and what does joe barton do?he takes b.p. , which is a local regard institution in our society right now , and identifies them with the republican party. i mean, he puts a republican face on the defense of b.p. , and it's almost an inclination, it seems to me, to blame america first. these people are so consumed with their animous towards barack obama , that they're going to go on the side of b.p. because b.p. is on the other side. and i just think joe barton -- joe barton will not be the chairman if the republicans take over the committee-- take over the congress. he will not be the ranking member. joe barton's seen his best days in the house of representatives. >> lehrer: david, i think that's a yes. >> politically, i completely agree. >> lehrer: you do. >> i mean politically, if you're thinking where should the attention be? it should not be on the republican party because of some stupid thing some guy said. politically it was insane. but if i could vent my general frustration with the week. >> lehrer: you may

joe schmo. they would have to say, i mdot acencio x and i -- i am not cce and i approved this data. under current law, they do not have to reveal owners. these nonprofits and the 501-c3 that covers them, they are saying, this is not public. why should we make it public now? host: they are afraid it will impact donations? guest: right. anyone who even funds to the data -- to even funds these advertisements would have to be disclosed. the democrats' argument is, look, you cannot stop corporations and unions and nonprofit advocacy groups from being involved. but what is the problem with disclosing? the public has the right to know who is involved in elections. the public likes it when they know who is the political -- was behind the political clout. there is no reason not to know who is doing this. host: the supporters of the bill are saying that. guest: yes. host: who are the supporters? guest: nancy pelosi, congressman van hollen. there's also some bipartisan agreement. this is a first step for t

joe biden, who i doing so much to help our military -- dr.our military milies. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce a man who knows both service and sacrifice, the vice president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you all very, very much. deputy secretary lynn, thank you for that introduction. that admiral mullen, i have to say -- and at roland, aave to say, we have gotten to know each other and this is -- admir mullen, i have to say, we have gotten to know each other and this is the greatest opportunity of my life to address all of you on this hallowed ground. and superintendent metzler, thank you for your intention -- attention and care of these hallowedrounds. and tnks to the old guard who stand tch over the souls who gave their lives to standing watch over us and thanks to all of the service members responsible and representing every branch of the military all across america to ensure that on this day that those who served under our flag have a flag standing proudly before their headstones, and decoration wo

joe mccarthy was in heaven. he said, i do not why you are challenging me. my team is going to be baby ruth, thomas wagner -- for those of you who re young, these are famous players of the joe mccarthy era. it could be a rod -- a-rod for you guys. [laughter] he said, i will have all of these players. what is the point? he said, you have the players, but i have the umpires. [laughter] in a nutshell, that is my point today. if you look at the topic today, constitution, congress, and the courts -- i want to talk about the linear relationship between these entities. the constitution is written in very broad language about very broad principles that were intended toendure for -- to endure for a long time and to be applicable to a nation that the framers knew would emerge, but they did not know in what form. that is why the most important part of the constitution are written in broad and sweeping language. one thing we know is that, at the second framing, in the reconstruction era, when congress fundamentally remade the united states -- before the civil war, if yo

first point is, you know you mentioned joe lieberman. you know anything that joe lieberman has to say about anything is kind of right out of a back so you can't give anything that he says, he's basically an israeli mole here in the united states. the second thing is the u.s. to counter violent extremism goes both ways. there's extreme islamic and there's extreme sooi annism. those in israel are committing crimes every day. just - host: you think this is all about israel? caller: know, just that if the united states does not - when the obama was elected he said when he was running he said he would have a balanced middle east policy and play fair on both sides. then he goes to the apec meeting and has man yumanuels as chief-of-staff. guest: senator lieberman is a great patriot and a lot of people are thinking and saying same things regardless of background. i agree with senator lieberman. so i don't agree with that. i think one of the things that often gets lost in the u.s. counterterrorism policy is of then the fact that we often focus us

and so joe barton very kind of crystallized that issue. and so that came in a very inconvenient time. because they were racing towards, and still are, taking a lot of seats away from democrats. because they are sort of small-government message was starting to catch on after some elections. now i think, the party, the republican party seems kind of confused, except that they are not in disarray. they are still united against most democratic proposals now. you have a couple of democratic ideas. the main cone that comes to min is senator louver and the cap and trade and the price on carbon, the climate regulation, he wants to replace that with fuel economy standards. and that seems to be the main operative idea as we head into the intense negotiations. maybe other people have a different idea, what their primary ideas are. but i think you have louver, and i think that republicans are having to retrench after the joe barton affair. >> what do you think their strategy is or should be, besides just no, on this bill? >> i think there strategy sho

