it was for judi's role actually. i sang claudia's song. >> exactly.cast -- we were casting before we started writing so we weren't sure exactly who was going to play what. >> lilli is french. >> we thought maybe that. >> larry: the star had to audition? >> i didn't know she had to sing or dance. >> it was such before. >> larry: wait a minute. kate auditioned. >> they wouldn't have, but i didn't know if they could sing or dance. nicole did not because i knew her work. judi i didn't addition either. >> larry: penelope, how did you come to "nine"? >> i auditioned for three different parts. my first meeting with rob was 2 1/2 years ago. i knew i wanted to be part of this movie. i said to him i don't care which character. have me on the set cleaning the floors just to learn because i admired him so much. he called me and said i decided i want you to be carla. >> larry: judi, do you have to say dame? >> no. you don't have to say dame. it is a bone of contention because nicole was asked to have lunch and to do the part. i was just asked to have a coffee. but

judi i didn't addition either. >> larry: penelope, how did you come to "nine"?> i auditioned for three different parts. my first meeting with rob was 2 1/2 years ago. i knew i wanted to be part of this movie. i said to him i don't care which character. have me on the set cleaning the floors just to learn because i admired him so much. he called me and said i decided i want you to be carla. >> larry: judi, do you have to say dame? >> no. you don't have to say dame. it is a bone of contention because nicole was asked to have lunch and to do the part. i was just asked to have a coffee. but, you see, same magic. how can you resist him? >> larry: glad you did it? >> oh, you bet. i'm resentful i'm not in all the other dances. >> larry: sophia in geneva, how did you get to do "nine"? how did you come to do the part? >> well, i got a phone call from rob marshall. one phone call and i said yes right away. it is very short, my story. but, no, no, no. there is also another reason. is that the film was involved of course the life of fellini. many times, of course, before he

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. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, full coverage of that white house meeting, plus the perspectives of the administration and the financial industry. >> lehrer: newshour correspondent tom bearden focuses on the impact of the credit crunch on small businesses. test entrepreneurs say a credit clock is ticking and their very existence is in jeopardy. i'll have a report from denver. >> woodruff: then ray suarez has an update from copenhagen where developing world nations ended a boycott of the climate change summit. >> lehrer: we'll have a report on how green technology is helping and hurting china. >> woodruff: and we'll remember nobel prize-winning economist paul samuelson. who died yesterday, at 94. people like me who live through the great depression are in great demand because the other people don't have a clue as to what this kind of situation is. >> lehrer: that's come >> lehrer: that's coming on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> chevron. this is t

i'm judy woodruff. after months of wrangling, the united states senate has passed the health care overhaul bill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, the vote sets the stage for tough negotiations with the house. >> woodruff: we examine the politics it took to get to this democratic win, what still lies ahead, and what the changes mean for americans and their health care system. >> brown: also tonight: after copenhagen, ray suarez looks at the debate over global warming's impact on public health. >> this for us is more than an environmental issue, it's more than a debate about targets or about how much it is going to cost. it is a debate about basically saving people's lives. >> woodruff: then, an update on yemen, where air strikes hit al qaeda militants today, including a radical cleric linked to the fort hood shootings. >> brown: and another look at one of john merrow's reports chronicling plans to reform public schools in washington, d.c. tonight, the debate over how to improve t

judy blume why did you start writing? >> i started because i had so much creative energy, locked up inside me. and it was making me sick, i didn't know at that time but i was sick throughout my 20s and once i started to write off all my illnesses magically vanished. i do think that the creative child, i had a lot of outlets when i was in school and suddenly i didn't have this same. of balance or i didn't know that i did. i didn't know what to do. and once i started to write in i always have the stories inside my head and i let it out and it was cathartic and it was wonderful and it changed my life and to this day it continues to change my life. >> did you write when you were in school? >> never. 2i mean, i can say never but creative writing when i was in school in the '50s was and stressed, it was in something that we did every day. i always like to write. when we were assigned reports other kids were grown and i would think, good, and i worked on at the high-school newspaper. but it never occurred to me that a person to

. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, we get the latest from ray suarez on the diplomatic maneuverings at the summit. >> suarez: as heads of state arrive in copenhagen, the pressure and the attention of the rest of the world is focussed on two giants: the u.s. and china. i'll have a report. >> lehrer: then white house aide david axelrod's take on copenhagen and the push in the senate for health care reform. >> woodruff: a report from india about moves to combat one of the country's main sources of pollution. >> lehrer: our special correspondent for education john merrow reports from arizona on a special way to help troubled public schools. >> i was shocked. it really took me back. >> to... >> to just see what was possible. you know, i just kind of had to pause and say, you know, what a difference this makes. >> woodruff: and an inside view of the mexican army's war on drugs. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the wo

judy, you've heard what many of these folks have said tonight. is this a lost cause, or what do you do if he's your client? >> oh, absolutely not. it's not a lost cause. tiger woods is an icon. >> a fallen icon. >> yes, but as everybody has pointed out, the american people are very forgiving. and he's doing exactly the right thing, taking time to deal with his marriage and his family and his kids. he'll be back. he'll be back. >> dr. robi ludwig, it's one thing to forgive someone. we don't even know everything he's done yet. and the news keeps piling on. what do you do to treat a patient in this situation? >> well, i would help tiger woods understand why he did what he did. i don't even know if tiger woods understands what motivated his behavior. and you need to first understand why you're doing what you're doing. if you want to stop it and if you want to make a change. so really tiger has the opportunity now while he's taking a time-out from golf, he's taking a time-out from his distractions to ask himself these very serious questions, how did h

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i'm judy wdruff. after monthsf wrangling, the united states sena has passed the hlth care overhaul bill. >> bro: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour night, the vote sets e stage for tough netiations with the house. >> woodruff: we amine the politics itook to get to this democraticin, what still lies ahead, and what the changemean for americanand their health care system. >> brown: al tonight: after copeagen, ray suarez los at the debate over global warming's pact on public heal. >> this for uss more than annvironmental issue, it's more than a debate about targets or about h much it is goingo cost. it ia debate about basically sang people's ves. >> woodrf: then, an update on yemen,here air strikes hit al qaeda militants today,ncluding a radicacleric linked to the fort hood shootings. >> bwn: and another look at one of john merrow's repor chroniclinplans to reform blic schools in washington, d. night, the debate over how t improvteaching standards. >> it'a terrible thing to say but halff this st year

judy woodruff reports. >> lehrer: alleged terrorist david coleman headley was arraigned in federal court in chicago. we'll go to sebastian rotella of the "los angeles times" for the details. >> ifill: our series on the nation's economy continues-- ray suarez reports on some of the challenges facing tractor country. >> i thought i could weather the storm but i've had enough, you know. i've done enough bleeding that i want to quit before i'm bled out. >> ifill: that's "patchwork nation," tonight from sioux city, iowa. >> lehrer: and pianist richard glazier: keeping the gershwins' music alive. >> to the younger generation, they're discovering something completely new. and music and song that are e mortal and timely that will live for generations to come. >> lehrer: that's all coming on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation

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i said to her, if you had health insurance, judy, what would you do? she said, senator, i've got a few lumps that i've been worried about for a long time but i can't afford to go to the doctor. i'd go to the doctor. thank god she can. and for a lot of others, those who've lost their jobs, who are unemployed, exhausted their savings, stand to lose their homes, at least the peace of mind that they'll have health insurance. that's going to come too. and if you have a child with a health problem, as many people do, something they call a preexisting condition, this bill will tell the health insurance companies immediately, you can no longer discriminate against that child. you can't turn down the family or that child for coverage. for someone who's been through that experience, i can't tell you what that means to know that you have that kind of coverage that your child with that child's challenge can go to the doctor they need to see and the hospital they need to be in. when my wife and i were first married and had our first baby, i was in law school and we

