it is always a question of what is the best blend? what is enough? in the soviet union, based on -- they tried state administration and on themselves to be inefficient, unproductive, and i'm happy except in my pockets of private enterprise. in the united states, which are private enterprise and found ourselves successful because we have a government that understood that it must protect contracts, it must protect private property, it must enforce lawfulness and respect for one another. it must provide for the common defense and for certain public capital goods. governments that have these disciplines and do these things -- it must of course, levy taxes to fund these activities. it should have the decency to do so in a simple, direct, and honest manner. they do not always have that decency. when it works well, it works best and it always works best year. the bundle -- a final observation i give you is division of labor works when people on the wrong business. that is a problem for government because governments exist for the purpose of minding other pe

that is the great case. -- that is the gray case. it is going through the civil habeas review. that is the one that is farthest along the line. >> [unintelligible] >> one of the issues that you see is that several of these cases have been appealed. in the process, they have been appealed and overturned. one sentence was recently committed. he had a death sentence and then he was sentenced to life without parole. there are several capital cases. five have gone to the appellate process and remain on death row. in 2004, the case was brought to trial and convicted. >> for clarification, we usually look back to 1984, when the rules were significantly change by president reagan, that is usually are starting point for counting cases. since then, there have been approximately 50 cases in which the penalty was sought. but some of those cases -- in one case, or into cases, the individuals have been acquitted. those were cases quite resilient. the vast majority of those cases receive something other than a death penalty. only 59 of those 50 or so cases result -- only 15 or so of those cas

it is a reality pic is been the case. the one thing that i continue since i've been on the job, there have been a number of instances in which it has been invoked. and each and everyone, each and every case there has been a careful ennobled look at what is the information that needs to be protected, how damaging would it be if it came out. and there has been a careful and conscious decision that this is a matter on which we need to invoke the state secrets privilege. we -- we need a new set of procedures that requires, and i don't know the details of it but there is a very careful process with the department of justice going up to the attorney general himself. and so the answer to your question is there still going to be cases that come along where an individual rights comes up against the need to protect state secrets. that's just a function of the system. all i can do is tell you that starting from the president on down we have been instructed to be as transparent as we possibly can within the necessity of protecting na

>> it is in -- is it in english? >> it is in russian and english and that is a good way to learn russian if you want to. >>we contract with a knowledge f one who set up a satellite system for columbia to listen in on soviet television. we have the same operation at our house. it involves a big dish and a little computer. since the soviet satellite is not geostationary, the soviet satellite keeps moving. the trick to latch onto it is to get a system that can follow it and try to gedrafted. -- and track it. the computer follows it for a little while. in my office, i can watch color soviet television from about 4:30 p.m. until about 7:30 a.m.. then i get live soviet radio out of moscow all that long. it is a pleasure for me to hear the language. i do not pretend to understand all of it. i get some of it and everyone's and while there is something interesting. -- every once in awhile there is something interesting. >> what happened to that system? >> i would assume that the people that bought our home dismantled it. i un

that is certainly true. here is what is different about this. this is a crisis that is slow burning. there is a continuum here from the robust health the town on one end and the almost sugar town on the other end. ellis is on the robust side of things. one or two things happen and you slide inexorably toward the other side. there are thousands of towns along this continuum. this isn't just a frontier issue. this isn't just a boom and bust cycle that happens so rapidly a town springs up from the earth and disappears five years later. this has taken decades to happen. if we don't start thinking about it now, in ten or 15 years, there will be many more towns towards the shorter end of things. with that, thank you for your incredibly rapt attention. thank you for not throwing things at me yet. we will open it up for questions from the floor. denise has a microphone. please speak clearly into with because we are taping for the wonderful c-span folks. i am going to get my gym. [laughter] someone has to break the ice. >> my name is amy tucker and diana

>> it is clear that the economy is expanding. it expanded in the third quarter and the fourth quarter. there is a balance sheet impairment for households and institutions that should make the pace of recovery somewhat subdued. that is a consensus outlook. as the balance sheet gets cleaned up in 2010, it should pave the way for more durable expansion going for it i don't think anyone is looking for a rapid turnaround. balance sheets are in a difficult situation, still. >> if we have no more questions, thank you for coming. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> in a few moments, today's headlines and your calls, live on "washington journal." tonight, a form on the role of media in elections and band more of our coverage on the role of head injuries in the national football league. and we will look at the health care lobbying effort. you can call in with your questions about medicare part

it is sort of two big force it is at work over there, and the question is which one is more dominant. let's go down the line and everybody sort of say real quick what you see happening or how you see it, what do you think is important? and then we are going to bring everybody in. so thank you very much. [applause] >> let me start with a couple of general observations. i think that isaac newton's theory of motion comes into place in politics. for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. it strikes me that the agenda that the president and his party have pushed into the american public's mind now is, from i think a lots of american's points of view, a radical or a bold one, and i think there is a reaction to that. i don't know how it plays out, how that river breaks into tributaries, whether it gets dammed by things. but i think we have qullsive forces, great volatility of public mood, fear, anger, hope in some elements still on the other side, and there is room for a tremendously dramatic both election in 2010 and in 2012. i've always thought that the best chance that any

