mr. obama was right when he urged leaders to say those words in public, but words are not enough. mr. obama, who has been in office less than six months, has a lot to do to fulfill this mission. guest: what the president is trying to do, he wants to turn the page with the muslim world. once to begin a new dialogue and search for common ground. -- he wants to begin a new dialogue. at the same time, as he said, everything does not change with one speech. but one of his prime objectives is to get a lot of people in different muslim communities to reevaluate their attitudes towards the united states, and create wider distance between some of these muslim communities and extremist forces. one of the ways to do that is to engage in a peace process, but he hit about seven key themes in that speech. host: let me share another editorial from the "wall street journa;." mr. obama missed a chance to remind his audience that no country has done more to liberate muslims from oppression in kuwait and afghanis

mr. obama was right when he urged leaders privately speak of moderation and compromise to dare to say those words in public, but the words are not enough. mr. obama, who had been in office less than six months, has a lot to do to fulfil this mission, and so do others. guest: i mean, clearly what depressed and it is trying to do is turn the page in the muslim world, began a new dialogue, try to transcend old divisions, search for some common ground, and he is trying to open a conversation with them. at the same time, as he said himself, everything does not change with one speech. but i think one of his prime objectives is to get a lot of people in different muslim communities around the world to reevaluate their attitudes toward the united states and to create a wider distance between some of these muslim communities and some of the extremist forces, and he says one of the ways to do that, for example, is to engage in a peace process. he hit about seven key themes in that speech. host: let me sh

i'm wondering do you think the coverage that you all -- is it fair as far as mr. obama is concerned with you think it is a time that mr. bush's policies should be discussed? host: i would venture to say that if you took our coverage from the same period in 2001 or in the spring and summer of 1993, we would have heard different sentiments depending on your political party. it will be no difference whether it is a democrat or republican on the white house. audit of -- caller: i am not necessarily speaking on a partisan stand point, but observation. mr. bush, even while all of the economy was going down, i remember specifically two years ago or 2 1/2 years ago, it was reported that -- there was a debate at one time whether or not we were in a recession because we have not had two consecutive quarters of being in the downturn and all the way up until the time it crashed -- and one point, if i could. because andrea mitchell -- i'm a fan of hers -- but because, i think, andrea mitchell is though related by marriage to mr. greenspan, he is not being covered. not only on msnbc

mr. obama's lack of involvement just as obama apologized for u.s. involvement in the overthrow of an elected iranian leader. the first call this morning on the president's approach thus far -- lancaster, pa. on the independent line. caller: at the heart of all america's problems in the middle east is america's creation of israel back in 1948 which was essentially an invasion of muslim territory. it has been muslim territory for 1300 years. these jewish people in europe and in north america thought there were entitled to invade palestine. to take over that territory. there has been a war ever since. host: connected to the iranian election? caller: i america does: iran just the way it did not like iraq because they are the biggest enemies of israel. host: a republican as a line from minnesota. caller: good morning, i think the president is taking the right approach. in the past america has been blamed for meddling in the affairs of other countries throughout the world. many callers yesterday work using the president of meddling in the iranian effort.

mr. obama's job approval rating among americans overall slipped to 56%. that is not much of a drop and in keeping with the pattern for a new president, but the slide has much more pronounced among self-identified sure the independent voters. that is americans to express no loyalty to either party. among these people, who reside in the middle of the spectrum, the job approval rating is 45%, falling from 60% in april. herman is on the phone from georgia. good morning to you. caller: good morning. i wanted to comment on the economy. i am pessimistic about that. it just doesn't look like things are shaping up here in georgia. we are not getting anywhere with jobs. we don't see any new jobs coming and every month it looks like the job market is just going away. so i would hope that something would be coming down the pike, particularly for georgia pretty soon, but i am not feeling good it will be soon. host: what you do right now? caller: i am unemployed. i retired but i am still trying to find a part-time job. but i do have three children that i am really look

while i am not a big supporter of mr. obaman a lot of his issues i would like to state that i pay almost $5,000 per year through my company, my health care that covers almost nothing. i have had more issues and problems, and honestly, after reading some of the proposals and of looking at some of the issues, i believe that mr. obama's plan would actually work in the u.s. because right now as it stands it would be cheaper for me to take each member of my family to the doctor once per month than what it costs me to pay for the health plan where we do not even go to the doctor that much. so, i definitely support the public health plan. i do hope they come up with something networks. and i definitely support president obama on this issue. -- and i hope the come up with something that works. host: next, a call from baltimore. caller: i support the public health care option for the simple fact that it is another option. if we let things go on the way they have, it will only get worse. these insurance companies need some competition, a

