thank you, madam president. the presiding officer: madam president? -- a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. a senator: how much time remains? the presiding officer: five minutes remains for the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: thank you. there is a good deal we have talked about in the health care reform legislation. it's headed in the wrong direction. the mayor clinic has told us so the democratic governors have told us so. the congressional budget office has told us so and we're hearing from people around the country who fear they may be -- millions of people may lose their employee-based health insurance, may find themselves in a government-run plan, find new tax to pay for medicaid. i'm not here to catalog those problems, but as we go back to our states in august, there's plenty of opportunity to go in a new direction, and i hope when we come back, we'll start over in that direction. as an example, yesterday 12 senators, seven democrats, five republicans, wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" about the bill sponsored by senator

murkowski: madam president? madam president? over here. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. ms. murkowski: thank you, madam president. i -- i stand in opposition to this amendment. the funds contained within this high cost energy program are designed to improve the energy generation, the transmission, the district -- mr. roberts: madam president, we just do not have order. go ahead. ms. murkowski: thank you, madam president. these are designed to do exactly what we're working so hard in this body to do, to improve ou our -- our energy generation, our transmission facilities, our distribution facilities, and we're doing this through a program where the qualifications in order to -- to comply, you have to serve communities in which the average residential home energy costs are 275% of the national average. so there's 14 states across the country that have projects that focus on these very, very high energy areas. we're trying to reduce our energy costs through renewables and -- and through the -- the standard energy mechanisms. b

>> madam chairman, yes. >> thank you, sir. we have understood that the bureaucracy has to clear some of your actions. that is not the case? >> secretary napolitano having served as the governor understands the role and responsibilities we have in supporting governors. there are many moving pieces within homeland security, but within a disaster itself, we are able to move forward and take the actions we need to take. and take the actions we need to take. >> virtually as if he were an independent agency or not? i don't want to put words in your mouth. >> under my reporting relationship with the secretary we are able to perform or function. >> report is one thing permission is another. if we get into permission matters, the super sized disaster we are talking about will be supervised -- super sized repeated. what is the operations coordinations -- [inaudible] these names. [laughter] the average person really lose this comprehension once we get into the oc -- what is the office of coordination, when was it created, by whom and wha

thank you very much, madam chair. >> with thank you. we are very pleased them to welcome our colleague, was of iowa who has a remark and testimony and his own him and, please, receive them at this time. >> well, i went to think chairman norman, ranking member, members of the subcommittee for giving me the opportunity to testify today. i'm not the experts, i am just a congressman from the second district of iowa an area where we have essentially our own katrina in june of 2008 and is really this was wonderful for me and at the outset here to listen to my colleagues. and i really appreciate what you have to say because well in new orleans is that the soda and of the line if you will as far as mississippi river is concerned, and we're way of north there are a lot of things when what i think we have in common in terms of our thoughts about how to do this differently and i do what two say at the outset i think fema did a good job in iowa. and has done a good job but there are a lot of things that obviously can be changed so i'm looking for t

that troubles me, madam chair. farmers pay higher production costs, drivers face more pain at the pump, and workers face greater job loss depending on how the cap and trade legislation allocates its tradeable allowances, we ought to be conferring that over the august recess. i think the american people deserve to know how legislation will affect their energy bills and jobs. we can't leave these allocation provisions blank with place holders if we're going to give americans a fair, honest, and open, transparent view of the legislation. i would wonder how we could even hold legislative hearings on legislation without reviewing its key provision, and i'd usual the chair not to try to force the committee to do so. and i thank you very much, madam chair, for -- >> senator bond, i totally agree with you that when we mark up, we'll know exactly -- >> will we know before the recess? >> yes. before the -- today? no, we won't see that until after. we're not, we're going to have many, many more hearings before we mark up. >>

thank you, madam chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator whitehouse. >> thank you, madam chair. you ever assembled distinguished witnesses. i think i may be the last person between us and them. i don't want to go on, but i do want to emphasize briefly the points that were made. it's important that we reset our economy towards a clean energy future. the consequence of failing to do that are manifold, national security consequences, economic consequences, jobs consequences, quality of life consequences,en environmental consequences that will become very real if we fail to act. the second point that i want to leave us with is i don't believe that our present status quo is some ideal state of nature from which any variation is anomaly, or interference. the status quo right now is riddled with government hand on the levers of our economy. it just happens to put those hands in places that benefit dirty, polluting industries. to move government's hand in a way that supports a better clean energy future is not a disturbance in the state of nature that some of thigh colleagues appear to

