i think david mccollough's john adams has been not only a service to john adams, but to all of us. john adams was the least known of all of the founding fathers until mccollough's books. there were few biographies of adams, but mccollough's book brought him to attention and since that time, there have been a couple of television programs as you know and so forth, so it was a very wonderful book and he gets john adams spot on from the first paragraph, where he has john adams on a horse, in a snowstorm, riding from quincy, mis, to boston, talking and talking, and talking, and that to me is john adams spot on. the mouth talking in every circumstance. inventively, creatively. mccollough also likes abigail a great deal, but she's a subordinate figure in the book. she shows up only as it compliments john adams, and he doesn't give her what i call agency. that is, she reacts throughout the book. she doesn't -- you don't see here as an innovator. for instance, this passage that i just read you about remember the ladies, he does nothing with it. he does absolutely nothing. he wrote the lett

grandson, the son of john quincy. e2 out a lot of abigail's letters show her friends. which is painful to us women today because he said, those aren't really important. the important letters are the historical ones between adams' work. so a lot of correspondence between her friends was lost. but they were very careful, the adams family was very careful to keep all of those letters. and they were sorted by every generation was given the responsibility of sorting and then binding the letters. and they did. they sorted them by date and put them into bound volumes. in 1954, the adams family burdened with not just abigail's and john's letters, but for generations of adam's letters, gave all the letters to the massachusetts historical society. the first thing the massachusetts historical society did was microfilm all of the letters so that there was a permanent record. you remember microfilm, it came in the '50s and the '60s. it came before the computer. i read the letters mostly on microfilm, because once they were microfi

that was john's short list. he was in his element, as he never had been, except perhaps during his youth, when he wanted to become a farmer. never had he experienced such a sense of mission, opportunity, and adventure. he was raging rebellion against the greatest empire in the 18th century. he was inspired by idealism and optimism, that marked the radical wing of the revolutionaries at the beginning of the war. mostly however, he understood the sense of power that came from executing this rebellion. his spirits had never been higher. he was doing something important. something that made him proud. altogether, this was as capricious an experience as could evolve a provincial boston attorney. he couldn't be a already, but he could -- be a soldier, but he could participate in the planning and execution of the war and think about how to frame and compose a new kind of constitution. he was aware of the historic dimensions of the project in which he was engaged, with all his passions, intelligence, and belief. he was

i kept the focus on the marriage, showing john when there was more material on john o.r. abigail:abigail. 54 year marriage which is an incredible and than as now because people died a lot. but what was most amazing about their marriage is in their 54 years of marriage, for about 25 years, they've lived apart a good deal of the time because john was away from home. running the revolution, being a diplomat in europe, being vice president and then president of the united states. that is why we have all of these letters between them because they did correspond so it is a really remarkable marriage. for 80 years they did not see each other when john went to europe in 1779 through 1784. they corresponded sometimes during that period but letters were lost at sea and john did not write of the time and not very many ships going back and forth during war so not a lot of correspondence. when abigail finally did go to europe and the marriage resumed and it is amazing that this resumed with all of the passion and interest that they originally had in their early married years. remarkab

yeah, please. >> david mccullough's john adams. >> it is a wonderful book and he quotes a lot of john adams letters in their. and i am wondering how much of the duplication is there in your book compared to about one with of the letters? >> good. how do white differ from david mccullough? my emphasis-- i think david mccullough's john adams has been not only a service to john adams but to all of us. john adams was the least known of all of the founding fathers until mccauliffe's book. there were a few biography of adams but mccullough's book brought him to attention and since that time-- there have been a couple of television programs as you note and so forth, so it is a very wonderful book. and he gets john adams bob on from the first paragraph where he has john adams on a horse in a snowstorm writing from quincy, massachusetts to boston talking and talking and talking and that to me is john adams spot on. the mouth talking in every circumstance, inventively, creatively. mcculloch also likes abigail a great deal, but she is a subordinative figure in the book. she shows up only as a co

colleagues called officer johns big john. he was known as a gentle giant and remembered for his friendliness, soft spoken nature and gentle demeanor. this morning i had the opportunity to speak to officer johns' mother and stepfather. the entire family is grieving this senseless loss. above all, the family wanted america to know that stephen was dedicated to his job and his family. his mother said he loved his job and he took his duty at the holocaust memorial museum very seriously. so seriously that he ended up paying the ultimate sacrifice. as we join officer johns' family in struggling to find answers, the truth is that this was a senseless act and a senseless murder that has resulted in a great loss. officer johns' sacrifice is a stark reminder of the threat of hate and intolerance to our humanity. i want the family of officer johns to know that i along with my colleagues here in congress are grieving with them and america is grieving with them. in addition to his family and friends, officer johns leaves an 11-year-old so

