but molly wasn't always molly. she was married when she was born and some of her good friends i see here knew that. a lot of folks knew that she was born mary increment to molly. it was a nickname at the early age the mole because she left to burrow in her room in houston and in river oaks where she grew up, those of you from texas know what that might symbolize. she grew up with george w. bush. and i will get to that in a second. but molly was mary first and she'd broken her room and her gracious france -- i keep pointing over here because i see two of them that have been to her house note that she had close to 4,000 volumes in her book collection. they ran from the romances that she loved to the 800 books of what winston churchill could each of them equally red wolf of the dog eared notes written. not at an early age molly was a gracious reader eight romilly curious, the great trait of a great journalist, just a closet in the right sense of the term. just open to new ideas and sets of experiences, and even before

but molly wasn't always tranny. molly was married when she was born. some of her good friends, i see a few, knew that about her. but i don't see broadly speaking, sort of involved into molly. she was nicknamed at an early age because she loved to burrow in her room in houston, and river oaks where she grew up, those of you from texas know what that might symbolize. river oaks. she grew up with george w. bush basically down the block. and i get to that in a second, or mike will. but molly was very first. and cheap burrowed in her room and read. i see two of her friendshifriends have been to house, no, she had close to 4000 friends in her book collection. they ran to her harlequin romances two or 800-pound books to winston churchill, all of them equally red, dogeared, underline, notes written in the margin. molly was just a voracious reader, eternally curious. the great traits of a great journalist. just acquisitive in the right sense of that word. fully open to new ideas and expenses. and kind of even before she was a teenager, she was a wiseguy teenage

molly henneberg live in washington with more, molly, what's changed in his story? >> hi, gregg, initially southers, a fbi agent told a senate committee he asked a police department employee to look into some law enforcement records on his then estranged wife's new boyfriend and that was back in the late '80s. later southers told the committee that he personally had looked into those confidential records, what he now calls a grave error in judgment. southers wrote to the senators, quote, this incident was over 20 years ago, i was distraught and concerned about my young son and never in my career since has there been any recurrence of this sort of conduct. southers says the initial recounting to the senate committee was an inadvertent mistake, gregg. >> the republicans say they have other concerns about the nominee, correct? >> right. south carolina's republican senator jim demint says he wants assurances that southers will not support tsa employees seeking to unionize, if he's confirmed. listen to this. >> this is the last thing we need to do right now. our airport

molly henneberg with the latest. >> hi, shannon, the president said the homeland security advisors reported back to him with initial findings from the investigation into the failed bombing plot. the president said that 23-year-old nigerian, umar farouk abdul mutallab traveled to yemen, joined an al-qaeda linked group there and was trained, equipped with bomb components and sent to blow up the amsterdam to detroit flight on christmas day. yemen in response has said hundreds of troops to two

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. >> gregg: molly henneberg is live in washington. molly, president says the u.s. has had its eye on al-qaeda in yiyz for a while. >> molly: yes, in the broader arabian peninsula, president said they have gone on the attack previously. take a listen. >> in recent years they bombed yemeni places. i have ordered to strengthen our with the yemeni government and working them to strike al-qaeda terrorists. >> molly: yemen in response as you were saying, has sent hundreds of troops to two mountainous eastern provinces where the government has little control to try to root out the terrorists there. >> gregg: the president has used the phrase war on terror only once before since taking office. does he use it to industry describe it for the failed bombing plot? >> not war on terror. obama administration doesn't like that phrase used frequently during the bush administration. he describes the plot, as an attempted act of terrorism. he has made it clear that the u.s. is at war against, quote a far-reaching of violence and hatred and the u.s. will do whatever it takes to defea

fox's molly hinenburg went to howard university hostal to find out. >> reporter: at howard university hospital in washington d.c., also a level one trauma center, about 20% of patients walk in the door uninsured. although many may ultimately qualify for medicaid, leaving the hospital stuck with much of the bills. doctors here say health legislation, expanding insurance coverage via the private sector or taxpayer funded private plan may alleviate some of the hospital's financial burden. >> we expect to get reimbursed for the services we provide and i think that with health care refm it's going to be better than having nothing. and hopefully the patients we provide the services to will be able to make any extra payments they need to make. >> reporter: dr. mutan is concerned that the legislation may cut medicare reimbursement rates to this and other hospitals as well as cut the additional government subsidies howard receives for treating so many uninsured patients. >> we're just going to go over our game plan again. >> reporter: still as more people have health insurance and are able to

