no amount of sorries, and no amount of apologies can give you back your years. i'm sorry. and this beautiful man stood up, and he looked at me and he said, ms. thompson, i want you to know you're the first person whosever said you're sorry to me. i think i can start healing now. what they did for me that day was give me a voice. they blessed me with a voice, a place to stand, a place to make sense of what happened to ronald and myself. i'm so honored to be here. i just cannot tell you how honored i am to be amongst all of you, to be amongst the exxonees,

i am sorry. i am sorry i lost control. i am sorry, mr. president. it is my fault. you are clearly not the person we thought it would be. perhaps, it was wrong and impractical and unrealistic for us to lay such hopes up on new. the reality is, we are geeks. we are defined by our passions and by our open mindedness. i am nervous. i am nervous because this is a beginning. a beginning is a delicate time, and it is unsettling to realize that at the time that we are in is not a triumph. this is not the end of something happening. this is the beginning of a long journey. many of the categories we have used to define ourselves are evaporation. while that is exciting, it is also unsettling and scary. in many ways, talk-show radio hosts are correct. the president is a complete mystery to me, but no more so than the future itself. i am obliged to embrace the future. i am happy to turn to the president and extent what i consider to be the most american of greetings. although we might not always agree, i will always be your friend. live long and prosper. thank you very much. [a

for that, i am truly sorry. i am committed to my service in the united states said and my work on behalf of the people of nevada. host: and "the post" writes that the news was the latest setback for a party that suffered losses of at least 13 senate seats in the past two elections. he could deliver the conservative message on political talk shows. he did not directly comment on his political future. he said he was committed to a service in the united states senate. he made a trip three weeks ago to iowa. charleston, south carolina. an open phones. you can talk about any topic you like. caller: call calthink you for ty call. i want to talk about nuclear power. i think it is the iaea. right. i was listening to him. i was wondering what the response to him was. will iran but others come in and experts or whenever? the other question that i wanted to ask. i couldn't get my:. host: thank you for bringing that up. san diego is next. caller: good morning. c-span. not to change the topic or anything. we have a horrible

we don't manage them but -- >> i'm sorry? >> we don't manage the company, but i have heard they do have contracts, yes. >> you may not know then, were any of these contracts given to black rock in furtherance of financial support to bank of america from the government? >> no. there's a big distinction in the management of two companies and we in fact make it a point not to be part of the management team. >> but you could see the potential for a conflict of interest in -- you have to have some control over them? >> we actually don't. but i do see the cosmetics of the potential conflicts. >> and cosmetics are becoming important? >> yes, they certainly are. >> how about the appearance of conflicts or i am propriety in that vein? >> you make it very clear in terms of how the company is managed that you have nothing to do with the management and it is pretty clear in the biby laws that we do not manage the company. >> very good. thank you. >> we know go to one of our senior members in congress in terms of service, not age. >> than

so you are doing bigger dealerships that -- sorry. you are doing bigger dealerships more volume and yet in the contract that is being put forward by gm, you are -- if they sign it, they take away their right to protest. now any dealer that would come in within four to six miles. there's so much disconnection which is why i think

i am very sorry. i think the taxpayer is caring and of the burden already come and i am very sorry about having to cut. we are trying to cut everywhere i can. i have cut down on official vehicles. i canceled all credit cards, including the governor's credit card. i'm doing what we need to do to actually make sure that the taxpayers' money needs to get -- that's where it needs to come of those in need services. i want the state government to get out of the ways of the rest of our citizens can actually improve their quality of life and get ahead and achieve the american dream. that is our message and that is what governors across the country are trying to do. host: democratic line, how, south dakota. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am directly against this health care proposal -- direly against this proposal. congress is not listening to the american people. they are not listening to us on health care, they are not listening to us on the war. talking about a do nothing congress that bush had, an

