' care and comfort. >> reporter: mr. ross' care has become a touchtone for right to life and eurasia groups. >> he knows at least he's got the certainty and bright water's got the certaintyta there's not going to be any criminal charges against him should comply with these wishes and that's a very great result. >> the law in which is being applied can be a dangerous person. >> reporter: mr. ross says he'll talk to a doctor before he makes a final decision on whether he'll once again ask for the nursing home to stop feeding him. jake sturmer, abc news, perth. >>> from iran tonight, word on an extraordinary, some say, unprecedented, challenge to that country's supreme religious leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. it came in the form of a all letter written by former parliament airians who was reported on opposition websites today. in it, they denounce the beatings, imprisonment, torture and prosecution of protesters who claim the june 12th presidential election was rigged. the opposition claims that 69 antigovernment demonstrators

. >> our prime concern h always been and wiontinue to be mr. ross' care and comfort. >> rorter: mr. ross' ca has become a toucone for rht to life and eurasia groups >> he know at leaste's got the certainty and brht water's got the certaintyta there's no going to be y criminal charges against m shouldcomply with theswishes and that's a very great result. >> the law in whi is being applied can be a danrous person. >> reporter: mr. ross says he'll talk to a doctor before makes a final decisn on whether he'll once again ask for the rsing home to stop feedin him. jaketurmer, abc news, perth. >>> from iran tonight, wd on an extraornary, some say, precedented, challenge to th country's supre religious lead, ayatollah ali khamenei. it came in theorm of a all tter written by former parliament aians who was reported on oppositi websites today. in it, they deunce the beatings, imprisonment, rture anprosecution of protesters who claim the june 1h presidential ection was rigged the oppositi claims that 69 antigovernment demonstrators have been killed by e au > moving a little north now from irato

mr. ross, thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> mr. ross, i understand you volunteered to take a polygraph. >> yes, i did. we have nothing to hide. and basically, it was just -- this has been a traumatic experience. we understand the police have a job to do, and part of their job is ruling out everything. so polygraph was basically a normal process. >> mr. ross, i really admire that. mr. ross, explain to me in the moments that we have left, everyone wants to know, you left the boy in the car. but now that i understand what you're telling us, it's much more innocent than it sounds. >> yes. that's part of our frustration. i mean, outside of our son being missing, the information that's been circulated through the media, the majority of it is incorrect. let's begin with where my son was when i left. we've had this routine that we have had for the past four to five months, because actually i'm in a class from 6:00 to 9:30 on those nights, and there is a time window when we needed someone to watch the kids. i would be in class, and jennifer

. >> the chair recognizes mr. ross for purposes of this eminent. >> i have an amendment at the desk. >> mr. chairman, i reserve point of order. >> the clerk will report the amendment and mr. deal reserves a point of order. >> amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute aged. >> without objection the amendment will be considered as read. the gentleman from arkansas is recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, i am pleased to offer this amendment which reflects concern some of my college and had when we first began this markup. and it's a product and a result of about two weeks of intense negotiations where there was a lot of give and take. specifically, this amendment would make sure that small bunesses remain open while ensuring affordable health insurance to their employees as well as to those small business owners. ensures that the public option competes with the other qualified health benefit plans on a level playing field and clerk buys positions will make it their choice to opt out or into the pub

. >> mr. ross, what did you mean in that text message? >> the text message was basically i was -- there was in that took place almost over a year ago, and the topic came back up again and i was angry about it and basically calling the relationship off. i told her to come and get hasanni. i would watch elia until she got off work. hasanni is well behaved in the store pap situation where we had an argument she had done almost a year ago that resuffers surfaced. and i don't know where that coming up. >> understood. with us, lewis ross, hasanni foster father. >>> breaking developments in the case 6 missing 5-year-old hassani campbell, disappeared outside his foster father's car in broad daylight. >> no signs of this boy. the more days that pass, the less likely we'll find him alive. search issues looking for a sword or cutting instrument inside the home of hassani's foster parent. >> we have nothing to hide. this has been a traumatic experience. we understood police have their job to do. >> we're searching foster father louis ross' car. polic

. >> mr. ross, thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> i understand that you volunteered to take a polygraph. >> yes, i did. we have nothing to hide and basically this has been a traumatic experience for me and the police have their job to do and part of that job is on everybody. polygraph was basically a normal process. >> he is 3 feet tall and weighs about 30 pounds. his leg braces are decorated, by the way, with a spiderman design. maybe that will help. >>> watch nancy tonight, breaking man. the man allegedly targeted for a murder for hire plot by his own wife is speaking out. >>> and a judge orders suspect to stay away from her husband of six months. will the undercover police sting operation hold up in a court of law? don't miss it, nancy grace tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern. >>> an armed man who tried to hold up a virginia store got a beat down instead. it was caught on tape. here it is. the suspect walks in and points his rather substantial weapon there at the owner's wife. the

