caller: i think that the problem is strictly the politicians. am going to be selfish and talk about myself. i am so worried, paying $780 per month for the last 10 years for my insurance. i am told that my rates will be $1,410 on april 4. can anyone in the country, the world, this earth, tell me how i will be insured after that? host: let me ask you about one of the points he makes in the peace, that these senators precisely represent the people and what they're hearing they want. the article pushes the towards the people. caller: it is really when a big company like the good insurance i have sent me a letter saying that your rates will be $1,400 on april 14. how do i do that? i cannot even think about it. host: thank you for your thoughts. more from the peace. "americans have been spending more than they say and borrowing heavily. americans have become fatter. the average adult male put on 25 pounds between 1960 and 2002. the percentage of obese americans increased by 37% from 1998 to 2006. who can deny that self restraint and self denial are an

it's anti-politician. if you're a democrat or republican and out there talking like a politician and making these deals and not explaining why you're making those deals, if you're on the wrong side in terms of what the american people want, you're going to have a tough race. i don't care if you're a democrat or republican. but this is where i think the democrats have a real opportunity. to take a stand and make it very clear to the voters that there is a distinction between one party that's going to fight for them and the other party, republicans, that is constantly trying to make deals with a very special interest being upholded. >> that may be the democrats' opportunity. as far as i can tell from looking at the health care and the finregular which allows the most vulgar practices of the banking system to be in secret and wealth creating the democrats as far as i can tell, that horse has left the barn, matt, how do you look at the tea party's relationship with both parties, particularly when it comes to t

it takes politicians with courage. it takes politicians with conviction. believe that there are men and women out there that can did it. barack obama is simply trying to be all things to all people. i think he's trying to spend and his way out of this problem. >> sean: i was right about obama from the beginning, deaf -- rigidize log, a sense of tone deafness. will the american people accept the gravy train is over and the politicians have the political courage to say sorry no more? >> it time to find out that's one of the great things about think back [ talking over each other ] >> it is the voice of the working man and woman in this country the decent people who fight our wars who run ourselves vick organizes who are the backbone of this country. they have 1950s values, roll up their sleeves and decent folks. >> sean: not looking for hand-outs. >> the exact opposite. >> they want to say their peace and they want to be heard and respected. >> look how they are being vilified now. look back at the vietnam war the way nixon, ronald reagan vilified in the fir

why do you think we like politicians? why do you like politicians? >> for one thing, they are people that you might like to call personal entrepreneurs. they put their whole life and consciousness up for criticism. i used to say when i covered politicians -- and i did for many years -- that they put their image and reputation on the chopping block and then say to the american people, here i am and you are open to now take a hatchet to this. that takes a certain breed, and those are people with a lot of -- the blood is coursing through their veins at a nice clip, and those people tend to be fun to be around. >> to what extent do you think we as journalists are destroying the political culture with our endless scrutiny of the larger- than-life people, the people who dominated the senate, preparing to -- are frightened away, if they have had love affairs, if they made money, if they have been outspoken. we and our scrutiny tend to throw out a little gray people who have done nothing or nothing we can find out that they have done. are we damaging the pol

the corporations get hit up for donations from the politicians and the politicians come back and saywe do for you. >> who's more corrupt? is it the poil cal -- political system that's corrupt? >> capitol hill is the problem not wall street here. >> inextricably linked between capitol hill and wall street. >> we had two trade in dollars of bailouts to financial firms. the bonus pool in 2006 was 70 milli billion on wall street firms on those who had to be bailed out in 2008. in 2009 the poll is $7 trillion. you have them paying taxes to bail out the firms no change in structure. >> they have the government there to help them. there's no incentive. if the free market there would be incentive. >> crony capitalicapitalism. >> does the trad matter? generation zero says it is putting us at risk what is the solution and how do we start out sourcing our world. >> trade is critical to the mess we are in. from the civil war to the 1960s america was the world's foundry. we won world war ii and 1 by out producing the germans and japanese essentially. we have de industrialized america through a se