molly henneberg is live with the very latest. hi, molly. >> hi, julie. president obama says the u.s. is at war against a, "far reaching network" of violence and hatred. the investigation in the failed christmas day bomb plot is focussing on al-qaeda in yemen, a country president obama says is grappling with "crushing poverty and deadly insurgency." today, yemeni officials said they sent hundreds of troops to the provinces, the areas where the government doesn't have much control and al-qaeda is said to be strong. president obama says al-qaeda in yemen struck previously. >> this is not the first time the group targeted us. in recent years they bombed the yemeni government facilities and western hotels, restaurants and embassy. including our embassy in 2008 killing one american. >> today, a new statement from michael leiten who says it's reminder of the insidious threat we face, al-qaeda and those supporting the ideology continue to refine their methods to test our defenses and pursue an attack on the homeland. in the g.o.p. response, mitch mcconnell did n

shannon. >> shannon: molly, thanks for keeping us updated. new information about the investigation into that attempted terrorist attack on flight 253. fox news confirmed that a second man on board was taken into custody, questioned and then released. federal officials have initially denied that a second passenger was put into handcuffs, but are now apologizing for not making that information available. this apology comes after a couple on the plane told several media outlets they witnessed a second man who appeared to be in his 30's of indian decent helping the would-be bomber get on the plane without a passport and earlier this week i interviewed a 19-year-old passenger named daniel told me that bomb sniffing dogs alerted on to another passengers bags. they were held after at that flight, and that that man was taken away in handcuffs. well, in the wake of that botched christmas day terror attack aboard a delta operated plane, questions and fears about securities at u.s. airports have resurfaced. what are u.s. airports doing wrong, if anythin

molly with the news. she's live at the state department today.of state clinton didn't mention that attack directly today but certainly alluded to it. >> yes, shep. she was meeting here at the state department with the jordanian foreign minister. remember a jordanian intelligence officer was also killed in that attack. here's what clinton said near the top of her remarks. >> i express both our condolence for the loss of life that was unfortunately both americans and jordanians. and i express appreciation for jordan's commitment to combatting violent extremism. >> that's about as close as she got to getting near the attack and any comments on it. but the jordanian foreign minister said jordan will increase and enhance its presence in afghanistan. also keep this mind, shep, that the attacker, the double agent, also was jordanian. >> they're trying to explain today how officials initially missed that christmas day bomber, the fact that he had a valid visa. >> right. this all happened, what i'm about to talk about, several weeks before christmas. that

is here, and molly sims, the actress and advocate for haiti. we'll start by going right to haiti to port-au-prince to a hotel where anderson cooper is standing by with we understand desperation boiling over, anderson. looting, violence. what's going on? >> larry, i don't want to paint too negative a picture. this was as far as we know an isolated incident in downtown port-au-prince, but it is a taste of what could occur here if security is not brought to bear on a large scale in the port-au-prince area. there were shots fired this afternoon by two haitian police officers in the air. we arrived on the scene. a group of young men broke into a damaged stores. they were taking boxes of candles and selling those trying to profit. they were trying to profit off other people's despair. it quickly evolved into a situation with hundreds of people on the street. they started bringing weapons to the street. they started battling each other over goods. there were no -- there was no one from the u.n. there. no u.n. peacekeepers on scene and no u.s. personne

molly henneberg is following the latest developments, she's in washington. the president says that the u.s. has had its eye on this group for a while. right? >> reporter: hi. yes. al-qaeda in yemen and in the broader arabian peninsula. the president says they've gone on the attack previously. listen to this. >> in recent years, they've bombed yemeni government facilities and western hotels, restaurants and embassies, including our embassy in 2008, killing one american. so as president, i've made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the yemeni government, training and equipping their security forces, sharing intelligence, and working with them to strike al-qaeda terrorists. >> yemen in response has sent hundreds of troops to two eastern provinces where the government has little control to try to route out the terrorists operating there. >>> the president and the use of the phrase, war on terror, which was used so often during the bush administration, he really has been very reluctant to use it. does he use it to describe this failed bomb plot from

