emma margaret thatcher was >> margaret thatcher was against televising the house of commons. they thought it would turn it into something quite different. the vote was taken, despite her influence. >> there was an 18 month trial period. >> there was a long period after the vote before televising actually started. when it started, it was a 12 month trial period. then we could change anything we asked for. it always comes in by way of what is called the trial period. you test the water. >> since the house of commons went on television, it has been seen every sunday night here on c-span. my question to you is who sees it in great britain? >> there are two kinds of audiences. it is watched very widely and is on almost every tv channel. it gets a very big audience. people do want to watch it. that is what on bbc parliament. very often it is retired people watching in the daytime. there is an audience in the offices. people go to see debates. people tap into it by watching it on television or on line. >> what people see here is a very small portion of what you do. >> that is right.

margaret thatcher was prime minister. >> margaret thatcher was absolutely and determinedly against televising the commons and thought that -- that it would destroy the place. and that it would turn it interest something quite different from that which it had been. the vote -- the vote was taken despite her influence. >> after that, as i recall, there was an 18-month trial period? >> this was a long period after the vote, before -- but nearly two years, before 0 televising actually started. and then when it did start, it was for -- i think 12 months, the trial period and in fact, that is something that -- i'm, in terms of any changes that we, that we ask for that we get now to the way televising or access to this it done, it comes in by way of a trial period. in every case. to test the water and see whether it can be made to work. since the house of commons wept on television, it has been seen every sunday night on c-span and -- but my question to you is -- e who sees it in great britain? >> there are really two kinds of ordinance. the first one is watched widely and is on pretty much every im

spencer michels reports from san francisco, and ray suarez debriefs margaret talbot of the "new yorker." >> ifill: then, a debate on how to pay for health care reform. >> brown: special correspondent kira kay looks at the race against time to rebuild the poorest nation in the western hemisphere. >> some say that we just want to get out of misery to get into poverty. and i believe that is a beautiful sentence for haiti, because it is exactly what we are aiming for right now. >> ifill: the supreme court revisits a case it decided last year, this time with a new justice on the bench. margaret warner gets the details from marcia coyle of the "national law journal." >> brown: and the latest late night drama, as nbc drops jay leno from its primetime lineup. >> you know, actually if they did cancel us, it would be an easy move for me, because i still haven't unpacked from the last show they cancelled us from. so everything's still back there, so it's fine! >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is en

margaret warner begins our coverage of the tune i don't know aftermath. >> reporter: the president was greeted with applause by a friendly audience in tampa,

. >> "book tv" welcomes british historian and former advisor to margaret thatcher paul johnson. his latest on winston churchill. join our three-hour conversation live from london. sunday february 7 at noon eastern on "book tv "he's "in depth" on c-span2. >> and howard baker, tom daschle and bob dole has a task force which will be led by pete domenici of new mexico and alice rivlin who served during the clinton administration. their announcement from yesterdas ines. we sw wt out ahoe i >> it is a pleasure to welcome you here today.

. >> reporter: you're welcome, margaret. >> brown: now, will consumers pay for news online? with the internet exploding with free content, the entire media world is struggling to find ways to support itself financially in the future. nowhere is that issue more urgent than for newspapers, which have seen huge drops in circulation and advertising revenues. today, the "new york times," with by far the most popular newspaper web site, announced that beginning in 2011 it will charge frequent readers for access to the site. the paper would use a metered

margaret warner has the story. >> warner: more than eight years after the deadly anthrax attacks, the u.s. still isn't prepared to protect the public against a biological terrorist act. that was the word today from the congressionally chartered commission on the prevention of weapons of mass destruction proliferation. in an earlier 2008 report, this panel warned that it was likely that before the end of 2013, a weapon of mass destruction would be used somewhere in the world by terrorists. it recommended 17 steps to counter that.

