let's go to john king. he's in brown headquarters, the park plaza in boston. john is a veteran of boston politics. how much of the votes are from urban areas? >> that's the great question, larry, because right now 30% of the precincts in boston has reported in boston. martha coakley, the democrat, is getting 59% of the vote. we need to watch, and that's why everyone in this room are confident, but they're waiting to see the urban vote in boston. if martha coakley can hold that margin, she can make up some ground for the republican votes in the urban areas and the suburbs. the question is, are there enough people anecdotally today. the turnout was higher in the suburbs than it was in the city, but some people in the city tend to vote late after work, so as wolf just noted, as we watch all these votes coming in, we'll watch suffolk county, just at the county line of boston, larry. >> larry: let's go to the coakley headquarters. what kind of turnout does she need in boston, the city of boston, jessica? >> larry, she needs an exceptionally high turnout. this is wh

john king is off today."state of the union." >>> a pair of high profile stories raise new debate over checkbook journalism. where is l

. >> larry: john king remining us that the only thing certain is uncertainty. let's to port-au-prince. anderson cooper. the latest is what i'm told is an incredible survival story. what is this store are? >> yeah, larry a 5-year-old boy found alive today. his name is manly. he is was brought in by his ankle. his uncle was digging through the rubble of the home looking

i'm gloria borger filling in for john king.h us now, claire mccaskill of missouri and republican jim demint of south carolina, both joining us from their home states. thanks to both of you for being with us this morning. let me start with you, senator demint. your reaction, please, to john brennan. he seemed to say this was a failure of human error, not turf. >> well, i was concerned before i heard him talk and i think i'm a little more alarmed because he seems to have a hard time saying that this is an act of terror, that ft. hood was an act of terror, that the christmas day bomber was an act of terror. unless we're willing to recognize this as a global war, in many cases against the united states, i'm afraid we're going to fail to take the actions that we need to. the most important point now, gloria, this threat is real and we need to make very real changes from the last administration, from this administration. we need to get the politics out of it and focus on security, but i was concerned that he would not give you direct

john king is off today. and this is "state of the union." growing questions in the wake of the christmas day terror plot. >> it was a mix of human and systemic failures that contributed to this potential cat traffic breach of security. >> how did we miss the signs? and how will the administration make sure it doesn't happen again? we'll put the questions to president obama's top counterterrorism adviser john brennan. >>> then exclusive reaction and perspective from the man who wrote the book on preventing another terror attack, the former chairman of the 9/11 commission, thomas kean. and two leading senators weigh in on how the u.s. should try this case. republican jim demint of south carolina and democrat claire mccaskill of missouri. then our american dispatch from salt lake city, utah. where the mayor's attempt to liberalize liquor laws is get something local push back. the last word from michael scheuer. this is the state of the union report for sunday, january 3rd, 2010. >>> we begin today with the latest on the failed christmas day bom

of "state of the union with john king." they borrowed this tonight from your show. >> they came before me on this one, larry. >> larry: how did you see it, john? did he hit it out of the park? >> it's a fascinating speech. we won't know the answer to that. part of the answer will come in november's elections. he clearly understands he's lost the bond he had with the american people during the campaign. many said he wasn't just a politician, he was the leader of a movement. now he's struggling. he receive a time-out in the health care debate. he understands in this environment he needs to prove to people he's spending most of husband time and energy on jobs and the economy. now, this is not helicopterive -- representative of the country. but this is on twitter. we took nearly 200,000 twitter messages and our friends at crimson hexing aen helped us with this. blue means support. 31% strong support, 12%, 43% globally support. 39 globalo pose. the yellow is more neutral. most asking questions or making observations. let's take

>> john king. >> of cnn? >> yes. >> what about his wife? she was sitting right next to him. >> she was great also. >> yes, ma'am. >> hi, i'm from long island, new york but i'm from foxborough, mst. >> is that -- massachusetts. >> is that good or bad? >> it's great. >> you're pretty said -- sad right now. you're from suffolk. >> i'm from the home of the patriots. >> why are you here? >> because how much stra chose two students. they sent us here and the school is paying for us. we're very grateful to them to learn more about politics. it's my passion. i hope to some day work in government. >> go welcome in your life and tell me when you started to be interested in politics. >> my whole family is very political. we're definitely from the massachusetts, kennedy obsessed kind of group, so my whole life i've probably been more politically aware my whole life than most of my piers. -- peers. i've also had this passion. >> all last week who impressed you the most? >> i enjoyed patrick griffin and gary andres. they both worked in the legislative af