sanders: thank you, madam president. i would yield to -- mr.hl: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from missouri. a senator: i request that the quorum be set aside. a senator: i would like to rise for a minute and concur with the comments of my colleague from vermont, senator sanders and i have spent some time on the phone over the last few weeks with independent dairy producers in missouri and it's heartbreaking what is happening. mrs. mccaskill: you know, in this economic downturn, it's hard to look everywhere we need to be looking. one day the car sector is grabbing our attention. another day we're talking about what's going on in -- in terms of utility costs for our constituents. another day we're talking about whether or not people can even afford health care. and i -- there's just so many places that we are trying to look and do what's necessary to get us through the rough patch. unfortunately the independent producer, they

and madame w always in trouble with mr. johnson.t if i was with her, he treated her nice so she always brought me with her. i even got to the point where i could demand the air conditioner got to be on. okay? so he even got me to admit i didn't want to go to igc. and he asked me why, and i sd because. because when you're 9 years old, isn't that the answer to everything. so i said 'caus and he said 'cause what? ensaid well, they are going to make fun of my clothes. he said, well, miss kk, you don't go to school because of your clothes or worry about that. what you're sposed to go -- the reason you're supposed to go is to get an education. when i was in school, people used to make fun of my clothes. now this is a man, i'm 9 years old. i don'tnow anything, still don't, but you could tell these were some threads. okay? and i looked at him, and i said from johnson people made fun of you because of your clothes? he's like yeah. he said what did you do. he said i beat them up. and the guys in the room, because we were never in the room alo

johnson loved kids and madame was always in trouble with mr. johnson.f i was with her, and he treated her nice. so she always brought me with her. and even got to the point* where i demanded air-conditioning. he got me to finally admit i did not want to go to itc and he asked me why? i said because because when you are in nine years old and that the answer to everything? i said because. he said because why? and i said they will make fun of my close. the and i was very serious. he said miss kk you don't go to school because of your clothes. you are supposed to go the reason is to get an education. >> host: i was in school people used to make fun of my close this is a man i am nine years old i don't know anything but you could tell these were some threads and i looked at him and said mr. johnson people made fun of you because of your clothes? he said yes i said why did you do? he said i'd be that much. we were never in a room alone the guys started laughing and they instantly stopped. he said i don't want you to beat them up. i want you to go and show the

>> absolutely, madam chair. and i think one of the challenges i ask is i am not really interested in getting money down to the state that i'm interested in what the project is. if you have a fire station that is destroyed by a disaster, the uninsured elements, which are eligible under the stafford act for replacer, what you're actually doing is you are rebuilding a fire station. the maintenance records which may have been destroyed in the original disaster and the fact that there is no fire station is what's going to drive a project. we're going to replace the fire station. if that is indeed what -- >> what you do about the fact that the state may have some responsibility, mr. fugate? >> madam chair, if that project is eligible the state has their responsibility as a grantee supporting that local government through that grants process. but we should not be adding to that burden on issues that do not get us back to the original project which was, if the station was a government function and is eligible for assist

it's madame tussaud's. museum.>> who is she was into wax. >> normally they'll dip you into wax and -- >> right, vincent price does it. or they're a crazy showgirl or something. we all remember the "get smart" episode where they dipped the person in wax. >> that's right, sure. >> they called, said they wanted to do it, i was, like, yeah, it's about time, let's do it. literally they put all these little dots, like, on your face, all over your body, and they put you on a lazy susan. and they photograph you from every single solitary area you can be photographed so they can actually make this wax dummy that is actually just like really captures your facial muscles. >> are you nude when you do this? >> no. i had clothes on. >> wow, that's weird. >> there's a madame tussaud's in london, a few of them. this is their first one on hollywood boulevard. their whole thing was we're old school hollywood, old oakland. okay, so what other directors do you have? they go, actually, you're our only director. >> really? >> yeah. so i

. >> madam chair, i haven't myself because i've mostly concentrated on the stafford plan. and some of my colleagues have worked in this area and i could refer some of their work together. >> we would be pleased to receive that. this is truly virgin territory. finally, mr. becker, you have spoken about housing in particular, which has been the -- really we have had such concerns, although, i think dr. moss says, you know, there are other areas that are of greater importance if you think about the disaster itself. the fact is that in this country we always focus on the person. and so, you know, they've got -- if they have 10 people in trailers, those are the people the press will focus on and, in fact, the average american is focusing on, even if your computer stuff is out. they want to know what you're doing as family or this disabled person or this person who cannot find housing or is still in a trailer and the rest of it. the administration after entreaty, entreaty in this plan did offer a plan and this plan of the last business day of the last administration. do you beli

