senator carl levin, chairman of the armed services committee. let me turn to you to put senator levin's comments in larger contexts. let's begin with afghanistan. you have been covering this town . it seems as though senator levin is waiting for news from the white house as to which direction the president is going. >> he is not saying how involved he is in because they have been listening to him closely. but it's also true that president obama is being very slow and deliberate as he does this. and i don't know what troops think. when obama goes to military bases and speaks to troops, one of the lines that gets the most applause is when he tells them i'm not going to put you at unnecessary risk and i want to be careful. and so he is doing what he said. this is a big decision for them. i don't think there is a clear answer. whatever it is, it's going to take a long time and they have to settle with themselves that we aren't going to send troops in and be there a year, but five years. >> pretty strong advice to the president that involved a nato c

a lawsuit filed by cage last month against samuel levin claims levin, "lined his pockets with severalmillion dollars in business management fees while sending cage down a path toward financial ruin," and that cage is now "forced to sell major assets and investments at a significant loss because of levin's incompetence, misrepresentations, and recklessness." is actor owes uncle sam more than $6 million in back taxes, because, he says, levin never filed his taxes. here's what cage claims levin did, or should i say, didn't do. according to the lawsuit, levin was supposed to provide accurate accounting statements, prepare and file income taxes, and analyze the risk of potential investments in exchange for 5% of cage's gross earnings. instead, the actor's accusing levin of, quote, gross mismanagement of his affairs, which resulted in significant monetary loss. the 45-year-old cage who won an oscar for his role in "leaving las vegas" is suing levin for at least $20 million, claiming professional negligence and breach of fiduciary duty. levin did not return our calls for comment. to free up

levin did not return our levin did not return our calls for comment. cage who is married to a former waitress and has a son with her is unloading a handful of his homes across country. this one in las vegas for $10 million. his home in new orleans for about $3.5. and this in rhode island. a 24,000 square foot mansion with ocean views on 26 acres. he already sold castle in germany for $2.5 million. does cage have a case, or should he have kept a closer eye on his own money? >> we're always individually responsible for our own taxes. that's an onbligation that can' be held for your accountant. he's responsible. >> reporter: the lawsuit says cage hired levin in 2001 but first learned he was in dire straits after he replaced him in december of 2008. with more than 50 films in the last two decades and half a dozen more slated to be released in the next two years, cage is a tireless actor. good thing it pays the bills. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> wow. look at that. boat races are a highlight of the festival bigger than new year's, at least in cambodia. th

levin did not return calls for comment. to free up cash, cage who is married to a former waitress and has a son with her is unlowing a handful of homes. on the market, this home in bel air for about $10 million. this one for the same price in las vegas n. new orleans for about. >> 3.5 million. this in rode ilan. a 24,000 square foot mansion with ocean views on 26 acres. list price is $12 million. he sold this bavarian castle in germany for $2.5 million. does cage have a case or should he have kept a closer eye on his own money. >> we are always all individually responsible for our own taxes. that's an obligation that can't be delegated to an accountant or business manager. when you sign, you are responsible. nic cage is going to be responsible for his tax liability. >> the lawsuit said he hired levin in 2001 and he first learned he was in dire straights after he replaced him in september 2008. with more than 50 films in the last two decades and a half dozen morn slated to be released, cage is say tireless actor. good thing

. >> senator levine. there have been a lot of holes out saying that the u.s. public is not very supportive of the afghan mission. how many more military death do you think the u.s. public can tolerate until the united states would have to withdraw? if there's a surge, there's probably going to be more u.s. members killed. how much should the public tolerate this? >> i would never want to make that kind of a prediction based on deaths. each one of those deaths is significant. and i would never make a prediction like that. the president is making a critically important decision for the security of this country. he has taken the needed time to do it. he, i'm sure, is under great deal of pressure from the republicans who just every week it seems are attacking him for taking this time. and if he does something less than what they think general mcchrystal is asking for. they would be critical of him, i think again, unless it is part of a larger nato decision where it seems to me that decision of the president would be seen in that larger context and would be more di

