levine. so no threat of a lawsuit right now. now, mr. levine, let me ask you this. the alleged other woman gave her side of the story -- hold on, let me go to ellie jostad. ellie, i know this woman is denying the affair. what does she say? >> rachel uchitel gave a long interview to the "new york post" -- >> i think i would call it rambling. she kept saying the same thing over and over. >> this interview apparently took place last week before she was using the services of gloria allred. she tells the post the story is ridiculous. she said a word of it is not true. she said the sources were just out for a pay day. she said she only met tiger twice, short meetings, never spoke to him on the phone. and she says they are not having an affair. >> okay. barry levine, back to you, the executive editor of the "national enquirer." mr. levine, what is your response to the things that the so-called other woman had to say, giving her side of the story? >> yeah, i read her account today and on her website today we posted a point-by-point denial. she's in a damage control mode. we

barry levine. back to you. executive editor of the "national enquirer." mr. levine, what is your response to the things that the so-called other woman had to say giving her side of the story? >> yeah, i read her account today and on our website today we posted a point by point denial. she is in a damage eyes rachel l go to australia to meet with tiger woods. i mean, we had a team of reporters on the story for several weeks. as you know, nancy, you know, we've dealt with these types of women before. ray yell hunter in the john edwards scandal. for months and months and months denied any type of relationship with john edwards. it is' not uncommon that somebody will deny involvement with a major celebrity or newsmaker. >> 911. what's your emergency. >> i have -- this is [ inaudible ] i have someone down in front of my house. they hit a pole. i came out to see -- >> is it a car accident, sir? >> he's -- >> okay, sir, sir, is it a car acciden accident? >> i don't know. >> sir? >> what happened what's wrong? >> i have a neighbor. he hit the tree. we came out here j

levine recently joined me at the yancey richard senegalery in new york. he had written an essay for an exhibition of photographs by andrew moore that capture a lost world of detroit. an old school, homes, and factories including ford's river rouge plant where levine himself once worked. >> when i was a young guy working in these places and didn't see a way out as yet and i certainly didn't think the way out would be poetry. >> brown: what were you doing? >> usually five people would take an enormous piece of hot steel which four of us would hold with tongs and put it into a huge press. what it was i didn't know. >> brown: really? >> no. i didn't know. i remember a young guy from west virginia, a young kid. he said to me, what are we making? that's what he said to me. what are we making? i said i'm making $2.15 an hour. i have no idea what you're making. he said, no, what are we making out of this here metal? i said to him, i don't know. i never ask. and i called the foreman out. his name was lonnie. i have a strong memory about this. lonnie, what are are

levine, dr. litiker, dr. lindsey, dr. mese, dr. maldrick, dr. poser, doctor rosenberger, dr. sodder, dr. smith, dr. stewart, dr. sage, dr. field, dr. weiss, dr. weiss. those are all doctors from my home state of california who said: do not support the murkowski attempt to repeal an endangerment and health finding.

new york city garment trade which was the center piece of levine's other body of work. ordinary work a day new yorkers struggling through each long day with dignity and purpose while taking a weekend pleasures at coney island, an urban beach scene levine knew well. >> there they are with all their relations, old age with young, men and women putting out their little territorial napkin to sit on and so on. it's exotic. it's chaotic in color but it's also exotic. >> osgood: sadly david levine was diagnosed with mack lar degeneration an eye disease back in 2006. eventually ending his active career. but the drawings he left behind stand as a record of our times. revealing more about their subjects than any camera ever could. just ahead... ♪ a summer wind came blowing in ♪ >> osgood: lyrics by johnny mercer. everyday we generate 8 times the information found in all u.s. libraries. where did it come from? store transactions, market movements. emails, photos... videos... blogs... what if technology could capture all this information... and turn it into intelligence. we could i

