rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 1517 to correct the hiring status of approximately 30 customs and border protection officers stationed overseas under the wrong hiring appointments. i appreciate the opportunity to stand in support of this legislation and the place of ranking peter king, the sponsor of this bill, the republican sponsor of the bill. h.r. 1517 grants special authority to the commissioner customs and border protection to noncompetitively convert about 30 c.b.p. employees mistakenly hired under overseas limited employment to permanent status stationed at the overseas preinspection posts. c.b.p. operates preclearance operations for travelers to the u.s. are able to undergo entry inspections before boarding the planes. this facilitates travel while adding and important security benefit. unfortunately this hiring error if not addressed could force thes

. ♪ i'll be home for christmas >> larry: kenny rogers. ♪ joy to the world ♪ the lord has come ♪ let earther king >> larry: the harlem alumni ensemble. ♪ >> larry: and shawn king. ♪ round the christmas tree ♪ that changes everything >> larry: and the night before christmas as only queen latifah can read it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. and happy holidays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight.

the salahis were no shows as was the white house social secretary desiree rogers. three secret service agents have been placed on administrative leave with pay following an internal investigation. let's listen to mark sullivan being asked the question a lot of people want the answer to. why? >> how in the world could this couple get passed the secret service without having their names on the list, without having their socials in advance, and get right up to the president of the united states? >> sir, i asked myself that question a thousand times over the last week. what we keep coming back to here is that procedures weren't followed. again, when we have found is when we pold the procedures, when we -- when we go by the protocols we have, these type of situations don't occur. >> larry: let's get into it with the panel to kick things off conk congressman bennie thompson. in washington, as well, anita mcbride, former chief of staff to first lady laura bush. in chicago, laura schwartz, former white house director of events during the clinton administration. good to see

rogers. he's done an outstanding job in the committee and i look forward to working with him, not only on this legislation, to make it a law, but certainly in other pieces of legislation. i urge all my colleagues to vote aye and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. all time has expired. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3980 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion -- mr. cuellar: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yande. -- the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this m

. ♪ i'll be home for christmas >> larry: kenny rogers. ♪ joy to the world ♪ the lord has come ♪ let earthg >> larry: the harlem alumni ensemble. ♪ >> larry: and shawn king. ♪ round the christmas tree ♪ that changes everything >> larry: and the night before christmas as only queen latifah can read it. it's a special holiday celebration on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. and happy holidays. we've got a great hoir of beautiful music for you tonight. we'll start it off with something special. sting, he's an amazing artist. put him in an amazing setting and you have something to remember. so we kick off tonight with sting. accompanied by the terrific chris botti on trumpet, the old bass carol, "gabriel's message." the setting, the beautiful cathedral church of st. john the divine in manhattan. ♪ ♪ the angel gabriel from heaven came ♪ ♪ his wings as drifted snow ♪ his eyes as flame ♪ all hail said he thou lowly maiden mary ♪ ♪ most highly favored maid gloria ♪ ♪ gloria ♪ gloria ♪ for the blessed above shouts be ♪ ♪ oh generations ♪ ♪ by some shall be emmanuel ♪ foreseers foretold ♪ m

rogers. >> thank you for being here and i have some quick yes or no questions. were you familiar with the references to your task force in the bill introduced in july? >> no. >> so, you knew nothing about the over a dozen references to your task force in this bill? >> you know, i hate to say but i was busy preparing the course and biostatistics and the answer is honestly, no. >> is that consistent to the whole task force or any of its representatives or administration there of? >> i hesitate to have the two of us represent the opinions of the entire task force. >> but it wasn't part of your discussions? >> in july? absolutely not. >> are you aware in this particular bill and the chairman emeritus was mistaken. this was not necessarily a new committee. they may have created a new name but in the bill and i will just reread from the bill. the preventative services task force convened under section 915 of the public health service act and the community preventive services and as subsection task forces were in existence the day before the enactment of this act shall

rogers is not a central figure -- miss rogers is not a central figure in security.he salahis have a firsthand knowledge of the security breakdown of that dinner. this inquiry necessitates swift action, especially in light of the series of upcoming white house holiday season events. it simply would not be prudent to spend committee resources and a time on engaging in a protected fight with the white house when the testimony is not central to the question at issue. >> mr. chairman, i could be heard on that, i do not believe you would have sent a letter to the white house requesting her if you do not believe that she was inappropriate witness. also, the fact that the deputy chief of staff has said beneficial memo to the white house staff saying that the social secretary's office will have to be part of security in the future, the white house believes that desiree roger [unintelligible] i think we have taken a very narrow and limited view of the jurisdiction of our committee if we do not believe that excepting the white house's own version of security and demand that th

