he did mention a nafta-like ornization as i recall in the '79 speeches. ignored his advirs and went right ahead on his free trade mantra and those who made the chges tmake nafta 4ejut)q) i believe at some of the meetings and that reagan's statements had a big influence on him and the mexicans reform. >> i talk about my first volume of the north american free trade zone which i think was in 1979 80. i don't talk much about nafta in this book bause it really does cover the eight yrs in the presidency and although i do talk a lot bause i'd forgotten about it and it was kind of below eradar. a lot of the time in the secd term although i'm with bill in sayinghat they're record on trade was equivocal at best, reagan is constantly trying to beat backhe threat of protectionist legislaon dráz congressven tougher sanctions against japan and other trade -- he's always threatening to veto trade bills and so i mean, i give him props so to speak for sentiment that s strong in both parties and so i don't tk about nafta and i probly could have but there's a lot of tngs i

reagan's role in nafta.talk to my first wife about the origins of the idea with his idea of a north american free trade zone which i think was in 1979, or 1980. i don't talk much about nafta in this book because i believe naturally comes to fruition at orchard although i do talk a lot because i had forgotten about and it was kind of below the radar but a lot of the time in the second term, although i am with bill in saying that their record on trade was equivocal at best, reagan is possibly trying to beat back the threat of protectionist legislation from congress, even tougher section with japan pic is always threatening to veto a trade bill. i give him props so to speak for admirably carried on against sentiment that was pretty strong in both parties. i don't talk about nafta. i probably could have but there are a lot of things i had to leave out. even with the length i wrote. >> i would have to take a position with you, my feeling was i was very active watching mr. reagan when he got elected on his rhetori

so give me some comment about that and how concerned are you regarding nafta?>> first of all targeting young people is about the future of the country. when released a study with people are going to be astounded. we didhe same study in 1999 and ten years later a young people are far worse off. it's almost a lost decade for young people. they do need to get involved and collective bargaining will help them get into that. t's talk about the employee free choice act and its importance. anit's not just a union issue. it's a stimulus issue, an econom recovery issue. 1946 to 1973 productivity in this country it doubled and s did wages. was the largest distribution of wealth the world has ever seen and the most interesting part about that time is the people in the bottom to quartile eir wages were rising faster than the peoe at the tops of the wage gap was closi. from 73 until today, productivity has continued up but wages have actually stagnated, and as a result, workers areoing through four, five different strategies to try to compete. we work more hours. we sentore

. >> the question becomes, was in the nafta. -- to be to bruce willis?when i was a kid we had food fights. now they're making the films about it. bruce willis almost drew a good crowd in "surrogaste" in which we all stay home and our bathrobes and send our copies out to do our lives for us. they solve the mystery of a virus that kills not only the circuit, but the stay at home who operates him. -- the surrogate. it gets a little silly, but the special effects iraq. it made $15 million this began. and the 2009 recruit for -- the 2009 redo for "fame" may inspire a new generation to perform. and this weekend's cloudy with a chance of meatballs held the top spot for the second week ia row. have a good week. >> i will tell you about the jersey boys next week. a relieved irby of the adventure -- a roller derby a venture with trew barry maur -- trew barry maur. -- drew barrymore. >> i would like to be a younger, more fabulous version of ourselves. >> coming up o abc7 news at 5:00 p.m., what every school kid -- the important film at school leaders want every sch

we debated nafta and started losing a lot of those jobs. we said there would be other jobs for people. now we know that there is virtually no job that cannot be sent to india. now we hear this crazy thing from the business community that we will hold on to creating jobs. i do not know what that means. here is what i do know. unless we figure out how we will retain certain jobs in america and how we're going to ensure the workers around the globe have the right to bargain with their employers, at least the right to bargain with their employers, if we cannot take that question fall on and asked the democrats in this country to stand up around the question of giving the same rights to people as we give to property, then we will have a continued race to the bottom with america becoming more polarized in terms of wealth. it poses a very dangerous situation for civil society in america. host: is tampa, florida. sonya is on our democrats line. caller: i am from florida. florida is an at will to work state. a lot of things are geared for corporatio

