in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. >> recorded vote. [roll call] the clerk will report the total. the motion is not agreed to. >> of the committee make movement to provide amendment number 70 offered by burton and john said which would repeal the provision offered in medicare coverage to certain individuals exposed to environmental health hazards. >> you've heard the gentleman is motion. is there any discussion? if not, the vote will occur on the motion by mr. dreier. all in favor, say aye. opposed, no degette in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. recorded vote, please. [roll call] the clerk will report the totals. the motion is not agreed to. >> i'm of the committee in order to provide the appropriate waivers for amendment number 76 offered by mrs. burton and johnson which would repeal section 6000 in of the bill to limitation on medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals. >> you heard the motion. is there any discussion of exit of the vote will occur on the motion. all in favor, say aye.

i agree with the opinions of justice thomas. i think that the senators ask questions they know we cannot answer. we tell them this and they still do it. they use the process as a vehicle for them to talk about what they want to talk about. we cannot tell you how we look at ongoing significance of the cases. they are trying to get us to know something about this. i am very happy that recent nominees have had an adherence to the opinion about how they will vote. the senators are the only ones who can change on how they conduct the process. if they would like to find out information that is pertinent, they should do it. there are many good questions they can ask that can reveal something about the nominee. what is your theory of the constitution? who will you write the opinion for food for the academic community, for the public? the decision in brown vs. board of education is about 20 pages long. he wanted the public to be able to read it. that would be a good question. asked what the latest interest are. what did they think? you c

the opinion process helps explain what we are doing. sometimes, when we talk about what the opinion should be -- sometimes you find you cannot explain it. it does not work. it is easier to write it coming out the other way. that should tell you something. we change even at that late stage. >> when you are looking at law clerks, what is something you are looking for? >> they have to have a good academic record. i have to be comfortable they could read a lot, get a lot out of it quickly, they can write well. i like them to be able to talk well. i do not have them do bench memos, but i sit down with them and discuss. some people are better writing stuff than they are talking. i want somebody who's going to be good at talking. that is how i like to prepare -- bounce ideas off of someone. they have to seem like nice people. you spend a lot of time with them, over the course of a year. they not only have to get along with me, but they have to get along with other clerks as well. i like people with self- confidence who are going to feel comfor

in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. >> recorded vote. [roll call] the clerk will report the total. the motion is not agreed to. >> of the committee make movement to provide amendment number 70 offered by burton and john said which would repeal the provision offered in medicare coverage to certain individuals exposed to environmental health hazards. >> you've heard the gentleman is motion. is there any discussion? if not, the vote will occur on the motion by mr. dreier. all in favor, say aye. opposed, no degette in the opinion of the chair the noes have it. recorded vote, please. [roll call] the clerk will report the totals. the motion is not agreed to. >> i'm of the committee in order to provide the appropriate waivers for amendment number 76 offered by mrs. burton and johnson which would repeal section 6000 in of the bill to limitation on medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals. >> you heard the motion. is there any discussion of exit of the vote will occur on the motion. all in favor, say aye.

but we have a big difference of opinion. should we expand a health care system that's too expensive? that's not good for people. or should we reduce the cost of the health care system we've got to people can buy insurance? that's our position, and that's what we're going to continue to advocate. tavis: to your point now of continuing to advocate, what do republicans do now? >> what we do now and tomorrow and the next day is try to make amendments of wlats -- what's left of the bill that's not now law. we think all of medicare savings rvings the half -- saferingse, the half trillion that's left should be spent on medicare. what the bill will do is spend it on new programs. that takes it away from seniors, 40 million americans, who rely on it. it cuts medicare benefits for one in four seniors who have medicare advantage. that's one amendment. my amendment said let's reduce the rate for interest rate for 19 million student loans by $1,700 to $1,800 a year. what the bill does is over-charge students $1,700 a year on 19 million s