her name is judy and works in a hotel in marion, illinois. she is a hostess in their morning for the free continental breakfast, sweet ladiy, big smile on her face, early 60's. she came up to me and said, senator, i'm sure sure this health care reform is good for me. i said, judy did you have health insurance? and she said, no, i haven't had health insurance. i'm a few years from medicare. i said, how much money do you make? she said, well, they cut our hours at the hotel because of the economy. i work about 30 hours a week now and i make about $8 an hour. and she'd said there isn't a person working here on the hotel staff that has health insurance. i said, does that mean your income each year is abou about $12,000. i guess, she said. it's the only job she has. i get by on it. i can't imagine how. she said, i get back on that. i checked into it and i saw her the next morning before i checked out, i said, judy, under this bill that we have, because you make less than $24,000 a year as an individual, you will qualify for medicaid. you will have

judy bloom, why did you start writing? >> guest: i started writing because i just had so much creative energy locked up inside me, and it was making me sick. i didn't know it at the time but i was sick throughout my 20s, and once i started to write, all my illnesses magically vanished. it was -- i do think that the creative child has -- i had a lot of outlets when i was in school, and suddenly i didn't have those of creative outlets or didn't know i did. i didn't know what to do. and once i started to write -- and i always had the stories inside my head, and i let -- i let it out. and it was cathartic, and to this day it continues to change my life. >> host: did you write when you are in school? >> guest: never. i can't say never. but creative writing when i was in school in the 50s wasn't stressed. it wasn't something that we did every day. i always liked to write. when we were assigned reports, other kids wouldgrown, groan, ad i would think, oh, good. and i worked on the high school newspaper. but it never occurred to me

and i heard it from judy woodruff say that. i love judy woodruff but i heard her use the words of these people. for african-americans, i myself am biracial, my father is black and my mother is white. i consider myself a black man, but to hear that word, just these people, i don't want to hear the. it definitely was a passionate project of mine. and so when i woke up one morning, of the democratic convention i said that's the first day i will write and i will write for 71 days but i kind of hope my day hostage and each chapter in the book is a day and have a different theme. a lot of people were remember, you know, the lipstick on a pig is a theme for the day. and so it's a very fascinating, interesting project or if i hadn't self publish it i don't think i could've gotten it out in time. most publishers want me to wait for a least three months. >> explain the self-publishing process for as. >> for me, it was -- i do think it's an easy process at first, because i went through book search which they were very good. they allowed m

senate prepares to vote >> woodruff: and i judy woodruff. on thenewshour" tonight, jim lehrer's fl interview with the president, conducted at e white use this afternoon. >> this tion that somehow the health carbill that is emergi should be grudgingly acceptedy democrats as half a loafs simply incorrect. this is 9-nths of a loaf. >> ifill: also tonightpublic outrage in mexo, where criminal gangs mdered four members of a soldi's family-- payback for his role in a ug raid. >> woodrf: then to somalia and its going crisis: we get an inside look, repted by john lee derson of "the new yorker." >> ifill: an he wasn't just a great compos. ♪ it turns o handel was a smart invest too. >> this wathe route to becomi rich quickly and handel was young, he was eager beaver. >> ifill: that's all ahead o tonighs "pbs newshour." major nding for the pbs newshour iprovided by: ♪ ( laughter ) >> we are intel, sponsors of tomorrow. >>hevron. this ithe power of human energy. and by toyota. and moanto. the national sence foundation. supporting education and research