joe schmo.ey would have to say, i mdot acencio x and i -- i am not cce and i approved this data. under current law, they do not have to reveal owners. these nonprofits and the 501-c3 that covers them, they are saying, this is not public. why should we make it public now? host: they are afraid it will impact donations? guest: right. anyone who even funds to the data -- to even funds these advertisements would have to be disclosed. the democrats' argument is, look, you cannot stop corporations and unions and nonprofit advocacy groups from being involved. but what is the problem with disclosing? the public has the right to know who is involved in elections. the public likes it when they know who is the political -- was behind the political clout. there is no reason not to know who is doing this. host: the supporters of the bill are saying that. guest: yes. host: who are the supporters? guest: nancy pelosi, congressman van hollen. there's also some bipartisan agreement. this is a first step for the

he was at odds with joe biden. he is at odds with the ambassador, ikenberry.calls holbrooke a wounded animal. he talls about general jones as a clown. as i should say, they said that. it's not clear that this is coming from general mcchrystal's mouth. he has been poorly served by his aides in this instance. he will be in a room today with a lot of the people that he and his team have really disparaged. host: what happens today? who will he meet with first? guest: i think he will first meet with president obama. and not sure of the order. they will have both of those meetings. host: the white house guidance for today's meetings only includes the 11:30 a.m. meeting with his national security team on afghanistan and pakistan. it does not include these one- on-one meetings. why is that? guest: i suspect it will come after tte other meeting. i think president obama will want to hear. he will be facing a lot of questions. president obama meticulously encourages people to be forthright with their opinions and then makes decisions. i suspect that he would want to hear

so give joe biden a lot of credit for that. says that he ud to be able to drive one of these trucks. [laughter] what we cannot do is go back, now that we are starting to find out how big the whole is that has been dug for us, we cannot go back to the same policies that failed us, that led us into that hole. think about it. we have already tri scaling back our investment in clean energy and education and innovation, so that we could give tax breaks to the wealthiest americans and the biggest corporations. that did not work. we already tried putting industry insiders in charge of oversight. it did not work. we already tried stripping away rules and regulations that kept wall street banks and oil companies in bounds. we let them play by their own rules instead. it did not work. we know where these ideas to lead us, and we are going to have a choice as a nation moving foard. we are going to be able to return to the failed economic policies of the past, policies that give us record deficits, declining income, and sluggish job growth

this will complement regular lending efforts and help businesses like allen joe's, capitalize on existing property to expand and create new jobs. i urge my colleagues to pass this critical legislation. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize and honor the young talent of elaine kang, a 16-year-old violinist from pennsylvania. this coming september she will make her radio debut on n.p.r.'s "from the top," a critically acclaimed radio show which reaches 600,000 listeners each week. it serves the tenacity of young musicians by showing who they are and what they can accomplish. she must be commended with only 16 years behind her and well ahead, she's on her way to a fruitful career. she is a role model to many young musicians as well as her peers. ela

gee, i saw joe biden watching the met -- guest: i saw joe biden watching the match.seemed interested. i think there is soccer diplomacy. i think it is significant that the obama administration sent joseph biden to show that we get the significance. you can argue that it is part and parcel to their broader engagement strategy. host: have passed the administration's done this -- administration's done this? guest: i think that they have, but i am not entirely sure. host: what are you looking for in the political frame? what are you expecting? guest: i am really interested in how south africa is able to pull this off. that question looms over all of these other questions. last week, there was a stampede that was held in a friendly match outside of johannesburg. that is really the biggest thing. there are other little subplots. north korea has a team that is plain. they have not had a team for several decades. du can see how they are put -- you can see how they are played it at home and abroad. -- playing that it at home and abroad. there are all sorts of a sub- dramas. b

