was at hamilton or the french? >> the question is why the is the work 1812 often called not just by me, it's by the contemporaries. because it seemed to finally reaffirm the original revolution of 1776 and they looked through this hole period as if americans were still colonists of great britain and for good reason. the federalist who were confined mostly to this area in new england, not so much rhode island as massachusetts and connecticut have become increasingly anglophilia can, that is their attachment to england especially as the french revolution spread in the jeffersonian republic seem to be frank so they became more ingleside. and it looked as if the fate of these two goliath, england and france were fighting for their lives. so americans tied up with one or the other. and the feeling that we are still colonists. i mean, the bulk of the books we read were english. that is english publications. the place that people want to watch when english publications and we spoke english. it was difficult for americans

we talked to the head coach of the seminoles, leonard hamilton about this year's acc race. >> there's no doubt that the acc is off to a good start. we have been one of the more dominant leagues in the country for many years. but this year, it seems like the team has stepped it up a little bit. i think we're surprising a lot of people with the quality of how well the acc teams are playing. >> bob: leonard hamilton, of florida state. his point guard is derwin kitchen. success going to the hole this time. 'noles by seven at the break. [ ] 7 halcalo man the ♪ [ ma lf torie f all hamm ] gonnt liutte f and like. ♪ f floa a bly. stke a nnat l buty d sike ♪ inga... 7 ting a [ wohalfalor the wom] i kat's. vo: th t newor the anncr vo: ..ou can get help gwith flat tire.... anr vo...fd a arby tow trucor gas station... vo: th t newor the annncr vo: ...call get help ergencserves....... anncvo: .collect accident inf. vo: th t newor the annanncr vo: or just wahelp ergsome fun vids... vo: th t newor the annanncr vo: or just wahelp ergsome fun vids... >> bob: halftime continues in tallahassee with flor

well, hamilton is a different kind of a character. one of that is kind of realized in this 21st century of political people who were very powerful and in that having affairs and all of that and he actually goes and admits his affair to the world and that is a kind of unusual thing to happen in the end of the 18th-century. >> guest: it was unique. it was. >> host: what affect do you think that had on the presidency or her? >> guest: he was trying to defend his fame. healton was born a bastard not totally illegitimate. his mother kicked his father out of bed when he was 8-years-old and then she slept with half the people on the island and he had a rough upbringing but there is opportunity to achieve fame and he did achieve fame as a creator of the nation's financial system, the stock market and federal reserve system pr originally created the bank of the united states which was a forerunner. he had achieved his fame but his enemies led by thomas jefferson broke this story of his adultery and he was in business with the woman and he was

and articles tom has written works on franklin, washington, jefferson, truman, fdr, american war, hamilton byrd will, the outstanding volume he produced to accompany a major 1997 pbs production liberty. of course the recent perils of peace which deals with the events after the surrender of the british at yorktown in 1781. a great personal memoir of your upbringing in jersey city which as you know is my home town as well so we have that in common. and so much more on the american revolution, the great leadership of george washington and his military struggles to achieve american independence and now the subject of tonight's conversation, the role of women in american history. we see this in fiction and nonfiction that you have produced over the years in the novels such as liberty tavern which came out in 1977 just to remind you of that, the difficulties in that book involving women of life during the american revolution. the officers' wives that came out in 1981 about three how west pointers and their wives to paraphrase about the resignation of these officers wives, officers' wives that's

the things that hamilton achieved absolutely are amazing. he's the man who created the country we are today, this industrial superpower. >> host: it's quite amazing, yeah. and jefferson, of course, is another heartbreaker. >> guest: gas. >> host: all of the elements and the difficulties of childbearing i'll come home to you when you read about thomas jefferson and his frail wife and one of his daughters was also very frail and ended up the same way. with all the children, that he had with mark that he ends up with one. there were white, six or something. they all died -- >> guest: four of them died when they were very john. and then, the daughter maria, the second daughter died giving birth and so he really didn't have a tremendous amount of heartbreak, but it didn't have anything to do with his revolutionary war activities or anything. but your heart went out to the man. >> host: any sense, it might affect some of the things he was doing as a founding father. he was limited by his wife's health of certain times he could only accept certain

and leonard hamilton, they led the acc back-to-back years. think it was in 2007-2008. >> bob: the big key of that is when you had a guy like adam gorski. here's a shot turn-around, no, by davila. and here come the seminoles in transition. >> larry: good rebound by sin e singleton that time in heavy traffic. >> bob: reid, kitchen, nice ball-fake. good recovery by bell. shot clock to 15. knocked away. 12 to shoot. talk about douglas, and you just sense the seminoles, they've relied so much on him, and why wouldn't you, a first-round pick in the nba. they're still trying to find themselves offensively as the season unfolds. >> larry: bob, i think a lot of times you've got to play like tony douglas, who is now playing in the nba. everybody was so deferential to hip. turning everything over to him. you've got to forget about him. allen fouls it with one on the shot clock! >> larry: oh, no! >> bob: jeff allen went for it, hook, line and three free throws. we'll have to freeze that baby, i think with his foot on the line. let's see here. hard to tel