public opinion supporting a pill -- repeal is strong.s the call for service negros, a policy that removes members of the volunteer force, many with critical skills, -- as the call for service grows, a policy that removes members of the volunteer force, many with critical skills, is not ideal. the 1993 study of the strategy needed to successfully implement the repeal provides it can be quickly updated to today's environment. in my view, this blueprint should include a moratorium on discharges while the department decides how to implement repeal. i was disappointed that the secretary saw a moratorium as destructive and i feel there is a way to stem the tide of these painful and unnecessary discharges, especially those instigated by third parties and avoid subjecting the confusion about the direction of this policy. sound positive leadership camp and will be the key -- can and will be the key to ensure readiness and unit cohesion cannot suffer as a result. to assist us in understanding the repeal process, we are fortunate to have the top pe

i would ask you first for an analysis, if you will or report on what the state of european public opinion is about missile defense. in other words, do the europeans feel vulnerable now? there have been times in the not so distant history where they haven't. do they feel vulnerable and who are they worried about firing missiles at them? >> sir, i think there is a growing appreciation in europe for the danger from iran. i think they look at the nature of that regime and clearly a sponsor of terrorism, working hard to develop a nuclear device and additionally i think there is a great deal of understanding that the ballistic missile technology that iranians possess is moving in pace. that is having an effect on the oorp eastern proclivity to be engaged with us on missile defense. it varies from country to country and there a number of factors from geography to relationships with the united states to general world outlook that shape it, but i think in my opinion it's fair to say that we are seeing a growing appreciation of it and i have to applaud the secretary who is moving forward on the dip

>> hey, in my opinion this woman let me down i have no confidence in her. that is her opinion.he is protected by the first amendment to have that opinion. >> bill: she lives in philadelphia. how could she live in philadelphia and live in south africa. >> bill: not oprah, the head mistress? the suit has been filed in the united states. >> right. absolutely. this is exactly what oprah is saying, counter saying. she wasn't there. she didn't do anything. when she was told about the abuse by the parents, she didn't do anything to investigate. >> bill: oprah scorched this woman who oprah hired. >> yes. and fired her. >> bill: can't blame oprah because oprah is trying to do a good thing. i can't blame her woman gets scorched. living here or. >> she filed it here. she was permissive. i don't know what her exact nationality is. she resides here in the u.s. >> bill: is she going to win this suit. >> $250,000 she wants. no. she will not prevail. oprah made private comments -- >> when it gets in front of a jury, it will be thrown out. >> bill: anna nicole smith we have heard quite enough a

opinion data.ost issues, american public opinion still resembles a bell curve. many of you have -- 20% liberal, 20% conservative. the bulk of america is in the middle on a bunch of issues. the problem is a mismatch between public opinion and congress. congress is much more polarized than the public in general. >> in terms of the causes for that, you are saying it is about fund-raising -- the reality of fund-raising and the media? i am trying to see if we can figure other causes that can help us with solutions. can you think of other things that contribute to that? it is a big mystery to me. >> i think the institutional factors are a big part of the problem -- the money system, the way congress is structured, the gerrymandering that takes place at the state level. i think it is not a big mystery when you look at it. how you go about solving the problem is much more difficult because on redistricting, that is done by the state legislatures, subject to gubernatorial vetoes in each of the 50 states acr

are we sending a message when we survey men and women in the military and so far as their personal opinions about removal of this policy which is evidenced in section 654? >> we intend to do a comprehensive, methodical study of the assessments of repeal which i suspect will include some form of service. >> what can be done after passage into legislation? >> that depends in large part on what type of legislation, if any, congress chooses to adopt. as i said earlier, the secretary of defense believes that we should go about repeal in a careful and methodical way and first study the impact of all of the impact of the repeal of current policy. . . >> they could choose to undertake legislative action in this era -- area and respect of of what we do. i think members of congress would like to go about this being informed of our work. >> i like to follow a track that we have been hearing a little bit here. you see the questions we have, we tend to break down by our party and our view of whether or not we should go forward with the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. given our fundamental belief, it gu