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we begin first with john king, the anchor of cnn's "state of the yinon" back in new york after his night last night in boston. listening to scott brown today, he sounded, john, much more like an independent than a republican. >> he hopes to keep that it way, larry. here is a guy that campaigned on the team of being the 41st vote in washington. he know he needs to keep support on the independent voters, the very same vote that's gave barack obama hayes large margin 14 months ago and gave scott brown the improbable victory last night. he opposes the president's health care plan as it stands. he knows she from an independent minded state. and he can't be a senator from south carolina. south carolina republicans are different than massachusetts republicans. it will be fascinating to watch his first trip to d.c. tomorrow. >> larry: the president said he doesn't want anything concrete to happen until he is seated. was the brown camp surprised at that? >> they think the president is correctly reading the results. part of what independent voters are saying, remember, for all he said on the econo

john king reminding us that the only thing certain is uncertainty. let's go to port-au-prince. anderson cooper, the anchor of "ac 360." the latest, what i'm told, is an incredible survival story. what is this story? >> yeah. larry, a little 5-year-old boy found alive today. his name is manly. he was brought into general hospital, write just happened to be on another story. brought in by his uncle. not even professional searchers. huz uncle was digging through the home where his parents are dead. he heard manly saying, i'm here, i'm here. with five other friends with a pick ax dug into the hole and found him. this all according to the uncle. brought him to the hospital. he was covered in dust. totally disorient pdp this little boy looked on the brink of death. rushed into a room where a doctor and a nurse from the international medical corps immediately started attending to him. got iv fluids in to him. started checking for any broken bones or internal injuries. he had none. he was severely dehydrated. if you pinched your skin, larry, it would bounce right back to normal. if you

word, i'm john king in washington. thank you for watching. >>> an earthquake ravages haiti. no one to help them. >> we are hearing voices in the rubble. you are watching "larry king live." >> larry: haiti is the poorest country in the country and yet somehow, some way, people manage to survive. there are amazing stories hard to forget. >> wednesday morning we went out and trying to rescue under the rubble and they had been working for all of that morning try to free themselves. >> she is crying out because two of her feet are pinned. >> there was a handful of guys just working under the hot sun. they had been digging through the rubble with their hands and then the miracle of having her pulled out alive. they figured out a way to move some things and chip away at some things suddenly coming free and even amidst this tragedy in the area they saved this dwirl's life. the other moment i won't forget is we were with looters, people quickly started getting out of control. young guys started arriving with weapons and they had pieces of debris and broken bottles. and i remember see

i'm john king in washington, take care. >>> what is going to happen to haiti's children? some have nowhere to go, and others are stranded, as helpless parents watch from afar. the fate of haiti and its people, next on a special edition of "larry king live." >> larry: we are, of course, around the clock with coverage of this tragedy in haiti. skaven juries were scattered by hasen police, and nobody was injured. joining us now are some of the heroes. dr. mark grossman. he is with south florida search and rescue task, force two. and joseph fernandez, and the task force leader, and then let's check in with our own ivan watson. what is the latest, ivan? >> reporter: the latest is that the team here, they actually reached two people who were still alive in this mountain of rubble here. the workers have gotten through, and they have cut through and actually have been able to hold the hand of a krael speaking woman there trapped along the side of a man. her voice is strong and they are passing water to her. they are trying to open up a hole to try and pull the woman out. she surv

with us in this first segment of this special hour, wolf blitzer the anchor of "situation room" and john king the anchor of "state of the union," jessica yellen is at the coakley headquarters at the scherr ton hotel in boston and dana bash, cnn's senior congressional correspondent. how did brown win, wolf? >> he got out the independents. he was impressive in doing that, convincing a lot of independents and probably a lot of democrats at the same time that he would be a better united states senator. it was an uphill struggle. it was only a few weeks ago, larry, that everybody assumed that ted kennedy's seat would be -- remain in democratic hands, martha coakley was a pretty popular attorney general. she had a good brand name. no doubt about that. things did not go in her way, and within the past two or three weeks it began to collapse pretty quickly. all of a sudden he wins rather decisively. he got 52% and she got 47% of the vote. that's an impressive he victory, especially for a republican in the state of massachusetts. >> larry: john, a lot of times in sports as we know we don't know approx

