. >> pam, can you explain an enemy combatant and an suspect?>> yes, an enemy conbattant is for someone in the war in terror but not official battle. the basic difference between someone you would put in a military commission and someone in the u.s. criminal justice system is not just geography where they are captured. but also evidence, that is not evidence that can be held up in a u.s. court. because you can't be sure it wasn't handled in an appropriate way. and in civil courts evidence is thrown out all the time that is tampered with. so the enemy combatants in the intelligence commission and i am not sure how many so far, i think maybe three and they were pleaded out. you have cases on evidence based on hearsay, and i believe why they are going with abbull muital ab, because of the crime on u.s. soil and the evidence they have against him is something that would hold up in court. the u.s. government current stance and possibly during the bush administration as well, the prime place you want to get these people is in civilian court, because

this attack >> up next, live at "newsmakers" said with reporters pam hess and tim starks.hen that the debate on health care. that will be followed by president obama. >> you have lost it. you do not own it anymore. you are trespassing. and that hurts. my possessions are an hour and a storage bin. what i was able to get out before the house was locked up. >> this week, who was later coburn on american casino, thereir documentary on the subprime mortgages. >> joining us on "newsmakers" is tim starks and pam hess, intelligence reporter with the associated press. the subjects of the closure of the embassy in yemen. >> the u.s. embassy was attacked twice in a very directly with suicide bombers in 2008. 17 yemnis died, outside the perimeter of the embassy. with the attack in december that the u.s. apparently participated in, and the stepped-up counter- terror 8 that the u.s. is providing to yemen and the special forces in yemen, it is creating a situation that is not the safest for diplomats. i think they're expecting al qaeda to strike back. host: you are appearing on fox, and

pam helps you pull it off. cup-cakes! cup-cakes! cup-cakes! ( cheering ) ♪ [ sniffs ] morning.retty late last night. dad, i'm not sixteen anymore. still, it was late. well... you're not gonna have to worry about that anymore. yeah, why's that? ♪ todd's a lucky man. ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ that's what i told him when we talked last week. ♪ ...is folgers in your cup

>> pam. >> reporter: pam, the health care out of washington what do you think?>> i think i don't know everything i should know about it. about 2,000 pages i have no idea what. i don't understand why it would take 2,000 pages. >> reporter: maybe washington should take a little longer before they vote on it? >> i definitely think so. >> reporter: what's your name? >> victoria. >> reporter: what do you think about the health care bill? >> i'm for it. i'm for obama. i was for hillary, but now i'm behind him. he's president, not me. >> reporter: your senator blanch lynn con -- blanch long con wants a better deal did you -- i'm not going to -- did you here what they got? >> no. >> reporter: i'm not going to ask you about what you don't know. what is your name? >> gloria. >> reporter: are you from here in little rock? >> now we are. >> reporter: what do you think about the health care bill? >> we haven't worried too much about it. we just hope tri-care will stay with us that's through the air force. >> reporter: a nurse, hang on. you look like a nurse. you might be in

>> pam, feeding the meter, something we all have to do. there are 30,000 meters across the district, and it will cost more, even on saturdays. parking it in d.c. almost an art form. with the new year, new wrinkles for streside parking. >> it is expensive. >> among the changes, at $2 per hour parking in primary zones like adams morgan, georgetown. >> we come out on the weekend. who wants to pay $2 to park for one hour? >> the free parking that merchants have come to know and love is now history. >> i think the free parking was an attraction. >> they say other cities have the $3 parking fees. >> if it makes it easier to park, great. >> he is from seattle, or they charged $1.50. >> they are not making any more parking garages. if they need to make revenue, make it. >> you have to move your vehicle after the first hour at these meters. >> it is crazy. >> you have to find better parking and not part in these areas. >> that hours before the meters in the very busy areas will be extended until 10:00 p.m. on saturdays. one thing to note, if you do

