guest: karen makes a great point.here is a column from the boston globe today where she talks about how this anger is at a beacon hill washington and effectiveness. joan's pont was that coakley has become the incumbent, is the face of incumbency that also includes the very unpopular deval patrick and the unpopular massachusetts state house. many voters both democrats and independents are crossing over to support our a republican in a traditionally democratic state. people want to send a message to both institutions. established institutions are under assault. host: today, running scared, running hard -- this headline. democrats and republicans are both driven by the idea that scott brown could win. paul, westminster, md.. caller: i am calling at least partially in rebuttal to someone who called earlier. i'm calling on the democratic line. i have been a republican since far back and voted for gerald ford, ronald reagan, bush i. i got so disgusted with the party. one of the things was that this cannot constantly the rig

guest: karen makes a great point. there is a column from the boston globe today where she talks about how this anger is at a beacon hill washington and effectiveness. joan's pont was that coakley has become the incumbent, is the face of incumbency that also includes the very unpopular deval patrick and the unpopular massachusetts state house. many voters both democrats and independents are crossing over to support our a republican in a traditionally democratic state. people want to send a message to both institutions. established institutions are under assault. host: today, running scared, running hard -- this headline. democrats and republicans are both driven by the idea that scott brown could win. paul, westminster, md.. caller: i am calling at least partially in rebuttal to someone who called earlier. i'm calling on the democratic line. i have been a republican since far back and voted for gerald ford, ronald reagan, bush i. i got so disgusted with the party. one of the things was that this cannot constantly the r

karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> go karen. >>> wind conditions get cold and dangerous you don't have to be away from your tv to stay away from the weather. log on to myfoxdc.com for the updated forecast. watches, warnings, and advisories that affect your day and your safety. >>> as temperatures take a tumble these young girls are nowhere to be found. they're sisters who have been missing for days now. prince georges count investigators says 14-year-old roxanne and 11 joeled deja owens disappeared on december 29. they were supposed to be on their y home from a friend's house in capital heights but never made it home. >>> the 11-year-old girl found dead neither delaware line on christmas day was laid to rest today. sarah a fox well disappeared after going to bed december 22nd. she lift with her aunt. that aunt's ex boyfriend, thomas legz, jr. is charged with his kidnapping. the coroner has not said how she died. >>> the washington wizards are playing at home forthe first time since two of its stars were accused of pulling guns on each other. gilbert arenas and tarvaris crittenton pulle

karen brown is reporting from new jersey with the latest. >> reporter: haisong jiang faced the media outside the police station. the last time he saw police, he ducked under a barrier and snuck under the barrier to walk his girlfriend into a gate. >> it makes you pause that it could happen at a major hub like newark. >> reporter: jiang will be arraigned on trespassing and faces a small fine. some are demanding a stiffer penalty. >> we want the federal government to have jurisdiction there and allow him to go to jail, if possible. >> reporter: there is new information that there could be a similar attempt in the future besides the christmas day attempted bombing. cbs news learned that close to 20 other young muslim men were being prepared in yemen to use the same technique to blow up planes. >> there are hundreds of these terrorists around the world that have gone through training camps in pakistan and yemen and other countries that want to an attack us in the united states. >> reporter: this family in finland will keep flying. >> we cannot live with the fear. we have to live our live

in rockville, karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >>> the changes aren't yet set in stone. commuters who want to complain can attend a public forum that is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on february 1 at the executive office building. >>> the war on terror left 28- year-old grad student facing charges after he crossed a security check point at newark liberty airport last week. he says he wanted to walk with his girlfriend and slipped past security to do it but his move shut down the entire terminal at the airport for hours and caused ripple effects all over the world. he will be charged with defiant trespassing t. comes with a fine up to 500 bucks. >>> in the wake of the attempted christmas day airline bombing in detroit, the national intelligence director wants answers. is he ordering an independent assessment of the challenges involved in gathering terrorist intel. he put former c.i.a. director john mclaughlin in charge of a team to examine the attempt at the fort hood shooting as well. we're getting new insight into the man who killed seven c.i.a. employees on an afghan base. t

karen brown reports for wjz from new jersey with the latest. >> reporter: haisong jiang faced the glare of the media outside a newark police station. the last time he was at the airport, the 28-year-old doctoral student dodged security and snuck into the terminal to walk his girlfriend to a gate. a week late every, many passengers are nervous about the security breach. >> it does give you pause when you think that something hike that could happen at a major hub like new work where things should be at a higher level. >> reporter: jiang will an rained and faces a -- will be arraigned and faces a fine. some are demanding a stiffer penalty. >> we want to strengthen that law to make sure the federal government has jurisdiction and brings something that says you will go to jail if you break it. >> reporter: airports are still on heightened alert following the attempted bombing on christmas day. there is new information that there could be a similar attempt in the future. >> reporter: cbs news learned british intel expwreness learned what the terror suspect told investigators, that close to 20

