mr. obama called the general to a meeting at the white house tomorrow and he had this to say after meeting his cabinet late today. >> general mcchrystal is on his way here, and i am going to meet with him, secretary gates will be meeting with him as well. i think it's clear that the article in which he and his team appeared showed a poor ... showed poor judgment , but i also want to make sure that i talk to him directly before i make any final decisions. >> lehrer: at issue, a lengthy rolling stone magazine profile in which mcchrystal and his colleagues spoke derisively about president obama and his top aides. the piece depicts mcchrystal as wary of the president's mission right from the start a year ago. when appointed to lead the afghanistan mission. at their first oval office meeting, mcchrystal was pretty disappointed, an aide told rolling stone, because mr. obama didn't seem very engaged. at the white house today, the president's spokesman was asked about the president's reaction. >> i gav

he passed if mr. obama had a clue. the silliness of her answer -- we were going to give money to the red cross for the gulf. we put our checkbook back in the door. that turns me off. my question to the young man sitting there, is this now going to be a wake-up call to the self to started diversifying the industry? guest:+ one of the things that has been a very complicated nature of the gulf spill is the idea of the offshore moratorium law while the administration conducts a detailed safety review to determine what has happened and prevent it from happening. while the gulf coast states depend a lot on fishing and tourism and things like that, oil and gas drilling is a big part of their system. in the energy legislation that is coming up, dealing with the safety issues said that things -- that production can be up again is going to be a very big issue. it is not a partisan issue. you have democrats and republicans from the gulf states who would like to see as much drilling return to normal as quickly as possible. host: n

if mr. obamas serious about recovery, the gulf needs to harness the mississippi by building a hoover dam like structure around the mouth of the river or immediately issue a white house executive order that they open the floodgatts and build diversion canals. the net affected these engineering boondoggles -- a fact of these engineering boondoggles -- effect of these engineering boondogglls has been to destroy the amazing louisiana wetlands. the program has deprived of wetlands of their annual said amend -- sediment. as the oil comes in the wetlands have no natural means of replenishmenttand are becomingga toxic dump." his solution is to wash out the wetlands that are soaked with oil. the morning, -- good morning, georgia. caller: thank you. as an energy pollcy we should have started this years agg when oil was becoming too expensive to afford. i heard from a historian years ago that our idea was that we were going to purchase foreign oil until it would become cheaper for us to go drill our own oil

when i read the record of the press conference between mr. obama and medvedev , you know, i could think and smile that the biggest issue between the u.s. and russia at the moment seems to be the issue of poultry sales. i thought wonderful times when that seems to be on the top of their agenda. finally russians will be buying american poultry. that's very important. today's news or yesterday's news comes as a wake-up call. it can be interpreted in several ways. again the timing is very peculiar. i looked through a number of russian sources and russian analysts are very concerned. they're particularly concerned by what seems to be an attempt to diminish the positive effects of the the policy of obama's administration. that seems to be the universal concern among the russians. although as any news of espionage always is is very disconcerting and alarming. >> brown: what do you think of that, david kramer? this notion of the time something there was some talk about this. of whether it undermined what had been positive movement. >> there are pretty firm

i understand that the new prime minister of great britain is going to discuss it with mr. obama this weekend, the deputy prime minister was talking about megaphone diplomacy. these are-- these are things that grown-up nations need to understand. >> sam fleming, we've been reading stories about how the, in britain there are politicians saying american politicians are being unfairly tough on b.p.. how much of that is actually going on. and what does that represent? >> i think that's quite a recent development over the past few days. and i think it is a real development. there are politicians, and also members of the public who feel that there is a slightly xenophobic air developing around this story. i'm quite struck by the number of e-mails and letters the daily mail are getting from our readers saying that they feel that this is now becoming an anti-british story as well as a corporate and economic and human catastrophe. and i think people are quite uncomfortable about that. because there are people certainly in the u.k. prize the relationship with the u.s. extremely highly and

