we are so blessed that we got a direct letter some mrs. pelosi -- from mrs. pelosi. she definitely has other things do intend to, and yet she found time to reach out to all of us to tell us about her deep commitment to general hospital. she herself would be here. we got a beautiful certificate of recognition from the majority whip. also, from assemblyman mark leff. thank you so much for all of that. we really appreciated. you can imagine that all of the many challenges that i faced when i had to accept the idea that jean really was going to retire was how would i ever get anybody who could do as good a job running this hospital? fortunately, jean, like all very good administrators, had already worked out a succession plan. she nurtured and mentor and counseled and supported soup kern, who has then been able to be a ceo and continued to move the organization forward, so it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you soon current -- sue curren. [applause] >> thank you, dr. katz and mayor newsom, and thank you all of you for helping us come out to celebrate this momento

this is indicative of the overreach that the obama administration, mrs. pelosi and majority leader reid have put on the american people, they're mandating our behavior in health care, they're mandating in this case in energy, they don't want the american people to have choice, and they don't -- they basically don't trust the public. they want to tell the country what's best for them to do and people like myself and martha blackburn, michael burgess, the house republican leadership, we think it's wrong. martha: you're saying they're not environmentally better. >> no. the cfl bulb has got mercury in it, and epa has put out regulations that if you break a light bulb, you have this very complicated -- you've got to put gloves on, you almost have to call a hazard materials team out to your house have you a broken light bulb. martha: the epa recommends if you break a lit bulb in your house, clear the room for 15 minutes, right? >> try that with a toddler. martha: but has it ever been a situation where one of these bulbs broke and somebody was harmed but it -- by it? >

pelosi. [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary. thank you all. thank you, mr. mayor. what an honor it is for us to welcome the secretary of the navy to treasure island for this very important occasion. he is a live long public servant -- governor, ambassador, and secretary. he has focused on critical issues facing our nation's education and national security, currently leading our efforts to restore the gulf region, but as an ambassador to saudi arabia, governor of mississippi, person committed to a better future for america, he sees the connection of all of these issues. i appreciate your leadership. i thank you for acknowledging that the military is one of the biggest users of energy in our country. and thank you for your leadership in connecting the military with energy efficiency. it is a national security issue for sure. i want to join you in welcoming one of your predecessors, secretary dalton, here today. we stand on your shoulders and those of willie brown, for the foundation that was late for us to go forward. when we finally got a president, i will be frank,

she is scheduled to appear in san francisco october 25 on behalf of house speaker nancy pelosi. mrsll also be at a fundraiser for senator barbara boxer who is in a close re- electionation against carly fiorina. >>> president barack obama's top economic advisor will step down soon. the white house says lawrence summers will return to harvard university at the end of the year. his departure could give the administration a chance to revamp its economic team after the november elections. two other members of the president's original economic team have already quit. >>> governor schwarzenegger has called for a budget meeting with legislative leaders. unfortunately, he continues to fight a cold. he asked for democratic and republican leaders of the senate assembly to meet closer to his home in los angeles today. they will discuss a nearly $19 billion shortfall. a spokesman says the governor has not been to the capital in recent days and that his illness likely stems from his week-long trade mission to asia. >>> 5:38. eight current and former leaders in the southern california city of bell

pelosi supported it. she thought it was great. steny hoyer said he thought it was an embarrassment. so, mr. r? you have to pick one. >> 36 years in the united states senate and i never got in the middle of a house fight among house members. i'm not going to do it now. look, one of the things that's going on is this march on washington that stephen colbert and jon stewart are putting together. it is all done with an overwhelming dose of humor and sarcasm. it is, i think, going to -- it's designed to make, quite frankly, a mockery of the position, extreme position of the other side. i'll let the house decide its own rules. i'll pretend i'm still a senator. it's against senate rules to comment on the conduct of events in the house. >> you're off the hook, mr. vice president. mr. vice president, thank you very much for making the time for us tonight. >> thank you. i wish you luck on the show and i hope you'll have me back. thank you. >>> coming up, more on the colbert capitol hill controversy. steny hoyer didn't like colbert's testimony. but what are the chances he actually watched it? steny hoy

mr. john dennis pouring a bucket of water and melting nancy pelosi. yesterday we told you about lady gaga wearing a costume, a dress made out of meat, real meat, freshly cut meat. peta wasn't happy about that. as you might have gathered, she was on well len yesterday with lady gaga and ellen offered a responsible alternative to a meat dress. >> it has many interpretations. but for me this evening is if we don't stand up for what we believe in, if we don't fight for our rights, pretty soon, we're going to have as much right as the meat on our bones. >> i have a suggestion -- this is just a suggestion. the next time you want to pose in a bikini somewhere -- >> that's fabulous! oh, it's kale. it's kale. >> a kale bikini. apparently, a type of lettuce. and pita not happy with joe biden. why? he was on colbert showing hot dogs to the troops. they're mad at joe biden. >> come on! >> they say, these men and women have seen enough violence, so the nicest thing they can do is spare them from animals -- that is a delicious vegan food. >> they don't like wieners