karen brown reports some politicians argue the punishment just doesn't fit the crime. >> reporter: he faced the glare of the media outside a newark police station. the last time he was at the airport, a major terminal was shut down six hours after the 28-year-old doctoral student ducked under a barrier and snuck under the terminal to walk his girlfriend to a gate. a week later, frequent fliers are still nervous about the security breach. >> it does give you because, when you think that that could happen at a major hub like newark, where things should be at a higher level. >> reporter: he will be arraigned on a charge of defiant trust passing and faces a small fine. some are demanding stiffer penalties. >> we're going to see if we can strengthen that law to make sure the federal government has jurisdiction there and can bring something that says you're going to go to jail if you break it. >> reporter: airports across the country are on heightened alert following the attempted bombing of an airliner on christmas day. there is new information that there could be a similar attempt in the

karen brown explains for wjz there is a call for harsher penalties. >> jong faced the glare of the media outside a newark airport police station. last time he was at the airporter terminal was shut down for six hours after the 28-year-old doctoral student ducked under a barrier and snuck into the terminal to walk his girlfriend to a gate. >>> a week later, even frequent fliers like john casian know are still nervous about the security breach. >> it does give you pause when you think something like that could happen at a major hub like newark where things should be at a higher level. >> jong will be arraigned on a charge of defiant trespassing and faces a small fine. some are demanding stiffer penalties. >> we're going to see if we can strengthen that law to make sure that the federal government has jurisdiction there and can bring something that says you're going to go to jail if you break it. >> all airports are on heightened alert following the attempted bombing of an airliner on christmas day. there is new information there could be a similar attempt in the future. cbs news has learne

. >> karen, he's either ignorant of the facts or willfully mischaracterizing, what do you think of theit's about time. here's a president that's given us 500,000 more troops in afghanistan. we had an air strike last week killing, i believe, 30 militants. general petraeus met yesterday with the yemeni president. this president has done more than the previous administration that cheney was under. and there was no mission accomplished. we didn't go and attack a country that had nothing to do with the war. at least we're going straight at the people coming after us. this president has done a tremendous job in just under a year in trying to make us safer. shame on cheney. >> jackie kucinich, as we take the temperature politically in washington, there could be a lot of political back and forth. yet when there's news like this morning of em baas being clobai closed, what do you imagine that does? >> i think in washington republicans have been trying to show that barack obama is week on security since he was inaugurated. this is as far as that aspect, this is nothing new. on gitmo they have be

joining me right now is karen blumenthal, author and family money writer for "the wall street journalse are our good friends, our best buddies, especially during the holidays, credit cards, right? you have some reminders for us to look out for as well as the changes. let's start with what we care about most, interest rates for most of us. >> right. right now we're seeing credit card companies raise interest rates ahead of new laws that go into effect in february. so you need to pay attention to whether or not your rates are going up, especially if you carry a balance, because it could really cost you. you have an option right now to get out of that, to choose not to do it, but you need to make that decision quickly. >> now let's get down to one detail. they can change the interest rate and these new rules take effect in february. is that correct? up to 45 days in advance they let you know. >> 45 days' notice, but the key thing is if you miss a payment right now your interest rate can go up. after february you have to be more than 60 days late before they can raise your interest rate.

karen hunter? >> i couldn't agree with you more. you took the words right out of my mouth.me first the terrorists but we should also blame the people who are responsible formakering sure that people don't get on planes with bombs in their underwear. there was a breakdown clearly. this man should have never been on a plane. now america has to suffer because this man didn't do his job. whoever didn't do their job ought to be fired, yeah. but it should be accountability at the top first with the people who are in charge of keeping us safe. david, i couldn't agree with you more. >> eleanor clift, by every indication there was plenty of intelligence that was available, that the problem came and that these systems that were supposed to have been put in place after 9/11 to better be able to sift through the intelligence, analyze it and bring it all together for whatever reason that didn't happen. what do you make of it? >> right. as the president put it, it is human failure and systemic failure. i think the humans looked at the report from the father of the underwear bomber as a m