we will proceed with a request for speena for dez ray rogers. as for the individual that's breached security pursuant to committee rule six, mr. kings a ranking member is generally entitled to identify as a minority witness. ms. rogers' role is not security. there is a distinction here ms. rogers is not a central figure in so much as her role on the executive staff does no encompass security. moreover, the importance in light of the series of upcoming wouts season event. engaging in a fight with the white house on this matter when a testimony sought is not issue to the question. it is clear if the ranking members are correct. i will allow you to call whatever witness you would like to. i have supported you in the past. we look forward to clearing the room for executive session. >> today on washington journal, officer charles stevens talks about the conflicts of war. then a discussion on president barak obama's plan for sending more u.s. troops to afghanistan with scott wilson of the "washington post." a look at the dubai economy. following that.

the ball is still loose as they get it to rogers. they get it to the 30, down to the 20.the band is out on the field! he's going to go into the end zone! he's going into the end zone! the bears have scored. the bears! the bears have won! the bears have won! >>> duke was down by a single point with just two seconds left in overtime. and they were forced to go the length of the court. only a miracle would keep alive their dream of back-to-back titles. >> they throw it the length of the floor. comes down and drizzles. shoots, scores! he hit the bucket at the buzzer! 104-103. lack out, minneapolis! >>> the rivalry between the yankees and red sox reached a boiling point in the 2003 alcs. >> that is not even close. >> you talk about looking for a reason. >> absolutely. >> and then the team took a bizarre turn. >> oh, my goodness. don zimmer and pedro martinez --oh. that's awful. don zimmer, a 72-year-old man, went into pedro martinez's face and med pedro martinez threw him down. >> he was the best hockey player in history, and canada's most famous citizen. and then rumors of a

it bounces around and finally drops down for roger franklin. we got a time-out on the floor with a nine point oklahoma state lead. it's 61-52 lead. the cardinal are all about coaching and practice. >> marques: the best offense has been on the inbound plays. zimmermann nice job, trotter finding the seam, landry fields gets the screen, fades into the corner, jeremy green a little staggered double screen. he knocks down a shot so he's able to square up. johnny dawkins and his outstanding staff and they've done a nice job of designing and executing taish working on the execution of those offensive plays. >> barry: how long dube wait to landry fields? >> marques: you have to have a feel for your team, and right now, i mean, the way they're playing, jeremy green, offensively playing well, the defense has picked up. you could probably wait another two minutes if you wanted to just to see how this game continues to flow, because stanford is coaching ten points and we're out of the game. we're out nine. you haven't lost anything. >> barry: this week it'

rogers: thank you -- mrs. mcmorris rodgers: i rise in strong support of h.r. 2194 and urge my colleagues to support this bill. my husband and i visited israel and the people of israel want nothing more than to live in peace with their neighbors, many of whom have said repeatedly they want israel wiped off of the map. but the israelis are realistic about peace. they know it comes from strength, from clear military superiority, from letting your enemies know that they cannot defeat you. that is a hard, realistic peace. it's clear iran wants to break that peace and destabilize that region and make israel live in fear. after delays, we must now back our words with actions. iran must be held accountable. as iran takes one step after another towards nuclear weapons, it edges towards war. a vote in favor of this bill is a vote in favor of continuing a hard peace in the middle east and showing the rest of the world that a nuclear iran is not an option. i pledged to do all i could to maintain and expand a difficult pea

rogers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. roger: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. towns, mr. lynch, thank you very much for your work in a bipartisan way on this very important piece of legislation. all of the big issues we deal with, we do pause and pay attention to issues that impact lives like some circumstances like no other. . you can imagine the law enforcement community and i used to serve as an f.b.i. ate g agent, that every single day somebody suits up quietly with a search warrant or to go or arrest warrant to serve somewhere in america. and we forget because they are exceptionally good at doing what they do without getting hurt or harmed, but it is incredibly dangerous work. they get drug dealers and they get child pornographers and bank fraud executives, mafia dons and terrorists of the hardest sort. they bring them to justice as a part of defending the constitution and communities of the united states of america.

