honolulu, steve u.s. attorney now a court judge probation officers the bringing him probation for revocation seven, eight, 10 kumbaya 12 and din been they had an average of 14 prior arrests and fit judge said to probation officers okay i see why i should provoke him he is not getting the message but why get this file now while it is too late? is number nine violation what happened the first eight times. the officer said your honor, we have caseloads of 180. they come in once a month for 10 percent don't show up , a 20% are dirty. we cannot write to all of those reports and if we did you would not hold the hearings so we do what we can and the ones that we can't we bring to you. the judge said i hear you and i understand but you would not train a puppy that way or raise your kid that way. i want to know about the first violation. the probation officer said, but your honor, , is there some parts of impossible for you like us to explain more slowly? we cannot do that. the judge was very reasonable and said o

u.s. and the muslim world. former republican presidential candidate steve forbes on how president obama is handling the economyit live, unedited and commercial free on cspan02. ççxdçlisten to highlights onn radio. ççd8kçlight streaming video e senate floor, complete video archives including the debate andxd amendments, briefings from leadership and other senators, and the latest from the reporters at "roll call." and follow the health care debate with the new c-çspan iphone app. ç>> all next week, a rare glime into america's highest court threw on the record conversations with 10 supreme court justices aboutçó the cour, their work, and the history of the supreme court building. five days of interviews with supreme court justices, starting next mondayt( at 8:00 p.m. eastn on c-span. >> now look at the future of afghanistan with bruce riedel, senior fellow of the saben center for middle east policy at the brookings institution. he is the author of the book "the search for al qaeda." >> we need to turn our attention to bruce riedel. we need to close the back doors. thank you. i will not take very long to

u.s. military today. one example, former army private steve green was awarded a waiver for previous involvement in criminal activity in lieu of joining the military and was later found guilty for raping a 14 year-old iraqi girl and then murdering her and three of for family members and trying to burn the bodies to hide the evidence. so, again, people like this serving in the military, how does that play out with folks that join four other reasons, for example, not joining ticket out of going to jail or joining for patriotic reasons or to serve their country or two carry on a family legacy, people that really enjoys serving in n the military, they intend to be in for life. then they see the lower ranks swelling with people who have rap sheets or gang members who are intensely joining to get combat experience and learn how to do surveillance and be a good sniper and be able to bring that back and use it on the streets and cities in the u.s. this is all happening in the military as well in addition to people not getting the care that they need but while they are in the military as well as ones they have disch

u.s. and the muslim world. also, former republican presidential candidate steve forbes talks about how he feels president obamahearing on how well the children's television acts has worked. >> tomorrow morning on "washington journal," we will discuss a report on paying for the war in afghanistan. with lawrence korp from the american center for progress. the latest on the senate health care debate. following that, a discussion on the future of conservatism with james gilmore, president of the free congress foundation. and layer, faith schwartz on home foreclosures. "washington journal" is live each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern hyperor c-span. tomorrow, a look at quinn pack university's latest opinion survey. life coverage from the national press club. >> still in time for the holidays, american icons on d.v.d. c-span's original document's on the homes of the three branches of the american government. the three-disc collection is only $24.95 plus shipping and handling. for this and other gift-giving ideas, visit cspan.org/store. >> now a discussion between on relations between the u.s. and the muslim worlds. it

u.s. troops. >> all right. do you think they will do that though, steve? i don't know that that is a given.nk you for the call. we will continue the conversation on the "washington journal" which gets underway at 7:00 a.m. east coast time. 4:00 for those of you on the west coast. joe sestak will be our guest and congressman mike coffman. an opponent of the president's policy towards afghanistan and pakistan. and governor brian schweitzer will be joining us. that's all tomorrow morning on the "washington journal." and a reminder that the president's speech will be airing on c-span, her companion and the two hearings will be covered tomorrow. the senate armed services in the house foreign affairs with secretary clinton and secretary gates and admiral mullen will be testifying on the hill. secretary clinton will be traveling to brussels to meet with nato allies on friday. she talked about that earlier today at the state department. here's that event as we continue our coverage of the president's speech and the effects and impact here in washington and to our allies around the world. >> somethi