he decided to head over to his girlfriend, karen, house five blocks away. they were all away on vacation. alan's seeley pleaded not to go but he wanted to make sure karen was a fan he relished being given to spend time with her in an empty house. your life of karen's house to find her startled. someone banged on her door. she was also not alone. robie, her best friend was there as well. karen, who knew how to shoot wanted alan to load up her brother's shotgun. he said the rifle and hung around for a couple of hours but robie wasn't going anywhere so he headed up to the avenue of the main drag of the south end. when allen got there as the might cut to make night he found a least 100 other guys standing in the street as the day on any warm summer night. allan joined the bench of his friends in front of the pool hall where the older guys hung out after they graduate from the spot from the drug store next door. the guys were smoking, shooting the breeze. the national guard had been stationed at patent park but on the detroit side across the avenue a boulevard o

i have to say i agree with karen stark, the psychologist, there are way too many loose ends here. this is a woman who changes her story the way the wind blows. i have not heard of any diminished mental capacity on her part. so her story about not wanting to know who this person is who she alleged si gooding to give this child to. she was able to get contact with the smiths after her original meeting. there are too many loose ends here. i bet that in the end of this story, we're going to find out some disastrous outcome. i pray not. but this could happen. >> to dr. gwen o'keefe, pediatrician, joining us out of boston. dr. o'keefe, if the child is alive right now, what position is that child in healthwise? >> i'm pretty concerned, nancy. we don't really know where the baby is or who the baby's with. but the baby's clearly going to be stressed out. we have to be concerned that the baby's not getting fed enough, not getting the emotional needs that gabriel needs. and i think that we have to be just concerned that the baby is going to be environmentally in an unsafe situation. because

karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> a lighter side and one that is serious. you can take action if you see someone on the street who is suffering in the cold. call the d.c. shelter hotline at 1-800-535-7252. 1-800-535-7252 and they will send a van for pickup to one of the shelters. >>> two star players for the washington wizards. they accused of pulling guns on each other in the locker room. the poland family issued a stern statement. john henrehan is live with the reaction to that. john? >> reporter: there is disappointment in all directions from the fans and from the poland family, disappointment here at the verizon cter because the wizard's lost their first game after the scandal broke to the spurs losing by 11 points. we should from belgium coming up in sports. you know -- should from belgium coming up in sports. tonight, the poland family issued an extremely stearn statement it's aimed at him even though they didn't use arenas' name. both players involved were at the game. the team's leading scorers remain on the sidelines because of a foot injury. they

karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> a lighthearted look there. on a serious note you can take action if you see someone on the street he who is suffering in the cold. call the d.c. shelter hotline at 1-800-535-7252. they will send a van for pickup to one of the shelters. >>> new this morning, what appears to be the first homicide in the district in the new year. a man was stabbed in the upper chest in the 1700 block of mississippi avenue. he later died at a local hospital. so far no word on what led to the stack or if police have any suspects. as soon as we get more information we'll pass it along to you. >>> and we are following new developments in the christmas day terror investigation. the u.s. and britain announced they are closing their embassies in yemen because of ongoing threats by the group linked to the foiled attack. plus, the obama administration says it is cogging up with new ways to stop future attacks. jennifer davis has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter:rack obama in his weekly radio and internet address announces it is

rockville, karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> the changes aren't yet set in stone. commuters who want to complain can attend a public forum. it's scheduled at 6:30 p.m. on february 1 at executive office building. >>> from saving money to saving energy, those energy efficient led lights have a dangerous downside in cold weather. why they are causing some serious wrecks. >>> plus, fists go flying and it's all caught on tape. find out what set of the new mexico mayor. >>> the dog that's still in the hearts of thousands and maybe yours too. stay with us. we'll be right back.  (announcer) pillsbury grands! biscuits, so warm and fluffy. make the most out of the most important meal of the day. so warm, flaky; it might be the last time chips and dip are invited back. savorings. in the freezer case. from pillsbury. but it's melting fast. is is your last chance to get $150 back plus a free multi-room dvr for 3 months when you switch to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month with a one-year agreement. with fios tv, you get an amazing hd picture

i mention karen because people think of vermont like so many small, rural college states with a very low crime rate and everything else but we have to midwestic violence in every state. sometimes in the more rural areas it is more hidden because it is something people don't want to talk about. i know that. a witness will be sharing their personal storys with the committee. one has gone on to become a successful actor. one helped pass a rhode island state law. one has become a compassionate advocate for victims in california. i saw the early effects of domestic violence during my early career as a prosecutor. i know that violence and abuse reaches the homes of all for all works of life every day regardless of age, gender, sexuality or economic status. domestic violence is a crime. we should never forget that. domestic violence is a crime. when i became a prosecutor, people didn't prosecute it. i changed that. now everybody knows that you have to. it doesn't make any difference whether it is a family member or current or past spouse, a boyfriend or girlfriend or acquaintance or a stran