rogers. >> thank you for being here and i have some quick yes or no questions.e you familiar with the references to your task force in the bill introduced in july? >> no. >> so, you knew nothing about the over a dozen references to your task force in this bill? >> you know, i hate to say but i was busy preparing the course and biostatistics and the answer is honestly, no. >> is that consistent to the whole task force or any of its representatives or administration there of? >> i hesitate to >> but it wasn't part of your discussion? >> in july, absolutely not. >> are you aware in this particular bill, and i think maybe the chairman was mistaken, this is not necessarily a new committee. they may create a new name. and i'll read right from the bill. the preventive services task force convened under section 750a and the task force on preventive services, they were in existence, the day before the enactment of this act shall be transferred to the task force on clinical preventive services respectfully established under these section. and it goes on to say whatever yo

so for desiree rogers did not beer, for the white house, mr. gets offhandedly say at a white house briefing yesterday, may you receive an official notice from the white house, we didn't. he said that white house staffers don't testify before congress. that is untrue. i was on the banking committee in 1994 during the whitewater hearings when president clinton sent up george stephanopoulos, maggie williams who was clinton's chief of staff, said of the presidents council and also set up the previous council, set up mark, the press secretary. all to testify before congress. and yet on this issue where we talk about the security of the president of the united states, the person who made the decision will not be a. i think it is wrong, stonewalling and a front or to be. this was a bipartisan request, mr. chairman. a bipartisan request to the white house which prides itself on being open, cooperation. but in this incidents they are stonewalling. for our committee to work with a white house that has to be an element of trust. they have breached that tr

your christmases may all your christmases for ee and may all your christmases be white ♪ >>> kenny rogersuntil june of 2010. to see if he is coming to a venue near you, check out his schedule on our web page. cnn.com/larryking. she here tonight from the fox theater in detroit. he will sing the beautiful christmas standard "joy to the wor world." >> some of the songs written hundreds of years ago, they were written for the single purpose of keeping alive the greatest ever told, the birth of the christ child. ♪ jesus was born in a far awayland ♪ ♪ tell me the story ♪ when he was born ♪ for me for you ♪ lord everyone ♪ he was the chosen one ♪ teaching us how to love ♪ joy to the world the lord is come let earth receive her king ♪ ♪ let every heart prepare him room ♪ ♪ and heav'n and nature sing and heav'n and nature sing and heav'n and heav'n and nature sing ♪ ♪ ♪ he rules the world with truth and grace and makes the nations prove ♪ ♪ the glories of his righteousness ♪ ♪ and wonders of his love and wonders of his love and wonders wonders of his love ♪ ♪ and wonders of his love and wonders of

roger is next from brooklyn. good morning, roger. caller: how are you doing? host: fine, thank you. caller: i have a couple questions. host: sure. caller: one, i feel that the president should endorse the public option because it is a good way of cutting costs for the middle person -- for the middle class. also, i feel if we are -- if we don't get a option, i feel members of congress who are enjoying the public option, shouldn't get it. he should get the health care they are getting at, you know, on the backs of the american people. host: that's the proposal that senator reed has put forth, that states would be able to opt out of the public option. caller: i hope that stays. i think republicans, they are trying to get rid of everything. i know they are a minority, but they still have some sway with these blue dog states. and i hope the president can see past these people with delay tactics and the stalls and you know, acting like they are unsure, and playing political. trying to get money for the state like it's -- host: thank you for the call. earlier we showed you from an article,

. >> roger barry. >> mr. speaker, my constituents are extremely concerned about the impact of global warming and wants speedy action to deal with it members opposite in their european allies. will my right honorable friend assure the house that he has been doing everything possible so that both developed and developing countries can look to a deal at copenhagen? >> well, we are in the happy position of being able to work with the rest of europe to get a climate change agreement and in the position to work as europe with the rest of the world to make sure that we can move forward. and the talks that are taking place now including at the commonwealth conference are a desire to bring together the richest countries who will have to contribute to a climate change deal financially as well as with bold and ambitious targets. and the developing countries whom we want to make progress but whom we will have to be able to help. i'm pleased that we have agreed and i believe america and europe will also agree with the com