caller: mr. obama comes out of the most corrupt political system in the united states, which is chicago, cook county. the other system that was more corrupt was in the 20's and 30's and so i think the country ought to know what type of a system this man comes out of. guest: background, sure. i was born in england, raised there, educated there, went to oxford university. came out to "washington post"ed by the financial times and then moved from the early this week. so that makes three presidential election that is i've covered. the proud father of three american children. look, he's a chicago politician. but as people in the circle tell me there are two strands to chicago politics and illinois politics. there is the reformists and the party machine. and obama was never part of the party machine. in fact, he lost his first national race as it were, his race for the house of representatives in 2000 because he was bad at that kind of machine and ethnic politics that really characterizes chicago. he lost to

>> guest: at the time mr. obama told me that was the most emotional time he had on the campaign. it meant a huge amount. why did it come about? for caroline kennedy and her conversation with her children. again, children talking to adults about the election cycle. that was a fairly unique thing and of course the passing of the torch aspect for someone who idealized the civil rights movement as obama did he wanted it to be a community organizer because he dreamed of a civil rights movement in that era and was too late. so it was emotional for him in doubles a huge deal not just because it was the kennedys, but because you're the party establishment was saying this is back in the primaries a long way from being over. the relationship of the is the extended. caroline kennedy played a critical role in the vice presidential selection. she grew very close to senior figures in the obama circle including david axelrod and then candidate and of course ted kennedy now i think there is the determination really to get health care done and have ted kennedy's name on it in part because of that

i just have to tell you, i am thankful that mr. obama has had an epiphany lately. i hope he accelerates this, because i think the national security of the country, and the economic future and constitutional free market is at stake. i will give mr. grossman and opportunity, the aclu said this is more of the same. i will give you a chance to agree or disagree with the ec -- aclu director. >> i agree. this is not a political matter. it is about the safety of our nation. >> that is my main point. i know i took the opportunity to express some feelings of -- that the men station has, hypocritical and some of the attacks the made in the previous administration. they have come to some realities that are always easy to ignore in a campaign. what is important here is for us to realize that truth and time travel on the same road and truth always has the last word. somehow, perhaps in this institution and campaigns, we should try to figure out what is right. i yield back. >> regardless of the position of any administration to figure what is right, not who is right. i think the

i assume congress will pass this and mr. obama soon sign this giving this the fda authority to regulate the context. my question is this, this is the real $64 question americans should pay attention to. will obama direct the fda to regular the amount of nick owe teen in cigarettes. if that nicotine was reduced, americans could kick the habit easier and perhaps we could faster arive at a smoke-free america. guest: you raised a couple of good points. one being, you are right, this bill doesn'to+3 ban nicotine outright. some academics vo said if congress really wants america to stop smoking they would have banned cigarettes or nicotine. you raise a good point. one other expert talked about compensation saying if they did levels, you might see smokers smoking more to get their fix. it's really unclear, 10 years from now, are there going to be fewer smokers in this country because of this bill. we dovent know yet. host: from new york on the independent line. caller: i agree with the caller before. i'm a smoker. my husband is a smoker.

chairman, i am thankful that mr. obama has had some epiphanies lately. i hope that he accelerates them because national-security, the economic future and constitutional future is at stake. with that said, i am going to give mr. grossman an opportunity, they said this is not change, this is more of the same. will give you a chance to agree or disagree. >> i agree entirely and it is quite heartening. demonstrates that this is not a partisan matter. it is not a political matter. is about the safety of our nation, the tween presidential administrations, there has been no disagreement. >> i know i took the opportunity to express' some feelings that the administration has been hypocritical in some of the attacks it made on the previous administration and has come to some realities that are always easy to ignore in a campaign. what is important here is for all of us to realize the truth in time travel on the same road, the truth always has the last word. perhaps in this institution and in our campaigns, we should try to figure out what is right instead of who is

