mr. brooks, for taking phone calls today. you're very generous of your time. >> guest: thank you. >> caller: you're aware of tom brokaw's book, "greatest generation"? >> guest: yes. >> caller: i'm going to argue the greatest generation gave birth to the baby boomers who are really the most selfish generation. these are the uber consumers, the people who demand immediacy and perfection. and have grown into those mcmansions and one of the things that i would take small issue with when you use the word "we" paying for social security and medicaid. why can't we blow the caps off on our aid contributions and blow the caps on medical saving accounts contributions to 10,000, $20,000 and encourage a savings economy so that people don't have to be dependent on government. not everyone. not everyone. there will be a percentage that will need that. but we shouldn't lump everybody into that. and could you just off the top -- i'll take your answer off the air, could you just address a little bit about the central bankers activities now in

mr. brooks. >> good afternoon. eric brooks, representing the sand for cisco green party. -- representing the san francisco green party. talking about the build out fo a clean power csf, -- for clean power sf, when we met with south, we said we would step up to the play to help fight for these increases in. not only because of some kind of cynical tit-for-tat, but because getting renewable energy in the city, getting cca to work properly, is dependent on making sure we are paying cost. conserving electricity is less dependent on getting people to pay real costs for electricity. we have done that on water for decades. we need to do it with electricity. the other key reason that we, as advocates, are ready to step up, and we want to make sure we can step up, is to make sure that the task order for the scoping for the build out of work is fully engaged within the next couple of days so that we are under way. fully fleshing out all of the locations in the city, including city college building, hospitals, etc. where we c

mr. brooks raised a good point and i think it's important to recognize that staff has had an awful lot of success, the general manager, todd, and your staff, at persuading the other departments and the elected officials that this is something that we needed to do because of all the other things people want us to continue doing so i think, you know, there's a price. we may not have, you know, exactly, you know, what we really need but to not fight this year and to move forward and to try to address some of those things, i think it's a good course of conduct for us. i'm prepared to move there and have some confidence that, you know, we'll get the support that we need. >> thank you. it does strike me that -- this is -- these are rates and we are still able to do anything that's cost effective to do. so that if we have programs that achieve conservation in city departments, if we have a place to sell that power once we conserve it and if that pencils out even during the four years we could do things that right now we haven't figured out how to finance but if it becomes financeable, we could d

mr. brooks. the chief executive of the company and the senior personnel. >> he left the data for the day after allegations made originally about phone hacking. was that linked? what happened, how did he leave the company? >> that i don't know. that would have been at a time the news of the world better for you to ask him why did he resign? >> he resigned sadly last friday following saying i was in charge of the company during this period stepped out. >> did they ask to leave? >> they both asked to leave. >> why did you not accept the resignation when she first offered it? >> because i believed -- >> why did you the second time in? >> in the event she [inaudible] >> can you tell us how much of the characters have been paid off? how much the been given as a financial settlement on the news international? >> in the case it would be considerable to the service 5 million, 10 million? >> as confidential. >> any confidentiality in the pay off they are not supposed to speak of what happened or what they

. >> well, let me turn -- let me turn to mr. brook statement, if you wish, to address the failure that i have mentioned. but we want to give you an opportunity to open as well. >> hopefully this is my first comment, hopefully not my last. itch a feeling david's more at home than i am, but i would like to be at home here. >> you're very welcome here. >> thank you. >> i want to thank our moderator for being willing to moderate this discussion. i want to take a step back. i think we'll get into all the different concrete issues that david has brought up, and i'm eager to comment on all of them. i'd like to take a step back, because i'd like to ask the more fundamental question. why do we need government? what is it for? and is there something unique about this country and the experiment that is america? because i believe there is. i believe in the 18th century thinkers of the time faced a crucial turning point in human history. they had to decide who each one of our lives belongs to. is your life the property of a king? is your life the