. >> mr. ross, what did you mean in that text message? >> the text message basically i was -- jennifer there was an incident that took place almost over a year ago and the topic came back up again and i was angry about taen basically calling the relationship off. i told her to come and get hassani and meet me at the bart station and i would watch her until she finishes up. it is a situation where we had an argument about something she had done almost a year ago that resurfaced. as far as the instances of domestic violence, that is 100% false. and i don't even know where that's coming from and how that's even being -- >> understood. with u. louis ross, hassani's foster father.

mr. ross. mr. ross votes no. >> have all members responded to the call of the role? this is an opportunity if anyone wishes to change his or her vot vote. >> clerk will vote report the votes. >> 22 ayes, 32 noes. the amendment is not agreed to. you have an amendment at the desk. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i have an amendment at the desk. 06 069. >> may we get the decision on that amendment? it's either "a" or "b." it's to "b." >> to "b"? thank you. >> clerk will report the amendment. >> young lady is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. my colleague is a clarification of medicaid coverage for citizens of freely associated states. which most of you may not be familiar with. i'll just spend about a minute. over the years the federal government has made treaty agreements with the islands and to allow citizens to enter the united states without a visa or health certification. they're called compact migrants. in exchange the u.s. operates military bases on the islands. they tested bombs on the islands, which had detrimental health effects to people li

shaun and sue wouldn't believe this, yours truly edges out ross, by far, the -- tomorrow, debut with mr. rossx 5 news morning news with a field goal kicking contest. and both of these women admitted they voted for loss, but i was expecting a speech. didn't go that way. >> is it two out of three so -- >> reporter: we have five. >> five? dave ross has a shot? >> reporter: yes, he does. >> i think he hacked the system. >> reporter: a lot of votes came in from california, thank you mom. >> two and 49, very clean numbers there. starting to wonder. >> all right, thank you feldman. >>> it was hot out there, oh my gosh's got a workout, a 90- degree day, maybe we don't hit 90 if there are clouds, frontal system heading in our direction, that is not what they want to hear. roddick is playing tomorrow, we'll do our best to hold it off tomorrow. but there will be a round of showers and thunderstorms coming most likely late in the day, front is slow to move in our direction. and the jefferson memorial, not as hazy, perhaps you saw a lot of that moisture left over, also in the form of fog, so we could do m

. >> mr. ross, i want the same opportunity that you had.ot -- don't load me up with debt that i can't pay. [ applause ] >> now, you voted in committee to keep the process moving, to get the house bill moving along, to keep it moving after you got some concessions. if that bill were on the full house floor tomorrow, based on everything you have heard back home, including the concern there about deficit spending, would you vote yes or do you need additional changes? >> well, i think we probably need to see a few more changes, too. let me say this. i'm glad to see all people, young and old, starting to talk about the debt. i've been talking about the debt for nine years. let's not forget here, it took george washington to bill clinton to put this country five free into debt, it took the president to double it. one of my key principals is i will not support a health care reform bill that is not deficit neutral, period. >> as you know, the president is not on the ballot next year, but all you blue dog democrats in the house are on the ballot, an

mr. ross. mr. ross, no. miss baldwin is recorded as voting no. >> clerk will tally the vote. mr. rusch? mr. rusch is recorded as no. have all members responded to the role? clerk will report the vote. >> on that vote, mr. chairman, there were 24 ayes and4 noes. >> the amendment is not agreed to. who do we go to now? mr. welch. >> do you have your amendment? >> i do. >> could the clerk report the amendment and pass out the amendment as well. >> an amendment to the amendment offered. by mr. welch of vermont. in -- >> without objection the amendment will considered as read. the clerk and gentleman from vermont is recognized for five minutes. have we had it distributed? >> it is being distributed. we have now distributed the correct amendment. as i was explaining earlier, this addresses medicaid waiver that the state of vermont negotiated with the federal government where the state took on the burden of risk of increasing medicare experiences through enrollment. they showed significant flexibility. what this amendment would do is say that in the event that the health care legislation

mr. ross does what the plan on reading this summer?>> one of the first of siplin and reading is "k blows top" by keat-- peter crosson which is being published by public affairs but i see i have not had a chance to really get for everybody tells me is absolutely remarkable. he was a reporter for "the washington post" for many years and he tells the story of nikita khrushchev's visit to the united states in 1959 i believe, when he came here in the time of the cold war was at its peak and he was the quintessential russian galumph. he came here in traveled the country and why not to i was an elected house of the corn stalks or and he went al to hollywood in went to disneyland and what he is caption in that moment of american history and told the story with what i gather is enormous great, good humor is also a history of a very good kinds of that is the first book i will read. thank you. the second book i'm going to read this chris ee-- buckley, mum and pup. all of us have heard a little bit about the book or seen one way or another what ha