. >> former democratic congressman and former 9/11 commission chairman lee hamilton agrees. >> it seems to me that we've known for some time that al-qaeda is recruiting and training, improving their skills in yemen. >> hamilton criticized the administration for failing to intensify its hunt for terror ties in yemen after the fort hood massacre, and major hasan's collection to cleric lawmak al-awlaki implicated in the abdulmutallab plot. >> one, two, three, four five bits of information that are hidden among mountains of data. and you have to be able to select those out, analyze them quickly and act on them. >> top obama advisors argue they did step up their efforts after fort hood. >> on the issue of will al-awlaki we stepped up o efforts wondering what he might be doing here. >> we have not had the kind of intense priority and urgency that is needed. maybe the speech of the president yesterday will change that. i hope it will. we'll see. >> this morning the director of national intelligence denny blair sent a letter to his colleagues saying the agency would "take a fresh and penetratin

congressman hamilton, it is great to see you.elcome. >> thank you very much for inviting governor kean and myself to be with you. we are cognizant of the fact that were not for this committee, many of the recommendations of export 9/11 commission would never have been enacted. the committee has shown extraordinary leadership on these questions over a period of years. i know that the country is safer and the country should be very grateful because of the work of this committee. we thank you for it. senator lieberman, i want to say you're exactly right about the families. this law would never come into effect if it had not been for them. governor kean and i have had a wonderful relationship and support from them. we are appearing today because of a bipartisan groups and our written testimony gives the membership of that group the name. i know their names. they are familiar to you. it is an extraordinary group of professionals that join tom and me in this review of the 9/11 commission recommendations. at the national security prepar

congressman hamilton, it is great to see you.welcome. >> thank you very much for inviting governor kean and myself to be with you. we are cognizant of the fact that were not for this committee, many of the recommendations of export 9/11 commission would never have been enacted. the committee has shown extraordinary leadership on these questions over a period of years. i know that the country is safer and the country should be very grateful because of the work of this committee. we thank you for it. senator lieberman, i want to say you're exactly right about the families. this law would never come into effect if it had not been for them. governor kean and i have had a wonderful relationship and support from them. we are appearing today because of a bipartisan groups and our written testimony gives the membership of that group the name. i know their names. they are familiar to you. it is an extraordinary group of professionals that join tom and me in this review of the 9/11 commission recommendations. at the national security prepa

congressman hamilton and senator mccain of voted for that. we have before us this week the idea of a statutory commission that sort of gives us recommendations that are binding. there must be some kind of override that exists. most commissioners would be sitting members of congress. others say could be people like you who have a world of experience to bring to it. given the success of this commission, give us a little bit of advice is to go forward this week. >> well, pick a german like tom kane -- pick eight chairmen like tom kean. he was chairman. i was vice chairman. we knew each other by reputation bed did not know each other well. tom walks into the room. we're going to make these joint decisions. we will not hire anybody and will not fire anybody. we will not make any decision unless we do it together. >> it was said that one of the unfortunate things we have going for us was -- a think he's to put it, reform politicians. >> i describe myself as a recovering governor. >> there's nobody in the commission, i do not think, with any interes

congressman hamilton, it is great to see you.me. >> thank you very much for inviting governor kean and myself to be with you. we are cognizant of the fact that were not for this committee, many of the recommendations of export 9/11 commission would never have been enacted. the committee has shown extraordinary leadership on these questions over a period of years. i know that the country is safer and the country should be very grateful because of the work of this committee. we thank you for it. senator lieberman, i want to say you're exactly right about the families. this law would never come into effect if it had not been for them. governor kean and i have had a wonderful relationship and support from them. we are appearing today because of a bipartisan groups and our written testimony gives the membership of that group the name. i know their names. they are familiar to you. it is an extraordinary group of professionals that join tom and me in this review of the 9/11 commission recommendations. at the national security prepared t

