then susan collins with her party's weekly address.she discusses the interrogation procedures used against the terror suspect in the attempted christmas day bombing of the detroit bound airliner, like 253. >> at this time leicester, amid headlines about job losses of 700,000 a month, we received another troubling piece of news about our economy. our economy was shrinking at an alarming rate, the largest decline in 50 years. factories and farms were producing less. businesses are selling less, and more job losses were on the horizon. one year later, according to numbers released this past week, the numbers have reversed. for the past six months, our economy has been growing again. last quarter, it grew more quickly than at anyÑi time in te past six years. this is the son of progress, an affirmation of the difficult decisions we made last year to pull our financial system back from the brink and get our economy moving again. but when so many people are still struggling, when one in 10 americans still cannot find work, and millions more w

congressman pete hoekstra and senator susan collins. senator joe lieberman and congressman jane harmon. >>> and the politics of national security with our round table. george will, cynthia tucker. ron brownstein, and david sanger of "the new york times." >>> and as always, "the sunday funnies." >>> president obama's plan for 2010 is to do all the things he said he was going to do this year. >>> and we begin with the man who is leading the president's review of the intelligence failures that led to the christmas day attempted bombing of flight 253. department security adviser john brennan. thanks for being with us. good morning. >> good morning. >> there's news that the united states embassy and the british embassy in yemen are closed this morning. what can you tell us about the intelligence? what is it shows about the new threats to u.s. interests there? >> it shows the threat that al qaeda poses in the area. i spoke with the ambassador there. looked at the intelligence available. the attacks possibly against the embassy and personnel,

i am senator susan collins from maine. thank you for listening. >> this week on "the communicators," a philosophical discussion communications policy. >> stuart benjamin, what is your job with the fcc? >> i am the inaugural, distinguished scholar in residence. i provide some legal advice as a law professor in dealing with first amendment issues, and more broadly, a big part of my job is to make sure that we are looking at all the arguments and counter arguments for any given procedure. we are considering all the various options before something gets out the door. the idea is that the more diverging views we can have inside the commission,Ñi the better the process will be. >> a one-man think tank? >> there is also a chief economist to place a similar role. i work within the office of special plans and policies, whose role is also to try to provide the best kind of background and input that it can. my role in particular is to see if there are things we have not thought about that that we should be thinking about. there are s

and i'm senator susan collins from maine. thank you for listening. notes >> up next, a discussion with journalists that covered the health care debate in congress and remarks from freddie mac's c.e.o. on the initiative of making home ownership affordable. >> tomorrow on news makers, byron dorgan, chair of the senate policy committee talks about whether the president made a mistake in putting health care on such a high place on his agenda this last year. >> the president made health care his signature legislative push in 200 , do you think he made a mistake? >> do i and not because health care is not important. i just think that the timing wasn't good. standing in a deep hole, it is hard to reach as high as you need to reach in order to put together a health care proposal that -- that can get through the congress. i personally would have said, let's work exclusively on starting -- restarting the economic engine once again and putting people back to work. the president will say he was working on that as well. if i had staged this, i would have said tha

let's listen to what senator susan collins said this morning on abc about janet napolitano's commentseek. >> i do but i will say that her initial comments were bizarre and inappropriate. it baffled me that she said that the system worked very, very smoothly when clearly it did not. >> clearly this was a pr fumble by napolitano. she owned a problem she didn't have to own. michael feldman, is this devastating for napolitano and the administration? or can they get it over it quickly? >> i think they can get over it. the president has trusted her and believes she's doing the job very well. i will say this, this was a communications error. this wasn't a massive systemic failure like katrina was where it was very clear that the country was not ready to support that kind of tragedy in louisiana. the president came out right away, to ryan's point, and took responsibility which is something we never saw president bush do very often. he's asking all the relevant agencies. he's having an intense session here at the white house. he did not come out and point fingers at the previous administration

vetting in two different committees and in the homeland security committee, both ranking republican susan collinsjoe lieberman along with other members of the committee took a hard look at this man and saw his incredible credentials. international reputation from his work with security at one of the largest airports in the world. this is the right guy for the job. and with all due respect, this is nuts holding him up over whether or not somebody will be able to were gain for better benefits. this man is focused on the mission of this agency. and really we've got to get past this habit in the senate that one or two members can say, hey, i'm going to stop earning. this man will get confirmed and he'll get confirmed by a wide margin. and playing games with the process, all it's do being is hurting the traveling public because the most important front line agency to protect americans right now on flights is being held up over political stuff. >> do you want to respond to that, senator? >> yes, i do, because senator reid could bring up mr. suthers anytime to the floor of the senate. i'm not holding hi

susan collins explains, the general assembly begins this week. the issue is high on the agenda. >> the man charged in the sara foxwell case had already been convicted of sexually abusing two other girls. now that lawmakers are heading back to annapolis, they'll be considering bills that could keep someone like that locked up. sara foxwell's body was found days after being taken from her bed in the night. the man charged thomas l'eggs jr. had dated the girl's aunt who was her legal guardian. leggs has been convicted twice with sexual child abuse. >> if we lose one child to murder, that's one child too many in our state. whenever these things happen, it inspires all of us to ask one another what can we do? what are the additional things that we can do to better safeguard lives of our children. >> the governor tells wjz he thinks lawmakers will debate a slew of bills after this horrible crime. hoping to prevent something similar in the future. >> i'm sure we'll revisit the notion of periods of civil commitment after criminal sentences are completed.