by atrophy of abigail and john. there have been wonderful biographies of john adams and some very nice ones about abigail but none of the marriage. so i decided to write about the two of them in tandem. and, my interest in abigail goes back 30 years to the beginning of the women's movement, and at that time, i am trained as a colonial historian. i did puritans in the entire 17th and 18th century and then, the women's movement came along and i was teaching in southern california and i didn't know how to do women's history. there were very few books. if you went to a bookstore 30 years ago and looked for a shelf on women's books there were very few of them. the only way i could think to do women's history was to write a biography of the woman, and i looked through to where the possible well known women in that era. .. and of around world war ii, but no contemporary biographies of abigail. so i started writing a biography of abigail adams, and this was a good 30 years ago, and finished it and it was a chronological his

johns. it is a sad reminder that we must all remain vigilant in continuing the work of the rabbi to purge discrimination and rate red -- hatred from this world. i thank congressman klein for sponsoring this important resolution. mr. rahall: i yield one minute to ms. schwartz. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. schwartz: thank you, mr. speaker. and i rise today to add my voice to all those who denounce the hate and violence and condemning yesterday's attack at the u.s. holocaust museum and to extend my thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of officer steafen johns. racism, anti--- stephen johns. racism, anti-semitism and other forms of hatred are not new. they impact too many people here and around the world. as a child of a holocaust survivor, i know all too well the destruction and suffering that hate can bring. this same kind of intolerance that my mother faced in austria in the 1930's still feeds the actions of foreign terrorists and domest

john bercow to be their speaker, which commission you shall now hear read. elizabeth ii, by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great brynn and northern ireland and other realms and territories queen, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith, to all to whom these presents shall come, greetings. whereas we did lately -- difficult and pressing affairs concerning us, the state, and defense of our united kingdom and the church or detain this, our present parliament, to begin and beholden at our city of westminster, the 11th day of may in the 54th year of our reign on which day our said parliament was begun and holden and is there now holden and whereas we have been informed the lower house of our said parliament have lately made choice of our beloved and faithful john simon bercow, esquire, in the room of our beloved and faithful michael john martin, esquire, to be speaker of the said lower house of our said parliament of which choice we are graciously pleased to approve and to allow and confirm the same and for as much as the caused and considerati

we've mentioned boroughs and john meer. but there is spencer fulton thebear and there was william hornaday involved in founding the bronx zoo. depopulating the planes with buffalo. dr. miriam turan the biological survey. there were many. -- repopulated the plains with buffalo. >> , but -- common in other places did you spend time and research the book? >> almost all. not all of his national forests. their way to many of those, hundreds going down. but all of the national parks. and is monuments i visited. i travel the country lot. this has been my hobby, visiting roosevelt's places. what was very exciting for me, one place i had not been was pine noknow, a cabin in virginia that's where roosevelt saw the last passenger pigeon. it is extinct now. roosevelt wrote the last observation of one in the wild. this shows the rustic man in him who was most comfortable in nature. people don't want to think of is conservation as a policy as much as a passion. the foresight he had, that we could not to deforest ourselves, that we had to

[unintelligible] the speaker elect john bercow joins blackrod. the maze is being carried just like a baby. the house is still not properly constituted. on this one occasion, this mace is carried in this particular manner. our political correspondent is in the gallery when john bercow was declared the winner. he said a lot of conservative mp's did not applaud him. they sat on their hands. >> [inaudible] john bercow would have a lot of work to do. he certainly has his work cut out. >> and also bond with the british people. [inaudible] he thought it was best to return six and a half thousand pounds. he said he must deal with the anger of the british people on expenses. the mace is being carried in this unusual way followed by martin jack and the speakers secretary. -- speaker's secretary. >> my lords [inaudible] majesties faithful comments in obedience to the royal command have in the exercise of their rights proceeded through the election of the speaker and that their choice has fallen on me. i therefore present myself and submit myself with all hu

he felt adopted by john burroughs. roosevelt felt radopted by john. he lived in the catskills and rightabout his backyard, a bluebird building a nest corp, a cloud drifting. in california there was john muir. but john burroughs said you can learn a lot about nature in a blade of grass. i've worked with the john burroughs foundation in new york to make sure his alms get preserved. the library of america, john burroughs is one of the top 20 writers we have ever had. i want to preserve his poems. the finest naturalist writer in the united states. teddy roosevelt loved him. as president he had john burroughs come to yellowstone. they went hiking and camping together. he brought john burroughs on a trip out west. when roosevelt would spent time outside charlottesville, the only guess he would have with his family there was john burroughs at his country home. they would go birdwatching. they wrote about what they were seeing. there's no higher complement to the roosevelt other than john burroughs thought roosevelt's writings were more about preservation and