that included joe biden, christina romer. in the book that was written, they wanted it passed beyond the first couple of years. host: let's get a response. guest: i have not read the book. there is some reticence to health care reform. that is true. joe biden was concerned about moving healthcare right after the stimulus. these are big debates that we will see on the campaign trail. we s democratic candidates for congress, would you vote for the bill? most of them would not get back to us. there was a concern at the time if this is a political winner or loser. it depends on the district or the state. that is going to be a factor. we have seen democrats openly say they are opposed to it. they are walking a fine line. will obama go to their states this fall that they have voted against his number-one priority. host: how realistic is the climate change pushed right now? guest: democrats in many ways are having the meetings. they have presentations of various climate change proposals. this is something that nancy pelosi has as a

joe, we appreciate your leadership.applause] now, tonight, we welcome the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, to the center. he is an academic center and a policymaker in the tradition of woodrow wilson. a world-class scholars. and like wilson, a princeton professor -- a world-class scholar. he is one of the most respected policymakers. . he and i am a sports fans in this whole note that the first pick in the amateur draft will be on the mound for the washington nationals. things are looking up. that is not really my purpose tonight. we know him best as the 14th chairman of the federal reserve nominated by george w. bush and renominated by barack obama last august. his scholarly expertise is in the great depression and its causes, and that prepared him for the historic task in facing the second greatest financial crisis in our nation's history. he has been at the center of the extraordinary efforts of this country, indeed the world, to rescue us from the frightening near-collapse of the financial system in th

. >> there was a conversation with joe biden in which joe biden claims that a lot of people will be leaving afghanistan in july 2011. secretary gates said that he was not knowledgeable about the vice-president opinion. has that conversation been discussed internally? >> you should check back with the vice president's staff to get it -- to get a full report on that. the context was that a reporter was pressing whether the tarlan was a firm time line and the vice president was -- whether the time line was a firm time line and the vice president was expressing that it was. >> why is the obama administration opposing arizonas effort to stop illegal immigration? >> i could give you a very serious answer, but i'm going to give you a past. >> it is a very serious issue in arizona. could you just answer the question? >> it is a very serious issue all over this country. and the president has comprehensive immigration reform that includes the border. it is not just one particular issue. if we are going to be a nation of laws, if we are going to be a nation that is protecting our border, if we're goin

i want to thank joe gilde nhorn about his gracious remarks. i planned to be here four or five years and have stayed here 11 or 12. one of the principal reasons i have this because i have had the honor to work with joe. i will tell=a you palle loyal je is. he is so low that the wilson center that he is here tonight when his granddaughter is graduate from high school. that is really something we appreciate your leadership. [applause] tonight, we welcomed the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, to the center. he is an academic thinker and a policy maker in the tradition of woodrow wilson. he is a world-class scholar and like wilson, a princeton professor. dr. bernanke has become one of the country's most important and most respected policy makers. he happens to be greatly indebted to woodrow wilson. one of owen wilson's major legislative achievements was the enactment of the federal reserve act of 1913. not to put too fine a spin on that and skipping over a awful lot of history, i just want to point out that i don't think he would have

joe's landing is a beautiful place to go visit and i hope they will all go there and also to c & m fuelk, where bj works. those are places that have to be populated. people have to go there and rent the boats. i wanted to ask you one question, did you ever hear of the istak oil spill of 1979, june 3rd? the same thing that happened here happened there >> larry: where was it? >> right here in mexico, the gulf of mexico. >> larry: i didn't know. >> yeah, 1979, the istak. i got to tell you only 160 feet deep and they ended up going down 11,000. once they broke ground, they went down 11,000 feet more. the oil, when it came out and it blew up and same exact thing happened here, they -- it took them almost ten months to -- and they had to do two -- they had to tap in with two wells on the sides. and nobody even knows about it. and that's really -- everything that we tried to do here was already tried with with -- >> larry: what companies? >> pam ex. i got to say one thing, there is real danger never be working down there and already been proven. like during the "exxon valdez" spill, hundreds o

joe biden was concerned about moving healthcare right after the stimulus. debates that we see on the campaign trail. for democratic candidates congress, would you vote for the bill? them would nottget back to us. there was a concern at the time political winner or loser. it depends on the districc or the state. is going to be a factor. we have seen democrats openly are opposed to it..% line.re walking a fine will obama go to their states that they have voted against his number-one prioriiy. host: how realistic is the pushed right now? guest: democrats in many ways having the meetings. they have presentations of various climate change proposals. is something that nancy has as a signature issue. the votes are nowhere near in the senate. that is coming from democrats way to getre is no to 60 votes. some do not want to have another bill moves that rates.aise consumer republicans waat to have the debate. host: louisville, kentucky, independent line. caller: has anybody heard about them extending unemployment benefits of all? have been working since i was old and