. >> lehrer: and tn judy woodruff lds a discussion out the climate deal. >> brown: an update on d testing, as an iocent man who's ent the longest time behind bars is set free. lehrer: paul solman has a convertion about the coection between human health anbiodiversity. >> the only -- anywherin the world at raise their young -- are nowxtinct and the mpounds that these make to keep themselves -- that information igone rever. >> brown: and the weekly analysis of mark shids and david broo. >> lehrer: thas all ahead on night's pbs newshour. major funding for thpbs newshour is provided by: >> chevron this is the poweof human energy. d by toyota. and monsanto. grant thornton. >> and by the bi and melinda gatefoundation. dedited to the idea that all people deserve the chae to live a healthy productivlife. and with the ongoi support of thesinstitutions and foundations. and... this program was made ssible by the corration for public broadcasting. and by contributions tyour pbs station om viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the clima change summit wnd down today, and president obama claimed "an u

. >> lehrer: and then judy woodruff leads a discussion about the climate deal. >> brown: an update on dna testing, as an innocent man who's spent the longest time behind bars is set free. >> lehrer: paul solman has a conversation about the connection between human health and biodiversity. >> the only -- anywhere in the world that raise their young -- are now extinct and the compounds that these make to keep themselves -- that information is gone forever. >> brown: and the weekly analysis of mark shields and david brooks. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. and by toyota. and monsanto. grant thornton. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer:

judy woodruff ports. >> lehrer: alled terrorist david coleman heady was arraigned in federal cou in chico. we'll go tsebastian rotella of the "los angelesimes" for the details. >> ifill: our ries on the nation'sconomy continues-- ray suarez rorts on some of the challenges facing tracr country. i thought i could weather t storm but i' had enough, you ow. i've done enou bleeding that i want to qu before i'm bled out. >> ifill: that'spatchwork tion," tonight from sioux city, wa. >> lehre and pianist richard glazier:eeping the gershwins' music alive. >> to the younger generaon, they're discovering sothing completely new. and music and ng that are e rtal and timely that will li for generations to come. >> lrer: that's all coming on tonight's "newshour." major funding for thpbs newshour is provided by: the nationalcience foundation. supporting education and research across all elds of science and engineerg. and with the ongoing supportf these institutns and foundations. and... this program was me possible byhe corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions tyour pbs station from view

. >> judy morgan. >> thank you, mr. speaker. number 9. >> the u.k. works closely with the government of bangladesh on climate change issues. we are, for example, playing a role in advising and assisting the bangladesh delegation in their preparations for their copenhagen meeting no. 3. -- month. >> i visited in bangladesh, and i saw firsthand the effects of the flooding, the droughts and the cyclones and the fact that the poorest people in the country were being affected. what more can my right honorable friend to help bangladesh which could disappear if the sea level -- >> more than 30 million people in bangladesh could be affected by rises in sea levels. this is one of the reasons why my right honorable friend the prime minister and the secretary of state for international development are continuing to press for further climate finance to be made available to help developing countries like bangladesh. >> order. questions to the prime minister. >> question number one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in payi

i like doing that. >> judy bloom, you talk about people coming up in being very nice to you, glad to read your books but not everyone has liked the topics that you have picked cqynar books. when somebody comes up to you and is not a fan what do you hear and how do you respond? >> i don't think i have never met any of those in person. i certainly have heard from a lot of them in writing, but i don't think anyone has ever come up and attacked me. ida want to give anybody any ideas here, because i wouldn't like that. and, you know, and the urge to keep books from children, the urge to ban books, to challenge books, it is maddening and yet it is interesting because i think it really grows out of the desire to-- is the year. it is fear that if my child reads this book you have written, my child is going to know about this and if my child knows about this may be is going to happen to my child, maybe my child is going to do it or maybe my child is going to ask me questions that i don't want to answer or maybe my child is going to get new ideas and i don't want my child to have new ideas. bu

for those of that you don't know judy, judy has been a pioneer in terms of students with disabilities. when you look at what her life has become and what education looked like for her several decades ago versus what it looks like for students now, i think there's some very interesting lessons. recently i was asked to take a look at an iep of a young african-american student who is in the public schools. and i was shocked by what i was provided. i was provided by a couple of pages that talked about very little of what this student couldn't do, very few pages on why she had the educational level she did. the goals and expectations of this child were nominal at best. she had been written off in second grade. and i was appalled. i contrast that to another family i supported recently through a series of iep meetings in a suburban district in which the family was engaged in over seven iep meetings, over 90 hours of staff time expended again talking about this student. and the main difference between these two kids were where they went to school. where we've done a lot for students with disa

