reeves nelson the freshman, went for a double-double. 19 points and 10 rebounds.california tomorrow at 6:00 in the semifinal game. and then, we've got two more later tonight. number three seed washington against oregon state the six seed and number two arizona state against stanford >>> down here with coach mike montgomery. 90 points. solid defense. when you take a look at the season, was this more of a complete games you have had all year? >> no, not really. we shot the ball well today. so you know, when our guys shoot the ball we're hard to beat. i thought we made some mistakes. the fact that we were shooting the ball well, we got a lot of people to play. got some rest. having to play 40 minutes three straight -- two straight days is tough. i thought that helped us a little bit. but, we shot the ball well. you know, oregon's a team that's capable of scoring a lot of points. >> talking about the luxury that you're able to take your star out at the ten-minute mark, that's a lot of rest? >> it stayed the way. i rested patrick in the first half, rested theo in the f

. >> thank you, senator nelson. senator thune? >> admiral, general, thank you very much to your extraordinary service to our country in some interesting and dangerous times. general petraeus, the advanced weapons systems defined for antiaccess and aerial denial are being proliferated including in the centcom responsibility. iran, for example, is seeking to purchase the russian sd300. what's your views by the iranians to pursue some of these antiaccess and aerial denial strategies? >> and, in fact, with respect to the s300, i think you know that has not been delivered. and there's quite a bit of focus on that whether it will be delivered because it would represent a significant increase in the capability air and missile defense capability of the iranian forces. there's no question in a they are trying to increase their antiaccess capabilities against maritime as well as air threats. it's something that we watch and that regional partners and others in that area watch very closely as well. >> what's your view on the pursuit of these

>> you probably have to ask senator nelson as to how they handling this.opefully, they vote for my amendment. you cannot start a new program unless you can prove that the money to tart the program didn't come from medicare -- money to start the program didn't come from medicare. >> greta: is it going to pass? >> it is the only way to protect medicare, so it should. >> greta: will the republicans get in the way of anything and everything the democrats try do? smart or suicidal strategy? rnc chairman michael steele is next. two angry state attorneys general are here. will they derail the health care bill? care bill? stay right here. [ male announcer ] this is nine generations of the world's most revered luxury sedan. this is a history of over 50,000 crash-tested cars. this is the wrld record for longevity... and one of the most technologically advanced automobiles on the planet. this is the 9th generation e-class. this is mercedes-benz. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial. ♪ so i couldn't al

. >> david nelson is ceo of d.c.set management and david, right before the weeks and months before the presidential election, what was the budding relationship between wall street and president -- then senator obama? >> well, the relationship was quite strong. many of those on wall street were supporting president obama and what the administration needs to understand, today, is that america votes with their wallet. and if they start to sense that somebody on the other side of the aisle is going to be better for business they will abandon ship quickly. >> what do the wall streeters expect to happen under obama's helm? >> well, i am not sure what you mean by that. but, i think what we have to understand, here, is that wall street is basically a sales organization. the job of protecting you, the consumer and any american -- and the american public is government's job and government failed in that job and as a matter of fact, if you look back at history, look back at 2007, the federal reserve regulators and congressional

senator ben nelson. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, gentlemen, for your service and for being here with us today. general m petraeus, we've heard from all of the services that combatant commanders have difficulty getting enough i.s.r., and this budget starts to address that, adding more u.a.v.'s, but the focus is primarily been on the number of aircraft and not on the personnel required to operate the aircraft, and analyze of the intelligence collected. and some respects, it seems to help that the easier part may be getting the uav's, the tougher part may be in manning the uav mission in terms of staffing as well as intelligence. can you give us your opinion on this overall picture of isr, personnel versus equipment? >> i'd be happy to, sir. in fact, there's something called the f3ead process, that is find, fix, finish, analyze and disseminate. of that, the hardware you just talked about, what might be on a uav is a subset of that. it's a very, very critical subset, but again, without all of the people that do

as reeves nelson who didn't play in the last game against arizona had 19 points and 10 rebounds. a double-double in the bruins victory. >> don: pretty impressive. >> steve: porter missing the three. into the hapdz of oregon. it looked like zhang got knocked from behind. >> don: jerome randle out of his mind in this first half. if you're ernie kent, we let randle get 20. they're shooting unbelievably from behind the line. only a ten-point game. >> steve: christopher, also, 3 of 5 from three-point range. porter stays with randle defensively. he is feeling it. when you hit shots like that, don -- >> don: not often that jerome randle can go over the top of anyone. you're right. when those start going down, look out. >> steve: we saw that a couple of weeks ago when he went out in tucson, arizona. >> don: zhang affecting the game. they're trying to get to the rim. it goes off of porter. cal ball. >> steve: he's been a differencemaker. and they'll need that depth. they haven't zhang because of a partially collapsed lung. here's christopher for three! >> don: which is why they're so dang

