actually i'm going to criticize i guess the nearest post where they keep referring to our president as mr. obama instead of president obama and i saw that you just read mr. obama. but people pay attention they keep saying mr. obama and really should be addressed as president obama and my second disappoint if president obama was a constitutional lawyer so americans get your facts straight and realized and understand that our president is trying to re-establish and give credit back to our constitution. bush and cheney pretty much ripped it apart. he's actually trying to put it back together again and so give him his credit and pay attention that he is for the people. ok? but the foreign policy priorities, i think they finish and the back part of making everybody happy. people, pay attention, if you don't have a job, you cannot afford it. which means it puts you in a category that you're either going to get a, medicare, or b, medicaid. it depends on your age. that is -- it's a no-brainer. i don't understand the problem. host: thanks jeannine. we're going to leave it there. matt on our line for inde

mrs. obama, i want to thank you for your efforts on our behalf and the collection of toys that will take place here. i want to thank you for the great support you are giving the entire campaign across the nation this year. i would ask all americans to join mrs. obama, the marines standing behind me and those all over the country in helping to collect toys that we need to bring the joint of christmas and -- to bring the joy of christmas to less fortunate children. thank you again, mrs. obama. it is only 23 days until christmas. [laughter] >> thank you again for being here. enjoy the house. thank you for your help. happy holidays. take care. [applause] >> a rare glimpse into america's highest court threw unprecedented conversations with 10 supreme court justices about the court and the history of the supreme court building. five days of interviews with supreme court justices starting monday on c-span. get your own copy of our documentary on the beat the. it is part of the american icons -- a copy

. >> woodruff: just last week mr. obama ordered 30,000 more u.s.roops to afghanistan, on top of 21,000 he sent earlier this year. that tension, between his actions as commander in chief, and his advocacy of peace, animated much of the 36-minute address. >> we are at war, and i'm responsible for the deployment of thousands of young americans to battle in a distant land. some will kill, and some will be killed. and so i come here with an acute sense of the costs of armed conflict, >> woodruff: the president acknowledged as he did when the prize was announced in october, that he does not claim to have earned the award based on his brief time in office. >> compared to some of the giants of history who've received this prize, schweitzer and king; marshall and mandela, my accomplishments are slight. >> woodruff: he also repeatedly cited dr. martin luther king who won the peace prize in 1964 and king's inspiration, mohandas gandhi. but he said at times, a head of state must depart from their non-violent creed. >> i cannot be guided by their examples alone

mr. speaker, president obama's mr. speaker, president obama's speech lakt$4 he has set a very tight timetable indeed for the strategy to have an effect. given this tight timetable, does the prime minister agree that we are not to over rely on president karzai. president obama said last night that the best way forward is to get tough on karzai. given the two former vice presidents are exports, does the prime minister not think it is better to work around president karzai to rely on the local and regional political leadership instead? >> mr. speaker, president obama will be grateful for his endorsement. >> he is absolutely right -- he is absolutely right that we have to both weaken the taliban and strengthen the afghan state. the action we are taking with troops to deal with the insurgency are important. but as he rightly recognizes, so too is building up the strength of the afghan army, its police and local and national government. and as president obama said last night, there is no blank check for president karzai. he h

actually i'm going to criticize i guess the nearest post where they keep referring to our president as mr. obamanstead of president obama and i saw that you just read mr. obama. but people pay attention they keep saying mr. obama and really should be addressed as president obama and my second disappoint if president obama was a constitutional lawyer so americans get your facts straight and realized and understand that our president is trying to re-establish and give credit back to our constitution. bush and cheney pretty much ripped it apart. he's actually trying to put it back together again and so give him his credit and pay attention that he is for the people. ok? but the foreign policy priorities, i think they finish and the back part of making everybody happy. people, pay attention, if you don't have a job, you cannot afford it. which means it puts you in a category that you're either going to get a, medicare, or b, medicaid. it depends on your age. that is -- it's a no-brainer. i don't understand the problem. host: thanks jeannine. we're going to leave it there. matt on our line for indepe

