maxine was the first one we read her in school we knew of her. she was not out there like anny tan was when she wrote the joy luck club. so much of it is timing. it meant all the history and the voices before then had been silent. my generation of writers came in and we heard stories of women and men and the family of a different generation. a lot of us had been writing about that because they were silenced for so long. i am involved with the book prize. it's a pacific rim book prize in which books come from asia and all over the pacific rim. in the last 11 years it's been a prize we read so many books that have come from voices of new writers. i'm always amazed and they are writing different storers i wrote when i started. all the people have come through now. if you look at the list of indian and japanese authors and chinese authors it's now we are very much diverse. i think for a long time we weren't. i thank you for that question. if i keep going i will never get another question. [laughter]. >> thank you for samurai's garden. i read it had i

. >>> plus, did shady republicans try to use the maxine waters investigation for political reasons? that hot story tonight. >>> welcome to the show, i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, president obama is vowing to veto what some are calling the republican's worst idea yet. it's the so-called cut, cap and balance bill. a tea party plan that's even more extreme than the ryan he budget. here is the -- >> classic washington posturing ka bookie theater. you know, this is a measure that's designed to duck, dodge and dismantle. duck responsibility, dodge on obligations and dismantle, law, which would require the dismantlement of our social safety met wp social security, medicare and medicaid. >> even though american people rejected their agenda, a new poll shows 71% disapprove of how republicans are handling the debt talks. much worse than for democrats or the president. in fact, 51% of republicans don't even like where the gop is doing. 73% of independents feel the same way. joining me now, is democratic strategist bob an former rnc chairman michael steele now an mooes moo msnbc contributor.

ethics committee has named a washington lawyer as outside county to investigate maxine waters.aters is accused of trying to obtain a federal bailout for a bank that her husband owned stock in. >> in britain they grilled the prime minister over a phone hacking scandal. david cameron defended the editor of news of the world tabloid. they are one of ten people arrested. cameron said both conservatives and liberals fail to see key developments in the hacking case and courted rupert murdoch who owns the did he funk tabloid. >> they wanted to put a stop to the illegal practices to make sure the effectiveness of the police and to establish a more healthier relationship between politicians and media owners. >> also u.s. attorney general eric holder is opening to meeting with families with members of the 9/11 attack with allegations that murdoch hacked into their phone records. and they will let actor hugh grant whether he was one of the phone hacking victims. they ordered him to hand over information and his grm girlfriend where a private investigator intercepted phone messages. >>> mi

ethics committee has named a washington lawyer as outside county to investigate maxine waters. waters is accused of trying to obtain a federal bailout for a bank that her husband owned stock in. >> in britain they grilled the prime minister over a phone hacking scandal. david cameron defended the editor of news of the world tabloid. they are one of ten people arrested. cameron said both conservatives and liberals fail to see key developments in the hacking case and courted rupert murdoch who owns the did he funk tabloid. >> they wanted to put a stop to the illegal practices to make sure the effectiveness of the police and to establish a more healthier relationship between politicians and media owners. >> also u.s. attorney general eric holder is opening to meeting with families with members of the 9/11 attack with allegations that murdoch hacked into their phone records. and they will let actor hugh grant whether he was one of the phone hacking victims. they ordered him to hand over information and his grm girlfriend where a private investigator intercepted phone messages. >>>

meetings here with various writers in this building even later went on to give the house to the writer maxine gorky in nineteen thirty one and as the author was famously known for his love and passion of play in interior design i really wonder what he would have thought of this breathtaking elaborate estonian marble staircase that he still had a sense of humor after all with it except on the style this room the dining room is a perfect example of the stalinist style it can be used as a period piece film sets its furniture including the cardboard table chairs and the grand piano come from the nine hundred thirty is before item a single came moved into this house several soviet organizations were located here one of them was a kindergarten for top party members and stellan son bacilli was one of the kids who spent time here during his childhood believe it was extremely witty careless over who elected to write or paint the whole creative world was under his thumb and any mistake could mean a certain death that sent stalin suppression didn't stop other writers from producing famous works. for ins

gilberto among the front runners for most of the day on sale the peloton a gallon to chop off the rider maxine a glinsky them on here triggering a months of pile. contador on last year's runner up on the schleck among those losing brawn following extraordinary crash afforded the carnage in his first tour since awaits the belgian fending off alexander vinokourov council are later on to take the voters. ok let's stay on two wheels but move from pedal power to horse power where it's been a great start to the weekend for casey stoner the australian setting a course record up my gallo on the way to clinching pole for some this italian from prix these trillion not waiting around setting a blistering mark of one minute forty eight point three four seconds the honda rider finishing ahead of last week's dutch t.t. winner ben spies on marco simoncelli who rounded out the front row in the grate and three had to visio so jorge lorenzo and cullen edwards will start from the second line with last year's winner dummy to draw us a further back in eighth position. brings us pitch side work colombia have got of

