joe biden, when he was a senator, had chairman of the judiciary, he was very involved with issues of the intellectual property. it was natural thing for him to continue the interest in it. >> what are the main issues that the motion picture industry is facing when it comes to theft piracy, intellectual property. >> historicically, it was all physical piracy. it was the dvd or the cds on the street. you still see that in various parts of the world and the united states. more and more the issues relate to internet piracy and internet theft. the ability to transfer is instantaneous, the web is ubiquitous. the younger people think it's theirs, whether it is or not. we are facing the issue in a multitude of different ways. obviously, trying to enforce the laws against the criminals who put this stuff on the web is one thing we do. but we're all involved with education messages, dealing with the technologically, as well as the whole new era of providing the content, whether it's movies or music or television shows online and reasonably priced, hassle-free ways so that people have less ince

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so "the times-picayune," this is the fancy website that joe biden would blow us all away -- and boy it has -- the communications director for this fancy new website that's going to detail everything, how will this work? this is the great accountability model of transparency of the democrats. he said, we rely on self-reporting from recipients for the federal money. it is transferred to recovery.gov and no one -- get this -- no one checks to verify its accuracy or to take note to the fact that utah -- here's another example -- really doesn't have seven congressional districts. utah has three congressional districts. south dakota, well, they had a 10th congressional district of south dakota. see, folks, south dakota has one congressional district. louisiana doesn't have 15 congressional districts. it has seven. so even lesco here could know. we get back here on some examples of some of that free money quote-unquote that went out. in my home state of oregon, we have actually five -- count them on one hand here -- five congressional districts. that's one, two, three, four, five. and yet on

joe biden when he was a senator was chairman of the judiciary committee, he was very involved in issues of intellectual property, so it's natural for him to continue his interest in it. >> host: what are the main issues the industry is facing when it comes to theft, piracy, intellectual property? >> guest: historically, it was always what you call physical piracy, it was the dvds or the cds on the streets, and you still see them in various parts of the world, including the united states. but more and more the issues relate to internet piracy and internet theft. the ability to transfer information on the web is instantaneous. the web is ubiquitous, and when it gets on somebody's screen, a lot of people -- particularly younger people -- think it's theirs whether it's there legally or not. so we're facing this issue in a multitude of different ways, obviously, trying to enforce the law against the criminals who put this stuff on the web is one thing we do, but we're also involved with education messages, dealing with the technologically as well as a whole new era of providing this content

host: vice president joe biden is arriving. he will be presiding. can see his motorcade arriving on capitol hill. go ahead and finish as we watch him a ride. guest: they are bringing him in for this big boat and the rare case of a tie, the vice- president who will be presiding, and cast the deciding vote that would give 101 votes in the senate and he would be number 51. i don't think we are expecting any protest votes at this point from the liberal democrats. there was discussion that the liberal democrats or conservative democrats would cast a protest vote against the bill but i don't think that will be really happening. host: how many votes are needed for passage of this bill? guest: all passage votes are 51. we talk about 60 which is a procedural vote and that is to end filibusters. that is the big men remember we have been looking at previous to this. we will look at that once more in january or february for a conference report. host: do you know of many senators who will not be here this morning? guest: there has been talked to some of the repu

so we need to realize that american politics schwab filled with emotion and maybe the time when joe bidenn a duel we'll have matched what byrd and hamilton felt for each other, so realize that ticks is a very important -- politics is a very important part of the business. and what's in the tool box or the gear shift for american legislation and when the congress looks at an issue, what can they really do? and they really have three things. congress is mostly a status quo, crisis activated Ñisystem. they're good in a crisis. we holler at them and it's messy watching them, but they're pretty good. 9/11, for president bush, came out with a tarp and $700 billion and number picked out of the air and admittedly picked out of the air, congress delivered, a lot of hollering, but they delivered. president obama shows up and he needs a stimulus, $700, $750 billion, out it goes. in a crisis, recently within the last year, congress has thrown $1.5 trillion out on mostly hunches and guidance and leadership from a president in term of response to what they see as a national crisis. congress is pretty g

