. >> up next william least heat-moon look at small-town america. and his first road trip book since "blue highways" even as it sounds and missouri, kentucky, wyoming, o klahoma but mexico florida and other states. it is 70 minutes. >> it is a lot of people's favorite city in the country at i assume it is yours. the last time i was here on a book be 11 i was here for prairie earth i was on a 40 citi book to -- tour by the time i was a princess close fading than i had the flu by the time i got here i thought i was near death then it came time to go to the bookstore downtown and give a talk and i said i will not make it. i cannot do this but i did not have enough nerve to face the new yorkers they can be abusive. i went into the bookstore and i got in there it was a crowd of about the size i don't know if it is still the same set up and i saw all of the energy in your faces. was anybody there at that time? so i saw of this energy in your face is and suddenly i felt better and with and about five minutes i was cured and that truly lasted for about 10 h

but i can tell you in small towns and in cities all across america, this is a big deal. we have up to three million people that in some way work with our automobile industry. we have small businesses all across this country that are looking at this vote. we have had colleagues come to the floor. we have had hearings held, letters and press releases about helping dealers at this time. this is the moment. this is the moment and the vote

it was compounded by candidate obama singing people were bitter in small towns in america and this was two months of the worst coverage of any candidate in any election. so i guess if you set that aside and say well, that never happened, then you could make the case. but then you also have to set aside the absolute fascination for sarah palin because for the initial week or two of her rollout, she was a superstar and in candidates obama made jokes about fact she was getting more magazine coverage than he was. there were, let me scale this back a little bit and say when you are winning things generally the coverage gets a lot better. you know, it's true in sports and politics. obama won more than he lost but when he was losing that coverage was bad and painful and negative and the negative period lasted a very, very long time. >> host: the speech in philadelphia on march 18th as a result of the reverend jeremiah wright, what led durham giving that address? >> guest: he always wanted a grace speech, this is something he thought about a lot and he knew what he wanted to say. his campaign

in small towns and cities across america, this is a big deal. we have up to 3 million people that in some way work with our automobile industry. we have small businesses all across the country that are looking at this vote. we have had colleagues come to the floor. we have had hearings held, letters and press releases about helping dealers at this time. this is the moment. this is the moment and the vote as to whether or not we will do that. i am very grateful for the chairman of the committee and his graciousness in working with us on this, and to our leadership. we know that while this has not come to the regular process, it went through the committee. it is passed on the house floor. republicans and democrats, over 2/3 voted for this. the reason it has been -- is because it is an emergency. wheat here -- we are seeing dealers all across america are seeing sales go down. how long they going to be able to hold on? the average dealer hires 53 people. these are small businesses. my grandfather had a car dealership. i know what this is about for a

in terms of the overall scope of what's before us, it's small but i can tell you in small towns and cities across america this is a big deal. we have up to 3 million people that in some way work with or automobile industry. we have small businesses all across the country looking at this. we have had colleagues come to the floor. we have had hearings held, letters and press releases about helping dealers have this time. this is the moment, this is the moment and go as to whether or not we will do that. i am very grateful for the chairman of the kennedy and his graciousness working with us on this and to edward leadership. now, we know that while this the regular process and the senate has in the house went through the committee, reported the committee passed on the house floor with 298 votes, republicans and democrats, over two-thirds voted for this. and the reason it's been moved into this emergency supplemental is because it is an emergency. because we are seeing dealers that have been told they are going to have to phase out who have inventory to sell. we are seeing dealers all across america who are s

america. you shut down some of the small dealerships and small towns that gm is making money off of, it will have an incredible impact on the economy. that's all, and i know you aren't making the decisions, but if you can pass that along to the powers that be, i would appreciate it. >> message heard and received. >> thank you. >> chairman bernanke talked about restoring fiscal balance. could you just comment on that and where you see us going over the next few years assuming the economy gets turned around. >> it is critically important for this country. it's central to the prospects for recovery that we put in place a framework that gives confidence to americans and investors around the world and that we'll have the ability and the will and ability to bring our fiscal deficits down over the medium term. that's yet president in his initial budget laid a path for dramatic reductions in the deficit that would bring them down over a fife-year period to a level at which the overall debt burden is no longer growing and will start to come down. >> just heard the debt would triple over ten years not more

washington when i was six years old it was a small town less than 300,000 announced a greater maryland washington area is 4 million and the two wealthiest suburbs and america our of washington d.c.. there is not in history they do not make anything. the only people supporting themselves are lobbyist and it has become a very, very big business. like also write a book about the pharmaceutical, health-care industry, the hospital industry the same final chapter is all about lobbyist and am getting control. >> well, mr. talbott due you feel obama will have success against the three headed monster of corporations, a health-care and lobbyists? do feel the front-end administration went up against the metal and part of the scandal involved was an effort using the military industrial complex to squash that type of activity? >> you will not hear this very often because most people aren't democratic or republican am people on the liberal side are slow to say anything negative about the democrats but one democrat i have to mention is bill clinton who was very capable and smart and tried to accomplish good, but what he was most interested in was raising money for campai

america or the iranians that are the most passionate about, quote, family values. they are frightened, less educated, conservative, often fundamentalists, often small town people that have never been over there or are over there. you see but i mean? and it is a very interesting and complex in challenge. and was very clear to me they were motivated by the same things the good people here that care about family values are motivated by fear and love and my experience the flip side of fear is understanding and the more you travel the more you understand and the less you are afraid and lately there is a lot of fear in society and i think it's being used and devious ways against us and i am offended by that fear. [applause] want to stress it is a theocracy, it's not free. nobody apologized for that. we are not free, we are not a democracy. we've got a theocracy. we have prayer in school, you know, girls have to look like little nuns. we are a free society and unless the security is threatened and we will treat we civil liberties in a hurry i think because something tromps our passion for civil rights and that's our own security, right? something thomas their passion for

small rural town of approximately 3,800 people about an hour out of charleston, west virginia. i'm the owner of spencer auto gl group, which is made up of two dealerships on main street america. chrysler, jeep, dodge, plus chevrolet and buick dealerships. we stfs six county areas in west virginia, and i am the face of chrysler and general motors to my community and my customers. mr. chairman, within the past three weeks, i have been informed that both of my dealerships will be closed. my chrysler deepership will be closed within six days now, while chevrolet dealers franchise agreement will be terminated by the 12th if i don't sign the new contract, which i haven't been there to see. i have learned about my chrysler dealership closer by a friend of mine who called me at 9:00 one morning while he had the new york times on his computer and that's how i found out that we were losing our chrysler dealership. i did not receive a call from chrysler. i called our representative three or four times. finally at five till 6:00 that evening, i got a call from one of our chrysler people and they told me i knew more than they did. that we were being closed and they were not to comment on

small town in rural alabama to proceed with this rehabilitation project of an important landmark, the fort payne coal and iron building. it should be noted, madam speaker that's correct this is included in the save america's treasures program. frt payne was incorporated in 1889 as investors from new england saw coal as an opportunity. during that time period, this particular building, the fort payne coal and iron building was the first building that was constructed. it served as the administrative building and headquarters for the fort payne coal and iron company and it was from this building that the city itself was planned. this year marks the 120th anniversary of the building as well as the town of fort payne. and this has been a project that has not been dependent on federal funds alone. and that's as mr. campbell pointed out. the city of fort payne has spent $150,000 of its own money working on this project. the state of alabama has committed another $135,000 for this project. the coal and iron building will house a cultural center. the building is on the national register and it will be a valuable asset to encourage tourism and heighten awareness of the cultural heritage of northern alabama and sout