sloan working against grant. in the shot clock under 10. sloan for three.was last touched by loubeau for texas a&m. it belongs to purdue. and ryan smythe will reenter the game. lewis jackson takes a seat. one of the reasons why jackson likely to sit at the end of games, his inability to make free throws. mike: he and kelsey barlow usually don't play at the end of games but because of the injury to hummel they're forced to. tim: jackson took six free throws at the end of the season, only made two of them. kramer working on loubeau. not there. bryan davis, the rebound. kramer lost his shoe. literally playing on a sock. inside loubeau, the jump hook. and they've got to give kramer time to get the shoe back on. mike: that was a solid play by loubeau because he had johnson on him. normally in this stretch it had been kramer guarding him. tim: graves and kramer, both four point in the overtime. and a time-out with 1:18 remaining. aggies by two. love to get clos home for the sweet 16. mike: bryan davis has been very impressive in this game, both ends of the floor.

melanie sloan. i was wondering, if you are so much for ethics in congress, how come you did not hold congress accountable for the legal but they took to keep order in iraq and also the defense contractors continuing to steal our money and murdering our soldiers in iraq? guest: crew is an ethics group that focuses on house rules. this is a bit outside of our scope, but i think there are plenty of groups that have been interested in what members of congress are doing my thing that you should look to the american civil liberties union group for that. host: how was your group started? guest: we were started in 2003 because we thought members were not being held accountable for their conduct. at that time, we were dealing with tom delay. he was going unchecked for many years. when we came into being, we were able to write the complaint with a former texas congressman bur . host: how are you fund it? guest: we are funded by private donations -- i am blanking. mostly by private donations. people visit our

host: at the table now is melanie sloan, executive director for citizens for responsibility and ethics. i wanted to talk about congressional ethics in the earmarks. i wanted to first get an update on something that was created a couple of years ago. it is the office of congressional ethics. how was it first formed and how has it been operating? guest: it was formed as a campaign promise that nancy pelosi made when the democrats were campaigning on the culture of corruption. the house ethics committee was considered broken at the time the office of congressional ethics was greeted as a new body that would be more independent and investigate members of congress. right now they have no subpoena power. all they can do is to the investigation and forward it over to the ethics committee. the ethics committee has been flapping them back lately, so the office of congressional ethics is making an effort to hold them accountable, while the ethics committee is more interested in covering up. host: so what does this mean for health care they are conducted here in washington? guest: it is a mess. t

there's even a swim across america laboratory at one of them, memorial sloan kettering cancer center.> and a special shout-out to doctor morris, the four-mile swimmer, who i had the honor to kayak behind today, thanks! >> also benefiting and participating were people from a local organization that provides home care and other cancer support services for their neighbors. >> we provide these services for free so this kind of event is essential to us.it keeps us goi. so while the medals are shiny and nice, the reason for all this fun shines even brighter. >> finding a cure for cancer is so incredibly important right now, and it's a really great way, a fun way to do that. >> if you're interested in jumping into "swim across america" in your community check the link on our "teen kids news" website.t >>> i remember um, in 2001, coming back from south america, and i'm flying past the twin towers as they're smoked up and on fire. it turns out that my friend was in the world trade center, he got out, and went back in, and was saving people. and he saved i think 12 people. and finally he went b

sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president obama and house democratic leaders got a boost today in their drive to pass health care reform. "newshour" congressional correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: the push to pass the health care overhaul in the house claimed momentum today when ohio democrat dennis kucinich made this announcement. >> even though i don't like the bill, i've made a decision to support it in the hope that we can move to a more comprehensive approach once this legislation is done. >> reporter: the veteran liberal long has favored a medicare-for- all approach. in fact, he voted against an earlier house bill because it lacked a public o

sloan foundation, which has a national initiative on the flexibility.y have focused on finding things that will improve science, technology, and strengthen industries. they don't look at this issue as something that is a nice or kind thing to do, although it is all those things. they'd see it as something that will strengthen the industry, and dealing with these pensions is something that they think will really help the american economy. host: iowa, mike, independent. caller: good morning. i have been watching a lot of news programs, and i just wanted to give katie and other gentlemen a couple met. -- the other gentleman are complemented this the best news thing i have watched for five months. this lady is tremendous. people need to hear all the answers she has given straight up on people calling in. i am a disabled veteran, and it has made me realize that i need to put flexibility in my disability to get myself back together. with this program -- but this program, got less you. -- god bless you. guest: thank you so much. you mentioned being a disabled

