until you thought it. 312 will come nicole from the manhattan institute a contributing editor to the city journal. also a chartered financial analyst, a master of her craft 32 were three things you mentioned to talk to you when is that book "after the fall" is a history book. we have our assumptions deposit insurance is good but maybe we need more of it, that the world will implode if we do not saved institutions that are too big to fail unless you go back in history would know these are new and controversial views. the sense of irony will not work for you. there is irony. of the view about deposit insurance until a few decades ago is that it should be limited as recently as 1989, the head of citicorp was warning we had to cut back deposit insurance and have less to have a financial crisis. if you cut back deposit insurance people would know what they were risking when they put the money into the institution and evaluate it. there was the time we did not believe been too big to fail but letting the import and bank failed just like penn square from oklahoma. the second solution and "after the fall

leather mcdonald a senior fellow at manhattan institute and contributing editor for "the city journal>> glad to be here. >> paul: good news, crime rates have begun to fall. what kind of magnitudes are we talking about. >> extraordinary magnitudes. in the first six months of 2009 homicides dropped 10% nationally. >> paul: wow. property crime which is what you would really expect to go up if the root cause of crime theory is true, a response in inequality and property, property crime went down over 6% and violent crimes went down almost 5%. >> paul: so we're back at levels not seen since the 1960's and that's extraordinary. >> it is extraordinary and i credit the spread, ultimately, of efficient police saying and incarceration, but this is the exact opposite of what criminologists were hoping for, gleefully hoping that the crime drop began in the '90s nationally would finally reverse itself and they could reclaim the dominance of the root cause of serious crime. >> paul: tell us about that, the development of this root cause theory. that developed in the 1960's and it's taken hold in th

nicole is the freedom trust fellow at the manhattan institute, a contributing editor to the strong magazine city journal. nicholas also a chartered financial analyst of her craft. two or three things i want to mention before she comes up to talk to you. one is that this book, quote kuhl after the fall and" is a history book. today we have assumptions. deposit insurance is could we just need more of it may be. another assumption we have the world will include if we don't save institutions that are too big to fail. unless you go back to the history you won't know these are new and controversial views. the irony, since of irony of work for you and there is irony. the viewer about deposit insurance until just a few decades ago was that it should be limited as recently as 1989 the head of citicorp's john reed was born and we had to cut back deposit insurance. have less or we would have financial crises including for his bank leader. people would if you cut back deposit insurance people would know what they were risking when they put their money in institutions. they would have to evaluate the institution and

pressure at northeastern university exam is the reason declines in crimes and violent crime rates nationwide, especially in cities. that's "washington journal" at 7:00 on c-span. >> date -- david miliband spoke about u.s. intelligence on the alleged torture of a british citizen. they publish details about treatment of binyam mohamed was captioned -- is captured in 2002 in -- and had all charges against him dropped in february 3rd this is about 45 minutes. >> the seven paragraphs contained summaries of american intelligence relating to mr. muhammed's case, held in u.k. files. i accept the board's ruling, which concludes a very complex and in some ways, a very unique case and have made the relevant paragraphs available on the foreign office web site. the judgment is significant not to and respect the seven paragraphs, but also principles that were hard on national security and our democracy. çóan ethiopian national, formaly arrested in the u.k., was detained in pakistan in 2002. in 2004, he was transferred to guantanamo bay. in august 2007, we wrote to the u.s. secretary of state to seek his release from guantanamo bay and his return to the u

journalism and politics as a kind of reformer. >> very much so. >> brown: very passionate about things he wanted to change at the local level. >> particularly corruption. st. louis, like most major american citiesat that time, the county government was incredibly corrupt. and pulitzer saw journalism as a means to reform-- it was an extension of politics, by in a sense shining the light on the dark recesses of government and exposing what was going on was a means of reform. some of his greatest journalistics cues were muck like i.f. stone in the 1950s. all he was doing was publishing publicly available information. for instance, he published the tax returns of the richest people in st. louis revealing they claimed they had no money. and that's very much the kind of thing pulitzer did, created journalism that was talked about instigate reform, and cover the reform. >> brown: now, to fast forward. he moved to new york and takes over the new york world. it's hard almost to fathom how influential and important that became. you used some examples there, but give us a sense. >> dia little math recently, and if the "new york times" be comparably influential in circulation alone it qoof to increase its

