scott showed up. >> mike: before mr. scott showed up, absolutely.tinues, the rest of the team may be in trouble. frank has a nice connection in new york city now. right-hander, southern offensive rebound and the putback! the first opportunity to be converted on. they really established themselves on the offensive glass, they need to see something good happen as a result o. frak haith will go to the bench. we will look at malcolm grant in a minute. you establish your offense, you do it with the referees an starts to show on itself. right hook won't go and goes the other way. a foul. that will be on collins, his first personalment malcolm grant comes in wearing number 3, transfer from villanova. checking in audrdrian thomas, number 30. working on grant. shooting the three. jackson in the corner. jones on him. in that zone. reggie johnson, the big guy from south carolina with the basketball. >> mike: so far, made a nice presence on the floor an defensive presence. checking in for boston college, evan raf vvenel, number 24. they like this guy, big three

scott takes it away from trapani. >> mike: a little cross stream right there as scott anticipating at over the top. nice weak side defense. >> ron: could make this a three point ballgame or four-point ballgame. they need a good shot. >> mike: not sure what happened there. mcgowan looks like he slipped. >> ron: haith going to bring dews back in next break in the action. under 5:00 minutes to play. mcgowan may have gotten a hack on southern's wrist. and topped the basket by biko paris, and he will go to the li line. >> mike: paris is 6'1, very solidly built, not afraid to go inside. rick is on the wrong side of him defensively and no way for any help side defense to react. the foul was on malcolm grant, the third. it will be paris at the line. first free-throws of the afternoon. he's got four points in the game. 4:44 to play. lead back to 57-49. >> ron: trying to get position on southern. and to grant. grant carries the three over the outstretched hands of corey raji. >> ron: now the three-point shots starting to come alive. a nice run behind by grant, penetrating and came behind him.

joining us are mark hamm ericson and scott cleland with net competition.org, ann veigle of communications daily is also joining in the questioning. gentlemen, if you would, just start -- give us a basic 101 on your organization, why it was formed and who are the members of it? mr. erickson? >> guest: sure. well, i'm a washington lawyer who has been asked to assemble a coalition of leading technology companies, internet companies like amazon, google, other stakeholders of consumer groups, civil rights organizations, people that use the internet, small businesses to help advocate before the federal communications commission and other policymakers policies that preserve an open internet. >> guest: yes. and net competition.org was formed about three and a half years ago. it is a pro-competition, more free market-oriented approach, and it is, it represents broadband interests, literally the entire broadband sector, so that would include all the large broadband companies that people know, the two cable associations, the two wireless associations and the telecom association. so that's where we c

scott: i yield. ms. moore: i was just looking at an article that was published in "forbes" magazine recently called "investing in american future" and one of the points the author made was that in california 2/5 of the state's jobs are expected to require college degrees by the year 2020. but the number of adults with those credentials will fall short. so the not just a matter of providing an opportunity for middle class and upper class students, i think we've been joined by congresswoman sheila jackson lee who has spoken often about the need for businesses to have educated -- an educated work force, i've heard her speak very passionately about how there are so many requests among our business leaders for foreign students to come into the country because we don't have an educated work force and so the gentleman, i'd like you to respond to that. mr. scott: you mentioned 2/5 require college but more that than -- than that require some education past the high school level. some kind of training, some kind o

scott. i am nancy jones that i am an attorney with the american law division of crs. and crs does provide objective and nonpartisan information to the congress. i'm going to be speaking today about the legal and historic background of the individuals with disabilities education act, i.d.e.a. i.d.e.a. is a federal civil rights and grant statute that provides federal funds to states for the education of children with disabilities. in order to receive these funds, states must ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education. and ensure that the rights of children disabilities and their parents are protected. more specifically, the law also contains provisions for child find and for individualized education program, and has detailed due process procedures. as a supreme court said in smith versus robinson in 1984, i.d.e.a. is a conference of schemes set up by congress to aid the state into play with their constitutional obligations to provide p