. >> it's not the hollywood wax museum, it's madame tussaud's wax museum. >> who was madam tue tussaud i think she was into wax. >> i thought people wait until somebody dies and then dips them into wax. >> we all remember the get smart episode where they were taking the person fine the wax museum. >> that's right. >> the thing is when they called and said they wanted to do it, i said, yeah, about time. let's get to it. and they literally they put all the little dots like on your face and then all over your body. they put you on a lazy susan and photograph you from every solitary area you can be photographed so they can make this -- this wax dummy that is like really capturing your facial muscles. >> are you nude when they do that? >> no no no no. i had clothes on. not that suit, but i had clothes on. >> wow. >> there was a madame tussaud's in london and a few of them. this is their first one on hollywood boulevard so the whole thing is we're old school hollywood. old hollywood. okay, what other directors do you have? and they go, well, actually, you're our only director. >> really? >>

>> the key madame chair. -- thank you madam chair.n this committee for three years and i have noticed that every time we have a new person coming in, we would ask him these questions than they would say that they are looking into that and working on at and then five months later, sometimes there was a new person that would say they've just got on the job and it would look into that. in four or five months, i hope you can show was progress. what are a couple of things -- you walk in the door and you start peeling stuffed back and you were really shocked. i would like to ask mr. share the same thing. -- i would like to ask mr. sheare the same thing. i am looking back to make sure i am now giving the correct answer. many of the problems that have been built up over the years are not going to be solved in a matter of days or weeks. but they will indeed be solved. we have a risk-based approach to addressing these issues. we attack every recommendation and we either agree with them and execute them or we have further discussion on how we sh

madam secretary, our position should not be to move forward to get to where we were. our goal must rather be this time around to move forward to where we should of been in the late 1990's, as envisioned, and even beyond. the shape of a future palestinian state for comprehensive peace are quite clear. the adoption of all the arab countries in the muslim world of the arab peace initiative and every arab summit thereafter emanated from collective arab recognition. now and in 2009, many would say it is time for them to reciprocate. in the middle east, there has been, in the past, and overinvest in the past and pursuing conflict -- confidence- building measures. there's been an overemphasis on gestures, as his majesty the king puts it, madam secretary, there has been too much process and too little piece. what is required now and needed more than ever is to achieve peace. what we need is confidence- building measures, confidence or rebuilding measures, i should say. these and create a conducive environment. we need to focus on ensuring stopping the actions more than just t

thank you for joining with us, madame secretary. i would like to begin with something that the president said at a town hall out in colorado yesterday. among the most contentious points of the debate is the so-called government or public option, to compete with private insurance companies. but if you listen to the president yesterday, he seemed to think, maybe it's not so important. >> the public option, whether we have it or we don't have, is not the entirety of health care reform. this is just one sliver of it. one aspect of it. and by the way, it's both the right and the left that have become so fixated on this they forget everything else. now, some, madam secretary, take that as a simple statement of fact. you don't have the votes right now in the senate for the public option. but some right now have said that is critical. they will not support health care without a public option. they take that as a message from the president that the votes aren't there, it's time to come up with a plan "b". >> i think, john, the president is a

thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, madam chair. with respect to the observation that the ranking member just made that the technology is not here, it strikes me that, in light of our existing incentives, that this sort of a self-fulfilling set -- self- fulfilling proposition. they tell technology is not here for some of these other technologies because we have not met the market in the incentives for their development. so the technology is in spain and in denmark and emerging in china and is all around the world. but i find it unsatisfactory, as an ultimate answer, that we would observe that the technology is not here. that is the problem we're trying to solve with this piece of legislation. i see both heads nodding and i appreciate it. i confess that i have been a bit of a skeptic on the carbon capture and sequestration. your testimony says that it is ready to roll. could you elaborate a little bit on that? make me a little bit more comfortable about the prospects for carbon capture and storage. >> absolutely, senator. the idea th

