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churches, the way in which he walks, sometimes people in the african-american community will say that obama walk swith a swagger. all that is from chicago and his time in chicago. really what's interesting is that it's the black power movement self-determination to get black faces in higher places that really leads obama to even try to run for president because, remember, obama initially is not embraced by the civil rights generation, people like john lewis, vernon jordan, andy young. these are all people who were part of that civil rights movement but didn't think the country was prepared to elect an african-american president. so in a way when we think about black power and barack obama, obama really reflects a kind of moderate and pragmatic strain of that movement. but you cover this in the book. >> suarez: isn't there sort of a central argument that goes all the way back to the 19th century when you're talking about booker t. washington or w.e.b.dubois or marcus garvey or malcolm x and martin luther king, whether black americans ask for their freedom or whether they seize it and make it theirs

obama care may be a bad thing. he wants stories that will generate billions of dollars to g.e.'s bottom line. so the question now is -- we know what msnbc is going to do. they are a wholly owned subsidiary of g.e. and the obama administration. what's brian williams going to do? you ought to invite him on the show and ask him that. bill: he will come on the show. bernie, he is going to do exactly what he is told to do. that's going to be be supportive of barack obama because we can make a lot of money. and it's. >> g.e.'s bottom line. bill: thanks very much we come right back. our word smith morina gives us unforgettable moments in the heart for words realm. later, the best movies ever. i have my ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷ ÷ bill: our hot for words maffen more reason that has and on the factor several times this year. check out some of her more enlightening exchanges. bill: are you ready for this? loon. >> like stupid, foolish person. bill: correct. some people think it's a bird. >> many people believe it came from the bird the loon. but it actually came from the dutch word lon which means homeless -- homo st

the restrictions were introduced in the 1980's at the height of the fears. president obama says the measures are not compatible with america's ambitions of becoming a world leader in the fight against the disease. france has become the latest country to close its embassy in yemen, citing security issues. the u.s. and britain have kept their embassies closed for a second day over what officials call threats from al-qaeda. the security forces in yemen say they have killed two suspected al-qaeda members, and wounded three others. diesel oil from a broken pipeline has reached one of china's most important water sources. according state media reports, water quality monitors have found traces of the oil, despite efforts by more than 700 workers to contain the spill further upstream. authorities have advised over 800,000 people not to drink the water. heavy snow has brought beijing to a standstill. stores have been close. residents have been ordered to clear icy roads. paralyzing traffic also forcing airports to cancel flights. billions of dollars of foreign aid have been sent to

the restrictions were introduced in the 1980's during the height of the tears. president obama says the measures were not compatible with america's ambitions in becoming a fighter against the disease. >>> hundreds of workers in china try to contain an oil leak that spilled oil into the yellow river. pollution was recorded 33 millimeters down stream. it is the closest drinking water for millions of people. >>> the president of iceland refused to ratify a bill to compensate britain and the netherlands for billions of dollars lost in an online bank collapse. the bill -- they would be paying for the government's mistakes. it will now go to a referendum. this led to their debt rating being downgraded. our correspondent has this report from brussels. >> the collapse of the online bank in october 2008 left thousands of british savers fearing for their money. government stepped in to guarantee their deposits, but wanted the icelandic government to pay up. weeks of heated debate finally approved a repayment scheme. the voters worried that the country could not afford it. almost one-quar

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john pointed throughout is a continuum of action between president bush''s administration and president obama's administration with regard to these threats. we did release some folks from guantanamo despite our best efforts making this threat assessment that actually returned to the battlefield to return to terrorism. we bear responsibility for that. >> is this a new front in the war on terror, yemen? >> it is a growing front. john pointed out it's not that new. we've seen it coming for some time. it's been unsettled. and again, since about 2006 we've seen it take a more prominent role in al qaeda's safe haven, in ungoverned areas of the world. >> are you concerned if the administration decides to release additional prisoners to yemen. >> this is a difficult question. each has to be decided individually. the only counsel i would offer as we recognize how difficult this is, we made some mistakes, and i would not be governed by an artificial timeline. take my time with this. >> mistakes being the release of the prisoners? >> exactly. some of the people we decided to release have returned to the f