john king is off today. this is "state of the union." >>> it's 11:00 a.m. eastern, time for the sound of sunday. 11 government officials, politicians and analysts have had their say. the president's top counterterrorism advisors and the former chairmen of the 9/11 commission. former hoerm land security secretary michael chernoff. we've watched the sunday shows so you don't have to. we'll break it all down with fran townsend, jeanne meserve and richard ben venista. "state of the union" "sount of sunday" for january 3rd. >>> the president's point man on the war on terror was on the defensive this morning over the christmas day terror plot. >> clearly the system didn't work. we had a problem in terms of why abdulmutallab got on that plane. there is no smoking gun piece of intel sdwre india intelligence out there. >>> the former chairman of the 9/11 commission says some of the blaeft rests at the white house because he says president obama's plate just might have been too full. >> the problem was not now, but the fact before that this administration i think was

until then, i'm john king in washington. take care. > larry: tonight, richard heene, the dad who led the whole country to believe his little son was trapped in a runaway balloon. >> oh, my god! >> larry: is here in his interview before he reports to jail this monday. >> this was not a hoax. >> larry: so what was it? heene tells us what really happened, and why he pled guilty. >> i'm going to fight to the death on this thing. >> larry: and how the ordeal has impacted the whole family. the sheriff who once believed him and the district attorney who prosecuted him will respond, all right now on "larry king live." good evening. two and a half months ago the whole country it seems feared that a little boy in colorado had floated away in a balloon made by his father. it turned out that falcon heene was safe at home while authorities chased after the craft, hoping for a rescue. richard heene was prosecuted, will serve jail time for what some are calling a hoax. he's here with us tonight and wait until you see later what he brought

black congregations as he got further from his graduate school errors and persona and so you hear king john lewis told me the first time he heard king he was a little boy in alabama and he heard a sermon and coming off of montgomery radio and he said right away he could tell this was a learned intellectual man that he could still hear their rhythms of black preaching and he could tell again he didn't woop the there was a certain powerful expressive to mention and if you hear king when he's back stage and ebenezer you hear a man with a passionate relationship of the savior who played this down in synagogues. he didn't talk about jesus as a savior. was moses and again exodus. he knew how to talk the talk. but king was not the fundamentalist but he had a passionate relationship with jesus and if you listen to him celebrating and his vision of god was just as direct as immediate and would say nicodemus, you must be born again and he would talk about being alone and he would say god came to me and said martin luther stand up for justice. i will never leave you, never leave you. and so there is t

king and the southern christian conference, they are the premier mobilizes of the civil-rights movement. they are not grass-roots organizers. led by stokely carmichael and in an earlier incarnation by john lewis. king goes into places like birmingham, albany, georgia, chicago,and he really stirs things up. that is what is so interesting. very, very combative demanding dozens of things from mayor daley in chicago, an early version of affirmative-action. he really precipitates fear and loathing among the white population, but also among certain black power brokers who have their own relationship with city hall and mayor daley. they look at king as this outsider who is really upsetting the delicate balance of power in their own city. >> host: let me pause in this conversation just ask you, what compelled you to write this book? >> guest: well, i was really, really transformed and impacted by the 2008 election. in a way, what i wanted to do was really connect the election results with my own work on postwar african american history, as well as with the civil-rights and black power movements. i think one of the least reported stories of the election was the impact of that black power radical

cnn's state of the union hosted by john king will include utah senator orin hatch and robert mend easycan you hear all five on c-span radio. nationwide on xm satellite on channel 132. you can follow us on facebook and twitter. >> wens, president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress >> thanks for joining us here. let me begin with what is going on in guantanamo bay. how many detainees are housesed there? >> 35 will be tried in military commissions or civilian courts 110 will be repatriated and a plan to hold another 50. it's been an interesting week and the two camps seem to be divided >> a writing saying president obama has failed to fulfill his promise. some prisoners there are being charged with crimes, host: can you explain that? guest: that wasn't me. i apologize. that was scott's comment. the president has done a great job thus far. we have to stop and recognize three major facts that have come to light. one is that the eight years since the facility is open, we are still divided on what to do. >> this new war we are fighting and new regime we are tangli