karen, who knew how to shoot, wanted alan to load of her brother's shotgun. he said of the rifle and hung around a couple of hours but robie wasn't going anywhere so he headed up to the avenue at the main drag in the south end. when alan got to dick's as the like kept to make light he found at least one other to become 100 other guys on the street as any other warm summer night. alan joined his friends standing in front of the pool hall where the older guys and after they graduated from the drug store next door. the guys were smoking, shooting the breeze to read the national guard had been at the patton park right up on dick's but on the detroit side. across dick's a boulevard of several leaves from two guardsmen jeeps were parked. something tough alan's group decided to light firecrackers. boom, boom! the jeeves will ground and came over. what are you guys doing, the guards asked with machine guns pointed, what's going on? the guys hollered back don't holler about us. all was fine. go back where you came from, please. we can take care of ourselves. and that

. >> karen buck. >> a year on from the devastating conflict in gaza, which left 1,400 palestinians dead the siege continues. humanitarian relief is hard to come by, and gaza lies shattered. although there were undoubtedly war crimes on both sides, does my right honorable friend agree that what is now happening is the collective punishment of 1 million people? will he now make urgent representations to ease the siege on gaza as a critical step towards a peace settlement in that region? >> my honorable friend is absolutely right, and she speaks for many people. we must not forget the people of gaza. i have raised with prime minister netanyahu the speed at which aid and humanitarian assistance can get into gaza, and we are pressing the israeli government to do more to get more aid in. i will look at exactly the points that my honorable friend has made and see what more we can do in this new year. in the end, this will require a political settlement between israel and the palestinian state that gives israel security and palestine a viable economic state that it can manage. in the meantime,

discussion on the obama administration's policies on jobs and the economy with democratic strategies karen finny and kevin madden. and how poorly equipped haiti is for natural disasters with mathieu ejean. and the discussion in massachusetts how to fill the latest seat with senator paul kirk. 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> the oath of office will now be administered to the governor-elect of the commonwealth of virginia, robert francis mcdonnell, by honorable barbara milano keenan, justice of the supreme court of virginia. [applause] >> are you ready to take the oath in. >> i am ready. >> please repeat after me, raise your right hand. i, robert francis mcdonnell, do solomnly swear, that i will support the constitution of the united states, and the constitution of the commonwealth of virginia, and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties incumbent up on me as governor of the commonwealth of virginia, according to the best of my ability, so help me god. [ cheers and applause ] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> members and guests, please be sea

. >> hi, i'm karen lee ryan from nashville, tennessee and i just finished reading the old cape magic which i love and so i'm looking for more richard russo books to read. >> can you tell me what it is about. >> it is about a man growing up and sort of his. the only child and some of the trials and tribulation of his childhood with some parents who are less than stellar let's say. >> i'm greg from the bronx new york i'm here in nashville and i just finished reading david halberstam's the children. actually about the freedom riots during the civil rights movement out of nashville, tennessee and i'm a big fan of c-span 2. and watch it whenever i get a chance. >> afterwards with greg mortenson and congresswoman mary bono mack continues. >> it's a great week we're talking about haji ali and i believe the man who was the catalyst i believe towards all that happened early in pakistan. his granddaughter was one of the children you've educated and he must have seen as you saw so clearly the importance of educating girls. can you speak why girls why do you focus on girls? i know the answer. bu

[laughter] thank you karen and jack for being here. you know maine is blessed with active anddeterm state better. we see it every day in big ways and small, whether disclamation sid churches, really pfeiffer tents degette fund-raisers are spigots to support our soldiers or students. we see it from individuals like stephen and tabitha king in the alfond foundation the continually contribute to worthy causes and from groups like state workers to contributed more than $340,000 to their communities through our coordinated campaign. [applause] tonight i would like to also recognize richard collins, who is here with us. richard and his wife that contributed $6 million to support bop kennedy of the university of maine, providing one of the largest gifts to the school's history. it is an example of how the people of maine support their communities and partner with the government on the issues that matter. he grew up on the maine potato farm in despite great successes he never forgot about his alma mater or his state. his contribution will help