mr. obamas willing to reopen the six-party talks that mr. bush began, the other participants -- he has no intention of offering new incentives to give the north to fulfil agreements previously. all these agreements were recently renounced by north korea. chicago is next. caller: good morning. listening to the previous callers it is upsetting to think someone wants to think about paranoia. i believe that this man wants to keep these reporters as some kind of bargaining chip. to ask our president to jump the gun is ridiculous. mrs. clinton is doing the correct thing and checking everything out and making sure does not escalate any more. it is not going to make us look weak. you cannot just jump the gun for every little thing comes along. host: the president and his family are back from their trip overseas. on this front page, the obama's inch and fans as the first family's visit rekindles warmth in an age-old alliance. good morning. caller: make sure that you turn down your television or radio. h

in all fairness, mr. obama and the administration, one thing that you talk about with iran is given the history of u.s.-iran relations. he has ap(ñ good sense of what been exhausted. in particular the coup. if this is an issue that can be exploited by the regime, they're looking for something like that, there might be more bloodshed. finally, the ultimate concern of this administration still is regardless of who is in charge, there is still some very serious issues particularly reported in iran that needs to be discussed. they don't feel they want to put themselves in any kind of position to put themselves in a handcuff when it comes to that. host: frank on our line for independents is calling in from palmdale, california. caller: thanks to c-span. to the iranian people, stay strong, be safe and do it in a nonviolent way. you will win. it is your right to have the kind of government you want. i hope that your guests on here today will get the word out to his brethren that are in the middle east, the american pe

i think the fact that mr. obama has basically not gone out in support of the protestors, he voiced concern, but hoe hasn't condemned the regime has also led into the u.s. being spared this wrath right now. of course, saz we have seen before -- as we have seen before, it doesn't take much for that change. that is one thing that i noticed in the press in the last couple of days, they're saying we're glad mr. obama is not modeling in -- meddling in the system. host: republican line, your on the "washington journal." how are you doing? caller: my key question is regarding the ayatollah. the president of iran has somebody above him. in the united states, the president is coequal person with the congress, senate, judiciary. in their country, it is a different-type system. i don't understand the interpersonal relationship between the two. that is part of it. the next thing is, i made a comment that i think obama needs to play a fidelity game here of not antagonizing the current regime, you know, because basically, all up i

mr. obama's announcement for reregulation. >> guest: on his announcement i don't know. i don't understand all of these instruments that are going to be regulated. this much i would say, the idea that the federal reserve board system on to the systemic risk regulator. it alarms me because of federal reserve properly understood it has one duty and that is to preserve the currency as a store of value, that is to prevent inflation which is a monetary phenomenon. edessa that that is quite enough and in order to do that the fed has to be independent. technically it is a creature of congress, technically congress could stipulate the money supply growth, that's the last thing we want is two have politicians with their eyes on the electoral calendar stipulating money supply in this country because they will only stipulate lose money to get them past the next election. we have these things every two years so we would constantly have lose money. the problem is that when the fed is involved as it now is in allocating credit when we have it printed as a public utility, the quantity

caller: lending institutions, mr. obama is going to have to create a national bank to support these institutions. host:. -- host: thank you. coming up in the program, we will have a republican and democrat on to talk about the budget deficit situation in california. you cannot have deficit spending according to california law. later, tim pawlenty, who announced that he would not seek a third term. there is speculation he is eyeing a 2012 presidential bid. we will spend the next hour looking back at the 2008 presidential campaign. richard wolffe will be here to take your phone calls. we will look back at some of the moment from that election. it is sunday, june 7. washington journal will continue. ♪ ♪ >> our party obviously needs a lot of work. >> tonight, of "q&a," mitch daniels talks about revitalizing the gop. >> we need to speak more meaningfully to the problems of today. to the young people of today, specifically. you do not have to be a candidate to do that. >> mitch daniels on a "q&a." that is tonight, on c-span, xm r

but on monday 8250 day leaders are to join mr. obama in the east room to commemorate publicly the 40th anniversary of the birth of modern rights of the gay movement. by contrast, in march 1977 when they first met someone in the white house it was when president jimmy carter was nowhere in sight. the conflicting signals from the white house about his commitment to gay issues reflect a broader paradox. the politics of gingrich remains full of cross currents. the next call from pennsylvania on the republican line. the media love affair? does it exist caller: of course, it does. anyone who read the article in the philadelphia paper -- if you did not know it before, there is. the man is definitely, or the media is definitely in bed with a man. host: let me ask you for your example? caller: an example of this? host: yes, to support your point. caller: well, if you read the article, the people, the results are -- a thing people should read the article. if people cannot pick up the newspaper and the cities of america today and see what they're