i don't know, who except ben and representative joe barton, the republican of texas is defending bp. >> i wasn't defending them at all, stephanie, that is made up in your mind. you made that up. >> larry: we'll get to that. >> i understand. >> larry: your read on the hearing. >> who can defend bp. i don't know. clearly, larry, there are so many levels of liability here. maybe it was some what cathartic for the american people to watch this. they clearly, $20 billion is just a start. i think the president did a great job in starting there with that. >> larry: dana, did you learn anything today? >> i don't know what i learned except, grilling hayward and bp is a great distraction from this administration taking any responsibility at all of its own actions. sure, nobody is defending bp. bp messed up. but why make it worse by not doing anything for all most two months after the fact. people, this administration, not only sat on their hands, they sat on everybody else's hands too and prevented this, this catastrophe from being further contained. that's why we have a lot more of these oily

joe, bethlehem, pennsylvania. independent line. caller: this is joe from bethlehem, pennsylvania. i think it is asinine what is going on in this country. because i'm an independent because the republicans are a total waste, ok. it has nothing to do with tea party. and the democrats are doing 0. people in this country, 5 million are unemployed. the exhausted their 99 weeks are unemployment and the government does not care. ok? something has to be done. people are losing their homes and everything and no one cares. host: joe from bethlehem, pennsylvania. i want to tell you more about the president's day. he will leave the white house a little later this morning and had out to wheaton, maryland. not far from washington, d.c.. he will meet senior citizens in a town hall setting. the issue is health care. it is live on this network at 11:40 a.m. eastern time. white house correspondent for "the new york times," could you began telling why it with all these things going on the president is doing a health care town called -- town hall? guest: it is a passion of the present. but more immed

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

>> well, that is the courage that rodney and mark and gina and joe and b.j. and all of the people who actually, you know, gave themselves to this sacrificed. they sacrificed themselves so that the people could honestly understand the humanistic part of this, and i say thank you to you then, because they have put themselves out on the firing line. especially rodney, because he said it clearly, and joe's landing is is a beautiful blas to visit, and i hope you will goo there and also to the fuel dock where b.j. works. those are places that have to be populated and people have to go there to rent the boats. i wanted to ask you one question, have you heard of the east oil spill of june 3rd? well, the same thing that happened here happened there. >> larry: where is that? >> in the gulf of mexico. in 1979. and i have to tell you, that was only 160-feet deep and they ended up going down 11,000 feet more once they broke ground, but the oil when it came out and it blew up and the same exact thing that happened here, and it took them almost ten months to -- and they had

guest: joe wilson was looking pretty strong going into this primary. host: chicago, doris on the democratic line. you are on with john mercurio. caller: one of the problems i have with the media only one, with your guest, the same thing. he zeroed in on the amount of money that the unions put into the campaign. it didn't even mention the amount of corporate money that blanche lincoln got. and from the lead coming from of the clinton people the white house, i'm a liberal democrat and i feel just like a moderate democrats did before, the democratic party has no room for an african-american liberal democrat. have to look at other options like the green party. i voted for two green party candidates in the primary and one of them won. host: corporate money and blanche lincoln donations. guest: i think your caller makes an interesting point. she was backed strongly by a lot of corporate interest in washington, but if you look at bill halter's campaign reports, he also received corporate might as well. despite the fact that he was running with the strong back

joe, independent line. good morning. caller: i could not agree any more with lowe was already set by the two previous callers. -- with what was already said by the two previous callers. there was a gulf oil spill in 1970. it was on c-span on a thursday or friday. a doctor from noa talked about it. host: he was from osha? caller: osha or noa. this did occur in the gulf of mexico in the late 1970's. host: cleveland, tenn., byron, a republican line. are you there? hold on. i am not sure which line your arm. we will come back to you in just a minute. in other news "the new york times" frontpage, "in concession, israel relaxes gaza blockade. president obama and benjamin netanyahu will meet in washington on july 6, a rescheduling of the meeting after mr. netanyahu cut short one trip abroad. can a tough nationalist emerge as a statesman? waukesha, wisconsin. good morning. caller: i believe that the profits coming out of the goal should go to the american people. and 25% can go to the superfund, 25% to deficit relief, and 25 for