what were the lessons that president obama should take from j.f.k.'sarly experience in getting the u.s. into vietnam? guest: you hear the criticism in comparing afghanistan to vietnam and people say this is not vietnam. that is true in certain ways, but in many more ways it is just like vietnam and becoming more like vietnam. the biggest problems we had early on were a failed government from a corrupt central government. we had an army in south vietnam that we could not build large enough to contain the insurgency. this is occurring in afghanistan now. one of obama's goals was to increase the afghan army from about 95,000 to about 143,000 to the end of this year. if that does not happen, that will be a tip -- terrible failure. but we could not get them for 150,000 tonight -- to 170,000 in 1972. there are traders reporting that the afghan troops are not good fighters and not willing to fight. the terrain is very similar. we have mountainous terrain and we had joggles. this is not like iraq. this is not like the plains of normandy. but the biggest lesson

what were the lessons that president obama should take from j.f.k.'s early experience in getting the u.s. into vietnam? guest: you hear the criticism in comparing afghanistan to vietnam and people say this is not vietnam. that is true in certain ways, but in many more ways it is just like vietnam and becoming more like vietnam. the biggest problems we had early on were a failed government from a corrupt central government. we had an army in south vietnam that we could not build large enough to contain the insurgency. this is occurring in afghanistan now. one of obama's goals was to increase the afghan army from about 95,000 to about 143,000 to the end of this year. if that does not happen, that will be a tip -- terrible failure. but we could not get them for 150,000 tonight -- to 170,000 in 1972. there are traders reporting that the afghan troops are not good fighters and not willing to fight. the terrain is very similar. we have mountainous terrain and we had joggles. this is not like iraq. this is not like the plains of normandy. but the biggest less

obama. i mean, to listen to these guys, you'd think the budget would be balanced if we simple elected john mccane. but i think it's important to remember that the c.b.o.'sdeficit estimate for fiscal year 2009 that was made in january 2009 before obama even took office was $1.2 trillion for fiscal year 2009, and when it ended, it was $ 1.4 trillion, and of the $200 billion increase, $1 hundred billion of that was due to slower economic growth than the c.b.o. had anticipated, leading to lower revenues. so there was exactly $1 hundred billion of additional spending that was not projected in january, and i think it's worth keeping that in mind, because it shows, really, that the administration has done very, very little in terms of stimulus for the economy. which a big deal of the problem republicans complain about is because of their policies, which obama inherited. host: here's san francisco. good morning, susan, democratic caller. caller: yeah, i have sort of a specific question that i can't figure out when i try to think about where the mortgages, what money to who, and that is on the one hand, i've heard people say that one of the -- one of the things

system totay committed to this and, again, i can't s enough for theommitment that president obama hasa. and, you know,illary canceled her trip to asia to come bk and work on th. we've loved haitfor 35 years now. she's... she's distraught abt it, but commted and on the job, stang there all weekend work. e a.i.d. director, mr. shaw, is doing a good job e.e're going to get throu this and i think there wille even more determinatioto honor the plan ey have... it's not my economic plan, it's theirs eir government has embraced it. but we've got toelp them with the ling and the dead right now. and if we do this right and ey feel the support of pele around the world and nexdoor then i think you will e us resuming at an even moreapid rate the impmentation of this plan. >> lehr: all right. mrpresident, thank you very mu for talking to us. >> thank you, jim. >>oodruff: and for a larger lo at the humanitarian effort underway in haiti, ware joined by doctor hene gayle, the presidenand ceo of "care usa." care has worked to help ople in haiti since 1954. dr. gayle just heard former president clintosa

