we don'tave a number on what this is ing to be. that makes all t difference.'s the scale of the thing. it's not somethinghere you can sa.. the idea is good. it's a nice menu of stf. but are th adequately funded to do what we needo do, to al with this terrible unemployment pblem? >> woodruff: bruceartlett, what do you make of ? i did see the assoated press said it roughlmaybe relates to what coress is considerg. $170 billion. but whatev the price tag is, what do yothink of the apprch? well i'm an agnostic as far as the details of the prosals the president has put forward. i'm notness sarm opped to them. what i'm i'm owe supsed too, hower, is treating the turn money as a slushund that we can use for whever we feel like spending the money on if these proposals t presidenhas put forward are justified it oug to be handled in the normal apopriations process and not just rushed in to action simply because we've gotome money lying ound that we think we can spend. >> woodruf the president's argument, said words to the effect, we ought to take se of this ney that would

they were ing to take a blic om. they didn't get at. w they're told you're not tting the medicare buy-in. they're veryrustrated and unhappy. they faced the choice of having health refo something th've wanted for decades or not having it. if you it,ou have to give at up. >> it's re likely than not as we're seeg a lot of these polls comi out for senate races cong up in 2010 that democrs aren't going to have 60otes in 2011. this could be the only tim if it doesn't get done now i won't happen. >> lehrer: what abouthe other derates besides eberman? ben nelson, anch lincoln. are they okay now becse of this, que, deal? >>hat's what we're all waiting to see. it is funny toort of watch the spotlight move froone whoever the 60th ve is at that moment to theext. it waslympia snow. then it wa ben nelsonor a long time. blanch linco has been in th spotlight. she sort of takes rself out of it. she's not as high prile as some of the others. what we're looking f is blan lincoln from arkansas, ben lson from nebraska still two of t big names that everybodi

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this is a very american ing to do. fact, the kd of peak moment for thesamerican tropes appeared in th interesting passage where he sd that he rejects the false choice bween realism at only looks at selfnterest and in idealism that would have us go road seeking to impose our valuesn others. he sd no, what i believe in... and then hlaunched into a laundry list of at everybody in the wld conceives of as american values. freedoof religion, freedom of speech, economic freom for financial development, democracy. these are the things that was sisting somehow transcend th division between idealm and realism. well, that's a pretty idealiic laundry list. but 's also very american. it's ectly what john f. kennedy said. it's exactlyhat george w. bush said. >> lehre do you agree with thatmichael? >> well, he quotedohn kennedy at arican university in '63, a speech that was lled a peace speech with an opening tthe soviets, so think that's righ but it also unrscored for me this almost onizing balancing t that barack obama is tryin to

i think our chairman fm mississippi is on coursef ing this. we have bipartisan support o home land securi since 9-11. wh i have heard is i rember reprehensie. you have a senator from soh carolina who stood in thway of the tsa director bei appointed for political reasons. th's not right at all. there are plenty of fings and plentyf blame. the point is we shou be on that and defendi american people together and pport american pple. that's whai'm about. govenor: >> gwen: congressm i want to ask you what youhink about the intelligence piece of thiseing a problem. particular the central intelligent encies being alertd in august about a unspecified gerian they were keeping an eye o nothe pieces show the cia is under the magnifying glass a well. >> well we're going need to lower the bar onho gets on the li to identified people who need secondary screening i think the secondy screening woulhave caught these guys. there were wholeody imaging machines in nigeria d amsterdam. weave to ask why those were not used. we need re from our internional partners

to dover to watch caets come ing in, had a profound impt on how i think about myesponsibilities. general themof the nobel speech whichays that this is a dangerouworld where al evil kpefts out there, d that compelz us to casionally make very delveecisions about using force, that we shouldn't grify war but we shoulaccept there are mes where we have to defend our nation,rotect our values. that themes actually pretty consistent. one of the interesng things people forget-- obably the first speech omine they actually got note in my politicacareer was back when i was a ate senator. and e run-up to the iraq war was occur, and i stood in th plaza, daley plaza, at an ti-wareralee. >> lehrer: this isn chicago >> in chicago. and there were allhese signs that said,war is not an opposition." and i tually started my speech saying i disagree withhose signs. sometis swar an option. world war ii had to be fout. the self war ipart of the reason why i can snd here on is podium. the estion is are we fighting the right wars in the ght ways and so in at sense, even in my opposition to iraq, for exple,

