thanks to mary regula. today we honor a great congressional leader, great friend to all of us and a great man. i urge all of my colleagues to understand the privilege that we have of expressing our appreciation to ralph -- for ralph regula's leadership by supporting this legislation and i join my colleagues from ohio, on both sides of the aisle, for their -- the honor that we are paying to ralph regula tonight and i thank mr. boach erry for shepherding -- mr. boccieri for shepherding this. mr. boccieri: i concur with the speaker's remarks, especially about mary who champions women in their role in politics and for my two daughters who are sitting behind me and the once i have at home, she has been a shepherd for all in the 16th district as well as our country. i will continue to yield after the eloquent words of the speaker and reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: thank you, mr. speaker. i

host: our democratic senator, senator mary lenders from louisiana joins us. -- mary landrieu. guest: we have been busy looking for pat ford for renewable energy for america. it has been a tough debate, not necessarily republican against democrat, but region versus region. host: you recently passed a bill on drilling. guest: we actually voted on closing a title on gas drilling. there's a major energy bill with several titles. the main is renewable electricity standard. we are trying to get electricity -- right now we're using mostly coal and gas to produce electricity. some including myself like to see some alternative. it is the way that we treat the traditional sources that have some of us concerned. millions of people are employed in the coal industry, the oil and gas industry. we think we can clean a lot of those industries up, make them more efficient, and provide renewables electricity. yesterday we talked about opening offshore oil and gas drilling more in america. to me and makes perfect sense. we asked saudi arabia to increase their productions when prices go too high,

louis, you are on with senator mary landrieu. caller: good morning, since we were given the stimulus packages for the auto industry, why don't they have the oil companies about the oil industry? there have been inventions that the oil companies have had shelved because the want to keep gas prices in the mileage at a certain rate. there is a movie called "who killed the electric cart?" -- car?" that was in northern california. the oil companies least those cars and prevented their use. one of the major things that obama was saying -- preventative medicine, better food. making quality of food better, i think that is one of the major things that is a problem with health care. guest: you are right on both of those points. i thank you for those comments. in the old days and still today there has been a dragging of the fee. and there has been some unfortunate partnerships if you will between the oil companies and though car companies to keep all of our automobiles moving on oil. it has been a major fight. we are making a lot of progres

my thoughts go to the fact that every member of my family, including my son of paul and daughter mary, have been cared for so well at the hospital, which over the years i have been able to campaign for on the floor of this house. of the many issues affecting my constituency, housing has been a fundamental problem. the has been exciting and rewarding that i have been able to -- it has been exciting and rewarding that i have been able to engage in the new community- based housing associations. in 30 years, their growing strength has brought me dignity and comfort to many men, women, and children who would otherwise have inadequate dwellings. furthermore, it has sparked the growth of excellent local institutions, community halls, and sheltered housing for the elderly. as the house will appreciate, i took pride through my time as a speaker holding subsidies and taking it matters that were aboard to individual organizations and all the people of my constituency. i must record and give thanks to the support of my agent and my constituency assistant. and my lifelong friend, who helps me in l

unfortunate-- i'm fortunate to have a partner, sec chair mary schapiro. she brings a valuable expertise which gives me confidence we will be able to work together on what is bound to be a lot of challenges moving forward. we have not only this but we are going to be working together in advising congress and the administration on how cases can best harmonize some of the roles between the securities and futures world, cover gaps in our regulatory oversight. president obama's says called to strengthen market integrity, low-risk and protect investors and i look forward to working with members of this committee and others in congress to accomplish this goal. i thank you again for the opportunity to testify and i look forward to answering any of your questions. >> thank you very much chairman gensler. >> chairman reed, ranking member bunning and members of the subcommittee, i appreciate this opportunity to provide the federal reserve on the development of the new regulatory structure for the over-the-counter or otc derivatives market. the events of the last two

mary shapiro, chairman of the sec, and the hon. gary gensler, chairman of the commodity futures trading commission. both of these agencies have unique history, specialized purposes. yet the sec and cftc both sustained -- sustain growth. we're slowly emerging from one of the greatest economic crises in decades. after years of struggle, countless families have lost their hard-earned savings, seen their dreams denied. some may view the subject matter of this hearing as dry as dust. how much money to give to two federal agencies. but if you step back, translate their work and the real world, you realize their oversight and regulation literally protect the savings and features of american families and insurers that economies and countries around the world will view our economy and the way we run it with respect as to whether or not the rule will fall will be followed. r or not the rule of law is going to be followed. the unprecedented price volatility of our markets for fiscal commodities such as energy and grains has hurt our economy.

