don't ignore me on this. >> i am looking at my hair in the monitor. i am so vain, i am an actress. used such good conditioner. look at that. you think l'oreal may give me some money? sorry, just trying to get my hair advertisement. i have to make some money as well. carry-on. q tavis. -- cue tavis. tavis: we celebrated our 1,000th show, and we got tons of clips. the one that brought the house down -- then sell washington was hilarious, but the clip of you imitating may, my chops get busted about that all the time. i traveled around the country, "tracey ullman, she nailed you." >> i have seen you, "i am sorry, he is on the campaign trail, he is not available tonight, but we have one of the founding members of the o.j. --" he said that one night. that was the story. tavis: it was funny. >> you come on an early now. tavis: twice a night here in l.a. tavis: we are at disney concert hall and the sun is shining. >> you would be in that same hour. there is such a dichotomy. i cannot believe it! i am with tavis smiley! you are so funny. tavis: i am just so glad that you are spoofing him now

i cannot help but say i am with you. tavis: i believe that in black america, the best that we have been able to produce are our artists. i celebrate artists like you and i think our artists are the best we have given the world. i came to that because it is one thing for the world community, for the rest of the globe to celebrate the unity of our artists. even at the same time they do not get our politics. you are out on the road and they celebrate you. they are -- you just came back from being on the other side of the world. you were out there when this obama media was kicking up. did you sense -- what was so wonderfu >> if you said america, they were smiling. for the first time in a long time, the world was saying, isn't it exciting? i do not care if i am having an interview in france or germany, it does not matter. it is exexting in america right now and i am thinking what are you talking about? they're talking about politics. i spent eight years -- they never went near it. i never did. you cannot win. iiis a no win. i

tavis: why i am not hearing a lot of this on radio? >> i think it's because i am not signed with a major label. target is not a record company, they are a distributor and retail store. and a good one at that, 30 million people go through the stores every week. they have a chance to pick up the lotusflow3r record. they are treating us like any other record company, they buy the same amount and pay the same price. we have done quite well already, bria is taken care of and i am. and i hope to do more deals with anita baker, we are trying to work on jazz things. but time will tell. tavis: it was amazing to me, without radio airplay, as a sole distributor, you end up missing no. 1 when this thing dropped. like maxwell smart, missed it by that much. >> again, that's when the fighter in me comes out. and i think of jack johnson knocking someone down three or four times and lost the fight. soundscan said it was no. 2. other charts say it was no. 1. it doesn't make a difference to me one way or another. what makes a difference to me is that hist

tavis: i am tavis smiley. e next time for the conversation with steve martin on his new cd of banjo music. that is next time. i>> there are so many things tht wal-mart is looking forward to doing, like helping people live better. but mostly, we're helping build stronger communities and relationships. because with your help, the best is yet to come. >> nationwide insurance proudly supports "tavis smiley." tavis and nationwide, working together to improve financial literacy and the economic empowerment that comes with it. >> ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- tavis: i am tavis smiley. join me next time for our conversation with steve martin on hisew cdcd of banjo

again i am happy with my percentages. i have been above 70% the whole time and with my first serve, if i am hup there, i will hold my fair share. >> not only does andy murray hold the 6-2 edge over andy roddick, he is 6 and 2 against roger federer: this is the farthest murray has gone at wimbledon. roddick lost to fed ned in-- to federer in 2004 and 2005. >> all eyes are on roger federer. he continues his assault on the tennis record books trying to surpass pete sampras. this is what tennis threw at him today. a 6-foot 10 inch player, ivo karlovic who had not been broken in 79 straight games entering the quarter-finals, but roger made it look easy. second set during the change over. here's karlovic thinking sunglasses might work. maybe it did. huge ace. nothing that federer can do about that. 5-all in the 2ndet. karlovic serving. he goes up the line. karlovic can't get there. and broken again. only on the 40-- on the court for an hour. federer comes up big. karlovic misses long. 3rd set karlovic without the sunglasses. wit