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service the wind gusts go, 49 was our peak wind gust in hamilton in the city.be through the day tomorrow. 23 in baltimore, 8 degrees in oakland. the wind chill is ten degrees in baltimore. we'll lose the wind a little bit. cold air will continue. >> stay with us for coverage of weather. go to wjz.com for the updated forecast. >>> some breaking news out of new jersey, right now a search is underway for a man that walked through a security screening check point exit into the secure side of the terminal. all flights at newark airport have been grounded and all passengers at that terminal are being rescreened. it occurred in the terminal c area. authorities are looking at video trying to identify at that man. all planes there in new jersey are grounded. >>> america's war on terrorism could be shifting to yemen following growing threats of more al-qaeda terror attacks. the tsa is now increasing security to stop future attacks in the states. >> reporter: international travelers bound for the u.s. will face ramped up secure screening. the tsa has issued new guidelines

so leonard hamilton has to gather the troops. virginia tech shooting 29% in the second half. and florida state is shooting 47% in the second half. florida state is playing its third game in seven days and they'll get a bit of a break to prepare for georgia tech, they'll be in here next sunday for a noon game before the 'noles go out on the road to fake duke and durham and boston college in chestnut hill. >> larry: georgia tech beat duke, beat north carolina, lose to this florida state team at home and lose to virginia in charlottesville. the acc is wide open this year. i could not at this point have said, take one team to pick to win it, i couldn't do it. i could not do it. the one team that's undefeated is virginia. tony bennett, the new coach at virginia, saying most things are not too hard. >> bob: they're getting ready to go with miami up in charlottesville at this hour. cavaliers, the only unbeaten left in conference play. singleton, fires it out, shot clock at six. snaer misses. rebound to the hokies. avila has it. jeff allen travels. trying to make a quick move. he was

hamilton stole the pass, hit the three to tie the game.reviewed it, reset the clock to 4 hnt 4. that gave duke and david mcclure enough time to get the layup. one of david's biggest moments ever. it set off, i think, a number of controversial endings in this building. >> mike: the timer at the scorer's table was trying to stop the clock. that responsibility falls on the referee. >> tim: yes. jerai grant at the free-throw line. seven points on the night for him. clemson came into tonight's game having won two in a row to duke. they had surrendered 22 straight before that. >> mike: mike krzyzewski running some clock right here. >> tim: scheyer, nice scoop to the hoop. >> mike: they just spread the floor, let those guys work off the dribble. 25 seconds off the clock. >> tim: just a slow guillotine if you're the opponent. use the clock for 18 seconds and make a wonderful play. stitt leaving it for grant. 63-47. >> mike: jerai grant has been very opportunistic in this game. >> tim: a poor pass that time by singler. picked off by grant. tanner s

hamilton told reporters at a breakfast. congress did not quite agree with that. hamilton said the problem was the intelligence community screws up now and then. this is from "the help" newspaper -- this is from "the hill" newspapers. caller: one of the eyewitnesses is an attorney from michigan. he has his own law firm. he was within earshot. there was another man with the underwear bomber. this other man did all the talking. he went up to the ticket agent and said this guy doesn't have a passport to get on the plan. -- on the plane. he is a sudanese refugee. he said, we do this all the time. i would like to talk to one of your superiors. he never saw him again until after this event happened. none of the media wants to cover this. if there is any dispute to have to get the surveillance video out. it should be easy to solve. it looks to me like it is another government operation to me. they are ready to sell all his body scanners. it smells to high heaven. >> we are live at the state department in washington. secretary hillary clinton has been missing with nasser

lee hamilton, democrat he says what he thinks is pervasive throughout the country, complacency, inertia, business as usual attitude, he thinks it is harmful and he thinks the president has a major share of blame. do you agree the president himself, is to blame in a lot of this? >> well, i think there's a lot of political theater going on. i think trying to point individual fingers and blame people on either side of the aisle. both parties have used the politics of terrorism to gain advantage. where i think the president has erred in the past but hopefully will remain visibility and public reminder that the threat is real -- one interesting thing about his report, i was there october 8th, 2001 none of the infrastructure presently in place existed before president bush. national counter terrorism center, patriot act. making the fbi the point in our counter terrorism effort. so he built, the bush administration built the infrastructure. the infrastructure didn't fail us over the past couple of weeks or months it is people who have used it. they failed to use their judgment, their common se

