so he forced them to do pearl harbor. when pearl harbor succeeded. he was a god. he would do whatever he wanted. when he came up with this idea of 18 gigantic underwater air craft care expwrers 44 planes, nobody was going to stand in his way but there were factions in the naval general staff who did not want this plan. they did not think -- they were very conservative and thought this was just a bridge too far, so to speak. so once the died, they came out of the woodwork with the long knives and almost killed the plan. at one point hate to had it scaled back and another point the other faction went out and got back the 18 subs again. so there was this tug of war, mass any bureaucracy, but they stayed with the plan, right through the war, even though there were so many men involved in the construction and manning of the submarines. it was like a battalion size number of mean. 2,000, 3,000 number of people

after pearl harbor. this is about 45 minutes. >> i'm author of "operation storm," and i'd like to start this evening's presentation with a question. does anybody in the audience know who this is? >> [inaudible] >> say that again? that's correct. that's the commander in chief of the imperial japanese navy's combined fleet, and the admiral was a fascinating guy for those of you who don't know him. he lived in the united states twice during his naval career. he spoke pretty good english. he attended harvard university briefly -- >> could you elevate the microphone slightly because it's uneven what's coming through. >> sure. is that better? >> no. >> this way? >> up. >> up. how's that? >> yep. >> that better? okay. so, as i said, attenned harvard briefly. he even read "life" magazine, so he had a pretty good understanding of america. he knew what japan was getting into when she declared war against the united states. as he told prime minister at the time, he said, i can guarantee a tough fight for the first

i don't think that he could have pulled it off without the strange, ironic event ifs at pearl harbor which was a left-handed war for him. brought us in to the war that he wanted to fight, most which was against germany. >> schieffer: it's a wonderful book and certainly one i would recommend on this memorial day. thank you very much. >> well, thank you, bob. >> schieffer: back in a minute. ,,,,,,,,,, >> schieffer: for a "face the nation" flashback on this memorial day week enwe want to take you on a tour of what those of us who live here see everyday-- the washington memorials and monuments hop or ining those who serve their country. ,,,,,, >> schieffer: and that's it for us. we'll be right here next week on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ,,,,,,,,,, >> announcer: the following is a paid presentation for the nutribullet, brought to you by nutribullet, llc. [♪...] >> ...my muscle aches, my backaches really started to decrease significantly in one week. >> the first night that i actually used the nutribullet, i actua

said after pearl harbor. this is a date that will live in infamy. hey, togo, i don't need to stand up to put my boot up your ass. ( cheers and applause ). and, folks, this unlimited power to wage war wherever is the result of a careful, deliberative process because after the september 11 attacks, congress took an entire seven days to pass it. that's longer than it took god to make heaven and earth. ( laughter ) incidentally, heaven and earth-- those are the areas where the president is authorized to kill people. ( laughter ) don't try hiding behind that gate, st. peter. we have intele that puts you in the middle east 2,000 years ago. clearly, it is a great resolution, which is why i was so disappoint the by a major policy speech the president gave today at the national defense university-- great football team, by the way. their defensive line is f-14s. ( laughter ) and in his speech, obama announced he is ready to give up all that power. >> the a.u.m.f. is now nearly 12 years old. unless we discipline our thinking, our definitions, our actions, we m

i don't mean to belittle why but at the time of pearl harbor it was not a state and it was a military station. so we are facing a different kind of challenge. but it was clear we would have to reform and improve our performance. i think of business schools most often cite the maximum that your system is perfectly designed to give you what you are getting. if you don't like what you're getting you should change what you're doing. einstein said, what was, ignorance is defined as doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. might immigrant grandfather put it this way. i saw this board off four times, john, and it's still too short. [laughter] we had to improve what we're doing, and so we needed to change but we needed to do it in a framework of the rule of law and of the constitution, the maximum of which i developed, we've got to think outside the box but never outside the constitution. and the patriot act, which was developed in, probably three days, the customary tuesday attack in by saturday we had stuff before congress, was mainly assembling authorities tha

hair relationship was really after pearl harbor. my book ends with pearl harbor. i talk about what happened briefly to everyone and it stops at pearl harbor. second question, very good question, what role did germany have in the hole isolationist movement. almost none. the germans were very aware that even though the country was isolationist early on, most americans were very anti german, very anti nazi and they knew the more overt help they gave, it would backfire. so they tried very hard to stay out of the public eye in terms of isolationists. they obviously were pulling for the isolationists because they wanted to stay out of the war but everytime they tried to do something it backfired. they had one of the most inept organizations, the british were incredibly good at what they were doing, spying, sabotaging, etc. they also sent agents to the u.s. but inevitably they would be caught and the germans sent cable after cable saying you have done it again. these guys keep getting arrested by the fbi, turning everybody against us and this idea that the administration

