as he formally received the nobel prize today in norway. judy woodruff begins our coverage. ♪ >> woodruff: the president walked into the city hall of oslo, a wartime leader, on hand to accept the most prestigious prize bestowed on peacemakers. it was a paradox not lost on him. >> perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that i am the commander-in-chief of the military of a nation in the midst of two wars. >> woodruff: just last week mr. obama ordered 30,000 more u.s. troops to afghanistan, on top of 21,000 he sent earlier this year. that tension, between his actions as commander in chief, and his advocacy of peace, animated much of the 36-minute address. >> we are at war, and i'm responsible for the deployment of thousands of young americans to battle in a distant land. some will kill, and some will be killed. and so i come here with an acute sense of the costs of armed conflict, >> woodruff: the president acknowledged as he did when the prize was announced in october, that he does not claim to have e

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. >> larry: president obama, there you see him on his way to oslo, norway. going to accept the nobel peace prize. he and mrs. obama left a short while ago. the trip is a quick one. they'll be in oslo for about 26 hours before returning to the united states. the debate over whether or not he deserves the award is reignited. it died down after the honor was announced two months ago. president obama will accept a $1.4 million prize check, a gold medal and a did i loma. coverage of the trip to norway, ceremony begins tomorrow on "american morning." our panel here to discuss that and other things, penn jillette, the larger more talkative half of penn and teller. here in los angeles, our friend ben stein, the economist and attorney was speechwriter for president nixon and ford, a columnist for "fortune" magazine. also here in l.a., tanya acker, contributor to the huffington post and worked on the white house counsel during the clinton administration. finally in new york, stephanie miller, progressive radio talk show host. her website, by the way, stephaniemiller.c

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. >> larry: president obama, there you see him on on his way to oslo, norway. going to accept the nobel peace prize. they left a short while ago. they will be in oslo for about 26 hours before returning to the united states. the debate over whether or not he deserves the award is reignited. he will accept a $1.4 million prize check and a gold medal. coverage of the trip ceremony begins tomorrow an "american morning." our panel here to discuss that and other things, penn jillette, the more talkative half of penn and teller. and dben stein, and here in l.a, tanya acker, con truber to the huffington post and worked on the white house in the clinton administration. and in new york, stephanie miller, radio talk show host. stephaniemiller.com. we will be back after this. every time you take advil liqui-gels you're taking the pain reliever that works faster on tough pain than tylenol rapid release gels. and not only faster. stronger, too. relief doesn't get any better than this. advil. your own seafood feast at red lobster. choose two or three from new creations... li

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as ray and i discussed earlier: six nations: the u.s., australia, france, japan, norway and britain pledged3.5 billion today for a program called "redd": "reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation." the money will finance a u.n.- backed plan to reward developing nations for saving carbon-rich tropical forests. can "redd" make a difference? jonathon miller of independent television news went to the heart of the world's largest rainforest recently to find out. >> reporter: there are many in >> reporter: we traveled 2,000 miles across the amazon basin, which contains more than half the worlds remaining rainforest, to ask brazil's amazon pioneers what they make of this plan. could they be enticed to treat this forest as the global resource we all like to think it is? and, who among the amazons 30 million people, stands to gain? the plans known as redd and a couple of weeks from now, it its success will hinge on wealthy countries convincing amazonians that money really can grow on trees and that they'd literally be better off leaving their forest intact. in the past, logging h

we will be right back. >> president obama has accepted his nobel peace prize in norway.e in the united states and affect them. Ñirobert gates has arrived in iraq. his visit comes inÑi a week in which coordinated baghdad bombings have killed 127 million people. his umbrella group in iraq this morning of more to come. meeting with u.s. troops and afghan leaders, including hamid karzai. he did not meet with kim jong il during his three day visit. he and other north korean officials had exploratory talks on how to get the stalled six nationñr. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen is vali nasr, senior adviser to richard holbrooke, the special representative to afghanistan and pakistan. he is a senior fellow at also interesting, he was born in 1960 in tehran. i wanted to start because the president of pakistan has written an opinion piece that was published this morning about how to mend fences with pakistan. he writes that it is useful for americans and pakistani is to consider what has brought us to t