. >>> i'm karen parks. >>> it's the ravens verses the patriots. >>reporter: boy is it cold. might be wondering why we're in providence and not boston. they are 3.5 underdogs tomorrow. kickoff at 1:00 p.m. >>> they went straight to the hotel and straight to meetings. this is a business trip and it's about the new england patriots. >> i played here many times. i want to go out there and win tomorrow and you know, that's pretty much it. win and go back to baltimore and get ready for the next week. >> pretty exciting? >> definitely. come here to new england. another play-off game. we're ready for it. we can't wait until tomorrow. reporter: it's not just the ballplayers who are here tonight. hundreds of ravens' fans are in the city as well. you'd be hard-pressed to find a single one who is not just bursting with confidence tonight. >> i think brady will get a taste of the medicine we didn't give him before. it's going to be fun. >> we're going to win, no doubt in my mind. we are going to win. >> this is really exciting this. is a first away game i've been to. hopefully my first o

then we got it through the house, karen michel was invaluable.hen we got over to the senate and it was growing so much, and the day the senate was debating the bill, coretta scott king, everyone from the south, hundreds of people who up to the senate -- flew up to the senate. we in the house, we started listening to it, and they were making speeches in support of dr. king's legacy more if use of lead and we had done in the house. senators were going on and on. it passed overwhelmingly. there were those who were vociferously opposed, but it was a done deal. and i will never forget the reporters that came up to me afterwards and they said, congressman conyers, what took so long? everybody has been for it. boeing, if i had ever wanted to land a haymaker on somebody -- [laughter] they had no idea what we had gone through to get this legislation passed. now we are at the most exciting time of the development in american political history. we are not choosing between an african-american, a woman, to become president. the populist to become president. t

tomorrow, a discussion on jobs and the economy with karen finney and kevin madden. plus, how poorly equipped haiti is for natural disasters with mathieu eugene. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, here on c- span. >> next week, your chance to talk to the authors of the best selling "game change," the presidential campaign and the impact of the book on washington politics and policy, live at 9:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday's washington journal." >> tomorrow, british prime minister gordon brown pledges humanitarian relief for haiti. also, why the prime minister has not appeared before the iraq war inquiry. prime minister's questions, 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> did you know the number one at a news application for your iphone or ipod touch is c-span? there is also a tab with links to all of our podcast, and it is all free and available from the apps store. >> virginia's new governor took the oath of office, bob mcdonnell. this is from the state capital of richmond. this is about 30 minutes. >> the oath of office will now be administered to the governor e

well, karen posted this on my facebook page -- >>> and robert wrote, stop it, just stop it. well, he could be talking about so many things, so i'm going to leave that up to you to interpret. but what do you think? what should the u.s. government resolve to do in 2010? you can weigh in on my facebook page. go to facebook.com and search for me holly firfer or e-mail us at cnn.com/hln. and you just might see your response on the air today. >>> fox and time warner cable reached a broadcasting deal just in time for millions of people to watch the sugar bowl. now, fox had threatened to force time warner cable and another cable provider to drop the fox broadcast signal from 14 of its stations and half a dozen of its cable channels. but a contract between the companies expired thursday, signals were extended as talks continued. the companies are not releasing details of that agreement. time warner cable is no longer a part of time warner incorporated, hln's parent company. that was sold earlier in 2009. >>> police in georgia say someone shooting a gun to celebrate new year's eve is

is and should be, because of this man, jon hunts haan and -- jon huntsman and his dear, dear wife, karen, who is a big part of let's give it all away. she is going to outlive you, jon. >> no question about that. 0 gloitite back. final thoughts in just a second. glenn: final thoughts with my mentor and hero, jon huntsman. jon, new year, we have to refound ourselves and our country. if you had to resolve one thing to start all over again or two things, what would it be? >> two quick thoughts, glenn, when you are in the service of your fellow man, you are in the service of your god. therefore, let us reach out and help other people in 2010 and forget ourselves and we'll fine that life is happy and positive and more meaningful. number two, forgive yourself. let's not have people walking around saying i'm carrying this bag of rocks over my shoulder, i'm at blame for this and that. forgive yourself. move forward and you'll have a great year. it will be the best year of your life. this is a great country and this is going to be a great new start. glenn: jon huntsman, thank you, my friend. from

is and should be, because of this man, jon hunts haan and -- jon huntsman and his dear, dear wife, karen, who is a big part of let's give it all away. she is going to outlive you, jon. >> no question about that. 0 gloitite back. final thoughts in just a second.  >> glenn: final thoughts with my mentor jon hunltsman. new year, we have to refined ourselves and our country, if you have one resolve to start all over again what would it be? >> with you are in the service of your fellow man, you are in the service of god. let us reach out and help people in 2010 and forget ourselves find that life is happy and positive and more meaningful. number two, forgive yourself. let's not have people walking around, i'm a blame for this or that. start the new year out. move forward and you'll have a great, great era and best year of your life. this is a great country and great new start. >> glenn: jon, thank you very much. from new york, g

karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> now the changes aren't set in stone yet.mmutersant to put in their 2 cents can append a public meeting coming up at 6:30 p.m. on february 1st at the executive office building. >>> a know a lot of people standing out at the bus stops these days in the upper metro platform certainly feeling the chill. but i like what you're saying about what is coming. >> tell us more, please. >> let's not get too excited folks. don't turn off the heat just yet. we have a little bit of a warmup coming our way. so we'll talk about that in just a minute. but let's have a look outside where it is very cold. the jefferson memorial there. you can see the cameras shaking a little bit. not as windy today as it was yesterday. except for areas to the far west. but still, we have windchills. and that's a very important component of what is going on today in terms of weather. as well as for tonight. so we're going to begin with the fact that the arctic air is deinitely on our doorstep and taking a big dip as far as temperatures are concerned. plenty of s

. >> eleanor clift, karen hunter, sabrina schaeffer, thank you. >>> we'll be joined by terrorism analyst evan kohlmann. >>> also ahead, the big chill. when will mother nature release her icy grip on the mid-atlantic region and the northeast? you're watching msnbc sunday. >>> right now on msnbc, break news. the u.s. embassy in yemen has been shut down after ongoing fears of an al qaeda attack in the region. >>> weather warning. a record cold snap in parts of the country. the weather channel forecast is ahead. >>> new pictures as an unhappy elephant runs into a crowd. we'll tell what you may have set him off, whether anybody was injured. >>> also, how hollywood plans to top a monster year at the box office. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm david chuter in today for alex witt. we'll have all those stories. >>> plus, the big changes coming to your credit card account. >>> first up, this sunday morning we're following breaking news. an active threat by al qaeda has forced a closure of the u.s. embassy in yemen. the suspect in the christmas day plane bombing attempts as he got his marching ord

chair the effort, rod issue a will co-chair and anne marie slaughter will serve as co-director and karen will demont her role as chief operating officer. now i cannot promise you that next year or i guess now this year, will be easy. but i can promise you that you will be working on important matters that really do affect the future of our country and the wormed. now, wherever i go, i see results. i see lives saved, conflicts averted, partnerships strengthened, and the united states acting as a force for progress. i'm very proud to be a member of this team, and it is a tremendous privilege to work with you on behalf of the american people, so i am looking forward to an exciting year ahead, and i am very confident that we will continue to make progress together. right now i am looking forward to your questions, so i'll hand things over to pat to help moderate the discussion, but thank you-all for everything you've done and everything you will do. [applause] >> the microphone set up, one on each side. you've never been a shy group. >> on behalf of the foreign service i would like to begin

i'm looking here at karen may from the association of the study of african-american life and history and i believe she just came in with her mom. she dropped -- her grand mom. so we -- you know, it's been extraordinary this whole experience of inviting black women to tell us their feelings and to write them to the first lady. and let me just tell you something about the title of this book because people always ask us about that. "go tell michelle." it started out as "dear michelle: letters, of support and commitment." we sent it in to the publisher and they called us up how about this title "go tell michelle." we didn't want anyone bossing us around so we thought we would sleep on it. and as our muse, those of us who write poetry sometimes visits you in the early morning hours, so i had that experience and the muse said, it's not just "go tell michelle" it's go tell it on the mountain. and so going and doing a little bit of the research on it and finding out -- and calling the publisher back and said, we'll go with that title but there has to be a comma after the word "go" and what i

but the answer quickly, karen, it will not be closed on january 22nd. i think that's the day or the 21st. whether they'll extend it by executive order and giving it more time as i think the most likely -- the most likely, the position of the center and probably most of the attorneys is the position is either you charge or release people and when we say charge them, we give them criminal charges and try them in federal courts and don't try them before military commissions. that's one set of the detainees. and the other set is release and we mean release it their -- a country where they can safely be taken, in the united states and we don't mean a detention scheme. we're quite critical of the way the situation is unfolding right now. >> yeah, i think it's a very important question one that everyone is asking. you know, in line with what michael was saying, you know, if most people have been following the obama administration has been back pedaling vigorously on, you know, their self-imposed january deadline. and so it really doesn't look like they're goin

but the answer quickly, karen, is that it will not be closed on january 22.nd it in executive order and give it more time is i think the most likely. the position of the senator and most of the attorneys is usually you charge these people and we say charge then give them criminal charges and try them in federal court then don't try them before military commissions. that is one fat of the detainees. and the other is release and we mean belief to a country where they can safely be taken. and we do not mean that up in prevention. we are quite critical of the way the situation is unfolding. ramzi. >> i think it is an important one that everyone is asking. along with what michael is saying, you know, if mostly blood and following the obama administration has been vigorously on their self-imposed january deadline. and so it really doesn't look like they're going to close guantÁnamo by that deadline. but in a way that doesn't matter. my position has always been that sort of closure doesn't matter as much as responsible closure. and so from my vantage point and from