c-span: when did you marry congressman -- is it mel levine? >> guest: it's mel levine. c-span: levine. >> guest: just two years ago. and -- but i had been living in california with him more or less sort of the last five years. so -- and it was in that period of time that i was working on this book. c-span: the mob, the gangsters, all that, it pops up in your book all the way through this. any evidence that any of these people, like lew wasserman or jules stein or any of the people at mca, were ever part of the mob in any way? >> guest: i wouldn't say part of the mob. i mean, i think that they lived in a time when -- well, certainly, jules lived in a time when in order to be in the business he was in, he really had to have good relations with the mob. and he was -- i mean, it was more than that. he was -- he was their partner. i was fortunate to meet judge maravitz, abraham lincoln maravitz, in chicago, who had been -- who was a live and active in that time, the same period as jules. and he knew jules. he knew capone. he knew petrillo, who was the head of the musicians u

levin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: madam president, i recently returned from a trip to pakistan and afghanistan with senator al franken. we heard a great deal of troubling news out of afghanistan over the past few months. casualties have increased, the political situation has been unsettled. based on what we saw and heard during our trip, i am somewhat more optimistic that we will succeed in afghanistan. i'm a lot more optimistic now than i was after my last visit to afghanistan in september. now, success to me is defined as preventing the taliban from returning to power at the same time that we strengthen the afghan security forces to take responsibility for afghan security in order to ensure stability and -- in afghanistan. over the course of three days, we met with key civilian and military leaders in both pakistan and afghanistan, and, madam president, i would ask unanimous consent that the next two paragraphs of my statement listing our meetings with various leaders be inserted in the record at this time. t

talking about senator levin and yemen. >> i do not think the united states or any country can take a shot into a foreign country because they think there is a bad guy there. >> levin said he would accept -- expect quiet permission from yemen's government. >> i guess that was misquoted or misunderstood, not mistaken. politicians are experts at that. >> i thought it was yellowstone. i read that wrong. they both started with a y. >> i am so sorry. i thought we were talking about the florida peninsula. >> sorry about that. >> the official american response, "my bad." >> where do you pick up on current day slang like "my bad?" >> i live in current date. -- encourage day. how do you stay in touch? >> it helps to have young children between the age of 35 and 21. i always came out of an entertainment background. i try to stay current with television, with movies, with show business news. not so much music, i fall down in that category. i am not too hip when it comes to pop music. i have always been fascinated in the variations of american speech, the slang, what is taught and what is not. te

. >> levin said he would accept quite permission. >> i guess that was misquoted or misunderstood, not mistaken. politicians are experts at that. >> i thought it was yellowstone. i read that wrong. >> i am so sorry. i thought we were talking about the florida peninsula. >> sorry about that. >> the official american response, my bad. >> where you pick up on current day slang like "my bed?" how you stay in touch -- how you stay in touch? >> it helps to have young children between the age of 35 and 21. i always came out of an entertainment background. i try to stay current with television, with movies, with show business news. not so much music, i fallçó down in that category. i am not too hip when it comes to pop music. i have always been fascinated in the variations of american speech, the slaying, that type whwhat is taught and what does not. terms that come in and out of vogue. in radio, you want to sound all lot like the people that listen to you so that you do not as strange yourself from your audience. when you talk through a microphone, you were talking to one person. i have alway

leiter that senator levin raised, and this is just to clarify the record. on the terrorist watch list that contains 400,000 names, you had an exchange, mr. leiter, with senator levin in which you and he talked about that potentially a significant number of those individuals would be able to travel to our country because they're not on the no-fly list or even the selectee list. but, in fact, as i understand it, and again i understand the actual number is classified but very few of those 400,000 would have valid, current visas. isn't that correct? >> that's correct, senator. but approximately 2% of the people who are in tide are u.s. persons. so clearly that's an issue. and also there's a significant number that are from visa waiver countries and could enter the united states without a visa. >> that is an excellent point. and it's a point that's been of great concern to the chairman and me for some time. particularly when we're looking at individuals in great britain who may have dual citizenship with pakistan and england. and maybe using one passport to trav

steve case and gerald levine were both long gone. last year a.o.l.was spun off into a separate company with a rebooted logo. in a cnbc interview just this past week, levine offered its mea culpa. >> i'm solely responsible for it. i was the ceo. i was in charge. i'm sorry about the pain and suffering and loss that was caused. >> osgood: to his credit he spoke on camera. he didn't phone it in. or email it in either. >> osgood: coming up, meet the beetles. pretty. ( laughs ) there we go. ( phone rings, laughter ) ♪ ( phone rings ) victory starts now. with the special k challenge, you can lose up to 6 pounds... in 2 weeks. now with so many delicious ways to be victorious. lose up to 6 pounds in 2 weeks. join us at specialk.com. last year, my little guy got the flu... and it was bad. there's nothing more important than the ones you love, which is why now is the time to protect them and yourself. the h1n1 flu vaccine is available now at cvs/pharmacy and minuteclinic, the walk-in clinic inside select cvs/pharmacies. it's peak flu season, so don't risk it. g