udall: thank you, madam president.ise today to talk about judge sotomayor's experience and i want to also talk about sympathy. in the period since president obama nominated judge sotomayor, some of her opponents have done their best to give empathy a bad name. i think that is a shame. i think it would be sad for us to confirm sonia sotomayor but allow her empathy to be discredited as a human emotion and a judicial asset. during his confirmation hearings, clarence thomas said, quote, "what i bring to this court, i believe, is an understanding and the ability to stand in the shoes of other people across a broad spectrum of this country." justice thomas's description of empathy captures one thing sotomayor would bring to this court: a diversity of experience and the ability to stand in the shoes of other people. during her opening statement before the judiciary committee, judge sotomayor talked about her experience as a prosecutor in new york for the legendary district attorney bob morganthau. in that job, she said -- quo

with that, madam chair, i yield back. >> senator klobuchar for 5 minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. it looks like we have a little stability here. and look forward to asking questions of you. we know that we are not out of this. this will not turn around overnight. the fact is, being in minnesota, there have been signs i have seen -- we have a 20% increase in home sales in our state. i met with the realtors in minnesota and they attribute a lot of that to the $8,000 first time buyer tax credit. when i was going to get coffee, this guy was standing next to me in line and told me that he is overwhelmed by work. he says, i move people. i have moved people out of apartments when they bought their first time home. we have seen in my state some of the effects of it. the cash for clunkers program -- our state of minnesota was fourth in the country of the number of people who used to that program over that weekend. it was over california and michigan. i think you can see people are starting to believe that the economy is reflecting the numbers we have seen. that is not enough. we're still n

. >> thank you, madam chair. it does seem we have a little stability going here. and i'm looking forward to asking questions of all of you to see what this means, as i heard representative cummings so well say that in fact we know we are not out of this and this isn't going to turn around overnight, that we still have incredible challenges for the people of this country. but the fact is, i will say, being in minnesota for the last off and on for the last few weeks, there are some signs i've seen. we have a 20% increase in home sales from our states from june of last year to june of this year. i met with realtors in minnesota and they attribute a lot of that to the $8,000 first-time home buyers tax credit. nearly half of these home sales were first-time home buyers. then there is the anecdote. i was going to get coffee and this guy was standing by me in line and he said he was overwhelmed by work. i said, what do you do? he said he moves people who are moving into their first home. so i think we're seeing some res

thank you, madam chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator whitehouse. >> thank you, madam chair.you ever assembled distinguished witnesses. i think i may be the last person between us and them. i don't want to go on, but i do want to emphasize briefly the points that were made. it's important that we reset our economy towards a clean energy future. the consequence of failing to do that are manifold, national security consequences, economic consequences, jobs consequences, quality of life consequences,en environmental consequences that will become very real if we fail to act. the second point that i want to leave us with is i don't believe that our present status quo is some ideal state of nature from which any variation is anomaly, or interference. the status quo right now is riddled with government hand on the levers of our economy. it just happens to put those hands in places that benefit dirty, polluting industries. to move government's hand in a way that supports a better clean energy future is not a disturbance in the state of nature that some of thigh colleagues appear to p

let's have some history, madam president. hundreds of thousands of americans lost their les fighting a civil war that ended the enslavement of millions of americans. after the war, we transformed our founding charter, the constitution, into one that embraced equal rights and human dignity through the reconstruction amendments. by not only abolishing slavery but also by guaranteeing the equal protection of the law for all americans. and prohibiting the infringement of the right to vote on the basis of race. but these reconstruction amendments are not self-implemented. both the 14th and 15th amendments of the constitution contain sections giving congress the power to were foars amendments. congress acts to secure america's voting rights when it passes statues like the voting rights act. congress acts to ensure the basis for our democratic system of government when we provide for implementation of this. contrasted with the resistance that met initial enactment of voting rights act of 1965, something that brought about enormous d

>> thank you, madam chair. i want to thank you for holding this important hearing, and obviously for the witnesses as always for their contributions and their expert testimony. it's good to see you, sir. i also want to welcome, madam chairwoman, administrator fugate in his first hearing before this committee in his new position. now, he's been doing this kind of thing before at a different level, and it's going to -- i'm actually very excited that now he's doing it here at the federal level. after hurricane katrina that congress made it clear we need a fema administrator who knows what he's doing and has the authority to get the job done, and the president, i think, found the best person in the country. a person who knows what he's doing, who has, i guess, unfortunately a lot of experience dealing with large and small emergencies. and, again, i have tremendous confidence in administrator fugate, and i'm really looking forward to continuing to work with him. hopefully, he will not be too busy. that's something t

