mr. cooper, congressman, would you try to sell mr. begin gingrey right now on live television some sort of modified public plan that would not offend people concerned about socialism? >> phil is a good friend of mine, but he's tough to sell on these things. a co-op is really used over three-quarters of the land area of america so we buy our electricity that way. it's a creature of the new deal. it's worked really pretty well over all the country for 70 or 80 years. it's owned by the customers, not owned by the government. it works. it works real well. there are good ways to solve this problem. i think the key is to be open-minded, to not use alarmist rhetoric, to focus on the real problem of 47 million uninsured americans today. unaffordable health care for virtually everybody. and really a runaway health care system that does not provide the quality we deserve in america. we can solve any problem we want to in this great country. let's put our minds together and calmly and rationally solve this health care problem. it's eluded every

of group health cooperative. mr. armstrong, thanks for your help today. >> my pleasure. >> we've heard a lot about the local theme, so to speak, when it comes to health care co-ops. is there anything that you heard that causes you pause or at least a question as to how this might apply to a larger model? >> i thought mr. armstrong talked about particularly at the end in terms of the complexity of his organization as well as the sophistication of both the insurance component of group health as well as the, he talked about the del

mr. cooper on my right is a senior director for the middle east and north africa here at the national endowment for democracy. in 19 -- 2005 he took leave during which time he served as senior adviser to prime minister al-zawahiri and spokesperson for the iraqi government. from 1993 to 1998, he had been the director of international relations at the foundation in london. he also served on the board of the arab organization for human rights. on my far left, tom tracks the project at the brookings institution center for middle east policy. she has had previously been a middle east specialist at the u.s. institute for peace and director of programs at the middle east institute. her most recent book, freedoms on steady march america's role in building in a democracy, was published with great acclaim last year. joshua will speak for about 20 minutes, and then now worth three commentators for about seven or eight minutes each, which should lead us plenty of time for questions and answers and discussion. so now it is my pleasure to call on joshua muravchik. josh. >> marc, thanks very much. thanks to y

mr. anderson cooper. just want to stress to the viewers how important it is you put stuff away.as named after john the revlator and david his father. 1:54 p.m. on a sunday he was born. i was up that morning, trying to get ready to go to church and anderson was so sick. i didn't know i had the blood clots in my lung and heart and my heart and lungs were full of fluid. i couldn't breathe. that is the day this baby boy -- he was the first. here comes the second. when i hold them both there is a major fight. we better get rid of this. and here is the love of the world. i'm sure they are going to have a fight. >> anderson: they don't like to be held together? >> no. they don't like to share. >> anderson: hi, lucy. >> david, you better come hold him. here he goes. here he goes. >> anderson: where are you going, big man? >> he wants down. i think he wants to come over here? >> you want talk on the microphone? larry king's microphone. >> anderson: let me show you the microphone. >> anderson, you look very natural with children. you do. i think there is a baby in your future. >> anderson

mr. dispascally is cooperating with the government. so, his former cfo going to jail tonight. melissa, back to you. >> thank you very much. so you heard it's a remand for mr. dipascali. the chances of that happening are really just so slim, it's not rigged. i don't do it on purpose. i'm not picking on guy. you know i love you, baby. >> unh we talked about june 11th. you know what? they reported a decent quarter and guident higher for the year. unh on evaluation, if the world doesn't change, i still think it's very attractive. >> discount retailers outperforming, target walmart closing higher in a town tape. certainly we're watching target today because of pershing reducing his stake mainly because of the expiration of options that he held. is this a reason to follow into. >> into target or that he's out or that he's in at all? >> no, that we have a dip in target. >> i like target. i like walmart. xrt, the speciality retailers part of this huge run-up and short those targets, i still like that trade. it is starting to work in the last couple of days. walmart doing very nicely. i