some molly want a cracker -- somali want a cracker? somali want a cracker?l: dennis and i dissect "american idol." do you care about that at&t slipped up a little bit and more people voted for one guy than another? do you care? i don't care. >> do i care? there are bigger things in the world. p'yongyang yesterday, we have this chia-head guy. i am not saying this is the biggest ticket in my life. maybe we should turn it over to the house of representatives and give it to ratatouille wasman -- waxman. bill: we can give kim jong-il reality show. i think that would work. >> that is brilliant. we can get them when they are marching. they have that weird rock at -- rockette march. we have perfected a growing laser from space. get it flapping around like a window shade. we are really on the menu know their dogs will join in because they have been on the menu for so long. >> the three things i receive -- the briefing and received, we were not told -- we were told waterboarding was not being used. bill: i am getting the by the barack obama does not like her. leon pan

jon: molly hennenberg, live for us at the state department, thanks. jane: a lot of debate over health care reform but most of the -- one of the most contentious issues is funding for abortion. the house bill contains an outright ban on any subsidies. the senate version is a little more lenient, but allows states to ban abortion coverage, states themselves. jim angle explains it to us. this is a tough balancing ability since people on both sides of the aisle have very strong beliefs and -- beliefs and long-held beliefs. >> that's right, jane, it's tougher than many issues because beliefs on abortion are so strongly held. the house bill barely passed even after congressman bart stupak got tough language restricting federal dollars from abortion. when that gave her 40 votes, still she only won by five. the question now is what middle ground any new deal between the house and senate could find that wouldn't lose votes on one side other the other, either antiabortion or abortion rights forces. pennsylvania democrat jason altmeyer is one that voted for the

for us to see the difference in mollie-- we were really excited about it.t just makes you feel wonderful. [ announcer ] it's amazing what one can do. so, at national, i go right past the counter... and you get to choose any car in the aisle. choose any car? you cannot be serious! okay. seriously, you choose. go national. go like a pro. >> larry: back with garcelle and ben. anderson cooper is back with us to tell us what is happening at the top of the hour. anderson? >> larry, we are here going to be live for the entire two hours tonight from 11:00 -- from 10:00 to midnight. going to take you out into the streets of port-au-prince as only cnn can. our correspondents have been out in this sorrow-soaked city all throughout the day documenting the unbelievable acts of heroism, the unbelievable tragedy that is occurring here as well. we are going to show you what life here is like tonight and what may happen tomorrow. we'll try to give you the big picture, but also the very human drama which is occurring on just about every street on every block in nearly every

molly sims and jared leto are talking to people that are donating.ey, please tell us and let us know what you're thinking and where you are. a big question, when you donate the money, where does it go and how do you know it dpets to the right place? >> through hope builders you can donate and watch a house built virtually am it's interesting and rewarding to know where your money is going. i've worked with this organization before in the past, and people can really get proactive and be part of the solution. >> they can see which part of the house you're building. >> you can actually see what you're doing, what you're contradicting to. it's a trending topic on twitter right now. >> larry: we're running overstacked now, but we'll try to get in everybody. ringo star has something to say about haiti. take his words to heart and take action. >> peace and love, everybody. peace and love is great, and we're here for haiti. so donations would be better. so let's do what we can do. send anything you like, big or small donations, we're not proud. peace and lov

molly hennen berg has the details. >> president obama says yemen where 23-year-old umar farouk abdulmutallab prepped for his christmas day terrorist mission is a country "grappling with crushing poverty and deadly insurgency." yemen has sent hundreds of troops to two eastern provinces in the country where the government has little control to try to root out terrorists operating there. president obama says al-qaeda in yemen and the broader arabian peninsula attacked previously. >> they bombed yemeni facilities and western hotels. restaurants and embassies, including our embassy in 2008, killing one american. i made it our priority to strengthen our partnership with the yemeni government and working with them to strike al-qaeda terrorists. >> in the republican's weekly radio address, senator mitch mcconnell did not address the christmas day bombing plot but says the u.s. is facing "count "daunting difficulties in the new year." >> while it is true that many of us approach the issues differently at the beginning of a new year, it is important to remember that we are all united by our love of co

of saam and j -- saam njaay in senegal, where a former peace corps volunteer some of you may know, molly melching, set up a village-based ngo called tostan, supported by usaid. women in the village began to speak out about the health consequences and the pain of female genital mutilation, an accepted practice in their culture. this collective wakening led to a discussion and soon the village voted, democratically voted, to end the practice. then men from that village traveled to other villages to explain what they had learned about why fgm was bad for women and girls, and by extension, their families and communities. and then other villages banned it as well. and a grassroots political movement grew and eventually the government passed a law banning the practice nationwide. now it takes a while for enforcement to catch up with all of their, as well as in our country. but the larger point is that the experience in this village demonstrates how development, democracy, and human rights can and must be mutually reinforcing. democratic governance reinforces development, and development can he