mr. speaker, president obama will be grateful for his endorsement. [laughter] >> he is absolutely right -- he is absolutely right that we have to both weaken the taliban and strengthen the afghan state. the action we are taking with troops to deal with the insurgency are important. but as he rightly recognizes, so too is building up the strength of the afghan army, its police and local and national government. and as president obama said last night, there is no blank check for president karzai. he has to take the action as necessary and that's why i said earlier today that the london conference on november the 28th which president karzai will attend will be a chance for president karzai to set out further reforms that he estimates to make the army and police more efficient to make sure that government is free of corruption and to build up stronger, local and provincial government. >> nick clegg? >> will the prime minister confirm at the london conference he just referred to whether the powers around afghanistan, russia, china and, yes, even iran migh

statistics cited by michael barone, 50% of americans aged 30 and over goaded into thousand eight for mr. obama. in other words americans aged 30 and up were divided almost evenly in that election. but among voters aged 29 in younger, obama won by a margin of 66 to 32%. it was the widest generation gap in the history of american exit polling and probably in the history of the united states. all this prompts me to ask, is it time that conservatives created a kind of conservative version of national public radio, or the steak coordinated network of conservative of npr's fresh air, on point and talk of the nation programs devoted not just to daily political combat in commentary by to conservatively oriented cultural explorations of the brought us character. is in that time to revive the great 1970's television program, the advocates, which featured periodic prime-time nationally televised 90-minute live debates on public television between liberal and conservative attorneys and supporting teams of expert witnesses. as some of you may recall william a. rusher of national review was the conservative

mrs. obama, i want to thank you for your efforts on our behalf and the collection of toys that will take place here. i want to thank you for the great support you are giving the entire campaign across the nation this year. i would ask all americans to join mrs. obama, the marines standing behind me and those all over the country in helping to collect toys that we need to bring the joint of christmas and -- to bring the joy of christmas to less fortunate children. thank you again, mrs. obama. it is only 23 days until christmas. [laughter] >> thank you again for being here. enjoy the house. thank you for your help. happy holidays. take care. [applause] >> a rare glimpse into america's highest court threw unprecedented conversations with 10 supreme court justices about the court and the history of the supreme court building. five days of interviews with supreme court justices starting monday on c-span. get your own copy of our documentary on the beat the. it is part of the american icons -- a copy

mr. reid is pressing to pass a bill in a race against rising unpopularity and president obama's falling approval ratings. mr. reid made this case with his usual intellectual nuance this week -- quote -- "instead of joining us on the right side of history, all republicans can come up with is 'slow down, stop everything, let's start over.' if you think you've heard these excuses before, you're right. when the country recognized the wrongs of slavery, there were those who dug in their heels and said slow down, it's too early, things aren't bad enough. equating opposition to medicare cuts, he related that to women's suffrage, social security and medicare. he would have done better if he listened to mrs. snowe's comments about durable social reform needing to be bipartisan, because while social security passed when the democrats controlled both congress and the white house, she pointed out that 64% of the senate republicans and 79% of the house g.o.p. supported it. civil rights passed with 82% of republicans in the senate and 80% in the house. while 41% and 51% respectively voted for medicare. so, se

mr. obamang with the american boaters has fallen more dramatically in his first year than any recent president. partly because he was so popular at the outset, but also because voters perceive he has not accomplished much. his 47% approval rating is only the start of his problems. that is said by pollsters. here is gloria from san diego on the republican line. caller: figure for the opportunity to speak out. in 2005 the california legislators voted down this type of health care. i have something to say about those who are speaking out. this state has supported this nation, would have stood by itself had it not been wrecked by politics. this state has fed the world, done everything possible to make life better for other human being. it is too bad that the people louisiana and ohio and these states who have never had any economy and never will are not speaking up and doing something. this is what is dividing this nation. people who want to take a vantage of one another and to want to cry and say

mr. obama's and nobel speech propulsive. but political impact if any does this have? guest: i think it has immense potential for political and that. it will be particularly interesting to watch as the glove, the democratic party base faces the same problem that the right does -- to watch as the left faces the same trouble as the right. we could see another ralph nader or another french lefringe left. those do not make it in america. so there will be some very pressed for the people on the left. guest: there are some places democrats can go. one is much deeper into our own party. one month ago although the national press did not really notice, we got passed through the statewide executive committee resolution called "end the u.s. war and occupation in afghanistan." it is a call for withdrawal of u.s. troops. obama is doing a 180 , the largest state democratic party has called for. dennis kucinich stated in the "new york times" peace the recall of an indictment which was done in recognition of what happened during the vietnam war. when the executive branch ran roughshod