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. >> it isn't ing over 60, it is geto 60. an that's sabut we don't have majority rule in the united states. it actually has to work. 're putting together a policy that actually has t work and it seems li they are throwing things there tory to get to 60. >> that is absolutely true. but what we have n does not work is not work. we've got a couple more people, and 've got to improve the coveragef those to do itnd we've got to control the cts and i think ththird one is the ughest. >> lehre do you think the moderates will end up buying this? >> ihink the more that people likus talk about it , -- --. lehrer: tell them what it is. >> you kw, i think you can make a case that iis a step ay from the public option that was celebrated. you know, it ces down to, jim, how pple want to make theiown judgement about it. i do think that the final analysis that probably se form of trigger is easier to sell but u know, right now aryou trying to get 60 votes. >> yeah, still assume they will get to those . from my reading ofhe moderates i don't th

. >> srez: whenever someone ings up history in a speech around here,t's not just a throwaway li. what history meanso global climate talks is vy significant and shows, reay, two very diffent ways of loing at the world. the ss developed countries and the industrializing untries ints to the richest places i thworld and say "yes, they've been emitting freely f over a century, since their big industri growth in the late 19th century. it's wt made them rich. and whatever global clate change is happening w is largely their reonsibility." so history has to be takennto account. the western world is saying "lk, that may be true, we accept that version of htory, but also know that the new big emitters othe scene are not the wealy west, the members of the e., the north american nations, t they're places like brazil, india, a china. and anregime that takes the next couple of decadesnto account can't just lk at history but has to understan the comi new industrial powers and their role in continui to warm thelimate of the planet. woodruff: so finally, ray, tomorrow the big day, the day when the

ing coming off a very tough performance. >> it will be interesting to watch the differences. virginia loses, the inside presence. their only inside presence in the season but they get a shooter. >> matt: inside they go and the first pass coat of the basketball to new jersey. >> daymeon: a guy who is taking advantage early in the year and, of course, that. >> the three-pointer to get auburn on the board. auburn 8 of 31. knocks down the threes tonight. speaking of threes, zeglinski can really knock them down. landesberg. that that is his first basket and a foul on the play on all vance. a chance to go to the line for a chance at the old fashioned three-point play. >> daymeon: virginia tried to spot out the mismatches from landesberg. landesberg is a tough guard. when you look at auburn, i'm such coach he saw that auburn's guards are smaller. sullivan, reed and waller. 6'2" and 63. landesberg will have an opportunity to post up just like you saw on the last play. >> matt: landesberg with his first three points of the ballgame. reed splits the defense. gives it to hargrove. jeff

this year , meeting with our troops, looking at intelligence, going to dover to watch caskets come ing had a profound impact on how i think about my responsibilities. the general theme of the nobel speech which says that this is a dangerous world where real evil kpefts out there, and that compelz us to occasionally make very delve decisions about using force, that we shouldn't glorify war but we should accept there are times where we have to defend our nation, protect our values. that theme is actually pretty consistent. one of the interesting things people forget-- probably the first speech of mine they actually got notice in my political career was back when i was a state senator. and the run-up to the iraq war was occur, and i stood in the plaza, daley plaza, at an anti-wareralee. >> lehrer: this is in chicago >> in chicago. and there were all these signs that said, "war is not an opposition." and i actually started my speech saying i disagree with those signs. sometimes swar an option. world war ii had to be fought. the self war is part of the reason why i can stand here on this po

i am like in my flip flopsnd people come to me and they say, tha goodness you're ing this. you can't do it quick engh. don't give up. >> reporter: for now mhelle rhee's plans are on hold. the city council eects to vote soon on her reque for greater ntrol. next up? negotiations with the teachers' union. >> ifill: thatas back in 2007. since then, e city council did in ft give michelle rhee more power over the school syst but rhee and the teachers' ion have still not reached a deal on a new contract d the chancellor decided to remove the principalf anacostia high schl one of several dozen she evenally replaced. in john's next installnt he looks at rhee's plans tolose some schoolsnd early resistance to that. >> bwn: the major developmentsf the day. senateemocrats won a key procedural vote to car the way for approving their alth care reform bill by christs. much of the ea coast struggled ba to life after a weekend blizzard paralyz state ter state with record snow. the nehour is always online . hari sreenivan in our news ro previews what's their. >> sreenasan: on our website toni

