president obama, mexican president felipe called ron, and canadian prime minister stephen harp we are all taking part. mr. obama and calderon made later progress yesterday on their divisions over the pails of u.s. drug fighting aid and a ban on mexican trucks north of the border. experts say the accomplishment will likely be a joint plan of attack for swine flu. >> i think everybody recognizes that h1n1 is going to be a challenge to all of us, and there are people who are going to be getting sick in the fall and die. >> while the summit began over dinner yesterday, it will conclude around noon today with a joint press conference. and as soon as president obama returns om mexico this week, he's going to hold a town hall meeting in new hampshire. this will be, of course, on healthcare reform. meanwhile, over the weekend, more tension at these town halls that are happening all over the country. the growing anger and confusi

. >> reporter: harp music, perhaps.d down an expert. >> i happen to be one of the few people that plays the ancient harp music. ♪ >> reporter: this is what he deciphered and played after nearly 500 years of secret silence. ♪ >> reporter: music last heard perhaps by the kings and queens of old. ♪ >> reporter: for "good morning america," nick watt, abc news, london. >> see, i had her pegged as more of a heavy metal fan. >> they think mary queen of scots might have listened to that very music. i love that story. >> we'll be right back. >>> coming up on "good morning america" he watched helplessly from a distance as his 11-year-old stepdaughter was kidnapped. after 18 years how is jaycee doing, and will she ever be the same? >>> and kid fit challenge. three overweight teenagers spend the summer sweating off pounds. who came out on top and how did they do it? ♪ bicycle, what are we waiting for? the flowers are blooming. the air is sweet. and zyrtec® starts... relieving my allergies... 2 hours faster than claritin®. my worst

did you call it a harp?a harp, mississippi saxophone, you know, harmonica, mouth organ, whatever you're comfortable with. >> jimmy: probably not mouth organ. [ laughter ] ♪ that's something, right? >> that was pretty good. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: you know old susannah? do you know it in this key? i'm in "b." >> hang on. here we go, yeah, you ready? ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. thank you for this. >> you know, i've heard better. i've heard better. but not many. >> jimmy: all right, that's good. i take that as a compliment. hey, i'm also freaking out. last night, i saw paul mccartney in concert at citi field where the mets play, c-i-t-i, not c-i-t-y. that's how you spell it. citi field, and i was there, he's playing washington and boston and if you get a chance to see paul mccartney, you have to see this concert. it is phenomenal. i'm talking about "live and let die," with the fireworks going off, it was insane. and then i got to talk to paul mccartney afterwards. i got to, after

let's get the latest from washington and the bbc state department correspondent kim harp he is. as you understand it, kim, what is the latest on this story? >> well, of course, all we have at the moment is reports from the north korean media saying that the country's leader, kim jong-il, has pardoned the two women. he has issued a special pardon and ordered their release. the north korean media is also saying that this shows that north korea is a peace-loving country. what we understand is that the two women will now be able to fly home with bill clinton, the former president who has traveled to north korea on this surprise mission. but for now, the u.s. administration, the white house, and the state department are still remaining very tightlipped about this. they have maintained that this was a private mission by the former president. we also heard earlier in the day from robert gibbs, the white house spokesperson, saying that they didn't want to say anything to jeopardize any developing situation and that the safety of the two women was their priority, was the main concern at

they are going to harp at him and intimate him with those rants and taunts. >> i think you think he does deserve another chae to play? >> i reall do. i think anybody who goes to pris and does what theare supposed too and comes out d lives their life th right y deserves a secd chance. that is what rehabilitation was all about. ifichael vick doesn't deserve second chance, tn what proner does that comes out of prison? you try to rehabilate people, and they don always do the greatesjob of that because a lot o criminals end of going back. but i don think michael strick is a criminal. i tnk he did somethinghat is very wrong, and he understands thatow. i don't tnk he will go back down tha path again. if he does something else, that is different. >> h much respect do you have for tony dungy for putting himself on the line this w? >> he rlly did, b he has been working wh ex-proners for a lg time as fars helping wh the rehabilitation process angetting them acclimad back into society. thiss no differentxcept you are dealing wh a hh profile player. he iout there, and a lot of that respoibility is go

