mr. lewis: we have a fabulous school, it's creating opportunities for jobs, i like your idea, i may very well join you in some of those amendments but at least join you in supporting this bill. mr. hoyer: reclaiming my time, when i speak about make it in america, there's not a person on this floor, the most conservative, the most liberal, and everybody in between who is not for our young people and all of our people making it in america. i'm hopeful we can forge a bipartisan coalition to promote legislation make it in america. mr. lewis: i would be the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentlewoman from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm happy to yield the gentleman from california 30 seconds. mr. lewis: presuming that, this is a good idea if we can get the teachers' unions to join us in sponsoring of charter schools then i'd really get excited about it. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman

we're joined by the man himself, mr. lewis, carl lewis. you're on the ballot.t was this fight about? whether you're actually a new jerseyite? >> that's what it was about. they were saying the amount of time i had my residency there. when we gave out information, it was approved. when i got down to it, i'm a new jersey person, raised there, went to school there. went away to start by business then went back to serve. they tried to challenge the time i came back. >> why should you be a state senator from new jersey? this is my favorite question, the ted kennedy question. why should you be a state senator up? >> it's a number of things, chris. this past few years i've been going around the world. studies, what i do. i speak to kids. i go to schools. i've witnessed the change in our education. that's a big issue for me. i see how we're being challenged globally where i go to china or india and those kids are educated, they speak english and they're trying to go on the internet to find jobs. so when i bring that back here, that knowledge back here, i'm working in sc

. >> and mr. lewis -- go ahead, bob. >> okay. also his subtitle, he talks about the new third world which is the idea that there was this strict division between the developed world and the developing countries, the poor countries. and i think he's trying to get beyond that and show what easy credit did to a lot of economies including our own. >> now, there's a third -- >> he's also a delightful -- excuse me, he's also a delightful writer. >> there's a third economics book coming out by nicholas wapshot, keynes and hayek. what is this book about? jason? >> yeah. i'm actually really, this is something that really interests me personally. i'm actually working on a book of my own about the great depression and how writers in new york city survived that. and this book looks at a very critical moment when economists in the united states were trying to decide how we should respond to the great depression, and the two different views that came out. one was we should spend a lot of money and put these programs to put the country back to

mr. jerry lewis. [ applause ] >> lewis has hosted that telethon since it began in 1966.esterday's program though managed to raise a whopping $61 million. >>> well, a lot of you don't have to work today. but this labor day is one man's last day on the job. why this bay area business is closing after 68 years. >>> coming up on "the early show," tropical storm lee brings more than a foot of rain and tornadoes to the deep south and threatens more severe flash flooding as it moves northeast this week, we will have the latest from hard-hit louisiana. >>> and president obama goes to detroit for labor day. we will hear more about his visit and what he will have to say later this week in his jobs speech. we will also catch up with sarah palin who is not declared but kind of on the trail right now. we will talk about all of the candidates with g.o.p. senator and tea party favorite jim demint. >>> also this morning, the inspiring story of an alabama town devastated by a deadly tornado and the town's only doctor is working to rebuild. coming up on "the early show." ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. >> mr. lewis, let me stop there you.nthood is well documented. besides that position, besides john boehner's support of the federal budget, several federal budgets that include funding planned parenthood what else do you have? >> what i would do as a member of the u.s. house of representatives, is i would phase out social security. this is a system that people in their 20s, their 30s and their 40s will paying into what amounts to nothing less than a bankrupt ponzi scheme. >> would you reform it or do away with it? >> i would phase it out over time. i would completely do away with it. people that are receiving benefits right now would not lose their benefits. but what i would like to see is an optional private retirement plan. >> so you would privatize social security? >> i would. and it would be optional because this is about freedom for u.s. citizens to do what they want with their hard earned dollars. it's not up to the government to be our nanny. >> you have said in the past that you have the backing of the tea party,

mr. lewisuld not be on the ballot because he does not meet the residency requirement. mr. lewis has owned homes in new jersey since 2005, but also pays taxes and utilities on homes in california. in international news, the french nuclear safety authority say there has been an explosion at a nuclear plant which killed one person and seriously injured three others. the spokesman said there are no radiation leaks outside the plant at this time. the site is located in southern france, near the mediterranean sea. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> any given night in america, more than 640,000 men, women, and children are without housing. >> we have a family, a network of friends, a network of may be a church or school. we have people who will hold us up if we fall down. a homeless person has lost all of those contacts. >> i think the most common stereotype is that folks are homeless because they are not trying or that they are lazy or victims of their own lack. >> should the