we keep electing the same politicians, so they are the problem. the caller that demonstrated amazing ignorance regarding keynesian economics is part of the problem. for the flip side of the collapse is when demand is high and we are going through an economic boom. government has to run surpluses to cathcart -- counteract the deficit. there is no political will to do that. and you cannot live on your credit card forever. host: this e-mail -- a problem as washington lobbyists who have thoroughly corrupt the process. it is hopeless. jaffa's online from west virginia. republican caller. what do you say? caller: my problem is us, mainly. like he just said, also washington, d.c. influential people roaming the halls of the congress and senate. it is a simple fact, i have watched this show for several months. i am amazed at the lack of intelligence from my fellow americans. i am 51 years old. i got my hand blown up serving this country. my son is serving in the united states. those people came here to bomb us, so we went to bomb them. everyone says the bu

i want to rescue. >> if memory serves me you are a former politician. >> yes. [laughter] i am a former canadian. >> it is a little naive to talk about the center taking power again without taking a town of obvious which i think tend to prefer the extremes part of your a lobbyist you know, where the extreme part stance but the guy in the middle will be reasonable is more of a problem. >> guest: not is easy to buy off for you raise a good point*. but i would say the ultimate trump card is democracy for a lobbyist and politicians have a funny way of listening to numbers. they will go to the maturities but the problem is they can successfully subdivide our country and the special interest has succeeded to their benefit. you are right but this fundamentally and representative. i just think the whole key is to balance idealism with realism. we need to recognize there is a disconnect. we don't need to buy into the high her version that has been hijacked. there will always be cranks and a conspiracy theorist but we do not have to except the domination of the politics.

especially politicians. attacked every day, just like i've been attacked all day for something i didn't even say. i'm not mad about it. it's what we should come to expect. >> nunes there saying his words have been taken out of context. a lot of fighting words have been coming from lawmakers in washington. >> we're about 24 hours from armagedd armageddon. >> there's more where that came from. straight ahead we ask our political editor, mark preston, how words have impacted the health care debate. >>> and it's part festival, part charity event and it's all about connecting people globely for a greater good. it has a lot to do with twitter. coming up, i'll talk with the creator of twestival 2010 and how you can get involved. the most important is what comes from you. if you are shopping for a new car, we invite you to put ours to the test. put us up against anyone. and may the best car win. some people like to pretend... a flood could never happen to them... and that their homeowners insurance... protects them.

i don't expect anybody to listen to politicians. but i do expect the president of the united states to listen to half the country. the country sat a cross roads. i was going to call this show tonight our listening tour. listening for the concerns of the average americans. i don't need to listen. i don't think you need to listen. i think these people all need to listen. just a few people who represent florida. these people should be listening to these people. welcome to the program, guys. i want to cover these questions with you. just an open forum and just raise your hand and let's go to it. there's the questions, wasn't to start first, how do you feel this week? you, i'm not talking about your neighbors. how do you feel, anybody? yes, sir? >> we have a trillion dollar government run, i say welfare program on top of trillions of debt. where does it all end? i mean, what are we passing on to our children and grandchildren? if we don't get these people out of office before they spend this country into oblivion i fear our grandchildren

our preamble states we the people not we the politicians.racy can we retain control of the various governments that we the people created. we really do get the government we deserve. unfortunately, at times it's not always the government we want. so my first question to you revolves around that. first of all, let me state that obviously you are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. so what i would like to get a sense of innocent or guilty is a question that i pose to etch aof my students and that is what's your definition of political corruption? >> well, that's a good question. the strict interpretation and the strict definition would be doing anything that is against the law and illegal. there is a broader term, though, from an ethical and moral standard and that's what i call the corruption test. and while things may not be strictly illegal and some of the things that mike madigan and john cullerton and john quinn my successor doing in government is not illegal. people are paying higher taxes and they are not getting as good a g

when politicians start thinking like that, they let nothing get in their way. not public opinion, fair play, even their own promises. instead of transparency we have a health care bill tainted by secrecy, costs, and backroom deals. that is just not right. they should do better. the american people expect more. they pledged a true bipartisan effort if and bending the rules and intend to seize control of health care in america on a strict party-line vote. in speech after speech on his health care plan the president has tried to convince us of what would be good for america. how can it be good for america if it increases the debt and causes -- cost trillions to implement? how can it be good if it takes money away from medicare and includes backroom deals? for the past year or more, the new establishment in washington has tried again and again to sell this plan to the american people. americans are not buying it, and with a reason. what is going on now is a last, desperate power play. if only to prove that something can be done in washington. i have not been here l