rogers neighborhood. at last check, there were 56 preschool shows on television. 56. six competing networks. how do you stand out? what we have tried to do is to or three things, focusing on targeted families to keep relevance. when we're pushing a program like healthy habits for life and we're working with friends,@@@@r difference. >> speaking of international work, how do you ensure brand consistency while thinking globally? >> legally, we maintain the copyright. we all the programs. -- we own the programs. it is important that we don't lose quality or have partners that go way off. do we ever have a partner that does something that is antithetical to the sesame street mission? the answer is no, because we pretty much vet partners and willing to work with us. -- unwilling to work with us. they get the message of sesame street. we have been able to maintain equality with them, trading the writers, training the puppeteers, bringing them to be york to be trained by our staff so that when they go back, they can create something quite amazing. they have been able to main

so if desare rogers is not to be here for the white house mr. gibbs offhandedly set up the white house briefing yesterday mr. chairman may be received notice from the white house, we certainly didn't, we listened to what mr. gibbs said when he said that vice house staff don't testify before congress. that isn't true. i was on the banking committee in 1994 during the whitewater hearings when president clinton sent george stephanopoulos, maggie williams, hillary clinton's chief of staff, said lloyd cutler, president's council and also the previous council mark gearan, as press secretary to testify before congress and yet on this issue where we are talking about the security of the president of the united states, the person who made the decision is not going to be here. i think it is wrong, stonewalling. this was a bipartisan request, mr. chairman. a bipartisan request in the white house that prides itself on being open and on cooperation. but in this instance they are stonewalling. and for our committee to work with white house there has to be an

the esteemed collector is middleton harris, and roger, and obviously mr. smith, who's daughter we're lucky to have here tonight. the production team who kept such detailed records that 35 years later, i could still trace the right folders. it inspired our senior editor here who brought this project to my attention who years ago. our production team headed, so inspired that they made this edition crisper and cleaner than the original. using just film. who recognized what a treasurer there was and published it in hard cover. this book touches everybody who touches it. that includes all of you inspired to be here today. and our panelist who are so excited to introduce. up first is dr. roscoe c. brown. [applause] >> the list of dr. brown's accomplishments are really enough to fill a book of their own. most notably, he is president of the bronx community college and creditor at the city university of new york. he sits on the board of several community organization including the boys and girls club, the funds for the city of new york, the urban issues group,

that is rogers' game right there. >> mike: he has a great nose for the basketball. he's one of those 50/50 guys. if there's a 50/50 chance of getting it, he'll get most of them. >> tim: there he is. zooming up on cothran, who has been quiet here in the first half. it's been akeem richmond, just as i say it he lights up the trey. cothran has six. and it's 2-9-20, rhode island. >> mike: forget what i said about them not being a prolific three-pointing team. doesn't matter about the record. they've got it going tonight. >> tim: they're hot tonight. that has truly been the story. the uconn transfer is coming in, rui sgrchlt. richmond finally takes a seat as eaves is on the floor along with lamonte ulmer. another violation by paris. >> mike: jim baron is the only one that can stop akeem richmond at this point, taking him out of the game. >> tim: he'll enjoy the dean smith reference you just made there. eight turnovers now committed by boston college. some of them unforced. rhode island's pressure has been a factor here in the first 20 minutes, no doubt about it. cothran,

lora walker says she learned that years ago when her late husband, roger, lost his job as a machinisting else. >> walker: i watched what he went through by not making the concessions, by not making the changes. he didn't go back to school, he wasn't willing to think outside of the box. >> pelley: he couldn't find full-time work for six years. then, he was hired again, and given business cards and a lapel pin by his new company. before his first day on the new job, he had a heart attack. >> walker: and i went to the hospital, and i went in and i was so surprised. and you know, the first thing he said to me was, "what about my job?" the first thing he said to me-- "what about my job?" that's a hard thing to... and then, he died sunday morning. and i was there holding his hand when he died. and at the funeral, at the visitation, i took that card, that business card, that lapel pin, and i put it on his chest, so everyone could see. and before they closed the casket, i slipped it in his hand, because he was so proud that he finally had a job. i don't want that to happen to anybody else. >>