karen with the nature conservancy. i've been trying to think of how to frame this the best because they want to frame it as a conflict, but it's somewhat of an ideological differences and where i come from is the dance of how do you bridge the divide between the development agenda and the conservation agenda? we seen this in the waterside there where someone focuses on water service delivery, but not thinking about it in the long-term stable stability. the farming happiness draining aquifers. a group we've been working a lot of our partners on asparagus farms they are which was a development project and has brought livelihood and income, but they're basically depleting the water table about 8 feet per year. and if you look at pictures of it, it is basically these greens farms in a desert that are just not going to be there that long because there won't be the water to sustain it. one of the things we tackle with us had we bridge that divide between looking at it from a development perspective, but a long-term sustainab

the karen institute will be seen as the leading institute in this country. and technical schools will be doing great as well. i told you a renewable energy corridor would employee thousand s of kansans as they make cleaner energy across the country. i the transmission would be built to bring it to eastern kansas and beyond. i told you that we would be -- we would have more hispanic americans and more asian americans and unlike other sthates foolishly shun these populations, we will recognize them for their true value, accept them as kansans and they will become an even more important part of the kansas story. [applause] i'm more optimistic about these predictions than ever before. look at what we have just accomplished in the last year. in the last year, we have received needed approvals for transmission lines. in the last year, we exceeded our goal of 10% renewable power by 2010 and more wind farps are being announced all the time. in the last year, the first two companies located factories in the renewable energy corridor and this year will be the year tha

there is a real concern that insurance companies exemption from the karen ferguson antitrust laws haveen to the insurance companies a lacking in need of competing. a lack of transparency. and as a result, higher costs for consumers. we think that could be dealt with individually. and there are other items like that that may well be available to us to deal with individually. >> you made reference to congressional democrats taking a moment to understand the lessons of what the massachusetts voters were saying. what do you think the massachusetts voters were saying? >> i think the massachusetts voters were saying what the voters of '06 said and voters of '08 said. our country is not working right. we want you to change it. and in '07, and '08, of course, and '06 they elected democrats to lead the house and the senate. notwithstanding republicans assertion well, you were there in '07 and '08, we were not able to change any of the economic policies. why? because president bush either threatened to or did, in fact, veto our legislation. and we could not override his veto, which is to say tha

i would simply say, karen, that the president has talked on a number of occasions, about insuring that the money that taxpayers put up to rescue our financial system is paid back in full. that's been the president's position. i think that's the least that taxpayers are owed. we'll have more details on budgetary stuff as we get closer to the budget being released. >> will we see something specific in the budget that insures that taxpayers are paid back in full? >> that's the president's, that's the president's goal, yes. >> just to follow up on that, you got a lot of questions last week about secretary geithner and, one of the main critsystems -- criticisms there he is too close to wall street, is the administration too close to wall street and i wonder what your response to that is? >> the president made a series of decisions with his economic team on what had to be done to stablize our economic situation upon taking office. an economic situation that veered, quite honestly, not simply the worst recession since the great depression, but and economy that quite frankly teetered on the ed

. >> karen johnson. years ago, when hmos were first introduced in the system, they were thought to be able to solve some of the incentive problems. they would bring into the organization issues associated with over use of technology that was not effective, over use of specialists. the physicians would see the trade offs because they were sharing in the pot of money. is there any evidence that hmos did this? is there any proof that the incentive question can be managed? does it seem like hmos are lauded as having changed things fundamentally? >> i will start off. in the beginning, it appeared the was something great going on with hmos. you went to a building that was an hmo. the marketplace did not favor this. of the growth happened -- all the growth happened in independent practice associations. this is where you are going to a doctor but they are paid in a different way than the fee-for- service patients. that model did not work very well in containing costs. there is no corporate culture to control cos

more so i suppose their communications had an impact on knous to read to be fair to dan barletta and karen hughes and all the other people who were always very up for been told very, very frankly where sometimes their communications didn't help hours at all. so we did have those sorts of discussions. >> if we move to the actual production of the dossier the cells of the first time the issue of the dossier had come up? >> no. >> said there had been to papers prepared beforehand? there had been one prepared by the jic in march, 2002. [laughter] >> i don't know if he's watching [inaudible] >> there had been one prepared by the jic march of 2002; is that correct? >> march or february. >> yes, it was past due november 10th on the 21st of march. >> right. >> why was it decided not to use that paper then? >> i think that the paper -- i mean that kind of work i suppose is being done all the time in terms of them making assessments. i suppose the axis of evil speech put up in mind all the countries that people might be -- might be focusing upon -- >> i think that's a different paper. >> is this the