the actually live together in a house in georgetown when social security act was drafted, so mary harriman is beyond a friend. she is actually at points supporting frances perkins because frances perkins remember has a husband who is institutionalized and for whom she has to provide care, so having wealthy free male friends who would help her allows frances perkins to provide for first her husband who has bipolar disorder, and then for daughter who developed it as well. >> could you tell us a little bit about her parents and their influence on her? >> that is very interesting. the question was can you tell us little bit about frances perkins parents and their influence on her? for frances perkins it is not just your parents, it is also the remarkable grandmother that she had. she was not particularly close to mother although her mother seems to have run the house and it will ordered way but her mother was a more conventional women and had difficulty understanding this very unusual child that she had come a child who actually kind of scared her. her father had initially been very enthusiast

marie walker, originally founded the intermediate space challenge. she coordinated with stu whiths, the moe haw see -- mojave airport general manager. it's been a great success. now in its fifth year, students look forward to the annual competition with younger students anticipating the time when they're old enough to participate. the intermediate space challenge hosts the student rocket competition where fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students compete to build a model rocket that reaches the highest point in model launches. it's judged on altitude, macting and spirit. in some cases, they reach up to 600 before parachuting downward. individual awards are given in each category with the overall winner announced at the end they have event. it allows students to work in teams, create a team banner, craft an essay and develop their small rocket. during the event, many students get a chance to view professional rockets and hear how they operate. it fosters great interest in science, technology, in engineering and in math. among these students -- in math,

both sisters have to be huge favorites, mary jo. >> oh, absolutely. if they play the way they did today or how they've been playing this tournament, very difficult for anyone to make a move against them. i think dementieva probably has the best chance. it looks like an all-williams sisters final ahead. >> ladies finals coming your way on thursday. as for wednesday, the best and deepest field for the men's quarterfinal ever. we look forward to that. our coverage begins 7:00 a.m. eastern time on espn2, we'll see you then. andy roddick facing lleyton hewitt. expect a fight.fthis. >> i like what he does on the ti field. ig ht ahe last night of the regular season. ightast asleep. ightt made aft me erstop and go. >> the power. >> mike and mike.fter t >> we are mike and mike, where k this morning i took the side ofe chris evert, not just because she's the first woman i ever loved, but because she happenste to the right. the gruptsing in women's tennisl is a distraction. it is both a distraction i think for the opposing player and inip that regard it is games

next is a call from mary in orangeburg, south carolina. caller: good morning. you had a caller who said he was going to -- who said that south carolina has not been calling in. for one reason, the state is in shock right now because when something like that happens to your governor or you're president, you are in shock. i am a staunch democrat, and i feel really bad for the family and what he has done. but, you know, we are all human. this went on with president clinton and all that. the country was in a state of shock as well. as people, we have to learn to forgive. you know, we all sometimes fall from grace, so i just feel bad about, you know, what has happened to our state. i can throw stones, but i would not do it because i know he is hurting right now. you know, when you do something like this year, it is devastating not only to your family but he did damage to himself. the man is really hurting, and i think as a nation we should not try to throw stones like it has not happened in the past. we have to learn to forgive and let it go. host: thank you. twitte