thank you so much, john.an absolutely spectacular job. orrin has enjoyed a long and distinguished career and certainly doesn't need to be spending his time pitching for the nrsc but to tell you the truth, he's been an all-star the past couple of years and we don't know where we'd have been without him. thank you so much, orrin. and my buddy john boehner has done a great job holding those house republicans together. thank you so much, john, for the great job you're doing. and pete sessions, an outstanding job at the nrcc and finally, i want to thank probably the best idea man we've ever had is back in action and providing great suggestions. sometimes on a virtually hourly basis. our speaker tonight, newt gingrich. thanks for being with us, newt. as jon voight indicated this new administration has got a very, very radical agenda. it's been pushing hard and we've been pushing back. they may have the numbers but we've had some successes we can be proud of. for example, a couple of weeks ago, they came up to capit

host: thank you, john. guest: of the board of governors, they are all appointed by the president of the united states and they are confirmed by the senate. there are other participants in the decision making, something called the federal open market committee that makes the decisions about interest rates. and those are presidents of regional banks around the country, all the way from new york to san francisco. and those are appointed by local people. they are approved by the board. but the reason for those of the participants, it goes way back in time, if you -- so much power and one board or center, it is a way to diffuse, if you like, and get more participation from other parts of the country. some people complain about that now, but that is the original purpose. but i do think it needs to be thought through and examine because we do have a much different economy than when the fed was founded at the beginning of last century. host: our guest is one of the contributors to this new book called "the road ahe

host: our next call is john in philadelphia. john is world war ii vet. where did you serve and what unit were you with? caller: i would like to thank your guest for mentioning the 82nd. 82nd airborne when i jumped into normandy. i eventually made the holland jump. my fought in the bulge and crossed the rhine near cologne. helped liberate a nazi concentration camp and ended up on the elbe river. the cascariest part bawas when got over the continent and that plane started to sway back and forth and up and down and all the noise and we could hear the flack hitting the skin of the plane. all we wanted to do is get the hell out of that plane. when that green light came on and they said go out the door we were running to get out that door. and when i hit the silk, it was dark, of course, and early morning hours and i saw all them tracers. i thought every german in the german army was shooting at me. fortunately, i got through it all and i landed in the middle of a hedge row and cut myself out of that. and my first piece of combat was an mg-42 going off and ran

they tried it but they didn't defeat john mccain, john mccain and defeated john mccain. [applause] if you put up the two candidates on a split television screen, one of them was yesterday and the other one was tomorrow in the american people really vote for yesterday. george bush defeated john mccain immensely unpopular, got us into a very long war and, however, it turns out and we all pray that it turns out well, the american people not like long wars. the republican party defeated john mccain -- they took power in the year 2000, they have the white house in both houses of congress and they were the grown ups, they were the fiscally responsible ones and they spent money like imelda marcos in a shoe store. [applause] and president bush

we will be talking with john mccain and bob schieffer. more on the economy as we look at gm, ford and chrysler and the bailout. and this had mine from the " arizona republic" some people are set to survive hard times. the situation in the state's also the budget year will start with a $384 million hole. first up is daniel on the phone from fort washington, maryland. caller: good morning. i would just say as a long time the work and analysts of politics, there is definitely no light at the end of the tunnel right now. host: why is that? caller: no concrete actions have been taken. the real core issues, the financial systems and the dominance of the economic system, and the federal reserve's secret nature, some of that is being addressed. they're getting even more power to the fed. our government is based on transparency and it is not transparent. host: the fed meeting today and we will be talking with john taylor was served in the bush administration. we will talk about his views on what the fed needs to be doing and may not be doing quite

and the reason was that john was

john lannan's 41st pitch of the day.ubrey hufup thr >> rob: if you're going to give fourth home run in the same game that mark witten hit in cincinnati. and i had given up a home run in the first game of the double- header and i was just trying to get my stuff back together, i fell behind him 2-0, i was like, oh, geez, he's already got three home runs. you can't not challethis y. he hit that ball of the four home runs it was by far the farthest was just an absolute bomb. was about 480 feet. sfoonf e first times my career i was happy okay, i d hit or a walk to this guy, he did what i wanted to do. if yocan hit it, let's see you hit it, e did. >> jim p.: manny acta did not want john lannan to the first batter. >> rob: no, cardinal sin. you don't want to do that. >> bob: the orioles have had their lead-off man on every inning. i haven't seen john lannan do this, the out of four lead- off walks. here's nolan reimold, hat he did last night, that drive that josh willingham never saw. jones and huff aboard. his ninth