situations i've mentioned, avenue oevery o them, the stocks have jumped up huge despite endless media harping and negativity. if you read the reports written about these companies in the papers, you would think sales continue to slide at macy's. you think that everybody is going out of business. they're sliding. they should be going out of business, but they're thriving. any one of these could have made you a large amount of money. every one of these stocks, if only you close your ears to the sirens, if only you went, i know who -- i know who can make us money here. if only you went into goal mode. i'm not listening, i'm not listening. to make money in this market. i went to harvard to do that? the media wants everything. better sales, better margins, better earnings. you can't have all those things at this moment. it's too awful. the fact that these companies aren't at death's door, that is the real story. how could they all even make it to this promised land? i would have bet if i didn't know better that almost all of these companies would have been out of cash right now. begging for money,

they are going to harp at him and intimidate him with those rants and taunts. >> i think you think he does deserve another chance to play? >> i really do. i think anybody who goes to prison and does what they are supposed to do and comes out and lives their life the right way deserves a second chance. that is what rehabilitation was all about. if michael vick doesn't deserve a second chance, then what prisoner does that comes out of prison? you try to rehabilitate people, and they don't always do the greatest job of that because a lot of criminals end of going back. but i don't think michael strick is a criminal. i think he did something that is very wrong, and he understands that now. i don't think he will go back down that path again. if he does something else, that is different. >> how much respect do you have for tony dungy for putting himself on the line this way? >> he really did, but he has been working with ex-prisoners for a long time as far as helping with the rehabilitation process and getting them acclimated back into society. this is no different except you are dealing wi

. >> like you have been harping on, sean, you know why i am hoping the way they handled this, and i thoughtwas so good? it must have paint the right wing to see what clinton did, and that al gore came out. ç-- and then al gore came out. sean: if it were my sister or daughter, i would be a static. i mean that, seriously. >> -- i would be a static -- ecstatic. >> as long as they do not hilug bill clinton. sean: i have this strange idea that we should not be negotiating with resignations. you do not think this was a predetermined deal -- with rogue nations. did we give up anything potentially? >> we opened the door to negotiations or at least to discussions about their nuclear program. >> at first, they did not talk about nuclear, and now, they are

arabia called immediately to complain that for the sake of hygiene -- and wasn't the chef always harpingt hygiene in the kitchen? -- he should have tossed out the whole thing. the sudanese woman who called next said bees were mentioned in the koran as exceptionally clean insects. he should have left it. [laughter] and then i'm going to -- since the iranian elections are friday, i thought i'd read a little bit about iran in here. and one of the chapters -- excuse me. one of the things i try and do particularly in the first half of the book is sort of look at summits that -- subjects that cause confusion or people have certain preconceived notions about and try to explain the perception outside and the reality as it's live inside the region. and just because of ayatollah khomeini's death sentence against sal monorushty, actually people turn to their clerics all the time to ask questions about their business lives, their sex lives, their home lives, all kinds of things. and they also, i'm going to talk about this one because in iran they're always trying to get people to abandon their pet d

>> it's like a harp but from west africa. >> jimmy: oh, i thought it was a jewish dance. [ laughter ]well, there's that, too. >> jimmy: now you're making a film? it's called "throw down your heart." and this is about you going to africa and just playing with different musicians or -- >> yeah, well, a lot of people have forgotten that the banjo, which we think of as america's instrument, is actually from africa. so it's -- i just went to africa and played with great african musicians and got the banjo back in there a little bit. >> jimmy: oh, man, oh, man. well, i'm so psyched to have you on. bela fleck. bela fleck right there. [ cheers and applause ] playing with the roots. "throw down your heart," awesome. that's fun. we have a great show tonight. from the new film "gi joe," the always entertaining marlon wayans will be out shortly. [ cheers and applause ] action packed, good movie. also, the very funny director of this weekend's box office winner, "funny people." the incredibly funny judd apatow will be here. [ cheers and applause ] love him. and we have a very, very, very special,