it is that correct. >> i didn't quite hear you, i'm sorry. >> sorry. some reports say u.s. air force already estimates each export version, $250 million. >> that cost 250 million to buy in f-22? >> no, no, no. >> that there was an export version of the f-22-- >> that it would cost 250 million? it would not chris but-- surprised me. it's a very expensive aircraft. i don't know precisely what the cost would be. sorry about that. >> you have any update, regarding the process to shut down the tensions? how far are we from closing the facilities there and another thing, any plan to transfer the detainee's to some european countries? >> okay, any update? as far as i know, and we were on the road for a while. i checked when we got back and i don't think there were any significant update's in the time that i then away. i think the changes that were made to the military commissions act were made prior to our departure. with regards to how much longer, the president's executive order states we have a year, so we have got about six more months in which to figure out a solution to this

for that i am very sorry. i am committed to my service in the united states senate and my work on behalf of the people of nevada. i will not be taking any questions, thank you. >> coming up, patrick leahy discusses the supreme court nomination of sotomayor, then debates on war spending followed by "washington journal." topics include health care and iran. >> later thsi morning, jon hilsenrath on financial market regulations, dave camp and brad sherman, and flynt leverett talks about if i ahmadinejad -- ahmadinejad really won the election. that is on "washington journal." later, rahm emanuel talks about the agenda of the obama administration. we will hace coverage -- have coverage on c-span 2. yesterday the state department said that the economic downturn has increased human trafficking. it was listing 17 countries that have failed to make progress in preventing human trafficking. hillary clinton now talks about the report. we are delighted to have with us members of congress who have been working with us on th

i am sorry. so that is mr. henderson. >> it is not a dealer at all. select just tell me the telephone number that i call. that is what i am after. >> we have to look at the sales warehouses big long two general motors and is part of the restructuring plan for facilities to be close. >> will interrupt you but the fact is a member of congress made a call and it was not closed that was slated foreclosure. it is fundamentally unfair producing the people at this table they represent family is in everyone's the district. this process has to be open and transparent and fair we have a president elected on the promise of transparency and fairness and that is not being delivered. who wrote the language of the wind down agreement? >> in our case general motors staff sales organization as well as counsel. >> and for chrysler? >> there is no similar agreement we have no wind down agreement it is a different situation. >> what have you communicated to the white house regarding the restructuring of both organizations? >> a restructuring plan has been part of our ban

sorry, can't do it anymore, not going to provide any health care coverage to the workers. so what we are looking at is a situation which is disastrous for millions of workers on the personal level, disastrous for our economy, making up uncompetitive with countries all over the world that have a national health care program. and there's one other point we should be noted and we don't talk about that often: nobody really knows what the exact figure is but there are some estimates that as many as 25% of american workers are staying at their jobs today. you know why they're staying at the job they're in today? it is not because they wnts to stay at that job -- they want to stay at that job. they are staying because they have a good health insurance policy which covers themselves and their families. stop and think. from an economic point of view, from a personal point of view, does it make sense that millions of people are tied to their jobs simply because they have decent health insurance policies? what sense is that? now, it is important -- and i'm sorry to say that we don't

i am sorry. do have specific results of what has happened? and do have the numbers?>> i do not have numbers. >> could you provide them? specifically what your state dot and to they have reached out to, what happen the results, are more new people working? and the questions i have already asked for go further building upon the economically distressed areas on page five you say you have the tool to utilize the geographic intimation system mapping technology to identify on a per capita income and unemployment rate at the county level they do supply that information to this committee? and that would include the percentages of all of the areas and how that mapping is done? >> yes. >> when you have that report i ask from a tracking perspective if you could provide the actual results would be important as well. that is it. i yield back the balance of my time. thank you, mr. chairman. >> . >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to follow-up on the question because it has been a huge concern in my state of merrill lynch we have managed to get out a lot of contracts we have a lot

for that i am truly sorry. i am committed to my service in the united states senate and my work on behalf of the people of nevada. host: the comments earlier this month from senator john ensign. this is based on a new mason- dixon polling for the las vegas review, finding that 39% of voters had a favorable view of mr. anson, that is down from 53% -- mr. ensign, down 53% from last month. he has a 34% favorable rating from the same poll. the comments from our twittered site, "private lives should be private, but hypocritical gop ranos have been doing this since the 1980's. our next call. caller: good morning. i think you have got to have a moral standard, and i do not think the democrats have got that because of the abortion, the premeditated murder of babies. i just do not think they have got that -- you have to have something immoral to fall from. god forgives people for that, but it is hard to get forgiveness for premeditated murder. host: from "the new york times," mark sanford was sworn in as south carolina'