. >> james alan fox examines the recent declines in crime and violent crime rates nationwide, especially in cities. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> it will not disguise the fact that the conservative pauley has absolutely no policy for the future. mr. speaker, this is a big challenge this country faces. the democratic changes that are taking place, the needs and impatient -- ambitions of people, i have to say, mr. speaker, this is no time for a novice. >> now from london, "prime minister's questions, call from the british house of commons. this week, david cameron pressed prime minister brown and raising taxes for social care legislation. the prime minister said the tories were demanding a bill they had previously supported. members also questioned the prime minister on tony blair's destiny to the iraq war inquiry. the five member panel is examining the events leading up to the iraq war and the lessons learned. the report said prime minister brown is scheduled to testify at the beginning of art. >> order. questions for the prime minister. dr. brian iddon. >> number one, sir. >> i am sure

investigators steve cardin and joining us as well, jane learner, reporter from "the journal news" covering the greater new york city area. jane, i will start with you. what is the latest? how did they connect the dots back to jackson on this burned body they found. >> this is a very complex, confusing case that broke in our area early monday morning when we received a report that two newspaper carriers saw a body on fire in a park in muncie, which is in rockland county, new york, and police really had no idea who this woman was. she had no identification except for a tattoo on her le lower ba with the name patricia on it. there were some other indications that made them check local hospitalishospitals. they were really stymied until we started hearing reports of a child found locked in the restroom at a gas station in delaware almost three hours away, and people started to wonder or we started to hear that perhaps these two cases were related. >> what is the time line? do you know, jane, from when the burned body was found as opposed to when the little girl was found it is gae station? >> yes. the burned body was r

journal" is next. host: the president will have an address at the washington hilton. the rest will be hunkered down due to what may be the largest snowstorm in the last century in the city. good morning. welcome to "washington journal." today is saturday, february 6. the unplanted numbers came out, and we are going to be talking about that from a different perspective, so to speak -- the unemployment numbers came out. we have divided the numbers. there is the number for those who have a job and you are working. 0002 is for those who are looking for a job, and 202-628- 0205 is for those who have given up looking for a job. if you are held maker, we are going to consider that job. if that is your job, by all means, use that number. this is the story in this morning's "baltimore sun. it kind of place things out for us. it fell for january, but dishes 8.4 million jobs were destroyed in the last two years. one person at the tribune newspapers rights that what was reported by the labor department was tempered by revised data showing the country lost a staggering 8.4 million jobs in the last two years, about four times the net job losses in the deepÑi recessionary period of te

criminology professor at northeastern university examines the recent declines in violent crime rates nationwide, especially in cities. "washington journalan. coming next on c-span, pennsylvania governor ed rendell and a governor deliver their state of the state messages, and then, a federal hearing on the budget and the debt. that will be followed by "q&a" with the president of citizens united, david bossie. >> is the only collection of american presidential portraits painted by one artist. "american artists," by the renowned painter and sculptor. see the entire collection on- line on c-

nicole is the freedom trust fellow at the manhattan institute, a contributing editor to the strong magazine city journal nicholas also a chartered financial analyst of her craft. two or three things i want to mention before she comes up to talk to you. one is that this book, quote kuhl after the fall and" is a history book. today we have assumptions. deposit insurance is could we just need more of it may be. another assumption we have the world will include if we don't save institutions that are too big to fail. unless you go back to the history you won't know these are new and controversial views. the irony, since of irony of work for you and there is irony. the viewer about deposit insurance until just a few decades ago was that it should be limited as recently as 1989 the head of citicorp's john reed was born and we had to cut back deposit insurance. have less or we would have financial crises including for his bank leader. people would if you cut back deposit insurance people would know what they were risking when they put their money in institutions. they would have to evaluate the institution and

major in college, journalism, and then i played jazz professionally in kansas city for several years before i decided i was a better writer than i was a musician. and i've never questioned the decision to be a writer, but i still miss making music. i don't think you ever really get over that. >> 8 years old, the first time you heard louis armstrong. >> that would have been 1964, because it was on the ed sullivan show. . o >> i want to stay with louis armstrong for a moment. 650 real to reel tapes? how were they recorded and how are they? >> louis armstrong was one of the first people in america to a naked recorder -- to own a tape recorder. at first, he used it to take his performances so he could study them and perfect them. but then, when tipper orders were new and people first got their hands on them, they wanted to play with them. he started leading his tape recorder on the dressing room and hotel rooms to tape conversations. he would do a little mark radio show and things like that. he taped his radio and television interviews. we have those interviews. mostly, he taped conversations and he saved them. they ended up in the attic of his house in quee