>> len hamilton. >> reporter: what think about the health care bill park ton is about to pass?>> i'm all in favor of it. we need to help poor people. >> reporter: there it is the first five from little rock that's the temperature of arkansas. if i could, just a couple of observations having again across country. number one, people are passionate on both sides of the issue of health care. they are paying attention. they want to know more information. should this bill come and become law then i certainly think that the elected officials on both sides should do a better job of explaining what they've just been given. number two, the cost of the bill rains supreme in -- reins extreme in being the number one concern, california, arkansas, louisiana, nevada and -- everyone wants to know how this will impact the state budget deficits. >> greta: are you going home now? >> reporter: yes, i'm headed back to washington tomorrow. i will tell this to our viewers. if there's more health care news out there as congress begins to reconcile the bill between the house and the senate we will jump

jason hamilton is being held without bond, charged with attempted first-degree murder. no one was hurt in the shooting, but investigators say the 20-year-old was upset about his grade. >>> both the maryland and virginia general assemblies will begin on wednesday. virginia's 60-day legislative session will focus on slashing more than $4 billion from the state budget. maryland lawmakers face a tough road ahead as well with a $2 billion state budget gap during their 90-day session. >>> on thursday, the bethesda man who had bomb-making materials in his room is expected to be sentenced. col colin mckenzie gude faces up to ten years in prison. police searched his home in 2008 and found several weapons, including an ak-47, two shotguns, and two smoke grena s grenades. she was supposed to be sentenced last thursday, but the judge postponed it a week, because he ruled that a key government witness must testify as the defense wants. >>> the chris matthews show is coming up next. let's check in with chris right now to find out what's going on on his show. chris? >> good morning, w

lee hamilton? from indiana sordorser. i was told today there was a number of pieces of evidence that this administration, intelligence community should have seized upon and that would have helped out a great deal. let's take quick listen. >> it seems to me that we have known for some time that al-qaeda is recruiting and training, improving their skills in yemen. >> reporter: he went on to tell me he understands the intelligence community can't get everything right, but he said there was plenty to chew over and it didn't happen. >> major garrett, live at the white house for us. good weekend. good to see you. two more arrests today in what investigators say was a plot to blow up the subway system in new york city. remember this man, arrested back in september? he's pleading not guilty. but the f.b.i. now reports he admitted that he got weapons and explosives training from al-qaeda in pakistan. now two other men are in custody here in new york. live now to david lee miller in the new york city burrow of brooklyn where there

say this with respect as someone who has worn the uniform -- i am reminded of a story alexander hamilton told us he was giving a french diplomatic tool -- tour of the capitol building, and he looked down on hassan floor of the house of representatives, -- he looked down on the floor of the house of representatives, and it was unruly down there, and apparently alexander hamilton said to him, the people govern here. i believe that is still true. i believe the turnout on a day like today -- what we have seen since the last town hall meetings, and if people will continue to let their voices be heard, we can hit the reset button, and we can work together to build reforms that make sense to future generations. i have not given up on being able to stop this by a long shot, but at the end of the day, i guarantee they will be hurt by november. >> i think the concern i have is we seem to be in a rush to do something. this has been out of control for a long time. we want to say we got it done in the first term, and i think we need to stop, hit the reset button, look at it in open light, look at it

, i mean, one of th ys suggested to fix it, jim, was madby the 9/11 commissi, by jim baker and e hamilton and their colleagu. which was the director of national intelligence, miral denny blair, that is where it is alsupposed to go. >> lehrer: give mo authority. >>ou have got 16 sources, mitary and civilian, 16 separate smoke stacks, silos as we ll them. theris -- this is where it is supposed to come to and acted upon. that has been back andorth, as peoe know and has been reported. but bean leopanetta, the cia director and protect his turf, and admiral blair an his mandates for the directorf national intellence. i mean think that's something that only the president can resolv >> lehrer: my -- >> my point is that expert infew signicance actually quite powerful. somebody who really kns the field, they just have feel for sometng. we have a process that mimizes the role for expert intuition. because it has to go thrgh all these diffent chanls. and that bleeds aw a lot of the oh, i tnk, i have a hunch, you just n't do that. >> lehrer: richard clark former white house guy for both georgw. bush a