southers has the support of the ranking republican on the senate homeland security committee, susan collins, as well as the republican governor of california arnold schwarzenegger, for whom southers worked as a homeland security advisor, gregg. >> molly henneberg live in washington, molly, thanks. a fox urgent right now, tonight the feds are confirming they did question a second passenger from flight 253 after the botched christmas day bombing. two other passengers say they saw the whole thing, but the government originally denied it. curt haskell told us his story earlier this week on studio b. >> what i saw was bomb sniffing dogs were brought in. one of them made a reaction to one of the carry on bags of a different indian gentleman who i would say was around age 30. they immediately escorted him to an interrogation room where he was held for about an hour at which point he came out, was handcuffed and taken away. >> and curt's wife in that picture backed him up. fox news now can confirm investigator questioned the man and searching his bag, they didn't find anything so they let him go. i

susan collins, a republican from maine, tells the post that she has suspicions even then, but approved it conditionally. now she says she's satisfied with his explanation. but fellow republican demint isn't. he originally blocked southers nomination over concerns he might unionize tsa and says southers shouldn't be confirmed if he can't tell the truth. the white house is standing by its nominee. spokesman shapiro tells fox, southers has never tried to hide this incident and expressed it's errors he made in judgment and an error he made in account of events that happened over 20 years ago. congress gets back over two weeks from now. for southers to become the tsa head, the full senate has to confirm the nomination. >> thanks. you can bet national security will be a hot topic on fox news sunday and john brennan, who is the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, will be among the guests. check your local listings for the time tomorrow morning on your local fox station. >>> villagers in pakistan are mourning the victims of a massive bomb not guilty a sportin

there's a committee in the congress, joe lieberman and susan collins' committee, that have been aggressiven pushing legislation that would cover a lot of these areas but that's one committee in one house of congress. that's not good enough. we're just on too short a time frame. >> warner: for instance on prevention i noticed you gave them just a d or a d-plus for actually tightening government restrictions on the labs where these pathogens are being used. >> yes. we've done several studies of what needs to be done. they're very consistent. we need to reduce the number of pathogens that we are subjecting to scrutiny today. we're trying to monitor 80. we think in fact there are eight that are the most likely to be used by a terrorist group in a weapon. we also are suggesting that there be significant increases in uniformity. we have multiple agencies now that are assessing these labs and the standards from one lab to the other can be quite different. third, we think that at the international bioweapons convention which will be held in 2011, the united states needs to lead by example. we need

i'm aware that susan collins had briefings since that. i don't think so. i also want to commend the president for ratcheting up actions against al qaeda on his watch in the last year. and i think that we have foiled a lot of important plots. obviously this one we didn't foil. it is -- kudos to the passengers on that plane for stopping the plot. but engaged citizenry is always going to be part of our arsenal. and i'm glad they were aware of what was happening. but, for example, the zazi plot in colorado and new york was foiled. the headily plot in illinois was foiled. i just heard on your broadcast, wolf, that the five folks from virginia who were perhaps planning to carry out attacks in pakistan on pakistan as part of a taliban plot have been arrested there and i'm sure we're cooperating there. we had successes. peter knows this. and i want to commend our intelligence community for trying to get it right. >> congressman, we don't have a lot of time, but i got to ask you this question because you know you're being slammed by a lot of democrats even others,

susan collins from maine, says she suspected it at the hearing, but approved it.she's satisfied with the explanation. >> jim demint isn't. originally blocked over originally fearing he'd unionize tsa. now concerned he can't tell the truth. hair i reid pushed for a quick firm confirmation vote, but he might have a fight on his hand. >> i always think of recess from elementary school. not the same thing. >> on the playground. i wish i got two or three weeks off for recess. >> that would be nice. in the meantime, your headlines. what's happening at this hour, start with a fox news alert, there's a new warning from iran. the country says the west has until the end of the month to accept tehran's counter proposal to u.n. drafted plan on nuclear exchange or iran will begin making its own nuclear fuel. the proposal says the west must sell tehran the fuel or swap it for iran's enriched uranium. if no deal is made. iran says it will enrich to a higher level. this sounds like a no win deal for the rest of us. the country miss-- dismissed i should say an end of 2009 deadline