couple of months of the obama administration, i think this is true today, are still today described mr. obamaor the obama administration, the president as a passive free trader and his point was that the president was willing to intervene against the most egregious potential or actual island he upgrade protection or progression and trade, but not really to date at that time, and i think this is true today, willing to take leadership. yet on specific issues or either large questions, doha, or other questions about the existing trade agenda. i should have said at a footnote before i started, and that is it seems as if the obama administration, with all that's going on the economic crisis, with iran, he had been in office for years, but i must remind myself in you that it's only been five months to go anything i say about trade policy or other policies have to be tentative. they are just getting in place. so let me say that before going on. but for my short term, short time i have here, there are two things i want to point out about what we know so far. one, it seems to me, and this is not just

in talks, mr. obama is making the case that reducing malpractice lawsuits can help drive down health-care costs, and should be considered as part of any health-care overhaul. tennessee on our republican line. caller: i am retired from the state of tennessee. i have to pay for part of my insurance. i also have to pay for the d plan. if i can pay for that. i don't think the government needs to get into anything. i would be willing to pay part of mine in order to keep the government out. anytime you get the government in anything, they mess it up. host: you said you had a plan from the state of tennessee? how do you like that plan? caller: i like it. i pay $95 a month. in good times it goes down maybe $10, and bad times, it goes up. host: who is the provider? caller: tomco. i had to pay for my d plan. when the federal government came out and said that we had to have a d plan, the insurance i did have with the state of tennessee, some people have had to pay more and some people less. retirees have to pay som

five months into the administration, mr. obamahas signed two dozen bills but has never waited five days. on the recent credit card legislation, he would do just two days. there's watchdog groups were repeatedly failing to live up to the pledge, the fact checking arm of the st. petersburg times has branded it a promise broken. grand rapids, mich. on the independent line. caller: i am calling in regard to a standpoint from a college graduate last may. i am calling because i feel like everyone is pointing the fingers at illegal immigrants, but coming from a 22-year old male, i point the finger at the baby boomers. they never stood up for anything, they never stopped and revolted against elitist, corrupt, politicians. you have people in the '20s getting out of college, still working jobs that they did in high school. living as was $60,000 in debt. host: what did you major in? caller: i majored in political science with a minor in real estate. from fellow friends, we all graduated in may, and they're serving at restaurants making $10 a

. >> i wonder if you knew if the president ever met michael jackson in person or mrs. obama? >> he did not tell me that he had provide cancer in the checked but i do not believe they have the. >> on monday the gay and lesbian. >> i do not have a lot of it. >> but with the gay and lesbian americans, is he feeling political heat from this group. >> it was scheduled. >> but this is the first time? barranca as is the first time in the white house. >> should we suspect in the announcements on the issues that would be right at the forefront of marriage? >> no. >> how was the doncaster day? >> bowater had warmed up. i would bet a hefty amount of money it would not don't meet -- but i was proved wrong on the first pitch i have to a bit i was not counting on bill to get me what. >> never underestimate. >> with iraq they said the prime minister would be to strengthen security forces those that are currently constituted can they quell the violence and how much it is the withdrawal to the city's the u.s. troops a litmus test for how things will go next august at the end of 2011? >> the p

mr. obama's health care legislation. we will have live coverage on c- span. this afternoon, the president will sign legislation letting the dog food and drug administration regulate tobacco. the law allows the fda to reduce nicotine in tobacco products and candy flavorings and black label such as low tar and light. you can see live coverage of that on c-span3. a look at this morning's headlines from today's washington journal. host: 1 spending bill is under their belt, what is ahead? guest: 2 more in the house and one in the senate. a bill to promote tourism and the senate, and a lot of committee work on health care reform. that will take care of the whole week. two bills for appropriations, homeland security funding and the interior environment fund in the house. also the tourism bill in the senate. host: we are covering the health committee markup. this must be the fourth day they've met. guest: that's right. in the house, they came out with their own plan, similar to the kennedy bill. it will be marked up this week in the house. every day there will be com

is a shame that mr. obama has not even allowed that to be discussed. -- it is a shame. i understand from the meeting last week it was supposed to be discussed. back in 2003 obama said he was a proponent of single-payer and it was the only way to go, but that we had a long road to get there. he said first we needed to take back the white house and in congress. guess what? we have all those things, yet we're not even talking about it is too big to do with and people will not stand up to the establishment. the status quo will stay the same until you get a new third party. i encourage people to call in and talk about the single-payer system and it to do some research to get through all the propaganda out there. host: ohio is next. caller: i believe we should have a single-payer universal health care program for health care and medicare. i think all the propaganda that we are hearing from various people, the newt gingrich comment about decisions about whether not the government or for-profit companies are going to decide who gets what care and such -- i think that is nonsense