. >> let me turn -- [applause] let me turn to mr. brook, and if in the context of your opening statement you want to address the failure i mentioned. >> i would be happy to pick this is my first appearance at town hall. -- i would be happy to. it is my first appearance at town hall. hopefully it will not be my last. i would like to be at home here. >> you are very welcome here. >> thank you. i would also like to thank demos for participating in these events and our moderator tonight for moderating this discussion. i want to take a step back a little bit. i think we will get into all the different concrete issues that gave it has broad up, and i am eager to comment on all of them. -- that david has brought up, and i am eager to comment on all of them. i would like to take a step back and ask the fundamental question of why do we need government. what is it for? is there something unique about this country and the experiment that is america? i believe there is. i believe in the 18th century, thinkers of the time, the founding fathers in part

mr. bernie rose. >> reporter: albert brooks is drawing raves as cold-blooded killer in "drive." >> my hands are a little dirty. >> so are mine. >> reporter: not what you expect from the man who usually makes comedies about the human condition. you said, "i like movies about failing." >> well, i like characters that fail because people fail. >> reporter: albert brooks on his characters and his success later on sunday morning. >> osgood: the return of christmas is the talk of the town. in the community our bill geist has just been to visit. >> reporter: on christmas morning what better place to be than seneca falls, new york. the town proudly and loudly proclaims that it was the inspiration for the christmas film classic "it's a wonderful life." >> merry christmas. >> reporter: so this is the real bedford falls. >> this is the real bedford falls. >> reporter: that's their story and they're sticking to it later on sunday morning. >> osgood: on this last sunday morning of the year we say hail and farewell to the people who left us in the 12 months past and remember the gifts they've left behind. anthony mas

brooke, you dated mr. baldwin in the early 90s. was he always like this? >> oh my god. my friend dated alec baldwin, so don't go spreading rumors. >> that was not rumors. >> i think this is a very sad story. after 9/11 we had to go through a series of obstacles to get on to a plane and american airlines now is bankrupt. stewardesses are there for our stave see. -- safety. we have to be respectful and mindful, and it bothers me that someone of celebrity would treat a woman who is in charge of your safety with disrespect. >> or a man. >> there are transgendered attendants all over the world. i saw lute you in your -- i saw lute you in your challenges in the sky. i want to say at one ., the irony about what you just said is alec baldwin is a pro union guy and he craps all over the flight attendants part of the union which is why they have labor costs which is why aa is going bankrupt. that's another topic for another time, perhaps another show. perhaps "the five." the real issue is the air loin, to -- the airline, to me and to you, contacted him via twitter. that's somethi

brooke? >> good deal. mr. cooper, we'll see you then. thank you so much. >>> now to this.bid fan base that follows their every incremental move. last week when a previously unreleased track was leaked online, fan, the media went absolutely crazy for it. here it is. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> posted on you tube last week, it was entitled putting ketchup in the fridge, how do you sit still has racked up 94,000 views and has the music magazines and fans calling it a terrific return to their earlier sound. it has been re-posted dozens and dozens of times to youtube. it has lit up twitter. of course, and here's why we're telling you this. a i couple of problems here. that is actually not the name of this song in case you're wondering, i know i was. and it's not radiohead. singer songwriter kristcrishris stoppa came before christmas. >> i happened to see an article and saying there was a lost radiohead track, and i thought oh, that's kind of interesting. so i clicked on the website and there was a small blurb saying that some lost track that had never been released had been found, and i thought t

new book by brooke stoddard. mr. stoddard, what was going on in great written in june 1934?the nazis from germany had run over all of europe and controlled from the atlantic circle, northern norway through southern part of europe. and a lot of people thought that britain would collapse or cave-in in a matter of weeks. france had been overrun in about three -- well, several weeks. and many people thought that it would follow. it didn't happen. and this is the story about why i didn't hunt them. churchill's leadership is a bit part of it. the british people rallied to winston churchill. the germans couldn't come across the channel on account of the royal navy, but they did send thousands of airplanes to bomb britain in hopes of invading britain eventually. they couldn't overcome the royal air force. and eventually, october came along. bad weather began. the germans couldn't invade britain and they had to put off any kind of invasion planned until spring. though this is the story about those months. they were very, very critical months. >> host: selected the bombing ended, did

