hillary clinton was no unknown presidential candidate. at the time, she was the presumptive democratic nominee running against some guy named barack obama. she had a guy breaking the law right at the top of a campaign. mrs. clinton's fund-raisers and staff said they did not know that this fund raiser was breaking the law, and i agree with them. the point is, someone can flout the campaign finance laws right up in one of the most important campaigns and most important candidates in recent history. it is probably happening all the time. >> this was from april 1, 2009. the headline is "u.s. news: lawmakers have long rewarded their age with bonuses." what is legistorm? >> it was started by a man who left and founded his own web site. a lot of people in d.c. have an interest in showing a greater spotlight on campaign finances. jeff freely is one of them. his website makes it easy for people to figure out and track the money within congress. not what congress is appropriating money for, but literally how much a committee is spending on running

as for the like of hillary clinton, i've covered secretary of state clinton before.overed her during her campaign. she's a likable and charismatic person once you get the chance to spend any time close to her. she's also trying to build up her defense credentials. i know she was supportive of mcchrystal during the strategic review and assessment last year. i think if you supported them, there's a much better chance of them liking you, as opposed to, say, vice president biden who is the most vocal critic of general mcchrystal's strategy within the white house. >> larry: are you surprised at one aide calling jim jones the national security adviser a clown? >> i wasn't too surprised by that because within the sort of washington, d.c. chattering classes, general jones, though obviously a very well-decorated military veteran, doesn't -- he doesn't have the sort of -- he's someone who takes a lot of flack within the washington, d.c. gossip circles. >> larry: is this going to change the pentagon and the press? >> it's probably very doubtful that one story will do much to ch

>> i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message.uest: and they tried to use that inexperience attack against obama and it was one of the best ads of the cam bane -- campaign because america did have doubts. and hillary clinton love her or hate her she's been in the room for a lot of important debates. she has, we assume, the experience to take that 2:00 a.m. phone call. host: let's go to west virginia where john is on the independent line. caller: i would like to say first thing, thankkc-span for giving us this forum. and i think for giving me an opportunity to say something today. henry ford said don't find fault, find a cure. i stood before a local community and told them that i had designed something that would cure the problem in the gulf. it's an auguster system that would cure the problem. it would seal that hole. and i have i would like to say i'm from west virginia and my phone number is 304 -- host: committee stay focused on this idea of presidents in + crisis. we're going to talk about the gulf spill later show. caller: th

administration or all of government to express these themes and issues that the secretary of state for hillary clinton's policy planning staff. he was kept on to serve the obama administration with secretary clinton did counter- radicalization, public diplomacy -- he serves on counterterrorism, counter- radicalization, a public diplomacy, and youth issues. he has become a specialist in the use of technology to advance american interests throughout the world, particularly in the middle east and south asia. in december 2008, he assembled the first ever alliance of youth movement, a summit of the 21st century movements that rely almost entirely on technology to affect change. he brought google ceo eric schmidt on what was the first trip to iraq by any american ceo. during june of 2009, he intervened to keep the twitter network on-line, delaying scheeuled engineering work so that supporters of the iranian opposition candidate could continue using the network to organize their activities. in december of 2009, cnn released its top 10 internet moments of the decade, of which was included the launch of facebook

year later, 2005, high was giving a talk in washington and the subject of your great biography, hillary clinton, was the other speaker. she came up to me and said, i quote from your book all the time. in fact i "it's so often i should give you royalties. i stupidly said no and should have said how much. she sa, i "the end of the book were you asked about history and bush says, history we will not know. i said, why you quit that? hillary can get excited. she said, you cannot be president of the united states and talk like that. she is putting her fist into her palm. you're bullish is a fatalist. he gives himself over to history. you cannot think and talk like that and the president. and i said, well. she said, no, you cannot. george washington would never talk like that. thomas jefferson would never talk like th. bill would never talk like that. [laughter] >> what would jesus do? [laughter] >> then i thought washington, jefferson, bill -- the new mount rushmore. history we will not know. we will all be dead. >> thank you. [caioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright

, your call and comments on "washington journal" and a senate hearing with secretary of state hillary clinton and robert get as on the start missile treatity. -- treaty. .