i am sorry. so that is mr. henderson. >> it is not a dealer at all. select just tell me the telephone number that i call. that is what i am after. >> we have to look at the sales warehouses big long two general motk@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n organizations? >> a restructuring plan has been part of our bankruptcy and part of our application for funds and qatar plans were available through u.s. treasury. they have been made aware of the process and discussion but we have not had any employed or direction of what we're doing. >> with this committee be able to have access to the e-mails between your company and the white house regarding the restructuring in the case of general motors? >> absolutely. >> could i convince the chairman to do so it would be easier if that could be made available to us. >> in our case, i have no weight tm how many that is but we have been keeping some of them a better subject to litigation but i will come back to you. >> have either s of the spoken to brian? >> i have. >> have you exchanged e-mails with this individual? >> i think so, y

sorry. go ahead. >> yesterday, former secretary robert rush said he was worried the obama white house had overlearned the lessons of the clinton years. deferring too much to congress when it came to crafting legislation. what are your responses to that critique which i should add george stephanopoulos seemed to agree with? >> well, i don't want to weigh into network politics on this, i quite honestly don't want to -- don't think there's a whole lot of utility in me getting involved in a debate about tactically whether the pursuit of what we are doing versus how or when it was pursued 16 years ago is appropriate except to say, as i said earlier, the president envisioned as he said throughout the campaign a big table of negotiations in order to get long-term comprehensive healthcare reform that cuts cost. i don't see based on the notion that the pharmaceutical industry who, again, was on the other side of the political debate, not even at the table 16 years ago, i think where aarp was 16 years

laughter] this is a very serious topic, just want to note that was your question, so go ahead, i'm sorry. [laughter] it does drive me crazy when one doesn't get a chance to finish their entire statement before somebody else -- i'm sorry, i'm off track. [laughter] it is friday, i'm just trying to have a little fun. >> dealing with this issue of slavery since he invoked the issue over a year ago in the philadelphia speech is it something this white house could tackle? bill clinton tackled it and table it in the second term when he dealt with the race initiative. >> i'm sorry? >> the possibility of an apology for slavery. >> i don't know if this is even something that the or legislatively i don't know if the legislation ultimately comes here one not for signature. i don't know the answer to that. look, i think the president has spoken on any number of occasions about the stain that slavery left on this country. throughout our history we have sought to better protect our union and have had many bumps along the way and one of the most significant of those is that of slavery and that it is cle

>> i am sorry sir. >> this is last year's application for goode did you change it in the last year? >> i am not aware if we have chains that the application. >> so as far as you know that is your current application. >> i believe our current application asks questions back to five years of the ten year might be different in mogadishu today. >> it is the same question, dia do you don't know what it is. >> i do not know what that is. >> mr. deal. >> mr. barton i took your time. >> if this is the hypothetical but i just want to figure out what the answer is. i had a mild heart attack three years ago so i now take six different medications every day and i'm going to probably have to take those medications for the rest of my life. i am covered under a group plan, blue cross/blue shield of texas and it is available to every federal employee who lives in texas and mike coverage has been good. i have never had a problem. but let's say i quit the congress, and i going to business for myself and i try to get a private health plan like ms. beaton got when she switched jobs from being a nurse a

i'm very sorry, i think the taxpayer is carrying an of of a burden already and i am very sorry about having to cut. we are trying to cut everywhere we can. i traveled without state police. and i have to cut down on official vehicles. i canceled all credit cards including the governor's credit card. and doing what we need to do two actually make sure that taxpayers' money gets were in the is to get to to those that really need certain services and i want the state government to get out of the way so that the rest of our citizens can actually improve the quality of life and get ahead and live and achieve the american dream. that is i think is our message and actually what governors across the country are trying to do. >> host: democrats line from rapid city south dakota. >> caller: hi, thanks for taking my call. i want to say that i entirely against this health-care proposal if you will. my gosh, congress is not listening to the american people. there are not listening to us on health care, they are not listening to us on the war, we are talking about a do nothing congress that bush ha

