the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa, mr. king. mr. king: thank you, mr. chairman. the gentleman from iowa is happy to be recognized. addressing this issue, in particular, the intent of this bill is a good intent, i support it, providing extra incentive for high quality charter schools. it rewards those high quality charter schools with an opportunity to receive grants that are rewards for that excellence that's there. i certainly support the initiative and the philosophy behind that. it also identifies high quality charter schools as those who have achieved strong act tellic results, student safety, statutory and regulatory compliance and demonstrated significantly increasing student academic achievement for all students. i emphasize all students. when i read the bill, then it says, also has demonstrated success in increasing student academic achievement for the subgroups of students described in. that's where a lot of people stop reading the bill. when you go back and look at the record, it's messing up so it requires not just that the school be open and available

." >> every community has a more to mr. king boulevard. it is the cornerstone of we all know. it is not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your committee to make everyday better. >> nationwide supports tavis smiley. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions by your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: i am proud to say that this year, i will be taking part in the conference that has special meaning on this 10th anniversary of the attacks. dr. barbara, it is always good to have you on this program. >> thank you so much. i want to get to interdependence day in a moment. tennis let me begin by asking you -- where was ben barber when the attacks took place. >> i was at the university of maryland when i thought i saw the television could i managed to climb aboard a troop train going from washington to new york because they sealed off new york. i got back around 6:00 p.m. and joined my family and the heavy smoke of those attacks that evening. i was there that evening of that rufus -- that terrific day 10 years ago. ta

no particularly welcoming to the media little bit of a hard time when we went to the estates where mr king and his family lived but the . place to be very very very respectful affair and that's how the community here want to keep it but they still have questions that need answering about what happened to mr duggan why was he shot by police marksman what were the events that led up to his death and days of questions which they have no answers. reporting for us it was the start of the world and even the still lives. few people are moved the repercussions of nine eleven are still being felt today in the form of the number line war on terror and yet it seems for the majority of people who bore the brunt of the world's fury in the aftermath of the attacks nine eleven is just another day that implicates reports next from afghanistan for you. helmand in southern afghanistan is the province that isn't borne the brunt of the fighting between the taliban and coalition forces but what would afghans in this war torn province think about nine eleven and its consequences. while on patrol with the marine

holt of new jersey, amendment number 8 by mr. king of iowa. the chair will reduce to two minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote after the first vote in the series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 7 printed in part a of house report 112-200 by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 7 printed in part a of house report 112-200 offered by mr. holt of new jersey. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of a request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for pol

>> mr. king, good to have you with us tonight. >> great to be here. >> tonight in our survey, i asked, do you -- do republicans care about creating jobs for the unemployed? 7% of you say yes, 93% of you say no. that's the >>> there is no way obama can lose, no way, and tonight we're going to prove it, we really are. >> the white house dropping a political bomb shell. >> this is the right time to do it. >> president obama brings the fight for jobs directly to congress. >> asking speaker boehner, senate majority leader harry reid, for time to address a joint session of congress. >> that's exactly when the republican debate is scheduled to air on this network. >> the nbc news politico debate. >> at practically the same time. >> we picked a pretty good time to have a debate, what do you think? >> no doubt. >> john boehner, speaker of the house, can reject this request. >> republicans attack not just what the president wants to say but where and when he wants to say it. >> tries to rain on the republi

mr. king: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, we need -- we need more young americans growing up being told on a daily basis you're going to have to carry your own weight, you're going to have to make your own way, you have to plan your own destiny and when you do that, the most patriotic thing you can do is serve god and country in that order, take care of your family, take care of your state, do your thing to contribute to our society and economy. well, there is but should not be a free lunch. mr. speaker, i'm listening to the presidential campaign, and listening pretty closely and talking to a number of the candidate. what i'm not hearing is any of the candidates really addressing the situation we have of in the united states 72 different means tested welfare programs. federal welfare programs. 72. there's not a person on the planet that can even name them all from memory, let alone read, learn, understand and draw a judgment on how they interact with each other, let alone whether or not they motivate people to take c