host: christina rover yesterday with john king talking about bonuses.he was also talking about the recent unemployment numbers that came out friday. she was on this week with george stephanopoulos. >> the sense that we need to do more is overwhelming. we know there are things that have been working in the recovery act that are expiring, like some of the provisions for longer unemployment benefits. some of the state fiscal relief, that will be critically important to make sure we keep making progress. the president also talked about, there are some smaller, target things we think will generally move the dial. tax incentives for small businesses to hire, or of the so-called cash for caulkers that could jump-start energy retrofitting. and the president just announced tax credits for clean energy manufacturing, saying we want to do $5 billion more. host: oakland, california, independent. what about the size of wall street bonuses? caller: i think so. i wanted to make a couple of points about earlier calls. the mid-level employees -- nobody is talking about

"state of the union" is hosted by john king on cnn, including mitch mcconnell, and robert gibbs. you can listen to all five of those talk shows on c-span radio starting at noon. also on the web at c- spanradixdo.org. follow-ups on twitter and facebook. >> today, byron dorgan talks about whether or not the president made a mistake in putting health care in such a high agenda place in the last year. >> do you think that he made a mistake? >> i do. not because health care is not important, but i think that the timing was not good. Ñispending in a deep hole, it is hard to reach as high as you need to reach to get a proposal that will go through congress. personally, i would have said to work exclusively on economics again, putting people back to work. i am sure that the president will say that he was working on that as well. look, the president won the election, i did not. his position is that you cannot fix the economy without fixing health care. we found it difficult to get a menu for health care changes. both >> you can see the entire interview today on "newsmakers" on c-span. >>

among guests are senator john mccain. "larry king live he" is at midnt and 6:00 p.m. pacific. we're going to haiti, and we begin with christian amanpour, our chief international correspondent. saturdays and sundays on cnn. chr chrisiane, you just got there this week. what's your overview on this? what's your read? >> well, the thing is it's getting better in certain instances. obviously, we've heard since the earthquake struck of all the difficulties getting the food, supplies and medicines out to the people. that is getting better whether it's here in port-au-prince or out in the southern caribbean coast or lagone. the military operation to provide security and get the supplies out is expanding. but it's still not enough to meet the needs of every single person. right now the big issue for many people is still getting enough food and clean water, although many individuals, many people here in haiti, many businesses are doing their best also to give free food and water. the big issue is shelter, because so many of the buildings, certainly in port-au-prince, have been either de

john madden's seat. it really has been. we miss him. everybody tells stories every single week on the king of broadcasting and i've enjoyed all of those but john was so gracious to me and helping me in so many ways. john, i just really appreciate everything you've done for me. >> al: i'm the lucky one because i got a mantle to replace dimaggio. it worked out pretty well. i loved it. that pass is caught for a first down by brent celek, up to the 33 yard line. he is tackled by keith brooking. well, talk radio in philadelphia this week, the papers in philly this week. >> cris: will be no different! >> al: right! incomplete. intended for maclin. >> cris: passionate fans. >> al: yes. >> cris: they have heard it all before and for andy reid, he's going to get a little taste and donovan will get a little taste of what jerry jones and wade phillips and tony romo have been hearing over the past several years. >> al: another tough ending for jeff lurie. celek to the 21 yard line. >> cris: it's almost remarkable when you think about how many wins this eagles team has, how successful they've been in t