. >> mr. ross to clear up the scrap. >> i wish i could pick. [laughter] >> chairman, are we in the informal portion of the hearing now? >> all right. okay. >> there are a number of issues, and i don't want to claim that i an expert on how this whole crisis came. but i think it goes to the point of i think if you have too much government, or too much private side, there can be a problem. there needs to be checks and balances. and i'm not going to get into whether the fed could have stopped it or whether they could or would have or anything else. but i think there are a number of issues. if you look back at the private sector, private mortgage securities started, it was really because there was a failure of fha for -- to a certain extent, that they had not modernized. they had not kept up with a number of really, the kind of providing mortgages on the low-end of the market, the private sector stepped in and started offering a lot of things that fha was not able to do because government red tape and a lot of bureaucracy that was there. that kind o

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because, congressman ross, you are not the representative from blue cross. and mr.the senator from sharing plough global health care even if they have given you 76 grand toward your re-election. ms. lincoln, you are not the senator from devita dialysis. because, ladies and gentlemen, president lincoln did not promise that this nation shall have a new death of freedom and that government of the corporation by the corporation for the corporation shall not perish from this earth. good night and good luck. my very great pleasure to say good evening to my very dear friend, rachel madow. >> thank you, keith. we missed you a lot.

because, congressman ross, you are not the representative from blue cross. and mr.t the senator from sharing plough global health care even if they have given you 76 grand toward your re-election. ms. lincoln, you are not the senator from devita dialysis. because, ladies and gentlemen, president lincoln did not promise that this nation shall have a new death of freedom and that government of the corporation by the corporation for the corporation shall not perish from this earth. good night and good luck. \my very great pleasure to say good evening to my dear friend rachel maddow. >> welcome back, keith. we missed you a lot. tonight we report on the somewhat scary turn toward a political tactic in this country. we have upsetting footage to show you from settings that used to be for politics that are now descending toward something that looks a lot more like street fights. the senator john ensign scandal also takes a turn today raising some difficult questions now for the republican party itself. and cash for clunkers worked so perfectly that obviously it must now die

ross palumbo in for michelle guillen. >>> former president bill clinton arrived in north korea this morning to try to secure the release of two american journalists held there since march. mr. clinton's unannounced trip comes amid growing tension over north korea's nuclear ambitions. tara mergener is live with the latest. >> reporter: former president clinton arrived in north korea with a warm welcome. he is there with two major goals. he arrived in north korea on a mission. to bring two american journalists back home. >> it may be a face-saving measure by the north koreans, saying we need a high level, prominent american person to come over, and then we'll go. >> reporter: euna lee and laura ling were working for al gore's current tv when they were tried in march. they were tried, convicted and sentenced to 12 years hard labor for crossing the border illegally and committing grave crimes. >> all we can say to the government of north korea is we desperately beg for mercy. >> reporter: washington has been pushing for the journalists' release for months. the fear is they're using the women as a negotiating card to win concessions. pyongyang rapidly escalated tensions this ye

mr. ramirez, jorge cantu and dan uggla at second base. jeremy hermida is batting in right field. cody rosshn baker is the catcher and josh johnson of course at 10-2 is the pitcher. christian guzman, multi-hit games, rbi's, that's been the norm for him as he continues to get things going for the top of the lineup, batting .307 on the season. he'll be thereupon with nyjer morgan, morgan is leading off and playing center field for the nats, and then it is guzman at short followed by josh willingham and adam dunn in the clean-up position. elijah dukes moves up to five with no ryan zimmerman. willie harris is at third base. alberto gonzalez is at second base and wil nieves is the catcher. it will be, of course, j.d. martin being the pitcher today. so we're back in action here. byron kerr and ray knight alongside phil wood. the marlins are going to have some changes in the next few years with the new stadium, but there could be other changes as well. >> opening day 2012, the marlins move into a new ballpark, and on that day thank you will no longer been the florida marlins, they'll be the miami

