phase one involves going aaound the moon. phase two involves sending a lune a ar to the moon. and china expects to complete its space station and a manned mission to the moon by 2020. not only are we giving up the fact that we are exceptional, but thhse people who are trying to ssow how exceptional they are and quite honestly, the chinese have turned around since they learned that capitalism really works and now they re doing the moon explorations. now, i'm sure there is one group of folks who say it doesn't rally matter as long as we go to the mooo. but the reality is, remember what technology and the defense world came out of, the technology that we developed in our space program. and that's something we can never forget. %- we can never forget to mmke sure that american exceptionalism allows us to stay on top of those things that keeps us breathing free air in this country. and if we ever concede that to those who don't like us as much as we think they do and maybe they don't like us and our system, having rights and freedoms and protections under our constitution and maybe

i said did you look at the moon when your brother was talking? l moment during that time. >> larry: everywhere you go, almost every day, you hear the name michael? >> yes. >> larry: paparazzi still follow you around? >> yes, there is one that i wanted to knock around. he was being disrespectful. >> larry: see video of jermaine's trip by going to cnn.com/lar cnn.com/larryking. with the jackson five, michael made music magic. but his popularity has soared in the last year, assuring that michael will remain alive forever. jermaine talks about it all, next. [ male announcer ] this is steven, a busy man. his day starts with his arthritis pain. that's breakfast with two pills. the morning is over, it's time for two more pills. the day marches on, back to more pills. and when he's finally home... but hang on -- just two aleve can keep arthritis pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is steven, who chose aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. and get the all day pain relief of aleve in liquid gels. ♪ ♪ do u gonna be there? ♪ are u su

i said did you look at the moon when your brother was talking? gical moment during that time. >> larry: everywhere you go, almost every day, you hear the name michael? >> yes. >> larry: paparazzi still follow you around? >> yes, there is one that i wanted to knock around. he was being disrespectful. >> larry: see video of jermaine's trip by going to cnn.com/larryking. with the jackson five, michael made music magic. but his popularity has soared in the last year, assuring that michael will remain alive forever. jermaine talks about it all, next. somewhere, is making the ♪ where there is love i'll be there i'll be there i'll reach out my hand to you i'll have faith in all you do just call my name and i'll be there ♪ ♪ i'll be there i'll be there to comfort you in my world of dreams ♪ >> what was the magic of the jackson 5? >> the magic of the jackson five was having a team like motown, shelly berger, all these people who knew how to take what we had and put it into this motown machine and just present it for the world. that was the magic. and then

moon up against it. everybody after theid you look at moon when your brother was talking? i said, i felt a very, very magical moment during that time. >> larry: everywhere you go, almost every day, you hear the name michael, right? >> yes. >> larry: paparazzi still follow you around? >> yes, there is one that i really wanted to jump on and knock him out the other day. he was being very disrespectful. i'm glad i didn't. i held my cool. you get like that sometimes, too, i'm pretty sure. >> larry: see video of jermaine's trip by going to cnn.com/larryking. michael jackson was a pop icon before he died. as a child and front man with the jackson five, he made music magic. but his popularity and sales have soared in the past year. assuring that michael will remain alive forever. jermaine talks about it all, next. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 if it was up to me? tdd# 1-800-345-2550 investment firms wouldn't even dream of overcharging people. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 in fact, they'd spend all of their time dreaming up ways tdd# 1-800-345-2550 to

but as to our space forecast, about the american station of the moon. in our forecast, it will be immediate station. -- h media station. -- a media station. >> i'm for tehe chinese media right now. you mentioned about this may be the military station. that may occur a lot of conflict in the future. somebody had to pay for the international space station on the moon, but it may get very sad fact afterwards. that is my concern. >> i do not think there will be many conflicts, so i say about militarization a process of placing the arms in space, not conflict. conflict will be first space war. it will be one space conflict. you see? the tiny space station, space station orbital or moon, chinese orbital space station or about chinese moon space station. >> which one did you refer to? >> [inaudible] you mentioned about the international space station. [inaudible] >> i did not say international space station on the moon, no. first moon station, american. second, chinese. ok. >> i'm marsha smith with the space and technology group. i'm curious as to why you think

constellation will provide the means plus go to the moon and beyond. i believe at the time such a dramatic reversal risks the american leadership in human space flight in the future. a lot has transpired. but i still believe cancelling the constellation presents more risks than rewards and creates more challenges than solutions and raises more questions than it provides answers. the fact that nasa and the administration cannot or will not provide comprehensive details related to such a radical policy change should alarm every member of congress. my colleagues and i are concerned about the ability to maintain the international space station, the impact on the aerospace industrial base and highly skilled work force as my colleague from utah alluded to and crew safety risk of reliance on unidentified commercial crew vehicles. these concerns have not been adequately addressed by the administration. and i have long supported a program that combines constellation with encreasing role in the commercial sector, beginning with cargo flights to the space station

thing was said about our ability to harness the technology to land a man safely on the surface of the moon. and yet, time and again, we have refused to settle for the paltry limits of conventional wisdom. instead, what has defined us as a nation since our founding is the capacity to shape our destiny, our determination to fight for the america we want for our children. even if we are unsure exactly what that looks like, even if we do not yet precisely know how we will get there, we know we will get there. it is a faith in the future that sustains us as a people. it is that same faith that sustains our neighbors in the gulf right now. each year, at the beginning of shrimping season, the region's fishermen take part in a tradition that was brought to america long ago by fishing immigrants from europe. it is called the blessing of the fleet. today it is a celebration where clergy from different religions gather to say a prayer for the safety and success of the men and women who will head out to sea, some for weeks at a time. the ceremony goes on in good times and in bad. it took place after k

we know there is water on the moon. we could get up there and colonize. we can get underground possibly. we can get robot excavators. we can get that helium 3 up there. host: we are asking about energy policy and what the disaster means about the future of u.s. energy policy. one senator who will have a hand in that in terms of the energy bill is senator john kerry, the head of the foreign affairs committee -- the foreign relations committee and the senate. he was asked about whether the gulf spill will make congress less inclined to pass his energy and climate bills which calls for new offshore drilling. he says he disagrees. he said we will not stop drilling in the gulf to margaret terminate wells out there. do you think americans will just stop driving to work? that will not happen. of the fear factor this year in elections but we will stay on this. in terms of investments, there is a chart on this eetensive piece of what members of congress invest in and where they serve in terms of congressional committees. when public duties and private investments

their graves are topped by the cross, the crescent moon and star, the star of david.irst degroat -- freshly -- from lee's manchimano arlington's freshly dug grave, it reflects the more perfect union they died to defend. in arlington like nowhere else, we can see freedom blossom and note its price. it is now privilege to introduce our next speaker. but i fit want to say a note of gratitude to his wife, dr. joe biden, who i doing so much to help our military -- dr. jill biden, who is doing so much to help our military milies. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce a man who knows both service and sacrifice, the vice president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you all very, very much. deputy secretary lynn, thank you for that introduction. that admiral mullen, i have to say -- and at roland, aave to say, we have gotten to know each other and this is -- admir mullen, i have to say, we have gotten to know each other and this is the greatest opportunity of my life to address all of you on this hallowed ground. and superintendent metzler, thank

