time-out, kevin o'neill.ot like the path this game is going. >> p.j.: the quality of their defense is not there. a, they're giving up defensive rebounds. b, they're giving up open looks. he repeatedly talks about occupying air space. that means if you're a good shooter, i'm right into you. i make you put the ball on the floor. i make you beat me on the dribble. you're not going to get an open three-point shot. arizona state is getting good looks. the last guy you get an open look in transition is rick kukzic. >> doesn't he look like gary williams did last night when they beat duke? >> p.j.: yes, but he doesn't mind if he gets the same result maryland got last night. >> steve: the academic stars as we take a look at catherine ellis of usc, an electrical engineering, a 3.91 gpa, and eric potaboateng, a senior cent. he said he wants to either be a diplomat or ambassador when he leaves basketball. i love that. >> p.j.: i hope he plays a little bit. he can play, if not here, he can certain play in europe. and a de

her story from nbc's roger o'neill. >> reporter: it is a solemn and lonely lane they travel.nce broken by the steady cadence of the horse whose ancestors once carried warriors into battle. but on this day, lorraine melgosa carries a warrior to a more peaceful place with poignant words from a poem. >> my task is no burden for the honor is great, with courage and pride he died for his country. >> reporter: for five years the plain-spoken farmer from colorado has traveled thousands of miles over four states. this is her duty, she says, to soldiers she did not know. >> these brave men and women that voluntarily raise their hands and said i'm going to go protect this nation, then i need to raise my hand and help honor those that did that. >> reporter: this is the 39th flag-draped casket the carriage driver and her horse have taken to their final resting place. she expects nothing in return. charlene westbrook said it made burying her soldier husband kenneth a bit easier. >> for her to sacrifice her time, her money and for her to do this for our family, there were no words. >> thro

but let's get this clear, and i stand second to none in my admiration for thomas o'neill, admiration for sam rayburn -- she has done when the speaker of the house has ever done. three times she got the house to pass national health insurance. she did it relentlessly, she was a stalwart, she never wavered. it was personal, it was political. she is tough as nails, she is single-minded, and she's the most powerful men politically in the history of the united states. -- most powerful woman politically in the history of the united states. >> and she is the best backroom politician of modern times, at times more that is very difficult. she's a terrible frontwoman, but a great back room maneuverer. she has sacrificed things for what she believed to be the greater good there is a great story about her having tears in her eyes when she tells the pro- choice women that it would not have health care bill at all if they did not just give on this. >> two people on in there were other people or wobbling -- barack obama and nancy pelosi. they were believers. >> they were not only believers, they we

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>> jim o'neill: lost a leg, got blown up.a leg from the knee down, and he's over there in afghanistan. >> stahl: and he's back? >> o'neill: wearing the bomb suit with a prosthetic. that's the personality. i mean it's an incredible, incredible... >> stahl: brad somerville worked on a bomb squad in baghdad. >> brad somerville: after you've been there for a long period of time, doing this over and over, and going down range and you come home, there's an empty feeling inside. >> stahl: they think bigelow nailed it when she showed how difficult it was for sergeant james to go home. he couldn't relate to his wife... >> you know they need more bomb techs. >> can you chop those up for me? >> stahl: ... and couldn't even function when he went to the grocery story to buy a box of cereal. >> somerville: the image, the one that i took away the most was at the very end, was him walking through the grocery store, and that was the one that got me because it was "wow, it's not happening anymore, and i'm back here and it's not real. it's all

terry o'neill is with me now. an attorney, law professor, and social justice activist, she became president of now last june. joining us is john nichols, author, political journalist and washington correspondent of the nation magazine. he wrote this article on the nation's blog headlined, "now that obama's signed it, let's reform the reform." both of them are progressives who prescribed a much stronger dose of health care reform than we got. so my question to them is, where do we go from here? john, terry, welcome to "the journal". >> thank you. >> moyers: this is the most sweeping piece of legislation passed since medicare in 1965. what do you think of it? >> well, i... that's exactly right. it is the first time in this country's history that we have had comprehensive health care legislation. and it is painful to me that women's health has been singled out the first time that we do this as a country, we single out women to be deprived of ordinary health care that they need. and i'm talking about the sweeping anti

ronald reagan with tip o'neill doing the social security thing. that is what has made our country strong. not ideological fervor but the ability to say let's find the common ground. now we can work on it. that is what we lack today in washington and the past ten years i would say. and you don't celebrate that enough in the book the ability to compromise. you make it seem like compromiser scorer less committed, less passionate and give up their principles as opposed to the fact compromise can sometimes make great democracies. this car like the distinction, the biographies is the willingness on the principal to compromise as opposed to the willingness to compromise on principle, and i can live with the first to get sure, reagan could do this and did to this. >> host: with tip o'neill and gorbachev. three people who were not exactly the ideological soul mate. and nowadays -- >> guest: bush and clinton certainly did and i think i'm fair to clinton but it's not going on now in this town. >> host: that is why i wrote about in franklin. he brought us tog

and in fact, when tip o'kneel put him on -- o'neil put him on the ethics committee, he said i love women and whiskey. his constituents loved him. he was always honest about things and that goes so far and everyone should take notice of that fact, that america loves people who are honest with them. and he tike care of seniors. i heard that offer and over. charlie wilson took care of those who couldn't take care of themselves and it was one of the reasons that people loved him in east texas and one of the things that inspires me, having seen what he did. here i was, a republican. he was a democrat. he always made time if i had questions, what do you think about afghanistan? because nobody knew more about afghanistan than charlie. he always had sage advice and i appreciated that. i would like to quote jim turner that followed charlie in congress. jim said, he described him as a dedicated public servant who fought hard for the people of his district. and i would just like to also pay tribute -- i know that barbara his widow, is still mourning his loss and will for a long time to come. barbar

patrick's day luncheon with the president of the united states originated with speaker o'neill and president ronald reagan and expanded for ireland and we had that event. today is the feast of st. joseph co-worker, particularly significant to italian-americans and it is a day when we have -- remember and pray to st. joseph to benefit the workers of america. that is exactly what our health care bill will do. i am excited about the momentum it is developing. some of you present earlier in the week. will babies as young as six weeks old to talk about what it means to them. moving on to young people a couple days ago, seniors, women, small business, very important legislation. one day closer to passing historic legislation which will make history and progress for the american people. you see behind me an array of significant organizations supporting health care reform. that list grows by the moment since it was printed. the afl-cio has given its endorsement to catholic hospital association has endorsed the legislation. i am pleased that we got a letter representing 60 leaders of religious orders

shaquile o'neill will have surgery today at the national hand center preparing damage on his thumb. he has a significant sprain. he may not be able to return before the end of the nba season >>> and the buffalo bills released terrell owens. he could be coming here and harbaugh says he's interested in owens. mason is a free agent this year as well >>> one, imagine this a while back. i ran into michael phelps after the show shaq versus. he swam against phelps and michael says he was a great guy. >> that's good to hear. >> yeah, it is. >> you can never tell about what you see on tv. but he says that. and we hope that shaq station on the scene and he's able to entertain us for a long time to come. phelps is a pretty big guy and he kept looking up. and the. theo. thing. and the terrellowenss thing. john? let us know. [ indiscernible ] >> flacco, 75-yards. >> yes, it would. >> we'll look at the forecast today. i'm not sure if people are quieted down about it. it's great when i call for the graphic and leave this in the weather center. in the meantime, enjoy the beautiful colors. high temp

i think that love was kindled by his friendship with tip o'neill. he loves tip o'neill. he loves telling us stories about tip o'neill. tip was his mentor. tip was his friend. tip love to this institution and together they made progress for our country. they made friends with each other, and as a special part of who jack murtha was. i too have a flag. this flag was flown over the capitol, joyce, the minute that we heard that jack had left us. on behalf of the congress of the united states, i want to present it to you in recognition of jack 's leadership and patriotism. every day that he was here he honored the pledge we took in the morning. with liberty and justice for all. how appropriate that god bless america was the song that was on today. god truly blessed america with a leadership and the life of jack murtha. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen the vice president of the united states, the honorable united states, the honorable joseph biden junior. >> joyce, thank you for allowing me to be here. to the murtha plan,-- clan, your dad was one helluv

between nancy pelosi and tip o'neill is that nancy pelosi is much tougher.tations, tough. >> much tougher, but kate, also, if you're a woman, unfortunately you can't get away with the things that a man can get away with. like for instance, if i'm in politics and i'm having a disagreement with a guy, i think about like a tip o'neill kind of guy, we can sit and scream and yell, and i can put my finger in his chest, and he can scream at me, and then afterwards, we put our arms around each other and go, hey, let's gets a beer and watch a football game. it seems for a woman it's harder to nuance that because our society is -- it doesn't allow -- women live by tougher standards in power positions than men. >> right. yeah. we get categorized in these compartments, psycho or shut, not that necessarily there are many women in politics who are sluts -- >> there aren't many women in politics who are -- >> you were talking about women in power and i've said this a few times. that sarah palin is so fascinating to the american media because for the first time we've seen a

principal o'neill was generous to let us in the school we think.pact on the ladies in the kitchen. the first few weeks were tough and it wasn't helped by the press demeanoring the locals or the people in the area. so it was a fairly hard two or three weeks. the girls are solid. they run the kitchen proficiently. my job was to get the food coming in different. i didn't want the processed nuggets or the pizza for breakfast. i didn't want -- the scrambled eggs that were already cooked. i wanted to be able to cook again. and to do that, i had to go to their bosses and their bosses bosses and as you know, lots of things in america, there's lot of red tape and bureaucracy. but really, this whole project was supposed to be an experiment and one that told a story. >> larry: ryan, did you feel any hesitancy knowing that this englishman is coming in to huntington, west virginia to tell them what to do right. >> yes, because i'm familiar with that on one of the other shows i work with an englishman who is relatively bossy on that "idol" program. >> larry: hea

another speaker tip o'neil once said, all politics is local. i say to you don tonight when i healthcare for all americans, all politics is personal. it's personal for the family that wrote to me who had to choose between buying groceries and seeing a doctor. it's personal to the family who refused coverage was the child had a preexisting condition. no coverage the child got worse, sicker. it's personal for women after we pass this bill being a woman will no longer be a preexisting medical condition. >> it's personal for a senior gentlemen who i met in michigan who told me about his wife who had been bedridden for 16 years. he didn't know how he was going to pay his medical bills. i saw a grown man cry as i said before. he was worried he might lose his home. that they might lose their home. he didn't know how he was going to pay them. most of all he was too embarrassed to ask his children for help. how many times have you heard a story like that. >> many man n many a high perce of the country are caused by medical bills that people cannot pay. f

ralph all who voted against tip o'neill leadership, remember? next day ralph went to his office and the doors were locked. he calls the number 2424, if you're locked out of i don't you are office called 2424. the guy says mr. hall, but the speaker said if you want to get in your office you need to go visit with him. so that democrat that says, gee, i like that contract from america, i think i'm going to sign up might just -- go to your office the next day, just go directly to speak pelosi's office. save yourself the time. >> chair conyers endorsed senator specter before the party switch minority mitch mcconnell held a fundraiser for trey grayson, do such republican leaders get it? >> this is one of the things i'm kind of tickled by. our grassroots activists -- i have a keen eye. they know what's going on in their communities. and when chris denounced that he was going to run for the senate, all of washington swooned, right. all those across the florida, he will not be elected in florida look at this election scheme and rubio, wasn't he the guy t

>> well, lawrence, you rep tip o'neill said all politics is local.s is personal. i think clearly the defeat at the hands of president obama in 2008 still rankles, really rankles for senator mccain. and i think he has decided that he wants to leave the senate on his own terms, not on j.d. hayworth's terms, his certain primary opponent in arizona. and so he has taken a stand. it is a bizarre stand to say send me back here, and by the way, i'm not going to do anything. >> with mccain there is always the question of his personality, of his character, of what is really going on here. in his case, the question arises, is this just pure bitterness? the people who know him say that he's capable of steaming for a while and holding a grudge and acting this way just out of his own emotional reaction to things. >> well, you saw it at the end of the campaign, lawrence. you saw his, frankly, eradratic reaction to the financial crisis. it is one of the main reasons he lost the election or lost the election by the margin he did. he didn't give the impression of bein

