malcolm up and in. >> marques: collins to aldrich, nice defensive play on the wing by malcolm lee. >> -- no. a foul against henry. >> marques: ucla has to do more defensively. nikola dragovic, looking at that last defensive play, nice job on the wings. active hands. did a nice job barreling down the floor. cutting off the defender. finishing at the rim. >> steve: ucla has outscored 16-7 over the last six minutes. that concludes their final moment of that first half. and a turnover. that's number 12 by the bruins. >> marques: wide open, steve, on the handoff play that just happened but because he's missed some shots out here he felt he should have made his confidence is down. you got to keep, you have to shoot yourself out of your difficulty if you're michael. you can't pass up open shots. >> steve: defend by ucla malcolm lee. scores. >> marques: the nuances of basketball by sherron collins. you maybe wouldn't notice it but dea great job, kind of looking off to the center, getting the pass to the corner. just enough for the easy layup. >> steve: almost a steal but the ball was knocked

jarvis. >> steve: lee picks it off and malcolm, a nice drive to the hoop, and that was strong by malcolm lee. >> marcus: going to the hole. i don't know if it will ever happen, but i'd like to see him being able to try and use that kind of ability from maybe a force with space to operate and off the dribble going to the basket jarvis. >> steve: the bruins have a lot of players that need to get in that weight room? >> marcus: yeah, tyler honeycutt, malcolm lee could use some more strength and right here coming at you, a nice little stutter going left and getting the defense to bite and explosion going to his right and his athleticism really amps up two or three notches, malcolm lee. flat-footed, you don't see it. jarvis. >> steve: this tame ravern johnson simply lost the basketball through his hands and fired it over his team bench so ucla can close down. they have been as close as 16 in the second half after being down by 21 at halftime and 40-19. >> marcus: would have been a bit surprise federal that one went in. it would have been tough. everything he threw up in that first half found

we will look at malcolm grant in a minute.r offense, you do it with the referees an starts to show on itself. right hook won't go and goes the other way. a foul. that will be on collins, his first personalment malcolm grant comes in wearing number 3, transfer from villanova. checking in audrdrian thomas, number 30. working on grant. shooting the three. jackson in the corner. jones on him. in that zone. reggie johnson, the big guy from south carolina with the basketball. >> mike: so far, made a nice presence on the floor an defensive presence. checking in for boston college, evan raf vvenel, number 24. they like this guy, big three-point shooter. off the binge against minnesoen in the last game. johnson, his first two. >> mike: had a terrific game, 6 of 9 shooting. you know he comes in, shooting a very high percentage, 70% lxx% the year. we saw him last year, he was a rather large man. lost about 40 pounds this last season. paris makes the shot. southern has it stripped. >> mike: how many times do you see that as a freshman goi

she's malcolm's daughter. she has malcolm in the house to understand that we grew up proud. without that thing of your era. you remember there was a time to be backed black or african was an insult. we didn't have that. >> i grew up the guidance and wisdom of frederick douglas, of w.e.w. duboise. i grew up in a society that black was beautiful. black was excellence. the people who didn't think that was stupid. james brown had to say black was beautiful. nobody would do a song like that. obvious of course we have pride in the way we look. >> i think it's changing. i think it's -- you know, i don't think that we really have a lot of pride in being black. and i mean we even understand our history and the richness of it. and i think this is really the importance of this book and the importance of history. so that we can be proud of who we are. but we're not continuously brainwashed. dr. roscoe brown and i were just talking about. in our household, we were either a victim or you were an activist. there were no victims in my. my mother always said just as one must drink water, one

she's malcolm's daughter, but she had malcolm in the house to understand and study. we grew up proud without that thing of, like, in your area you remember there was a time to be called african or to be called black was an insult, and we didn't have that. >> however i grew up under the guidance and wiz tom of -- wisdom of frederick douglass, of w.e.b. duboise, so i grew up in a society where black was beautiful, black was excellence, and the people who didn't think that were stupid. >> that's right. but in the '60s james brown had to do a psa saying black is beautiful. nobody would do a song like that now because the idea is obvious. of course we have pride in ourselves and the way we look -- >> but do we really? you know, i think it's changing. i think it's, you know, i don't think that we really have a lot of pride in being black. i don't know that we even understand our history, the richness of it. and i think this is really the importance of this book and the importance of history is so that we can be proud of who we are, that we're not continuously brainwashed.