. >> mr. obama, i really appreciate how you're trying to stimulate the economy to help this country out. and i was just wondering at our college, we've been studying some criminology. and i was wondering if maybe you checked out some of the statistics about legalizing prostitution, gambling, drugs and nonviolent crime in order to stimulate some of the economy. >> you know, i have to say this. i appreciate the boldness of your question. that will not be my job strategy. but -- but -- but let me say this. what year are you in in school? >> this is my second year in college. >> your second year. >> yeah. >> first of all, part of what you're supposed to do in college is question conventional wisdom. >> more than once, someone who took the microphone to ask a question was actually acting as a proxy for someone else. a situation which could, if unchecked, cause all kinds of complications. >> i'm susan kennedy with the manufacturers resource center in bethlehem, pennsylvania. we're one of the centers acros

mr. obama's call for nato countries to send more troops to afghanistan.german chancellor angela merkel has said germany will decide after an international afghanistan conference in late january. peter altmaier, parliamentary whip for merkels party, was non- committal on what germany will do. >> i cannot tell you today what concrete measures would be adopted, but we are aware of the challenge and we will certainly respond to it. this government led by angela merkel has been a reliable partner for the last four years, and i'm 100% convinced we will remain and continue to be a reliable partner for the future. gen. kujat says germany needs to beef up its forces for its missions own protection on the ground. we don't have time. we need to act. so as germans revel in the magic of the season they know they have a big decision ahead. >> lehrer: and finally tonight, the analysis of shields and brooks. syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. mark, the president's nobel speech that margaret referred to, what did you think of th

he and mrs. obama left a short while ago. the trip is a quick one. they'll be in oslo for about 26 hours before returning to the united states. the debate over whether or not he deserves the award is reignited. it died down after the honor was announced two months ago. president obama will accept a $1.4 million prize check, a gold medal and a did i loma. coverage of the trip to norway, ceremony begins tomorrow on "american morning." our panel here to discuss that and other things, penn jillette, the larger more talkative half of penn and teller. here in los angeles, our friend ben stein, the economist and attorney was speechwriter for president nixon and ford, a columnist for "fortune" magazine. also here in l.a., tanya acker, contributor to the huffington post and worked on the white house counsel during the clinton administration. finally in new york, stephanie miller, progressive radio talk show host. her website, by the way, stephaniemiller.com. we will be back after this. last thanksgiving, about 2 million people tried... to deep-fat-fry their t

[applause] >> president and mrs. obama, distinguished guests, friends of my father, all of you. nation has lost a great senator, my brothers and sisters and i have lost a loving father. when i was a kid, i could not breathe. growing up, i suffered from chronic and crippling asthma attacks, and the medications given to me were very difficult and gave me a throbbing headache. obviously, i wish that i did not have to suffer those attacks and endure those headaches. nor did i like having to grow up having a special non-allergenic non-smoking room reserved for me whenever we went on family vacations, but as i now realize years later, while asthma may have posed a challenge to my physical health, it propped up my emotional and mental health because it kept my father by my bedside. my dad was always sure to be within reach of me, and the side effects of the medication meant that he was always holding a cold, wet towel on my forehead until i fell asleep again from my headache. as far as the special effort that was made to ensure that i had a proper room to sleep in while we were on vaca

mr obama announced last week tt a dawdown would begin in july 2011. fense secretary robert gates and secreta of state hillary clinton elaborat the sundayalkhows. this is atransition that's goingo take place. and it's not an ashtraire -- arbitra date. obiously the transition will begin in the less contested areas of t country but it ll be the sa kind of gradual-conditions based transition provce by province, distct by district that wsaw in iraq. >> woodruff: those conditions will be dermined in part by t eadiness of afghan scurity forces. training them is ainchpin of the presidt's strategy. but ere was another reminder today tha much of the fight remained bend ghanistan. synchronid bombings in a marketplace killed a least 36 people in lahore, pakist, near the indian borde a massiveireengulfed parts of the moonmarket uring its busie time of thday. and hours earlier a suicide bomber killed at least n people in the pakistani ci of peshawar nearhe afghan border. >> lehrer: now >> lrer: now to our interview with admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint ch

i voted for mr. obama, as well. i don't understand why mr. bush was in office.ts looking back at what this president inherited and how president george w. beadle -- bush is viewed in this country and around washington guest: he will be remembered very fondly eventually. he is remembered primarily because of the decision of going into iraq. we shall see what the final line is. he corrected it in terms of the search. we hope the next president will get us out in an orderly way. we forget the importance of iraq in the explosive situation. there may be dissertations written 20 years from now that say it was painful to live through it and it cost american lives and certainly iraqi laws but maybe it was worth it. i think we can afford to be generous. there is no reason not to be. we will see how history plays out for george w. bush. host: the former president has given a couple of speeches off camera. he announced the bush center in dallas. guest: i don't think he wants to stick his oar in this. i don't know why that is. host: his vice president has been very vocal. g