here to take us through them is pam o'brien.d morning. >> good morning. >> so is it true there are foods that can take the place of medicine and cure us? >> yeah, they can cure and even prevent illnesses. >> let's start with the common cold. what foods are good if you have a cold? >> first of all, white button mushrooms contain substances that boost your immune system. and then salmon is loaded with vitamin d. and actually research shows that people with the lowest levels of d get the most colds and flu so you want to get a lot of d. >> i see you have sunflower seeds. really? >> yeah. actually they're high in vitamin e, which can lower your risk of getting a cold and flu by 20%. >> is this yogurt? >> yeah, it contains a substance that helps your body fight off bacteria and viruss. >> let's move to know to stress, is this a stress meal because this is important because a lot of people could use this. take me through a little of this. >> so curry contains a substance that's been shown to lower your stress level. and then milk cont

my heart goes out to his wife pam and his four daughters. mr. speaker, last weekend the prime minister said he was all in favor of aspiration. could he explain to us exactly what his aspiration about a tax system which he has created where the poorest 20% pay more in -- for may income in tax than the richest 20%? >> it's because of all these things that we introduced the tax credit system. the tax credit system is the means by which we take people out of poverty. we reward work for people who are in work. and for people who pay income tax, it removes their liability by giving them tax credits instead. it is the means by which we bring greater justice, take people out of poverty and make work pay. and i hope he would continue to support the tax credit system which is an essential part of our tax and benefit system in this country. >> he balks justice. he talks about justice. it's his rules -- it's his rules which allows a citibanker to pay less tax on their capital gangs than a cleaner does on their wages. he's about to hit millions of average ea

my heart goes out to his wife pam and his four daughters.last weekend, the prime minister said that he was all in favour of aspiration. could he explain to us exactly what is aspirational about a tax system that he has created in which the poorest 20% pay more from their income in tax than the richest 20%? >> it was because of all these things that we introduced the tax credit system, which is the means by which we take people out of poverty. we reward work for people who are in work, and for people who pay income tax it removes their liability by giving them tax credits instead. it is the means by which we bring greater justice, take people out of poverty and make work pay, and i hope that he will continue to support the tax credit system, which is an essential part of our tax and benefits system in this country. >> the prime minister talks about justice. he has not delivered justice or fairness in the tax system. he is the one who scrapped the 10-p tax rate. it is his rules that allow a city banker to pay less tax on capital gains than a c

john was pointing out something that her pam contain has said over and over. there's a sense that change in washington hasn't come fast enough. there's a tidal wave of anger coming toward her that they miscalculated. they didn't respect the intensity of it and didn't respond quickly enough. the republican did, larry. >> larry: dana bash, what's the sentiment on the hill? is there a chance the house will pass the senate version and get this quicked passed by going to the senate and they'll approve it, they don't need 60 votes? >> reporter: it looks very, very unlikely this evening. i spoke to many how democratic lawmakers, and many said they don't see it possible. they personally would not vote yes, and all you need is a couple of house democrats to drop off. that throws that idea of the house passing the senate bill out the window. what is next? that is such a big question mark. house democratic leaders huddled in nancy pelosi's office a short while ago to watch the returns, and they're trying to figure out what to do with health care. there is no clearer path

i say to my producer, pam, i'm not a big fan of the moon story or. pull out a gun or even if i joke about it, i would be fired. neither of these guys, to my knowledge, or -- no only are they not fired they are not suspended. what's up with that? >> well, first of all, you have to let the -- you have to let due process take its course. the d.c. metro police is investigating the matter. because gilbert arenas lives in virginia and the arena is in washington, d.c., it could be a federal matter. because so you have the district of columbia along with the federal government involved in this right now. the nba itself has to wait until that process, due process, takes place actually before they come down with a ruling. i can tell you right now you have a lot of people in nba according to numerous people that i have spoken to that believe that gilbert arenas should be suspended for the year. remember, according to nba laws, collectively bargained, if he's convicted of a felony, you know, his contract can be voided. he signed a six-year $111 million contract

