ron gettelfinger. many have come before you as president of the united auto workers, and you can bet you are right there with them having gived in service as long as you have. our most recent battle together was the health care debate. you, your leadership, your dedication, working with the leaders in the house and the senate, and the presidency, for the first time brings to our country a health care bill that will cover 95% of americans. we thank you for that. no longer will people be charged or not covered for pre-existing conditions. soon in september all young people over the age of 21 will now be able to stay on their parents' healtt care until they're 26. as we know in our economy, many young people who graduate there from high school and then on to college aren't able to find work. so the health care bill will help them be accessible, be able to be covered. this health care bill and, ron gettelfinger, thank you for your hard work for getting us to this point, the not perfect but it's certainly b

host: "the new york times" looked at rand and ron paul today.t talks about how they grew up as a family and their family values. they produce a like-minded thinkers and that family. rand paul described his father as his political hero but is quick to emphasize he is never been dependent on him. "i think my dad has helped me tremendously. but the only way i win is on my own two feet. ron believes you're not supposed to initiate forced on anyone else. her husband supported self- reliance on his children. they described a traditional household with early american decor and a frequent or raw lot of chocolate chip cookies, not fish sticks. the libertarian views prevailed in raising the children. let's go to michigan. rosemary on the democrats' line. hi, rose mary. caller: i would like to make a comment about voting on the primaries. i have always voted straight democratic ticket for 43 years and i have tried to put people in with my similar ideas. but i have been very disgusted. what i really want to make a comment about his or governor, which is a d

ron pulse is the best.those who are already now addicted to government subsidies and money must be taken care of. they must be. it is only right, moral, but we do not need to go on forever making more addicts that we cannot take care of guest: i think you have a sophisticated view, and i do not think it is of view that is widespread, frankly, among the tea party people. you are essentially saying we ought to cut the government with a grandfather clause. so anyone getting the deal now gets to keep it, but you don't give it to anyone else. that is one way to get change because you essentially keep the people benefiting now happy. i think it is not a fair way to do it. i think there ought to be some mutuality of the sacrifices. if you never get a penny from social security or medicare, even though you have been paying in large amounts of your entire working life, then the people who now getting these benefits who put in much less with the lower rates during their working years, ought to make some sort of sacri

barney frank, ron paul and ron wyden convened a task force but are not members.y comment on the findings of a new report. this is just over one hour. >> it is easier to find ways to cut the defense department then to find this room. i as in the wrong part of the building. it took me awhile to give up. this is it important meeting. i am going to be giving out, i do not often preach from a text but in yesterday's new york times, there's an article about the war on afghanistan and i came across this. officials regard support and afghanistan as especially important at a time when many european countries, including britain and germany, are committed to sharp cuts in defense spending as part of their drive to reduce huge government deficits. in fact, two sundays ago, the times had an article about the european ability to sustain a much higher lever -- level of expenditures for what many consider quality of life for their own citizens and it mentioned they were able to do this because they are sheltered by nato and the american nuclear umbrella. i am a great supporter o

. >> ron artest. >> jenny mccarthy. >> larry: sting and robert redford are on the way. >> jack johnsonarry: jack cousteau. >> and india aleah. >> i want to dedicate this next song to all the people in the gulf who have lost their livelihoods because of this terrible oil spill. >> fishing, farming. that's all we've done. >> a lot of strong men have broken down and cried. >> consensus is that everyone is really pissed off. >> hannah, who says my father lost his job. >> people have been crying on the phone. >> donated five grande few minutes ago, donated 25 grand. >> seeing what's going on there makes me sad, mad and sick at heart. >> how is your family doing? >> terrible. >> what about everybody's children? this is not just ours. this is just ours for a little while. >> we're looking for somebody to really help us get this back together. >> we need help. we need help now. >> every single day, animals are dying and people are suffering. >> these animals are part of the chain. when one of the lakes goes away, the chain breaks. >> this is a catastrophe that could have been avoided. >> donat

ron paul was one of the early ones.what would happen if in fact we abolish the federal reserve system? >> that would make us the only country in the world without a central bank. the question would be what would you put in place? >> i would let the money grow at about 3% at the rate of the increase in population. >> there are serious alternatives. milton friedman gave that particular idea and there is a gold standard and other things. i don't know if i can test your patience but for various reasons, my own research was on the great depression. one of the contributions that i and others made was that the malfunctioning of the gold standard which tied together the monetary policy of every country was one of the major causes of the depression when it became international. there are many dangers and risks to the gold standard not to mention practicalities that would be difficult to put in place. there are good reasons why we left the gold standard in the 1930's and got rid of it entirely later on. my question would be that