. >> reporter: mr. obama has said he hopes to have a health care bill on his desk before delivering his state of the union address early next year. >> we have been coughing the battles on capitol hill for "the wall street journal" and has more about the pitfalls ahead. and a half tali, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> woodruff: they've been at this for years, months on this particular piece of legislation, how big a deal is this. >> i actually think it's a hauj deal. for a century liberals have been fighting for something like this never before has even one chamber of congress come close to considering this and now you have both chambers passing it. you know, as recently as a few months ago after all the tea party demonstrations in august people thought it was dead. just a few days ago they thought senator nelson might leave the talks and they might collapse. so i think getting this through, whatever you think about it substantively as a legislative accomplishment really can't be minimized.

. >> holman: specificay, mr. obama said he urged mo lending to smallusinesses in an effort to stir job creation. also pressed the bankers to support sweeping overhaul of thfinancial regulatory system. it psed the house on friday, and moved to the senat in the fa of industry opposition. >> i madvery clear that i have intention of letting their lobbyists thwart rorms that are necessary to protect t american people. if they wisho fight common sense consumer proctions, that's aight i'm more than willing to have. >> holman: the toughalk was a carrver from the president's interview on cbs's "60inutes" last night. >> i did not run for officto be helping out bunch of, you kn, fat-cat bankers on wall street. e only ones that are going t be paying out these fat boses are the ones that ha now paid back that ta money >> holman: some of the banke played down the inted criticism. richard davis of u. bancorp spoke the white house driveway. >> we're in th together and we understand that, the bankersre not surprised the public sponse.

mr. obama said they're "quite close" to replacing a cold war- era treaty that expired this month.the two leaders have already agreed generally to make deep cuts in their nuclear arsenals within seven years. democrats in the u.s. senate pressed today to force action on health care reform. republicans pressed to stop it. majority leader harry reid was expected to offer the final version of the bill this weekend. otherwise, there will not be time to finish it by a christmas deadline. but republicans said they would insist on having the full bill in the hundreds of pages read out loud. >> it is our intention not to pass this bill easily. i think we've made it pretty clear. i have had a practice of not telegraphing procedural moves that may be available to us. and i'm going to continue that practice. but i don't think anybody in the room is -- that we don't think this bill ought to pass and we're not in a hurry to complete it. >> sreenivasan: democrats charged the republicans have nothing better to offer, so they are simply obstructing progress. >> the they have failed to produce any l

go ahead. >> mr. obamai really appreciate how you are trying to stimulate the economy to help this country out. i was just wondering, in college we have been studying some criminology and i was wondering if maybe you checked out some of the statistics about legalizing prostitution and gambling, drugs, and nonviolent crime in order to stimulate some of the economy. [laughter] >> you know, i have to see this -- to say this, well, i appreciate the boldness of your question. [laughter] that will not be my job strategy. [laughter] but let me say this cannot what you're un in school? >> this is my second year. >> your second year. first of all, part of what you're supposed to do in college is questioned conventional wisdom [laughter] so, you're doing exactly what you're supposed to be doing, which is thinking in new ways about things. [laughter] the truth is that when you look at our economy, in the same way that we used to be an agricultural country and now we have moved to an industrial age and then we went fro

mr. obama has said repeatedly, quote, that if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep it. you know, that's one of the more remarkable statements that is obviously contradicted by anybody who believes -- who reads this bill. anyone under any one of the 11 million americans with the exception of senator nelson's constituents that is under medicare advantage will see cuts in medicare advantage. that's fact. that's fact. so if those 11 million americans like their health care plan, they will not be able to keep it. they will not be able to keep it. the cost of mr. nelson's proposed fix to preserve benefits for many people enrolled in the private medicare plans could total $40 billion over ten years, and that could also be a problem for the white house. mr. obama has promised not to sign a health bill that increases the deficit. and so far mr. nelson has not said precisely how he would pay for his amendment. approval of the amendment could invite other democrats to ask for similar d