mr. rabbit and the dragon king,' or 'sugungga' in korean kicked off the event on thursday evening. this opera is gaining a lot of attention... as it it's being directed by world-renowned german art director achim freyer, who is attempting to transform "pansori," korea's traditional storytelling through song,... into a new art form called "pansori opera." german "i was always interested in asian traditional culture, so when i visited korea last year, i had the opportunity to watch a traditional korean opera 'cheong.' it inspired me a great deal. i began to have an aspiration to direct a traditional korean music opera and i wanted to share it with european audiences." as a leading figure in abstract paintings, he also designs the costumes, the stage, and even does the lighting. korean stand-up "besides the highly anticipated opening performance of 'mr. rabbit and the dragon king,' about 30 works from nine different countries will also be presented on stage during the festival." india's rage theatre is also taking part in the world festival of national theaters with its modern play, '

mr. king: thank you, congressman rangel. as all of you know, this is not something we used to do in -- we are used to doing in new york. but it's a great moment, it's a great moment for new york, it's a great moment for the people of the ninth congressional district, and it's a special privilege to me to be able to introduce our newly elected member. bob turner is an army veteran. he was an extremely successful businessman. most importantly he's the proud husband of peggy, proud father of five children. proud grandfather of 13 children. and i can tell you a great friend and a great human being. he's going to make an outstanding congressman. i am so proud to be here today for bob turner as i have been during the years i have come to know him and respect him. he's going to be a truly, truly outstanding addition to this body and great fighter for the people of new york. with that, chairman rangel. mr. rangel: mr. speaker, i thank you for the great privilege of bringing to you our newly elected member, the honorable bob turner.

martin luther king jr., mrs. kennedy harshly judged his personal life and was told that the civil rights icon had misbehaved poorly at jfk's funeral. as a result, this is how she felt about him and quotes her husband as having felt about him. >> i mean martin luther king is really a tricky person, but i wouldn't know, he never said anything against martin luther king to me. so i don't know if bobby would would be the one to find out what he really thought of him. but bobby told me later, i just can't see a picture of martin luther king without thinking, you know that man 's terrible. >> there are also harsh judgments about linden johnson, her husband's vice president and later of course president after jfk was assassinated. >> bobby told me this later and i know jack said it to me sometime, he said, oh, god, can you ever imagine what would happen to the country if linden was president? the only times he would say it if there was ever a problem. >> it is at times harsh and provocative and tough stuff. the book was

as my friend from alabama knows, there's another bill out, introduced by my friend from iowa, mr. king. called the birth right citizenship act isme a -- i'm a co-sponsor of that act. it goes back to the 14th amendment. goes back to that time when we were struggling with our national identity, and says, those born in the united states under the jurisdiction thereof shall be united states citizens. under the jurisdiction thereof. as you tell the story, i say to my friend from alabama if someone who has been convicted of crime after crime after crime, if someone has warrants out for their arrest across the united states, someone who hasn't yet found a single american law that they have chose ton obey that person is not under the jurisdiction of the united states. and births that are associated with that person do not give rise to citizenship in the united states. but the courts have said congress just won't decide on this. congress won't take a stand on this. steve king of iowa said, yes we will. i was proud to join him on that to defy what is the greatest gift we have in this country, th

king jr. school and with my assistant principal mr. braxton and with ms. diane reynolds who is one of our outstanding teachers. mr. braxton and i have only been at the school for less than a month and already found ms. reynolds to be an inavailable -- invaluable member of our staff who cares deeply for our teachers and the staff and are making sure our students with special education needs are being fully realized in the education classes, being fully included and coming to the fullness of their potential in our school. so we're definitely very proud to recognize ms. diane reynolds. [applause] >> it's been my privilege to be at dr. martin luther king middle school since it's been at the present site. i only missed one year there. being at the school. and i've really enjoyed it. i live in the neighborhood and would like to recognize my mom who's here tonight. right there. and then sarah who works with me and she's wonderful. [applause] >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> yes. we have another one. another rave review award. i'd like to introduce the pri