mothers, wives, daughters, a nd friends of the founding fathers, washington, frankli n, adams, a hamilton, jefferson, madison , a very different women. enormously interesting providing material for the rebidding stories of the founders as we mentioned before in our conversation, it is six bookspan one. with all you have done in your career, we're at a new level of writing about american history and history in general. we're all products the bar associations and those who have made our history and consequently have reached a level of interest as historical characters were books. must we researched and written about within the context of their lives. their marriages comment liaisons', all of the association's. they do not exist -- exist in a vacuum. you say far from diminishing the men and women and examination of there intimate lives will in large them for our time. with your perspective what led up to the book that has now come out? >> guest: what got me going was this idea that i had written a great many books of the revolution, over a dozen but mostly concerned with the men but yet in m

one of the ways suggested to fix it, jim, was made by the 9/11 commission, by jim baker and lee hamilton and their colleagues. which was the director of national intelligence, admiral denny blair, that is where it is all supposed to go. >> lehrer: give more authority. >> you have got 16 sources, military and civilian, 16 separate smoke stacks, silos as we call them. there is -- this is where it is supposed to come to and be acted upon. that has been back and forth, as people know and has been reported. but bean leon panetta, the cia director and protect his turf, and admiral blair and his mandates for the director of national intelligence. i mean i think that's something that only the president can resolve. >> lehrer: my -- >> my point is that expert infew significance actually quite powerful. somebody who really knows the field, they just have a feel for something. we have a process that minimizes the role for expert intuition. because it has to go through all these different channels. and that bleeds away a lot of the oh, i think, i have a hunch, you just can't do that. >> lehrer: rich

hamilton, a higher. -- next caller. hamilton, ohio. caller: the republicans talking about education -- they are talking about charter schools. they are fine, but they are for- profit schools. why would we abandoned public schools and put money into charter schools when the public schools in america have a great need? one more thing, if you watch the speech last night, every time they talk about tax cuts for the working people, no republican responded but as soon as we said tax cuts for big business, all of them stood up and clapped. when are they want to look at the working class? host: ned in florida. go ahead. caller: i wanted to respond to mr. hon that about education. i am so disillusioned about his comments. we should not be focused on the results. that involved discipline and responsibility. if you do not account for discipline and responsibility, we are going back to the same thing. there will not be any good results. you need to put the money where there are good resources. host: john, independent line. florida. caller: we are

encouraging her once shy husband james and the turbulent marriages of ben franklin and alexander hamilton. his book with barbara mitnick, professor at drew university and editor at new jersey and the american revolution. [applause] >> host: first of all, i want to say when a delighted is to be here this evening with thomas fleming who to

. >> but then why do you think -- because lee hamilton said in chapter 12 of this book that congress has been in -- [inaudible] why do you think congress has been quote unquote, as hamilton put it, too timid in their constitutional duties? >> i think it's been a couple of reasons. one of them -- i don't know exactly which part lee was talking about, but i'll get to that. one of them walls the rise of partisanship. when george bush was president and republicans were running the congress, they really saw themselves -- they saw the president not as the head of a different branch of government. they saw him as their team captain. and what do you do? i mean, as people from iowa know, you keep your quarterback from getting sacked. and that was a serious mistake on their part. so sometimes with partisanship arises, you do tend to say, well, we want to go along with the president of our party. but there are other reasons. one of the worst examples of congress surrendering its authority under the constitution is the war powers act. under the constitution, the congress decides whether you go t

and pacific bank represently alexander hamilton said here sir, the people government.hat's still true. so turn out on a bad weather day like today and what we've seen since last summer at town hall meetings and floods of e-mails and telephone calls if people continue to let their voices be heard we can sit the reset button and work together to build reforms that'll make sense for the american people and future generations. i'm not giving up on being able to stop this bill by a long-shot but at the end of the day, the american people, if they're not heard between now and november they'll be heard in november i guarantee. >> m mike, this is cindy. i think we seem to be in a rush to do something that's been out of control for a long time and we want to push this through to say we got it done in the first term of president barack obama and i think we need to stop. look at it, open a light, look at it in room with everybody at the table, there seems to be an issue of we were talking about by par tannism. we find a president barack obama meeting in private chambers with demo

that tom has written, works on franklin, washington, jefferson, truman, fdr, american wars, the hamilton-bird dual, the outstanding view he produced to a company the major 1997pbs production "liberty." the recent perils of peace which deals with the events after the surrender of the british in youtown. a memoir of your upbringing in jersey city, where i'm front. and more on the american revolution, the leadership of george washington, and now the subject of tonight0s conversation, the role of women in american history. we see this in the fiction and nonfiction that you have produced over the years in novels, such as liberty tavern, which came out in 1977. the difficulties in that book involving women, life during the american revolution. the officers wives that came out in 1981, about three west pointers and their wives to paraphrase, about the resignation of these oer