mr. president, this is 30 hours we could use on a lot of good things. i don't know what would be the rationale for wasting this time. maybe they don't want president obama to complete more legislation through us. it's beyond my ability to comprehend why we would waste this time. now, mr. president, it's been written and talked about that this is the most accomplished congress since the first year of the roosevelt administration. now, mr. president, i don't have before me all the things we've done, but i'm going to try to recall some of the things that we've done here. we passed the lands bill, the most significant environmental legislation in more than a quarter of a century, creating more than 2 million acres of wilderness, 1,000 miles of scenic rivers, hundreds of miles of trails and many other good things in this very important legislation. we passed the lilly ledbetter legislation equalizing pay between men and women. we passed the children's health insurance program which had been vetoed by president bush on several occasions. now more than 14 million children can go to the doctor when they're suck or hurt. we passed the economic recovery package.

>guest: i will be taking some thoughts that will be presented to mr. obama during the broadcast, since i am not an enthusiast for the president's approach to health care reform, there will be one quavering, tiny little voice at least a mild dissent. host: on health care, len writes -- guest: clearly, the health-care system that we have now, getting substantial health- care off the books with caution, taxpayers are already paying. the question is it is conceptually simple to solve the problem with the uninsured. you do that by giving the money. the question is, is that money well spent? we can argue about that. there is also a question of whether or not mandating health insurance is something that a nation with a libertarian streak that we want to reserve is comfortable with. comfortable with. host: louisiana, on the republican line with mr. will. caller: mr. will, i am insured and it's from a large insurance company. my husband is working and i am disabled. and he makes less than $20 an hour. and our deductible is $5,000 each. now in order for us to get any

when mr. obama was elected as president i received an e-mail from performance piper for they had a picture of him and under the caption saying, why do we have this in iran? it does not mean that obama or the american government was intervening. that is democracy. it is catching. to tell of terrorism and these other forms are not just regional. rigid totalitarianism and these other forms of not just regional. the want to send messages to the others who desire democracy. host: long island, good morning. caller: i appreciate things going on there and try to correct elections. but i still tend to believe that america does get too involved. the last revolution in iran pretty much went the same way. many revolutions in the middle east and even in parts of europe tend to go this way. there are big protests. the united states seems to be one of the only populaces that does not take much action except maybe it egging the motorcade of president bush once they realize what is going on. msnbc, fox -- the leadin

and mr. obama signed an executive order to close the guantanamo facility and to review the case of every detainee, whether released or handled in some other way. and the executive order makes you as the attorney general, the person responsible for coordinating the review and other agencies of the government. do you agree that as the person incharge of it and you bear the responsibility for release of transfer of the detainees of guantanamo bay? >> i believe that i bear responsibility with other cabinet members that make up the principles committee, but i am primarily responsible. >> they are looking to you to set the agenda. well the administration has released and transferred controversial figures already, without any criminal commission or trial. and on friday they transferred suhare, that's responsible for the murder of william jefferson, a u.s. citizen and diplomat in 1995. planting a car bomb in 1997. and the involvement with the attack on the u.s. s. cole, did you release suhari to saudia ara

then this point that if mr. obama is serious about stopping to iran, he has to do a couple of steps that i outlined. guest: the issue of iran is interesting. the way that the president handled it in his speech yesterday -- obviously, it caused some waves in the arab and muslim world. there are basically two trends, if you will, in the middle east about the issue of iran there are people who see iran's attempts to acquire a nuclear capability as potentially leading to iran acquiring a nuclear weapon. they're very nervous about that. a nuclear iran, they feel, will definitely destabilize the middle east. that school of thought exists more in the official circles in the middle east, in egypt and saudi arabia, some of the gulf countries. among the populace, it is different feeling. among the populace, they see is real cause nuclear capability -- israel's nuclear capability as the real threat. the president alluded to a nuclear-free world. when he talked specifically about the danger that iran poses in this area, without m