grant its common -- grant it, when politicians run against washington, which politicians of both parties have been tempted to do in recent decades, that hardly contributes to the trust in government. it is the equivalent, i guess, of one airline running negative ads against another saying if you get on the other airline it will crash. that will not create trust. host: republican line. david, st. petersburg. caller: thank you for c-span and i agreed with the underlying theory, that the government makes promises it can never deliver on. the best examples are medicare, which is a $30 trillion unfunded liability, the great society of lyndon johnson was abject failure. the new deal with at its failure. if you read "new deal or raw deal -- you learn about that. two games of the world series americans locked in the third creation was the irs and the federal reserve. now we are looking at another promise that cannot be tested -- health-care reform that will burden our children. let me ask you this. do you think the american people are finally ready to wakeup and cut government down at all levels

and he also understood the incentives that politicians and taxpayers dough with.and the sam's example of the pain of war being paid for in the contemporary time is a tremendous example of a smith was always aware of, which was how incentives work and effective of politics. >> host: gentlemen, we have a tweet hear from joe orlando. both men show he goes by and he writes, who cares? why should we care about adam smith? >> guest: well, as i said, i teach a class in microeconomics every year of top for about 30 years and is often assumed as most economists to the days of day as ricardo insights into trader the right ones. diversity is a powerful trade. i've come to understand recently that actually said that perhaps the more important idea, which is the role that economies of scale on divisional labour have a specialization even when we're all the same. he has a lot to teach us though. it's not always easy reading. the first three of four chapters of "the wealth of nations" can be read by anyone today. >> guest: the first seven chapters. >> guest: okay, you're even mo

darlene: i'm disappointed you took the word of a politician over an ordinary citizen. didn't take anybody's word no person has been accused. i do not believe congressmen lied, i don't believe that, about the taunting. i think something happened. matthew: bill the cover of our upcoming book is snazzy who is the pinhead you or the president? you have to buy the book to find out. out next september. sean: mr. o'reilly my mom is a patriot because she suggested i do my book report on bold fresh, i got an "a" excellent and way to go thanking your mother. talking points memo posted is a while one this evening if you came in late. e-mail us with pithy comments from anywhere in the world. name a town if you wish to opine. the word of the day please when writing the factor do not be contumacious. that's from david in hawaii. look it up ladies and gentlemen that is it for us today. a lot of action on the website. i am bill o'reilly hope to see you begin next time. the spin stops right here. because we are looking out for you. ♪ ♪ >> good wednesday morning. march 24, 2010. thank y

and in many ways, many of the things that we see our iraqi politicians being politicians and not beingwarlords or tribal leaders. in that sense, that is a big, big advantage. the other trend that basically emerged from the provision council elections, was basically the whole issue of the evolution of the vote of the citizenry. because in many ways, the citizens voted not so much about the message that we all extract did was that the vote was nonsectarian, but it was also. it might've been nonsectarian, but it was a very strong anti-incumbent because of the inability of the politicians in power to basically provide basic services and provide therefore what we can call bread and butter issues. and that's, in a sense, is a very interest in evolution in terms of iraq. the process that we are seeing right now is basically obviously the fiddling with the rules of the game. a sort of judas was a sham with the anti-de-baathification commission that might reopen the wounds of the past and basically the emergence of fear mongers and fears. or with a certain degree. what are the risks in terms of

for the politicians. in the last election 94% of house incumbents, 83% of senate incumbents, were re-elected. what is wrong with us? and if you think they're going to go voluntarily vote for term limits, you're dreaming. it's up to us to vote them out of office. there may be no better example of our broken government than what's being called the blanket hold, when a senator stalls a president's nominees to pressure the white house on an often unrelated issue. for example, the obama administration blasted senator richard shelby of alabama for putting a hold on nearly 50 nominees. dana bash reports. >> reporter: a refueling tanker long overdue for retirement. this senator wants s its replacement made in his home state, alabama. richard shelby says the air force competition is a sham. so in protest he did something drastic. he blocked most of president obama's nominees to an array of federal agencies that have nothing to do with his issue. blanket hold. nearly 50 nominees. >> 40 something. that's right. >> r