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pearl harbor might have turned out differently.se guys repeatedly said publicly we are planning to attack the united states and no one paid any attention. >>> at that time in '97, osama bin laden had declared war on the united states in an ab language newspaper and no one paid any attention. the case that i made to them was you know, if you're going to declare war on the united states, don't do it on the bbc, do it on an american network, and you know, cnn is seen all around the world and also we have a reputation for being fair. it was a lengthy process. they were very concerned, are you agents of the cia, will you give osama bin laden a fair shake if we allow you to do this interview. eventually, after a month or so, we got the sort of coded message that we were going to go and see bin laden. >> they picked us up at dusk in a van sort of like this, right. >> yeah, very similar to this. but in the evening. then they gave us sunglasses that had cardboard inside them. >> right. a sort of crude blindfold. did they put those on immedi

if one person has switched votes, would've entered pearl harbor with an army smaller than belgian. we voted yes. the republican party opposed not without reason a peacetime draft is not a war to liberty. many northern democrats voted out. those northern democrats who had irish, italian and german constituents voted no. they're not particularly enamored of grape written, which is a colonial power in ireland and german americans not to a person, but many were deeply wary of the military that might be sent to fight their own families back in europe. only because a unanimous southern rock voted in favor of a peacetime draft if we have an army in the navy on the evil of pearl harbor, at least in the army, navy seriously equipped to begin to fight the second world war. the last example i've given us the hartley act, which changed the framework in debilitated trade union in the united states at least compared to the wagner act. i might add perhaps finally with respect to the national security state, the american south was the mature partner for international is some as it is the 1940s, 19

i mentioned pearl harbor earlier. that is kind of how it happened back in the time of pearl harbor.ere intercepting japanese communications in the navy department and somebody was running across town to give summaries to the president and other people. they were not getting it out to high -- hawaii. this was one of the places that was attacked. we are far more advanced than that now. the nationalnsa, reconnaissance office -- the reason they are different agencies is because they represent different methods of intelligence collection, whether geospatial. -- nowadays, technologies is our friend. friend.ology is our in the interest of terrorism, whatever is collected by the differing methodologies is integrated into centralized databases and can be analyzed in real time. i would take one example for you. it is a good example. in iraq, when the head of al was finallyaq killed, there were all sorts of intelligence methodologies involved. it was through human intelligence, principally the responsibility of the cia although the pentagon does some of that. it was through him intelligence th

stormw3 is scheduled tow3 speak at monday' ceremony at the cemetery as well as the survivor of the pearl harbor> yes. summer of some sort. >> not quitet( so much. >> rob, what's going on? >> not here. in fact, temperatures are going to be running a little bit cooler tomorrow and then even cooler as we get toward monday.d right now we have low to mid 50s outside. prettyçó windy right now and sa mateo west wind at 32 miles per hour and breezy across the mid span of the bay bridge. also the golden gate bridge right now. you're seeing the gusty winds continue especially in the hills. the breezy and cool pattern which has been in place is goind to start and finishq the weeken and two weatherxd systems droppg in. one coming in later tonight, which may wring out just enough lift to get us somee1 drizzle o even some brief light rain around the coast orfá the peninsula and into parts of the south bay early tomorrow morning. to come in during the day monday. so rain chances will be increasing right around midday on memorial day. tomorrow morning as you wake up we've got mostly cloudy skies. some drizzle

lavelle survived pearl harbor, joined the dallas pb in 1950. he is 92 years old. >>> show of hands, how many people still know how to change a fan belt? new numbers show a 60-year driving boom in this country is over. driving among members of the millennial generation is down 23%. it's due we're told to a generational preference for walking or public transportation, especially in urban areas, not to mention the price of gas, which we'll use less of if fewer people are driving. >>> and those fees that airlines charge from baggage to switched and canceled flights, all that added up to more than $6 billion last year. that's a record and it's those fees that have restored some airlines to profitability. the whole idea of fees is still relatively new, and they've been climbing quickly. >>> a stunner this week from the u.n. food and agriculture organization. in a new report, they say insects should be considered a healthy, nutritious alternative to chicken, pork, fish and beef. the report says they're a sustainable source of protein. we should quickl

