bollcy in afghanistan with larry korb a senior fellow at the center for american progress. "washington journal" begins live at 7:00 a.m. later, an economic -- a look at the economic impact of obesity. the centers for disease control and prevention, that will be live on c-span at 10:55 eastern. .    >> the british foreign minister recently argued that more helicopters were needed in the area. military operations in afghanistan dominated most of the press conference. reporters also question the prime a strong banking regulation, unemployment, and his political future. this one's a little over an hour. >> the operation that is currently underway in helmand continues to make progress and i am confident of its outcome. our troops continue to do it in magnificent job but any loss of life and any injuries are a matter of regret and our thoughts are with the families and friends of the serviceman who have contributed so much to our country and made the ultimate sacrifice. i want also to

host: larry korb is with us until 10:00 a.m. eastern.he numbers -- we will continue to take your twitter comments and also via e- mail as well, so we will get to your calls momentarily. late last week, an article from "the new york times" won a shift in policy regarding our products. they write the strategy will shift from wiping out opium poppy crops, which senior officials acknowledged that served only to turn poor farmers into enemies, new operations are already being mounted to a trip -- attack, not the crops, but the drug runners and the drug lords. that is a fine tune it can't come is in it, for policy? guest: i think it is a smart policy. the previous ambassador and afghanistan has come from colombia -- and this was opposed by the military and the nato partners. what you need to do is go after the criminals, those profiting. i would go one step further. talking about, just buy the stuff from these people until you can develop the big develop an alternative way -- from these people until you can develop an alternative way. host: th

host: larry korb is with us until 10:00 a.m. eastern.the numbers -- we will continue to take your twitter comments and also via e- mail as well, so we will get to your calls momentarily. late last week, an article from "the new york times" won a shift in policy regarding our products. they write the strategy will shift from wiping out opium poppy crops, which senior officials acknowledged that served only to turn poor farmers into enemies, new operations are already being mounted to a trip -- attack, not the crops, but the drug runners and the drug lords. that is a fine tune it can't come is in it, for policy? guest: i think it is a smart policy. the previous ambassador and afghanistan has come from colombia -- and this was opposed by the military and the nato partners. what you need to do is go after the criminals, those profiting. i would go one step further. talking about, just buy the stuff from these people until you can develop the big develop an alternative way -- from these people until you can develop an alternative way. host: t

policy in afghanistan with larry korb. washington journal begins live at 7 eastern. a look at the economic impact of obesity, the centers for disease control and prevention is releasing a report on obesity prevention and control. >> how this is been funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations may be? >> government? >> suspend its funding through federal funding, if funding -- public funding? >> america's cable companies created c-span is a public service, a private business initiative, no government mandate, no government money. >> now, remarks from rnc chairman michael steele. he spoke earlier in the week about president obama's health care plan. this is about one hour. good morning. welcome to the national press club. i am a reporter with usa today and i am president of the national press club, were the lead -- world's leading organization for journalists. we provide informative programming and journalism education and fostering the free press worldwide. for more information, please visit our website at www.pres.org. on behalf of our members worldwide i would like to

policy in afghanistan with larry korb. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 eastern. later, a look at the economic impact of obesity. the centers for disease control and prevention has a new report on obesity prevention, and we'll cover that live here on c-span at 10:55 eastern. >> healthcare legislation will be on the agenda for house democrats this week. at this briefing from friday, majority leader steny hoyer tells reporters that it might not be possible to fin, a bill before the congressional recess july 31. this is about 10 minutes. >> as i have said many, many times, every member of the democratic congress has expressed to me and all of our leaders, and, of course, mr. clyburn, our whip counselor, so he hears from them directly, all of them want to vote for healthcare reform. we believe that we are going to pass a very good healthcare reform bill. last night we made very significant progress. mr. javier bass ar a, a member of the ways and means committee, moderated and at times refereed, at times cajoled, but at all times elicited the opinions of members on the

host: larry korb is with us until 10:00 a.m. eastern. the numbers -- we will continue to take your twitter comments and also via e- mail as well, so we will get to your calls momentarily. late last week, an article from "the new york times" won a shift in policy regarding our products. they write the strategy will shift from wiping out opium poppy crops, which senior officials acknowledged that served only to turn poor farmers into enemies, new operations are already being mounted to a trip -- attack, not the crops, but the drug runners and the drug lords. that is a fine tune it can't come is in it, for policy? guest: i think it is a smart policy. the previous ambassador and afghanistan has come from colombia -- and this was opposed by the military and the nato partners. what you need to do is go after the criminals, those profiting. i would go one step further. talking about, just buy the stuff from these people until you can develop the big develop an alternative way -- from these people until you can develop an alternative way. host: