gentlemen, as you know, the pacific rim countries are a fast and growing market for u.s. exporters. i am of the view that to tap th potential of these markets is a prerequisite to achieving the president's goal of doubling exports in the next five years. also, as you know, china is projecting an enomic model in the pacific that is, unfortunately, harmful to american interest. if you rights for workers, state-owned enterprises, disregard for intellectual properties. i want to ask you this afternoon about the opportunity to create an alternative mel. i believe that opportunity is going to present itself at the trans pacific partnership, another round is coming up in the next few months. here is the question. the key country for looking at this would be a vietnam. vietnam may not be able to implement it today all of the commitment that the uned states has come to expect over free trade agreements, but i would very much like to see us get some short-term benefits, particularly improved access to that market for our exporters, fort greene goods, for the value added kind of products of wo

minority-owned banks play a vital role in the asian-pacific islander and minority business development endevener and together they enhance the country's economic recovery and long-term growth. minority firms currently provide nearly five million steady jobs but could potentially create over 11 million more. our amendment helps them do so. i ask my colleagues to support this amendment because it eliminates obstacles in the way of our nation's nye mortgage businesses and if a -- minority businesses and facilitates their growth during these very tough economic times. the chair: does the gentlewoman yield? mr. green: i will reserve. the chair: the gentleman from texas has one minute remaining. the gentleman on the other side has yielded. the gentleman from texas has yielded. mr. green: i will yield the balance of my time as well. the chair: the gentleman has yielded the remainder of his time. the gentleman from texas is recognized. the gentleman has yielded back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas, mr. green. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in t

pacific life knows that tomorrow's questions require planning today. with financial solutions and strength, pacific life can help you and your financial professional develop a plan. pacific life-- the power to help you succeed. and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the amount of oil being captured in the gulf of mexico kept growing today, but there was also growing frustration in the u.s. congress about the spill, its consequences, and b.p.'s overall effort. out on the gulf, "discoverer enterprise" was filling up today. it pumped another 630,000 gallons yesterday from the blown well. that total was near the daily capacity of the cap-and-containment system, and b.p. said it's sending more vessels to capture and e

pacific life-- the power to help you succeed. >> chevron. this is the power of human energy. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the gulf oil slick extended its reach today, staining beaches from louisiana to florida. officials said cleaning up the spill will take months and years. >> ifill: oil continues to lap at the shores of the gulf coast today as b.p. and federal officials announced the amount of oil escaping from the broken well on the ocean floor is beginning to slow. 452,000 gallons were collected sunday and pumped to a ship on the surface. that is up from 250,000 gallons a day last week. >> thanks. appreciate it. >> ifill: at the white house today coast guard admiral thad allen who is in charge of

region is not jet truly pacific. thrugh all the perils in the pacific, the united states-japan treaty of mutual cooperation and security has stood as a cornerstone of a continued regional peace and prosperity. none of this would be possible without the contribution of the people of japan and especially those on ock in a what through their continued hosting of our proud u.s. armed forces. the smooth transition from bitter adversaries to full partners is a tribute to the resiliency and farsightedness of two people on opposite sides of the pacific. the people of the united states and the people of japan. the recent reaffirmation of the commitment to full implementation of he 2006 road map and the guam international agreement for realignment of u.s. armed forces in japan is a concrete step forward in cementing this crucial alliance. the mutual cooperation promised in the treaty 50 years ago, however, extends far beyond the japanese island when the u.s. looked for partners in dealing with the aftermath of the devastating

, 5 until 7 pacific and the subject is to help now, what these gentlemen have been talking about we are going to go at length with them, raise as much money as we can to help as many people as we can with. joining with us here in l.a., edward with james olm to os, the actor and active gist, just back from the gulf, he produced this short video. before we talk about that, what was your reaction to what you saw? >> devastation. i wasn't quite prepared for the humanistic understanding. i thought they would be angry. i thought there would be a tremendous amount of energy. >> larry: what did you see? >> people that had given up, the lack of hope. hope is the one thing that keeps us alive and that is why we need it and they don't have hope over there and i think felipe said it very well and so did anderson, we need to really understand this. this is a human issue now as well as, you know, ecological issue. but can i just say one thing is that we have an opportunity to help over there i love what you're doing, those two hours and i hope you will invite me to be here to help you raise funds. an