. >> mary beth tinker -- tinker verses des moines banned -- are bad. she was on our show and with the panel together and during a panel discussion, she felt comfortable enough that she came out and introduced her girlfriend. it was a very powerful moment. a lot of experiences like that that have happened over the year mean a lot. mary beth tinker was right up there at the top. >> it was a shameless plug for the students here. the tanker armband is in the first amendment now. >> phil donahue, we had phil donahue as our guest. usually in the greenroom, i would tell our guests about having a dialogue and answer -- and answer the questions. i told phil, i will not reach you on how to work an audience. i learned from watching you on television. that was a rare moment. he was a master. he produced a documentary. he came out and what he did with the audience -- i wish i could have taken notes. in the aftermath of 9/11, there was a close-up program called "running after danger." you remember that program. tell us about this next clip. >> what we are about to s

his wife, marie, urged him to see a doctor. in september of 2004, my 59-year-old brother at the time was diagnosed with stage four n n nonhodgkin's lymphoma. he started treatment. due to the aggressive cancer he had, he was given six more rounds of chemo by january of 2005. he suffered a lot during the period of time and was often unable to work. he was referred to a specialist in stem cell transplantation and for high dose chemotherapy. he began this for purposes of preparing him for stem cell implant. these treatments were long and difficult in nature. in the middle of the chemo treatments he received a phone call and letter from the insurance company stating his insurance was cancelled. it was rescinded all the way back to the effective date of august 7, 2004, which was before his diagnosis for cancer. this meant none of his cancer treatments would be covered at all. most importantly, he would not be able to receive the stem cell transplant needed to save his life. my brother only had a very small window of time in which to

. >> i agree with senator marie there is a shortage of primary care. but i disagree as to the reasons why. the reason why is it because we don't have adequate enough loan programs and penalties. it's because there is an absolute economic reason not to go into primary care. and so, i think this title of the bill fixes the wrong problem. it increases what we are doing by 400% and changes interest rates, which i don't think have any indication. the reason people are all going into primary care is there is a 300% payment differential if they go into a sub specialty. so, we are treating the rahm disease. the disease is economic. it will if in fact you could lower the total cost in pherae that might in fact do it but it's not when you have that kind of payment differential. and what we have to do is instruct in a revenue neutral way increase in payments from medicare and medicaid from primary care. and once you do that, once people see that they can make -- they don't have to make 300% but they could make 50% more during primary-care you will have people flo

miami, florida, next and this is marie -- excuse me, marie is here on our independents' line. welcome. >> caller: hi. first of all, i wanted to say that i have never been as involved in politic as i am right now during this administration, and i think it's a great thing that president obama is always keeping the people informed by his new, his news conferences. and i think if we just gave him a little bit more support because we have to remember that he's only been in office for a little less than six months, and rome was not built in one day. and there is a lot of issues, and i think it's great that he is trying his best to address every single issue important to americans and all around the world. >> host: lots of questions in this news conference about iran, the associated press reporting today protesters staying off the streets of tehran as troops in riot gear patrol the city to prevent gathers. here is peach tree city in georgia, alex on our republican line. >> caller: hello, good afternoon. i had my call before, i'll try not to be too nervous. >> host: welcome, glad to h

this is mary question -- this is mary. go ahead. caller: i get disgusted with the democrats calling in and saying that republicans want to go to war with iran. all the republicans are saying is just support and tell them that they agree with freedom and everything and they do not need to be says -- the host should specify this when it comes up and say that. they did say, now, look, lindsay graham did not say anything about military action, he only supports their freedom and their right to protest. that is all they are saying. and something needs to be done about this, because this is telling the american people that the republicans want to go to war with iran because of this. they are definitely against that and they have come out and said that. just keeping on saying it, that republicans want military action, they have not said nothing about military action in this thing that is going on over there now. they are just asking the president to support wanting their freedom and the right to protest. host: the next view is from carol, i

i'm mary matalin. here here with stan greenberg.'m going to do one from your bio and from our history. >> guest: thank you. >> host: i've known you forever but i didn't know you were such a big cheese. stanley b. greenberg a strategic advise religious companies in campaigns. this is stan's seventh book, dispatches from the war room. in the trenches with five extraordinary leaders. the seventh of political-type books you've written these other great histories, the two americas our political deadlock, how to break it, described by my husband as the most important book in american politics. >> guest: true, true. >> host: middle class dreams a new majority legitimatizing the illegitimate, race and state in a capitalist development, politics and poverty. most political junkies would see stan as a pollster. we're talking about -- you have talked about republican strategies. so i'm not your only republican friend and besides politics you were advisor to the nobel prize when you campaigned. this is amazing. you've done all kinds of stuff. a

