expensive. >> if you think it will beat revenue, it makes it cheaper than it would otherwise appear? on the metrics alone. >> when you put in the fact you get 78% revenue growth next year, say they h

steve from greenfield says he and his wife are in good health with current insurance costing $485 a month. under obamacare that goes to roughly $1,150 a month a 237% increase. june from batavia received a letter from united health care and while she says she can handle it it will be a problem for her husband he has stage four kidney disease and is on dialysis and will soon not have his doctors. don from loveland said if the affordable care act is allowed to stand my family will have to come up with an extra $6,604 next year. we can't afford that from what i'm seeing, stress and anxiety with becoming an increasingly common dige know -- diagnosis. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from indiana rise? without objection. >> thank you mr. speaker. once again today the president said to the american people, if you like your health care plan, you can keep it. at least for one more year, if you're lucky. the problem is, saying something many times does not magically make it come true. right now only 701 people in the state of indiana have been able to sign