senator carl levin, armed services committee talks about his recent trip to those countries live at 2 p.m. eastern here on c-span. wednesday, president barack obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future of the country and his plan to deal with unemployment, health care, and the wars in africa -- in iraq and afghanistan. that is wednesday night, our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen to the address live on your iphone. >> in the nation's capital and across the country, listen to cspan radio. coming up, "washington journal," and later today, a couple of events on afghanistan and pakistan. comments from the national security advisor and later, senator carl levin talks about his recent trip to those countries. this morning, a look at the debate on health care legislation and the upcoming state of the union address.

one reason behind that is because levin on is living through a rare period of political calm. peace brings opportunity. she is now trying to set yourself up in beirut. >> you just walk around and you are inspired. 's a very creative place to be in. at some point, i want to relate my own country. i want to be able to give to it ke it has given me in terms of creativity. >> competition is fierce. she says even finding a location is a real challenge. it's also a sign that the route has regained its status as the capital of fashion in the middle east. >> the science-fiction " avatar"has become the fastest to reach $1 billion in ticket sales around world. is now the fourth biggest grossing movie of all time. >> a ground-breaking epic, a film that combines. it's a story of a paralyzed war veteran. he is sent on a mission to a distant moon called pandora, where he falls in love to the blue alien. the futuristic movie is in three 3d. it is being talked about as a potential contender for best picture at the oscars. for james cameron, it is his second money spending blockbuster. "titani

i think speaker pelosi is also on board with that and chairman levin in the senate. they have not expressed a timeline for when it should be done. where do you see yourself-you said you do not want it repealed -- where do you see yourself in the process? would you be opposing it? >> probably so. for the very reason i just said. >> would you try and convince speaker pelosi not to take it up? >> it is really not my power or place to try and convince anyone else. >> the rules committee makes an order. >> can we talk about the budget and what you think about the size? is it going to be more than $700 billion for the first time in history? >> all we hear is the rumors coming out at the pentagon. we will wait and see what the budget is. i have a feeling it is going to be substantial, because we are involved in serious conflicts. we have people in afghanistan and iraq. we have people in coastal -- kosovo. it was not mentioned as much as it should be, but i am really proud of the young folks who are being deployed to haiti, for the work they will be doing. it will bring wate

please join me in giving a warm welcome to yuval levin. [applause] >> well, thank you very very much. i can tell you how much that means to me and how much i appreciate it. i thank all of you for being here and many thanks to a e5 for the invitation to speak tonight. it is really a great-- thank you. i've done that many times in the course of the last few years. it is really for me a great and a coupling honor to be asked to deliver a-- and while i certainly know that i don't belong in the week of people that generally deliver them it is thrilling to be in their company and i appreciated very much. agi is the proper place the thing to take up the subject want to talk about tonight, the question of capitalism in this very complicated moment we are living in, and so let's thing together for a while about that question and that moment. four friends of capitalism, the last two years of not been pleasant. first came a cascade of market calamities that seemed almost designed to confirm the most khalid jaden hackneyed criticisms of free enterpris

foreign relations committee john kerry and the chairman of the senate armed services committee carl levinre both fairly luke warm about this too. the president will be on his own on this one. i agree with you. i think in the end he'll probably get the approval. >> it will be a lot of republicans and a small number of democrats most likely that give him the majority he needs. >> schieffer: let's round this out and get the thoughts of all of you on what is going to happen. what is your prediction for this year, chip reid? >> well, bob, health care reform. i think it probably will be passed. and signed into law. once that happens i think it's going to create a bit of a void in washington. the white house has hoped all along that that void would be filled with jobs, jobs, jobs. and making progress on the economy. but i'll tell you, i don't see how you can take all the oxygen out of the room with summits on jobs at the white house and town halls on jobs. i mean there's only so much the government can do. something has got to fill that void. i think it will be national security. i have think it