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and prosecutors say it was all because of this woman, tony sloan, who calls herself queen antoinette, ordered cult members not to feed the child for a week, calling the boy a demon because he refused to say "amen" at mealtime. ria ramkissoon testified in court against antoinette and two co-defendants. her mother says her daughter was brainwashed. >> no child should die like he did for stupidity reasons. that was dumb, it was stupid, it was ignorant. it was the craziest thing i ever heard that you would do to a little child, a little baby. >> reporter: but acting as her own defense attorney, queen antoinette tried to convince jurors, says, yes, i had rules in my house, but i didn't make you do anything. her daughter, another accused cult member said i can't see how people could watch and not counter. and prosecutors argued, yes, that's exactly our argument. why didn't they step forward and do anything about it? >> reporter: the jury deliberating for no more than two hours at this point. and again, we have now learned that they have reached a verdict. although that decision has not been

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. >> reporter: all accounts, the four government watch dog groups we consulted including melanie sloan'sesponsibility for ethics in washington, says william has not broken any laws but say he's a poster for everything wrong with how business gets done in washington. mr. lynn declined an interview with cnn. pentagon official who tried to discourage cnn from reporting this story issued a statement, saying that since returning to the pentagon deputy defense secretary lynn has not participated or sought to participate in any way whatsoever in any budget or contract decisions involving his former employer. the statement goes on to say that lynn has skrups youly adhered to ethics pledge and agreement but stated there is absolutely no evidence of any impropriety or conflict of interest by deputy secretary bill lynn in carrying out duties at the pentagon. but how did this lobbyist get back to the pentagon? in washington, government watch dogs, like steve ellis, say it's all about those revolving doors. >> and certainly the revolving door is still spinning. >> reporter: william lynn's first gover

sloan foundation.upporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: there were signs today that democrats are close to clearing the way for a vote on health care reform. "newshour" congressional correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: indications of agreement came after days of deliberations and a two-hour briefing today for house democrats. speaker nancy pelosi said the president's top health care adviser, nancy ann deparle, explained what's taking shape. >> she walked through the president's proposal. and members had opportunity to ask questions about it, express some of their priorities-- public option, public option, public option, as you can imagine. and, again, another step taking us clo

sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: senate democrats moved today to finish work on a package of changes to the new health care reform law. republicans pressed a long list of amendments. ray suarez begins our coverage. >> reporter: it was clear on the senate floor-- republicans are not giving way on health care reform, yet. senator judd gregg of new hampshire warned against cutting medicare to pay for covering the un-insured. >> the claim is well, "we don't affect senior benefits." well, that's nice but that's like telling somebody you can have a car but no engine in it. i mean, the simple fact is, when you cut the providers of the seniors by as much as this bill cuts them clearly

sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: rescuers discovered signs of life in the wreckage of a 15-story building monday, as the world offered aid to victims of a disaster that has left more than 700 confirmed dead, a toll likely to rise. >> dozens of aftershocks rattled chile for a third day following saturday's massive quake. and the scope of the catastrophe became more clear. two million people homeless or displaced. half a million homes damaged or destroyed. major routes remained impassible, twisted and snapped by the force of the 8.8 magnitude quake. the stricten nation sought international assistance to deal with what chilean president michelle bachelet called an emergency without

sloan, i don't know how many of you know that, but he was marvelous. he was dismayed when he had an important problem in the corporation and brought to get his top executives. and they agreed to readily. he said, gentlemen, i propose that we postponed until we can come back and meet and have been ordered debate on the problem. so he was very, very -- he didn't believe -- he was very skeptical and full of doubt if there was to readily agreement on what the nature of the problem is. with that, that's my formal remarks in what i really like to do and we have plenty of time, be glad to talk about more, many parts of the book. but what questions you have and what your comments are about the topic. rather than by just lecturing or preaching at you. so whatever questions you have, i'd be glad to address them, as best i can. anybody. mark? [inaudible] >> spent i would like to ask you to please come up to ask a question. we're recording this for c-span and possibly broadcast onorato. i would like to remind are losing audience at home that you are listeninwere l

sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: today's monthly look at unemployment was considered good news, as the jobless rate remained unchanged. >> woodruff: the report did show the economy lost more jobs, but not as many as expected. americans waiting to apply for work may not have noticed, but february was the fourth month in a row that the jobless rate either fell slightly or stayed the same. it peaked at 10.1% in october, dropped to 9.7% in january, and held there again last month. the labor department reported employers cut another 36,000 jobs, but there had been predictions the figure would be worse, as many as 100,000. >> i think the numbers show that we are approaching the very

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. >> yes, i am from understanding government and i want to follow-up on melanie sloan's question and the major point that she raised which is that as you institute the training programs and try to move the government towards a more open stat there are always going to be acute questions that come up such as the one she described and i'm wondering with the panel's response would be to this question. what happens when a highly political issue is raised? isn't it possible still to have institutional inertia and internal mechanisms basically political reluctance to open up on things that are of urgent importance? as opposed to more traditional foia requests? thank you. >> who were you asking? >> she said your name. i think he was seen based on -- >> melanie pustay, is that you were asking? the panel in general? >> nobody is exactly jumping up to answer. [laughter] eye or something at the hearing yesterday and i agreed with. i think it was the panelist from judicial watch and this will probably be the only time i deal with anyone from judicial watch, but he did point out that his assessmen

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mit sloan school of management cambridge massachusetts holds the 50 minute event. aflac >> thanks very much. i appreciate the opportunity to come speak about my book, a passion of mine, it's is my baby and i love talking about it and still find it interesting so i hope you do too. i'm going to talk a little bit about the lessons from the research behind my book and i'll also talk a little bit about what's going on now on wall street and some of the daytraders that i cover date today, what they're betting on, what they are betting against. and i will be some time for q&a. i also find in these kind of settings people have an interest in discussing journalism, financial journalism per se. perhaps, wall street journal and what we're focused on, those types of things. so feel free to kind of ask about the book or any of those kinds of questions as well. my book is called "the greatest trade ever." it's about the winners in the whole crisis and just taken a step back him up later little about myself and sort of how i found this project. i'd i've been at "the wall street

steven sloan is joining us on the phone from cq politics.e heard last thursday from senator christopher dodd, and will hear from senator bob corker also. there seems to be some agreement in that changed last week, so what happened? guest: it depends upon who you listen to. senator bob corker says the politics got involved. he says that senator chris dodd was facing pressures to get something out of committee before the senate became consumed with healthcare before the recess coming up. senator chris dodd said we need to move on. that is what we heard from a number of democrats, that we need to simply get something from the committee, saying we have been discussing this for over a year now. host: in terms of moving on, with the paper is reporting is that staff members for the senate banking committee have been working this weekend to craft a bill that will be presented monday. what is in this bill for banks and wall street? guest: still waiting to find out. do we are still waiting. the will be a number of things, an issue many are paying atte

mit's sloan school of management cambridge massachusetts posts this 50 minute event. [applause] >> thanks very much. i appreciate the opportunity to come speak about my book. a passion of mine, it's my baby and i love discussing it and still find it interesting so i hope you guys to two. sangree to talk a little bit about the operations and lessons from the research behind my book and i will also talk about what is going on now on wall street and the big traders that i cover day-to-day, what they are betting on and what they are bidding against and i will leave some time for q&a. i often find in these kind of settings people have an interest in discussing journalism, financial journalism per say, perhaps wall street journal, and what we are focused on and those kind of things, so feel free to call and ask about the book or any of those kind of questions as well. my book is called "the greatest trade ever" and it's about the winners in the whole crisis, and just taking a step back i will tell you a little about myself and sort of how i found this project. i've been at