president and madam first lady." and i kept practicing it.as like practicing over and over again. and so i go and i meet them and they said "jimmy --" and they both start laughing at me because i'm wearing a suit and i'm sweating. and he goes, "are you hot?" and she's like, "you look hot. loosen your tie or something." and he goes -- and they both start laughing for like five seconds. he goes, "didn't you get the memo? it's a barbecue." [ laughter ] and i didn't even get my words out yet. i'm like -- "mr. president." he's like, "just take your jacket off or something." he was like, "roll your sleeves up." i don't know -- and then some guy is dragging me, pulling my arm dragging me out. he's was like, "time is up, mr. fallon." i was like -- "mr. president -- madam first lady!" he goes, "congratulations on your show." and then i was escorted out. and i was like, "i can't believe i got made fun of for 30 seconds. [ laughter ] by the president of the united states of america." it was -- >> steve: and then did you go to high school in your underwe

. >> madame secretary, given what you have learned on the job over the past six months, both about the nature and magnitude of the threat and whatever abuses may have occurred in the previous administration, do you think that the laws governing domestic surveillance need to be changed in any way? >> i think that to the extent the -- that domestic surveillance is being carried out, that is much an implication of operations as of legal authority. in fact it is more de facto than de jure if i can use those phrases and we have to be careful. and let me make an important point here. i'm glad you asked that question. because as i discussed a culture of awareness, individual preparedness, the ability to identify suspicious activities and the like, there is a careful balance to be struck between that and the feeling like we are trying to create a culture of everybody spying on one another. and that is a balance to be struck, and it is an important one that we all discuss collectively. we don't want that, but what we do want is something that helps provide for our collective safety. and that is

her name is madam kristin davis. she says he was awful to deal with.id he would call relentlessly, especially when she alleges he's on cocaine. he said sometimes when the girls would show up, he would take their cell phones. she said a lot of the girls would come back from appointments with him and be in tears. he promised these women they'd have movie roles, nothing would come of that. she said she eventually banned him from calling her service. she put of warnings on craigslist, encouraged these women not to date him. the flip side is his attorney is saying he had a severe stroke in april and as a result of that doesn't have a clear memory of exactly what happened between these women. but it's a bad -- >> it's a strange story because that's such a sweet song. it won an oscar, i believe. he sort of used that as bait allegedly to get some of these women. >> it's hard to think of these poor women thinking their career might have been helped by interaction -- >> i know what they'll be talking about on the "view" today. big news. less beth hasselbeck had

. >> thank you very much, madam chair. we continue to emerge from the worst recession since the great depression, it is sobering when the loss of 247,000 jobs qualifies as good news. treasury secretary geithner and former federal reserve chairman alan greenspan did suggest on sunday that the united states economy may have turned a corner. both men point to forecasts that portend possible economic growth in the second half of 2009. further, the "new york times" yesterday reported comments by economist christina rohmer and alan sinai, adding two percentage points to the economic activity. however, as we know, unemployment is a lagging indicator and as white house adviser dr. larry summers, noted, it will be some time before economic growth produces consistent job growth. so i'll resist any impulse to put on rose-colored glasses. one of the reasons why i wanted to be here this morning is because i've consistently heard that, before this administration did the things that it did, people were constantly saying that it would do

. >> madam secretary, thank you very much for taking time out of this very hectic schedule to spend it with us. >> thank you, fareed. thank you for coming to nairobi for this opportunity. >> it's my pleasure. north kwor korea. tell us a little more about it. president clinton comes back. he spends three hours talking to the leader of korea. what is his impression? >> we're going to get a full briefing, which we really haven't had a chance to get. >> have you spoken to him on the phone? >> i have spoken to him, but i have a habit of not talking about what i talk to my husband about, but i think we'll hear more about it in the next days and weeks, to share his impressions along with other members of his delegation. obviously, what we're hoping is that maybe without it being part of the mission in any way, the fact that this was done will perhaps lead the north koreans to recognize that they can have a positive relationship with us. remember when i first went to japan and south korea and china right out of the box as secretary of state, i said, look, we have to get back to the full talk o