and rogers has been ter require film at 6'6", a lot of leadership and paris is a true point guard and sets the tempo for this game. >> we're expecting a good game today in boston college. hope to start a new streak after winning 13 straight over miami, they lost the last three. we'll step aside. when we come back to boston, the third member of our team, jim hildreth will talk with miami head coach frank haith, presented by pizza hut. alright, i need someone on the red-eye to our plant in jersey. who's it going to be, people? - i'll go, sir. - great. i need somebody in houston by five. i'm your man, sir. six a.m. to omaha. who's taking one for the team? that's be me, sir. steve-o! that's what i'm talking about. steve, can you make it to buffalo by four? anyone seen steve? enjoy your trip. we will. thank you. we know why you fly. we're american airlines. >> the number of flu cases will soon be on the rise. and with the recent onset of the h1n1 virus, many people are concerned about their health and safety. we can all fight the flu virus by taking four simple steps. number 1: get vaccina

host: roger, thanks. the house is not in today. they will be back next week.xpected to be in session tomorrow and possibly on sunday, according to senate democratic leader harry reid. for those of you watched c- span2, and the book tv programming, that will be pre- empted during our live coverage of the senate debate on health care. you can watch it gavel-to-gavel on c-span2 over the weekend we will continue with more conversations with members of the senate on the health-care issue next week. the could be a vote, according to "the washington post," may be as late as next week. senator harry reid says he wants to pass the health care bill before christmas, and the next step would be to go through the conference process between the house and senate. walter from indiana. caller: thank you for taking my call. i appreciated. i moved from new york city years ago to a northeast indiana and joined the militia, and i am pro-american and i love my country dearly and i serve my military for 13 years and i have a tremendous this day for the government, and that has to do

i think you can make a strong argument for lance armstrong or even stronger still for roger fed federer. both had respective accomplishments. when you consider not only what tiger woods did but how he did it the wide margin of victory and the animated style is almost unprecedented in the history of our game and its impact was definitely unprecedented. >> larry: amy alcott, do you think character should matter at all in voting for an athlete? >> larry, i think character definitely counts. i mean, that's what golf is all about. it is a game of honor it is a game of character. but this athlete, tiger woods, has taken golf to another level of atlanta let cism, of style. there's nobody really that can compete with him as far as being a golfer. i would beg to say being a horse racing fan that this has been a great year for the women, too, as far as rachel alexander. >>. >> larry: would you have voted for tiger? >> you know, it's really hard not to vote for tiger as far as being the most dominant golfer of the decade. he stepped up to the plate and he has made an impact on golf that, you know,

. >> 752 on the central oregon coast >> suarez: roger robertson hosts a local talk radio program. he also sells advertising on the station, giving him a front row seat for the boom years. for him, those years felt like the new normal. >> things were robust; things were building; things were growing; things were prospering; there was no reason to believe that it was going to be anything else, but what we were experiencing. suddenly the real world crept in and came back and woke us all up. >> suarez: lincoln city and communities like it were among the first hit by the great recession and they may be among the last to feel the recovery, says dante chinni, director of the patchwork nation project. >> these places kind of feel the pain first, because the discretionary spending stops here first. i think they also get the benefit of any recovery later. because the discretionary spending is going to come later. and i think this last recession was so deep, even when things turn around people are saving money like they haven't before, and they just feel just more insecure as a whole and tha

. >>> kenny rogers has been bringing joy to the world for decades with his music. to see if he's coming to venue near you check out his schedule on our web page. cnn.com/larryking. he's here tonight from the fox theater in detroit. . he'll sing the beautiful christmas standard "joy to the world." >> the interesting thing all of the songs, some of them written hundreds of years ago as if they were written for the single purpose of keeping alive the greatest story ever told, the story of the birth of the christ child. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ joy to the world the lord is come let earth receive her king ♪ ♪ let every heart prepare him room ♪ ♪ and heav'n and nature sing and heav'n and nature sing and heav'n and heav'n and nature sing ♪ ♪ he rules it wills ♪ ♪ he rules the world with truth and grace and makes the nations prove ♪ ♪ the glories of his righteousness ♪ ♪ and wonders of his love and wonders of his love and wonders wonders of his love ♪ snoet and wonders and wonders of his love ♪ ♪ and wonders of his love and wonders of his love and wonders wonders of his love ♪ ♪ nation