, she is dynamic, she is for middle america. she is... knows the issues. and i think that she is going to represent us more than we apt. >> when you say middle america, what do you mean. >> just the commoners. people who don't know where to go, to get information. don't know where to go, to have representation. i think that she will be their voice. >> and did you vote for mccain-palin in '08. >> by all means, i did. i did. >> so why do you think they didn't win the election? >> i think there was too much outside influence and i don't think that she was given the opportunity. i think there were too many people that were strategizing and kept her from speaking out. >> a number of people i talked to seem to be upset about how she is treated by the media. would you agree and what would you say about that. >> i think she was treated unfairly. i think that she should have been able to speak more openly, and, have her own platform. >> and are you a lifelong republican? >> no, i used to be a democrat. but when she came on the scene, geo

>> that is a great question and it is funny because here is the thing. lot of small towns and we have heard this from other places, how did we get these guys? how do we get the doctors back, how do we get the lawyers back? we say we don't really know but we do know everybody is trying so their two main approaches and they are both, they occur at different ages. the first approach capture and release after graduation, so you basically stand at the graduation of a big university with a net and it is sort of like, said one of those. i am joking of course but it is kind of like that. can we get you just after graduation so that if you leave now you are gone, so if you cross the state line it is like you are on the run from the state police and if you get across the state line, that is it. the warrant does not apply or whatever and that does not seem to work because let me give you just one instance. the state of michigan has a huge problem losing their technology graduates. michigan, michigan state, western michigan, eastern michigan, the huge michigan state

some said yes, i do, this is what i think it is. let's get to the phone and talk to nick calling us from stanford, connecticut. how do you define winning in afghanistan? >> caller: there's no way to have a military win in afghanistan. the numbers don't matter. you're dealing with a primitive country and with people who are uneducated and it's based on a tribal system. all outsiders are occupyiiers. the key is to get the tribal leaders to understand what we're doing and to fight the taliban and al qaeda for us. >> i understand exactly what you said and you are concise which makes you think you're a military man, are you? >> caller: no. we can't win there. >> you don't think the goal laid out is attainable? >> caller: what we have to do is -- it's more a matter of nation building and bringing the people to believe in what we're doing and why we're there. we're occupiers. they'll always be against us. >> if you think it's not attainable and we can't win, is it time for the troops to come home? >> caller: not yet. >> i didn't want to pu

it should be on a detailed assessment of what is right and what is long, and part of that is taking evidence into account. and he is absolutely right that we must not get into position where the decisions we make act as a recruiting srget for militants in this country. we are taking every action we can to deal with the terrorist threat in this country, and i think on an ault party basis we should be united in saying that we are doing everything we can that the al qaeda threat is being dealt with. we have doubled the amount of money we are spending on security. it would not happen under a conservative government. why will they persist? why will they persist? when we are dealing with the issue of spending, why will they persist on their policy of inheritance tax? [inaudible] >> who beneficiaries resemble the leader of the opposition christmas card list. [inaudible] >> what about the establishment of a citizens convention. is the prime minister willing to support that if in tomorrow's ballot a private member puts forward that bill? will he give it government time? >> well, mr. speaker, i welcom

here is why it is important. months before the 2-year-old disappeared someone searched for how to make chloroform on the anthony's home computer, cops found high levels of the stuff in the trunk of casey's car. the same car casey wouldn't let her father near. >> i got within three feet of my daughter's car and the worst odor that you can possibly smell in this world. and i've smelled that odor before. it smelled like a decomposed body. >> there you go. does all this add up to a slam dunk for prosecutors? we take your calls honey honey. pam bondy joining us, defense attorney mike iglarsh and mike brooks. mike, let's start with you. chloroform found at the scene. is there a way to prove that chloroform caused little caylee's death? >> well, mike, we don't have much that was left of caylee. unfortunately, the poor little girl was so badly decomposed. mike, as i said, going back months ago there is evidence we have not heard about as of yet. it keeps coming out. this is some extremely important evidence, mike, becaus