we shouldn't have gone in the first place, in my opinion. >> larry: what about afghanistan? how long do you think we're going to be there? >> a very long time. i just read a book that really disturbed me. it was a book written by dalton furey and he was the lead delta force commander at tora bora. they released there was an escape route along the mountains to pakistan, and they wanted to send an elite delta force on the other side of the mountains to stop bin laden and them from escaping that way. it went right into the white house, and george bush and dick cheney vetoed the idea. that disturbed me. number one, did they want this guy to escape so they left him an out? number two, what are these two bozos doing making a combat decision to an elite delta force member or delta force commander when you got dick cheney who got five deferments from vietnam and you got george bush who couldn't make it to one year's national guard meetings? these guys are making a command combat decision to the elite delta force, and then all you heard from them was, we let our generals call the sho

it was put out in than do the press briefing it was a new wants to legal opinion because it was much better to stand in front of the television camera to save the american military is going down to rescue american citizens and that is the basis for the rest of pulling the troops and -- as opposed to invited by the former prime minister blah, blah, blah but the problem was the russians were pushing the exact same doctrine and what they used before. the russian citizens we have an obligation to protect them had they pushed the argument beyond the.net-- domestic in the country it wanted to intervene that they were there citizen and needed to go when to protect them so the bigger it -- legal advisor thought they should tone down the legal justification of the u.s.. one last example is the u.s. hostages that the u.s. embassy in teheran. within the carter ministration there is a serious divide about to respond and an offer to put on the table to essentially drive the u.s. forces of massachusetts avenue to the iranian embassy which is operating in the united states and in a kind other gentl

he and i have a difference of opinion on the bill. i think his opinion is that if people just know more about this bill, they'll like it. my opinion is, is the more we've looked at it, the more that people have taken a look at it publicly, the uglier they think it gets and the more they hate it. unfortunately, the polling data seems to be on my side and the more you look at the bill me more -- the more it seems to have problems with it. we have joining us distinguished colleagues from all over the country. we have two doctors and an attorney and just, i think, a businessman and an engineer. it almost sounds like the start of some sort of joke but this isn't a joke, unfortunately. this is a very serious subject indeed. so i'm going to recognize dr. brown from georgia, a gentleman who has spent a lifetime practicing medicine, and then got elected congress, and now he's trying to straighten things out, i'm going to have him followed by dr. fleming as well. dr. broun, thank you for joining us, let's talk a little bit about this health car

he was very a loaf to get ahead of public opinion. he was very cautious. he wanted very much not to get into the war if he could help it. so while britain was, you know, being bombed, while german submarines word strangling british supply lines, you know, america wasn't sending over much stuff at that point. >> and when they did, 50, 66 from world war ii. you know, brat invested. holes in the halls. you could only use a couple of them. we made the brits pay for them. >> that's right. it was a great amount, a great sense of the british tricked us into world war i, and we weren't going to let that happen again. if we were going to help england then we were going to, it wasn't going to be strict altruistic aid. all of the aid, we are talking about 1940, early 1941, the british had to pay for it. cash-and-carry. so the destroyers. 18 destroyers. the british really could use. they got them in exchange for british bases in a number of british territories. so it was a much better deal for the u.s. then for britain, which winston churchill well knew and was very f

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has anyone got a different opinion? >> if you want reviews. espinel so go to the publishing date panels tomorrow and get advice, too. >> don't say thank to rahm, katharine, david, and our sponsor and thank you all for coming and we have katharine troup confections and "the immortal life of henrietta lacks" for purchase and signing up here. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> for more information on the virginia festival of the book, district vabook.org. >>> we are here at this year's conservative political action conference talking to radio host jerry doyle. tell us about your new book. >> the title of the book is from two standpoints. have you seen my country lately, have you? and the other is have you seen it because if you see that i think a lot of people would like to go back there. so it was kind of like when i was writing it was hard to keep up with everything as fast as it was changing and we hear about hope and change but of a certain point people say slowdown and i think a lot of what talk radio has and what we are doing here is we are