gates has mr. obama credibility on national security, which was why he was security, which was why he was asked to stay after 20908 election. he goes on to say that -- a profile of secretary clinton, this is call "traveling saleswoman." some of the things the author writes occur in the first column as far as quotes she has from an interview that she granted to the financial times. she says, "we now havv a case to make, and it is not just the case that is made to the president or the prime minister or the foreign minister or an ambassador," she tells in an interview. she goes on to say -- host: we continue on with jacksonville, florida, on our republican line. margaret, thanks for waiting. caller: thank you for having me. i think the topic really should be more about honoring confidentiality in government. it's what it sounds like you're talking about here. people who have access to classified material actually have signed a pledge that says that they won't disclose what they've learned, and i think the p

mr. obama's national security circle. the press secretary walked a copy of it to the president and the private quarters. after scanning the first few paragraphs -- a sarcastic, profanity lace description of general mcchrystal's discuss that having to dine with a french minister to brief him about the war -- mr. obama had read enough, he ordered his aides to convene immediately to the oval office. the lead on this story is, by the time he woke up on wednesday morning, president obama had made up his mind. we know that decision was to replace general mcchrystal was general david petreaus. we would like to know what you think. hudgins bill, alabama. this is victor. you are on the air. victor, you are on the air. caller: thank you. host: go ahead, please. caller: good morning, susan. how were you? host: fine, thank you. caller: i am so glad that obama made the right decision and that -- are you hearing? host: yes, sir, we can hear you. caller: general mcchrystal -- when i looked behind who support him, i did not see black and

even now mr. obama could invite all tho help clean up the waters and potentially the carolinas and points north if this enters blue current, serves around key west, and slides up the eastern board. how do you react to that? >> one, admiral allen has been very clear that there have been no refuseles for any foreign assistance. the canadians are assisting, the norgeance are assisting. multiple countries are. host: but outside of that three-mile. guest: up until two days ago that was the case. up until two days ago there wasn't a reason they couldn't be allowed within that time zone. there's no jonet act limitation. it's waiverable on a specific basis. the u.s. merchant marine industry has never objected to a specific vessel waiver when there was no u.s. need. let's take a look at the impacts of the waives waiving of the jones act in katrina. the biggest was a foreign flag cruise ship who not only was compensated for lost gambling revenues as if they were under way with a full cruise complement, but the un

there is no relation between that and what mr. obama announced a few months ago. >> any other questions here? please. >> [inaudible] i am curious about after the copper mine scandal of sorts, what is being put in place to ensure that the bidding rights will be transparent? >> this is a very important test for afghanistan and for the international community and those countries who, in the name of investment, and exploite the opportunity and lewd and pollute. if you go to africa, this has happened. transparent process requires good laws. and good operators athe helm. the ministryf mines in afghanistan, about four or five years ago, would have started a process of procurement for this copper mine. that process has been questioned. there are many questions about that process. the mineral rights -- other than copper, there are other minerals in that mine. there are subcontracts. in order to produce energy, there are contracts for coal and that is in question, in my opinion. the amount of coal that is being extracted to produce energy for the

i'm not sure what good it does the constitution of the united states for mr. obama, without any legal authority to seize $20 billion from the bp stockholders, i'm not sure if the pelican is more important than the constitution. frankly, i don't think it is. it is for sure that bp did some serious, serious mistakes here, serious. >> larry: stephanie, what is your read? >> dupe we have to choose between the pelicans and the constitution, ben? you know? this was my favorite reality show i have seen lately, larry. i don't know, who except ben and representative joe barton, the republican of texas is defending bp. >> i wasn't defending them at all, stephanie, that is made up in your mind. you made that up. >> larry: we'll get to that. >> i understand. >> larry: your read on the hearing. >> who can defend bp.? i don't know. clearly, larry, there are so many levels of liability here. maybe it was some what cathartic for the american people to watch this. they clearly, $20 billion is just a start. i think the president did a great job in starting there with that. >> larry:

. >> woodruff: mr. obama also turned again to what to do about energy in the long term. >> we have to move on an energy agenda that is forward-looking, that creates jobs, that assures that we are leaders in solar and wind and biodiesel, that recognizes that we are going to be reliant on fossil fuels for many years to come . that we are going to still be using oil and other fossil fuels but that we have to start planning now and putting the infrastructure in place now. >> woodruff: later the president met with business leaders to discuss energy reforms. late today, a government task force estimated the well's total flow may have reached 2.1 million gallons a day before the capping operation began. earlier estimates were substantially lower. there is no estimate yet on the flow since the capping began, but it could be higher still. joining us now are two business executives who met with the president this afternoon. john doerr, a venture capitalist known for his investments in silicon valley and companies like

. >> reporter: the legislation which mr. obama signed into law in march extends health coverage to 32 million uninsured americans by 2014. mandates most people buy insurance or pay a fine, sets new regulations on insurers, and provides subsidies and medicare expansion to millions of individuals . it will also cut some $500 billion in future medicare spending, something that has seniors very concerned. >> today's town hall was the first of many events aimed at winning over a skeptical american public between now and mid-term elections. democrats and allies of the obama administration are raising $25 million to set up a new tax exempt group to head off criticism that might impact candidates in november. >> a key part of the strategy is showing americans how the law will benefit them. the president told seniors today the first batch of $250 rebate checks are being mailed to help millions of them when they fall into their coverage gap known as the donut hole. >> it's being phased in, but by 2020, this law will close the donut hole com

>> suarez: later mr. obama met with gulfport residents, heard their frustrations after living with the spill for 56 days. then it was on to theodore, alabama, to survey the clean-up operation and tour a staging and decontamination facility. >> now, i can't promise folks here in theodore or across the gulf coast that the oil will be cleaned up overnight. it will not be. it's going to take time for things to return to normal. and in the end, i am confident that we're going to be able to leave the gulf coast in better shape than it was before. >> suarez: meanwhile bp expedited plans to collect up to two million gallons of oil a day from the damaged wellhead by the end of june. right now, a cap and containment operation is siphoning some 630,000 gallons of oil each day. starting tomorrow crews plan to capture and burn an additional 400,000 gallons a day. the company has also installed undersea sensors to gauge just how much crude is spewing out. but u.s. house investigators suggested the loss of the off- shore rig

he had the courage to stand firm in his principles, mr. obama said in a statement, but also the courage to change over time. his colleagues joined in an outpouring of remembrance today. west virginia governor joe manchin. >> there will never be another robert byrd. there's no one we can fill his shoes with. we can just hope that we can carry on some of the beliefs and the hard work that he gave to all of us. >> ifill: utah republican orrin hatch. >> in the end, i gained such tremendous respect for him and love and even though we differed on so many issues. >>. >> ifill: as fierce guardian of the senate's rules and prerogatives as he was an advocate for the mountain state, senator byrd left his mark almost everywhere. frank and kyley lewis live in charleston. >> i think he's had his hand in everything that happened here. the interstate system. the federal building down to the charles town. he's brought in so much money or pork as they call it. but he's been good to us. >> ifill: born in north carolina in 1917, byrd's career tracked the complicate

a white house statement said mr. obama expressed condolences for the loss of lives and he promised support for a credible investigation of the israeli raid. >> lehrer: now the other news of the day. here is hari sreenivasan in our news room. >> sreenivasan: al qaeda acknowledged today its number three leader has been killed. the group announced the death of mustaf a al yazid along with his wife and other relatives. it gave no details. u.s. and pakistani officials said it happened in north waziristan along the afghan- pakistani border. they said he was killed by a u.s. missile attack last month. iraq has moved one step closer today to a possible end of its election impasse. the country's supreme court ratified the results from last march. the secular alliance, led by former prime minister ayad allawi, won two more seats in parliament than the prime miles an hourster a.l. maliki and his coalition's total but no one claimed a majority and the parties remain at odds over how to form one. in afghanistan, elite government troops