i mentioned pearl harbor earlier. that is kind of how it happened harbor. intercepting japanese communications in the navy department and somebody was running across town to give summaries to the president and other people. they were not getting it out to high -- hawaii. this was one of the places that was attacked. we are far more advanced than that now. the cia, the nsa, the national reconnaissance office -- the reason they are different agencies is because they represent different methods of intelligence collection, whether it is geode- -- geospatial. nowadays, technologies is our friend. -- technology is our friend. in the interest of terrorism, whatever is collected by the differing methodologies is integrated into centralized databases and can be analyzed in real time. foruld take one example you. it is a good example. in iraq, when the head of al qaeda and iraq was finally killed, there were all sorts of intelligence methodologies involved. it was through human intelligence, principally the responsibility of the cia although the pentagon does some of

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faced before info, international in scope they killed our people a single day than was killed at pearl harbor and did it in the heart of american commerce, in a state, not just a territory. i don't mean to be that all the way, that the time of pearl harbor was not a state as a military installation. so we are facing a different kind of challenge. but it was clear we would have to reform and improve our performance. i think the business school most often cite the maximum your system is perfectly designed to give you what you are getting. if you don't like richard denning, change what you're doing. einstein said over and over again and put it this way. and it's still too sure. so we have to improve what we were doing. so we needed to change, but we needed to do it in the framework of the rule of law and the constitution, the maximum which i develop, we've got to think outside the box, but never outside the constitution. the patriot act, which was developed in the probably three days because the tuesday attack by saturday before the congress was mainly assembling authority that it didn't test di

. >> then the japanese bombed pearl harbor. the army drafted wing. toy kept dancing until her deepest secret was revealed by another dancer jealous of toy's fame. her real name was takahashe. she was japanese not chinese but changed her name so it would fit the markeys. it also saved toy from being sent to camps with her family. still it cost her a movie contract. after the war, toy and wing reunited, returning to broadway and eventually bad back to the bay area. after retiring, toy taught dance in her home until six months ago. >> it was okay, but it's not the same as performing. all of a sudden you see all these people and they're so good to you. you take those bows, money doesn't count. you get the pleasure inside of your heart. that's it. >> in oakland, linda yee, kpix 5. >> unbelievable. it was a theater owner who first noticed dorothy toy's talents. she was dancing outside her parents' restaurant. she was about five years old at the time. >> who knew. yeah. >>> in oklahoma tonight, utter devastation. they are still work, i understand, through t

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single human being hands they used world war two to establish dominance abroad after the attack on pearl harbor at the u.s. government's expense coke employee were dressed up in army uniforms and given the completely made up name of technical observer then they were sent around the world to establish sixty four bottling plants behind the line the plant has. missions them perfectly to expand globally after the war today you can pretty much be anywhere on the planet except for cuba north korea and get a coke even in places where few people have clean drinking water or electricity think about that. in the late seventy's coca-cola used a guatemalan bottle or who allegedly hired death squads to actually murder employees trying to unionize. anything to keep costs low and profits how i write coca-cola the same thing happened again in cold bottling plants in colombia in the one nine hundred ninety s. and then not very long ago coca-cola also had no problem with not fees apparently advertising in bottling their product in germany under hitler. thanks in part to coca-cola is relentless marketing and dedi

(explosion) >> pearl harbor taught america what it didn't know could hurt it very much.here was a need to be up on enemy intelligence. >> this form of treachery shall never enendanger -- never agai endanger us. >> after world war ii came the cold war and threat of global communism. it made a debate over citizen's rights and national securitiment out of that debate came the national security agency or nsa. in the 1950s the spy center was so secretive the joke was the initials today for no such agency. >> what did the president know and when did he know it? >> after watergate, however, people wanted to know what the spy agencies were really up to. in 1975 general lewallen became the first director of the nsa to testify publicly before congress. >> the agency once so secretive was exposed. the public learned that the nsa headquartered in maryland was eavesdropping on messages sent into and out of the country. in response in 1978 the federal government passed the foreign intelligence surveillance act which required the nsa to get warrants from special fisa corpse before it c

. >> pearl harbor taught that's correct what they didn't know could hurt very much. there was a need to be up on enemy intelligence. >> this form of trech reshall never again endanger us. >> after world war ii came the cold war p and the threat of global communism. it sparked a fierce debate at the highest levels regarding citizen's rights verses national security. over that debate ultimately came the national security agency or nsa. they showed secrets the joke was there was no such agency. >> what did the president know and when did he know it? >> after watergate, however, people wanted to know what the spy agencies were really up to. in 1975 general lewallen became the first director to testify publically before congress. the agency what is so seek tcre was exposed. the nsa headquartered in maryland was eavesdropping on messages sent into and out of the country. in response in 1979 the federal government agency passed the foreign intelligence surveillance act. it required special fisa warrants. the nsa adopted and moved on. with the fall of the soviet union the mi

