with stewart baker, the former assistant homeland security secretary. by the united states, 3.4 billion against indian land claims settlement. that involves indian land. we're going to talk about that in our final half hour. before that we'll wrap up with a few phone calls. columbus, ohio. . . host: dale on the republican line? caller: there is an economic recovery bill before congress right now, the emergency economic tax system, and what this is is a perpetual stimulus for the people and the government. this is bipartisan, and this is basically, this is not hurting anybody. this is supplementing any existing program, and also, this is mixed with paying taxes, and this is a lottery game where there are seven categories. one of them may be for the disaster aid or the oil. host: can i start your right there, and get your thoughts on what we are talking about, with your perceptions as the president is moving to the metal on some issues? caller: i am proud of the president. i am republican but he is working in a bipartisan way. we need something like this

i had a law clerk named stewart baker who was with me my second or third year here and i asked him to prepare a memorandum for me on the ages of retirement of all my predecessors and to suggest the age i should plan on retiring and i thought then and i still sometimes feel you're not the best judge of when you should retire. well with, i didn't follow his recommendation. i just enjoy the work and itch -- each year i've thought about it ifed decided that i can continue to enjoy it and continue to make a contribution. >> what do you do at age 89 to stay as healthy as you are? >> well, i play a lot of tennis. i don't play as much golf as i used to because my foursome is not as famed as it used to be. in florida i go swimming every day. >> is that painting over the mantle there of any significance? no. that's queen victoria as a young lady and apparently that's a portrait that's in a number of the schools in england. >> why don't you sit over here at your deck so we can get you a little more comfortable. right out that window is the capitol? >> that's right. put the court for a moment in

joining us is stewart baker, who was the assistant homeland security secretary from 2005 until 2009. the damage was? guest: this is not very good. the information that was exposed is going to tell people about how tsa runs their operations and the changes they make to security procedures. they will have to change a lot of those. it is very hard to change everything. that means that this is a road map for terrorists who want to get around the system. callehost: what made this crucil with the sensitivity? guest: this is operational and some of this was very routine. one of them said, this is the wire that we are looking for and these are the kinds of footwear that we will not put through the explosives detector, and this is what we will do when we want to start cutting back on travel with the kinds of emergency steps that they are taking. these are the people we will let through without inspection. those are all things that can help terrorists. host: as far as getting that information back, this is still there on the internet? guest: there are people who think that this is cool to put

stewart baker will talk about the online posting of parts of the transportation authorities manual.eastern on c- span. this weekend, a look at climate change with former vice- president al gore on reducing the effects of greenhouse gases and lawrence solomon on the scientists who question the validity of global warming. then a bio of antonin scalia and how google became a media giant. this weekend on c-span2. >> the role of federal financial assistance and government officials in the deal. discussing some of the litigation against bank of america. this is two hours. >> >> the committee will come to order. good morning and thank you for being here. the committee's investigation into bank of america's acquisition of merrill lynch has resulted in an unprecedented look behind the scenes of one of the biggest bailout in american history. did the federal government force bank of america is to go through with the merger? every senior executive involved has told the committee that the government did not force them to go through with it. they told us they decided to go through with it becaus