spcer michels reports from san francisco,nd ray suarez debriefs margaret talbotf the "new yorr." >>fill: then, a debate on how to pay for health careeform. >> bro: special correspondent kira kay looks at e race agnst time to rebuild the poorest nation ithe western hemisphere. >> somsay that we just want to get out misery to get into poverty. d i believe that is a beautifusentence for haiti, because it is extly what we are aiming forht now. ifill: the supreme court revisits a ce it decided last year, this time with a new justice on theench. margaret warner gets theetails from marcia coyle of the "national law urnal." >> bwn: and the latest late night drama, as c drops jay leno from its primime lineup. >> you know, actlly if they did cancel us, it uld be an easy me for me, because i still haven't unpacked frothe last show th cancelled us fr. so everything'still back there, so it fine! >> ifill: that's all ahe on tonight's pbs nehour. major funding fothe pbs newshour is providedy: what the world needs now is energy. the engy to get the economy humming again. e energy to tackle chaen

margaret warner has the story. luis rueda spent 28 years in the cia, mostly as an agent and station chief in the field, including in the middle east and south asia. his last assignment was dwep tee director for counterintelligence at the cia's counterterrorism center. where he dealt with double agent operations and security. he retired on january 1st on the heels of the foiled christmas day airliner plot and the deadly double agent attack on a remote cia outpost in afghanistan. i spoke to him earlier today at his home on capitol hill a. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> warner: osama bin laden or a voice saying he was osama bin laden this weekend hailed the christmas day bomb attempt, the same attack that al qaeda had already taken credit for. now one, do you believe this is osama bin laden, but more importantly what-- if so, what does it is a about how al qaeda is operating today? >> it's always hard to identify whether it is him or not. but as far as we know there has never been a false

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margaret thatcher and ronald reagan did not lack for a sense of community. and that was the community of free nations. these communities have a reality, they have their own norms and ideals and policies, and some like nato, even a security apparatus to back it up. it is precisely this kind of community of the democratic nations that the margaret thatcher center for freedom so courageously and effectively defends and supports, which makes obama's internationalism particularly troubling, because as he stated at the u.n., true universeity denigrates these subcommunities as mere cleavages such as those that created the cold war. he says so rather directly in his u.s. address when he says no world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed. but isn't that what nato, for example is about? isn't that a group of nations claiming exclusive ity and enforcing the nornls which they believe? what was the u.n.'s rescue of bosnia if not nato elevating itself above other nations and groups of people to declare that genocide would not be carr

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margaret warner spoke with him earlier today. hi, ray, it's good to see you.rise. where do things stand for ordinary haitians when it comes to the basics of life, let's say food, for example. >> suarez: there is food. there's a lot of aid flowing in, but a lot of people are living on short rations. it's not like people are going days without eating. but the food that might normally feed a family of six is ibstead feeding 12 or 14 people. you meet a lot of people who are hungry. they'll come right up to you on the street and tell that you. so while there is food aid, there's food in evidence being sold on the streets. there are markets sort of springing up on corners and at intersections. but it's not sufficient. and people are not eating in a way that's optimal. >> warner: we're hearing reports that the food distribution is somewhat chaotic and many people are being left out. have you seen that? >> suarez: today , our "newshour" crew was near a warehouse that was bringing in aid, and often in a situation like this , word moves very quickly by informal bush tel

margaret warner reports. >> ifill: then, an interview with rajiv shah, the administration official charged with coordinating the u.s. relief effort. >> lehrer: then, the investigation into the causes of the financial crisis. kwame holman covers day one of the hearings. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown looks at cyber-attacks and censorship-- google's threat to pull out of china. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. >> bnsf railway. toyota grant thornton and by the alfred p. sloan the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. a