the cookie is -- >> it is like medicine. >> -- a serious medical problem which is overweight. >> yes. >> and i have treated 500,000 patients with this cookie over the last 34 years and i can tell you that they're well tolerated. some people actually like them. i don't want them to like them too much because that's what got us into trouble to begin with, liking our food too much. >> okay. thank you very much, dr. siegal, for coming on the show. i appreciate it. >>> now i want to bring in my panel to talk about the diet. registered dietician and author of "joy's life diet," joy bauer. jorge cruise, best selling author. and dr. michael roizen, the co-author of "you, the owner's manual." welcome, everybody. first of all, i tasted the cookies. and they tasted like insulation. would you like one? >> i'll smell one. >> i think maybe i'll pass. >> what is in these cookies? doctor, do you know what's in the cookie? can you help us out here? >> i took a look online. there are 2 grams of sugar, 11 carbohydrates. there is protein in there. i didn't ask how much protein there was in there. >> well

the 5th is 13. he won't face adult charges unless michael brewer dies. >>> we have a cause of death for the 4-year-old boy whose body was found in a dryer at a neighbor's house in california. investigators say he drowned. he knew the 14-year-old boy accused of killing him and voluntarily went to his home. the child was probably killed within an hour and then stuffed into a clothes dryer. it appears the teen suspect acted alone but they're also interviewing his family. prosecutors have still deciding whether to try the teen as an adult. >>> county is investigating complaints of price gouging and preferential treatment for the seasonal flu vaccine. his office has received complaints that some people have to shell out $100 or more for a dose that should be $7. normally it costs between $15 l 15 and $50 but can be less. he has written to 13 manufacturers and distributors asking for an explanation. the u.s. ranks 30th in the world in infant mortality because of premature births. one in eight babies born

it is impossible. it is impossible. so even to talk about that is ridiculous. will never be another oprah. >> someone would have to be a fool to take the job. >> i can't imagine anybody who is saying put me in, coach. put me in coach. suze is absolutely right. the place that oprah holds in popular culture and the humanity of oprah and how people feel about her is something that cannot be duplicated. so people just need to come up with another plan. because right now oprah is -- there is only one. there is only one. >> larry: so, suze, what show are you going to go on now? >> well, i have my own show every saturday night on cnbc. i would do anything for the o network if that's where it goes. i hope i continue writing for the "oprah" magazine. i loved it. i've done it since day one. and my career, larry, kind of goes on as it does. money is everywhere. so hopefully over the next eight months you'll see me on "the oprah winfrey show." and we'll be there. and i'll be right with you, larry. i'm going to be right with you, sir. >> larry: and, gayle, i'll see you on t

my question to that is where are you going to move? the food is here. the land is here. do you think you are going to move somewhere else? no, you're not. if you are going to pack meet you are going to pack it right where it's at the source. so we have to think of ways to do that and by doing that you do to things. one, you lift the boat for everybody. they become real in jobs again when you pay people property and give them benefits. when he you enforce health and safety standards. the plant that was closed after the immigration rate what was lost, one of the things lost in all of the eink spilled on that was that plant had 157 health and safety violations in the previous 18 months. none of which were enforced. that is a disgrace. that shouldn't happen. why not make them good jobs? why not make them safe jobs? it is fairly easy to do. okay, lastly in terms of, there are a couple of other things i want to throw out. i want to get -- i've spoken for too long but that's the irish in me. put a microphone in front of me, there's a camera here i could be here for hours. [laug

it is a waves of time. >> it is a great day for the nation as it always is. the reality is, and we have this from the horse as mouth from the cabinet minister, politics, it is all about the general election. some of the things that nick is talking about, the guarantee on education, this government has spent tens of billions of touchdowns on education, saying we would like to write a guarantee into law. after 12 years, they should have delivered a high quality he had came i guess for every person. the fact that they have not done it is behind the proposed piece of legislation and a that they have not done it. >> he meant the content of the queen's speech. this is about priorities. you said when you started this program that this is taking place against the backdrop against the expenses scandal. this has dominated politics for 12 months. we have very few months left. we feel the priority is for government and parliament to clean up its own act so make sure the next parliament coming in has a clean slate. we should reform the house of lords so that we have only