vulture the effort, raj shah will cochair, anne-marie slaughter will serve as executive director, and karenhan will continue bolus chief operating officer. now, i cannot promise you that next year or i guess this year will be easy. but i can promise you that you will be working on important matters that really do affect the future of our country in the world. now wherever i go, i see results. i see life saved, conflicts averted, partnership strengths and in the united states acting as a force for progress. i'm very proud to be a member of the steam and it is a tremendous privilege to work with you on behalf of the american people. so i am looking forward to an exciting year ahead and i am very confident that we will continue to make progress together. right now i'm looking forward to your questions, so i'll hand things back over to pat to help underwrite this discussion, but can you not call for everything you've done and everything you will do. not that >> we have two microphones set up, one on each side of there any question. this has never been a shy group. [inaudible] on behalf of afsa

host: tomorrow a democratic strategist, karen finney, and kevin madden, a democratic strategist.e a recent op-ed in which he advocates helping haiti rebuild and building a base yistic infrastructure for other -- basic infrastructure for other disasters that might take place. then senator paul kirk, the current senator from massachusetts about the special election in massachusetts. that takes place in tuesday. it starts at 7:00. we'll see you then. .

i would simply say, karen, the president has talked on a number of occasions about insuring ensuringthe the money taxpayers of up to my rescue the financial system is paid back in full. that's been the president's position. i think that is the least taxpayers are owed and we will have more details on budget kristopher as we get closer to the budget being released. >> will we see something in the budget that insures the tax payers are paid back in full? >> that's the president's goal, yes. >> to follow up on that we've got a lot of questions last week that secretary espy and one of the criticisms is he's too close to wall street and the administration is too close to wall street and i was wondering what your response to that is. >> the president made a series of decisions with his economic team on what had to be done to stabilize our economic situation upon taking office, and the economic situation beard quite honestly, not simply the worst recession since the great persian but an economy that quite frankly teetered on the edge of larger collapse. the president has made a series of de

i was an assistant to a wonderful professor, the late karen will cost you.e was a paradigm of what a professor should be in an institution of higher learning and one of the things i learned was incredibly valuable is that we should never accept the official orthodoxy or the official line from the south designated experts. the book that i worked on with aaron which was published, but is it true, which dealt with supposedly and debatable topics with regard to environmental regulation and i revisited the love canal a debacle, something subtle and was accepted that this was an environmental disaster. all the scientists made claims that simply weren't true and aaron taught me and many other undergraduates who worked on the book that ordinary citizens, the way people, students who don't have expertise or credentials are capable of coming to judgments and to assessing that evidence for themselves and it's a theme that i think undergraduates' -- thunderbirds my own book. on not a credentialed historian and a lot of academics who have taken the orthodox line on the w

doubt the president has assembled a team including administrator szabo and with deputy administrator karen we had a pleasure to be with her in houston in one of the outreach sessions they are fully capable of developing it throughout the nation. for the moon shot to become a reality we and that is all of us here and members of congress must work in concert with the same bold vision. we must consider this revolutionary initiative in proper context and recognize that the clear view with the mounting support with groups such as the texas high-speed railroad and transportation corporation the california high-speed rail authority among many others working closely with other organizations represent a once in a century opportunity to make a real and positive impact on our country's transportation and economic development landscape. let's be certain that we have our eyes on the same prize. passenger trains traveling at 185 miles an hour or more on a new dedicated as mr. wartman talked about a track system and high-speed rail infrastructure -- if we have that separate infrastructure we improve safe

. >> karen johnson.ears ago when hmo costs were first introduced into the system, they were thought to be able to solve some of the incentive problems that have been discussed, that they would bring into the organization of the hmo issues with over use of technology, that was not affected, or use of specialists, the billing would be different, and the doctors would see the trade offs because they were sharing in the pot of money that was being paid. is there any evidence that hmos did this? is there any proof that the incentives can be managed and we have some experience? it did not seem as if they were widely lauded as having changed things fundamentally. >> i will start off here. in the beginning, it appeared that there was something great going on with hmo's. you actually went to a building that was an hmo. it turns out that the marketplace did not favor those. all of the growth happened and what we call independent practice associations. hmo's without walls, where you're going to a doctor but they ar