. >> pacific life. the power to help you succeed. >> and the national science foundation, supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station, from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: on this day 50 of the gulf disaster, officials still don't know how much oil is escaping from the damageded well or where it's headed. a mile deep a containment cap over the blown-out well head is now pumping even more of the leaky crude to the surface. at a news conference in washington, coast guard admiral thaad allen said the device captured more than 600,000 gallons yesterday up from 460,000 on sunday. but the government's pointman said he wasn't optimistic. >> i have never said this is going well. we're throwing everything we've got at this. this is the largest oil spill response in the history of the c

. >> pacific life. the power to help you succeed. >> bmsf railway. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation supporting science, technology and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. >> ifill: israel continued today to deitself against charges it mishandled a commando mission off the coast of gas a. the incident also led to the easing of gaza's isolation, at least for the moment. massive street rallies continued for a second straight day as governments around the world condemned israel's deadly raid on the flow philadelphia of ships headed toward its naval blockade around gaza. >> we want to send a powerful message to the arab regimes and the israeli alliance. the united states and to israel that our support for the palestinian resistance will not stop even if we die for it. >> ifill: in turkey police scuffled with protesters outside the israeliy embassy. half of the activists on board the ships were turkish. that country unofficially supported the aid convoy. of the nin

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we are going to be a presence in the south pacific because we are a pacific nation as well as an atlantic mission. -- a nation. we want all countries to create an varmint with an exchange of cultures and ideas that is thriving. asia is obviously on the move. china is on the move. that is a positive thing. that should not be a threat to anybody. we want to make sure that through dialogue and through forums like the g-20, that all countries are meeting their responsibilities even as their rights are being recognized. i think that if we appear to that basic principle, then a strong alliance is something that can continue to be a cornerstone of a peaceful and prosperous asia that can benefit all people. then, -- dan? >> thank you, mr. president. to follow on jackie's question, you talked about providing assistance in afghanistan for some time to come. given the challenges and the history in afghanistan, what makes you think that after declaring victory in afghanistan that it will not slide back into becoming a haven for terrorists? >> well, i do not have a crystal ball. i think that -- right

we're going to be a presence in the south pacific because we are a pacific nation as well as an atlantic nation, but we want to partner with all countries to create an environment in which trade and commerce and the exchange of goods and people and ideas and cultures is thriving, and, look. asia is obviously on the move. china is on the move. that is a positive thing. that should not be a threat to anybody. but what we want to make sure of though is that through dialogue, through forums like the g-20 are asean or apec or some of the other things we have set up, all countries are meeting their responsibilities even as their rights are also being recognized, and i think if we adhere to that basic principle, then a strong u.s.-japan alliance is something that can continue to be a cornerstone of a peaceful and prosperous asia, which will benefit all people. dan, from cnn. >> thank you, mr. president. just to follow up on jackie's question, you talked about being in afghanistan for some time to come, but given the challenge is there and the history in afghanistan, what makes you think that af

army pacific medical center and of course my army reserve unit. all of which i take great pride in representing here in the congress. second, i think it speaks to the strength and vitality and greatness of our nation and our nation's army that i for myself and child of immigrants from thailand and from china had the honor and privilege of calling myself an officer in the united states army reserve. it is a true testimony to the greatness of our nation and the greatness of our armed forces that the child of an immigrant would be allowed to serve as an officer in the most powerful fighting force the world has ever known. third and finally, of course, i am enormouslyyhumbled to call myself a member of the house of representatives. i think it is also testimony to the greatness of our military, our armed forces and to the united states army that i had the privilege earlier today of sitting in a hearing with general petraeus, discussing current actions and operations going on in afghanistan. i think one of the beauties of our army today is the fact that

with more than 2/3 of trans- pacific capacity provided by foreign chararriers. united and continental have taken significant actions to improve our performance, competing across both international and domestic markets and at the same time finding a way to connect small u.s. communities into our combined networks. in this dynamic, a highly competitive and are met, these actions have not been enough. our proposed merger is a very logical and essential next step toward our objective of sustained profitability. let me be very clear. without this merger, we would not have the $1 billion in synergies to improve products. and to improve service for our customers, nor would we have the financial means to create better career opportunities for our employees. we would not be as a successful competitor as we need to be to enable economic development across the country. a merger enhances and strengthens service for those who rely on our network in nearly 148 small communities and metropolitan areas, providing business lifelines and economic benefit to those communities that