rather chinatown heroin dealers and human smugglers, as rocket man and pam, thought of themselves as entrepreneurs and opportunist driven above all by a mercenary sense of self interest. family loyalty may have been a deep and enduring bond among fujianese, but after familial loyalties didn't make sense from a business point of view. alliances and coalitions were ever evolving and an assortment of underworld ties my come together in a temporary joint venture in order to move a shipment full of migrants or china white. that is, heroin. but when they were split up, then they would split up and go their separate ways looking for the next promising opportunity. the flipside of this is that while loyalty was bad for business, grudges were as well. and that may in part explain how was that sister ping found herself in business with ah kay, a violent youth who had robbed her twice. and threaten the lives of her children. it must have seemed strange to trade as sister ping had so readily forgiven his transgressions to get must've seemed to him that sister ping's paramount devotion to her own

host: our guest on "newsmakers", pam hess and tim starks. getting a reaction to the deputy of national security making the rounds on sunday. the president linking al qaeda to the christmas day attempted bombing attack. more from john brennan this morning on fox. >> there are several hundred members of al qaeda. as we have been able to piece together the story, it is clear he was in yemen for several months. he has reached out to al qaeda. we know he received training at one of the camps that was hit during the month of december. she was clearly directed to carry out this attack at the direction of al qaeda. the senior leadership. this is something we are concerned about. there may be other operatives inside of yemen to send to the west. we need to make sure we maintain this pressure on al qaeda within yemen. host: "newsweek" is calling this latest attack the children of an laden. -- of bin laden. >> they have been warning us for awhile where al qaeda is an organization is directing operations culminating in the 9/11 attack. the u.s. responde

. >> you did a great job, we have pam hess and tim starks as we deal into the details of john brennan's appearance, thanks for joining us on "newsmakers." >> thank you. >> i think it's gone, you have lost it, you don't own it anymore. you are trespassing and that hurts. my possessions are now in a storage bin, what i was able to get out before the house was locked up. >> this week on "q & a," the documentary on sub-prime impact on minorities. tonight at 8. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," former bin laden chief , scheuer speaks about home grown terrorists. james traub on joe biden, and john newman speaking about afghanistan. "washington journal" live on c-span. >> federal reserve chair, ben bernanke, spoke to economists about the need for financial administration for price bubble in the housing market and other industries. he spoke at atlanta in the meeting of american economic association. this is just under an hour. >> welcome to this event. it's an honor and pleasure to introduce this morning's speaker, ben bernanke. he will speak for about 40 minutes and take four or five questi

and so pam was encouraged to have an abortion. thankfully she refused and her son, tim, went on to play starting quarterback for the florida gators. and in 2007 was awarded the heisman trophy. let me share one other brief story. patrick henry hughes was born with diseases that caused him to be both blind and crippled from birth. by some accounts his life may have been considered less valuable but patrick has a unique gift. he has become an amazing multiinstrumental musician who inspires people across the country with his music. in 2006 he was recruited to join the marching band at the university of louisville. he joined the band playing the trumpet while his father pushed his wheelchair through the marching routines. patrick is an inspiration to so many around him. when asked about the challenges they have faced, patrick's father said he now asks, what did we do to deserve such a special young man who's brought us so, so much? and for both of these stories, there are hundreds of others that remain untold, hundreds of lives that ma

. >> pam, is the pointing the only answer? >> well, you can say it's an answer but it's an answer to a question though is going to let you ask. that is, the public has two self-contradictory thoughts. one is that they think judges are bought by money. and that causes them to lose confidence in the system. in the other they want to elect their judges. and as long as those, you know, as long as they're able to hold those two contradictory is, ideas in their heads simultaneously, you will not move towards an appointed system. or at least you only move towards it very incrementally. i think here, to go back to something that bert said, we are for the very, very long haul. this ties in to justice o'connor, one of your other major concerns of the civic education. that is, unless and until people are prepared to recognize that judges will make unpopular decisions they can still be excellent judges, they will retaliate against judges at the polls who decide cases in ways they don't like. and as long as that present, there is a serious

host: let's hear from pam now on the independent line. caller: good morning. think that he's really trying to change the tone. like the article you just read. they were right on about how republicans just want to stop him from zoing anything. i believe most of that, people would call in, they should try to get more information from different sources than just watch one tv program that they idolize or whatever that word is that they believe in. they just want him to not agree with anything that he's doing. healthcare to me reading these polls wrong. they are not putting in what they want. host: pressure thoughts. they write that the democrats have gotten plenty of air time but haven't done calk cuss style strat guysing during the holiday period. they have had regular conference calls and the key chairman will be ÷ next week. and they scoff add the republican holiday media strategy. here is an address in february. >> i know way vbt agreed on every issue thus far. there are surely times in the future we will part ways. i know every american sitting here tonight