and quoting from an article by molly hill -- molly hooper in "the hill" on december 17, mr. waxman said to the extent that there were quoting, if there are such documents, burgess should get them. i think some of the things he wants are not written down and different people have different ideas of what was agreed, waxman told "the hill" on wednesday before congress adjourned. i don't know if anything was written down but the resolution of inquiry is there for a reason and i have been informed by house legislative counsel they can't recall during a resolution of inquiry but this is important stuff. this is one more tool at our disposal and the committee has to act on it. it wilma tur on it in february. the 15 legislative days will take us into february. it will either be forwarded from the committee to the floor of the house or be quashed in committee, which i expect will happen, new nevertheless, it is one of the things we should be talking about because it is our obligation to bring some of these things on this discussion. and before anyone criticizes me and says, why didn'

i don't noaa forever referring to their breault or mary luther hayes to us molly pitcher. i don't know of any references to that. she did have a wonderful admiring reference to a group of women led by deborah read in philadelphia who raised money to support the american soldiers, but i don't think she ever commented. does anyone want to correct me on that? i think she didn't, unfortunately. .. is this right 19 years her senior, he was considerably older than abigail, and abigail really looked up to her as being older and already have and have a bunch of kids, as a woman who had published, all produced a publishing when navigare met her in 1773 she published a play based on the events of the boston massacre, so her initial attitude towards -- [inaudible] i don't blame you for that but it's nothing fawning letcher. it in a just declined over a bunch of issues. mercy's kids, sons were almost all of them bad news and abigail sisters in charge of her kids while she was in europe kept her away from them and mercy figured that out. and then mercy became an opponent of the constit

let's get molly henneberg live at the state department. >> both countries say they are committed to fightingerror wherever it is and helping the afghan people combat terror in the country. new information just out about the christmas dave thwarted bomb attempt. it turns out his name was misspelled in the initial state department report to try to find that if he had a visa. it's still not clear that anybody went back and checked to see this guy that was just coming on their radar screen, whether or not he had a visa. the department said it did not assess the risk assessments. they're looking into how this could have happened in the weeks leading up to that christmas day plot. trace: live at the state department. that is brand-new information at the bottom of the hour. >> while passion and politics can obscure the hard work before us, let's be clear about what this moment demands. we are at war. we are at war against al qaeda. martha: all right. those are the stern words from our commander-in-chief. prominent voices from the political and security worlds are starting to weigh in. here is a for

we talked about some molly. they are breeding them in africa. they are going to somalia.hey are going straight from there into year. have any the talk to the africans? >> let me just say that we have already deployed officials from our department around the globe. they will be going to africa as well. they need to be part of the solution. this is a global travel issue. there is active engagements there. >> there are many different recruits in africa pitt. we have had a robust dialogue with african countries and the leaders. we see that is an area that al qaeda preys upon. they are looking in africa for recruits. this is something that we are very concerned about. >> it is just one of many elements of the u.s. government. they are engaging with african countries and leaders in a way to address this issue from the standpoint of cooperation and security. >> is there any information that the government has been able to analyze and you have -- had prior to christmas but had not been able to analyze yet? >> there is a lot of information that is being realized and reevaluate. th

we have new biographies by molly ivins. and this year's national book award. gail collins talks about -- a best-selling author takes your calls on sunday. find the full schedule at booktv.org. michelle malkin is the guest this weekend. she takes your calls this weekend. three hours on "book tv." >> cthe ctv network. stephen harper answers questions on the canadian mission in afghanistan, climate change, and his relationship with president obama. this event runs about 40 minutes. >> welcome. we will be talking about stephen harper about the kind of year we had in 2009 and we might look forward to in 2010. it does not seem that long ago that you were here. unless some we're talking about what you described as the great recession. you're talking about the kind of stimulus spending you would have to put in case. is the recovery sustainable? >> tactically, we're into a recovery. -- technically, we're into recovery. we do not yet have a turnaround in the job market. some of the people are not going back to work. there are some positive things. the employment situati

