michelle, time it raise taxes. and every day, michelle says, no, no, no, no.once again i watch my dreams of lobbyist gold disappear as michelle tells me she is just looking out for minnesota families. >> i'm mi -- michelle bachmann and i approved this message. >> we wanted that to be noticed that it is different than other political ads. i think we accomplished that. we wanted to put her in the position even if she is attacked voting against what some people, conservatives were calling a bailout, others were calling rescue package for the economic community at that point in time, that michelle's reasoning for that grounded in something more than just her being attacked as being somebody who doesn't care about families. we put in terms of her standing up to special interest groups. we're rolling along. doing okay with this. take another survey comes into our campaign october 16th the we're ahead by 14 points 45-31. we feel pretty good where we are. things are gotten better in the district. mccain is even. coleman slightly ahead. part of our improvement in the d

spencer michels will have a report. >> people -- beneficiaries would not be at risk because we're on the hook for those payments regardless how well and how poorly pension funds do. >> mark shields and david brooks look forward on health care and back on the decade. >> warner: efforts to reform washington, d.c.'s public schools. then tells us what's ahead. >> we have been totally disrespected. we have been treated like we don't matter. >> reporter: that's all coming on tonight's "pbs newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: monsanto. producing more. conserving more. improving farmers' lives. that's sustainable agriculture. more at producemoreconservemore.com. >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. and by toyota. and 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 yo

ewshour" correspondent spenc michels reports. reporter: when 86-year-old john canfield retired fromis cafornia state job, he was making about50,000 a year. as a senior enneer, he had designed highway bridges useby thousands of californians. >> destructed l over the state of califora and i take pride in that. reporter: today with yearly increases for co of living, his state pension totals about $63,000. that's more than the avera for ste workers because canfield was one of the higher paid employees. >> i feel that iarned that tirement pay. considered it a contract between me and the ste of california. reporter: for decades, retireesike canfield drew their pay with little noticeut no that xpayers in california and other stes are being told to pone up for underfunded pension ans, questions are being asked abouthe amount pensioners ear the way pension funds are invested a how the pension boards themselveare beinrun. david crane, scial economic advisor to govnor arnold scarzenegger worries that unss those questions are swered, pension

. >> fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest this began on "american perspectives" -- on "book tv" three hours with her sunday live at noon eastern on both tv -- on "book tv" part of a three day weekend starting friday. correct this panel looks at cost-effective methods to provide quality education for all american youth. it is about one hour, 50 minutes.

don't give up. >> reporter: for now michelle rhee's plans are on hold. the city council expects to vote soon on her request for greater control. next up? negotiations with the teachers' union. >> ifill: that was back in 2007. since then, the city council did in fact give michelle rhee more power over the school system but rhee and the teachers' union have still not reached a deal on a new contract. and the chancellor decided to remove the principal of anacostia high school one of several dozen she eventually replaced. in john's next installment he looks at rhee's plans to close some schools and early resistance to that. >> brown: the major developments of the day. senate democrats won a key procedural vote to clear the way for approving their health care reform bill by christmas. much of the east coast struggled back to life after a weekend blizzard paralyzed state after state with record snow. the newshour is always online . hari sreenivasan in our news room previews what's their. >> sreenivasan: on our website tonight more from ray on the outcome of th

that raises a question: is michelle rhee trying to do too much, too fast? >> the time for dramatic change begins today. >> reporter: this man doesn't think so. washington's mayor, adrian fenty hired her. >> the person who says that they're going to come in, shake things up, change the system, challenge the status quo, that's exactly what i want, because i don't want to be mayor of the >> reporter: rhee wasted no time getting started. weeks before the first day of school, she discovered thousands of textbooks and supplies - not in classrooms where they belonged, but gathering dust in a warehouse. she got them delivered to schools in time for opening day, and then went after the cause of the problem, the district's central office, long criticized for its inefficiency. rhee asked the city council to pass a law giving her the power to fire central office employees at will. >> for children at the classroom level. >> reporter: but pushback against rhee's proposal was immediate. at city council hearings, five labor unions spoke against the plan. >> i come before y