states could be doing or should be doing to restore democratic order in honduras and prime minister, harp -- prime minister harper, a few months ago, the homeland security secretary of the united states went to canada, or at least aggravated canadian sensibilities when she compared the canadian border to the mexican border and i wonder what you think about that and how you feel about the united states using some of the enforcement strategies adopted on the southern border in the north? thank you. >> that's all? >> that's all, mr. president. >> well, first of all, ginger, i don't know if you're doing some prognosticating about the outcome of the mid term elections, which are over a year away, i anticipate we'll do just fine. and i think when all is said on health care reform, the american people are going to be glad that we acted to change an unsustainable system so that more people have coverage, we're bending the cost curve and we're getting insurance reform so that people don't get dropped because of pre-existing conditions or other issues. so understand, though, i'm not acting based on

but i don't want to harp on that.where i want to go.... >> rose: well, you had an album. >> yeah, i did the album. i did the album, i said all of what i had to say and now i don't like to do it again. i don't like singing the songs, i did it. i'm not cnn. i don't play it over and over. >> rose: i know how you feel about that. actually, i agree with that. (laughs) >> so i don't want to do that. i want to... what i want to do is try to make a difference in another way. i really think-- and somewhere along the line this year i figured out-- that, you know, i really can do something else. i have a lot of other interests, you know? and one of them is mechanical and i look back at... and technology and all of these things. i look at what's going on and i go, you know, why can't i be one of the people who tries to do something? to replace the type of transportation that we use? >> rose: well, you are trying to do that. >> definitely. >> rose: you've got this hybrid car. >> yeah, that's what i'm trying to do. and i want to do

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pace, kentucky living and the legal review and accomplished musician he plays piano, bass and also harp. harvard graduate from the george washington university with a degree in political communication and interdisciplinary nature of political science, journalism, communications and electronic media. jason? [applause] >> hello, louisville. it is good to see louisville loves mountains. it's a great crowd and we would like to thank everybody for coming out and supporting us in the fight against mountaintop removal and we would like to thank acts that have went on. the eight larkin, wasn't she great? she is a local publisher and my next project will be out in a couple of weeks. it is an anthology called we all live downstream and it is writing about mountaintop removal from people across the country including lots of students and they are paired alongside writers like wendell berry and silas and ashley judd and terrace tempest williams and many more so i am excited about that. i am going to take us just over the river into west virginia tonight across eastern kentucky and over the river and

. >>> plus, why are we harping on hillary clinton? the secretary of state is in africa on an important diplomatic mission, so why is this all anybody's talking about? >> wait, you want me to tell you what my husband thinks? my husband is not the secretary of state, i am. >>> hi, everybody, those are big questions tonight, but we're going to start as we always do with the mash-up. it is our look at all of the stories making an impact right now, the moment you may have missed today. we're watching it all so you don't have to. we begin with president obama on offense today. he's pushing back at critics of his health care reform plan, holding his own town hall-style meeting in new hampshire. unlike the other town halls we've seen, the president got off easy. >> he didn't back down and it didn't turn ugly. he forcefully defended his ideas, thumbing his nose at critics and pushing back at what he called rumors. >> for all of the scare tactics out there, what is truly scary, risky, is if we do nothing. >> the audience responded warmly to his

. >> but it was the fact that the republicans seem to harp on such an insignificant thing, the wise latinament, when sam alito had made similar comments and didn't have much else to do to go after her in the hearing. so they're the ones that elevated race much more so than the democrats did. >> again -- >> i want to move on and talk about the way this is playing out. now that this is off the table for sotomayor, the big debate of course, health care reform and the president's policies. the tensions, both of you know, have been ratcheting up to perhaps even a dangerous level at some of these town halls where democrats are trying to talk to the congressmen. constituents show up and want to shout it down. it seems to be inspired in part by some republicans in washington but also, doug, rush limbaugh in his radio show today described barack obama as -- he compared him to adolf hitler and said the democratic party was like the nazi party. is that appropriate? >> well, i didn't listen to what rush said so i can't comment on that. what i will tell you is we've heard a lot of carping from the demo