mr. tony cooper.extended us the invitation to come to this claims office, and when we arrived, the winning ticket was confirmed. i want to echo what he said. that is this should give south carolinians a sense of pride that one of their own won this powerball. number two, his motivation for playing the lottery was at the beginning of the school year he he had education on his mind. he thought he would buy tickets just for the purpose of helping the educational system. that was his sole thinking at that time. now that he has won, his thinking has expanded. >> amen. >> we are mindful of the fact that this is a significant award. in many instances these type of wins make material changes in peoples' lives. i'm confident based on his character and based on his involvement in his community to help others. there's not going to be any major changes in his life. we would certainly ask the public to be mindful of his privacy. that is an important consideration. as some of you might know. we had a choice of not

mr. cheney hinted he might not cooperate. if the prosecutor asks to speak to you, will you speak to him? >> it will depend on the circumstances, and what i think their activities are really involved in. >> mr. cheney says his overwhelming view of the program, which included simulated drownings and unauthorized mock executions is that it prevented more executions on the scale of 9/11. mr. holder will decide to interrogate bin laden through some of mr. cheney's harshest comments> >> it moves in the direction of going back to looking at these the old way, as law enforcement problems, that this isn't a strategic threat to the united states. >> diane feinstein, chair of the senate intelligence committee, told cbs news that although she was or fied by the c.i.a. internal report, said "i wish the attorney general" saying it might get in the way of committee's work, and feinstein said that persistent leaks about the program were not presenting the whole story. bret. bret: catherine herridge live in washington. thank you. the commander

mr. williams, t s-called cooperative, nonprofit cooperive?you can't get enough agreement on a blic insurance plan run with the government, ere would be this other thing that would ruhealth insurance covege. what do you think about at? >> well, i would rather not coent on something i don't understand, have notseen, don't knomuch about. but it es sound like a bac door approach to a governmt health plan. but aga i would wait to see what specific poposalsre made and if that's meaningful. >> woodruff: several yea o aer you became squo of aetna ccording to the "wall street journal", aetna raised premiums,t as much as 50% in some cases, it raised co-pments, utley 8 million of your an members were dropped of the 21 mlion, all inrder to return aetna to profit ability. if someonelooks at tha situation, why wouldn't they lieve that the private inrance industry could do somethi like that again? > well, i think it's a fair question, and i think i would correct the timing a little bit, tat the company was struggling snificantly about 2001. i think during t

mr. leightightman, was quicky you into some of these complications? >> he is well aware that cooperatives are not the ultimate solution, if there is such a thing, to the health care problem in this country. he understands that. i think as he said during the show, the problem is the politics, educating people and consumers, talking them in down to earth terms about what this is. that is the first hurdle. >> you say hardly new asked him repeatedly about regulation. what did he say and did not say? >> he reinforced the idea that insurance has been a state regulated function. i've been covering congress for 30 years and they have been trying to break down those walls. it does not happen and i'm not sure that it is going happen. and it goes back to a new overseas this. if you do not over see it on the federal level, then what? what you have a hodgepodge of the companies all over the country doing different things? i do not know. >> you asked about consumer behavior. >> dead at also lasted good question about their premiums. have they been able to show the difference not only in whether they ar

mr. dipascali will continue to cooperate with the government. sentencing date of may 2010 has been set. his sentencing date depends on how much cooperation he has provided to the government since then. >> thank you, mary tofr son. >>> up next, our task force takes on the doom and gloom upon from "squawk box." is it really all that bad? >>> and our "young and successful" series continues with fortune 500 companies. plus, will sovereign wealth save our bacon? what an interesting choice of food. it's back and bigger and its managers -- we'll will b. right back. these days, when you have to spend, shopping online can help save. doing it with bank of america can help save a lot more. up to 20% cash back from over 300 online retailers with our add it up program. just sign up and use your bank of america debit or credit card when you shop online. it's one of the many ways we make saving money in tough times a whole lot easier. >>> in the 20th month of the recession, the worst we have seen certain over the last 60 years. so the "v" is going to be over by december. exactly 24 months. >> oh, man,

