. >> mr. marie? -- murray? >> jarvis murray, taxi services. what mr. alexander has said is basically correct. the mta position is that when he came up for his medallion in 2008, he did not qualify. there has been no evidence he qualified during that time. at that time, he needed to drive three out of four bang years to show he qualified. -- three of four years to show the qualified. he did not. if the question is whether he qualifies if he were to come up today, as mr. alexander stated, he would qualify. there is no debate he has given since 2008. in to the five and 2006, he did not drive enough hours. in 2007, he was not in the country and did not drive. 2008 was the only year he presented at that time where it could be shown he had badly driven. for the mta, the issue for us -- if you would like to choose that he is eligible as of today, that is one story. at the time of his application, that is a different issue. we are not prepared to unilaterally allow the wait time. if you choose to do so, the mta will not question that decision. commissioner fun

we'd like to hear from you during this segment with mrs. marie johns. the guest: of the downturn was devastating, so we have been coming out of the worst downturn since the great depression. small businesses need access to capital, access to markets, technical assistance for their businesses to grow. as we have seen between the recovery act and the small business jobs act and the president obama signed, we have been able to put $42 billion of capital in the hands of small businesses. we are seeing the numbers coming back. job creation is on the upswing. the recovery has not been even. we have been looking very carefully at where gaps persist in terms of access to capital and job creation. we have an emphasis at this time on underserved markets so small business owners whether a woman, a minority, a veteran, whether that business is in the rural area, that we are seeking those businesses out and connecting them with resources. host: the wall street journal has a story with this headline -- they write -- host: how can your administration help with that si

marie noe called her doctor constantly. >> mrs.sometimes four or five times a day, asking his advice and complaining that the baby "is getting on her nerves and she couldn't take all that crying constantly." >> once a nurse reported she saw her trying to feed the baby saying, "you better take this or i'll kill you." marie took catherine to the hospital three times. one time she said she found the baby choking on a dry cleaning bag. >> the thing about the dry cleaning bag story with catherine is that, one, you have to understand that the stories of what had happened to the kids and why they were bringing them to the emergency room. by this time, i think that marie noes' pediatrician had his eyes like permanently rolling. >> she stopped breathing. that was basically the description. she would find her blue. she would find her not breathing. it didn't make any sense for a number of reasons, especially because the story then got changed later on. that the bag wasn't hanging over the crib. this was an event even the doctor couldn't pret

we'll hear from mary next. >> mr. chair and commissioners, thank yofistsyou. the important and exciting for the commission to be taking on this issue and to be thinking hothrough how to play a role. it cannot be done unless everyone across the country is part of the moving forward. i often say that i think the public has already decided that compehensive immigration reform is necessary, but it's only a matter of time until congress catches up. after explaining my own connection, i want to give you a snapshot of what's been happening in the last few years to put some of this discussion into context. my own connections with a name like giovagnoli are third generation battalion. i'm not even sure what generation on my mother's side in terms of scotch irish dutch immigrants from virginia to missouri. i never really thought about immigration much growing up. my grandfather was italian. i was aware he had a different life from me. and very grateful for the opportunities that he give us. my father was the youngest child growing up in the depression. all they wanted t

mr. kobach. >> suarez: mary bauer, kris kobach, thank you both. >> thank you. >> brown: next, a very different challenge for the federal government, this one in the black hills of south dakota. hari sreenivasan tells the story. >> reporter: it's august on the pine ridge indian reservation in western south dakota and the annual powwow is in full swing. ( drumming ) the celebration is a highlight for the oglala sioux tribe-- bringing together thousands of native americans to sing, dance and honor their traditional culture. tonight, good cheer, however, is in stark contrast to everyday life on one of the poorest indian reservations in the united states. few people in the western hemisphere have shorter life expectancies. males, on average, live to just 48 years old and females to 52. almost half of all people above the age of 40 have diabetes. unemployment rates are consistently above 80% and in shannon county inside the pine ridge reservation is under $8,000 a year. but there are funds available, a federal pot now worth over a billion dollars that sits here in the u.s. treasury department waitin

we'd like to hear from you during this segment with mrs. marie johns.uest: of the downturn was devastating, so we have been coming out of the worst downturn since the great depression. small businesses need access to capital, access to markets, technical assistance for their businesses to grow. as we have seen between the recovery act and the small business jobs act and the president obama signed, we have been able to put $42 billion of capital in the hands of small businesses. we are seeing the numbers coming back. job creation is on the upswing. the recovery has not been even. we have been looking very carefully at where gaps persist in terms of access to capital and job creation. we have an emphasis at this time on underserved markets so small business owners whether a woman, a minority, a veteran, whether that business is in the rural area, that we are seeking those businesses out and connecting them with resources. host: the wall street journal has a story with this headline -- they write -- host: how can your administration help with that side? gu