[laughter] i'm sorry? to the microphone.appreciate you, you were great last time that you can't monopolize the microphone. >> i was hoping one or all of you would comment on the difference between the way that the book like this book portrays nonfiction verses the way that perhaps the culture is becoming abscessed with reality through reality television. >> that is a wonderful question. >> this is a more honorable and respectable way -- >> it's not reality and the cold reality television -- when these people go on these ridiculous races around the world, what does that have to do with reality? [laughter] you know, i don't know where they get that from. they show people getting mad at each other and yelling at each other all the time and, you know, it's like conflict all the time. you know, i mean, reality is, you know, just, you know, going home and eating supper or something like that. [laughter] >> american splendor complaining about the cleveland indians. >> you had made a quote he said there's no such thing as an ordinar

>> i'm sorry, i couldn't hear. >> there was a report that you did it not want to accept t.a.r.p. funding. is that correct? >> it is true that we did not think we needed the t.a.r.p. funds at the time we were asked to take them. >> was there any connection between your reluctance in accepting them and the

and to all of them, especially my wife, i am truly sorry. i am truly blessed to have a wifelike darlene, who has founded in her heart to forgive me. last year we sought counseling, and through the strength of family and friends, we have rebuilt their marriage to where now it is even stronger than ever. i will not mention any names, but the woman who i was involved with and her husband were both close friends, and they both worked for me. our families were very close. that closeness put me in to situations during a very difficult time in my marriage, which led to my inappropriate behavior. we caused deep pain to both families and for that i am truly sorry. i am committed to my server is in the united states senate, and my work on behalf of the people of nevada. and i will not be taking any questions. thank you. >> now the confirmation hearing for the administrations nominee to head the consumer product safety commission. inez tenenbaum it is the east's former superintendent of schools in south carolina. this is still less than an hour and a h

>> there was not an agreement in december. >> i'm sorry? >> there was not an agreement in december. >> there was not an agreement among whom? >> among us. us being the federal reserve and the treasury. >> so there were discussions but not an agreement in december. >> there were discussions but not an agreement, yes. >> did those discussions involve the secretary of treasury himself and a the chairman of the federal reserve himself? >> yes, they did. >> and yourself? >> yes, they did. >> and the agreement was let's hold off until january because we're not in agreement about when what to disclose and when to disclose it? >> we did not have an agreement on the details or the amounts. >> were the reports that you were reluctant to accept t.a.r.p. funds true? >> i'm sorry, i couldn't hear. >> there was a report that you did it not want to accept t.a.r.p. funding. is that correct? >> it is true that we did not think we needed the t.a.r.p. funds at the time we were asked to take them. >> was there any connection between your reluctance in acceptin

[laughter] i am sorry but mr. mica has a visiting student group of social studies class that he would like to introduce. they thought this was set. they thought this was recess, and so, so when someone starts talking it is time to leave, but i wanted to introduce the class. >> sorry mr. babbitt. i want these new and important transportation officials to know that you are being closely observed today, and there are some high paid lobbyist out in the audience mr. chairman and all of these members. we did have tentatively listening to a freeze the beginning of their opening statements, the st. james catholic elementary school students from falls church virginia, and their social studies teacher, kelly crayton, used to work on the hill. there she is back there, but we thank you for bringing these young people and we hope you enjoyed a few minutes of this important testimony. andy get the opportunity to see how we congressional hearing is chaired by mr. oberstar and participation by other members of the committee. than

graham, i can listen to you all day. >> i'm sorry. [laughter] >> so, if you don't mind, we can follow up in the q&a. >> i'm sorry. >> thank you. dr. pamies. >> thank you. first i want to thank you for holding this very important event as we can see, you've shone a very bright light on this topic of health disparities. i think it's appropriate to quote martin luther king when he said of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking. my name is rubens paismies, i'm a physician and researcher who has tried to understand and find a solution to health disparities. i think i need to discuss very briefly nine different areas that i think contributes to or explained the dilemma we now face. first, understanding the diversity. it's important to look at diversity in america. over the past 20 years the proportion of white americans has dpe creased from 83 percent in 1970 to 69 percent now in 2000. during that same period, african-americans have increased slightly from 11 to 12 percent, however, the proportion of hisp