john madden's seat. it really has been. we miss him. everybody tells stories every single week on the king of broadcasting and i've enjoyed all of those but john was so gracious to me and helping me in so many ways. john, i just really appreciate everything you've done for me. >> al: i'm the lucky one because i got a mantle to replace dimaggio. it worked out pretty well. i loved it. that pass is caught for a first down by brent celek, up to the 33 yard line. he is tackled by keith brooking. well, talk radio in philadelphia this week, the papers in philly this week. >> cris: will be no different! >> al: right! incomplete. intended for maclin. >> cris: passionate fans. >> al: yes. >> cris: they have heard it all before and for andy reid, he's going to get a little taste and donovan will get a little taste of what jerry jones and wade phillips and tony romo have been hearing over the past several years. >> al: another tough ending for jeff lurie. celek to the 21 yard line. >> cris: it's almost remarkable when you think about how many wins this eagles team has, how successful they've been in t

pacific time, and among our guests will be senator john mccain. so "larry king live" will be at midnight eastern, 9:00 pacific tomorrow night following the state of the union and cnn's political team discussing the state of the union. we're going to go to haiti and we begin with christiane amanpour, our chief international correspondent and the host of "amanpour" seen on saturdays and sundays on cnn. christiane, you just got there this week. what's your overview of this after a two-week occurrence that has developed into a nightmare? what's your read? >> well, the thing is, it's getting better, if you can say that, in certain instances. obviously, we've heard since the earthquake struck of all the difficulties getting the food, supplies and meds out to the people. that is getting better, whether it's here in port-au-prince or out in jacmal or in the southern caribbean coast. trying to facilitate the airlifts, provide security and get the supplies out is certainly expanding, but it's not enough to meet the needs of every single person. right now the big issue for

king holiday bill. i have identified several factors. first and foremost is the congressional black caucus. the continued support and leadership of the congressional black caucus and especially of johnonyers. secondly, the involvement of dr. king's widow, coretta scott king. third, petitioned and advocacies by groups and trade unions and civil rights organizations. this activity was not just state side. as you can see from this photograph, there were soldiers on army bases in vietnam also involved. another factor, which mr. conyers mentioned, was the involvement of stevie wonder. finally, a major factor was the successful holiday legislation passed at the state level. let me talk briefly about each of these. the congressional black caucus. mr. conyers and other countries people introduced the bill in every session of the legislator. they received the support of all the members of the congressional black caucus. you read a lot of things about the congressional black caucus, and do they stand together? they stood together as a unified party on this legislation. and not just them. neighbor in the to garnish support from other members of congress -- they were able to garner support from

king, representative john conyers, now our judiciary committee chairman, and the co-sponsor of the resolution we are now considering, introduced legislation to recognize dr. king's life's work with a federal holiday that coincided with his birthday, january 15. and, madam speaker, i just want to say today that i thank chairman conyers has been too modest about his significant role in establishing that holiday. in 1980 stevie wonder released a congress strib beauty to dr. king called "happy birthday "to bring attention to the movement to enact a federal holiday in honor of dr. king. stevie wonder sang that dr. king's vision of peace should be celebrated throughout the world and that a holiday would help achieve dr. king's dreams of integration and love and unity for all of god's children. on november 3, 1983, legislation was signed into law designating the third monday of january as a federal holiday in observance of dr. king. madam speaker, i urge all my colleagues to support this resolution. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from mi

john. they were fairly king grand but for instance she was for a much stronger connection between church and state then john was. he was a much bigger believer, leave church out of the public square. but, she was very into calvinists so that was an issue to her but it is to her credit that she reconciled herself to the marriage with john shop. a ticket long time. after the marriage abigail wrote betsy saying, don't have kids and even after the reconciliation that's he started having another crop of kids as abigail polident cheat holder not to do that. part of that was she was a big sister. she was the middle sister but she was bigger than betsy and felt some entitlement to order betsy around so that he did not follow orders. as you say, by the time of their deaths they were great friends. yes. i see somebody behind you. >> about women's rights, as you mentioned earlier and she was famous for saying remember the ladies. i am curious about what your opinions on the women that served in the military. that sequelae served in the military. >> deborah sampson. i don't noaa forever referring to the

