of the nation of islam growing that mind. i had two sisters who joined the nation of islams in the 1960s. this was shocking. we were raised in a very christian family. this was extremely shocking. and yet what came out of it was a kind of respect, a kind of -- it made us curious. it didn't shatter the love and the relationship. and for something that, you know, we didn't really know very much about. what we knew about the nation of islam, we knew because of mohammed -- muhammad ali. we didn't have any markers within our community to tell us about the that's of the islam and those two things that we knew, malcom x and muhammad ali was positive and so it created this opportunity, it created this door through which we did begin to open our minds and we did begin to open our minds about the range of black experiences that were out there. what disturbing me in post-9/11 and the aftermath of 9/11, we had an opportunity to further that opening of our minds. it was -- it was actually the blast, you know, should have opened our minds,

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [indistinct conversation] [indistinct conversation] >> c-span has launched a new website for politics and the 2012 presidential race. twitter feeds and facebook updates from candid it's a political reporters and at least the media partners -- links to media partners. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," adam green. he talks about his movement to the 170,000 people to not donate to president obama if he cuts social security or medicare. also a discussion on the debt ceiling talks with scott hodge. and a look at the pending deal between the u.s. and panama with erik wasson. that is live on c-span. tomorrow, president obama speaks at a white house news briefing about the death. we will have live coverage starting at 11:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. tomorrow on c-span 3, the u.s. chamber of commerce will host a in jobs for american summit. leaders will discuss the factors in hiring and the role of government trading an opportunity. also include the release of the s

and improves our national security. the office of science is the nation's primary research into science. it helps maintain america's first rate work force of scientists and engineers who are working daily to address some of the greatest challenges and to push the boundaries of existing knowledge. thousands of graduate students and early career scientists at hundreds of u.s. institutions, the next generation of america's scientific talent, depend on the support of the office of science for support and training. in addition, the office maintains excellent, unique user facilities that are relied on by more than 25,000 scientists from industry and academia and national laboratories to advance important research that create jobs today and could lead to entire industries tomorrow. the success of the office of science clearly shows the quality and importance of the work supported there. m.r.i. machines, pet scanners, new composite materials for military hardware and civilian motor vehicles. use of medical and industrial isotop

is capital of the chickasaw nation. how does it work to have the chickasaw nation with an oklahoma. what are the politics and so on? >> guest: i am not sure i know what you mean how does it work? >> host: is it another government laid? does it report to the state of oklahoma? how much autonomy? >> guest: we are a sovereign nation. >> host: so do you -- does that mean that -- do you have to follow the laws of oklahoma since you are contained within the state of oklahoma? >> guest: i wouldn't want to break them. i did get a ticket. i had to pay it. i am not a citizen. >> host: how does that work with a sovereign nation? >> guest: we have the ability to make treaties with the government. we have the ability to negotiate with other governments if we want to. we have the ability to be a country, our own country and make our own decisions. and so that is basically how it works to be a sovereign nation. we are a country. we are our own nation. >> host: why did you call your memoir "the woman who watches over the world"? >> guest: it is based on this beautiful folklore -- folk art piece tha

national institutes of health, national institute of environmental health sciences, $79,504,000. agency for toxic substances and diseased registry, toxic substances and environmental health, $74,098,000. other related agencies, executive office of the president, council on environmental quality and office of environmental quality, $2,661,000. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? mr. lankford: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. lankford of oklahoma. page 98, line 11, after the dollar amount insert, reduce by $2,661,000. page 158, line 25, after the dollar amount insert, increase by $2,661,000. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. lankford: thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment is about eliminating wasteful duplication in our federal government, specifically dealing with the council of environmental quality. this amendment would eliminate the funding for that council of environmental quality and transfer the savings to the spending reduction a

