klein: i thank the gentleman from iowa. it's great to be here with our friends from the midwest and the south and we represent the whole country. it's such a great thing to be here as we all got elected a couple of years ago and we've learned and listened closely to what people are saying back home. i know the gentleman from wisconsin talked about jobs and where we've come from. i know the gentlelady from ohio did the same thing. the where we've come from part is -- it didn't start in the last 13 or 14 months. unfortunately, it's been going on for a long time. a lot of that was decisions made, in some cases by government, through incentivizing, to make decisions to send business

klein will over to mr. waxman said mr. jazeera can get over here by mr. ryan and we can have everybody at the table. is that okay? we will go ahead and do that. we will now hear from mr. levin of the ways and means committee. >> it's a little close there is in it? that's a lot of brainpower. [inaudible conversations] mr. levin. >> thank you for this opportunity. let me say hello to some longtime colleagues and i am sorry my back history you to be we face a challenge not only -- >> is your microphone on? >> it isn't. is it on? it's all? >> that's better. >> today we face a challenge not only in this congress but in the country, and indeed i think it's a crisis. for those who like their insurance it's important that we be able to keep it. the problem is it is it too expensive to keep. the costs are going up. i look at my home state of michigan, blue cross blue shield has a majority of the consumers in the state that requested an increase of over 40%. people are subject to what are called a rescissions, the termination of their policies, and you will limits,

klein: mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. klein: mr. speaker, i rise to support h.con.res. 236, a resolution to allow the capitol rotunda to be used on april 15 for the purpose of the annual congressional ceremony to commemorate the holocaust. the congressional commemoration of the holocaust is a poignant reminder of the atrocities committed by the nazis and the harrowing experiences of the survivors. this year we will be celebrating the here -- heroism of those who liberated the nazi death camps. the theme for this year's ceremony, stories of freedom, what you do matters, hallows the experience of soldiers who risked their lives for the cause of freedom. the stories of these soldiers are inspiring. these soldiers confronted evil and physically saw despair in the eyes of every survivor they encountered. and these soldiers gave the survivors hope. the actions of these liberaters changed the lives of the survivors an

. >> andrew klein delivered the preliminary budget plan this morning. it is intended to close the budget deficit, the result of a drop in state highway funds, income tax revenues, an exploding engine of. english is the layoffs of more than 600 city employees. 120 in the police department, 91 in the var department. seven city fire houses were closed. 29 rec centers would close. >> no one has been spare, no agency, and the budget reflects that. >> this is not the plan and the mayor wants. she will present a different one in three weeks, including new proposals to raise the million dollars in new revenues. translation, new taxes and fees. but not touching the property tax. >> i would not prefer to increase the property tax. >> the new plant will include layoffs and cuts, but will restored some of the public safety cuts. >> if there are services that may not be effective and efficient, they are not getting funded. >> that is the point of the process. >> the new budget plan has set off a game show like climate of ideas to raise revenue. kate amara has more o

klein will move closer to mr. waxman said that mr. bill sarah can get over here by mr. ryan and then we can have everybody at the table. is that okay? and we will go ahead and do that. >> i'm happy to move. >> thank-you and allow this year from mr. laugh-in for the ways and means committee. mr. levin is. >> i will let everybody be seated. >> you're very welcome. get a little close there. but that is a lot of brainpower. >> mr. laugh-in. >> thank you for this opportunity, let me say hello to some longtime colleagues and some of your colleagues. buyback is to you. we face a challenge not only in this country, -- >> is your microphone on? >> it isn't. is it on? >> that is better. >> better? so today we face a challenge not only in this congress but in the country and, indeed, i think it's a crisis. those who like their insurance, it's important that we be able to keep its. the problem is being too expensive to keep. the costs are going up. i looked at my home state of michigan, blue cross blue shield has a majority of the consumers in the state. they requested an increase