sloan research fellowship.she was codirector of the program of monetary economics at the national bureau of economic research as well as a member of the business cycle dating committee. she had to resign both of those positions when she took her current position. most of all i will say those of you who were here last year you will recall that she addressed us last march at one of the most turbulent times in u.s. economic history. she was new to the job and dealing with one of the worst crises ever. she provided us insights into the recovery plan and listened very carefully and thoughtfully from the comments from the nabe audience. she's a great spokesperson in our view for the obama administration. in these times someone with this educational background, this experience, this level of academic research in this particular topic and great communication skills, i think there really are very few if any people better suited for this job. please welcome christina romer. [applause] >> well, thank you very much. it is

melanie sloan. you been engaged in looking at the it m'aam, can you tell us about what you see as the positives and negatives of the last year? had been seen improvements in foia practice especially as regards to actually letting loose information? and in litigation outcome or the need to go to litigation. >> we aren't going to pay quite as rosy a picture as everyone else so far today. crew it spins hasn't been that different, i think the president has made great statements and the attorney general's memo is written it but we're not seeing that translate to the agency level not even at the department of justice. crew was engaged in a lawsuit for example against the department of justice for records of former vice president chaney's interview with the fbi and the valor plan wilson case and one said the administration changed the obama administration maintained the same position that the bush administration had which is they didn't want to have to produce it and relied on something that we now call th

sloan research fellowship.of the business cycle dating committee. she had to resign both of those positions when she took her current position. most of all i will say those of you who were here last year you will recall that she addressed us last march at one of the most turbulent times in u.s. economic history. she was new to the job and dealing with one of the worst crises ever. she provided us insights into the recovery plan and listened very carefully and thoughtfully from the comments from the nabe audience. she's a great spokesperson in our view for the obama administration. in these times someone with this educational background, this experience, this level of academic research in this particular topic and great communication skills, i think there really are very few if any people better suited for this job. please welcome christina romer. [applause] >> well, thank you very much. it is lovely to be back with you again this march as we were -- as was just mentioned. i was here last march. yep. we'll give

after that, melanie's loan -- melanie sloan lobbying and earmarkeks. later, mayor it will announce the winner of our in new students cam to enter contests. what "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> wish for president lived past 90 years old? they were john adams, herbert hoover, ronald reagan, and it gerald ford. find these and other presidential fax been c-span's book "who is buried in grant's tomb?" >> it is a travel log. it is also a mini history and biography of each of these presidents. you can tell a lot of those people at the end of their lives. >> a resort guide would resource guide. now available at your favorite book seller. >> not the president and ceo of the center -- federal reserve bank of chicago. this is part of a conference hosted by the national association for business economics. it is about half hour. Ñi>> good morning. by a member of the board of directors. it is my pleasure to introduce today speaker. he is my colleague and my boss. he is a member. dr. charles evans, the president and ceo of the federal reser

guest: our project was actually created because the sloan foundation want us to understand what is happening in the private sector already one of the hallmarks of our approach is absolutely to engage employers and business both small and large to ask what is happening on the ground. what are the most innovative practices and where are they happening? the conversation at the white house today is not to say here is the best government policies, rather it is exactly what you're getting at which is before we jump, let's talk. let's really here where the private sector is that, what is working, and how we can work together, problem -- public and private sector so that works for everyone h. host:"the baltimore sun" says many groups will be participating in this conversation this afternoon. guest: sarah lee is one of the leaders. going back to the previous caller about enough flexibility, when you look at studies, 80% of employees, men and women, young and old want more flexibility. the company like sara lee, that is fantastic and we can learn from how they have done it. it is good for their bottom

after that, melanie sloan on lobbying and earmarks. also, john della volpe on the 2010 midterm election. later, meredith will announce the winner of their annual student cam documentary contest. what should "washington journal each morning." -- "washington journal" each morning. >> ron kirk outlined efforts to open up foreign markets to u.s. exports. the administration has set a goal of doubling of exports in the next five years. this one hour and then is that the national press club in washington. >> thank you so much for the kind introduction. i think you prove you can do this speech in a minute and a half and said the 15 minutes. i would make one correction. if i'm still talking at 1:30 p.m., please, let your cellphone ring or do something. we will find a way to bring it to a close. it is an honor for me to be at the press club. especially to be to a buy to a bar deputies -- to be joined by two of our deputies. areer serving in various capacities in trade in the clinton administration and running her own various successful internati