chief executive officer, stan laub was the executive vice president of organizational advancement, pam the chief operations officer and janice williams, senior vice president for program development. the white ca is so very honored to be a partner in this important effort and proud to be the host today. ymca provide safe affordable spaces and programs to help both kids and adults learn, grow and thrive. in fact, for nearly 160 years trantwo's offer programs to strengthen the physical, emotional and spiritual health of millions of individuals from all backgrounds and all types of communities. over the past of years we've increased our efforts to help stem the tide of rising obesity and chronic disease rates. there is an excellent example of this right here in our ymca of metropolitan washington. just five years ago, the metropolitan ymca launched a phd program, a phd stands for physical healthy and driven. and it is designed for children ages five to 14. that's a nationally recognized youth wellness program uses a unique combination of assessment tools, fun games, exercises, nutrition e

[applause] you are on the air, pam iorio. [applause] the mayor of orlando, buddy dyer.applause] the president of the university of tampa, ronald mom. [applause] and come into a very special-- to very special guests, brian c. smithey and roger j. pickard. want you guys to know who these folks are part of their members of the theme of lord it's force team canine search specialist. they went down to haiti and worked 26 hours long shifts, ste.msre victims until they were rescued. the florida task force team saved seven lives. brian worked in a school where his dog, powder, found a young adult female. in the rubble for three or four days of these are the kinds of heroes that make america proud. [applause] stand up. [cheers and applause] thank you. thank you. [applause] and i have not spotted them in the crowd get that i have got to do this. even though i know you all are upset that we took all that success to the colts. [cheers and applause] he made his name here in tampa, and he is not just a great coach, but he is just a model individual in leader. we are very proud to hav

thanks to pam haze in the many people in their offices and your office is to do the work for this department year, it is a very difficult and a very long process. just as the budget takes a great deal of time to develop, we must recognize that each milestone we reached in the last year is a culmination of months and often years of work at all levels in this department. we have reason to be proud of each and every milestone. but our work in the first year of the obama administration is more than just the sum of the parts. it is about a new approach. it is about a practical approach. it is about solving problems for the american people. on interiors issues, there is rarely an easy issue. there is almost never one answer. that is the way in which it has worked, and that is the reality we confront every day. that is why we must always be open to new ideas. we must adapt our thinking. we must engage the public, and we must petty and learn and apply the best science at in. the spirit of pragmatism is on all levels of this department. the work of the first year reflects a new way of doing business.

pam on the democrat line. guestcaller: i was interested iw you rate president obama's promised to curtail free trade -- promise to curtail free trade, address the problem we are having. i have been in business for 30 years. i think the crux of our financial problems have to do with those two issues. guest: great question. of the 503 promises -- there are a few on trade -- but you can go on our website anc what we have done on -- and see what we have done on that issue. host: anything more about the future of politifact? guest: we believe there is a lot of desire and need for us to do this. our friends in texas have been doing this for a week and have been doing some great work looking at the governor's race between k bailey hutchison and the incumbent rick perry. we would like to do that in other states. as i said, i think every elected official in the country should face the truthometer. host: we will continue to take your phone calls for the next half hour on the president's first year. a lot in the newspape

thanks to sue and pamand the many people in the office is -- to pam and the many people in office.ong process. just as the budget takes time to develop, we must recognize each milestone be reached is a culmination of months and years of work at all levels of this department. we have reason to be proud of each and every milestone. but our work in the first year of the obama administration is more than just a some of its parts. it is about a new approach. it is about a practical approach. it is about solving problems for the american people. one of interiors issues, there is rarely an easy issue. there is almost never one answer. that is the way in which it has worked, and that is the reality we confront every day. that is why we must always be open to new ideas. we must adapt our thinking, we must engage the public, and we must learn and apply the best science at hand. the spirit of respect for science is back at all levels of this department. the work of the first year reflects a new way of doing business here. in a larger sense, it also reflects a set of values americans want us t