s. what you have in president obama is somebody that the majority of people in massachusetts tend to like, but the policies we are seeing in washington and the politics in washington are the real turnoffs here, and where the caller really hit it on the head is the issue of being able to get something done in washington. that is what voters were promised in 2008, that is what the president ran on, that is what a lot of democrats ran on in 2006 and 2008, and voters have not seen those returns. host: michael kranish, speak more on the headline in the washington post. "c-- guest: martha coakley was off the air for a while, she was not campaigning all the time. there were columns in the newspaper including my own saying why isn't she out there across the border across the state campaigning. the monday morning quarterbacking, or wednesday morning quarterbacking, i am sure there will be bickering back and forth. but her campaign had some mistakes and she paid the price for it. host: we heard a number of callers in recent days -- explain what the curt schilling issue is, and did it make a differe

hurricane katrina, rebuild fema and you never hear anyone say anythingçó like president bush s responsible and obamas doing a great job. host: president obama, yesterday, was visiting a church in washington. he addressed race and the struggle for hope. "president obama told a church congregation that the promises inherent in his election as the nation's first african-american president and had yet to be realized, as he acknowledged the role partisan politics in washington. offering a stark assessment of his first year in office, mr. obama simultaneously issued an annual report card, a critique of liberals who complain he has not done enough, a broadside at conservatives who say he has taken on too much, and embrace of the rev. dr. martin luther king jr. is legacy and an acknowledgement that the united states remains some distance from the post-racial world that many had envisioned immediately after his inauguration." we are asking what has changed in civil-rights and race relations over 50 years. joanne, kansas city. good morning. caller: hello, i listen to you every day, seven days a week. i am a 7

president obama meets tomorrow with top security advisers to discuss what else can be done to keep the skies safe. janet choi,shich news, newark, new jersey. >>> you can learn more about the increased security measures by going to our web site and you can read the press release from tsa on the front page of www.wusa9.com. >>> still to come, reaching new heights. a new building claims to be the world's tallest. we will see it. plus, the first family is back in washington following their vacation in hawaii. we will have details on these stories and more, just ahead. >>> well, president obama is back in washington. the commander in chief and his family left hawaii early this morning. however, when he talked to the press, it didn't seem that the family was excited about returning to the nation's capital. >> hey, guys. are you ready? >> no. no! >> i'm with you. >>> okay. are we all in? i'm trying to mount a coup here. >> president obama scheduled to meet with his security advisers tomorrow. they will discuss what additional steps need to be taken following the attempted christmas day bombing of an american airline.

we see parallels between southern white politicians of the 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's and president obamaror. i think he has worked wonders in trying to deracialize american politics. and some people have criticized him,ñr particularly african-americans have some problems with that. but he's trying to strike a balance. i think he would read and understand our book that sometimes you have to deracialize some of these issues. and i think he has probably gotten into trouble when he's done that. i wouldn't grade him, but i think he's probably done a good job of deracializing politics. host: we have a caller on the line. caller: good morning, sir. i want to tell you, i anl a 77-year-old woman, and i have lived with blacks my whole life. i'm a democrat, but i'm an old-timey democrat, not what they are these days. these days they are liberal. my dad raised me. we worked with black people. my dad was a black land farmer, and they all worked together. we never thought anything about whether they were black or white. and another thing, sir, let me tell you, bill clinton, bless his old heart, he tol

woodrf: again, the major developments ofhe day: present obama road-tested his nefocus on jobs and the economy, at a town halmeeting in tampa, orida. the u-ssenateonfirmed ben bernke to a second term as chairman of theederal reserve. and tota expanded a sweeping recall to china andurope, due to gas pedal problems many model the ewshour" is always online. hari sreenivasan,n our newoom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: we ha much more abouthe state of the ion address. you can wah all of the video responses we received onur yotube channel. plus action and analysis to some of the specics from amy walter-- a look at theolitical ttles ahead. from mitary analysts, a debate over the predent's call to end the military'"don't ask don't ll" policy. and then, for something comptely different on "art beat," a convsation about the role of art in american siety. n.e.a. head rocco ndesman answered your questio in an onne forum. all that and mores on our web site, newshour.pborg. >> lehrer: a again, to our hor roll of american service personnel killed in the iraqnd ghanistan conflicts. we add them asheir deaths are ade official and photographs