. >> brown: margaret warner gets the latest on the situation in port-au-prince from jason beaubien of n.p.r. >> ifill: paying for the "new york times" on line, but will readers buy in? >> brown: and body scanners in airports. ray suarez reports on a continuing debate. >> they're going to detect prosthetics. they're going to detect vasectomy scars, sex change operations, adult incontinence. >> are they perfect? no. but do they take us very much further down the road to security against this kind of device? the answer to that is yes. ... >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. and by toyota. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: political shock waves rippled outward from massachusetts today. the loss of a u.s. senate seat raised serious doubts about democrats' plans to pass health

. >> lehrer: margaret warnerpoke a short me ago to martin smith of our p.b.s partner, rontline." he is in port-au-pnce. >> warner: martin smit the two piecese saw from itn sugges it's a real patchwork down there now in terms of w is getting aid and who i't. is that at you're findin >> reporter: it is. it certainly is not coornated. people getting it e getting it in spite oefforts to coordinate the aid. i just came from aospital where everybody had been med into the couyard because of the lastarthquake, the tremors that happened sterday, afraid to stay the billion. d everybody there complained newborn babies had no rmula. nobody had the rig spliedz, and furthermore, it wa't coordinated. i was in refee camp where's there were complaints theyad no wer, they were drinking bad wateand getting disintery. downtown yesterday, thlooting was rampant. obviously, those people are stro enough and getting some water or they wouldn't be ab to loot as they are. so it's hard to ow where the aid . you don't see aid being distributed the streets-- or we haven't seen it in the ys we've been a around

margaret warner talked earlier today with jay newton small of "time" magazine from port-au- prince. >> warner: jay newton small, thank you for joining us. we are hearing reports of tens of thousands, in fact hundreds of thousands of haitians fleeing the city. what have you seen? >> i have certainly seen that. the port is clogged with ferries of, you know, haitians trying to leave to go to safer areas. lecay is a very popular place which wasn't at all affected by the earthquake down south from here. people are trying to get anywhere out of town. if you go out into the suburbs, when you drive towards the dominican republic, everybody who has got family anywhere outside of port-au-prince has definitely gone to the suburbs, gone to be with their family outside of port-au-prince because they are terrified of the tremors that keep happening. and they are worried another big one could hit again. >> warner: then we also hear that the government is, one, not standing in the way of this. and two, is planning to build tent cities outside of town. >> well, frankly, one of the problems that haiti

thank you, charles, for honoring us today with your thoughts with the sixth annual margaret thatcher please welcome charles krauthammer. >> thank you. thank you very much. they give that kind introduction. when i hear my checkered past recalled, i really should respond, especially when working work monday. heidi go from montreal to fox news? the answer is easy. i was young once. -- out you go from mondale -- how do you go from mondale to fox is? the answer is easy. i was young once. of the and not -- but the logical conundrum that has compounded the legend for centuries. six years ago when i was speaking of my subject for this address, obama was halfway on his trajectory downward from demand it to mortality. but now that we have arrived at the last day of his first year, arrived in the point where the magic has worn off and the charisma has gone cold, were massachusetts, the bluest of the blue states, is even thinking of electing an obscure republican to u.s. senate seat traditionally reserved for the kennedy family and its functionaries where the obama approval rating is at 46% and

margaret warner begins our coverage of the tune i don't know aftermath. >> reporter: the president was greeted with applause by a friendly audience in tampa, florida. he and vice president joe biden unveiled $8 billion in grants for high speed rail, part of their new focus on jobs creation the president said again he understands what americans are going through. >> last night i've spoken about where we need to go and i've said these are difficult times, these challenging times for our country. in the last two years, we've gone through the deepest recession since great depression. think about that. a big chunk of the people here, certainly the younger people here, have never even seen a recession. they don't even... it doesn't register on their minds. this is by far the toughest thing that the country's gone through economically since the 1930s. >> warner: the president also repeated his tune i don't know plea for the two parties to work together. >> on every one of these issues, my door remains open to good ideas from both parties. i want the republicans off the sidelines. i want them