for those of that you don't know judy, judy has been a pioneer in terms of students with disabilities when you look at what her life has become and what education looked like for her several decades ago versus what it looks like for students now, i think there's some very interesting lessons. recently i was asked to take a look at an iep of a young african-american student who is in the public schools. and i was shocked by what i was provided. i was provided by a couple of pages that talked about very @@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these two kids were where they went to school. where we've done a lot for students with disabilities, many of the achievement gaps we've talked about affect groups of kids who have multiple labels and often, as lilly talked about, we're talking about the same group of kids who wear all these labels simultaneously. on the first panel there was conversation about data. when we talked about idea data, we see the same kinds of trends. this is one of the places instead of looking at assessment data, we have tremendous amount of data around kids eligible under ide

. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, a report on the proposed regulations for wall street. plus an interview with kenneth feinberg, the government's pay czar. >> lehrer: ray suarez wraps our series on the recession, from a small tourist town in the pacific northwest. >> the speculators are in the town like the romans, you know. >> lehrer: that's patchwork nation: tonight, in lincoln city, oregon. >> woodruff: then, from europe, margaret warner's latest dispatch on attitudes toward afghanistan. >> germany has the third largest contingent ofo troops in afghanistan but so far has resisted on sending more. i will explore way in a special report from berlin. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's coming, on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: monsanto. producing more. conserving more. improving farmers' lives. that's sustainable agriculture. more at producemoreconservemore.com. >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. i

mark, judy def martin, come on up, guys. [cheers and applause] >> i am continually amazed at you, the people, we the people. on september 12i was up there and i asked repeatedly throughout the day, congress can you hear us now! and the answer is yes, they can hear us. the thing is, they hear us they don't want to listen. [booing] so today, listen to me! listen to me! [chanting "kill the bill!"] [chanting "listen to me!"] >> i don't know about you -- absolutely -- i don't know about you, but what we are hearing nationally in the tea party patriots, there are senators and staff who are playing games with you guys with the patriots around this country. they've taken their phones off the hook, the faxes, they can't even get through at 3:00 or 4 o'clock in the morning. we have one couple who went into their local centers office and talked to the staff. they asked why aren't the phone's ringing? i felt the phones were ringing and mighty party group was going to be calling today. we are not busy, that's the answer they got. so they

for those of that you don't know judy, judy has been a pioneer in terms of students with disabilitieshen you look at what her life has become and what education looked like for her several decades ago versus what it looks like for students now, i think there's some very interesting lessons. recently i was asked to take a look at an iep of a young african-american student who is in the public schools. and i was shocked by what i was provided. i was provided by a couple of pages that talked about very little of what this student couldn't do, very few pages on why she had the educational level she did. the goals and expectations of this child were nominal at best. she had been written off in second grade. and i was appalled. i contrast that to another family i supported recently through a series of iep meetings in a suburban district in which the family was engaged in over seven iep meetings, over 90 hours of staff time expended again talking about this student. and the main difference between these two kids were where they went to school. where we've done a lot for students with disabil

daniel day-lewis and penelope cruz and dame judi dench and fergie and kate hudson and nicole kidman.ive acmemy-award winners. the broadway production of "nine" won five tonys including best musical. i saw the movie last night. "nine" is a ten. our guest is suze orman. i know you talk about personal brands, how important is that, how damaged is the tiger woods brand? >> well, i have to tell you, at first i didn't think he was so damaged. and then every day with more and more coming out, i'm starting to think, maybe he's going to be damaged. however, with that said, you know, people have very short-term memories, and you have all these people that have done these horrific things in life that you look at and go, oh, my god, we're right back with them all, larry. so i think he may be damaged here a little bit, but not as much as people think. >> larry: it's worse if the story has legs, right? >> of course, if it keeps going, if all of a sudden we go from one person to six people to ten people, and it comes out there's video footage of him doing things and things like that, it will keep g