>> first of all, i am not aware whether or not that will be required. i expect we will need to increase security personnel there, but not aware. quick last question on this. there is apparently the shooting between some black water security guards and the civilian ins afghanistan. >> had not seen those reports. >> al jazeera, in english. on afghanistan, the president's strategy is calling for increased diplomacy in humanitarian assistance. what factored into the decision to only of those two civilians they mentioned there right now and not more? >> what we have going on right now, and will have to refer you to the pentagon for the exact details of the combat operation going on in, but what we are preparing to do, of course is -- first of all, we have these two advisers on the ground that have been there for more than two years they're very familiar with the local situation, very familiar with the local government. they have been working with them for two years. but in terms of other factors, i am not sure. repeat your question. >> why are there not more

i am very happy about that. -- that i have been two since 1997. i am very happy about that. i look forward to becoming more acquainted with colleagues and meeting new ones. before beginning the meeting, i have the distinct honor and privilege to swear in commissioner robert mcdowell. his first term ended yesterday, the day before. i have lost track. the day before. i am very pleased to do this. mr. mcdowell's wife jennifer is here, and you're beautiful children who i will let you introduce. -- and your beautiful children who i will let you introduce. if you will indulgence for a minute, joining us at the front. this is the swearing in of commissioner mcdowell. pal>> excellent. if you would raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, robert mcdowell, do solemnly swear -- >> bayh, robert dole do solemnly swear -- >> that i will support, defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation. and i will well and faithfully d

i am not in the sales side of it. my sense is it somewhere around $100 a year, but it could be less than a combination with offers. i think it is somewhere in the quarter of $100. >> i saw there were 80,000 subscribers? >> 0, and now it is 1 million. >> what has changed in your life besides the fact that richard murdoch owns the wall street journal. >> i have been very lucky. both in my work and in my personal life. my kids are grown up. one is getting married next year. >> how old are they? >> what is 31 is 27. >> -- one is 30. one is 27. i do have an excellent colleague that works for me and gives me a female and a younger perspective which is really helpful. like everyone else, i went through various health claims that i have come through. that is a good thing. probably the most interesting thing that i have done is about seven years ago, another wall street journal columnist started a conference. that brings together the leaders in the media industry to talk about these issues like making money, does it have to be

i am there six or seven times per year. i know how to drive through the streets almost as well as washington, but i was considering leif -- i was extremely concerned that if i lived among the industry i would become the industry mind-set. it is not that there is anything evil about that, it is just that i wanted to stay in the consumer-mind-set. >> when she in macon smith, a googler executive, decided to marry, sweatshirts, told me her mother was troubled by the idea of a day wedding. -- gay wedding. we were having dinner and she was been difficult. if she was arguing with me. i was getting really uncomfortable. walt to occur down like i have never seen anyone take someone else down. my mother was shocked and he was relentless in not letting her off the hook. explain that. >> i wish she hadn't told that to the new yorker for that story. i like kara's mom. we are on good terms today and on good terms before that. i came to the difference of a friend is all. these things happens to families. she is crazy about the kids. she ta

i am ing what i want to dos an englis girl at 49 ars old.e relevancand still do it, it is grt fun. tavis: i am glad you are here and i'm glad you have another season. >> i am writing now. bce moff, -- bernie madoff, watch out. tavs: tracey ullman, showte, "state of the union." >> it is lovely to see yo you are charmg. tis: back in mont with a few prramming notes abo next week. stay with us. [phone rings] >> hello? well, wellscotty mcclellan. big man. e bush family's favorite pressed secretary. -- favorite press secrary. george is sleeping soundly. yes, well, he is aleep 16 hours a day when heas a prident. now he isp to 20. but i admite would he my head if he knew you when i started talking again. i am all right. tavis: quick notes about upcoming programs. my next week guts include one ofhe biggest selling author of all time, suspense novelt mary higgi clark. so, tony wiing broadway starruce jenner with. on monday and tuesday, i hope that you will join us for where explosive conversation withne of music's biggest superstars prints. e iconic a

i am not a seasoned office holder. i have only held one office and will be the last one i will hold i think i have got enough evidence to say that you could talk to americans as adults.