you get reeves nelson back.t on a moment ago, he seems to change the complexion of your team when he's out there. he had 19 points and 10 rebounds. inside, he's such a force on the board. >> first of all, he's a real low-post scoring threat. he's strong. he can handle the bodies down there. he's 235 pounds. he's really strong hands. hard to get the ball out of his hands. reeves's just scratching the surface of who's going to be in the future. he's has a chance to be a special player. >> what can you expect to see if you play oregon or cal? >> oregon's on a roll right now. they have won 3 of their last 4 games. porter was fantastic. their whole team is rallying around coach kent which is great to see and cal's the best team in our league. they won our conference. very, very well-coached. look at the stat that you put up on cal. they had 5500 points out of their seniors. the next closest team in the league was 2600 from the seniors. it's amazing how good those four seniors are. >> congratulations on your win. we'l

we still want to address that, and we still certainly want to change the nelson language, which is thebortion language in the senate bill. but it does not further restrict a woman's access to abortion. there's some mechanical things that still need to be dealt with. the two-check issue, i think there are ways that it can be handled where it's not burdensome. but as far as the actual provisions of restrictions, they're not past current law. >> are you disappointed that this does appear to contradict candidate obama's statement about how he felt about the hyde amendment when running for office in 2007? as you said, it doesn't make things practically worse but it does imply he's not going to be an ally on withdrawing the hyde amendment if that had been the pro-choice caucus's goal. >> i think there are a bunch of things we can do. i have heard that even those who define themselves as pro-life are interested in doing some things like adding a fetal anomaly to one of the reasons why perhaps an abortion might be considered legal, you know right now it's rape, incest, and the possible death o

nelson place your dad. what is the most challenging thing about capturing a family like this?> just how messy it is, when you sit around a table and people are talking -- around each talking talking over each other. and just the real feeling of an extended family. they have done a great job capturing the sound, and they run three cameras at a time and let us overlap and improvise and talk over each other. i think we're doing a good job of capturing some of the specific sound of what a family sounds like. i think that is a writer, who created "friday night lights," does a great job of creating these very complicated and interesting relationships between the brothers and sisters and kids. it is just a great world but i fell in love with it when i read it. i hope people fall in love with it, too. >> i am sure they will. can wait -- can't wait to see. you can catch the new series on tuesdays. a double those of "svu" on wednesday. and the new series "who do you think you are"on friday nights. >>> how young is too young for a child to have a profile on a social networking site? face

eight republicans joined the democrats, only one democrat, ben nelson of nebraska, voted against the measure appeared well according to "usa today," "the job picture is getting brighter. the government said that there is further sign that a labor market is turning the corner, the number of jobs in the u.s. rose, the second-largest increase since march of 2007. louisiana, john, democratic line. are we the problem? caller: good morning. thank you for the opportunity to express my opinions. the authors of that article are creating a false dichotomy, the government and the people of the same thing. politicians that we elect ultimately make bad decisions, they are affecting their own futures as well. on the subject of the economy, the number one subject troubling most americans today, i feel that what we are actually facing is a culmination of our philosophy since the cold war that we should transfer the entire world into a capitalist, democratic world. the capitalist cited is that we have created a monster in the competition from other countries and the cheap imports coming into this cou

now senator nelson. >> mr. ditlow? >> yes. >> there's a deadline coming for mandatory use of electronic data recorders, is that right? >> there is -- there's a deadline coming on the standardization. there's no requirement that it be installed. >> if there's a deadline for standardization, why does -- what is your opinion that toyota still uses proprietary software to read out the contents if it's going to be standardized? >> the data that are going to be recorded will be standardized. there is no standardization on the read out and making it commercially available. so it's a failing in the rule that's about to be issued, or that has been issued and it's about to be made final. >> and you think that needs to be corrected? >> yes. i mean, we need two things. we need to mandate them in all vehicles and we need the readout be standardized so that anyone can read it. >> is an edr part of the air bag assembly? >> there is, in fact, a data recorder that's associated with the air bag. the edr is a more advanced version and it

talk to nelson mandela. peace is harder. peace is really hard. victory is close, i haired mr. poe's words. what message are we sending to our troops? the alamo is a metaphor for this? come on, mr. poe. and mr. poe started out, this is about our troops. that's exactly right. this is about our troops. thank you, mr. kucinich, for allowing us to have a debate. here we have spent hundreds of billions of dollars and we have had no real debate. so thank you for bringing this and allowing us to do this. and we need a debate in a democracy so everyone understands the costs, the cost of going to war and the cost of not going to war, the material cost, the human cost. this is about the troops, i agree with mr. poe. you know, we record, and i have been to iraq and afghanistan. i have met these incredible young men and women who are doing this battle, as mr. poe suggested. they are incredible. it's the policymakers i am worried about. we report 1,000 almost in afghanistan and we report around 40,000 casualties. let me tell you, i am chairman of the veterans committee in this congress. we

state trooper mike gillis, greg mccaul, ella meyers, and jeffrey nelson, and to join me in praying for the departed victims and their families, bruce malloy, lisa mcclindon, andrea meyers, core even gracie meyers, -- corrine gracie meyers, dean wise and tracy wise. even though those souls are no longer with us, i know we will never forget them and we will do all we can to honor their memories. as elected officials we never want to come to the house floor for these purposes. in many ways, however, it's one of the most important duties we have as members of congress to honor and call the attention of the nation to those in our districts who have experienced great loss and committed brave acts in the most difficult times. i hope for all of us that these appearances are due few and par -- are few and far between. our thoughts and prayers are with the counties. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. mr. jones from north carolina. mr. poe: mr. speaker, i request to take mr. jones' time. the

nelson: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that my amendment numbered 3431 be in order when we return to h.r. 4213, and up to ten minutes to speak regarding that amendment. mr. coburn: mr. president? the presiding officer: is there an objection? mr. coburn: mr. president, i object on behalf of the managers who are not present here at this time. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. nelson: thank you, mr. president. i still ask for up to ten minutes to speak on behalf of this amendment, even though the objection has been heard and registered. the presiding officer: the senator may speak. mr. nelson: mr. president, the amendment that i rise today to speak on is straightforward. it would provide an offset for all nonemergency provisions included in the bill h.r. 4213. the amendment would direct the office of management and budget to rescind $35 billion in unobligated american recovery and reinvestment act funds on a prorated basis. the amendment would exclude military construction and v

we think of the ben nelson the cornhusker deal what it took to get senator nelson's vote for healthcare reform. i don't think that medicare deal was moderating. and certainly if we live in a senate as many folks have talked about with liberal democrats sort of clustered on the left and conservative republicans clustered on the right the 60th senator is not very close to the 51st. in fact, you might have to travel quite a distance to find a policy change that accommodates the 60th senator let alone the 70th or the 80th to build a bipartisan coalition so i think i come out of that claim -- a mixed set of evidence whether it, in fact, does good or does harm. finally we take a look at the claims that the rules are stable. rules 22 is impervious to reform because the majority prefers super majority rules. and the more you get into that it turns out that's pretty tough to test as well because quite often when motions and efforts to reform the filibuster have come up, all right, it's hard to get a majority on record because there's a filibuster getting to the vote on reform. so we can come bac

earlier today, reeves nelson and the ucla bruins knock off arizona 75-69.semifinal round and they will take on pac-10 player of the year jerome randle and cal. they beat oregon 90-74. pretty good semifinal bracket right there. >> everything shaping up nice for two games tomorrow night. i'm really intrigued by the game after this, oregon state and washington. washington 80 points a game, oregon state 60 points a game. >> we've got a low scoring game but that's nng fs a but that's nng fs a state. a guy named his own price, wants a room tonight for 65 dollars. buwe don't go lower than 130. state. big deal, persuade him. okay. $65 for tonight. you can't argue with a big deal. we're so sure priceline has the biggest hotel deals we're announcing the big deal guarantee, book a hotel with name your ow we're announcing the big deal guarantee, book a hotel with name your ow we're announcing the big deal guarantee, book a hotel with name your ow evening set for the pacific life pac-10 tournament at staples center in los angeles and right now it's stanford with the one