we talked about some molly. they are breeding them in africa. they are going to somalia.re going straight from there into year. have any the talk to the africans? >> let me just say that we have already deployed officials from our department around the globe. they will be going to africa as well. they need to be part of the solution. this is a global travel issue. there is active engagements there. >> there are many different recruits in africa pitt. we have had a robust dialogue with african countries and the leaders. we see that is an area that al qaeda preys upon. they are looking in africa for recruits. this is something that we are very concerned about. >> it is just one of many elements of the u.s. government. they are engaging with african countries and leaders in a way to address this issue from the standpoint of cooperation and security. >> is there any information that the government has been able to analyze and you have -- had prior to christmas but had not been able to analyze yet? >> there is a lot of information that is being realized and reevaluate. this gi

we talked about some molly. they are breeding them in africa. they are going to somalia. they are going straight from there into year. have any the talk to the africans? >> let me just say that we have already deployed officials from our department around the globe. they will be going to africa as well. they need to be part of the solution. this is a global travel issue. there is active engagements there. >> there are many different recruits in africa pitt. we have had a robust dialogue with african countries and the leaders. we see that is an area that al qaeda preys upon. they are looking in africa for recruits. this is something that we are very concerned about. >> it is just one of many elements of the u.s. government. they are engaging with african countries and leaders in a way to address this issue from the standpoint of cooperation and security. >> is there any information that the government has been able to analyze and you have -- had prior to christmas but had not been able to analyze yet? >> there is a lot of information that is being realized and reevaluate.

we talked about some molly. they are breeding them in africa. they are going to somalia.hey are going straight from there into year. have any the talk to the africans? >> let me just say that we have already deployed officials from our department around the globe. they will be going to africa as well. they need to be part of the solution. this is a global travel issue. there is active engagements there. >> there are many different recruits in africa pitt. we have had a robust dialogue with african countries and the leaders. we see that is an area that al qaeda preys upon. they are looking in africa for recruits. this is something that we are very concerned about. >> it is just one of many elements of the u.s. government. they are engaging with african countries and leaders in a way to address this issue from the standpoint of cooperation and security. >> is there any information that the government has been able to analyze and you have -- had prior to christmas but had not been able to analyze yet? >> there is a lot of information that is being realized and reevaluate. th

so, you see a very deep focus, for instance, in algeria, molly -- mali, libya, tunisia and morocco, andf course, somalia. host: easton, pennsylvania. robin the republican line. caller: thank you to c-span and thank you, sir, for your service to the country. there are many who are of the thought with regards to the war in afghanistan and pakistan that we should pull out because that area of the world is known as the burial ground of civilizations and the men and women who are dying so nobly their should better be brought home and surrounded our country with much tighter border security. thank you. guest: thank you. i have been a focus on africa for so long that in the periphery i look at afghanistan, pakistan. i understand, it is a difficult political question. look -- i honestly believe that we have to continue to go after the threat. i think general mcchrystal said it perfectly -- the conflict will be won by persuading the population and not by destroying the enemy. so it is a delicate balance, again, that in effect of the u.s. military has to be involved but we have to do it in a very

of saam and j -- saam njaay in senegal, where a former peace corps volunteer some of you may know, mollymelching, set up a village-based ngo called tostan, supported by usaid. women in the village began to speak out about the health consequences and the pain of female genital mutilation, an accepted practice in their culture. this collective wakening led to a discussion and soon the village voted, democratically voted, to end the practice. then men from that village traveled to other villages to explain what they had learned about why fgm was bad for women and girls, and by extension, their families and communities. and then other villages banned it as well. and a grassroots political movement grew and eventually the government passed a law banning the practice nationwide. now it takes a while for enforcement to catch up with all of their, as well as in our country. but the larger point is that the experience in this village demonstrates how development, democracy, and human rights can and must be mutually reinforcing. democratic governance reinforces development, and development can hel

so, you see a very deep focus, for instance, in algeria, molly -- mali, libya, tunisia and morocco, andcourse, somalia. host: easton, pennsylvania. robin the republican line. caller: thank you to c-span and thank you, sir, for your service to the country. there are many who are of the thought with regards to the war in afghanistan and pakistan that we should pull out because that area of the world is known as the burial ground of civilizations and the men and women who are dying so nobly their should better be brought home and surrounded our country with much tighter border security. thank you. guest: thank you. i have been a focus on africa for so long that in the periphery i look at afghanistan, pakistan. i understand, it is a difficult political question. look -- i honestly believe that we have to continue to go after the threat. i think general mcchrystal said it perfectly -- the conflict will be won by persuading the population and not by destroying the enemy. so it is a delicate balance, again, that in effect of the u.s. military has to be involved but we have to do it in a very s

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