ron, back to you. >> ron: this conference may be more of big man's conference opposed to last season. today's in for aany indication, we're in for a big year. >> mark: carl sees a lot of teams in this conference and he and others have talked about rule changes and passionate not only about basketball but this conference. >> mike: speaking of conferences congratulations to the ladies of north carolina they won their 20 20th soccer title beating st stanford, congratulation, north carolina. we'll be back. at chestnut field. we'll be back with more right after this. boston lager continues to be a very special beer. six weeks after jim started the business it took the best beer in america award. nobody had tried an american beer that had that kind of flavor. twenty years off, jim is still obsessed with boston lager. sam adams lager continues to win medals all over the world. that's pretty cool. 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 throw in a free two

the lead moves back to 14. >> ron: grant has been quiet. shot off the mark, tipped around and here comes harris, jackson on the left. to the right side and we have a whistle and foul. i don't think they can believe that. jones thought he had a basketball. >> ron: there's the look up the floor and talked about paris, has such a great feel. chances are, he will try to get the ball to raji to make

i agree 100% with what ron paul just said. the hundreds of billions, the trillions we are on the verge of wasting in wars that do it more harm than good, that's really very important. and ron paul has spoken very accurately. and i agree with him on that. i do believe we ought to have a system that makes it -- that extends medical care. but you can't guarantee it. i think we can do a lot better in providing it. i also think as an example of my difference with ron is i think medicare is a good thing. for older people, they are better off with medicare than what replaced pitp and i would say the most popular form of medicine is the holy government medicine that is dispensed by the department of veterans affairs. the veterans i talked to would get very angry if someone said we'll abolish the veterans affair which is a holy government. >> congressman paul, would you an agree that public at large does not want to you fail again to come up -- you as a body -- to come up with something that improves what we have? >> everybody does. i

and ron paul has spoken accurately. i do believe we ought to have a system that makes it -- that extends medical care. but you can't guarantee it. i think we with do better in providing it. and i think medicare is a good thing. for older people, they are better off with medicare. and i would say the most popular form of medicine is the holy government medicine that is dispensed by the veterans affairs. the ones they talked to would get angry, and it's after a holy government. >> congressman paul, would you an agree that public at large does not want to you fail again to come up with you as a body to come up with something that improve what is we have? >> everybody does. i might believe that you can improve it with less government. others believe you nied more government. for instance, i don't believe we should cut of the funds for medicare. they talk about taking $400 billion out of medicare. that doesn't make sense. iowa agree was. everybody should have good hk. i don't believe that government delivers on their promise

along with jenn and mike, i'm ron. missing one of their players, sanders who played only four minutes. here's jenn. >> the bad news is he will not get any more than four minutes from talking to the coach. the good news is they have a player in warmups. he went up for the shot and held his right foot. he's been out since he hurt his ankle november the 20th against st. joe's. maybe we will see him next week but tonight they have to go without him. >> we talked with coaches prior to the game and said rakim wants to play in this but when you have a high ankle sprain, you have to be careful. >> if you tweak it again, it could become chronic. it's early december, i realize it's a lead game, they need him healthy in february and march. >> let's look at the starting line lineups for hurricanes and miami. mcgowan and keep an eye on them today. boston college. reggie jackson will be making his seventh start of the year. he is also quite the spark plug. the head coach of boston college a member of umass hall of fame, the winninge

ron paul. we heard discussion back-and-forth about liberty and that sort of thing on the two parties but i think dr. paul kneal did in terms of the linchpin that's caused so many problems in the federal reserve system. it is a wonderful book, very well written, very down-to-earth and his humanity comes through. i would highly recommend it and the fed to everyone a merry christmas to you and all the listeners. >> host: and we covered congressmen ron paul talking about his book at ebook event this year on book tv. here is a look. scaap next federal reserve chairman i had some confrontations with and discussion with was alan greenspan and i tell the story about the time i think most of you here in this audience would know the story that alan greenspan of course was a supporter of and friend of ayn rand and was in their group of people but in the 1960's he approached this fantastic article about how bad that debt was and how bad the federal central bank was and we confiscated wealth by printing mon

we need a true second party, ron paul.atest on the copenhagen conference on climate change. rich nations step up pressure on beijing. developed countries like the united states are pressing china's delegation to submit to independent monitoring and formal targets. the other headline this morning in "the washington post." coordination stalled talks on global warming. they said the walkout may not delay deal. negotiators hope to have an agreement by this friday. bakersfield, calif., -- california. caller: i'm a green, i hate to admit it but i think the most impressive is barney frank. i do not like the man personally but i think he has really got the answers we need to listen to. host: what are the things he is saying? caller: he really understands the shell game that was played with the bundling of securities. he really understands we need regulation. free enterprise without regulation is really just piracy. host: ron on the democratic line from pennsylvania. caller: in my view, a tie between al gore and robert kennedy, jr.