i hope that mr. obama stays the course and hollister. there will be some bumps in the red. there might be some -- for think that he stays the course. we should stay and finish the job. it would be a horrible mistake after some soldiers have the lost their lives to let it be ruined. host: we're looking at scenes around iraqi cities s iraqi troops moved in and u.s. troops moved out. there were a number of riot exercise is taking place. this uses both troops, part of that effort to train the iraqi soldiers to police their communities. as we listen to new york, good morning. caller: i'm calling to respond to the caller who says we have to listen to our readers regardless. because they're doing such a hard job. the bush family, if you look at any reasonable history of the bush family get us into wars and time again to power. you have press got bush treading openly with though nazis when he was a senator. a myriad of illegal activity they're pretty much like the gambino crime family and should be prosecuted under the rico statutes. host: thank you. here is a headline. we're also

the administration is making the move as mr. obama faces criticism for not repealing don't ask don't tell. alabama, you're up first. frank is on the line. caller: i wanted to get hold of that fellow before to ask him what he thinks about censorship against fox news. i watched fox. you see things. you do not see anywhere else. he came on yesterday and criticized fox and cnbc and probably some other places also. he won't interview with fox. he has something against fox because they tell the truth. thank you. host: tampa, florida. go ahead. caller: the elections in iran do not really matter. all national candidates after the prescreened and preselected by the guardian council. half are selected by the supreme leader. they are prescreened by the guardian council. true reform, there will not criticize the closed circle of power within iran. some are not allowed to run. i wanted to make one comment about the previous guest's statement that he would like to see engagement. i want to know how you can be engaged with these people who are bring

taped this afternoon with some thoughts, some of which i have given here, that will be presented to mr. obama during the broadcast and some of his people. since i'm not enthusiastic about the president's approach to health care reform, there will be one tiny voice of mild dissent. host: len writes, mr. will wants to solve the health care problem by throwing taxpayer money at it. how much will it cost? is it a conservative solution? with the uninsured being free riders off of us, and getting substantial health care, and taxpayers are already paying. the question is it's conceptually simple to solve the problem of the uninsured. you do that by giving them money. now the question is that money well spent. we can argue about that. and there is a question of whether or not mandating health insurance is something as a nation with a libertarian streak we want to preserve is comfortable with. host: louisiana, on the republican line with mr. will. caller: mr. will, i am insured and it's from a large insurance company. my husband is working and i am disabled. and he makes less than $20 an hour. and our

[speaking in korean] to mr. obama and the people of the u.s. have extended their warmest welcome. i want to thank them sincerely. president obama and i spent time in april in london during the g- 20. today is our second meeting. during my talks with president obama we had a very substantive talks. we talked about the security situation surrounding the korean peninsula and the future of our caribbean-u.s. alliance and our joint vision for the future. -- ckorean-u.s alliance. for the last 60 years since the korean war our relationship has been one of a strong security alliance and partnership. the future is not only about standing our mutual partnership but also working together side by side to tackle issues of global concern. on that regard, i am extremely pleased to note that today is a meaningful and very significant day for an alliance between our countries to upgrade to a new plateau our relationship and partnership. i take this opportunity to sincerely thank the great people of america for their selfless sacrifice in defending our country and its people. on behalf of the korea

one on the tarp in support of mr. obama, senator mccain also supported the tarp program as did the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, the house republican leader, john boehner. the bush administration was the one who came up with the tarp program. it was supported strongly by the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke and bipartisan leadership. the rank and file never liked the program much. to the caller's other point, with the federal reserve -- one of the interesting questions is just how powerful the fed is. it has been very aggressively getting the financial system stabilized. most people think they have done a good job, but will have a difficult time removing programs to return to more normal operations. there are a lot of questions on the separation between the fed and treasury. mr. bernanke is asked that a lot when he testifies. he responds that it must be independent but during a serious financial crisis id must work with the treasury and government in power to keep the economy stabilized. host: our g

mr. obama expressly said in 27 years and during your government mr. qahtani, america which toppling the establishment. today they announced they are not after this. which foreign policy has been more successful? which has created, which is brought humiliation for this nation? which foreign policy preserve our independence? which gave more concessions? for 15 years the european said we want to criticize the iran aunt raise issues that iran is not observing human rights. asking two questions about the holocaust into questions, to questions-- the whole human rights system in the west. they are crying, the israelis are shouting in the people in the west are shutting. some people say i have rans dignity is being pushed. how can you say that? how can we wait till the enemy comes to our soil? today the threat is not directed at iran. of course all of this is thanks to people steadfastness and the sacrifices of the great nation of iran, and the leadership, and i am surprised-- takes a trip outside of adarand and can see how he is greeted by governments and na