. >> holeman: secretary of state hillary clinton also addressed the issue after meeting with the indiaoreign minister in washington. >> we are hope to different ways of assuring that it is a credible investigation, including urging appropriate international participation. >> holman: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu met with cabinet ministers today on ways to enforce an arms embargo on gaza while allowing in civilian goods. in afghanistan, delegates at a k-frpb in kabul-- the peace jirga-- moved toward endorsing a plan to reach out to the taliban. but it was unclear which leaders the government could work with. meanwhile, eight afghan civilians died in violence in the south. and u.s. officials announced an american soldier was killed on tuesday. jury selection began today in the federal corruption trial of former illinois governor rod blagojevich. he allegedly tried to profit from his power to fill president obama's former senate seat. blagojevich arrived this morning at the chicago courthouse with his wife, patti. they stopped briefly before a phalanx of cameras. defense attor

. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton, who made a visit to the expo last week, it credited from pulling the project from the brink by cajoling major corporations to chip in and putting on top -notch fund raisers at the helm. he put word out that the u.s. could simply not be absent and at the 11th hour found that funds were raised. >> over the curious of the 180 days that this will run, this pavilion will see more chinese visitors than the entire u.s. mission in china will see over 20 years. and they will do it in the context of not-- you know, of just sort of ordinary, fun kind of activities so it's an unbelievable opportunity. >> reporter: the $60 million u.s. pavilion afrz 4-d movie that tells the story of american opportunity, diversity, and innovation. >> you have to keep on going on your dream to make a change. >> reporter: paned in the u.s. media as unimaginative and a missed opportunity, the pavilion has had some of the longest lines at the expo , and according to the chinese we spoke with, worth the long wait. he was moved by the 4-d movie. >> my view of america cha

and the first lady, hillary clinton came out, and we took her to this community, this one block that had all historical homes on it. and every home on that block was shifted to the south, because it was off the foundation because it was a rolling earthquake. we came down one block, the other block, there was one house sitting there, had no damage, and they were still living in their house, and the guy came out, and mrs. clinton asked him, well, you have no damage, what did you do? he said, i went down to the library, and i checked out a videotape from fema office of emergency services california videotape that showed you how to retro fit your house for an earthquake, and i did it myself, and i spent $1,000. and the biggest problem we have in this country, particularly for earthquakes and hurricanes, is the fact that we have inherited a traditional stock that was built before building codes and building standards and before they were ever enforced. now it's really critical that we start retro fitting those facilities, particularly hospitals, schools, public buildings, and showing peop

secretary of state hillary clinton said today that although the blockade is unsustainable, israel should be able to take part in the instigation into sunday's high seas stand-off. >> we support in the strongest terms the security council's call for a prompt , impartial, credible and transparent investigation. we support an israeli investigation that meets those criteria. we are open to different ways of assuring a credible investigation, including international participation. the situation from our perspective is very difficult and requires careful , thoughtful responses from all concerned. >> ifill: at the site of the conflict, israel carried out an air strike today in the gaza strip. israel said there were no casualties. an islamic militant group said three of its members were killed. in a separate incident two militants were killed infiltrating israel from gaza. the israeli blockade of gaza has been in place since 2007 when the hamas movement came to power. israeli leaders say the blockade is needed to cut off the flow of weapons to hamas and that the act i.v.f.s aboard the flotilla w

hillary clinton spoke with the turkish foreign minister. it was the main topic today state department briefing. this is 45 minutes. >> the meeting with the foreign minister was planned for one hour, it went to hours and 15 minutes. the foreign minister at one. conferred with his private minister by phone. so in anticipation of a phone call that will happen between the presidents and the prime minister some time in the next few minutes, that in turn caused us to miss the ceremony with the ambassador who was sworn in. i will send you some pictures with secretary clinton later this afternoon and that led into the bilateral with the foreign minister. this is his last day covering the be here at the state department. best wishes with your upcoming book project. >> thanks for your work and all of your help. >> i can report the secretary had a detailed in depth discussion with the foreign minister. the first portion of the meeting was on the immediate such a question with respect to the flotilla. the second half of the meeting regarded as such a q