ron paul. and these are the people who understood and knew that the mass we are in was coming before it actually had us. they also fall -- dr. thomas e. woods literally breaks out of a very good case and a case of how government created this mess, including the federal reserve, which allowed all of this to occur. >> host: jeff, thank you for the input. richard on our democrat fine. your favorite book of 2009 nonfiction? >> caller: thank you for c-span. richard dawkins, the raiders joiners. the evidence for evolution. i'm just amazed that people are calling and and citing the bible as a nonfiction book. thank you. >> host: thank you for your call. a look at richard dawkins book. one of the many books recovered, the invention of air earlier this year and that steven johnson's book. here's a look at his comments in the book reading. >> i stumbled across this story about joseph priestley and i knew a little bit about briefly. like most people i think i'd heard about him is the guy who i discovered

caller: i would like to commend ron paul.hink he is one of the few in our congress that is actually an honest, decent man. he really wants what is best for this country. i think that we, the american citizens, need to stand up and start running for office so that we can get the corrupt politicians out and so that we can't affect change. we need more people like ron paul to step up to the plate. -- and so that we can affect change. we need more people like rabon to step up to the plate. i was actually considering running. i live in the suburbs of the washington d.c. area. i think there is corruption and the government. there are literally selling us out. we have to realize the enemy is not at the gate. the enemy is in the house. we need to get the corrupt politician, whose agenda is not that of the american people or the constitution. it really is the agenda of the global list. we need to stop these people before they literally destroy this country. that is all i have to say. host: senate campaigns are expensive. running state

we'll talk about ron paul and sheila jackson-lee and our friend ben stein all next. would you like a pony ? yeah. would you like a pony ? yeah ! ( cluck, cluck, cluck ) oh, wowww ! that's fun ! you didn't say i could have a real one. well, you didn't ask. even kids know when it's wrong to hold out on somebody. why don't banks ? we're ally, a new bank that alerts you when your money could be working harder and earning more. it's just the right thing to do. >> larry: eric hill will host "ac 360" at the top of the hour. >> we have new details on attempted terror attack at the top of the hour, including why so many warning signs were missed. could this suspect have been stopped from even boarding that flight? he was on a terror watch but not a no-fly list. how does that happen? we speak to passengers on board flight 253 who have a tale you haven't heard. they saw a mysterious well-dressed man helping the suspect board the flight in amsterdam. all that and plus a look at how airport security is already changing the new policies that have been put in place, and if you're f

representative ron paul is a republican of texas, member of the international relations committee. was a flight surgeon in the air force and obgyn in civilian life. and ben stein the economist attorney, former presidential speech writer, columnist with "fortune" magazine. representative lee, were you satisfied with the president's statement today, and do you think we're now getting on top of things? >> absolutely, larry. i believe the president has always been on top of this issue of securing the homeland. it is not a partisan issue. it's not a democratic issue or republican issue, and he stood today and indicated we're moving forward on items we've done improving our security and screening, looking to ensure that we're going after the terrorists who want to come after us. finding al qaeda wherever it is, and yes, doing an inventory and investigation on what happened and why. but several issues we have to address. and one of them is the serious stove piping of intelligence. communicating information that could have prevented this individual from boarding this plane, flight 253. >>

just to back up what ron said, we saw almost no flow of õresources in that time. i was there.year after as far as i can tell. host: callers. people lining up to talk to both of you. david from kentucky. good morning. caller: good morning. just seems like to me this yeah dynamics.rorist changes the % are we going to every arab country and fight? discuss that if you will. host: sorry david i think we may have lost david. are you still with us. can you elp!orate more? caller: this guy they just caught. coming to detroit. he came in, you know he's from yeah men another arab country and that's al qaeda, trained him supposedly and, you not pakistan, afghanistan and iraq. are we going to every arab country and fight? you see my point. i mean- >> i understand the question. probably won't go to every arab country or very many of t$em. many of them are hopefully able to handle their own terrorist problems the saudis have done so, but there are areas of the world. afghanistan being the primary one at this point. yes, ma!m yemen, maybe some !ut if we leave a vacuum there that certainly wi

just to back up what ron said, we saw almost no flow of õresources in that time. i was there. afghanistan and iraq. are we going to every arab country and fight? you see my point. i mean- >> i understand the question. probably won't go to every arab country or very many of t$em. many of them are hopefully able to handle their own terrorist problems the saudis have done so, but there are areas of the world. afghanistan being the primary one at this point. yes, ma!m yemen, maybe some !ut if we leave a vacuum there that certainly will be be p' al qaeda hang out again. sanctuary. >> that's one i'd like to reenforce. n agreement here. if we leave afp'istan before there is a strong enough government and army to hold on, maybe with economic assistance. but not foreign troops but if we leave before that you will have with them. let me reflect what this means. they attacked us in september 11, killed 3,000 americans and trumpeted their propaganda they would draw us into aware that would exhaust us for which we would reel back in defeat. i think we need to be very clear, if your pulling