their russia big brazil in sunday style and a thrilling five setter edging the decider fifteen eleven maxine mckew of top scoring for the winners with twenty seven points he was also named torn and the paper russia had only one month before the two thousand and two. there's also the issue of i remember the entire final game against brazil including the fifth set and the winning point yes we won the world league but we need to keep working because we are not like the brazilians who used to win the tournament for an impressive eighty years in a row it was only a second title so we have to continue to work with. some ice hockey news in their little brother t.v. kontinental hockey league is growing farm tains for russia's second division hockey clubs will now be participating in the youth the newly introduced n.h.l. green bay the league on up an eventual system comparable to what is in place across the atlantic. because i love you it's we're building the foundation for hockey development for decades to come currently we're building a scattered network of youth teams which will eventually become

among the front runners for most of the day on till the peloton began catching up us than our rider maxine glinsky the man here triggering i'm not some pilot after a cameraman wandered into his path contador on last year's winner up on the schleck among those losing ground following the extraordinary crash gilberto voided the carnage in his first tour since awaits the belgian fending off the del evans on tour later on to take the jersey. thing on two wheels poets moving from pedal power to horse power where it's been a great start to the weekend for casey stoner history and setting a course record of my gallo on the way to clinching pole for sunday's italian grand prix history and not sweeping a row and setting a blistering mark of one minute forty eight point three four seconds the hundred rider finishing ahead of last week's. spice. and shelly who runs the front row and grid. also for dealer rental and colin edwards will start from the second line with last year's winner dani pedrosa for the pack in a place. colombia got off to a winning start on the ten year anniversary of their soul co

having to outsource and get a new investigator from outside in order to investigate representative maxineers. why are they paying their salaries in the first place? >> that's right. he's talking to his lawyers, to see if he should resign on his own. in the past, when he was in college, there were allegations made against him. speaking of more allegations, another sex scandal. dominique strauss-kahn, the maid that accused hi her in a hotel m has taken it mainstream. judge, does this help her case? >> this destroys the government's case. had this is the last thing the government wants is for the media telling everybody what happened. every time she speaks it's a slightly version she tells, slightly different from a prior version. the government doesn't want this to happen. i've known cases where witnesses threatened to go to the media, and the they've tried to keep the witness in jail until -- >> haven't they basically dismissed the case? >> the fact that they've let her speak about it tells me that -- >> the sad part about this, i thought it was great, because we'd get a frenchman -- i sti

. >> body set down with maxine, and we decided if we all put our hands together, that would show us notbut unity and organization. >> and to help bring violence under control, atascadero has done something unheard of in a facility of its kind, they've organized a patient government. here, patients are elected by their peers to provide perspectives on what provokes violence in the hospital and how best to solve it. >> we're in here as a patient, and i always finding myself caught up in that sometimes, especially in aggressive situations, you know? it's like, you know, a guy wants to fight and i'm in limbo. it's like what do i do? the old nature wants to come up and lash out. >> in many ways, it is like spiritual warfare, it's our deliberate attempt to take fundamentally right behaviors, compassion and care, and cultivate them in an environment that can then override the dark side of human nature. >> when we come back, we'll meet the fastest growing and perhaps the most violent and controversial population in atascadero, the sexually violent predator. esurance instantly compares our car i

. >> dana: you have to remember, congresswoman maxine waters saying she is willing to talk about entitlementorm and social security. >> bob: i take my hat off -- i don't say it off but i will take my hat off for tea party people, they got the debate in front and center. silly debate. >> andrea: don't celebrate too soon. tax increases. >> bob: i been in washington 30 years. nothing sure except they are going on vacation. >> eric: let's say they get a deal together in the senate, then it goes back to the house, right? you're sure it will pass? >> bob: i'm not sure. >> greg: can we go to a live shot to see if anything is happening. >> dana: that guy is still sitting there. >> greg: sitting there. >> bob: leave him alone. that is my brother. my brother lives there. >> eric: more to get to, you guys. stay with us. don't forget, we want to hear from you. so e-mail us at thefive@foxnews.com. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> andrea: welcome back to "the five." all right, we have been talking about the debt ceiling. you can see they're working hard in d.c. they're working hard maybe to go to a birthda

despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, one in five american parents believes maxine's cause of his thumb. this disturbing statistic likes the coup seems likely to hold true even after the recent publication in the british medical journal of the report debunking the original 1998 paper that launch the global vaccine autism scare. we are already witnessing the effect on the decision not to fully vaccinate their children, the return of disease such as measles and whooping cough that has largely disappeared from the united states until recently. last year california witnessed the worst epidemic of whooping cough in over 60 years. more than 9,000 cases of the vaccine preventable disease were reported in the state's and ten instances most of whom were too young to get vaccinated died. still, for all of the sound and fury today's vaccine controversy pales in comparison to the vaccine that took place in the united states of the turn of the 20th century. and this at the height of a nationwide epidemic of smallpox. as small pox spread across the country between 8098 and 19 a treehouse, t

last thing you need is being on tv every day fighting with barney frank and maxine waters over guns and abortion. you need to get on the commerce committee. i went and saw chairman hyde and he invited me to join the committee and i am flattered but the answer is no. have to get on the commerce committee. i will deal with you on the vote. i am a social conservative but i don't need to get into the infighting. the next year henry kept coming and approaching me saying you are the guy i want on the committee. i would love to have you and for the same year i kept rebuffing him a nice way and for the end of my first year in congress, he said you are a member of -- you have got most of those hollywood movie studios in your district, the entertainment industry. their lifeblood is intellectual property and protecting intellectual property. he says we have an intellectual property subcommittee on the judiciary committee. that is good for your district. you could be protecting their economic interest. he said okay. we have no opening but we have an opening in a year-and-a-half when we get the next

all over, congressman bobby scott who's very actively engaged, congressman from here in los angeles maxinesheila jackson lee, and marsha fletcher are all going to be here to discuss these very issues and talk about how we can work together to make sure the agenda and concerns of our community are also taken into major consideration as we move forward as a nation. >> okay. so you have a stellar bunch there gathering. but if you look at jobs, hillary, certainly the national average 9.2% with this high unemployment. but if you look at them from a demographic breakdown, among african-americans that number is 16%. are there expectations on this president to do something about the jobless situation within the african-american community as he approaches the end of his term? >> oh, absolutely. as a matter of fact, you're absolutely right. 17%. but if you look at subdemographics like african-american males you find an unemployment rate in many cities, including here in los angeles, that exceeds 50%. so it is a crisis situation. and yes, we've had those conversations with the president and many very

host: maxine explaining your experience. question for julie rovner? i think more people need to pay attention to their bills, i think that is the problem with medicare spending. host: julie rovner? guest: medicare is trying to urge patients to basically be their own watchdog. hospitals in deep do not get paid for a number of -- hospitals indeed to not get paid for a number of these infections that occur at a hospital. there are a list -- there are lists of things for which hospitals are docked. a specific infection is indeed one of them for which hospitals are required to pay themselves. it is an effort to hospitals improve quality. -- to have hospitals improve quality. it is a matter of certain fairness that the hospital should be responsible for that, but also to get hospitals to put in policies -- obviously, things can happen, but there should be -- it is dangerous for the patient, not just an inconvenience. obviously, doctors who practice in the hospital -- that may not be a fraudulent charge. that doctor may have been overseeing many things and y

also on this topic, california democrat, maxine waters was set to stand trial of abuse of power. now the charges may be dismissed. what's the latest there? >> a pile, a couple hundred documents from the ethics committee, which is rare to get your hands on. he found lawyers who worked for the committee shared information about the maxine waters investigation and our friend charlie rangel and his investigation outside the place she should have. the lawyers were suspended. now, congresswoman waters is saying the improper handling of material means she should get off. now there's pressure to drop the charges because of their staff's careless handling of that information. >> this is stunk from the very beginning. you can't link what happened to congresswoman waters with congressman rangel. i looked into the waters situation. it was a very -- the charges that she specifically went and got something done for a bank where her husband was on the board and could profit, it doesn't pan out. she's stuck to her guns, she is not guilty of anything, hasn't broken rules or broken the spirit of r

host: maxine explaining your experience. question for julie rovner? caller: i think more people need to pay attention to their bills, i think that is the problem with medicare spending. host: julie rovner? guest: medicare is trying to urge patients to basically be their own watchdog. hospitals in deep do not get paid for a number of -- hospitals indeed to not get paid for a number of these infections that occur at a hospital. there are a list -- there are lists of things for which hospitals are docked. a specific infection is indeed one of them for which hospitals are required to pay themselves. it is an effort to hospitals improve quality. -- to have hospitals improve quality. it is a matter of certain fairness that the hospital should be responsible for that, but also to get hospitals to put in policies -- obviously, things can happen, but there should be -- it is dangerous for the patient, not just an inconvenience. obviously, doctors who practice in the hospital -- that may not be a fraudulent charge. that doctor may have been overseeing many thin