>> i'm sorry? >> mr. mceleney state as follows, none of chryslers submissions to the government prior to may 14 announcement could have been interpreted to put chrysler dealers on notice of the scope of the terminations that followed. guesser no, is that true? >> we have had a genesys program, dealer consolidation program in place for more than 10 years, and i think the majority of those dealers had good, long time to prepare for that. >> would you submit for the record your comments that proves that this is not the case. now, mr. mceleney, did general motors give adequate warning prior to its may 15 announcement that it would be winding down approximately 1200 dealers, yes or no? >> yes. >> interpress, please describe briefly what chrysler is doing to reclaim and redistribute the inventory of the 789 dealerships it announced would be closed. >> mr. deal, just one second that i now think i understand your question about notification to the dealers versus no in that there was a reason they may not -- the n

>> i'm sorry? >> is it safe to say you've done more deal that's include mac clauses than the bure krats that are second guessing your decision? >> i don't know their backgrounds. >> okay. i understand you're still regulated institution, no need to hit on the federal reserve and their staff there. but there have been reports to go to another subject matter, there have been reports about efforts of various banks to raise capital in the wake of stress test results. what's the status of your capital raising efforts? >> we were asked -- we were required to raise $33.9 billion and i'm pleased to say that we have raised that amount and we will raise more than that. that should be completed sometime toward the end of this month. >> okay. my constituents are concerned about access to credit. we have a mortgage foreclosure issue that's widespread across this country. can you tell me about -- bank of america's actions as it relates to foreclosure mitigation and helping those folks that are facing the loss of

[laughter] >> they, however, will be very sorry. now, i do need to step aside here.ow much would -- so the choice americans face in healthcare now is twofold. either we need to raise taxes to be our brothers and sisters' keepers those in the middle and the lower middle class in the coming years ahead and here i would remind you of -- if you google oecd, tax revenue, different countries you will discover we are the least taxed nation in the industrialized world. japan is with us there. but everyone else pays a lot more. so this bellyaching that we are overtaxed may convince you knot god. we are the least taxed in that regard. [laughter] >> or the alternative is, which i believe we might very well do is ration healthcare by income class. and that can be done quite elegantly. it's not you don't get any care and you get care. this will be crude. we wouldn't do that but what we would do is reference pricing for everything. we have that already in drugs, say, you get a generic but if you want a brand name drug, pay the difference out-of-pocket. that's referenced pricing. w

i am sorry. i just got the order wrong. on my immediate right is evgeny velikhov from the russian federation comment and from india, ambassador khan from pakistan, ambassadorsachan from japan, and tony lake from the united states. malcolm rifkind from the united kingdom, major-general tong from the people's republic of china, we also have on the phone with us igor yurgens from moscow. igor yurgens is the chairman of the management board of the institute of contemporary development and enjoys close ties with the presidential administration in russia. i am very briefly going to give you the main results of our deliberations to date. i will make one introductory point, there is a general consensus among the commission that whatever impact, positive impact nuclear-weapons may have had in terms of enforcing deterrence and stability during the cold war, any residual benefits of these weapons have been more than overshadowed in recent years by the growing risks of nuclear proliferation and the related risk of nuclear terrorism. th

i'm sorry that door has been closed to us. i'm sorry we've lot that opportunity. it's a shame. but we need to move on that issue just as we need to move on reimportation now in the next few months, this year, in this body, and in the u.s. house. we desperately need important health care reform. we need savings in the system to make costs of the overall health care system more reasonable without sacrificing patient care; without telling seniors they can't get this treatment; they can't get that operation. these are commonsense achievable ways to do that by stabilizing the cost of prescription drugs. that's one of the most significant costs in our health care system with one of the most significant growth patterns. so let's act. let's act on reimportation, let's act on generic reform in a bipartisan way, acting for the best interests of the american seniors and the american people. with that, madam president, i yield back the door. mr. sanders: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. sanders: madam president, i rise today to introduce the energy mark