host: 8 caller mentioned, ron paul earlier. this is "in fed we trust."e're talking to you about your favor nonfiction books of 2009. this is chris from washington, d.c. caller: my forever book is called "foreign islam." it is by mr. rahman, i think. it was a good book. i read it because it talked about the forces of islam in america. these accounts would have liked muhammed ali and career and a bill to bkareem abdul jabaar ant influenced and shaped islam in america. all muslims put out of the debate over get the global aspects of islam in the world in dealing with fox islam and global terrorism. he was saying that comprise about half of the muslim population of america. but the forces of african- americans are left out of the media. he said one scholar was sherman jackson, the african-american scholar at the university of michigan. he was very objective and sink in this description of islam. but he is left out of the dialogue in the global war of terror and the forces are basically left out. so it gives a different perspective hmongs. host: thank you for

the plan was proposed by republican representative ron paul of texas. he was on "washington journal for 40 minutes. >> former presidential candidate ron paul, a member -- is the guest our next program. thanks for coming in. one of the things i wanted to start with is the fact that ben bernanke is going to be up on the senate side of the hill today with a confirmation hearing on renomination of the position. you have been speaking out for quite a while now. it seems as though the course has gotten louder. you have been speaking out about the fed for a while now and it seems as though the chorus has gotten louder. guest: there is no doubt about it. it seems with the recession/depression people are worried and they are sending strong messages to washington. people are very concerned and i think rightfully. they're looking more closely about the agenda -- at the federal reserve. generally, people do not look to see the source of problems when things are going wrong, but now they're looking at how the fed participate in the crisis that we have. host: give us

host: ron, we are going to move on to alcorn, wisconsin. clayton? are you with me? caller: i am.st: turn down your television. this will work better. caller: i have it turned off. i guess, you know water boarding has been determined as torture. long before obama declared that it was torture. we have cheney running around the country saying we should be torturing and doing more of this. we don't want other countries or people doing it to us. yet, here we are doing it knowingly that we shouldn't be didding it. my question is why didn't anything ever come about on cheney even today still advocating at the top of his lungs? guest: before i came into government. i've been in this position a little over three months. i worked for many years with a private human rights organization. i probably spent the last sim or seven years working on the issue of human rights national security. i believe we turned a page on that. this president won't allow that. we made terrible mistakes. they hurt us in the world by engaging in cruel practicesb we have gun to look back in several ways. the attorney

. >> in a financial panic, in a generalized financial ron, if you see cascading defaults like this on any type of contractual financial contract, that will accelerate cannot mitigate the panic. again, nothing would have been better if there was a solution in place in this case where you could have negotiated instead about comes that left the taxpayer with less exposure of losses that has no realistic prospect of success in a financial panic of this magnitude. resolution of 40 but mix of the trees is a little bit easier. but there are no good choices in a panic like that. >> i would conclude after derivatives -- if derivatives are the kind of instrument that are having the kind of importance in the markets in which 100 cents on the dollar is necessary in a crisis we need to regulate them as such. >> and impose sweeping changes to how derivatives are treated and regulated under markets because of that risk. >> thank you. superintendent neiman? >> i would like to me in on the aig issue just to confirm that there is not necessarily a consensus on this viewpoint on the panel but also more

nice hesitation move by ka ron. steve: washington by two. very frustrating loss in minnesota. gilbert arenas has said we are not a good basketball team right now. we have to prove ourselves. >>phil: that's a good point. steve: you look at some team assaying we should win that game, as you have said, they are looking at the other team saying we should win that game. >>phil: and they are only on in that third quarter. much more hungry than washington. steve: minnesota winning for the 7th time on the season. randolph shot. butler has it with brendan haywood. coy penetrates. lays it up with jamison but missed it. >>phil: he messed with his concentration. mayo for carol and he is short. dezul and fouled by gilbert arenas. carol a rookie from missouri, a 27th overall pick last summer after a couple years in missouri. this ball is off of the front of the rim. brendon can't get to it and look at the pass to deman. steve: this team has four 7 footers. >>phil: hunter is out for the rest of the year. steve: one free throw made. gilbert and the ball went out-of-bounds. grizzlies two of 7

it was literally that way with ron. he started talking, and i went out and talked to his cousin and a guy he worked with and one other guy. i transcribed the tapes and put blocks of text in and it was done. sometimes it happens. it is a miracle when that happens. you don't forget that. >> what have you done with all those tapes? >> i'm not very organized. they are somewhere in a box. >> you are not thinking of that future malcolm gladwell collection. >> not very much. all be forgotten long before someone collects my belongings. >> you could not go to graduate school because of your grades? >> i was not a superb student. >> who would you thank for your writing ability? >> my mom was a writer. she is a lovely ridinwriter. >> is your dad still alive? >> yes, but he also has -- both my parents have an extraordinarily clear way of expressing themselves, both in speaking and in print. and that has always been my model. if you can express yourself, complicated ideas in a clear, simple matter, people will read you. >> you still