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and i agrewith david, the climate change is prably in etty precarious shape right now, but he's ing to achieve health care, and- you know, i he gave himself a b-plus -- not in jim's intervi, and came back and i was sprised at that, becausif he had been grading me in my ademic years i might ha been a serious coender for class ledictorian because i think he's a little easy and soft himself ani was surprised that he didn't ve -- i was not a valedictorian and was nevea threat to be bute didn't say "i'll leave at to the ultimate authorities." >> brown: a b-plus is practically an - >> aenerational thing. but -- you know,nteresting thing to me ishis. his job rating tod in the gallup poll is 50% favorab, high than that of ronald reagan who went on to n 49 states three yearsater and it's lower by 21 points th george herbert walker sh and lowethan 10 points by jimmy carter was at this time bo of whom were denied a second rm, so when he talksbout the long-term, he'talking about 2012 whereas democts who are nervouright now are on the ballot in 20. >> bro: was it a good year for american politics?

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. >> woodruff: and what are you -- so bottom line,hat do y think is ing to change as result of this. i mean you mentioned the bank oamerica. what else do wlook for. >> well, i think the chalnge is for each of the banks th was in the room as wl as many others that are out there as well. the presidt is inviting them, smaller banks next week to have a conrsation withhem about what are the challenges that they are cing in terms of small business lendi. and so i think what we wt to sees that everybody is going toust try a little bit harder. we tried very hard. we beinghe taxpayers a year ago. when we push forward t boldlans that righted the business. e business community by providing access to capitals to the banks, very necessa funds that as you kn were very unpopular at the me. everybod it was a herculean effort, a bo efrt and it was very unpopular. so what we are saying is in exchange for tt, give someing back. and so i think the charge to ch and every bank was go backwork with your management team, discuss with your boards what u cado to just go one step furtr than you have. and i thk

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we were reminiscing about al maguire,ing with me. he loved murphy. just thought he added a lot to that team. >> mike: reggie jackson, let's see if he request can get into some sort of flow in this game. he has not found it so far. >> tim: shot clock under ten. trapani with a ball fake. nice adjustment defensively by delroy james. you're right, that is a tough eight for trapani. james has just been in his jersey all night long. >> mike: they've got the perfect players to guard him, because he's a mismatch when he plays against bigs. he likes to stretch the floor out on the perimeter. he has only gotten five shot attempts in this game. >> tim: ulmer, and this time inside the arc, a deuce for lamonte ulmer. >> mike: squaring up and taking that shot, he just clipped the three-point line. >> tim: there so much energy on this team. jackson had it stripped by mejia. ulmer almost runs it down. very close to a turnover each time. and right away they get biko paris back on the floor. >> mike: the thing that's impressive about rhode island, not only they're get

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troops heading ing tin afghanistan. "larry king live" starts right now. >> larry: tonight, is tiger woods in hiding? he snubbed investigators looking into his mysterious car crash and now he's a no schiff show at his own tourney. what's going on with the world's most famous golfer? and then, the white house party crashers. publicity seekers or high-level security risk? the couple's friends are here to tell us why they thought the salahis were invited. plus jesse ventura, he has a plan to end the war in afghanistan. what is it? next on "larry king live." good evening. golf superstar tiger woods still is not taking questions about the suv crash he was in early last friday near his home in florida. now he's not going to be taking part in his own golf tournament. he cited injuries he sustained in the mysterious one-car smashup as a reason for the decision. a story alleged that woods and a new york nightclub hostess had been having an arrangement in australia. the woman met in los angeles sunday and met with her attorney, gl

if there'shis much money floating around in wasngton presably being spent on varying ings what do they buy with it? access. acce is critical in this. if y come to the door of the capitol anyou knock on it and you don't ha some money in yr hands often times you're not goi to get allowed . if you do me in and you have, for exple, working on your behalf forr members of ngress or former high-rankin congressional staffers tt's certainlgoing to help your case. so many chripts who ploy lobbyists are hire bei people who have workedn congress before becae they know the syste they know the players. and they are intimaty faliar with the issues so all three of those this put together are very expensive but they also n definitely pay divinds for the people who are ring the lobbyists. >> ifill: at is inherently wrong with that? isn't that what we're suppos have, people who represent us, people who speak for uin waington and places where power is practiced? >>ell, if you pull out your copy of the cotitution or go online and look itp, it says in theirst amendment of the constitution that you havehe ab