. >> lehrer: margaret warner picks up the story from there. >> warner: leading figures in the bankingndustry called the plan a bad idea. steve bartlett, president and c.e.o. of the financial services roundtable, a trade association representing 100 of the largest financial companies, said in a statement. "two-thirds of the tarp investment from banks has already been repaid with a large profit to the taxpayer. this proposed tax will do nothing more than stifle economic recovery. tarp was a boost to the economy. this tax is strictly political." for more on all this, we are joined again by binyamin appelbaum of the "washington post." he covers the financial industry. binyamin, welcome back. >> thank you . >> warner: that was populist rhetoric we heard from the president. why now? >> the answer seems to be that banks are about to announce very large profits for 2009. they've indicated that they plan to pay many of their employees very large bonuses. stoll so the obama administration is taking the opportunity to empathize with the anger that many americans feel about that and to show that

margaret warner talked earli today wi jay newton small of "time" magazine from port-- prince. >> warner: jay newton all, thank you for joining us were hearing reports of tens of thousas, in fact hundredsf thousands of haitians fleeing t city. what have u seen? >> i have certaiy seen that. e port is clogged with ferrieof, you know, haitia trying to leave to go to fer areas. lecay is a very popular place ich wasn't at all fected by the earthquake down south fm here. people are ting to get anywhere out of town. if you go out into the suburbs, when you drive towards the dominican republic, everybodwho has got family anywhere ouide of port-au-prie has defitely gone to the burbs, gone to be with their family outside of port-au-prince becausehey are terrified the tremors that keep happening. and they areorried another big one could hit again. >> warne then we also hear that the govnment is, one, nostanding in the way of this. and two, is planni to build tent cits outside of town >> wl, frankly, one of the problems tt haiti had even before thidisaster was that iwas too much of an urban untry. t

. >> lehrer: margaret warner updates the guantanamo prison story, after president obama suspended transfers back to yemen.wú ou can imagine a situation in which the government as a choice between yemen and cleveland, and that's , you know, very unappealing choice from the government's point of view. >> ifill: and jeffrey brown talks with rocco landesman, the broadway producer who now heads the national endowment for the arts. >> i'm going to be outspoken. i'm iz say.çadÑiçó if people want to regard that as partisan, i can't help it. >> lehrer: that's all ahead, on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what is that energy came from an energy company? everyday, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. intel. supporting math and science education for tomorrow's innovators. >> and by the bi

margaret warner talks with the afghan ambassador to the united states. >> woodruff: a jeffrey brown profile of the dancer who has been at the helm of the alvin ailey company for two decades, and is now stepping down. >> people don't remember me for how high my legs were. they remember me and any other dancer because something touched them inside. >> ifill: and the gadgets that have changed our lives, and what the next decade holds. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. >> we are intel, sponsors of tomorrow. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century.

. >> suarez: then, new violence in afghanistan: margaret warner reports on taliban attacks in the heart of kabul, killing at least 12. >> brown: the surprisingly tight senate race in massachusetts to fill the vacancy left by the late edward kennedy. we get an update. >> suarez: and a martin luther king holiday conversation about black power and black leaders with historian peniel joseph. >> what's interesting is that it's the black power movement, self-determination to get black faces in higher places that really leads obama to even try to run for president. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> will your savings be enough to fund your retirement? what will happen if your spouse outlives you by many years? what will happen if you outlive your savings? pacific life knows that tomorrow's questions require planning today. with financial solutions and strength, pacific life can help you and your financial professional develop a plan. pacific life, the power to help you succeed. >> every business day, bank of america lends

margaret thatcher was prime minister. >> margaret thatcher was absolutely and decidedly against televisinge commons and thought it would destroy the place and turn it into something quite different than that which it had been. the vote was taken despite her influence. >> after that, as i recall, there was an 18-month kind of trial period? >> yes, and there was a time after the vote, nearly two years, before televising actually started, and when it did, i think it was for a 12- month trial, and that is something you'll find in any changes that we ask or get now to delay televising or access to parliament is done. it always comes in to test the water and see whether it can be made to work. >> since the house of commons went on television, it has been seen every night here on c-span, but my question to you is -- who sees it in great britain? >> there are really two kinds of audiences. prime minister's questions is watching very widely andsñrçó on pretty much everyçó imaginable v channel in the u.k. and gets a very big audience. all the people criticize us for being too knockabout, people al