u.s. deaths is in the thousands. it is estimated 6000 up to 45,000 with the best guess being 10,000 up to 15,000 deaths from h1n1. westport, mass., steve. caller: i'm under 65 and a veteran of the vietnam era. i did not go to vietnam, but i'm from that era. i use the veterans hospital in providence, rhode island. it is incredible. if everyone could have what i have, everyone would want a government-run operation. i'm totally for extending medicare to everybody. i have seen how works. i have seen that it has been very efficient. host: alexandria, va., scott, on the under 55 line. let me put you on hold. this is the headline -- financial bill hits big banks the hardest. it says the house is likely to take up this legislation wednesday with the vote expected on friday. the legislation has several measures aimed at pleasing big banks. regulators would be able to block a healthy bank from practices, even order it to shrink if variables were deemed to pose a risk to the u.s. economy. albuquerque, new mexico, on the line for those under 65. caller: good morning. host: what are your thoughts? on expanding medicare? caller: i think it is great.

u.s. strategy. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern, remembering the lives of william buckley jr. and senator ted kennedy. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from new york, steve, the author of "how capitalism will save us" -- former ceo. you indicate in your introduction that he began writing the book in 2007 before the economic collapse. what prompted you to write a book on capitalism at that time? guest: well, there's a lot of misunderstanding about what true free markets are. how they work and what rules are needed. in that sense even though most have a favorable view, it is like the proverbial fish not knowing that it is swimming in water. we have the system but people really do not understand how works. i thought the book with a question and answer format would be useful. then the disaster came along in the along2007, so we have to focus it on the fact that the whole idea of free markets and capitalism has taken a real hit. -- the whole disaster came along in 2007. the major economic disasters in the past 100 years have had disastrous government policies as the origin. host: as the crisis happened, tarp was passed another efforts were made,ok what is you

steve. mr. dunkelberg, all this stuff you saying don't make no sense to use a 10% unemployment is more like 18 to 20 -- you say 10% unemployment. it is more like 18% to 20%. the u.s,000 out of my lockbox and i went under. -- stole $16,000 out of my lockbox i went under. i'm glad that those people putting his chips together that you were talking about, because manufacturing has gone down. you manufacturers -- all my people that come in my store are friends of mine and they're not going to spend their money, because the big banks and wall street people got all the money and they did not send us -- they said us $300, which will not by a tank of gas -- sent us $300, which will not be why a tank of gas. guest: if you ask yourself, where would i rather be, california or texas -- texas has grown immensely, added 2 million more new jobs, maybe 1.6 million, but the point is that it has been very, very successful. it has really taken advantage of the fact that many markets opened up and you could have trade between mexico and, of course, the united states. they have done very well with that. free trade between countries works just like free trade between new york and penns

steve. and the second question, yes, this is different. this was the subject. this finding itself was the subject of a u.s. supreme court case.there has been much written. and in fact, earlier this year e.p.a. released the endangerment finding that was put together under the bush administration, sent over to the white house and never opened. in my mind, in order to show the american people that e.p.a. is on the job it's about doing its job. it was important for our credibility and for the trust of the american people to know that we would put this information out for public comment and act on it in an expeditious fashion. we would keep the ball moving. it's my hope that the ball is in movement, as it moves to congress, they'll keep pace on the ball. >> thanks very much, everyone. >> thank you. thanks, everybody. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] captioned by the national captioning institute -- www.ncicap.org -- . >> we had a party scheduled for sunday. we had an automobile. someone had a little black book with girls names and we were headed of the ballot to a party on the beach. it never happened. i was

steve. mr. dunkelberg, all this stuff you saying don't make no sense to use a 10% unemployment is more like 18 to 20 -- you say 10% unemployment. it is more like 18% to 20%. the u.s. bank stole $60,000 out of my lockbox and i went under. -- stole $16,000 out of my lockbox i went under. i'm glad that those people putting his chips together that you were talking about, because manufacturing has gone down. you manufacturers -- all my people that come in my store are friends of mine and they're not going to spend their money, because the big banks and wall street people got all the money and they did not send us -- they said us $300, which will not by a tank of gas -- sent us $300, which will not be why a tank of gas. guest: if you ask yourself, where would i rather be, california or texas -- texas has grown immensely, added 2 million more new jobs, maybe 1.6 million, but the point is that it has been very, very successful. it has really taken advantage of the fact that many markets opened up and you could have trade between mexico and, of course, the united states. they have done very well with that. free trade between countries works just like free trade between ne