. >> roger, tranquility, we copy you on the ground.you have a got -- you about a bunch of guys about to turn blue. thanks a lot. >> we are getting a picture of the tv. there is a great deal of contrast and currently is upside down. we can make at a fair amount of detail. we can see you coming down the ladder now. it is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. [music] [music] [applause] >> ok -- let's take a look at our panelists. let me introduce to you buzz aldrin. [applause] charles m. duke, jr.. [applause] lori levinnnon,m deputy directof the products they center. [applause] and a mission specialist on atlantis. he was the lead space walker recently during the hubble space telescope repair mission [applause] i wanted to let you know that these youngsters will be talking to us. they will be talking from science centers all over the country from boston, new york, california, chicago, and the denver museum of nature and science and the st. louis science center. let's talk to our panelists. we will begin with you, bus. zz. yo

two of the biggest earmarks are from republican senators thad cochran and roger wicker of mississippi at a cost of $8 million for improvements to four rural state airports. one airport serves fewer than 100 passengers a day. and another the mid delta regional airport sees even less. by the way, i've seen the pork extended to both of those airports over the years. the new funds would come on top of $4.4 million the airports just received from the stimulus package. i am not making this up. we obviously have huge aviation and transportation needs this country and stuffing most millions of dollars in small, little used airports in mississippi is not a wise use of funds, said ellis. president obama had promised to curb the inclusion of earmarks in government spending bills but has yet to issue the threat of a veto. my friends, do not wait for threat of a veto. in march obama signed a $410 billion spending package that contained nearly 8,000 pet projects. quote, "i am signing an imperfect omnibus bill because it's necessary for the ongoing functions of government." obama said at the time. w

so desiree rogers is not supposed to be here -- at a white house briefing yesterday mr. chairman you received a notice. we certainly didn't. he said that white house staffers don't testify before congress. that is untrue. i was on the banking committee in 1994 during the whitewater air as when president clinton said george stepanov list, maggie williams, hillary clinton's chief of staff, president's council and also sent at the previous council, senator mark aaron press secretary. all testified before congress and even on this issue when we're talking about the security of the president of the united states a person who made that decision is not going to be here. i think it's wrong and stonewalling and i think it confronts our committee. this is a bipartisan request for the white house which prides itself for being open, which prides itself on cooperation. in this incident they are stonewalling. and for a committee to work with the white house of an element of trust they have breached that trust and i am going to do all he can to work with you to issue subpoenas to have

and records division for the archives, roger came back on, and david, also one of the editors. >> what frame on this? >> we start with 1792, the first congressional investigation. and we go all the way up to katrina's investigation of what happened after. i think what we found this how important congressional investigations are, and the power of congress to investigate as been crucial at various times in our history. also, we see in recent times as congress has not used this power very effectively. all of its investigations and hearings are window dressing. they seem to be more politically motivated and not really a thorough investigation. >> right now, the democrats controlled congress. they have control white house, they investigated it in power? or does it take a different political scenario? >> the trouble in modern times is it the president is of a different party, congress is more likely to investigate. that is hard to say as a generality. we have different individual investigations. during this year, there were very few investigations, even though congress and the presidency wer

first, john rogers.erosity as the patron for this magnificent bronze. you served president reagan with great distinction, both in office and out of office, and now you have served his memory and his legacy. second, the chairman of the board of trustees for the ronald reagan presidential foundation, fred ryan. fred, it was the foundation's decision that ronald reagan belonged here in this hall. it was your perseverance that turned that vision into a reality. you and the foundation have done a truly remarkable job. ladies and gentlemen, if any one belongs in this national statuary hall collection, it is ronald wilson reagan. [applause] like samuel adams, he was an american patriot. like henry clay, he was a superb orator. like george washington, he was a truly great president. like will rogers, because the giver and oklahoma's favorite son had a lot in common. they both starred in the movies. they both loved horses. they were both great at telling a joke. when ronald reagan walked into the oval office in j

the national media very well and this guy john sears, who got passed over because stew spencer and roger martin and others were running at. so he ends up running reagan's campaign but this is a great accusation in the eyes of the media because they didn't know much about this guy, reagan, from california. even after all of his career in hollywood and the g and the lecture circuit is 3,000 models is a long way, a telephone call. he didn't of the internet, cable television, talk radio, cell phones. it is a big country and most of those guys 3,000 miles away. so the guy that they do know, john sears call this national political experience, he's going to run reagan's campaign. well, that really impresses the national media. but the reagan comes close as we all know in 1976. some say because john got him close and others say because john s. tuck and new york and ohio and new jersey and other primaries. but there wasn't a good acceptable back up, which is why it took so long to fire john in 1980 because there wasn't anybody of his stature and the other thing weighing on reagan and actually m