it is not you, it is not him, is an illness. i cared for route at home for over seven years and i learned, living wills, guardianships, home care, psychiatric admissions, long-term care, etc., etc. -- similar to anyone caring for someone with dementia. but there are nuances when caring for an nfl player. i also learned that our current infrastructure is based on providing services for your grandmother, not for a very large man. the staff at these facilities are afraid and intimidated. i had to buy a full-sized bed because the facilities provided a twin bed much too small for him. my husband was lucky in one way. he has a wife who is educated, who works in health care, the one who fell out the forms and has a good job with the company that offers excellent health care benefits and also happens to be one very pushy broad. he appeared well because he has a strong advocate. but there are many in the same situation and they need help. i speak with family members readily -- regularly and help them find doctors and other services. i si

it is a terrible thing that he is facing. i know that dick cheney, it is quite interesting -- guest: i think that dick cheney, it is quite interesting, he is terribly despised and yet he can still sucked up a lot of air. the media, by their nature, they like tension, they like an argument. so, cheney gets to make his argument. but the consensus is that it was a terrible failure in afghanistan on his watch. today's "the new york times" magazine talks about the legacy of the chain, and how he really ran the show on foreign policy. and here is what we have got for it. host: here is the cover of the magazine -- joe biden could be the second most powerful thighs president in history. james joyner? guest: the cheney is interesting and controversial, and in commercial media that is what sells. in terms of the dithering issue, the problem is that yes it is a complicated issue, but i think that obama taking a long time to decide is somewhat problematic, you have troops in the field that are dying every day for a mission that he has sa

illness is caused by biomedicine. and i say that race is genetic is ideological. is caused by a sixth ferry. research compared to 25,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms. these are the letters in our dna. the data shows that randomly chosen africans are to met -- genetically more different from each other than one is from a european or asian. comparing strands of dna side- by-side, one is likely to find more variation between two members of the congressional black caucus then between a cbc member and me. why? human genetic diversity is greatest in africa and in african-americans because africa is evolutionary zero old -- 11 -- evolutionarily old. they are a genetic subset of africans. asians are genetically like the smaller russian dolls nested in the larger russian dolls that is africa. of course, we differ by skin color. that is important, as our next pick will talk about, not genetically, but because it has been used to mark privilege. the paradigm shift is from the seeing races genetic differences as seeing it as a difference of living in a racist society. it i

is that correct? >> that is correct.and that was one of the main drivers in my decision to deal with what evidence could i present or could we present in whatever forum and to try to minimize the chances that we would have to deal with the issue of tainted evidence. >> thank you very much. let me move to another subject. in august, president obama announced the creation of the high value detainee interrogation group known in the city of acronyms at hig. it would be made up of experts from several intelligence and law enforcement agencies. the interrogation unit will be housed at the fbi by will be overseen by the national security council. can you describe with some specificity the role that the fbi will be playing in this effort and the type of oversight that will be placed on interrogation? >> well, what we've come to call the hig is an effort to gather people in anticipation of the acquisition of the capture of high-value detainees, to have a group of people who are steeped in who these people are, who have determined

that is what the cbo is.jecting to the part of the house health care bill that puts taxes on the wealthy to pay for a portion of this. it is not an enormous portion. the revenue comes from several places. it is deficit neutral. i do not believe we're talking about driving people to move overseas. host: it will add to the deficit in the short term, the health- care bills we're talking about. guest: i believe the senate bill, the latest score says it will actually subtract money from the deficit, but they achieve that by pushing off the benefits of the plan. many do not kick in until 2014. it is like an accounting sleight of hand, not an honest -- it does not honestly cut down on the deficit. host: mich., don, on the line for democrats. caller: happy thanksgiving, ladies. the thing is about health care -- we need the 46 million people without insurance to go to washington and hold them all hostage. it might be only way to get them to do the right thing. i never thought in my wildest dreams that we would vote ob

but the question is is the violence controlled? teddy roosevelt saved the game of football at the beginning of the last century. when things such as the flying wedge were allowed and players died. and to the question was whether they were going to outlaw this game in the united states. teddy roosevelt brought the leaders of the universities to washington, d.c., without legislation, and said get your act together. so we don't always have to have legislation here. and i think his hearing does serve a very, very good purpose. i would like to just concentrate on two things. one is education and the others on the field of course there players have responsibility to be educated and to do the right thing. we had a cornerback for the redskins not too many years ago to head butted a wall before a game and gave himself a concussion. we see players headbutting one another in celebration today. that's just nuts. there is peer pressure that needs to be utilized, with information, that the commissioner's office and the owners and the players ass