first let me tell you that james is vice president of research and historical interpretation and o'neill director of the john d. rockefeller jr. library at the colonial williamsburg and nation. and a lecture at the college of william and mary. he's the author most recently before this book of the land as god made corned account of the jamestown colony. he lives in our sister city in intellectual attainment, williamsburg, virginia. [laughter] now briefly, "a kingdom strange" is about one of the enduring mysteries of american history. in 1587 john white and hundred 17 men, women and children landed off the coast of north carolina on roanoke island hoping to establish a small settlement. .. >> thank you, henry. henry pretty much summed up what i was going to say. [laughter] >> i'll keep my remarks fairly brief. it is nice to be back in charlottesville. i spent four very happy years of that monticello working in the international center of the jefferson studies. one of the problems about working up that monticello is when you have to leave, as i did, it's all downhill from there. [laughter]

ronald reagan was able to work with tip o'neil a liberal democrat from massachusetts.ays adhered to his principles. you can compromise on details but adhere to your principles. >> candidate obama not having a track record at all of bipartisanship. john mccain has that record. i have that record as governor being able to reach across party lines to do what is right for constituents. candidate obama didn't have the record that is coming home to roast today with his lack of bipartisanship that is hurting our country. >> greta: interesting, you are the one who is up for reelection is that you get so much criticism within your party or even someone within the democratic party when you do reach across the aisle. now you are in the awkward position of trying to get all those votes back for doing something that we ultimately want our leaders to do. >> the issue here in arizona greta, is who is gonna be most effective for arizona? we have 40% of the homes unwater. we have probably one of the worst economies in the country. we have 17% real unemployment. what is on the mines of

the senior people, the robert ruebens and the chuck princes and stan o'neils, merrill lynch from the first two gentleman helped run citigroup. they were too senior. they didn't know what the products were or their risk. they deferred to the people below them, you can criticize, the expert as well as the model that everyone was relying on. these models were based on historic data. a lot of that housing had never fallen on a national level. at least more than a small blimp in a month or two, if that. so the models all said this is safe. the rating agency said it was safe. it was a little bit of passing the buck. it was a little bit of well, i can't understand it myself. i'm going to defer to the experts. and the experts were either relying on models or they were focused on their competition. and on wall street, unfortunately, we're at the point where everywhere is worried about the next guy. and everybody is worried about the next quarter and meeting earnings. so my friend in my town who is not a bad guy, he knew if he wasn't createing even if it was tockic, somebody else would be. i d

another speaker, tip o'neill, once said, all politics is local. i say to you tonight that when it comes to health care, for all americans, all politics is personal. it's personal for the family that wrote to me who had to choose between buying groceries and seeing a doctor. it's personal to the family who was refused coverage because the child had a pre-existing condition. no coverage, the child got worse, sicker. it's personal for women, after we pass this bill, being a woman will no longer be a pre-existing medical condition. it's personal for senior semen who i met in michigan who told me about his wife, who had been bedridden for 16 years. he told me he didn't know how he was going to be able to pay his medical bills. as i said to you before, i saw a grown man cry. he was worry head might lose his home they might lose their home because of the medical bills and he didn't know how he was going to pay them. most of all, he was too embarrassed to tell his children and ask them for help. how many times have you heard a story like that? and it's pe

and she hats made herself, she did something which tip o'neill, sam rayburn could never do, not once, not twice but three times she passed health care to the house of representatives. and she stands in my judgement as the most powerful political woman in the history of this country. >> lehrer: to you buy that, david. >> i'm trying to think of alternatives. some people think edith wilson was very powerful when woodrow wilson had a stroke. but certainly this is a great accomplishment and sort of an interesting picture of what it takes to succeed in a job like this. she is not a great speaker. spokesperson, a communicator. i personally don't think she's great on policy. but she has the skills to know how to control this body which is a fractious body even when you have majority. so those skills are maybe in her blood from her father and her brother but also skills that she really opposes-- possesses and there no denying she is a very effective legislator. >> dick gephardt said no male could have done what she did on abortion, the thorniest of all issues. she had the credibility to go to