power, as its incredible resources make inevitable, as it runs out of frontier and bumps into the pacific, you do need a huge central government. individuals may think they do not want it, but each of them has something he wants government to give him. by the time it is over, it will not be the america of the 1830's. he absolutely did foresee that. all the efforts to resist that kind of collectivity would strike him as the spirit of the country that he knew. he would feel that the haaits of the heart have decayed, that the religious sense of a shared mission that he found all over this continent -- he would probably think that has largely faded. >> do you have your own ideas where a country ought to go? do you have your own political views? >> i do. i would rather not pontificate about areas that i do not know. >> if he came here today and made this trip around the united states for nine months, what would he predict? >> he predicted a lot of it. he thought that the two most powerful countries in the world would be the united states and russia. he said the deepest fundamental basis of a s

the pacific coast is an extremely active zies economic zone. every time there is an earthquake in the eastern pacific area, the hoh tribe along with other coastal tribes in washington state must be vigilant for a tsunami which could prove devastating. in addition to the tsunami threat, the tribe must deal with severe flooding on a more or less annual basis during the winter storm season which lasts far longer than the time period officially designated as winter. the tribe's dry land on their already small reservation has shrunk over the years because the whole river and the pacific ocean are encroaching upon their lands. they have suffered through high floods that have destroyed homes, tribal buildings, and other tribal infrastructure. a few years ago my office had to call the washington state national guard in order to help the tribe place sandbags during a flood emergency. let me reiterate that all of the tribe's current reservation is located within a tsunami zone and nearly all of it within a flood plain. sadly it has become an unsafe place

. >> larry: that's 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific with anderson. back with john metz, his fiancee. almost amputated his arm. dr. scott ellner that finished the job john started joins us. doctor, were you at the hospital? >> i was. when john presented to our emergency department at st. francis hospital, he was in grave condition and i really have to attribute the action of the paramedics, the ems, wes hartford fire department for resuscitating john, putting in two ivs in the right arm to get him fluids because he was severely dehydrated and essentially he was -- he was near death when he arrived in our department. >> larry: wow. are you right handed, john? >> i am. >> larry: so you lost your left arm. right? >> yeah. really -- could have been either arm to reach down for the tool and thankfully it was my left. >> larry: what did he didn't try to amputate it, doctor? what would have happened? >> you know, larry, what happens when gangrene sets in to part of your body is the infection takes over the organ systems. and there's a release of toxins throu

but the the gas and electric, which is apparently as popular in california -- pacific gas and electric, which is apparently as popular in california as bp is in the south, that they could only do so by a referendum, in other words, they eliminated the majority rule. they spent $46 million in corporate funds on that campaign. the opponent spent virtually nothing. california has an enologist statute -- and analogous statute -- an analogous statute. this ad brought to you by pg &e. the referendum failed. the first part of this act is that you have to announce -- if you are doing any ad, you have to say who is sponsoring it. it does not help if you find out that it is the committee for better environment for the chamber of commerce, and it is really bp. the front organizations have to announce the largest contributor is british petroleum, or something like that, so that they cannot hide or veil it. it does add a couple of other things. companies who have certain kinds of contracts with the government cannot spend money this way. if they are foreign-owned, they cannot spend money this way.

monday night, from 5:00 to 7:00 pacific, and the subject is to help now. what these gentlemen have been talking about. we are going to go at length with them, and raise as much money as we can to help as many people as we can. joining us here in l.a. is edward james ole momos who is j back from the gulf, and produced this video, and what was it that you saw? >> it was devastation. i was not prepared for the humanistic understanding. i thought there would be anger and lots of energy poured out. >> larry: what gid ydid you see? >> a lot of people with hope. we need to keep the hope alive, and felipe said it well, and anderson, as well, we need to really understand this. this is a human issue now as well as, you know, ecological issue, but can i say one thing that we have an opportunity to help over there. i love what you are doing in the two hours, and i hope that you will invite me to be here to help raise funds, and i hope that everyone will give. but i hope that they will spend time this year going to the region along all of the gulf, all of it, and conti