malcolm has written for "the new yorker"magazine since 1986. >> malcolm gladwell, what does that mean now that the now to be gladwellian? >> that was invented by one of the publicists at my company. this is an example of corporate self-promotion, publisher. >> if you and look get "the new york times" best seller list, you have four of your books. you are number 8 on the hardback list. your number 8 on the paperback with "tipping point, "which came out in 2000. >> that was a book about using the idea of the epidemic to explain how idea is expressed through a population. it took all language and metaphor of epidemiology and delighted to behavior and things with the enclosed where, a primer on how to change happened. >> cuyahoga domain copies you sold? >> i don't know. >> the pay attention to the numbers? >> not really, i'm a people but once i have written something i never go back and re-read it. it is important to look forward. if you look back and dwell on what you have done, you fall into bad habits and repeat yourself and get trapped a little bit. >> you don't go back and ever re-re

against malcolm grant. it's on thomas, his second. >> mike: if you're caught in a double-team as a gaurksd always attack the bigger player off the dribble and that's what he did with thomas. >> ron: jackson, 14 points for the ballgame. we're going to have a break after the whistle and foul. inside of eight minutes to play in boston. and the eagles leading it by 11. what would you do for a klondike bar? ahhhh! what would you do now that is has... a thicker, more chocolatey shell? ahhhhh! ♪ what would you do-oo-oo for a klondike bar? ♪ >>> miami has not taken of boston college going over four minutes without a point because boston college still leads. we were talking about paris and grant scott. updating their numbers. >> mike: a tough night offensively for them. corey raji doing what he does, 17 points, biko paris leading the way, not a big time scorer, but seven assists and really controlling the offense. >> ron: at the line will be trapani, four points in the ballgame, struggled with his outside shot, 1 of

defending the point guard malcolm lee this season. jarvis. >> steve: well, this is a different ucla game that we've seen in the past. ben howland has had great success, but he's lost so many players recently leaving for the nba and this team is lacking a little talent and also experience. john wooden said i'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and little talent but this team is suffering in both areas. down low. varnado, and they are killing the bruins right now. up 21. >> marcus: no excuse for the lack of principles on weak side defense jarvis. >> steve: no basket as we head to the locker room. all mississippi state early as the team that's picked to win the s.e.c. west this year dominating the pac-10 bruins by 21. let's go to michael eaves. >> michael: thanks a lot. very impressive performance by your team in the first half. >> keep that up for 20 more minutes. 20 minutes and we know we're on a roll against a very good basketball team so we've got to keep defending. i know we're scoring but

malcolm gladwell, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call877 =call the telephone number. the programs are also available c-span podcasts. >> > prime minister gordon brown of the british house of commons next on c-span. and then a journalist who covered the iranian elections talks about being jailed in tehran. after that, another chance to seek "q&a" would offer malcolm gladwell with -- with milmalcolm gladwell. tomorrow on "washington journal ," the former chair of the president's council on climate quality previews copenhagen, and a director of the nasa goddard study for space studies talks about a new book on climate change. "washington journal" live every day at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> this week the senate continues debate on the health care bill. see it all live on our companion network, c-span2, the only network with the whole debate on edited and commercial-free. to read the bills and

. >> steve: malcolm lee. >> marques: malcolm lee, another guy that just hasn't been a presence in this game. especially with the talent and the offensive skills that he possesses. you've got to play the entire game. >> steve: he has moved also from the two to a one, anderson on the sideline. that was out of bounds to ucla with the bruins trailing by 11. 6:1209 play. the bruins very young. i mean, ben howland has three seniors, one walk-on junior, three sophomores, and five freshmen. the least experienced team he's ever had. he teaches defense. fans, have you to be patient because it is a tough defense to execute perfectly. freshmen and sophomores usually aren't that successful. i still think come conference time this league is down a little bit, it's wide open. >> marques: yeah. you look at the pac-10, big 12 challenge, pac-10 down 6-2 so far and a bad loss to oregon getting blown by missouri. you're right. down a bit. my point is it's up for grabs. whoever comes out and scraps and wants it the most has the opportunity to finish in the division. >> steve: aldrich -- a guy like reeves n

malcolm gladwell, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and- a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> up next, prime minister gordon brown at the british house of commons. after that, house republicans discuss the group known as acorn. and in portions of the senate for debate on health care legislation. >> this week the senate continues debate on health care bill. see it all live on our companion network, c-span2, the only network with the whole debate and edited and commercial-free. read the senate bill and a house version and to watch video on demand, though it is c-span's health care of. >> the fact is that is his policies that have to give us the longest and deepest recession. only this prime minister thinks that we should all be pathetically grateful for this long