scott from the judiciary committee is here and apply to say a few words on the matter. he also works also on news crime issues but of like to welcome you and welcome you to today's discussion. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for your leadership on the judiciary committee have been a valued member and subcommitsubcommit tee chairman chips and everything we have done and i think you. this is extremely important and we really have the choice. we can do what evidence and research shows reduces crime or we can go to slogans and sound bites we have done that for decades now locked up more people than anywhere on earth by far in the united states. the research form does study that showed a 4,100,000 incarceration rate over then that was counterproductive way now won't lock up 700 out of 1,000 but the additional incarceration is extremely expensive and that money could have been put to better use with 30 intervention and more effective law enforcement. this study showed how you can more effectively utilize law enforcer resources that we have but also they can respond but it

the walkon in the line-up because mike scott out with a high ankle sprain and sherrill misses his first three-point attempt. the first walkon to start a game other than senior day since billy campbell did it four years ago. that night, shaun single terri was hurt. >> daymeon: as you saw, you saw his potential in the game there and i think the staff is really looking for him to come out of his shell more. >> matt: waller in just his third game back fouled on the three-point attempt and he will be at the line for three. the glimpse. waller a guy whose auburn people call it the microwave. he is a guy that can heat up quickly as you look at zeglinski who can also shoot it well. the two teams are teams that with scott being out of the game will lure him back by the three-point shots. so perimeter oriented and don't have a lot of. >> matt: that was the first free-throw attempt for waller this season. play in just his third game. missed the first six games of the season with a deep thigh contusion. >> daymeon: you had him out with an injury and right now they have pieces back together and had

but as scott wilson rightly pointed out, this is not about energy. were a pipeline to be built from central asia down to pakistan and india, the u.s. would certainly not get rich off that. this is not the reason that people are in the country dying. and, yes, much has been written about president karzi's brother. he is not the biggest drug dealer by far in that count pri but in actual fact drug production has gone down by 30% in the past year and in part that is because of agricultural programs that have been pushed by a good governor there and with u.s. help. so things can change. and as far as the previous caller, he's absolutely right that economic aid would have made a big difference early on. what one needs to do is help afghans help themselves. back in the 1960s, u.s. aide had a wonderful program in afghanistan which is still remembered fondly, by older afghans, and it focused on dams and irrigation ditches. the soviets destroyed the irrigation system, the taliban helped destroy it further. and both destroyed orchards from which afghans lived.

there's the freshman scott wood out of marion indiana number 15. opening lineup for nc state. stywall almost got a hand on it. stywall, we've been told has been playing well. williams. it's stywall who had 14 rebounds earlier this week in a game against wake forest, comes down with that board. stywall's jumper rims out. there's a quick foul by montel smith. and there is sidney lowe in his fourth season. of course known as the point guard on that 1983 national championship team playing under jim belmont. >> mike g.: much better atmosphere on this team. better chemistry. basically all sidney's guys. horner was recruited by sendek but never really played for him. this is a more cohesive unit. >> mike h.: you can notice that in warmup. they all seem to be together and like each other as scott wood hits that bucket. north carolina state jumps out to an early 5-0 lead. mike is going to take a time-out. this is mike demint's second stint as the head coach at uchl nc greensboro. he went and took the job at smu in between. started his career as a volunteer

. >> scott, what do you make of the trade? >> i like risk reversals a lot. i will say this about wells fargo, i don't know how much more shareholder friendly you can be than what bank of america did. the only way is to win the lottery. >> wells fargo, i like this trade a lot in wells fargo. bank of america really needed to do this deal. they would have sere us problems with t.a.r.p. it looks like it was influencing the management of the company, what they could pay their executives. it was in a stronger position at the beginning of the year. it was already better off. >> that's one reason i like this trade. it's been a laggard, okay? it hasn't participated. >> these stocks are 15% off their 52-week highs. it may start to -- i really like risk reversals in general. it's not free. it is going to eat up some margin, and you can't forget that. but it's important to remember that wells fargo is probably the best name left of the second tf tier names that hasn't raised any money. one thing, bank of america supposedly had six people turn them down for the ceo job.