about afghanistan and pakistan from national security advisor general james jones and senator carl levin chairman of the armed services committee. >> wednesday, president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future of the country and his plan to deal with issues such as unemployment, health care and the worse in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen to the president's address live on your i-phone with the c-span radio and. >> president obama has announced new economic proposals. he spoke after meeting with the middle-class task force. this is 15 minutes. >> hey, folks. a year ago when president obama established the middle-class task force and asked me to chair it, and i might add, we were only in office two days when he set up this middle-class task force. as we campaigned around the country, he made it clear that we were going to be sure as we grew this economy, the middle-class was not left behind as they were the previous 10-12 years. as we

as carol levine said in her article, the whole is often eclipsed by a separate part. hole, although i realize there are plenty of my own biases in it. we include people receiving long-term care from public programs, from family members, from private paid workers, whether they live in the community or institutions, whether they are elderly or of not elderly, whether they are nearing the end of their lives or perhaps have a stable and live on disability. to do that we analyze data from five national surveys conducted by various federal agencies. for details, see the article which you have that is written -- which was funded by the national institute for research. how many people need long-term care services? that depends on how you define the long term care population. it can arrange all the way up to 11 million people if you include people need help with any kind of routine daily activities. . . it is well known that women dominate, especially in institutions, where two-thirds are women. you may find it surprising that more than half of the long-term care population is

i had susan levine, and i saw byron. susan and then byron. >> hi, susan. >> hi there. such an honor to be here today, what a wonderful speech. you mentioned in your speech the idea, i thought it was really important what you said about people in this country not understanding how their tax dollars are being used, why they're being used outside the country. you talked about transparency. i wonder if you could ewill be rate a bit on what you mean. that's been an issue that we've all felt, any of us who have been in the government at some time have known it's very hard to go to my home constituent of north dakota and talk about, you know, what we're doing in countries far away when farmers are having their issues. how are you going to be transsnarnte >> first we have to eliminate some of the myths. you've seen the same surveys i have, when people complain about how much money we spend on foreign aid, and when you ask, how much money do you think we spend? and they say 10% or 20% of our budget and we say, no, we spend less than 1%, we have to sort of set the table so peopl

that was very helpful levin cycle. next we are going to here from dr. steve part curtain who is the long-term leader in the injury prevention field and then at the forefront, also in the state of wisconsin trying to get a good highway safety laws passed and he is also on my board of directors. >> thank you judy. i am the chair emergency medicine at the medical wisconsin and direct emergency department which serves and level 1 trauma center and i have been doing this kind of work for over 30 years, and the first want to congratulate our congressional leaders who were with us today, and also our state legislators, who as senator cullerton made reference to by the push of a button he can save lives and i would state that you all are going to be able to save more lives by the stroke of a policy penn then i can do with the stroke of a scalpel, putting in heidi into a patient coming to an lifesaving procedures, when this kind of prescription if you will come save lives so i applaud your efforts and i must say the most difficult thing that i have to do as an e

senate armed services committee chairman carl levin recently returned from visiting afghanistan and pakistan. today he will talk about what he saw. we will have live coverage on c- span. the senate the devils and at 2:00 p.m. eastern today, and will -- the senate gavels in at 2:00 p.m. eastern today. later this week, they are expected to take a federal reserve chairman ben bernanke's nomination for another term. >> this week, on "the communicators," former senator and now head of the national association of broadcasters gordon smith, on the plan to increase the broadcast spectrum and what it might mean for protesters. wednesday, president obama it delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision of the future of the country and his plan to deal with issues such as unemployment, health care, and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address, wednesday night. our coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen to the address live on your iphone with the c-span radio app. >> a panel of journalists and academics look at the r

carl levin has recently returned from visiting afghanistan and pakistan. he will talk about what he saw and we will have live coverage of his remarks at 2:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. also at 2:00 p.m., the senate gavels in to continue the debate on raising the national debt limit. the vote tomorrow on a combat -- the creation of a commission to recommend ways to cut the deficit. centers are expected to take up the nomination of ben bernanke for another term. his current term ends on sunday. they will consider a bill to provide emergency aid to the u.s. survivors in the earthquake in haiti. >> wednesday, president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision -- his vision to the future of the country and his ideas on unemployment, health care, and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen to the president's address live on what your iphone with d.c.'s own greed -- with the c-span radio app. science professor from the johns hopkins school for advance