mr. reickhoff. dr. hosek. >> thank you. i would like to thank chairwoman marie, ranking member, and the committee for the opportunity to testify that during the nearly 10 years since 9/11, or the 2.2 million active and reserve members have been deployed. the growing public recognition of the stresses for the service members and their families and the invisible one second hot servicemen was hard to put it in my written testimony i've given an overview of ran studies on deployment at this point i hope to highlight selected findings. these touch on the following topics, the importance of total months of deployment and understand the effects of deployment. the prevalence of ptsd and major depression among those who have deployed. the barriers of the care they face. the importance of providing evidence-based care. and unemployment. in our research we found that extended lengths of deployment cannot family and societal impacts ranging from the financial and emotional stress of increased divorce rates, academic and emotional consequences for children, to burdens every

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mr. truett? >> i feel much safer if i'm book ended here by two nurses, my favorite people. this is mary ann rainy and judy rosenburg . and she reminded me and i said her name wrong. yes, we are at the high schools. board members, you have a current list and this is as of one hour ago when i was frantically pulling this together. these are the actual numbers for the high schools. i do want to recognize a few of the schools with some very high rates of return. i want to start with marion's school, lowell, with the population of 2,633 students, they have 2,325 students or 89% of their entire population that has turned in the proof of their vaccination, and a large part of that is due to the efforts of mary ann and working with the teachers at lowell so i commend them for having a very high percent of return. also galileo, washington at 86%. lawton, 94%, presidio, 78%. we do have some schools that have made significant efforts to reach out to their students and to communicate how important it is to get the tdap booster vaccine. that being said, we're right now on a 30-day grace period that

mr. loaf was clive barnes. and he -- he made a quote about ronald julian and mary beth hurd and myself. very nice quote that followed it. and you can -- it used to be online. he called me mr. loaf. and i'd gone to joe pap when we were there, and i said to him, joe, since i'm doing shakespeare, maybe -- maybe we shouldn't use meat loaf. and joe looks at me and it took me a few seconds to understand what he was saying. and it took me a few seconds to understand what he was saying. and he looked at me and he said, "what? do you think if bill wasn't alive today he wouldn't use meatloaf?" and he walked off. and he walked away. and i'm watching him go. and i'm going, "who's bill?" [ laughter ] >> bill who? and i went, oh. william shakespeare. bill. going going, okay. so -- and he was right. because in "as you like it" shakespeare -- >> i mean, meatloaf or michael or marvin. you've had a pretty extraordinary life. i was doing a little roll call of near-death experiences you've had. crashed in a car which rolled over. struck in the head during a shot put event. >> the car-rolling thing was real

mr. loaf was clive barnes. when i was doing "as you like it." and he -- he made a quote about ronald julian and mary myself. and it was a very nice quote that followed it. and you can -- it used to be online. he called me mr. loaf. and i'd gone to joe pap when we were there, and i said to him, joe, since i'm doing shakespeare, maybe -- maybe we shouldn't use meat loaf. and joe looks at many and it took me a few seconds to understand what he was saying. and he looked at me and said what? you think if bill wasn't alive today, he wouldn't use meatloaf? and he walked off. i'm watching him go and i'm going, who's bill? bill who? oh, william shakespeare. bill. okay. and so, that -- he -- and he was right. because in "as you like it" they have really -- >> i mean, meat loaf or michael or marvin has had a pretty extraordinary life. crashed in a car which rolled over, struck on the head during a shot put event. >> the carrolling thing -- >> hang on. you were shot in the head on a shot put event. >> it was a practice. but it was 62 feet with a 12-pound shot. i actually have -- i won't make you do this, but i

mary. let's stay in new york. joining us is the commissioner for new york city's office of emergency management, joseph bruno. mr you very much for coming in. are you ready in new york for irene? >> well, we're

mr. rove. thanks for the analysis. we appreciate it next on the run down juan and mary katharine will weigh in on whether president obamas done. finished, out of here. bernie goldberg angry about some of the media coverage of the crisis. michele bachmann will be joining us from iowa back in a moment. [ man ] they said i couldn't win a fight. but i did. they said i couldn't fight above my weight class. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. ♪ smetimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male announc ] flick, stack, and move between active apps seamlessly. only on the new hp touchpad with webos. >> bill: impact segment tonight. as we told you in the talking points memo if the presidential election were held today barack obama would likely lose in major way. joining us from washington mary katharineham and juan williams. i think today was the worst day of the obama presidency by far. not even close. secondly, unless the president goes to lords, and has a miracle of curing the economy, i don't see in 16 months how he makes a come back the damage today is going to extend outward. what say yo

