mr. turner. terlinsky, mightsorhan, robert uhn from cnn,tomgdoggett, please give them a round of applause. [applause] our guests today are a pair of businessman turned plant the pressed coming to us with a plea and a pledge parliament toward alternative energy sources. ted turner is the founder of cbs and cnn and the chairman of ted turner enterprises. he has been devoted to environmental causes, politically and financially president in the alternative fuel debate. he is developing a message for people of all ages on the importance of rescuing the planet. he is also taking on solar energy projects. he is pursuing making the rounds to speak to students in colleges where he tells them that the informant is the most difficult challenge the world will face, more important than iraq, and he also appeals to you with an animated series called "captain planet adn the planeteers. " he is putting his money where his mouth as with the multimillion-dollar stake in solar, the world's largest maker of thin fil

mr. turner. terlinsky, mightsorhan, robert uhn from cnn,tomgdoggett, please give them a round of applause. [applause] our guests today are a pair of businessman turned plant the pressed coming to us with a plea and a pledge parliament toward alternative energy sources. ted turner is the founder of cbs and cnn and the chairman of ted turner enterprises. he has been devoted to environmental causes, politically and financially president in the alternative fuel debate. he is developing a message for people of all ages on the importance of rescuing the planet. he is also taking on solar energy projects. he is pursuing making the rounds to speak to students in colleges where he tells them that the informant is the most difficult challenge the world will face, more important than iraq, and he also appeals to you with an animated series called "captain planet adn the planeteers. " he is putting his money where his mouth as with the multimillion-dollar stake in solar, the world's largest maker of thin fil

mr. turner. terlinsky, mightsorhan, robert uhn from cnn,tomgdoggett, please give them a round of applause. [applause] our guests today are a pair of businessman turned plant the pressed coming to us with a plea and a pledge parliament toward alternative energy sources. ted turner is the founder of cbs and cnn and the chairman of ted turner enterprises. he has been devoted to environmental causes, politically and financially president in the alternative fuel debate. he is developing a message for people of all ages on the importance of rescuing the planet. he ialso taking on solar energy projects. he is pursuing making the rounds to speak to students in colleges where he tells them that the informant is the most difficult challenge the world will face, more important than iraq, and he also appeals to you with an animated series called "captain plan adn the planeteers. " he is putting his money where his mouth as with the multimillion-dollar stake in solar, the world's largest maker of thin film so

can't even find the right words to call out turner for this truly insane comment but let me help mr turner i can assure you that women probably aren't using rape or incest as an excuse to just casually terminate a foetus what you don't see in this clip is that a female state representative calls out turner for his explanation and frankly i hope the other females in the house of representatives are also going to stand up for women's rights against this outrageous legislation now the other state has launched a fresh attack on women's rights is arizona governor jan brewer signed a new anti-abortion bill into law declaring it illegal for any doctor to perform an abortion based on the race or gender of the fetus so it would be considered a felony for the doctor who performed the abortion however there be no punishment for the woman who received a medical procedure and you might first say that sounds like a great bill don't let people have an abortion just because they don't like the sex of their baby don't let them discriminate but for the record there is actually absolutely no evidence that th

mr. turner? >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, admiral mullens for being here. i want to also acknowledge our men and women who are serving. we are also grateful to what they do to keep our country safe. mr. secretary, i want to thank you as others have for your cand candor, because you're answering some very difficult and uncomfortable questions honestly and directly, and i appreciate that. >> i also want to associate myself with mr. forbes' comments concerning the approval process and the concern that the war powers act has not been complied with and i want to associate myself with mr. miller's comments that i do not believe that the only issue you're facing is an issue of lack of congressional approval. i think there is significant question as to whether or not you have congressional support. i can tell you that i believe that if you placed a resolution on this floor today for a vote for approval, that i doubt that it would pass. i certainly would not be voting for it. i would not be voting for it, mr. secretary, because of the answer you gave us with your ca

mr. turner as to how he feels cnn is fairing these days.the former adviser to president obama will be our guest. later in the month, the president of the afl-cio will be here with plenty of issues facing organized labor these days. in terms of housekeeping issues, a couple of other things to take care of. before we get to the last question, all of like to thank you with our traditional coffee mug. that is below $25, so you do not have to report it. typically, that would be the end of our gift presentation, but because of the situation you are facing these days with the tax season among us, we do not know what our leaders are going to do with getting the budget situation taking care of, we have some special national press club aspirin. [laughter] [applause] that is a new market for us, but we are very excited about it. our last question, to the best of your knowledge, has an irs commissioner ever been audited? [laughter] >> what i can tell you is as you become commissioner of the irs, almost every competent tax lawyer and professional in the