i'm sorry. the draft came out on friday and i have -- i didn't write the draft and i'm not intimately familiar, but i'd be happy to answer questions if you have them for me. >> i don't want to stop you -- >> i'm reclaiming my time if i could. so you haven't read this draft either, then? >> i have read it. i don't have it memorized. i appreciate that. >> you're ahead of me. i haven't read it fully. but i also know the way this committee has been operating of late it moves rather rapidly so i doubt we'll have the chance to ask you these questions before we have to vote on this. so that's why i'm -- i don't mean to be disrespectful. i know others on the committee have asked you a pretty specific set of yes and no questions. >> i'm just trying to be honest with you. if i don't know the answer i'm happy to get it for you i just -- >> let me go to another point. that was a comment you made about medicare and part d. in this, i don't think, is necessarily in the draft. do you know what the medicare par

. >> i'm sorry. i didn't hear that last part. >> would you like me to read the whole thing over again? i'd be happy to. >> richard, i -- on page -- on page 369, we require them to comply with all local and state law regulations. >> section "d." this could be an add-on. >> so why is this different than what we already have. >> my understanding is that the requirement is from a clinical perspective. >> this provides comprehensive primary health services by health professionals in accordance with the community practice reporting laws and other state laws, including parental consent and notification laws that are not inconsistent with federal law. what are we missing? >> my understanding is those are not child abuse reporting standards. requirements. >> if a state had a child abuse reporting standard, couldn't that be included? >> no. >> is it included or not included? i don't know the answer to that. seems to me it would be. so this is the modification? is that the one you just gave me here? same thing?

[laughter] [applause] >> i'm sorry, senator. i'm sorry. >> but i will try to go on. [laughter] >> he is a very likable. i agree with that. i don't think i'm that bad. >> you're likable enough, hilary. >> thank you. >> host: richard wolffe. >> guest: look, he wasn't very likable himself and i think there was a backlash against that kind of arrogance, against the kind of approach that he had that he will send connecting with people. a number of independent voters in debt in new hampshire switching to the republican primary because i think a lot of them thought he was a done deal. there was another piece though obviously this was a volatile period. the obama campaign stopped pulling 24 hours before the voting began in new hampshire and this was a huge mistake the didn't repeat. but as i explained a lost track because it was over they were going to sail through. >> host: monday at the cafe espresso in portsmouth and hampshire, were you there? >> guest: i wasn't there. i was with obama the whole time. this is somewhere else. >> host: this is just 24 hours before the polls

sorry. did not start it? zero is the only sustainable answer. it is also -- there are also a growing number of citizens that are feeling compelled to act on this issue, especially the younger generation. this generation feels empowered by the internet and the possibilities to communicate with each other. the more people learned about this issue, the more passionate they become about the. one of the first things we have done is develop an interactive map learning tool that allows people to tell their friends and family about the issue and teach them about it. i wish i had more time. why don't we watch the maps? i encourage you to go to our web site to seek other ways for people to get involved. if you can play that, it will be great. >> all right. that is too underscore we're not just focused on high policy, if you will. we're also in gauge been out reach not only here in the united states but worldwide. i will open the floor for questions. i will try to beat a traffic cop. i will try to steer the questions to the appropriate person on our commis

yes, i said i know what i'm sorry, i can't. this is a problem with these -- allowed to write that there are so many little and short pieces and i am in love with each one of them, but they must appreciate a whole world and some of little pieces i'm sorry but -- >> host: the new wrote another book called the memory of fire. >> guest: three books. >> host: i read that in the 1980's and you do similar things. it's more overtly historical. but the narrative structure is similar. you start out with a kind of genesis. it is all about latin america. >> guest: about america including north america. the americas, because we are americans in the south. >> host: absolutely. >> guest: we are american also and yes, i was trying in to rescue the collective memory of the americas in three volumes. this was something like 1,000 short stories and this is a mad project because it is the entire world. >> host: the entire world and the entire history. i thought of kafka as i was reading this because i have been a fan but i think people associate y

yes of course, i know that but i am sorry. i cannot be there. this is a problem with the motorcycles which i love to ride. so many little and short pieces but i am in love with each one of them. but he creates a whole world or some business i am sorry. >> host: you wrote another book called memory of fire. >> guest: of three books. >> host: it is a trilogy. i read that in the '80s and you do similar things it is more historical epic but the narrative structure is similar, you start off with the genesis is it is all about latin america at the wind quote it is about america including north america, it is the america is because we are americans in the south. >> host: of some of the. >> guest: the languages suppress but we are american and also. i am using the collective memory of the americas in the three volumes. this is much more ambitious. because it is the entire world 87 the entire world and the entire history. i have been a fan but i think people associate you with the great latin american writers and i know that to be in the same sentence as