mary c. o. a rebound as that of penalty to make it to no then just before half time spotlights all time zuba mr penalty so to know was how it's played how about three minutes after the top had excess land jemiah saw red which he can back off pulled blowback from the penalty spot before ari made it to to just the six minutes but then the lights went on into the new stadium and it took the fifteen minutes to get them partially lists and when the game didn't you zoom back and got it in a goal reach deep into injury time to give that as does the wind faulting you spot exciting damon to say made his debut in this game and understandably said he with a cigarette is. well meanwhile tries former champions are being kept up the pressure on the top four with the controversial one will win a second bottom spot at no trick given defender leander the silva saw his feeble first off penalty delighted to say go easy cough it's never going to save his blushes for a second for a second the strike sparked a wave of protests from the hindsight we insisted the striker handled the ball in the build up still going to

mr. wallen. our next witness is thomas mary, senior vice president focus of on the family come and mr. reminded me that years and years and years and years ago, and years ago, when we were both younger, he actually covered me for one of the newspapers in vermont but go ahead, mr. minnery. [inaudible] spent is your microphone on? spent it is on now. and mr. wallen, my heart goes out to you. my organization is a very large. we do a lot of counseling to families to help them thrive in a difficult time. we have resources for couples to build healthy marriages that reflect and for parents to raise their children according to morals, and values grounded in biblical principles. we have 13 international offices, our radio programs are broadcast in 26 light which is come to more than 230 million people around the world each day. and mr. wallen, we have resources that i believe can help you even in your situation. if you permit us we would love to try and be helpful to you. mr. chairman, and members of the committee, i believe i represent two groups of people who have not been invited here today

mary katharine and juan williams. big new best seller "muzzled." juan, i asked ben stein if president obama was a positive force in the economy he said yes. mr.ogers said is he a neutral. you say? >> i think is he a true central to positive and. >> bill: tell me the positive. i need to be convinced. >> clearly, when he took office, we were in a recession. we are now that recovery that's very fragile and faltering. >> bill: higher than it was when he took over. >> he has been creating jobs since he has been in office. >> hold it. if he has been creating jobs while he has been in office. why is employment 2 percentage points higher than when he took over? >> well, because what happened was we had a tremendous hole to dig out of. >> bill: no, no, no. you just said he created jobs since he has been in office but 2 percentage points higher in the unemployment rate. math doesn't add up. >> yes, it does. because we haven't created enough jobs. >> bill: no, no, no. he was creating jobs. the unemployment rate would have gone down 2%. mary katharine is, this fuzzy map or voodoo economics? am i not grasping juan's calculations properly. >> no. i think i

mr. payne, do you have any final questions? anne marie? >> only that i commend you for the outstanding work you are doing. i do know that you're in the right country to move forward with medical attention, as you know, the 30-40 years ago or longer, ewe gap daly was known -- uganda was known for having an outstanding medical school. the medical school where doctors or potential doctors from east africa community would go there to study. i first visited there about 40 years ago and did hear about the medical school, other east african countries, i think kenya had a school where you wanted to be a good lawyer and go there, but uganda was the place to go for good medical attention -- >> that's right. >> i'm glad that they continued and at least tried to give the support and also just have some appreciation about what uganda's -- this has nothing to do with this in particular, but they provided about 8,000 troops to somalia where the uganda forces are assisting the transition of federal government of somalia which is weak, and without the u.n.

mary, the president is headed your way today. caller: happy birthday, mr. president. a couple of things, so please be patient with me. the super committee is probably needed because both parties -- if we look at the money -- there was a caller the other morning that stated when c-span has on a guest, they should list the money, the contributors to that person. we look at the money that is involved with all of the politicians, and you look at the polls. for instance, the health care reform. over 800 hours on c-span. i do not know whether these people are saying everything was done behind closed doors. you guys have over 800 hours on your c-span health care coverage. i digress. i apologize. host: when you look at how the debt deal came together, that was between the top leaders, and it was done behind closed doors. the public did not know what they had come together on until it came out on sunday, late sunday. caller: i understand that. when they were saying they were holding american hostage -- well, you know, who knows what the final answer would be on that, whether o

marie in wisconsin. caller: good morning. first of all i just want to say i do agree with mr. wells completely on many of these points. everyone seems to neglect to mention a couple of key things where a lot of money goes and that is into the billions spent on three wars that quite frankly have not proved to be nation building for the united states in any which. the second point is when you look at the overall economy of the united states the priorities of the majority of americans have nothing to do with paying welfare to corporations some who are o international. perhaps we need to stop that and ta completely for social security all the way up the fee scale. if they don't want to pay extra taxes fine. start building the fund but collect everything that has been completely robbed from social security by the government for all kinds of nonsense. host: all right. guest: well, the attacks of 9/11 did mean that we went and defended our country and we could have just kept going like we did in the 1990's and not reacted at all. but getting rid of al qaeda, getting rid of osama bin laden, al qaeda and taliban unfortunately