this week, secretary of state hillary clinton announced to deal with the other security council membersand new economic sanctions, a new plan against iran. is this a good deal? would you do more or less? >> do everything we can in our power to support iran. however, i would like the state of israel to be able to protect itself. i want to give them all the support >> but what will work with iran? >> you don't know what is going to work with iran. i doubt they give up their nuclear weapons program. that is why we have to support israel and provide them with the means to defend themselves. we have to use all the sanctions possible, work with the international community, and if they don't, we have to stand shoulder to shoulder with israel. >> what do we do? >> we do whatever we need to do to protect themselves. >> israel is not going to stand to allow iran to get nuclear weapons. >> i have always promoted sanctions, but i have not seen hillary clinton with specific sanctions. i like to say we're not going to put refined petroleum back into their economy. there are really some things that we

host: i want to ask you aboutt the current secretary of state, hillary clinton. there was a piece that but for the proposition that when robert gates retires, the best person would be hillary clinton. what do you think? guest: only prethe president can decide. i think she is doing a very good job where she is at. i think the department needs her leadership the other point i can make about my previous responsibilities is there is a real need to strengthen the foreign service in the united states. she has been very supportive of3 in public, and that has been very helpful. host: another opinion piece, there was a piece written about the office of the national intelligence was created as a highly visible solution to the problems of 9/11, and has struggled ever since. the role is inherently of work -pproduct of the question of improved security. blair is the third person to hold office in five years. the words inhhrently awkward, do you agree with that? guest: i see her point. i would not necessarily argue with that. i think there's still some sorting out as to what t

host: there was a piece over the weekend in the "wall street journal" that talks about hillary clinton. guest: and that is his opinion. only the president can decide. if she were to move to another position in the government, it would be a loss to the state department. another point i would make about my previous responsibilities, linking it to your question, there is a real need to strengthen the foreign service's of the united states. she has been supportive of that program. host: another opinion piece, back to the issue of the intelligence director, in the " wall street journal" -- "inherently, awkward" do you agree with the aat? guest: i think there needs to be some sort of bump of what the relationship is, but no matter the definition of the job is the relationship of the director with the preeident i felt like i had a good relationship with george bush. host: who was the cia director while you were there? guest: porter goss was the director for most of the time that i was there. host: let us go to the republican line. georgia in north carolina. caller: two questions. i understand

secretary of state hillary clinton has confirmed, and other sources within the administration have confirmed, that the administration will be filing a federal law suit against the state of arizona. and i'm wondering since you were governor of arizona and spent so much time there if you could comment on that. >> i'm sorry. could you just state your name and where you're from too? >> oh, sorry. carolyn presutti with voice of america tv. >> no. >> all right. could we go to the next question? >> listen. questions about whether, how, when or whatever to challenge the arizona law should be addressed to the department of justice. what i'm here saying today is that enforcement along this border in those border states is primarily a federal responsibility that we do that and need more manpower, more technology, more infrastructure to assist. that's part of our plan. we need to be working with that's part of our plan and we need to work with state and local law enforcement. that's part of our plan as well, particularly when it comes to the organizations that are exploiting that border for their own ga

year later, 2005, high was giving a talk in washington and the subject of your great biography, hillary clinton, was the other speaker. she came up to me and said, i quote from your book all the time. in fact i "it's so often i should give you royalties. i stupidly said no and should have said how much. she said, i "the end of the book were you asked about history and bush says, history we will not know. i said, why you quit that? hillary can get excited. she said, you cannot be president of the united states and talk like that. she is putting her fist into her palm. you're bullish is a fatalist. he gives himself over to a history. you cannot think and talk like that and the president. and i said, well. she said, no, you cannot. george washington would never talk like that. thomas jefferson would never talk like that. bill would never talk like that. [laughter] >> what would jesus do? [laughter] >> then i thought washington, jefferson, bill -- the new mount rushmore. history we will not know. we will all be dead. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions co