nafta years, the cameras brought in $2. # million but that is about a million and a half less than what was expected. by law, the money must be spent on public and pedestrian safety programs. so far, in chevy chase village, the money has gone to pay for police lockers and radios, a segway and sidewalks and streetlights. this year, the village only expects to make half a million dollars off the cameras after expenses. >>> can you scratch off another place of the list for smokers. rock shill has snuffed out smoking around playgrounds. the city council voted on that issue after getting complaints from parents. will thomas has a closer look. >> reporter: a sanctuary for children. playgrounds where parents and caregivers take little ones to experience the outdoors and now the city of rockville is taking steps to make that experience smoke-free. >> as you can see, there is a lot of open space. take a walk and have a smoke. >> reporter: monday night, the city council unanimously pass a dan that creates a 40-foot smoke-free perimeter around city-owned playgrounds. not the full parks, just the p

things we were talking about is where you came from in texas and that you had been a supporter of nafta which obviously many un unions in this country were not. do you feel you're put between a rock and hard place where you're trying to be pro-union but the unions are asking for more protectionist trade policy? >> my objective isn't to be pro-union. my objective is to help this president with this economic recovery by using trade, with new agreements, enforcing our rules fairly, working with our trading partners to make sure we create more market access for all of america's business interests from farming, ranching, manufacturing, and those industries that maybe haven't been unionized. we do that by making sure we have access to those 95 million consumers who live outside of the united states. i believe that those of us that come from a part of the country that can more easily see the benefits of trade as those of us who live in the southwest and the west coast do, it is incumbent on us though i think to have a more responsive ear to our friends from the northeast. those old industrial

address, gotten the thing well-launched, but in the meantime, the president's al bn trying to get the nafta trade agreement -- free trade agreement passed. he trying to help vice president gore launch the reinventing of government. he's doing the brady bill and 20 other things, all of which were on the white house agenda at the same te. and senator rockefeller, who w -- i'll put it mildly, an ardent champion of health-care reform, goes to his friendthe first lady, and said, "you people are screwing up. you don't have an organization here at the white house that is focused on what has to be done to persuade the country and the congress to ss this legislation. you have to get your act together or nothing is going to happen here. c-span: and he kept -- if i remember rightdidn't he want harold ickes into this thing? >> guest: he kept urging them to find somebody with political smarts who could pull this thing together. mrs. clinton had worked primarily with ira magaziner in developing the health-care proposal, d mr. magaziner, to his credit, recognized that he s a policy person, but not a pol

i think it's absolutely ridiculous that nafta was ever passed in the first place. g.m. was working.n we came to michigan in 19 ah, it was a booming, booming town with all the automobile plants working. everybody was working, everybody had a good job. they had good houses. and now, it is about down to nothing. host: do those workers have a chance for some type of job retraining? caller: some of them does. yes. but the point is the automobile factory is gone in michigan. so to speak. there are hundreds, thousands of retirees that have lost their dental, their vision. and it's just absolutely ridiculous. host: west palm beach florida on our republican line. we hear from matt. caller: yeah, i'm calling about health care. host: ok. caller: when i retire -- i'm 70 now. when i retired i was drawing social security and i couldn't find a doctor, really, nobody wanted to take it so i went into an h.m.o. and i am really, absolutely happy with my h.m.o. they give me m.r.i.s. i've had surgery, i've had c.a.t. scans. and i continue to get great service. they give me free vitamins every month. the

up nafta, that drains of jobs.his is not an accident. you can't listen to what they say, you have to look at what they do. . >> on sunday he'll take your questions live in depth at noon eastern, part of a three-day book t.v. weekend on c-span 2. >> september 1 marked 70th anniversary of the start of world war ii. sunday a commemoration from poland, including the german chancellor, russian prime minister vladamir putin. at 9:00 eastern and pacific on c-span. >> we continue our coverage of healthcare forum with mark warren warren. you can see that tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. eastern. >> oil mogul t-bone pickens will talk about politics and energy at the new west forum tomorrow starting at 2:10 p.m. >> later today, the role of hispanics in the political process debated in two programs from the steamboat institute and the new west forum. hispanics and politics this afternoon on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. >> guest kevin carey was a writer for washington monthly. he answers the question, are we getting the most