just like just as washington's opinion is persuasive evidence of that.e're talking about the macdonald case, it is not really right to say is the second amendment inc. against the state's by the privileges or immunities law or even by the due process clause. it is notÑi even correct to say whether the second amendment is applied or extended by one of these clauses. the right formulation, the way to think about this, if you're going to be faithful to the constitutional text and history, separation of powers, how the constitution was constructed, is whether the right to keep and bear arms supplies or is extended to the states and how is it extended? i suggest to, first of all, that it does apply. if the only reason the you came here is to find out whether the right to keep and bear arms is going to be applied to the states and whether chicagos gun ban is going to fall, lend -- chicago's then dan is going to fall, let me and your suspense. yes. there you go. the bigger issue, as we have discussed, is what this means for the future of liberty and for the fid

there's a certain way men can have of presenting their ideas as if they're not opinions but facts. don't respond well to that. i may have taken some literary license to say we were yelling at each other but we were raising our voices but i was not going to back down. what was very useful about this lunch because it was relatively early on. it was early 2008 when i had my change of heart in 2007 and from this conversation i knew what direction i was going because i had done that at that point but i still knew there were holes in getting the research and the numbers. i wanted to be able to have statistics to back up the opinions and information i had gone and from that point on i spent a few months digging in the library to find the statistics i could to look at the pictures that would be created on guidance and medication. >> we are familiar with the tom cruise/matt lauer incident. if you missed it. tom cruise went on the today show and went off on a tangent to a personal any kind of medicating -- why is that part of scientology? >> i don't know. i am not up on scientology except th

the opinion process helps explain what we are doing. sometimes, when we talk about what the opinion should be -- sometimes you find you cannot explain it. it does not work. it is easier to write it coming out the other way. that should tell you something. we change even at that late stage. >> when you are looking at law clerks, what is something you are looking for? >> they have to have a good academic record. i have to be comfortable they could read a lot, get a lot out of it quickly, they can write well. i like them to be able to talk well. i do not have them do bench memos, but i sit down with them and discuss. some people are better writing stuff than they are talking. i want somebody who's going to be good at talking. that is how i like to prepare -- bounce ideas off of someone. they have to seem like nice people. you spend a lot of time with them, over the course of a year. they not only have to get along with me, but they have to get along with other clerks as well. i like people with self- confidence who are going to feel comfor

this is not just my opinion. this is also the cbo, the entity that both sides of the aisle continue to look to. in 1994, the mandate requiring all individuals to purchase health insurance -- the government has any further required as lawful resident and i would say we should not be doing so now. with the remaining 2:30 minutes left, i yield to mr. latta. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. we've talked about charts, but somebody i look at is something that comes out from the jobs and family services breaks down the unemployment in the ohio. as a lot of members heard, i do represent the largest manufacturing district in ohio. the last one that came out. i have one district of 18%, two at 16, two at 15, six over 14, two over 13, one at 12, and one over 9. why is that important? why i'm out i'm trying to cover two counties a day. one thing i do, i go through as many businesses and factories that i can. i was in one business and the gentleman followed me out and said is this health care going to pass? i said i don

and i am sure maybe others a different opinions but i have often not to reply because i do feel that i should not but i appreciate it hearing it did i have heard that from other people >> guess my own personal opinion is that thank you notes are both appropriate and very welcome to i have no problem. >> technically they do not require any response the about. >> as a reviewer you write into a void you know, the review is good but it is really good if not many changes are made than one month later gets a writer from another editor for another assignment so when i get notes from authors side chairs and because it is wonderful to get the letters. >> you also milan 20 wind in their face of it is babcock. >> i like to think i am particularly good at being gently critical and several times i would say five or seven times i have written a review and said something critical and have gotten a response from the author that said thank you for pointing that out in such a way and i learned something from that and that was amazing. that felt fantastic. even defied technically should not have gotten

so, yes, there were great differences of opinion. and unfortunately, i have to say that some historians have made a little bit too much hay over some of these differences because it sells books. and i have rejected some of that as being either exploitive or rather exaggerated. but in the case of eisenhower specifically to answer your question, yes, there were mixed opinions but by others close to the thing that felt their way was the right way. but don't think it affects histories judgment one way or the other definitely not. [applause] >> carlo d'este as the author of the military biographies of george patton and dwight eisenhower. he's a retired u.s. army lieutenant colonel. for more information, visit americanveteranscenter.org. >>> every year the national press club hosts in author tonight. tonight i am with the editor of "letters from black america." can you tell me a little about your book? >> as a complication to the completion of letters spanning from the 1700's to 2008 and what i try to do is present a multi dimensional port