thanks. >> carl levin was a guest on "newsmakers" where he

also if you look at the political books you will see she dedicates it to americans just like mark levin with his book, i saw his liberty and tyranny. they are dedicated to the people. most politicians are dedicated to themselves. and i think that is a difference. look around you. there are no northeastern or california people here, they are all midwestern and, you know, people that are like her, i think. which is not like the normal politician we see today. >> now i'm going to have to ask you, what is wrong with people from the northeast or california. >> nothing i was born in new york but, you know, they think when you are leaving new york city you are camping out. and that's not true. it's, you know, again i think she sounds like the average american and when you ask her a question, she answers it, like the average american would, instead of the politicians today, that run away from most of your questions. >> do you think she has a chance to be president someday? >> i think she has, my own guess would be her plan would be to get on the campaign trail, with other conservatives, she'll

then a look at the november 5 fort hood shooting with remarks from senators joe lieberman and levin. >> and then the court system that the alleged shooter will go through. >> on tomorrow's "washington journal," we will talk about the health care bill with jillian vande -- bandes and patricia murray. we will also discuss the president's health care bill. and we have someone from the woodrow wilson center on u.s.-iranian center. >> saturday, the senate returns to session at 9:45 a.m. eastern to resume debate in alternating one-hour blocks until 6:00 p.m. then at 8:00 p.m. eastern they will again a procedural vote. 60 votes are required to move forward with the health care bill. watch live coverage on c-span-2. >> in 1989, judy shelton wrote about the coming soviet crash. in 1994, the international monetary system. now, she is talking about the u.s. economy. >> this is unprecedented spending, unending deficits and what i consider an unconscionable accumulation of debt. >> judy shelton, sunday night on c-span's "q & a." >> now, a senate confirmation hearing for two treasury department no

host: senator levin. "newsmaker" airs at 10:00 eastern time here on pan span.o his point about the president's announcement, you are hering now, it would come the week of november 30. guest: i have no greater insight into this than anybody. i think the president is the only one who really understands this and knows when the right time is to make this decision. i will say i am pleased that the president is taking his time, that there's seemingly a real honest debate in the white house regarding our stratswri in afghanistan and pakistan. i was very disappointed over the summer. that's one of the reasons why i pushed myself to resign was because i felt it was a done deal. i felt it was going to be a troop increase in afghanistan. more importantly that we were going to have some kind of open-ended commitment to afghanistan that would never resolve the issue of the civil war there. that's one of the reasons i resigned. i'm very pleased to see that. there is a debate going on that we are not going to continue this march of folly into more and more years of conflict i

if you look at all of the political books you will see she dedicates it to americans just like mark levin, liberty and tierney. they are dedicated to the people. most politicians to indicate to themselves and i think that is the difference. but look around you, there's no northeastern our california people here. they are all midwestern and people that are like her which is not like the normal politician we see today. >> i'm going to have to ask you what's wrong with people from the northeast or california? >> nothing, i was born in new york but, you know, they think when you are leaving new york city you are camping out and that isn't true. again, i think she sounds like the average american and when you ask a question she answers it the way the average american would instead of the politicians today that run away from most of your questions. >> do you think she has a chance to be president someday? >> i think she has. my own guess would be her plan would be to get on the campaign trail with other conservatives. she will raise a lot of money, she will be able to stand next to them and i t

heavier snow around kansas city and levin worth, too. temperatures right around 40 right there. the steady precip out of the south, that's all rain indiana in towards illinois. chicago radar again, you guys are dry. i think it's going to be a little bit of time before you see rain and it will be windy again. speaking of wind, look at this. we have video coming in from yesterday near washington state. this is western washington state. check out some of the damage around the seattle metro. look at some of the reports. sea-tac, the highest since a gust of 40. enough to bring down trees. also looking at 5 inches of rain. big surf again today. we'll get to that in about a half hour. >> thank you. so a lot of different storm systems you're watching. >> one out west and right in the middle of the country. >>> thank you. a georgia teacher is accused of trying to take a hit on his student. you know, take out a hit on him. the student's attorney tells local media randolph forde asked the 16-year-old if he was gay and threatened to hit him. he asked another student to kill the teen. >> the