we we successful in helping some medium-sized and small sized companies, including some from the pacific northwest secure over some $20 million in sales, much more than they had ever anticipated prior to gong on a trip. and he focus of ambassador kirkham myself has been in all of these meetings with chinese officials to level the playing field to make sure that american companies have fair access, the same access that the chinese companies have that all we want is a level playing field. but let me tell you with respect to how do you increase the jobs especially in the clean energy field, the chinese are spending almost $9 billion a month investing in the clean energy sector energy efficiency alternative energy and they are doing this, and i think this is the sentiment of the members of your committee, they are doing this not just to address their greenhouse gasmissions or to meet their energy needs. they are trying to become the world supplier of alternate energy and energy efficiency, and we have too many u.s. companies that excel in this deck allergy, but they are underperforming simpl

-- amphibious operation in the pacific %% theater. it was during this invasion that on april 28, 1945, private ruiz's unity was pinned down by machine-gun fire by a japanese pill box. they were unable to advance until ruiz grabbed an automatic rifle and charged the pill box right in the face of machine-gun fire and grenades. unfortunately, his rifle jammed and one of the enemy attacked ruiz. without hesitation, he used the rifle as a club and beat back his enemy. ruiz then returned to his original position all the while under fire from machine guns and grenades from the pill box. on his second attempt to free his unit, ruiz was able to overtake the pill box and save the lives of his fellow soldiers. for his actions he was awarded the medal of honor in a ceremony at the white house. mr. speaker, it is with great pride that i stand before you to honor this american hero. we should all work every day to remember individuals like sergeant ruiz. he and the multtudes of his fellow americans who battled for the freedom of europe, asia and th

. >> larry: anderson cooper, 10 eastern, 7 pacific much joining us on the phone, maybe the most belovedthe former first lady, nancy you, l. well, i couldn't let you do this without my calling you. you didn't call me and ask my permission. >> larry: you know, that's the way she was. if i was in office, i wouldn't have been allowed to do this. nancy said, bang, and you don't do it. you check with nancy, don't you? >> i asked her to read the charts. >> larry: nancy, you're awfully sweet. we'll get the whole gang together, the wife and everybody and we'll do lunch. >> okay. >> larry: nothing is forever. but it's -- there's new things ahead. >> yeah. you're -- you haven't planned anything else, have you? or if you did, you wouldn't tell me. >> larry: what did you say? >> she said you haven't planned anything else. >> larry: no, but i feel open to so many things. >> yeah. >> larry: life will be better. >> well, good. as long as it's better. that's fine. >> larry: thank you, nancy. >> but lots of luck, larry. >> larry: thank you. you're a doll. >> i'll miss you. >> larry: i'll miss you, too. w

he took him on trips to russia, scotland, and the south pacific.de sure that his clients showered money on delay's foundation and employed his wife. in return, delay let jack market himself as the man who >> the first time i met jack abramoff was in the majority whip's office at an event. >> jack is one of a kind. he comes in for five minutes, sits down next to somebody who is willing to spend miilions of dollars to lobby washington, minutes. he leaves in five and the guy or the woman thinks that jack's talking to the president, but he's probably playing solitaire on his computer,,and then he comes back in and he's like, sorry about that, but he's got two more minutes. by the way, i need about p250,000 a month. and thhn walks out the door. one of a kind. one of a kind. >> has jack abramoff seen this documentary, and if so, what's his reaction to it? >> i don't know if he's seen it. and now that he's in a halfway house, i'm going to see if i can get him a copy. his lawyer abbe lowell saw it. said he liked it. said there are a few issues he had with

seizure in its tracks. 26-year-old monica lovelace is part of a clinical trial going on at california pacificdical center in san francisco. monica was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was five years old after contracting meningitis. she and her husband ben have two young children, but her seizures make it hard for her to take care of them. why did you decide to get this experimental procedure? >> monica lovelace: absolutely, for my kids. absolutely. i won't... i wanted to be able to walk my kids to school. if i'm walking them... them to school and i have a seizure, are they going to walk into the street? >> couric: she is getting a device implanted in her brain that will detect the beginning of a seizure and give her a pulse of electrical stimulation to make it stop, like a pacemaker. dr. peter weber, a neurosurgeon, uses a computer to calculate the safest route to implant electrodes in her brain. >> dr. peter weber: the wires come from the back forward, deep inside the brain. that's the way they look from the front-on view. >> couric: implanted in the skull, the neuro-pace device is smaller