i thought that hillary clinton was going to be the democratic nominee. do not look to me for prognostication. i am often wrong. there is certainly a feeling that things are really off track. debt is clearly the problem. in two years the national debt would be 100% of gdp. that is unsustainable. it is not a real country at that point. you cannot have that. it is a third world. clearly there are going to have to be radical adjustments. there are not enough rich people in the country to pay down the debt. it seems to me that we will have to trim our expenditures. social security and medicare particularly need to be dealt with. there's this increasingly socialist attitude that the government will be there for you end take care of you, hopefully it will be reexamined soon. the trend in the last 30 years in this country is to go away from risk. smoking, seesaws, anything that hurts you is really bad. the result is that the country has gotten a lot less interesting. the flip side of risk is joy. i hope we are moving backwards from that, accepting risks as a par

in that meeting today with his national security team, president obama will have hillary clinton, joe biden, tim geithner, rahm emanuel, and the list goes on of those who will be meeting with the president about afghanistan and pakistan. we want to know what you think this morning. should president obama fire general mcchrystal? marsha on the line for drepublicans, what do you think? caller: i do not think general mcchrystal should be fired. this is nothing but a witch huntt pt is awfully funny that he is making these kind of comments about the war when his own fiancee was murdered by al-qaeda insurgenns. none of the quotations else was directly related to general petraeus. -- i am sorry, general mcchrystal. they were all mentioned by unnamed advisers. i would think that in this day and age of reputable journalism, someone would want to mention those names. host: what do you think should happen to general mcchrystal's team? according to the "rolling stone" article -- here is a copy of it. by the way, it is on our web site, c-span.org, if you're interested in reading the whole thing. t

that's maintaining three jobs and [inaudible] meanwhile obama administration is still paying hillary clinton's campaign debt. this from the same guy that obama is not fundamentally un-american. why pay that there instead of the millions that are unemployed. >> i don't like to answer questions from pollsters but let me say this. i don't know the facts regarding recovery act funding. in general, again, i'm going to come back and say the recovery act has just to step back, has worked in terms of getting money out the door quickly. we're on-target for getting 70 percent of the money spent out by the end of the fiscal year with remarkably little - if you asked me if he or we would have a program that big on stories about out right fraud i thought that would be remarkable but that's what has occurred. we'll look into the specific example you sites but i'm not familiar with it. in general the recovery act has successed to a much greater degree than i wouldn't bet on in 2009. >> names ken paris. want to ask about the relationships between deficits and jobs. said that one percent reduction in deficit w

i was giving a talk in washington and the subject of your great biography, a woman in charge, hillary clinton was the other speaker. afterwards, she came up to me and said, i quote from your book all the time. i " so often, i think i should give you royalties. >> i stupidly said, no, no. i should have said, how much? she said she quotes the book -- the end of the book when you ask about history. why'd you " that? -- white you " that? she said, you cannot be president of the united states and talk like that. she is hitting her fist. george bush is a fatalist. he gives himself over to history, we do not know. you cannot think and talk like that and be president. i said, -- she said, no, no, you cannot. george washington would never talk like that. thomas jefferson would never talk like that. bildt would never talk like that. >> what would jesus do? >> then i thought, washington, jefferson, bill, the new mount rushmore. >> thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> president obama will be holding his f

host: in 2008 he endorsed barack obama in the primary even though hillary clinton won west virginia by a large margin. guest: the full american experience, a guy who once filibustered the civil rights act was one of the key senators to endorse barack obama before he clinched the nomination. host: now, he was the last senator to serve from the 1950's. what were his relationships with all the different presidents over the years? guest: they were up and down. he was a huge critic of president bush. he was against the iraq war and he gave some of his most passionate speeches in recent years against the iraq war. i don't know how deep his relations it has been with barack obama because, frankly, he has been fairly removed from the senate and fairly ill the last year and a half. remember, but when all the way back, he challenged the -- going all the way back, he challenged ted kennedy for leader and he beat ted kennedy for senate leader in the early 1970's and that put him on a different path. host: two things you report in your story that are pretty well known. at least one of them, he woul