ron pulse is the best. those who are already now addicted to government subsidies and money must be taken care of. they must be. it is only right, moral, but we do not need to go on forever making more addicts that we cannot take care of guest: i think you have a sophisticated view, and i do not think it is of view that is widespread, frankly, among the tea party people. youre essentially saying we ought to cut the government with a grandfather clause. so anyone getting the deal now gets to keep it, but you don't give it to anyone else. that is one way to get change because you essentially keep the people benefiting now happy. i think it is not a fair way to do it. ihink there ought to be some mutuality of the sacrifices. if you never get a penny from social security or medicare, even though you have been paying in large amounts of your entire working life, then the people who now getting these benefits who put in much less with the lower rates during their working years, ought to make some sort of sacrific

and neither would ron tumu who went down and tried to give him mouth-to-mouth after he was shot even been caught yet. trying to save his life. >> larry: have you contacted, ever spoken to ronnie lee? >> yes. he asked to speak to me last month. >> larry: what did you tell him? >> what did i tell him? >> larry: what did he tell you, what did you tell him? >> that's between us. but we each had, a, yeah, that was our conversation. and i felt really good about it. and it brought closure for me on a level that i needed. >> larry: this is a tough word, do you forgive him? >> i never judged him. i never blamed him for michael's death. i felt the loss. i felt the pain. i felt like i had run into a brick wall. but i never thought of it as ronnie lee's fault. even though ronnie lee -- donna, what, what were the circumstances how did ronnie come to kill your beloved? >> he was -- michael was doing a pro bono case in salt lake. and had won the case for this vietnam veteran. and had gone downstairs to file the paperwork. and that's when he was killed. >> larry: why was he killed? >> ronnie lee was

barney frank, ron paul, have been been the task force. this is just over one hour.i just over one hour. >> it is easier to find ways to cut the defense department then to find this room. i as in the wrongart of the building. it took me awhile to give up. this is it imptant meeting. going to be giving out, i do notftenreach from a text but iyesterday's new york times, there's an article about the warn afghanistan and i came across this. officials regard support and afghanisas especially important at a time when man european countries, including britain and germany, are committed to sharp cuts in defense spending as part of eir drive to reduce huge government deficit in fact, two sundays ago, the times haan article about the european ability to sustain a much higher lever -- level of expenditures for wt many consider quality of life for their own citizenand it mentioned they were able to do this becse they are sheltered by nato and the american nuclear umbrella. i am a gat supporter of president obama but he makes a serious error when he exams military spending from a

>> well, first let me say with regard to minerals management, ron widen, democrat, john barrasso, republican, introduced a bill two years ago in 2008 to try to clean up the sorts of things that senator nelson has talked about. so i agree we need to do something there and some of us have been trying to do that 0 for several years. i am skeptical of what i hear from b.p. we've heard estimates at the beginning that continued to grow so i don't know if they know what the truth is on this or if they've been advised by lawyers to not talk about things. but i'm absolutely concerned about the truth and what the american people are hearing. >> lehrer: senator nelson, you've suggest, also, that there should be a criminal investigation of b.p. to see if any laws were broken, any criminal laws were broken. what's the nature of your concern? >> that's what i just referred to, jim. >> lehrer: that's what you meant that's criminal. >> senator boxer and i have asked for an investigation as to whether there was purposeful misleading on the application to drill this particular well. >> lehrer: now, senator ba

besides cameron, corman alumni include jack nicholson and directors ron howard and martin scorsese. >ameron: people came in with a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of passion, not much experience. >> safer: cameron made himself useful on a "star wars" rip-off called "battle beyond the stars." he designed model spaceships, helped with special effects, and soon was running the art department. >> cameron: you had no money. there were no delusions of grandeur. you didn't care what film it was, it was a movie. >> safer: his first directing job was on a preposterous bit of business called "piranha 2". >> cameron: it's the very best flying piranha movie ever made. ( laughter ) >> safer: but cameron and the italian producer did not get along. and soon, the director was finito. why were you fired? >> cameron: the producer wanted to take over the movie and direct it himself, especially the scenes with the "penthouse" pinups. it was extremely sleazy, the whole story. but again, all part of the learning curve, right? >> safer: and while in rome, arguing with the italians, cameron had a vision, literally.