it's pam on the line. you're on with bill adair. go ahead. >> caller: yes, i'm interested in knowing how you rate president obama's performance so far with respect to his promises to curtail free trade and to address the problems we're having. because in my opinion i've been in business for 30 years here in houston. i think that all of our financial problems have to do with those two issues. >> guest: boy, great question. i confess of the 503, those are -- i think we have a few on trade. i don't recall impactly how he's done on that. you can go to our web site and under obama-o-meter and click trade and see what we've done on that issue. >> host: anything else you want to say about the future of politifact. >> guest: we think there is a need to do this at the state level. our friends in austin have been doing that now. and it's been doing the race between senator kay and rick. we'd like to do it in other states, we're talking to some news organization in other states about doing that. i think every elected official in the country sh

host: pam in baltimore, maryland, on our line for democrats. caller: hello?host: yes, ma'am, go ahead. caller: the article you read sounds like it was specifically geared toward americans who can afford to pay their mortgage, even if their home is under water. now it's not their fault, the individual american that their home is under water. it's the way this system is run. a lot of people want to blame, you know, minorities and people that they feel like couldn't afford these houses, that's the reason we got into this mess. no, the reason we got into this mess is they were appraising those homes at values they know they weren't worth and trying to make the dollar. i've been in the mortgage business and the car business and when they are pushing those loan, they don't care what you can afford. i don't believe -- it wouldn't have been my preference for it to be bail out wall street but when this president took office we had to save the economy. for people to walk away from a mortgage they know they can afford to pay is ridiculous. it almost sounds like a conspi

david asked and i am happy that this is the case thepam the case, -- the case, pam will get a historyon't you come up to join us? [applause] < thank you and good afternoon, distinguished guests. it is a pleasure to be back. i began my career here. i would like to give you the date but you don't need to do the math. david asked me to come from chicago. he asked me to connect the pieces and explain how admiral kirk can debate -- admiral beurke. in 1981 the center for international studies began to raise its first fund by creating [unintelligible] it was logical to raise an endowment in honor of the co- founder. then president eisenhower's chief of naval operations. in september 1983, we celebrated a beautiful evening honoring admiral burke. i know many of you were there. howard smith and the admiral were among them as who spoke about this service. our team spent hours at the navy yard working with officers on the history and a film to pay tribute. we will hear more about his accomplishments, lessons we can learn about strategy. many of us decided it was time to recognize his contributio

my heart goes out to his wife, pam, and his four daughters. mr.peaker, last week in the prime minister said he was all in favor of aspiration. could he explain to us exactly what is aspiration about a tax system which he has created were the poorest 20% pay more from their income in tax than the richest 20%? >> it's because of all the things that we can reduce the tax credit system. the tax credit system is a means by which we take people out of poverty. we reward work for people who are in work and for people who pay income tax it removes their liability by giving them tax credits instead. it is the means by which we bring greater justice, take people out of poverty and i hope he would continue to support the tax credit system which is an essential part of our tax and benefit system in this country. >> nick clegg hasn't delivered any as it is rules which allow a city banker to pay less tax on their capital gains. he's about to hit millions of average earners with national insurance bills. what is the finance? where is the aspiration in any of tha

thanks to ria sue and pam hayes and many people in their offices and bureau offices that do the work for the department on our budget year after year, it is a very difficult and very long process. just as a budget takes a great deal of time to develop, we must recognize that each milestone we reached in the last year is a culmination of months and often years of work at all levels of this department. we have reason to be proud of each and every milestone but our work in the first year of the obama administration is more than just the sum of the parts. it is about a new approach it is about a practical approach. it is about solving problems for the american people. on interior's issues, there is rarely an easy issue. there is almost never one answer. and that's the way in which it has worked and, that is the reality that we confront every day. that's why we must always be open to new ideas. we must adapt our thinking. we must engage the public, and we must stud and learn and apply the best science at hand. this spirit of pragmatism and respect for science back at all levels of this de