so it is a simple socialism is a simple term. it's not something that is intricate in regards to the policies he's making. it's a mindset that he's instilling in so many people in the population. so that's what socialism is. [inaudible conversations] >> and i want to be able to create some feelings of support for sarah palin. i think she is a great leader and i have to say, in all due respect, you guys who have been running our country for so long, you just can't seem to get it right. and i think we need a leader in the female gender to get the world turned around. we need to be on the committee. we need to run the committee. and sorry guys, but you have two step too many times over the years and we need new leadership. as far as obama, i think he is an abomination and to go before our troops and say, you make a good photo op, that did it. he doesn't know what he's doing and i think the sooner the better we get a lady, woman who is the caliber of sarah palin, we can turn things around. thank you. >> so you think she'll be running

and it is hard to know who is jumping in, and win. justice alito's tendency was to wait and figure out dynamics along the bench and the fur. but justice sotomayor went right in there. >> justice alito did not ask any questions last term. for whatever reasons, last term, the questions he asked was questions i spent the most number of hours thinking through how to answer when i got asked that question, and he asked the bingo question, all three cases. >> all due respect, alito has a major admirer. i can remember february of 2006. i was involved in two cases argued that date. he was having his first day on the bench. this should be a wonderful day. i can remember the most junior justices, but he looked like he was bored. i felt like somebody needed to say, worry about your game face a little bit better. justice sotomayor looks like she is just ecstatic about where she is, very happy. i'm for justice alito is, as well, but he does not show it. >> we have to give him a gold star for his hypothetical sacrifice. >> the basic rumors are rude

>> just the way that everything is today. >> the way everything is is. is there any in particular that concerns you? >> well, i think the politics that two on with everything, and no one seems to be sure what we really want. >> with you, the politics is the problem? >> well. >> i'm making her very nervous right now. don't worry, the camera is behind you. let me ask you, who drove here more than 30 minutes to get here? more than 45? 60. an hour 15. an hour 30. who drove here two hours? okay. if you drove two hours to be here, what bothers you the most? are you mad at hell? >> i don't know i take the long view. i'm thomas hookers great granddaughter. my father worked in the oil field. my biggest concern is our emergency future. >> are you confidence that we will solve it before it gets worst? >> no, i'm not. i think we are dependent on oil. with the south texas nuclear project being a real problem. yesterday the chinese out of osman got the project for wind power. even though in a four county area, he is pulling out of the four county area in the panhandle

is shia, you run it is -- i ran it is shia.ke a wounded snake and leaving him there is the most dangerous thing that can be done. i was struck by this -- we're not afraid of the shia of it -- of iraq. they fought against saddam, and they're not about to let themselves be rolled by the mullahs. >> what motivated that decision to decide differently? we're running out of time i do want to give some time to the audience. we're going to open up for q &a. what motivated the decisions of the government not to go to baghdad? >> let's be clear about something -- i don't think the saudis were arguing for going to baghdad. i was not arguing for going to baghdad. at that time i was arguing let's stop them from flying armed helicopters and massacring kurds and shias. in a press conference, president bush was asked about this and said something to the effect of saddam agreed not to fly helicopters and he has to stop. more or less, as soon as he left the podium, it was explained that he did not agree. general schwarzkopf led him fly on the gr

credit is tighter now. as a result of unemployment is higher. their is a direct correlation. i'm not talking about crazy credit. basically the idea for credit of small-businesses. once those companies can't make payroll they close. they have nowhere else to go. also the smaller banks are continuing to fail in sizable numbers. ninety-nine closures. the bigger banks are getting all of this capitol. even in the banking system there is a wider gap. the smaller gaps fetal of the smaller loans and the individuals. so this affects of the bottom part of the country. that is why forecloses are now at a record quarter again bomb. but this year there is more defaults. this year there are more delinquencies. this year people are starting more. >> after the bell of. >> a year after the unemployment. now it is almost 10%. in most cities and urban areas under in 39 different urban areas have double-digit unemployment, 15 before. not only has this crisis not help, it has actually hurt main street. the bailout has hurt main street. >> what do we do to create financial institutions that are pa

all i'm saying is the word is veneer. she doesn't have the veneer these other guys and gals have. >> what's the veneer they have? >> a phoniness, a career -- >> she doesn't have that? >> no, no, she is raw and brittle and that's why i think she eirritates me. >> that's an excellent point. that's why she irritates some people and appeals to others. that rawness and authenticity people see. it was bill clinton, i read about this in the book, bill clinton got it. he said, look, i see why when people look at sarah palin, they see themselves. they see the same challenges i face every day, or people looking at her. bill clinton understand it. kinky friedman does, too. >> she can't keep playing this double standard thing where women are treated so badly and the whole segment on oprah about her clothes. >> here we go. we're going to show something. palin also addressed the wardrobe controversy during the oprah interview. listen to this. >> that whole process of getting you to the stage, you walked in and there's the wardrobe. >>