one in which we are joined by 42 other countries, including norway.nsible for the deployment of thousands of young americans who battle in a distant land. some will kill and some will be killed. and so i come here with the acute sense of the costs of armed conflict. filled with difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace, and our effort to replace one with the other. these questions are not new. war in one form or another have appeared with the first manned. the dawn of history, its morality was not questioned. it was simply a fact like a drought or disease, a manner in which tribes in civilizations sought power and settled their differences. overtime as codes of law sought to control violence within groups, so did philosophers and clerics and statesman, seek to regulate the destructive power of war. the concept of a just war emerged. suggesting that war is justified only when certain conditions were met. it is waged as a last resort, or in self-defense. if the force used is proportional, and if whenever possible, civilians are sp

. >> on thursday, in oslo, norway, president obama received the nobel peace prize. his extraordinary efforts to diplomacy and cooperation between people. here is his interest to the ceremony. we'll also hear from the chairman of the nobel committee. this last about one hour 40 minutes. >> welcome to oslo, where president barack obama will receive the nobel peace prize for 2001. the choice of candidates has caused surprise, enthusiasm and criticism around the world. the result is unusually great media [inaudible] about the 1000 guests that gathered to honor barack obama, who arrived in oslo this morning. they will honor the president obama today. he brought with him about 30 guests to the ceremony and his wife, michelle obama. the laureate is on his way up to the main entrance of the city hall, coming from the palace where they have been meeting with the king, the queen and the crown prince. 50-60 representatives of the american media are also here to cover this event to take place a short time after the announcement that 30,000 more troops will be sent to the afghan

. >> president obama left norway today after being awarded the nobel peace prize.nancial regulations are being voted on in the house as the senate continues to work on the health care bill. the climate change summit in denmark resulted in $3 billion per year from european union leaders to help poorer countries combat global warming. while more troops are being sent to afghanistan, robert gates is visiting an airbase in northern iraq. where he told american soldiers that their mission remains critical, despite the recent attention given to the situation in afghanistan. he also said that plans are on track to reduce forces in march. in pakistan, five americans detained will most likely be deported. though the men have not yet been charged with a crime, apparently they had been trying to contact jihadist groups through facebook and youtube, traveling to pakistan to see them in person. those are the latest headlines from c-span radio. host: we have got about 15 minutes of open phones here. for republicans, 202-737-0001. for democrats, 202-737-0002. for independents, 20

over the world, whenever and wherever i travel, i always try to locate the musicians whether it's in norway or jamaica or germany, this music is still going on and it's something that we celebrate and i'm glad to bring it before the house today for passing this resolution, 894, and i reserve the plans of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: i support chairman conyers' sponsorship of resolution 894, which honors the 50th anniversary of the recording of the album "kind of blue" and reaffirming jazz as a national treasure. i support jazz, not only in music halls, but in the hall of congress. in 1987, h.r. 57 by representative conyers honored jazz. taking its name from this act, the h.r. 57 center opened in washington to promote jazz and blues. he sponsored a bill to award funding for the smithsonian to focus on jazz. chairman conyers has long supported efforts to bring live jazz to audiences in washington, d.c. he's helped on boar

tomorrow live coverage of the nobel peace prize ceremony from oslo, norway, president obama the recipientr, beginning at 7 a.m. eastern, live coverage on c-span 2 and also on-line at c-span.org. this week, continuing coverage on the healthcare debate, commercial free. now the latest update from the reporters an editors of the congressional roll call greep. c-span has partnered with cq hol call for coverage of the healthcare debate throughout the month. "washington journal" continues. host: congressman spencer baucus joins us now, republican from alabama and ranking member on the financial services committee. thanks for joining us. guest: thank you. host: what is it about wall street reform and this act? >> it is government financial services, and with healthcare and energy, we have seen massive government proposals to come in and call the shots and make decisions whether it's in healthcare, whether in energy policy and now in financial services or matters of credit, and i think it is always dangerous when the government begins to make decisions that individuals have made historically in o