cooperate in such an inquiry. the libyan government applied on fifth may, 2009, on the transfer of mr. megrahi. the prisoner transfer agreement negotiated by the united kingdom government. throughout the negotiations and the signing of the p.t.a. with libya, the scottish opposition was made clear. it was pointed out that the scottish prisoner service had only one libyan prisoner in custody. not understanding that. united kingdom for exclusion of the government, that p.a. of anyone involved in the lockerbie disaster. and mr. megrahi was available for the transfer and agreed to by the governments of the united kingdom and libya. i received numerous letters and representations and recognized that a decision on transfer would be a personal significance to those whose lives have been affected. accordingly, i decided to meet with groups of relative importance. i met with those relatives from the flight and those who were murdered in their homes in lockerbie. and a lady whose sister was held in a cabin crew, and held discussions with those in the united states. i am grateful for the fortitude of the m

prince may have been involved in the murder of the individuals who were cooperating with federal investigations of his company, and that mred himself, quote, a christian crusader tasked with eliminating muslims and the islamic faith from the globe." our guest, jeremy scahill of "the nation." >>> and the fake kenyan birth certificate, it was made out of a real australian birth certificate. >> come any

prince may have been involved in the murder of the individuals who were cooperating with federal investigations of his company, and that mrn crusader tasked with eliminating muslims and the islamic faith from the globe." our guest, jeremy scayhill of "the nation." >>> and the fake kenyan birth certificate, it was made out of a real australian birth certificate. >> come and say g'day. i'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you. >> happy birthday, mr. president. you're now an aussie! >>> and the leak from the

mr. lipscomb is that he financed a $ial0,dg0 ng.oll on behalf of the councilwoman. now we have charges a, per he Ãjlgreed to cooperates a clarge against mr. jlterakis. >> what kind of weight d hels tt add to the picture of all of these folks? >> any time a witness is testifying pursuant to a plea deal, ththe that he was initially facing a charge that carried a minimiga f two years, maximiga of 12 years incarceration, that is, bribery. by entering the plea he's Ãjlyou aided the bribee d charg the mandatory minimum two. so he's r jlteyion,ng something value and had incentive to give the state what it needed, would be the defense's argigaent. >> so it comes county to -- comes down to whether he is deemed cremble? >> that's correct. >> what's n hit for each of the? >> next there will be a continuation of discovery in the case. as i saiory there will likely b a rescheduling of the trial dates from september until late novepfaer, early december would be my best guess in baltimore city. at that time, who knows? that's up to the defense lawyers Ãjlnd the proseng ptor in the c my best guess is these matters will go to trial.

mr. cameron, i am a general practitioner and the founder of the general practitioner cooperatives.i like your statement returning responsibility to general practitioners. why understand that you would tend to return the responsibility to the collaborative medical services, administered by the local general practitioners so that our patients are always in by a general practitioner rather than somebody commercially airlifted from somewhere purely for convenience? >> it seems to me that the gatekeeper in the and a chest -- the nhsd should be the general practitioner. let the general practitioner and patient work together to make the choices about the part you choose for the and a chess. we're not well enough informed consumers to understand that we know which treatment we need. you would have to be incredibly expert to do that are working with your general practitioner, you can ask about what choices are available and you make that choice. the money should follow the decision that you take and the general practitioner hold the budget on your behalf. it seems to be the way to cut out t

mrs. ted kennedy, that senator obama is likely to see. and where he expects to cooperate, with president obama going forward. we have that coming up. also, a power house roundtable this morning. george will is back from vacation. he'll be joined by david fromme. they will be debating robert reich and paul krugman. >> looking forward to all that. that has to be the best backdrop for an interview in a long time. george, thanks so much. we look forward to the show this morning. bill? >> okay, kate. >>> we turn, now, to the end of the road for the controversial but popular cash for clunkers program. the government estimates it will generate 750,000 new car sales before it hits the scrap heap tomorrow night. if and when the dealers get reimbursed from the government, it will be much of a boost for those who make and sell cars. there's another sector enjoying the effects. and abc's john hendren is at a dealership in silver spring, maryland, to explain it. john? >> reporter: good morning, bill. that's right. by all accounts, the cash for clunkers program has stimulated the auto