from political this morning, maxine waters threatens to sue house ethics committee. democrat of california threatening to take the house ethics committee to a federal court if the secretive panel charges her with any violation of house rules. marcus is a democrat and jacksonville, florida. what you think about the phone hacking scandal and its impact? caller: while i disagree wholeheartedly with a murdochs testimony, they would like to say some critics say some kind of face. and not be vilified the world over. they could afford to take a page from the reagan doctrine when iran-contra started hopping. he claimed he did not know what was going on one iran-contra happened. but he took responsibility for not knowing and not doing anything about it at that time. the least they could do is at least go ahead and take some responsibility and say, we are wrong, we did not know what was going on, but we are responsible for it and we will do to get past it. that's all i had to say. host: a "weekly standard" reporting this morning, chris christie heading to iowa. here is an e-ma

biggert and the members of the financial services committee, i want to commend congresswoman maxine waters who worked together in a bipartisan way who produced a bill that passed 54-0. you don't see that very much. this has been a very contentious congress. there have been a lot of partisan divides when it comes to voting on bills. in this one area, there's consensus, which i think is an indication that it will win broad bipartisan support in this congress. so mr. speaker, i want to thank the gentleman from texas for bringing this rule to the floor. i want to thank all those responsible for the underlying bill and look forward to supporting it and i hope my colleagues at a bipartisan level will support my amendment, which i think is a good amendment. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i want to thank the gentleman from massachusetts, not only for his service to the rules me, but also to the ideas that we -- rules committee, but also to the ideas that he represents. i'm glad he had the o

as one of the original founders of the out of iraq caucus, along with congresswoman maxine waters and congresswoman lynn woolsey, our position has been clear all along. we oppose the war and the occupation from the start and we have worked day in and day out to end it. we believe that ending the occupation of iraq means withdrawing all troops and we mean all troops and all military contractors out of iraq. it would be unacceptable to have troops remaining in iraq after december 31, 2011, unless of course there was a treaty or an act of congress. leaving troops would hurt u.s. national security interests by adding credence to insurgents narrative about the u.s. being a permanent occupying force. america's interests in iraq and the region will be best served by eliminating our military presence and making greater use of our nation's assets, including diplomacy, reconciliation, commerce, development assistance and humanitarian aid and we've already said in policy that there should be no permanent military bases in iraq. iraqis must be responsible for the security of iraq which they have

during bush's tenure, there were barney frank, chris dodd, maxine waters, who what really wanted to put a chicken in every pot. they created this house and bubble that we are all suffering with. you also talk about renewable energy. there was an inventor many years ago by the name of thomas edison who created the incandescent light bulb. he did this without government support. maybe there is another thomas edison out there. host: a also added this e-mail. how many windmills would have to cover the vermont landscape to power in the city of stowe? guest: we will be powering many of our communities and we are doing a turbine project right now that will power thousands of thousands of homes. all i can tell you is that we believe that we can move to a renewable energy future. we believe we can be 60%-7% renewable within the next 10-15 years. we will make that happen. if we do not, i just want to say that what happens if we do not? what happens if we keep burning coal, oil, and fossil fuels? the answer is that the planet will be fine. bitter the things living in that that will be in trouble.

host: maxine, good luck with your surgery. guest: the lady faces a difficult challenge.ight of hundred dollar charge. i do not know all of the particular. we have to do a better job helping folks that have limited incomes. we also have to have some copays for folks who have greater means. when you look at the whole budget and expenditures, medicare and our health care is a huge portion of the federal budget. i am sorry about that. again, i have tried to say that both sides share responsibility for the situation we have gotten ourselves in. both sides have to get the car out of the ditch. host: joe in arizona, it republican, welcome. caller: thank you very much. we do not bring up term limits in of. toward washington said the government -- eloquence is not reason, it is a force. basically, anyone who wants to raise the debt ceiling, they want to destroy us from the inside. they do not love this country. we need to cut of the government-backed. we have so many different agencies that we need to get rid of. like the atf, the department of energy, corporate welfare -- we nee