obama's name on it. >>> the windook a toll on people who ventured outside. temperatures in the 20's felt much colder. theinds toppled some trees. one tree came down on chain bridge road and it landed on power lines and knocked out electricity. >>> investigators are trying to find out what caused a carper to plunge into rock creek. a jogger spotted the car near p street nw. >> we got there. it probably been there for awhile. >> note telling how long the person had been in the water. but the driver has been identified as joshua kuhlman of arlington. he was taken to the hospital in grave condition but died a few hours later. >>> maryland residents could soon pay more for electricity. they want permission to raise rates by 2.5%. pepco needs more money to protect against power outages as demand increases from customers. pepco customers in the seat would not be affected by any rate increase. >>> the district and virginia plan to seek federal help to help defray costs from this storm last long. to spend more than $41 million. the district has spent 2/3 of its budget already. maryland is over budget. they ar

obama? was that bush, was that clinton? it was aristotle. there is not a lot of new news here,'s. -- there's not a lot of news. we need to get the government understanding that technology. >> what is the prediction? >> my prediction is that the public is becoming more empowered and more educated. innovation would become faster and more easily acceptable because of the crisis that we have and that is a good thing. my prediction is that things will get better. >> i think there has been a national and global debate for years and it has been a slightly ta different debate about the innovation strategies and policies. too many people are out of work today. i think that there are too many diseases than me to be cured. in 2010, one or more countries start driving a real reform and the technology policy that addresses jobs, technology, education. >> one country will start to lead? >> someone has to. >> this is serious stuff and all i do is play games. there is a transformation from a packaged goods business to a digital business. if you look at what is happening onside of our direct area where if you look at asia wher

s at columbia university and says that he is speaking. a woman asks the question. the way in which he responds is a madman or a saint. so obama's view of black power is really something that is anachronistic to something so that was suitable to the politics and 1960's and '70's, but is not flexible enough to take into account the changing racial and political demographics of our multi-cultural present. >> host: and yet he has opened the white house, made it available to people of different, you know, ideological and the wide range of the spectrum. al sharpton who is somebody who has been down to the white house. at least in the popular imagination being considered kind of a fiery black activist. he is someone who, you know, has access to that white house and has been down to see the president. what do you make of how obama has handled being accessible and how he has reached out to african-americans? >> guest: again, this is complicated because on one level he is the first black president who has not necessarily had to do the same kind of outreach as his predecessors because he is so popular in the african-american community. i

obama? was that bush, was that clinton? it was aristotle. there is not a lot of new news here,'s. -- there's not a lot of news. we need to get the government understanding that technology. >> what is the prediction? >> my prediction is that the public is becoming more empowered and more educated. innovation would become faster and more easily acceptable because of the crisis that we have and that is a good thing. my prediction is that things will get better. >> i think there has been a national and global debate for years and it has been a slightly ta different debate about the innovation strategies and policies. too many people are out of work today. i think that there are too many diseases than me to be cured. in 2010, one or more countries start driving a real reform and the technology policy that addresses jobs, technology, education. >> one country will start to lead? >> someone has to. >> this is serious stuff and all i do is play games. there is a transformation from a packaged goods business to a digital business. if you look at what is happening onside of our direct area where if you look at asia wher

they've been likened to the taliban and terrorists, by the obama administration, a democrat majority, the sclu and i think that there is a large amount of protection going on here, and i noted over the past year there are many prominent liberal commentators from paul krugman to frank rich in "the new york times" who talked about the rights in st. rage, these are the phrases they use, in st. rage. but every one of these tea party protests, downhaul protests have been peaceful until the introduction of these astroturf leftist groups like the s. clu, notorious incident earlier this summer where a black man who was selling don't tread on me flags was beaten by scu agitators. so who is showing the in san rage here? and i think is interesting because of the tea party movement is doing now is showing the fissures between the national gop establishment in the grassroots conservatives and independence. it is a complete myth this is some sort of top-down control movement because it was you wouldn't have seen the incredible outbreak of outrage in the new york 23rd special election where the gop establ

nod [inaudible conversations] s >> president obama wrapped up remarks a short time ago. he spoke at the white house about the security review of the attempted jetliner attack on christmas day. we will be reairing his remarks at 8:00 p.m. eastern on soon. at the white house will be a followup briefing to the president's remarks. we hear from homeland security second. napolitano, as well as press secretary robert gibbs. that also live on our companion networks c-span. so, that's coming up live in 15 minutes, and both events, the president's remarks and the briefing that follows will reair tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> i'm calls concerned about the potential unforeseen consequences of new regulations. new regulation of any kind. act as a tax. when you tax or regulates something, you ten to diminish it.