i saw the debate , and all of these warmongersç almost blew ron paul off the stageçi]çç, whent( -- host: you are havingç trouble finding footing in a party. caller: no, i am back to being a loyal democrat, because i like it like to do about health care, -- what they would like to do about health care, except i like what mr. howard dean said that without a public option, the bill ain't even worth voting for. host: "gop expected to keep said that talking. -- keep senate talking. any gop member could object and a force 30 hours of debate senator harry lee and minority leader mitch mcconnell conferred u!for a few minutes after the senate vote, but it remained unclear what they were discussing." the senate coming back in, more health care debate on noon eastern on our companion network, c-span2. we're talking for the next 10 minutes or so about politics, specifically from an article in "the wall street journal," how yourç politics have changed ]vr the last lebade. pensacola on the independent line. caller: how you doing, sir? host: doing fine, thanks. caller: i am honored to speak

host: ron paul is our guest for this next program. one thing i wanted to start with to be acute on the hill to date for the renomination of the position. you have been speaking out about the fed for a while now and it seems as though the chorus has gotten louder. guest: there is no doubt about it. it seems with the recession/depression people are worried and they are sending strong messages to washington. people are very concerned and i think rightfully. they're looking more closely about the agenda -- at the federal reserve. generally, people do not look to see the source of problems when things are going wrong, but now they're looking at how the fed participate in the crisis that we have. host: give us an example of some questions but you would ask if you were on the panel today. guest: why do you think we need a federal reserve at all? why will you not tell us how to spend the money? who do you buy the assets from and at what price? what kind of deals do you make with foreign governments and foreign central banks? what are the agre

i am a muslim and it should definitely be ron paul.the principles. for ron paul, he understands foreign policy and understands the nature of the relationship between intervening in =ññ countries and occupying them. but unfortunately he's regarded as a bit of a nut job with the news media, but i applause you and your staff for having him in your studio. host: we love having him and always welcome. caller: i appreciate that, but i was disappointed as you cut off an earlier caller for the journalalists that wanted to elaborate his point of the nature of his israeli nature. host: you know why, because it's a :icaller that frequents the network, we want to have a wide variety of opinions and a chance are others to weigh in. next is karen. caller: i would like to nominate nasa scientist, gavin schmidt, that's on realclimate.org answering all the e-mails on climate change. he's tirelessly answering every question, that's gavin schmidt from nasa. host: we want to review what is happening in the state capitol as moving from tim mccain to bob m

ron and robin. [applause] >> good afternoon.s a great honor to be here today to join with all of you in sending a clear and unmistakable message to attorney general eric holder and president obama, that their decision to allow the five terrorists to step foot on american soil is an abomination. [applause] it is beyond despicable. it is sacrilegious. it is inconceivable to me that at some date in the future of these terrorists will stand in a court room of our country and have bestowed on them all the rights of the country they want to destroy. this is more than a debate about the finer points of law. it is about the raw emotions of the american spirit. 9/11 to us is a connection because 9/11 was ckyle's birthday. in 2001 on 9/11 he was in georgia at the fort, training. when i watched that television and saw the first airplane did the tao work, i had no idea what it was. -- airplane hit the tower. then i saw it coming toward the second tower, then i knew we were at war. i turned to someone and said my son is going to war. we did

including democratic senators, such as dianne feinstein from california, christopher dodd from connecticut, ron wyden from oregon, frank lautenberg from new jersey, patty murray from washington -- the state of washington, arlen specter from pennsylvania, mary can't well and mary landrieu from louisiana. they recognized how important this was. they recognized we were trying to solve major problems for people, especially in rural amplest i think it would be worthwhile to reflect back on the 2003 debate and remember the reasons this issue inspired such strong bipartisan consensus. you don't hear it at all from that side now. after the program has proven its efficacy and has proven that it works. we supported the medicare advantage program six years ago because we knew it was the right thing to do for beneficiaries and the same logic holds true today. we owe it to beneficiaries to provide a strong, adequately funded program that provides them with high-quality health care choices. during the finance committee's consideration of -- and by the way, every medicare beneficiary can go into medicare adva

unusual series of events for ron artest, he fell down his stairs after -- he had a concussion after fa> steve: this is the first meeting between these two teams this year. washington looks for its third consecutive win. we had a terrific time last night at flip saunders home. he opened it up for the entire team, the broadcasters, trainers, equipment guys, it was fun. 11 rebounds for this minnesota team on the offensive glass that lead to eight second chance points. >> phil: washington was able to keep them at a lower shooting percentage around 35%. but they are to shore that up in the second half, their defensive rebounds maybe get a few second chance baskets of their own. >> steve: wizards shot 42.5%. it kills you when the other team is shooting so poorly and somehow they lead the game. they have to crash the boards some way or another. >> phil: absolutely. you have washington going on a nice run and minnesota answered it. that's a nice play there with butler faking everybody. blatche was extremely aggressive. he got off to a good start. he had 6 points in the first half. gilbert make