next is mary from grand rapids, michigan. good morning. jocaller: wanted to see if anyoe else is noticing, these are all white guys in suits, aren't they? what does that say about the leadership and moral authority in this patriarchy of a country of ours? steve, i want to chastise you for bringing up ted kennedy and setting up a question forc -- for cantor to respond to for us not all having the availability and technical equipment. what a nasty thing for you to do. maybe we should ask the question of cantor, too bad we cannot all have your kind of insurance. but you know what? shame on both of you. we all need insurance or rather we all need care for our health. host: i appreciate your comment. i should point out the question did not come from me, as your question came from you. that was a comment from a viewer and a question we have had from others as well. caller: i see. host: this is the chance to you -- for use at the dialogue. and you hung up, so we will go to you this from charlotte, n.c. -- eunice from charlotte, north carolina. on

mary's, pennsylvania. 31 years of age. and the count is 2-1. beimel delivers. swing and a fly to right. swing and a fly to right. . okay. he'll do it. owings labored, and labored well through 102 pitches, but it only got him through five innings, and ends up with a no decision. he improves to 16-42. still no other team in the majors has less than 25 wins. >> you saw this just a few moments ago here on espnews. usain bolt running the 100 meter in toronto. first time he's run in a competitive race in 2009. bolt starts off behind. but as he always seems to do, charges ahead. looks around. peace, thanks for coming. wins again. 10.25 is the second title. he runs it in ten seconds flat. still to come, c.c. sabathia. throwing darts at fenway. but, hey, don't sleep on brad penny, folks. top story's on the

interviews by mary matalin. a. . >> on wednesday on the rotunda unveiling the statue of ronald reagan featured by the state of california. what is your reaction as an artist to have a statue on display in the us capitol? >> i have been trying to come up with words and i haven't. the moment it hit me was last thursday night when we installed it. the crane was lifting the box that contained the statue through the columns of the capitol. it was incredible. i found myself shaking my head. >> you looked at it for how long? >> well, it had some scheduling uniqueness. we worked very fast. we had to slow down and work very fast. this statue took about a year and then in storage waiting for scheduling. >> how different does it look as opposed to your studio? >> when i am close to it or had been touching it, he was clay. so he looked very different. now he is the dark classic bronze. in terms of setting the capitol is a lot better than my studio. there is one view that caught my breath from the doorway. if you stand past

i dedicate this to mary. once again, thank you very much. i want to say hello and arizona to my wife and children who are visiting their in-laws. i love you guys very much. [applause] >> congratulations, mike. special thanks to build plants from cbs. -- bill plantte from cbs. our next award as the david bloom award. the bloom award is given for courageous reporting that is dangerous, daring, and composed in the most difficult of circumstances. previous winners include abc's bob woodruff, and my colleague at fox, steve sent on all. -- sentano. here to present this award are david bloom's daughters, ava, christine, and nicole. [applause] >> we want to start by saying that our family is so grateful to tim russert. he was instrumental in establishing the david bloom award. we want you to know that we miss your dad dearly. [applause] six years ago, our father, david bloom, passed away while covering the war in iraq. despite how difficult it was to lose him, we can't help but be so proud of his courage and reporting. tonight, however, we're not ju

on today's program, mary agnes carey and today's news and phone calls. washington journal starts now. >> good morning. the senate health committee continues to mark up its version of the health care bill. president obama will be attending a prayer breakfast. we begin with a look at the economy. a story posted on the government deficit. the government spent one nearly $150 billion in may more than it took in. twin threat facing the agenda. and there is a story on inflation out today. the economy and inflation is our first topic today. call the numbers on your screen. you can also send us a comment on twitter. let's look at some headlines. there is a story on inflation and the federal reserve. people who worry about inflation may not have fully grasped the ramifications of american households leveraging. the pullback is going in to prop up a faltering economy. at every level of society, the demand for cash is unprecedented. meanwhile in today's wall street journal, a report on a story twin threat jobless rate deficit. flags have been raised as the presiden