s. i was pleased to see the obama administration's recent announcement is budget proposal to be next tuesday will be characterized by the restraint in domestic discretionary spending. clearly on both the economy and the budget and steps are needed the report could stay with which we can better understand the challenges of which we face. the witness is today doug elmendorf and before turning to him for his testimony i went to thank him and the entire staff of cbo for the work they

s. i was pleased to see obama administration's recent announcement, its budget proposal to be sent out nexttuesday will be characterized by strength and to missionary spending. the economy and initial steps are needed in yesterday's report gives us data which we can better understand the challenges serious as they are in which we face. our sole witness today is doug elmendorf and before turning to him for his testimony, want to thank him and the entire staff at cbo for all the work that they do for a on an ongoing basis. buy us any democrats and republicans. your service is in a nonpartisan way and you do above. the congress truly could not function without you. i also like when vital members to join me in congratulating the witness on the achievement of a milestone earlier this week, his one-year anniversary as cbo error. [applause] >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> let me yield for an opening statement. >> i also want to welcome dr. elmendorf to the committee. nd that is the role of cbo directer, and you're doing that very, very well. so i just simply want to say to you, you take a lot of fl

obama's long awaitedmmigration reform package. buit seems thebama white house isrying to delay debate on his controversial plan for a path to legalization for 12 miion persons living ithe sllegall until after november's mid termlections. that hasn't stopped grasroots organizations, both pro and con from mobilizing w. by the end of lastear, pro-reform groupcoordinated thousands of sategy sessions with local activists and immigrantswhile opponents of reform held more than 50 antiimmigratn "tea parties" across the country. anreformroups argue legalizing illegal immigras could further rt the economy anincrease joblessness. >>> so tar setmayer, will coress set forth on the road to amnesty this year? >> themericaneople don't want amnesty. >> ii was a betting woman, i would betgainst us. jobs, jobs, js, as it well shoulde. >> wl they useheir political muscle for puffery or progress? i thi puffery. >> ts administration is not going to pursu imreation romp in reform. they're going to focus on the independent ver where it shows the democra have beenlipping because at's key for mid term elections. >> bonnie: mid ter elections, is that the main reason they're ing to hold back integr

obama makes her reality show debut. we can tell you what inspired the appearance. >> it is cold outside with temperatures in the 20's.to player up. i have a look at the whether you can expect all week long. >> lisa baden will be back with another look at your morning commute. if you school delays to tell you about when we continue. if you school delays to tell you about when we continue. >>> bundle up out there. a cold blast is here to stay. we will tell you how low the mercury content. >> he better have a bomb. if they find the guy who was responsible for this, he's going to be in trouble. >> the main airport in new jersey is back on track after a late night security scare. >> coach jim zorn could be out of a job. "good morning washington" continues right now. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hhi

obama's interrogation. no one has interrogation techniques but still try to interrogate him. many brennan s mr.rennan said we're worried that there are other abdulmutallabs out there. he might know who they are and know their names. we let him lawyer up. and he's probably thinking gee, maybe i could use it to bargain with and get a reduced system. mr. brennan seem to and kate we're going to work with the lawyers and have incentive to offer him. that's operational intelligence and we're not treating it as a war. if there is no smoking gun, this is the smoking gun -- he is the smoking gun. his father comes and gives the c.i.a. station chief in africa his name. he a month later, he goes to yemen, says he's in yemen. he is in yemen and he's in a cleric who we're monitoring in yemen, al-awlaki. he goes to an airport using his own name. no disguise. buys with cash a one-way ticket to the u.s. >> no luggage. >> he is the smoking gun. for mr. brennan to say no smoking gun, that assumption is the kind of not serious about the war mentality. i'd add one last thing. closing the embassy in yemen last night