strategic and economic dialogue that was led by the treasury secretary and secretary of state hillary clinton. host: how about your own meet g meetings an visit to china? what were you doing? guest: i was in beijing talking to primarily to university based economists looking at what china has to do to sustain the economic growth over the long run. they have had a record run. they have grown more rapidly for a longer period of time than any other country in recorded history. and many people were worried there were factors that could drag down the rate looking ahead. so the question is what kinds of policies should the government be adopting to sustain their rapid growth. host: what are those factors that could drag them down? guest: the factors that could drag them down is underconsumption. overinvestment. too much reliance on exports and more structural issues like the o one-child family policy in in effect for a number of decades means their labor force growth is entering a period of very slow expansion. so, demographic factors. and pollution. the environmental cost of high growth that china

. >> secretary of state hillary clinton and her indian counterpart spoke with reporters thursday aboutelations between the united states and india. from the state department, this is about 40 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. let me warmly welcome our indian guests, particularly minister krishna. it is indeed an honor to host this inaugural strategic dialogue between india and the united states. this makes good on plans that minister krishna and i announced in india last summer. it advances the vision of partnership articulated by president obama and prime minister singh. i know president obama is looking forward to joining us later today and underscoring his personal commitment to strengthening the u.s.-indian relationship. india is an indispensable partner and a trusted friend. we believe that a rising india is good for the united states and good for the world. our two nations, great democracies with dynamic and interconnected economies and into progress understand that our fortunes in this new century are increasingly linked. our people are more connected today than ever before

you have talk of hillary clinton running again and the popularity of sarah palin.t seems so much more plausible than it seems what do you think about -- guest: i think susan and christina hoffs got this debate going about 10-15 years ago with the notion of the boy crisis. and this wasn't so much about women are dominating. it was more about us taking a look at boys struggling. and this was an educational argument for fighter i have to say in other countries, it's completely skepped. like in australia they have programs in school that are basically affirm tiff action for boys in school. so they have boys-only schools or reconstruct the he's kind of addressed this head jan, using policies that basically are what we think of as affirmative action policies for boys. as they do in some american colorages. in christina hostile he blames the feminists and says it's a feminist division -- host: i think we just celebrated the ooh 50th anniversary of the pill. does that have anything to do with -- guest: yes. now it's a really long history. but there's a new book written abo

host: two things in the papers this morning about the secretary of state, hillary clinton. the first is from the author of "power rules." in 2009, he was a former official at the state and defense departments, and he also currently serves as president amer cuss at the council for formal relations. he makes the case for the current secretary of state for defense secretary. he writes that here's how and why it could happen. step one may come in a year or is when the defense secretary, robert gates, retires as clouds darken over afghanistan and iraq and cutting military spending. mr. gates has mr. obama credibility on national security, which was why he was security, which was why he was asked to stay after 20908 election. he goes on to say that -- a profile of secretary clinton, this is call "traveling saleswoman." some of the things the author writes occur in the first column as far as quotes she has from an interview that she granted to the financial times. she says, "we now havv a case to make, and it is not just the case that is made to the president or the prime minister

and the last statement i would say, hillary clinton used to run an ad, who would you want to answer the phone at 3:00 a.m. in the morning? it is a good question. a lot of people should revisit it. host: thank you for making the call. the last is jeff calling from 29 palms, california. service member on the line for active duty military. go ahead, please. caller: i just wanted to call and comment on mcchrystal's resignation and petreaus's upcoming appointment. i know i heard some commissioned officer called in earlier -- i am personally in the marine corps and i just wanted to call and give the junior enlisted members opinions. i am also in the infantry, which is a big divide. we support mcchrystal and we are all pretty sad to see this happen. host: can you explain why? can you explain why you are said it is happening? caller: pretty upset because i was kindred spirit with general mcchrystal more so than a lot of the senior leadership. he did a lot of good stuff in afghanistan. and like a lot of my seniors and marines i look up to, they look up to him and have nothing but good things to