what about public opinion to our friends in the majority not understand? the american people are saying loud and clear they don't want us to do this. what is worse, many of the same democrats who are now pushing this party line vote are on record as being foursquare against it for major legislation like this. here is what one senior democratic senator had to say about partyline votes on major legislation just a few years ago. quote, i have never passed a single bill worth talking about that didn't have as a lead co-sponsor a republican he said, and i don't know of a single piece of legislation that has ever been adopted here that didn't have a republican and a democrat in the lead. that is because we need to sit down and work with each other. the rules of this institution have required that. that is why we exist. i couldn't agree more. americans expect big bills to command big majorities. americans expect big bills to command big majorities. and that is why this isn't a fight between democrats and republicans. it is a fight between democrats inside the bel

and there were mixed opinions.ght that their way was the right way. but i don't think that necessarily changes history's judgment. i mean, the fact that one individual has an opinion, you know, doesn't -- doesn't change the overall judgment that history -- the cumulative experience of a man is not necessarily going to be affected by the judgment of one other person. so, yes, there were great differences of opinion. and, unfortunately, i have to say that some historians have made a little too much hay over some of these differences. you know, because it sells books. and i have rejected some of that. as being, you know, either exploitive or, you know, rather exaggerated. but i think in a case of eisenhower, you know, specifically to answer your question, yes, there were some mixed opinions. by others who were close to the thing that felt their way was the right way. but i don't think it affects history's judgment one way or the other. definitely not. [applause] >> thank you. >> carlo d'este is the author of the milit

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the opinion process helps explain what we are doing and sometimes some talk about what the opinion should do. you have to explain it and sometimes you find that he can you can explain it. it just doesn't work. it is easier to write it coming out the other way -- until you something. we change sometimes even at that late stage. >> when you are looking and choosing new clerks, what are the things you are looking for? >> they have to have a good academic record. i have to become triple that they can read a lot, get a lot out of it quickly, they can write well. i like them to be able to talk well. i don't have my clerks do bench memos but i sit down with them and discuss things. some people are a lot better writing stuff than they are talking about it. i want somebody who is going to be good at talking about it and that is how i like to prepare, bounce ideas off of someone. and they have got to seem like nice people. you spend a lot of time with them over the course of a year. they not only have to get along with me, but they have to get along with their other clerks as well. i like people wi

people always had these opinions.t's that they were frustrated before in being i believe to find people whowled communicate with them about those things. i think that always existed. but there are a million different thing that is have led up to the point where we're at now where people are at logger heads all the time. guest: all of that is true but it miss the single most important difference between the reagan years and today, and that is that the government is vastly bigger than it was even then. it's in every aspect of our lives. and every time you turn around you're confronted with a regulatory issue from government or a spending issue from government. government has politicized, full, to a degree that we've never before seen in america, the public policy debate. host: i'm going to ask you to take your opinion hat off for a moment and explain what you wrote about the slaughter position. what did representative slaughter of the rochester area of new york suggest? guest: simply what she suggest sd a rule -- and ev

so, in the sense they are being held hostage to the fear of public opinion. >> all right. we wish we had the other congressman from new jersey, he wasn't able to make it. appreciate you joining us today. kelly. >> as the house rules committee hashes out the procedures for tomorrow's vote on health care reform, what about the overall price tag of the proposed reform? the congressional budget office said earlier this week, that the current bill, will cost about $940 billion. and reduce future federal deficits by about $138 billion. over the next decade. but, what will all of this mean, for ordinary american taxpayers? joining me now, is fox business network's tracy burns, good to have joining us, and what about this, will this cause problems for taxpayers, out there? if it is passed? >> look, if you start tallying up the increases in taxes, it is unfortunately, will make you sick. first thing we know, the top income tax bracket will most likely go to 39.6%, come next year and in addition you have the bush tax cuts going away and that means capital gains tax will go back up t