mr. president, this program provides for cooperation between the federal government, state government agenciesd local organizations to prevent erosion, floodwater and sediment damages and further the conservation and proper utilization of land in authorized watersheds. this program helps communities prepare detailed watershed work plans for flood prevention projects in cooperation with conservation districts and other conservation organizations. annual natural resources benefits include 90 million-tons of soil saved from erosion, 37,000 miles of stream and stream corridors enhanced or protected. more than 1 point million acre feet of water conserved. nearly 280,000 acres of wetlands created, enhanced or restored. and over nine million acres of upland wildlife created, enhanced or restored. this is a very important program, mr. president. and i urge senators to oppose this amendment. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. brownback: mr. president, i have a lot of sympathy for the comments made by the senator from arizona. and i think he's got some accurate

republicans than president obama for lack of cooperation, the poll does show a growing number of people now faulting the president, 17% of americans say mro blame for the lack of cooperation, up from 7% who felt that way in february. meanwhile, a separate gallup poll shows the democratic-led congress approval rating at 31%, the lowest reading since february. with health care eclipsing everything else in washington this hot summer day, it seems as though the president and the democrats are losing favor with the american people. it'll be interesting to see what happens to these numbers if the democrats decide to go it alone on health care like we've been hearing they might. here's the question. why are democrats and president obama's approval ratings falling? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment on my blog. bloom is coming off the rose, i think. >> we'll see what happens after his vacation. going on vacation next week. we'll see if he recharges those batteries and comes back for a fight. >> i bet he cannot wait. >> don't blame him. thank you. >>> old wounds of a terrorist attack reopened. >> 270 people died, the sorrow we have gon

mr. jenkins will not stand before an orange county jury for his crime. >> larry: anderson cooper will host the top of the hour. what's up tonight? >> more on the michael jackson breaking news. at the top of the hour. dramatic turn in the death investigation, which is now a homicide investigation. the ap quoting a law enforcement official says the l.a. coroner is ruling michael jackson died from looeting levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol. all of the angles tonight. breaking news develops. >>> also, extreme measures used by the cia, may have broken u.s. law, but did the cia go too far or did the tough tactics prevent another terror attack? both sides tonight in our strategy session. >>> four years after katrina devastated new orleans, new hope is flooding into the city as we close in on the fourth anniversary. tonight an "360" as part of a week-long series, we'll report on how the school system, once of the worst in the nation has become a magnet for innovation and reform. all that ahead at the top of the hour. >> larry: thanks, that's anderson cooper. 10:00 eastern, 7:00 p.m. let's

mr. madoff's firm back in the 1970s, worked by his side for 30 years and is cooperating with the government to help them unravel that $65 billion ponzi scheme. the question that remains to be answered is whether or not the judge will sign off on the bail agreement that was agreed to by the prosecution and the defense. again, the judge saying that he believes, despite his obvious show of remorse in the courtroom today, remains a flight risk. melissa, back to you. >> thank you very much. is this a surprise at all that madoff had an accomplice to this extent? guys, sorry to interrupt. regis philbin is going to be here. >> think about that. regis is the man. i tell you what, i think the market is headed lower. today, pete and i were talking about this before, the last couple of weeks the market would sell off and have these late in the day last half hour rallies. today was the opposite. the s&p was down only about seven, but it sold off in the last 15 minutes today, something to keep into consideration, folks. the technicals, at least the charts i'm looking at, point to this market moving lower