nelson's projects and other things.sary to do that when we have this procedure at hand. >> wolf, i spent a lot of time today talking to rank and file democrats, some of those the leadership is trying to protect. most said that it doesn't really matter if they vote on a rule or if they vote on the actual bill, they know that if it's politically dicey for them, they are going to get hit by the republican opponents no matter what the technical thing that they vote for is. >> i know you've been speaking with a lot of democrats. they need 216 votes in the house to get it passed. they clearly don't have 216 votes today. that's why it's not coming up for a vote yet. but you've been speaking to some members who are still on the fence. >> that's right. i spoke to one in particular who is one of those who was at ground zero of the fight that democratic leaders are having to get those votes. it is john bocceri. he voted no last time. a freshman from ohio. he's in one of those swing districts. he says that he is actually considerin

nelson: mr. president, i had hoped to call up an amendment that i have and, of course, i would have had to have gotten unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment in order to do that. it is my understanding that we will attempt to do that parliamentary procedure at a later time, so what i would like to do at this point is explain the amendment that i will be offering, and may i proceed? the presiding officer: you may. mr. nelson: thank you, mr. president. this is an amendment to restore some sanity and common sense to the executive pay practices that have outraged all of us that we have seen on wall street, among the biggest financial institutions in this country. it's very simple and straightforward. it encourages large banks and financial institutions to adopt widely accepted and sound compensation practices. banks, under this amendment, that would fail to adopt those standards would lose the benefit of certain tax deductions like the tax deduction of their executive compensation as a

nelson: mr. president, i guess the house is on my mind right now. that's why i addressed you as "mr. speaker." since the house seems to have something important going on with regard to something known as health care reform and health insurance reform, and we are waiting expectantly to hear information that the house will get the votes together and pass the senate-passed bill on health reform that we passed on christmas eve. mr. president, i came to speak about another subject today, and it is when i was a young congressman way back in 1980, i voted on something known as the clean water and clean air act. and one of the parts of this legislation, it has a fancy name, but in essence that's what it was: clean air and clean water. and one of the major thrusts of this was where we have toxic waste dumps all over this country which was first exposed by this toxic canal called love canal in the state of new york that often the cause of this toxic dump, the company has since, long since gone and is probably bankrupt. and, therefore, there was no financial m

i would focus in on that plan in peace, sir. >> thank you, senator nelson. senator thune. >> thank you for being here for your outstanding service to the country. general thune, i want to get your views on the battle of the air-sea concept. as you know the qdr direct for defeating adversaries with sophisticated antiaccess and capabilities. which in turn will help guide the development of the teacher capability needed for the effective power projection operations. my question is could you provide your views on the development of this concept sow for and where to the joint forces committed to the default and evaluation and implementation of the concept. >> senator, thank you. the concept grew out of identification of a military problem and the problem is how we work together jointly to maintain control of one of the common sea lanes. the situation is changing. it's always changing security wise and adapting to that problem has brought the services together. joint forces command is part of this effort. we are monitoring it right now but we are monitoring it to

>> thank you. >> senator nelson? >> thank you, mr. chairman.you for your continued service to our country. i am especially proud that most of you reside in my state in the wonderful area of california. gentlemen, last week i cheered for the chairman in the emerging threats committee on the increased radicalization of young men. and the extremist elements that are so bedeviling the civilized world. the conclusion that came out of a lot of testimony in hearing was that we could continue to do everything that we are doing very well, that the military is doing exceptionally well, particularly in the responsibilities given to the general officers, says that they can go in and held a village or community, and it helps us, ultimately, from the military objective. we talked about how all of the other agencies of government working with the military in places like afghanistan, agriculture, health, digging wells, education, all of these things are so important. but if you do not get right to it about the radicalization of young men by presenting his mom

democrats got 56 yeas, blanche lincoln, mark prior and ben nelson of nebraska who had to spoil the originalenate bill with a special deal for his state which was repealed by today's fix. democrat michael bennett and others on record supporting are the public option did not seek to put it in the reconciliation bill, even though republicans did succeed in sending it back to the house one last time for a pro forma voed by getting the parliamentarian to strip out language related to student loans. here then in the final class of "countdown's" year long tutorial on reconciliation is an example of the legislative changes republicans succeeded in making to health care reform. >> d, by striking subparagraph "e," and e, by redesignating subparagraph "f" as subparagraph "e." >> don't try passing reconciliation bills at home, kids. not surprisingly on his road trip to explain the new law, president obama couldn't resist revisiting republicans' apocalyptic predictions. >> if you turn on the news, you'll see the same folks are still shouting about, there's going to be an end of the world because this bi