mr. bernie rose. >> reporter: albert brooks is drawing raves as cold-blooded killer in "drive." >> my hands are a little dirty. >> so are mine. >> reporter: not what you expect from the man who usually makes comedies about the human condition. you said, "i like movies about failing." >> well, i like characters that fail because people fail. >> reporter: albert brooks on his characters and his success later on sunday morning. >> osgood: the return of christmas is the talk of the town. in the community our bill geist has just been to visit. >> reporter: on christmas morning what better place to be than seneca falls, new york. the town proudly and loudly proclaims that it was the inspiration for the christmas film classic "it's a wonderful life." >> merry christmas. >> reporter: so this is the real bedford falls. >> this is the real bedford falls. >> reporter: that's their story and they're sticking to it later on sunday morning. >> osgood: on this last sunday morning of the year we say hail and farewell to the people who left us in the 12 months past and remember the gifts they've left behind. anthony mas

>> i wouldn't find that surprising by this i mean brooks as well as mr. baker and certainly in rebecca brooks' case she could do my freeing land because they denied that e-mail or that the ever had one become more than one journalist and of what became of absolutely obvious they kept it in april of this year and i could go on and on. >> we get picture of your view and you are entitled to your view and the people entitled to your view that the question is does the basis of your understanding have an evidential foundation? >> ivies told by a former senior employee of the news international it would be wrong for me to announce his name because this is confidential but i would be happy to write it down to you, sir. >> you got it from the source and you can't go beyond it. >> i'm very confident i was told the truth. >> fair enough. the full idea was a very serious issue mr. max mosley. to refer to another piece in the daily mail which is a shivering title that hands down has shown no balance and another example of comment rightly or wrongly on the decision. >>

mrs. cain? >> reporter: i'm on my way there now, brooke, but our crew is there and they don't see any sign of herute or so drive outside of atlanta. we know that this is the first time that he will see his wife since the allegations of the alleged affair. we also know that his wife did not know about this friendship. we also know, though, that gloria cain has stood by her husband earlier in this week when she first learned of this latest claim of dealings with the come man that his wife said, here we go again. we're stranding by. hopefully we will speak with him. it will definitely be a private moment. will the family be there? will it be a painful moment given all of these things? we're standing by to see what we can get. >> i have a transcript of what herman cain said at a town hall. tomorrow in atlanta, i will be making an announcement. tomorrow we're going to be oeching our headquarters in northwest georgia where we also want to clarify -- there is that word clarify, exactly what the next steps are. can we read anything more into that, shannon travis? >> i don't know that we can. one has to w

brookings institute. joshua roger is with rand fisher and company. mr. birch e. lee --burt ealey is an adjunct scholar at the cato institute. four of you have testified as before, but it is standard practice of receiving government reform committee that'll witnesses be sworn so please rise and raise your right hand. do you swear or affirm the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the old truth and nothing but the truth? you may be seated. let the record reflect that all the witnesses answered in the affirmative. seeing as you have testified before if you will summarize your statement you will see red, yellow and green lines before you. when yellow pops up that means just what it means when you are at a stoplight. hurry up. so obviously green beans go and read means stop. i recognize dr. laughlin for five minutes. >> thank you, chairman mchenry and members of the committee for giving me this honor to testify before you this morning. in my oral statement what i would like to do is three things. the things -- there's going to be significant anticipation

mr. gingrich in recent weeks. today the flood gates opened. conservative columnist david brooks at "the new york times," quote, he has every negative character trait conservatives associate with 1960s excess. narcissism, self-righteousness, self-indulgence and intemperance. he would severely damage conservatism in the republican party if nominated. former reagan speechwriter, peggy noonan writing in "the wall street journal," quote, those who know him fear or hope he'll be true to form in one respect. he'll continue to lose to his number one longtime foe, newt gingrich. he is is a human hand grenade who walks around with his hand on the pin saying, watch this. quote, is he erratic and unreliable as a leader? yes. ego maniacal? true. quote, he's a trouble magnet. a starter of fights that need not be fought. peggy noonan saying today the people who know mr. gingrich are mostly not for him. and she reminds her "wall street journal" readers today mr. gingrich was not just sometimes trouble as a leader in the house, he was also sometimes just plain weird. she reminds us today of his