mr. secretary. now in is an overwhelming joy and honor that i introduced speaker nancy pelosi, who has been a role model and inspiration for me and come was women across the country. congressman pelosi has represented the eight districts in congress since 1987. speaker pelosi is in her second term as the speaker of the house of representatives, making history in 2007 to serve as the first woman of the house. job creation has been her top priority for san francisco. she has worked to transfer treasure island from the navy, work to clean hunters point, and transformed the transbay transit center into a multi modal facility. speaker pelosi provided the first seed money to the project which allowed us to begin the planning process to get to this point, and has consistently worked tirelessly on behalf of the transbay project, culminating of the equipment -- commitment of recovery act funds. working with president obama, speaker pelosi has focused on creating american jobs and moving the economy in a new direction. under her leadership, congress passed tough wall street reform legislation to rein in big banks

mr. brown. well, house speaker nancy pelosi has been awfully silent yesterday, i mean lately, until yesterday when she boldly predicted that despite the polls democrats will hold onto their majority in the house in november praising in particular the great job her members did last summer at those town halls. take a listen. >> i feel pretty confident about the caliber of our candidates, our members are battle tested, they've won these districts before, they will win them again, i'm not yielding one grain of sand. i want to have the same big strong majority we have. but i feel certain that we will. last summer was a tough summer and our members saved the healthcare bill by going out, having a couple of thousand of town meetings and other public events in order to communicate with their members. megyn: monica crowley is a radio talk show host and a fox news contributor and my guest now. she is very proud of the job they did, saving the healthcare bill and she thinks shell hold on to the house do you think that is rhetoric or real for her. >> reporter: i think the house speaker is engaged in tremendou

mr. president and went to the democrats. that's why nancy pelosispeaker of the house because of the shift of independents and liberal-based enthusiasm in 2006. can you do anything five weeks out? you see a more animated president today. that's probably part of it. especially that group in the middle. is there anything you can do to get them back? >> the reason, and i'm glad you brought this up because it goes to my earlier point about misreading mandates. the reason the republicans lost the house in 2006 and the base was depressed was because they weren't behaving as conservatives. this country, forget republican/democrat. this country self-identifies 2-1 conservative to liberal. the republicans were not behaving like good conservatives, particularly fiscal conservatives. one-third of the new congress in 2006, which is the reason nancy pelosi is the majority leader today, were democrats who ran specifically and full -- with full-throated enthusiasm for a specific conservative ideas and issues. including culturally conservative ones. this is a cente

mr. wap juano, in sending -- capuano, in sending a letter to speaker nancy pelosi for a compromise on this issue. it provides a one-year extension for higher tax rates for individuals and joint filers making over $500,000 annually, a five-year extension of the middle-class tax cuts for individuals making less than $200,000 and joint filers making less than $250,000 annually. and the current extension on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends. i move we come together to address this issue quickly when congress returns and i urge members on both sides of the aisle to work out a compromise. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. >> mr. speaker, the city of bridgeport lost a man. bishop moles foreshadowed little of his lifelong leadership, dedicated his life of shepherding the souls of some of the least fortunate people in fairfield county. mr. himes: the prese

mr. speaker, you've held nancy pelosi's gavel, a gavel like hers in your hand. >> no, i held the people'sth speakers. but why is she doing it? because politically, this is a risky roll of the dice, isn't it? >> she's doing it for the same reason that john kerry explained that the american people are too dumb to know what they believe. if you're a genuine san francisco liberal, if you're a genuine chicago radical like the president, if you're a genuine las vegas union and trial lawyer liberal like harry reid, you actually believe in big government, bigger taxes, more bureaucracy, left wing ideas, and you don't care if the american people disagree with you. the american people are against obamacare, if they elect scott brown in massachusetts to replace teddy kennedy, you run over them. this is chicago machine politics. so they've decided they're going to leave the american people unemployed, the highest level of food stamps in american history is under obama, and i think literally the democrats are becoming the food stamp party and the republicans ought to be the paycheck party and the repu

pelosi's top lieutenant broke with the speaker. >> i think his testimony was not appropriate. i think it was an embarrament for mr. colbert, more th the house. >> reporter: meanwhile with democrats in trouble many are running away from their leaders in washington. it's an emphasis experts say that's the democrats' best hope to hold on. >> the american public is angry that the the economy hasn't turned around, they're worried, they're frustrated and they're taking it out on incumbents, primarily democrats. >> reporter: lester, the focus for president obama is the economy this week. he travels to four states in three days to promote the easing of the recession and promote recovery. he's going to raise campaign cash for democrats. lester. >> mike, thank you. >>> there was tense moments in the air last night over new york's jfk airport. a delta commuter flight was forced to make an emergency landing when one of the landing gears wouldn't come down. the voice of a flight attendant was captured on cell phone video warning passengers to brace for impact. >> brace for impa. >> heads down. stay down. heads down. stay down.