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president obama and first lady michelle obama mark the holiday season and discuss sacrifice he made byseas. they are followed by representative duncan hunter of california with the republican response. he also talks about american troops and republicans' priorities in the new year. it's about 10 minutes. >> hello, everyone, and merry christmas. as you and your families gather to celebrate the holidays, we want to take a moment to send greetings from our family, from me, from michelle, from malia, sasha, and from beau. >> this is our first christmas in the white house and we are so grateful for this extraordinary experience. not far from here in the blue room is the official white house christmas tree. it's an 18-foot tall douglas fir from west virginia and deck indicated are -- decorated with hundreds of ornaments from children all over the country. it symbolizes the blessings we're thankful for this holiday season. >> that's right. especially as we continue to recover from an extraordinary recession that still has so many americans hurting, parents without a job who struggled to put p

schools cncellor michelle rhee's forts to tu the schools around for three years. we revisit the schools from rhee first month on the job. >> repter: in washington d.c. the new leader of t public schools iputting her house in oer. >> the bottom line is don't believe that you are gng to be the leadewho is going to take the schls in the direction that we ne to go in and have the hiest expections for the kids. >> reporter: miclle rhee spent the first weeks the schoolear meeting one on one th all 156 principals under her charge? >> in y other sector emplees are expected to to meet certainutcomes or delivebles. everody knows that if you don't meet those numbers, u go that's what we're creating. i'm terminating your incipalship now. >> rorter: any compassion? >> compassion? think that when you're doing the kind of work tt i'm doing in public ucation wherthe lives and futures childrenang in the balance, you cannot... you can't play th that. >> the wheels are in motion foaction. and the time for dramatic ange begins today. >> reporter: re's campaign for reform began six mo

michelle's next target? teachers. >> if we have ineffective teachers in the classroom, the goal is to not have them in the classroom any longer. >> reporter: just 12% of washington's 8th graders are proficient in reading. last year principal nelson burton of coolidge high school told us how unhappy he was with his teachers. >> it's a terrible thing to say. but half of the staff here ought not be. they just don't fit in to what we are doing here. and i dare say, many of them won't fit into any program where they are trying to raise student achievement . >> reporter: ri granted burton's wish and more. as part of the restructuring effort she forced all teachers at coolidge to reapply for their jobs. out of 53 burton rehired just 17. but what is good for coolidge isn't necessarily good for everyone else. because when teachers leave one school, they don't automatically leave the system. ri is staking her success on her ability to change that. so far she has been able to push through her reforms because of the bac

michelle obama politically, she is off the boards. it is almost like they would come through as a family values intact portrait. it has had an impression on voters. the jackie kennedy thing was just absolutely -- >> there was sort of a fork in the road for michelle obama on how she was going to go over, and she has done it in a very positive way. >> anybody would like this word, "genuine." in a world where everybody seems to be putting on airs, this is a genuine person. >> the things i was surprised we did not hear about was the clothes from the gap. >> it is funny the little factoids that come out. the not kissing the president of france -- i had no idea what she was talking about. >> whether it is internet or cable news, they see some of these things. >> little stories and little vignettes determine who we are. the other thing i find interesting was his backbone, because as you remember, we asked about his backbone in july, and there was a lot of uncertainty about his backbone. hear, while they did not use material, one putty and on

. >> please enjoy,, michelle obama and -- ladies and gentleman, michelle >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to the white house and happy holidays. thanks to all of you for joining us today as we preview how we will mark the holidays at the white house. like many years past, we have been planning this day since this summer. our starting point was a very simple idea, that we include as many people and as many places in as many ways as we can. we decided to do something different. we took about 800 ornaments left over from previous administrations and sent them to 60 local community groups and ask them to decorate them to pay tribute to a favorite local landmark, and send them back to us for display at the white house. today, thanks to the east wing and residence staff, and 92 volunteers who spent more than 3400 hours decorating over the last several days, we have ornaments hanging on the tree throughout the white house and ever were else that includes the statue of liberty, mount rushmore, the kennedy center space center, as well as davy crockett park in tennessee, pompeii's pillar, a

. >> ifill: also tonig, from san francisc spencer michels reporton a battle about putting terature online. >> googlis in the process of digitizing 40 million brooke not everyoneelieves one mpany should conol that much knowledge. >> brown: anmargaret warner talks to autr kati marton about heparents-- hungarian jonalists targeted by the secret police in the 195. >> i think it'really important for usn our country to understand t human cost of the cold warefore all the witness to it disappear. >> ifill: that all ahead on tonight's "pbsewshour." major fundinfor the pbs newshour is provided b >> whathe world needs w is energy. the energy to get the econy humming again. the engy to tackle challenges li climate change. what if that energy ca from an energy company? everyday, chevron vests $62 million in peoe, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling grth around the world to movus all ahead. this is the power human energy. chevron. >> what makes us aengine for the ecomy? plants across america. arly 200,000 jobs created. we see beyond cars. >> ts is the engine that bnsf, the engine tt connec