>> not smart enough to get us to the moon. you know?ut i looked at oil spills and thought we can do better than pitch forks. i thought we could and i thought if i could bring what i have which is a dreaming mentality and the money that i have been able to amass which i never thought i would have i would throw it at this problem and i could make a difference. >> larry: when this happens, when it first occurred, what did you first think? >> i -- you know, i had this -- i hate to admit this but i had this, well, i was almost -- >> larry: told you? >> i was almost like petulant. i knew that was wrong but there was human nature in me. i couldn't believe -- i totally believed what was happening but i just -- i had to reengage and i know, you know, i'm the actor with the magic machine. i know that that's how it was going to read so i was prepared to have my neck cut off and watch my head roll into the street by intellectuals, by cynics, but i had to reengage because, you know, i -- it was a fight worth fighting and it's -- and i didn't want th

we know more about the other side of the moon than we know about our own ocean. lot more research that needs to be done. we cannot fool around with nature like we do now by certainly decide to go have the dispersants being put in there because we don't know what the long-term effect will be on the marine life. we're talking about everything. we're talking about animals. we're talking about plants. ultimately all of that reaches the coast line, as we've seen it now going under the booms and reaching the marshland which is a very, very sensitive environment. as well as florida where pretty much all forms of marine life will spend some time there to hide and find food and protection from predators and on and on and on. >> brown: with the dispersants isn't there a trade-off? isn't the idea to keep more of the oil from coming to the coast? >> i don't believe that's the answer. i think the long-term damage and consequences are much higher than if we allow them to come to the surface and start to skim it. pick it up like we've done in other parts of the world. playing go

now we are outsourcing the moon, potentially, to the chinese. under though because ma administration. and we're outssurce -- under the obama administration. we're outsourcing the spault program and the rockets that make this exceptional. this administration has been very critical about outsourcing outside the country of jobs. pointing fingers at lots of people about, you're destroying american jobs by outsourcing, what do you think you're doing with these 20,000 to 30,000 high-paying, technical, the great brain trust of america, you're outsourcing it to the chinese, the indians, and the russians. maybe the japanese. why shouldn't we be concerned about this, mr. president? i think that's the question we've got to ask ourselves. and i think we've got to start saying, how much are we willing to say we're no longer exceptional, we're going to outsource everything to somebody else? i believe the american people want to say to us here in congress, hey, wake up. give us a job like you've always given us a job and we as americans will do that job and do

it's like going to the moon. but that same level of technology has not been applied to spill clean-up. that's one of the areas that the whole industry has to focus on. >> lehrer: thank you both very much. >> ifill: now the second in our global health unit reports from china. tonight ray suarez looks at the growing problem of obesity. >> suarez: china's economy is getting bigger. an amazing 9 to 10 percent a year even during a worldwide recession. china's cities are getting bigger. vast department complexes rise from land cleared for rebuilding. there's a constant hum of construction cranes and motion across the horizon. china's middle class is getting bigger. better educated. better paid. millions of new consumers flock to the new shopping centers, freed from the hard physical habor of their parents and grandparents. all that change has consequences. the chinese are getting bigger too. and fast. the new england journal of medicine reports that 19 million people in china are now obese . while the small percentage o

we can send a man to the moon but we can't cap an oil well? it's ridiculous. in this technology time, that is ridiculous. >> we are in this for the long haul. >> reporter: the president will try to respond to that pressure when he returns to washington tomorrow night. he plans a nationally televised prime time address, his first from the oval office. white house aides say he's pressing bp to set up an escrow account for damage claims to be independently managed. he'll raise that issue with bp executives in a meeting wednesday. >> so far we've had a constructive conversation . my hope is that by the time the chairman and i meet on wednesday that we've made sufficient progress that we can start actually seeing a structure that would be in place. >> suarez: in london today, bp's board considered the escrow issue as well as u.s. demands that the company suspend second quarter dividend payments. some further analysis now >> suarez: some further analysis now about the idea of an escrow fund and its basis in law from a pair of attorneys. steve yerrid is a trial lawyer