ron on the republican line.aller: i am hearing grumblings of 401k's, retirement funds in the future might be taxed, will lose their tax-exempt status. i wonder if you could give me some information on that. guest: that is another area where there is a willingness in the government to come instead of incentivize savings -- you know, in the past decade or so, we have seen more options, more ways that individuals can save tax incentives. i do not see anything on the immediate horizon that would take away the tax-the late treatment of retirement savings. host: leland in california. are you there? we are going to move on to alexandria. nate on the democratic line. caller: it is my understanding that a minimum value of an estate tax is $2 million. has that changed for 2010? guest: yes, it has. right now, there is no threshold in which an estate is taxed. because of a temporary repeal, all the states, no matter how large, are not subject to tax this year. host: on the estate tax. how much does the government get from t

with them so extremist an melodramatic and the end of the worlasreenwood, ron paul was a shocking quiet the ds to if you ha filled a guy who knows how to talk the talk to emerge that of what you would think in the e of obamaould not be astark as ronny or timawlenty but maybe that is what people are hungerg for. >> also miomn is simultaneously the august front runner for the republican nomination but i feel there is way he could possibly win spi regulaclinton hahis problem. and i guess john thu is meioned but he isoomed rehab this before she navigated mosterfect but then screwed it up. abov40% is not bad for havingaid the cel's in. mae it will survive this ar. >> hisife would kill . i am from the washington tin examiner and. >> my question is for se extent the anti-government been thefear limited cover mint kumya has proven to define eric cantor and characteristics. one wait manifests itself committed jo is there is more conservative tellectualin the building than in the most european natns but also a manifest in strang ways that tre are, the climate is getting such where government is r

i think he is one of the main3 movement that started to coalesce within the ron paul campaign and turnit into a natural home for cultural and religious conservatives who are not too likely to think through whht a consistent libertarianism -pmight be, to put it mildly. numbers wise, rush llmbaugh is still king. but they have established a report, in the way he has with billlo'reilly. they have both anointed him as the kind of successor and i don't think any of them think sean hannity will be next in line. he has faded into the background. >> thank you. and sure we will be coming back to him. something that wanted to throw out for everybody, since coming to fox news just over a year ago, he has mentioned the word revolution on 85 separate episodes. that ought to tell us all a little bit about what he's about. our next panelist, probably the only one here who is known by one word name -- certainly the heather digby, founder of the blog and hullabaloo. she is part of the political pac blue america and serves on the congress action fund. i would like you to talk about the trends you have no

house and senate are voting today so my colleagues are not here but senator brown widen and congressman ron paul and walter jones have been stng supporters of this. we believe that america has substantially overextended itself militily far beyond what is necessary for our national security and with reasonab cooperation with allies that need us. a symbol of western eope. we continued to be heavily invested in western europe when their budgets are significant smaller pcentages of their gdp+ than ours. i do not know what it is we are protecting western europe from. i do not know why if ere was a threat, it could not collectively with their budgets and pulations defeed themselvesxcept for the fact that having read tom sawyer, which was apparently translate into of the nato languages, they are happy to have erica paint the fce and make us think we are doing an enormous favor by allowing us to do it. we continue to have substantially -- substantial weaponry that whave toefeat the soviet union in a nuclear war. that seems to be a place where we can still back. we insist on keeping marines on okina

xp ron washington your way. c-span video library, free, on-line -- export washington your way. -- export regionexplore -- explore washington. from the brookings institution yesterday, this is just under two hours. >> good afternoon. i am a director of government studies here at the brookings institution, and it is my pleasure to welcome you to this forum on "is government broken? strengthening democracy through governance reforms." a recent cnn research survey found that 86 percent of americans found that the government is broken, and when you look at things that have happened, it is no wonder that they feel that way. in the last year, we have faced a series of governance challenges that have addressed issues such as the economy, health care, climate change, and financial regulation, and our difficulties in confronting many of these problems have led many to question whether it is possible for the united states to face its short and long-term policy challenges. today, we are going to focus on two parts of the pr

he is one of the main forces that took what was a movement that started to close within the ron paul campaign and turned it into a natural home for cultural and religious conservatives who are not likely to think through what a consistent sort of libertarianism may be coming to put it mildly. -- may be, to put it mildly. >> what about rush limbaugh? >> numbers wise, limbaugh is still king. they have established a sort of report. -- a survey rapport -- a sort of rapport. >> thank you alex. i am sure that lots of folks have questions. >> our next panelist is probably the only person in the progressive movement that is known noby one word -- heather digby. she is the founder of the progressive blog hullabaloo. she serves on the border of the progressive congress' action fund. talk about the trends you have found, and including the media coverage of the tea party. have been taking cues from fox after their incessant mention of the tea party. we saw a shift when there were caught yelling on tape homophobic, racist slurs and spitting on a number of congress members. d you think that had an