john. >> yes. just on this very interesting question i think it really goes to the heart of what one thinks about the nature of the judicial process about what the agenda is adding. of course, there's a lot of social science evidence that having female judges makes a difference in decisions. of course, it's a leap from that to say, well, the decisions are better. they're different, that doesn't necessarily follow except if you have a view that perhaps justice is best served when you have a diversity of perspectives, and that creates justice. that's not necessarily -- that's our democratic view of how, that's why we have democracy. of course, our view often of justice is a more formal one, doesn't necessarily carry over that diversity leads to better results. so i think it's important to think about the difference between the difference that women make and the question of whether that, whether that in any particular area means that it's better. that's a leap. >> jan, other comments on the criminal d

john, john voight. >> a staunch supporter of our troops and himself a veteran of the army reserve, hee gives help. the circle of friends or american veterans have a special bond an affinity with jon voight because he has been a supporter of homeless veterans. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome jon voight. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> thank you. do not tell me it cannot be done. [applause] sometimes, you make movies, and they are just so relevant, you know? i was -- i gave a speech this morning to the national republican congressional committee, and it was a success, thank god. and i am very honored to be here with you, and i am very grateful for paul ryan's asking me to be here and trusting me to express myself, so i would like to, if i can, give a shortened version of that speech, just as a calling card so the wider group of you know is where i stand. i started by saying that i guess we are all gathered here today, and, by the way, is this microphone good, and everybody hears me properly? good? could provgood? [applause] i guess we are gathered here today to talk about id

if john muir is the create or of the sarah club. roosevelt felt there was an obligation to save efficient and animals and plants and trees and the president has an obligation to make sure that we put aside for generations unborn natural wonders like roosevelt did like the grant canyon or mount olympus or the petrified forest. this turned this training center for conservation into a museum for theodore roosevelt. >> when did you get interested in theodore roosevelt? i loved him since childhood. i enjoyed lead reading about him. i loved the buy graph i-s. i really got interested in him in 1992 when i had a program, "the magic bus" that brings students across the country. i went to the badlands of north dakota. it's the western edge. that's where t.r. spent his ranching days as a cowboy and did some hunting. he wrote incredible books, particularly called "the wilderness hunter." the in-between was an incredibly informed writing by the biology, the ecosystem as we call it today of the badlands. roosevelt knew more about the badlands tha

hopefully john lannan will do better than the first two games. >> for a change john lannan is older than his opposing starter in terms of major league experience. the nats and orioles battling today at camden yards.   >> jim h.: hazy day at orioles park at camden yards, but a lovely day for baseball as the birds and nats conclude the interleague series as the orioles playing very well in the first two games, look to complete a three-game sweep. starting line-up for the nationals today. willie harris leading off in center field, cristian guzman back at shortstop. guzman brings a 10-game hitting streak into today's game, nick johnson bats third, adam dunn will dh. >> jim p.: take a look at our pnc scouting report on david hernandez. he's got big league stuff. he can throw 92 to 95. they call his fastball the invisible heater because it just seems that hitters don't usually pick it up. stay out of the middle of the plate. that's when he gets in trouble. fastball coming in, has to be in and out, really back to the future because he's one of the future stars of this oriol

please join me in welcoming john ferling. [applause] >> thank you. it's a delight to be in chicago and to be at this fine institution. i want to begin by telling you that i had wanted to write this book for a long time. i taught a course on u.s. military history, taught a course on the american revolution and spent about half of that course dealing with the war. and taught a couple of seminars on the war of independence, but i had to wait until my editor finally gave me clarence to write the book. i also wanted to write it because a book i wrote in 2003, a leap in the dark, was a political history of the revolutionary era, and i wanted to write a book that would deal with the military aspects of the revolutionary era. and i took the title "almost a miracle" from a line in washington's farewell address to the continental army. he said goodbye to his continental army in november of 1783, about a month before he resigned his commission. he wrote a long address, and this is rather typical of washington. he didn't dwell on the past. he looked towards the

