host: mr. ricks? guest: i want to complement jane on her terrific work. host: what is your sense of the fairness of the election? how is it operating? guest: in the places we were in, they ponit -- the u.s. team was there, and they are there to lend support. it seemed to go well. in the north, they are most worried, trying to encourage. host: jane arraf, what else are you looking for in iraq today? guest: this is a defining moment in history. it will determine what shape the country takes. it is about power-sharing, and this -- can we make it work, all the way down to, can we get the electricity turned on, can we handle budgets and to do all the things that a country does? we will see in the next few years. host: thank you, jane arraf, for your time and a flavor of the day from iraq. host: tom ricks. guest: election day will go as expected. as jane says, the real question is the government formation period. the president tells the parties, you need to come up with our ruling coalition. it was this process back in 2006 that was a major spark. the newest pe

robinson and mr. ricks. everyone talked about the need to understand iraq for the sake of iraq. can you talk a little bit about the president and future influence of other chalabi as there is any. >> the man has nine lives, politically. i think it's been in a lot of the papers so i won't repeat the details of that, but the problem is and again i think earlier diplomatic intervention was required before those 500 people were purged from the electoral roll to be able to run for candidates. .. >> that's not a criticism. it's just his personality or he is not as adept are comfortable in that world of maneuvering. and i think we have suffered as a result at a very radical time. but ultimately it is of the iraqi's who have to come around to programs these deals, and maybe they will get through a painful tree that may involve some return to war. i was a little concerned about the u.n. envoys kind of hands-off bit where he said let's let the iraqi's sorted out. there's just some deep cleavage is in very deep issues, and traditionally war in the scenarios have involved some kind of media

robinson and mr. ricks. everyone talked about the need to understand iraq for the sake of iraq. can you talk a little bit about the president and future influence of how much will it be if there is any. >> the man has nine lives politically. yeah, i think it's been in a lot of the papers so i won't repeat the details of that, but the problem is and again i think earlier diplomatic intervention was required before those 500 people were purged from the electoral rose to be able to run for candidates. and again this is critical that you get in this parliament finally full representation across the iraqi political spectrum so then you can have the kind of multisite variants coalition building that will produce some legislation that's required for the endgame. i mean, the parliamentary system and this is absolutely critical. and so i am very concerned and that it happened and be that we were not more on top of it and did more to walk the cat back. and i think that we really do -- this is one thing behind the scenes, you know, petraeus and crocker worked intensively with malik he and

this question is directed to miss robinson and mr. ricks.eryone needed to understand iraq for the sake of iraq. can you talk about the present and future influence of ahmad chalabi, if there is any? >> the plan has nine lives. i think it has been in i lot of the papers, so i -- in a lot of the papers, so i won't repeat the details of that. again, diplomatic intervention was required before those 500 people were perjuried -- purged from the electoral rolls. it is important that you get full reputation across the iraqi spectrum so you can have multisectarian political building that is neeted for the end game. it is a parliamentary system, and this is absolutely critical. so i am very concerned, a, that it happened, and b, that we were not more on top of it and did more to walk the cat back. and i think that we really do -- this is one thing. behind-the-scenes, petraeus and crocker worked intensively with malaki. the general is an able general, but he doesn't have that political intuition and maeuverability. he's not as ad event in that world o

i think a lot of what mr. ricks and, you know, linda robinson said about the importance of foreign internal defense that this should have been a primary mission and that's true of any insurgency around the world. unless you want to occupy that country permanently as a colonial force and use your own institutions and your own military and civil service like the british did in india if you want to leave that country ever, then you have to build up indigenous forces and at the local level so that they can sustain and operate on their own. we have not done that. foreign internal defense, building indigenous forces it's a secondary mission. what do we read about in the news. retaking of marjah and all these big military in the source and we don't hear from the training and the equipping of the police and institutions that could function without our continued presence and that remains the case today. and you have a lot of guys who have gone out taking enormous risk and the training teams, they take a lot of risk. they ope