pelosi. >> i think his testimony was not appropriate. i think it was an embarrassment for mr.was called by the democratic chair. >> you asked me chris, whether the testimony was appropriate. i think it was not appropriate. >> sean: they don't have time to vote on how much the business in this country is going to be paying in taxes. >> oh god there we go. >> i agree with steny, i don't think it was appropriate. he said i think it was more embarrassing for colbert. that's what colbert does. he's a schtick guy why do we need him on capitol hill testifying -- >> sean: how about voting on -- >> i think it is embarrassing. he's got his show, do his show, do it from there. >> the idea of having celebrities testify has gotten out of hand. colbert testified in character. [ talking over each other ] >> hearings are supposed to be about listening -- eliciting information to legislate not about self-aggrandizement for the commit at this time. >> sean: i got a question. -- bush tax cuts scheduled to expire going to impact a lot of people in this country. we have one of the most -- we don't

mr. speaker, it's now my pleasure, a deep privilege to yield a minute to our distinguished speaker, nancy pelosi. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. the speaker: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank you for the recognition and of yielding of time from the distinguished chairman of the ways and means committee. w and means committee. i think him for bringing this legislation to the floor and i thank mr. murphy -- bipartisan murphys for their leadership in this important legislation. mr. speaker, for so many years, we have watched china-u.s. trade deficit grow and grow and grow. and today, we are finally doing something about it by recognizing that china's manipulation of the currency represents a subsidy for chinese -- exports coming to the united states and elsewhere. many of us have been working on this issue for decades. 20 years ago, when the issue of china trade was before the floor of the house, the trade deficit was $5 billion a year. u.s.-china trade deficit was $5 billion a year. we thought that gave us tremendous leverage for them to stop violating our intellectual prope

mr. speaker, as you know, speaker pelosi gaveled in the 110th congress on behalf of america's children. today i'm proud to say the house will consider this bipartisan bill to protect our children and youth -- in youth sports. as co-chair of the congressional brain injury task force, with congressman platts from pennsylvania, i've worked for the last nine years on the issue of brain injury for our troops as well as those who are playing sports. all sports. men and women. back then, we had no idea how prevalent brain injury would become. a study published this month in pediatric ares found that between 1997 and 2007, the number of children seeking emergency medical care for concussions doubled. to address this growing problem for schools, congressman platts and i introduced the contact act, h.r. 1347 to create federal guidelines to concussion management and a grant program for states to implement the policies. this bill is dedicated to kids like brian doherty, a constituent of mine who died after returning to a football game without recovering from a previous concussion and nicky pupier,

mr. leader. here comes a tough one. you guys say this agenda can happen tomorrow and that the speaker nancy pelosi can whistle the congress back and you guys can pass this 300-50 page pledge. government agenda if republicans take over the house next year? >> it is a governing agenda that could be enacted tomorrow. there's no reason why we have to go home next friday. we can be here each and every day until the end of this congress enacted this agenda because if we enact this agenda, we will eliminate the uncertainty that employers are facing and we will begin to improve the economy and get the american people back to work and begin the process of saving countless hundreds of billions of dollars in wasteful washington spending. >> will we see republican state to another energy protest on the floor, ensuring that speaker nancy pelosi brings congress backs? >> statement. yes, sir. [laughter] >> how is the pledge influenced by the tea party contract? >> we listened to all americans. we put this together. our members over the last four months have done thousands of town hall meetings, public forums, private meetings to listen

pelosi liked it. some others didn't so much including house majority leader steny hoyer. >> i think his testimony was not appropriate. no, i think it was an embarrassment for mr. colbert more than the house. >> and he should not have been called? >> i don't know about whether he was called, but what he had to say, i think, was not the way it should have been said. >> steny hoyer calling it an embarrassment. >>> big story happening now, the future of middle east peace talks could be in jeopardy after israel's ten-month ban moratorium on settlement construction in the west bank expired last night without a compromise. to celebrate the end of that moratorium, jewish settlers broke ground on a kindergarten. still, palestinian president mahmoud abbas said late yesterday that he would not immediately follow through on an earlier threat to quit negotiations if israel did not extend the building freeze. and yesterday israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called on settlers to show, quote, restraint and responsibility after the freeze expired at midnight. >>> still ahead on "way too early," the yankees and red sox come down to the last pitch in extra innings. coul