he is interviewed by mary matalin. and on sunday bill ayers, university of illinois professor. we will discuss his latest book. he will take your calls as well as questions from the audience at the literary festival. for a complete schedule of programs and times, go on line. >> now a portion of a rally marking the 20th anniversary of the tiananmen square protests in beijing, china. hundreds were killed in the government crackdown that followed. the event was held on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol building. >> jim, are you ready? >> i am ready. i would like to welcome you to the 20th commemoration anniversary of the tiananmen square movement. we are here to remember the brave and honor the fallen. we are here to call for truth, because truth is the underbelly of tyranny and it's the most powerful sort of freedom. to bring invocation and true to our work, i would like to call rev. bob to give the indication. bob. >>[applause] >> let's pray. temple[speaking in a foreign-lae ] [speaking in foreign language] amen. dear heavenly father, today on this special occasion, we come befo

that business about john adams, there was an article of long time ago, in the 50s, in the william and mary quarterly, that discusses that. he was talking about the french revolution, not the american. >> i don't think so. addams did say that he thought 1/3 of the american people were loyalists. it is easy to study because what happened, in the peace negotiations, the british wanted the americans to provide restitution for the property that the loyalists had lost. as the country went bankrupt, there were negotiators at the peace settlement, john adams, john j. and benjamin franklin. adams and j were willing to include a provision in the final peace treaty under which congress would have to provide restitution. intriguing lead, benjamin franklin, whose son was a loyalist, said absolutely not. franklin wouldn't go along with it. you can look at that in 2 ways, did franklin hate his son that much or did franklin think that his son had a better chance of getting restitution if it came from england? it didn't go into the peace settlement. there was political pressure in england to provide restit

he is interviewed by mary matalin. and live on sunday, bill ayers. his latest book is "race course." for a complete schedule, go online to booktv.org. >> now a house hearing on state secrets. the chairman is co-author of legislation to make it harder for the state secrets privilege. this is about 90 minutes. >> the hearing will come to order. today's hearing will examine the state secrets privilege. the chart recognizes himself. the legislation that i have introduced with other members of the committee would codify a uniform standards with dealing with claims of the state secrets privilege in civil litigation. the last congress at an oversight hearing. our experience has demonstrated destructive impact that secrecy can have on our nation. for the rule of law to have meaning, liberties and rights must be enforceable in the courts. separations of powers concerns are highest with regard to executive branch contact. -- conduct. claims of secrecy have been used to conceal matters from congress. that has been the case with respect to the use of torture, us

our first call from mary on the democratic line from pennsylvania. caller: my concern is why to pharmaceutical companies advertise on television? i think it raises the price of the drugs. my doctor is the one who should be prescribing my medicine. this raises the cost of the drugs. what are your thoughts on that? guest: that is a key part of this debate, advertising draws up uses of drugs. there is also evidence talking about patients coming into their offices and saying they need this drug whether they need it or not. there will be a look at -- an examination of these consumer ads to see about their accuracy and make sure people know about their claims. this is part of the debate. people talk about this all the time. consumers really need to have a conversation with their physician. host: are they talking about imposing a tax by denying deductions for advertising prescription drugs? guest: all sorts of things are in the mix. host: next call from the republican from texas. caller: i have a ph.d. in chemistry and i started my own business 30 years ago

we will talk about health care with mary anges carey and earl blumenauer. then we will talk to james hackett. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00. >> "book tv" has nonfiction authors on c-span 2. from the garden of eden until today, eduardo galeano talks to john denges. john talbott talks about the recession adn what it will take to recover. and jay williams on capitalism as teh best way to -- the best way to ease [unintelligible] david kessler talks about how americans can control theri eating habits -- their eating habits. booktv.org has streaming video, archives, and simple ways to share yoru favorite programs. >> charles evans of the cfr talked at the executive's club of chicago. he became the president in 2007. this is 45 minutes. >> thank you. that was a warm introduction. and thank you for inviting me to speak today. i have spoken to this group before and this is a great turnout. when she asked me to speak, i did not hesitate to accept the invitation. it is important to use every opportunity to help people understand the actions that we ta