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michelle malkin in her new book ultra corruption. a look at the book here. erin from mesa, your first. your favorite nonfiction book of the year, go ahead here in >> caller: it so hard to pick just one, but i don't think they cannot do that tonight but that's what i read it so i think that's up there. marcus melita's book taking on the system was good, but i think my favorite has to be jeremy scales, blackwater. when i read the book blackwater and just on topic of the mercenaries >> what did you learn out about blackwater book? >> caller: the in depth that jeremy scale goes into his investigative journalism is amazing. erik prince, his family history and basically how he was born and bred into this person who created this blackwater basically mercenary army who feels it's their obligation to to this story or to destroy the muslim faith. you know it's basically christian crusaders. >> thank you for your comments. here is austin, texas on our independent line. what is your favorite nonfiction book of 2009. >> caller: my favorite nonfiction book is the tire evo

three year tonight, we goack to the beginning of a n school year-- the fallf 2008-- when chancell michelle rhee pushed a propal that attracted national attenon, on the questi of teacher pay and perfmance. >> the hardest job i er had d the hardest job in my mind that existis being a teacher in thelassroom every single day. >> in gust, three days before sool is opened in washington, d.c.chancellor michelle li dressed th city's 4,000 teaers and principa. >> we are going to chae thface of public education in this country. >> reporter: ihad been only 14 months since t rookieuperintendent acpted the job of turning around o of the worst blic school districts in the cotry. >> good moing. >>eporter: and in her whirlwind rst year she closed3 schools, replaced 58 princals and assistant principals, firenearly 17% ofer central office, and begaa process known as restructuring in 27 schos that hadailed to make sufficient academic progress. chelle's next target? teachers. >>f we have ineffective teachers in the assroom, thgoal is to not have th inhe classroom any longer. >> reporter:ust 12% of washington'

picture of my daughter who is three in her westpoint cheerleading out fit and the president and michelleave the baby diapers and chatted about the health care and we landed and it was a very exciting trip. >> senator jack reed, democrat from rhode island, thank you. >> we continue the conversation with john statton and tom. what happens if this strategy does not work? >> as the senator was talking about, there

and any event that is coming up on c-span, booktv, rather, in depth, michelle malkin and her new book, culture of corruption. this is mazar arizonan. aaron, you are first of. you're favorite nonfiction book of the year. go ahead. >> it's so hard to pick just one. but i don't think of the city of hope can melt until 2000 and that's up there. marcus's book taking on the system was good but i think my favorite would have to be jeremy scales blackwater. when i read blackwater and just on topic of -- >> what do you learn out of the black water? >> ravee in depth -- the in depth that jeremy goes into, his investigative journalism is amazing. eric prints, his family history and basically how he was born and bred into this person who created this blackwater basically mercenary army who feels it's their obligation to destroy the muslim face as christians, basically christian crusaders. >> host: thanks for the comments this morning. here is austin texas, martha on the independent line as we look for your favorite nonfiction book of 2009. >> caller: my favorite nonfiction book is power of illusi

. >> please enjoy,, michelle obama and -- ladies and gentleman, michelle >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to the white house and happy holidays. thanks to all of you for joining us today as we preview how we will mark the holidays at the white house. like many years past, we have been planning this day since this summer. our starting point was a very simple idea, that we include as many people and as many places in as many ways as we can. we decided to do something different. we took about 800 ornaments left over from previous administrations and sent them to 60 local community groups and ask them to decorate them to pay tribute to a favorite local landmark, and send them back to us for display at the white house. today, thanks to the east wing and residence staff, and 92 volunteers who spent more than 3400 hours decorating over the last several days, we have ornaments hanging on the tree throughout the white house and ever were else that includes the statue of liberty, mount rushmore, the kennedy center space center, as well as davy crockett park in tennessee, pompeii's pillar, a

we were reminded that the president and michelle gave the baby a wonderful gift when she was born. we thought it was a cake, but it turned out to be much more useful, it was diapers. we chatted about the health care debate, etc. >> center jack reed, thanks very much for joining us. we continue the conversation. what happens if the strategy does not work? >> ssa to read was talking about, there will be some clear signs early on -- as senator reed was talking about, there'll be some clear signs early on. whether the american public is going to tolerate it will be a sign of whether or not the strategy will be sustainable. >> politically, he has a couple of months where if things start to go poorly, the president is going to see members of his own party coming out hard against him. a number of house members basically do not like this idea and do not want to spend more money and more american lives. >> he also said that we need to pay with this, but -- that we need to pay for this, but no specifics. >> right now is $60 million for the 60,000 that are there now. you are talking about may