but, when we do, you know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, hear of nafta? nav tanks well, that sounds like a great idea, let's go, encourage all these factory developments down along the border and people wouldn't cross it, see and that's fine and the united states also believes in free trade. and has since jefferson administration. what we call globalization. nowadays. we, when sources of labor opened up in asia cheaper than what was in mexico, the ctories went to asia, an those attracted to the border had no jobs any more and there were jobs in the united ates, and immigration was formed and typically mexican and central american my grants acrs the border only stay half the year and then go home. an now they are afraid to go home, because they'll get arrested at the border and what sense does thatmake, they are not only illegal aliens, unhappy about it. and not likely to attach themselves to the -- affectionately to the country where they are trapped. >> okay. so mexico is well populating -- populated if i understand you correctly. a lot of lower class pe

have youeard of nafta? that sounded like a good idea. let's go encourage all these factory developments down along the border, that is fine but the united states believes in free tradend it has since jefferson ran his race. what we call globalization nowadays. well, when sources of labor opened up in asia, they were cheaper than what was in mexico and the factories moved to asa and they had been attracted to the borr. they had no jobs anymore. the jobs were in thenited states though. another thing with the immigration reform typically mexican and central americans migrants across the boa-- border only stay half a year and then they go home. now they are afraid to go home because they will all get the rest that the border. what kind of sense does them a? they are not only illegal aliens but they a unhappy about it. they are not likely to attach themselves affectionately to this country when they are trapped. >> okay, so mexico is well-- if i understand you correctly. a lot of people without jobs or advantages, however that is a country th

i just wanted to say that nafta has been very harmful to the united states. the american citizen, individual workers. i'd also want to say that the jobs, the trade deficit with china, even though we might be one of their larger importers or what have you, it does not touch the amount of the deficit that we have with them, so it is still unbalanced. i want to say that with all of our corporations going overseas, with the trade and nafta, they get paid to go overseas, to send the product back to us. it is a lose-lose situation, and our corporations from wall street to health care to the trades is making the united states a third-class world country. guest: well, again, yes, some jobs are going overseas, but our share of global manufacturing remains very high, and one of the reasons is the high growth of productivity. so we are doing very well in the high-end of manufacturing with highly skilled jobs. those are the jobs that will pay the high wages that we need in this country to support our standard of living, and i do not think in the long run we will be serve

caller: good morning sir, i would have to say the root of the evil is nafta, since that was passed, iave been through four plant closings. two major layoffs, and i am unemployed again, when you send jobs across the border and over to china, that's our problem, i don't see it getting better. >> john feehery will be joining us, and maria cardona will be with us in about 10 minutes, and the take in the obama presidency. mark is joining us from pennsylvania, good morning, your take on the jobless situation. caller: good morning, i think it's totally predictable to be honest. anyone sitting around and thinking of this so-called stimulus will actually work. number one, like i said from the beginning, stimulus isn't going to work, because the money will wind up in state, local governments for the most part, and democratic state and local governments, and it's not going to get to the people that need it. we need a major tax cut, take the rate from middle class from 25-50%, give them a 10% tax cut and take the rate to 10, that will generate income, you can't have a consumer society where the c

i just wanted to say that nafta has been very harmful to the united states. is the american citizen, individual workers. i also want to say that the exodus of jobs and the deficit, trade deficit with china, even though we might be one of china's larger --'s largest exporters and what have you, doesn't touch the amount of the deficit that we have with them. so it is still in balance. i want to say that with all our corporations going overseas with the trade and nafta, they get paid to go overseas. to send the product back to us, it is a lose-lose situation. from wall street to health care to the trade is making the united states a third class world country. >> guest: well, again, yes, some jobs are going overseas but our share of global manufacturing remains very high. one of the reasons is the high growth of productivity. we are doing very well in the high end of manufacturing of highly skilled jobs. those other jobs that will pay the high wages that we need in this country to support our standard of living. and i don't think in the long run we will be served

i just wanted to say that nafta has been very harmful to the united states.the american citizen, individual workers. i'd also want to say that the jobs, the trade deficit with china, even though we might be one of their larger importers or what have you, it does not touch the amount of the deficit that we have with them, so it is still unbalanced. i want to say that with all of our corporations going overseas, with the trade and nafta, they get paid to go overseas, to send the product back to us. it is a lose-lose situation, and our corporations from wall street to health care to the trades is making the united states a third-class guest: again, yes, some jobs are going overseas, but our share of global manufacturing remains very high and one of the reasons is the high growth and productivity. we're doing very well in the high end of manufactured with highly skilled jobs. those of the jobs that will pay the high wages to support our standard of living. i do not think in the long term we will be protected by serving low-wage jobs that do not provide the standa