mr. jerry lewis. [ applause ] >> he was host of the telethon since it began in 1966. the muscular dystrophy association announced that he would not host, but they did not say why. but he had retired. and lewis has refused to comment. >>> rafael nadal sent quite a scare during a press conference at the u.s. open today. take a look. again, apparently it was just a painful leg cramp. he was talking to reporters when he suddenly stopped talking. he was ordered to leave the room as medical staff were called in. he was on the floor for about 10 minutes, but eventually he got back up and continued the press conference. we'll be right back. >>> the giants needed to sweep the diamondbacks this weekend after losing last night. they needed to win the series. after today, they will need to win every game to have a shot at the playoffs. mark, start the clock. there might be a better chance of them batting clean up. he took a shutout into the 7th, but ryan roberts homers to start a 4-1 rally. the d-backs win 4-1, now fourgames up. >> we left ourselves no margin for error now. hey,

mr. lewis, congratulations. you're on the ballot.was this fight about, whether you're actually a new jerseyite or what? >> yeah, they were saying the amount of time i had my residency there. but the reality was when we first gave out information to the law judge, he approved it. when i got down to it, i'm a new jersey person. i was raised there, i went to school there and moved away to go to college and start my business and then moved back to serve. they just tried to challenge that time that i came back. >> why should you be a state senator from new jersey? this is my favorite question the ted kennedy question. why should you be a state senator up in trenton? >> well, the thing is it's a number of things, chris. you know, this past year, few years, i've been going around the world studies, what i do, i speak to kids, i go to schools and i witnessed the change in our education because that's a big issue for me. i see how we're being challenged globally, where i go to china or india and those kids are educated, they speak english and

mr. lewis will confirm that later. >> and the question for my colleague mr. watson at some stage in pass someone specified and involved in surveillance. >> in civil cases, we have run a story about having an affair and if you believe they are having an affair -- >> i am sorry about the question. in terms of what we are pointing to, watching this committee, what are the activities of the run of the mill or routine public experience and if you could explain exactly what you mean? >> most legal firms involved in this case on a regular basis will use private investigation to check out when they believe to be true but don't have evidence to prove is true. one of the things is obviously the personal relationships. in the history of divorce and proceedings it is very often someone saying i am a private investigator and i was commissioned by the husband's lawyers to watches wife over a period of a week. that is part of the investigation. doesn't have to the affairs of the heart. it could be other things involved in the activity which they are suing over and suggestin

mr. chapman dealt with the outside firm of harbottle & lewis. and dealt with mr. chapman with the e-mails and whatever action was taken, all i know as i said to you in my written letter to the chairman and the committee, was that mr. cloke said to me, after a period of time, good news, there's no smoking gun or silver bullet in the e-mails. i remember that quite clearly. i respect mr. cloke's recollection. but it's not something that i would have said if i didn't remember it or recall it. >> you see you're a journalist. i would have thought journalists by nature quite inquisitive characters. did you not ask why on earth clive goodman dropped his claim to and threat to go to an employment tribunal? did you say, what happened to clive goodman case? >> with respect, mr. dave vees, -- davies. mr. cloke is experienced human resources director. i'm a journalist. i played the part in this whole episode as i have explained both to the committee in 2009 and elaborating on it today. if i have fallen short, i will take responsibility for that and you will not find me falling

lewis, a genuine american hero. [applause] >> thank you, bob, for those kind words of introduction. mr. president, madam secretary treasurer, madam vice president of this great organization, this great institution, it is good to be in the house of labor one more time. one more time. [applause] i'm pleased to be here. jesse jackson, with you, martin luther king iii and so many others of you who have labored long and hard. good to see you, bill lucy. [applause] now, i must be very brief. there's a group of students going to be arriving at union station, coming from the coretta scott king academy, and i'm supposed to greet them at the bus of a. phillip randolph. now, in 1963 i had all of my hair -- [laughter] and i was a few pounds lighter. 23 years old. just been elected the national chair of the student nonviolent coordinating committee, better known as sncc. early june of 1963 we had a meeting with president kennedy right across the way in the big house, in the white house. and it was in that meeting that a. phillip randolph spoke up and said, mr. president, in his barely tone voice, he