i worked with senator levin on defense acquisition reform. i continue to work with democrats on the committees and on a number of policies ranging from indian affairs to national defense. so i'm very proud of my record, but i again say that when you are in a majority and you do not respect the views and input of the minority, you get a predictable reaction, larry. >> larry: thanks, as always, senator. see you down the road. >> thank you, my friend. >> larry: senator john mccain. our political experts. we are building a website by ourselves. announcer: there's an easier way. create your own business site with intuit websites. just choose a style, then customize, publish and get found. sweet. get a 30-day free trial at intuit.com. >> larry: joining us from chicago, arianna huffington, editor in chief of the huffington post. kevin madden, senior advisor to mitt romney's campaign. here in los angeles the actor, author, longtime friend of barack obama. he was active in the campaign. he's one of the stars of "csi: new york." and a former mccain cam

levine books and in print of scholastic. rita williams garcia ford jumped. harper team an imprint of harpercollins publishers. and this is a love note to you, our five authors. we adore your books. we hope during these national book award celebrations enduring this past month that ufl their admiration and our pride in you as representatives of the extraordinary young people's literature being produced today. and that said, the 2009 national book award for young people's literature goes to phillip hoose for claudette colvin bubba's by melanie cooper books and a division of farrar, straus injure row. [applause] [applause] [applause] it is heavy. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> this is unreal. i thank absolutely everyone in the room, the four judges, the national book foundation. i thank my brilliant, brilliant editor, melanie, one of the great editors and the history of children's literature. i thank all my colleagues and for our straus and giroux, simon bowden, lauren walsh and jennifer dor, elizabeth cairnes, so many others. i thank my wonderful wife, sa

susan levine. and former board members. anyone want to take the floor? mark? please introduce yourself. >> mark brown, board member of cdd. >> lord. >> for the non-americans in the room, your message today, madam secretary, your team, this vision will be hugely well- received all over the world. let me ask two quick questions. you spoke about the need sometimes to do things for strategic reasons even if development returns are not as high as they would be somewhere else. that means how much for afghanistan compared with how much for africa. i would be fascinated by your comments on how you will manage that important balance. second, as someone who has admired u.s. aid for years, one of its biggest difficulties is not so much just the things you have referred to but the fact that its political masters have shied away when it comes under attack because of development projects somewhere has gone wrong. development projects do go wrong because it's a risky difficult business. i would urge you to recognize, because i think you did in the speech, you will have to fi

we'll then hear from carol levine, who is with the united hospital fund in new york city. she there directs the families and health care project, which focuses on developing partnerships between health care professionals and family caregivers, especially during transitions in care settings. she directed the citizens commission on aids in new york city previously, and the orphan project. she was senior staff associate director of the hastings center and hastings center report before that and she was awarded the macarthur foundation fellowship for her work in aids research. she edited a book "always on care,," also co-edited a book of -- she has a deep personal experience with being a family caregiver, having cared for her brain-injured husband for a number of years before his death. we will then hear from robin stone, who is the executive director of the institute for the future of aging services. at the american association of homes and services for the aging here in washington, d.c. since she started the institute 10 years ago, she's developed and directed a number of nat

please join me in giving a warm welcome to yuval levin. [applause] >> well, thank you very very much. i can tell you how much that means to me and how much i appreciate it. i thank all of you for being here and many thanks to a e5 for the invitation to speak tonight. it is really a great-- thank you. i've done that many times in the course of the last few years. it is really for me a great and a coupling honor to be asked to deliver a-- and while i certainly know that i don't belong in the week of people that generally deliver them it is thrilling to be in their company and i appreciated very much. agi is the proper place the thing to take up the subject want to talk about tonight, the question of capitalism in this very complicated moment we are living in, and so let's thing together for a while about that question and that moment. four friends of capitalism, the last two years of not been pleasant. first came a cascade of market calamities that seemed almost designed to confirm the most khalid jaden hackneyed criticisms of free enterpris