thank you, john lannan.hnny and ray in our studios. >> our congratulations to john lannan, winner of his fifth ballgame this year. you caught something talking to debbi taylor. >> it's a part of leadership. he told wil to move to the center of the plate because he was just missing with his fastball. that's the first time i've heard the assertiveness, but i've seen the assertiveness from john for the last probably month. there's just a different attitude. i don't know what it is. we always call it that it. he has it. he has it on the mound, that special something. he's starting to express it. even in the way that he talks, he's developing, i don't think it's an eric but it's a very positive oh aura or attitude about his confidence as a pitcher. he expects to go out there and win. >> a confidence swagger maybe would be the term? >> i like that. that's why you get paid all the big bucks. confidence swagger. >> shall we talk about the nationals offense today. they did score two, came up in the fourth inning. the

john, could you take us into the case procedure? >> i would like to talk about the ikbal case, which is a case about civil procedure. i would like to make the case that this is programs the most important case of the term practsly and gives us the strongest window into the roberts court and the warren case. it comes out of the terrorism context, and though it isn't decided in that context, he was someone who was picked up after 9/11 9/11 and complained that he was treated in an improper way because he was a muslim. it was essentially a discrimination case, and the court resolves the case on looking at civil procedure, looking at the rules of meaning. it rejects the claim in a 5-4 decision because the argument is that -- and civil procedure rethat a playoff have a short and plain state of a claim showing the pleader is entitled to relieve. here the emphasis is on showing. justice kennedy in his majority opinion says there is really nothing in the complaint that shows he is entitled to relieve. there is just a conclusion area statemen

willie harris will pinch hit for john lannan. wait a minute, now. nick johnson heading up to the plate. nick is going to step in. when you talk about a guy that is overdue, i think johnson is overdue. johnson went up to the plate and micah owings is finished for the afternoon. dusty baker with a call to the cincinnati bullpen. nationals threatening with runners at first and second. we will be back in just a moment. 2-0 cincinnati leading washington. ÷xxppúú nce 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. for the next minute, i'm gonna show you what it's like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you put whatever you're watching down here, while you check out local traffic, weather, even your news

john lannan has hell the orioles to one run through seven innings. or oscar salazar who has the rbi. john lannan on the bench. >> rob: you don't know how happy that makes me feel when i see couple of national names up on that list and not three orioles guys. >> jim h.: it's all one big family here. >> rob: and if we do win today, it will be 12-12 in the beltway series a lot riding on this game. >> jim p.: if you really want to go, they would have won nine out of the last 16, too. make yourself feel better if you're a national fan or a national broadcaster. >> rob: there you go. >> jim h.: this is the final game of the interleague. the completion of the six interleague series. the orioles won five of the six interleague series. >> rob: that's going to be long flight now to marlinville. >> jim p.: no, it won't. on southwest it's 2:10 every time. always scheduled 2:25. they never leave late, but you might have some airport traffic. happiest flight attendants in the history of flight attendants. must be paid well, they can sing. of course if you do it of

host: we've been talking with john mcmannis. and right now we're watching president barack obama getting ready to make a speech at the normandy american cemetary and memorial. and he will be followed by the leaders of france, great britain, and canada, and thousands of veterans and active service men and women who have come to attend this service. we're going to take one more call from maryland. caller: i just called really to -- my family,, my grand mother had five sons, my uncles who were all in the war. my one uncle lost his arm. and then my dad's side of the family, my grand ma she had three sons in the war, including my dad. he never talked about the war. he did always give accolades to general paten. and he obviously never also spoke about a mental breakdown that he had that would only be years later that he ever -- he still never talked about it. my other uncle that was in close prompt -- prompt -- proximity to him, he said my dad was in a hospital after he had seen his buddy's head blown off. but ni dad was also in the p

>> johnny: can john lannan e the stopper or will mother nature get in the way again? how about mother nature taking a permanent va case. let's -- vacation. let's have a nice afternoon, early evening of baseball. adam dunn is ready. he will move from left field to 1st base. give nick johnson the day off. nationals against the cincinnati reds. i'm johnny holliday for bob carpenter along with rob dibble. when you talk about pitching, this ball club over the last 7 games have been pitching pretty darned good. >> tom: yeah. the starters are starting to kick it into high gear. they have thrown really well. 3.5 runs per game. average innings over 6 which is quality starts for me and the opposition only hitting about .217. in the john lannan's last start against the new york mets where he threw his last ever complete game in a 7-1 defeat. that was a very got outing. helped his cause there with a base hit down the left field line. so, john lannan is on the hill gets to try to continue the great starting pitching that we have been getting so far, johnny and that is the key. if