host: ron on the democrat's line. caller: i am a retired teacher from new jersey. are you aware of any experiments being done where a smelting facility could be mounted on the deck of a cargo ship to create liquid metal or alloy, and bring that pipe down to the leak and lower the smelted material down and have some sort of mechanism open it. have you heard of any plans using melted l.i., melted steel? guest: i have not, but there are people around the country with terrific ideas. i would encourage you to get in contact with our committee. there are places where you can submit ideas. i welcome you to contact my office. host: bp officials yesterday saw assurances from the government that they wanted a healthy and viable bp. what are your thoughts about stressing the company enough for it could possibly go into bankruptcy? guest: i am not to worry about that. they are in big company with huge assets around the world. it is something to be mindful of. down the road, they could be looking at criminal penalties, and we will need them to pay. the taxpayer cannot be on the

know, we have gone through the worst financial crisis since the depression, and there were mistakes ron by those who helped bring on the crisis. there were those who actually acknowledged the mistakes, and it is true that many in the crisis denied any responsibility. but in this crisis, there are many who take responsibility and do something about it. at the darkest moments, when it seemed like a whole system was unraveling, that is when men and women in my company and other companies around the world took extraordinary action korea they did not want or complain. when they got knocked down, they got up and tried to do something about it. they worked for days and weeks on end, sacrificing time with family and friends, to try to contain the crisis, all the while know they may fail. they were not doing it for money or to score points. they understood that the well- being of millions of people depending on getting the situation under control. they did not lose their nerve when things seemed bleak. they showed the fortitude that is necessary to handle a tough situation and to deal with setba

years ago it became abundantly clear that more would be needed to be done, not only in the case of beer ron, but in other cases as well. that is why in 1996 the several committees once again collaborated to develop new sanctions of non-u.s. businesses investing in iran's energy sector. all in gas was providing the regime with key sources of revenue. the resulting iran, called the iran-libya sanctions act, later just the iran-sanctions act, because libya comply with the concerns we had at the time, and as a result of stepping ford and disarming themselves of nuclear weapons, we were able to drop libya from the title of the bill. as i just heard senator bennett say, and colleagues were joined -- this is no great joy in the crafting this bill. we're doing so out of defense of our nation, and the threat being posed by the government of iran, but would help it would understand the seriousness of this endeavor. the club of neighbor of efforts in the national income and helps the would see the light as libya did in leadership -- in hopes, and that it would take the proper steps removed the threat

the second half of the meeting regarded as such a question with respect to or ron. a hollow go into detail on that i am sure. -- i will go into detail on that, i am sure. there was a meeting with the romanian foreign minister, talked about missile defense, and the visa waiver program and regional issues. prior to the meeting, the secretary had a brief call today with president karzai cover the first opportunity to talk says the successful trip to washington a couple weeks ago. the secretary of which president karzai good luck with the upcoming consult ju to giver peacega -- consultative peace jurga. there's a meeting happening next week and madrid, and richard holbrooke will leave it the u.s. they intend to focus on the meeting as a legion to the -- as it leads into the kabul conference. george mitchell will be up delegation to the conference tomorrow through friday, meeting what the secretary as we speak, and he will depart later on this afternoon and expects to have meetings with palestinian and israeli leaders over the next couple of days. i think we released as

let's hear from ron.aller: i think your numbers are all a little bit as far as we produce of 20% of the oil out of the gulf. most of the oil goes into the pre-market. it does not necessarily go to the u.s.. the other thing is -- host: let's take the first question. guest: i think you misunderstood me. 30% of the u.s. production of crude oil comes from the gulf of mexico. 20% of that is in the deep water, which is the focus today. on the world stage we are the third largest producer in the world. it is a global market. the thing that is of value to the united states is we are producing it here. it is something we are not importing and we are employing workers in the united states. it is a great value to us to have this resource and continue to develop it. caller: well, i really do not think that. the other thing is that you talk about cleanup. you guys have done terrible -- bp has done a terrible job. those people should be using respirators out there. they should have an idea of what they're doing instead