. >> america's greatest national security failure since pearl harbor hurls its leaders into a massive national security response. >> and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. >> osama bin laden and his al qaeda terrorists network are the immediate target. but the day after the attacks president george w. bush comes to the white house situation room and orders counterterrorism director richard clark to look into an iraq connection. >> when i said, mr. president, we will do that, of course, but we've done it before, and rather recently, and the answer has always been no. and it's likely to be no this time. he didn't like that answer. and he got mad. >> i was in the room during that time. and he was very adamant about perhaps seeing whether or not iraq could conduct such an operation against the united states. i was surprised when the president left the room. i said, i believe secretary wolfowitz got to him. >> paul wolfowitz, bush's deputy secretary of defense has had saddam on his personal enemies list for two decades. >> every time he survives something

. >> was it wrong when the germans bombed pearl harbor? answer me a couple questions, benghazi? why they sold the video store weeks down the road when they knew better. >> the question is, what is the there there. was it a political thing? i think the idea that they were covering up for politics is not quite -- everything i keep understanding is that it may have been some sort of -- whether internal fight at cia, back and forth. but covering up what the cia's role was in benghazi, period. >> there's no doubt we need to ensure safety in our embassies. and we've got to do that. but cleaning up on the agency sides and making sure that we're doing those kind of things would be a great opportunity for him in this administration -- >> we'll learn about benghazi, it was an entirely cia -- >> these questions raise the ultimate question. could something have been done to save lives? after all that time? because so many misrepresentations were made to congress and the american people from day one. >> shameless plugs. >> wife ann's birthday. happy bi

this is 1941 ready for pearl harbor and indeed that language went to what was considered as the american ultimatum for war at the end of the november. >> host: it was a deal to made about the for that trying to cut supply on raw materials tea was still trying to prevent this. this also goes on in tokyo a very prized soviet agent with the situation to promote war party said you actually had a brilliant soviet influence operation. intelligence. here is the part of sdi is the most people don't seek about and it is the more important and even dangerous aspect. it is not a little secret here. >> host: you know, what i am referring to but those whose drop the word to promote research and policy committees can be subtle. >> host: do you think our intelligence and counter intelligence is attune to identify and research and intercept such operations as opposed to a guy or woman to go with a little camera to take pictures of the boeing aircraft or steal some data? >> guest: no. it was undetected. >> host: back then? >> guest: i am sure it is undetected today. >> host: we will talk about that more.

it entered world war ii only after japan attacked pearl harbor. it contained soviet aggression in europe, but careful not too push t push too far in other places. from dwight eisenhower to robert gates a strand of american thinking, realism that urges america to be disciplined about open-ended military interventions for just this reason. we have just gone through a decade devoted to a very different idea. that american power must be used actively, aggressively, preemptively and in pursuit of expansive goals beyond national interest. the result was thousands of american soldiers dead, hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians dead, $2 trillion spent and the erosion of american influence and good will across the globe. can we please get a few years of respite to rebuild our economic, political and moral capital? for more on this, go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my "time" column. let's get started. >>> eight days after ronald reagan went on tv to admit that his administration had traded arms for hostages in the so-called iran contra scandal republi

. ♪ >>> we did far more than avenge pearl harbor. not for territory, but for justice. they gave the best years of their lives. to the greatest mission their country ever accepted. >> daily flash back to this day in 2004 when the world war ii memorial was dedicated on the national mall here in washington, d.c. the memorial honors the 16 million members of the greatest generation who served in the more than 400,000 who died during world war ii. now to wall street. we're seeing some of the downside of all that strong economic data. it start ed at ooltewah record high, but all three indicators are down to start the day. inves dors are worried that growing consumer confidence could end the fed's bond buyinging stimulus program. thanks for that gray lining in the cloud. trivia time. the answer, 1974. it's been nearly 30 years since senator harold hughes retired in iowa had an open senate seat an congratulations to today's winner. craig robinson, if he didn't get it, he'd have been embarrassed. thanks. if you've got a trivia question for us