it was pretty encouraging. >> going back to michelle obama that everyone said policised. almost like she was support and everyone. >> other thoughts? what is the lead? >> i think you have to raise some doubts about the sequencing of the legislation. that is because of how dominant the economy is. they also said that there is no bill to stop this from ever happening again. at the end, someone said that if the jobs come that may be the health care will come. i think that they do the sequencing differently. of course, it is stimulus first. there has not been a real sustained effort to keep high up in the minds of voters what they're required to do with the economy. >> for you going to write about? >> this was pretty much a 50/50 audience. that is a humongous political asset. ronald reagan tried on that in the early 1980's. we have a long way to go in his presidency. >> there is always nancy pelosi, the shield. she is catching all the darts and bullets and half of them did not even know who centre reif was -- senator reif was. >> this has just shifted to nancy pelosi and cong

>>ç michelle malkin is our gue next weekend on book of tv's in depth.day live at noon eastern on book tv. part of a three-day new year's weekend starting friday. host: from iraq, afghanistan and middle east to national security here at home our two guests for the next hour are barbara slavin the national securityç assista managing and writer for the washington times and jonathan broder defense fortune policyç writer. let's beginç with some of the news of the morning. associated press reporting another crackdown of iranian security forces opening fire killing at least three in tehran. barbara slavin, your reaction? >> not surprised at all. what we have seen since june 15 is that the iranian people are using every official holiday to go out and protest not just the results of the elections which they believe were stolen from them but their general dissatisfaction withç 30 yearsç misrule under the islamic republican and today was supposed to be aç climax. iç assume there are massive demonstrations throughoutç tehn and they are meeting a stiff respon

. >> letters to michele obama and this year's book awards. afterwards, new york times columnist gail collins talked about women's history. and best-selling author. malkin -- and best selling author michelle malkin. >> abraham lincoln, great american historians on the sixteenth president. from 56 scholars, journalists, and writers -- abraham lincoln, in hard cover of your favorite bookseller. available when digital audio downloads are sold. >> on his first day in office, president barack obama signed an executive order implementing rules on lobbyists access to the executive branch. now, james therbur who worked on lobbying reforms in 2006. this is part of a lecture series hosted by american university public affairs and advocacy institute. it is about an hour and five minutes. >> welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. as many of you know, i am jim therber. [inaudible] i want to talk about the politics of lobbying reform. the politics of lobbying reform really served heavy in 2005 when there were a series of controversies and problems. not only on

a man of many distinctions and the father of michele nunn. thank you so much for being here. start with melody and i'll start with saying, " but you focused on service? " thank you so much for the question of thank you for in fighting me here. it is such a pleasure. there is a tradition, is a sign of friendship and respect. i should say howdy. thank you. i love that question because it allows me to think back to the fact that our household had a culture of service. my father was a president of the pta and my mother was the president of the band boosters. we talked a lot about service. the earliest instances of service i can remember or both baking cup cakes for political campaigns when i was an also tutoring. there were a number of people moving to richmond through churches and other houses of worship from vietnam in the middle-incom to late 197's. i remember that experience of helping someone acclimate to being in a different country and to living in richmond, virginia. so very different from the home she had lived in. acclimating to that and also learning a language. beckha

president barack obama joined by michelle obama at his side also touched on the tough economic year, as we recover from an extraordinary session. looking here at the president and first families looking head their christmas break. from georgia, go ahead. caller: i just wanted to say that i am praying for the troops. i will be grateful when the war is over and they could come home. i do not know anybody. i do not have many people over there. host: we are joined by a navy lieutenant from afghanistan. good to have you here. guest: thank you. merry christmas. host: tell us about your role in afghanistan, how long have been there, and your impressions so far. caller: my role is for an adviser to the medical group, working with statistics. general impressions is that they are very hard workers. a long way to go, but we're getting there. host: is that working with wounded soldiers and service members? guest: i work with the afghan national army, with civilian providers and logistics'. host: how long have you been in the navy, and what motivated you to join them or did you go to the academy?