mr. chuck henry at this phone number -- either you do mike ross and the entire conservative coalition tok a single-payer resolution, and until that happens we will boycott tyson chicken and any tyson products. guest: good for you. that is the great thing about this country. everyone gets to exercise their political views and articulate it to members of congress to places where they buy products and services, but companies have a stake in getting this right. tyson foods, every company in america has a stake in getting this right. we want to have a health care system that not only works for the companies and employers, but works for everyone in america. right now if you do not have health insurance you still get health care, not well or officially -- you go to hospital and get treated. we end up paying for it because the government will not. we employers pay for it and that is unsustainable. host: milwaukee, wisconsin, on the republican line. caller: thank you, c-span. you guys do a great job. you have been on the air for some time. the whole premise of the health care reform was to bend o

mr. bernanke uses those if indeed he has to do so in the year ahead. >> meanwhile, it's ross here, we havea 1.9% increase in home sales out of the united states yesterday and overnight, in the uk, they've suggested prices have risen in the fifth straight month. can we now say with certainty we've turned the corner? >> i suspect in the u.s., we may have hit the bottom and we're bouncing off slowly. i have a suspicion that in the uk that bottom may be a false bottom and we may well find the prices dip further in the course of the next few months. what cause he me a bit of concern here in the uk is the fact that there does appear to be a lack of supply in the market and, well, that's primarily because sellers don't think they're going to get the absolute value for their home and have just kept the house off the market. if that is the case, that could be putting upward pressure on prices in the immediate and present term. >> we've got cpi distributive draet trade data coming out, as well. what is that going to tell us? >> probably nothing that we don't already know. retail activity is not unde

mr. perot told us to call you. so my contact with ross was more about m.i.a.'s in southeast asia than about the presidency. >> let me ask you about presidents you've known and just give us a snapshot, something that you remember about them when you met -- when i mention the name. dwight eisenhower. >> that was like being in the presence of god. you have to realize, i came from a time of life when the named of dwight david eisenhower, george marshal, franklin del nor roosevelt, they were demigods. >> what do you remember seeing of him last in person? >> at his house, outside of palm springs. went out there with cronkite, and we did one of those one-on-one cronkite-eisenhower conversations. >> what was he like then? >> he was like a grandfather. it was nice. he was a nice man. he really was a nice man. >> john f. kennedy. >> john f. kennedy was the first matinee idol president. jack kennedy was -- he was cary grant. he was well tailored, and he was tan and handsome. he was urbane. he looked every bit harvard. he was ivy league. he kind of knocked my socks off, be

mr. chuck henry at this phone number -- either you do mike ross and the entire conservative coalition to back a single-payer resolution, and until that happens we will boycott tyson chicken and any tyson products. guest: good for you. that is the great thing about this country. everyone gets to exercise their political views and articulate it to members of congress to places where they buy products and services, but companies have a stake in getting this right. tyson foods, every company in america has a stake in getting this right. we want to have a health care system that not only works for the companies and employers, but works for everyone in america. right now if you do not have health insurance you still get health care, not well or officially -- you go to hospital and get treated. we end up paying for it because the government will not. we employers pay for it and that is unsustainable. host: milwaukee, wisconsin, on the republican line. caller: thank you, c-span. you guys do a great job. you have been on a for some time. the whole premise of the health care reform was to bend or

mr. megrahi as i understand it has been done by the scottish executor, which, not only myself but my success hear no influence over. on compassionate grounds, applying the normal rule ross, the megrahi case. i think it's confusion of two separate things opinion the libyans were always raising, of course, it's a major issue. one point, however. i actually think it is good, though that we have a situation today in which libya has come back in from the cold, into the community of nations. you know when i came to power back in 1997, libya was still affectionately a pariah nation, and not just sanctions applied by it, by the united states of america, but also pursuing an act of chemical and the nuclear program. so the fact that we have hanged the relationship with them here is a good thing, but this talked about as i've explained, two completely separate questions. >> listen to and let you hear what the son of the libyan leader moammar gadhafi told the french press group on thursday. i'm quoting, "all british interest was linked to the release" of the bomber. so will that be a diplomatic mess? >> you decide. >>> coming up on our 11:00 hour, a helicopter, you've got 0 to see

mr. jeter, do you agree with me that in 1992 when president clinton was running for his first presidency against rossot he started this business with free trade and ross perot said it will kill us, it will lose jobs. and it will be almost impossible to get these jobs back. we are in a situation now where the only way workers in india, when their minimum-wage comes of two hours, then we will have a fighting chance to get this jobs back, but until that happens it will be years until the average worker will be able to go back to work in the u.s. guest: i do think this trend towards globalization, adopting these fundamentalist market policies began in the 1970's, but it began in earnest with bill clinton and particularly the nafta. nafta was the turning point for our economy because it is a model for some many trade packs that have seen many economies around the world suffered. i do think the whole point of globalization is how much is the price of labor? if india start to demand wages similar to what workers in the u.s. would demand, we would see real pressure put on the framers of this economic system?