margaret warner reports. >> after a storm of protests, the white house has asked the justice department to scout out locations other than new york city to try 9/11 mastermind challid sheikh mohammed. >> woodruff: and in haiti, ray suarez looks at the prospects for a commercial revival there. >> lehrer: that's all ahead... on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: chevron. this is the power of human energy. grant thornton. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: president obama went at it with house republicans today at a conference in baltimore. it was a rare no-holds-barred session between the chief executive and the opposition. we begin with excerpts. >> part of the reason i accepted your invitation to come here was because i wanted to spea

margaret thatcher was prime minister. >> margaret thatcher was absolutely, and determinedly defense te-- against televising the commons and thought it would turn it into something in which it had been. the vote was taken despite -- despite her influence. >> and after that, as i recall there was an 18-month kind of trial period? >> yes. and there was a long period after the vote before nearly two years before televising actually started. and then when they did start it it was a 12-month trial period. and in terms of any changes that we -- that we asked for that we -- that we get now to the way televising or access to parliament is done, it always comes in by way of a trial period. in every case. to test the water and see whether it can be made to work. >> since the house of commons went on television, it's been seen every sunday night here on c-span. but my question to you is, who sees it in great britain? >> okay. well, there are really two kinds of audience. prime minister's questions is watched very widely and it's on pretty much every imaginable tv channel in the u.k., not just bbc

both neil and margaret have give enway. and in your own words it allowed people to interrupt them a great deal more often than normally they would. and sometimes indeed, the prime minister can be positively sort of aggressive about it. and i'm not giving way, i have given way. the convention is you give way. sometimes people can -- can stand up and try and interrupt you in order to put you off your stride. and as we see, she was she was very gentle about it and said i have two customers there, i'll take the first one and then the second one. i suspect when they're not on their good behavior, and they're not playing up a bit for the cameras, they'll tend to revert a bit more to the traditional form. >> you have watched mrs. thatcher a lot and have written about her on television, as for television. how do you think she hooked today? >> i thought she was nervous to start with. i was saying before earlier in the program she had this problem about whether to wear her glasses or not. it seemed to me that the way she had overcome

she strengthened reagan's desire which was also greatly enforced by margaret thatcher.in his early years president reagan was not much interested in engaging with the soviet leaders. as he complained, these guys keep dying on me. but pope john paul ii, pope john paul ii was hugely important in relation to his native poland. he went there in 1979. this was a pivotal moment in the rise of solidarity. it was absolutely no accident or coincidence. the pride, the sense that god was on their side. this was pretty crucial for the development of solidarity in 1981. however, no more than reagan's military power he was the pope's moral authority able to implement the imposition of martial law. so i would argue that gorbachev was more important for the transformations of 1989 than president reagan and pope john paul ii put together. it was the occupancy of the kremlin, not the occupants of the white house or the vatican had locked the doors to change. after three leaders in a row the polish leader chose the youngest leader. a lot of people took the view up to the mid-1980s and eve

[applause] >> thank you, margaret. as margaret mentioned, we are now the cq roll call group, we merged last august and it solidified our position as not only the largest news group in washington covering congress, but we're also owned by the economists group, which gives us a global perspective and of interest to a lot of the folks in this room. cq has been dog this for years, and last year, we sat at this podium and tom dononue facing a grim economy in an incoming popular president, we had not supported, declared he would work with the administration, but vowed to fight the policy that he saw would smother the spirit of american enterprise, the power of the american dream. well, chamber was very successful in winning a number of their fights, but the president also had success. cq records that in the last six decades, no president had as much legislative success as obama, with over 97% legislative victories. but as margaret and i were speaking earlier, if you don't like the weather, just stick around and that's the wa