elsewhere not only in november, 2008 but during the democratic primaries where they targeted white hillary clinton supporters. others have falsely claimed that no votes were affected, not only did the evidence rebut this claim but the law does not require a successful effort to intimidate and punishes even the attempt to intimidate. most disturbing, the dismissal is part of a lawlessness in our institutions. americans should be shocked to bringing civil rights cases against non-white defendants on behalf of white victims. equal enforcement of justice is not part of this administration. some of my co-workers argued that the law should not be used against black wrongdoers because of the long history of slavery. other individuals called it payback time and that is in quotes. incredibly after the case was dismissed, instructions were given that no cases like the black panther case, would be brought by the voting section. refusing to enforce the law equally means that some citizens are protected while others are victimized depending on their race. principles of equality before the law and freedom from

secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting with her counterpart from india today. the two leaders will discuss u.s.-india relations. live coverage begins on our companion network, c-span to -- c-span2. carolina is one of the state's looking to elect a new governor in 2010. earlier this week, we have a debate among republicans vying for the seat. live coverage of the democratic debate gets underway at 7:00 here on c-span. >> c-span -- our public affairs content is available on television, radio, and online. and you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. signup for our females are at c- span.org. >> the discussion now on the future of education in the united states. " continues. host: let me introduce you to the president of the national education association, dennis van roekel. he began his teaching career as a high school math teacher at paradise valley high schl in phoenix, arizona. welcome to the program. guest: thank you. host: let me start with your retion to the governors and state school chiefs' blueprint for what might be a national syllabus

barack obama, someone who attacked hillary clinton from the left and went on to win the general electioncomfortable margin, he is an ideal case. baracc obama has not ended the war in iraq and has escalated the war in afghanistan, so i think you can see this playing out with the tea party, where scott brown in massachusetts was he is somebody the tea party backed but who had bipartisan appeal and was a sophisticated politician because of his folksy persona, but then scott brown goes to washington and end of disappointing the tea party in all sorts of ways, so your other alternative is rand paul or sharon angle. can she, who haa been publicly quoted saying both medicare and social security needs to be phased out over the long terr -- is she goinn to be a potent force in national politics? it is hard to say. this is the problem the anti- war movement's founders upon. they won national elections, but they did not get their ultimate policy goes achieve. i think it remains to be seen whether there is a tea party candidate who will provide the kind of success that has eluded their anti-war para

hillary rodham clinton. secretary gates. steven chu, an admiral michael mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. it is a pleasure to have all of you with us this morning. at the this secretary chu's first appearance at this committee. the new strategic arms reduction treaty before us today is an important treaty. and it will, as admiral mullens said earlier this month, make our country more secure and advance our core national security interests. this treaty is in keeping with a long tradition of bilateral, verifiable, arms control agreements with russia and its predecessor, the soviet union. and it strengthens the u.s. commitment to non-proliferation. the united states senate has previously approved 10 bilateral arms control agreements with russia and before that, the soviet union, with overwhelming bipartisan majorities. only one was opposed by more than six votes. in that case, there were 19 boats opposed to it. and that was in 1993. three of these treaties were considered during some of the most difficult days

year later, 2005high was giving a talk in washington and the subject of your great biography, hillary clintonthe other speaker. she came up to me and said, i quote from your book all the time. in fact i "it's so often i should give you royalties. i stupidly said no and should have said how much. she said, i "the end of the book were you asked about history and bush says, history we will not know. i said, why you quit that? hillary can get excited. she said, you cannot be president of the united states and talk like that. she is putting her fistnto her palm. you're bullish is a fatalist. he gives himself over to a history. you cannot think and talk like that and the president. and i said, well. she said, no, you cannot. george washington would never talk like that. thomas jefferson would never talk like that. bill wouldever talk like that. [laughter] >> what would jesus do? [laughter] then i thought washington, jefferson, bill -- the new mount rushmore. history we will not know. we will all be dead. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] gets underway at 1:00 p.m