pelosi loses her job. >> you know, they're just so neighborly about the whole thing, aren't they? what mr. pence has to realize is that what's really being a mean neighbor is stopping every job initiative that the democrats have put on the table. and now the republican party has offered nothing to this country in the last 22 months, except this two-word culture, no way. so the party of no is what they're called now. they have fought the president of the united states, let's see, on the stimulus package, they didn't like wall street reform. they didn't want anything to do with health care reform and anything else that you can think of. now they've got the audacity to announce that they've just got these ideas and they're going to throw it out at a small business in virginia. it's interesting, i'd like to talk to the owner of this small business and ask him how he feels about tight craft? i'll tell you what, they must have really looked long and hard to find this small business owner to work with the republicans on this one. republicans have voted against every small business plan president

pelosi october 25th. on the 26th she'll be in l.a. speaking to the women's leadership forum and democratic national committee. on the 27th mrs. obama, who the white house calls the closer, will host a fund-raiser for senator barbara boxer. >> mayor knewsome criticizing the internet. >> not something i'm proud to say as a democrat, not something i want to say. >> made the comment last week at an editorial board meeting. >> it's not wrong to criticize parts of that stimulus as disproportionate, saving jobs in the public sector and not stimulating private sector economic growth. >> newsom's comments should not be taken as criticism of the white house. rather they're meant to highlight how the city has used federal dollars. >> this is arguably the mayor of the blues to blues cities. do you consider that disloyal to represent the stimulus. >> the first i heard about it was when you told me. i don't think of it personally. >> no other comments from the white house this morning. that was white house press secretary robert gibbs. >> the man who once hired meg whitman to right e-bay won't be voting for her. in an interview on bloomber

mr. leader. you guys are saying that this agenda can happen tomorrow, that nancy pelosi kansas was the congress back and you guys can pass it. it took four months to produce this pledge. is this not, in fact, a government -- a governing agenda? >> it is a governing agenda that could be enacted tomorrow. there is no reason we have to go home next friday. we could he be here each and every day and in that this agenda because if we enact this agenda, we will eliminate a lot of the uncertainty that employers are facing, we will improve the economy, and get the american people back to work, and begin the process of saving hundreds of millions of dollars in wasteful washington spending. >> are we going to see republicans staged another energy protest on the floor ensuring that speaker policy brings the congress back? >> stake in [laughter] . -- state tenuned. [laughter] >> we listened to all americans as we put this together. our members have done thousands of tel hold meetings, public forums, private meetings to solicit the american people's ideas and bring them back to washington. we have hundreds of th

mr. speaker, after promising the most open and honest congress in history, speaker pelosi has gone back on her word and against the will of the american people. when will our colleagues across the aisle learn that this house belongs to the people, not to them? and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, i'm sorry that the gentlewoman from north carolina has a problem with american jobs. but 92% of the products that have been used in this weatherization process was made here in the united states of america. we're helping to keep jobs and helping to create jobs. i'm sorry that the party of no has a problem with that. but the democratic party believes that we need to make it in america and that we need to invest in american jobs and not only keep american jobs but add american jobs. the gentlelady says that somehow the weatherization

pelosi thought it was just fine. her number two, not so much. >> i think his testimony was not appropriate. i think it was an embarrassment for mr.> well, he was called by the democratic chair of the subcommittee. >> you asked me, chris, whether the testimony was appropriate. i think it was not appropriate. >> just to recap, congressman hoyer thought it was not appropriate. that is today's "sound of sunday." and just a brief correction to last sunday's program. we called army staff sergeant salvatore beginte the first living recipient of the medal of honor. we should have said the first living recipient of the medal of honor in the iraq and afghan wars. >>> up next, do you know how to spell murkowski? you may be surprised to know who didn't. ♪ [ male announcer ] every business day, bank of america lends billions of dollars, to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses. ♪ working to set opportunity in motion. bank of america. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> you may recall last week's interview with sena

pelosi wants to vote before election day, even if the senate does not. senator hoyer does not want the rest of the house to vote. others offered conflicting explanations. mr. clyburn suggesting some voters and possibly some members don't even understand the tax cuts. >> if you make $251,000 you get the same tax cut for the first $250,000 that everybody gets for that or less. the only thing you pay the increase is that $1,000, not the $251,000. i think one of the reasons there's been some recalcitrance is that people have not made that clear. we're proposing the first $250,000 of all americans' income and applying the bush numbers -- apply to all income over that. >> there is enmimity in the caucus over what congressman clyburn just said. >> howard finemann has been tracking this story on the hill and trying to get a correct definition of the term "erstwhile." why did harry reid duck this fight with republicans and does that mean it's dead as well? >> i think it's dead. as we said, i think they were going to flinch and they did. for congressman clyburn trying to explain at this late date that fundamental question, that fundamental, factual issue just shows