joe, go ahead. caller: i appreciate the opportunity to let everyone know that helen thomas has always been a racist biggest homophobe in her actions, and a lot of opportunities for senile dementia correctly and the white house press corps has always been an apologist for her and it is just unfortunate. she should go, no questions asked. host: columbia, south carolina, independent line. jimmy, should helen thomas step down? caller: what i find appalling is there has been absolutely 0 discussion about israel selling nuclear weapons to apartheid south africa. you all would not discuss issues of substance when it comes to israel. why is that? it has over 200 nuclear weapons and we are concerned about iran with zero nuclear weapons. anytime anything comes up about israel you all shutdown the conversation -- c-span, all of the network news, none of you would discuss anything negative about israel. why is that, sir? host: the views of jimmy from south carolina. more about helen thomas. she agreed to about

vice president joe biden weighed in at the white house. >> there's no shakedown. it's insisting on responsible conduct and a responsible response to something they caused. and i find it outrageous to suggest that if in fact we insisted that b.p. demonstrate their preparedness to put aside billions of dollars, in this case $20 billion, to take care of the immediate need of people who are drowning . >> lehrer: later, congressman barton said his remarks had been "misconstrued." >> i want to record to be absolutely clear -r that i think b.p. is responsible for this accident, should be held responsible, and should in every way do everything possible to make good on the consequences that have resulted from this accident. >> i'm going to ask you to rise, raise your right hand, take the oath. >> lehrer: hayward's turn to speak came after 90 minutes of the hearing when he finally rose to be sworn. but he was promptly interrupted by a protestor. >> you need to go to jail! >> lehrer: when the outburst subsided, the b.p. chief set an apologetic tone in his reprepared remarks

. >> reporter: for 34 years joe has been running joe's landing, a store and dock that is usually teeming with commercial and sports fishermen this time of year. but these days it's practically deserted. despite it all, he manages to keep up a sense of humor and a sense of understanding. what do you think about the way bp, the government, the other companies, the state have been handling this? >> i think they're doing the best job as they can. >> reporter: you've had some.... >> i wish they could do a quicker job. >> reporter: with the official job of hurricane season today, he can see even more trouble ahead. >> we're just hoping that they don't have no tidal surge and bring this sludge in our bathtubs. that's what we're worried about. >> reporter: louisiana with its countless waterways and its swamps is home to a unique way of life that residents here from city hall to the bayous are questioning whether they can afford to wait for things to get back to normal if they ever do. the corporate costs are also climbing. bp said today it has now spent over a billion dollars and its stock value

joe, this program has endured for more than 30 years now.o you owe the success over the years besides the issues we've already talked about already. >> the reason for its success is twofold. first of all, it has maintained the kind of quality that we were talking about before. and i think that's the essential element in spite of the fact that technology has changed, it at its core remains the same. and the second is that its gotten this wonderful support from members of local stations like members of weta who give us the means to keep the program going. >> let's talk about the operating budget here. how important are individual contributions to the operating budget of both this program and the overall stang itself? -- station itself. >> people don't know that the individual donations is the single most important element. we do receive a relatively amount of money from corporations and foundations. we do receive a grant every year from the corporation of public broadcasting. but by far and away the most important and the largest portion of co

give joe biden a big roond of applause. [applause] joe says he is able to drive. well we cannot do is go back now that we are starting to climb out of this whole. we cannot go back to the same policies. they led us into that whole for. -- hole. we are trlready tried to scale back. americans and the ggest corporations. that did not work. we already tried putting industry insiders in chge of oversight. it did not work. we already tried stripping away rules and regulations that kept companies in bounds. we let them play by their own rules instead. it did not work. we know where these ideas to lead us, and we are going to have a choice as a nation moving forward. we are going to be able to return to the failed economic policies of the past, policies that give us record deficits, declining income, and sluggish job growth even before the recession. policies that led to us almost going into a depression. we can take that road again, or we can decide we want to move forward. we can keep building a stronger economy. we can keep pursuing the policies that have started to cr

joe mccarthy was in heaven. he said, i do not why you are challenging me. my team is going to be baby ruth, thomas wagner -- for those of you who re young, these are famous players of the joe mccarthy era. it could be a rod -- a-rod for you guys. [laughter] he said, i will have all of these players. what is the point? he said, you have the players, but i have the umpires [laughter] in a nutshell, that is my point today. if you look at the topic today, constitution, congress, and the courts - i want to talk about the linear relationship between these entities. the constitution is written in very broad language about very broad principles that we intended toendure for -- to endure for a long time and to be applicable to a nation that the framers knew would emerge, but they did not know in what form. that is why the most important part of the constitution are written in broad and sweeping language. one thing we know is that, at the second framing, in the reconstruction era, when congress fundamentally remade the united states -- before the civil war, if you re