so-called reconciliation bill which fixes or deletes the best aspects of the original senate bill like nelson of nebraska and landrieu of louisiana essentially to buy their votes. if that reconciliation bill passes that b bill will be sento the senate for it's approval. once they passed the same amended bill then the president will sign it into law later this week. et insurance reform will take it's place along with social soe security and medicare as defining the social contract that binds the fabric. to democrats that's a giant step forward for republicans tae the beginning of a trillion dollar government takeover. it's being paid for by a government already broke. whenever you stand on this issue it is one of the most stunning political come backs in american history. it's the resurrection of the massive legislation from the graveyard of frustration and futility at languish the last year and a half. fox news senior congressional correspondent karl cameron joins us. no it is major garrett. major, how are you doing? >>> oo i am good geraldo. >> is the president going to stick around to sign

director steve nelson of the state attorney's office.ajor jimmy wilson of the clay county sheriff's office. captain david centers, chief of detectives with the clay county sheriff's office. lieutenant joe boochi, robbery homicide division. dan ma, robbery homicide and detective ken west, the lead detective on the somer thompson case. there are many other agencies and individuals who assisted us in the various stages of the search for somer and the follow-up investigation. some of who are here today. >> this is the law enforcement authorities now announcing that they are charging gerald harold, 24 years old, with the kidnapping and murder of somer thompson. she was last seen walking to her orange park home with her sister and brer brother. her body was found two days later. harold's roommates turned over a computer that had sexual images of children, so they had a lead on this guy in the first place. now, they are charging him with this little girl's kidnapping and murder. >>> back to that big deal from the white house now, a deal with th

every republican and three democrats, then nelson of nebraska, pryor of arkansas and lincoln of arkansas voted no many lincoln facing a tough reelection this year. harry reid said no, but then realized he misspoke and voted yes. repeat of the last tile he voted on health care christmas eve. now the bill must be approved a final time by house. nancy pelosi dismissed it as a minor delay before it goes to the president to be signed into law >> this is benign in terms of any change that would be made in the legislation. >> reporter: law make areas arranged to approve the changes and send to the president tonight. focus now on defeating depend s in the november election gop pitting a week of historic defeats behind them. >> with a stroke of a pen president obama signed away another share of americans' freedom. the reconciliation bill that the house will likely consider later today, will make it even worse. >> reporter: as part of the national civics lesson the rules committee was meeting today to prepare for final house action later this evening. the wheels are grinding slowly at the committe

i just talked with sara nelson at the editor of all magazine from a book called i thought you were dead. it has some language and blurbs that makes you think it is that the it is not. it is moved and enchanted and by did not like the cover i thought it was a dog book i read it and i had a bad experience and it blew all of my journalistic cover on that. but it does happen but the thing i wanted to mention is that david o. stewart is back here with us and he is a nonfiction author been a guest on "the book studio" and a member of aiw in their starting the on line review site and i just wanted to mention that. to have anything for that? >> not yet. we are fund-raising if i can take this opportunity? >> yes. police. take the microphone. >>

search and prosecutors who the current obama administration has a real conundrum obama wants to be nelson mandela and look ahead but not behind he knows politically will be divisive and hurt his chances for reelection in the congressman that are running for office in the next election if he has a very strong effort to prosecute the zero lawyers the right the torture memos and individuals who implemented them and even the president you authorizes. instead they have created a special prosecutor and have given a limited mandate of the people that have committed acts of torture that are not authorized by the torture memos those people that they're doing things that are even worse than waterboarding there were worse things but unfortunately the obama administration refuses to release a bunch of photographs of things that happened in afghanistan and guantanamo bay and the abu ghraib and the reason they don't want to release those is because it will make the terrorists hate us even more. but the truth is there is stuff in there that would probably create a public outcry for the heads of the peop

play are the independent voters that gave us the back of their hand when the deal was cut with ben nelsone end of december. and now i think they're in danger of the independent voters saying you know, i think you guys are going too far. i think they're overreaching. >> what do you make, speaking of party bases and you're talking about the republicans having to overreact to their base. what's happening to bob bennett in utah and blank lincoln in arkansas? >> well, i think it's interesting. and it's not just, i mean frankly, the republicans have more of these viable challengers from the right. look at charlie crist in florida. you've got john mccain in. >> the democrats have arkansas, colorado, michael bennett, arlen specter and blank lincoln being challenged from the left. you mengszed the republican one. >> you're right, chuck. i think it's one of those things that is difficult. you know, when is have you been a moderate your base gets impatient sometimes. i understand that. but people need to remember the party that has the moderates is the party that governs. when the moderates are gone