but the thing is, this is not a black issue. this is a civil liberties issue that all americans should be concerned about. >> boyce watkins, thank you very much for your time in talking about this. and it looks like no plea deal. looks like had they might be headed to trial. we'll keep people posted. for more of what matters check out the november issue of "essence" magazine or logon to cnn.com/what matters. >>> coming up, rihanna speaking out about her violent relationship with chris brown, telling abc's "good morning america" why she took him back, then why she decided to leave. >>> hi. i'm mary j. blige and i had the honor of performing at the first "cnn heroes," an all-star tribute recognizing everyday people who change the world. as president of fawn, i'm dedicating myself to help women reach their full potential in life. now more than ever, the world needs heroes. and i am thrilled to help cnn introduce one of this year's top ten honorees. >> how can i turn my back and walk away and leave you right here? >> you can't. >> i

the last quote is this. this is by the joint tax committee."generally we expect the insured to pass along the cost of the excise tax to consumers by increasing the price of health coverage." this is what you're talking about on that other chart that you have up. we would like to hear your comments on that. mr. thune: you're absolutely right. i think what the c.b.o. has pointed out is -- and i've got the joint tax committee there, the data that they produced on this is very similar to what c.b.o. said. 84% of the tax burden is going to fall on people making less than $200,000 a year. half of the families making under $100,000 a year are going to get hit with new taxes under this bill. and so, it is going to fall. it's going to fall on those people in this country -- and i think they like to think that they're taxing medical device manufacturers and everybody else. but at the end of the day a lot of this stuff gets passed on. and the taxes in the bill, premium increases in the bill are going to be borne by the people who are probably least able

it is loud and it is clear.storic and, once again, like so many other pieces of landmark legislation in the last century, it is a product of this side of the aisle. those who have chosen to block any attempt at health care reform this year are on the wrong side of history. just as those who came before them had one response to every landmark piece of legislation for the last 0 years. their -- 80 years. their response has been a resounding no. they told us it's not good for business. it's socialism. it stifles free-market forces, that it's too much and it goes too far. mr. president, we have heard the same fear mongering and innuendo since the new deal. there are those who raise the specter of socialism then and said no to social security. they said no to unemployment insurance when president roosevelt proposed it as part of the social security act. they said no when john kennedy and lyndon johnson fought for medicare, no to the live rights act, to -- no to the civil rights act, they said no the job program, no t

scenario -- >> it is. >> it is horrible. it really is horrible. brenda wade, a psychologist. the families have gone to the college. they're from california, canada, and other parts. and they've all converged there hoping against hope to find their precious children who disappeared sunday night after a frantic phone call and now we find out that they've been found dead in a vehicle that's been pulled from a body of water. is there any solace, is there any comfort? how do you comfort these families at a moment like this? >> you know, jane, when we are grieving, we always go into something that actually protects us, which is we go into shock. and i'm sure that these families are in shock and that's a good thing. the nervous system just kind of shuts down. it short circuits and it's a way of keeping the terrible pain from completely overwhelming us all at once. and as the shock wears off, the pain comes in bit by bit by bit. but initially i'm sure they're in shock. we're all in shock. i mean i'm shocked to hear this terrible new

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why is it there is chaos and everything is done at the last minute to enter new registered voters? why don't we have same-day registration? what is the system and who's paying attention? why do we have uniform standards of what counts as a vote? isn't retake as we have to be holding of punch cards to lysine if it has two hanging chad or three dimpled or pregnant or whatever. and it was really almost a mockery of our system of governance, people looked all around the world and set what are they doing there in the united states? how come they can't determine what is a vote, who is registered vote? how come they can't determine what grounds constitution progress for an audit or recount? how come the machines don't work? what is it? why are we just asking these questions in the 21st century here in our country? that all that election perfection still will not give you an open and equal competition if you don't have some reform to the systemic barriers to third party and independent candidates. i'm going to stop now so that we can save more time for questions, but i hope you will ask so

it is not the there is not the capability. huge countries, militarily powerful countries, have been next to small military and the present countries for very long times. they could check them out anytime they want to. if we told canada an attack was coming from the north pole, but the canadians do not seem worried about that. i think intentions are what matters, not capabilities. in the case of the soviet union, it is very clear, we of seen it, 20 billion times. they did want to change the world. and it wanted to use a revolution. this imposes limited military probes on the edge. then repeatedly said had hoped -- how horrible world war ii was. their whole doctrine basically has nothing to do with hitler and the progression. hitler did have a theory of conquest. all the mass murders of the 20th century have been theorist's. but the soviets never had that. vladin did not have been and was extremely cautious from a technical standpoint. two steps forward, one step back. it is where they are weak, not where they're strong. that is

is crazy. bat got into the at&t center. a bat. the spurs coyote tries to go after it wearing a batman shirt. more on that in a second. ginobi ginobili, watch what he does. swats it in midair, stuns the bat, tries to give it to somebody. later the team says the bat was stunned and flew away. that's a look at sports. there were a couple of big crashes at talladega speedway. amazingly, the driver walked away. we'll have it for you. >>> some veterans honor the men who saved their lives more than six decades ago. you'll hear about the stunning rescue of the so-called lost battalion. c >>> i am really nervous. >> eye met a lot of parents who have lost their children to regular seasonal flu. i'm so grateful if that didn't happen to us. >> that's a mom's whose son had a nasty bout with the flu as a baby. she wants him vaccinated for the swine flu. today an independent health group is watching how safe the h1n1 vaccine is. doctors are not expecting problems but they want to reassure

and it is a cathedral. it is worth coming here when it is empty. when it is full, there is nothing like it. i joke, michael. that i wanted to get married here but not enough chair backs. [ laughter ] a great idea from the soon to be and saintyos, villanova. i think of chuck daley and rollie mattson. >> joe: you think of the hall of famers. >> joe: this is the roots of basketball. >> lorenzo hudson to the rim but not finish for virginia tech. starts out a little chilly on this after thanksgiving here in philadelphia. temple with the 1-point loss at the verizon center. and capable playing it that way as we know. and fernandez loading up the 3. hot, shotting a 37% from the land of 3. that's and that's bell got anxious wanting to get to the bucket. >> joe: the irony and it is 2 point guards. and guzman and fernandez. the more creative but he is a better shooter. >> michael: so he can playing off the ball. if scoring guard would emerge for the owls that may help them over the course of the next four months. so far so good. >> michael: we'll see him from

this is not anything anybody is in doubt about.t like this bill you have an obligation to try to stop it. and that opportunity will come at 8:00. a surprise to any member of senate, but it's going to take 60 votes to change this bill. that means the bill is introduced, this thing we're looking at right here, will fundamentally be the bill we'll be asked to pass sometime in the future. that is a fact. now, after tonight's vote we'll all go home and face our constituents. we'll have to tell them how we voted on raising their premiums, raising their taxes, and cutting their medicare. for some of us that's not going to be a very easy conversation. but it doesn't have to be that way. if you really want to lower costs and premiums, then we can work together step by step and pass the commonsense reforms the american people have been asking for all along. we can end jian junk lawsuits at doctors and hospitals which drive up costs. we can encourage healthy choices like prevention and wellness programs which hold down costs. we can lower cos

there is a lot of money at stake. kate is the one who is the cash cow here.hese two are going to make it seem as though everything is amicable, and behind the scenes they detest each other and will not be back together. >> it could be a case that they are finally taking advice that so many people including us here at "showbiz tonight." while we have shown you some of the clues pointing to the possibility of a jon and kate reconciliation. the divorce papers have been filed, and the word is that everything could be finalized by the end of the year. jon has still not broken up with his 22-year-old girlfriend, and what about jon moving to new york city? he has his bachelor pad and starting off a new life here and away from the pennsylvania homestead. and let's go with the divorce papers. as the attorney on retainer here tonight on "showbiz tonight," could they rip up the documents and stop it or has the train left the station? >> well, of course, you can. of course they can stop the train. look, it's not a big deal if they want to get back together again. my good

what is the medium now that has the power? is it still books? is a television? is a twitter?is it you to? is it your self camera? how do these moments come out? >> guest: i am not expert in cybernetics and communication theory, and i sit around probably like you reading, throwing my hands up as i read one essay after notice saying the book is dead or sullivan is dead, or what ever it is. i think that we now have a very large variety of media from which we are likely to, call this thing with acorn for example and a couple of simple guerrilla filmmakers. i haven't seen the whole thing, but here a couple of amateurs seem to be having an impact on public policy and public perception. in any event. at the moment where this might spill over into the health care debate. who knows? >> host: you're talking before about this sanctimony that you could never criticize the american establishment. you couldn't say -- you just could never say that russia might be bad, there's a little bit of that now. you can't criticize agencies that work with the government and when we begin to say well,