madam secretary, the state department has said in different locations and venezuela has not done enoughgs in the region. some experts believe that is the reason why president hugo chavez has criticized so much strongly the agreement that your countries are going to sign sooner, so i wonder if you agree with that opinion, and why are the governments of like the brazilian government, for example, also have some concerns about the agreement? >> well, i do not want to speak for any other government. they can certainly express their views, but i do want each person who speaks out about this agreement to understand what it is and to recognize what is not. it is certainly a bilateral agreement with very clear recognition of territorial integrity and sovereignty and all of the other key principles that the foreign minister mentioned. so i hope that as more is learned, there is not just an awareness of the relationship that the united states and colombia have had for many, many years, and our continuing cooperation on what we view as not just a threat to the two of us but a threat to the whole r

thank you, madam secretary. [applause] >> i want to introduce you. mr. greenly has joined us as well -- ms. greely has joined us as well. as we look for senior wellness, we are looking at all aspects of senior life. look forward to hearing from you as well. >> thank you to all of you for being here. our role in this universe is to visit a wonderful programs like this and promote their good work. if you want to know what we do at the administration on aging, you just need to visit here. it is wonderful to be here with council member bowser to work with the mayor and dr. brown. it takes all of us working to gather. the mission of the administration on aging from the beginning has been to provide support for seniors, to help the senior aging community. we want to focus on health. everyone to focus on independence. that is what you do here. if you look at any of the program to have, the focus is on nutrition, the health and exercise programs. i spent a lot of time talking to dr. brown could is becoming increasingly more important that we showed good outcomes

so madame president, words have meaning. the constitution and the laws have meaning. people come to assert their rights under the constitution and laws. these against didn't have their rights properly listened to or protected in my opinion. is it because she would have preferred a different results from the exam for firefighters? is it because she didn't believe in the rights protected by the second amendment as set forth in the constitution? is it because she favors redevelopment? we will have to wonder because the cases were certainly not decided days on the plain language of the constitution and did not openly and throughly in any of these cases she did not openly and throw the in any of these cases engage in a serious discussion of the issues raised. each was just a page or two or three. one of the important rules of the judge's words, meaning of words is obviously where the power of the constitution amol is found when a judge feels empowered to redefine the meaning of words and our constitution they feel empowered to amend our constitution and if they don't like

madam secretary, thank you to the wireless bureau. madam secretary if you could announce the next item. >> there will be a presentation of notice of inquiry and disclosure. >> thank you. kathy the floor is yours. >> today the consumer and governmental affairs bureau represents to you and notice of inquiry on consumer information and disclosure in an effort to ensure that american consumers have access to information they need with their communication services. i want to thank the staff as well as all the purists who have collaborated with us on this item. with me at this table today are air gunman then -- erica menyang. thank you. >> good morning. and this item examines how customers choose providers, manage the use of communications services and decide when to search providers. active and understandable information plays a central role in maintaining a well functioning market place that encourages competition, low prices and high-quality services. the commission first adopted truth and billing rules in 1999. the focus at that time wa

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. >> madam secretary, thank you for taking time out of this very hectic schedule to spend with us. >> thank you fareed. thank you for coming to nairobi for this opportunity. >> it is my pleasure. north korea, tell us a little bit more about it. so president clinton comes back, he spends three hours talking to the leader of north korea, kim jong-il what was his impression? >> we're going to get a full debriefing which we really haven't had a chance to get. >> you haven't had the chance to speak to him? >> i did. i spoke to him on the phone, but i have this policy that i never talk about what i talk to my husband about, fareed. obviously what we're hoping is that maybe without it being part of the mission in any way, the fact that this was done will perhaps lead the north koreans to recognize that they can have a positive relationship with us. i mean, remember, when i first came up to japan and south korea and china, right out of the box, secretary of state, i said, look, we have to get back to the full and verifiable denuclearization of the peninsula. we want to take steps to move towa

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thank you, madame secretary, for this meeting today, for your kind words, i look forward to continuingto work on our broad agenda. >> what have you learned since your return from north korea about the state of that regime, of kim jong il, the possibility of these private issues and open the door to renewed negotiations? >> the briefing that my husband and those who traveled with him has provided to us is extremely helpful because it gives us a window into what is going on in north korea. but our policy remains the same. our policy is consistent. we continue to offer to the north koreans the opportunity to have a dialogue within the six party talk framework with the united states, that we think could offer many benefits to the people of north korea. but the choice is up to the north koreans. they know that we are committed to the goal of full and verifiable denuclearization of the korean peninsula. so we are exploring with our six party partners as well as other international partners, what additional steps could be taken to begin the framework discussions once more. but it is going to

