lesley stahl is the correspondence that i worked with. next week, condoleezza rice was saying publicly that there was no record of such a meeting. she was attempting to a tic -- attack his credibility. five-seven days later, some of our confidential sources then decided to come forward and go public and say, i was there. he was telling the truth. right after our piece, which was a two-part piece, the 9/11 hearings occurred. he followed up our peace with his testimony. what he did was framed the debate, what he did was establish his credibility. tv news can let the viewer is looking in the eyes. -- ken -- tv news can let the viewer looking in the eyes. you are defining yourself before those twwhom you are attacking are going to come out and attack you. i know for a fact that he did not regret for a minute going on the show. that was a smart move. to me, that anecdotes' illustrates both the virtue of going forward to if you are a whistle-blower. it is a very personal decision and is never going to be easy. there are benefits to going public

she has a bachelor's degree from lesley college. back to the phones. washington, d.c.. on our line for democrats. wayne. see, i am glad that is it caller: i am glad that -- seek out -- caller: i did not have health care before the obama plan. the hope of having it is wonderful. not having health care is irresponsible. we are lucky to live in this country. people need to stop whining. thank you. guest: i appreciate the perspective from someone who is one of the nearly 40 million people in this country without health insurance. you raise very good points. number one, we are a country that should be able to make sure that everybody does have access to health care. we have among the best institutions in the world. we know that when people have access to health care, we deliver among the best health care of any nation. it is true, however, that often times when people do not have insurance and develop a condition, they cannot get insurance because of this rule about pre-existing conditions. this bill gets rid of that. i think that a lot of people will benefit. we have seen a

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host: baltimore, lesley on the independent line. caller: the thing that amazes me the most instead people study the history and one of the things they could do is go back and see on c-span some things that were said about what was going to take place in north america. that is, the whole hemisphere was going to be bordered on the same power. right now, we're going true -- what we are going through is the process of getting this hemisphere ready where everyone is basically making the same amount of money. because just like the gentleman that called before, the reason why they let immigrants across is because the jobs in america that americans will not do. well, that is not really true. the truth of the matter is, like the gentleman said earlier this i personally applied for a job recently with comcast in their help desk services. that means i have to sit in a remote location and provide customers with computer services. in other words, get inside their computer and fix it for my location. when that first became a job, they would pick

first let me say on behalf of all ec i expand heartfelt sympathies to lesley ann reed is, her husband, arthur as well as jorge and to the family. while i can't get into the specifics of the open and on the investigations into these cases, i can assure you one thing, both i.c.e. and cbp acted very swiftly and aggressively in response to both sets of killings. we are working with partners in mexico and the united states as we speak to try to solve these murders and bring the killers to justice. in the case i.c.e. is the lead agency assisting county sheriff's office with the investigation assigned special agents full-time to the case and we've devoted full resources of the office in mexico to this and we've offered a reward to bring the killers to justice. my message today to use simple. i.c.e. shares the concern that many have over the presence of organized crime in mexico and along the border. we are committed to vigilance and sustained attack on the criminal networks that seek to smuggle drugs, guns, money and people to and from mexico. this commitment is more than rhetorical. thanks

first let me say on behalf of all ec i expand heartfelt sympathies to lesley ann reed is, her husband, arthur as well as jorge and to the family. while i can't get into the specifics of the open and on the investigations into these cases, i can assure you one thing, both i.c.e. and cbp acted very swiftly and aggressively in response to both sets of killings. we are working with partners in mexico and the united states as we speak to try to solve these murders and bring the killers to justice. in the case i.c.e. is the lead agency assisting county sheriff's office with the investigation assigned special agents full-time to the case and we've devoted full resources of the office in mexico to this and we've offered a reward to bring the killers to justice. my message today to use simple. i.c.e. shares the concern that many have over the presence of organized crime in mexico and along the border. we are committed to vigilance and sustained attack on the criminal networks that seek to smuggle drugs, guns, money and people to and from mexico. this commitment is more than rhetorical. thanks

[applause] lesley, it is going to be about trust.f both sides, and hopefully we will end up with no side, but will just be american citizens, but if both sides do not believe that the other side is serious, that we are not in this for political gain, but we are here to solve these really big issues, and if the right does not believe that medicare and social security have to be on the table, that we have to reduce the cost, that we are serious about balancing the budget, and if the others do not accept the fact that we are going to have to have some new revenues, it is just like michael peterson said. this is arithmetic. i am good at math. we cannot solve this problem by talking about foreign aid or waste, fraud, and abuse. we have to seriously attack!q e big problems, and we have to do it now, because if we do not, they will not be solvable without that word "bankruptcy." >> so in other words, this whole exercise is much less about getting the answer, because the interest pretty clear, that it is about getting those 18 people not to