the other thing is your credit is good?uh-huh. >> why don't you refi. >> we're looking at refi. >> ask them. they may require that you do some down payment, reduction in the loan balance in order for them to do it. but they'll mark it down if your credit's good. >> and i have one more question for you. i have two credit cards but i've been very leery with them if i put anything on by the time i get the statement, as soon as i get the statement i pay it off. how is that affecting my credit score. >> making it great. >> that's the right thing to do. >> okay. >> learn from her. >> yes, sir. >> next on "clark howard" -- >> you're an example that you don't have to be someone toting a gun to be able to serve. >> would you want me toting a gun? let's take a vote. >>> we were at an army post to show gratitude to the young men and women who put their lives on the line for our country. and to answer their questions and also those of retired military personnel about their wallets. but i am joined by "new york times" bestselling author

and right there is, who's that? >> that's malia. >> this is isaiah. this is noah. jeremiah is right here. >> we're back talking with families with multiple children. now i'm sure you're all familiar with the octomom. right? you are all familiar with her. she has 14 children at this point. she has no husband. she was on welfare. and she's not part of the movement, i don't think. what would you say to her, rachel? how would you help this woman? she has no husband, no income. >> what would i say to her? >> yes. what should she do? >> i think she should pray a lot. >> i think she does that. >> trust god a lot and get as much outside help as he is possibly can because to do what she's doing by herself is incredible. she really needs a lot of people to help her. >> would you take her into your fold? into your quiver people? >> oh, i'd love to help her, but i think he is lives on the other side of the country from me. >> sure, i can help her. she needs help. >> we'll send her to you. won't we here at cnn? i'm very interested in the physiology of it. i mean, carrying -- yo

when is it going to stop. when is it going to stop? >> she told it to diane sawyer on 20-20. >> listening to her voice that was shaking at times, you knew how painful it was to recount. >> it happened the night before the grammys this february. the a-list couple was in los angeles attending the pregrammy parties. >> we had a blast that night. >> things took a violent turn. they were driving in brown's rented lamborghini when she saw a text message that was sent to chris brown. >> he kept lying to me and i wouldn't drop it. it escalated into him being violent towards me. it was ugly. >> ugly is an under statement. police documents say during the argument he punched her, shoved her head against the window, bit her and placed her in a headlock and told her "now i'm really going to kill you." >> he had no soul in his eyes. just blank. he was clearly blacked out. there was no person when i looked at him. my next option was to get out of the car and walk. start walking. in a gown and a bloody face. >> rihanna was 20 and chris brown was 19 at

[applause] yet it is equally true -- it is equally true that to the global aids emergency is far from over. the country still struggle with a vast unmet needs, there are massed unmet needs in our own country. we need to work harder and smarter than ever before laying the foundation that countries can build on for the long term. later this debate as secretary clinton mentioned, we will release a new pepfar five-year strategy that reflects what we have learned from the program's first five years. it will be followed by the release of annexes providing additional information in more detail on the evidence based prevention it coming integration of programs, increase capacity building efforts among other topics. pepfar five-year strategy will focus on sustainability. and response -- sustainable responses. programs that our country on a country driven, programs that address hiv/aids in the context of a broader health needs by people by -- programs that build on our successes and corporate efficiencies, programs that work with governments to support policy change to address discrimination, i

is the connection. this is a partnership.about what we meant for the crowd together. that was definitely one of my weaknesses from week one to probably six or seven. i'm just now getting it. it's all about trying to learn something really, really fast. and not overthink when you're on the floor. >> tom: it's interesting, to hear you describe it that way. because back -- back in the production office when we're talking behind your backs -- [ laughter ] and i said, i said, i think -- i think mya's finally come out of herschel now. and somebody else was saying, well, maybe she's been holding it back, holding it back. but it really was just you becoming more confident. >> for people who have more experience dancing solo, it is a very difficult transition to make, to learn the partnership and to trust. it's really tough. i feel for you guys. >> thank you for that. >> what i find interesting -- what i would like actually to happen more, we have all these rules, we got those e-mails from production -- >> no, lists. >> tom: all right

they're going to say she is radical, she is extreme. but i say profiling in the context of doing whatever we can to save innocent american lives, i'm all for it then. >> palin's book tour will last about three weeks and she's expected to make many of the same stops she did during the 2008 campaign. >>> attorney general eric holder staunchly defended his decision to try five suspected september 11th terrorists in a federal court in new york. during a senate judiciary hearing yesterday, holder maintained that while he believes we are at war, the best venue to try them in is a civilian court. he was grilled by republican critics, but the toughest questioning actually happened afterwards, during a conversation with alice hoagland, who lost her son during the september 11th attacks. >> you are very conversant with the law. i am not. but i think that i can speak for many 9/11 families when i say that we are heart-sick and weary of the delays, and i am afraid that the theatrics are going to take over at this point, and i very much regret that.