obi or mr. obama believe that wars should be governed by the pay-as-you-go principle, a means to cover this one is readily available." chris, albany. caller: i agree with a collar that said he should be impeached. if these politicians continue to trade the electorate, when he rewards the failed banks and insurance giants he rewards them with jobs and stimulus. $1 trillion in stimulus money. now he is going to escalate this -- why did we not just vote for john mccain or one of the other of warmongers? this is a betrayal of the electorate that we see over and over again. leaders had become addicted to power and more, they go hand in hand. he should be trumpeting peace and nuclear disarmament between pakistan and india. that would sort of negates the force of the taliban. this president, especially obama, is letting everyone down. thank you. host: from "said usa today" -- from "usa today" "later in the week there would be a jobs summit, a health-care bill, and next -- and next week there is a climate cha

mr. obama's decision. i'm not trying to second guess the ps, -- the president he is oorks got a very difficult job, i wish him well, in fact i was one of the few republicans who thanked him for taking his time before he decided what the solution should be or what the strategy should be for afghanistan. but, madam speaker, i think that we as a congress should debate the policy. i said this just a moment ago and i'd like to say it again, i join barbara lee in a letter to the speaker of the house asking the speaker of the house to please let us debate the policy of what we should be doing in afghanistan before we pass any type of supplemental to financially support the troops. so therefore it's my hope that maybe in january or february of 2010 that we will be granted debate on the floor, whether you be for sending more troops to afghanistan or fewer troops to afghanistan, we'll come closer to meeting our constitutional responsibility than we've done truthfully in the last -- since world war ii. madam speaker,

coming to an end, and true to tradition, the royal family will now congratulate the laureate and mrs. obama>> so the royal family leaves the hall first. [applause] again, there will be trumpeters playing. [applause] ♪ [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> and just a reminder that you can see the nobel peace prize ceremony again in its entirety tomorrow night, friday night, 8 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. >> on the senate floor lawmakers gavel in at 10 a.m. eastern for another day of debate on health care. off the floor on tuesday, a group of liberal and moderate democrats agreed on a new plan to replace the government-run insurance program in the bill called the public option. harry reid said yesterday the chamber may also begin consideration of the conference record on a $447 billion omnibus spending bill that includes spending for commerce, financial services, labor, education, mill care construction, veterans 'affairs, state foreign operations, transportation and housing. live coverage of the senate this morning on c-span2. in the house today they come in, they will al

i would like mr. obama to tell me if he can write my prescriptions to keep me alive, because i need those prescriptions. i haven't done nothing wrong. host: what's your condition? do you have any preexisting conditions? caller: yeah, i got shot back in the 19 p 70's, i've worked most of my life. i'm 53 and disabled. the old gunshot wound came back to haunt me, so i had to stop working, which i didn't want to do. so now i'm on disability. that's bad enough. it doesn't pay very much. i just want to know how i'm going to get my prescriptions if my doctor cannot write my prescriptions anymore. host: thank you for the call. very early morning in hawaii. larry richmond in the east. caller: i want to take a half a minute and say, i love c-span. i think you have a hard job, but you do it well as far as i'm concerned. host: well, thank you. caller: look, i'm a physician in the army, and i have been for many years. i am a good person to follow this gentleman from hawaii. my question is this -- it is kind of deafening

mr. obamae rest of the day, and what will you be covering? guest: well, schedule for president obama the rers of the day is he's going to be meeting more with letters and at 3:00 a.m. copenhagen time which was 9:00 p.m. washington time, this whole session and meeting of negotiateors was supposed to come back and gavel in an agreement. well, first of all, everything is running two hours late, second of all, as of now, there is no agreement to gavel in and sign and celebrate. so what i've been told is he will be leaving the end of the day here. well, what happens next, we don't know. i mean, would he stay if they are close? we don't know. would they just leave it to someone else? everything is changing here. that's the key thing to -- right now, in an hour, it might all be moot. host: seth borenstein science correspondent for the associated press, thank you, very much. now on to your calls, how important do you think this climate change conference is? our first call from mary in austin, texas on