had the tommy john surgery. find his release point. >> bob: willie harris jacks one to right field, over the scoreboard and washington homers for the second time today and for willie harris, his third home run in the last two weeks. his fourth of the year makes it 4-1 washington. gets out of here in a hurry when it's in the middle of the plate, especially inside middle. >> rob: you talked about movement. his first few strikes were moving fastballs down and away. this is a fastball that just stays up in the zone. willie harris not known to be a home run hitter, but to a lefty, you talked about this with aubrey huff, sometimes you change your eyesight and you say, hey, that's a straight heater. he crushed it. >> bob: willie harris has 24 career home runs. he's hit 17 of them since the start of 08. >> jim p.: it seems the one big difference that i see in the modern day baseball player, maybe the ballparks are a little more imminent, we've gone through different things where guys are stronger, and the balls have cha

and we were there at the funeral of john kennedy. and i remember the outpouring, of people realizing too late what they have lost. and i remember the opportunity of being here, to see the enthusiasm of young people who are doing things from the government -- for the government. i gave up a position in a law firm to become a prosecutor. think about what an exciting administration that this is. learn the law but do not forget, as long as you have a privileged position in society, remember, the more the privilege, the more the obligation, the more that you have to do for others. do pro bono work, do things that make you a greater part of the community. help your community to be a better place. thank you very much. >> ladies and gentlemen, join me in helping -- joining -- join me in thanking patrick leahy. [applause] >> about six or seven years ago, ruth ginsberg was a lecturer and she spoke about how lonely that it was to be the only woman on the supreme court bench, so i know that you will do the right thing. and the students provided

john showed up as a surprise to his dad. marshall arranged that john should have his furlough after his graduation in europe with his dad. it was typical of marshall to have that kind of thoughtfulness. c-span: "the atlantic wall" -- these are your words -- "must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history." first, describe it. >> guest: well, it's hard to describe briefly. it was the greatest construction project of all time. this was way bigger than the great wall of china, way, way bigger than the maginot line. people who go to europe today aren't aware of it because so much of it was underground, and some of it had been blown over with sand, but it's still there. it will be there forever. c-span: and it goes from where to where? >> guest: it goes from the north sea down to the spanish border, and at every conceivable site of a landing -- that is, any place where the cliff wasn't absolutely vertical -- they had out to sea underwater obstacles with mines on them to blow up the landing craft at

john lannan will probably go all the way with a complete game as well.hese relievers chemotheir game in the -- keep them in the game you can keep your color. we will be back talking about the nationals offense. and he will give us a break down. micah owings taking on john lannan in the series finale as the nationals look for another complete game. the nats and reds, a day game from the park next. so, what's the problem? these are hot. we're shipping 'em everywhere. but we can't predict our shipping costs. dallas. detroit. different rates. well with us, it's the same flat rate. same flat rate. boston. boise? same flat rate. alabama. alaska? with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. dude's good. dude's real good. dudes. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >> concentrate and get some better at-bats with situational hitting. i think we are underestimating at the end of the game. that counts even if it is in the 2nd inning. i

host: john mcmanus talking about the 65th anniversary of d-day. those that would like to get involved the numbers are on the screen. host: by all means give us a call there. and we would like to hear from you especially. john, you talked about the gathering of the leaders of what used to be known as the allies. there is also a story in the "philadelphia inquirer" that talks about americans and germans who were bitter enemies during the d-day invasion, and they have been gathering in somewhat smaller ceremonies. what is the significance of these meetings between the former allied troops and their german enemies? guest: i would argue that they are as significant or perhaps even more significant than the meetings between old allies. the reason i believe that is because to some extent the normandy invasion and campaign that followed was about transforming germany. the allied leaders had decreed that they would never end the war until there was unconditional surrender by nazi germany and that really meant de natzify natzif natzifying germany. in the lo

i want to talk about john ensign. we are trying to build on what you did in 2008, thank you for your leadership. and then to pete sessions. some people may wonder why two texans are leading this. you would expect for us to work together very well, and we do. the only exception to this may be the softball game that will occur this thursday, but beyond that, we will be peas in a pod. and i want to say, to orin hatch, he has been a warrior in raising money and if you have been the recipient of one of his phone calls, you know what i am talking about. he is making phone calls every night, to washington, from wherever he is, to wherever you happen to be. many of you know that i am here because of a phone call. you know you can give more and he will remind you. thank you for being a great vice chairman and serving as our dinnner chairm-- dinner chairman tonight. and i want to thank jon voight for being the mc.it is refreshing --- mc. it is -- emcee. it is refreshing to hear you, a nd we need more people from hollywood speak