captioning institute] >> tonight nancy pelosi and the and that of remarks crom thomas faderal reserve reserve bank of kansas city. on tomorrow's washingto' journalusing department. and "christian science monitor" will discuss her article about private property rights in africa. this is live on 7:00. >> thank you. thank you. >> good morning. >> and what were you up to yesterday? watching tv? funny how people react to things. people said to me, everybody room was and i thought, they dj wouldn't even notice how crowded. was that an issue. i don't know. but anyway, we were focusing on outside that room we were focusing on jobs and hue we could move the legislation. up series of job qieces and the house bill will soon vote on hiring incentives remem er txat. and encouraging next steps to -- to put more in our drive to put more people to work. and this is important bilbao it is -- it has targeted investments to spur job creation and energy and infrastructure and then provides specific support for small businesses and tak svedits and accelerated right off. ant. focuses as you know. and this is part of our ongoing broader agenda, expanding lending to sh

city with cynthia mcfadden. >> we turn now to health, and what many experts are calling the epidemic of childhood obesity. with an estimated 1 in 3 american kids considered overweight. now tomorrow, the new england journal will publish a study that finds that obese children are more than twice as likely to die before the age of 55 from disease than others. but first lady michelle obama says there is something to be done, and as she told my colleague robin roberts in "the nightline interview." >> reporter: obesity plagues millions of children in this country. and for the first time in our history, this generation might have a shorter life span than their parents. >> 1 in 3 kids are overweight or obese, and we're spending $150 billion a year treating obesity-related illnesses so, we know this is a problem, and there's a lot at stake. >> and now, first lady michelle obama is calling for action. this morning, president obama signed a memorandum, creating a task force on childhood obesity. >> now they get to work. >> reporter: mrs. obama launched the program this afternoon. >> this isn't like a disease where we're still waiting for the cure to be discovered. we know the cure for this. this isn't like putting

professor at northeastern university and we will examine the recent declines in violent crime rates nationwide, especially in cities. "washington journal" is next. . . you could always reach us online or send us a tweed -- tweet. we also show you some other comments from yesterday's shows. but first, news out of afghanistan are the u.s. and nato has of the largest offensive underway in the helmand province since 2003. this is in "the miami herald's." that is the headline of the mcclatchy report in "the miami herald." and more on the background of what this means to present a bomb and the administration. a crucial test to the obama strategy. here is part of that report -- that is a report this morning in "the washington post." to "the times' on-line," as we saw it from the latest news from the battle. theç taliban stronghold find u. marine and afghan units facing sporadic rocket and mortar fire on day three of the offensive. the report from afghanistan to our topic -- the report and afghanistan. to our topic. the headline, front page of "the daily news." crunk the old man -- grumpy old men. they have two pages of coverage. here is a co

tells his story of rising from a baltimore inner-city neighborhood to a career in journalism will handicapped by a stutter and functional illiteracy. thevent is in his current hometown of mount clair new jersey. [applause] >> thanks everybody. thank you so much, thank you all for being here this afternoon. it is so wonderful to have this at my home church in mount clair agers the was so many members of my church family. this event was sponsored by the senior at our church. ladies and gentlemen thank you. here's the format. i'm going to talk for a little bit. like you i was raised so i can talk for live well but i will talk about the book and read a couple of that search on the book and then i hope to answer to-- open it up for questions. the book cover certainly my life, things that covered my professional life, issues in the news today like the war in afghanistan where i was just a few months ago so would everyone to talk about we can talk about during the q&a session and we ask that when you come up, when you ask a question if he would come to the microphone so our friends at c-span can record it so the nation can hear your questions

