themselves to more flexibility are doing far better than the others and they look at the program of mr moon to make them very who is very popular in italy according to wire is he is the older he's now working on a flexible isaac zation of the of the italian government and this will be accelerated by the james army's outlets james young man go ahead go ahead james. what is worst possible solution is flexibility that goes into this mess at least in part it's the base the pressure on real wages and really incomes that flexibility in genders that means a demand has been weak it's been compensated for in many countries by excessive borrowing and that's precisely when the things that led to the crisis that we're now in is a crisis of demand. declining reeling comes in and unless something is done to overcome that crisis of demand which means actually fiscal expansion in reflation in the first instance then we're going to carry on looking at stagnation across europe always come a supply side technically look at increasing flexible labor markets all of us are still isn't only the best going to make

. >> the following from mrs. moon's question, surly you except that -- i say this is someone who has spoken voted in favor of the action -- are blatant targeting of only one side or the other is what has driven the russians and chinese to say, we are not again going to allow nato to lead an operation. because we were given the freedom by the un, i do not care what your predecessor said, we did take a site in the conflict and the chinese and russians will not let us to again. >> well, i think we took the side of the libyan people, and sought to protect civilians as we were mandated to do under the united nations resolution. i have to say that i think this is attributing to the russian diplomatic position over syria are rather altruistic motives. russia has certainly significant strategic and commercial interests in syria which it is clearly seeking to protect. >> bob stewart. >> what d.c. is the most challenging parts of the sdsr? are we on schedule, and what parts are we certainly not up to speed on? did and that is a v

. >> host: and here is the author's note in the front of "sex on the moon," that mr. mezrich puts in his books: summer set county, new jersey, mark, you're on booktv on c-span2 talking with ben mezrich. >> caller: hello, sir. how you doing today? >> guest: excellent, thank you. >> caller: okay. you know, i woke up late today and turned on tv, and there you were. and you really surprised me, and i didn't realize who you were exactly. but now i do. and, but regarding, um, your comments and your thoughts on the stock exchange, um, it got me to thinking, and i'm very curious what you think about -- and it may be you're thinking about writing something about groupon -- and if you were to bet on groupon, which way would it be? >> guest: i mean, you know, groupon -- and i'll be honest, i don't know a lot about groupon other than what i've read on the internet. when it first came out and people were talking to me about groupon, i thought it personally was -- i thought it was ridiculous. it's a coupon book, right? or it's everyone can buy something if everyone wants to buy it,

mr. bartal remains in a coma at san francisco general hospital. >>> in the moon time, san francisco is orderinghat 24- hour jack-in-the-box to close its doors at 2:00 a.m. the restaurant is in the richmond district. neighbors say it attracts unruly crowds. now, the city wants the restaurant to close earlier until the opener applies for and gets a proper permit. >>> however, jack-in-the-box says the restaurant has been working to improve safety, adding security guards and installing -- installing better lighting. >>> it's 8:05. stockton police are trying to identify a body that was inside an apartment for four months. the body was found monday in the downtown area. forensic experts have yet to determine a gender, race and age. police are searching for the tenant. he was in pro the -- in the process of being evicted. >>> the annual department of justty report -- justty reports the -- justice reports -- >>> republicans and congress now working on their own plan that they say would pay for extending the payroll tax cut. house republicans say they will propose a gradual increase for wealthy seniors

mr. gingrich is zany because of his proposal to put mirrors on the moon to illuminate highways in this country and a variety of other things. gingrich acknowledged that the criticism from romney and others and the attack ads that are filling the air waves have taken a toll. his campaign acknowledged that's the case. he popped up on face the nation this morning and what had not been a scheduled interview until yesterday and again, tried to accentuate the positive. here is newt gingrich. >> i thought i could fight my way back up to being in the top three or four. but i think positive ideas and positive solutions, the contract we laid out at newt.org attracted people. i think they like the idea of somebody who is determined to be positive. >> indeed they do like the idea of someone who is positive and here in iowa, they like the idea of a candidate who really takes the iowa caucuses seriously and puts in a lot of leg work and ground game. when you heard mr. gingrich refer to the fact that he thought he could maybe make it to third or fourth, the regier engineering or the film side is he didn't ma

mr. levin: i must say to talk about a man on the moon to essentially disregard the needs of millions of people who are on the ground unemployed in this country is, i think, unconscionable. i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from oregon, another member of our committee, mr. blumenauer, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for two minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. levin. a year ago our republican friends talked about reforming the process so that we wouldn't have legislation that was must-pass category, that was laden with items that were unrelated or unnecessaryly -- unnecessarily complicated it. here we are, less than a year after they adopted their rules, and we have legislation that unemployment insurance has always been, i think, in times of economic stress when benefits are threatened to be expired, that that would be must-pass legislation. if you ask the american public, being able to keep $1,000 or more in the pockets of the average family by keeping the payroll tax reduction, that would be must-pass legislation

mr. levin: i must say to talk about a man on the moon to essentially disregard the needs of millions of people who are on the ground unemployed in this country is, i think, unconscionable. i now yield two minutes to the gentleman from oregon, another member of our committee, mr. blumenauer, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon is recognized for two minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. levin. a year ago our republican friends talked about reforming the process so that we wouldn't have legislation that was must-pass category, that was laden with items that were unrelated or unnecessaryly -- unnecessarily complicated it. here we are, less than a year after they adopted their rules, and we have legislation that unemployment insurance has always been, i think, in times of economic stress when benefits are threatened to be expired, that that would be must-pass legislation. if you ask the american public, being able to keep $1,000 or more in the pockets of the average family by keeping the payroll tax reduction, that would be must-pass legislation

mr. ruppersberger: i think another issue we have addressed in this bill is the issue of space. and years ago when we went to the moon, the whole country understood how important space was to the national defense of our country. and in those days everyone knew the names of the astronauts, the same as they know the names of nfl quarterbacks today, and yet, because of the fact there hasn't been much in space, we as a country need to educate our constituents how important space is. we are the strongest country in the world and one of the main reasons is because we actively control the skies and yet right now our space program has to be invigorated and we have to refocus on that. america, again, controls the world because we control the skies. our investment in space keeps us safe. if we fail to make that investment other countries will move ahead and edge us out. as an example, china is going to the moon. they are spending time and research and development to go to the moon. we rely on the russians to get to the international space station. we must rely on the capabilities that give us the edge in space. we must think a