one, to offer condolences and thanks to the family of officer johns, for his brave sacrifice, and also to point out that officer johns dedicated his life to protecting the staff and visitors of an institution dedicated to remembering both the depths of human depravenity and the heights of courage and bravery. as we must understand that the holocaust museum was not simply a place to remember loss, awful loss, but also courage and standing up to great adversity. may we all celebrate the life of officer johns and the six million jews who were murdered and memorialized at the holocaust museum by going to the holocaust museum, by supporting that museum and by showing defiantly that we will not be coward and we will not be deterred from standing up for

john is here from wyoming. i'm sorry, john skip this evening.hose of you who have not met him, he is the george clooney of junior senator from wyoming. [laughter] it is great to be here. there is some much talent from the four world of tv and radio. despite the flood of new media, your program is more relevant than ever before. that is the impression i get when i read the logs every day. -- blogs every day. [laughter] journalists like chuck taught. i spotted him over there somewhere. at this dinner, chuck embodies the best of both worlds. he has the rapid-fire style of a television correspondent and the facial hair of a radio correspondent. [laughter] mika rezenski is here. we both have partners named joe who used to be in congress and did not know when to stop talking. [laughter] and happening now, wolf pulitzer is here. -- blitzer is here. the only man in america with his own situation room. people assume that-cooler, but this is not the case. as far as we have tried, we have not been able to generate the band with necessary to turn larry summ

johns called him "big john," a genera gentle, friendly and helpful. even those who did not know him are deeply saddened by the loss and inspired by hi the heroism. it is our duty to keep alive his memory. today the holocaust museum is closed. flags fly at half-staff. when it opens tomorrow it will continue to serve as one of our nation's most poignant reminders of the inexcusable racism, hatred, violence and cruelty we must never stop working to erase from the world. when it opens tomorrow, and every day thereafter, stephen johns, courage and c

host: john lott, response?uest: people are incredibly happy with the health care that they get right now. 90% of people, even among the elements -- even among the uninsured. the vast majority of uninsured are happy with the quality of health care that they actually received. only about 2.3% of americans are uninsured and dissatisfied with health care quality. 3% are dissatisfied in every way. we are talking about these kinds of changes where the government will go in and we will say did we have decided you cannot get this kind of surgery, even if the doctor in you decided you wanted. -- even if the doctor and you decided that you wanted it. they are going to be having all sorts of political decisions that will get involved in the kind of health care that people will get. host: independent line, ohio. jim, good morning. caller: we can talk about policy, health care, pensions. today we are ruled by supply- side economics. the definition of supply side is leaving more money in the hands of corporations, which will

i think john is really abusing those numbers. the fact is that from the beginning of this recession economists have failed to predict how bad it would be. the projections have gotten worse and worse. yes, the projections have gotten worse at the beginning of this year before the stimulus even had an effect, but whether or not you had a stimulus that would have happened. we got more information about how bad things were already. we work on a steep downward slope. we came into this year with the economy having tremendous downward momentum and it will take a lot to put brakes on it. we have a situation in a downward spiral that was threatening to go completely out of control. where businesses were not investing in hiring and employees are not spending or involved in the economy which causes more layoffs, less investment by business, and it keeps going. we absolutely needed an intense government intervention of the stimulus, recovery package to start restoring confidence in joined businesses where their next sale would come from to t

from the political left, and left from the political right here on a single day of my photographs john mccain and senator obama. so walk down that street. any street in your own neighborhood including streets that she might even be afraid to and drive down and go down the roads that say, do not enter. attend a religious mass that you don't know anything about and in doing that look back at your home town and you will see a much bigger picture, a snapshot of this place we call america. it will make you a better citizen and also make you a better photographer. with my camera in hand and as my friend over 30 years, this is how i learned to appreciate this remarkable country. through the lens i understand what happened here mattered. and there are consequences that what began. 1776 and 1787. i was reading earlier this morning reminding myself of this thomas covina who broke the origins of scientific revolutions and this was an important concept or you introduced the term paradigm shift in the prior two his enunciating one a paradigm shift is or popularizing in it, we always thought that th

john o'connor said south carolina gov. staff said the governor is taking on appellation trout, ending four days in which the staff and state officials say they have not heard from him. night in his office or the state law enforcement division that provides security had been able to reach him since he left the mansion thursday in a black suburban as uv assigned to his security detail, according to three people according to the -- familiar with the situation. the government spokesman did not disclose the trailer was hiking nor revealed whether he was hiking alone. his last known location was near atlanta late last week. a mobile telephone tower picked up a signal from his own, according to a source familiar with the situation. again, more details available at the state newspaper from south carolina. stock is on the phone from long island. the economy, are the mixed signals? if so, where are we heading? caller: i don't know where we are heading. but thank you for c-span. i am baffled sometimes at the american people that -- h