. >> reporter:ice-president joe biden made aare appearance in his formal role as sene president. and senators also honored e memory othe late edward kennedy, aong-time champion of healthare reform who died in august. >> with nator ted kennedy's booming voe in our ears, with his paion in our hearts, we say, as said, "the work goes on, the cae endures." reporter: and then came the ng-awaited vote on the bill extend coverage 30 million people. >> mr. akaka. >> aye >> mr. akaka, aye. reporter: the outcome produced no surprises, fling along party nes, 60 to 39. >>r. alexander. >> no. >> mr.lexander, no. >>eporter: clearly exhausted from weeks of marathon negotiatio, majority leader harry re mistakenly voted no before realizing his mista and changing h vote. >> mr. reid nevada. >> no. ( lahter ) ( applause ) >> mr. reid nevada. aye. >> the yays are 60, the naysre 39. r. 3590 as amended-- the patient prottion and affordable ce act-- is passed. ( applause ) through 24 days of grueling debate, republicans had do everything thecould to stop the bill, and th warned it's not over. minority l

united states to have a member of our senate to go in the same way that it would if the rate or joe bidenarbara slavin with the washington times and author of "bitter friends and busom enemies." jonathan broder worked for the associated press, nbc news. senior editor of foreign policy. on to the phone calls. barbara from palm beach, florida. caller: i'm sorry, we are living in an age when we have to start thinking outside of the box. i know what i'm trying to say may sound a little radical but we've to face the fact that any figure for any other group who teaches from their religious book to go out and kill someone who is not of their situation, we have to have an international law that will be in force that these individuals themselves must be killed. they have to be taken out. it is like cutting out the cancer. as long as they teach another individual that they are wise and their religious per situation says you are doing -- persuasion says you are doing a good thing to go out and kill someone we have to face up and it has to be a global effort. and it has been in the universities, any

he told us he would be taking it to president obama and vice president joe biden. is an opportunity. we started this process three years ago. at the time we started this, michigan was in a one-state recession. we really felt that it was not about michigan, but it was about leadership coming together in the early months of a new presidentialçó administration ia way to be helpful. that is what we have done. we have an opportunity to go back to artourÑi speakers, moderator's, and participantsçó. we are unveiling the findingsñrs we speak. secretary gary locke is taking them to go administration. in the early months of 2010, we will figure out where we go from here. host: what does the secretary tell you about the administration's efforts going forward? guest: he said that the list was very aligned with president obama's priorities. health care is certainly front and center these days, and manufacturing is very important. we're all very pleased that this administration is embracing the notion of manufacturing. host: let's dig a little bit deeper into some of these. when

. >> joe biden. >> i find all vice-president just to be puppets. >> shy. >> needs to go to charm school. >> a train writrider. >> adviser. >> open now, insert foot. >> what does he do? >> nancy pelosi, a word or phrase. >> abrasive. >> very abrasive. >> egomaniac. >> polarizing. >> arrogant. >> i do not find her terribly offensive. >> i think she is a strong woman. >> queen bee. >> very aggressive. >> harry reid, how many people know harry reid? we have seven. >> wheeler dealer. >> politician. sarah palin. . whack job. >> cannot handle leadership. >> future leader. >> immature. >> imager. >> ridiculous. >> at joke. >> crazy. >> attractive. [laughter] michelle obama. >> admirable. >> i love her. >> first lady. >> that is the position. give me a feeling. >> strong character. >> poised. >> i would say poised, too. >> she takes a good picture. >> a very strong woman. >> inspirational. >> refined. >> indifferent. >> within the republican party, is there a person that you respect and admire? >> mitt romney. >> anybody else? >> i would go with either mitt or alan keyes. >> i like john mccain.

say senator kaufman from delaware because his predecessor who now has another job in government, joe biden was of course instrumental in passing of vawa. the landmark walk filled a void. to many victims -- too many victims. it had strong bipartisan support. i would compliment senator biden and senator orrin hatch, who were chairman and ranking member respectively who works so hard to get this passed. of a fort to working with members of the committee and -- i look forward to working with members of the committee. the victim of service providers. most importantly,ht the women ad families who were threatened with violence. we have an extraordinary panel with us. first will be catherine pierce. see is the acting director at the justice department. of course karen tronsgrard- scott, who i've known for many years. she is the leader in for montan vermont. i mention karen because people think of for mvermont with low e rate and everything else. we have domestic violence in every state. every state, every situation. ççsometimes in more ruralt( a, it is more hidden because it is something people