alan grayson and ron paul are opposites. guest: there is a minority in the congress with people discontented with what is going on. i do not think picking on the biggest bully on the playground is a good idea. guest: think it is appropriate to target ben bernanke. he was at the fed. it was their job to stop it. host: we have about 20 more minutes with peter morici and dean baker. we will be switching topics in terms of home ownership. the home ownership rates could slump. what has the administration done and what still needs to be done in terms of the housing market? guest: they have made low- interest mortgages available to people through fed policy. they have the program that is to allow people to stay in their homes through mortgage modification. those are the main programs. they have had relatively little impact. you still have close to 200,000 foreclosures going through each month. some people have been helped. it has been scattershot. a lot of people were not helped. a lot of people have been able to take advantage of

host: you mentioned ron howard and "apollo 13," big budget movie, a huge screen.ference between what a viewer sees in your movie and other movies? guest: it is a labor of love. it is a film i put together. i did not have a lot of resources. in fact, i did virtually all the production components of the film i was the editor, the filmmaker, the interviewer, did the ordeal and the lighting. -- the audio and the lighting. host: how much did the cost for you to put it together? guest: the tab is still running, but not large in hollywood dollars. i'm hoping that a distributor will help me -- host: defray the cost. how much have you put into it so far? guest: over the last year and a half, -- without, -- host: under a million? guest: well under a million. the other point i wanted to make is that even though i did most of the production along the way, i certainly had a lot of help. when you look at this particular film, one of the things you see in the "apollo 13" felt as a lot of computer graphics and special effects. this film has a lot of interviews and footage. the re

the internet allows candidates who really are inspiring on some kind of cause, whether it is ron paul with the libertarian community or obama for a certain set of democrats. if you have got a message that is compelling, you can take passion from a small group of people willing to give the money up front, and turn that into credibility in the offline, non- internet world. so he was wanting to take that on my passion and turn it into offline success. but if you'll the campaign in a way that he would not have gotten as far without the internet. and obama was the first candidate in any party to raise a significant amount of money on line and turned it into advertisements on tv, the house party, lots and lots of marketing. so you have this markets to let you get a base. obama use that base online to have a broad coalition. without that initial base, you cannot win. >> it sounds like a lot, but it is only 1% of the american people. what do you think about the future candidates? >> how can i mobilize that for success? i do not think we will see the percentage of people donating go from 1% to

to say really enjoyed the lecture and i wanted to ask you if, to what degree and do you believe that ron paul phenomenon has the potential to reenergize sing american conservatism? >> it represents one branch of a broader coalition, to give you a very quick capsule word. he obviously is in the libertarian wing of the movement that raises traditionalist neoconservatism's, and others, so it is, i think of the conservative movement and i think if it is going to be successful when coalition all terms and he represents one wing of that and he represents what i call in mine speech the language of liberty, which is really taking hold again at the grassroots and this is a language that has indigenous origins and our historical experience, so that in itself bodes well for conservatives because they tend to relate to two fellow americans in language that means something to us historically. it is not all abstract or imported, so i think what representative paul articulates and represents them is that kind of libertarian view point, where he tends to be somewhat limited in its impact but it comes ab

>> the internet allows candidates who are inspiring on some kind of cause, whether it is ron paul for the libertarian community or others, if you have a message that is compelling, you can take passion and turn that into credibility and the offline world -- in the offline world. it fueled his campaign and he would not have gotten as far as he did with the internet. obama was the first candidate to take online passion to raise a significant amount of money on line and turned that into people knocking on doors on the ground and advertisements on tv and house parties. online, you have niches, an offline, you have a base. you use that based on line to really build a broad coalition. without that the initial base, you cannot win. >> when you were writing about it, you mentioned at the fact that 3 million people give $600 million to barack obama. that is only 1% of the american people. what do you think about the future candidates. are they going to find it easier to raise that kind of money? >> one of the other interesting things, and you are exactly right, it is their abilita relal amount

the aspects of it being a proxy war, of ron being extensively or even minimally involved, i have yet to see the evidence. all the saudi arabian i've spoken with as well as the yemeni deny that. some of the many implied that. they allow one to infer that. it certainly does get your attention when they make the claim or insinuate that iran is behind these rebels. i do not see it, myself, unless you say that because people in iran cheered when they hear a group of yemeni rebels gave saudi arabia a blow, that would hardly count as operational assistance or something that could be a deal maker or a deal breaker. >> what is the future of alternative energy sources among the gcc countries? does the u.s. uae set the stage for establishing a peaceful civil nuclear power generation inside the gcc and beyond? >> these are great questions. i what about erlich addressing that one. yes, indeed, it is being discussed in the following context. the country focused more on it than any other is kuwait. two reasons. when the disaster happened in 1986, there was an international fund under un name -- u.n