what is it about michelle obama that you like or admire? >> first of all, i feel i can relate to her. i am a mom and i have two kids. to me she seems like a genuine person. she is intelligent, well- educated, well spoken. i think she puts her family first, which i've admired. i know it is hard to get caught up in the whole washington white house, but i feel stupid family purse. >> i agree with what sherrill said, very genuine. she does not forget the average, hard-working person. extremely intelligent. >> she reminds me a lot of jackie kennedy. >> does anybody else feel she reminds you of jackie kennedy? let me see the hands. more than half the group say she reminds you of jackie kennedy. and why? >> she is very refined, poised, eloquent, gracious. >> she just seems to carry off her position in the white house with grace and poise. she just seems to always have herself together. she does not seem to be flustered at anything. >> except the encounter in france, when they were supposed to kiss the cheek of the president of the country. she see

michelle malkin on her book, culture of corruption." that is at 8:00 eastern. can see the various lists at.org. >> c-span thursday, it looked back at tributes paid to world leaders, including the dalai lama, ted kennedy, robert -- ronald reagan, walter cronkite, colin powell, and robert byrd. newsday, a look ahead to the new year. russian prime minister vladimir putin discusses his future from his annual call-in program. as an advisor ostend ghouls tha. plus, the art of political cartooning. >> new year's day, new that murphy's of molly ivins and i unmanned -- and ayn rand. the collins talks about women in history. and michelle malkin takes your call sunday on "in depth." >> now available, c-span's book "de ibraham lincoln -- "abraham lincoln there is a unique and temporary -- and contemporary perspective on lincoln, from his early years to the life and the white house, his relevance today. "abraham lincoln," in harbor cover -- in hard cover at your favorite bookstore. available where the deal -- were audio downloads are sold. >> this is a hearing on improving

when michelle moved to nevada a few years ago, she picked the cheapest plan.w -- now -- within these three years, her plan now costs three times as much. three times as much. that doesn't include dental, vision insurance. it's very minimal, bare-bones policy. she is waiting. not waiting for us to scrap everything and start over. no, she wrote that -- quote -- "she's waiting to be old enough for medicare before the surgery my doctor says i need. i know with my current policy it costs more than i could i can afford. these are real stories about real people. brayden, michelle, and lisa. they aren't written with a political objective in mind. i don't know whether they're democrats or republicans or independents. far as any partisan view. they're written by people who know that insurance companies discriminate against their policyholders, and it's not based, i repeat, on party affiliation. it is written by critics who know this crisis is too big to ignore. it is written by americans who want to be able to live a healthy life without going broke. my colleagues on th

later, michelle obama at the dedication of the christmas tree decorated earlier this month. this week and newsmakers, our guest is director of the national institutes of health. he discusses stem cell research, genome technology, and that was agency might be affected by health care legislation. that is sunday morning at 10:00 eastern, and 6:00 eastern on c- span. beginning monday, a rare glimpse into america's highest court for unprecedented, on the record conversations with 10 supreme court justices about the court, their work, and the history of the iconic supreme court building. five days of interviews starting monday at 8:00 p.m., on c-span and get your own copy of the original documentary on dvd. it is part of the american icons collection, 83-disc set. it is one of the of many items available at c-span.org/store. yesterday, the senate passed its version of a health care bill with a 60-39 votes. here are some of the event in washington before, during, and after the boat beginning with floor debate on the bill. of government operations. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the

. >> fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest this week on "in depth," the author of " the cultureorruption." she takes your calls. three hours with michelle malkin, sunday on "book tv." >> there is less than a month left to enter c-span's 2010 student cam contest. top prize, $5,000. just create a 5 to 8 minute video on one of our country's greatest strengths or a challenge the country faces. xdi]it mustç incorporate c-span programming and show varying points of view. interred beforew3 midnight, january 20. cannot wait another minute. -- do not wait another minute. >> how has military strategy changed? the house committee look into how military strategy is taught at u.s. war colleges. arkansas representative vick snyder chairs the armed services oversight subcommittee. the hearing is an hour and 50 minutes. >> good morning. we are going to go ahead and began. mr. whitman will be joining us shortly. this is a subcommittee on oversight investigation, second hearing on professional military education, specifically today, officer in residenceç pme. institutionalizing what we called j

michele bachmann! >> are we ready for the great lady that we've all come to see? [cheers and applause] we are rolling up her sleeves to hear from the freedom side! not only is she the most listened to female in talk radio, she's also "the new york times" bestseller author of what all of you are, their power to the people! [cheers and applause] phobos welcome. and not to mention she is drop dead gorgeous, and smart. laura ingram in mac [cheers and applause] >> hey everybody. how are you? o. stop. [cheers and applause] >> were at! >> i'm here to talk to you about some of my favorite christmas stories. and i'll let you in on media back, every single one of you, all those cute little cameramen back there. i want you to listen up, get your hot chocolate coming or flask ready because i've a story to tell you. it's called how the democrats stole health care. [cheers and applause] we are all like little cindy lou who and the grinch who stole christmas. asking senator reid, why are you senator reid taking our health care choices and stepping them up the chimney? well, litt