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i am a fighter. i am very competitive.him being so hard on me -- the one thing i got out of it is that i understood in his harshness that he wanted me to excel. he used to say things like, do not ever get a girl pregnant. do not ever get married. do not do this or do not do that. when he would say these things i did not know what to take from it. i would create my own universe. my sister is like that. a lot of my friends are like that. creating your own universe is the key to get i believe. and letting all of the people that you need occupy that universe. tavis: how have you chosen, how have you decided to maintain the friendships that you have maintained over the years? what is your barometer for knowing whether or not those friendships are beneficial? does that make sense? >> you can tell whether they are beneficial if someone is respectful of you. respectful of you when that are not around you. most people are pretty respectful in front of my face. when they are not around me, sometimes you hear them say some pretty hur

>> i am lucky. that is the rst thing. other thing is i like the fact i am part ofn industr that insistshat every job, you must have a complete physical. ttbecame a part of my life very early, recoizing that it was part of my reonsibility to melf as well as the producers that i work for. every year, ery year i had a mammogra. ihink early detecti is the st important thing we c talk about. i woer always when hear about a vy quick death if there had been at earlie formation that this person had abouthemselves if it would've made a dierence. in my ce, it was very important. tavis: y have friends, certainly people in your circ, who had aess to yo who wa you again going public about your breast cancer because it might harm your ceer? >> yes, i did. at lot people. the names i cann tell you, but some of th arewalking around as timeombs themselves. they realize they have cancer, but what their decion was, particully the women who said this me, is that the industry has a very high stdard of ma believe connect to women -coected to wom

barring injury, i am -- i am not -- i am not even going out on a limb. >> okay. >> i am standing on solidund. barring injury and that is the one variable in the nfl. this team is going to the playoffs. i listen to all of these sports talk shows and everybody is talking about. we got to play san diego and that tom brady and the patriots going to be playing. all you have to do is design a team that will beat the pittsburgh steelers. you win this division the asc north, you got home field, the home team gets home field. end of discussion. >> i am looking forward to it. >> you can beat the steelers. steelers fan. mark this day on the calendar. i will throw you a prop right now. if you can beat the pittsburgh steelers, you can beat any football team in the known universe. >> i will give that you. >> design a team that can beat the and the gold, watch out. by the way in case -- memo to pittsburgh steeler fans. >> okay. >> ozzy newnom decided the team will take you down this year. it is a beautiful thing. god love you. it is kind of like mini camp for me and. all good. barring injury, this team

i am very happy about that. i will be on judiciary, i will be on indian affairs which asked for, and i will be on aging which dovetails nicely with health, education, labor, and pensions. what have i been doing? we have been doing a lot. i have been going back and forth to washington. i have a staff in place. if i can hit the ground -- if not running, trotting. i've been trying to keep abreast of what is going on in the senate. it is not the same as being there, though. i know that. we have also had to raise the money in this period. i have also been meeting a lot of people around the state. we have had a lot of folks over for dinner we think can help us with different kinds of things like health policy and education policy. we have been using this time pretty productively. >> how many people left to do have the higher? >> you should send your -- have to hire? >> we are pretty staffed up in washington and pretty staffed up here in minnesota. we are pretty far along, actually. >> i know you do not want to make a b

but, you know, i am not going to prejudge this. this is also a question for the leaders. >> i think we are making good progress. i think we are on track to get something done. these are complex issues we are having a good thorough discussion about them, because we don't want to put speed ahead of doing this right. and i think everybody agrees on that. >> all right. thank you so much, mr. axelrod. >> and we turn now to congressman jim cooper, who is one of those conservative democrats. he is at his home in nashville, tennessee this morning. i guess we couldn't blame mr. axelrod for not cancelling's the president's vacation on tv, he probably wouldn't keep his job very long if he did that. >> bob, it is very important that every american understand this plan, because it is so vital, it is about how their doctor or hospital treats them and that is what this issue has got to do. we want more white house leadership. now they have been increasingly good at this where they are more and more engaged, but the real question is not about autho