klein. given that both of those early learning and modernization repair initiatives along with the community college initiative did have a committee and house with strong majorities i would like to inquire as to whether you will work with the majority and try to see this through the legislative process into law? >> thank you for the question before answer that if i could take 30 seconds. the gentleman from california in his comments, and i trust he didn't mean it's actually but he said those of us who oppose this legislation don't care about patients. i hope that was just in a statement because i can guarantee you those of us sitting at this table, my wife who spent her whole life is a nurse and millions of americans who oppose this bill to about americans. we care about their reimbursement for doctors and i just hope he didn't mean that. to your.i think the gentleman knows that for some time it has been my position that before we take a up new program school construction or others, the fede

we are joined by ezra klein, columnist at "newsweek" who covers domestic and economic issues for theshington post." good evening, ezra. if the republicans succeed in changing the reconciliation bill, what happens to the public option issue in the senate? will bennett be under pressure ? he has a primary challenger in colorado, putting him under pressure, to then raise the possibility of inserting the public option as an amendment in the senate bill? how might that play out? >> my understanding is senator reid made a deal with senator sanders and others to consider the public option later. my guess at this point is that democrats have decided they want this reconciliation bill passed, they are very very happy coming off the signing of the bill today, and they are probably going to stick together procedurally here, they are not going to be tricked by republicans into tieing themselves into knots and reopening old debates. >> i had heard from staff yesterday who med with the parliamentarian that they felt there were maybe one or two pieces of the bill that might not make it past the par

gape klein told city council last week that the city has a plan of snowfall for 18 inches but needs a different plan when there is more than expected. klein explained why some roads were cleared and other skipped saying the ford trucks were not adequate. he said they need more small heavy duty plows. >>> and part of the boardwalk in rehoboth beach is scheduled to reopen by the end of the month. this is a webcam of the boardwalk there. the entire boardwalk should be open in time for memorial day. there were concerns that the snow that we had over the winter would delay that opening. >>> i get you'll see good increase this is summer at the area beaches because people want to put the winter behind them and can't afford to go long distances. >> you're right. i know i'll be ready. >> me too. >>> coming up, a terrifying accident caught on camera. a police officer hit by an out of control car. we'll tell you what happened and update that officer's condition coming up. >>> and then she came under fire when the salahi's crashed the white house dinner. now the whe house social secretary has res

. >> for more on what happens next let's turn to ezra klein of "the washington post" and "newsweek." ezra, today on your blog you were advocating the use of the term "micro reconciliation." we're getting down to the fine points here. what is micro reconciliation? >> the term was suggested by the blogger nicholas budreau so credit where it is due. the idea is to make a distinction between two types of things you do. reconciliation is limited to directly budget related things and is a very tough thing to pass a big, multipart bill through reconciliation. what we're doing here isn't passing the whole bill through reconciliation. it is taking two bills, the house and senate bills, and creating or passing it by 11 pages right now anyway of changes that would bring them into alignment, literally reconciling the two bills together so nick suggested it be termed micro reconciliation to distinguish it from passing the entire legislative effort through reconciliation, which has been confusing a lot of people out there, as you know. >> senator conrad went into detail yesterday about reconciliat

klein: i'll just conclude. there's so much more everyone wants to say, there's so much to add, and that's what's getting exciting about this work we're doing here. small businesses are the life blood of our economy. i mean, many parts of our country do not have a lot of fortune 500 companies, those are great companies and add a lot of value to our country, but small businesses are going to be the businesses that get us out of this down turn and we're beginning to see some good things, bank lends something better than it was, but we need to encourage and find ways to make sure that the banks are lending to our -- so our small businesses can buy up some inventory, buy up that capital equipment they need, a little deferred maintenance and hire more people. that's the bottom line. i just want to thank the gentleman for having the spur job creation, because i think this is a huge part how we're going to get our country back on track. mr. braley: in order to spur job creation you've got to be able to have revenues th

investors are hoping for a rebound after relatively small dechain kleins an the economy will be in focus today. we will get the latest reading on unemployment, it is due out an hour before the opening bell. a tepid rally with the nikkei up 2/10 of a%. the dow finished down 52, the nasdaq fell 16 1/2 and the s&p 500 lost 6 1/2. >>> more grim financial news for the news business. the latest numbers are in and they are not good. advertising hit a 25 year low last year. the newspaper association of america reports that rev lieu plunged 27%. newspapers sold $27 billion worth of adds including print and on-line revenue and we learned that the "washington post" cut their ceo's salary last year to $412,000. >>> the ipod touch is popular with kids. 46% of users are between the ages of 13 and 17 years old but some apps that are available may be highly inappropriate for kids. among them dirty joke of the day and daily drink recipe. shows you have to keep tabs on what your kids are doing because they have the ipod touch and working on it. >> maybe there's an app for parents or create one. , you are