mr. obamait as a huge victory, the american people will forget their objections and the democrats will get credit for passing historic reform. if so, that will be some achievement because it means building on a health care package supported by fewer than 38% of americans. if the merits do matter, by contrast, passing this bill could prove more costly than failure. mr. obama has been unequivocal in his public statements, in his telling this legislation will lower cost, reduce the deficit, help small businesses, maintain the status quo on abortion, offer americans more choices, and so forth. all these promises may look different when the details eamerican and we learn what change really means. if the president's promises do not hold up, all these statements will be in the campaign ads that cut to his credibility. the 64 to 40er party-line vote to close debate means every democrat there can be held up as the deciding vote. oregon, joyce, on the independent line, good morning. caller: i can't belie

mr. obamapends as a huge victory the american people will forget their objections and the democrats would get credit for passing historic reform. if so, it will be some achievement because it means building on a health-care package supported by fewer than 38% of americans. if the marriage to matter by contrast passing the bill could prove more costly than failed. mr. obama has been unequivocal in his public statements and it is tell if this legislation it will reduce the deficit, help small businesses, maintains that is " on abortion, offer choices. all the promises look different when the details emerge and learn what change really means. it the president's promise of the not hold up all of these statements will be chopped into campaign ads that cut right to his credibility. as far as allies in the senate, the 60-40 party-line vote to close debate means that every democrat can be held up as the deciding vote. oregaon, joyce on the independent line. caller: i can't believe the american bar so g

and so indeed mr. obama and the majority party in this congress spent money to try to prime the pump to keep the economy going because we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. the last three months of the bush administration. . we have not got that done last month. it's not good enough but it's certainly a lot better than the situation was when we inherited it. the gentleman squawks about the debt ceiling. the debt has already been rung up and now the question is, when the bill comes in the mail, is it going to be paid or not? the fact is, other than $1.8 trillion debt increase, $1.4 trillion of that is directly traceble to policy actions that were taken by the previous administration in the previous republican congress and $400 billion of it are directly traceble to the actions we've had to take to try to bail the economy out of the mess that you folks got us into. so if you want to start comparing records, i'd be happy to. i'd much prefer to talk about the contents of this bill in the individual -- and the ind

[applause] >> president and mrs. obama, distinguished guests, friends of my father, all of you. a great senator, my brothers and sisters and i have lost a loving father. when i was a kid, i could not breathe. growing up, i suffered from chronic and crippling asthma attacks, and the medications given to me were very difficult and gave me a throbbing headache. obviously, i wish that i did not have to suffer those attacks and endure those headaches. nor did i like having to grow up having a special non-allergenic non-smoking room reserved for me whenever we went on family vacations, but as i now realize years later, while asthma may have posed a challenge to my physical health, it propped up my emotional and mental health because it kept my father by my bedside. my dad was always sure to be within reach of me, and the side effects of the medication meant that he was always holding a cold, wet towel on my forehead until i fell asleep again from my headache. as far as the special effort that was made to ensure that i had a proper room to sleep in while we were on vacations as a famil

the laureate and mrs. obama are welcomed by the chairman of the nobel political -- the nobel committee. barack obama is going to receive -- there is the question diplomatic solutions in conflicts in afghanistan, iraq and iran and north korea. there is the situation in the middle east and the climate problems. all of this means that there is extra interest in the nobel lecture that president obama will deliver today. on this side of the hall are the president of the norwegian parliament, the prime minister and the chief judge of the supreme court. almost all of the other cabinet members are also present and so are more members of parliament than usual. for security reasons, the guests had to arrive much earlier than as usual and it were taken to the hall threw another entrance than the usual one. the laureate and diplomats will be using the main entrance today. from the city hall, the bills will come via lauri at -- the bills will come the laureate -- the bills bells welcome the laureate. the decision to award th

obi or mr. obama believe that wars should be governed by the pay-as-you-go principle, a means to cover this one is readily available." chris, albany. caller: i agree with a collar that said he should be impeached. if these politicians continue to trade the electorate, when he rewards the failed banks and insurance giants he rewards them with jobs and stimulus. $1 trillion in stimulus money. now he is going to escalate this -- why did we not just vote for john mccain or one of the other of warmongers? this is a betrayal of the electorate that we see over and over again. leaders had become addicted to power and more, they go hand in hand. he should be trumpeting peace and nuclear disarmament between pakistan and india. that would sort of negates the force of the taliban. this president, especially obama, is letting everyone down. thank you. host: from "said usa today" -- from "usa today" "later in the week there would be a jobs summit, a health-care bill, and next -- and next week there is a climate cha