. >> there was reference made by senator levin to the republicans. can you inform our audience about what the republican reaction is going to be if senator levin has the president's message right? >> i guess the most -- most republicans have stressed the need to have an iraq-type surge in afghanistan, which means a significant amount of troops, about 40,000. they probably would support more. and senator levin was referencing the fact that if president obama doesn't do that, anything below that would prompt criticism from the republican party. if he wants to sends 40,000 troops, that means that some of his biggest supporters in congress would be the republican party because you aren't going to see that level of strong support from the democrats. >> he wasn't saying that was the message coming from the president, but he said he wished that was the message coming from the president. we expect there will be a increase. >> combat troops? >> in addition to the trainers. i don't think they can do anything less, just because of the pressure from within the m

also if you look at all of the political books, she dedicates it to the americans just like mark levin most politicians dedicated to themselves. look around. there is no northeast or california people they are all midwestern people fact are like her which is not like the normal politician we see today. >> 1/2 to ask you what is wrong with people from the northeast or california? >> nothing. i was born in new york but when you leave new york city you are camping out and that is not true. again, she sounds like the average american and and when you ask a question, she answers the way the average american would instead of the politicians who run away from those questions. >> does she have a chance to be president someday? >> yes. my own guess would be hurt plan is to get on the campaign trail with other conservatives and raise a lot of money for them and will be able to stand next to them and show

i will just say this. -- senator levin will come out. i will just say this. this is the third classified briefing i have been in this week. one on tuesday, one this morning and now this one on the armed services committee. this one was with personnel of the department of defense and the earlier meetings included representatives from the department of justice. there is not much more that i can say at this point. the part of this was for us to understand what the regulations of the military are regarding extremist behavior by members of the military and the obligation of fellow soldiers to repeat such behavior is whether it is expressions of opinion or in the extreme, membership in an organization. we are trying to build an understanding of what the rules of the military are regarding their relationship of members in the military to extremist beliefs and extremist organizations as the tired the general tkeene says , 1st the mineral rights do not apply to the u.s. military. the 1/2 to support military cohesion -- you have to support military cohesion. i think it

some literary people in new york come especially the great anti-communist entrepreneur isaac don levine. and in 1941, right at the end of 1940, published an extraordinary book, 800 pages long out of the night that seemed to be an autobiography. its content was implicitly very anti-communist. and therefore they cause a big stink with a left wing in this country and the communist tried to the bucket. that to jan valtin was. >> time out is he published it in the early 40s, that's when we are allies with the soviet union. >> guest: right. obvious he, he couldn't plant this. but the possibility of his publishing a major anti-communist book found exactly the right window of opportunity. that is, in 1939, in august of 1939, hitler and stalin had announced a pact. this seemed extraordinary to the western left. communist parties had to fall in line, turn on a dime for this. prussia in many circles really fell into disrepute even with american intellectuals at that point. it was during this period, that is the period during which hitler and stalin were allies, this was prepared as you already men

with some literary people in new york, especially the great anti-communist entrepreneur ai saddam levine. and in 1941, at the end of 1940, published an extraordinary book, 800 pages long, "out of the might" that seemed to be an autobiography. its content was implicitly very anti-communist, and therefore it cost a big stink with the left wing in this country and the communists to be done get. that is jan valtin was. >> host: can you put that in time if you publish it in the early 40's that is when we were allies with the soviet union. >> guest: that's absolutely right. obviously he couldn't have planned this, but the possibility of his publishing a major anti-communist book found exactly the right window of opportunity. that is in 1939, in august of 1939, hitler and stalin had announced a pact. this seemed extraordinary to the western left and oversaw communist party set to fall in line, turn on a dime for this. russia in many circles really fell into disrepute with even american intellectuals at that point. it was during this period, that is the pogo during which eckert and stalin were a