the cast of the new movie "nine" daniel day-lewis, marion cotillard, judi derch, kate hudson, nicoleidman, six academy award winners tomorrow night on "larry king live." the movie "nine," by the way, is a ten. donald trump is still with us. tiger woods, a friend of yours. one sponsor, accenture, has dropped him. sorry response spors are middle roading it. and nike endorsed him today, staying with him. what do you make of this, donald? >> he's going through a very tough period of time. who would have ever thought? his career was so perfectly manicured and managed it was amazing. he really is a good guy. i know him and i like him and i respect him. and i wish to see him play golf. i mean, he is rembrandt on canvas. you can't take that canvas away. you know, it's something he should be doing. i can't imagine him, larry, sitting home with his wife, holding hands, watching hundreds of thousands of people walking down the fairways and watching phil mickleson or somebody else winning the masters. he's going to be sitting there holding his wife's hand? i don't get it. i don't see it. >> larr

judy woodruff begi our coverage. ♪ >> wdruff: the president walked into the city hall oslo, a wartimleaderon hand accept the most prestigious pre bestowed on peacemakers. it was paradox not lost on him. >> perhaps the mt profound issue surroundg my receipt of this prize is the fa that i am thcommander-in-chief of the military of a nation in e dst of two wars. >> woodruff: just last wk mr. obamordered 30,000 more u.s. troops to afghantan, on top of 2100 he sent earlier this year that tension, between his actions as commander in chf, anhis advocacy of peace, animated much of the 36-nute address. >> we are atar, and i'm responsiblfor the deployment of thousands of ung americans to battle a distant land. some will kill, and me will be killed. and so i comhere with an acute sense of the costs of med conflict, >> woodruff: the president acknowleed as he did when the prize was announced in oober, that he does n claim to have eaed the award based on his brief ti in office. >> compared some of the ants of history who've receiv this prize, schweitzer and king; marshallnd mandela, my accomplhments ar

judy woodruff begins our report. 16,000 u.s. soldiers an marines began to get their orders to join troops already on the ground in afghanistan. they account for more than half of the 30,000 reinforcements being september to the war zone by president oa. >> i'm extremely confident we can succeed in this mission, in great part because of you. but i don't underestimate the challenge. >> woodruff: the chairman of the joint chiefs admiral mike mullen visited soldiers at fort campbell, kentucky, this morning. it's home to the army's 101s airborne division which had orders to return to the fight even before the president's announcement. >> i am sure that we will sustain an increased level of casualties. i expect a tough fight in 2010. >> woodruff: later at camp lejeune, north cara, mullen briefed some of the 8,000 marines who will be part of the first wave of this coming surge. the lead contingent, 1500 marines will leave lejeune before christmas. they will be followed by 6200 more from the base after the first of the year. in addition

judy woodruff begins our coverage. ♪ >> woodruff: the president walked into the city hall of oslo, aartime leader, on hand to accept the most prestigious prize bestowed on peacemakers. it was a paradox not lost on him. >> perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that i am the commander-in-chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars. >> woodruff: just last week mr. obama ordered 30,000 more u.s. troops to afghanistan, on top of 21,000 he sent earlier this year. that tension, between his actions as commander in chief, and his advocacy of peace, animated much of the 36-minute address. >> we are at war, and i'm responsible for the deployment of thousands of young americans to battle in a distant land. some will kill, and some will be killed. and so i come here with an acute sense of the costs of armed conflict, >> woodruff: the president acknowledged as he did when the prize was announced in october, that he does not claim to have earned the award based on his brief time in office. >> compared to some of the giants of history who've