. >> reporter: 24 hours earlier, mr. obama fired general stanley mcchrystal for publicly criticizing u.s. civilian leaders. but he suggested today the rest of his national security team is staying put. >> i am confident that we've got a team in place that can execute >> woodruff: for his part, general petraeus thread 2007 troop surge in iraq. he currently commands all u.s. forces across the middle east and central asia. pending senate confirmation, he'll inherit 120,000 nato troops in afghanistan where he visited last april. >> as we learned in iraq, as we have relearned in afghanistan, when you fight to take away the momentum and the sanctuaries and safe havens of the enemy, the enemy fights back . and that can be a difficult and tough fight . >> woodruff: at a pentagon briefing, defense secretary robert gait said the incoming commander has the latitude to revise the afghan war plan. >> the president has established the strategy, but from my perspective, general petraeus will have the flexibility to look at the campaign plan

"the new york times" editorial this morning, "mr. obama needs to state clearly that the israeli attack was unacceptable. the united states needs to join the security council in urging israel to permanently lift the blockade, lessening the suffering of the people and give the united states more credibility to negotiate a peace deal." more in the conflict this morning from "the new york times," id points to different video on the web sites. differing accounts. "and videos carry on the fight to shape opinion, showing that israel has lack of clear context." san diego, republican line. should the president be showing more motion regarding the gulf oil spill? caller: in my opinion he has not shown much emotion. i think that if he had acted quicker this would not have been such a big story if he had gotten the military involved. first of all, it is the coast right there. doing what he is doing with his call to action with the oil, energy, and all of that, they are getting money from member states. i remember the senator in louisiana tried to get

the presidential commission that has been mentioned by mr. obama. there is a mechanism that provides for effective interaction which is in line with the current spirit and level of our friendly partnership relations between mr. obama and me. so i hope all the colleagues that are here and members of the commission will actively work to implement the plans that we have. so we went through the national agenda [unintelligible] meetings were devoted a lot. we manage to do something. we spoke of the malaise crisis in the last -- resolution of iran, the peninsula development, and some other most complicated issues that are currently on our plate. we also spoke about good security. we believe that's in europe should have a good security system. have some differences. the effects of the conflict that was initiated by george's leadership in 2008, but these differences do not prevent us from discussing the future and launching new mechanisms of contact. we discussed the situation around the new start treaty. the goal of the two presidents is to ensure tranquil

obama care. not unlike hilary care of 1993, which never became law. mr. speaker, indeed when i say obama care, i do not mean any disrespect, although i consistently, along with my colleagues on this side of the aisle, voted against the passage of that legislation. i would hope -- mr. speaker, i would hope when we on my side of the aisle on behalf of the american people who overwhelmingly continue three months after passage of this bill, continue in all polls taken oppose this legislation, so when my republican colleagues and i, mr. speaker, regain the majority and control this chamber and we repeal obama care and we replace it with legislation that i'm going to talk a little bit about tonight, i would not be offended in the least, mr. speaker, if they called it gingrey care. or maybe even better, dr. gingrey care. i would be very proud of that. mr. speaker, the concerns i think of the american people and their continued opposition to this reform is not that they are opposed to certain health insurance industry reforms, no, not at all. nor are we in the loy

are things that the obama administration could implement today that could get the zero and mr. back to work without a six month time limit. the head of libya's national oil corp. says he is happy for bp to continue to operate in his country's territorial waters despite the oil spill. the oil minister said it the spill is a tragedy, but it is exaggerated in a way. bps signed a deal with the -- bp is signed a deal with that company. and one person must explain his controversial comments about some colleagues. he said that general stamina crystal had been instructed -- stanly mcchrystal had been instructed to its plan his comments. and europeans plan to spend more than last year on summer holidays. there to travel plans however have been weighed by the financial situation many plan to take one holiday trip this summer. those are some of the latest+ headlines on c-span radio. >> several events to tell you about today. the treasury secretary will speak at an oversight of the tarp program. we are covering some live events on c-span3. and that the u.s. policy toward iran hearing will