the other thing is the coinciding news headlines smith the blocks so klein announced in january theye going to make available information on the hundreds of compounds that can address malaria. these are natural compounds. it's everybody's right to make money in this country but why is it mccaul companies can make whatever they want and these corporations shom were this stuff, they do their own testing. nobody knows whether or not this stuff is harmful or not we find out later, maybe it causes problems, maybe they fudge the numbers. at any rate -- >> host: we got the point, thanks. paul driessen >> guest: let me jump back just a second to the earlier point about the epa banning ddt. when they did they had a seventh month study and it was determined that ddt was and carcinogenic or causing the problems but william said i have a political problem and i'm going to solve it. let's go to mark's comment. i think you were talking about the convert, it is a separate situation and there were still a lot of problems of people shooting them and hope habitat losses and other things like that. joe

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i want to bring in ezra klein who has been front and center on the health care fight. and editor for hotline oncall. is there a political path for the democrats pushing health legislation that leads to a political victory for democrats at this point? >> define political victory, right? >> keep your job. >> the democrats are looking for seats in 2010. they could turn the plan into bubble gum for all americans and still lose seats in 2010. unemployment is 10%. there have been only two presidents since the civil war who gained seats in the mid-term after migration. the point of having a super majority isn't to keep it forever. it is to actually get something done while you have it. if you get health care reform done, they can say, on my way out i brought health insurance to 30 million people. >> how do you look at it, reed? if you accept that the democrats are going to get tossed in november, as they lose seats, and the debate is how many, how do you look at the politics of this health reform decision in that context? >> i think the important part is for democrats to actu

calvin klein did that with various ad campaigns that were deemed to verge on child. was buying a baby present for a friend recently and, you know, it's like there are these little pink t-shirts that say little hobby for a baby. and this has been a major concern of parents, this increased sexualization of young women. there've been quite a few books written about it and on it goes. yes? >> i'm joanna schultz. [inaudible] >> how are you? >> i'm so good and i have to tell you in retrospect your presentation was one of the best we ever had. so i'm hoping at some point you'll come back. but meanwhile come a few years ago, one of my favorite female students persuaded me to be the on-campus advisor for a sorority. and she had the bright idea because i'd gone to a women's school and had no personal exposure to a sorority that i should become inducted into the sorority along with 19 freshmen. so i went through this process myself and it was amazing to me that none of these freshmen women ever questioned why i was there going through those within. but because of this whole thi

that's about the world around us and related economics including a six part series i did with dan klein and the theory of moral sentiments. a little bit intense, but for those deeply interested in more scholarly diversion than we usually do in econ talk. >> host: would you consider yourself a fan of adam smith's theories? >> guest: big-time. >> host: why? >> guest: is startling how something with somebody ago with such charm still educational invaluable. my thesis advisor kerry backer won a nobel prize when asked, who would the economist is simplest him and he said adam smith and alfred mosher. we go back and read smith. there's so many insights there. any such a role model for how to use observation, facts, evidence and thinking about the world around us. >> host: before we go to calls, there's one phrase that adam smith is very well known for her, the invisible heat. we're going to take that from "the wealth of nations" and read the quote to you where he uses the phrase invisible hand, with a little bit of text before it and after. so it gets a little long hair, but we thought you'd w

i think about the book by naomi klein.ill stand in open defiance to the people who are waiting to think about what they will do next to haiti. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> first of all, let me thank you for thinking about the discussion and the focus on haiti. i would like to say, good afternoon. and also, [unintelligible] and mr. joseph and all of the distinguished guests. i am here to talk about the history of haiti in seven minutes. i do not know if i should go ahead and give you the major things that have taken place during haitian history, or just speak about the relationship between the united states and haiti during that time. and how we will implement some change to make certain that the policies in haiti will work much better than they do right now. let me give you the major impact of history and haiti. in 1492, they were discovered by it -- christopher columbus. and in 1697, the spanish took over control, and with this tree, they actually divided the island in half. there was the french, and th