i watched our daughter, michelle, and the people who are with our in hands on atlanta and now points of light. i think it is being done now. on the military side, here is one example -- i was told this week in afghanistan that one of the things that is astounding is we have 68,000 troops in afghanistan that is a very tough set of problems. for every military person, we have one contractor. there are 68,000 contractors. the debate is whether we have for -- we add 40,000 more troops and you will have to multiply that by two because of the way the military structure. we have very serious challenges in the manpower and womanpower area of the military. >> the first lady has said that national service should be part of what america is all about. how will you do that? it is on your shoulders and maybe two or three others? >> what you were describing and what senatorny nunn is talking about, that is out here. we see it all over the nation. you think about 20 years ago when president bush was first talking about points of light, we have gone to an additional 23 million people participated in

we may have to shoot that at last second based on what happened like we did with michelle. there is lot of preparation and work done ahead of time but decisions to run are made very close to the election. i think it was klosotowitz, book on war strategy, no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy. that is pretty true of campaign planning as well. you don't know what situation will pop up. so we have pretty good idea for most part but actual decision made right as ad comes up. yes, sir? . . >> that you couldn't say to yourself or sounds bad. use a voiceover then when you're into this sort of territory where we add a little more authority to it, where you are using different kinds of footage behind you. take that authoritarian kind of -- kind of attitude today. and the one thing we don't have an political campaigns is spokesman's. i'm not a big believer that endorsements make a big deal of difference to the average voter so you don't often see george bush advocating barack obama. i think it's based more on the ad and they can all be effective. last question. >> how

. >> larry: michelle, too? >> yes. i know you met recently with our friend billy graham who's been a frequent guest on this show and i know watches it every night. nice to know billy is out there because he's special. how is he doing? >> the last time we saw him, i thought he was doing better than ever. he's still just as kind and humble. you know, he moved around a little bit, but he's still sharp in his mind. he misses his wife greatly. >> larry: yeah. >> but he's got good family around him. >> larry: franklin's doing well? >> franklin is doing great. >> larry: when preachers talk, where is billy graham on the spectrum? >> billy graham is at the very, very top. he's a hero of faith. he was like oral roberts as well. but dr. graham is -- his life of integrity, the way he finished strong. he's still encouraging people. he doesn't have to meet with people like me. he's got other things to do. he's so kind to encourage others. >> larry: do you like him, too? >> i like him so much. he always says what he learned in life a

and michele morgan takes your calls sunday on the in depth.ll schedule at booktv.org. >> last month, west virginia senator robert byrd became the longest serving congressional member in history. he came to washington in 1953 to serve in the u.s. house and six years later was elevated to the senate. senator byrd past the previous record held by democratic lawmaker carl hayden, who represented qarizadah in the house and senate from 1912 to 1969. -- represented arizona in the house and senate from 1912 to 1969. this is 10 minutes. virginia. mr. byrd: i thank the chair. thank you, pat. i thank senator reid, my leader. i thank senator mcconnell. and i thank my colleague and dear friend senator jay rockefeller and all senators, every one, for their good words and for this outstanding resolution. today, madam president, is. mormore than a commemoration ofe length of service of one u.s. senator. today also celebrates the great people of the great and mighty state of west virginia. who have honored me by repeatedly placing their faith in me. because of

mortenson, interviewed ;byby congress wome mary mack, and coming in january, çóblogger and author, michelecy council, thank k you for being here.i]ñ guest: thank you. host: we hear about iran, guest: he believed in the idea of islamic republic but not in this fashion, he was a cleric in the aftermath of a rigged election and the need for the people to have a voice in the evolution of iran's bureaucracy. so his death is a blow to the green movement, because one of their most senior, most powerful proponents have padded the scene and the question where they will get this now. host: the washington journal saying that mr. montazeri had involved himself in the establishments. how is information getting out there? guest: i think they knew a great deal. if you talk to iranians in iran and the west, they know intimately who is what's happening, who is up and down. part of the reason for that because the current supreme leader is a johnny-come-lately, and a lot of iranians and muslims don't believe in him. and being much more cleric, and they look to those clerics than the iran leader for spiritual