democrats such as senator bill nelson of florida and ron wyden of oregon secured provisions setting aside $5 billion to shore up benefits for constituents who participate in medicare advantage. that program allows private insurers to contract with the government to provide medicare benefits. nelson said the aid isn't directed solely at florida. "it affects several states, including new york," he said." we're trying to grandfather in seniors so they don't lose the benefits they have." well, i'm trying to carry out senator nelson's ambition. senator nelson says that: "several states -- it affects several states, including new york trying to grandfather in seniors so they don't lose the benefits they have." that's exactly what this amendment is all about. i would assume that i could expect senator nelson's affirmative vote along with all others of the -- listed in the motion of the 11 million people who are under medicare advantage in their states. the article goes on to say: "and the deal making continues. we have now learned about the special provisions in the twowp twowp -- in the 2,000-p

if the relationship between al qaeda and ron, it is a black hole. -- between al qaeda and iran. >> havea question about the syndicate of terrorist organizations including the caliban. there was not a single afghan on the plans for 9/11, as far as i know. -- on the planes. omar sending out information and is allowing [unintelligible] he is sending out messages. this -- he says we are not threatening everyone. why do not -- why do not give them a chance? >> there are several questions buried in that one question. first ago, those chosen by a osama bin laden chosen carefully. it was deliberate. he brilliantly realized that by putting 15 saudis on the airplanes he was going to create a problem. it was a brilliant piece of tactical strategy. apparently he could not find enough people who could fly who were capable of doing that. omar and the taliban, i do not believe that is what he is saying. we are prepared to let you leave, more or less gracefully. the emirate of afghanistan will be created and we will talk to our fellow afghans about what the situation will be. to the contrary, he says k

>> the opening piece in the volume, the profile of ron popeil, the great kitchen gadget entrepreneur. the king of late-night infomercials. one of my favorite pieces that i have ever written, and far away the most interesting. because he is so effortlessly interesting. everything -- you turn on the tape recorder, the person you're writing about starts talking, and you realize, i have to do nothing else. i have to go home and transcribe the tape and it is done. it was literally that way with iran. he started talking, and i rock -- i went out and talk to his cousin and a guy he worked on and one other guy. i transcribed the tapes and put blocks of text and it was done. sometimes it happens. it is a miracle when that happens. you don't forget that. >> what have you done with all those tapes? >> i'm not very organized. they are somewhere in a box. >> you are not thinking of that future of a malcolm gladwell collection. >> not very much. >> you could not a graduate school. -- you could not go to graduate school because of your grades? >> i was not a superb student. >> who would you thank fo

you realize you have nothing else to do but transcribe the tape parade it was literally that way with rontarted talking in a went to his cousin and a guy he worked with and one other guy and i transcribe the tape of literally just put blocks of text down. it was done. sometimes that happens. does america when that happens. you never forget it. >> what do you do with all those tapes? do you keep them? >> they are somewhere. i have not been organized. there somewhere in a box. >> you are not big about the future of the malcolm gladwell collection and a library? >> i am sure i will be forgotten long before anyone collect my belongings. >> you could not go to graduate school because you did not have been grazed? >> i was not a superb students. >> if there was a person you could think for credibility, who would that be? >> my mother is a writer. she is a lovely rider. >> living in canada? is your dad still alive? >> both my parents have an extraordinarily clear and simple way of expressing them selves. that is in speaking and in print. that has always been my model. if you can express complica

caller: i have to make a comment that i have a tendency to agree with ron paul.are doing over there anyway. and what are we still having basis, army bases and navy bases and all of these military bases all over the world anyway? i mean, we need to close them all down and burned all our troops home -- bring all of our troops home and let these other countries to fend for themselves. they want a democracy, let them spend money and let them for their own democracies -- format their own democracies. guest: we are kind of darned if we do and if we don't. there is the ron paul school of lathought that maybe we should e more isolationist and just say we really don't care what you do to each other, but if you do it was, we will come over there and blow you away. i am not trying to over-simplify ron paul's view, but there is a growing discussion about that and it is not a bad discussion to have at all. but i will say that when you disengage with the country, as we did with afghanistan in 1989, what happened? but taliban came in. russia destroyed the existing minority ther

alan grayson and ron paul are opposites.guest: there is a minority in the congress with people discontented with what is going on. i do not think picking on the biggest bully on the playground is a good idea. guest: think it is appropriate to target ben bernanke. he was at the fed. it was their job to stop it. host: we have about 20 more minutes with peter morici and dean baker. we will be switching topics in terms of home ownership. the home ownership rates could slump. what has the administration done and what still needs to be done in terms of the housing market? guest: they have made low- interest mortgages available to people through fed policy. they have the program that is to allow people to stay in their homes throu@@@@e@mdh &am) in the sense you have 270,000 foreclosures a month. you have some people helped through those programs. a lot of people who should have been held and were not. the programs. i cannot think this is the best way to go about it. you still see a lot of people losing their homes. there's no way t