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>> i am afraid we are coming to the end. ant to thank you for being here, and to thank our scholar writers, the harlem book fair for sponsoring this panel, thank you. >> the name of the book? >> the landmark of the goat. changes -- i am doing it in chronological order -- and go on the internet. go on the internet and you will get the book. thank you so much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> wrapping up a panel discussion on ama ata aidoo, this concludes our live coverage from the 2009 harlem book fair. you can watch a real air of the coverage beginning this evening at midnight eastern. pulitzer prize winner and reduced profiles multimillionaires who are trying to take the planet green. afterwards, sunday on book tv. journalist walter cronkite died at the age of 92. he anchored the cbs evening news from 1962 to 1981. we talked with him in 1997 about his career in broadcasting and his memoir, a reporter's life. this la

i am geraldo rivera. as the who killed michael jackson case gains momentum also something more timeless the fate of the jackson children at least one of whom is -- their custody hearing has been postponed until monday july 20th to give all parties the chance to settle the matter privately. where do the parties stand right now? we know the three children are with their grandmother katherine who has been granted temporary legal custody they are in encino, california but to whom will the court award phenol custody? let's start at the beginning. >> ever since i was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever image. and i just want to say i love him. >> his daughter spontaneous outpouring of grief and remembrance did more for michael jackson's memory than all of the accolades and star performances. but as with everything in his life following his sudden death there is nothing simple about the complex legal issues surrounding the three lovely children he leaves behind. jackson had full custody following

but this is the challenge -- at my age, i am 56. i grew up in the south bronx when children like myself, poor children born to a single mother, literally didn't have a chance. we were doing everything we could to try to change that dynamic. in the end, if we didn't do it, that was fine. let paul tell people that but let him tell people it is important that we not stop trying to figure out how we solve this equation. if we couldn't do it, leave it to someone younger, smaller, more talented but we have got to do it. i was prepared for whatever the end of the story turned out to be. i thought it was important to someone it was going to write about the challenges of this work, because children like victor jr. face a series of obstacles. you heard some of the challenges, families trying to stay together, housing is an issue, food is an issue, the father not getting arrested for something he does or doesn't do is an issue. these things impact the child. that piece was going on, i was raising my wife -- my wife and i were raising our fourth

>> well two larger men, one looked hispanic but i am not sure. other one entered and i didn't see what he looked like at all. >> well, the president has invited the professor and the officer involved to the white house for a beer. no word yet on when that might happen. . >> next on fox 45 news at 10:00. the swine flu, and school. the things you should do before the vaccine becomes available. >> and tragedy in the american idol family. what happened to this singer? after the break. . >> i am keith daniels. in tonight's top story. 22 people are shot in baltimore. four are killed. over a very violent weekend. 12 of those shootings including a 2-year-old girl and pregnant woman. were shot at a cookout last night. no one died. the shooting happened in the backyard of a home in the 2600 block of ashland avenue in east baltimore. police say someone walked into the alley at about 9:00, and opened fire. investigators say the apparent target of the shooting was a man connected to rival drug gang activity. so far, -- >> fighting back against swine flu in our

i like the book in my hand but i am also a oldcastle >> hi everybody. i want to say to those of the forbearance those of you who are due, welcome aboard. i am sure all of you knew that close-up remains a gold standard for education programs in washington d.c.. thank you for participating. i will introduce you to a gentleman who has been associated with close-up for many years. joseph sohm has been called many things some of which are repeatable even though we have a camera in their room. but a photographer is the thing he is referred to as the most that begins to tell the story. but not really. the story may be the operative word fifth because if you are trying he is a storyteller pitchers are part of the presentation but there is more going on than the pictures and a project to he has the story of america. he is in love with america not just in that sort of thin patriotic type of presentation were you put mass-produced bumper stickers on your card in a very deep and historical way that looks at the promise of america and the challenges of america. and t