my own father left the mainland in 1945 and went to pearl harbor before going into the pacific theater and i couldn't help but think he would want this he very thing to happen here and come here and spend our time honoring the sacrifice that those men and women made in finding solutions for the american people making the american nation a better place to live, work, study and grow up and excel, become the type of people we can become. thank you for your comments. i yield three minutes to my good friend from illinois, chicago ear fan himself, mr. lipinski. mr. lipinski: i thank mr. reid ribble for yielding. i want to stand here on the republican side of the well to just express how important it is that we stand here together. as mr. ribble just mentioned, talking about our veterans, i was at an early memorial day commemoration yesterday and people aren't talking about democrats an republicans, we're talking about the men and women who have given their lives for our country. standing together, fighting together to maintain our freedom. today, we see too much division here in washington.

>> guest: this would be 1941, right before pearl harbor. and, indeed, that language went into what was considered by japan an american ultimatum for war. >> host: it wasn't, but even before that by trying to cut supply of vital raw materials -- >> guest: well, that's true. but they were still trying to prevent this. so you had this also going on in tokyo. you had richard sorga working the tokyo political situation and promoting the war party there as opposed to the peace party. so you had, actually, a brilliant soviet influence operation on two continents. >> host: and intelligence. it's not just -- >> guest: intense. it's -- i used the word influence. influence is the part of espionage that most people never think about, and it's actually the more important and even dangerous aspect. it is not, espionage is not simply stealing a little before. >> host: wearing a blond wig -- >> guest: getting pictures, right. >> host: and you know what i'merering to. >> guest: exactly. >> host: right. >> guest: but it is the well-placed who drops the word,

but when pearl harbor was bombed, he decided that he would go, and he volunteered for the seabees, and alice's mother was very frustrated of that. she was seven or eight years old, i guess, at that point, and he was leaving her alone. she had affairs while her fa--while her husband was in--in world war ii. alice grew up in that sort of environment, with not a whole--a great role model. her mother was quite vivacious and dated quite a bit and had different men in her lives. jim thompson wasn't--his parents were a more solid marriage, but they were a strange couple themselves, and like i say, it wasn't a very loving environment. what alyce and jim had together, they always felt was pretty good, and it was the--it was the war and the separation that began to unravel the marriage. alyce looked at the flaws in the marriage while he was gone and said, i--in effect that 'i need more suppor--i can't be alone and--and wait, because he might be lost, and i'm getting older' and so forth, 'and i've got these four children to raise.' so she made her decision and she rationalized as best she could.

this past week the aircraft carrier made an unforgettable journey from pearl harbor to san diego. it was the navy's take on bring your child to work day. ♪ >> reporter: somewhere in the pacific, carrier is on the move. on the final leg home, the mission has taken on new meaning. >> it means a lot because i get to see my dad again. >> reporter: it's called the tiger cruise. for six days and five nights, more than 1,100 family members and friends join the crew returning from the persian gulf. >> they haven't seen me in eight months. it's a great experience to have them here. >> reporter: tigers live alongside their loved ones experiencing life and duties out at sea. >> this is the ultimate take your kid to work day. >> reporter: the lieutenant is the ship's gunner. he invited his cousin, michael, 9-year-old daughter, samantha, and 11-year-old son michael, jr. it's their first chance to see what dad does. >> it's awesome just staying here. he gets to work here. he gets paid to do this stuff. >> reporter: for the lieutenant, it's the quality time with his children he's been missing. >

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. >> i blame obama for pearl harbor and the sinking of the lusitania. >> it gives them a ready-made frameworkn pushing this line that obama is this sort of historic monster. he's going to strip your liberties, take your guns, he's going to hook you on government dependent like a drug dealer would. so they've been looking for an outlet you know, to really focus that in on. a news event. they kind of had it with the obamacare debate and you know, he was a socialist and he wasn't going to let you talk to your doctor and oh, by the way he's going to kill people but that was like a wonky debate or semi. but with benghazi, it is all perfect. he's un-american. he doesn't care. he turned his back on these poor people. he's covering this up. the personification of evil. so this is -- one of the reasons i think they have been completely obsessed with it because it lets them sort of troll these very dark, dark fantasies. >> stephanie: it was supposed to trigger the ah-ha event. it was supposed to be the day americans turned on obama. indeed he wouldn't be able to finish his second term. none of that hap