. >> reporter: john wilkinson, among those who played with the king. >> incredible charisma and electricity created and he made not only the fans feel good, he made us feel good. >> with music came the movies. >> you can do anything, but don't step on my blue swad shoes. >> in 1958, he had to take a break from the business. >> his career as rock'n'roll king interrupted for a while. elvis presley begins his service in arkansas. >> so much for the side burns. no hip swivels here. >> rock'n'roll music, you can't help but move to it. that's what happens to me. i can't help it. i have to move around. i can't stand still. i tried it and i can't do it. >> one reporter asked him what germany? >> i'm kind of looking forward to it. just before i came in the army, we were planning on tour europe. >> it was in germany that he would meet his future wife, priscilla. they married in '67, had a daughter, lisa marie one year later. booming. he met the president. won three grammies, had more top 40 hits than anyone and the former maid said he still kept his sense of humor thanks to practical jokes. >> in a f

when we think about king and the sclc, the southern christian conference. they are not sncc led by john car-mart -- carmichael. he goes to places like albany, georgia, like chicago, memphis tennessee and he stirs things up and that is what is interesting about dr. king. terrie combat if demanding dozens of things from mayor daley in chicago in 1965, 66 of the slum clearance in the early version of affirmative action for the city and he precipitates and loathing among the white population but also certain black power brokers who have their own relationship with city hall and mayor daley and looking as an outsider who is upsetting the delicate balance of power in their own recipe. was with me pause on this conversation just ask you what compelled you to read this book? >> guest: i was really transformed and impacted by the 2008 election and in a way but i wanted to do was connect election him results with my own network compost war african history especially civil rights and black power movements. i think one of the least reported stories of the election was the impact that black power ra

john conyers. second, the active involvement of dr. king's widow, coretta scott king and. third, advocacy by groups like trade unions and civil rights organizations, and this activity was not just stateside. as you can see from this photo on the screen, there were soldiers on army bases in vietnam also involved. another factor, which mr. conyers has already mentioned, is the involvement of stevie wonder, and finally, a major factor was the successful holiday legislation passed the state level, and let me talk briefly about each of these. the congressional black caucus

king jr. was a republican. just like john kennedy would never be part of the current democratic party. st: let me ask you that, you think that martin luther king jr. would support the current administration? ocaller: it depends on if you would want to take race into consideration. if he did not support obama the black people would call him an uncle tom. if you have a disagreement with obama the first thing that democrats do is say that you are racist. but i do not want to get away from this. host: sorry to interrupt. caller: know, that was a good question. but martin luther king jr. was a republican. he wanted you to look at his integrity, not the color of your skin. the federal government has now forced white people to quiet down if they disagree. i am waiting for the laws that say that black people have to like white people. that last lady that just called in and said those things about rush limbaugh and glenn beck, neither of whom are people i listen to, she is lying nigger. host: toledo, ohio. democratic line. caller: until ronald reagan came into office, we did not have a crack coc

john and come forward. this is paul gordan, major media star in atlanta and throughout the nation. david young is the president, the emperor, the king and john barry is one of the greatest-- come here, one of the greatest reporters hill at fur refuse to accept my-- no. [laughter] he was the star in "the sunday times." >> i must tell you both i have taken a sneak peek and read the book, so you already have admires. i actually went to the store and bought it. welch. >> real money. >> real money, i am not used to that. i am used to people send me books. >> i am sorry. i should have done that. john has done more than the index. >> certification harrell has been very kind. >> don't go home. john is a fantastic writer and i can tell you hundreds of stories about him. , but i mean i never forget, when the french entered the gold rush, we got reporters and photographers-- [inaudible] eight or 12 pages and he pulled the whole bloody lot together seamlessly. i will never forget it. you know i said i don't think i could have done that myself. >> what i remember about that is one of our reporters tony geraghty who was eccentric, but he on the f

and famously, king and others are really turned away from the edmund pet decision bridge, there's going to be a lot of violence against those demonstrators. john lewis is going to be brutally beaten. it's really one of the iconic images of the civil rights era. and what obama said, senator obama said then at that speech was that the new generation of civil rights activists were the joshua generation. he called dr. king's generation the moses generation, and it was really the joshua generation. people like him who were going to see the promised land. so he really put himself directly as an heir and beneficiary of that civil rights movement. now, in contrast we really never talked as a nation about black power during the election, and when we did, it was only in a negative context connected to the reverend wright and racial controversies. one of the things i wanted to show and argue in this book was that the black power movement even though it was a very combat ty the movement -- combative movement, forceful in its criticism of segregation, of racism, of american democracy, it really did lay the foundations alongside of that civil rights movemen