mary's.re's a guy that would love the job, the former new mexico state coach, he could be an option because he is not attached to the program but the kind of guy i'm talking about is jamie dixon of pitt. you would think this would make a lot of sense for him but not at this time, not with everything going on at usc. >> andy, you mentioned tim floyd and the coaches that could go potentially to usc. what about the flip side. a guy that was linked with arizona, memphis, turned those jobs away. do you think tim floyd coaches again at the college level? >> i don't. unless he is completely exonerated i would be very surprised if he does. he as a good friend in the general manager of the chicago bulls who tim hired to go to chicago when he was head coach. they were at ohio state together. i can see him bringing tim back into the fold with the bulls. that would make more sense than tim going back in college. the only job i can see right now is helping his good friend down at southern miss. >> espn.co

host: silver hill, good morning, mary, you are on with george will. caller: thank you for taking my call, and tonight abc had a special and there is a lot of criticism going around. will there be anybody representing any critics of the health plan? or is it really going to be a pro-obama plan? guest: the short answer is i don't know, and i will have thoughts given that will be presented to president obama and his people. and since i am not an enthusiast of the president's health care reform, i will have it dissent. host: and one writes, so mr. will wants to solve the health care problem by throwing taxpayer money at it. is this a conservative solution? guest: clearly the health care with the uninsured being free riders off of us, and getting substantial health care, and taxpayers are already paying. the question is it's conceptually simple to solve the problem of the uninsured. you do that by giving them money. now the question is that money well spent. we can argue about that. and there is a question of whether or not mandating health insurance is so

introduce is someone you all know, one of your leaders, a brilliant tactician who worked it out so mary he made history as the only republican challenger in the country to defeat a democratic incumbent. we're going to repeat that in 2010 hundredfold.ountry to defe incumbent. we're going to repeat that in 2010 hundredfold.the country to democratic incumbent. we're going to repeat that in 2010 hundredfold.challenger in defeat a democratic incumbent. we're going to repeat that in 2010 hundredfold. in mitch's distinguished career, he served as the chairman of the national republican senatorial committee as the majority whip and the 111th congress, senator mcconnell was unanimously elected by colleagues to be as the senate republican leader. ladies and gentlemen, senator mitch mcconnell.s the senate republican leader. ladies and gentlemen, senator mitch mcconnell. the senate republican leader. ladies and gentlemen, senator mitch mcconnell.the senate republican leader. ladies and gentlemen, senator mitch mcconnell. >> well, thank you very much, john. i'm still just reveling in hearing someone

he is interviewed by mary matalin. live sunday, and death with bill a years, university of illinois professor and former underground member. his latest, "race course against white supremacy." for a complete schedule of this weekend's programs and times, go online to "book t v.org." >> calyces been funded it? >> from public television? the >> donations. >> federally? >> contributions from donors. >> 30 years ago, america's cable companies treated c-span as a public service. no government mandate, no government money. >> topics that today's state department briefing include the trial of two u.s. journalists in north korea. the assistant secretary for public affairs speaks with reporters for about 25 minutes. >> i thought that that red sox signed was permanently banished. >> absolutely not. we have some outstanding coverage. it is a fine tradition. taking over robert to as from the evil empire of which we will not talk about. good morning, and welcome to the department of state. secretary clinton has returned from south a

. >> first of all, i want to thank mary grand for the introduction, also aarp, the organization, for coming together on this critical issue this week. in my address to the ama, i talked about the urgency for health-care reform and what would be required to achieve it. one of the things to be required, i said everyone in our health-care will have to come together and do their part. in recent days, chairman max baucus, who has been doing an outstanding job leading the finance committee on this issue, as well as members of my administration, have been in discussions with the pharmaceutical industry to find a way to bring down the cost of pursuit -- pharmaceutical drugs. over the weekend, we reached an understanding that will help close the notorious the doughnut hole in medicare part d. this is a significant breakthrough on the road to health reform, one that will make the difference in the lives of many older americans. many of you in the press are familiar with the issue. donato refers to eight gap in prescription drug coverage that makes it harder for millions of beneficiaries to pay