i do not see that mr. obama is living up to a lot of stuff that he said on the campaign trail, and i find that disappointing. as far as health care goes, profits need to be eliminated. you need to have a not-for- profit health-care system amongst the choices that you give the american people. host: paulette, we're going to jump in because we are out of time. last comment on the phone, richmond, indiana, republican line. caller: some of these callers calling in do not really understand that the problem we have in our economy is not really the american people, it is our politicians. the democrats created fannie mae and freddie mac in mandated them to give loans to people who could not afford that. there are destroying our economy, the democrats are. there are destroying energy. obama is selling nuclear reactors to dubai for electricity, but he will not let us build a nuclear reactor here. he is selling suv's to china. the democrats are grabbing for power. they want to socialize. they are destroying everything this

. >> but do you personally think that mr. obama was too cautious? >> well, he started on a curve, and i think he is catching up to what his colleagues across the atlantic who are more force hul have said. president obama himself is showing more connectivity, language and tone with the streets of ran, and that is certainly a good progress, and we encourage and appreciate that as well. >> thank you. >> you mentioned that some elements of hamas are now in iran defending the regime. my question is about hezbollah? are there elements of hezbollah in iran? and a second question, what is your opinion of mouse wie -- mousawi? >> well, the regime will have the ability to call on things they set up years ago. speaking of hezbollah, there are elements that are recruiting as far as venezuela and colombia members for them. so it is not just in the region. this can they call them for help? evidently they are in some cases. i don't have any specific information on hezbollah, but it has been reported that hamas elements have been called in to help with repression in

even though mr. obama enjoys approval ratings around 60%, mr. ayers insists that racism it the dominant cultural factor in america today. it's very hard not to drag the chains of that history into the present he said last week to though washington times. his goal seems to be to keep america's minorities angry which keeps america divided. >> guest: no goal to keep anybody angry but i think we should be angry about the reality that bernadine described. we have something like 5 million americans who have lost their citizenship because of felony convictions. can't vote. that's odd if you think about it. i think some day we will reject that notion that because you're convicted of a felony you can't vote. the number of african-american men who were disenfranchised in florida would have made the difference in the 2000 election. so disenfranchisement is a serious problem and it's race related. if you look at capital punishment and the death machine. troy davison in georgia is facing imminent death for a crime that is very doubtful he committed, and agai

mr. obama said he would never go there. apparently, he is there now. mr. rangel said it would never be part of their plan, and now it may be. i do not think it is necessary to tax that benefit. i think is helpful to give employees more input as to how that benefit is used. that one thing helps create a more competitive marketplace. we have a marketplace now, but it is not the kind of competitive marketplace that really improves cost. 61% of the american people under 65 get their insurance from work. their employer is only talking to a couple of people about whether or not you continue with them or go to somebody else on an annual or triannual basis. they're only talking to a couple of people. i can see a much larger marketplace than that. it makes people who offer policy at work want to be more competitive with the policy that is offered at work. if you're a big entrance company, and you're offering a policy through general electric or anybody else, you will want people to stay with that policy. the competitive dynamic is substantially different than it is

i wish to place his editorial in the record tonight in which he states in short, mr. obama has a clear vision of what went wrong. but aside from regulating shadow banking, no small thing to be sure, his plan basically punts on the question of how to keep it from happening all over again, pushing the hard decisions off to future regulators. now is not the time to punt. it's the time for reform. the time has been not as ripe since roosevelt. we really need a president who will lead and

during the campaign the president, senator at the time, and mrs. obama went on "60 minutes" and used his smoking as part of his sort of campaign narrative, if you will. he's used ice biography in many areas. why not use this as an opportunity, if he has or if he hasn't quit smoking, to discuss this with the american people or even offer a warning to young children about smoking? >> well, again, i think he was fairly forward today in discussing the fact that this is, as i've said throughout the last couple weeks, something that he continues to struggle with. >> he used about eight words in the speech as opposed to saying. >> i don't think what the appropriate worth count would have been in order to check the box, but i -- and again i think the president spoke about this in personal terms regardless of the word count. >> something that still aggravates him when he's asking about this? >> maybe i should give you that opportunity to ask him. [laughter] >> go figure. helen? >> the "new york times" -- why didn't the president totally -- >> the i have not seen