. >> all three nations pledged to cooperate and communicate, though all predict it will be a difficult flu season with the h1n1 virus first detected after mrobama's april visit. in guadalahara, authorities hand out surgical masks from these tables at the airport and sanitizers are almost everywhere. mexico has sought 20,000 doses and has a stockpile of 2,00,000 doses of tamiflu. >> it has transcended borders and we need more response. >> the mexican government is still enraged that its trucks cannot carry cargo into the united states and the canadians are furious over the buy american provisions in the stimulus has shut them out of infrastructure projects. these disputes and the anker this they generate remain. bret: majoring thank you. to the southeast of guadalahara is a state where drug violence is being dominated by an unusual organization. steve harrigan has the story of "the family." >> it is a neighborhood war in mexico, where the battlefields go house to house, children run, women cry, and just when speculation begins that the democracy could lose the battle with drug cartels -- >> they're up against incredibly powerful and wealthy

cooperatives instead. this could help woo some republicans who have opposed mr. obama's health care reform plan. >> drivers are finding another way to get around tysons corner this morning. the southbound beltway exit for chain bridge road is closed. for the next six weeks crews will be reconfiguring the ramp and work on providing h.o.t. lane access in that area. .e time to takero a look ngonns iss"da kor mpewn rsrs. she is known cople hot th a hot cup of coffee.mr h mrs. cecelima is the oerwn, ma o is the owner oe f shop in northwest washonof cinet shop in northwest washington. tr ofonpas her patrons of her wsno o kll afopay ma knows all o b mend ahe ss name anddeheinsegrv of deservin seau tyhe definitely is a h definitely i and a smile of gold. well,u iyof know anyone like mrs. cecelia, send usyo a clear close-up picture to morningperson@nbcwashington.com. >> a critter who loves the camera apparently. one couple's vacation photo has become an internet hit. take a look. melissa and her husband, jackson, were hiking ina. they thoughtesnna. tnece- s - sce -- sceni

mr. parsons pledged to us at that hearing a lot of cooperation with you. what happened? >> i have to admit i tried every angle possible to get with the preorder audits. i have met with mr. parsons. he did follow-through on his effort to me. i met with charlie williams, leigh thompson, i even went to -- within atnl i met with ashea assad and as mr. parsons mentioned we had a meeting where i brought in every one of my executives involved with the three contractors and we had a meeting with the individuals responsible for awarding the task orders for afghanistan, an entire day meeting and went through each and every one of the issues and what it meant in logcap. unfortunately the train left the station without us and we were not engaged in auditing the proposals for logcap iv for afghanistan. >> you're being diplomatic, miss stephenson. the train didn't sort of have no engineer on board, mr. parsons opposed you and won as he went up the ladder with you. is such auditing crucial from the drawdown, remember our top -- i'm sorry. i want to follow-up without the auditing. our hi

cooperation between u.s. mexican law enforcement agency. mr. chairman, ranking member, it has been said that the challenge of our time is that the future is not what it used to be. when it comes to u.s./mexican relationships and the prospect for building on that cooperation to deal with mexican criminal organizations, that's a good thing. a very good thing indeed. i look forward to exploring this matter further with you and my colleagues in questions and answer. thank you. >> thank you very much for your testimony. we now will move to the question and answer period. i have one broad question for you:are we winning the war against the mexican cartels? drug cartels, mexican drug cartels? >> chairman, we are. that's not to say we don't have much to do. if you look at the work that has occurred, with respect to operations that we have, whether it's operation accelerator, project reckoning, where we have investigated and prosecuted the cartels, we have extracted enormous blows against the cartel and golf cartel, we have lier levels of extraditions o