my name is tom billups and it is my pleasure to introduce scott powe jr ehud joins estes discuss his latest book, "the supreme court and the american elite." professor powe is taught at the university of texas and also since 1971 where he currently holds the and green regence chair of law and is a professor of government. his previous books, including american broadcasting in the first amendment, the fourth estate in the constitution and "the warren court and american politics" one such awards as the broadcast education association book of the year, the scribes book award and the american bar association silver gavel award for media and the arts. professor powe is a graduate of yale university and university of washington school of law and he was clerk to justice william brennan of the united states supreme court in the 1970 to 71 term. his newest work surveys more than 200 leaders of american constitutional law. to support his thesis that the supreme court overarching role in constitutional interpretation has been "to harmonize the constitution with the demands of majority politics.

carol brunson day. >> thank you, representative scott. nice to be here.appreciate the invitation. dr. darling-hammond mentioned, and essentially described early education for all children as a major factor in working to eliminate the achievement gap. it actually is a way to prevent the dramatic consequences that we see at the end of twelfth grade. in fact, at least half of the black/white achievement gap at exists at the end of 12th grade can be attributed to a gap that already existed at the beginning of the first grade. so when we look -- when we think about early childhood education, it is a preventative measure in terms of children's achievement. and we can create programs with the right kind of policy that encourages high -- investments in early education and care experiences. and when we do that we can ensure that all children, regardless of economic status, of ability status, of race or ethnicity enter school equally ready to learn. there's a great deal of evidence supporting this and it comes from a variety of domains. hard science has made a cont

scott was severely injured in afghanistan, 2007. very traumatic injury. however, the brain injury was the worst caribbean he is currently minimally conscious two years later -- brain injury is the worst. he is currently minimally conscious two years later. it has been challenging considering we as a country were not prepared to take care of the severely injured soldiers. many men and women are surviving injuries that would not have survived other wars because of the medical technology available and because of our excellent training from medics. however, there is a huge gap between technology and training available and what is available stateside for continued long- term health-care services for our severely wounded warriors. i come here today representing the minority of injured, the minimally conscious, but represent the ones who need the majority of long-term health care for the rest of their lives. one issue that needs to be addressed is the lack of coverage of cognitive rehabilitant care. they are prohibited once retired, which

it is hugely important, congressman scott, that you're conducting these meetings. i thank you for being here, congresswoman christianson. we look forward to working together. so you've heard a lot about the data today. we talked about the size of the achievement gap when it comes to performance on reading and math. it exists throughout every level of the system. we've talked a lot about the graduation rate gaps. we talked a little bit about discipline policies. taken together, the problem is stark. but what gives rise to the achievement gap is not the socioeconomic status of someone's parents and it's not their color of their skin. it's the opportunity gaps that in our public education system we provide students that need the most with less of everything that research says makes a difference. this department of education is committed to doing something serious about that. as we think about brown and its legacy certainly is here in this room, the pervasive patterns of inequality of opportunity were really at the heart of the original violation in brown. certainly it

it is hugely important, congressman scott, that you're conducting these meetings. i thank you for being here, congresswoman christianson. we look forward to working together. so you've heard a lot about the data today. we talked about the size of the achievement gap when it comes to performance on reading and math. it exists throughout every level of the system. we've talked a lot about the graduation rate gaps. we talked a little bit about discipline policies. taken together, the problem is stark. but what gives rise to the achievement gap is not the socioeconomic status of someone's parents and it's not their color of their skin. it's the opportunity gaps that in our public education system we provide students that need the most with less of everything that research says makes a difference. this department of education is committed to doing something serious about that. as we think about brown and its legacy certainly is here in this room, the pervasive patterns of inequality of opportunity were really at the heart of the original violation in brown. certainly it