[applause] >> thank you, margaret. as margaret mentioned, we are now the cq roll call group, we merged last august and it solidified our position as not only the largest news group in washington covering congress, but we're also owned by the economists group, which gives us a global perspective and of interest to a lot of the folks in this room. cq has been dog this for years, and last year, we sat at this podium and tom dononue facing a grim economy in an incoming popular president, we had not supported, declared he would work with the administration, but vowed to fight the policy that he saw would smother the spirit of american enterprise, the power of the american dream. well, chamber was very successful in winning a number of their fights, but the president also had success. cq records that in the last six decades, no president had as much legislative success as obama, with over 97% legislative victories. but as margaret and i were speaking earlier, if you don't like the weather, just stick around and that's the wa

[laughter] >> margaret? >> thank you. i'm still trying to explain to my parents i'm doing my be a in foreign affairs and minor in arabic and i still trying to figure it out myself but having fun doing it because i get to talk to wonderfully smart and accomplished people like the panel we have today. right before the session i was reading headlines on my blackberry and i saw house majority leader steny hoyer has now said they are going to vote next week on raising the debt level to either 1.8 or $1.9 trillion, so as we have all been talking the can has been kicked further down the road that's the fourth time in the 18 months the debt ceiling has been talked and effectively changed so we will see how the vote happens next week. but i would say one of the takeaways that i would have just from consumer response or media response to the question of debt and deficits is debt is the four-letter word that has absolutely no visceral reaction in the consumer space when they hear it because it isn't real. 1.8, 1.9 doesn't sound very

[laughter] margaret. >> thank you.till trying to explain to my parents what i'm doing with foreign affairs and minor in arabic and i'm still trying to figure that out myself some having fun because i get to talk to one of ali smart accomplish people like the panel we have today. right before the session i was reading headlines on my blackberry and i saw that house majority leader steny hoyer has said they will vote next week on raising the debt level to either 1.8 or $1.9 trillion so as we have been talking the can has been kicked further down the road. the fourth time in 18 months the debt has been talked about and effectively changed so we will see how that vote happens next week. but i would say one of the take away is that would have just from consumer response or even the response to the question of debt and deficit the debt is a four-letter word that has adel in of a strong reaction in the consumers' faith women here because it's not real. one before that i was in ireland where they were talking about spending mo

the thoughts that margaret and my career talking or also pretty interesting because they actually arevery consistent with the practical tools that we are applying when we actually serve school districts today. four main points i will make. i think we have the slide up. the mind passing me --? for maintenance -- points and. as jim pointed out, for most districts that we are talking to, the increasing pressure on finances on the revenue side and expenditure side will lead to significant financial cuts and pressures, the focus of this entire day, and we're seeing that in a real way. the second thing we will see in our work is there is probably no silver bullet. districts likely need a range of strategy is both on the instructional sign and the noninstructional side to really make a difference and address the financial pressures. the third thing is that cost and service are not mutually exclusive. this is an interesting point because it's assumed when you have to go after cost cuts and savings service will suffer, education will suffer, the noninstructional services actually get worse. gi

margaret sanger, the founder of planned parenthood, was a ewe generalist, in the 1920's, in the 1930's, she wrote extensively against minority population, against africans, against catholics, against people who didn't look just like her and rive read her books. one of her books is known as the pivot of civilization and in that book, chapter 5 is called the cruelty of charity. the cruelty of charity. and she makes a case that it's pathetic and sickening that somehow we ought to not provide maternal health care to indigent women, to poor women, who happen to be of color or of some other minority status that she deems to be unacceptable. cruelty of charity. that organization, planned parenthood, kills 305,000 unborn babies in their clinics every year. and now we know, and i would hope my colleagues, and i really believe it is time to take a second look at planned parenthood, child abuse, incorporated. they like to say the abortion part is only 3% of what they do. of course killing a baby versus handing out a condom hardly are equivalent in terms of actions. and they count just about ever