marie in wisconsin. caller: good morning. first of all, i just want to say i do agree with mr. wells completely on many of these points.ryone seems to neglect to mention a couple of key things where a lot of money goes and that is into the billions spent on three wars that quite frankly have not proved to be nation building for the united states in any which. the second point is when you look at the overall economy of the united states the priorities of the majority of americans have nothing to do with paying welfare to corporations some who are o international. perhaps we need to stop that and tax completely for social security all the way up the fee scale. if they don't want to pay extra taxes fine. start building the fund but collect everything that has been completely robbed from social security by the government for all kinds of nonsense. host: all right. guest: well, the attacks of 9/11 did mean that we went and defended our country and we could have just kept going like we did in the 1990's and not reacted at all. but getting rid of al qaeda, getting rid of osama bin laden, al qaeda and taliban unfortunately are

marie, independent in madison, wisconsin. >> caller: good morning. i just want to say i do agree with mr. weller on these points. everyone seems to neglect to mention a couple key things where a lot of where our money goes, and that is into the billions spent on three wars that quite frankly have not proved to be nation building for the united states in any way. the second point is when you look at the overall economy of the united states, quite frankly, the priorities of the majority of americans have nothing to do with playing welfare to corporations, particularly some who are international. perhaps we need to stop foreign aide. perhaps we need to tax completely for social security all the way up the scale of people making the money. if they don't want to pay extra taxes, find. start building the fund. let's collect everything that's been completely robbed from social security by the government for all kinds of nonsense the last -- since it was created. >> host: all right. diana furchtgott-roth? >> guest: well, the attacks of 9/11 did mean that we went and we defended our country, and we could have just kept g

mr. cheney, is don't pick a fight with a real man of towering integrity like colin powell. it's a mismatch. the vice president cheney, the useful thing about this book, and i'm glad mary, it because it allows us to have an honest debate about the cheney record and bush/cheney record. this is the record. ignored the al qaeda threat before 9/11. warned by national security professionals like richard clarke and others and ignored t.supposed to chair a task force on terrorism and he did nothing. he was warned by his own treasury secretary paul o'neill the policies he was putting in place would explode the deficit and he said, and i quote, deficits don't matter and he helped mislead us into the war in iraq. said we would be greeted at liberators and gave credence to the myth that saddam was involved in 9/11 and says that saddam has constituted nuclear weapons, all that have false, so i'm asking my followers on twitter where i'm at was dick cheney the worst vice president in history or just maybe the second or third? >> matter, go ahead and respond. no, i'm not responding. that is to colin powell is watching, that's a cheap shot. there's not one correct, factually correct s

mary feinstine has introduced. i believe this is eminently fair and gives to those who are in a living relationship, an opportunity to receive benefits which they deserve. mr. minnery, i've read your testimony, i wasn't hear when you are presented it. if you are truly interested in the welfare of children, and we are, it seems to me that denying basic financial resources to a loving couple who have adopted a child is not the way to help that child. in fact, i think we can find many instances, families that struggle financially have a tougher time raising children. not all the time, but many times. it just makes a lot more sense for us to recognize under the law that when it comes to federal benefits, the same-sex relationship that is recognized in the state is going to be recognized by our federal government across the united states of america. i would just close by saying i know this is an issue involved in america. the feelings that most of the majority of the people in the america's opinion about same-sex marriage have changed, and i think they have changed for the better. this new law does not mandate any, does not mandate any religion to change it's b

marie in wisconsin. caller: good morning. first of all, i just want to say i do agree with mr. wells completely on many of these points.one seems to neglect to mention a couple of key things where a lot of money goes and that is into the billions spent on three wars that quite frankly have not proved to be nation building for the united states in any which. the second point is when you look at the overall economy of the united states the priorities of the majority of americans have nothing too with paying welfare to corporations some who are o international. perhaps we need to stop that and tax completely for social security all the way up the fee scale. if they don't want to pay extra taxes fine. start building the fund but collect everything that has been completely robbed from social security by the government for all kinds of nonsense. host: all right. guest: well, the attacks of 9/11 did mean that we went and defended our country and we could have just kept going like we did in the 1990's and not reacted at all. but getting rid of al qaeda, getting rid of osama bin laden, al qaeda and taliban unfortunately are sti