i also want to say that mr. obamaaid a week ago that in his country, the country that it came from, part of the united states, no offshore drilling was this loud -- allowed because they did not want to take that chance of what happened in the gulf happening around hawaii. we should find out who was the person who took the money or the whatever was given to put the wells off of the shore in the gulf of mexico. and i'm pretty sure it was a republican group. host: we will leave it there. harry on the republican line. caller: i actually wanted to begin talking about the issue brought up repeatedly by the republican candidates also in california. going back to the constitution. it is clear -- host: we lost that call. victor is next and california. go ahead. caller: i just want to say that if the issue is jobs and the economy, what we need is cash flow. we cannot have cash flow when ceo's are making 100 times the minimum which their workers get. if minimum wage workers made more money, they would have more money to share in

even now mr. obama invite clean up the waters tially the carinas and points north if this enters rent, serves around key west, and slides up the eastern board. how do you react to that? >> one, admiral allen has been very clear that there have been no refuseles for any foreign assistance. are assisting, the norgeance are assisting. multiple countries are. host: but outside of that three-mile. est: up until two days ago that was the case. ago there oays wasn't a reason they couldn't be within that time zone. there's no jonet act limitation. it's waiverable on a specific basis. merchant marine industry has never objected to a specific vessel waiver when u.s. need. let's take a look at the impacts of the waives waiving of the jones act in katrina. the biggest was a foreign flag cruise ship who not only was compensated for lost gambling revenues as if they were under ith a full cruise complement, but the united actually paid to upgrade their miniature golf course on a foreign flag cruise ship. r to take t b

mr. obama's immediate predecessor. and that perspective was, if the regulator would simply get out of the way things would be fine. mr. royce indicates that the market will take care of things. the market will discipline itself, he said. phil graham said that with respect to the derivatives. unfortunately i voted for that bill that mr. graham was for, i made a mistake. the market did not discipline itself. in fact, the market took extraordinarily irresponsible steps. what i hear, i tell my friend from new jersey, the people saying is, don't let the big guys trample on us. don't let the big guys put us at great risk. don't let the big guys make decisions that they take the risk and we take the loss. that's what i hear the people saying. and that's what i think this deal is designed to respond to. this week mr. boehner compared reforming wall street to killing an ant with a nuclear weapon. that may sound colorful, but this is the greatest economic crisis that any of us, and i'm looking around this floor, have experienced

mr. obama has some huge, huge problems. it seems like he can i get a grasp of the economy and how to fix it. he was going to focus like a laser on jobs. we're losing more and more jobs every month. the jobs gain is so minimal, and they are all government jobs. his approval ratings are dipping down to the 30's now, if you believe it is even that high. but i do not think this guy has any clue. if anybody can tell me any company, any person, it anything that he led anywhere, i would love to hear. as far as what is going on in the gulf, this guy has no clue. host: this is a piece this morning -- it focuses on education. a fair amount of the money the president is asking for woull be used for teacher. according to the annual gallup poll conducted from 2004 until 2007, americans think insufficient funding is the top problem with the public schools in their communities. kevin is joining us from charleston, south carolina, on the independent line. good morning? caller: good morning. i was wondering -- host: more from the letter, wh

there is no relation between that and what mr. obamas announced a few months ago. >> any other questions here? please. >> i am specifically curious about the copper mines, the scandal of sorts. what is being put in place to be ensured that the mineral bidding is transparent? >> this is a very important test for afghanistan and the international community and those countries who want to come and exploit the opportunity and loot and blue, as i said -- loop and pollute. if you go to africa, this has happened. the process requires good laws and good operators at the helm. for five years ago, they started a process of procurement for this copper mine. that process has been questioned. there are many, many questions about that process. other than copper, there are the minerals in that mine. -- other minerals in that mine. in order to produce energy, there are contracts for coal, and that is any question, in my opinion, because the amount of coal that is expected to produce energy for the mine is twice as much as is needed for the production o

republicans will put mr. obama on trial in what he views as his big agenda. + and -- independent enough to keep that agenda in check. henry is joining us from hot springs, arkansas. good morning. caller: good morning. i have a comment and a plan. host: ok. caller: i'm going to change the whole perspective on theeterm limits and thousand congress should be run. after the elections, and in all states and for whatever position in congress, there no longer will be any term onments. they would be put on hourly pay. give them a good hourly pay, but then 2007 privilege and the power to fair to them, if they don't performance well. right now term limits. all these people in congress with the corruption and everything that's going on, we can't fair to them. so if we put them on an hourly pay for a certain length of time or even no length of time, you know? we're not -- we don't have any idea as to how long they have been in office. but if they get an hourly pay, we, the people, are their customers. and we should have the pr