john tell us what they would do to make america safe. and joan rivers was kept off a plane. could the travel nightmare happen to you? next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. i want to remind you that richard heene, the father who led the whole country to believe his son was trapped in a helium balloon, will be here friday, his first interview since being sentenced to jail and he says it wasn't a hoax. that's friday on larry king live. following a meeting with his national security team and the ongoing review into the failed christmas day bombing attack, president obama summed up what went wrong and his response to it. watch. >> the bottom line is this. the u.s. government had sufficient information to have uncovered this plot and potentially disrupt the christmas day attack. but our intelligence community failed to connect those dots, which would have placed the suspect on the no-fly list. in other words, this was not a failure to collect intelligence, it was a failure to integrate and understand the intelligence we already had. the information was there and agencies and analystses who needed it had access to it and our prof

john edwards admits he fathered his one-time mistress' little daughter. a former campaign adviser is here to speak for him. and then usher joins us with his haitian relief efforts. all next on "larry king live." we begin in port-au-prince with anderson cooper, the anchor of cnn's "a.c. 360." anderson, what's the latest on our little 5-year-old survivor? >> reporter: we actually went to find him today. the last we had seen him he was being cared for by doctors from the international medical corps. they say he was showing good signs and started to eat something. he had actually passed urine which is a good sign. means his kidneys were still functioning. he was taken, we believe, by his uncle today from the hospital. so far we haven't been able to find him. we're going to try to do that tomorrow. apparently his uncle has taken him away back to the uncle's home. we're not sure. his condition seems to be okay. we came across, larry, in the pediatric ward at general hospital. there's this whole new generation of orphans now in port-au-prince and probably other places in haiti. a lot of kids whose parents have died, in the hospital who end up with nowhere to go. little boy, johnny, broken leg

king: the value of life changes and another point, i think a point john shadegg made well, this policy, whatever number they attach to it will have mandates in it. it will require certain health insurance policies to have those mandates covered in there and have employers provide them. his case is that they tax. i ask the man who is the judge if he could explain why that is a tax when the government makes someone buy a policy and then takes it out of their taxes if they don't and puts them in debtor's prison. why does that make it a tax? mr. gohmert: if it is mandated by the government then certainly it is a tax because that is all that the government is entitled to do. under our constitution, you can't force somebody to buy a product and i appreciate you directing that question to me because obviously all the prior questions were directed at my friend from louisiana and minnesota because you qualified it by saying this question is for the esteemed members. now you have included me. but as the unesteemed member, that is what has gotten people upset across the country and what we saw in

john lewis, and numerous other colleagues. it was in 1994 that congress designated the martin luther king jr. federal holiday as a national day of service in recognition of dr. king's selfless and courageous service to his fellow citizens. since then we have seen a growing number of individuals embrace this day as a day on not a day off. in 2009, millions of americans spent the martin luther king jr. day serving in over 13,000 projects all across the country. this year the corporation for national community service is again working with the king center and six other grantees to promote the king day of service. in years past, organizations like the capital area food bank, habitat for humanity, and the boys and girls clubs all benefited from the volunteer efforts of everyday americans. i'm looking forward to again volunteering myself at the christmas advocacy association of york back in my hometown. as january 18 quickly approaches, i encourage my fellow members of congress and constituents to take advantage of the countless service opportunities available in your local communities. a list of o

king had to come up. we were in the back room of voting on it. they wanted me to vote for that, and she pleaded with me. she said, johnwe are not going to get the bill if we do not go along with a monday. that all of these holidays that might be added, they are all being abrogated in that way. so that is what happened. end cady hall was on the committee that had the jurisdiction of the holiday bill, so they said, let's do it with her. i said, that is fine. i campaigned for her. i knew her well. and dick had sure -- and we knew where she came from. that is how that all happened. if i could add one other, our discussion. first of all, i would like to think the doctor from the woodrow wilson center for being here throughout this entire hearing. i know she has a lot of events here, and this is very impressive to me. let's give her a round of applause. [applause] Ñiyou know, we have done some excellent calls to rihanna address ourselves, motivate ourselves -- to reenergize ourselves and motivate ourselves. in the last three speakers made me make this suggestion to you. and that is that king is one of the most unusually gif