cooperative as are one option, public option, provider payments, integrated delivery, etc. we cannot isolate these things. we are discussing it. mr. armstrong is discussing it. i do not know what is going happen, and nobody does, but it is all part of the debate right now. >> we have 30 seconds left. >> as long as we're talking about reform in this way and not about death panels and various other things, that is probably a positive. >> noam levy and david lightman. thank you for being on "news makers pr perh." >> "q&a" tonight on c-span. tomorrow on "washington journal", james horney talking about the deficits and concerns over a long term deficit. terry o'neil, president of the national organization for windows -- for women, it discusses health care for the proposals for abortion in one of the health care bills, and single payer. also michael evans talks about his book about jimmy carter. "washington journal" live on c- span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this fall, into the home to america's highest court, from the grand public places to those only accessible by the nine justices. "the supreme court," coming up for sunday in october

cooperated with federal prosecutors in the criminal inquiry into blackwater. from john doe number two, a former member of blackwater's management team, quoting the affidavit, it appears that mrrince, blackwater's founder and his employees murdered or had murdered one or more persons who had provided information or were planning on providing information to the federal authorities about the ongoing criminal conduct. for several days after my departure from mr. prince's employ, mr. prince's management has personally threatened me with death and violence. john doe number two, mr. prince pictured here, had sawed-off semiautomatic machine guns with silencers and hand grenades. and prince, quote, views himself as a christian crusader eliminating muslims and the islamic faith from the globe. from that end mr. prince intentionally deployed to iraq certain men who shared his vision of christian supremacy. many of these men used call signs based on the knights of the templar, the warriors who fought the crusades. mr. prince operated his companies in a manner that encouraged and rewarded the destruction of iraqi life. going to iraq to shoot and kill iraqis was viewed as a sport or gain.

cooperating on a public health front, we want to make sure we do everything possible to make sure the continue -- ensure the continuation of commerce. >> the heads of mexico and canada continue to press mr. obama about a "buy american" provision in the stimulus package. they want to also discuss drug-fighting efforts to a mexican trucking ban in the u.s. >> we don't to expect to announce anything big coming out of this weekend. >> all three leaders will roll their press conference today following their meeting in washington this afternoon. in washington, nicole killion, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the crash of a small plane in carroll county has the family members of two victims in that crash struggling to cope with that loss. jennifer franciotti has that story. >> letty williams leaves behind two sons and five grandchildren and they say her spirit of adventure and love of life will be dearly missed. >> it's devastating. that's my mom, you know? >> eric roth says it is just starting to sink in that his mother is gone. letty williams died when the plane she was riding in crashed several minutes after taking off saturday morning. he wants his mom to be remembered as the outgoing person she was. >

mr. frank d. pa de-pascally a flight risk after pleading guilty to mail and securities fraud. the 52-year-old dip srascali wa takeen off despite the attempts to get an agreement. he has been cooperating since december and his continued assistance would be easier if he wasn't jailed. during the two hour hearing, a sometimes emotional dipascali described how he and madoff defrauded investors and saying since the late 1980s and early 1990s, he falsified investors statements and statements for audiers and at the behest of madoff lied in 2006 to throw them off track. the money was never invested but instead sent to bank account handled by madoff. he said he knew what he was doing was criminal and thought madoff might have other assets to pay investors. he acknowledged his apology about this catastrophe may mean nothing and hopes the work he's doing for the government may end up meaning something down the lo road and help unravel the $65 billion ponzi scheme but now that work has to be done from jail. >> thank you. for staying with us. you have tough large, defrauded falsified, lied to the sec. the guy's in trouble. will we get new leads about where the money is? >> reporter: i think certa

mr. chairman. i ask for just ten seconds to respond to the statements both by senator corker and senator isaacson with regards to sudan's counterterrorism cooperation. i think the characterization's are overstate and do not state the situation. i played my concerns in a classified letter and i would be happy to repeat them in this setting. i would like the record to be clear and i look for to dialogue. thank you. >> it's a very important issue with respect to any kind of policy determination that we make, and the committee will have a classified section to explore this so we can make an intelligence that judgments. and i appreciate your raising the issue. it's one we need to go for any way and we will do it in the right setting. >> i was struck by your notion this wasn't the most secure sitting in the world. i can't imagine why you felt that. [laughter] senator coffin psp mix thank you for holding this hearing. this is incredibly important but difficult problem and i want to thank both of you for working on this problem, and i thank you, mr. gast, talking about my comments on john grindle, who died in sudan. and the 91 employees we have had. i myse