. >> logan: the ship was in a remote part of the pacific, mapping american territory there for the very can you tell us where you are right now? >> we are currently 1,000 miles northwest of the hawaiian island oahu. >> logan: in the middle of nowhere? >> in the middle of nowhere. >> logan: ballard believes the deep sea is rich with things we can't even imagine, and full of human history he hopes can be found and protected before it is plundered. >> ballard: the deep sea has more history in it than all of the museums of the world combined, and we're only now entering this great museum of the deep. >> logan: at 67, bob ballard is showing no sign of slowing down. but he does retreat to his home in connecticut to spend time with his family. it's also a refuge from a scientific world that has not always been kind to the man who found the "titanic," accusing him of being more interested in fame than science. >> ballard: no one likes to be criticized, no one likes to have people take shots at you, even if they miss. >> logan: so, when they say you're a showman? >> ballard: i am. guilty. >> log

a one-week crossing time from the atlantic to the pacific. a waterway connecting the atlantic ocean and the pacific ocean. the pervasive availability of electricity. the ability to drive rapidly between major american cities. the ability to communicate with a hand-held device. it is a continuing american project. our generation has its part to play. that is why we are committed to doing what government has always done -- using that property, which it is a stewardthe wireless revolution is an -- using that property which it is a steward of, to drive the american economy forward with spectrum auctions. there will be debates about the proceeds and how the auctions are best carried on. there will be debate about who is entitled to what. there will be debate about what the definitions of the property rights are. those are very important debates. they are not debates and that should't take us away -- take us away from the fundamental product of american renewal, were the proper management of this generation's crucial resources -- the spectrum -- is

aviation market, including 100% of the trans- atlantic and trans-pacific. in the north atlantic phase one, the dot and exclusive control over the three companies. in phase two, it forced the other airlines out of his mysterious face three began last year with the japan case that was designed to create the same type of multibillion-dollar consumer welfare lost that we have already seen on the north atlantic. continental/united is an integral part of all three faces a cannot be seen as an isolated event. problem three is the power threat. united continental will not cause immediate price increases in the local chicago and houston market, but consumers are at risk. carriers cannot survive without a strong, secure source of international traffic that is at the heart of their business model. when dot gave the company's control over this traffic, the dot issued a death warrant. the delta and noothwest merger eliminated no. 4 and is designed to cripple or kill u.s. airways who has no hope of independence survival, even though it is the most efficient of all the ca

we're going to be a presence in the south pacific because we are a pacific nation as well as an atlantic8 nation. but we want to partner -- atlantic nation. but we want to partner with all nations in the exchange of goods and ideas. asia is all -- obviously on the move. china is on the move. that should not be a threat to anybody. what we want to be sure of is that true dialogue, through forms like the g-20, through some of the multilateral institutions that we have set up that all countries that are meeting their responsibilities even as their rights barack also being recognized. if we adhere -- their rights are also being recognized. if we adhere to the basic principle, the u.s.-japan alliance is something that can continue to be a cornerstone of a peaceful and prosperous asia that will benefit all people. >> to follow-up on jackie's question, you talk about providing assistance in afghanistan for some time to come, but given the challenges in the -- and the history in afghanistan, what makes you think that after declaring victory in afghanistan that it will not slide back into becomin

i think was blatant false advertising and at the bottom of those ads they had to say, paid for by pacific gas and electric. similarly with mercury insurance company, the public took one look at that, at those ads, we they -- which they saw repeatedly and said, oh, that's behind it. well i'm a no vote. disclosure works, my republican colleagues. it's what you wanted for more than 20 years and now that you're about to get it, you don't want it? well, i think not. let me go to the subject at hand that we would talk about this evening which is really the issue of national security. for more than 40 years now america has talked about the energy independence. literally breaker -- breaking our addiction to oil. america's addicted to oil. we consume more than 25% of all the world's oil supply yet we have a very small portion of the reserves. we are literally sending overseas $1 billion a day, much of it going to countries that are actively pouring -- supporting people that don't agree with us and people that are actually, well, perhaps supporting terrorist organizations. certainly international s