nelson lost the vote when he tried to add it into the senate bill so the language in the senate bill is quite restrictive. it isn't as restrictive so you may have lost the stupak 14 and the question is how do you get these folks back? the senate bill is somewhat more fiscally conservative than the house bill so maybe you get a couple like that and others need very individual methods of persuasion. it is a lift because again, reconciliation you can do some things through it and not others, and that does upset some of the delicate compromises we saw in the earlier bills. but that was always going to be how it was. bringing these bills together was always going to be a tough project. >> ezra, i think you'll be continuing your tutorial here on "countdown." the national tutorial on reconciliation has about another month to go in it i think. ezra, thank you very much for joining us tonight. ezra klein of "the washington post" and "newsweek" magazine. >> thank you. >>> coming up, jim bunning's wild pitch. the republican senator's road block of unemployment benefits is having much wider ripp

and also giving special deals to senators like senator nelson and others we'll find -- backed off. >>well, others have come to light and will come to light in the ensuing days. i think what you'll find is the process is one which violated the principles which he laid out during the campaign, and frankly, was a power push by a single party. and it says that no longer do you need more than 51 votes in the senate. a simple majority can accomplish whatever they want. and it's a dramatic change in the way that democracy will work. >> larry: you also wrote that president obama has betrayed his oath to the nation. governor, you're pretty careful with language. are you saying he should be impeached? >> no, of course not. >> larry: well, what is betraying an oath. >> the oath to the nation goes piece by piece, which one, he would bring a new style of politics to washington. and instead it's the chicago politics of the past. he said he would work, as i indicated on a bipartisan basis. he didn't. he instead put in place a bill which has no support on the other side of the aisle. >> larry: yeah.

there is nothing that requires them to do that, even under the most striking example of that, the nelson language on the other side. this to check business, which i am opposed to as well, gives a person the right if they want to , to buy insurance that will cover their needs. and i just, for the life of me am having difficulty understanding how this legislation requires that? >> it is section 1303, page 2072 , requires every person in a qualified health plan that includes abortion coverage to pay an abortion surcharge to cover the cost of abortion on top of a separate payment to cover the cost of the remainder of the health plan. this forces everyone in a qualified health plan state exchange that does not opt out to pay for someone else's elective abortion, and the cost must be a minimum of $12 per year or more. steel where are you reading? what is that? i am talking about the bill. >> if i could mr. chairman, the reality is rather than having this debate, the amendment just simply says that you can't do it, so if you are convinced that the bill has no problem, the stupak language has a

bobby nelson. he is the one who really caught my attention. razzle dazzle. enthusiasm that he displayed caught my attention. then i have the privilege . i had him in mind. i had one of my classmates who is really such a gifted individual. i became very close to him. through the basketball i would go out to the air force base which is a strategic air command base. many, many black air man, but most of them were on the basketball court. they allowed me. i was the only white person in the gym with them. and so i got to understand people on a personal level. i think all of that to my wanting to narrow the divide between blacks and whites in this country. the disparity has been so deep historical the. the rich in history that we have had in this country and the legacies that still live on. and so having met janet just a few years ago and fallen in love with her, to deal with this issue as a partnership, the two of us trying to bring about a reconciliation in this great divide that is getting narrower and narrower. i could not help but think of your will and this

have to defend his voting record and putting voting against resolution, calling for the release of nelson mandela from prison. he had a heart attack in his mid-30's and would have to defend questions of his health and fitness. this one on for about 30 or 35 minutes. as i lit up the casecome, kaisha you figure it out but what if i said this and i disagree with that and would you say if i said that? do it on for about 30, 35 minutes. at the end i exhausted my list. he said you're been anything else? maxey says deal tierney questions for karl? and invited me over he didn't say she was going to dick cheney there. he goes to show a couple things about roche. one thing he views this as a governing decision on a political decision. becoming the next interviewer right on most or all that stuff, but that's politics. my job is to worry if something happened to me who would the country have confidence in? second abolish of his style which is he likes to have people around him who have strong opinions or in many not agree with this and are willing to lay him out in a respectful, straightforward way i