sean: i am thinking deeper. i think that barack obama -- every person out there, the government does not have money. it comes from everybody working really hard. barack obama, to shore up his reelection campaign, is basically buying votes in the areas where he got votes. >> the message is clear. if you want more of the taxpayer money, voted democratic. if you want to earn your own, vote republican. sean: that is punishing the areas that voted for mccain. >> it is very clear. it does not take the best account and to realize there is fuzzy math going on here. it is not right. what about transparent in government and taking care of the whole country, all of the states, all of the taxpayers? sean: they ran on this platform that it was the worst economy since the great depression. joe biden is saying, we had no idea. we guessed wrong. here is my question. they were wrong about unemployment not going above 8%. warren buffett and others are saying, another stimulus package on top of health care. warren buffett thinks un

i am getting calls, on my radio program telling me, "i am intern," or "i am a doctor."ors are saying the same thing. get out. if this thing comes, no reason to be a doctor. >> canadians have an escape valve. they come here. >> what they're talking about is a perfectly legitimate way of paying doctors. what is scary about what they are doing in massachusetts is that that is going to be the only choice, so what they are doing is they are creating those incentives, and then they will ration care to reduce the number of services you receive, and if you could choose that sortç ofn arrangement, that could be fine. you could be in a health-care plan, like kaiser permanente in. they provide electronic medical records and other neat things. this is not kaiserç permanente and. this is canada -- this is not kaiser permanente an. glenn: he does not appreciate it. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert glenn: america, you'll be happy to know our apology andtou

i think i am listening to judge robert. am listening to the construction this year, so we have to reconcile in our own minds to put the puzzle up -- i think i am listening to judge roberts. i mean, i am listening to a constructionist here. you have a judge has been on a circuit court. some things trouble me, generally left of center, but with in the mainstream, and then you have these speeches that just blows me away. do not become a speech writer if this law and does not work out, because the speech is really throw a wrinkle in everything, and that is what we are trying to figure out. who are we getting here? you know? who are we getting as a nation? now, legal realism -- are you familiar with that term? >> i am. >> what does it mean for someone who may be watching the hearing? >> to me, it means that you are guided in reaching decisions and lot -- in law guided by in the realism of the situation. it looks at a loss through the -- >> kind of touchy-feely stuff. >> not quite words that i would use because there are many aca

i am going to be held liable. a diagnosis is undiagnosed? i go to court. i am very against that. i cannot believe the and they. neil: marc, all is good to see you. dr. marc siegel -- always good to see you. . . Ñ? . . [ thud ] [ woman sighs ] [ horn honks ] [ sigh ] a lot goes through your mind after an accident. but with liberty mutual, insurance issues won't, because we offer unlimited rental coverage, new car replacement, and accident forgiveness to help ease your mind. and that's our policy. liberty mutual insurance. >> the number one issue facing our country in terms of health and wellness, and she has shown that she wasn't born this way, and not that she woke up one day and was obese. she is lazy and made poor food choices. neil: how do you know anything about her lifestyle? there are a lot of people that are a little fat and are very fit and people thin that are not so fit that. is a blanket indictment. >> i told the white house again, this time it is not over something i said but a guest said, the president's surgeon general is too fat. regina benjamin is 40, 50 pounds too

i am very open-minded. i am more conservative politically than i am personally. but i think there was such a reaction against the radicalism that i talked about the wonder years. those changed very quickly 97 you saw the downside and you did not love a. a lot of people saw their older brothers and sisters go a little wild and did not have a great impression as the older ones did. >> guest: that is true. almost like my age deny crop looking at the older brothers and sisters and saying cool. they are saying what losers. we would go play with all. personally that was a reaction to the 60s that i think a lot of parents had as well. >> host: let's do the book, "the last best hope" what is "the last best hope" is of america, a conservative is some, the republican party, the american people? what is it "the last best hope"? >> guest: it is conservativeism but the way it has been defined over the last two centuries by edmund. and bill buckley is a great line where i quote abruptly and he is asked about george w. books he says it who george w. bush's no conservative. conse