. >> four of malcolm's book sit on the "new york times" best sellers list, including the latest, "what the dog saw." he's our guest on c-span's q and a. >> topics at the state department briefing include nato's role in afghanistan, and the start nuclear disarmorment treaty between the u.s. and russia. spokesman kelly speaks with reporters for about a half an hour. >> okay. good morning. the secretary had, obviously, a very busy day today in brussels. she had meetings with the nato secretary general, and she participated in several meetings of north atlantic council. nato foreign ministers with isef contributing natos. there was a meeting of the nato russian council as well. it was a very productive day. they endorsed the president's strategy and approach toward afghanistan. 25 countries pledge to do more in terms of troops, trainers, and trust fund contributions. nato and their isaf partners pledged 7,000 more troops. we expect that there will be several thousand more likely in the near future. isaf countries also began a discussion on improving civilian coordination with an eye to agr

. >> four of malcolm gladwell's books with his latest as our guest tonight on "q & a." >> joining us on "newsmakers" is jack reed and senator let me begin with what you think the afghan military will look like in 2011? >> it will be larger and primarily focused on infantry units, the units from battalion and not have the logistic and supporting arms, those will be growing more gradually. it will be as it already is, battle tested. and deployed more extensively and a position in several providences to be a lead element. and as a result it will be significant achievement and allow us to begin the transition that the president spoke about. >> will the military be ready? >> i think the army will be ready, ready for a role of holding military and cooperating with local afghans and building political governance. and i believe they will be ready to assume more challenging tasks. they won't be ready for a lab-staff with their own helicopter lift and with logistical and there are few in the world that have that. but they will be improved. there is an issue with the police, i don't believe the

. >> malcolm bruce. >> when the prime minister goes to copenhagen next week will he not recognize that securing a commitment to the 100 billion fund that he's looking for in 2020 will be essential to securing a deal from the developing countries? but at the same time will he reflect that given the floods that we have in this country and in my constituency and elsewhere we need a partnership between government and the insurance industry to ensure we have the means to cope with climate change because local authorities won't be able to do it alone. >> i'm grateful he's chairman of the government select committee and i'm grateful what he says about the conference change conference and the need to help the poorest countries. i believe there should be no doubt about the scientific evidence before us that shows the need to act on climate change. and i thought we had moved beyond that argument to looking at what we need to do. at home we will continue to invest in a low carbon economy. and i believe he will see next week in the prebudget report action to move forward in that investment so that

after that, with malcolm glad well and after that, another chance to see gordon brown. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke speaks to the economic club of washington and takes questions. live coverage tomorrow on c-span 3. and now, a freelance journalist talks about his detainment in an iranian prison following his report of the disputed iranian election and subsequent protests. this forum is hosted by the woodrow wilson foundation in washington and lasts about 20 minutes. >> i would like to welcome you to the meeting. i would also like to welcome those of you viewing us on c- span. today's session will focus on the ron's -- iran's elections in the tumultuous aftermath. i want to offer a word of welcome to the woodrow center. the mission of the woodrow wilson center is to provide a bridge between the world of learning and public policy threw its sponsored research at 800 meetings a year that we host. today we are particularly pleased to be partnering with the pulitzer center on crisis reporting, a relatively new organization that has already made quite a mark on the fi

tonight, malcolm live well, best-selling author and writer for "-- now come

they got the big play to malcolm floyd able to get out of bounds then kaeding absolutely looking fearless with that one. not an ounce of tension in the leg that time. >> phil: good way to explain it. no tension in that kick. what a job by the chargers. call the time out before the bengals kick their fieldgoal to give themselves a chance. a couple good plays. bengals gamble with the blitz. the chargers ready for it. >> jim: trying to extend that remarkable december win streak to 17. and in-season streak to nine in a row. i tell you, it's been a fun game to watch. who knows, maybe they will meet again. mruczkowski is being carted inside. the opposite end, reacting. now just three seconds remaining. cosby will try to keep it in play. kaeding over on that side of the field there's a flag down, ball is out. fanene lobs it over, finally the officials say, enough with the nonsense. game is over. kaeding wins it from 52 yards. the chargers have a huge track right now, it's not clinched but a huge way on their way to the number two seed. 27-24 final. coming up next, "60 minutes" followed by "survi