mr. obama's coattails may have trouble hanging on this year. the field is rife with tea party backed republican challengers, maybe to right. six republicans are vying for the chance to take on democratic representative glenn knight -- nye. connecticut. caller: i really don't have a problem with what helen thomas said. it is her opinion, she is allowed to say it. my big thing is, i am for america. host: tie that in. what do you mean by that? caller: what i think is backed, over here, she just wanted to say what she thought and now people are jumping on her. he can't just jump on people for saying what they think. because there would be no discussion of anything. and i think that israel's interests are not in line with america's interests over all. in some certain areas i'm sure they overlap. but i think that israel has an overarching influence, more than it is a relative -- not even say population, but the amount of people of jewish philosophy -- ideology, zionist ideology. because not all people of the jewish faith our zionist and believe in th

>> mr. obama says taxes should not be raised on anyone that makes less than $200,000. >> i would agree with that premise. the bush tax cut gave a huge benefit to the wealthy, and i do not think at this point they are paying their fair share. >> how can congress use tax policy or any policy to address 9.7% unemployment in this country? >> one of the things we need to do is take a look at how bailout money can continue to be used, and i think we need to add to that to encourage small business loans. the fastest way to put people back to work is through small business. it is one of the areas we agree on. we just need to finance and get it done, and i think that is one of the ways we can really help with putting people back to work. >> how would you grade the stimulus money dispersal so far in its effectiveness in putting people back to work? >> the stimulus money given to banks has been largely ineffective except in covering the assets of the bank. i think the stimulus package back obama put forward

over the weekend, ariana huffington dubbed mr. obama "the nowhere man." charles joining us from springfield, massachusetts. good morning. caller: i was thinking that what is going on right now is sort of a reflection of what went on at kyoto. it seems as though america is being challenged by these emerging powers. you have the situation in north korea where we are completely reliance on the chinese. and the situation with iran, some of these shifting alliances and up having influence in afghanistan. but the thing that struck me this morning is this situation with israel. i lived there in the 1990's and i'm interested in absolutely how polarized people are that, you know, that israel doesn't bargain in good faith, return to the 1967 borders. everyone takes sort of an line. ve tist i think a lot of is right now, i think it will be interesting to see where the israeli politics shakeout, whether people support netanyahu. but i think you could make an but i think you could make an argument that, you know, the bush administration pushed for this idea of democra

if mr. obama wanted to do something to help the small business owners, he would not say employs more people. he would take care of the peopl3 that they have already instead of saying higher more people that they can't afford. you keep giving credits and benefits and assistance to people who can't afford homes -- that is how we got into this such a wish and that we are in now. host: what is your business? caller: we make headstones. host: how many people you employ? caller: what would be the most beneficial federal program for you right now? if you have a business loan, you have to refinance every five years. when you start out to -- start out your mortgage and loan, half of that five years you pay off so much amount of money off of that and you go to write off -- refinance, if the interest rate was lower each times of the interest rate is not hire each time, it would be very beneficial to the small business owner. we are now paying more than what we were we first started -- not started, but bought

mr. obamaas tried to direct some of the public outrage toward reviving climate change legislation, a key part that is suddenly showing glimors of life in the senate. can you give us a sense of times when presidents have used a crisis to further an agenda? >> i think jimmy carter shows a cautionary example, because what carter tried to do, he tried to low ter speed limit to 5 miles an hour reduce our oil consumption. but people saw it as unrelated or very op tunistic. so he has to be careful linking his agenda to something that can come back and haunt him. >> struggling to gain control of the unknown. white house officials complain that they're caught between contradict rg narratives. that the president is not engaged enough in the details or that he is getting bogged down in them. he should spend more time in the gulf, or that his repeated trips down there are mere publicity students. >> the presidency is the class yick damned if you do, and damned if you don't. there will be people who say wha