we will check in on the >>> tyler clifford is the only national chosen to be part of the national leaguell-star squad. mike morris still has a chance to be voted into the 34th and final spot on the team. in the meantime, they seem to be sleeping under davey johnson. there was the chopper back to the pitcher. what happened? and went right by denny espinoza. andrew mceaccutchin knocked one. and then went out to the center field. all the way around from first. 5-0 pirates. and then to the gap in right- center. neal walker scores. there were a lot of runs today against the nationals. >>>>> those things happen but they should not affect you. i do not like to give to beat good it was not done today. >> he wants to win. >>> the orioles won today. mark reynolds has been on fire. that was a two-run shot. the orioles win. wimbledon, -- >>> wimbledon, a new winner. novak djokovic. he gets the back-hander and that should do it. he takes the first studio sets and nadal finds himself. watch this. then that one for the nadal 6- 1. and then match point. novak djokovic is your wimbledon champion and no.

[applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] -- 2011] [unintelligible] >> next, your calls and comments on "washington journal." ken and discussion on the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. then a senate hearing on data security. >> he had gone out and got a pistol. he began tracking him. >> on september 6, 1901, and anarchist fired two fatal shot at president william mckinley. .

>> first of all we have to recall this nation as a nation of immigrants. anybody watching either came from africa originally or from a year, they came from asia or latin america. our families did. so including my grandfather, he migrated from cincinnati to mexico looking for his american dream in 1895. it works both ways and it is in reaching to all nations. but i am not for open borders. we have to use our wisdom, orderly administrate this issue and make sure that works to the benefit about the bus partners. >> what is the simple answer? >> the simple answer is to approve the initiative, the bill that was presented by senator kennedy and senator mccain in u.s. congress. that is right on target because it is not opening the borders for anybody to come here. regulates the amount of people that will be invited on a guest program to this nation. according to supply and demand. number two, it will legalize all of those who are here and that do have a job they're working for the construction industry of this nation, that are harvesting the vegetables in califor

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> of my great-grandfather came over from germany. my grandaddy as a teenager fell in love. that is how we got to louisiana. let me do the standups and then i'm yours. >> from here on out, and general meetings. >> i will do it. i am sorry. my focus will be there. i was in massachusetts last night at a huge rally. new england, south carolina, oklahoma. walmart has only gone so far. people find out the work at walmart for minimum wage. they used to work in a factory for $20 an hour. to talkwhat we're going about across this state and country. >> do you think this can be done within the level currently? >> it will be hard. there is no question about it. prairiek is, the needs to burn but you need a match. i have the match but not htthe right conditions. i hope that my website gets funded in that we build this team. it is like ron paul with an issue other than the federal reserve. it.ink we xcacan do >> what do you feel that the bar has to be brees right now? -- raised right n

finally i would like to say that desert storm really helped solidify national space policy and national security space policy. it is space policy national space program that was primarily designed to prosecute a potential war with the soviet union and we all know all those activities and nuclear attacks etc.. desert storm really began to show how all those space systems that have been designed could be used in complex far short of a major conflict with the soviet that could involve nuclear union. weapons and an act that established at the beginning of the policy a policy with regard to national security. we needed that they were absolutely critical to military operations whether they were small or large. that was new. that they were necessary, that they needed to be sustained, detected. modernized and they had to be all of a sudden we crossed over the line. are talked art talk about a missed opportunity, where we could have signed up for an arms control agreement with that. i think by the time desert storm occurred, it became clear that arms controls will be very difficult if the united

another on a budget talks took place on the on the hill today yet no deal was that is the fate of our nation really rests on a battle of egos republic between republicans and democrats and they've gone from buying their way into college universities or buying their own laws i'll tell you how the koch brothers are using their billions to literally write legislation for one makers. getting to know this another day another round of debt ceiling negotiations another no go on reaching a compromise that would prevent the united states from defaulting on its financial obligations on august second but there's been no lack of drama in washington as last night's meetings ended with reports of house majority leader eric cantor and president obama facing off in a heated exchange of words and today treasury secretary tim geithner a lot like one lawmakers but they're running out of both time and options. we've looked at all available options and we have no way to get congress more time to solve this problem and we're running out of time and the eyes of the country are on us and the eyes of the world aroun