. >> susan collins. >> staying connected to your constituents is absolutely essential. this is are rare moment for me to not be amazed. i go home virtually every weekend, and in doing so, i still -- stay connected to the people i am honored to serve. my first obligation is to the people of maine. i am fortunate my constituents care greatly about the global implications of public policy, and that energy sector particularly resonates with them. we are trying to establish the state of maine as the world's leader in the development of offshore wind energy, and people in my state are excited about that. they understand global invitations because they know somewhere in the world, offshore wind energy is going to take up, and why not haven't been the state of maine, which is the leader? similarly, since we are in the midst of two wars, people in my state with a high level of veterans and a high level of those serving, particularly national guard members, those issues are still on people's minds, so i do not see it as an either/or choice, but certainly, anyone who does not unde

and i was thinking about susan collins, you don't even like children.y don't know anybody like this. they don't know anyone who has five children or does that without household help. makes people lunches. i quickly realized that the same thing i would say if someone asked me, can she handle my work and this? well, guess what. like sarah palin, who knows these days? as far as i can tell, she does not have a boyfriend. so right there she's at 13 extra hours a week. [laughter] the time you spend with them, that time you spend getting ready for them, the time you spend up to -- spent covering up being with them -- is exhausting. and apart from a moral objection, the logistics of adultery completely confound me. [laughter] and as far as i can tell, she does not play golf. [laughter] i do not be there so maybe i am jealous. but that gives her an extra 15 hours a week, seven on saturday 8 on sunday. 13 hours, no boyfriend, 15 extra hours, no call. that's double-a-3 extra hours per kid. it's a light way in breaking down how ridiculous it can sound suntans -- ho

both olympia snowe and susan collins flew to the leadership test last year. massachusetts has now given them a second chance to redeem their reputations and political fortunes in a state that has always valued independence over of party loyalty." amy walter, what do you think? guest: there are a lot of different rumors flying around about how amenable senators know is to the compromise. the senator olympia snowe is to the compromise. the idea of maybe trying to bring in more than just one republican and see how many he can try to persuade to get back to the bargaining table to make the changes necessary to get something passed. i also want to address the caller who made a very good point about the frustration out there of people who are unemployed or lacking health care. that has been the big issue in this health care debate, which has been that the energy has been much more on the side of the folks who do not want change and then on the side of the people who do pri in orde. in order for congress to work this out, they have to hear more from people who do wh

susan collins a republican from maine says the post she had suspicions, now she says she is satisfied with his explanation. fellow republican is not convinced. he blocked over concerns that ee may uin onize tsa. white house is standing by the nominee. spokesman nick shapiro says southers has never tried to hide the incident and expressed these were errors he made in judgment and deeply regretted and it was an act of events that happened 20 years ago. conscious comes back two weeks ago but they still have to approve his nomination. >> julie: thank you. >> gregg: a lot of finger pointing in the days following the failed attack on the u.s. bound jetliner. much of it taking a partisan tone. some republicans blasting the obama administration over a series of security and intel missteps and democrats taking shots at the gop. politics as usual or a serious electoral issue? let's bring in adreel, good to see you. congressman peter king started things off i think by ripping president obama for being silent for three days. then cheney said the president was in denial. when he did speak he blame

susan collins, a republican from maine tells the post she had suspicions then, but approved his nomination conditionally and now says she's satisfied with southers explanation. the fellow republican jim demint sure isn't. he originally blocked southers nomination over concerns he might unionize tsa and now essays that southers shouldn't be confirmed if he can't tell the truth. the white house is standing by its nominee and spokesman nick shapiro tells fox, southers never tried to hide this incident and has expressed that these were errors made in judgment that he deeply regretted and error made in account of events that happened over 20 years ago. congress gets back just over two weeks from now. for southers to become the tsa head, the senate has to approve his nomination. shannon. >> shannon: thank you very much, caroline. well, captain sully sullenberger was once again at the helm this time leading the tournament of roses parade in california. the pilot for safely landing his plane in the hudson river, he served as the grand marshal. the theme was an above the rest. i think we agree he i

that means olympia snowe and susan collins would become two of the most powerful people on capitol hillhe republican line, good morning. caller: i would have to say that this election is somewhat like the shot heard round the world. this is the first election where the american populace and vettersw4÷ will say no to the oa and socialism machine. rvwi just watched with curiosit. i just hope that for the democrats who don't think they can finagle some way to a impugn this election or stall the installation of mr. brown if he gets elected. that will only look worse on them in 2010. i encourage all the independent voters in the state of massachusetts to stand up for liberty and capitalism and say no. obviously, they are. look at the poll numbers. the voters of massachusetts are not a bunch of slouches. they know what is going on. they are obviously on the side of liberty and i commend them and i encourage them to vote for brown. host: did you contribute to state senator scott brown? caller: financially but i did sign up and do some volunteer phone calls. that was just what i could do. host:

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and later, a weekly address is with president obama and susan collins.ttee for the democrats talks about if the president made a mistake on putting health care as such a high place on his agenda this past year. >> the president made that his signature legislative push in 2009. do you think he made a mistake? >> i did. that's because health care is not important, i just think the timing is not good. that was a high goal to try to reach during a difficult time. i would have said, let us work exclusively and starting the economic engine once again and putting people back to work. the president would say he was working on that as well. i would have saved a health care for later. the president won the election. i did not. you cannot fix the economy without fixing health care. this is some truth to that. it is very difficult to find a menu of health care changes that can be enacted and signed into law. >> you can see the entire interview on "newsmakers" tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> american jazz spreads goodwill overseas. >> i think so. it is l

and on behalf of senator susan collins and senator jay rockefeller, members of our leadership, welcome you to this program. to examine the parts of the senate and house health reform bills that would set up a health insurance exchange or set exchanges to improve the way individual and small group insurance markets function. a lot of different models for exchanges, and they can defer pretty widely from each other. everything from simply a farmers market stifel website that allows a better grasp of the available options to an exclusive high leverage of the tory animal that exerts substantial control over who can buy what and at what price. fortunately for purposes of our looking at this issue exchanges to indeed exist in nature. both government really to and privately run and we are going to hear today from folks who have been running some of those successful exchanges and we will hear some about exchanges that haven't been quite successful and of course we will look at the exchange provisions of both the house and the senate bills in all of which looks similar but there are noteworthy d

my name is ed howard, with the alliance for health reform, and on behalf of senator susan collins and senator jay rockefeller, and members of our leadership, i welcome you to this program to examine the parts of the senate and the house reform bill, health reform bills that would set up a health insurance exchange were set of exchanges to improve the way individual in a small group insurance markets function. a lot of different models for exchanges and they can defer her pretty widely from each other. everything from simply farmers' market style website that allows better grasp of the available options to an exclusive highly regulatory animal that except some control over who can buy what and at what price. fortunately for purposes of our looking at this issue exchanges do indeed exist in nature. post governor related and privately run, and we are going to hear today from folks who have been running some of those successful exchanges, and we will hear some about exchanges that haven't been quite so successful, and of course we will look at the exchange provisions of both the house and

on behalf of senator susan collins and senator jay rockefeller, members of our leadership, welcome to the program to examine the parts of the senate and house reform bills, health reform bills that would set up a health insurance exchange or set of exchanges to improve the way individual and small group insurance markets function. the lot of different models for exchanges, and they can defer vary widely from each other. everything from simply a farmers' market-style website that allows better grasp of the available options, to an exclusive, highly regulatory animal that exerts substantial control over who can buy what and at what price. substantial control over who can buy what and-what price. -- and at what price. fortunately for our purposes in looking at this issue, exchanges do exist in nature. both government and privately run. and we will hear today from folks who have been running some of those successful exchanges and we will hear about some exchanges that have not been quite so successful. and we will look at the exchange provisions of both the house and these animals, a lot

my name is ed howard, with the alliance for health reform, and on behalf of senator susan collins andsenator jay rockefeller, members of our leadership, i welcome you to this program to examine the parts of the senate and health reform bills that would set up a health insurance exchange or set it exchanges to improve the way individual and small insurance markets function. a lot of different models for exchanges, and they can defer pretty lightly from each other. everything from simply a farmers market styled website hoard that allows a better grasp of available options to an exclusive and highly regulatory em all that exerts substantial control over who can buy what and at what price. fortunately for purposes of our looking at this issue exchanges do exist in nature. both government and privately run and we are going to hear today from folks who have been running some of the successful exchanges and we will hear some about exchanges that haven't been quite so successful, and of course we will look at the exchange provisions of both the house and senate bills a lot of which looks simi

we were on with jane harman, joe lieberman and susan collins, a democrat, and independent and two republicanse forbes worked tirelessly to do the intelligence reform bill. we were uniters and we did intelligence reform. i haven't criticized the system that we put in place other than saying we now need to take it to the next up, where we address the problem of the information sharing. we now need to address the problem of information analysis. and the more than willing to work with democrats and this president to make that happen. national security should be a bipartisan issue. you'll also find on the record if you go back, i challenge president bush pretty repeatedly on his unwillingness to share certain intelligence information or information i thought we were entitled to on the intelligence committee and we went out and got it so just as i am challenging this president and sharing information on ft. hood i challenged the previous president because i think there's a separation of powers here. it is congress's responsibility to hold the executive branch accountable and to do oversight whether