. >> safer: "avatar" is set on the moon pandora, a fantasy eden, which earthlings want to exploit, aangri-la created entirely by computers. >> cameron: you're creating a world-- every creature in it, every blade of grass, every tree, every cloud in the sky, every little reflection in the eyes of the characters. >> safer: it is part cross- cultural love story, part high adventure. about the only thing that's done the old-fashioned way is the music. >> cameron: what i want is that. i want that expression. >> safer: on the set, there are far more computer jockeys than stage hands. "avatar" is made up of at least 3,000 separate shots, each one containing layer upon layer of special effects. what's interesting to me is that, with all of the technical changes, it always comes down to the story, no? >> cameron: exactly. it all boils down to the story, and to this, right there, you know, right in the eyes. >> safer: cameron's stars are sigourney weaver, sam worthington and zoe saldana. but in a sense, the real stars are the inhabitants of pandora-- ten-foot-tall blue people with tails. you g

china is going to launch their first manned mission to the moon next year. our space program has been affected by the deficit and budget cuts. china does not agree with the non-proliferation agreement in space. what is your position with regard to a draft if we need

secondly, china is going to launch their first manned mission to the moon this nature. ry little is talk about it. our space program has been affected by that deficit of budget cuts. china will have the high ground. they do not agree with the non- proliferation position in space. they have not signed that. what is your position also with regard to a draft if we need that in the next five or 10 years? would you support a draft? many of our troops overseas are on their fourth tour. i know that you know that. the resources are being taxed to the max. >> i did not see the need for the draft right now. i toward afghanistan and iraq. we have the highest educated, best trained troops since 9/11. we're think we falter is that we did not all sacrifice to get it. our men and women in the military made their sacrifices. we were told to go shopping again. difficulty is that we have been at war longer than we have ever been in the history of america. we have to make sure that they have all the training and ability to do it. i do not see the need for right now. that would have to be a

the resolution is adopted. without objection, e moon reconsider is laid on the table the unfinished buness is the voton motion he genewoman from california, ms. woolsey, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4855 as amended on which the yeas and nays were ordered. the clerk will report the titl of t bill. the clerk: h.r. 4855, al establish the work-life balae award for those who have developed work-life balance policies. saker pro temre: the questiois will the hoe suspend the resnd pass the bi as amend. members will record thr votes by ectronivice. this is a five-mite vote. [captioning made possible by e national capt institute, inc.in cooperation with the united st house of representati any usof t closecaptioned coverage of the house commercial pposeis l or expressly pribited by the .s. house ofeprentates.] theaker pro ore: on this vohe yeas are 249. the nays are 163. 2/3 of those n responding in t affirmative, thrules are not suspended and the bill is not passed. mbers will please clear e aisle. the hoe will be inrder. r what rpose does

the country looks like the far side of the moon. it may look that way, but there are resources that will help the people of afghanistan. you are correct. somehow, china has started the development of the recovery of copper, and are investing billions of dollars and creating jobs in afghanistan. it should be all countries participating in this. this should help the people of afghanistan. host: next phone call from sylvania, ohio. larry on the democratic line. are you there? we are going to move on. bristow, va. go ahead. caller: good morning to both of you. my question for mr. wilson, on what to -- i want to harp on what the other person was saying. and i know that the chinese are starting a compromise over there -- copper mine over there. american companies should be the one over there. we should be mining. the other country with lithium is bolivia. american companies should be extracting any resources that are there, not the chinese. they should not be there. they did not want to help us. they should not benefit from the resources.

but one of t issues that has arisen, i understanthat knil armstrong, first man to put h foot on the moon has said that if we abandon our manned space prram,t will be devastating to national security. wouldt ite a good idea to listen tpeop who have more perience in some areas than we do? neilrmng can see the nationaserity implications of us basically giving up what has taken 50 years toevop. supremacy in space. it has been consingo hear is administratiowithhe assistance of people inongress and saying, in this time o monetary probms, financial cris, th is a time to start cutting budgets. swe really can'afford o kp pursuing these ideas w nasa thas brought us more advancemts, not just in space -i meanake sudaphed p.e. prograand en my doctor, when i was a said there is this wonderful drug developed called sudafed, give it try. those e st tinely little things. th advancement that has ke this country to th forefront in technology has been the space. thintnet. it was the dertment of defense effort and lo and beold, look where it has taken us in the private sect now but we cannot afford t give u