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madame tussaud put together a wax birthday party and visitors gathered to wish the president a happy 48th. while they were doing that, president obama was not just receiving but also giving birthday regrettings in the white house in the room the president came out and paid respects to miss thompson. he sg happy birthday and presented thomas with a plate of cupcakes and a kiss. thomas reportedly wish for world peace before blowing out the candles on that. >> i don't see where he remembered steve rudin's birthday. >> i know. a lot of folks celebrating birthdays. a good year ahead. hopefully. if you like it hot you're going to love what's coming up for the weekend. it's only tuesday but -- >> any day of the week is a good day to look to the weekend. >> it's dry and comfortable this inc. for the most part dew point levels in the upper 60's. let's makrethe stops on our weatherbug network. first t.c. williams high school degrees dew point level 63. heading over to children's hospital, 80 degrees at this hour and 77 in germantown. official high at reagan national, no rain to speak of but ma

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no madam, i don't have esp. ok. i'll take a box, but you probably already knew that. (announcer) fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. >> booster ignition and lift off of discovery. >> always amazing. with that, the space shuttle discovery and its crew of seven lifted off from the kennedy space center a little before midnight after three delays. thunderstorms threatened to delay the launch a fourth time, but it cleared in time. it is loaded with 17,000 pound of supplies for the space station. the mission is scheduled to last 13 days. four years ago hurricane katrina devastated the gulf of mexico, leaving destruction of catastrophic pro possessions. today people in new orleans marked the anniversary with music, dedications and memreases. mayor ray nagin injoined the celebration. he unveiled this memorial plaque to all who died after katrina reached the crescent city on august 29, 2005. since the storm people are still working, determined to turn their houses back into homes four years later. >> i was born and raised in new orleans. this is where my parent, grandparen

no madam, i don't have esp. ok. i'll take a box, but you probably already knew that. (announcer) fiber one. cardboard no. delicious yes. >> i>> the orioles wrap up their road trip and got a pretty good victory then came home to face the cleveland indians. action looks really good for much of the game. there's a smile. kevin moore is digging this. that is just deep enough. the bottom of the second. the game tied at one. the bottom of the seventh, go ahead and seventh,4-2. smashes that went out to left. anywhere over the fence is just fine. the orioles are leading. jim johnson gets the first two out. no worries until base hit. reading of some cards at camden yards. the last effort from nick. it happens. the indians get the victory by a final of 5-4. michael vick is back in uniform and on the field for a game, since december, 2006. eagles fans or up in arms about it. but they are happy now. the gained two yards. it goes back in and runs to the left. he gained 1 yards. not spectacular, but it does not look like he is missing anything. he still has that great arm. 13 yards

thank you so much, madame secretary, for joining us.can be done, what is being done to protect against the infection? >> well, a lot of things. and it begins with individuals, the simple things, the washing of the hands, the coughing in your sleeve, staying home if you're sick, keeping your child home if your child is sick. we're working a lot with businesses and with other government agencies at all deferent levels in terms of their preparations, preparing for absenteeism. because in all likelihood, we're going to see a lot of flu before the vaccine becomes available. >> and we have the normal seasonal flu as well, to contend with. how do people know what they're facing when they have a child who gets sick or a spouse or a partner. how do you know what to identify? >> well, the actual diagnosis, obviously, is made by the medical professionals. but in general, school kids are going to be getting the h1n1 flu. older people will be getting seasonal flu. that's a rough approximation. so we're encouraging everyone to get there as soon as th

madam secretary. the african heat might be getting to hillary clinton. she blew a gasket when she was asked about bill clinton down in the congo. i'll show you what really got her really riled up and i'll tell you what i thought of that tantrum. >>> general motors is on a roll. the chevy vault is now on track to get 230 miles to the gallon. gm's vice chairman joins me at the bottom of the hour to preview their electrifying future. >>> and of course "psycho talk" coming up tonight. get your cell phones out, we've got another text survey for you coming up. great panel, all of that is coming up on the ed show for you tonig tonight. >>> first, tonight's "op ed." goofy, yes. spooky, yes. and a guy shows up with a gun at a presidential town hall. if that's not dangerous, i don't know what is. now, to do all of this justice i have to show you this first tonight. take a look at what happened inside the town hall meetings of senator arlen specter and senator clair mccaskill today. here it is. >> you and your cronies in the government do this kind of stuff all the