president obama and first lady michelle obama mark the holiday season and discuss sacrifice he made by followed by representative duncan hunter of california with the republican response. he also talks about american troops and republicans' priorities in the new year. it's about 10 minutes. >> hello, everyone, and merry christmas. as you and your families gather to celebrate the holidays, we want to take a moment to send greetings from our family, from me, from michelle, from malia, sasha, and from beau. >> this is our first christmas in the white house and we are so grateful for this extraordinary experience. not far from here in the blue room is the official white house christmas tree. it's an 18-foot tall douglas fir from west virginia and deck indicated are -- decorated with hundreds of ornaments from children all over the country. it symbolizes the blessings we're thankful for this holiday season. >> that's right. especially as we continue to recover from an extraordinary recession that still has so many americans hurting, parents without a job who struggled to put presents under

. >> brown: the reporter, identified as michelle lang, was on her first assignment in afghanistan for the "calgary herald." the taliban has claimed responsibility for all of yesterday's violence and said that the attack against the cia was carried out by a taliban sympathizer from the afghan army. the afghan defence ministry responded that no afghan soldiers were involved. for more on the attack in khost we turn to joby warrick who covers the intelligence community at the "washington post." >> what's been learned about how the attack was carried out, how the bomber got on to the base? >> officially details are coming out very slowly about this incident. we know that there were early reports about someone wearing a europe, perhaps a guard or somebody who was on the basement but more information as we develop more information it looks like it may have been actually an inform apt who was invited to come to the base as often happens to provide information to cia op ratives. this happens routinely, this base where people were brought in to be recruited as sources. and this may have been so

michelle and i have been moved by your determination. when it warriors at walter reed and bethesda fighting back to get back your companies, and i've been humbled by family and p streets of me the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. the caskets coming home at dover, the quiet solitude of arlington. after years of multiple ports of duty, as you carry on our mission, your service, readiness to make the same sacrifice, is an inspiration to us and every single american. >> and so are your families. as first lady, one of my greatest privileges is to visit with military families across the country. i have met military spouses doing the parenting of two, keeping household together, juggling play dates and soccer games, helping with homework, everything they can to make the kids feel o.k. even as they try to hide their own fears and worries. i have met kids who want to know when mama's coming home, grandparents and relatives who stepped in to care for wounded warriors and folks trying to carry on after losing the person they love the most in the

book tv indepth, taking your calls and tweets, three hours okwith michele malkin. >> now available,didn't grow as well as we wanted. so there was a gap between the demand for the vaccine and the supply. particularly when the children came back to go to school, and in october when we expected a large amount of vaccine, there was a gap. but as the weeks and months went by that gap closed and we ç clearly have enough vaccine and encourage çpeople to get ffí vaccinated. and the virus that hit us in april towards the end of the school year çxdand the first w and it stayed around during the summer, during the summer camp period. and when you had the return to school, the second wave came back. it's going way down when you look at the states, the number of states have gone from about a month ago, 48 states had widespread activity and now about seven states have widespread activity. there was vaccine that there was unfortunately a gap between supply and demand and that closed. and we have had widespread virus through the young individuals. it was considered in general as a mild to moderat

. >> fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest this weekend on both tv's in depth.r books takes your calls and e-mails and tweets. three hours with michelle malkin live at noon eastern on sunday on the tv. >> now available, c-span spoke -- c-span's book about "abraham lincoln." from lincoln's early years to his life in the white house and is relevant today. abraham lincoln in hardcover at your favorite bookseller and nowlin digital audio to listen to any time available where digital audio downloads are sold. learn more at/c-span.org lincolnbook. >> -- to learn more at c- span.org/menkenbook. >> earlier this year, house committee held a hearing on internet advertising and in particular how companies send ad space on consumers browsing habits. the hearing is about to end a half hours. >> today is a joint hearing of the subcommittee on commerce, trade, and consumer protection and communications technology on the internet. i want to welcome all of you to this hearing and i want to just give you some advanced notice that in about 20 minutes we will be called to the floor