calvin klein. >> ooh. [ whistle ] >> i don't know how to respond.ing what i'm wearing. friday, we unveiled the five rising stars of fashion competing to make a dress for me. the responses over the weekend, tremendous. were you able to narrow it down to three. three finalists who will make the gown and i will wear it. >> wow. >> here's what's great. >> they've all got your body down. anything long and lean like that, it's going to be beautiful. >> they were very generous, let me just say that with the -- but they are talented and it's wonderful to be giving them this opportunity. we'll have an update in the next half hour. >> do you have a favorite yet? >> not really. i'm truly open-minded with this. i thought one way, now, seeing them come to life, who knows. >> you guys get to decide. juju chang sheer is here. >>> good morning, everyone. the death toll from saturday's 8.8 magnitude quake now tops 700. but hundreds more are still missing. as soldiers struggle to keep order, rescuers are combing through the 500,000 homes severely damaged. abc is in s

these are suspects in a similar robbery in virginia last august at glax owe smith klein warehouse. there were also similar thefts in mississippi and memphis fp. >>> german police have arrested two in a daring height as a poker tournament. security video shows case or during the raid by four armed men. they scuffled with tournament guards and fled with more than $300,000 in cash. >>> march madness is just about here and the ncaa basketball tournament begins today with 64 teams in four regional match-ups. and, of course, america's first basketball fan has done his own brackets. president obama pre-dipgts the final game on april 5th in indianapolis will pit kansas against kentucky with the kansas jayhawks winning it all. >>> and with ncaa regional action about to start, time lapsed video shows you how they transformed the bradley center in milwaukee from a hockey ring into a tournament basketball court. you can see all the action leave right here on cbs. teams tip off beginning at noon eastern time. > let's get to dave price, the guy with a lot of game with the first look at the weath

and kleine ca data filed for fda approval of a new antidepressant. let's go to bertha at the nynex. >> we have oil more or less flat here after a pretty volatile day. we saw a klidecline and then a bounceback. we'll continue to watch what is going on with equities what is going on with the euro, with concerns about the greek debt discussions. and obviously what is going on with the dollar. strength in the dollar is likely to hem in energy. the other thing folks are watching is gasoline. we're watching for the gasoline withdrawals now as we get these inventory numbers, as we're moving to the summer driving season. and it is happening as gasoline is reaching a new high, up more than a dollar above where it was last year this time. so that's a bit of concern for demand. natural gas meantime has continued to try to fall below that $4 mark. mike fitzpatrick at mf global says we have seen three tries at it and it held in successfully. so it looks like it might have a little bit of a floor here despite the fact that near term the fundamentals for natural ga

klein, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. miller: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on h.r. 4247. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. miller: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: mr. speaker, members of the house, i rise today in strong support of this bipartisan legislation that will make our classrooms safer for our children and our teachers. but first i'd like to tell the story of cedric. this is a picture of cedric who was a young man from texas who died in his classroom when he was just 14 years of age. cedric was living with a foster family after an early childhood filled with abuse. among other things his by logical family had neglected him by denying him food. despite knowing this on the morning he died, cedric's teacher punished him by refusing to do his work by delaying his lunch for hours

klein: madam speaker, from the beginning of the debate on health care reform, my top priority has beenar. strengthen and protect medicare for our seniors like bunny steinman in my district. i believe the doctor-patient relationship is absolutely essential, especially for our seniors. no one, not the government nor private insurance should stand between the patient and the doctor of their choice. when i talk to seniors in my district many of them tell me that struggling to cover the cost of prescription drugs, especially if they have fallen into the part d drug doughnut hole, is a problem for them. i worked with aarp to make sure that this bill closes the doughnut hole for good. seniors will get immediate relief on prescription drugs, a $250 rebate next year and thousands more in savings in the years ahead. we have won this fight, this reform will close the doughnut hole and save seniors money. there will be other benefits for seniors such as preventive care, such as cancer screenings will be free, no co-pays, no deductibility. we owe it to our seniors. they paid into the medicare trust