and well above the national average of 366,000. does the prime minister agree with me that the option outlined on water affordability suggesting a government subsidy around 50 pounds per household in the southwest would go a long way to write this unfairness of? >> this issue of excessive water bills in the southwest has been an issue for many, many years and i'm proud of the fact that within a year it is this government that has decided to grip it. we are determined to lower water bills in the southwest. we pledged that in the budget. we will set out our proposals which will be published in november. >> the crisis at southern cross has raised fears about the viability of the sector. so will the prime minister inject some urgency into his governments renewal of companies that provide care services? we need a belt to stop the elderly abuse about the place they called home. >> i think the honorable gentleman makes an excellent important point and many of us, myself included, have care homes in our constituencies run by southern cross

admiral mullen said our national debt is our biggest national security problem. most everyone agrees the defense department cannot be immune from efforts to bring our fiscal house in order. we have been told that the department is conducting a comprehensive program review and that the details are not yet known but it is likely that this review will include significant additional suggested reductions in the 2012 budget request. cuts that are even more than the $6 billion reduction to the department's request that this committee recently reported in our fy-2012 authorization bill. the department will have to make tough funding choices and we will need our military's best advice on how to reduce spending that realistically manages risk in ways that adequately addresses our top national security challenges. we will be interested in hearing general dempsey's thoughts on defense spending and in particular whatever he could tell us about the comprehensive national security review that i referred to. the next chairman of the joint chiefs will also have to manage the tran

national park service, operation of the national park system. $2,240,152,000. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk, number 049. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. tonko of new york. page 14, line 7, after the first dollar amount, insert decreased by $8,408,000. page 14, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert increased by $,408,000. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to offer an amendment to h.r. 25 4, the interior environment and related agencies act for fiscal year 12. the amendment is bipartisan and supported by the congressional national heritage caucus and the 49 national heritage areas across our country. the amendment is straightforward and modest. the amendment restores the national heritage area program within the national park service to the fiscal year 2010 funding levels. this amount is constant with the amount approved by congress for the last several years. to pay for this

i'm not a flurry of national guy. they said start putting together a chapeau goes like i just want to rate policy. please send me do my job. instead they wanted poetry and it just blew my mind. but really in the end, it turned out to be a very helpful exercise. when that we all care about is what chance does that give the u.s. government, what tidings does forget to departments and agencies? policy is actually an external communications device. told other nations can other people at the u.s. intent is a golden policy are. i believe the chapeau national space policy set the tone in the landscape and says this is by redoing space. this is why we do it yet this is what we believe in the rest of the policy says this is how executed. i thought the chapeau was a nice addition to the document. the principles and goals they think is all my colleagues and predecessors had mentioned, those that stayed pretty much the same since the eisenhower administration. but then those interested in the element to be up on administration po

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable daniel webster to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event will we continue past 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, for five minutes. mr. poe: mr. speaker, we've heard the song "this land is your land, this land is my land, from california to new york islands, this land was made for you and me." the greatest, largest landholders is uncle sam. uncle sam, the great landowner. he owns 27% of all the land in america. this poster here

a 40% coast to the national landscape conservation system means 27 million acres of national monuments, wilderness >> scenic rivers and other treasures will be inadequately protected. a 60% cut to the northern american wetteland conservation act means our birds and fish and wildlife resources will lose protections that keep these populations viable. a 55% reduction to the clean water state revolving fund means less protection for quality -- for water quality and improvement projects in the united states. . and a prohibition of funding for the great lakes restoration initiative mean mishome state of illinois and the great lake michigan will lose millions of dollars in federal assistance to promote food jobs and clean drinking water for millions of our citizens. and while this bill severely cuts these and other priorities, it provides handouts to corporate polluters in the form of policy riders. these would threaten public health and environmental laws which have protected our country for decades. one rider reverses a moratorium on uranium mining on the rim of the grand canyon. it would