senator carl levin right there. the committee wants to know whether or not the tragedy was the result of federal agencies not sharing intelligence information. the panel is also going to look at the threat posed by homegrown terrorism. 13 people were killed in this shooting. the suspect, major nidal hasan, is facing murder charges. he's an army psychiatrist. he was set to be deployed overseas when he allegedly went on a shooting spree at that army post. >>> defense secretary robert gates is expected to announce today a major review of military procedures that could help avoid another horrific incident like the ft. hood shooting. that's from a senior pentagon official. we're also learning more about nidal hasan's background. it looks like the accused shooter's residency may have been troubled at walter reed medical center. national public radio obtained a copy of a memo reportedly written by major hasan's supervisor. it said that faculty had serious concerns about his professionalism and his work ethic. we couldn't r

"variety's" stewart levine believes the recipe for success is simple. >> i think they just have to beority host and try to get a minority audience, but if you aren't funny, people aren't going to watch. >> reporter: and with a potential historic change in television hanging in the balance, you can bet these comedians are working overtime to bring on the laughs. "variety's" stewart levine also told me these late-night shows are a more financially viable option than the dwindling supplies of fresh comedies. >>> a lot of people have been calling in about rihanna's shocking tell-all interview about that night that chris brown beat her. >> a lot of strong opinions about this. we got a call into "showbiz on call" from stacy in alabama, who's actually sticking up from chris. >> i'm calling about the chris brown situation. i think people just need to give him a second chance. everyone makes mistakes. just think about how many people who have skeletons in their closet and how many people's careers would be changed if those skeletons were to come out. >> we also heard from lynn who called into

levin and you have five trophies. give me one. effort is important. as for dusty turman's success. but in the end it's results and i feel like, bluntly, i'm going to step into it, but you asked the question. i want to be focused on the kids. and i believe that the teachers union should be focused on the kids, not the teachers. but for those of you who are teachers in this room, i want you paid more. and i don't want you to retire. what bothers me is that you got the experience. that is invaluable, that's precious and special. and those good teachers who teach well, if you're a good doctor you make our money. if you're a good lawyer, i guess that's an oxymoron. thank you. and i'm supposed to be the word doc or. [laughter] it's the only profession where you're actually discouraged from doing that. so i don't know -- i don't know why they tend to vote democrat. i want to be their best supporter, but i want to hold them accountable. i want to reward the best teachers underwent the worst teachers to find another occupation. and i want you to be challenged every day of your life to do be

that that difference, the transition is visible than the bell's levin one thing that point out vanderbilt himself with those pioneering paving than the way toward corporate future and also in some ways a representative of an older business world. with the merchant friends of the medichi mold as i put it, and by creating this huge corporation the new york central hudson river railroad, it was i think in many ways a pioneer of the giant corporations we have been talking about, but things primary rival for largesse and most important corporation was the pennsylvania railroad. one of the four primary row wrote and the country after the civil war called the trunk lines and the pennsylvania railroad is very interesting because its managers represent very much kind of the modern model of management and, and their managers were andrew carnegie's mentors, tom essays got to us superintendent and vice president and president the railroad and j. edgar thompson. vanderbilt was someone who purchased a controlling share of the stock in the corporation, moved into management and then what he would do is

[laughter] >> this is the national homebase of progressive reader because nicole sander levin or. [applause] >> i want to thank everybody who is our event thank books and books and c-span, and marx radio show and everybody who brought me here too, two and a half years ago. and everyone who made such a movement here for defending our constitution and the rule of law, and the need to hold everyone, even than the highest office to the rule of law. which had a lot to do i think with why a congressman by the name of robert wexler, the moans for the little because today congressman wexler announced he is resigning. he is retiring and is moving on to a career as the present of a think tank in washington. he has been a congressman who, like most congressmen, i disagreed with on most things, yet he has done remarkable things. he has been willing not only to challenge his party's leadership, which is almost unheard of, but to challenge the chairman of the committee on which he serves. which is as far as i know absolutely unheard of, except for when congressman wexler said the john conyers p