obama. we'll discuss though and much more when we come back. >>> welcome back to "larry king live "s we want to clean up and put the period on the discussion. i want to gli ben stein hire. ben, in the end, the president is facing a bureaucracy much like any other president has. >> mr. obama is politically irresistible force, now met the immovable october object, the bureaucracy. if he can make that move, if he can make it as fluid and alert and lively as al qaeda, he will have done something truly historic. we're facing a i have, very lively enemy, namely the al qaeda, they're senatmart, li, adapt quickly. that would be a great thing if he could. >> and, ben, ooh think we might agree on this point. tightening up security, making the bureaucracy operate efficiency is the key. if we do that, we don't necessarily -- we don't need to profile. we don't need to ethnically, religiously prefile. we had 500,000 name on a list. if we put those name on a no-fly list, the guy would not have gotten the plane. all we need to do is get the pieces currently in place. >> we'll be back with all four of you. u

obama is looking back to fdr, which is a public sector led recovery. that's the only time we had 10% unemployment ten straight year which was the depression. >> paul: 1930's. >> i'm looking at unemployment coming down at best to 8.5%, if it stayed at 10 or rose because they're rising the tax burden i'm not going to be shocked. christina romer says if you pass the stimulus the jobless rate won't be above 8%, now it's 10 and now she says probably not to 9 1/2%, much below that by next november. are you more optimistic than that? >> you know, what's keeping the folks at the white house up at night is that unemployment number. the fact that we have 15 million unemployed and i think that dorothy is right no matter how many times the white house talks about how wonderful things are in expansion, if we don't see an expansion of jobs, the democrats are in trouble. and the president keeps saying that he's averted us from a 1930's style depression and that might be the case, but what i'm seeing and i agree with dan, i'm seeing the policies of the 1970's, which was the second worst decade of the last hundred years when you had high inflation high unemployment, stagf

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obama and e republican shown baltimore. >> i thought it was terrif. i think if the wte house had s choice it would have suidy doubt-- subsidy futured that for the sta of the union address and weren'ted it in prime time. thought showed the presidt at his best. he marshals facts, presents arguments, hrebuts criticism, does it in a civil y without any raor. i just thought it was a tour de force. and e republicans are sort of hoisted on their transparency pitar they had criticid the president for not fuilling his pledge of openss and ansparency and having the heargs and c-span as promised during th campaign. and so they we stuck with beinopen. they didn't wantt to be televised, that q&a part. >> lehrer: it was. >> i think was the and the think the esident engaged them in a way at you can't in the ste of the union wh they just sit there, stole i hadly ansilently. you got a sense of comparon today and i think worked to rack obama's advaage. >> lehrer: dyou agree, worked to hiadvantage. >> bit. everyone was sort of chaed upbout it. all of washington is actually very excited abt it. people

so obama's view of black power is something that is anachronistic, something that was suitable for the politics of the 1960's and 70's but is not flexible enough to take into account the changing racial and political demographics of our multi-cultural president. >> host: and yet he has opened the white house, made it available to people of different, you know, ideological and the wide range of the spectrum, al sharpton was somebody who has been at least in the popular imagination would be considered a kind of fiery black activist in he is someone who has access to the white house and has been down to see the president. what do you make of how obama has handled, been accessible and how he has reached out to african-americans? >> guest: again this is complicated because on one level he's the first black president who hasn't necessarily have to do the same kind of outreach as his predecessors because he's so popular in the african-american community. i think one of the things we are seeing whether it is jesse jackson or al sharpton or even the congressional black caucus, they are all wondering how can they prov