maxine watters has three ethics violations. it's extraordinary. she's waiting for her day in court.ony weiner and, they're looking into his claims. and then you're looking at his -- >> it's his birthday and everybody knows you have tickle fights on your birthday. >> some republicans have had to resign as well. coming up on the show, lower than low. a man uses a wheelchair for sympathy to rob a bank. details at the top of the hour. >> then the tea party shot her into the national spotlight. what does christine o'donnell think about nbc calling the tea party people a bunch of drug junkies? huh? good question. k9 advantix ii. not only kills fleas and tick it repels most ticks before they can attach and snk on us. frontline plus kills but doesn't repel. any tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. [ male announcer ] ask your veterinarian about k9 advantix ii. our girl's an architect. our boy's a genius. we are awesome parents! biddly-boop. [ male announcer ] if you find a lower rate on a room you've booked, we won't just match it. we'll give you $50 towards y

biggert from illinois, and also the ranking member, maxine waters, as well as chairman bachus and ranking member frank of the full committee. mr. costello: and also mr. schock and mr. shimkus from illinois. we all worked on this amendment together. it's a good amendment. as i think mr. schock explained, the bachus amendment gives the administrator the authority to allow for a possible fourth and fifth suspension of the mandatory purchase for certain communities that are making adequate progress in the flood protection system. it's a commonsense amendment. it's a bipartisan agreement, and i urge its adoption and not only support the amendment but the underlying bill as well. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. schock: thank you, mr. chairman. i would yield the balance of my time to the author of the amendment, the chairman of the committee, spencer bachus. the chair: the gentleman from alabama is recognized. three minutes. mr. bachus: i appreciate the remarks of the gentleman from

my colleagues, representative barbara lee and representative maxine waters and i, we called ourselves the triad, started the out of iraq caucus. we first -- forced the first house vote to bring our troops home. along the way i visited iraq, i tried and i learned on that trip and my opinion was confirmed against that very war, but at the same time it increased my admiration for our troops. gradually the tide of public opinion has turned. president bush lost the confidence of the american people and eventually had to start winding down the war. i don't believe that would have happened unless a few lonely voices had dared to be heard in those early, early days. i'm proud of what we have accomplished, but i'm also very frustrated because nearly a decade after the first american boots hit the ground in afghanistan, here we are, still at war, still occupying sovereign countries on missions that aren't making us safer or advancing our interests. the cost has been devastating. over 6,100 americans are dead. a thousand more civilians have died for the cause of their so-called liberation. thous

jim mcgovern, jo ann emerson, members of the hunger caucus, along with myself and barbara lee and maxine waters and gwen moore and others have been very vocal on this issue. ms. mccollum also has added her voice from minnesota. the crisis is worsening though. the famine early warning system network believes within the next one or two months the famine will spread throughout all of southern somalia. as the situation has grown more dire, over 600,000 somalis have fled to neighboring countries, some walking hundreds of miles to refugee camps. the roads to these camps in northern kenya and eastern ethiopia have been described by "the washington post" and others as roads to death. thousands of women, children and elderly are left on the side of the road, weak from malnutrition, unable to continue. they're resting on those who have already died. and so i ask all of you to respond to this very serious situation. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: at this time the chair recognizes mr. goodlatte from virginia for five minutes. mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr. speaker. mr.

during bush's tenure, there were barney frank, chris dodd, maxine waters, who what really wanted to put a chicken in every pot. they created this house and bubble that we are all suffering with. you also talk about renewable energy. there was an inventor many years ago by the name of thomas edison who created the incandescent light bulb. he did this without government support. maybe there is another thomas edison out there. host: a also added this e-mail. how many windmills would have to cover the vermont landscape to power in the city of stowe? guest: we will be powering many of our communities and we are doing a turbine project right now that will power thousands of thousands of homes. all i can tell you is that we believe that we can move to a renewable energy future. we believe we can be 60%-7% renewable within the next 10-15 years. we will make that happen. if we do not, i just want to say that what happens if we do not? what happens if we keep burning coal, oil, and fossil fuels? the answer is that the planet will be fine. bitter the things living in that that will be in trouble.

the full committee chairman who is not with us, but thank him as well and of course the honorable maxinewaters. mr. chairman i would like to commend you for holding this hearing. it is an important hearing and i think of the witnesses for participating. you have indicated it's been six years since we examined this topic in the committee and i agree and concur that it is time for us to have another opportunity to visit these issues. i am eager to understand how we can adapt regulatory framework and governing through mutual money market funds such that we can avoid a run similar to the one that we experienced in the fall of 2008. i understand my constituents and our constituents hold a lot of savings and retirement funds and accounts heavily invested in money markets ritual funds because of their safety, and i want to ensure that future generations can continue to depend on these financial instruments. they are important to our economic stability and they have been of great benefit to us. i am also interested in exploring the various options are witnesses bring to the table today, includin