[laughter] katie harrington-mcbride who started us off, michelle rosenthal, jessica and randy fixmane introduced me. where are you? you're in the front, that's great. of course, jessica rich, david vladic who is the architect of so many things in the bureau of consumer protection be. we're delighted you came over from georgetown to be part of the commission. and also jeffrey rosen who is standing over there in the corner and who is helping us think through these issues with a slightly different, but incredible informative perspective, so we're delighted that you're part of the group that's digging through privacy, particularly privacy online. i want to thank you all, really, for assembling such a stellar cast and an accomplished group of thinkers on these issues. and with that, let's get the ball rolling. are we going to reveal the ecosystem charts today? this morning? >> yes. >> oh, that's going to be very exciting. so we have a number of exciting announcements and a number of terrific speakers, and thank you so much. [applause] >> thanks, chairman leibowitz. i'd now like to call to

michele bachmann! >> are we ready for the great lady that we've all come to see?cheers and applause] we are rolling up her sleeves to hear from the freedom side! not only is she the most listened to female in talk radio, she's also "the new york times" bestseller author of what all of you are, their power to the people! [cheers and applause] phobos welcome. and not to mention she is drop dead gorgeous, and smart. laura ingram in mac [cheers and applause] >> hey everybody. how are you? o. stop. [cheers and applause] >> were at! >> i'm here to talk to you about some of my favorite christmas stories. and i'll let you in on media back, every single one of you, all those cute little cameramen back there. i want you to listen up, get your hot chocolate coming or flask ready because i've a story to tell you. it's called how the democrats stole health care. [cheers and applause] we are all like little cindy lou who and the grinch who stole christmas. asking senator reid, why are you senator reid taking our health care choices and stepping them up the chimney? well, little

kids from the nation had test scores nobody dream of because of michelle's skill. brought nontraditional teachers into the teaching classroom. it is a reform which will move us toward pay-for-performance where those teachers who do a good job and improve test scores arare brie rewarded. the results are starting to show. this week in the district of columbia, they reported math scores that showed dramatic improvements compared to cities around the nation. she has another responsibility. 45,000 kids are in the public schools, 28,000 are in the charter schools. the chart schools have to match the performance of the public schools or improve upon them. same thing for the voucher schools, the drk opportunity scholarships much the senator from south carolina stands up us and says, i eliminate the program. well, where does that $13.2 million go? it goes to the program, the d.c. opportunity scholarships. i did change the program. i changed the program because i failed initially when i offered amendments. here are some of the changes i made and you be the judge as to whethe

we recognize these with honors let the woman of courage award that first lady michelle obama and i presented we can give them access to public form but then this is listed their ideas and continue to press for the role of non- governmental organizations like the one we can enlist other allies like international labor unions. religious organizations are champion the rights of people live with aids in africa. we can help change the agents gain access to and share information through the internet and mobile phones and that they can communicate and organize with phones. thousands of protesters have broadcast their demands for rights denied creating a record for all of the world including the leaders of iran to see. i've established a special unit inside the state department to use technology for 21stxd centuy statecraft. in virtually every country that i visited i conducted town hall or a round table discussion groups outside of government to learn from them and to provide a platform for their forces, ideas, and opinions. in russia, i visited the independent british station to give the interview

the art of political cartooning. >> fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest on booktv's inepth. the blogger and author of four books including the best-selling culture of corruption takes your calls, e-mails and tweets. three hours with michelle malkin, sunday live at noon eastern on booktv, part of a three-day new year's weekend starting friday. >> again, we are returning live to american university's campaign management institute in about ten minutes. it resumes at 1:30 eastern time. in the meantime, we'll get a look at this morning's headlines from "washington journal." >> host: good morning to stone on our democrats' line, what do you think, is more security needed? >> caller: good morning to you and happy new year to your listeners. >> host: good morning. >> caller: i cannot believe an unsophisticated yes tin was able to virtual cause a midair holocaust. and now we're bringing prisoners here to the illinois state prisons to be incarcerated? we still haven't learned yet. this is the most despicable breach of security since 9/11, and i will not support any more people co

. @÷ >> fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest this weekend on "book tv."she is the author of four books including "culture of corruption." part of a three-day new year's weekend. >> that is not the business and judges are in. we are not here to make the law. we decide who wins under the law that was adopted. >> unprecedented conversations with 10 supreme court justices. tonight our interview with antonin scalia and ruth bader ginsburg. interviews with supreme court justices. get your own copy on dvd as part of c-span's icon to collection. >> there is less than one month to enter the c-span2 thousand 10 student -- 2010 studentcam video. highlight a problem that the country is facing. winning entries will be shown on c-span. host: for the next hour we will be talking about the funding the events of the decade with roberts lays in your and -- robert s. schlesinger and carl cannon. robert, your defining moments of the decade and why? guest: i think if you had to choose any similar event, it would have to the 9/11. if any event set the tone for the world in ter