s. so, mr. president, we need a new fed. we need a new wall street. and we surely need a new chairman of the fed. my hope is that president obama will give us a new nominee and not mr. bernanke. with that, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: who yields time? a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: mr. president, might i ask how much time's remaining on each side. the presiding officer: on the majority side, nine minutes and 20 seconds. on the minority side 23 minutes and 10 seconds. mr. baucus: mr. president, i yield nine minutes and how many seconds? the presiding officer: nine minutes an 11 seconds. mr. baucus: i yield nine minutes and 11 seconds to the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: i'm sad to see that our republican colleagues have resorted to fear tactics in a desperate attempt to preserve a dysfunctional, costly status quo medical system that we have in this country today. republicans in their attempt to strike fear in seniors across the country are trying to convince people that they've changed from the party that's always opposed to medicare to being medicare's staunc

obama and democrats the u.s. senate race in massachusetts raised sious doubts aboutemocrats' ability to ps health care reform. the "newshour"salways online. hari sreenivan, in our newsroom, eviews what's there. >> sreenivasan: more on hothe massachusetts senate electn results affect the balce of power on citol hill. we put that question a others to chrisillizza of "the washington post." dae chinni of the "patchwork nation" offers anoth take on scott brown'victory. he says it maybe morabout a longer term trend th just about parties. an updaton executive bonuses and how big nks are reacting to proposals f new taxes that mes from "wall street journa columnist deis berman. and on "t beat," it's your turn task the questions to the head of thnational endowment for the artsrocco landesmann. all that and more is on our b site, nehour.pbs.org. >> brown: and agaito our honor rollf american service personnel killed in the iraqnd afghantan conflicts. we add theas their deaths are made official and photographs come available. here, silence, are 11 more. ifill: and that's the "newshour" foronight. i'm gwen ifill. >> brownand i'm jeffrey b

s to stem cell research, the bush policy and obama policy are quite different. could you comment on both of them? and then in your judgment and your opinion what is the proper stem cell research to be? and second is to the agent orange. the treatment of the american vietnam veterans and a vietnamese people -- [inaudible] treatment. t want to comment on that? thank you. >> on the first and happy to talk with you afterwards about bioethics and, second i can do much good even afterwards. [laughter] so let's take another question. >> new york times. i wonder if you could comment a little i hate to bog us down and weeds of policy but based on your own experience on the lessons of the bush era for the challenges that you're talking about because it seems as though you could make a case the bush administration represented a broad attempt to come to grips with exactly the challenge that you're talking about, how to marry a defense of capitalism to a kind of cultural critique of the culture that it summon up the i think in hindsight both on the left and now on the right

obama. my grandfather was a big fan of paul robeson from the 1930's and 1940's. he would give me cards on my birthday with pictures of paul robeson the front, and i was 5 years old learning about his struggle with the american government. so i am sure i can buy this honestly. i love politics. -- so i am sure i came by this honestly. i love politics. our country i went to was haiti, where i went in the 1990's with a bill clinton after restoring aristede to the presidency. a palace actually fell after the earthquake, and it was amazing to see it there after having visited the took us to this one room, and the junta had written things down from the walls and shot holes in the ceiling, and there was one room that was interesting. it was a room where the dictator -- his wife used to have tea parties at the presidential palace, and what she would do is invite all the wealthy women from haiti to the palace and it would bring a fur coats and they would turn air conditioning as high as it could go so that they could all sit in this room in for coats and sip tea. [laughter

tradition of s solidarity for and refraining from criticizing the president when the country is under attack. there's no such tradition right now. former vice president cheney just blasting president obama several leaders in congress doing the same. he's going to have to take charge of the situation, especially after the performance of janet napolitano last week. he will face a political battle over national security heading into the next year. >> any indication he might change up the team given what happened over christmas day? >> he's insisting on accountability. he clearly has secretary napolitano's back. in the statement he gave over the course of the week, he said, she was right in saying that after the bomber was subdued, the system worked. in other words, flights in the air, 160 flights in the air were notified of the issue. mores were measurers were taken to toughen security at the gates. it seems that he's trying to protect her from the long naives in washington, d.c., that are already out for her. >> thank you, terry. he'll be talking to john brennan, joe lieberman and others this morning on "this week." >> we're going to be hearing a lot about yemen. >> that's right. >>> now