i will tell you how loyal joe is.he is so loyal that he is here tonight when his grandson or grand daughter is graduating from high school. by golly, that is really something. we appreciate your leadership, joe. [applause] tonight, we welcome the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, to the center. he is an addict -- academic thinkers and policy maker in the tradition of woodrow wilson. he is a world-class scholar and like wilson, a princeton professor. dr. bernanke has become one of the country's most important and most respected policy makers. he happens to be greatly indebted to woodrow wilson. one of wells in's major legislative achievements, as many of you know, was the enactment of the federal reserve act of 1913. not to put too fine a spin on it, and skipping over an awful lot of history, i want to point out that i don't think he would have a job today if it had not been for woodrow wilson. [laughter] over the past five years, he has faced tremendous challenges, adversity, and frustration. that is the

joe biden, who is doing so much to help military families. [applause] -- dr.ing so much to help military families. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce a man who knows about service and sacrifice, the vice president of the united states, joe biden. [applause] >> thank you all very much. thank you for that introduction. admiral mullen, i have to say, this is the greatest honor of my public life that has ever been given to me, to have an opportunity to address all of you on memorial day on this hallowed ground. superintendent, thank you for your care and attention to these hallowed grounds. thank you to the old guard who stands watch over those souls who gave their lives standing watch over us. and thank you to all of the service member is responsible in representing every branch of the military, all across america, to ensure that this day all those to stand under the flag have a flag standing proudly at their headstones, worthy of their dignity. collectively, the generations of soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines that have served and s

joe schmo. they would have to say, i mdot acencio x and i -- i am not cce and i approved this data. under current law, they do not have to reveal owners. these nonprofits and the 501-c3 that covers them, they are saying, this is not public. why should we make it public now? host: they are afraid it will impact donations? guest: right. anyone who even funds to the data -- to even funds these advertisements would have to be disclosed. the democrats' argument is, look, you cannot stop corporations and unions and nonprofit advocacy groups from being involved. but what is the problem with disclosing? the public has the right to know who is involved in elections. the public likes it when they know who is the political -- was behind the political clout. there is no reason not to know who is doing this. host: the supporters of the bill are saying that. guest: yes. host: who are the supporters? guest: nancy pelosi, congressman van hollen. there's also some bipartisan agreement. this is a first step for t

role in afghanistan with congressman joe wilson of south carolina. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> he was a volatile, emotional, very complicated kind of depressive young man, and very adventuress. when he was in america he was 25 and having an adventure. >> a new look at the alexis de tocqueville and his 1881 tour of america. sunday, on c-span's "q&a." >> this weekend on c-span2's "book tv," growing up between arabs and israelis. he chronicles -- and then chronicling one of the most vile places on earth. and a novel that took an author 30 years to polish, "matter turned -- matterhorn." >> it is campaign 2010 your way with the c-spannvideo library. it -- we make it easy to follow the prairie season, campaign trail, debates, victory and concession speeches, all free online anytime. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congressman joe wilson of south carolina serves as a member of the armed services committee in the house of representatives and he also has sons serv

joe wilson. and david michaels on protecting the safety of those involved in the cleanup effort. blog starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. -- live starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> our public affairs content is available on radio, television, and online. you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and - span.org. >> president obama met with bp executives at the white house. bp agreed to put $20 billion in an escrow account to pay damages resulting from the oil spill. now, statements following the meeting from the president and the executives. this is 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. i just concluded a constructive meeting with bp's chairman. and i raised two issues at the meeting. first was the containment of the oil that is still spewing into the gulf. as i mentioned llst night, my administration has directed bp to mobilize additional equipment and technology and in the coming days and weeks, these efforts should capture of to 90% of the oil that is leaking out of the well. that is not good enough. we will continue to press and drop on our best mines and