mr. hoffa, and bob king. utility workers president, mike langford. we're proud of your congressional delegation who are working every single day with your state and local elected officials to create jobs and economic growth and prosperity here in michigan. i am honored. we are honored to spend this day with you and your families. the working men and women of america, this day belongs to you. you deserve a little r and r. a little barbecue. a little grilling. because you have been working hard. you have been working hard to make ends meet. you have been working hard to build a better life for your kids. you have been working hard to build a better detroit. but that's not all i am going to talk to you about. i also want to talk about the work you have been doing for decades. work to make sure that folks get an honest day's pay for an honest day's work. work to make sure that families get a fair shake. the work you have done to help build the greatest middle class the world has ever known. i am talking about the work that got us a 40-hour workweek and w

mr. falk. next speaker, please? let me read a few more names. rebecca king murrow, jonathan mead. >> supervisor campos, thank you. chair david chiu, supervisor farrell. good afternoon. i'm not going to get into some of the banter that we just had a couple minutes ago. i'm tim paulson, director of the labor council. we have 150 different labor unions in town and there are multiple issues that we're very proud that we have been able to take up over the last few years as president casey has mentioned. i just want to say that it was very historic and as everybody knows the public option and the san francisco health care ordinance that we passed with the levin zero -- levin zero super majority of the board and mayor graven newsome's signing was a very historic day. this is not -- today is not -- even though we have been talking about it for months, today is not the first short period of time we talked about this particular legislation. this was a debate that happened five years ago. this was a debate that was concluded in this historic legislation is on the books. i think we have all been over the last few months very

king of pop. >> it was dr. murray's repeated incompetent and unskilled acts that led to mr. jackson's death. >> reporter: murray had pleaded not guilty. just how jackson died isn't in question. it was an overdose of propofol, a powerful anesthetic that jackson had been using to help him sleep in between rehearsals for his upcoming tour. ♪ >> reporter: almost every day for two months murray says he injected jackson with propofol as well as other sedatives. a disturbing recording murray made of jackson apparently under the influence of those drugs was played to a hushed courtroom. >> i want to say -- >> reporter: on the day jackson died, murray left the room after administering the drugs. preoccupied with making phone calls and sending e-mails. >> he left him there, abandoned him to fend for himself. >> reporter: his defense team didn't dispute the fact that he was out of the room when jackson died. but they argued he was trying to wean jackson off propofol. when he didn't give him enough, they allege jackson waited for murray to leave and then administered the fatal dose hims

king of liars. we'll ask him what he means by that. >>> and mr. president, you're on the air. . . joined our colleague, michael smerconish, on his radio show today. to talk about the economy, and efforts to restrict voting rights. michael smerconish joins us later. >>> finally, let me finish tonight with a night millions say they'll never forget. >>> we start with another victory for president obama on the war on terrorism. edward collins is a terrorist analyst. and richard wolffe is as members nbc analyst. how did we get him? >> we got him because of the fact after months of tracking this individual, after months of firing missiles at him fruitlessly, we got the right opportunity. there was a meeting that was taking place, it was not near a major populated zone, there wasn't the threat of civilian casualties, and it worked out. it was the right time and the right place. but there was a lot of work and there were a lot of failed efforts that led into this. >> how safer are we today, because we got him? >> well, here's the problem. anwar al awlaki didn't have a official title. he w