national parks, then "q &a." a discussion on the state of the national parks.s is about 25 minutes. "washington journal" continues. host: john jarvis is the national park's director. starting his term of service back in 1976. and is here to talk to us about the state of america's national parks. back in april, when they were going through budget cuts, there was a budget cut with the national parks and a threat of government shut down. there was a concern about the impact on the national parks. bring us up to speed on what the current budget situation is with regard to national parks. guest: basically what happened leading up to the potential shut down, there was a concern about that time of year. spring when the parks were preparing for the ramp-up for the visitation. there was a fear the parks would be shut down. fortunately, we avoided that and in the final fiscal 2011 budget that was passed by congress and signed by the president, ultimately the park service did fairly well. there was a clear recognition by the appropriations leadership on that side that the

in 2010, our national g.d.p. was $14.6 trillion, raising the debt to $16.3 trillion mean our debt ceiling will surpass our country's g.d.p. and yet for the 81st time since 1940, we are being asked again to raise the debt ceiling. if -- in 2002, our debt stood at $10.6 trillion. now not even 10 years later, we are asked to raise it to $16.2 trillion. that's a 250% increase for an average of 16.7% increase per year. obviously, continuing on this past, next year, it is likely we will be asked in this chamber to raise the debt ceiling to $19 trillion. that's staggering. in keeping with this 70-year tradition, we are certain to force our nation's spiraling and out-of-control debt on to the backs of our country's children and grandchildren. raising the debt ceiling today without reform will merely lead to a new call, a new call to raise the debt again tomorrow. is the united states disciplined enough to solve this debt problem through austerity and productivity? i think it is. yet i believe we can, but only if we break

the national guard right now, we have 363 national guard troops on the drown the-ground. we have more, so it is a constant buildup of what we are doing in arizona. when we bring arizona under control, not if, we will do so as quickly as we can. something that i think critical here is the following -- this year because of a drop in activity levels that we have seen, we figure that we will end up in the year with apprehensions somewhere between 106,100 18,000. but as 106,000 --106,000 and 118,000. throughout the state of california, we have apprehended over 57,840 cross border illegal aliens. coming across. i felt comfortable making the following statement, that in california, people are not complaining. that is not to say that the 57,840 is acceptable because we're still driving that number down. in arizona, 106,000 right now. what the proper number is? for me, it would be zero. but as the governor said earlier, that is an impossibility. we're working towards that. we are working to ensure that what is crossing is being caught. and we cannot forget that the border is not t

cuts and then put two trillion dollars on the nation's credit card reagan borrowed and spent in just eight years more money then every president of the united states from george washington to jimmy carter come by and now the republicans don't want to pay the bill for reagan stepped. then george herbert walker bush came along he kept running up the nation's credit card so that by the time he left office four years later he added another one and a half trillion dollars to the debt and to or the credit card bill and today the republicans don't want to pay off herbert walker is dead either that's two republican presidents in a row blowing up our national debt from just under a trillion dollars where it would have been basically for all of american history to over four point three trillion dollars in just twelve years then bill clinton comes into office raises taxes on the rich and slow down the growing national debt even though clinton tacked on another trillion dollars to the debt by the time he left office in two thousand and one he actually had our nation running a budget surplus and

i'm talking about our national debt. our national debt is the threat. it is the great e threa greatesr national security. i'll tell you this isn't a problem for one party, the other party, it is a problem for all of us as americans. now, i'm not the only one that's saying it. actually, the chairman of the -- of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, has said the most significant threat, the most significant threat to our nation's security is our debt. let me repeat, the most significant threat to our national security is the debt. you may notice, mr. president, that admiral mullen makes no mention at all of the debt ceiling. the presiding officer: would the senator from wyoming cease for a minute. could we have order, please. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming may continue. mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, as i was saying, you will note that admiral mullen makes -- makes no mention at all of a debt ceiling, he is talking specifically about the debt. and he is doing that