instead, he chose judge david hamilton as his first nominee.he could hardly be characterized as a consensus nominee. 39 senators, all republicans, eventually voted against him after a full debate. a treatment of president obama's and president bush's nominees for the fourth circuit will illustrate what i'm saying. during the 110th congress, despite 33% vacancy rate in the courts, four of president bush's well-qualified consensus nominees to that court, the fourth circuit, were needlessly delayed and ultimately blocked. president bush nominated steve matthews in september of 2007, and despite his stellar qualifications, he was forced to wait 485 days to even get a hearing, and the hearing never came. his nomination was returned on january, 2009. chief judge robert conrad of the district court had the support of his home state senators and received an a.b.a. rating of unanimous well qualified despite overwhelming support and exceptional qualifications, including having played point guard for, i think, the university of south carolina or clemson i

the lead hamilton stop short of blaming lawmakers directly for the attempted attack on christmas day. a former democratic house member noted congress refused to follow recommendations issued in 2004 calling on lawmakers to restructure the intelligence community. we said with regard to the congress we made those recommendations the most part we made. well congress didn't quite agree with that obviously. hamilton said the problem with poor oversight is intelligence community s screws up every now and then. south dakota? caller: wish you guys would put on one of the eye-witnesses that saw how he got a government. an attorney from taylor, michigan, he has his own law firm and he was in earshot. there was another man with his underwear bomber and this other man did all the talking. he went up to the ticket agent and told them this guy doesn't have a passport to get on the plane but he is a refugee and would like to beat him on board and woman, said, no we can't do that and he said well we do this all the time. i'd like to talk to one of your superiors and they hustleed the two off and he n

hamilton and mr.ented and to what end and which have failed to be implemented and at what cost. i urged the creation of a team concept separate from the review that would be conducted by the 9/11 commission co-chairs. historically, the team b refers to a group of outside experts brought together to analyze the threats posed by the soviet union to the united states and countered the opinions. the team b concept has been successful in previous administrations when fresh eyes were needed to provide the commander in chief with objective information to make informed policy decisions. i believe it can work now. third, i urged the president to support the legislation that i introduced today to establish a 10-year term of office for the administrator of the transportation and security administration, t.s.a. similar to what the congress has done in the past in the appointment process for the director of the f.b.i. bob mueller has done an outstanding job and that process has worked well. since t.s.a.'s creation

next tuesday we have tom kean and lee hamilton and some other witnesses. and we're going to go on to separate subject matter hearings in this oversight. we'll issue some recommendations. we want to work with you every step of the way. we obviously have a goal, which is the greatest possible homeland security for the [beep]. -- american people. we'reng teep the record open for 15 days for additional questions and statements. with that i thank you again. the hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> live now to the u.s. senate where members return to work on a bill that increases the federal debt ceiling by $1.9 trillion. we expect to see debate on pending amendments but no roll call votes. the legislation is expected to carry over till next week before a final passage vote can occur. and healthcare is still very much on the minds of members as democratic leaders continue to work out details of a final bill with the house. live now to the floor of the u.s. senate. senate w

about the attempted bombing of northwest flight 253 from 9/11 commission co-chairs tom kean and joe hamiltonrn, steny highway year ofç the steny honch yer of the national preas club.Ñi >> wednesday, president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress laying out his vision for the future of the country and plans to deal with issues such as unemployment, health care and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address wednesday night. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. on crmp span. >> now a discussion on the bureau of impression and customs enforcement. we'll hear from the head of that agency, john morton and doris meissner. the migration policy institute in washington hosts this 90-minute event. >> good morning. my name is doris meissner and aim very, very pleased to welcome such a very large audience to this kick-off event that we're having this morning. it is an event that we're video taping so i'm going to ask youÑ to please turn off your cell phones and let me -- let me say in particular that i'm glad for a large turnout because we're law firm

in this effort has been phenomenal, as missed by the fact that today they are joining congressman hamilton this issue. the need for congress to reorganize to provide its essential oversight of our national security activities. are there any questions or comments? >> first of all, we ask that your questions be in the form of a question, not political statement. we ask that you stand to be recognized. given short name and organization. >> first question. >> hi, mimi hall from "usa today." can you talk a little about why you think there has not yet been a bio attack, and two, if you could talk,how you know what the threat is? i remember the 9/11 commission had tremendous access to intelligence. can you describe what sort of access you have? >> on the second question, i chaired the congressional joint inquiry into 9/11, and would say our commission has had the same level of access to intelligence our commission has had the same level of access to intelligence that the congressional committee had, and i believe it would be comparable to that which the commission members, one of our nine members