[applause] thanks, mary. >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> if everyone can take their seats we would like to begin. i want to welcome everyone to our second panel this morning. titled the future of international economic corporation. civil nuclear cooperation, doha, and beyond. thank you to each of our panelists were being here. it seems like we have lost claude. >> the purpose of this panel is to examine u.s.-india economic relations postelection. u.s.-india bilateral trade has grown from 14.3 billion in 2000, two over 43.3 billion in 2008. the countries have stood shoulder to shoulder for the completion of the u.s.-india civil nuclear deal just a few months ago. but it's a distantly apart in the doha negotiation round in the world trade organization. the economic crisis have also brought into question faith

host: we're going to hear from mary. ancaller: good morning. people are saying that you never hear from us again if you do not vote for more money. i think it is cruel. i think it is inhumane what we're doing. if this is a man i voted for, i want my vote back. we need to get out of this crap, you know? i do not know. we are tired of all of these oil wars. we're using the middle east as a great big gas station. that is really all you have to say. thank you for your time. guest: i did read that. it was quoted in several places. the white house was telling democratic freshmen that if they did not vote for this, they would never hear from them again. i think things like that have actually given progressive members of congress some solidarity and that situation. they should not be under attack like that. i know that so far the only one to come out and say that he will vote for this is jim cooper of tennessee. it is going to be a real problem for him because he is very proud of the fact that he will not add any earmarks in 2009. he is a fiscal respon

host: silver hill, good morning, mary, you are on with george will. caller: thank you for taking my call, and tonight abc had a special and there is there is a lot of criticism going around. will there be anyone representing critics of the health-care plan, or is it going to be a pro-obama policy seminar? >guest: i will be taking some thoughts that will be presented to mr. obama during the broadcast, since i am not an enthusiast for the president's approach to health care reform, there will be one quavering, tiny little voice at least a mild dissent. host: on health care, len writes -- guest: clearly, the health-care system that we have now, getting substantial health- care off the books with caution, taxpayers are already paying. the question is it is conceptually simple to solve the problem with the uninsured. you do that by giving the money. the question is, is that money well spent? we can argue about that. there is also a question of whether or not mandating health insurance is something that a nation with a libertarian streak that we want to res

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i am a retired va maris and i was the head of the most wonderful health care plan. congress has it. this plan includes -- i think there are eight or 10 -- private companies that you can pick from which includes bluecross, blueshield -- i think there is a railroad -- i know there is a post office plan. you get to pick which plan you want. there is no problem going to any doctor you wish, and a specialist. your medicine is taken care of. it is a wonderful plan. i cannot understand why congress is not fully behind a plan like this. i saw senator grassley had received campaign contributions from insurance companies of almost $400,000 from 2003-2008. he had received almost $300,000 from the pharmaceutical companies. host: we will get a response. guest: the obvious answer is the great expense. some people in the military might be happy with their plan, as well. it is extremely expensive. to provide that for every american, that would be beyond the means of what this federal government can do. guest: governor deane and myself -- howard dean and myself argue that when it comes to health ref

>> the republicans, 8 altogether, mary bony know mack, chris smith from new jersey, franklin bianda from new jersey were the three we most likely expected. the other republicans we had on the fence and a couple moved over. david reiker from washington state was one. he is in a tough district. he has had close re-elections. that was a tough vote for him. the other two interesting republican votes for the bill, mike castle from delaware and mick kirk from illinois both are weighing senate bids in 2010. those are both states that trend blue, so a vote for the environment for these two could help them down the line. the other yeses were leonard lance, and also from new jersey, and i might have left one or two off. those were surprising on the republican side. on the democratic side, there were probably a larger number that wanted to vote no an nancy pelosi was able to hold on to some of them. some of them were in tight districts like kathy dellhamper from pennsylvania, she was struggling throughout the week and turned down invitations to talk to obama officials. john salazar from western col

how many of you know mary beth tinker? the case with the bal -- black armband and vietnam? we did a panel together. during that panel discussion, she felt comfortable enough that she came out and introduced her girlfriend. it was a very powerful moment. a lot of experiences like that that happened over the years do mean a lot. >> is a privilege. >> and a shameless plug for the student to work here. the arm band is in the first amendment gallery. >> i will add one more name to her list. . phil donahue. usually in the green room, i will tell our guests that they can feel free to ask questions in return, and i told him, i am not going to brief you on how to work an audience. most of what i say i will -- i learned from watching you on television. he came out, and what he did with the audience, i wish i had been able to take notes on. we discussed the very difficult ethical -- you remember the program. tell us a bit about the next clip we're going to see. >> what we're going to see is an associated press photographer named richard grew -- richard drew telling the story of one of