. >> not including the cornhusker, ben nelson deal and all the rest of it from nebraska, and then have it founder in the senate and we're stuck out there. so. >> there are actually some democrats who want a letter for 51 members of the senate promising that they will do these things, exactly because they deeply distrust that institution. >> lehrer: michael, do you have an analytical point you would like to make about what jim bunt asking. >> my analytical point is of all the spending you could pick to object to, unemployment spending in the midst of a recession makes very little sense to me. i mean it's this kind of republican, and a very good, you know, i think political environment for republicans who could rescue defeat from the jaws of victory. i think this was a terrible message for the republican party to send. it's the right-- it's the right message in one way, in a general way, you know, getting a hold of this deficit problem. but applying to this this problem in particular, i think it makes no sense at all. >> he was a gift to the democrats for the reason that michael cited. h

jason motlaw, elliott woods and nelson shea who's hiding in the back of the room as we speak -- all three them have been in afghanistan reporting for us in the last few months. and so there's still plenty more to be said on the subject and each of these guys has covered different parts of the country, different aspects of what's going on there. if you can make plans to attend, i think you'll find that they've got a lot to say and are just as fascinating and as accessible as these two gentlemen are. thank you again all of you for attending and to you guys. [applause] >> i'm going to send the two of you to the back of the room right away. if you would, let them grab a seat and so that they can start to sign so that they don't get swamped and never get to sign. [inaudible conversations] >> the virginia festival of the book is held every year in charlottesville, virginia. and that's where booktv is covering several different panels. talking with several different authors. we're standing outside city hall and you can see out here that three presidents are represented in charlottesville, james

congress and we'd have to defend his voting record, including voting against the resolution, calling nelson down, starting at the age -- you know, in his mid 30s and have to defend questions of his health and fitness. occasionally governor bush said i'd agree with that, what if i said this. what would you say if i said that. at the end of it when i exhausted my list and he said, do you have anything else. he turns to the guy, he said dick, there's the reasons why. it goes to show a couple of things about bush. one is he views this as governing decision, not political. you are right on most or all of that stuff. that's all politics. you can deal with that. my job is to worry about if something happened to me, who would the country have confidence in? second of all, it shows bush's style. he likes to have people around him who have strong opinions and may not may agree with his that would lay it out in a straightforward way in front of others who might have a different opinion. it was quite an experience. >> did your opinion of dick cheney change over the eight years? >> well, my opinion of h

members who you are trying to win over, presumably you can't give them special deals because ben nelson and all the other special deals. >> everybody will know and it's now deligeity myed. so you can threaten to cake away the committee chairmanship bus that only goes so far. what are they offering to win over these people. i don't see what leverage they have. >> if you are a great leader you take them up to the top and then you tell them what they are going to do and how america is going to be a better place. and how if we don't do it, costs are to the going to be contained and fewer and fewer people are going to have health insurance. it is going to be priced out and there will be children who get sick and die without coverage. you've got to at some point be able to do that. and then about that brother-in-law of yours that doesn't have a job, he may be assistant. >> become a federal judge. >> lehrer: okay. mark, the flap over chief justice roberts in the state of the union address there are a couple of sides on this. where would you come down on this, do you believe there are two sides

taking me when i was 4-years-old i went to a ball game and there was one black ball player, bobby nelson and he's the one who caught my attention because he was so exciting and the things on the court were razzle dazzle enthusiasm that he displayed and called my attention and then i had the privilege just a few years later just eight years later i was playing on the ground as one of the youngest players to ever start for the team play had him in my day and then i had bought culbert -- bob tauter, one of my classmates who was such a gifted individual then i became close to him and then through the basketball because i would go out to the air force base which is a strategic error kind base and on many black airmen but most of the ones i saw were on the basketball court and they allowed me to play -- i was the only white person that joined with them and so i got to understand people on a personal level and i think all of that contributed to my wanting to narrow the divide between blacks and whites in this country. i think the disparity has been so deep historic plea, the rich history that w

every state and community deserves to have a man of the caliber of skip nelson. we count ourselves fortunate in arizona to have had him as long as we did. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from arizona rise? >> to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. giffords: march is women's month. major laurence, the commander of the army centcom. she is a true inspiration to soldiers in arizona and women everywhere. lori, a u.s. army soldier killed during an attack in iraq in 2003. a member of the hopey tribe, she was born and raised in arizona and became the first woman in the u.s. armed forces killed in iraq and the first native american woman to die in combat while serving in the united states military. women such as air force lieutenant meredith doran, working in tucson. she is an aircraft traffic controler involved in the haitian earthquake relief effort under way today. women have voluntary served in confl