and so i wrote just that in my dissenting opinion. [laughter] >> and when congress adopts a committee report, it adopts the language of the bill recommended by the committee report. congress does not enact committee reports. it enacts laws. and the way to interpret the meaning of the law the congress enacted was looking at many other statutes that used the word "costs." and the reason the majority came out the other way is that almost all of those did not consider costs to include expert fees. >> what i'm saying is congress wanted the opposite. >> you don't know that. you don't know that. the only thing you know for sure that congress wanted is what congress said in the legislation that it was passed by both houses and the congress adopted it. congress never adopted the committee report. >> now you're getting flavor for where we really disagree. i'll give you an example because this is the harder one. let me give you another example. it's a harder one but absolutely one we'll disagree about. there's a statute, as you probably know, th

speaker, here are the results of a new investors business daily public opinion poll about health care, and if you look at the chart right here you'll see those results. asked if congress should pass the current health care bill or start over, respondents said start fresh by a 2-1 ratio by 61% to 32% start over. for independents, the split was 65% to only 24%. on using the budget reconciliation process to

there are differences of opinion about the way to go. i would quote from the no. 2 democrat in the senate right now, who said within the last few days, "if we go the reconciliation route, we will be testing some reconciliation rules and provisions that have never been tested before." so here you have the no. 2 democrat saying this is not an ordinary thing, even though they have been arguing that it is ordinary. so this is an extraordinary use of this device in order to get this passed, a public that is overwhelmingly opposed to it. >> the democrats do not plan to move the reconciliation bill until after the house passes the senate bill. >> you are asking me to get down into what that amendment would be and what the strategy would be. i am not going to assume this thing will pass the house. no matter how many times that try to dress it up, the house democrats are going to be called upon to vote on a bill that has the cornhuskers kickback, the louisiana purchase, the gatorade, and all the rest. maybe they will try to do something close to

we have a difference of opinion about the resolution but we're united in the opinion that this house should debate it and that every member of this house, whatever their opinion on the resolution, has a right to debate it, and to try to diminish this institution by saying this is not a proper subject for debate, we're about to begin a surge, this is a proper subject for debate. we waited 8 1/2 years to debate this should we wait another 8 1/2 years or should we have it now before question we commit more and more people into combat. i yield five minutes to mr. serrano of new york. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for five minutes. mr. serrano: it is time for us as a congress to have this long overdue discussion on our involvement in afghanistan. according to the war powers resolution, we have a role to play and it's time we as a congress exercise our authority. whether you agree or disagree with the escalation in afghanistan we need to debate it, we need to vote on it and we need to make a decision. we must not give up the powers we were given in the

and simple -- it is going to become mired in the interest of getting opinions that you need. i am just also curious as to how you define family, if it is parents, spouse, siblings, and how you get the opinions from gay and lesbian family members. >> it is vitally important that we seek the opinions and views, the effects on readiness that homosexuals there currently serving can express to us. i am not certain yet how to do that. i am confident that we will find a way to be able -- we will keep you informed as to how we might be able to do that. with respect to your question about families, i think mr. johnson and i have some degree of latitude in how we reach out to the families that are supporting our servicemen and women in the force today. we haven't crafted yet the precise mechanisms to do that. i would assure you that we would find a way to seek a wide range of views and opinions on a very important matter. >> what would be the purpose of soliciting family input. >> congresswoman, we know that the families have a direct relationship on service members ' -- of civilians w

>> well, my opinion of him, you know , when i left the room, i thought oh, great. i've irritated the guy that's likely to be the vice president. cheney said i gray -- i agree with what you had to say. we became great friends. he said that was my job. my job was to think through those questions. he wasn't going to take it personally. >> host: what's a rovian campaign? >> it's not what it's normally depicted. in the book, chapter four, the ugly things that people say are at the heart. most of which are fear base, fear base, mud ball politics. i have a couple of great quotes in there. the one that's my personal favorite is the guy said rove and his minions never stop. based on a very, very negative view of the lek rat. you know, those fundamentally say the electorate that can be won over for senate, governor, or president are motivated by those base instincts. i think we reject them. people who cross those lines and run those kind of campaigns tend to lose. in fact, tend to lose a lot. but a rovian campaign is one that is based around first of all a big authentic idea