superintendent in new york city, got off the air and we stood over here for 30 -- excuse me, joel klein. it was a great conversation. and one that people are so anxious to have and to hear about. i think we started something good. >> again, it's very positive, bipartisan. let us hope the president and congress can come together and they're going to have to stand up some very powerful special interests. the overwhelming majority of america will be with them. willie, let's talk quickly. and let's not talk about syracuse for chris's sake. >> that was bad. >> take us through what happened last night in the ncaa tournament. i didn't get to see a lot of it because we were actually having dinner with my one friend in the world, mark mclaughlin and his wife cindy. what happened? >> well, they lost. do we need to say anymore? number one seed syracuse lost to butler? >> to duke, to ken? they had to lose to a good team. >> butler. a scrappy bunch out of indianapolis. they were up pretty billing big in the first half. syracuse came back -- >> the coach is 12 years old. >> he is. he is. he's a kid.

and i will recognize myself at the beginning and then recognize congressman klein.ecretary duncan joins us to discuss president obama's newly released blueprint for rewriting the elementary and secondary education act. thank you, mr. secretary, for being with us. two weeks ago, you outlined president obama's vision for providing a world class education for every child in this country. you told us the status quo is failing our students, you told us a strong education system is key to long-term economic stability, and members of the committee on both sides of the aisle agree. right now even our best students are performing atd lower levels at math than students in 22 countries. a number of students are entering ninth grade unable to read at grade level. it's time to overall improve esea so they meet its promise, providing an equal education for every child in america. these improvements will require dramatic reforms. but if we are successful, i believe we can build a solid economic foundation for future generations. what our students need to succeed isn't a mystery. t

colonel steve klein and whose one of our most experienced interrogators is working with researchers to evaluate techniques as they are being used. but the field manual will allow you and there is a line that says you can't use psychological tricks rouses and pleased that allow you to use that line allows you to use law enforcement techniques. people say the army field manual out lost techniques. that isn't true at all. you can use law enforcement techniques under the army field and you will. and they are non-coercive and we've been using them. the problem is the only people who are using them are people who have law enforcement experience back crounse. there are grey areas of interrogation and i will give you a perfect example. in fact this just came up recently. you can't threaten a detainee. we all know that. but can you make a statement of fact is a dtv -- if you catch a dtv making suicide bombs can you show them the iraqi penal code which states that the punishment for participating in suicide bombing operations is def? that is a statement of fact, that is all. you can do that in a

larry klein got a nobel prize.e. and yet these are the models that are creating the sound bites. that does not mean that we think it hurt growth last year, or that we know precisely that the stimulus was a failure and made things wose. it does mean we should have a great deal of skepticism that we know what the right thing to do is. going forward, we have seen the success of some programs i highlight in my testimony. we should trust evidence more than models and the skeptical about what the model say, especially when the model predictions are so at odds with what we see in the literature. >> my gut feel is that the economy has changed, but those models are not as reflective. stimulus is almost always arrive after the recession has peaked and is slow. i think today that we downplay the economic boost from lowering the after-tax cost of capital on a permanent basis, where businesses can count on that rate of return and the ability to invest. your thoughts? >> i think you are right, mr. brady. the way i like to think

january 2009 through january 2010, small businesses with fewer than 5 employees saw employment drey kleinth fewer than 500 employees saw employment decline by 2.67 million jobs while large businesses with 500 or more employees saw employment decline by 694,000. while i'm sure many of us disagree about the effectiveness of the financial bailout and stimulus spending in getting our economy back on track, i know for sure that we all agree that there's been a lack of job creation and too many people continue to be unemployed. because the stimulus bill has so clearly failed what it was supposed to do, which is to create jobs, and the administration and congressional democratic leadership are running away from the word "stimulus" that of ther than the triple-crown winning horse secretariat, everything proposed now is called a jobs bill, even if it includes proposals that were always labeled "stimulus" in the past. only 6% of the americans believe that the stimulus bill created jobs. that's less than the 7% of the americans who believe that elvis is still alive. last week the senate passed a bil