we think of the ben nelson the cornhusker deal what it took to get senator nelson's vote for healthcarereform. i don't think that medicare deal was moderating. and certainly if we live in a senate as many folks have talked about with liberal democrats sort of clustered on the left and conservative republicans clustered on the right the 60th senator is not very close to the 51st. in fact, you might have to travel quite a distance to find a policy change that accommodates the 60th senator let alone the 70th or the 80th to build a bipartisan coalition so i think i come out of that claim -- a mixed set of evidence whether it, in fact, does good or does harm. finally we take a look at the claims that the rules are stable. rules 22 is impervious to reform because the majority prefers super majority rules. and the more you get into that it turns out that's pretty tough to test as well because quite often when motions and efforts to reform the filibuster have come up, all right, it's hard to get a majority on record because there's a filibuster getting to the vote on reform. so we can come back

had to defend his voting record including voting against a resolution calling for the release of nelson mandela from prison that he had a heart attack starting at the age in his mid-30s and we would have to defend questions of his health and fitness and so forth and we went on 30 or 35 minutes and as i laid out the case occasionally governor bush would say i agree but what if i said this and i disagree with that or what would you say if i said that so it went on for 30 or 35 minutes and at the end, exhausted my list he said to you have anything else and he turns to the guy next to him and said to you have any questions for karl. when he invited me over he didn't say i'm going to have cheney and you need to clean up the case in front of him that it goes to show a couple of things about bush. one is that he viewed this as a government decision not a political decision because he called the next day and said you are right on most or all that stuff that's all politics you can deal with that. my job is to worry about if something happened to me what the country have confidence in. and second

i just talked sara nelson who is the editor at oh magazine about the book we've received from elthon guinn cold play thought you were dead. it is a book with a dog on the cover and has a language that makes you think it is a talking dog book again, the art of racing in the rain. but it's not. it's very different. have you fri yet? it is moved and enchanted. i didn't like the cover, i was kind of like "adolf bouck, barn, "then i had the experience and i blew my journalistic cover. the thing i wanted to mengin after that is david's to work is with us back here, he's one of our non-fiction authors and is associated with the american independent writers, aiw and he told me this afternoon in a conversation that it is starting in online preview site and i just wanted to mention do you have anything? >> [inaudible] if i can take this opportunity -- >> i'm sorry, yes, please. take the microphone. >> the one question i really am eager to hear from you folks about antithat montgomery mentioned it briefly is the economics of your business has changed. the print world is shrinking and going away

i know you're doing the best you can but i would like to see those records and i think senator nelsonould. mr. carper, you are the recipients of -- there are 78 high-speed, so-called high speed and passenger rail grants and you were the recipient for amtrak participated in a belt over 70. i think it's somewhere in the 76 range right? >> of the 78 you're going to participate in '76. according to the committee staff evaluation we do have an evaluation of those i would like to be made part of the record. >> i can't give you an exact number >> the committee staff will submit the for the record. if you have a dispute like until you did is 76 out of 78. >> okay. >> the strange thing is you mentioned transparency at least twice and i don't know where i can even as a member of congress get the transfer of information. the d.o.t. puts there is online. i know you're on the recipient in the and should be the fra's obligation to put them on line but they are not on line and i want them on line and want you to put them on. can you handle that? >> we will do our best. >> i can't understand why we c

of these members here, we pushed on with the stupak language, the language in the senate under ben nelson it give him credit, it was better than what started. and now what the final bill plus the executive order, make no doubt about it, there will be no public funds for abortion. obviously leader boehner, that is not true. anybody one add something on that? [inaudible] >> we're all up late last night working on the spirit there was a proposal couple of days ago that did not do anything for us. yesterday's we really got into some good hard negotiation. they were getting close to 216 but not quite. we entered into a tough negotiations and finished that this morning. we went back for a couple of changes. it is just been back and forth, back and forth. the white house called us this afternoon about an hour ago and said that the president has agreed to sign this once they health care bill passes. we will sign it. that was sort of it. >> there are others that are not here. an indiana congressman could not be here. there are two or three others that have been in and out of the room. on their sid

we think of the ben nelson the cornhusker deal what it took to get senator nelson's vote for healthcarereform. i don't think that medicare deal was moderating. and certainly if we live in a senate as many folks have talked about with liberal democrats sort of clustered on the left and conservative republicans clustered on the right the 60th senator is not very close to the 51st. in fact, you might have to