really go south and there s -- not only concern aboutresident bu, it extended into the broader estion of worry about america'unchecked and unvaled power. w with president obama some of those mbers have gone back down. but therstill is a coinuing concern about the exercise of amican power. and you could see the way began to play out as esident obama announced more tops for afghanistan and the backlash thabegan to create. that's going to beith us as a consequence of this decade pele around the world worry about the way th united states conducts itlf in dealing with its problems, dealg with terrorism. >> final thohts. >> i think the flip sidef thats, you know, what americs think our future in the world. ere self ree indication that manmore americans than in 2000 now think tt ultimately witn three cades or so, china will be the most powerful nati on earth, not the unite states. if that ppens, that is going to he all sorts of consequences, ere is huge and never this country, people who are acctomed to being onop. and if that the way they feel, i thk they will look back on this decade ansay thaturing these past ten years, maybe more decisions were made that h to d

s melini wilx reports on why the clinic has this people worried. >> costs will finally come down for families, businesses, and our government. >> reporter: president obama wants lawmakers to push through a health care bill when they return from recess. he says once the law takes hold, patients and doctors will have more control over their medical decisions. >> [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: a mayon clinic in arizona could be the vision of the future. one branch has stopped treating medicare patients. it lost $484 million because reimbursements didn't cover costs. >> raise taxes on small businesses, raises taxes on middle-income americans. it raises taxes on medical dices. it increases medicare premiums for our seniors by $50 billion. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi acknowledged mayon's -- mayo as losses -- mayo's losses. >> we salute their work and their right to point out the disparity in reimbursements would be shortsighted not to pass the bill because of one piece of the bill which we will correct. >> reporter: in his annual budget review, california governor arnold schwarzenegger said washington owes the golden state billions. >> my budget i

s and the united nations to provide disaster relief and aid in rebuilding. that is why president obama has pledged $100 million in disaster aid and why american personnel are on the scenes saving lives and aiding in the recovery. the "los angeles daily news" reported this week on the california firefighters whose back breaking work gives us all something of which to be proud. i quote from that article. "they were bone weary from digging through the rubble for five hours sunday. losing faith fast. when the cheering began it was like a shot of adrenaline. u.s.a., u.s.a. the large haitian crowd standing in the street yelled as los angeles county fire captain bill moynihan and his search dog rescue team finally freed a young woman trapped under her collapsed hotel for five days. bill said it brought his -- brought him to tears, said the executive director of the search dog foundation." we know there are stories of grief and loss to go alongside such stories of hope. we know that haiti's crisis goes far deeper than the earthquake, but we also know that when our words fail in the face of a t

obama quickly accepted the apology. those are some of the stories making news today. next is nbc 4's "viewpoint."back in a few minutes with an update. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "viewpoint." i'm jim handly. today we are looking back to the challenges of 2009 and the challenges and promises of 2010 and our guest this morning is d.c. congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. welcome back to "viewpoint." let's look back briefly, if we can on 2009 and the crisis of the economy that hit not only d.c. but our whole region and the entire country. you fought hard for and secured our share of stimulus money beyond our share, really. how much are we talking about and highlight some of the place where's this money will go? >> jim, the way to really see it is compared to what? the district in stimulus funds and here i'm talking only the district's amount i haven't even gotten to the extra, the district of columbia got $1 billion. that saved jobs for cops, teachers. that was because i insisted that d.c. be funded as a state. remember everybody regards us in the federal government as a state for everyt

the majority party and we can work together with president obama to solve the problems of this country so we can go back as happened in the 1990's when you have a member of the democratic party as president and republican congress and they worked together to balance the budget. that is what the american people i believe are yes or noing for. and i look forward to working with the president in a way that we can balance the budget and bring the american people back to have safe and confidence in its government. there is an old saying, when all else fails read the directions. the constitution of the united states is the direction. and at a time like this when we have record deficits, we have soaring interest payments like you see on this chart when we have americans concerned about their health care, about their jobs, about the ability to earn an income, when people are concerned about the growth in china and what they see in some cases as the decline in jobs in the united states that's when you return to founding principles. let's look at our constitution more often. let's return with our president next year as a majority party an