then, a discussion on president obama's plan for sending more troops to afghanistan with scott wilson of the washington post. also, and looked at by's economy and its impact on other -- a look at dubai's economy with andrew ross sorkin. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> this week on "the communicators," discussion on fcc efforts to adopt formal rules regarding net neutrality. joining us are representatives from the open internet coalition. >> gentleman, if you would, just give us a basic 101 about your organization, why it was formed, and who the members are. >> sure. i am in washington -- a washington lawyer who was asked to assemble a coalition of companies like a day, amazon, google, others, stakeholders, consumer groups, civil rights organizations, people who use the internet to help advocate for the federal communications communication, policies that preserve and open the internet. >> yes. netcompetition.org was formed three years ago. it is pro-competition, free- market oriented, and it represents broadband interests. literally the entire sector. some include large co

there is an envoy, special envoy the president appointed general scott gracian who's working more broadlyn sued an ease issues. one of the challenges in sudan is not only is there a crisis in darfur but there is also a coming apart of what had been a very frank aisle peace between the north and the south. and so part of the challenge is to both deal with that emerging crisis and at the same time focus on the continuing tragedy in darfur. you're absolutely right. it is a crisis. it is a very depressing situation. it's a humanitarian crisis. we're trying to deal with the humanitarian side, and at the same time try to find a broader political solution. and i should add that we're also supportive of the efforts of the international criminal court which has brought an indictment against president beshear of sudan. so we've got a lot of things going on there. but not for one second do we believe that enough has been done. we know that there's a crisis and we know we need to address it. >> our next call for michael pose any comes from bill in south omaha, nebraska. >> first off, merry christmas.

scott garrett is a republican from new jersey.democrats when republicans were in the majority because of the pharmaceutical billÑi. i believe that the tax-cut issue, top earners are not paying their fair share. host: top earners not paying their fair share. guest: first and foremost, your question before was what is our solution to the problems? one of the solutions was tax cut across the board. we would suggest that everyone would be better offñxi if they right now. about where she wouldñr want to keep and spend her money. we would try to allow her to be in the driver's seat on spending. Ñihost: we began the program ths morning talking about kenneth feinberg, talking about a cap of $500,000 on firms that receive government money. what do you think of that idea? guest: in general i am opposed to the government stepping in like that. in general saying that the government should not be stepping into the private sector. in this case we are talking about financial institutions that have received the largess of the american public. so,

mike scott posted on his facebook page that he had a high ankle sprain and that is how people found outbout it. we found out of course today when was not participating in the shoot around. check out talking hoops starting friday, january 15th. 9:00 eastern time. in depth look from college football from top notch experts who know the game's best. coming in january. brendon knox. see his season numbers. averaging 18 minutes, 6 points, 3 rebounds. senior out of georgetown, south carolina high school by we wayf spartanburg methodist college. >> daymeon: and knox a guy who was -- coach lebo wanted to try to go to him and try and establish an inside presence. right now, though, haven't seen a lot of that. knox a couple of passes inside but i feel like if you are auburn you want to try to get in there a little bit more. >> matt: auburn hit the first four free-throws and missed the last four free-throw attempts. landesberg working on hargrove. hit the side of the backboard. they want to go inside to knox who is double teamed. put it on the floor. tripped and fouled by baker. >> daymeon: a good

