firing line starts in 1966, and walter cronkite and johnny carson, the edgy as things in mainstream television. firing line is like from another galaxy, it starts with the brandenburg concerto, bill's mannerisms and accents' and the content of what he is saying. and one of the interesting anecdotes that came my way, i was in a new school that afterwards, an old man came to me and said do you see mr. buckley? yes, i do. pc dirksen senate office building you thank him for me? i am a man of the left and firing line is the only place in the late 60s were leftwingers could get to say their views at length. bill let them say that so he could do it out with them. the media has changed, it is all a teaser. if jesus came back he would not get an hour of television, he simply one. so bill was suited for his time. what are bills to they going to do? they will be have to be suited for their time and also people are unique. a lot of conservatives are saying where is the next reagan? there will not be a next reagan. there will be somebody else. where is the next buckley? not going to be one. there will be s

johnny carson's sidekick passed away today.he real-estate situation is the worst ever in miami in florida. that is for the ninth straight month. from detroit, and said the new chrysler, three keys to the plan -- reduce layers of management, make fiat the basis for new models, and pit the off over male against other luxury brands. and according, public grilling for brown and clear on iraq. president obama condemns iran's and just crack down. "the houston chronicle" -- heat sparse concern over public safety. call us this morning with your opinion on a public auction for the health care plan. it did on a public option for health care. next on the independent line is darren from georgia. caller: thank you for c-span. i am against a public auction for medical coverage. i must make two comments about that. one, i would like to retort to obama's response about the government screws and all private insurers. his answer while it seems to have some logic basically ignored one key factor. the government does not have to be efficient. they

it's walter cronkite and johnny carson, and huntley brinkley are the edgiest things in mainstream television, and firing line is from a different galaxy. it starts with a concerto, and it's the content of what he is saying, and one of the very interesting anecdotes, years ago i was on an panel, and afterwards an old man came up to me and said, do you see mr. buckfully will you thank him for me. i'm a man of the left, but firing line was the only place in the late 60s where left-wingers could get to say their views at length. and i -- there's some truth to that. now, bill let them say that so he could duke it out with them. but he let them say that. and the media has changed. the media has moved on. it's just like, you know, it's like it's all a trailer. it's all a teaser. it's this, this, this. if jesus came back now he would not get an hour of television. he simply wouldn't. so, bill was suited for his time. what are bills today going to do? they will have to be suited to their time, and also people, you know, are unique. a lot of consecutives are saying, where is the next reagan? not going

it's walter cronkite and johnny carson and, you know, huntley brinkley are sort of the edgiest things in mainstream television and "firing line" is like from another galaxy. it starts with a brand of concerto. it's bill mannerisms and accent and whatnot and also the content of what he's saying. and one of the very interesting anecdotes that came my way, this was years ago, i was on some sort of panel at the new school and afterwards an old man came up to me and he said do you see mr. buckley? i said yes, i do. he said will you thank him from me. i'm a man of the left but "firing line" was the only place in the late '60s where left wingers could get to say their views at length. and, you know, there's some truth to that. now, bill let them say that so he could duke it out with them. but he let them say that. and, you know, the media has changed. the media has moved on. it's just like -- you know, it's like it's all a trailer. it's all a teaser. it's this, this, this. if jesus came back now, he would not get an hour of television. [laughter] >> he simply wouldn't. so, you know, bill was

the obama administration's assistant secretary of state for african affairs, johnny carson, has noted that, quote, we have clear evidence the eritrea is supporting extremists and that, quote, the government of eritrea continues to supply weapons and munitions to extremists and terrorist elements, unquote. and this isn't new. the previous administration took a similar view of the destructive role that eritrea plays in the horn. some will say that this is counterproductive or the wrong time. well, it has been a delicate time in this region for a decade now and it's goten a whole lot worse. -- gotten a whole loss worse. it is a complex region. one thing is not complex. this is a clear national security threat. u.n. reports have noted that over 100 shabob terrorists have traveled to eritrea for their military training, at an eritrean military base and then traveled back. the same u.n. report have identified eritrea as a principal -- has asserted that these violations take place with the knowled