my second question has to do with the whole thing with nafta. think that because we are in naphtha that we should have an agreement with our neighboring countries not just for services, but a free transfer of labor? guest: two great questions. first of all, the caller is right, when people focus on illegal entry between the ports of entry at the border, particularly the southern border, about 40% of the people here illegally came in that legally and overstayed their visas. it is true is important to focus on all end of the spectrum and the way we did that was that we not only put fencing and technology at the border itself, but we have better systems in place at the airport to try to judge whether people are really going to abide by the visa terms and go back home or stay illegally. another big piece of this is enforcing the law against employersç who basically make a business out of hiring illegal workers and that, of course, creates encouragement for them to stay. we have to deal with all elements of the problem. with respect to the second qu

we expect of those people when they leave high sool to have ideas that are patent worthy of nafta get you a stage where i'm going to talk about when it comes to our philosophy i think it is important to give demographic information not only about michael but the community. i live in brillion, wisconsin, which is located south of green bay. population of 3000 people. many people in your probay due to a school that has 3000 people in the high school. so we are a very small community. we would be considered a world community. however, that would be to the outsider what i think you find out about the small community of brillion. we a very far from what would be a rural blue-collar communities are about 330 studts in the high school. that's grade nine to 12. there are three major industries located in brillion pic one is a company, a worldwide manufacturer of long and silly quitman. a large logistics company, and brillion ironworks which is about a. something very interesting about brillion is these remanufactured on located less tn 1 mile away from the high school, and these three manufac

my second question has to do with the whole thing with nafta.do we think that because we are in naphtha that we should have an agreement with our neighboring countries not just for services, but a free transfer of labor? guest: two great questions. first of all, the caller is right, when people focus on illegal entry between the ports of entry at the border, particularly the southern border, about 40% of the people here illegally came in that legally and overstayed their visas. it is true is important to focus on all end of the spectrum and the way we did that was that we not only put fencing and technology at the border itself, but we have better systems in place at the airport to try to judge whether people are really going to abide by the visa terms and go back home or stay illegally. another big piece of this is enforcing the law against employersç who basically make a business out of hiring illegal workers and that, of course, creates encouragement for them to stay. we have to deal with all elements of the problem. with respect to the seco

with respect to the second question, again, i think that nafta does a couple of things that impact immigrationtimulating the economy, particularly in mexico, it creates more jobs in mexico, which reduces some of the pressure for illegal immigration. but i think the caller makes an interesting suggestion, which is, if we're going to talk about comprehensive immigration reform, which we tried to enact in 2007, we do need to talk to cut trees -- talk to countries like mexico and they need to cooperate with us. we need to make an arrangement with them that they will work with us so that only people who are approved by us come into our country as opposed to thinking across the border. host: in your book you right -- here is a tweet that came in from lynette. guest: i appreciate the sentiment. i can tell you, though, as a matter of fact, that we significantly reversed the problem of the border during my tenure. for the first time in the last -- for the first time in the last couple of years, we saw a decrease of the border and a minimum of stabilizing across the country. we go over 600 miles of fenc

of course, it got to where our government, when they opened up nafta, it went overseas.e had a warehouse sold with downs, surgical equipment -- filled with gowns and surgical equipment. they would send imported products to us so we could redo what they had messed up for 50 cents an hour overseas. guest: there are lots of unfortunate stories about corruption and waste. people unfortunately behave in the inappropriate ways. whether or not unions are needed, in a free-market economy which can accommodate workers and companies in a lot of creative ways, we do not necessarily need unions. in the case of general motors, the government handed over eight large portion of the company to the uaw. host: go ahead. caller: i just heard that last statement, that the creditors should be ahead of the workers' retirement. most of them cover the retirement of the workers, and i find it really offensive that a man who is willing to take public education and really produces very little for the economy sits there and says that the workers should not have a right for their retirement, but the