during that time a young man from delaware by the name of joe biden was elected to the united states senate. within a month or two after senator-elect joe biden's ascension to the united stttes senate, he lost his first wife in a tragic, tragic car wreck. senator byrd turned to me and said, nick, do you mind if we took a drive up to wilmington, delaware, so we can pay our respects to senator biden's wife? i said sure. i drove the car. it was a cold, rainy night in late november that 1972. we arrived in wilmington. we arrived at the funeral home to face a long, long winding line that was waiting out in the rain to pay their respects. senator biden heard we were in that line and sent word out, he wanted us to come up and immediately get upfront and come inside where it was warm. senator byrd said no. he would not use his office, he would not use his prestige or power to jump in front of anybody already in line in front of him. so we stood in that cold rain waiting to pay our respects to senator-elect, at that time, joe biden's first wife. the only individual to serve in both houses in

joe said that's the problem. we don't agree on anything. on the republican line, good morning, kathy. caller: yes. i was calling about this war zone that the republicans and democrats have. it's rid clubhouse, because they are not the ones that are suffering. it's the people on main street. the unemployed not being able to get their benefits. not knowing if you're going to have the money to pay your power bill or get gas to go to an interview. these guys need to stop paying drains and focus on what's best for the people of the united states of america. that's what it's all about. >> and i've voted -- they don't stop arguing about being nitpicky with the democrats about what the people need. it has nothing to do with want. it's need. i will not vote republican again. host: let me go back to this editorial rl because they point out one way to end the partisanship is to take a look at congressional redistricting. the example they point out is iowa. iowa uses the -- helped to produce competitive elections. pennsylvania from this editorial, one

joe schmo. they would have to say, i mdot acencio x and i -- i am not cce and i approved this data. under current law, they do not have to reveal owners. these nonprofits and the 501-c3 that covers them, they are saying, this is not public. why should we make it public now? host: they are afraid it will impact donations? guest: right. anyone who even funds to the data -- to even funds these advertisements would have to be disclosed. the democrats' argument is, look, you cannot stop corporations and unions and nonprofit advocacy groups from being involved. but what is the problem with disclosing? the public has the right to know who is involved in elections. the public likes it when they know who is the political -- was behind the political clout. there is no reason not to know who is doing this. host: the supporters of the bill are saying that. guest: yes. host: who are the supporters? guest: nancy pelosi, congressman van hollen. there's also some bipartisan agreement. this is a first step for t

. >> all right, joe, thanks very much. we'll be in the gulf tomorrow, thanks for watching. "larry king" starts now. >> larry: tonight, supreme court nominee elena kagan on the hot seat. highly partisan highly political hearings under way. >> i will do my best to consider every case impartially. >> larry: plus a landmark decision from the high court. gun owners win it. then, a 7 year old vanishes from school three weeks and thousands of it tips later his disappearance still a mystery. does the second grader's stepmom know something that could help find him? next on "larry king live." good evening. today's confirmation hearings were devoted to opening statements by committee members and nominee elena kagan herself, if confirmed, kagan will succeed justice john paul stevens retiring after 35 years on the court. here to talk about it is james carville, cnn political contributor and democratic strategist and a conservative talk show host and organizer with the tea party coalition and back in l.a., stephanie miller, host of her own program and we go to las vegas with the libertar

michael posner he was joe oraged that he took the argument to the chinese. we brought iup early and ofte he sa, compare arizona's immigration law with the brutality that goes on in ina. don't think i'm de ye mr. speaker. let's see, who am i forgetting? assistant secretary wh heads up i.c.e. who makes the public statement he wouldn't commit to that now, john morton doesn't get to set policy, neithedoes janet napolitano or eric holderor michael posner nor the president of the united states. they have to work within the laws they get. there are other polici they do geto set within the framework but don't get tomend the policies. coss sets that. the voice of the american people sets it. and jon morton, head of i.c.e. don't want enforce the law and pick up thlegals that are pckedup b arizona law eorcement officers, he should find himself aob that his heart was in, to do something thate could do that he believes is right. if he disagre with policy -- you know, a general who thinks wre off on the wrong mission will resigtheir commission if they don't think they are

now as my friend joe bind who has done a great job overseeing the recovery act would say, this is a big deal. and i think it's fitting that we reach this milestone here in the this community because what you're doing here is a perfect example of coordination and renewal that the recovery act is driving all across the country. a lot of people came together to make this day possible. business and government. grassroots organizations. ordinary citizen who is are committed to the city's futures. and what you're starting here is more than just a project to repair a road. it's a partnership to transform a community. mayor coleman was describing for me how all these pieces fit together on the way over here. so the city is using recovery dollars to rebuild the infrastructure. and because of that in part, the hospital is expanding its operations to take even better care of more people, more children here in columbus and throughout ohio which means they're hiring more people. so together, you're creating more than 2,400 new jobs and sending a powerful message that this neighborhood will soon be a