we're fortunate to have former congressman lee hamilton as our president and director. so on a non-partisan and advocacy basis we bring groups together like the one we have in the room today, the ones that we have a watching online and the ones we have watching certainly on c-span. this is an opportunity to share these insights because as i said i think catholic relief service has done a tremendous service by trying to take a stab at wrapping their arms around an enormous top bank and doing both problem identification but also ways forward and proactive voice for for a humanitarian organization, one that i think will have real impact that goes beyond just given organization. so what i'm going to do is turn the floor to dennis warner with catholic relief service, he's going to kick us off and walk us through the program. dennis, please, the floor is >> thank you and good afternoon. i am dennis warner, the senior advisor for catholic relief service. let me just and i will be the moderator for this meeting today. let me start off by saying there are people that don't have

. >> hamilton said in this book the congress has these, -- has been timid with the constitutional dutiesis a couple of reasons. i do not know it said the what he was talking about. one was the rise of partisanship. when george bush was president and republicans were running for congress, they really saw the president not as the head of a different branch of government. they saw him as their team captain. what did you do emma -- what do you do? that was a mess -- a serious mistake on their part. sometimes when partisanship arises, and you say we want to go along with the president, but there are other reasons. one of the worst examples of congress for rendering its authority is the war powers act. under the constitution, the congress decides whether you go to war, and there is a reason for that. having seen kings and emperors sending people off in pursuit of whatever was the favorite cause of the president or keene, our founders said, we're going to go to war only of the people themselves through their representatives say we think it is worth going to war over. that is where the people's

all of us are part of the legacy of the life and death of fred hamilton. >> one of the legacies is understandingthe many ways in which racism and white supremacy is maintained in the united states. it is through institutions like the present system and the education system and the health system and every system, but it also happens because of state violence, extremely brutal state violence. death squads and tortured and locking up people. on the other hand, understanding the blanks at which the state will go to kill people and lock people up and degrade people, lets you know that there must be a great potential for social change. that is what the government and other people in power are afraid of. so the legacy for me is his murder shows the power that was snuffed out and we still have if we were willing to come together to be like fred, which is his willingness to say i am going to stand up for justice no matter what it takes. if people have that willingness and reach that point, that moment where we do the honorable thing, i can't accept this. we can still do remarkable things. it will take st

christopher gobley, lucas hamilton and sev polymus. without objection. mr.cus: i yield the floor. mr. gregg: cot chair advise us as to the status of the time right now? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire has 19 minutes and 13 seconds. the democrats have -- the senator from montana has 4 minutes. the senator from north dakota has 6 minutes. mr. gregg: i would yield 5 minutes of my time to the senator from north dakota if he desires it. mr. conrad: i thank the -- the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. conrad: i thank the senator from new hampshire, my colleague senator gregg, and i thank the chair. mr. president, this debate is about the economic future of the country. this is the headline on "newsweek" magazine from december 7 of 2009: "how great powers fall: steep debt, slow growth and high spending kill empires. and america could be next." if you go to the inside of the story, it says, "this is how empires decline. it begins with a debt explosion. it ends in inexorable reduction for the army, navy and air force. if the

tom strickland joined sam hamilton to break ground on the 55,000 acre restoration project , a cornero restore the river of grass, the everglades, here in america. so let's hear it for camera and let tearful all. -- so let's hear it for kim and let's hear it for all. [applause] that round of applause goes to all of the scientist in the department of the interior. thank you for recognizing her. we have had many stars in the interior, including all of you who have been working with chris henderson and the directors and the rest of their employees in the implementation of the recovery act. that is a major responsibility. we need to make sure that it is implemented in the right way, based on the directives that we have from president obama and our responsibilities to make sure that we're taking care of the $3 billion that were brought to this department through the recovery act. the people who worked on this effort are many in the department. there people like faye winters in florida. she is the project manager of four recovery projects. like many around the department, she assumed her re