mr. chairman. i ask for just ten seconds to respond to the statements both by senator corker and senator isaacson with regards to sudan's counterterrorism cooperation. i think the characterization's are overstate and do not state the situation. i played my concerns in a classified letter and i would be happy to repeat them in this setting. i would like the record to be clear and i look for to dialogue. thank you. >> it's a very important issue with respect to any kind of policy determination that we make, and the committee will have a classified section to explore this so we can make an intelligence that judgments. and i appreciate your raising the issue. it's one we need to go for any way and we will do it in the right setting. >> i was struck by your notion this wasn't the most secure sitting in the world. i can't imagine why you felt that. [laughter] senator coffin psp mix thank you for holding this hearing. this is incredibly important but difficult problem and i want to thank both of you for working on this problem, and i thank you, mr. gast, talking about my comments on john grindle, who died in sudan. and the 91 employees we have had. i myse

cooperate in any way to answer the questions. but it's for us to decide of the jurisdiction of the lands and of the parliality. -- parliament. >> thank you, i am sure that mr. secretary will be well aware that his decision of mr. megrahi is wide-spread criticism and could deteriorate by the scottish government. it's agreed that such a visit would not be appropriate, and such a visit should be ruled out to avoid further damage to scottish reputation. >> i have to say i am not away of any visit, and we will do not to damage scotland's reputation. and you may disagree with my decision, and with your former colleague, and that the justice minister has arrived at the right decision on compassionate grounds. >> will the cabinet secretary say what he said to mr. megrahi in his prison cell? what he said back to the cabinet secretary, and will he say whether or not he's made any effort to discover from mr. megrahi's council why he would agree that he would enhance his chances of going to libya? >> i made no such references to mr. megrahi, his counsel or those with him throughout the meeting. no such suggestion was made, it would be entirely inappropriate. i said at

mr. president, i commend these many initiatives and pledge my cooperation with other members of this body the national administration. to advance this effort today i'm introducing a package of seven bills to address these challenges all of which have been caused by or made worse by the climate change. i call this package the enuvpick pact, which means the place where we live. i can think of no more appropriate term coming from the very people that are being affected every day by climate changes and america's arctic, the place they have called their home for thousands of years. mr. president, my package starts improving our fundamentallal understanding of the region. we need to improve science to better understand the biology and fish and marine mammals and understanding the oil and gas potential. we need a coordinator research plan, it should include better science preventing oil spills an prevention an response. this plan must include local and traditional knowledge. afterall, some of the first and most accurate predictions of arctic climate change came from native elders. my bill calls

cooperate in such an inquiry. bolivian government applied on fifth, may, 2009 for the transfer of mr. al-megrahi.to the transr agreements are negotiated by the united kingdom government. throughouthe negotiations, and at the time of the signing of the agreement with libby, the scottish government opposition was made clear. it was pointed out that the scottish prison service had only one lyan prisoner in custody. twithstanding that, the united kingdom government failed to secure as requeed by the scottish government and exclusionrom the pt for anyone involved in the lockerbie air disaster. as a consequence, mr. al-megrahi was eligible for consideration for transfer in terms of the agreement entered into by the government of the united kingdom and libya. i received numerous letters and representations, and recogze that the decision on transfer would be a personal significae to those whose lives have been affected. accordingly, i decided to meet with groups and individuals with a releva interest. i met with the families of victims, those from the united kingdom who i vote yes on board the flight, as