senator john ensign, republican from nevada who admitted to an affair last week and senator john edwards spoke on abc's light 9 -- nightline program last summer and former governor of new york spitzer who resigned over his own affair. we really want to get your broad view, whether democrat or republican. henry is on the phone from spartanburg, south carolina. good morning. good morning, henry. caller: of this latest pick -- this latest is not indicative of one party and i think it shows why the american people are just so frustrated with politicians and our political system in general. but what makes this really, really bad is that republicans are along with the evangelical right conservative, they always preaching moral values and determining who is going to heaven or hell. so when it happens to them, then it puts it in another light. if they would just be for real and stop trying to always dictate to other how they ought to be living -- sanford was fighting for everything going to be here for south carolina. on the one hand you are not taking stimulus money and unemployment money for y

i'm john podesta. it's a great honor for me to be here with this great panel and on behalf of the american constitution society, i'd like to welcome all of you to tonight's plenary panel, which is entitled the levers of change, how progress -- i like that term -- how progress is made in today's policy environment. i'd also like to extend a special thanks to all of our panelists who had been generous enough to donate their valuable time to participate in this discussion. this discussion. we have several members of the administration up here, and given the pace of the new administration, i think spending a friday evening doing anything but being in a catatonic state is really an heroic effort. i know that the panel will be lively, and it just by way of one housekeeping business, you will get to ask most of the questions tonight. you need to reach into your back in right -- pullout a card and write your question on the card. people will collect them and give them to me. if you do not have a card, just wri

johns called him "big john," a genera gentle, friendly and helpful. even those who did not know him are deeply saddened by the loss and inspired by hi the heroism. it is our duty to keep alive his memory. today the holocaust museum is closed. flags fly at half-staff. when it opens tomorrow it will continue to serve as one of our nation's most poignant reminders of the inexcusable racism, hatred, violence and cruelty we must never stop working to erase from the world. when it opens tomorrow, and every day thereafter, stephen johns, courage and courtesy, will be mixed. madam president, our plan to fix america's broken health care system is based on a simple premise: when it comes to keeping ourselves and our loved ones healthy, people -- not corporations -- should be at the driver's seat. we have a land to right that rock. that plan is guided by three goals. the number one, lower the high cost of health care. number two, ensure every american has abscess to quality, affordable -- has access to quality, affordable care; finally, people can choose their o

when you look back in history when john f. kennedy -- he quit the federal reserve and it issued silver certificates. then he was assassinated. i think it has a lot to do with the federal reserve. guest: maybe two points. one on the tarp in support of mr. obama, senator mccain also supported the tarp program as did the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, the house republican leader, john boehner. the bush administration was the one who came up with the tarp program. it was supported strongly by the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke and bipartisan leadership. the rank and file never liked the program much. to the caller's other point, with the federal reserve -- one of the interesting questions is just how powerful the fed is. it has been very aggressively getting the financial system stabilized. most people think they have done a good job, but will have a difficult time removing programs to return to more normal operations. there are a lot of questions on the separation between the fed and treasury. mr. bernan

john mccain said clearly over the weekend he is not calling for u.s. troops to be in iran or anything like that. it is unclear exactly what the republicans are looking for and why what the president has said so far is weak, and then stopping short of a call for a regime change which would be complicated and a part of the world. i think it is just a big, not out of hand. the president said yesterday he believes john mccain is passionate, but he does not agree with them. host: is he doing with foreign policy compared to his domestic agenda? guest: i think the american public has a lot of confidence in what he is doing. he is getting high marks in the polls. higher than in some of his domestic policy, particularly his managing of the federal budget. health care now is on capitol hill. i believe there are five different committees writing this legislation now people are concerned about this complicated subject. he addressed that yesterday also. at this time many of us are hunting for an ideology. the bush administration had a very clear sense of the way th

john mccain was there very gracious,ly welcoming us. i have to tell you.very effort of the elite media to prop up joe biden and pretend he actually knows what he's doing, i felt looking at john mccain and sarah pail lynn this country would have been amazingly better off had they been in the white house. [cheers and applause] >> i also want to say that i think on behalf of both campaign committees that john voice has given you your battle cry for the next year and a half. and i say this having once with haley barber and bob doll crisscrossed the country when we've been out of power for 40 years and people thought we were absolutely out of our minds to suggest we could actually win a majority. i think the phrase "do not tell me it can't be done" is about as good a way to start thinking about 2010 and 2012 as you could imagine. [applause] >> and i think our goal should be to reach out to the american people in every possible way, to make sure that john baner becomes the speaker of the house in january of 2011, that mitch mcconnell becomes the senate majority