brooke? >> all right. i see rafael romo laughing at this one. >> laughing? >> speaking of mr. romo, next on "reporter roulette," a serious topic here. the arrests of illegal immigrants along the border down. how much down? >> it's less than half than it was three years ago. when you talk about the numbers, 340,000 trying to cross into the united states and are arrested. but that's 53% less than 2008. here you see the numbers. and let's go back to the year 2000. 1.6 million were arrested that fiscal year. that tells you how different it is. the number this year is only a fifth of what it used to be back in the year 2000. >> so that's the arrests. the arrests are down. what about the people that are still coming in and attempting to come in? is that done as well? >> that's down as well. that's a indicator of how many people are trying to get here. there are many reasons for that. jobs in the hospitality and construction sectors are not what they used to be. also, immigration laws in states like arizona, georgia, alabama, have had a chilling effect on people in mexico trying to c

mr. seiko, you need to respond to me so we know you're all right. let's go a little bit more. okay. okay. >> joel brooksing 12 years for assault. his adversary, john seiko, is serving a six-year sentence for sexual assault. our cameras were there when officers interrogated them about the fight. >> what was this all about? >> well, he's a rapist. i was talking with an inmate in the meal line about it with him. >> you were talking about his crime with another prisoner. >> i was talking with another prisoner about him being a rapist. he said, you aren't [ bleep ]. i said, you're not. >> i told him to stop talking about me and i repeated it. and he said, what are you going to do? and i repeated it again, stop talking about me. and then he walked up to me in my face and said, now what are you going to do? >> five minutes later he bum-rushed me. >> don't come at me. >> slammed me against the wall. >> i put my hand in his face. i don't know what i did after that. >> then he starts scratching my face. i grabbed him around the waist and threw him on the floor and hit him twice in self-defense to get him to let g

mr. kirk: first, we have a modified brooks amendment in the conference report that says if there is any plan to deliver classified missile defense data to the russians, that the administration has to have a 60-day clock expire and then certify to the congress that none of this data could end up in the hands of third parties, particularly the iranians or the syrians. i would like to say that -- put the administration on notice that that certification probably cannot be made. da meetrdadimitri ragozin, the g negotiator for the government, has a close and continuing relationship with iran. he's going to iran next month. that when we see the intelligence sharing and cooperation on missiles, on other weaponry, but especially discussions about a second nuclear reactor in iran, i think we should all realize that any classified data on u.s. missile defense going to the russians would be then given to the iranians. remember, in missile combat between enemies of the united states and us, everything would be over potentially in a matter of hours. if the russians accomplish by diplomacy what they have f

mrs. douglass' wedding rings. >>> coming up, arrested at last. was the long nightmare over for brooks and leslie douglass?ing? >> i loaded a .357 magnum on these people. >> chilling words from a killer. [ male announcer ] all over the world, there's a battery that's relied on to help bring children holiday joy, and while it doesn't travel by sleigh or reindeer, it does get around... in fact, every year duracell sends loads of batteries to the mattel children's hospital, u.c.l.a. of course, children here and everywhere don't really think about which battery makes their toy run... but, still... you'd never want to disappoint. duracell. trusted everywhere. somebody didn't book with travelocity, with 24/7 customer support to help move them to the pool daddy promised! look at me, i'm swimming! somebody, get her a pony! [ female announcer ] the travelocity guarantee. from the price to the room to the trip you'll never roam alone. >>> it was stunning news. thanksgiving eve, 1979, six weeks after the okarche, oklahoma, murders of richard and marilyn douglass, the shooting of their children, the manhunt was over.