mr. obama's and nobel speech propulsive. but political impact if any does this have?ink it has immense potential for political and that. it will be particularly interesting to watch as the glove, the democratic party base faces the same problem that the right does -- to watch as the left faces the same trouble as the right. we could see another ralph nader or another french lefringe left. those do not make it in america. so there will be some very pressed for the people on the left. guest: there are some places democrats can go. one is much deeper into our own party. one month ago although the national press did not really notice, we got passed through the statewide executive committee resolution called "end the u.s. war and occupation in afghanistan." it is a call for withdrawal of u.s. troops. obama is doing a 180 , the largest state democratic party has called for. dennis kucinich stated in the "new york times" peace the recall of an indictment which was done in recognition of what happened during the vietnam war. when the executive branch ran roughshod. this is a

mr. glickman, president obama has appointed

mr. obama must make the case that immediate need for more federal help trumps the longer term need for deficit reduction. otherwise, the economy is in for a self re-enforcing stretch of joblessness that would cost more in the end than additional spending today. mr. obama should detail separate plans for taming the deficit, including ironclad commitments to pay for health care reform. what he must not do is continue to conflate the need for job creation with the need for deficit reduction to the detriment of jobs. once job creation has the priority status it deserves, the next step is to build on proven programs and add new ones to address the scale and nature of joblessness. end of quote. to support the efforts of president obama and i think we need to take a look at some things that would be extremely helpful. plans within that agenda must address reducing our deficit while simultaneously building programs. passing a clean water bill are necessary to provide funding for job creation. and that'

they have met twice with mr. obama apart from the group. obstruct aides to strike a possible deal. the two leaders agreed to start a second time. that meeting started about one hour ago. earlier today, president obama referred to the chinese resistance piece by saying, "i do not know where you have an international agreement where we are not all sharing information to make sure we are meeting agreements." remarks and others coming out. -- coming up. >> he emerged as a nominee at a time when the party was populated by big figures. >> his mark on history includes manifest destiny. in his biography of james capel, merryñr at the life and times of our 11th president. >> now available, this is a perfect gift for the history buff in your life. get the unit contemporary perspective on lincoln. from his early years into his life in the white house on -- and his relatives today. available in hardcoverñr atçó yr favor bookseller. also available in audio. learn more at c-span.org/lincoln book. and as the -- speeches from copenhagen. the brazilian pres

i am termed a rhino -- but i'm one of the republicans who voted for mr. obama, president obama.cessarily understand the headwinds that this administration incurred as well as -- this man is running headstrong into a brick wall. and i don't think that my party, whose approval ratings are 20 percent now, understand what we're doing to ourselves. i don't agree with everything that he does but i don't question his motives, i don't question his patriotism and his intentions. with that said, missouri will be a very open state to the green jobs program. the majority of the midwest. i was recently in illinois for a state forum and i noticed there were several windmills' on the outskirts, as well as what they're doing with clean water initiatives in illinois. but with that said, one thing that has to be touched on because, we are a fast food nation with fast food mentality. not many people realize how the outsourcing program -- outsourcing by my party -- and anyone touch on the fact that outsourcing did not turn out to be a good thing? host: i have had a number of other people sending tw

mr. obamaonly been in office less than a year, but you want to accuse and hold him responsible for trillions of dollars, but your voice was not heard when mr. bush was in office. secondly, i have a problem with the republicans who talk against medical reform when we are the ones who pay the insurance for their insurance. they won't allow us to have the public option, but they are the public option. they are on the public option. again, you speak about 50 years ago in terms of what the budget was in comparison, comparing it to what it is today. we're going back 50 years. there is no comparison. please do not continue to use that. another question i have, you guys talk about mr. reagan all the time, and the good times that we have under mr. reagan. those times were not as great as you want us to believe that they were, and we also must factor in the fact that mr. reagan was in the throes of alzheimer's -- host: dee, lots there. several questions we'll let steve forbes address. thank you. guest: o