that is a very common opinion in this country. [talking over each other] >> there's a common opinion in this country. >> china is an opportunity, not a threat. the united states prepared the responsibility for what happens to the united states but the united states is part of a much larger shift from the west to the east that has been going on for some time. i am not sure it is irreversible but it hasn't been reversed by the time periods we are talking about. we talked about vertical democracy here. in the west and all over the west, of the parliaments are paralyzed. look in the u.k.. what is happening is the west with all of this progress, somehow their energies were spent and drifting back again. whatever the reason is, the huge shift is from the west to the east with china being the leader in the east of the e economies that are coming up. china is helping in this regard a great deal. i mentioned 470 u.s. companies are in china. general motors, alcoa. their processes, january sales went up 50% in 2009. general motors is saying

opinion data.st issues, american public opinion still resembles a bell curve. many of you have -- 20% liberal, 20% conservative. the bulk of america is in the middle on a bunch of issues. the problem is a mismatch between public opinion and congress. congress is much more polarized than the public in general. >> in terms of the causes for that, you are saying it is about fund-raising -- the reality of fund-raising and the media? i am trying to see if we can figure other causes that can help us with solutions. can you think of other things that contribute to that? it is a big mystery to me. >> i think the institutional factors are a big part of the problem -- the money system, the way congress is structured, the gerrymandering that takes place at the state level. i think it is not a big mystery when you look at it. how you go about solving the problem is much more difficult because on redistricting, that is done by the state legislatures, subject to gubernatorial vetoes in each of the 50 states acro

public opinion changes. what people are reaktdi iacting messing, confusing process. victory on health care will help the president. he staked his first year in the presidency on it. people can debate whether he should have done something else. the fact of the matter is, he's on the goal line. i think people want to see him get the ball in the end zone and pass the plan. >> i agree with both of them. i think this really is a gut check moment for the democrats. they have not won the debate at this point. it's not unusual. every other president trying to do this found it is difficult to convince the country that government can reform a system this complex, especially at a time with such distrust of the government after the 2008 financial meltdown. i don't think people will remember how this was done. if they go ahead, they would have to do so in the belief they can turn around the poll numbers and convince the country this is worth doing. ultimately, this has been a top priority for every democratic president since truman. they are, as mr. morial says, on the goal line.

and it was quite an experience. >> host: did your opinion of dick cheney change over the eight years? >> guest: well, my opinion of him when i left the room i said great as irritated the guy who will be the next vice president. and then we became friends. he never help it against me. he said that was my job. my job was to go to those questions and not take it personal. >> host: with a roving campaign? >> guest: is not what is normally depict it. the ugly things that people say are at the heart of campaigns iran, most of which are fear-based mudball politics. and i got a couple of great quotes in it from people who have commented on them. rove and his minions never stops surprising me in being able to come up with something that will shock a 60-year-old great hound bus station. there are very negative view of the electorate. the electorate can be won over by that kind of politics. and i don't see the american voters, particularly the high profile races for senate or governor or president are motivated by those kinds of base instincts. in fact, i think they reject them and people who cr

my personal opinion there is so much more to be concerned about. really i think the irony of this book and barack obama is at the time we import this black president we are black people, african american people are more isolated from the mainstream, from the neighbors than ever at any point in the history of america. if you think about sort of their jim-crow is gone which in some ways kept a lid on how far we could go and now we have an incredible distance between wealthy african-americans and everybody else which is true of the entire country and that is unsustainable. that is how and tires and communities and people collapse. so i am just kind of diagnostic on the whole sense this issue. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> i grew up in alabama so i know the deep south. thank you for the book. i'm looking forward to it. one, you say in the book there is a wide variety of opinions for people in the african-american community. do you consider that a demonstration of the fact that the notion of the style leadership one hersman person lead people to the prom