mr. turner. you have a partnership to build solar power. do you plan to do without federal subsidies? >> it dependsn the situation. there needs to be some subsidies. we are now subsidized coal and oil big time. over the years, they have been the source of economic subsidies. wind and solar and geothermal are not being subsidized because they were not here to get in line to get their spot at the feed trough. levelingally playing field, wind and solar have a better chance with subsidies stacked against them on the fossil fuel industry. we are subdizing the wrong thing but we did it over 200 years of the industrial revolution. we have been giving them breaks all the way along. not having the polluting companies paid health care, i think the polluters suld do the paying. if they were, claim renewable energy would be competitive. [applause] >> if you look at where the most wind energy and solar energy is, do you know wre it is? >> in the midwest germany. terminate they don't have wind or saw [laughter] on. they're really down. germanyey really don't gets their natural gas from russia. i wa

mr. turner? >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. secretary, admiral mullens for being here. i want to also acknowledge our men and women who are servi. we are also grateful to what they do to keep our country safe. mr. secretary, i want to thank you as others have for your cand candor, because you're answering me very difficult and uncomfortable questions honestly and directly, and i appreate that. >> i also want to associate myself with mr. forbes' comments concerning the approval process and the concern that the war powers act has not been complied with and i want to associate myself with mr. miller's comments that i do not believe that the only issue you're facing is an issue of lack of congressional approval. i think there is significant question as to whether or not you have congressional support. i canell you that i believe that if you placed a resolution on this floor today for a vote for approv, that i doubt that it would pass. i certainly would not be voting for it. i would not be voting for it, mr. secretary, because of the answer you gave us with your candor of wh

mr. turner. you have a partnership to build solar power. do you plan to do without federal subsidies? >> it depends on the situation. there needs to be some subsidies. we are now subsidized coal and oil big time. over theears, they have been the source of economic subsidies. wind and solar a geothermal are not being subsidizedecause they were not here to get in line to get their spot at the feed trough. levelingally playing field, wind and solar have a better chance with subsidies stacked against them on the fossil fuel industry. we are subsidizing the wrong thing but we did it over 200 years of the industrial revolution. we have been giving them breaks all the way along. not having the polluting mpanies paid health care, i think the polluters should do the paying. if they were, claim renewable energy would be competitive. [applause] >> if you look at where the most wind energy and solar energy is, do you know where it is? >> in the midwest? germany. terminate they don't have wind or saw [laughter] on. they're really down. germanyey really don't gets their natural gas from russia. i w

mr. turner about how he thinks cnn is fairing. the former marine corps commandant and supreme commander of nato will be our guest later. later in the month, the president of the afl-cio will be here on issues facing organized labor. we have a couple of housekeeping issues to take care. i would like yoto present you wh our traditional coffee mug. it is below $25. i had understand you do not have to report it in terms of an ethics violation. typically that would be the end of our presentation. because of a special situation with tax season, we do not know what our elected leaders will do with the budget situation. we have some special national press club aspirin i would like to present to you as well. [applause] it is a new market for us. we are very excited about it. to the best of your knowledge, has an irs commissioner ever been audited? >> as you become the almostioner of the ira's, every competent tax lawyer and professional in the government takes a very close look the returns to make sure you do not embarrass the president an

turner and t. boone pickens spoke about energy policy at the national press club today. they talked about their renewable and alternative energy initiatives, including solar and wind investments. mrpickens talk about his plan t ando change the truck fleet to natural gas. this is about an hour. >> my main concern is survival of the human race. >> of that, i don't put it as number 1. i say the existence and danger of nuclear weapons is the greatest danger that we face and a top priority is to get rid of them as quickly as possible. i am not talking about nuclear power. that is a home other issue. i'm talking about the weapons like the one we dropped on hiroshima that killed 250,000 people in one day and later at nagasaki. we could get rid of those weapons. the security council of the un voted last year unanimously to get rid of them. we need implementations. we are lacking in that at the current time. it is complicated but it is real simple. get rid of all of them. that is the only way it will work. it will not work for us to have 2000 a clear weapons and iraq to have two. that will not work. we have to all get rid of them at the same time. the second tremendous challenge that we f