i? what am i? why don't i love myself? why do i love the way i look?as a big-time star playing baseball. tavis: now we're into the store. let me follow you into the book. you have this and security. never mind the skill you have. you have been asking questions of yourself. that insecurity came from where? >> i believe that in security came from a dysfunctional family. my dad was a raging alcoholic. he beat the crap out of me and my brother. he told me and him that we would never amount to nothing, would never be nothing. i believe that. i felt that was just the way life is. even when i got into sports at a young age, i knew i could play sports. i was driven. that was the thing where i was dedicated. i was not dedicated to accepting myself because of these scars. these are deep wounds, deep scars that young people get when they are abused and stuff. i do not go on in my book to use that as an excuse. i take full responsibility for all of my actions and everything that i did. i just remember -- i can remember trotting around the base after a homerun and

i am scared about what this will do to my taxes." mise you that it will be offset by the amount of income tax." and i looked at him, and i am sort of a bossy person -- neil: really? >> and i looked at him, and i pointed my figure, and i said, "i am going to hold you to that." and he started laughing. and i said, "no, no, i am going to." here is what my big concern is. this is not about me. this is about small business. i am concerned about many, many things. i am definitely not an accountant. i am a pr person. if a person gives you a tax credit, if i am an llc or sub- chapeter s, my revenue flows through to myself as an individual, so i pay tax on that. how can i apply tax credits to myself individually. it is my understanding i can only do that if i am a c corp. neil: as it stands now, bottom line, and we are told that there are going to be more things, but this could be more damaging to you. make a prediction for me. let's say as it stands now, it goes into law. what are you going to do? >> i do not know. nobody knows anything about

i think if tell me if i'm wrong i think i am more the flights of fancy. i think i do certainly the image making, the openings, the closings. i do the big picture and emma says most of the finish, this is the end of the act. and she makes me focus on the shape of the book that act will sort of images and things probably negative strength emma is as much as anything. we seem to complement each other at least i think we do. >> i do, too. >> why did you start writing children's books? >> i started as a complete surprise i started as an answer to a game i was playing with my children and i had to pay for fit. i was the first to lose the game and i said what will my forfeit be and my eldest daughter, jennifer, said white a story because i used to love to scribble and right things and i honestly felt that we to be simple. i can write a small thing like an aesop's fable or something very short and then i felt no, this is my stepdaughter and it might be a wonderful way to help bond and i came up with a little idea and kept flashing it out and the next thing i knew

so i am not sure i should. another question, my question is, why are you against government-run health care? and also against -- excuse me, a mandate for health care? if you are against -- if you don't want a mandate that you have to have health care for your employees as a business person, why wouldn't you want a government plan or option that that person can go to, because you can't afford to cover them? guest: right, i am not sure if your listener thinks i work for the government. sometimes the u.s. chamber of commerce is confused with the department of commerce. i don't work for the government, we are a privately based organization. in other -- in regards to the government health care program, what we have now works well. but it's running in a huge deficit and c.b. o. is concerned about it. and lots of medicare costs get to the private sector by cost shifting. doctors shift the costs to the private sector. so the lessons of government-run health care are not that sanguine when you get to it. there is talk o

i am concerned. maybe we should call the police." older people often do not have cell phones, so my client used hers. in a nutshell, she said, "i see something i am concerned about. it seems two men are trying to force their way into a home." she also said, "icc's cases, maybe even live here. i do not know." -- "c. suitcases -- "i see suitcases. maybe they even live here." she also said, "i do not know what i emceeing." greta: do you know how close she got to the house? -- "i do not know what i am seeing." >> the bush was described as being in front of her view. the men she saw had their backs to her, so she was very clear that she could not really tell too much about what was going on, but the most important part of the store, greta, is that she did not say, "ice dpw blackmon," because from here, she could not tell their rates -- she did not say, "i see two black men," because from here, she could not tell their race. the idea that she said it was black men is totally ridiculous, and it really hurt

i am joined again iro by ron marks. i am delighted to have john lewis of hearst newspapers here in washington. a long time journalist, and someone's usually respected. what is the big international news at the moment? i would say it is still iran, whether or not israel will bomb iran, whether the u.s. or the obama in the session will go along with it. that policy has not been there. joe biden, with a little slip of the tongue. he also understands the power of aipac better than anyone. anybody who has served in congress as long as joe biden knows this. this is a crude way of going after anything. he would have to overfly parts of iraq. saudi arabia will do a wink and and nod. they have 11 air-to-air refueling tankers. what the chairman of the joint chiefs, mike mullen and others, and i'm sure the president feels the same way, that iran has asymmetrical abilities up and down the gulf. you can have oil at $300 almost overnight. take bahrain, two-thirds of the population is shia, and they are under a ruling family. >> let's