ron edgington, who brought this christmas tree and decided he would make this happen at a time when yester day we were wondering if the event would happen. he said we would make this happen. tell us the story of this trade and the efforts you have made. >> the story is short and sweet. i have had the honor for the last few years to partner with a fellow who is not here today. he is a fellow veteran and we got the job of securing a tree and bring it down here. from pennsylvania. this particular one came from the polka nos. i wanted -- poconos. çóthis is an honor. i intend to do this until i am not able any more. we don't want to lose sight of the fact that it is not about me or us, it does about the names on wall back of us and it is about those who are serving today. i am very proud to be here and it is a tribute to every person that is here to brave the weather and to be here year after year. i hope to see everybody next year. thank you very much. [applause] >> at this time, we are going to have everyone here read one of these christmas cards. they have been sent to us from many schools t

. >> you have any views on the legislation by congressman ron paul about auditing the federal reservei assume you're you're not in support of that. [laughter] mya >> my views are known. the so-called audit the fed bill -- the word of it is used by most people in this room as hubs had intended to do with financial books. it has do with looking at numbers and reports and statements and so on. that is not what this is about are the federal reserve fully agrees that congress should have all aspect to our transactions and operations and controls. the congress has every right to make sure that that that is using the taxpayer money effectively and safely as we are. in this particular context, the word of it means a policy review. if this bill were passed, it would repeal an exemption passed by congress in 1978 which protect monetary policy from an immediate review by the general accountability office to assess whether the policy was the right policy or not. every other aspect of our policy making, are supervision, everything else is subject to gao review. all of our financial books are open

ron was on hand for the g-man for that and subsequently lost to harvard, doing so on their home floors a pretty good club, we know that. here is the lineup. it does have rakim sanders, as advertised, the junior, back in the lineup. we'll see how chemistry is effected. trapani, southern, raji and biko paris. let's get the g-man game plan. >> for the rams, they want to dictate tempo in this game. they want to play in the 80s and 90s, score a lot of points. for bc, how do they handle the pressure to have the poise to do that? once you get by the press, you'll get some easy scores. >> veteran officiating crew in the acc, carl hess and mike eaves. the tap is controlled to boston college and biko paris will operate at the point. >> you know, this team, boston college, has developed a chemistry without sanders and now they have to reinvent themselves, work him back into the lineup and the rhythm of their offense. >> the good news is it still happens eay in the season. there's a rejection by martell. and on the wing, trapani can't get it to fall. loose ball last touched by sanders. it will be

next is ron bloom. >> thank you. thanks to the department of transportation for inviting me to be here. my responsibility today is the senior counsel for manufacturing policy. i have a responsibility to try to focus on manufacturing issues. secretary look good -- secretary lahoo d said everything i needed to say -- secretary lahood said everything i needed to say. one responsibility is there are many things the administration is doing to promote manufacturing and try to help entrepreneurs who can make things in america. sometimes those things get lost because this is a big place. part of what i try to do is work between agenc where whether it is a transportation or energy, and maybe we could coordinate better. where there is something that going on, i try to see if it is something i can be helpful with or shine a spotlight on. that is why i am here tonight. this is an extraordinary event and opportunity. it deserves some of this. i am glad to be a part of it. i don't think there is a better example of an opportunity

so we're going down the wrong rift and all because like ron paul said, we're not following the constitution. host: david on the line for republicans out of chester brook. go ahead. caller: thank you. i think president obama is creating some kind of high expectation from people because of his capacity to speak well. and his i had yomatic expressions are quite impressive, and he's bringing high expectations to those who bought this for him. so high expectations under the muslim world, and i don't think to which match his actions, and this can create a situation, because some stations are very high. and it tomas seems that he is more inspired than things on pace with cooperation with everyone. and i think in the short run, he will win, obviously a lot of issues. but in the long run, i think it will maybe boomer rang against him. and i wish him if best. he is my president. but i think that we will see the result definitely until 2010. and i am predicting that it will be one -- he will be a one-term president. host: specifically, david, what should his priorities be in 2010? >> his president wou

and so a congressman from texas, ron paul, senator from south carolina jim demint and others, includingo, i might say, the democrat social frist vermont, bernie saunders, all favor a bill that would have the government audit the federal re, that is, what agreements have they made with other central banks, that ought to be made available. where the money goes, if they put in the market, what criteria they use. that isn't about independence, that's about accountability. and the fed has reacted leak a scald cat on the thing, saying it's the end of civilization. no, it is not. everyone in government has to be account able. the c.i.a.,s fed has less accountability to congress not that central intelligence agency does, which is ridiculous. so it's a benign bill that congressman paul and others have proposed, and i hope it gets through congress. host: steve forbes, i have a comment for you, one of our to witters users, a twitter from stockmarketscam is his handle, writes that your book title does not make any sense, steve. you should change it "how the rich stole from the poor q. i'll tie that

