had the figure it is other day that average ticket price just soared, it's stunningly high in an onomically difficult time. i assume that whatever deal they come up with, those prices are likely to escalate further. is that a fair assumption? >> for instance, in the n.l. we had 18 teams raise ticket prices despite the impending lockout. the average cost of going to an n.f.l. game depending chon team you want to see, if you want to see the dallas cowboys it will cost a family of four about $700 or upwards. the average cost for a family of four in the overall n.f.l. itself is over $400. there's... none of the four major professional leagues can a family of four go to a game for under $200. you know, maybe it's time for fans to reassess why they're sort of spending like crack addicts on the four major sports when there are lots of other affordable, available things to watch for a lot less money that appreciate the fans perha a little bit better and who value the fan more properly. >> hunt: minor leag baseball for one. >> sure. >> hunt: let me ask you both. in these talks... either the n.f.l. o

something about the script i felt the same about this script, it's very onomical.t didn't tell you everything about every character. it told you enough to conclusions about characters or get a sense of characters but it didn't tell you who everybody was and i think that's important. >> charlie: you wte five episodes -- >> of the office? two. >> charlie: two. >> and directed three. >> charlie: is it hard for you having done those two things not to look at a script and say i want to change it, i want to tweak it, i want to make it better? >> to a certain extent, yes, but you also have to respect the wring. that's something that is important to me. and with the writer with the director if there a huge problem that you're having that's just something to be brought up and discussed but -- >> charlie: as an actor. >> right, but i don't want to come in and hack a script because as a writer i would have written it differently because every writer has a different approach and you need to respect that. >> charlie: some will suggest that people do it best have a kind of -- ha

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our country is facing a terrible onomic crisis. a crisis that you created and one that you can avoid. but we've run out of time. now is the time for leadership, not bad political theater. now is the time to bto behave like legislators. please rise to the occasion. the reid bill is not the bill i would have written. it's not the truly balanced approach that i would have hoped for. there are no revenues in this bill. but i think it's the best approach that is on the table right now. and i'm willing to compromise. so i will vote yes on this bill. i'm willing to put my country first. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. members are advised to address their comments to the chair. not to other members. the gentleman from california, mr. dreier. mr. dreier: at this time i'm happy to yield such time as he may consume to the distinguished former chairman of the committee on appropriations, my friend from califnia, mr. lewis. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from californ

there are so many reasons, onomic, and the basic issues are that all thus need health care and we have to have it. i have a lot of uninsured. if they really get sick, they will lose their economic security, their ability to keep their home, keep their car. they know they are underinsured. we are paying more and more for insurance, getting less and less coverage and we're watching our small and large businesses be unable to compete in a global market. we need to convince the states to be a laboratory for that change and we need to stop nibbling on the edges and joined the developed world in passing a single payer health care plan that makes health care of basic human right. host: when will the details for the plan come out? guest: the goals in what we're doing now are putting together the smartest five people i can find help design this system. we want to steal ideas from other parts of the world and make sure that works for vermont. let me give you some specific examples. the plan will be publicly financed. you will have an insurance card. it you come out to the counter and we will be