there is no relation between that and what mr. obama announced a few months ago. >> any other questions here? please. >> [inaudible] i am curious about after the copper mine scandal of sorts, what is being put in place to ensure that the bidding rights will be transparent? >> this is a very important test for afghanistan and for the international community and those countries who, in the name of investment, and exploite the opportunity and lewd and pollute. if you go to africa, this has happened. transparent process requires good laws. and good operators at the helm. the ministry of mines in afghanistan, about four or five years ago, would have started a process of procurement for this copper mine. that process has been questioned. there are many questions about that process. the mineral rights -- other than copper, there are other minerals in that mine. there are subcontracts. in order to produce energy, there are contracts for coal and that is in question, in my opinion. the amount of coal that is being extracted to produce energy for

my comment is, i fully support what mr. obama is doing. i think he is going out of his way and doing what he can. now to my question. due to the fact that bp has lost $93 billion in stock value , wouldn't it be smart for the government to insist that bp may be put up $15 billion to $20 billion in a fund to be held by the u.s. government to cut all of these expenses, and if they refuse to do so, wouldn't it be sparked -- smart for the u.s. government to make pcs and hold the assets of bp in this country until all of the claims are filled, paid for. because if their stock keeps plummet -- plummeting, what is to stop them from bankrupting itself and we being stocked with everything? guest: yes, sir. excellent question an excellent observation. number one, there is and oil spill trust fund of about $1.5 billion collected from about 8 cents per barrel tax of imported oil since the act in 1990. we are probably going to exhaust that. your observation that bp is liable, i am in total agreement. i do think at some point a judge would rule they were

billion in escrow and give it to the state and let them control it, and i think if i would tell mr. obama a thing, it would be that, to tell bp to hand over the money to these local governments can make the decisions they need to. other than that, i do not think there is a magic bullet. host: carol is joining us from pensacola, florida. thank you for being with us early on a sunday morning. >> today on "washington journal," the president of the national association of public affairs network, discusses the importance of networks. ambassador negroponte talks about u.s. security. michael tomasky, american editor at large for "the guardian" of london examines the liberal and democratic -- liberal wings of the ddmocratic party's reagan ryan crocker discusses the recent sanctions against iran. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eassern on c-span. >> thursday, vp's c.e.o. tony headword is as it -- tony a word is scheduled to testify on the hill -- tony hayward is schedulld to testify on the hill. that is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3 and c-span radio. >> a discussion now on the future of the tea

mr. barack obama is compromised on everything that is proessive and even sabotages progress of things like single payer health care. he also sabotaged glass- steagall, which would have been an intervention into wall street. he is bought and paid for by wall street and not doing anything about british petroleum. i thin is apparent that if he is not going to do anything to expropriate the british on this to are polluting our golf, he should just step down. thank you. -- polluting our gulf, he should just sat down. >> i am with people for the american way. i agree with our panelists as we talk about the progressive movement stepping up to the plate to polish politicians to do what we want them to do. too often, we rely on them stepping in and making the rht decisions based on what our needs are instead of making sure we build the type of infrastructure necessary to publish and take the momentum from great electio cycles and actually having infrastructure on the ground where people can plug in, use the of light -- use the energy they had during the election cycle to make sure our voices are he

if we could tell mr. obama to do anything, it would be that. tell b.p. to turn the money over to these local ommuniiies and states and start doing what they need to do. other than that, i do not think there is any major bullet. host: carl wernicke, thank you for being with us early on the sunday morning. bye. >> with the supreme court confirmation hearing coming up forrelena kagan, the supreme court, the building, and all of its history. phe supreme court, today at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said on wednesday that he expects the u.s. economy to experience continued growth but warned that it seems to be on an unavoidable path. by the way, you can see this c-span.org. this is about one hour 10 minutes. >> to discuss the progress of the economic recovery aad the challenges that are still ahead. i am pleased, as i said, to have with us the chairman of the federal reserve system, dr. ben bernanke. when the 111th congress began, when the president took office, 1.5 years later, the economy has experienced its third str