i'm sure you got differences of opinion at very high levels at nasa at this point in time.'m sure there's some people who -- i know there's a couple of people who strongly support anything mr. obama wants to do. obviously -- >> neil: how would the brightest engineer, someone, normally who are tops in their class, guys like you, how would they sign on to an meineke discount muffle her job? >> they wouldn't do that. i got to believe the political pressure is so great right now -- you know this better than i do. you know what goes on over there. >> neil: man oh man. >> it scares me to death because, as i say, there are people within nasa at fairly high levels to probably want to go this route and there are others who realize the significant of what nasa has meant to this country, both technologically, educationally, leadership, morally, technological leadership in the world and they're beat to death. but we're not done yet. we're not done fighting. >> gene cernan, a pleasure an honor. >> i'll see you in a week or two. >> neil: the last man to walk on the surface of the moon. f

i would like you to give your opinion on stress. stress, as we know, causes many, many problems in the human population, and it seems like -- i hate this term -- caucasian people or more well off than african-american and hispanic. maybe you should focus on, with the economic downturn in the whole world, it's stress is the major cause of alzheimer's. guest: that is a very good question an interesting point. certainly there is a lot of research on stress and alzheimer's disease. we know that stress is not great for our bodies. i am a narrow scientist by training, so studying -- a neuroscientist by training, so studying stress has great interest the scientific community. we do need to put more research dollars into that. the alzheimer's association does sponsor much research. we are the largest private a founder of research, and to date have done it about $360 million to that. not only the biological side, but the social side, in terms of the stress. but i will also tell you that the socio-economic factors you mentioned that perhaps w

. >> 5:02, many of you have an opinion on how this will effect your health care coverage. >> there are alot of concerns, alot of people talking. >>> let's go to linda. she is live with what you are saying. >> reporter: we are live -- you don't have insurance, tallots why? >> because premiums are so high, $700, $800 deductsible. you have to go toes doctor to build up $800 before you can gets a $20 copay. >> reporter: you opted notice to purchases it because it costs too much? >> rights. >> reporter: what is it like to notice have health insurance? >> it's rough. i'm thinking thats health insurance thing will really helps people. >> reporter: there hats been so much debates, some people saying this is going to cost too much. on the front end, it might cost too much, but it will give 31 million people that tonight have insurance some kind of relief and batescally, that's what one of relief now. you know what i mean. we wants some kind of relief, now. >> reporter: alexander, thanks so much for talking to us. there you have it, people whoso port it. people who don't because they think it wi

but the divided opinions and not is coming from democrats and republicans. doctors still remain split. >> people will die. i am going to have to be the ones to tell them that i am not allowed to do that for your child. >> i think that is very unlikely. and really do not see any likelihood of people who need a fcute care to any off left of i. president obama will make a trip to iowa tomorrow. the public remains skeptical. >> president obama plans to sign an executive order later today that will ban federal funding of abortion. it supports an existing law. itas part of the deal he did to get support of the final health care bill. >> more trouble for a former wizard's store. gilbert arenas is accused of trying to cover of a confrontation. this comes daisy for he is opposed to the sentence for gun charges. we are joined live with the details. >> good morning. it is part of an initial plea agreement. prosecutors agreed to ask for less than six months in jail for arenas. they will be asking for at least three months of jail time based on what they call a cover-up

in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and wowed -- and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? mr. cohen: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4506 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4506, a bill to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy judges, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen, and the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. cohen. mr. cohen: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. cohen: and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the g

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>> guest: my opinion of him when i left the room i felt great if irritated the guy. he's likely to be the next vice president. as we walked out he said i agree with some of which you had to say. we became friends and he never held it against me. it says something about cheney. he says that was my job, to think through those questions and he wasn't going to take it personal. >> host: what is a rookie in campaign? >> guest: it's not what it's normally detected. in the chapter for a talk about the ugly things people say are the heart of supposedly the kind campaigns i ron, most of which are fear based, mud ball politics and i have a couple of quotes from people who commented. one is my personal favorite the guy says rove and his minions never stops surprising me coming up with something that would even shock a 60 year old greyhound bus station hooker, and of quote. those views are based on a very, very negative view of the electorate. you know, this fundamentally say the electric can be won over by the kind of politics and i don't see the american voters, particularly h