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omnibus that's pretty ominous with all of the spending in it, with every one of those bills have a huge ing in -- having a huge increase over a year ago. that would get built into the baseline so that next year there can be another huge increase. they compound dramatically. now, if the education department uses its current stimulus-inflated budget of $141 billion instead of the $60 billion budgeted it had before the president moved into the white house, freezing its budget will do nothing to fix the fiscal mess that has been created. now, as i mentioned, there's this little thing of second-degreing their own amendment, but the democrats are having a little problem on deciding on their message. on the one hand, the president said just this week that we have to -- quote -- "spend our way out of this recession." end quote. on the other, they keep telling us the deficit's too large and isn't sustainable. in this tug of political spin, watch what they spend, not what they say. that means watching this weekend's expected senate vote -- which we've had -- on the $440 billion omnibus spending bill

so it is a positive thing to have one-less -- one less charismatic individual prey ing upon souls, and for ymen in particular. >> do you have more to add on that. >> i think he is emblematic of a new generation of english language preachers, so people who don't have the access to arabic but in english. and i think is especially telling that for the last couple of weeks there has been suggestion that al -aqwi was not very involved in ski add terrorist but in places where other people were killed would suggest otherwise. >> now how big a threat is al qaeda in yemen and to what degree are they independent or indigenous actors and to what degree are they somehow tied to the people in afghanistan and pakistan. >> well, its -- the simple paradigm has been to view ala as coherent and have its networks that follow clear commands from ala central and someplace in waziristan. i think in this instance there are with ala and yemen, there are legitimate links and associations but one shouldn't think of it as a direct subsidiary taking orders and only acting upon the orders. so associations growing

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the one who has popped up recently has been jim web from virginia simply because he's been vote ing with the republicans on a lot of these amendments. there's some concern that maybe he's not as strong as we thought he could be. he could be the 60th vote. >> lehrer: when the president said, as we had in a clip after the meeting with the democrats, he said there are still differences. what's he talking about? >> well, the biggest difference i think by far has to do with abortion language and how tough the restrictions should be on abortion. senator ben nelson of nebraska who we've been talking about, that is a very big issue for him. with the removal of this public option, it may be the big iruwe for him. it's unclear how that will be resolved. if they can solve that, they'll really be pretty much there. there are other issues that have to do with how this is all paid for. there are controversial taxes and levys that would be involved. the two big issues were the public option and abortion. they've now taken the public option off the table in the senate but the question remains how they'r

available to all americans within the exchae and replac it with non-profit plans that i don't thinkre ing to be able to provide th choice and competitionhat president obama spokabout. but the new development is tt we also have in this pacge a medicare buy-in for 55 to ar olds. >> ifill: matmiller, what do youhink about that. atever happen to the robust public option we we talking about fore. is this a desible outcome? >> i think it is. because i think e whole focus on the plic option has been over blown in my view the debate. i think the left has putoo much ehasis on it as a kind of panacea d i think the right has monized it in a way that's totally unjustified becausthe estimateshown it will reach a couple mlion people out of 300 million amicans. the real progressivechievement that i think liberaland democrats shou embrace that th deal represents progress to that for the first time, individuals in ameca will have access to grouhealth coverage outsidthe employment setting. that's theig thing that america uniqly lacks that every advaed country has. if you combine that with t ability for a b