king of hop himself. >> it was dr. murray's repeated incompetent and unskilled act that led to mr. jackson's death. >> in opening statements, prosecutor david called conrad murray grossly negligent. a doctor for hire willing to give michael jackson what he wanted to treat his insomnia. an overdose of the drug killed the singer on june 25, 2009. prosecutors played an audio recording dr. murray made weeks before jackson's death. they say the singer was clearly under the influence of something.. prosecutorred showed the jury this photo. michael jackson's dead body lying on a gernie. they argue he ended up there because of the course of two months, dr. murray gave him propofal almost every day. murray left the singer alone in his room. it's normally only used in a hospital. >> he left him there, abandoned him to fend for himself. >> dr. murray has admitted giving jackson propofal, but the defense says it was jackson who ultimately killed himself, while dr. murray was in the bathroom. >> michael jackson self- administered a dose of propofal that with another created a perfect storm in h

joining us now, the chairman of the house homeland security committee, republican peter king of new york and mrthe top, how do we know this man is dead if the bodies were burned beyond recognition, it doesn't sound like there are any photographs. how do you know? >> joe, speaking to top officials and the intelligence community, obviously, in their mind, al-awlaki was tracked, follows. they are convinced he was in the vehicles that were hit and they are so cautious. the last thing they would want to do is to come out and say that he's dead and come out that he's not. obviously, i wasn't there. i didn't see the bodies, but the people i spoke to, i trust, i trust them any way, but in addition to that, they would not say there's even a possibility that al-awlaki could ever show up alive. >> what was he doing while he was killed? >> my understanding he was if a convoy and that was attacked. but that's as far as i'm going to go on that other than to say my understanding is also that in this operation, that the yemenis were extremely cooperative and helpful. that this was a joint operation. we can all

mr. jackson's death on june 25, 2009. >> reporter: after showing jurors a graphic photo of jackson dead on a hospital gurney, the king of pop's own slurred voice echoed throughout the courtroom. >> my hero. i've never seen anything like this in my life. >> a recording murray made himself and proof that he knew his fragile medical state but still provided drugs for him. dr. murray wiped away tears. >> michael jackson self-administered a dose of propofol that with the loother drug created a perfect storm in his body that killed him instantly. >> reporter: among those scheduled to testify today, jackson's personal assistant, michael jacksonal williams, who received a frantic call from dr. murray that fateful june morning asking him to rush to the jackson house. williams was too late. and now two years later the trial for the man many believe is responsible for michael jackson's death continues. once again, the jackson family is in the courtroom. they have vowed to be here every step of the way. in downtown los angeles, stephanie stanton, nbc news. >> meteorologist christina loren joins us now. you are right. it is gorgeous

mr. jackson so i didn't question his authority. >> murray's supporters say he was just trying to prevent the world from seeing the king of pop's drugit. >>> some new traffic laws set to go into effect in our area over the weekend. what you will no longer be able to do. >>> do you often use your debit card to make purchases. get ready for fork over some extra money other than if you just use it once a month. details of what one bank is doing that will outrage some customers, tucker. >> i wonder what bank that is. >> we'll have a beautiful day at least as far as humidity is concerned. should be a nice friday. i'll have the details coming up for you in just a couple of minutes. beth! hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know these clothes are too big now, so i'm donating them. not going back there again. good for you! how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. whole grain? whole grain. tend to weigh less than those who don't... multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories per serving... more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. my name is ashley and my blog is not witho

mrs. kennedy quoted her husband saying of vice president lyndon johnson "oh, god, can you ever imagine what would happen to the country if lyndon was president?" she described martin luther kings an go maniac. but throughout the interviews she described her husband as courageous, kind, and sensitive. one of their lowest moments came during the cuban missile crisis when he called her at their virginia weekend home and asked her to return to washington. >> it was just so unlike him. i could tell from his voice it was wrong and that's the whole point of being married, you can sense trouble in their voice and you musn't ask why. so we came right back. >> reporter: the missile crisis lasted more than a week-- one of the few times americans thought a soviet nuclear attack was a real possibility. >> i said, please don't send me away to camp david, me and the children. please don't send me anywhere. i just want to be on the lawn when it happens. i just want to be with you and i want to die with you and the children do, too. >> reporter: today would have been their 58th anniversary. chip reid, cbs news, washington. >> pelley: serena williams was fined $2,000 today for what she said at