. >> thing i thought i heard senator levin,, and they're capele of running their own defense. did you hear that as well? >> i think it's a little bit of a gap. >> secretary gates said that any transfer of security to the afghanis was, you know, immue lent or -- you know, it depends on the regions in this treats. it's really a case by case basis. but i think the understanding in the mopt gone is different. that they be excited. >> you pressed this interview on the don't ask, don't tell policy, why is that. >> i think he made a process, there's a a lot of hearings. i think that they're not surprised it's been put off. but for him, they expected that he's going have him. >> what about the rank and found and military. i think that we've found that a lot of tolerance for change. except the -- for the change. >> did you learn anything on the forthood discussion? >> that congress deaf flit -- definitely support this as oversight. that they really want to exercise the role in oversight. >> and it will happen toon. yes. >> well, thank you very much for being here this weekend. we enjoy

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levin says he warned the actor he could face bankruptcy unless he scaled back his lavish lifestyle. >>> it may be harder to hide than you think. wired magazine sent a writer on a quest to disappear to see if police could find him. he set up a fake identity with his own facebook and twitter accounts. he traveled across the country, using gift cards to get by. if anyone found him, they would get $25,000. >> i dyed my hair. had fake glasses. a had a fake wedding ring, a variety of disguises. >> the disguises didn't work. he was caught after three weeks on a pizza run. >>> some tv sets could be soon banned in california. regulators are making companies bill more energy efficient sets. the new standards would apply to tvs up to 58 inches. energy experkts say the standards would curb energy use, but the manufactures argue it would cut back on choices for you. >>> an 11-month-old child is found wandering the streets and now, her mother is in jail. police believe the mother was doing drugs when her kid was found. >>> a tree removal job went really, really wrong when a crane tipped over and sl

beck and rush and sean and mark levin, who believe it or not is in the bunker in his bedroom somewhere planning all this all the time with his landmark legal foundation, and his, you know, his screaming and and he's iming sean hannity every day telling him what to say so they picked this new york 23rd race and decided to back the conservative there. was a republican and a conservative. so they backed the conservative. this guy, huffman, no one knew him an accountant, a cpa. >> why didn't they back the republican? >> because they wanted to show that the republican party is is is is no longer their party. they are running away from bush. they can't get anybody elected for dogcatcher. david brooks is a conservative, well, he is a republican. you have to differentiate. he said you can't get anybody elected to dogcatcher with 600, 700 radio stations. >> i wonder if that is true. sit tight. we'll be back in a minute. >>> breaking news tonight. live, ohio, cops raid the home of a convicted sex offender accused of yet another sex attack. inside his three-story cleveland home, seasoned detectiv

they needed to win one so beck and rush and sean and mark levin, believe it or not like a bunker in his bedroom somewhere planning all this all the time with his landmark legal foundation and his -- his, you know, screaming screaming and yelling. he is im'ing sean handy every day telling him what to say. they picked this new york 23rd race and decided they would back the conservatives. there was a republican and a conservative. they backed the conservative. this guy, hoffman, no one knew him. he's an accountant. he was a cpa. >> why didn't they back the republican? >> because they wanted to show that the republican party is no longer their party. that the republican -- they're running away from bush. >> do they want a third party? >> they do. they can't get anybody elected for dogcatcher. if you read "the new york times," david brooks, a conservative -- you have to differentiate. he wrote a column saying these guys couldn't get anybody elected with their 600, 700 radio stations. >> i wonder if that's true. that could be on the part of david brooks. i'm still worried about them. sit tigh

they needed to win one so beck and rush and sean, and mark levin, in a bunker in his his, you know, screaming and yelling. he's i.m.'ing sean hannity every day telling him what to say. they're very coordinated. they picked this new york 23rd race and decided they would back the conservatives. there was a republican and a conservative. they backed the conservative. this guy, hoffman, no one knew him. he's an accountant. he was a cpa. >> why didn't they back the republican? >> because they wanted to show that the republican party is no longer their party. that the republican -- they're running away from bush. >> do they want a third party? >> they do. they can't get anybody elected for dogcatcher. if you read "the new york times," david brooks, a conservative -- you have to differentiate. he wrote a column saying these guys couldn't get anybody elected with their 600, 700 radio stations. >> i wonder if that's true. that could be on the part of david brooks. i'm still worried about them. sit tight. we have more with you. we'll be back in a minute. >>> i'm back discussing last night's election re