ron paul had a declaration of war issued as legislation. he was not for it, but he wanted to see how congress was, and nobody voted for it. he also issued a granting of petters of marking reprisal. these are the two constitutional solutions to an attack by foreign power. both those went down in flames. you expected them to. the next question to congress, why are you giving this power to the president un constitutionally? the pressdent of this non declared war needs to be fired. any general in a non declared war needs to be fired, too. host: abc news with diane sawyer had an interview last night with the author of the "rolling stone" magazine article, michael hastings, end asked the reporter about his questioning to general mcchrystal. >> why did you do this? why did he say these things to you? why did he allow his aides to say these things to you? >> they were frustrated and they wanted to get that message out. the headline to me was that the war wws out of obama's control. by telling the story through general mcchrystal, i think we were ab

presint, some pople sethe conflict as it bigger one between the united states and i ron. you said-- is under the influence iran. how do you reconcile? [inaudible] the head of the political role of mas. he is the n. he is thhead of hamas, and we have to talk with him. we know his relations, but in spite of that, we have to talk him, to conveyo him that he can go to the reconciliation. he can go to sign the document and please don't ask me any questions about the nuclear-- because i don't unerstand the nuclear. >> let's take one more. >> please allow me to ask in arabic. [speaking in nive tongue] >> tnslator: is there a maximum percentaof territory that the palestinian side would be willing to swap. second question, the nepaper mentioned regardinthe meeting with rresentative-- thatou do notyou are not against the claim of the jewi and israel. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: you will find that, they we here, they came, they went and cam back. that is what i sai. regarding the-- swap i say i know why do you asked the question. we were told, and take some citizens f

this book is by two authors, one of which is ron peters. the conclusion concerning nancy pelosi's gender -- their conclusion is that she is different from her predecessors and her path to power. she has amassed in used power for political and policy in some ways that clearly parallel those used by the most powerful speakers before her. next is steve from boston. caller: good morning. i want to remind people that these are real families they are talking about who are unemployed. these are mothers and children who will not have an income if they take away the unemployment. peopll lose sight of that. if our -- our financial situation would be better if they're not 18,000 financial companies in the cayman islands that were getting away tax-free. exxon paid not one red cent in federal taxes last year. to make it worse, not that they did not pay, but they also got $156 million tax free, the largest company in the world! and that is only one out of 18,000 companies. there is plenty of money and out there, but we're not going after the corporations

ron paul made a proposal in 2001. he introduced the act in 2001 to also target osama bin laden. that it's when you have pirates or outlaws that do not have an affiliation with a particular country. secondly, i'm trying to understand the israeli boarding of the boat in international waters. that seems to skate around the idea of piracy as well. if america cents a humanitarian ship to gaza -- and let's say they killed her -- how would they react differently? they should have been exempt. that seems like an act of piracy to me. thank you. guest: thank you for your questions. the idea is not new. the government talked about that. the issue of private security companies given licenses to hunt down and potentially kill people that they think might be guilty of something might go against our core values as a country. i do not think it is terribly supportive of the idea of rule of law. the idea is still out there. it has currency in some areas. i would be concerned about turning loose independent agents under no one's control, and accountable to no one, with arms, to hunt down someone t

i would now like to introduce gary locke and ron kirk. welcome. as is or usual practice your statements will automatially be included in the record. i urge you to summarize. to the point. it right down to it. okay. >> thank you very much. thank you for this opportunity to discuss this important topic. the administration and congress do need to work together to ensure our economic relationship is more balanced and provides more benefits for american workers and businesses here in america. over the last 20 years including as the governor of wasington state helped double exports i have watched the transformation of the chinese economy and seen firsthand how expanded trade of paternities the benefit to both of our countries. last month i lead a clean energy trade mission of 24 u.s. companies to china. on the final day we traveled. assembling solarpanels. in fact, more than 90 percent of the products assembled were made in the united states. this is a model of what trade can be, not a zero sum game where increased trade needs to do jobs either in ameri

ron, i'm sorry. ross who is with the economic policy substitute the vice president of that substitute of that institute. both will join us in a couple minutes. the "new york times" sunday magazine has a look at some of the books many of you may be reading. number three is laura bush's book spoken from the heart. michael lewis' book. christoffer hitchen's hitch 22 is number nine and malcolm glad welle's the outliners is number 10. good morning. democrats line. caller: hi, how are you? host: fine. thank you. caller: i just have a couple things to say to address a couple callers i heard. host: sure. caller: the guy in pennsylvania whose son is in afghanistan. who cares if his friend is black and republican. what does color have to do with anything? seriously. are we back in the 1950's? and the guy from mass, he said everyone pull together like this. but the guy from virginia said he wants congress to be in a war zone. he clearly is the biggest idiot. we're always going to agree to disagree. so we need t