keep at it, you know our politicians force us to overpay for drugs in our country so we can subsidizet is that? i do have to wonder. our segments on the allegations that tea partiers in washington, d.c. use racial and homophobic epithets created quite a stir. did mr. breitbart never see a sign at a tea party

usually at this stage, politicians like to have a bit of a giveaway budget for voters. this year such is the state of the nation's finances that there simply is not the money to do anything spectacular. alistair darling, the chancellor exchequer has been trying to manage expectations ahead of the big day. >> there will not be a christmas tree of a budget, you will be getting an essential budget for the time in which we live. >> will the chancellor be up front and not about the standard cuts and tax write-offs needed to plug the uk's massive deficit? now at almost 30%. so far the two main parties heavily sketched out some of the ways in which they will reduce the debt. the difference lies chiefly in the speed in which they would make the cuts. >> the reality is that what the two parties are saying is pretty similar. neither party is coming clean about exactly what they're going to do. in some ways we will be electing in the dark. we just do not know yet. we do not know how radical it will be or where the pain will be felt. >> they're not the only ones left in the dark. t

they just stand by and wait for their politicians to do something. we know how bad congress is. we know so many of the things that are not being taken care of for the american people. >> host: let's leave it there. let me add something to that for both of you to respond to. here is an art from this morning's "washington post." leaders henline for budget panel, president obama will name allen simpson and erskine bowles and the clinton white house to chair a commission to solve the nation's budget problems and he will be announcing that tomorrow. to build on what the caller said about the american people, not protesting as much as he thinks they should and appointing this new budget commission, what do you think about both of them? why don't we start with amity shlaes? >> guest: well, a commission is not a solution and there we hear what the caller richard from brooklyn is complaining about. there is sometimes yap yet been commissions don't usually have strong outcomes. i can think of the social security commission that came out after september 11th and no one remembers what it sa

so we need to look for politicians to think global about the challenge. the best perspective is pick the global brands without getting caught up by the ones that are bogged down and pulled down by the economic weakness in the states or -- >> great point because certainly the economic upset has created just that, protectionism around the world. good to have you on the program. so appreciate your time. gerard lyons and karen. >>> up next, pepsico ceo indra nooyi on the show. a demand for snack foods. a global business there. how it's faring globally. >>> mad about plaid. i'll talk to a woman running one of the most iconic brands. >>> soft drink andsnack giant pepsico announced a commitment to use more natural sweeteners and increasing a line of healthier snacks. among the invasions attempting to attract customers in a less profitable environment. earlier i spoke with the brand's ceo indra nooyi at yankee stadium, the site of their annual analyst meeting and asked one of the most influential female executives today how she sees the economic recovery right no

and all politicians and actual working class people need to make demands on our politicians. i'm not sure it's going to work and this is why. if you will get the sort of antiwar demonstrations they put people in the streets you look at the immigrants movement that put millions of people in the streets of chicago and los angeles arnold the country and that didn't change and so i say that to say this. i'm not convinced we are not at a point this is a failed state that is unable or unwilling to respond to the will of most of the people. if you look at health care reform most people want single-payer some kind of government style health care reform, canadian-style, european-style, they don't get it. they don't want us to be in this war. allin we are at war we expand the war under barack obama to read to issue is one of which is that there is a sort of illegitimate base barack obama is having a very powerful people and the other is i'm not sure that he isn't having at this point a failed state. he's not innocent in this, but it's not like he's the first either. there is a history

he was a politician and scientist who must never be forgotten.e was a friend of this house and all thoughts are with his family and his constituents. >> there is a campaign called pink jessica, a campaign to make awareness about pensioners who were preyed upon by scam mail. these people are losing their life savings. i challenge the prime minister to take up the case of pink jessica and ensure we all lost cam mail using the americscam m ideas. >> i agree. as a result of action we have taken we have uncovered billions of fraud and save five million for consumers. there have been 39 organizations of people successfully prosecuted. the office of fair trading is running an awareness campaign to alert the public to these scams and i urge people to visit the consumer direct web site where there are interactive online guide to dealing with these problems. we must empower consumers to recognize and avoid these scams and back this up with the strongest punishment. >> why should every pensioner in britton not feel equally betrayed by labour who has never r