the federal reserve banks from kansas city. this is 20 minutes. book tv weekend. >> "washington journal" continues. is thomas hoenig, president of the federal reserve bank of kansas city. dr. hoenig, what is the role of the federal reserve when it comes to regulating banks? guest: the role of the rhetoric -- federal reserve is a multifaceted in the regulation of banks. first, it does have a an oversight for financial stability, and that involves all of major financial institutions in the country. more specifically it has a supervisory authority where it actually oversees the activities and the books of all the major bank holding companies in the country, and state banks that choose to be part of the federal reserve system. this gives us a hands-on information about conditions in the financial and banking industry. i call it the eyes of the federal reserve as we deal with the banks across the country, not just on wall street, but in other parts of the country like in our region, in the center of the country. is the central two-hour role in ensuring the financial stability -- is thessential to r role

journal tossed it out. >> people buying houses, signing papers, you know and that's what happens. >> but next. residency questions tonight about the leading candidate for city council president. why he said these questions might be coming up now. >> always keep everybody involved in what you are doing. >> texting and driving. the dangerous loopholes some >> annapolis, governor o'malley outlines the priorities for state lawmakers in the state of the state address today. the governor's focus is jobs. john rydell has more from the statehouse. >> in his fourth state of the state address, governor o'malley acknowledged the gloomy economy. message to lawmakers is still upbeat. >> this recession is will end. our journey is not over. and our best days are still in front of us. if we make it so. >> but the help accelerate the economy, the governor is urging lawmakers to enact initiatives with one goal in mind. >> creating jobs, saving jobs, and protecting jobs. >> one bill would offer employers who hire laid off workers, a $3000 tax break. another would strengthen he did laws to prevent families from losing their homes through foreclosure. >> we are going to need to

city. this was a national, and north carolina. i always have a daily " which usually comes from my reading. there are teasers for my draw column in "the wall street journale of the blog is "about last night." when i go home tonight, i will probably right about this interview. >> i want to mention a footnote. "louis armstron a restaurant own connecticut, we set out headed north with everyone in a good mood. the band bus did not have a portion of so somewhere in connecticut, which stopped somewhere for lewis to go to the bathroom. he was refused use of the otherwise available facility. i would never forget the look on lewis's face -- on louis' . '" >> my wife is from connecticut and she was shocked when i read that quote. she said that that could not have happened in connecticut in the 1960's, and i told her that not only could, but it did. >> this is a black man in a white world. >> he was insulated from this experience because he was very famous throughout the first part of his life he could never be able to stay in a hotel or use the bathroom. he says that he ate more meals then he could imagine in the kitchen of the chopping block while he was on the r

the city of karbala to mark the death of a renowned shiite figure. despite promising heightened security for the pilgrims, iraqi security forces were unable to prevent yesterday's attack. >>> and the medical journalntroversial 1998 study linking certain vaccines to autism. the lead author of the study was dead ceted by the it general council in britain calling it biased and his conduct dishonest. wakefield in the statement called the allegations unfounded and unjust. >>> and celebrities in hollywood are hoping to recapture the magic of the michael jackson/lionel richie original "we are the world." celine dion, tony bennett, jennifer hudson just a fuft names that gathered to recreate the international hit, this time to raise money for the earthquake relief effort in haiti. the new song will premiere during the olympics february 12. that should be wonderful to hear that new rendition of that song. >> a great song, a great cause. thanks for doing it. we'll get back to you, lisa. appreciate it. >>> canada, britain, france, israel allow gays to serve openfully their military. what about the united states? congressman duncan hunter jr. says now is not the time. senator kirsten it gillibrand is pushing

the were calls on today's "washington journal." >> on your screen is thomas hoenig, who is president of the federal reserve bank of kansas city. when it comes to regulating banks? guest: the role of the federal reserve is multifaceted in the regulation of banks. it has an oversight responsibility for financial stability. that involves the major financial institutions of the country. more specifically, it has supervisory authority where it can examine the activities and the books of the major -- all the bank holding companies in the country and state banks that choose to be part of the federal reserve system. this gives us out hands on information about conditions in the financial system. i call it the eyes of the federal reserve as we deal with banks across the country, not just on wall street but in parts of america like our region of the country, which is in the center of the country. it as an important function central to our role in ensuring financial stability not just on wall street but in the middle of america and main street -- across the country. i consider that an essential function of the federal reserve. host: what