somehow masks everything it's seen -- two brothers killed, a father who was sent to jail during hisform ing years. those things people would use as an excuse adrian uses as motivation. >> going through the different experiences and learning from them, maturing as a child and what i get from my mom, my dad, my grandmother, really -- just knowing right from wrong, too, and really making, you know, the right decisions. one thing can affect your whole life. i have not made all the right decisions, but god has, you know, guided me through, and i've made some good decisions. and, you know, i think that going through all that, that's where, you know, where et made me the man i am now. >> with all the fame, all the success, all the accomplishments, is there anything you don't have? >> that would be lovely. but, no, i got loving parents, both parents alive, you know, brothers and sisters, you know, so i done ask for much. >> on upcoming episodes of "vizio's profiles," we'll reveal some of the nfl's most compelling personalities like you have never seen before. go to vizio.com for more exclusive cont

vote ing for this election is to be sure that we dontslip. >> i am admonished that they believe that we have no life and be content with a one-bedroom flat. and like the peers that believe that should travel on the one ground floor, and it's not petty and small minded and underestimates those made all the time so that their partners can contribute to public life. it's the kind of attitude that will discourage many tv@Ñcould contribute from doing so. >> i believe we are in grave danger of ignoring the impact on the public that we serve, if we think this report is only of internal interest and significance to this house. that way to my mind leads to the guilded bunker mentality that the lord referred. i am especially concerned that we do not continue to imagine that we ourselves could be the final arbitor. >> peers propose changes to their allowances. there was one other story of the debate in months, the situation in afghanistan. back in october on gordon brown would be prepared for more troops if three conditions were met. if the forces were provided and the afghan army was stronger.

by 2019,ing ther,ing, there wilt 73 million american households earning below the $200,000 that will face a tax increase. sometimes the proponents of this bill says that doesn't net out the subsidies that we're providing to some of them. if you net out the subsidies -- and i don't think that's necessarily a valid argument -- but if you do net out the subsidy, it's still at least 42 million american households that will see their taxes increase under this legislation. now, how see abovencc that comply with the president's promise? and all the motion that i've brought does is say to recommit this bill to the finance committee and make the bill fit the president's pledge. the president pledged people in the middle class, which he defined as families making less than $250,000 or individuals make being less than $200,000, would not see their taxes go up. and with that, again, i see my colleague from tennessee is ready to join in with me, and i will ask if he has any comments or questions to raise. mr. alexander: i thank the senator from idea hoavment the point that you're make is, if you'

>> in this time magazine, writing book ended by the begin ing with 9/11. we are still weeks away flt end of 2009 but it is not too early to pass judgment. call it the decade from hell or the decade of broken dreams or the loss decade. just give thank that it is nearly over. >> i agree that 9/11 was a defining moment. i sigh that in the future, a lot of prodemocratic movements like iraq and iran are going to happen host: next up ron in florida. caller: i say this is a decade of war for america >> now nigerians are worried we are going to attack them because this kid was from there. host: what do you think the lesson is? caller: it doesn't work to just keep attacking countries. why is cheney trying to egg obama on? he's doing what cheney wants. the industrial complexes are making trillions. the beat keeps going on. thank you. host: next gary for democrats in louisiana. turn down your radio, it will help a lot. caller: i think the diggest thing in this decade, to have the first african american was voted into the house. i'm ashamed to say 12% of the people in

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the opening line is, "i hate the f-ing world." with dylan, it was completely different. he spent years writing his journal. the most common word in his journal is "love. he was a loving, sensitive boy with a whole lot of anger. it was directed inward. he was angry at himself for being such illusory, such an outcast. he was not. that is how he saw it. host: to atlanta but we go. your favor nonfiction book of 2009 triple caller: ♪ . caller: good morning and merry christmas. i learned agreed deal from this book. host: tell us a piece you learn from a. caller: i learned how the prisoners back in those times could be arrested simply for just walking down the street and not having a job. the work we enslavey wreere re-. i am surprised african-americans survived in this country. i went to " tv and a welfare -- a win to booked tv and heard someone died there. do you have any information or can you show some video highlights? host: i will ask our producers to get information for you. there is a piece yesterday in the book section of "usa today" looking and authors who passed away