if i am on that show, and margaret is going to be on with me. >> you are walking around doing a poor listen, i used to be a wicked disco guy. but you are big on this "dancing with the stars." >> what are you, a virgin? what do you do, sitting around at night, watching "the factor"? bill: i have never watched "the factor." i read books. i have to read books so i can understand what you are talking about. >> i liked the show because -- where else are you going to get that these days? bill: i know what you mean because i read books. >> it is like a wicked witch of the east. bill: helen thomas, i was mean to her. what do you make of it? >> her rice bowl is the bust on the president. youmine is to help you get off f the hook. so here goes. ♪ you are so beautiful can't you see? you are everything i hoped for you are everything i need helen, you are so beautiful to meeeee ♪ everybody is happy. bill: i am just happy you did not sing it "off to see the wizard." and that is it for "the o'reilly factor special edition of miller time." we hope you check billoreilly.com. there are some great gift

[applause] >> thank you, margaret. mentioned, we are now the cq roll call group, we merged last august and it solidified our position as not only the largest news group in washington covering congress, but we're also owned by the economists group, which gives us a global perspective and of interest to a lot of the folks in this room. cq has been dog this for years, and last year, we sat at this podium and tom dononue facing a grim economy in an incoming popular president, we had not supported, declared he would work with the administration, but vowed to fight the policy that he saw would smother the spirit of american enterprise, the power of the american dream. well, chamber was very successful in winning a number of their fights, but the president also had success. cq records that in the last six decades, no president had as much legislative success as obama, with over 97% legislative victories. but as margaret and i were speaking earlier, if you don't like the weather, just stick around and that's the way it is in p

when i started with "the economist," it was during the era of margaret thatcher. this is one of the early covers, one of over 100 covers, that i have done for "the economist" over my career. there were full of characters, all of them interesting in their own way. some characters supplied you with more material than others. then, of course, you had the opportunity to cover historic events. caricatures often helped define the way public people remember important events throughout history. that is why cartoons are seen in history books. bush was a cartoon that just kept on giving and giving and giving. sometimes i get confused which one is bush and which one is the other. i am unsure. he was a character who, over time, his face got more and more exaggerated the more he was in office. he also had other characters around, like tony blair. of course, his time in office also got him [unintelligible] in addition to doing cartoons, " i told my caricatures, when people sit down in front of me, when i am thinking about them is in 3d. i made a life-size sculpture of george bu

we thought about where it was david blogged and margaret beckett and others who are raising questions. often, i think it was charles, often he and the chief whip getting very very frank assessments as to what people were saying, what people thought, what their concerns were and the prime minister then having to engage in that but i mean, you will know from your discussions with them as well that i think sometimes it is said that the last labor government used to have cabinet meetings that were went on for over two days as the prime minister would not think that was a very effective form of cabinet government. he would know what his ministers or his colleagues were thinking, concerns they had and the cabinet table was off to where they were fresh out. >> why wasn't the secretary of state for international development included in this inner circle of people given her department was going to be the lead department on questions to do with humanitarian relief and quite a lot of the dealing with the aftermath of the conflict as well as with its humanitarian consequences? >> that is a very g

and chief justice margaret marshall who wrote the opinion, took the view, that procreation is not the only or the primary purpose of marriage because we don't require that as a condition now. so that's, one response to the procreation argument. yes, what would you say? >> i would say that the argument is not about whether or not what nature, what the nature is of procreation or the nature of our biology. i say rather the argument revolves around the idea that nature, sorry, marriage for me, at least, is based around a devoted, dedication between two people. obviously that dedication relies not on which gender they are but rather two people committed to each other for their lifespan that is all that matters. >> mutual, lifelong commitment, love, dedication, that is really what marriage is about, and, same-sex couples are as capable of that as a man and a woman. and, all right, so, did you have something to add? go ahead. >> i'm unfamiliar with laws on marriage, my understanding if you're married you tend to get a tax break if you have kids and stuff, by being married alone. goes back t