. >> scott horton, lawyer and contributing editor to "harp other's" magazine., thanks for your time tonight. >> thank you. >> i don't know what this next gentleman is doing, but my intuition is he's doing it incorrectly. >>> speaking of which, there's the gang at cluster fox and friends who have decided it's okay to say the speaker of the house called people un-american when she did not. the lies and distortions that make the worst persons in the world possible each and every night ahead. yeah, keep looking at me. i'm talking about you, guys. taking its rightful place in a long line of amazing performance machines. this is the new e-coupe. this is mercedes-benz. but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. i'm bill kurtis, and wherever i go, i've got plenty of room for the internet. and the nation's fastest 3g network. gun it, mick. (announcer) sign up today and get a netbook for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. with built-in access to the nation's

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we're below speed here around new harp and continuing towards silver springs and all of the lanes arets on south on 270 and the volume is below speed. this is 56th close to the pr bridge and heading towards the exit for constitution avenue. and that's a check of the on- time traffic. >>> new this morning, four passengers on board a continental flight are hurt during mid-flight turbulence. it was headed from rio to houston and it was diverted to miami. several others are in stable condition. >>> in maryland, a prince been cutting has been cutting staff and this morning, the budget cuts were put to the test. a fire that happened inside e fire station when the firefighters called for backup, they had trouble getting help. >> apparently, this was help that would normally be available. >> well, that's right. it was a fire engine that caught on fire here at the station. it was about 2:00 a.m. after they got back from a call. they had to call for backup. the fire was out of control. no one responded from the closest station, that would have been capitol heigh. district height station, five t

say, look, in private they admit that the president's critics have gained a lot of ground by really harpingis argument that it's a federal takeover of the health care system. and the president's aides say in private, look, after all the federal bailouts, the auto industry, banks, et cetera, people are fed up with the federal government getting involved in their lives. they realize that at the white house. and so they're trying to push back on that. and the president coming to what might not be that friendly territory. he certainly made a strong run here in the mountain west. won some of the states like colorado and nevada, but did not win montana. he came close. but he tried to show in the campaign last year that he was not afraid to go to states like this that many democrats have given up in recent years on. and he wanted to show that he's willing to take his critics head-on and you are seeing some of the arguments become quite heated that he can have a passionat but reasoned debates, his aides say, with some of his charpest critics. i talked to people who waited on line for tickets to the

accordion, to world instrument by harps. and indian music. instruments. the whole range. >> where did this idea come from? which is it is a funny story. i was walking home to my apartment at usc, university of southern california. my roommate, christopher, had a guitar in the room. i saw his guitar. you know what? i'm going to start selling musical instruments. i was looking for a retail business and looking for a product. i saw the guitar. the idea. >> it was that simple? you are -- >> exact. >> i you are 23 years old. >> right. >> do you feel the need for more education? >> i'm always a student and now i'm learning from my consult apartments and advisory board. i'm always a student and always the need for education, always critical for me. >> actually, that was -- that was -- that was a loaded question. what i was aiming at was -- do you feel the need to get an mba? >> you mo what? i -- i'm thinking about it. depending on my time because right now, i think, the -- mba i'm learning for now is the industry and going through the experience. >> how have you