as carol levine said in her article, the whole is often eclipsed by a separate part. this article is an attempt to paint a picture of that hole, although i realize there are plenty of my own biases in it. we include people receiving long-term care from public programs, from family members, from private paid workers, whether they live in the community or institutions, whether they are elderly or of not elderly, whether they are nearing the end of their lives or perhaps have a stable and live on disability. to do that we analyze data from five national surveys conducted by various federal agencies. for details, see the article which you have that is written -- which was funded by the national institute for research. how many people need long-term care services? that depends on how you define the long term care population. it can arrange all the way up to 11 million people if you include people need help with any kind of routine daily activities. . . it is well known that women dominate, especially in institutions, where two-thirds are women. you may find it surprising t

please join me in giving a warm welcome to yuval levin.applause] >> well, thank you very, very much, leon. i can't tell you how much that means to me and how much i appreciate it. thank all of you for being here, and many thanks to aei for the invitation to speak tonight. it's really a great and, -- there you go. done that many times in the course of the last few years. it's really for me a great and a humbling honor to be asked to deliver a bradley lecture. i've been to many of these over the years. while i certainly know that don't belong in the league of people who generally deliver them, it's thrilling to be in their company and i appreciate it very much. aei is also the appropriate place i think to take up the subject i want to talk about tonight, the question of capitalism in this very complicated moment we're living in. and so, let's think together for a while about that question, and that moment. for friends of capitalism, the last two years have not been pleasant. first came a cascade of market calamities that seemed almost design

in china and germany, you got really good news last night from hunter levins, but i admit in the midst of this tragic news i do have hope, and it is other people who are giving me hope. and it may be because deep inside people know that crisis brings an opportunity. and this isn't necessarily optimism because there is a difference between hope and optimism. optimism is thinking that everything will turn out all right in the end, but hope is a verb with your sleeves rolled up as david orr says who's from overland college. you have something invested in the outcome, and this is exciting, but it does mean we have to work. we can't sit back and expect everything to get better unless we're willing to work towards that end. and there are hundreds and thousands of people all over the world who are working nonstop to save us from ourselves. nonprofits of every size, organizations that are working on the most challenging issues of our day, people that are working on climate change, poverty, deforestation, peace, world hunger and human rights. now, just knowing that is inspiring. and there was a

as carol levine said in her article, the whole is often eclipsed by a separate part. that hole, although i realize there are plenty of my own biases in it. we include people receiving long-term care from public programs, from family members, from private paid workers, whether they live in the community or institutions, whether they are elderly or of not elderly, whether they are nearing the end of their lives or perhaps have a stable and live on disability. to do that we analyze data from five national surveys conducted by various federal agencies. for details, see the article which you have that is written -- which was funded by the national institute for research. how many people need long-term care services? that depends on how you define the long term care population. it can arrange all the way up to 11 million people if you include people need help with any kind of routine daily activities. . . often quite a bit larger than the institutional population, which is between 1.5 million n 1.8 million people. who are these people who need long-term service? it is well

and senator levin has asked that you testify on the issue.he status on conversations in the building on repealing the law? >> senator levin has indicated an interest in having the hearing. but we are discussing the timing of it with the committee. when the hearing is scheduled, but the chairman and i will testify. we are having continuing conversations inside the building about implementing the president's intent. >> we spoke about the distribution network supplies in haiti the last couple of days as supplies continue to mount at the airport and are not getting out to the population. at what point you think that system will be eased so that as supplies flow in, they will flow out to the people the need them most? >> i would say the arrival of these 19 helicopters is critical to beginning that distribution product -- process. we hear conflicting reports, frankly, about how many of their roads are open and can be used, and those that are clogged and you cannot get through at all. i think here in the first few days it will be -- the helicopters