i think elena kagan deserves to be on the supreme court and i find it eye ron tick court is lowed to the right. know body wants to use the term hypocrite. i think the president did a heck of a job nominating her. host: greg? >> i have one quick question. i know she hasn't had any experience sitting as judge. i'm wondering because she was appointed by the democrats if they're going to have a lot of political polls on the supreme court and if president barack obama appointed her. obama appointed her. he doesn't have a very good track record. host: who doesn't have a good track record? what do you mean? caller: obama with his decision-making and cabinets appointments and stuff? host: all right. guest: well what kind of influence does a president have on appointees once they're confirmed to the supreme court. history show, not much. in philosophy they tend to share the president's philosophy but when specific issues come up that involve the president the record is somewhat different. president clinton had two nominees. ginsberg and briar but when the paula jones case came, he wanted that

but you need something drastic along the lines of what ron paul is recommending. this is just a joke. host: there are some points about defense in this piece in "the post." it is modeled on defense department program aimed at encouraging military and civilian bureaucracy to find $7 billion to help cover the cost of combat operations. similar programs of also been used successfully by state and local governments. moving on to woodbridge, virginia. kevin, republican. good morning to you. hello, kevin. caller: i'm sorry. good morning. i would say there is at least 5%. i'm not sure i agree with the previous caller that we could do 50%. but again, involved with some local budgeting in the town that i didn't. it is amazing how folks just think the budget should be the same as last year plus 5% or + 7% there does not seem to be any concerted effort to look for savings. so, 5% should be easy. it should even be a little more than that. host: lauren from indianapolis on the independent line. caller: i was thinking rather than cutting some of the areas -- again, i think the

trade representative, ron kirk, who has been in close contact and negotiations with his counterparts on the russian side. the way he described it is that 95% of the issues have now been resolved. the remaining 5% to 10% are difficult issues and will require some significant work. but that should give you some sense that a lot of work has already been done, even in the last few months. it makes an enormous difference. in our joint statement, we are wrong to instruct our negotiators that they try to come to terms -- going to instruct our negotiators to try to come to terms with the technical issues that remain by default. we will keep putting pressure on negotiators, the same way that during the start treaty, so that there is a sense of urgency on the part of our team. a lot of the technical issues, the resolution of those technical issues may be an hands of the russian government's. we have already made progress on issues like encryption, for example. there may be certain international standards that require modifications in russia. as much as possible, what i have told my team is, we

. -- host: >> we will go to ron from california. caller: the occupation of palestine is unbelievably cold. the reason for the flotilla is because not enough food and medical supplies and supplies in general are getting through israel to gaza to sustain the population. israel refuses to allow them to go in. they want the palestinians to buy their own goods. and the palestinians don't want to. my girlfriend just returned from four months living in the west bank. and the stories she told me are unbelievably cruel. stories where a tanker trucks would come out of israeli settlements and spray sewage water into the homes of palestinian people while they are demonstrating the destruction of their olive groves. host: is there evidence of what you are saying? caller: i have an eye witness right here who saw this several times in the village, they would bring a truck in, they bring the truck in the that is full of -- i do not know if it is treated or untreated sewage water. it has some type of blue stuff. 10 and they spray into people's holme

and in another ship, we caught tons of weapons that are ron sent to gaza. therefore it is our duty to expect each ship that is trying to get into gaza to take out the weapons and allow the other merchandise to enter. i want to clarify for the citizens of israel and the citizens of the world, you would have not done it? there would not be an iranian port and gaza in the distance of 10 kilometers of tullibee and jerusalem. it would have a destructive significant for every citizen in israel. this is the real threat of the security of israel. i am telling you and i am telling our friends in the country's on the iranian port in the middle east constitute a threat also on european countries. and therefore we are forced to stop every ship that is intended for gaza, and this is how we did it in this instance. we wanted to take out the logo was on the ship and afterward when we had expected -- when we had inspected it to ship it because of. unfortunately the operators of the ship rejected it out of hand. and therefore we had no other alternative in the first ships,