[laughter] i am sorry. mr. mica has an existing social studies class said he would like to introduce them. they thought this was it. they thought this was recess. when someone starts talking, it is time to leave. >> sorry, mr. babbitt. i want the important transportation officials to know that you are being closely observed today. there are some high-paid lobbyists out there. we did attentively listened to the opening of your statement. the st. james middle school students are here from virginia. we thank you for bringing these young people. we hope you enjoyed a few minutes of this important testimony. i hope you will get the opportunity to see how a congressional hearing is chaired by mr. oberstar and participation by other members of the committee. thank you for being with us. >> i want to go back to let you know that your congressman is the senior chair of the committee. the epistle of james is the epistle of works. [laughter] by your works, ye shall be saved. you're here. go back and read the epistle of st

i am sorry. that is correct. we have representatives from seven nuclear weapons states, and we have also representatives from two countries that are non nuclear but have a great deal of interest in this issue, japan and germany, the republic of germany. again, this handout you have is really a summary of the link to your document which is still under preparation. as i said before, it is a work in progress, an interim report, an interim document. we have several issues we have to continue to work on and we will do that between now and the next commission meeting and at the next commission meeting, most likely in october, between that meeting and the end of the year, we need to complete that work so that we will have a finalized plan, action plan, not simply a power point, but a real document that we will not only present to the public but present to governments to give them and detailed roadmap for how to get to zero and we intend to present that at what we call our global zero summit at the end of january in pari

[laughter] caller: i am sorry. i have been living in this country for many years.as a hillary clinton supporter. we have a family that debates hotly in politics. by switched over to obama, persuaded by my daughters. guest: a common story, by the way. children convincing their parents did. caller: it did not take that much convincing. following hillary clinton's statements, moving over to obama, it brought back memories of how very much i was going for mrs. clinton. then obama came up. i had not heard of him that much. i had to catch up on a lot of reading. i am looking forward to reading your book, sir. host: why secretary of state and not vice president? guest: he said very early on that he had picture for that job before the primaries were over -- picked her for that job before the primaries were over. she was never seriously considered for vice president. the conversation boiled down to senator clinton saying that i do not want to go through vetting unless you are serious about meeting the job. there was plenty that they thought was not known, especially about h

>> i'm sorry? >> the present is still willing to talk to ahmadinejad about the various u.s. issues and that has not been changed at all? >> the president is committed to direct engagement with the iranian government on issues of our national interests, including their pursuit of nuclear weapons and/or sponsorship or tear. >> this disputed election does not in any way change that. >> the disputed election is something for iranians. [inaudible] >> obviously the president spoke both yesterday and today about what he thinks of his universal values. and obviously -- >> i'm sorry to. >> i think having a robust free press that covers an important source in the world, something that the president believes strongly in. >> does the administration believe internet and texting access should be restored? >> absolutely. >> they designate a spot on their website that other organizations, in light of the fact that we don't have a diplomatic relationship is the white house monitoring to the effect of that information? >> i don't have anything specific. >> the president said in cairo that cou

i'm sorry, what was the question? >> doesn't he say now that's fiction what he wrote? >> well, he says it was in the list and what does he say, creative memoir as if you go to barnes and noble and there's the creative memoir section. >> no, now that he is coming out with the paper back of the book. >> on that, yes that come on, he is a lawyer. when he says it's fiction you interpret as nonfiction? >> correct. i think he has dirt on her and forced her hand. i think that is what he did. because -- >> when i write my book on oprah i will tell you whether you are right or wrong. >> when will that be? [laughter] >> i hope it will be soon. >> who among those have you written about, where was there a the most blue back? >> i will tell you you would think the most would be frank sinatra because he was mobbed, no. the pullback, they're real blow back as far as death threats came from the nancy reagan book. >> really? >> yes and the mainstream media got so crazed because i had written a book about, that was the last book and i wrote about the rise and demise of a political dynas