to this book and i think that malcolm is, there is some commonality in the way that we approach things on a number of levels. in my mind, what happens is when you have periods of radical change would often happens is that you think of the metaphor in these different scales and everything from accidents of biography, i need genius all the way down to carboniferous blair of coal deposits sitting and your society. my hunch is and i've only applied this approach and a couple of case studies but my hunch is when we have periods of brick fresen this is certainly true in the case of cholera in 1854, in a sense all of those layers are stacking up in the lining in some way so you do have the great genius. you have priestly, you have john snowe can you do have the right moment in technological history when priestly needed the tools who is using. if we hadn't had an air pump, if an air pump hadn't been invented 100 years ago he would have been able to do what he was doing. giffi had had carboniferous later fueling unfunded its innovations you would have had a hard time doing what he was doing so

god bless you. >> ♪ next, author malcolm glad well.our calls and comments on "washinton journal." [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> on december 7, 1941, a surprise japanese attack on pearl harbor left 2390 americans did. the national park service has been collecting survivors' stories about the dead. here is one of them. >> we came into the port on friday afternoon on december 5. we waited in mid channel for the lexington, which at the time was the world's largest aircraft carrier. as soon as it got underway, we took her fast. monday the ship was scheduled to come back to the states and i would have gotten out and i have saved $400 and i was going to go medical school the day before this event. i did not go anywhere, i did not go ashore. honolulu in those days, waikiki was not the favorite sports because there were no women -- not a favorite port. somebody said, what are all those airplanes in their? what are they doing out on a sunday morning? i could he

this year, the number of weeks on the list of "the new york times" best-seller top five of others by malcolm goebel, a bold fresh piece of humanity by bill reilly, liberty and tyranny by marc levin, are you their vodka by its mead chelsea by chelsea speed and vicky myrick. here is john on the independent line. go ahead. >> yes, mary christmas. my favorite of the year is god who hates by the subtitle courageous woman who enflamed the muslim world speaks out against her experience and the evils of islam. pascrell here is jones fell virginia. republican line, you're favorite book of 2009. >> caller: i would like to say merry christmas and thank all the troops that serve in the army and military. i appreciate them and my favorite book is the bible in every time i read it i read something new about a so it's new to me at this time of year our savior's dearth it is a good time to read it and i would like to say that jesus was conceived in december and born in september. it might be something somebody wants to study but i was a farmer who for many years and in the wintertime we didn't put our sheep

she's corporation president of the malcolm x and dr.betty shabazz memorial and educational center, and we are honored to have her with us. [applause] >> a renowned journalist and author and cultural critic, he is curley on the morning meeting at msnbc and hose to show on pop shot at on the record that he is been featured in the newer time, "the new yorker" and several other publications, and he is also offered his own three books, the celebrated collection never drinking kool-aid, the short story collection, portable promised land, and the novel full city. and he is curly at work on a highly sophisticated fourth book about the current state of black america. thank you for being here today. [applause] >> and last but far from least we have rebecca sando who is the daughter of ernest smith, one of the original authors of "the black book." nesters that wasn't avid art collector and teacher, and he shared his love of the arts with his children. rebecca has carried his exhibit at the museum of natural history and has been a friend to some of

. >> four of malcolm glad well's books currently sit on the new york times best-seller list, includingat the dog saw." >> american icons, now available on dvd, a unique journey through the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. see the exquisite detail of the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours into those rarely seen spaces of the white house, america's most famous home. explore the history, art, and architecture of the capital, one of america's most symbolic structures. "american icons," a three-disc dvd set rate is $24.95, plus shipping and handling. order online at c- span.org/store. >> "washington journal" continues. host: lou frey, former member of congress, the author of a new book. why did you put this together? guest: when i got elected, there was nobody. you got sworn in, and you go do it. i started asking people, where are the rules cup how does it work, and so forth. i got intrigued about the different answers. i spent 20 years talking to different people -- presidents, vice presidents, secretaries of

our guest is malcolm glad well. writer for the new yorker magazine.y four books top new york best sellers list. his newest book. what the dog saw is a compilation of stories for the new yorker magazine. q & a comes on, on sundays at 8 profit margins eastern. >> secretary of state hillary clinton and robert gates and joint chief's of staff told members of the senate armed õservices committee today the president's decision to send more troops to afghanistan is needed to prevent a taliban take over of the country. this hour and 15 minute portion includes opening statements and questions from senators. not just end it, but win it. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator mccain. i understand that the order that our witnesses desire to be recognized is secretary gates first and then secretary clinton and then admiral mullen. secretary gates, welcome. >> thank you, mr. chairman. actually, i think the secretary of state's microphone is the only one working so perhaps we should allow her to be the only witness today. mr. chairman, members of the committ