. >> it includes joe martin and sam rayburn. who were they?>> sam rayburn -- at the time that picture was taken, you see, when i was first in the house commend joe martin was the majority leader that first year. republicans had taken control in the 1952 elections, so joe martin was the speaker. mr. rayburn was the majority leader. >> bill mullin. who is he? >> he was the majority leader in the senate. >> if these four gentlemen were here today, with the senate be different than is? >> now, they would not operate like they did today if they were here in the senate. >> how would they change? >> well, the makeup of the senate has changed when lyndon johnson was majority leader, the great issue of that day was the civil rights issue. speaker russell and the southern bloc constituted a homogeneous block, and all the old confederate states of america were represented by democratic senators. >> did you respect this man? >> the late senator richard russell? yes. because he was a man who revered the senate, and he was keenly astute to its rules and pre

we met with president joe. he is headed for a constructive relationship.e's about to sign an economic framework agreement with the mainland, and i think there is the opportunity to consider where we go if this across the street situation is stable. so my question to you is this colin code which significant action could china take to ease its military posture in the street in a manner that was substantial enough for you to consider or reconsider the future arms sales to taiwan; which are a substantial, and written and will continue to be a substantial irritant in my view? >> first of all, senator, one of the points that i made in singapore with chinese military leaders in the audience was that our arms sales to taiwan are on the basis of the tie -- taiwan relations act that was passed at the time of normalization in the late 1970's. i think that -- and the have known that all along, and i was struck by an article in the local press in singapore following that session somebody asked one of the chinese generals were some chinese general, it may not have been

joe biden, who is doing so much to help our military families.uce a man who knows both service and sacrifice, the vice president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you all very, very much. says deputy secretary lind, thank you very much. admiral mullen, we have gotten to know one another. this is the greatest honor of my public life that has ever been given to me, having an opportunity to address all of you on memorial day on this hallowed ground. and superintendent metzler, thank you for your care and attention to these hallowed grounds. and thank you to the guard that stands watch over those souls that gave their lives for us. and thanks to the service member all across america to ensure that on this day those who served under our flag have the flag standing proudly before their headstone, a declaration worthy of their dignity. collectively, the generation of service members to a sacrifice for us are the heart and soul, and i would say, spine of this nation. and today we pause today to remember them. they gave their lives of filling thei

but in new york, while expressing concern for the polite -- plight of palestinians, joe biden voiced support for israel. he spoke with pbs's charlie rose. >> you can argue whether israel should have dropped people on to that ship or not. but the truth of the matter is, israel has a right to know. they're at war with hamas. has a right to know whether or not arms are being smuggled in. >> woodruff: meantime, international mideast envoy tony blair said the blockade of hamas-ruled gaza has been counter-productive. >> my view is the blockade of gaza has to change, to stop. we need a better policy for gaza. but we needed that even before this incident occurred. >> woodruff: in jerusalem, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists lifting the blockade would open the door to illicit arms shipments to hamas. >> ( translated ) : now the rockets and missiles that iran is trying to get into gaza-- and some are already there-- at aimed at tel aviv, and jerusalem. it is our responsibility and our right, accordinging to international law and common sense, it is our duty to prevent these wea

president, we could probably get northwest arkansas, joe brooks and them, put a sleder and a baylor and bail this stuff up and recycle this plastic for them and create jobs. well, he liked the idea so well, he announce it had to everybody that we were going to do this. so we are very, very close right now of having that put in place in haiti. it's going to create jobs. but more important, the second phase of it is what we want to do is to build a plant there that will take that recycled plastic and make building out of it so that haiti then can become the recycling country for the whole caribbean. so this is a pretty exciting thing. and then president clinton was very, very concerned about this hurricane piece. now, this is before, you know, all this stuff happened before the earthquake. and he was really concerned about it. so i said, well, you know what we could do? we could -- over in haiti, the women are the ones that stay with the family and take care of the kids and everybody and the men all run off when something is happening. so they're the ones to get injured. and so i said we