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the senior people, robert rubin of the world and chat brands, sustanon o'neil, who ran merrill lynch, they helped to run citigroup, they were just to senior and they really didn't know what many of these products were for the rest and a deferred to the people below them. you can criticize them for that but they diverted to the people below them were the experts as well as the model then everyone was relying on. these models are based on historic data and a lot of that based on a housing never in our country ever fallen on a national level. it at least more than a small blip of a mother too. it a fact. so the models kind of got together were relatively safe and everything agency said it does save so it was a passing a balk and a little bit of a commonwealth, i can't understand so i'm going to defer to these experts. the experts were either rely on models or they were focused on their competition. on wall street unfortunately we are at the point where everyone is worried about the next guy and everyone is worried about the next quarter and meeting the earnings so my friend in my town is

vote against the tip o'neill and the next day he found his office doors off.e voted for tip o'neill, remember? the next day ralf went to the office and the doors were locked. he calls the number 2424, you get locked out of your office call 2424. the guice is i'm sorry but the speakers if you want to get in your office you need to go visit with him. so that democrat says i like that the contract from america. i think i'm going to sign up but just as well just go directly to speaker policy's office and save yourself the time. >> chairman conyers endorsed senator specter before the parties which increase in florida. minority leader richard to the commission mcconnell ran. do the such republican leaders get it? >> this is one of the things i'm kind of to cold play. were grass-roots activists i have a keen on it. they know what is going on in their communities. and when chris announced he was going to run for the senate all of washington swooned and all of the voters on the ground across the state of florida said this guy is not going to be elected senator from flo

he loved tip o'neill. tip was his mentor. tip was his friend. tip loved this institution.ether they made progress for our country. they made friends with each other. and it's a special part of who jack murtha was. i, too, have a flag. this flag was flown over the capitol, joyce, the minute that we heard that jack had left us. on behalf of the congress of the united states, i want to present it to you in recognition of jack's leadership and patriotism. every day that he was here he honored the pledge we took in the morning. with liberty and justice for all. how appropriate that god bless america is the song that was sung today. god truly blessed america with the leadership and the life of jack murtha. thank you. [applause] ded ecleezeasties. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states, the honorable joseph biden jr. >> joyce, thank you for allowing me to be here. to the murtha clan, your dad was one hell of a guy. i had a strange way of committing the cardinal sin of going to the united states senate when i was 29 years old, not serving in th

ronald reagan with tip o'neill doing the social security thing. that is what has made our country strong. malveaux ideological fervor, but the ability to say let's find the common ground. that we can work on to read and that is what we lack today in washington in the past ten years i would say. and you don't celebrate that enough in the book. the ability to compromise. you make it seem like compromise terse are less committed and to give up the principles as opposed to the fact that compromise sometimes can make great democracies. guess, like cooper's distinction, this biography, he says the willingness on principal to compromise as opposed to the willingness to compromise on principle and i think i can live with that, i can certainly live with the first. rall of reagan can and do this. >> host: with chip and gorbachev. >> guest: certainly. >> host: he got three people who were not exactly the ideological soulmates and nowadays -- >> guest: bush did and clinton certainly did. i think i'm fair to clinton that it's not going on now. >> host: that's

. >> ed o'neill. i get to work with al bundy. i can't believe that. i looked across and said i am acting with al bundy right now. i can't believe it. i'm looking into the steely blue eyes of al bundy. what am i doing here? i was going to tell you before i came on the air, i knew when i auditioned for this part i wouldn't get it. i've been an actor for 13 years. i've gotten not very many parts compared to what i auditioned for. if i didn't get this, i would be so bummed because i knew it was going to be good. i wanted to work with these people so bad. it's a dream opportunity and a dream job for me. >> it's on wednesdays. we want to play a clip because you're here. and you're here, at home. a sneak peek of the next episode of "modern family." >> i cannot stand hanging out with his ivy league friends. >> they're the worst. >> debbie can't go two minutes without talking about columbia university. and the guy with the lazy eye from harvard. >> brown. >> i wish debbie would go back to columbia and take her brown friend with her. >> cam. you need to relax.

