we'll ask ohio congresswoman marcy captor, and, also, black republican activist kay carl smith will telleves african-americans who traditionally have overwhelmingly voted for dras, ought to be voting like him. -- democrats ought to be voting like him and, why a woman quit her job as a prosecutor and what it felt like being fired by the donald. plus... former columbian president uribe took on drug trafficking and violence en his country and we'll ask him, how we can stop the drug trafficking and violence, at the u.s.-mexican border. and you will meet helene kro krohnin, her song will profoundly touch you and remind us how lucky we are to be americans. [applause]. >> mike: the deficits reduction panel brought forth its recommendations this week to keep america from going under water in debt faster than a lindsay lohan rehab stay. what we have is the mindset in america of everyone wants to go to heaven and no one wants to die. americans are rightfully angry and equally frightened that we have accumulated a national debt that is higher than joan rivers' plastic surgery bills. most people who

we're going to ask ohio congress woman marci captor. and also black republican activist hayes carll smith why he believes african-americans who traditionally voted for democrats ought to be voting like him and former apprentice wannabe on why she quit her job as a prosecutor and what it felt like being fired by the donald. plus, former colombian president uribe took on drug trafficking and violence in his country and we'll ask him how we can stop the drug trafficking and violence at the u.s. border. and a song about our soldiers will profoundly touch you and remind us all how lucky we are to be americans. [applaus [applause] >> well, this week, the deficit reduction panel brought forth its recommendations to keep america from going underwater in debt faster than a lindsay lohan rehab stay. what we have is the mindset in america of everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die. americans are rightfully angry and equally frightened that we've accumulated the national debt higher than joan river's plastic surgery bills. now, most

in this clip, you'll hear from congresswoman marcie captor.> don't leave your home, because you know what? when those companies say they have your mortgage, unless you have a lawyer that can put his finger or her finger on that mortgage, you don't have that mortgage. and you're going to find they can't find the paper up there on wall street. so i say to the american people, you be squatters in your own homes. don't you leave. in ohio and michigan and indiana and illinois and all these other place where is our people are being treated like chattel. and this congress is stymied. >> larry: i know a lot of people are doing just that. >> some people are starting to do that and they should do it because the banks don't have the paper. they've split it all up. they've bundled it, sold it off as securities. pieces of paper all over the world. they can't come into court with your mortgage. they can't come into court with your mortgage. you should stay in that house and you should fight it. she's great. actually, she's a good example of what i was just

marcie captor and barbara lee. thank you both for joining us. let's listen to rush limbaugh if you dare, of what he said yesterday. >> the white racist leadership of the democratic party trying to ace out clyburn. he started -- and all hell seems to break loose in the democrat party. hey, i have a suggestion. you know, i like to mediate these things. i like to bring people together. i like to unify people. i don't like seeing this kind of strife. clyburn's worried about not having a car. clyburn's worried about not having the perk of a big office, driver, so forth. the way this can all be worked out, clyburn's new position, driving miss nancy. he gets to keep the car. he gets to go everywhere she goes. parties and everything else. he's not in the back of the bus. he's in the driver's seat. and she's in the back of the car being chauffeured. solved problem. >> let me start with congresswoman lee on this. i wonder if people -- well, i don't have to wonder anymore, they still think like this. one of them is on the radio. his name is rush limbaugh.

hill, leadership roles for the new congress are scheduled to be voted on next week, but democrats marcy captor and peter defazio are allowed -- asking democrats to spend more time before voting on those positions. the two democrats are calling on party leaders to postpone the house elections until december, a move that could give potential challengers to speaker nancy pelosi and top lieutenants more time to gather their forces. congressman defazio as indicated in the past that he does not support nancy pelosi continuing as top democrat in the house. senate majority leader -- senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is challenging the constitutionality the new health care reform law. he says the requirement that nearly all americans buy insurance "dramatically oversteps the bounds of the commerce clause," adding that if the mandate is deemed constitutional there will no longer be any real limits on congress' power to limit activity. >> this year's student cam video documentary competition is in full swing. make a 5 to 8 minute video of this year's theme, "washington d.c. through my lens." upload

. >> marcy captor is calling on the leadership to postpone until november. this could give nancy pelosi more time to gather the voices. they wrote a letter to colleagues, quote, fulling the loss of our majority, we should fully understand the loss of our historic losses before we we again the process of rebuilding. if we do not learn from our loss, we will remain in the minority until we do learn. their letter continues we are not endorsing or proposing any leadership candidate, but we are seeking more time for a thoughtful discussion with everyone in the room. that's from politico. the inspector general from the homeland security, clark kent, from part of the george w. bush's administration. he joined us on "washington journal." >> clark kent is the director of the homeland security program. >> guest: my pleasure, libby. >> host: back in 2003, and 2004, we wanted to get your insights into the recent decisionsdy the government to tighten up security on cargo security. talk about it. >> right. well a number of steps have been taken. they are all prudent. they