>> in this time magazine, writing book ended by the begin ing with 9/11. we are still weeks away flt end of 2009 but it is not too early to pass judgment. call it the decade from hell or the decade of broken dreams or the loss decade. just give thank that it is nearly over. >> i agree that 9/11 was a defining moment. i sigh that in the future, a lot of prodemocratic movements like iraq and iran are going to happen host: next up ron in florida. caller: i say this is a decade of war for america >> now nigerians are worried we are going to attack them because this kid was from there. host: what do you think the lesson is? caller: it doesn't work to just keep attacking countries. why is cheney trying to egg obama on? he's doing what cheney wants. the industrial complexes are making trillions. the beat keeps going on. thank you. host: next gary for democrats in louisiana. turn down your radio, it will help a lot. caller: i think the diggest thing in this decade, to have the first african american was voted into the house. i'm ashamed to say 12% of the people in

players the news, he walked out one minute into the meeting and his teammates followed some with tear ing in the eyes. this was no time to celebrate. >> we are a tight knit group and with or without him we're good. don't nobody panic. we're good. >> reporter: did you hear anything that in that room? >> i heard everything i need to know. >> everybody and their mama knew what was going on. you know what i'm saying? everybody and their mama knew what was going on and it lasted that long, i felt like he did our team an in-justice. hopefully he packs up and gets out in a her ky so we can focus on florida. >> still to come on sports night. he'll hear as the big weekend has finally arrived army and navy kickoff tomorrow. and the redskins second tar risky sports has taken a beaten. will reed be available to tame the lions on sunday? what will the redskins look like next season. rich channeled lar breaks down possible scenarios of who will stay and go. this week he looks at the offensive line. check it out at csn washington.com keyword redskins. we'll be right bac boss:hey, glad i caught you. i wa

ings and security of the world's energy supplies.muslim communities, we already had several questions on this, one of the issues that is of great concern is justice for the palestinians. another issue that is of great concern is kazmir and the disconnect between providing for democracy and supporting democracy and our alliance with saudi monarch or the dictatorships in egypt. those issues seem to be of more importance to muslim communities. to what extent are the goals or the issues that are of importance to the united states and the issues that are of forns muslim communities? so dwergeant that there is not enough overlap to be satisfied with what they see going on with the other party. is there overlap? i will open that up. >> i think you posed that in a fascinating way, at least for me because i'm a political scientist. having taught in those college classrooms and taught u.s. foreign policy, and international relations, i can tell you as a political scientist how we con see of our national interests. interests arrive from values.

prior to joint -- and tight doping agency -- and tieti dop ing agency. he got his law degree from southern methodist. we appreciate your being here, mr. tygart, and a sportier testimony. five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my name is trevor tygart, and the chief executive officer. on behalf of the millions of participants who demand fair, clean, and say sport that we represent, i appreciate the opportunity to be here to discuss this important issues. this is unrecognized -- we are greatly concerned about the ease with which products containing steroids can be purchased. we are equally concerned that some athletes have tested positive for banned drugs because the products they were using were either contaminated or intentionally spike by manufacturing. as they made their leap into the american consciousness in 2003, one of the designer steroids found was made all. they come from clandestine laboratories to mainstream marketing. since its discovery, he quickly rose from an unknown substance to the signature ingredients in nutritional products readily

prior to joint -- and tight doping agency -- and tieti dop ing agency. he got his law degree from southern methodist. we appreciate your being here, mr. tygart, and a sportier testimony. five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my name is trevor tygart, and the chief executive officer. on behalf of the millions of participants who demand fair, clean, and say sport that we represent, i appreciate the opportunity to be here to discuss this important issues. this is unrecognized -- we are greatly concerned about the ease with which products containing steroids can be purchased. we are equally concerned that some athletes have tested positive for banned drugs because the products they were using were either contaminated or intentionally spike by manufacturing. as they made their leap into the american consciousness in 2003, one of the designer steroids found was made all. they come from clandestine laboratories to mainstream marketing. since its discovery, he quickly rose from an unknown substance to the signature ingredients in nutritional products readily

municipalities, schools, tuition, installment, room and board, third-party agencies handling fee process ing, merchants, layaway plans, real estate activities, brokers, appraisers, title companies, auction nears, inspectors, survares, cockroach inspectors for homes are covered under this bill. what is fnshal about that snr doctors, issuers of credit, point of sale, lawyers, disbursing money to a trust account, real estate transaction. madam speaker, this bill is so pervasive that the term anybody involved in a financial transaction literally covers someone writing checks on behalf of his mother who is in a nursing home. this bill is dangerous. we can't proceed on a bill like this and have all these different groups that are impacted, most of these groups will have no idea they will be governed by the so-called financial czar. we don't need another czar. we need a lot more freedom in this count thri try. -- country. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from massachusetts. the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from new jersey. mr.