as for relations with canada, i think all canadians are enthused by the presence of mr. obama in the white house. there was one poll that said 60% of canadians would surrender the right to vote if they could vote for obama. nonetheless we have buy american provision is. skeptics wonder how we are two countries who are looking to fight global warming. they had ringside seats on pennsylvania avenue for the years leading up to this and we are anxious to hear your thoughts. if i could start with you, mr. mackinnon. what is your assessment of his presidency both on his own terms and on canada-u.s. relations? >> let me set this. he is human. secondly, he was elected with 49% of americans voting against him vehemently. he took office in january. fourthly, he entered office without any public servants supporting him. the entire top echelon lose their jobs when elections happen and the have to start all over. a lot of those took many months. let's set the scene. this was a country and a world that was on the edge of this financial tsunami. we had seen bear stearns, lehman brothers, mer

mr. glickman, president obama has appointed victoria's pa knell to be a new intellectual property czar. from your perspective as a former congressman and a member of the clinton administration, you've worked both sides of pennsylvania avenue. number one, what do you think of the appointment of so-called czars, and what do you think the effectiveness of an ip czar would be? >> guest: first of all, i don't think that she is going to be a czar. first of all, you have statutory authority begin to certain agent -- given to certain agencies, and she's not going to have that kind of independent statutory authority. what she will, hopefully, be able to do if she's given the proper resources is to be able to help coordinate and manage the issues, elevate the concept of intellectual property protection into every single agency of government so they all belief that this is a -- believe that this is a high priority issue and work with the congress on ways to make our enforcement in dealing with intellectual property more effective and more positive. you know, she'll also probably coordinate all of

when mr. obama was a senator he was in charge of the subcommittee that have the responsibility for nato in afghanistan. he did not hold one single hearing. he took no action. he did not visit afghanistan. within 60 days of his election he arbitrarily sent another 22,000 troops without any deliberation whatsoever thinking that he will correct the problem. the fact is the bush administration left him only 100 al qaeda operatives in the country. the rest of this war against the taliban is smoke and mirrors. we do not need to worry about the taliban being in control of afghanistan. if the afghan people want to have the taliban rule them, they can. when he gave his speech last night he said this the liberation of four months to make the decision to send 30,000 was the right thing to do because people's lives are involved. why didn't he take the same time to deliberate before he spent the 22,000 in march? host: the president was criticized for taking this long to make this particular decision. you think t

in his book, mr. obamate, when he worked in the business world, he felt like a quote, spy behind enemy lines, end quote. it's no surprise that as president, he has appointed fewer people with business backgrounds to cabinet positions than any other president in over a century, according to an analysis by j.p. morgan. maybe that explains why the government favors government control of the health care, energy, automobile, banking, insurance and student loan industries. perhaps the administration has forgotten that without employers, there would be no employees. and small businesses generate 65% of the new jobs in america. it's the private sector, not the government, that makes america productive and prosperous. business owners are our friends, not the enemy. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. inglis: this week follows a surreal week last week. last week, we did an omnibus bi

mr. obama to close guantanamo and was a kre recruited tool for terrorists and now they're defending in definite detention for some of those who relocate to illinois. we doubt, al qaeda will stop denounceing the u.s. merely because it's comrades have moved to a state side super max. this is what happens when a new president rushs to fulfill a )eckless campaign promise without a plan or parent thought. here from california. sorry about that. kim on the line for independents. caller: hi. i think there are assumptions throughout the country that the detainees are automatically guilty regardless of whether they're detained or remained detained guantanamo or united states they need to be tried fairly and they can't be assumed they're all guilty. they need fair treatment. and that's really it. you just can't assume that each and everyone of those people are terrorisás just like you can't assume each person for the own court system and prisons are guilty. thank you. host: thank you very much for your c

"the new york times" says that "mr. obamamust make the case that the needs trump debt reduction, otherwise we are in for a stretch of joblessness that would cost more in the end. dole, republican line. caller: i would like to say, three of my family members have been laid off for two years or better. host: what kind of businesses were they in? caller: two were in the manufacturing business, one is a tool and dye worker. general motors has not made a profit in seven years. the ceo just retired because they do not want to work with the czars obama has in place. if we had taken that money that we gave to the banks and foreign countries and given it to the folks here, everybody would have had a merry christmas. you remember when kaiser and studebaker closed? the union mess up this country, that is who we got to blame. thank you for taking my call. host: in "the washington times" there is an author's suggesting "an immediate rebate program paid for with a cutback in long- term stimulus. it would not increase the deficit and that m