host: jesse ellison did address that.et me ask you about the first part of the comment where he said -- he talked about electing a president because she is female. what about these countries that do have female leaders, what is it about their culture and the way their election systems work? guest: that is a good question. i cannot speak into much doubt about that, but i agree with the caller's point that we should not put a woman in office just for the sake of having a woman in office. i think ideally moving forward as we see more and more women taking up leadership roles and the german chancellor and people like that, it will become normalized in a way that maybe it is not now. and we azo world culture might lose -- we as a world courtrooue might lose this. caller: maternity leave on par not good.a will boleone, caller: what are we doing with this data that has been gathered? are we going to use this to make our programs and our country better? within that, record to use this to help other countries that are at the botto

host: jesse ellison. if you want to look at the interactive maps, go to newsweek.com. the house begins the day with morning our, a time set aside for short speeches on every topic they want. legislative work begins at noon today. members will continue their debate on trade agreements with colombia, panama, and south korea. it will take up the first part of that of the afternoon and then move to a bill blocking epa rules of mercury and other toxic air emissions. both -- boats are expected sometime after 5:00. -- votes are expected sometime after 5:00. thank you for watching today. we will be back tomorrow. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each but in no event shall the debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the cha

congressional investigation into the justice department's fast and furious program, and later right heard jesse ellison talks about the survey of countries and the treatment of women around the globe. >> it has been almost three years since a small group from the fraternity proposed building a memorial to honor dr. kean. what the dedication of the martin luther king jr. national memorial. by federal authorities uncovered a plot to kill the saudi arabian ambassador to the u.s. sent to bomb a sardine embassy according to eric holder. the attorney general announced the charges against studeman linked to the iranian government. this news conference is -- against two men linked to the iranian government. now this news conference is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon. today the department of justice is alleging charges against two people behind a plot to assassinate a foreign ambassador here in the united states. one is accused of devising a system targeting the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. they are alleged to have orchestrated a $1.5 million assassination plot. this is a unit of the revolutiona