in the spring of 2003, but i think the story is fuzzy when you go further down and when you have are ron saying, they are still bleeding the enemy. >> please identify yourself. >> that was really outstanding. i want ask more about the domestic front. when you see the smaller scale attempts as some of the tale of the comment -- tail of the comet, in britain, they have a more homegrown threat and that is the pillar of their prevention efforts. that outraged the muslim communities as compared to enhanced electronic surveillance as a way of addressing potential on growing concerns. >> i think that the operational implications of the metastasized threat are significant to the united states. if you have three kids in a basement and out when the or los angeles, the prospect that you're going to find every one of those and a free society is zero. if that is the bark, and sometimes it felt like that was the bar, so get over it. we cannot leap over the bar. i think in terms of strategic threat, damage to rockeye that means the prospect of 19 hijackers -- damage to al qaeda means that the prospect

ron blagojevich gets underway with the jury selection beginning. a reporter covering it for "the chicago tribune" is on the line. good morning, jeff. set the stage on how this trial is expected to unfold. guest: finally expecting it today after all of the reality tv and the defense attempts to delay. we are really expecting quite a political show to unfold in chicago. we will get to see years of the blagojevich but ministration laid bare from the time he was elected in 2000 -- blagojevich administration laid bare from the time he was elected in 2002, and all of the activities -- the pay to place game -- paid to play scheme. we will watch that sort of grow into the period that the country kind of came aware of it, -- became aware of it, the alleged sale of the senate seat that barack obama vacated when he was elected. host: what are the most serious allegations, the charges by the government, and what is the possible penalty? guest: he is charged in a 24- count indictment but the most serious charge is probably the racketeering conspiracy scheme, wh

america's consumers and businesses to serve on ron -- deserve strong reform and the most honest and reliable financial markets in the world and i look forward very much to working with all of my colleagues today to reach that goall >> thank you. we are going to try to hold to the time limit set. i will recognize the senior chairman for five minutes. the gentleman from alabama. >> thank you. republicans are glad to be here to share our views with the american people. the legislation we are considering is not based on the tradition of opportunity, innovation, competition in personal responsibility. the president tells us that government cannot and should not replace businesses as the true engine of growth and job creation. however, the policies of this administration and this legislation and does manage -- diminish the role of government -- diminish the role of companies to make decisions for themselves. if you take away the opportunity to fail, you take away the opportunity to excel. just as in the past, if this is all been cloaked in the language of protecting us by empowering the government

know, we have gone through the worst financial crisis since the depression, and there were mistakes ronose who helped bring on the crisis. there were those who actually acknowledged the mistakes, and it is true that many in the crisis denied any responsibility. but in this crisis, there are many who take responsibility and do something about it. at the darkest moments, when it seemed like a whole system was unraveling, that is whenen and women in my company and other companies around the world took extraordinary action korea they did not want or complain. when they got knocked down, they got up and tried to do something about it. they worked for days and weeks on end, sacrificing time with family and friends, to try to contain the crisis, all the while know they may fail they were not doing it for money or to score points. they understood that the well- being of millions of people depending on getting the situation under control. they did not lose their nerve when things seemed bleak. they showed the fortitude that is necessary to handle a tough situation and to deal with setbacks. this

america's consumersnd businesses to serve on ron -- deserve strong reform and the most honest andeliable nancial markets in the world and i look forward very much to working with all of my colleagues today to reach that goall >> thank you. we are going to try to hold to the time limit set. i will recognize the senior chairman for five minutes. the gentleman from abama. >> thank you. republicans are glad to here to share our views with the american people. the legislati we are considering is not based on the tradition of opportunity, innovation, competition in personal responsibility. the president tells us that government cannot and should not replace businesses as the true engine of growth and job creation. however, the policies of this administration and this legislation and does manage -- diminish the role of government -- diminish the role of companies toake sions for themselves. if you take away the opportunity to fail, you take away the oprtunity to excel. just as in the past, if this is all been cloaked in the language of protectin u by empowering the government to decide manyf th