brooks calling gingrich out for narcissism, self-righteousness, intemperance. peggy noonan saying people who know newt gingrich, quote, are mostly not for him. karl rove writing of mr. gingrich, quote, when a man of his self-confidence begins to feel on top of the world, bad things often happen. former republican senator alan simpson, former republican senator john talent, john sununu coming out as not just for the other guy but explicitly against newt gingrich. as has current republican senator tom coburn who says newt gingrich is one of the last people he would ever vote for for president. it doesn't stop with the republican establishment. the far right shock jock radio host michael savage is offering newt gingrich $1 million if he'll drop out of the race. glenn beck has said if newt gingrich is the nominee he might vote for ron paul as a third party candidate. whether or not ron paul's running as a third party candidate, i guess. this all comes amid mixed signals, frankly, about the sustainability of newtmetum in the polls. new data showing ron paul virtually tied with newt gingrich for the lead in iowa. here's a worrisome figure for republicans in today's nbc/"

mr. chairman but how are you? good. thank you, and matt brooks and others that bring you together.alition for hosting the forum today, and having a chance to get to know the candidates a little better. i hope you get to know me a little better through this process. and, of course, i want to join you in honoring the service of ambassador fox. he has contributed in extraordinary ways to the economy, to our nation and to israel. thank you, ambassador fox, appreciate your leadership. [applause] now, we gather as republicans, americans, and friends of israel. for the last three years we've had a lot of change. we just haven't had much hope. [laughter] i happen -- [applause] i happen to think to have a president that can create jobs, it helps to have one. [laughter] [applause] our debt is now too high and the opportunities are too few. almost a trillion dollars in federal stimulus, trillions more in deficits have left millions of americans out of work. the unemployment rate as you know has been over 8% for the last 34 months. this is the slowest recovery since hoover. over the last four

mr. miller: that's what this is about. it's about stealing from the american workers and not giving them a right to continue to >> on book tv, on c-span2, "the social animal" by david brooks. >> in the past two years, tuition and fees have increased. this two-hour hearing is chaired by virginia fox of north carolina. >> good morning. i would like to thank you for being with -- with be here with us today. we have inweak local economies, increased spending on cack democratic support, and state budget support. as a result, colleges and universities can no longer rely upon the same level of state financial support and must make tough decisions, including cutting services or raising student fees. leaders in washington have long recognized the value of higher education in preparing students to compete in the global work force. in 1965, congress created the higher education act to help low income students pursue a college degree. as a result last year, more than $169 billion in federal financial aide was disbursed to under graduate and graduate students. up 80% since 2005. however, as i mentioned, unprecedented national debting to increase federal subsidies to supplement the gro

brook church in houston, texas, hundreds were online for jobs. in a city that has done fairly well, not good enough. this is a crisis, mr. speaker. and the congressional black caucus introduced legislation that would emphasize that jobs are a must, a crisis, and must be passed, we all joined in the resolution introduced in the summer months, we all got on that resolution, that we must do everything we can to create jobs and we introduced for the people job creation bill and worked on initiatives to deal with that. let me tell you where we are. we are addressing this question this week. i have no qualms that this is about two weeks before christmas. a holiday that many celebrate and the holiday of other faiths that celebrate around this time, hanukkah, we're all -- where all families come together no matter what faith you may be if you're in america you come toward your family in america. where our soldiers are themselves even though many are coming home, many of our soldiers are scattered around the world. i would almost suggest to you that somebody's family member who happens to be related to a member of the united states milita

>> mrs. brooks did discuss the settlements or the arrangement with mr. clifford which was a commercial arrangement, i think, for services in the future, but not in any great detail. >> she didn't seek your authorization, did she seek your views? >> no. it was discussed with me in general terms but not with full day-to-day responsibility. she could make those judgments. >> and did you know who max clifford was? >> yes, i was aware who max clifford was. >> did you ask -- [inaudible] >> the question with mr. clifford, there had been a previous commercial areapgment some years earlier with mr. clifford, i was told, which was around publicity for the client or the like, and it was desirable to enter into an agreement like that for the future. that would be a good thing to do with mr. clifford, and with respect to any specifics about the litigation, it was just seen as rather you take a commercial arrangement with mr. clifford going forward which was in both parties' interest, and rather than have an acrimonious litigation, i wasn't -- >> i've got this austral