that's still important, in the national guard. i think our younger generation is doing a better job of sharing their stories, but clearly, we have put our directors of psychological health outside of the medical community, because we didn't want or believe that someone would seek assistance from someone who is going to determine whether they were fit for duty. and we wanted to take that component away. otherwise, we'd be forcing them underground, so to speak. and, it's important, and i think because we put our directors of psychological health in places where yellow ribbon, transition assistance, is available, they become part of a larger team in the national guard, to support both our airmen and soldiers. the wonderful thing the department of defense has done, i just want to acknowledge, is develop the battlemind program. and i would encourage individuals to check out this wonderful resource. the battlemind program is accessible through the internet, and it's individuals who served in military, talking about their experiences, ta

so here we had a national launch policy and what national strategy based on a single thread to spaceas a space shetland would be the challenger accident. 32 months we had no access to space. as gil said seven i was up on the hill working at the time. peter aldrich deserves gold stars for american space history because he almost single-handedly -- i don't know what was going on inside the administration but the at the senate armed services committee overmuch objection was able to get what he called the complementary expendable launch vehicle program funded. if we hadn't have that, the united states would have literally brennan grounded for almost three years. we also had a situation at nasa with the space shuttle crisis and space station freedom that was really beginning, moaning -- moving to building something and we began to understand the program. the shuttle program was in disarray at nasa in 1988. the space station freedom which gil neglected to admit that administrator beggs said it would cost $8 billion. by 1989 the first time we opened him below, it was 400% cost increase and

how about your fourth netroots nation? how many are here for the fifth netroots nation?o are our perfect attendance people? [cheers and applause] i loved it. >> i did not get to go to that first netroots nation. i only made it starting at the second one. i got to come to the second one as a candidate for the united states congress. i apologize to all of you for not winning. it has meant a tremendous amount tiki to be able to come to these events and talk to all of you about the step that you are working on and the things that you really care about. this event is incredibly important, not only to the future of the progressive movement, but to the future of our country. >> i agree. there is so much all of us can learn from each other. we can build off each other, just getting to know each other. some of us will start talking to each other over e-mail or read about each other's work. many of us are meeting each other for the first time, but that energy and dedication really mean something and we can really build off of that. every year i come out of this conference energize

this is important for the national guard, but there's another population in the national guard that i think needs to be highlighted here. and that is, not all of the national guard are considered veterans. so, they may not be able to participate in some of the va programs. that's why our relationship with samhsa and kathryn's group, the memorandum of understanding that we have between the national guard and samhsa is so important because it connects with the community. and the communities, through samhsa and our relationship, that's where the national guard is. it's the governor in the state and it's the militias, as kathryn mentioned, so a vast majority of folks that we're seeing in the psychological health program, they've never been deployed. so, it's very important for us to look at community resources, as kathryn mentioned. absolutely, and hector, you're in the thick of it in the community. take us through a cycle of some of the folks that you counsel and that you work with. the most important part, when we think about these veterans and when it comes to homelessness, for me, the

nation or a baptist nation or a catholic nation and said the government doesn't have this power. government has no power to regulate religion in that manner, and so their petitions to the government would say things like we are fighting for religious liberty for jews and christians of every denominations, and it goes on and on. mind you, there's not a lot of turks in 18th century virginia. [laughter] these people understood that we're creating a nation for the long term and these people have every right to freedom of religion like we do. they also thought, and especially john leeland, one of the great leaders, one of the most popular preachers in virginia at the time thought it was an oxy mormon to talk about a christian nation or an o bomb nation. if i get preferment or even protection because i'm a christian, it's a specie of idolatry. okay? i worship god because i worship god. if i get anything from the government for worshiping god, it's idolatry, so leeland is preaching. jesus says the regime is not of this world. give to caesar what is caesars, keep government out, and now