i am a vietnam veteran and i caught of it, but i am not proud of this country anymore. now we're going to give up all our nukes and for them in the ocean and everyone else can do the same. that is nuts. host: we start with the front page of the journal. . @@@@@@ in the same range. no one was talking >> we are at 9.5% right now. the truth is, there was a misreading of just how bad an economy that we inherited. it is now our responsibility. the second question becomes, did the economic package that we put into place, including the recovery act, it is it the right package given the circumstances we are in? we believe is the right package. we miss read how bad the economy was. we are now only about 120 days into the recovery package. >> we are joined by david drucker. tell us about this stimulus package? >> congress is a little skittish. it has to do with the amount of money that the first package costs, near one trillion dollars. on top of that you have another trillion dollars over the next decade that the congress is looking to spend on health reform. you have money for

i am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. i have been often to the mother ship in new york city, but it is good to have an outpost of the council by here down the street from the state department. we get a lot of advice from the council, so this will mean i do not have as far to go to be told what we should be doing and how we should think about the future. richard just gave what could be described as a mini-version of my remarks in talking about the issues that confront us. i look out this audience filled with friends and colleagues and people who have served in prior administrations. there is never a time when the in boxes not full. shortly before i started at the state department, a former secretary of state called me with this advice. do not try to do too much. it seemed like a wise admonition, if only it were possible. the international agenda today is unforgiving. two wars, conflict in the middle east, ongoing threats of violent extremism and nuclear proliferation, global recession, climate change, hunger and disease and

i am not sure what she means. talk to people to think that when you lose value in your 401k, it went somewhere. it is like losing money on your card. you did not lose money. you just lost value. it is not like some rich guy came and secure portion. where did it go? obviously, the market went back -- it is not like some rich guy came and took your portion. i think it is going to come back. i am worried that the deficit spending in washington is going to turn a recovery that could have come back pretty quickly into a turtle, and it may crawl out rather than having some spring to its step as it comes back, because there are an awful lot of investors really worrying about this extreme level of spending in washington. neil: so you are saying just a matter of time? >> i still believe in the american economy. i still believe we are going to make it, as long as we remain capitalist. neil: angry. >> angry? neil: i can say that as an italian-american. one person is thinking that the cash for clunkers program will run out of

>> i am an american muslim. the way in which i look at things, if you look at diversity in america, it is multifaceted, it is nuanced. muslim americans, from 80 different ethnic backgrounds, why do i mention this? when you think about approaches for engagement, i take that with me as i think about things. there is no one bullet that it's going to fix everything, no one program that will be the magic program to engage with muslims. it is really listening, really understanding what is taking place on the ground, finding opportunities through our embassies to get to know what others are saying and thinking and dreaming and believing and acting as a facilitator and convene her and intellectual partner when we can, the might of the united states government is not only one way, it is two ways, how do you approach, bring ideas together? how do you find initiatives that make sense? my experience in europe tell me how diverse europe is. the first generation turkish german is not going tap the same approach to thinking as

[laughter] but i am delighted to see everybody here. thank you very much for coming and i apologize for being late. will come of these are very difficult times. i am very happy that you finally found a bank to co-sponsor this that isn't owned by obama. [laughter] [applause] somehow i don't think aig would sponsor these kinds of events anymore. we are-- it is hard to these filing but do we can't do anything else. this is a very, very difficult time of course in this country, and we are not suffering right now, because of the recession that started under george bush. we are suffering primarily because of the cure for the recession adopted by barack obama. [applause] because, the recession itself began as a normal flow of the capitalist system and is probably ending by about no. it is in china, it is in other countries throughout the world but it is not here and there reason it is not here is not the disease. it is the consequences of the care. [applause] what obama did when he took office was a pass this massive stimulus spending program,