. >> i don't want to harp on this thing, but quickly it's possible he could belong to b of a and short jpmorgan. that's the only disclosure we would see. >> that's possible, but i don't think that's the case. he owns jpmorgan and has been buying as well and likes jpmorgan. >> let's use that as an example. i'm nervous about this. i'm going in. >> in this case i think greg's reporting will stand by that. what i'm hearing as well. >> he was early with the first. we will start getting a lot more than that. >> we will let you get back to that. >> okay. good seeing you guys. >> the name of the book will be the greatest trade ever and the behind the. >>> will be out in a few months and we should not forget the book called and then the roof caved in. the bestseller list deserves a mention once again. >> always great to be with you. >> congratulations. >> fantastic. >> straight ahead, a soft economy and lower ticket sales means you may be able to see a lot fewer football games. the latest on the expected big blackout. >> the top ford executive shows why the company is ramping up production. bac

fannie mae and freddie mac play a role in both the home affordable refinance plan, harp, and the home affordable modification plan, have, which is together could reach seven to 9 million homeowners over the next few years, and a key goal is to help them stay in their homes. this is a massive undertaking, which is already reaping benefits for american homeowners. we currently signed up 34 servicers representing 80 to 85% of all the mortgages in the country. there have been over 300 file modifications to borrowers with over 200,000 loans entering the trial period, and that is a three-month period. half of them are owned by fannie mae and freddie mac. sent march 2009, fannie mae and freddie mac have refinanced over 2 million loads. 56000 of them are through the harp program. multifamily has become a very important challenge. the enterprises are working to stabilize the mortgage by keeping multifamily mortgage market by keeping it liquid, supporting affordable renting housing, and ensuring consistent credit principles. as of march 2009, the enterprise combinable by family portfolios has g

he constantly harp on two issues -- religious freedom and property rights. those two ideas are closely connected. they were connected in the minds of the founders and in the scripture. i think this is at the cornerstone of the capital system. >> thank you. >> good morning. i just graduated from college in northern california. >> a beautiful place. >> pretty, yes. how can there be such a thing as a christian democrat? [laughter] [applause] >> i guess if you have a computer, you can write anything. there are some members of congress that i know that have deep convictions. we're grateful for the so- called blue dog democrats who have brought attention to the issue of abortion based upon their strong religious beliefs. i remember in the 2004 republican convention, probably the most conservative speaker of their was a senator from georgia who was a democrat, zell miller. i spent a lot of time with him. i have no question about where his convictions emanate from and his allegiance to god. i actually think -- >> why is he a democrat? >> i actually think -- he is ac

caller: yes, good morning, i am wondering as everyone harps on the medicare industry in terms of flawsif you look at the overall pattern of medicare and the medicaid rates, i know is not a part of the discussion, but the current rates is so fraudulent, and no one seems to pay attention to that. host: richard, what do you do? caller: i am a surgeon. guest: i don't understand the comment that it's fraudulent. host: unfortunately he's gone. mary agnes, you want to touk to that? guest: of the congressional pressure involved, maybe that's what the caller is talking to and has a disagreement and thinks they are too low. host: mary agnes, are doctors satisfied with medicare part "b" and the reimbursement schedules? guest: i think it depends on who you talk to, most physicians would like to make more money, the benefits feel that some doctors are happy. and the data from the med-pac show that beneficiaries do have impact which indicates that doctors still take the program. host: how influential is med-pac and how important? guest: i think they are incredibly influential and when they come to c

. >> bob: you hate to sit up he in our own ball park and harp on the other team too much but theiras won this series for them already and now they are trying to use it to sweep the nats. and it will be willingham with one out, josh 1 for 3 with an infield hit. his little dribbler down to third dropped by stewart's bare hand, maybe the only play they haven't made in this entire series. >> rob: any time we have been able to try to mount some kind of offensive their defense saves the day. can't say we haven't been hitting the ball hard. . >> bob: this will be the first game in which the nats did not get double-digit hits and outhit colorado. only four safeties tonight. andnd willingham over matched on breaking balls, two outs. >> rob: first couple of the evening street didn't throw more breaking balls. a little more tired, doesn't think he can get outs with the sinking fastball. dunn hit that one all the way to the wall and he stays with breaking balls to get willingham.    . >> bob: elijah dukes 0-3. >> rob: notice the location of those breakin