i do not take anything that chapman pincher says about roger hollis seriously. that might be a personality disorder and my park. i would simply say to shared by 99% of british historians who have looked at this evidence. >> thank you so much for coming. [applause] >> krista grandeur is the former history chair at cambridge university. he is the founding co-editor of the journal intelligence and national security. he is chair of the british intelligence study group. mr. andrew is the author of "the sword and the shield." this event was hosted by an international spy museum in washington, d.c.. for more information visit spy museum.org. >> senators are continuing their debate on the health care bill through the weekend. our regular booktv schedule will be pre-empted during these rare senate sessions with booktv programs resuming after the debate. watts the senate debate on health care live gavel-to-gavel here on c-span2, the only network with a full debate unedited and commercial-free. to read the senate bill and the house version plus watch video-on-demand go on

. >> i think roger federer may have described it the best when he said he could just take it all away from you. the match, the moments, the points in your hands. sampras seemingly the one dictating the play. >> agassi used to say the same thing, he was the only guy in the world who when both were playing their best could make andres do things that he didn't want to do. >> you watch pete play this kind of shot, a bit of a throwaway shot. trying to find the range on the forehappened. he's not into to go worry about these errors because he knows he just has to hang on to the serve, put one good game together and apply the pressure and get the break new. so courier swimming upstream again. >> good second serve there. >> a long way to go. >> searching ing serving well out of the gate. come on back after the break. he'll give us a tip on how to crack it like he does. (announcer) pizza hut knows you've been good. so here's a great holiday meal deal. right now get two medium one topping pizzas and five breadsticks for just $14.99. that's enough to feed the whole family. carryout and we'll thr

." >> roger: tonight, hao howie man mandel. he suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. millions of others do to. >> check the stove. check. >> larry: how he's lived with that fear for decades. >> i won't touch the table. >> larry: look but don't touch is next on "larry king live." great pleasure to welcome one of my favorite people to "larry king live." a sometimes host to this show, as well. comedian howie mandel. he's the author of "here's the deal, don't touch me" howie talks about his obsessive-compulsive disorder in his book. i'd shake his hand, but as many of you know he doesn't do that. you don't want to shock the world and shake my hand? >> no, i don't want to shock myself. >> larry: why won't you shake my hand? >> i don't want to be triggered into one of my obsessive-compulsive, whatever episodes. >> larry: is that a germophobia? now they're saying don't shake hands. >> well, this h1n1 thing is the world has come to see the world my way. but no, this is actually a very scary time for me. and i'm very neurotic, i have an anxiety disorder. that's what this is. an

the esteemed collector's morris levitt, roger berman, an obvious he burnet smith whose daughter rebecca we're lucky to have you tonight. it inspired their production team in 1974 who kept such detailed records that 35 years later i can still taste the right holders. it inspired our senior editor who brought this project to my attention to years ago. and our production team headed by richard, so inspired that they made this addition even crisper and cleaner than its original. using just film. and of course, our publisher who recognize what a treasure this was and published it in hardcover. this book touches everybody who touches it, and that includes all of you who inspired him to be her today and our panelists who i am so tired to introduce. up first is doctor roscoe brown. [applause] >> the list of doctor brown's a competent are really enough to fill a book of their own. boatbuilding he is president emeritus of bronx community college and director of the center for early education policy at the city university of new york. he sits on the board of several community organizations includi

. >> roger. we will be there in two minutes.>> [inaudible] >> they do every single patrol that we do. when we go out to do a village assessment, when we go acted to keep leader engagement in the village, ana are always with us. we take the anp and you in mentor program with them on a daily basis. and they are singularly focused on that one task. it is their linchpin. the anp and the ana, they are the linchpin of everything that we do. all of our missions are ones we want to take them with us. so they are everything that we do. the anp, the afghan police, they have proved to be unreliable in some provinces. how would you rate your? >> i would say that they are the least of our problems. it is a fledgling police department. the police chief here in baraki barak does an outstanding job of providing us what we ask for. he worse was to develop checkpoints, to develop when he wants to send police there to visit those places, and he will let us know right away where he wants to focus. to say that -- perhaps in other provinces, if they