is it the media or politicians? >> i didn't blame the media. i just said you are on all the time. tavis: what a big difference. [laughing] >> no, it is a big difference. i ran for president in 1996. if i got on once on "road to the white house" i thought i was on national television. today you are on 24 hours a day. so people see all this every day. a lot of what they see, if they will think back on it, is not members of congress talking to each other, it is a lot of strategists and analysts and people out on the streets. so we need good decore yum -- decorum. but we have a big difference of opinion. should we expand a health care system that's too expensive? that's not good for people. or should we reduce the cost of the health care system we've got to people can buy insurance? that's our position, and that's what we're going to continue to advocate. tavis: to your point now of continuing to advocate, what do republicans do now? >> what we do now and tomorrow and the next day is try to make amendments of wlats -- what's left of the bill that's not now law. we think all of medicar

and that's a problem because while interest rates in america and europe stay low, it means that politicians will start to become more protectionist in their outlook. >> yeah. >> and that's a challenge, so we need to look for politicians to think global about the challenge from an investor's perspective is to try to pick the global brands without getting caught up by the ones that are bogged down and pulled down by the economic weakness, either in the states or in europe itself. >> it's a great point because certainly the economic upset has created just that, some protectionism around the world. good you have to on the program. >> thank you. >> so appreciate your time today. >> thank you so much. >> up next on "the wall street report, the pepsico show. how one of the largest consumer businesses is faring and i'll talk to the woman wearing one of britain's most iconic brands. take a look now at the stock market figures as we end the week. back in a minute. >>> soft drink and snack company pepsico has increased a new line of sweeteners. and increasing a line of healthier snacks. among the inva

granted, when politicians run against washington as politicians of both parties have been tempted tot decades, that hardly contributes to trust in government. it is the equivalent of one airline running negative ads against another saying if you get on the other airlines it will crash. that will not create trust. host: on the republican line, they could from san petersburg. caller: to walk. the government makes promises and they can never deliver on. the best examples are medicare which is a liability. the great society of abject failure. the new deal was an abject failure. unemployment was 20% just like the beginning. those are two games of the world series the american -- the united states lost. we are looking at another promise that cannot be kept which is this health care reform. another entitlement that will burden our children. the you think the american people are finally ready to wake up and cut government down at all levels? state, and federal, 20%, 30%, 40%, so they don't have the power to hurt us as they have in the past century? guest: well, you pack a lot into the questi

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. >> reporter: and politicians care about how much this is going to cost there. are delays on the cost analysis. the democrats have promised politicians and the public, 72 hours to review the measure before they take a vote on it. that puts a vote sunday at the earliest and sunday is the day that president barack obama is expected to depart on an international trip. reporting live. back to you. >> thank you. >>> virginia could be one of a dozen states to file suit to the federal government if the measure passes was last week, virginia lawmakers passed a bill making it illegal for the government to require people to purchase health care. warner initially, escaped the death penalty and when he thought he couldn't be tried he rote a letter to the prosecutors. >> he thought that double jeopardy would prevent a further trial, but it turned out to be wrong. >> that was state's attorney, polybert. he may attend another with the reeds. pleading and help at the men chased her, someone let her inside and called police. >>> this is an up close look at the couple accused of

it was one of these rare instances where a politician actually listens to his constituents. and he did the right thing. i think he made a very brave speech. i realize he has a lot of personal religious feelings about this. i understand those feelings. i was texting him from mass the other day. our religious feelings are supposed to be private and not imposed on other people. good for him for standing up for what he believes in. he's not there for bart stupac. >> he's going to be on the show in the next segment. what will you say to him? you have an opportunity. i'm sure he's listening right now. >> i think i would say to him, thank you for doing the right thing. don't do this again. don't put us through this again. i think bart stupac has had moments where there are moments of courage where he stood up against the nra in northern michigan. this is a gun owner's paradise up here. and he's a former state trooper in michigan. but he knows right from wrong. i think that he did the right thing here. i'm proud of him for doing that. >> you heard another republican on the floor, he

they just stand by and wait for keir politicians to do something. we know how bad congress is.know so many other things that are n bei taken care of for the american people. >> for both of you to respond here is an article from the washington post. lineers in line for budget panel, president obama will name alan simpson traditional a top official in the clinton white house to solve the nation's annet problems. he will be announcing that tomorrow to build on what that caller said about the american people not protesting as much as he thinks they should and appointing this new budget commission. what do you think? >> the commission is not a halution. and what the caller complained about is commissions usually -- forgotten commissions and social security commission's they came out of september 11th then no one knows what it said. we had plenty of commissions that went nowhere. lod his illusion to that wider measure which includes workers, discouraged workers and it is dol. how do we solve that? the answer is still through ldowth mostly in the private sector. i would disagree with