but, you know, those of us who have been covering this company for some time have constantly harpingnflicts. there have been so many of them ranging from everything from the g-phone and iphone to operating systems and net books and google moving into that direction of an operating system itself that competes with the mac os. all of these issues and eric schmidt has always said, look, i'll just recuse myself any time there is any kind of a conflict. well, you know, everybody seemed to wonder, well, what's he been doing? you have to recuse yourself from so many different issues on so many different days that it stood to reason that his basic -- his time was -- his days were numbered. there was no question about it. >> i'll tell you what he was doing, he was, a mole. >> that's what i was going to say, wasn't he operating behind enemy lines all this time in. >> yes, keep your friends close and enemies closer. everybody wondered, you have other shared board members, al gore who's an adviser to eric  schmidt, also sitting on apple's board. arthur levinson. you have so many various relatio

wages and fire people but they do what they can -- >> guest: he didn't like that compromise, not to harp on that, he also signed a bad tariff would send a terrible international -- this is where i -- it was in the republican platform, republicans like tariffs at that point. it was wrong but they did. so -- >> host: why did they? >> guest: they had a misunderstanding it was good for business. it's not good for business generally, it is good for the businessman who has influence with congress so that's how it came about. but he probably knew better. he had lived in london, and asia, he generated significant economic growth for globalization. this was a period analogous to the 20's and that is my next book, the twenties. it was a wonderful period in terms of growth and people getting things they hadn't gotten before in strange places. he lived in the international london. and he had a thousand professors write to him sinking don't sign this, it's bad, smoot-hawley, even some from his own universities, stanford. and yet he signed it -- >> host: to have a massive academic sector we try and to

i hate to harp on politics once more, but the issue we have to watch very carefully is the -- we haveemember, we're starting the psych well corporate profits at a huge percent of national income, an abnormal level of the national income. if we see huge surges in profit without the perception employment is improving they're start taxing corporate profit. i think we have to watch that carefully. >> larry, boris, thank you very much for joining us today. jim and rich will be with us for the rest of the show. >>> when we with come back we'll go on a shopping spree. we'll hit the mall with jim talban, and dana telsey, wouldn't want to miss it. . she'll join us to talk about whether or not the consumer will -- or may return in the fall. finally, good news for people with type 2 diabetes or at risk for diabetes. introducing new nutrisystem d, the clinically tested program for losing weight and reducing blood sugar. hi i'm mike, and i lost 100 pounds on nutrisystem d when i was first diagnosed with diabetes, that first step was more like a giant leap. till i discovered nutrisystem d. in a cli

states could be doing or should be doing to restore democratic order in honduras and prime minister, harp -- prime minister harper, a few months ago, the homeland security secretary of the united states went to canada, or at least aggravated canadian sensibilities when she compared the canadian border to the mexican border and i wonder what you think about that and how you feel about the united states using some of the enforcement strategies adopted on the southern border in the north? thank you. >> that's all? >> that's all, mr. president. >> well, first of all, ginger, i don't know if you're doing some prognosticating about the outcome of the mid term elections, which are over a year away, i anticipate we'll do just fine. and i think when all is said on health care reform, the american people are going to be glad that we acted to change an unsustainae system so that more people have coverage, we're bending the cost curve and we're getting insurance reform so that people don't get dropped because of pre-existing conditions or other issues. so understand, though, i'm not acting based on s

states could be doing or should be doing to restore democratic order in honduras and prime minister, harp -- prime minister harper, a few months ago, the homeland security secretary of the united states went to canada, or at least aggravated canadian sensibilities when she compared the canadian border to the mexican border and i wonder what you think about that and how you feel about the united states using some of the enforcement strategies adopted on the southern border in the north? thank you. >> that's all? >> that's all, mr. president. >> well, first of all, ginger, i don't know if you're doing some prognosticating about the outcome of the mid term elections, which are over a year away, i anticipate we'll do just fine. and i think when all is said on health care reform, the american people are going to be glad that we acted to change an unsustainable system so that more people have coverage, we're bending the cost curve and we're getting insurance reform so that people don't get dropped because of pre-existing conditions or other issues. so understand, though, i'm not acting based on