. >> four of malcolm gladwell's books currently sit on the "new york times" best-seller list, including his latest. >> now the first of several hearings this past week on president obama's new afghan strategy, and we hear from several with the chair. >> there has been some confusing about whether the beginning date for u.s. troop reductions is set for july, 2011 with the pace of those reductions being conditioned based. or whether the 2011 july starting date itself is dependent on conditions on the ground, and secretary gates, which is it? >> mr. chairman, it is july 2011 is when we expect the transition process to begin. our view is that -- >> is that date conditioned based or not? >> no, sir. >> ok, next question, and this has to do with the partnering ratio. there are currently just over 10,000 u.s. troops in helman province in southern afghanistan, and partnered with 1500 or so afghan soldiers. the partnering goal for the united states is almost the reverse. as measured in units, three afghan companies to one u.s. company. now paraphrasing the national security council director for

. >>> welcome back, devin thomas fred davis and malcolm kelly, finally showing promise. last week thomas had 100 yards receiving. it's the first time any of the three topped the mark. kelli johnson talked one on one with thomas, it's an interview you'll only see on comcast sports net. >> i know a lot of people can look at the scene and say it would be easy to fold the tent and say, you know, whatever on the season. you guys have kind of all moles it seems like performed better as a team. it's like you come together through all the loss. >> yeah, it's weird. it's like i think guys really just came together knowing that all the things we've been through, guys going down and just kind of had to form a pack saying we got to fight through it despite people thinking we can't step up to the line or whatever. it's just keep fighting through it and play your guts off. >> a lot of players come into the nfl having never really lost in their career. they lost, you know, seven total games in this entire time. >> right. >> for you is this losing, i mean, you didn't have the best recor

. >> michele malcolm is our guest on booktv's index.our books including the best selling culture of corruption, takes your calls. three hours with michele malcolm on booktv. part of a three day weekend starting friday. next, a discussion held earlier this month on recent developments in the financial markets. journalists from the washington post and wall street journal compare how they covered the economy in the past year held at the university of the virginia. this is 1 hour and 15 minutes. >> we have a special panel presentation tonight after dinner. has the financial crisis change the nature of economic news? we are all familiar with the anonymous saying that while depressed you can't tell people what to think but it can tell them what to think about. we have heard a great deal in recent months and weeks about the subject of debts and deficits. that is the conference. standing here tonight in this splendid building, i wonder what some of the founders of the republic might have thought the subject of our discussion. how do we govern t

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malcolm dulaney suffered an ankle sprain one minute into this game. x-rays revealed no break. hokie play again in cancun, mexico. >>> the similarities between navy and missouri end with there are 8-4 record. styles make fights that might apply when these two teams meet. navy likes to pound it on the ground and missouri likes to spread the offense. >> the spread offense opens up a lot of windows. i mean not only do they have a great passing attack, a great quarterback but with the spread then, you have a running game who, they will just start popping 10, 15-yard runs here and there which, in order to operate efficiently against this spread, we have to shut them down, too. we have an opportunity to play against this spread missouri presents a huge threat. the speed that they have on the team is probably one of the biggest threats. that's in addition to the x's and o's, and different challenges it presents. >>> all right. here is your prime timeline-up coming up right after geico sportsnite. ivan carter, washington post pre-game edition. as i look over there, there are some a lis

. >> this week our guest is malcolm glad well, author and director for the "new yorker" magazine. he has four books on the best- seller list. his newest book is a compilation of stories he would forward. he wrote for "the new yorker" magazine. >> hillary clinton, robert gates, and a joint chief of staff told members of congress that the president's decision to send more troops to afghanistan is needed to prevent a taliban takeover of the country. the armed services committee heard about strategy in afghanistan for nearly four hours. >> good morning. secretary clinton, secretary gates, animal mullen. welcome for your mawe do welcom. -- will come. it would not only provide fertile ground for al qaeda and other extremist to regroup and green new plot against the united states, it would also threaten the stability of neighboring pakistan and nuclear-armed countries. for the sake of our military men and women who are or will be deployed, as well as the well-being of our nation, we have got to get the stretch idi right. what we are going to accomplish needs to be clear. i am focusing on