recognition that the consumer is king, i think google will find the way to going and correcting their system so consumers are best served. >> host: it sounds like you take mr. schmidt at his word when he says that google is run on a set of principles such as solving the problems a consumer has. now, should federal regulators be willing to take a for-profit company at its word that it's acting benevolently, especially when you consider that google has been found to have violated consumers' privacy by the federal trade commission in packaging the buzz product with begun j mail or google has been involved in the pharmaceutical settlement that mr. cleland mentioned? google's record is not spotless. so i guess my question is when you say they are acting with consumer interests in mind, are you positioning them different than other companies at large? >> guest: no, and you make an important point. you know what can google's doing is precisely -- well, it's not precisely, but it's very similar to what other companies that facilitate search do. they sort of recognize certain principles that they all try to abide by. now, it's appropriate to go and examine what is

mr. president, we need to end the wars, we need to stop the violence abroad and here at home, dr. king would say. we have to do it. if we fail to act, if civil rights movement and organized labor fail to act, dr. king would say history will not be kind to us. we have to act. i plead with you, get out there and push, lead, get in the way, and i will be there with you all the way. thank you very much. [applause] >> washington journal this week has been looking at the weather. today the focus was on the role of noaa, the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. we'll have that this evening at 7:15 eastern here on c-span2. then booktv in prime time starting at 8 eastern with dambisa moyo, who will discuss "how the west was lost." an hour later, francis fukuyama on the origins of political order. and then ben mezrich on the "sex on the moon: the amazing story behind the most audacious heist in history." this saturday sarah palin will speak to the tea party of america rally in indianola, iowa. we'll have live coverage for you starting at noon eastern on our companion network, c-span.

mr. speaker, to undergo a mental and spiritual change that dr. king spoke about. people are about that work in their own private lives every day. the question is, does our government and those who lead it have that capacity? are we willing to look, recognize that the path we're on leads only to destruction and poverty? and are we willing to embark courageously on a new path? to those who say that this is naive, i ask, has the strategy of military intervention, which took us and keeps us in iraq, afghanistan and libya, made us any safer? the muscle-bound with us or against us mindset which passes for a state craft has placed us on a march of folly, that in the past decade has left america with thousands of dead young soldiers, over a million dead innocents in iraq, afghanistan, pakistan and the voubding region, a new generation -- surrounding region, a new generation of terrorists and trms upon trillions of dollars of debt. as poverty and war are twins, so are peace and prosperity. mindful of the disaster of spreading war and being an eyewitness as to how easily ou

king was talking about as far as miss stresses were concerned, right? >> well, we don't know because we haven't actually heard -- we are hearing what mrs.was told, and we aren't even sure which brother told her. the tapes themselves, the fbi take place, won't be revealed for another ten or fifteen years. >> it was something to do with. >> perhaps arranging a party at a hotel or something. >> perhaps with women. because we know that because of the jackie kennedy take place. something to to with women. >> and we know that's part of the dr. martin luther king legacy know. >> i'm interested in what they know historically, not what goes i have mongers say. he was a great manwe don't want to him. >> hoover wanted to curry favor, even though he didn't like the kennedy favor, wanted to curry favor. they get it and they relate it to jackie kennedy. both bobby kennedy tells jackie kennedy some stuff and john kennedy tells his wife some stuff. therefore, jackie kennedy forms a negative opinion about dr. king. >> that's where we are today. i think the first thing to remember, bill, is we see these people 40 years later, and, of course, dr. king is