remember, he promised during the 2008 campaign to renegotiate nafta. well, that didn't happen. and when he was trying to manage the stimulus package and economic recovery, he did a lot of coordination with other countries. and they used a lot of rhetoric to say we were not going to get into trade protectionism, that would be dangerous for the recovery. >> he hasn't pushed card check and some of the other things that the unions felt they would be getting. is this sort of a make good on that? and is it enough? >> well, that's the question, it could be a make good. but if it's a make good, can you control it? once you set that spark, how much can you keep that under control. i think we've got the g-20 coming up in a week when the chinese and the other industrial countries of the world are going to be meeting in pittsburgh. and i think this is a real challenge for the president. if it's a political gesture and the chinese have responded in kind with the political gesture, how do you make sure that you've got a fire wall around that and it doesn't spark some sort of very, very damag

if you remember nafta was supposed to be a great savior for this country and supposed to bring jobs andore competition but her shey chocolate factory moves to mexico. it's a way of saying screw you americans. we can't compete with people making $2.00 a day. you have 1 $100 mart dpaj you have to make the money to pay that. i bring it down to a trust issue. another thing for the politicians. if they want to exempt themselves from the healthcare plan that's what they do, they exempt themselves for things so if it's so wonderful you participate in it sirs and madames. i'm sick and tired of our government trying say they're doing the right thing but in the long run it's a matter of trust. i have no trust for the politicians thank you. >> that's one thing we talked about campaign promises and that's one of president barack obama's biggest promises on the campaign trails is end tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas and that's a lot of angle ns this country and that's something we have not really seen addressed. the stimulus was not exactly what they wanted. i think that you may end

he did talk about the reasons why people are losing their jobs, the greed in corporate america, the naftareaty. here is my solution. unemployment is going up. you are not even covering the unemployment extension. here is my solution. you will get enough in greek people like me, so i suggest we organize, pickup our guns and forcibly take what we need. host: that is one solution. guest: i do not know about your solution, but certainly people are losing their jobs and that health coverage tied to their employment is a big factor behind this motivation for a public plan, because it would not be attached to an employer. host: on the republican line. leslie from chicago. caller: thank you for taking my call. earlier callers -- i guess the indiana guy may have touched on some of our feelings. that is his honest opinion, but he started talking about, i am an american, i am really proud of it. is that what it has turned into? someone else said if a kid gets hit on a bike, just leave him there or something? it got to me. [crying] host: the joy, mich. dtroi -- the troy, mich. -- detroit, michigan. c

nafta had a deeper integration of north america. there was an open regionalism that could connect agent with america's border in the pacific. a coalition reversed things and opened a way for a madrid conference between israel and arab states. these seeds of change were planted by leaders who saw the opportunity of midst seismic shifts. my experience than and a sense has reinforced my sense that events occur within a continuum. there exists "a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. outcomes are not predetermined. they depend on purposeful actions." we are living through another upheaval that is changing our world. missouri would be its applications for the future? it did not occur from nowhere. the last 20 years have witnessed a huge economic shift. the breakdown of the planned economies of the soviet union, the economic reforms in china and india all contributed to a world market economy that vaulted to about 5 billion people. this offers

nafta did not help us any. all these banks and big companies had a report for quarterly profits.well, even their quarterly reporting was fudged. . fudged because $180 billion to get them out n the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from the northern mariana islands rise? mr. sablan: mr. speaker, i ask that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 6. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 6, resolution recognizing the significant contribution coaches make in the life of children who participate in organized sports and supporting the goals and ideals of national coaches appreciation week. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from the northern mariana islands, mr. sablan, and the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, each will control 20 minutes. the gentleman from the northern mariana islands

if you remember nafta was supposed to be a great savior for this country and supposed to bring jobs and more competition but her shey chocolate factory moves to mexico. it's a way of saying screw you americans. we can't compete with people making $2.00 a day. you have 1 $100 mart dpaj you have to make the money to pay that. i bring it down to a trust issue. another thing for the politicians. if they want to exempt themselves from the healthcare plan that's what they do, they exempt themselves for things so if it's so wonderful you participate in it sirs and madames. i'm sick and tired of our government trying say they're doing the right thing but in the long run it's a matter of trust. i have no trust for the politicians thank you. >> that's one thing we talked about campaign promises and that's one of president barack obama's biggest promises on the campaign trails is end tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas and that's a lot of angle ns this country and that's something we have not really seen addressed. the stimulus was not exactly what they wanted. i think that you may en