. >> childrens author, judy bloom, thank you for being on booktv. >> thank you. it was fun. >>> next from friday's washington journal notable books of 2009. washington journal viewers participate in the conversation by sharing their choices. this is one hour. >> host: heading into the final weekend of 20 only we are going to spend the next hour asking you about your best, you're favorite nonfiction book of 2009. for mines are open and we hope to get a lot of comments and calls. 202-737-0001 for republicans, 202-737-0002 for democratic and, 202-628-0205 four others. we do this in conjunction with booktv which has been in business since september of 1996, 11 years, september of, excuse me, september 1998, is it 96. 11 years of booktv, 40 hours of nonfiction programming every year on c-span2 and this weekend as well. during the hour we are also going to bring some of the defense we covered in the past year. some of the books including this one with author david finkel who authored the good soldiers. here's a look at some of the things he had to say on that and we wi

judy human intel 20 for the enactment of the ada noted her expense with education and 1950s and '60s. ms. human had polio in 1949 when she was 18 months old until she was nine, the new york city school systems furnished two and half hours of schooling a week in her home. when she was nine, she got to go to a real school where she and other children with this those were placed in a special help conversation class in the far corner of the basement, away from children who have not had this those. they were taught to her hours and a different curriculum than children without disabilities. ms. human state that message was very clear. you are not welcome. we have very clear expectations for you to achieve as an adult. she succeeded despite this and went on to a successful career, including time as assistant secretary special-education rehabilitation services at the department of education. but for many children subjected to an inadequate education, the long range implications were advised of content as it often and institutions that the senate report on p.l. 94142 indicated that providing e

judy grave that the illnesses.opponents complain about the number of pages in the bill. i prefer to think of this bill in terms of the people it will help. one named lisa, who lives in nevada -- a city below the sierra nevada mountains. she lives there with her two daughters, both an elementary school. the youngest suffers seizures and the teachers think she now has a learning disability. because of her family history, lisa, the girls mom, is in high risk of cervical cancer. although she is supposed to get exams every three months, she doesn't go. she is lucky she goes once a year and most time she is not lucky. when lisa lost a job she lost her health care coverage. now both lisa and her daughter missed the tests and preventive medicine that could keep them healthy. the letter ended with a simple plea -- we want to be able to go to a doctor. a direct quote from her. that is why this bill will ensure all americans can get the preventive tests and screaming they need. i'm voting, yes, mr. president because i believe

idaho falls, judy, you are unsure. caller: i am very unsure. i have a son in this fight. he came home from afghanistan three months ago. if this goes as obama proposes, he will no doubt go back again. it seems to me that the proposal but obama is making is dependent on the afghans and then doing their share. i have very little faith that they can or will. yes, i see the importance of following through with at least a good, honest effort to give them a chance. i do not know what to say. i'm up in the air. host: what does your son do and how much contact does he have with afghan civilians? caller: his e is a medic. he meets a lot of afghan civilians, but he does not speak the language, so he does not know what they say. host: does he get the feeling that the afghans interpret what he is trying to do and what the u.s. military is trying to do? caller: what he says is some of them are very appreciative, and others are very passed oissed of because they gobbled it. host: in the foreign section of usa today this morning -- they're both with the brookings institution. host: back

this judy did nature of the content of the internet makes it difficult and costly to target private individualsactually making the copies. consequently legal response is generally focus on commercial actors that facilitate illegal piracy such as those firms that manufacture the devices that make actual copies in the web sites that post unauthorized copies or provide information about where to find such content. for example manufacturers of the devices that they copy protection may be subject to liability under the copyright act. in addition web sites that serve as focal points for information about where to find unauthorized copies may be subject to vicarious liability or copyright infringement for their role in facilitating piracy. recently france and u.k. adopted three strike policies that mandate that network providers cut off subscribers who are repeatedly violating the copyright laws. lastly declines in the cost of children technologies have led some jurisdictions to consider requiring web sites and the providers to filter the content the kerry to determine whether it is a copyright. the p