mrs. obama is working for workplace flexibility. the report shows that companies with flexible work schedules are more productive. >>> news out of europe once again is dictating the direction of trading on wall street. >> jane kingus. >> very fluid situation and today there is optimism about europe's debt crisis. europe central bank offering to loan banks in europe dollars in order to make sure they have enough cash for the rest of the year. they are saying coordinated with the fed and the bank of england and national bank to extend the loans. so for investors, so a greek default is being controlled. so the dow is reacting positively. everything is trading well into the green this morning. bloomberg valley silicon index is higher. >> netflix raised movie it's hurting their service. they are cutting and 2 million subscribers and streaming scrub irs is forecast slower and shares are actually trading quite a bit lower. >> price of sirius is going up. millions will have to shell out more. basic service is going 14.49 per month effective january 1st. this is the first price hike since launching in 2002. >>> more news, nasa says the mysterious light spotted streaking across the sky in southern arizona and california w

mr. elles, if you would also address kim's question about competition. >> guest: well, i mean, this and in the united kingtom we have a rather -- kingdom we have a rather interesting emerging situation from, it's right on the top of the headlines about who owns the media and why they own it. it comes from one specific problem and one specific newspaper, this is a big particular question about how this is going to be regulated in the future, and i personally feel that the more freedom we have and the less kind of domination of any one particular individual or one organization, we have got a really good opportunity now, i think, to sort this one out. the theme i'd like to come back to is to build on my answer to the last question which was on the fact that the internet is global and that we see a rise of real power in the east, in asia and china, it's often part of the debates in this country and in europe. but what we're trying to look at this week is to see how do we have a transatlantic agenda on dealing with some of these really important issues for the digital sector like cloud computing. how can we ha

mr. davis is actually guilty of the murder he was convicted ofoy davis was fo killing a savannah police officer, mark allen macphail. macphail was gunned down in the parking lot of a burger kinga or fingerprints tied davis to the scene. he was convicted on the testimony of nine witnesses, and seven of them have since recanted or changed their stories. some time ago davis' sister returned to the scene of the crime to expose the doubts around a key witness claim. >> she said she heard the shots, right, and then she came out of her room and ran to the edge of the stairs and then she saw troy standing over the body with a smirky smile. this is approximate lit area where it took place right here, so -- but it would have been at nighttime so it would have been a lot darker, but, still, i don't think you can see my face that clear from where you are. well, she identified troy's face from there. how you supposed to see a black man with a smirky smile at 12:30, 1:00 in the morning? >> the witness later recanted saying she felt pressured to say troy davis was the shooter because she was on parole. troy davis has nearly exhausted his options. right now he's making one last appeal for cl

mr. burns, smithers, and principal skinner, a regular cast member on saturday night live, and fisher king, the truman show, the final tap, and the mighty wind among others, author, director, sadist, radio host, play wright, and a record label owner. a los angeles native beginning acting in his childhood on the jack benny program. it was then he got to know the great mel blank who did voices in his day as well. he appeared on the pilot of leave it to beaver and eventually morphed into eddy. [applause] a lot of applause on that. >> yeah. >> he's been writing about the cause and aftermath of the 2005 new orleans floods. this consumption and others, he's a regular contributor to huffington post and wrote a documentary called the big you think easy. i met him in a screening in town and we discussed having him here today. before that, the stories titled crested city stories talking about the hurricane's aftermath online video were compelling. they are there. see those on the website at mydamchannel. he's focused on the news media's handling on the katrina story. i use the series to focus more o

mr. clinton was about to authorize the sale of $8 billion worth of f-16's to the king of he crown pince orincethe united arab emirates. to prevent the death of american citizens, he had richard clarke called the emirates and warned them that we knew they were in the desert and say that osama bin laden was there also and it would be good for them to leave, and they did leave. mr. clinton on that particular opportunity -- one dead prince was not going to make a difference, but one dead bin laden with debt made a difference for those thousands of people killed during 9/11. host: next up is alabama, howard is on our line for republicans. caller: thank you. i appreciate you taking my call. am in on? host: go ahead. caller: years ago, i remember the only people allowed in this country or those who wanted to be americans. the progressives, they changed all of that and made it in open country with open borders and allowed everybody in that wanted to come in. that is why we had 9/11. years before, those people could not get into this country. besides that, all of the millions of dollars we have had to