roger cohen for the "new york roger cohen for the "new york times." it was really difficult, actually, to have information when we were on the ground at the day and reading 700-would write ups. at most, i would have to look at my -- at the message is being funneled to me from my facebook or from people outside the country, but really, it was just a matter of calling around on- line networks and just figuring out what they're saying and then making a snap decision -- do we go? do we not go? then you have this item up on the roof -- the snipers. anybody who goes there would be dealt with extremely parsley. >> -- extremely harshly. >> who do you call? >> i called people that i knew when i lived there or people that i had met in the demonstrations who were clearly taking some kind of leadership role. we had come to a demonstration at university, which had become a focus of protests, and i met a student there, who was clearly one of the organizing elements. in other day i found myself in a room in one of the tehran university dormitories with one of the st

host: roger in dallas. independent line, you're on c-span. caller: yes.nd the hi stairya that's being generated about global warming is at best based on unproven science and perhaps just even a pack of lies. we're going to ruin the u.s. economy just to satisfy the fears of people, when we -- when there's no proven science underneath it. i know that everybody says that it is proven. but it's not proven. we know that from the emails that have come to light and other information that we're getting. so let's not panic and do something that could ruin the united states economy for the future. host: can i ask you a question, roger, do you think that individual efforts that we all could make would be a positive thing to do to lesson our emissions? caller: well, i -- certainly if you just want to lesson your emissions, but global warming, new york city used to be underneath a mile of ice. so climate change is not something that is suddenly happening in our generation and it never happened before and couldn't possibly happen in -- unless mankind were causing it to

first, john rogers.atron for this magnificent bronze. you served president reagan with great distinction, both in office and out of office, and now you have served his memory and his legacy. second, the chairman of the board of trustees for the ronald reagan presidential foundation, fred ryan. fred, it was the foundation's decision that ronald reagan belonged here in this hall. it was your perseverance that turned that vision into a reality. you and the foundation have done a truly remarkable job. ladies and gentlemen, if any one belongs in this national statuary hall collection, it is ronald wilson reagan. [applause] like samuel adams, he was an american patriot. like henry clay, he was a superb orator. like george washington, he was a truly great president. like will rogers, because the giver and oklahoma's favorite son had a lot in common. they both starred in the movies. they both loved horses. they were both great at telling a joke. when ronald reagan walked into the oval office in january 1981, our

roger cohen for the "new york times." it was really difficult, actually, to have information when we were on the ground at the day and reading 700-would write ups. at most, i would have to look at my -- at the message is being funneled to me from my facebook or from people outside the country, but really, it was just a matter of calling around on- line networks and just figuring out what they're saying and then making a snap decision -- do we go? do we not go? then you have this item up on the roof -- the snipers. anybody who goes there would be dealt with extremely parsley. >> -- extremely harshly. >> who do you call? >> i called people that i knew when i lived there or people that i had met in the demonstrations who were clearly taking some kind of leadership role. we had come to a demonstration at university, which had become a focus of protests, and i met a student there, who was clearly one of the organizing elements. in other day i found myself in a room in one of the tehran university dormitories with one of the st

rogers be a logical person to contact in a case like that? >> again, sir, i would not know. i think that she would have -- i would think that there's several people working within her office and i do know for this particular event we had contacts from within her office that we were dealing with. i'm not sure, in fact, if it was her directly or other people who worked for her. >> okay. and again, throughout your time as director of the secret service, were representatives from the white house staff stationed at checkpoints for these types of events like this -- i think you answered it, beneficial in the future. you said yes. that's your position. a few other things, too that i want to run by you. when reviewing the office of inspector general's secret service inaugural security i found an interesting statement by the i.g. that i'd like to just share with you. in reviewing allegations that individuals without tickets were able to attend the breakfast with vice president-elect biden. the secret service found the allegations were true but did not consider them a breach of securi

>> roger erickson, i'm not representing anybody. i am a research biologist. a quick comment on that point that it's my understand there's never been a country that people did that wasn't still on the gold standard or paid to another currency that we are in a completely different situation. now my question really is back to a fundamental point that nobody has asked here, if the only way a private citizen in the united states ends up with currency is as a result of trickle down from federal level public spending, and they have to return some of that through taxes. how is the taxation revenue to the government? >> someone want to try that? >> i guess the point where i disagree with the characterization is it's not true that all income is the result of trickle down of government spending. it is the economy is composed of married entrepreneurs. it is composed of a private sector that utilizes the skills of its workers and the pat hickey relation -- [inaudible] >> and those capacities are the core of our economy and we choose to measure and exchange them in dollars