king's comments today. he is saying things like how awful the number three is in a terrible place is a. i recall johnbolden was saying the same things a few years ago and he got hammered for potentially on being an impediment to negotiations. do you do talk like this, that he engaged in saw today as potentially perhaps detrimental to anything that diplomacy might try to do? >> not at all. it's expressly why we have a the human rights envoy. this is not our situation. we want to see denuclearization in north korea. we want to see north korea moved down a different path than integrate itself into the region, become more constructive player but we also want to see north korea improve its dreadful human rights record and that is expressly the reason why we have an on voigt in the region, making it clear to north korea that we have placed great attention on this human rights agenda and will continue to press them to keep prove their occurrence. >> how many other human rights on voice we have for other countries? >> i have no idea. >> is interesting there is one specifically for north korea. >> it is why w

king. and so it's an agenda that is important for me.wc] it's an agenda where tom strickland and john jarvis and i often had conversations about how it is important that we tell all of america's story. for sure, it is important that we make sure that we're taking care of the natural wonders which we have responsibility for on behalf of the american people and how we move with a agenda to the landscape scale and we will get that done. but as important as that agenda is, it is equally as important an agenda to make sure that as we, the custodians of history, the custodians of telling america's story that we tell all of america's story. and so that includes the stories of the japanese internment camp or the story of our newest national park in california, which essentially tells the story of discrimination against african-american soldiers in world war ii. >> we'll leave this talk at this point to go live now to a discussion on young palestinians especially those living in the gaza strip. nearly three-quarters of those in the palestinian territories are under the age of 29. the brookings instit

peter king on the morning talk shows saying that -- the president describes somebody should go and the president's review. has he seen anything requires disciplinary offense? >> when you talk to john, marked in a report tomorrow, it was not falling down of one agency, department or one person. this, as the president described, was a systemic failure. each of those agencies and departments yesterday took responsibility. they outlined plans for filling the gaps that they found. i do not know what the final outcome, in terms of hiring and firing will be. i know the president is focused, because of the broadness of what he believes the broadness and systemic nature of that failure is, to find those polls and fill them. >> he does not envision someone's losing their job? >> i do not think any final decisions have been made. you will see tomorrow that this is a failure that touches across the full waterfront of our intelligence agencies. >> -- it is still a possibility, just not part of tomorrow? >> i doubt it will be part of tomorrow. >> doesn't reflect advice or decision on how to prosecute -- doesn't reflect a decision on how to prosecute in terms of the civilian courts? >> will that

king had to come up. we were in the back room of voting on it. they wanted me to vote for that, and she pleaded with me. she said, john, we are not going to get the bill if we do not go along with a monday. that all of these holidays that might be added, they are all being abrogated in that way. so that is what happened. end cady hall was on the committee that had the jurisdiction of the holiday bill, so they said, let's do it with her. i said, that is fine. i campaigned for her. i knew her well. and dick had sure -- and we knew where she came from. that is how that all happened. if i could add one other, our discussion. first of all, i would like to think the doctor from the woodrow wilson center for being here throughout this entire hearing. i know she has a lot of events here, and this is very impressive to me. let's give her a round of applause. [applause] you know, we have done some excellent calls to rihanna address ourselves, motivate ourselves -- to reenergize ourselves and motivate ourselves. in the last three speakers made me make this suggestion to you. and that is that king is one of the most unusually gif

king. it is an agenda that is important for me. it is an agenda where tom strickland and john jarvis and i have often had conversations about how important it is that we tell all of america's story. for sure it is important that we make sure we are taking care of the national wonders that we have. the yellowstone and the landscape scale and we will get that done but as important as that agenda is, it is equally as important an agenda to make sure that as we, the custodians of history, the custodians of telling america's story, that we tell all of america's story and that includes the stories of the japanese internment camp or the story of our newest national park in california which essentially tells a story of discrimination against african-american soldiers in world war ii. that is very much a part of the responsibility of this department so i would say to you and all peopleÑi who are listeng to this statement from me, when i speak about diversity, i speak about diversity in its completeness and that means no one gets left behind. no one. not white males, ok? not african-ame