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scott serota of blue-cross/blue shield, $1.6 million. chicken feed.senator from utah. >> well, i thank the senator from arizona. my mind goes back to a personal experience that i had that i would like to share with my friends on the left. an entirely different bill. the bill was no child left behind. we were all for it on this side of the aisle because our president had proposed it, and my staffer said to me listening to the debate, you know, senator if president clinton had proposed it, you would vote against it because you would think it is too heavy handed government interference. and i said, you know, you are right, and i had to do the right thing, and i voted against it. if we had proposed what the democrats are proposing, every argument we are hearing would be coming with great roars and insistent statements on the other side of the aisle, but because it is their president who proposed it, they are somehow keeping their consciences under control here. i would hope that they would recognize the irony in that, and that at least one -- that's all w

carol brunson day. >> thank you, representative scott. nice to be here.i appreciate the invitation. dr. darling-hammond mentioned, and essentially described early education for all children as a major factor in working to eliminate the achievement gap. it actually is a way to prevent the dramatic consequences that we see at the end of twelfth grade. in fact, at least half of the black/white achievement gap at exists at the end of 12th grade can be attributed to a gap that already existed at the beginning of the first grade. so when we look -- when we think about early childhood education, it is a preventative measure in terms of children's achievement. and we can create programs with the right kind of policy that encourages high -- investments in early education and care experiences. and when we do that we can ensure that all children, regardless of economic status, of ability status, of race or ethnicity enter school equally ready to learn. there's a great deal of evidence supporting this and it comes from a variety of domains. hard science has made a co

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house education committee member bobby scott leads this one hour 20 minute discussion. >> thank you and want to welcome everyone to the summit on legislative strategy to eliminate the achievement gap as congress prepares to reauthorize the elementary and secondary education act it's my pleasure to welcome you all here. for this important summit to learn how legal and legislative strategies can't eliminate the achievement gap. i think everyone here will agree that far too many of our youth are not reaching their full potential. i think i'll hear will also agree that we have a national interest in providing everyone with opportunities and resources that they need to thrive and become productive members of our society. the fact is that in order to maintain competition in today's global economy, america must have highly skilled and highly skilled and educated workforce. therefore, we need to invest in our children to ensure that they reach their full potential. physically, emotionally and academically. by doing so will invest not only in their future, but the future of our communities and n

scott. he won't return, but i promise i will and i know the chairman of the committee, mr. will be here because he, too, is a kentucky colonel. with that i'll yield to the gentleman. >> i wanted to ask mr. hildebrand in the normal bankruptcy, if you have a yacht , and it's upside down and you owe more than the value of the yacht, what happens? >> the implication in the question is can bankruptcy judges, can a bankruptcy plan structure and recognize the economic reality that you mentioned in your opening remarks that the collateral is the extent of the secured claim, whether it's a yacht or a piece of business equipment or whether it's an airplane for united airlines or whether it's the plans for general motors. braptsi judges are entrusted with the ability to make these valuations and determine them for everything except the home mortgage. >> on the yacht, you could reaffirm the debt, but you would only have to reaffirm the debt up to the value of the yacht, is that right? >> if i could distinguish reaffirmation would contain a voluntary consent on both sides. on a chapter

the main purpose of schooling, the founder scott, was to dampen loyalty to the individual states and elevate loyalty to the union. it was all the more needed, they believed, because a republic was a dicey political arrangement. madison worried about fractions, so did his lawyer and contemporaries, and you heard sauls anecdote about when franklin was leaving the constitutional convention and the worry then will we have a monarchy or at republic and alas republic and it is a very scary proposition. the received wisdom was all prior republics had collapsed because of their internal conflicts so how could we avoid the same fate? only by creating a new type of community minded citizen. madison was very big on this in the federalist papers. through schooling that would teach both rich and poor the enlightenment ideals of toleration and liberty and inculcate liberty to the common good. one of my goals in this new book is to bring the founding sentiments up to date. are they still felt? and can they still form the authentic foundation for american schooling and by the way with the res s.a.t.