. >> this week on "q&a", our guest is malcolm glad well, author and writer for the new yorker" magazine. he currently has four books on that best-seller lists. his newest book is a compilation of articles he wrote for "the new yorker" magazine. >> american icons, three regional documentary's from c- span, now available on dvd. you need to read through the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. see the swiss the detail of the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. go beyond a velvet ropes of public tours into those rarely seen spaces of the white house. america's most famous song, and explore the history, art and architecture of the capitaol, one of america's most symbolic structures. american icons, a three disk dvd set. order online at c-span.org /store. >> british prime minister gordon brown responded to president obama's speech on afghanistan during his weekly question time. he also to questions about the united kingdom's role there. this is about 10 minutes. >> questions to the prime minister. >> mr. speaker, i am sure the whole house will wish to join m

according to another -- to a harvard professor, malcolm sparrow, medicare fraud may consume as much as 15% to 20% of the $450 billion medicare budget. that means the amount lost to fraud each year in medicare alone is $70 billion to $90 billion a year. and as i mentioned, improper payment rates, depending on where you look, range from anywhere from 7.8% of all medicare payments are paid improperly to as much as 12.4%, depending on where you look. defrauding medicare has become so lucrative that even the mafia and other organized kr-lgs are getting into the act. according to the associated press last month, members of the russian-armenian crime ring were indicted of bilking medicare of more than $20 million and a week later the f.b.i. issued search warrants for medicaid fraud in miami, the body of a potential witness was found in the back seat of a car riddled with bullets. last year, or i should say earlier this year i introduced a bill which i would hope that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle would look at in a way to change the paradigm in terms of the way we address this

he's a pioneering figure who represented malcolm x as a young lawyer and became one of the nation's most prominent black political and business leaders, died in a manhattan nursing home on saturday. he was 89 years of age. they write that entering politics in the early 1950's, mr. sutton rose from the democratic clubhouse it is of harlem to become the longest serving manhattan borough president and, for more than a decade, the highest ranking black elected official in new york. coming up next, we're going take a look at the supreme court midterm here with greg stohr, who joins us from bloomberg news, to talk about cases the court is considering, ones they've already reviewed, and what's ahead. that's ahead. we'll take a break here and be back with your calls, too, here on "washington journal." >> unprecedented, on the record conversation with 10 supreme court justices. >> quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular, and the idea that we should yield to what the public protest is is quite foreign to what it means to have a countr

. >> fork malcolm gladwell's books that on the "new york times" bestsellers list including its latest with the dogs saw. as he is our guest on c-span's q&a. >> now another in a series of hearings on the president knew afghanistan strategy part of the witnesses are defense secretary robert gates in joint chiefs of staff chairman my molin. john kerry of massachusetts chairs the senate foreign relations committee. this is almost three hours. her. >> the hearing will come to order. secretary clinton, secretary gates and admiral mullen we welcome you here today. thank you very much for joining us. and we appreciate your coming to share more details of the president's plan and for consulting and partnering with congress on the decision obviously of enormous consequences for our soldiers, our security and our country. this is a decision that the president of the united states has made but ultimately all of us share responsibility for its consequences. given the complexities of our challenge in the seriousness of the sacrifices the head and the absence of strategy over much of the last eight

. >> michele malcolm is our guest on in-depth. >> now abb see look at the top stories from british parliament. it is about an hour. >> welcome to the record review. a look at the big events over the last three months. in this program the economy. they argue over how to balance the books using public money to claim everything from clearing lots to buying houses. they try to put the expenses behind them. is this the future? members of parliament show how it is done. >> now is the time to be heard and it is time to hear answers. >> the one subject that dominated everything in recent months, money. britain has been in recession for more than a year but unlike other countries like france and germany has yet to show signs of coming out of the recession. questions towards the end of the year, david cameron try to pin the blame on the prime minister. the conservative leader claimed britain was the last country to move out of recession. >> six european countries that are part of the european union are in recession. i have to say to them the purpose of asking this question must be either the policy tha