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] y. chaplain conroy: let us pray. eternal god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. as the house gathers at the end of a difficult week, grant the members peace and calm that they might attend to the issues and policies that they continue to consider. may they honor the values and traditions that we share as a people. help them be mindful of the gifts of peace, justice, fairness and respect that our -- at our hour. as it is so often easy for all of us to focus on what separates one from another, may our understanding that you have created us as one people remind us of the values that bind us altogether as americans in the human family. may all that is done this day in the people's house be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by th

that's the latest from our special reports about one of russia's leading national parks. mountain ranges and hills roll across the landscape intricate crests rocks towers centuries old trees. even the water wind and rocks constantly advised to seek primacy they exist in a unique calm. deep holes in the dawn mines swift mountain streams and quiet springs flow from the ground. this is time tonight nature's peculiar creation on the border between the urals and siberia it is the size of one of the rushes out of the way national parks. where national park warden balanchine gregorio is on duty he uses a customized off road vehicle with large wheels to move around forest causing those of the easiest way to the peaks of the ground to ny ridge you don't find roads or footpaths here. adventure enthusiastic so not put off by the hardships of the journey this group of tourists is from the city of chelyabinsk an industrial center in the urals the holiest rock climbing today that destination is the top of a cliff called arctic noid crest waiting across this mountain stream is a dangero

transfer into norway where the country is still reeling in the aftermath of the worst violence that nation has experienced since world war two and we'll explore what really motivated these horrific attacks there and whether the same things could be just around the corner here in the u.s. . right well a weekend filled with name calling is sulking finger pointing and posturing and no i'm not talking about the latest episode of toddlers and tiaras i'm sadly talking of course about capitol hill the place where lawmakers might scream shalt have sex affairs everything it seems except for important stuff like actually covering governing this country which of course is why with just one week to go until america vehicles on its debts were made no closer to raising the debt limit now here's what senator harry reid said about the state of negotiations over this weekend. i spent all weekend trying to work something out with republicans. but instead of moving forward we went backwards. and so fed up senator reid unveiled his own plan essentially a last ditch effort to protect the title meant like socia

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> even as president obama was holding this briefing, republicans were disagreeing with the president's plan to include cutbacks and tax breaks for the wealthy and big corporations. house speaker john boehner's office sent two e-mails to his list saying that tax hikes should never have been in the discussion. he is holding his own briefing from the capital visitors center. we plan to take your calls after this news conference. a little bit of information -- the house is in recess now until 2:00 p.m. eastern and that will be back for more work on energy and water spending for next year. also at 2:00, a meeting is scheduled to get under way between president obama and congressional lawmakers continuing the negotiations on the federal budget and raising the debt ceiling. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [inaudible] [no audio] >> as you saw the president's press conference, the president said there would be no deal on raising the government's debt limit it republicans won't co

i saw the great challenges that our nation faced, the exploding debts and deficits our nation's energy dependence, costly wars in afghanistan and iraq and our painful jobs and economic crisis, and i wanted to help make things better by bringing a little common sense from washington. i knew we had to focus on rebuilding america and in doing so making hard, difficult political choices. now some of my colleagues ought to remind me that fixing problems as complex as our debt crisis isn't easy, but with all due respect, it seems like we make it harder than it really needs to be. my friends, it doesn't need to be this way. i did not come to washington with the illusion that i could reinvent the wheel, but i did come to think that i could help balance the wheels and make the car run a little smoother. months ago when i said that i would not vote to raise the debt ceiling without a long-term fix, i really thought that this congress and our president would be able to tackle the issue head on and have it done by now. as i made clear on that day, the choices we make to address our debt now will d

it is time to put america's national security and national interests first and not some whim of some president because someone outside the u.s. asked him. we know the muslim brotherhood, despite what some say, has been supporting terrorism. the evidence was clear in the old foundation trial. we know that this administration has bent over backwards to appease such folks. and it's time for an amendment that makes very clear, which this one does, mr. president, it doesn't matter whether you're going to try to use our military to through they toe, our military through the u.n., our military head up for reconnaissance, rescue, it doesn't matter, you're not going to use the. for those who argue the war powers is constitutional or it's unconstitutional, i would humbly submit it does not matter. even though the war powers act was passed as a cush against the president at the time, it is actually a gift to a president because this body has the power of the purse to cut off funding at any time it so desires and the war powers gave him a gift and said, look, we'll give you days and days an days