sanctions against iran and mr. obama hasn't enforced the sanctions that exist in the law against one company doing business with iran. the question is, will the preeident enforce the new sanctions we are about to pass or will he waive them like he has all the others. ppmr. speaker, the last window will ever have to stop iran from gaining nuclear weapons is rapidly closing. i pray the obama administration will wake up in time to prevent iran from becoming a nuclear armed nation and bringing nuclear terrorism to this and future generations. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california mr. berman: i yield one minute to our distinguished member from the conference committee, the chairman -- vice chair of the foreign affairs subcommittee on nuclear nonproliferation, ppterrorism and international trade, my friend from georgia, mr. scott. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. scott: thank you very much, chairman berman and i commend you for the excellent leadership you provided on thi

there is no relation between that and what mr. obamaannounced a few months ago. >> any other questions here? please. >> [inaudible] i am curious about after the copper mine scandal of sorts, what is being put in place to ensure that the bidding rights will be transparent? >> this is a very important test for afghanistan and for the international community and those countries who, in the name of investment, and exploite the opportunity and lewd and pollute. if you go to africa, this has happened. transparent process requires good laws. and good operators at the helm. the ministry of mines in afghanistan, about four or five years ago, would have started a process of procurement for this copper mine. that process has been questioned. there are many questions about that process. the mineral rights -- other than copper, there are other minerals in that mine. there are subcontracts. in order to produce energy, there are contracts for coal and that is in question, in my opinion. the amount of coal that is being extracted to produce energy for

mr. akin: and obama studied under him, right? mr. broun: that's what i understand. he dedicated the book "rules and radicals" to the first great radical, louis fer. -- lucifer. mr. akin: satan, wonderful. did he have all of his bolts together? what was his problem? mr. broun: he rebeled, well, he rebeled against our creator, god, and was thrown out of heaven and we're having to fight all those spiritual wars today because of that. but the thing is what the -- what the progressives or radicals or socialists, whatever you want to call them, are trying to do are the proposal from people like him and others is that you totally destroy your enemy and then you building up a socialistic society out of that, and i've had person after person in my district, just working folks, not politicians, just working folks, say to me, paul, why is president obama trying to destroy the free enterprise system because that's what he's doing? i hear that over and over again. from lower, middle-class working people to business men and women saying, why are we trying to destroy the free ente

mr. bois obama d vice president biden and joe consumption.but yet i see the administration wanting to cut out coal, which doesn't make any sense. that's an ironly. .. . guest: then you have the case of china which doesn't tax their gasoline or oil at all. they're desperate to get oil. that's what they're trying to fuel their economy on. so you get a lot of extremes in the world. the greatest thing that we could do is bring up the price of gasoline, turn on -- and the price of oil, turn on these alternatives and become an exporter. an energy exporter not importer. host: you're saying explore the natural gas that is in the west virginia area, in the shail part? -- shale part what what you're saying? >> this is precious stuff it comes at a great cost to develop. you're displacing people. there's environmental damages. these are risky ventures. very, very risky ventures. we should have alternatives for ourselves. then if we want to use this extensive energy, we should use it for profit for ourselves. host: next phone call, cambridge, new york. bi

mr. barack obama. i am so pleased that he change, because everybody can change. people can change, nations can change. his debt to meet represents the transformation of america towards progress of -- his death to meet represents the transformation of america towards progress of living. host: mitch mcconnell says, " senator byrd, a devotion to the u.s. constitution with the people learning of history to defend the interests of a state and the traditions of the senate." stephen, good morning. caller: that is what i was going to tell you, that america has lost one of its great, great leaders. i mean, you know, it is hard for me to speak right now, because my mother-in-law went to school with his daughters, and we was at the airport 15, 20 years ago, picking her up, coming in from fort lauderdale, and robert byrd was getting ready to fly back to washington from west virginia. he took the early bird flight. carol, my mother-in-law, walked up to him, and she had not seen him in 30 years could walk up to that man, and he recognized that man, and he recognized her, knew