that their activities, rapunzel activities on behalf of members of their loved ones, will end up seav ing lives. to want to make sure that anyone who gets on an airplane in the future with a pilot or co-pilot and one who was not flown in icing, neither of whom have been in a motel room to rest for the evening falling all-night flights. there are convinced that their relentless push of cost and with you is going to make a difference. and so with that is a precursor, it just seems to me that the notion of saying we expect everyone to be professional is not obviously just the answer. the question is, if you now have a system in which fatigue clearly plays a significant role, how do you fix that system in a way that the end of the day leads you to believe that you have a better trained crews in the cockpit? that is the key for me. i have a lot of questions. obama's asked one more -- let me ask one more. it seems to me you must looked at the totality of all of the issues facing these pilots and the crews of these commercial airliners. you said that you do not know whether -- you indicated that

ing another news program reported that james sensenbrenner reported that he is going to copenhagen andny promises obama made, no new laws will be passed in the u.s. until the scientific questions are solved by the fault fiction of data, which is startling. now, in addition, lord monkton, he was interviewed last night on the alex jones program and he says he is going to the chief of police in the united kingdom and report on violation of the law by the university of east anglia where the climate unit is headed that sets forth the data for the international, intergovernmental panel on climate change and he's going to report it. he said that when he was over there, he said "i want to see the latest working data, working treaty" and they said, well, what do you mean? the bureaucrats giving him a runaround, and he finally kept insisting and said if you don't give me this treaty, i will blow this whole place wide open, so finally they relented and gave him the treaty and it calls for all kinds of new taxes on practically everything, and he says that if the united states doesn't go get their

that their activities, rapunzel activities on behalf of members of their loved ones, will end up seav ing lives. to want to make sure that anyone who gets on an airplane in the future with a pilot or co-pilot and one who was not flown in icing, neither of whom have been in a motel room to rest for the evening falling all-night flights. there are convinced that their relentless push of cost and with you is going to make a difference. and so with that is a precursor, it just seems to me that the notion of saying we expect everyone to be professional is not obviously just the answer. the question is, if you now have a system in which fatigue clearly plays a significant role, how do you fix that system in a way that the end of the day leads you to believe that you have a better trained crews in the cockpit? that is the key for me. i have a lot of questions. obama's asked one more -- let me ask one more. it seems to me you must looked at the totality of all of the issues facing these pilots and the crews of these commercial airliners. you said that you do not know whether -- you indicated that

i've heard they have 25% administrative costs or somet$ing.mpany executives are not starvint and they do have health insurance and i don't. many of my friends don't and i work construction. unless your in a city or state where there's unions you're not going to get insurance. 70 percent of the jobs created are, what do they say? by small business. gee whiz how can that be? the only way is because there's a high turnover because people like me are just getting jobs for ten weeks and then you finish a building and your getting another job. your called journeyman. i'm sorry what's happened to our country. i'm 57 and i was so proud of the united states when i was an exchange student back in 1970 i had to defend the united states because we're in vietnam and these french people, really sophisticated and political and you know what? i came back and went to college and studied political science and philosophy and psychology. i have advanced degrees but i've tried to understand what's happened to my country and i've seen it go downhill. instead of the

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ing ou pointing out how many wau can spell nobel peace prize.the premise-date in my teaching -- what we hear and have no opportunity to directly understand from the person, or the source, giving information. i worship messengers. my question -- how do you deal and have -- to your own personal welfare? because anything you have offered in the way of engaging people in pursuits of education and learning together? guest: i have not had threats to my life for anything. there's a guy on the west coast to is very obnoxious. he used to call me at home and had some suggested remarks. i asked him never to call me again. he started putting stuff on the web. that is about the most unpleasant thing. some people like my books and some don't. that is the way it should be. a one r -- one other thing on the adoption process. teachers are the only professionals who don't get to choose their own tools. why should every teacher in this city or state use the same book? i might want to teach -- host: is there a cost efficiency? guest: may be. certainly with my books