eastern and pacific. at c-span.org can find the video archive of past prime ministers questions. >> on wednesday, you can watch live coverage of the british prime minister's question some with david cameron. that is live up 7 the yen eastern on c-span2. >> next, remarks by the british finance minister, george osborn. tuesday, he delivered a statement to the house of commons on his butt to report. this is one hour 10 minutes. mr. chancellor of the exchequer. >> mr. deputy speaker, -- >> this emergency budget deals decisively with our country's record debts. it pays for the past, and it plans for the future. it supports a strong, enterprise-led recovery, it rewards work and it protects the most vulnerable in our society. yes, it is tough, but it is also fair. this is an emergency budget, so let me speak plainly about the emergency that we face. the coalition government has inherited from their predecessors the largest budget deficit of any economy in europe, with the single exception of ireland. one pound i

a one-week crossing time from the atlantic to the pacific. a waterway connecting the atlantic ocean and the pacific ocean. the persive availability of electricity. the ability to drive rapidly between major american cities. the ability to communicate with a hand-held device. it is a continuing american project. our generation has its part to play. that is why we are committed to doing what government has always done -- using that prerty, which it is a stewardthe wireless revolution is an -- using that property which it is a steward of, to drive the american economy forward with spectrum auctions. there will be debates about the proceeds and how the auctions are best carried on. there will be debate about who is entitled to what. there will be debate about what the definitions of the property rights are. those are very important debates. they are not debates and that should' take us away -- take us away from the fundamental product of american renewal, were the proper management of this generation's crucial resources -- the spectrum --s so pro

with more than half the capacity and to assess three of trans-pacific capacity provided by foreign carriers. united and continental have taken significant actions to improve our performance, competing across international and domestic markets, and finding a way to connect small u.s. communities into our combined network. in this dynamic environment, these actions have not been enough. our proposed merger is a very logical and essential next step for our objective of sustained profitability. let me be clear. without this merger, we would not have the $1 billion to $1.2 billion to improve products or services for our customers, nor would we have the financial means to create a better career opportunities for our employees. we would not be as successful as we need to be to enable economic development across the country. our merger strengthen service for those who rely on our network in nearly 148 communities, by providing economic benefit they otherwise would not have. carriers compete vigorously on price and service, and our merger will not change that reality. there is significant low-cost c

this is not about ignoring the threat for national security guard this is not about pacifism.s is precisely about what one illinois state senator said in 2002 when he said," i do not oppose all wars, i just oppose some wars." [applause] recently, the joint chiefs of staff told an afghan leader that the upsurge in kandahar will reduce corruption and make local government work and provide jobs. it is like a bad joke. the good news is the obama administration is wrapping up a multi billion dollar program, but we create a host of new jobs for the bad news is we have to move to kandahar to apply. [laughter] this is not about right versus left. you have the cato institute agreeing that escalating in afghanistan was not the right move. this is the right kind of partisanship -- the right kind of bipartisanship. throughout history, every major historical achievement whether it was the emancipation proclamation, the 19th amendment, so security, medicare, was not achieved by stating the difference. abraham lincoln did not bring a return to get -- did not bring everybody together and sugg

aad so we are already seeing and dealing with drug traffickers going out to the pacific, increasing their routes there, increasing atlantic traffic, and the ultralights trying to come across the border. and we're already working on the strategy and the technology necessary to shut that down to and we will not be satisfied, and i won't be satisfied, until those other routes are shut down as well as the land routes. gil? >> well, you mentioned the other side of the coin. a little over four weeks ago, president obama released his national drug control strategy from the oval office. 24 months from now what i'd like to see is americans consuming less drugs. there are some ambitious goals in that. if we weren't such a huge consumer nation as secretary clinton, secretary napolitano and others have mentioned, we would be causing not only far less grief to people within our own borders, we would be causing far less grief to the people in mexico. >> so, secretary morton. we'll just go down the row. >> a few things i think you'll see in the coming few years from the perspective of ice and process an

>> i understand that there are six inspectors in the pacific and something like 56 in louisiana. i do not know why there is such a discrepancy in the number based on the rig and where that rig is located, but i will say that we need more inspectors in the gulf of mexico. >> i was struck by an automatic system in which your inspectors -- by the news that an automatic system in which your inspectors type in date and it is immediately uploaded it is not going to be in place for another six months. why is that taking so long? >> i do not know, but i can get back to you. >> we have found, in general, that there have been issues with keeping up with technology. one thing that i think you may be referring to is the production verification technology that industry uses, which is second by second data collection and storage on production. >> so why do we not -- i am sorry to interrupt, but i have very little time left.the courty can plug into like spock did with people's brains. why can we not require that bp let us know what their data is as regards -- >> it could be done, and there is a

the harmonization of our rules and those in the european community, the pacific rim, it will be awfully important. in having completed this work, we can offer some leadership to the world on what needs to be done to harmonize these efforts that we talked about this evening and over the last couple of weeks. there is some strength in the hand of our president going to toronto, and we believe in the passage of this bill that we hope will occur next week. we can make that case to our fellow parliamentarians, legislative leaders, not to embrace exactly what we of done, but the principles. i think it will advance stability and predictability as well as job creation that we desperately need. >> we have only begun to see some of that. the articles in the boston globe, i put it in my pocket, figuring we would be debating it. it says -- european seeks a bailouts. france and germany want to do the same. they want to tax their financial institutions to pay the cost of recovery, exactly what we did today. this was an wednesday pose a boston globe. the british, the conservative british government as

we are now pulling down from the atlantic and pacific, reaching across the ocean to get there. these skimmers, we are bringing new things online every day. id is the most effective way to deal with the oil as it is fresh and able to e recovered. looking at what we would ultimately call response technology and controlled burning has been very successful for us. we also have room for aerial disbursement. when we have permission to use those we will use dispersants as well. >> "washington journal" continues. cuff host: we want to welcome back to c-span the carnegie endowment for peace, this expert on iran. welcome to the program. brazil and turkey sided with the iranian government, what does it mean? guest: un sanctions, everyone knew that it would be a starting point and not a finishing line. it is difficult to pass sanctions at the u. n. this is not going to severely harm the iranian economy. but sanctions are busily a precursor to further unilateral measures. host: let me focus on some of the news of the day. one year after the questionable re-election of the iranian president

we're helping to build up a deposit insurance fund that has of pacific purpose in law, to help protect against deposit failures when banks fail. and to provide insurance for those who find those banks that failed. and yet we have a budget role here, and now we use that word politely, that apparently allows us to spend money in other programs if we increase the amount of money in the deposit insurance program. that kind of gimmick could have been used -- if congress and on the board today -- cannula mao -- imagine the amount of federal spending that congress would have tried to get away with, just increasing the money in the federal deposit insurance fund, and an offsetting it? that is what we're doing with this bill. we need to deal with this properly. the chairman asked is, what is the alternative? the alternative is to offset the spending by cutting spending somewhere else in the budget. bed at $3.80 -- $3.8 trillions in the budget, we should be able to find it if we propose brit -- if we propose to increase in this bill by another $19 billion. >> any other comments? center greg -- s

and if you read the boor here, people like head of ceba, pacific mutual, arco chemical, schmuckers, texas instrument -- you get the idea, right? and they did all the study over a few years period of time. and i think it lasted through the reagan administration and the bush administration. they ended their studies about 1990. they came out with their finding. he wanted to deliver this to me. jim renier wanted to see me. and you know what their executive decision was. the nation must redefine education as a process that begins at birth and recognizes that the potential for learning begins even earlier and encompasses the physical, social and cognitive development of children. education begins at birth and the preparation for education begins before birth. this whole thing -- this is the hard-headed business community of america said we've got pay more attention to early childhood development. we've got to put more emphasis on early childhood learning. they went so far as to say, we need to put emphasis on maternal and infant care programs so that children are healthy. that's what this is al

for instance, the trans-pacific partnership, an asian and latin america agreement. he has a crystal, a golden opportunity to implement the labor and environmental consumer protection vision that he campaigned upon. host: how does youngstown or detroit or binghamton, the towns that have been hit hard, whether it is nafta or other factors -- many of these communities have been decimated over the last 20 years. how do they come back? guest: first, we need to recognize that was not nafta. these communities have been struggling for several decades. to say that if we tinker with nafta there will be an industrial renaissance is just a cruel hoax. the president's basic demagoguery on the campaign trail against trade ran into the reality of running this nation. you cannot serve the interests of the u.s. economy. -- you cannot serve the interests of the u.s. economy by raising trade barriers. it will complicate our relations with other countries. mexico and canada are too close with neighbors, -- are two close neighbors, closed for a policy neighbors do you want to start your