for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek rick nation? mr. grijalva: i claim time in opposition to the amendment. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. grijalva: thank you. madam speaker, under existing law, funding for public land corps is capped at $12 billion annually. the bill before us, h.r. 1612, would remove this cafment the amendment offered by my colleague, mr. bishop, would not only leave the cap in place but also force the program to sunset in five years. madam speaker, as we all know when the republicans controlled this congress and the white house, they presided over the largest increase in federal spending in the history of this nation. amendments like this one provide important clues as to why that happened. are we honestly worried about run away spending on youth job training and education programs? is it imperative that we clamp down on efforts to put young people to work repairing trails and visitor centers used by american families when they visit in parks and public l

the gentlewoman from illinois is ricked. mrs.re: the gentlewoman from illinois is recognized. mrs. biggert: i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from honolulu, hawaii. ms. hirono: madam speaker, once again, i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 2377, and i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back her time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2377. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: good afternoon, madam speaker. i ask that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4628. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4628, a

mr. hard he a perfect driving record and all of a sudden his car shoots through a stop sign, crashes through a metal fence, rick a tree and winds up upside down in a pond. >> reporter: what happened inside that 2008 toyota avalon? it wasn't the floor mats. those were in the trunk right where hardy put them after receiving toyota's recall notice a few weeks earlier. it wasn't a seizure, although hardy was on medication, the autopsy ruled that out. so what really happened? what if the car could talk? well, essentially it can. most vehicles have what's commonly called a black box known as an event data recorder or edr. >> in those kind of accidents edr data will be invaluable. >> reporter: sean dennis is a forensic engineer who reconstructs car crashes for law firms and insurance companies. >> it's hidden way up underneath the dash. >> yep. yep. yep. >> reporter: it is tied into the air bag system and records two to five seconds of pre-crash data, things like engine speed, throttle, brakes, accelerator, seat belts. >> we see here 2.3 seconds before -- before the crash this person, this driver has gone from brakes

mr. hardy had a perfect driving record. and all of a sudden his car shoots through a stop sign and crashes through a metal fence, rick shays>> reporter: it wasn't the floor mats, those were the in trunk right where hardy put them after receiving the recall notice weeks earlier. it wasn't a seizure, although hardy was on medication, the autopsy ruled that out. so what really happened? what if the car could talk? essentially it can. most vehicles have what's commonly called a black box known as an event data recorder or edr. >> this those kinds of accidents, edr will be invaluable. shawn dennis reconstructs car accidents for law firms and insurance companies. >> it's all the way down. >> reporter: the black box is tied into the air bag system and records two to three seconds of pre-crash data, throttles accelerators, seat belts. >> we see 2.3 seconds before the crash this person, this driver has gone from brakes off to brakes on. >> reporter: chrysler and gm and ford give people like dennis access to the information through a crash data reader anyone can buy. it's for any car combatible with this system? >> that's correct. >

mr. speaker, i want to take this opportunity to thank my chairman, chairman barney frank, and the staff of the financial services committee, for their assistance in bringing this important resolution to the floor, especially rick mo raw noah and -- rick morano and tom duncan. i also want to express my sincere appreciation for all my good friend congressman judy biggert has done. she's been at the forefront of literacy for many years in terms of her entire service here in the congress. judy biggert has been in a leadership role in financial literacy and the importance of saving. and all she's done over the years to help improve the financial literacy rate of all individuals across the united states at all stages of life and ms. judy biggert certainly deserves our commendations. she and congressman ruben hinojosa co-founded and currently co-chair the financial and economic literacy caucus, of which i'm a member. both of these outstanding congresspeople, congressman hinojosa could not be here with us today because yesterday was the texas primary and i'm pleased to announce to all of us that he won his primary yesterday. so congratulations to congressman hinojosa and we're glad to move on and carry this torch in h