my colleague senator schumer, senator harry reid, senator merkel, menendez, senator harry levin -- levin, have joined us as co-sponsors. like the federal reserve's rule, our legislation would establish an opt in in rule 4 overdraft coverage for atm and debit transactions. customers would now have to consent before overdraft coverage is applied to their account. our legislation would go further, however, and limit the number of overdraft fees banks can charge to one per month to no more than 6 per year. that fee would have to be a reasonable and proportional to the cost of processing the overdraft. our legislation would also put a star -- stopped the practice of manipulating the order in which the transactions are posted and require banks to warn customers that are about to overdraw their account, giving their -- them a chance to cancel the very transactions they are about to engage in. finally it would require banks to notify customers promptly when they have overdrawn and accounts through whatever means the customer chooses -- e-mail, text messages, so they can quickly restore their bal

straight out to harvey levin, tmz's executive producer. you spent three hours with dr. klein? dare i ask what came out of that meeting? >> well, jane, everything came out of the meeting. i mean, i got a call from him on saturday, essentially saying look, i am not a monster, i need to sit down with you. so i went to his house on sunday night, i spent three hours with him, and he talked about everything. i mean, he started by saying look, i raised a lot of money for the aids foundation and i can't raise money anymore because i am being vilified so i want to set the record straight. he then went on and talked about the family, the propofol, dr. murray, drug addiction, his own treatment of jackson, how much jackson he says hated his family, and on and on and on. but one of the things i asked him about was what you just mentioned, he said jackson loved to pee in front of an audience and what he would do is at his home, where the children spent a lot of time, arnie klein was his best friend and jackson spent holidays there, vacationed with him. he says that jackson would pull out cu

on "face the nation" you will hear carl levin, bob schieffer of, these gaza father of -- dee dee scazafava. and on cnn, david o. b, as well as tony blair. you can listen to all five of the sunday morning talk shows starting at noon on c-span radio. nationwide on xm satellite radio 132, on the web at c- spanradio.org. >> on this vote the yeas are 60. having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. >> with that vote, the senate has moved its health care bill to the floor. follow the entire debate and have it would affect access to medicare, live on our companion network, c-span 2. the only network that brings you the senate, gavel-to-gavel. >> regulating the internet, one of the topics on monday with meredith at well baker, on c- span to. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now, two folks who have never been on this program before. our guests are adele stan, she is the washington bureau chief at altinet. our other guest is james joyner. the topics will be wide and varied for this hour. the president this week is going to talk about afghanistan. what are the larger i

think if you look at all the political books you'll see, she dead kates it to americans just like mark levin. i saw his "liberty and tyranny." they're dedicated to the people. most politicians are dedicated to themselves. and i think that's the difference. but look around you. there's no northeastern or california people here. they're all midwestern and people that are like her, i think, which is not like the normal politician we see today. >> now, i'm going to have to ask you, what's wrong with people from the northeast or from california? >> nothing. i was born in new york. but you know, they think when you're leaving new york city you're camping out. and that's not true. you know, again, i think she sounds like the average american. and when you ask her a question she answers it just the way the average american would instead of the politicians today that run away from most of your questions. >> do you think she has a chance to be president someday? >> i think she has. i think -- my own guess would be get on the campaign trail with other conservatives. she'll raise a lot of money for them

poverty jumped from any levin ten-year hi, 13.2%. another report from "usa today" analyzing the census differently, the incomes of young and middle-aged especially men have fallen off a cliff since 2000, leaving many groups poorer than they were even in the 1970's. poor then they were even in the 1970's. there is another study from the university of st. louis, and nearly half of all u.s. children will use food stamps during their lifetime. 49% of all u.s. children will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood said mark rink, a poverty expert at the george warren school of social work at washington university. his steady entitled estimating the risk of food stamp use an empowerments with in the adolescent medicine found 90% of african-american children will be on food stamps at some point in their life. nearly one-quarter of all american children will be in households that use food stamps for five years or more. 91% of children of single mothers, of single parents will be in households receiving foo