other than pearl harbor, we had an act in our homeland.xpectedness of it, and the shock of attacking people who were going about their daily life. >> did the events in boston serve as another reminder? >> they did. it is crushing, really, the idea of harming innocent people for some sort of theology, or some sort of ideology. hard for us to imagine in the united states. >> let us head to the oval office. this is it. >> this is the oval office. it is full-scale, exactly like it was when george lived here. of course, these are reproductions. the real rug and the real furniture stay in the white house collection. they are all still in washington, in the facility isre presidents' furniture kept. several of the presidential libraries have oval office replicas for people to see, because most people will never have a chance to really go to the oval office. but this has the same aspect as the real oval office, with the south sun pouring in the big window, and even a rose garden we can step into. this is a replica of the desk that george used. and

other than pearl harbor, we had an act in our homeland. the unexpectedness of it, and the shock of attacking people who were going about their daily life. >> did the events in boston serve as another reminder? >> they did. it is crushing, really, the idea of harming innocent people for some sort of theology, or sort of ideology. tois very hard for us imagine in the united states. >> let us head to the oval office. this is it. >> this is the oval office. it is full-scale, exactly like it was when george lived here. of course, these are reproductions. the real rug and the real furniture stay in the white house collection. they are all still in washington, in the facility where presidents' furniture is kept. several of the presidential libraries have oval office replicas for people to see, because most people will never have a chance to really go to the oval office. but this has the same aspect as the real oval office, with the south sun pouring in the big window, and even a rose garden we can step into. this is a replica of the desk that geo

war came again in 1941 after japan attacked pearl harbor and germany and italy declared war on the united states. it was hell. engaging in it was gad for somethingment america emerged as a super power and ended the holocaust per traited by the nazi regime. there's another war, in 1964, president lyndon johnson declared the war on poverty. in his first state of the union address. he addressed the deep inequality our country, in our country that's undermined the american dream. out of this war, how come things like headstart, food stamps, medicare, medicaid and even if they haven't solved inequality permanently, these programs crafted the crucial social safety net that lifted millions from poverty. and then came 1971, the year that forever changed the way in which we use the term war. in june of 1971, president richard nixon declared the war on drugs. this was a brand new front in a brand new kind of war. no foreign en membership, no deep injustice. it's a war on the very people it should have helped. which led to a whole arsenal of new war tactics. which to quote, are good for absolutely n

we hear warnings of a potential kind of pearl harbor in the cyber-world as we become more and more computer oriented. i am not sure where that is going or if that can get through. but it is something he cares about. >> the health care bill, subject to a lot of hearings on the hill, some of them kind of feisty. how long will the process take? what about the dynamics of that issue affecting everything else? >> it reminds me of an impression i had after that press conference, which was that the president did not come in with opening remarks. often he will have five minutes, 10 minutes, something he wants to use his bully pulpit to promote. in this case he just started asking questions. he could have used that opportunity to emphasize that obama care, the affordable care act, is about to enter its most important deadline, the open enrollment period. the market place for people who lack insurance and are going to be going into the individual market they will go in and get it because they are now required to do so. the implementation of the law is struggling. percentage ofking the public does not

domestically and internationally. .t remains an emotional day for our generation it will be like pearl harboror the generation before. there is a lot of discussion and dialogue about what happened and how it was handled. last week.e memorial even that is still a highly charged emotional discussion about what the memorial should have been built there or not. i think we are going to be living with a lot of the motions around the terrible tragedy we lost so many americans and discussions about it. i think it will be part of the dialogue around that very significant day. host: david on republican line in jacksonville, north carolina. caller: how are we going to fund all of this stuff -- with the abuses that have been going on in the last couple of weeks, i think it is time to kill the 16th amendment and do away with is something you will find everyone keeps saying they and fix it and stuff. if you have a cancer the only it is to cut it out and to basically heal and do else.hing if something is violating or challenging the very republic in which we live we need another system like a fair tax or fl

for our generation it will be like pearl harbor was for the generation before us. i think there will be a lot of discussion and dialogue about what happened and how it was handled. and, you know, even the memorial built open the site, which i have seen. i was actually there early last week. i was there several times when i was in new york a few weeks ago. even that is still a highly charged emotional discussion about whether the memorial should have been built there or not. i think we're going to be living for some time with a lot of emotions around on 9/11. the terrible tragedy where we lost so many americans and discussions about it. i think it will be part of the dialogue around that significant day. >> host: on our line for republicans. caved in -- david in jacksonville, north carolina. >> caller: yes. you are talking about the income tax. about how we are going fund this stuff. i think especially the abuses that have been gone on, surfaced in the last couple of weeks. i think it's time to show that -- we need to repeal the 16th amendment and do away with incom