journal" continues. host: on your screen is thomas hoenig, president of the federal reserve bank of kansas city. dr.federal reserve is a multifaceted in the regulation of banks. first, it does have a an oversight for financial stability, and that involves all of major financial institutions in the country. more specifically it has a supervisory authority where it actually oversees the activities and the books of all the major bank holding companies in the country, and state banks that choose to be part of the federal reserve system. this gives us a hands-on information about conditions in the financial and banking industry. i call it the eyes of the federal reserve as we deal with the banks across the country, not just on wall street, but in other parts of the country like in our region, in the center of the country. is the central two-hour role in ensuring the financial stability -- is thessential to r role in ensuring the financial stability of the country. i considered an essential function of the federal reserve. host: what is the legislation being considered by the senate banking committee that

and also writes a column on economics for the hill, educated at the university of north dakota and columbia school of journalism, new york citygo and he okayed for high-speed transport and we are thrilled to death. >> host: pat, what is the job situation of tampa right now? >> guest: >> caller: 10% three >> host: 10%. >> caller: we are hurting down here and are all looking optimistic that, you know the five-speed real. we figure it's going to provide jobs, it's going to provide health care. i think one thing feeds into the other. it's giving an optimistic attitude here in tampa we are all excited about and when he got here and spoke to the university of tampa we were elated. he was put on the lion. there were questions that some of our students socked it to him and he responded so well. and nine republican. i'm not a democrat. but you know something? we love obama here in tampa. thank you so much. >> host: high-speed rail, tampa. one of several spots the president made recently in his economic ideas. >> guest: interestingly swing state that we've seen a lot of that from president obama, especially since it stops in tampa and

the wrecking crew. in 1988, his undergraduate friends and he launched a cultural criticism journal, called bachelor magazine. he has a ph.d in history from the university of chicago. and he was a born in kansas city, missouri. there are factoids about you. what is your view of the world that came out of all that. [unintelligible] what does it mean to you to be a liberal? guest: i was having fun with you there. what would i say? i identify with the labor movement. franklin roosevelt, harry truman. i love the writing style of one person. that is what is most important to me -- putting together words and ideas. i write about domestic politics mainland. lately what has been fascinating has been the flowering of the conservative grass these days in the tea party movement. for a while, you go back to about a year ago and pretty much everybody i k >> if you go back to about a year ago, pretty much everybody that i knew, all of the commentators and whatnot, thought we had turned some historical corner and we had entered a new era of liberalism. now it looks like that's just not so. but for a while there i was -- i -- you know, i wrote many columns, trying to offer and do the sort of typical d.c. columnis

city are capable of hearing what is going on an outside. host: where do the tea party folks began? i want to show you a column that carl robach wrote in "the wall street journaling on his advice -- karl rove. asian influence both parties -- guest: i think that is good advice. karl and i sometimes agree and disagree, but in this instance i think he is right. i don't think at this point there is great danger to the republicans and democrats keep hoping that tea party people will spin off and run a third- party candidate here and everywhere and help democrats. i do not think it is likely to happen, if the republicans are responsive to the concerns of the american people. it might happen in one or two places. the only place where there has been some thread of this is in nevada and there is some -- threat of this in -- is in nevada, and harry reid pocket people not only have an interest in it but maybe active in recruiting people to do it. one thing you have seen, you have a lot of people new to politics. but if you take a look at massachusetts and what these folks have been saying, they are sort of following what he says, and that is, they are not willing to asso

journal." first, a discussion on the recent toyota vehicle recall and a look at the housing market and a little later, how politics affect policy decisions. >> a live look at the capitol, where the city and the region were impacted by a snowstorm. more snow is predicted for later in the week. whenever one does get back the focus may well return to health care, as president obama yesterday he will invite democrats and republicans to a bipartisan health care some with the hopes of breaking the impasse. the president did announce he would like the summit to be televised so check c-span.org for our coverage plans. as we take a look at the $787 billion economic stimulus program signed into law just about a year ago, over $333 billion have been committed, just over $179 billion having been paid out as of february 2. check our website to keep track of the stimulus money. go to c-span.org/stimulus to watch hearings, briefings, and speeches as well as congressional debate and links to government and outside groups. that is that c-span.org /stimulus. this coming wednesday we will have a house hearing on the toyota vehicle recalls on c- span3. right now a discussion about that from today's "was