host: oslo, norway, as the president accepted the peace prize, he talked about this being a just war. the same vision, hard work, and persistence of those men and women who acted so boldly decades ago. it will require us to think in new ways about the notions of just war and the imperatives of a just peace. we must begin by acknowledging a hard truth. we will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. there will be times when the nation's, acting individually or in concert, will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified. host: when you look at his first year in office, was that speech a defining moment? guest: i thought that was a great speech. it was a magnificent speech. i am glad we had a president who was capable of making that space. there was an iron age in in going there to -- there is an irony in going there to accept a peace prize. i thought he handled that very well. cohis problem with afghanistan s tricky. that was a campaign pledge. all these people who are now on the left, were they not listening when he said that? did he expect him to come into

i spent time to visit -- i went to norway and to the u.k. to visit. i spend most of my time in the netherlands. -- last week. i think the announcement by president obama, based on the initial assessment by general mcchrystal this spot on. -- si spoioss spot on. it is very well received in europe. it shows us two things. there is a cleveland -- clear understanding of the concept. how to secure afghanistan. there is a clear political will to have success in afghanistan. i think he's dead -- two issues alothese two issues alone and hd an effect at the technical level. i completely agree with the deployment of additional assets toward afghanistan, not only additional military force but additional civilian capability. i think we learned that it is not security that is going to be -- but it is the integrated or comprehensive approach. you will never have security without the capability to support government reconstruction. also, because it shows you that there is a counterinsurgency. you cannot do just a little bit of counterinsurgency. you protect 95% of t

i went to norway and to the u.k. two weeks ago.k i spent most of my time in the netherlands. i think the announcement by president obama based on the initial assessment by general mcchrystal is spot on. from my point of view it is very well received in europe because it shows us two things. first, there is a very clear understanding of the concept, how we want to secure afghanistan and secondly, there is clear political will to have success in afghanistan. and i think these two issues alone have really had a positive influence on the discussion of afghanistan in europe, more at a tactical level. i completely agree with the deployment of additional troops to afghanistan, not only military force but civilians. we have learned that it is not security to deliver the effect but a comprehensive approach and youÑi will never have security without the ability to support government restriction. that's key. also because it shows it is a counterinsurgency, you can't do just a little bit of counterinsurgency. you do it and you protect 95% of t

quite a debate as to whether or not he would go to camp in nagin -- copenhagen, he is going to be in norway. he felt he needed to be there to put as much of an american push behind this. no one is expecting anything definitive. what i think he will be looking to do is to get some agreement on a broad political objectives that we can come as interested countries, tried to build around as we move forward over the next period of time. this is not go to the fast happening. they can get a sense of the directions and have an agreement on that, and makes the rest of the job that much easier. >> if mr. obama is going to copenhagen having the idea of moving forward, what could and should canada's response to that be? which canada has been playing this very smart on the climate change front. on the week at the end of the day, we can not be alone, get out in front of our block if 40% of our production goes into the united states. perhaps we can be more aspirational. we have to have policies that dovetail with the united states. i think the government is in lockstep. he is a true believer in climate ch

this is half way between norway and the north pole. the glacier there, we are able to compare just photographically and visually. and since 1906 it has receded some four-and a-half miles. .. >> desert-like conditions although it is a very cold desert. but they have very little precipitation and high winds, but that's always been, that's more or less always been the the case. but there are these big fluctuations. and what is also happening is that the hole in the ozone layer above antarctica is, has not receded at all. it's still very much there, and it still influences and sometimes in a very negative way the climate not only in antarctica, but as far as australia or south america. and it does have a major -- and part of the studies that are going on and that we're part of the programs, the research programs of the international polar year were to study even more the effects of antarctica and the climate around antarctica and how it influences different climate systems around the world. >> okay. so you're a prince. you could be doing p