. >> senator levin -- it was senator levin who said yesterday that the president might make mention ofn't ask, don't tell on the state of the union. >> he's literally going to have nothing to say. >> i know you don't want to preview. >> a major cliff -- >> is it at least a point of discussion, don't ask, don't tell? >> yes. >> and in terms of the white house reaching out to senator levin to ask him to delay the hearings on don't ask, don't tell, do you have any knowledge of that? >> i'd have to check on it. >> robert, in your answers to jake and chip, does the president support the idea of entitlement reform? i mean, he does -- he's not proposing it this year but cutting entitlements. i'm not worried about the past or bending the curve or marginal things but i'm talking about really going after entitlements -- i shouldn't have said marginal. but forgetting what he did in the past, did he believe that's substantial entitlement reform -- >> can you just email me? >> i'm trying to get why he's not proposing this year. there must be reasons.gzju >> marginally, i don't think that the presid

senator carl levin, armed services committee chair, talked about his recent trip to those countries. that is live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> up next, it is "q&a" with status from the washington center discussing politics,

god bless you, steve, and people like mark levin. you keep banging -- keep bringing up c-span2 to want you to touch on that did it george soros is a communist. he funnels money through acorn. there is something going on in this country, and you people who do not see what is taking place in new jersey, virginia, and now massachusetts, i feel sorry for you. guest: you mentioned this is an example. i have bought up a couple -- of couple -- you mentioned that c- span example. i have brought that up a couple of times. c-span is not a citizen, it is true c-span does not vote in our elections, it is true. but c-span is a person under the law of the united states and constitutional holding. here is why -- if the fcc and fbi were to blow through these doors right now and turn off all the cameras and a subpoena your files, it would be c-span -- it cannot vote, it is not a citizen, and yet everyone would recognize that that is a fundamental violation of the rights of c-span. why? because at the end of the day, c-span, just like any other associ

and senator levin has asked that you testify on the issue.or levin has indicated an interest in having the hearing. but we are discussing the timing of it with the committee. when the hearing is scheduled, but the chairman and i will testify. we are having continuing conversations inside the building about implementing the president's intent. >> we spoke about the distribution network supplies in haiti the last couple of days as supplies continue to mount at the airport and are not getting out to the population. at what point you think that system will be eased so that as supplies flow in, they will flow out to the people the need them most? >> i would say the arrival of these 19 helicopters is critical to beginning that distribution process. we hear conflicting reports, frankly, about how many of their roads are open and can be used, and those that are clogged and you cannot get through at all. i think here in the first few days it will be -- the helicopters will be central to this. >> we know, absolutely, that is a critical need that we wil

senator carl levin talks about his recent trip to those countries. that is live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> wednesday, president obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision of the future of the country. the state of the union address, wednesday night. our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen to the presidential address on your iphone. >> in the nation's capital at across the country, listen to c- span radio. in washington and on ex-ixm rad. >> and now, west virginia's governor gives the state of the state address. from the state capital in charleston, this is about 45 minutes. crp programs. this is live on c-span. but the same firms have recorded a record profits and are handing out lavish bonuses. some continue to follow reckless compensation practices. this is because we have been irresponsible corporate coacher where american ceos are awarded large bonuses and a generous stock options even when their companies performed poorly. this has been typical in the past 25 years. the total real compens

bob and thank you frances for the honor of addressing this crowd, so many friends, so many people levin will working on these issues for such a long time, on clean energy, on climate. the range of issues on which we agree and to push us and make sure that we are thinking of all the ingalls and considering all the health and tomorrow mental impacts of our work. they are so broad that this time so it is just lovely to have a few minutes to address you here. i would be remiss if i didn't remind everyone of a couple of things. there are a bunch of people watching lisa. one is clearly frances and i am afraid to too, she is not to be trifled with but i also know i have some employees here. isi g mccarthy, extraordinary ahead of our office of air and aviation. [applause] barnhill i am grateful everyday, and i'm sure after a drink she is grateful too to have joined this. [laughter] any other epa folks? i know we have lots. thanks for coming. nice to see you. the second thing i want to talk to you for just a second is clean energy. and to say, listen thanks cora allowing me the opportunity to ta

carl levin led a congressional delegation to afghanistan and pakistan, where heÑi met with te governmentary leaders. he spoke to reporters on monday for about 45 minutes. >> hello, everyone. good afternoon. al franken and myself just recently returned from a visit to afghanistan and pakistan. i thought i would share a few thoughts with you, and give you some reaction. can i move this down? will this create a problem? the mess up anyone? let's see if we can put this down. ok. thank you. there have been some positive signs that i have noticed in afghanistan, particularly since most recent visit, which was in september. the soldiers are comfortable with the counter-insurgency strategy, and that has been the universal reaction to try to protect the people of afghanistan. we have reached the conclusion based on the opinion polling that was released that the afghan people are more optimistic about their future, and the visits confirmed the polls that said that 70% of the people of afghanistan believe they are headed in the right direction. 60% believe that their children will have a better lif