. >> we received an email to a from a man named ron, a registered republican of over 45 years and a retired army infantry officer. he is upset about one of your commercials that identified you as the u.s. army retired and referred to as a military man when you served on active 3duty 4.5 years and resigned york commission. -- your permission. >> it was an honest mistake. we put the advertisement up. we were running 100 miles per hour. as soon as we caught it, we took it down. i am proud of my military service. i have never hidden the fact that i served in it -- 4.5 years. i graduated with honors. it was a mistake. it has been corrected. >> how long did that advertisement run? >> i could not tell you. but i know as soon as we caught it, we fixed it, and i apologize because it was an honest mistake. >> voters are tired of double talk. leading up to the primary, you criticized henry mcmaster in this advertisement garrard >> a bailout, career politicians, south carolina can do better. >> this week, when henry mcmaster endorsed your campaign, you said this. >> i think the attorney general was pro

vice president biden's chief of staff, ron claim, who served on chief council of this committee skilled lawyer, was vice president chief of staff -- chief of staff to vice president gore, also, i believe, who's known you for a number of years said this about you -- elena kagan is clearly a legal progressive. i think elena is someone who comes from the progressive side of the spectrum. she clerked for judge mick, clerked for justice marshall, worked in the clinton administration, the obama administration. i don't think there's any mystery to the fact that she is. as i said, more progressive role than not, close quote. do you agree with that? >> senator sessions, it's absolutely the case that i have served in two democratic administrations. and i think -- >> i'm asking, do you agree with the characterization that you're a legal progressive. >> senator sessions, i honestly don't know what that label means. i work in two democratic administrations. snarlt graham suggested yesterday and i think you're right that you can tell something about me and my political views from that. but as i sugge

i also want to thank my friend, ron kind from wisconsin. we talked a lot about the part d doughnut hole. this week $250 rebate ccks will be going to them to allow those seniors whoave worked their entire life to build this nation and to prepare for a prosperous rerement. 63,000 minnesotans will see that three weeks in advance. ths is just one of the many benefits that will come to them. it's absutely critical our seniors in this country hear the facts, the real facts about health care reform, how it will end up bringing higher quality f care, lower costs and paying down thenational debt. i'm proud the secretary could see thatthe world famous mayo clinic. yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose doethe gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request permissioto address the house foone minute. the speaker pro tempore: without jection, so ordered. . poe: the israelis check cargo for hidden weapons shipped into gaza. last week's six ships ran a security blockade and were boarded. people on one ship attcked and stabbed the israeli sol

president, take ron's brigety new reality with respect to the program the declaration resigned to becomedesigned as a confidence-building measure will if implemented contribute to the resolution of the issues relating to iran's nuclear program in the constructive atmosphere. the declaration innocence provides its first track in the broader road map that would lead to a comprehensive settlement of the problem. in other words, the declaration provides an important window of opportunity for diplomacy. sufficient time and space shall bear the full implementation. we are deeply concerned the option of sanctions will affect themomentum created by the declration and the overall diplomacy process. on the other hand, it is rather on helpful that the responses of the vmi group were received the fact the response of the negative nature and was sent on the day of the adoptionof the resolutions determining the aspect of the position. our position demonstrates the commitme to the efforts. having said that, though against the resolution should not be constituted as an indifference to the problems from

but we need something drastic along the lines of what ron paul is recommending. so this is just a joke. this is just a joke. host: there are some points about defense in this piece in "the post." it i modeled on defense department program aimed at encouraging military and civilian bureaucracy to find $7 billion to help cover the cost of combat operations. similar programs of also been used successfully by state and local governments. moving on to woodbridge, virginia. kevin, republican. good morning to you. hello, kevin. caller: i'm sorry. good morning. i would say there is at least 5%. i'm not sure i agree with the previous caller that we could do 50%. but again, involved with some local budgeting in the town that i didn't. it is amazing how folks just think the budget should be the same as last year plus 5% or + 7% there does not seem to be any concerted effort t look for savings. so, 5% should be easy. it should even be a little more than that. host: lauren from indianapolis on t independent line. caller: i was thinking rather than cutting some of the areas --

performed by national captioning interests tute] >> i want to ask this question to exxon mobile and to chef ron. -- chevron. if we were to maintain this, how does that affect the energy you get to america? do you look for that energy somewhere else or perhaps even import it from somewhere else? >> well, we will redirect our human resources, the technical talent, to other parts of the world, and we will redirect the riggs and the equipment -- rigs and the equipment elsewhere. >> what is the spread rate? >> well, on a deep-water well, it is about $1 million a day. >> do you echo what he just said? >> yes. the costs are similar to what mr. tillerson mentioned, and we will redeploy people and rigs if we are unable to put them into service. >> i have heard that the chinese oil company service are drilling off the coast of cuba, which means they are drilling off the coast of florida. do either of you have any reason to believe that the chinese oil companies are more concerned about safety than u.s. oil companies? anybody? >> i can't speak to those companies. >> have they done anything that's more inn