. >> eugene, for me, as a watcher of politicians, they never, never become more interesting to me thando in defeat. it is in defeat where you see where the real character is or what is left of the real character. and the mccain performance in defeat has been far below the dignified reactions we've seen by others, al gore, for example, who had plenty of reason to be bitter, to be angry, left the stage without rancor when the final vote was cast in the supreme court. where does mccain rank in the recent models of how to lose gracefully? >> clearly, well below average. you mentioned john kerry and al gore. you saw the classy way in which hillary clinton handled her defeat in the primaries. it's -- it does tell us an awful lot about a politician's character to watch them deal with disappointment and john mccain is not dealing with it well now. and again, i think it's going to hurt him. i think it's going to hurt him in his primary battle. >> and in history. eugene robinson, of the "washington post" and msnbc, thank you for your time tonight. >> good to be here, lawrence. >>> coming up, joh

and depending, you know, on the politician, they make an issue out of that. how important is - can you be - let me be direct. can you be an atheist and be a conservative? >> well, you know, it's interesting, because s.e. cupp has written a book, "losing our religion." in it - i've read an early proof copy of it - she says she's not a believer. but i've never heard such a wonderful defense and critique of those who would attack christianity. so, yes, she proves it in her book. most conservatives consider faith a central part of their belief in policy, their belief in freedom. our freedoms come from our creator. they don't come from government. so, most conservatives are religious, do believe in it, but s.e. proves the rule doesn't always - it doesn't always stay. >> what about on a personal basis? what are some of the other things that just bug you about - either bug you about the liberals, or you feel strongly about as a conservative, values in the society? >> well, you know, i'm very big on life. we are aborting more than a million babies a year. it's not a

and a new incident of vandalism against politicians. it happened this morning at the republican party headquarters in albemarle county, virginia, the county chairwoman arrived at the office and discovered bricks had been thrown through several windows. no one was hurt. local police are investigating. this is just the latest of course in a string of disturbing incidents this week with lawmakers, both democrats and republicans, being threatened with menacing voicemails and even having offices vandalized. leaders of both parties are calling on civility and calmer heads to prevail in the wake of the vote for health care reform. >>> pope benedict is facing new questions on just how much he knew about sex abuse involving priests. the incidents date back decades to a time when he could have perhaps done something about it. today the "new york times" reveals that back in 1980 when the pope was archbishop of munich he was informed by memo about a german priest being allowed to work with children just days after the priest started therapy for ped

i didn't think of myself as a potential politician when i got out of college. i went to work in neighborhoods, working with catholic churches in poor neighborhoods in chicago. trying to figure out how people could get a little bit of help, and i was skeptical about politics and politicians, just like a lot of americans are skeptical about politics and politicians right now. because my working assumption was, you know, when push comes to shove, all too often folks in elected office, they're looking out for themselves, and not looking out for the folks who put them there. there are too many compromises, that the special interests have too much hour. they just got too much clout, there is too much big money washing around. and i decided finally to get involved because i realized if i wasn't willing to step up and be true to the things i believe in, then the system wouldn't change. every single one of you had that same kind of moment at the beginning of your careers. maybe it was just listening to stories in your neighborhood about what was happening to people who

with the 72 hours that the politician have guaranteed t public to review the information, a vote mightlayed until monday. that is after president barack obama is going to depart on a international trip. on capitol hill. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> a group that says it represents 59,000 nuns in the united states, want the current form of the health care bill to pass. in a leter sent to congress, the group calls the measure imperfect, but says it is a crucial step in realizing health care for all. the bishops maintain their opposition against the bill. >>> idaho is the first state to pass a law against health care reform. virginia lawmakers passed a similar bill last week. about three dozen other states are considering doing the same. >>> some of the other top stories we are follow this morning. new information today, in the case of a teach that was murdered at a detention center. the bobby of hanna was discovered late last month. still, no one has been formally charged. but a 13-year-old boy has been questioned. the secretary of the document of juvenile services will announ