tip o'neil, i knew him very well. in terms of history, it's not that long ago. a couple of his best friends were bob michael and jerry ford. republicans on the other side of the aisle. i can't envision speaker pelosi, steny hoyer, any of them have friends on the other side of the aisle. >> steny hoyer, i think he has some friends. >> he's been there for a while. >> he comes from a moderate district. if you elect somebody from georgia, you will have somebody to the right of middle america. same thing with nancy and san francisco, but, yeah, you saw the other day at the health care summit, i would have -- whenever republicans spoke, nancy pelosi and harry reid would not look at them and make eye contact. you felt like saying this isn't third grade. >> we'll talk about this a little more. i have news. we have new members of the family. we want to say good morning to all of our new viewers in los angeles. >> hey, 6:00 to 9:00, burbank. looking good. >> customers in southern california will be able to wake up with us starting at 6:00 a.m. pacific time. you don't have

tip o'neill. jim wright. a great chairman i served with was warren harris from arkansas. i have had great friends in the senate. hube hubert humphrey and senator douglas. host: after 54 years maybe you have perspective on congress. what would you recommend to somebody who wants to run? guest: i would say work like the very devil to get yourself educated and ready. learn the issues. and learn a couple of things. first of all, my dad taught me that you have to tell the truth because you can't remember the lie you told yesterday. second of all, be careful to do what is right because there is luge danger for those that don't. host: we have a tweet here from twitter.com. i wonder if people understand they will get a fine for not having healthcare if this passes the pure socialism. guest: well, here is the problem. we have a huge number of difficulties. you have preexisting conditions. they will bar you if you don't do that. they now can cancel your policy while you are being rolled into the operating room on a gurney. and there are lots of reforms. but if we are going to carry

tip o'neill. jim wright. a great chairman i served with was warren harris from arkansas.have had great friends in the senate. hube hubert humphrey and senator douglas. host: after 54 years maybe you have perspective on congress. what would you recommend to somebody who wants to run? guest: i would say work like the very devil to get yourself educated and ready. learn the issues. and learn a couple of things. first of all, my dad taught me that you have to tell the truth because you can't remember the lie you told yesterday. second of all, be careful to do what is right because there is luge danger for those that don't. host: we have a tweet here from twitter.com. i wonder if people understand they will get a fine for not having healthcare if this passes the pure socialism. guest: well, here is the problem. we have a huge number of difficulties. you have preexisting conditions. they will bar you if you don't do that. they now can cancel your policy while you are being rolled into the operating room on a gurney. and there are lots of reforms. but if we are going to carry ou

all 435 districts and end up in wyoming, looking at it district by district and using the zero tip o'neilled, it was actually his follow -- his father that said all politics are local, when we do that right now, about one week ago at a -- we had a democratic loss of 28 seats. it is probably closer to 30. let's call at 34 just the sake of argument. when you have these with the elections, and we have had an abundance of indicators that this is not in normal election, that race by race approache, it always underestimates what happens when you have a way election. that urn that painfully in 1994 when republicans won control of congress. we could count up very large republican gains but we could not quite get that number up to the 40 seats that republicans coincidently needed to get control of the house. not only did they get 40, they got 52. in 2006, the next wave election we saw come along, we figured out that you have to do a hybrid approach of the micro and overlay a macro on top of that. we hit that one right on the head. when you take that microanalysis that fits you to 28 or 29 seats, yo

under 35 districts and end up in wyoming, looking at them district by district, using the zero tip o'neill-- ashley his father that said that all politics is local. when we do the right now, about a week or so ago, we had a democratic loss of about 28 seats. subsequent events, it is probably closer to 30, and that is all politics is local. one normal elections, that works fine. but when you have the sort of way you elections, an abundance of indicators that this is not a normal election, but one of those nationalized wave elections, and that macro approach, it always underestimates what happens when you have a wave election. i learned that painfully in 1994 when republicans won control of congress. we can count up very large republican gains but we could not quite get that number up to the 40-seats that republicans needed to get control of the house. not only did they get that 40, heck, they hit 42. and then the next wave election, you have to do a hybrid approach of the micro and overlay a macro. then you take that microanalysis they get you to 28 or 29 seats, something like that, then st

he loved tip o'neill. tip was his mentor. tip was his friend. tip loved this institution.and together they made progress for our country. they made friends with each other. and it's a special part of who jack murtha was. i, too, have a flag. this flag was flown over the capitol, joyce, the minute that we heard that jack had left us. on behalf of the congress of the united states, i want to present it to you in recognition of jack's leadership and patriotism. every day that he was here he honored the pledge we took in the morning. with liberty and justice for all. how appropriate that god bless america is the song that was sung today. god truly blessed america with the leadership and the life of jack murtha. thank you. [applause] ded ecleezeasties. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice president of the united states, the honorable joseph biden jr. >> joyce, thank you for allowing me to be here. to the murtha clan, your dad was one hell of a guy. i had a strange way of committing the cardinal sin of going to the united states senate when i was 29 years old, not servin