. >> secretary of state hillary clinton said thursday that a new ratified start treaty could lead to talks on russia on missile but -- missile defense and iran. the chairman of the joint chiefs. this hearing is about two hours and 20 minutes. it is a real pleasure to have all of you with us this morning. this is his first appearance before the committee and i believe it is. he did a special welcome for that. the new strategic arms reduction treaty that is before us today is in a important treaty. it will make our country more secure and advance our core national security interest. this treaty is in keeping with the long tradition of bilateral, verifiable, arms control agreements with russia. the united states senate has previously approved attend bilateral arms control agreements with russia would overwhelmingly bipartisan majorities. only one was supposed by more than six votes. that was in 1993. three of these treaties were considered during some of the most difficult days of the cold war and they were all approved by overwhelming support. this new start treaty supports a credible

host: in 2008 he endorsed barack obama in the primary even though hillary clinton won west virginia bya large margin. guest: the full american experience, a guy who once filibustered the civil rights act was one of the key senators to endorse barack obama before he clinched the nomination. host: now, he was the last senator to serve from the 1950's. what were his relationships with all the different presidents over the years? guest: they were up and down. he was a huge crit of president bush. he was against the iraq war and he gave some of his most passionate speeches in recent years against the iraq war. i don't know how deep his relations it has been with barack obama because, frankly, he has been fairly removed from the senate and fairly ill the last year and a half. remember, but when all the way back, he challenged the -- going all the way back, he challenged ted kennedy for leader and he beat ted kennedy for senate leader in the early 1970's and that put him on a different path. host: two things you report in your story that are pretty well known. at least one of them, he would c

the first lady, hillary clinton, came out today to agree to this one community that had all historical homes on it. -- came out and we took her to this one community that had all the store opens on it. it was a rolling earthquake. we came down one block. there was one house sitting on another block with no damage. there were still living in their house. the guy came out and mrs. clinton asked him, you have no damage. what did you do? he said, i went down to the library and i checked out a videotape from fema, and it showed how to retrofit the house for an earthquake. i did it myself. i spent $1,000. the biggest problem we have in this country, particularly for earthquakes and countries, is the fact is we have inherited a traditional stock of buildings that were built before there were building codes and standards, and before they were never enforced. now, it is really critical that we start retrofitting those facilities, particularly hospitals, schools, public buildings, showing people what they can do for themselves in their homes and businesses to protect them. -- to protect them fro

clinton has been cheering the team on. he tries to remain on the opposite side of the world as hillary at all times. >>> kellogg's is recovering 28 million boxes of cereal. in a statement kellogg's said "they're not great!" >> thanks for joining us. "larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, supreme court nominee elena kagan on the hot seat highly partisan highly little hearings under way. >> i will do my best to consider every case impartially. >> larry: plus a landmark decision from the high court. gun owners win it. then, 7-year-old vanishes from school three weeks and thousands of it tips later his disappearance still a mystery. does the second graders stepmom know something that could help find him? next on "larry king live." good evening. today's confirmation hearings were devoted to opening statements by committee members and nominee elena kagan. herself, if confirmed, kagan will succeed justice john paul stevens retiring after 35 years on the court. here to talk about is james carville, cnn political contributor and democratic strategist and a conservative talk show host and organizer with the t.e.a. party

review last year, general petraeus was part of a group, and this group included secretary gates, hillary clinton, and my national security team. we discussed, extensively, the different options that we had in afghanistan. and what was determined was that we had to be very clear on the mission. the mission, first and foremost, is to destroy al qaeda and their affiliates so they cannot attack the united states. the reason that we are there is because 3000 americans were killed, from the attacks launched in that region. this is not going to be repeated. in order to achieve this, we have to make certain that we have a stable government in afghanistan, and we have to make certain that the government of pakistan is working effectively with us to dismantle these networks. what we have said is that we would put in additional soldiers, to provide the time and space for the government of afghanistan to build up their capacity and to clear and hold the population centers that are critical, to drive back the taliban, and break their momentum, and that, beginning next year, we would begin the transition with