host: 8 caller mentioned, ron paul earlier. this is "in fed we trust."e're talking to you about your favor nonfiction books of 2009. this is chris from washington, d.c. caller: my forever book is called "foreign islam." it is by mr. rahman, i think. it was a good book. i read it because it talked about the forces of islam in america. these accounts would have liked muhammed ali and career and a bill to bkareem abdul jabaar ant influenced and shaped islam in america. all muslims put out of the debate over get the global aspects of islam in the world in dealing with fox islam and global terrorism. he was saying that comprise about half of the muslim population of america. but the forces of african- americans are left out of the media. he said one scholar was sherman jackson, the african-american scholar at the university of michigan. he was very objective and sink in this description of islam. but he is left out of the dialogue in the global war of terror and the forces are basically left out. so it gives a different perspective hmongs. host: thank you for

host: ron, republican line. you are next. caller: no one looks at the real problems of afghanistan. they have a country that is separated by a language, and the worst part is the endemic taliban and al qaeda people in the border areas of pakistan. those people can go across that border on a donkey any time that they want. if you study what has been happening in afghanistan over the last few months, 80% of our troops have been killed by ied's. how will the president's stop that from going on? i mean, you have got to look at this and say how can you control a country that is basically corrupt? built on poppyseed being sold around the world with an unending supply of criminal tribes. there are an immense number of tribes with different problems. and it is almost unbelievable. you cannot build a society on that kind of situation. that is why the russians failed. that is why the english failed. probably why we will fail as well. host: can the president say anything to you to convince you that this is a war of necessity? caller: that would be in using the right strategy, putting our troop

chris miller and ron thompson. guys, very tough loss for the wizards against the celtic. >> it was. they only lost by 2 but were down by as many as 17. we look at that time defense and the wizards are trialing to sell us on improving, but from the point guard position. gilbert is really struggling with the point guard. >> no question. he had to get to the point where he locks in and focuses. if you are athletic, you can be athletic and fast defensively. and what happens, it is open playing. the defense has to rotate. he has to perform appreciation an guarding ball and stay in front. >> reporter: well, the indiana pacers lost 6-4 last night. 107-91. the h & h went off. >> they went the game last night. career high, 20 points. 21 points himself. they are the future of this ball club. tonight the word is they will take advantage of everything right now. >> very interesting. you and i talked about this in the earlier match up of the season. >> when he is able to stay out on the floor and not take the styles, he has so many skills. he can use the left or right hand and use passion for th

>> -- to ron saddam hussein? >> it was more than that. you have to remember who i was talking to. terms to persuade him this was not a limited, pitiful european lack of treaty, which the europeans are frequently accused of by the americans, of actually having a plan to get the guy. up had been talking to somebody elseÑi -- had i been talking to somebody else, i would said if we go to work, this thing will be incredibly perilous. what we need to do is refreshed the old security council resolution, particularly the resolutions six under 78 and 687, but only if we can convince the u.n. and get a security council resolution to provide that. then you no longer have to worry about regime change because you have provided saddam hussein through this security council resolution with a set of things he has to do, which if he does not do, he is wrong foot it, and then you could take action. and actually that is exactly what 1441 did. unanimously, thanks to the astonishing skill of general greene stock in new york and others, we had a resolution which puts all the onus on saddam hussein to pr

and i'm quote ron goldman from representative stupak, the cap amendment departed from hyde in several important and troubling ways, by mandating that at least one plan in the health insurance exchange provide abortion coverage. by requiring a minute number $1 monthly charge for all covered individuals that would go toward paying for abortions by allowing individuals receiving federal affordability credits, those are federal dollars, to purchase health insurance plans that cover abortion. in all those ways, the cap amendment, which is in the reid bill, expands and does federal funding of abortion that we haven't done for 33 years. going on with stupak, hyde currently prohibits direct federal funding of abortion much the stupak amendment, which is also the nelson-hatch amendment, is a continuation of this policy of the hyde amendment. nothing more. nothing less. and i think it's important that we clarify that this is a continuation of what we've been doing for 33 years that the senator from utah, the senator from nebraska is putting forward in this amendment. and i thank my colleague fo

. >> ron thanks. >> the gentleman in the white t-shirt. >> two of them? >> uh-huh. >> i'm writing an article. >> uh-huh. >> i'm going to be around, i could quote you from some of what you say but if you have anything special you want to say -- >> well, are you going to be there tonight? >> not tonight. i don't have anything special to say unless you want to ask me something. [laughter] >> no -- >> i mean, we're here to promote the campaign for liberty and liberty is the subject and part of that, of course, is dealing with the size and scope of the federal reserve because they intrude on our liberties through the financial system, so that's been a key issue for us. >> is that, like, the key issue you're going to speak about tonight, the sides of the federal reserve? >> it'll be a lot of it, but it won't be the only thing n. the concept of liberty liberty is the opposite of government. the more government you have, the less liberty you have, and one of the enhancers of big government is the federal reserve. so if you need to finance war you can do it withou