i am not talking about lawyers or mary schapiro the politician.king about people that go in there and work. what is their job? when harry marcoplis tried to tell about the bernie madoff ponzi scheme, didn't anybody look at it? he went there at least six times and told them. is it just a bunch of lawyers that go out and start arresting people after it comes out a newspaper or the television that somebody is doing something terrible? what are they doing? are they afraid of goldman sachs and all those people who are investing and taking people's money? what is their job? guest: you raise a very good point. the bernie madoff fraud, for example, and how marcopolis -- and harry marcopolis illustrates that he went to the sec multiple times and give a detailed road map to the bernie madoff fraud. why didn't they use that to stop this earlier on? this has been a deeply studied question. thousands of documents have been released and many articles have been written. the actors seem to be a combination of factors. one answer is that because there are many law

chris in pittsburgh writes, the issue's not the politician. it's the two-party system.can keep re-electing new politicians, but if they're more loyal to the party than their constituents, the same results will happen again and again. alice writes, it's always throw the bums out, but when people get into the voting booths, they whisper to themselves, not my bum. he always brings home the bacon. he's a really good guy. he spoke to me at the fund-raiser. jerry said, it's easier than you might think. the voting booth is more sacred and reflects the real truth of how someone feels. and jordan in new york offers this, we hate the other guy's representative, but not our own. a new yorkers aghast at a texan yelling baby killer while a texan is fuming at a new yorker who is fighting for health care reform. we don't hate congress. we hate each other. washington represents our national opinions and dialogues, it doesn't create them. if you want to read more on this, i got a ton of mail on this question, you'll find on it my blog at cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> remember a book you wrot

so now you turn around and have much more direct involvement of the poll sixes -- politicians.al reserve, remember, is an independent operation. it's much more closely aligned, in the future it will be the politicians, directly the government, much more intrusive into the financial system. and as for fannie and freddie, you're right, that's what got us into trouble in the first place, but they are excluded from all of this financial reform. not part of it. not at all. megyn: so you're telling me when i go into citibank or wachovia, now, to apply for a mortgage or a car loan that the government could be involved in that transaction too? >> in the future, question. megyn: really? >> they're trying to set up something called the consumer financial protection agency, a stand-alone agency like the environmental protection agency, for example, appointed by the president, politically controlled, and that would look at your transaction, your mortgage. was it fair? did you understand the mortgage that you just have taken out? megyn: how are you going to do all this? now the government's

a prominent pro-reform politician has special reason to celebrate.ews agency reports that hussein morashi was freed from prison. but he will have to go back to jail on april 3rd, when the new year holiday is over. >>> pope benedict tells irish catholics he's sorry for the latest scandal that has rocked the church. but is the pontiff's apology enough for many angry victims? >>> and a blinding snowstorm so bad planes can't even take off. >>> listen, this weekend tavis smiley is holding a big event in chicago to talk about issues that are important to african-americans, right? he does this every year. so many african-americans threw their support behind president obama to get him elected. but as the nation's first black president doing enough to address their concerns? talk show host tavis smiley has raised the issue, even putting him at odds with some black leaders, many black leaders, really. he took his concerns to the president's home turf today at chicago state university. now, i had a chance to speak with smiley along with author and professor cor

, mostly republican politicians, absolutely nuts. like this one which features a translator for people who don't speak republican. >> we need republican ideas for health care reform. >> we need to use the insurance company's ideas on health care. >> laura dawn is her stage name by the way. folks in iowa knew her as laura dawn galpin, the daughter a butcher. she joined a punk band in new york city. then moved on to moveon. in congress, really, that's a pretty cool career. when moveon is running ads, it helps do what? >> well generally it helps give democrats help. but for a while, they were running ads against democrats who didn't support the most liberal plan, but it was very interesting to see that at the end just like the liberals in congress they came around and just said, you know what, we got to approve what we can and this is it. >> they call this a pivot. let's pivot to the misses. >> we wanted to go through today. the president signed the health care bill. well, there's -- so long, i mean, over 2,000 pages, so there's a lot o