just recently just a think today the administration called mr. obama called the iraq war a war of choice yet he continues to persecute, prosecute that war. and he has withdrawal timetable is essentially the same as the bush administration. the guantanamo bay issue has been brought up a great deal and yet it appears the result will be either terrorists in the united states subject to all of our constitutional rights work creation of something essentially the same as guantanamo bay. the surveillance techniques that would decry so profoundly by the obama administration and the obama campaign have been essentially left in place the same way. i even heard the president the other day say that we cannot sustain the deficit spending to amaze you sometimes. the obama justice department invoked the secrecy privilege in three court cases since the president of this. according to "the washington post" editorial page deal, administration state secrets mix of hard to distinguish from its predecessor. according to less day-to-day editorial page, quote, the obama admi

you take 15 minutes with mr. obamand he has gotten some details to a much greater degree and is willing to go back over if you do not have a. i think he explains things so much better. i think that is what people are willing to follow him more often than not. host: pennsylvania, on the independent line? caller: i think the opinion is astonishing that it is being presented -- it needs to be the constructive. the whole article -- because it is basically sensationalism. and opinion to the extreme. each fact, i don't have the article in front of me unfortunately, because i just caught it just as you started. host: why don't you begin with your opinion? if this is one person's opinion, what is yours? caller: it is coverage for positive doings that affect most americans. i think that they see that, but i also think there is a lot of negative coverage as well. host: how would you describe - coverage? caller: i think that - coverage is facts distorted. i think that we do have a corporate media who has a bottom line. they are n

first mr. obama rescinded the mexico city policy, a pro-life reagan era executive order, that ensured that the half billion dollars in population control funds appropriated by congress each year only went to foreign nongovernmental organizations, family planning, organizations that did not promote, lobby, or perform abortions as a method of family planning. as a result of owe bam obama's new policy, they are flush with cash and will continue to get hundreds of millions of dollars annually to push abortion around the world. all of it decoupled from pro-life safeguards. i mention the mexico city policy which is not on the floor today for context. to underscore what is actually happening 24/7 in the obama administration. add to this the fact that the administration has stuffed pro-abortion activists, a literal who's who in the abortion rights organizations, in key gatekeeper positions and you get the idea. you see that abortion is a serious undertaking by this administration. even the gatekeeper, the wo

is fair as far as mr. obama is concerned? do you think there is every time mr. bush's policy should be discussed by your company? caller: i would say that if host: i would say that if you took our same coverage from 2001 we would have heard different sentiments depending on your political party. but it would be different whether it is a democrat or republican in the white house. >> "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we're leaving this now as the house is meeting for their morning hours. legislative work starts soon. four bills deal with veterans issues. now live to the house floor here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. june 23, 2009. i hereby appoint the honorable sheila jackson lee to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2009, the chair will now recognize

. >> host: we are going to talk more about a comeback of the republican party and what mr. obama is up to but we are going to break for just a moment, we will be back. and part two of our interview, are we a center-right country? >> guest: we are and we have always been a center-right country. always americans -- and there is this great line and i never forgot it in david stockman spoke about the triumph of politics when he was complaining about how the reagan revolution when off-track. i have never forgotten in end stockman was 100 percent right. when he said at the end of the book americans don't like revolutions, americans still want revolutions. they want evolutions which was actually paul mccartney's theory of the beatles. he said never give them a revolution, and give them an evolution. you don't go from meet the beatles to sergeant pepper. it is very murky and and very bright. i quoted gary wills was writing for the national review in 1968 and he said the morning after nixon won the liberal establishment it woke up this morning. not being needed by middle america. the and

from david axelrod a list of political campaigning through and a longtime family friend and that mrs. obama is quote, very very smart and sensitive. we're told that when she speaks at a rally, the audience roars with delight and that her primary role is imam in chief. mark helprin, time magazine who was absolutely a mainstream journalist, not some right wing anybody, he said at the profile of a michelle obama was a front-page endorsement of what a great person michelle obama is. here is why this is important -- just a few weeks earlier executive editor of the new york times bill keller was that the conference and media conference in new york city and he was asks about what did you do when it mccain protest to "the new york times" about your coverage? and the questionnaire was referring to the page one story in the new york times earlier in the campaign about mccain hinting, i want to be fair, alleging, hinting in suggesting is the best word, suggesting that john mccain might have been having an affair with a female of bids. this was story -- this was based on to unnamed sources. so bill kel