guest: i am sorry you had that experience. everycheck point does have a private screening area, so if that happens again you can ask to be screened privately. they have places out of sight of public view. the dignity of the passenger is important. i think that tsa is making a bigger effort to get passengers back on it said. they know the most tree passengers with dignity and get them through quickly. -- back on its side. host: back to the secure flight program, in the paper, a spokesman for southwest said that it aims will be a bigger issue. there will collect data starting in october. tell us again how the airlines will do with the nickname issue? guest: it will not be a problem if they asked her first name and you put your real first name. then you can be nicknamed reena when you are putting your date of birth engineer, just enter your real name on your identification. it should not change frequent- flier information, airport check-ins, anything like that. it just allows them to make the data match. it is to compare with the

it is not a squishy i feel sorry for this person. it is about a real world understanding about how is this decision going to play out? what does it mean in the workplace? is it realistic to say that someone should be able to complain about discrimination when she has not seen enough in a paycheck to recognize it is there? it is a practical understanding of how these cases come up and what it means and how something will play out. >> you have selected a batch of judges during the beginning of the clinton presidency. >> some of whom are here tonight. >> do you see any difference? what do you think president obama is looking for? >> there is some similarities and differences. with president obama, you start off with someone who is a brilliant lawyer himself, who was a litigator himself, himsand taught law and brings intellectual firepower and legal perspective to this decision. this was the choice that he spent time on. he reread a tremendous amount of material on her. in the end he came away with the person he thought combined great le

sorry, wrong button. caller: yes, hello. i just want to say this -- the whole banking industry is based on the rothschilds and there's a famous quote from them and it goes like this "give me control of the money and i care not what laws your lawmakers make." that is the root of this poison tree. host: we will leave it there. john, wrap it up for us. guest: 1 caller asked about the tarp and its timing. as i recall, secretary paulson and mr. bernanke came up to congress on september 18 saying that they needed to pass a tour package very quickly. the $700 billion number was arrived at relatively soon. the bill passed on of to over three. many lawmakers wonder if they moved too quickly. but they asked too few questions and did not look at the consequences closely enough. i know that the caller but they moved too slowly. there was general agreement that there was a crisis and the congress had to do something to stabilize the system. in terms of the whole thrust of the calls, obviously the banking system is not popular. i think if

. >> i'm sorry. i didn't catch the last part. >> it was the seriousness with which they made it, not the threat itself. >> tell me about your discussion. you call at one points as i'm looking at the time line here and mr. paulson is taking a bike ride, i guess on december 2 1st. tell me specifically what was going on in that conversation. >> well, i called in to get an update and i think that was the sunday -- i'm pretty sure that was the sunday i called him. and as i recall the conversation, he said i want to give you some blunt language and i first want to start out by saying we're very supportive of bank of america. then went one step further and said what i've already said that -- >> he said, but, we feel very strongly you should not call the mac and if in fact you do, and again, i think he said would -- but it was would or could, as i recall -- and remove the board and management. >> that certainly sounds like a threat to me and an amazing use of power there. tell me about your interactions with

i am sorry. >> there was an export version. >> that would cost $250 million? that does not surprise me. it is a very expensive aircraft. >> do you have a date on the process of shutting down the detentions? how far are we away from closing the facilities there? any plan to transfer the detainees to some european countries? >> any update -- as far as i know, i do not think there was in the update in the time i have been away. the changes made to the military commission's were made prior. you would have to look at this. with regard to how much longer, the president's and executive order states we have a year, so we have about six more months in which to figure out a solution. i can assure you that our folks here are at hard at work with the justice department, the white house, with others who are involved, and finally, whether or not detainee's may be sent to europe -- where try to figure out what now what countries to send which detainees, and so we are in talks with countries in europe, the middle east. if we can come to an agreement with yemen and to our sati