and senator levin has asked that you testify on the issue.s on conversations in the building on repealing the law? >> senator levin has indicated an interest in having the hearing. but we are discussing the timing of it with the committee. when the hearing is scheduled, but the chairman and i will testify. we are having continuing conversations inside the building about implementing the president's intent. >> we spoke about the distribution network supplies in haiti the last couple of days as supplies continue to mount at the airport and are not getting out to the population. at what point you think that system will be eased so that as supplies flow in, they will flow out to the people the need them most? >> i would say the arrival of these 19 helicopters is critical to beginning that distribution process. we hear conflicting reports, frankly, about how many of their roads are open and can be used, and those that are clogged and you cannot get through at all. i think here in the first few days it will be -- the helicopters will be central to

we have heard from carol loving that we have patches in the long term care -- carol levine that we have patches in the long term care system. if they say that it is the people, stupid. the investment in the people will be the key part and what makes it better. thank you very much to our first panel and to the authors for their contribution. [applause] it is my great pleasure to introduce our next speaker. she is a policy director for disability and special populations for the u.s. committee on health and pensions. she has been the lead democratic staff person, the lead person for the class act designed to help adults with severe functional impairment obtain the services and supports that they need to stay functional and independent. she joined ted kennedy's office in 1996. if she was the senior policy analyst in the office of the assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitation services at the u.s. department of education. while working up the department, she was the fellow of the coordination for children with disabilities and served as the liaison for the secretary of educ

senator levin, welcome. >> i welcome to our witnesses. apparently someone at dhs plan ned mr.dditional screening what's the plan was in flight. what triggered that? >> let me explain the process. customs and border protection, when it gets the passenger list, pushes out to the immigration groups known as the aepe, anyone that appears on the terrorist watchlist or on the no fly list. the no fly list is a list given to the carrier, and basically is says do not but the sky onto a plane. the terrorist list is to inform the airport or a foreign government that you should put this person into your secondary screening whatever that happens to be. there is other information that customs has that involves whether that person should be questioned before they are admitted into the united states. admitted into the united states. it is the difference it is the difference between whether they should be allowed of a playing, which is a national different standard -- >> this is an automatic process? >> yes. versus is there other information when they are here that should be explored before th

later, senator carl levin who chairs the senate armed services committee will talk about his recent tripfghanistan and pakistan and that is at 2:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> this week, on the communicators, former senator and now head of the national association of broadcasters, courtney smith on the fcc plan to expand the broadband spectrum and what it might mean for broadcasters. that is tonight on c-span 2. wednesday, president barack obama delivers his first state of the union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future of the country and his plan to deal with issues like unemployment, health care, and the wars in iraq and afghanistan for the state of union address, wednesday night, our coverage starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also listen to the president's address live on your iphone. >> live, this february, book tv welcomes a british historian and former adviser to margaret thatcher, paul johnson his latest book is on winston churchill. join our three-hour conversation live from london with your phone calls for paul johnson, sunday, february 7, a

jareld levin dropped jaws last week by taking the blame for the worst deal of the century.her chief executives, including a handful of wall street's chieftains would knowledge missteps, they have not embraced his plea to accept personal responsibility for decisions that have caused pain. "american culture does not put a premium on apology," according to a professor of management at the wharton school of the university of pennsylvania. "the level of anger in his public in general is extremely high against those who led wall street into the abyss." mike, independent line. apologies, the matter? -- do they matter? caller: yes, they matter. i think that clinton should apologize for being part of the building birds. host: erie, pennsylvania. caller: very few of them are sincere. they just want to make it look good, like they're trying to appease everyone. just like with this $100 billion bonus. 10 years, $1 trillion, there's only so much money in there. when they take $1 trillion out in 10 years, it means less money for businesses to loan and everything. the stockholders, i am s