is that the nation of islam is like jazz. if the black christian churches the blues, then -- god i sound like cornell. i don't mean it that way. what i mean is that it is an indigenous black institution. so what i mean is they were there were very few american theologies that are born here. and the two that actually are here that exist here that were born here are black liberation theology out of slave religion that is about christianity as the nation of islam. so there are two forms of islam that find their way here but immigration islam only finds its way here because the nation existed in indigenous institutions. it is part of what makes that initial slur towards president obama muslim and then what we know, when they say muslim what they mean is the n word. we know that those things are linked and so part of their the pain, the absolute pain of the moment of the killing of bin laden is that we all feel that jc barack obama, get them, take them and simultaneously he had to kill osama bin laden to do it and he had to kill t

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> as far as how states are viewing debt discussions in washington, what concerns among chief executives like yourself? >> the concerns are two-fold. the biggest concern and the more inaction we have been out of washington, d.c., the more upset this causes in our own economies and state. consumer confidence and business confidence is affecting my economy. you can imagine my consumer confidence is down. i'm not getting revenues and it is affecting the coffers of state government. a number of those in the business community have money but have not been willing to hire simply because of the uncertainty of what is going on in washington, d.c. that really has a direct impact but not just my state. with all the individuals at the table, we said if what we hear is correct and you are planning a 10% cut of medicaid to the tune about $100 billion and the backs of the states, you need to know the consequences of that and only to those who are being served by that but also, is to tho

i think it ought to be clear as a percentage of our national wealth and our national budget, what we spend on defense has come down. and, frankly, we ought to remember we are at war, we are in a dangerous situation. this is not the first place to cut, although cut we have. in my opinion, i think it's the last place that we ought to cut. and the consequences of what my friend proposes i think would be terrific. it would be reducing and canceling training for returning troops, canceling navy training, exercises, reducing air force flight training, delaying and canceling maintenance of aircraft, ships and vehicles, delaying important safety and quality of life repair. this is not the time for us to embark on additional cuts on top of the restraints in spending that we've already done as a house. i would urge the rejection of my friend's amendment, and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? >> i move to strike the rewick sit number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for fi

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] signed, john boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair at this time recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. defazio, for five minutes. mr. defazio: well, this week we've just disproven two items of republican orthodoxy and that is corporations don't pay taxes, only individuals pay taxes. and tax cuts create jobs. what am i talking about? well, last friday the authorization for the federal aviation administration expired so the government is not collecting $200 million a week in security fees and othe

oil twenty seven percent of all americans are in favor of nationalizing r.l. and twenty four percent between the two of them a majority are not sure i think frankly it's time to nationalize or to say like sarah palin did you know this is our oil we're going to take a chunk off the top and we're going to use that money to green the world. after the break the death penalty debate is heating up again in america as one state outlaws in another state a long star state creeps closer to causing an international incident with their death. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right. i think. even one well. whenever the government says they're very confused safe get ready if you can forgive your freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so sleep you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else hears you some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry is a big issue. for . five. what about the big picture i'm tom hartman coming up in this half hour state illinois pulls the plug on the d

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] cable satellite corp. 2011] . >> the senate was scheduled to take a week-long break for july 4, but majority leader read decided senators would return to continue negotiations on the debt and deficit. lawmakers need one week to draft a bill and get it through the house and senate. they will start work on military operations in libya. they are in at 2:00 p.m. today with a procedural vote at 5:00 p.m. the house returned to legislative business at 2:00 eastern on wednesday with the vote after 6:30. the main work in the house today will be on defense spending for 2012. follow the house live when they return tomorrow, here on c-span. >> mission control, houston. >> roger, discovery. >> asset is on schedule for the final shuttle mission. look back at the shuttle program, starting with the launch of sts 1 columbia. c-span.org. >> it used to be, we did not released transcripts of arguments. now we release them within a half-hour. it used to be the auditor recordings of the court's