>> well, the streak is something that neither team is going to harp upon.matters in the standings especially when you have such a close race going on. eventually it won't be about who wins the division. it will be the wild card. right now the yankees, red sox, and the rays and rangers are all right there. so there are 2 spaces for 4 teams possibly. these games are significant. it will matter obviously at the end of the season when it comes down to it. nobody thinks that because of the red sox won the first 8ings-- 8 meetings that has any impact because these are much different teams. alex rodriguez the last time they played the red sox was not the same player he is now. david ortiz was not the same player he is now. the 2 best players in the line-ups have been hitting much better since that last meeting. >> it's a bizarre streak in baseball. you don't beat somebody every time you play them when you are division rivals. it's been a couple of months. you wonder how this will factor into this weekend's series. >> well, i think certainly from the yankees perspe

about 15 or so comments harped on the fact that we needed to do a better job of educating members onhe rule-making process and establishing an outreach place for that. i just have a lot few slides with screen shots of the regular laces.gov overhaul. this was deployed at the very end of july, july 25 in fact. it is a brand new look and feel. it is a streamlined view. we also wanted to bring some interactive functionality to the home page. so i will get to the next slide and sort of talk about that a little bit. some of the interactive icons on the home page allow public members to click, say if they want to submit a comment. that would automatically change the search so that only available documents for commenting that are open for comment would appear in their search results. again, trying to elite them in the direction where they come to the site, they quickly learn what the site is about and are able to identify some of the most common user tasks completed on our site. we also did a great job in working with our partner agencies in trying to establish more plain language text on th

. >> guest: he didn't like that compromise and not to harp on just that.he also cited bad terror of and this is where it was in the republican platform, republicans like terrace at that point, it was wrong but they did it. >> guest: why did they? >> guest: because they had a misunderstanding it was good for business. is not generally for business, it was for the man who has the influence of the congressman so that's how it came about when he probably knew better. he had lived in london, he had lived in asia and he generate significant economic growth through globalization. this is very analogous to the 20s and that is my next book on the 20s. it was a wonderful time in terms of growth of people getting things that haven't gone before in strange places. he did live in the international london was and he had a thousand people riding saying don't sign this terrible it is bad. even some of his own university stanford. >> host: faÇade unprecedented to have a mass of academics and as police tried to update policy in a direct way? guess right now, it was really s

he constantly harp on two issues -- religious freedom and property rights.hose two ideas are closely connected. they were connected in the minds of the founders and in the scripture. i think this is at the cornerstone of the capital system. >> thank you. good morning. i just graduated from college in northern california. >> a beautiful place. >> pretty, yes. how can there be such a thing as a christian democrat? [laughter] [applause] >> i guess if you have a computer, you can write anything. there are some members of congress that i know that have deep convictions. we're grateful for the so- called blue dog democrats who have brought attention to the issue of abortion based upon their strong religious beliefs. i remember in the 2004 republican convention, probably the most conservative speaker of their was a senator from georgia who was a democrat, zell miller. i spent a lot of time with him. i have no question about where his convictions emanate from and his allegiance to god. i actually think -- >> why is he a democrat? >> i actually think -- he is across

caller: yes, good morning, i am wondering as everyone harps on the medicare industry in terms of flaws. if you look at the overall pattern of medicare and the medicaid rates, i know is not a part of the discussion, but the current rates is so fraudulent, and no one seems to pay attention to that. host: richard, what do you do? caller: i am a surgeon. guest: i don't understand the comment that it's fraudulent. host: unfortunately he's gone. mary agnes, you want to touk to that? guest: of the congressional pressure involved, maybe that's what the caller is talking to and has a disagreement and thinks they are too low. host: mary agnes, are doctors satisfied with medicare part "b" and the reimbursement schedules? guest: i think it depends on who you talk to, most physicians would like to make more money, the benefits feel that some doctors are happy. and the data from the med-pac show that beneficiaries do have impact which indicates that doctors still take the program. host: how influential is med-pac and how important? guest: i think they are incredibly influential and when they come to