this effort has been phenomenal as witnessed by the fact that today they are joining congressman hamiltonovernor kaine as to make the presentation for a senate committee on precisely this issue and need for congress to reorganize itself in order to be more effective in providing its essentials oversight of our national security activities. are there any questions or comments? >> may i ask first of all that your questions be in the form of a question and not a lecture or political statement? we ask you stand and be recognized and sarah will bring a lighter one. give your name and organization. first question. >> from usa today. i'm wondering if i could -- 52 questions st lummis if you could talk about why you think there has not yet been an attack, bioattack, and number to call if you could talk about how you know what the threat is. i remember the commission had tremendous access to intelligence of the white don't think they got everything they wanted and i'm wondering if you could sort of describe what access you all had to read >> on the second question i chaired the congressional joint

when joe biden takes diner across the potomac and kills him in a duel we will match what bird and hamilton fell for each other. politics is very intense business. second, it is what i consider to be in the toolbox so when congress looks what can they really do? they have three things. congress is mostly status quo system. they're good in a crisis. we holler at them but they are pretty good. 9/11, president bush. we came out with the t.a.r.p and number and picked out of the year admittedly and congress delivered although they hollered. president obama shows up he needs a stimulus and out it goes. and a crisis recently congress has thrown $1.5 trillion out on a hunch and guidance in response to a president of what they see as a crisis. second, a partisan response that john mentioned called reconciliation and the one way through the filibuster and with 51 votes you can prevail. a lot of folks happen as a dirty word pro if i were to say parliamentary then you say that this mine. all of the other countries in the world have parliamentary systems were the executive and legislative branch are in

this effort has been phenomenal as witnessed by the fact that today they are joining congressman hamiltonand governor kaine as to make the presentation for a senate committee on precisely this issue and need for congress to reorganize itself in order to be more effective in providing its essentials oversight of our national security activities. are there any questions or comments? >> may i ask first of all that your questions be in the form of a question and not a lecture or political statement? we ask you stand and be recognized and sarah will bring a lighter one. give your name and organization. first question. >> from usa today. i'm wondering if i could -- 52 questions st lummis if you could talk about why you think there has not yet been an attack, bioattack, and number to call if you could talk about how you know what the threat is. i remember the commission had tremendous access to intelligence of the white don't think they got everything they wanted and i'm wondering if you could sort of describe what access you all had to read >> on the second question i chaired the congressional

we are fortunate to have a former congressman lee hamilton as our president and director.have in the room today, the ones we have watching on line, and once we have watching certainly on c- span. it is a terrific opportunity to share these insights, because as i said, catholic relief services has done a tremendous service by trying to take a stab at wrapping their arms around an enormous topic, and doing it both problem identification, but also ways forward, productive ways forward for its humanitarian organizations, one that what real impact that goes beyond just a given organization. i will turn the floor over to dennis warner of catholic relief services. he will keep us off and walk us through the program. the floor is -- kick us off and walk us through the program. dennis, the floor is yours. >> thank you, and good afternoon. i'm dennis warner and i am the senior water adviser for catholic relief services, and i will be the moderator for that meeting today. there are people who do not have the seeds and need to seats -- there is a room one floor down at this end up the

alexander hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury, is said to have said, "a national debt, if not excessive, will lead to a national budget." mr. jefferson, who did not always follow his advice to others, said "never spend your money before you have it." i have often thought that we have here tonight is a discussion about how people's thoughts, ideas, opinions, reactions, to the news and events of the day are affected by the 24 hour, seven-day week coverage by the media. tonight we're here to find out. we have a panel moderated by bob franken. he is an emmy award winning journalist, syndicated columnist he served as a correspondent for cnn and msn bc. our second panelist is margaret brennan. she is also a graduate of mr. jefferson's university of virginia. alan murray is deputy assistant managing editor of of the "wall street journal's out of -- "wall street journal's out -- wall street journal." next, we have robert simons, a contributing editor at "newsweek" where he has written about business and economic issues since 1977. past and future of american affluence. we have a pbs c

virginia statute of religious liberty, the annapolis convention, the new jersey or patson plan, the hamilton plan and the great compromise. right interest, that is america in a nut shell. how is it that we end up today -- how is it that we end up today putting out thousands of pages that people can't comprehend but america, our government and how we were founded, is right there? put it in your pocket and read it at any time. i think that's what the american people are very concerned about and i appreciate the gentleman for yielding. mr. neugebauer: i thank the gentleman for pointing out that the taxes that are in this bill, i think the bad news is that they're going to have to be higher taxes because they're disguising what this bill actually costs. now, the stated cost that the speaker of the house says is this bill costs $891 billion. but if you add the mandated cost of the employer-mandated task it's another $135 billion. and if you add the cost of individual mandate taxes for individuals who will be penalized under this plan it's another $33 billion. so the total cost, the c.b.o. score,