didn't happen under speaker o'neill.r the american people. [cheers and applause]. >> martha: brad blakeman the former deputy assistant to george w. bush and, a former speechwriter to president bill clinton, both washington, d.c. insiders. and, that is why we have them here today, josh, let me start with you. how does that report -- do you think it is accurate, nancy pelosi convinced the president, look, don't do rahm emanuel's plan b. this little, she called it the kiddy plan, what she referred to it as in the story, you need go for the whole thing and i'll do it with you. >> i'm not sure who convinced whom but what is clear she has not taken her foot off the gas, whether the brown victory, or senate package versus the house passage, he's made clear to the administration and public we'll get it through and will eb this most historic health care legislation since medicare and i'm going to get it done on my watch and it looks like today she will and that is a very big deal. >> martha: brad, what do you think it tells us ab

tip o'neill. jim wright. a great chairman i served with was warren harris from arkansas. i have had great friends in the senate. hube hubert humphrey and senator douglas. host: after 54 years maybe you have perspective on congress. what would you recommend to somebody who wants to run? guest: i would say work like the very devil to get yourself educated and ready. learn the issues. and learn a couple of things. first of all, my dad taught me that you have to tell the truth because you can't remember the lie you told yesterday. second of all, be careful to do what is right because there is luge danger for those that don't. host: we have a tweet here from twitter.com. i wonder if people understand they will get a fine for not having healthcare if this passes the pure socialism. guest: well, here is the problem. we have a huge number of difficulties. you have preexisting conditions. they will bar you if you don't do that. they now can cancel your policy while you are being rolled into the operating room on a gurney. and there are lots of reforms. but if we are going to carry

paul usberg to be general council of department of the navy, calendar 664, the nomination of malcolm o'neil, calendar 665, the nomination of jacqueline to be assistant secretary of the navy. that the nominations be confirmed en bloc; the motions to be reconsidered be laid on the table en bloc, any statements related to the nominations be placed in the record floipt place as if read, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate resume legislative session. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. levin: madam president, i thank the presiding officer. i want to thank colleagues and the leaders who have been involved in facilitating this. it's long overdue, but i want to thank my colleagues for at least making this happen -- helping to make this happen this afternoon. and this will be good news for the defense department, good news for our troops. and, again, i -- i thank all who have been helpful in this regard. and i yield the floor and i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call:

former treasury secretary o'neill has written recently that the excess cost is is $1 trillion a year.and the often cited by my colleue the ot finds that we bn up over over $1 trillion a year throughs broken health care delivery it's $700 billion a year or $1 trillion a year, it is a big savings target. to ache potential savings are in this bill. analysts stripes agree that thisill than any previous measure to relieve the economy of this dead weight of waste and excess health care costs. the commonwealth fund has projected that our bill will reduce the annual growth of national health expenditures. apeually. amounat every year b6 $683 billi tthe council of econs writes the total slowing of private sector cost growth will be approximately one percentage point per year. why does this happen? this happens because the bill begins to streamline and modernize our disorganized and illogic will gd health care outcomes, procedure. it funds comparative effectiveness research sung worksr not before you pay for it. it creates financial incentives for low quality but high cost providers to improve

at tip o'neill's memorial, jack gave an irish blessing from which we quote with love to his strong wifece, children, donald, john and patrick, and their beautiful family, with the full heart of this house led by his speaker, nancy pelosi. may the sunshine warm upon your face and until we meet again may god keep you in the hollow of his hand. we know when love is real. it endures and grows stronger even beyond time. thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, united states marine band vocalist, gunnery surge, kevin benear. >> ♪ god bless america land that i love stand beside her and guide her through the night with the light from above from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans light would form god bless america my home sweet home god bless america my home sweet home ♪ ♪ from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans light would form god bless america my home sweet home god bless america my home sweet home ♪ [applause] >> united states, national security advisor, general james jones. >> madam speaker, mr. vice president, joyce, members of the murtha family. >> when i think of