at this time, i yield to our friend and colleague from georgia, david scott, representative scott. mr. scott: i just want to say how proud we all are of you and your leadership that you are providing on the floor for this hour that you have been going solid with all of this year. and i want to single out for special praise, our chairlady of our congressional black caucus. the good lord has brought us the right person at the right time to lead this caucus through tur but lent waters. barbara lee, i thank you for that leadership as we go forward. let me start in the very beginning, because i think that we need to understand what we are referencing when we use the words targeting and focus. let me just say clearly, yes, we are the congressional black caucus. but we are talking about targeting and focusing our efforts on the basis of need, no more, no less than what they did for wall street. you all may remember -- and i serve on the financial services committee, and it was secretary paulsen, a republican secretary of the treasury, who rushed over here to capitol hill with just two pie

scott? >> yeah, let me ask a couple of questions. in the program why can't we stop foreclosure proceedings while the modification is going on? >> congressman scott, the way the program works today is the servicers are prohibited from for closing during this process. and we are enforcing that and we are auditing that to make sure that they do comply. the question you're asking the white think goes beyond that which is why don't we simply stop the entire foreclosure process. we've formed a group, council, composed of foreclosure attorneys as well as government officials and others with an interest in this problem to try to see what more we can do to help avoid people being frightened by foreclosure process under way at the same time they are being considered for a modification. and there's no doubt that this is confusing people and scaring them unnecessarily. so i think we have got to find a better way of dealing with the problem you are rightly pointed out. >> to be cleared, my information system me that the foreclosure proceedings ar

with troubled regions in afghanistan and pakistan and distribution networks the back rows al qaeda scott operation. host: we go next to kansas. what is your favorite books or books? caller: good morning. merry christmas. i enjoyed "the worst part times." it was the story about people that stayed during the great dust bowl and a drought of the 1930's. it was incredible about the banking institutions and how the government and different policies came into play to make things better for a lot of people. i just found it, some of the personal stories of the people that survived that time was just amazing. host: and we did cover the book, as well. we also covered the book on columbine. here is >> journalists filled with hate, hate, hate, all the way through. the opening line is, "i hate the f-ing world." with dylan, it was completely different. he spent years writing his journal. the most common word in his journal is "love. he was a loving, sensitive boy with a whole lot of anger. it was directed inward. he was angry at himself for being such illusory, such an outcast. he was not. that is how

scott. he won't return, but i promise i will and i know the chairman of the committee, mr. cohen, he will be here because he, too, is a kentucky colonel. with that i'll yield to the gentleman. >> i wanted to ask mr. hildebrand in the normal bankruptcy, if you have a yacht , and it's upside down and you owe more than the value of the yacht, what happens? >> the implication in the question is can bankruptcy judges, can a bankruptcy plan structure and recognize the economic reality that you mentioned in your opening remarks that the collateral is the extent of the secured claim, whether it's a yacht or a piece of business equipment or whether it's an airplane for united airlines or whether it's the plans for general motors. braptsi judges are entrusted with the ability to make these valuations and determine them for everything except the home mortgage. >> on the yacht, you could reaffirm the debt, but you would only have to reaffirm the debt up to the value of the yacht, is that right? >> if i could distinguish reaffirmation would contain a voluntary consent on both sides. on

of course karen tronsgrard- scott, who i've known for many years.she is the leader in for montan vermont. i mention karen because people think of for mvermont with low e rate and everything else. we have domestic violence in every state. every state, every situation. ççsometimes in more ruralt( a, it is more hidden because it is something people do not want to talk about. t(i know that. the witnesses will beç sharing the personal stories with the committeeç. one has gone on to become a successful actor. what has become a passionate advocate for victims in california -- one has become a passionate advocate for victims in california. i know that violence and abuse reaches homes of people of all walks of life, regardless of race or gender or age, sexually, or economic status. domestic violence is a crime. we should never forget that. domestic violence is a crime. i]now everybody knows you have o prosecute. it does not make a difference whether it is a family member, spouse, or a stranger. it is a crime. it is a crime. we have made some remarkable p