joe biden. >> yeah. >> just -- >> what -- what -- >> needs to go to charm school. >> charm school. >> pamela. >> train rider. >> and tim? >> advisor. >> anybody -- >> vick? >> open mouth insert foot. >> what does he do? >> outspoken. >> outspoken. >> and that's it. >> interesting. okay, pelosi, word or phrase. quick. >> abrey bracive. >> very abrasive. >> and ego maniac. >> polarizing >> arrogant. >> i would say everything. >> i think -- i think she's -- i don't find her terribly sensitive. i don't. >> and -- there is a positive way to express that. >> i think she's strong. >> queen bee. >> queen bee. >> and pamela. >> okay. >> lisa. and assertive. >> william. >> aggressive. >> very aggressive. >> okay. and can -- and we used whack job, so we can't go back there. >> and harry reid, how many people know harry reid? okay. say it. we got one, two, three four, five. harry reid? >> wheeler, dealer. >> politician. >> anybody else? >> balanced. >> aged politician. >> and sarah palin? word or phrase. >> whack job. >> okay. lisa. >> can't handle leadership. >> william. >> unstable. >> and patr

the issue came up yesterday, the jobs summit at the white house, joe biden referred to it. have -- >> we have never faced an economic dilemma like this in a lifetime of the people in this room. a new and invigorated platform that we can lead in the 21st century, that is what this is about at rock bottom. no more bubbles. you cannot sustain a world leadership based upon a housing bubble or a .com bubble. host: if you take a vice$zmÑpr'u make sure? host: it is interesting, larry summers has been saying all year that he is worried that our economy has been nothing but bubbles for the last decade. first there were tax stocks, then housing. part of the political platform here is to talk about creating an economy built on a more stable foundation. it is worth saying that there was a tech bubble, but it is incorrect to say that technology was not a solid foundation for the economy. it got overdone in the late 1990's, but it is an important part of the economy. host: we have one chart that has four different grafts, bigger booms and busts, housing and tax stocks -- tech stocks. exp

fact that the american people would be able to track every dollar and even said that vice president joe biden would be in charge of tracking the money and the american people would be able to go to a website and see where that money from that stimulus bill is being spent and how it's creating all these jobs. and of course you and i opposed that bill because we knew it wouldn't create jobs. in fact, we knew it would help lead to more unemployment because it would add so much more money to our national debt, money that we couldn't afford to spend and money that was going to hurt small businesses and in fact did hurt small businesses. mr. akin: maybe if i could reclaim my time, i think the points that you're making are very, very good. i just want to recap what you're saying and that is that i had, just as we got started, talked about things that kill jobs. and one of the things that kills jobs is excessive government spending and the first thing that you came to ironically was the supposedly stimulus bill which the president and the democratic leadership thought was going to improve the economy

transparency and accountability, remember, this was the website the president and the vice president, joe biden, said, by golly, you're going to see it all, see it all out there. so louisianans visiting recovery.gov found themselves not just skeptical but truly puzzled to find money going to louisiana's eighth congressional district. there are not eight, just seven. and listed the 45th, the 14th, the 32nd and my favorite, oo. i don't know if that's oo 7 or -- i don't know. according to the director of communications for recovery.gov, it rely on self-reporting by stiplants of the money. this is oversight? this is transparency in i mean, this is a government that can't figure out who's going to the white house for dinner is spending your money and this is transparency, pounds that information from federal reporting.gov has been simply transferred to recovery.gov and no one checks to veryify its accuracy. or to take note of the fact that utah doesn't really have seven congressional districts, it has three. south dakota has one, not 10. pound, we're not certifying the accuracy of the information. w

we just need to realize american politics have been filled with emotion and maybe the time when joe bidenakes geithner across the potomic and kills him in the duel we'll match what burn-hamilton felt for each other. you have to realize that politics is a very intense business. the second part i want to go through a little bit -- what's actually -- what i consider to be in the toolbox or the gearshift for american legislation and so when congress looks at an issue, what can they really do? and they really have three things. congress is mostly a status quo crisis-activated system so they're good in a crisis. we holler at them and it's usually messy watching them but they're pretty good. 9/11 for president bush, we came out with a t.a.r.p., $700 billion, a number picked out of the air, admittedly picked out of the air. congress delivered. a lot of hollering but they delivered. president obama shows up. he needs a stimulus, $700, $750 billion out it goes. so in a crisis, recently within the last year congress has thrown a trillion and a half dollars out on mostly hunches and guidance and lead