at the stafford act and how we can improve the cooperations of fema with the state and local employees. thank you very much, madam chair. >> thank you, mr. cao. we are very pleased now to welcome our colleague, mr. loebsack, of iowa who has remarks and testimony of his own. i'm pleased to receive them at this time, mr. loebsack. >> well, i want to thank chairwoman norton, ranking member diaz-balart, members of the subcommittee for giving me the opportunity to testify today. i'm not the expert, i'm just a congressman from the second district of iowa, an area where we had essentially our own katrina in june of 2008, and it's really, this has just been wonderful for me at the outset here to listen to my colleagues. and mr. cao, i really appreciate what you had to say because while new orleans is sort of, you know, at the end of the line, if you will, as far as the mississippi river is concerned and we're way up north, there are a lot of things that, i think, we have in common in terms of our thoughts about how to do this differently, and i do want to say at the outset that i think fema did a pretty darn good job in iowa and has done a good

mr. obey, just trying to find solutions for us and the leadership of the republican party very cooperative in how we could bring the billed to floor. so this is a very positive, bipartisan initiative to help our auto industry, to help consumers, to grow our economy, to do it in an environmentally sound way. i think it's the perfect message for us to take home for august. thank you all for your leadership in making this possible. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from california. mr. lewis: mr. speaker, the time remaining on each side? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california has four minutes remaining and the gentleman from wisconsin has 7 3/4 minutes remaining. mr. lewis: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield one minute to dr. broun. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. broun: i thank my friend from california for yielding. cash for clunkers has serious problems that are administrative problems. i have dealers in my district in northeast geor

cooperated so well and preparation of these proceedings. it was a job well done. thank you. >> thank-you, commissioner. >> thank you, mr. chairman. congratulations. it will come. it has been a pleasure to have been on board for a while, but i want to congratulate you for a job well done. i had to do a double take. that got a little bit confusing for a moment. i want to think michelle for her terrific job as acting general counsel. i look forward to the exciting time that we have to continue to work together with the commission. i want to congratulate the wireless bureau team, as well as the people in fcc engineering and technology. the commission's policies have encouraged and enabled the innovation that is defined in today's wireless marketplace. the wireless market appears to be robustly competitive with 51% of consumers having a choice of five wireless providers and about 94% having a choice of four. at the same time, more competition is coming over the horizon. prices have been coming down while the functionality, innovation, and choice have been going up. as a result, wireless technology has penetrated broadly and quickly ac

mr. president, that's a mindset among many folks in my audience who say the end game is all about single payer. it's a public option or it's a cooperativeand, sir, you know that there's a perception out there that you want it all. you want to be in the banks. you want to be in the automotive industry, and now you want to be in health care. can you address that mindset? >> i absolutely can. first of all, look, the intervention in the banks wasn't started by me. it was started by a conservative republican administration, and rightly so, because our banks were on the verge of meltdown. the only thing that we've done is said, let's put in place some financial regulations to make sure this doesn't happen again. the auto interventions weren't started by me. they were started by a conservative republican administration. the only thing that we did was rather than just write gm and chrysler a blank check, we said you know what, if you're going to get any more taxpayer money, you've got to be accountable. they went through a record bankruptcy, and now gm for the first time is actually hiring folks back. so, i know that there's this perception tha

i appreciate the generous and genuine cooperation of my colleagues who support this nomination as well as the respect of those who have shown their dissent. but, mr. president, i commend barak obama, the president of the united states, for selecting such an accomplished and qualified nominee to replace justice souter. mr. president, it's with some sadness that i stand here today and recognize that david souter will no longer be on the supreme court. i can say about no other member of the supreme court that i can say about david souter. david souter was my friend. she did things socially and we had meals together. what a wonderful human being. i'll miss him. he's always been a powerful defender of constitutional rights, whether it is the state of new hampshire constitutional rights or our country's constitutional rights. all americans thank this good man for his decades of service to this nation. and he has more to give. i'm confident, though, that judge sotomayor will soon build upon her impressive record, which is already very impressive when she is across the street at supreme court. i'm certain she'll leave the -- leave the writing of the law