so he should know that we have funded the aircraft carriers which are being built partly and scott.ve increased the defense budget every year. and we have also, of course, increasing the urgent operational parts that are necessary for our airports as well as our navy and army. i think what he looks at the record of enhanced expenditure and investment in our armed forces, both in scotland and in the rest of the united kingdom, he would know that the government is doing its job. [inaudible] can i ask them also to support about -- >> mr. speaker, it's very strange that the conservative party automatically almost without thinking about it came out against the global financial transaction tax. is now being discussed in all countries in europe that it is being investigated by the international monetary fund. the european union are going to do a report on it as certain people around the world who are esteemed in the academic profession as economies are supporting this. they are interested in one form of tax, and that is the tax avoidance. it's about time, it's about time, it's about time w

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>> scott, question for you. a lot of people distrust large companies and they look at their phone bills and say, why am i being charged all these things? how do you effectively combat the arguments you've been making with just the general distrust of companies we've seen, you know, meltdowns in the financial markets. right now, it's just not something that people feel very strongly about. when you say open internet, they're going to relate to that. and the information or the letters coming into congress are saying those things. so that's not something that comes out of thin air. >> but it doesn't. it comes because there's this political demonization campaign. they know that if they use words like "discrimination, blocking, degrading" big companies want to do big things that they can generate people to be concerned. but let's go back to the facts. are >> just one question there even if it's not true in your mind, what about the moment of those letters coming in and, you know, e-mails and those types of things, ho

. >> let me know if you need me, i'm happy to sit down with anybody and i offered it to scott because he was calling me asking me, what should i do and i said you should take the job. >> do you know him? >> no. >> we need to meet him. we need to ask somebody. hello, tim, where are you now? >> clean economy network. >> where is that? >> amy christianson? >> to. no. we start add new non-profit about 10 weeks to go. 2 to 10 in three months. >> one of the best interns. >> sam blodgett. he's on full time with us now. >> what's the agenda? >> is there always an agenda? i have no motive. >> what's the mission? >> we represent clean businesses, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and we're creating a 50-state network, so actual businesses don't sign up for us. it's just clean energy professionals in them, business network just merged into us, it just became official, so we're building this chapter structure and we have a c3 and a c4. >> >> so you're a not for profit. >> c3 and pac. >> you should know that this is tim's. >> tim is one creative guy. it was the bus tour. >> i still have nightmare

host: thank you, scott. caller: i am on the republican line but i think the republicans discredited themselves for a lot of people like me. the spending they did under bush years. we need something new that would be less corrupt. i think the health care debate -- my point is, if you go back to another principle -- medicine, like food, should be equally distributed among everybody. that is how we have to think. if you give everybody housing, if you give everybody food, if you give everybody medicine -- why are people not entitled to transportation? host: california cactus is the code name for this twitter comment, he says -- maureen dowd inside "the new york times -- is there a real mccain? host: here is part of what senator mccain said yesterday. >> your president said during the campaign -- we are a little bit cynical when we read about politics and campaign promises. but time after time the president said, i'm going to have all the negotiations on a big table, doctors, nurses, administrators, insurance com

again, chairman scott, we appreciate your leadership. >> thank you. >> who wants to go first?> i'm not sure that the -- let me back up on your question a little bit. there's no that the cultural carriers in the united states have profound affects on the communities. let me spin ahead on your question and show where we see beacons of hope. one of the most community resources are the faith-based communities where you have extraordinarily storm ethics about community values transmitted across families and they spilled over to communities. you see mentoring programs, folks helping each other out when a fire definite states a family. in there lies an important element to me, there are institutions across the united states which can be vehicles for weaving communities together. so instead of looking for the symptoms of the problems, i think an asset approach with kids is a terrific opportunity. we have a program in community schools in austin, not far from your congresswoman's district called the xy zone where we intentionally use successful young men of color as peer mentors. they