limitation in terms of availability of hearing officers, availability of evidence judie cater's. >> well i've read about people who have come seeking asylum. that's why when they arrive. and they know that if they go back or they claim when they go back there going to be subject to violence or richard duchenne. and has been in prison. in 2005, the congressional authorized found that it wasn't appropriate to detain asylum seekers in prison. that was four years ago but today asylum-seekers are detained in state and county jails alongside pilot and. they are even put in solitary confinement. and these are people who comment say they are seeking asylum. they aren't criminals. ice currently detained asylum seekers in several county jails in minnesota. in october you announce to take steps to better manage special lines criminal nonviolent populations like asylum seekers. will this include separating them from accusing convicted criminals and getting them out of prisonlike conditions? i would encourage that. >> senator, yes. part of our overall reform is to really do a risk analysis for every

mark, judy def martin, come on up, guys.cheers and applause] >> i am continually amazed at you, the people, we the people. on september 12i was up there and i asked repeatedly throughout the day, congress can you hear us now! and the answer is yes, they can hear us. the thing is, they hear us they don't want to listen. [booing] so today, listen to me! listen to me! [chanting "kill the bill!"] [chanting "listen to me!"] >> i don't know about you -- absolutely -- i don't know about you, but what we are hearing nationally in the tea party patriots, there are senators and staff who are playing games with you guys with the patriots around this country. they've taken their phones off the hook, the faxes, they can't even get through at 3:00 or 4 o'clock in the morning. we have one couple who went into their local centers office and talked to the staff. they asked why aren't the phone's ringing? i felt the phones were ringing and mighty party group was going to be calling today. we are not busy, that's the answer they got. so they g

a constituent statement by judy brady of texas, district 31, on health care reform. i received this and i wanted to read it to the rest of the congress. you tell us that the government needs to control health care because the government can administer programs more cheaply and fairly than the private system. of course, recent studies show that nearly 10% of all medicare payments are fraudulent. why should we believe that government can do a better job with the entire nation's health care system than it already does with medicare? we ask you to leave health care in the hands of doctors and patients and that you help drive down the cost of insurance so that more of us can be covered. give us nationwide competition between insurance -- private insurers, allow us tax deductions for insurance we purchase and promote tort reform. don't force us into a government system that will cost us more and cover us less. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentlelady from pennsylvania rise? mrs. dahlkempe

limitation in terms of availability of hearing officers, availability of evidence judie cater's. >> welli've read about people who have come seeking asylum. that's why when they arrive. and they know that if they go back or they claim when they go back there going to be subject to violence or richard duchenne. and has been in prison. in 2005, the congressional authorized found that it wasn't appropriate to detain asylum seekers in prison. that was four years ago but today asylum-seekers are detained in state and county jails alongside pilot and. they are even put in solitary confinement. and these are people who comment say they are seeking asylum. they aren't criminals. ice currently detained asylum seekers in several county jails in minnesota. in october you announce to take steps to better manage special lines criminal nonviolent populations like asylum seekers. will this include separating them from accusing convicted criminals and getting them out of prisonlike conditions? i would encourage that. >> senator, yes. part of our overall reform is to really do a risk analysis for every i

as far as campaign experience, i volunteered a handful of times for the ill fated judy fater campaign and also volunteered extensively for the even more ill-fated cree deeds campaign in this election cycle. >> okay. did we get everybody? great, welcome. we're going to spend a very interesting two weeks together. i think you'll learn a lot during the course of the next two weeks. the course is set up -- we will work in groups. you will write campaign plans for real candidates who are running in 2010. for this session we're going to do senate races in missouri, pennsylvania and illinois. bob carpenter will be here to talk about senate races and then this afternoon at the end of the day we'll let you put yourselves in groups and pick the candidates that you want to work for. this course is taught over two weeks to try and simulate a campaign. those of you who worked on campaigns know it's not something you do twice a week for an hour and 15 minutes. so this will be pretty much all day every day for the next two weeks. but at the end of that, i will predict that you will know more about t