mr. perry obviously not going to be here. romney is the cleanup hitter in all of this. the questions are going to be posed by jim demint and steve kingoth conservative republicans and real tea party favorites. demint has been recruiting tea party candidates around the country. king has been holding forums like this. today's forum going to likely focus not as much on jobs as perhaps social issues. one of the host groups is into the more cultural issues than fiscal ones. >> heather: don't need labor day for that to be top of the agenda. carl cameron, thanks. >> gregg: perhaps the real battle here and the fight for the republican nomination would be perry vs. romney, if you look at the polls. joining us from washington to talk about that david drugger, good to see you. let's put it up on the screen the latest fox news poll just came out. perry has jumped to a 7 point lead, 26% to romney's 18%. it is early and there's still four more months before the first primaries and caucuses. david, would you give perry the edge right now and why? >> i give perry the slight edge. because he's a sitting governor with a good economic record. texas cre

mr. clinton was about to authorize the sale of $8 billion worth of f-16's to the king of the crown pince ofrince of the united arab emirates. to prevent the death of american citizens he had richard clarke called the emirates and warned them that we knew they were in the desert and say that osama bin laden was there also and it would be good for them to leave and they did leave. mr. clinton on that particular opportunity -- one dead prince was not going to make a difference, but one dead bin laden with debt made a difference for those thousands of people killed during 9/11. host: next up is alabama, howard is on our line for republicans. caller: thank you. i appreciate you taking my call. am in on? host: go ahead. caller: years ago i remember the only people allowed in this country or those who wanted to be americans. the progressives, they changed all of that and made it in open country with open borders and allowed everybody in that wanted to come in. that is why we had 9/11. years before, those people could not get into this country. besides that, all of the millions of dollars we hav

mr. hamilton along with fellow koa-chair, tom cain, published a report card on the national security, ten years after 9/11. peter king of new york chairs the homeland security hearing. >> good morning, the meeting on homeland security will come to eared, and the committee is ready today to hear testimony assessing the status of homeland security on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. the chair wishes to remind our guests today that demonstrations from the audience and the use of signs and t-shirts or verbal outbursts are against the rules of the house. we thank you for the cooperation in maintaining order and the proper decorum. i now recognize myself for an opening statement. i welcome everybody to the hearing today and i especially thank the witnesses for being here today. chairman lee, lee hamilton, who had a truely outstanding career in the united states congress, as chairman of the foreign affairs committee, foreign committee, a person who person son mid the best of congress and served as co-chairman on the 9/11 commission, and somehow we always get him to come back.

mrs. kennedy talks about the cuban missile crisis and says she told her husband she wanted to be with him, even if it was dangerous. she also speaks out about lbj and martin luther, kingzing king, in later years, she apparently changed her mind. the interviews are being published in a new book set for release tomorrow. it freezes a moment in our nation's history. jon: fascinating look back there. >>> a new poll into the fox news room, it shows people are increasingly doubtful about the president's approach to the economy, in this poll, 21 percent say the president's polices are making things

mr. garamendi: representative edwards, thank you so very much for your compassion and passion for these issues. bringing f.d.r., the monument and martin luther king together around this set of issues is really important. this is the worst economy since the great depression. and i remember on one of those plaques at the f.d.r. memorial -- and i may get this wrong a little bit but he said, we measure our progress not by how much -- by those who get -- who have much that have more but those who have little have enough. he had the compassion, and last week the president brought to us an answer to the compelling question that we hear -- what are you going to do about jobs? the american jobs act -- and you spoke so eloquently about the infrastructure, the streets, the bridges, schools, two million construction workers without a job. the president has proposed a $50 billion immediate infusion of money into america's infrastructure into our roads, our bridges, our water systems, our airports, $50 billion available this year to put americans back to work. and it's not just the construction workers that will have those jobs, because these people will be ab