been offered by the chairwoman in the task force which i am proud to serve on. >> congressman david scott. >> i think it is very important to clarify this issue and make sure it is known concern is not based on the foundation of race. it is based on the foundation of need. a war, we are asking no less than what wall street asked for. when wall street had a problem there was no problem with the sense of urgency to the we are asking for the same sense of urgency. there was no problem with that money was targeted to wall street. we are asking for the same targeted areas on main street. now, when we put forth an effort to say that we need to have money going to those people at the low and middle-income areas that is the primary area because those are the people most likely to spend that money, not black, not white, but people will spend the money. we also have to understand for a sample we need to build on those two fundamental foundations that we in the financial services committee had already put in place in this financial services bill. we know there is a direct tie between the joblessness

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that it's been offered by the chairwoman and the task force which i am proud to serve on. >> david scott. >> i think it is very important to clarify this issue and make sure it is known that our concern is not based on the foundation of race. it is based on the foundation of need. no more, we are asking no more or no less than what wall street ask for. when blustry had a problem there was no problem with the sense of urgency. we are asking for that same sense of urgency. there was no problem when that money was targeted to wall street. we are asking for the same targeted areas, on main street. now when we put forward an effort to say that we need to have money going to those people at the low and middle income areas, that is the primary area because those of the people who are most likely to spend that money. i am black, not white but people will spend the money. we also have to understand for example, those do we need to build on those two fundamental foundations that we in the financial services committee have already put in place in this financial services bill. we know there is a dir

. >> host: we go next to campus in here scott, democratic color. what are your favorite bear? >> caller: good morning. i enjoyed the worst hard times. i wish i knew the author's name. i forgot it. but it was a story about the people who stayed during the great dust bowl and droughts of the 30's. and it was incredible about the banking institutions and how the government and different policies came into play to make things better for a lot of people. i just found it, it's one of the personal stories of the people that survived that time was just amazing. >> host: and we did cover that book as well. also covered dave collins book on columbine. here's a look at. >> eric's journal is filled with hate, hate, hate all the way through. it starts up cleanup onward by the opening night is i hate the act in world and it paid on every page. he started out wanting to kill any ended up killing over the course of the year. but with dylan it's completely different. dillon spent two years writing his journal and the most common word in his journal is love. it's completely unexpected trade to

scott, and this was a briefing to him, to say this is an administration that seems to be running out steam, losing a sense of direction. >> you write these generally on a whole range of policy? >> sorry, i am compressing things. what happen domestically was an immense political effort. bush put most of his political capital on those months in getting a big tax cut through congress and getting benefits and prescription medicine for senior citizens. but they were pyrrhic victories. come september, 2001, before 9/11, everybody was saying that it was killed. rumsfeld, there was a huge bear market, and rumsfeld, he was not seem to be reorganizing the department of defense, he was lost in details, so the story went. there was a big bear market with colin powell narrowing and deepening what he was doing in the middle east, and there was a cataclysmic market because the secretary was about to be dismissed. on the very eve of the great atrocity, it looked like an administration that got into trouble very quickly. >> and iraq did not figure into this much if at all? Ñi>> not very much. >> i wo

and republican state senator scott brown won his party's nomination. they'll face off in a special election on january 19. and in georgia, former state senator kasim reed was officially declared the next mayor of atlanta. election officials confirmed it after a recount. reed beat city councilwoman mary norwood by 714 votes in a runoff. she would have been the city's first white mayor since 1973. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the broadcast with a look at what you'll find tonight on our web site. but for now, back to jim. >> lehrer: and still to come on the "newshour" tonight: the terrorism indictment in chicago; our patchwork nation series; ray suarez on the state of the economy in tractor country; and the music of piano man richard glazier. that's after a judy woodruff report on the global warming negotiations in denmark. >> reporter: ithe climate change summit in copenhagen looked to be just another chance for diplomats to talk, but get little done. today came a rallying cry from one of the top members of the u.s