. >> reporter: margaret bell is a weight watchers manager in alexandria who lost $30 pounds.s weight loss is all in your head. >> am i hungry or is this just an impulse? >> often it's an impulse triggered by boredom, stress, or habit. so we have to stop before we eat. >> getting into tune with the fact that this isn't something i plan for. >> reporter: that isn't easy, especially when you're surrounded with glorious food. stay ahead of your hunger. when we're starving, we eat the bad stuff and we eat a lot of it. >> it is about forethought and planning when you go to the grocery store. what do i need to set myself up to succeed. >> reporter: and that means arming yourself against the inevitabletemptation. it's 2:00 in the afternoon and i'm hungry, there are cheesecake brownies up in the newsroom and a vending machine filled with salty and sugary snacks. i already lost eight pounds, i don't want to put it back on, so i thought ahead and bught in my own oatmeal with fruit and my agava nectar, which is a low glycemic, so i'm good to go. buffer zone. know your food so you will ch

margaret thatcher and ronald reagan did not lack for a sense of community. that was the community of free nations. these communities have a reality. they have their own norms. and ideals in policies. and some like nato even a security apparatus to back it up. it is precisely this kind of community of democratic nations that the margaret thatcher center for freedoms so courageously and effectively defends and supports. which makes obama's internationalism particularly troubling. because as he stated at the u.n., true universality involves denigrating these ideological subcommittees as mere, quote, cleavages based archaic divisions that created the cold war. he said so rather directly in his u.s. address when he said no world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed. but isn't that what nato, for example, is about? isn't that a group of nations claiming exclusivity to themselves and intent on enforcing the norms in which they believe? what was the u.n.'s rescue of the bosnia and kosovo if not nato elevating itself above other

-- when i finished i cried and then i said, gayle haggard is a combination of mother teresa and margaret thatcher and golda meir. she's a strong woman with compassion and love. >> larry: we're going to ask gayle when we come back what was the hardest thing to forgive. "why i stayed: the choices i made in my darkest hour." the author is gayle haggard here with her husband, ted. thanks for coming. it was really nice to meet you, a.j. yeah, you too. a.j.? (alarm blasting) (screaming) (phone rings) hello? this is bill with broadview security. is everything okay? no. there's this guy - he just smashed in my door. i'm seúling help right now. thank you. (announcer) brink's home security is now broadview security. call now to install the standard system for just $99. the proven technology of a broadview security system delivers rapid response from highly-trained professionals, 24 hours a day. call now to get the $99 installation, plus a second keypad installed free. and, you could save up to 20% on your homeowner's insurance. call now-- and get the system installed for just $99. broadview securi

. >> wdruff: now, a political storm in afghanian, and to margaret warner. >> warner: saturday's vote the afghan parliament was stinging rebe to president hamid kaai, rejecting 17 of his cabinet nominees. the prize move csed new disarray. two months aer karzai was clared winner of a presential election plagued byraud. today karzai ordered parliament to cancel its winter bak so it ve on a new list of nomine that he's now preparing. 's under pressure to show progress igoverning by january 28 wn an inrnational conference on the afghan missi convenes in lond. among the rejected nominees was inuential word lord khan and e only woman karzai had named. lawmers criticized many on the list as unqualied litical cronies. sevel holdovers in vital posts were approd. among th the defense minister and the minisr of interior. along with the ministe of finance, educati, and agriculture. i spoke to afghan ambassor today and asked him how bia setbk this was to karzai. >> imay be a temporary setback for e president but it's a step forwd for the democracy in afgnistan. it's really happy fothe parliament o

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