poverty jumped from any levin ten-year hi, 13.2%. another report from "usa today" analyzing the census differently, the incomes of young and middle-aged especially men have fallen off a cliff since 2000, leaving many groups poorer than they were even in the 1970's. poor then they were even in the 1970's. there is another study from the university of st. louis, and nearly half of all u.s. children will use food stamps during their lifetime. 49% of all u.s. children will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood said mark rink, a poverty expert at the george warren school of social work at washington university. his steady entitled estimating the risk of food stamp use an empowerments with in the adolescent medicine found 90% of african-american children will be on food stamps at some point in their life. nearly one-quarter of all american children will be in households that use food stamps for five years or more. 91% of children of single mothers, of single parents will be in households receiving foo

so the order is senator carper, mccain, ensign, levin. >> thank you.to our witnesses thank you very much for joining us today and for the time that you've invested in preparing for your testimony and responding to our question. mr. chairman, this testimony has been i think both ill luminating and i think both constructive. i want to return to the testimony that mr. zarate gave us. and near the end of your testimony, you quoted, i didn't catch it and i tried to find in your statement who actually said these words. but something to the effect, i believe it was a muslim who said to the effect, we, muslim americans, are the defining answer. do you remember that? >> that's right, sir. >> just go back and revisit with us that comment. please. >> this comment comes from the executive director of a group called the muslim public affairs council. an important group. he's based in southern california. and soon after the fort hood attack, he posted on huffington post what is in essence an op ed. and as i described it. he called it a defining moment for american m

. >> thank you, senator levin in. thanks for racing that last question. i agree that not only was it outrageous, but as you said, it hurts our efforts to succeed in this kwlict. the other other senators who came earlier had to leave. if the witness can stand, senator collins can stay, we will do one more quick round. i wanted to ask some hypotheticals, if i could. if the new york police department was doing a court-ordered surveillance of somebody in the city who was known to be involved in islammist extremist activities, and as part of that surveillance came across a member of the nypd communicating with that individual, what would the reaction -- let's assume first that the communications were of a religious nature, not particularly inflammatory, but still communicating with an vide who was known as an extremist, what would the reaction of the department be? >> i think the department would look at the nature of the communications. in the nature of the communications, it would give us an insight as to what the purpose of this interaction is. obviously an

poverty jumped from any levin ten-year hi, 13.2%. another report from "usa today" analyzing the census differently, the incomes of young and middle-aged especially men have fallen off a cliff since 2000, leaving many groups poorer than they were even in the 1970's. poor then they were even in the 1970's. there is another study from the university of st. louis, and nearly half of all u.s. children will use food stamps during their lifetime. 49% of all u.s. children will be in a household that uses food stamps at some point during their childhood said mark rink, a poverty expert at the george warren school of social work at washington university. his steady entitled estimating the risk of food stamp use an empowerments with in the adolescent medicine found 90% of african-american children will be on food stamps at some point in their life. nearly one-quarter of all american children will be in households that use food stamps for five years or more. 91% of children of single mothers, of single parents will be in households receiving foo

on newsmakers, michigan senator carl levin, chairman of the armed services committee talks about theies for fighting terrorism. news neaks at 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> in 1989, judy shelton wrote about the coming soviet crash. in 1994, the international monetary system. now she is talking about the u.s. economy. >> this is unprecedented spending, unending deficits and what i consider an unconscionable accumulation of debt. >> judy shelton tonight on c-span's q & a. >> thanksgiving week on c-span, a look at politics in america from the bipartisan policy center. topics include next year's midterm elections and a look ahead to 2012. what's fair in politics, the role of the media, and assessing the obama presidency. also tuesday night, the first state dinner as president obama welcomes indian prime minister singh. later in the week, american icons, three nights of c-span's original documentaries beginning with the supreme court thursday night. >> now a house oversight hearing on the federal government's role in the bank of america-merrill lynch merger of 2008. we'll hearing from co