it requires that you probably make some priority decisions, which politicians are historically loathemake. it says i'm going to favor one group over another or one sector over another. we typically don't do this that in this society. >> rose: tax this group and not that group. >> it also says-- it also recognizes-- i think in general our politicians don't travel the world as much as our businesspeople do. and so they don't really see the competitive threat we're facing. >> rose: what else do we need to do to be more competitive? >> i think the corporate tax rate is one that needs to get looked at in terms of do wupt to intent vise companies to grow here or not? where do you put your next factory? there is a double taxation philosophy of corporate individuals. i don't think we want to get into that today. and i'm not an expert on it. but i do think that when you look at a world-- when i look at my competitors, increasingly my competitors are asian companies and they're operating with half the taxes that we do. that means they can have either twice the profits or double their investment

we have a number of politicians in the u.k. supporting it. >> question in the third row here. >> i am from the world bank. something you have not addressed in the volcker proposal, but i wanted to raise an issue. the system is designed to be built on transparency. accountants, lawyers, credit rating agencies. the reason womelehmann, they'ren to two and half credit rating agencies. four forms from the big eight. the gatekeepers are now so few and shrinking every day. they are in a dilemma with transparency because the regulators cannot afford any longer to penalize them. whatever proposal they are now in congress, i read them on the credit rating agencies. they are not dealing with the real issues. a small number of credit rating agencies will find virtue in acting together wrongly as opposed to acting bravely together. >> i agree that it is a problem with the credit rating agencies. i have some sympathy for the idea we should be much more liberal in permitting more credit rating agencies to appear, including a direct competitor

bricks through windows, a gas line cut at a politician's house and at least ten democratic congressmen asking for extra security facing threats? some extremists in the tea party are being blamed. maybe only a few of them and i would say there's a huge opportunity for the tea party here to make a big move on racism in this country. we'll talk to some of their leaders. and the folks at freedom works about that. they've got some great ideas and just a troublesome fringe, i suppose. >>> also, financial police or keystone cops? we're looking for someone with the guts to actually fix what is wrong with wall street. is there anybody willing do that job in this country? so far, not in our government. all that, plus sobering news for the famous pub systes are irela. the show starts right now. >>> well, good afternoon to you and in america today a disturbing series of events leading members of congress to ask for extra security, congressional leaders demanding that the knopp gop denounce the actions of the family of one congress member fearing for their lives after a gas line was cut at their ho

television correspondent's dinner is being held in washington, a black tie gathering, press, pundits and politiciansvice president joe biden is the speaker, let's tune in. >> at least its my foot. by the way, ron was only pointing his finger. look, ken, in fairness, i know you're going to get mad, but in fairness, i think you're a little rough on the republicans for constantly repeating the mantra, the health care bill is 222 pages long. put yourself in their spot. just ask sarah, that's a hell of a lot to write in the palm of your hand. i don't blame them. by the way, i know this is all supposed to be humorous as i'm trying to be, but, you know, i do have to defend our administration a little bit here, especially the recovery act which i have been put in charge of. republicans keep saying it hasn't created a single job. well, tell that to senator scott brown. by the way, speaking of scott, kind of ironic, the man who posed with his pants down caught us with our pants off. i don't know how this works. we were a little slow scott, picking up how good you were, but we sort of zeroed in now. you know,

we have a number of politicians in the u.k. supporting it so we will see. >> i am from the world bank. something you have not addressed -- the entire system is supposed to be built on transparency. accountants, lawyers, credit rating agencies but the recent lehman brothers report tells us that we are down to 2.5 credit rating agencies, four firms from the big eight, in other words, the gatekeepers are now so few and shrinking every day that the regulators cannot afford blunder to penalize them. -- afford to penalize them. a small number of credit rating agencies will find virtue in acting together wrongly as opposed to acting individually in a brave way. >> we should be much more alert to permitting more credit rating agencies to appear. if you could get more specialized credit rating agencies, i think this would be an interesting development in that market. i hope we go in that direction. i think it is in coordination with plot block but a big deal has not been made of it. -- i think that is in coordination with the law but a