you might see about five or six jump over and then vote with the democrats, probably led by mary bono maxim from california. in the industrial world you got kind of a split. some the national mining association, for example, is working hard against this bill. you're seeing the american farm bureau came out yesterday against the bill. the american petroleum institute is against the bill. so some of the bigger trade groups are fighting this bill. a lot of the conservative groups you definitely have a large group of skeptics on the sides of global warming who don't believe that climate change is an issue and they're trying to stop this bill from moving forward. >> is agriculture committee chairman collin peterson onboard? >> he is onboard. he signed up about three days ago in a huge agreement that really jolted this debate forward. we started this week not knowing if this bill was going to reach the floor this week. and over last weekend, staff had kind of been just working hours and hours and hours into the weekend when they came back on monday and tuesday and actually wrapped up an agr

good morning, mary. caller: i would give him and "a" considering everything he has inherited. think he is doing a good job. i do not think that we keep any gold at fort knox anymore. host: we will go next to tennessee on the our democrats' line. caller: hello, i am a first-time caller. i would commend the people calling and talking about the problems of usury, and i would probably give thea b- on this, but he failed by not nationalizing banks and picking them up. we ought to look at this as a trust issue. there's a lack of competition, overpayment of executives, and one of greed and which the banks and large companies are calling the shots, not the taxpayer, not even our representatives. thank you for the opportunity. host: j.p. morgan chase tops the list of banks that have agreed to repay tarp funds, followed by goldman sachs, morgan stanley, u.s. bancorp, capital one, american express, bb &t, and so on. connecticut it on at our independent line, go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. it is difficult to rate the president on this issue because because i believe the b

for example, the newspaper, new nation, in bangladesh, there we read it is it that mary tallying the trillions have already been spent to patch up a leading world of financial institutions while out of the comparatively small sum of $12 billion pledged in brummer earlier this year to offset the food crisis, only 1 billion has been delivered. the hope that at least extreme poverty can be eradicated by the end of a 2015 as stipulated in the u.s. and milling and development goals seems as unrealistic as ever, not due to lack of resources but to a lack of your concern for the world's poor. they're talking about approximately a billion people and basing starvation and severe malnutrition, even 30 or 40 million of them in the richest country of the world. that is a real crisis and it is getting much worse. in this morning's financial times britain business press reported the world food program just announced that they are cutting food aid and rations and also closing operations. the reason is that the donor countries have been cutting back funding because of the fiscal crunch and they are

had jobs cleaning offices and she and her husband were riding to work one day and he said to her, mary, i cannot feelw3 my legs. they are known. my arm is number and he pulled the car over to the side of the road and he died. so ms. henry told the story to michelle obama and it was quite soon after the death of her husband so telling the story she was in tears. and ms. henry said michelle reached over and got tissues and hugged her and comfort third hurt and they became friends as a result of that conversation. several weeks ago when the president had his first speech to the joint houses of congress, the white house invited ms. henry to come to d.c. they put her up in a hotel there broader to the congress and to the white house and by this time we had sent her a book so we could verify that she was indeed and she took her book with her to the white house and she showed it to the president and he said michelle i think you need to sign this some michelle obama got the book and signed it. now we're waiting for michelle to sign our books and all of the contributors books. we are going to t

>> well, mary beth, we're assessing the final actions. this has been a fast moving set of circumstances over the last several days, and we're looking at that. much of our assistance is conditioned on the integrity of the democratic system. if we were able to get to the status quo that returned to the rule of law and constitutional order within a relatively short polt i think that would be a good outcome. we are looking at this, but our priority is to try to work with our partners in restoring the constitutional order in honduras. >> does that mean returning the president? you would insist on that in order to -- >> we are working with our partners. the oas will have this assembly tomorrow. we haven't laid out any demands that we're insisting on because we're working with others on behalf of our objects which have shared broadly. so we think that the arrest and expulsion of a president is certainly cause for concern that has to be addressed. it is not just with respect to whether our aid continues, but whether democracy in honduras continue