or the united nations. the third and probably most important, that the palestinian leaders must take appropriation measures to counter the incitement to violence and fulfill all prior palestinian commitments, including dismantling the terrorist infrastructure embodied with hamas. israel is a bright and shining beacon in a sea of despots, theocrats and autocrats. the palestinian leaders can choose to be part of this. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. berman p.c. i'm pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman on the foreign affairs committee, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. murphy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. murphy: i rise in support of this resolution. setting preconditions on negotiations is just an excuse to maintain the status quo. if president abbas is serious about peace, he should focus all his energies and the nrblings of his people on negotiations with israel. an agreement won't be ease eesy but the outlines of an agreement

[captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., july 28, 2011. i hereby appoint the honorable daniel webster to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has passed s. 1188, an act cited as the all-american flag act in which the concurrence of the has is requested. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2011, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the

to the national press club. my name is mark. i'm a broadcast journalist with the associated press, and i am the 104th president of the national press club. we're the world's leading organization for journalist and we're committed to our profession's future to our programing of events such as this and working to foster a free press worldwide. for more inflation about the national press club, i invite you to take a look at our website, press.org, and donate to programs offered to the public through our journalism library. . donna is a reporter for "usa today" and a past president. mary eisenhower is president and ceo of people to people international and a granddaughter of dwight d. eisenhower. she is also a fellow -- we will skip over the podium. we have our speech -- speakers' committee chair doing a fabulous job this year. we will skip over or guest speaker for a moment. we have a contributor for "newsweek." robert is the research director for cnn. jonathan is producer-director of the "lieutenant dan band: for the common good"

we're going to go right through the united nations targets. we're going have an increase in energy consumption, fossil fuel consumption inhe next four decades of 70%. it's not going down; it's going up fast. there's going to be more renewables also. but we're going right through the u.n. targets which means that we're no longer at the place where we can mitigate or prevent climate change. we are in the age of adaptation. and the only way you can adapt and the mos.. you have to be resilient. i mean, adaptation is resilience. and resilience really requires healthy ecosystems that actually can be protected and can withstand stress. >> rose: the global warming urgency set back by the controversy over some of the documentation that had been provided out of london? >> sure. sure it was. >> rose: in terms of what have? credibility or... >> well, you know, science in this country actually a tool of ideology and whatever your opinion is, you kind of use science. i had a conversation last week with bill gates, two weeks ago with bill gates and we were t

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no alcohol whatsoever is allowed on the national mall. also leave grills, tents and glass bottles at home. as far as getting there the best way is probably by public transportation. and make sure to get there early so you can get a good spot to watch the show. >>> casey anthony's fate will soon be in the hands of a jury. today lawyers began wrapping up their closing arguments in the sensational murder trial. karen brown has the very latest from orlando. >> reporter: casey anthony's defense spend its final hours in front of the jury trying to convince them there is not enough evidence to convict her of murder. >> the reason you don't have that evidence that they are desperately trying to find is because it is an unprovable case. >> reporter: they tried to discredit the state's charge that the 25-year-old woman suffocated her 2-year-old daughter caylee by attacking the forensic evidence then they pointed the finger at anthony's father saying he covered up an accidental drowning. they were not allowed to bring up allegations that he molested

this is true for the nation. we're spending more money on health care in america for a less productive outcome, less healthy people. i'm convinced that vermont can sign a cost-containment system that works where we use our health care for making people hethy and getting at the insurance companies often are providers back and letting them do what they do best, providing medicine. most importantly, get the waste and abuse out of the system so that we can spend less for better quality care in a system where it is a right and not a privilege. host: first call from fairfax, va., and vermont residents, your number is -- john, from fairfax. you are wrong with the governor. -- you are on. caller: good morning. i sent the presidento health care plan early on when he was asking for them. basically, it would be to set up health savings accounts for each baby before they are born with combined funds from the state, family, d the federal government. for right now, my idea is for vermont to allow nonprofit health-care centers