, but he is determined to see if he beats the system, so he strips naked, runs around, baying at the moon. people are taking out their cell phones to call the cops. just as things are on the brink of complete chaos, he stops and looks the woman in the eye and says how old am i? >> the woman says you are 47 years old. he is flabbergasted and says that is impossible. how does it work? how do you do it? >> she said i was behind you in line at the mcdonald's. [laughter] the moral of the story is this. we were anyone who stands before you planning to possess esoteric means of revealing the essentially unknowable. it be taken too seriously, you are going to end of naked, running around in a circle, and barking like a dog. i do not study animal entrails. i have no better claim to know the catholic future than anyone else in this room. i would nevertheless suggest that the effort of trying to look down the line of what my becoming is justified because of what it tells us about the present. it imposes a certain intellectual discipline upon us. it invites us to look beyond random headlines and all

we didn't stop drilling and we didn't top going to the moon. host: what kind of work did do you in the oil industry in caller: i worked for camp ran and i retired from cannon after 36 1/2 years. and i was one of the pioneers in this when shell, all the engineers and exxon and turned to a floating rig to drill in 600 feet of water and global marine went down in mississippi and took our wellheads and blow out interstack that is what everybody used at that time. host: mr. tippee, any response for that caller? guest: agree with the safety procedures. anybody who has been on an offshore well, especially knows how closed an environment that is. you don't get on a rig or platform without a safety briefing and the people who give them are serious about that. blowout preventers are -- they are 1,000 of them. there's a blowout preventer on every well that is drilled during the drilling operation. they have a strong record. they are mechanical devices that have limits but they are studied all the time to try to get them to overcome those limits. they are v

and deal with this issue, but also to recognize this is a moment in time that should be a put on the moon a man or the manhattan project. yes, we can have oil. there's a mountain of natural gas. but why not more solar? i live in a place called the sunshine state. why are we not having the jobs and testing technology for the rest of the world and whether it's hydrogen? we should use this moment to also recognize we shouldn't be dependent on fossil fuels. so as we look at this historic disaster, we should also look at this as an opportunity for the future. and i believe that now is the time to bring the best and brightest to clean up this mess, it's also an opportunity to bring our best and brightest minds together to end our dependence on foreign oil over the next 10 years and become a world leader in the kind of clean, affordable alternative energy that will create good jobs right here in the united states. madam speaker, i thank you for the time. the speaker pro tempore: mr. wolf of virginia. mr. wolf: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objecti

but the country that put a man on the moon should not be the country to blind itself to an obvious problem. and we are going to be swallod by this and the oceans are going to be swallowed by this unless we first recognize the prlem. it's a simple bipartisan step to say we got a problem, we got to work together to solve it. let's do that. i commend this. and i yield back the balance of my time. the spear pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. -- the gentlemanields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass house resolution 989, so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is passed -- the gentleman from utah. mr. chaffetz: mr. speaker, on that i ask -- demand the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are

if you are going to fly to the moon, pack a big lunch. the fact is that we don't create a tarp program. this is classic boot strapping. it's not a tarp program. it's very different than the tarp program in a number of ways. the community banks want to participate in it, they don't want to participate in another tarp program. so to kill it, they are inaccurately characterizing the tarp and then talking about another inspector general. this is not the problem of what the subject is being asked to say. it's to try desperately to get a little tarp rubbed off on it so they can defeat by that way something they can't defeat on merit. now let me yield a minute to the gentleman from kansas, mr. moore, who is the chair of the oversight subcommittee of our committee, a man with a great reputation for integrity and forcing tax -- enforcing taxpayer rights. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may not yield loss of time. mr. frank: i just yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. moore: thank you, mr. chairman, and to members

the reason why it takes that, of the moon riser package are about 1 million pounds. al drilling apparatus to deploy this. so they put a second blowout preventer to be the backup in case the one on top of the current one was the solution. as they moved into top kill, they move to the drill rig over. that did not happen. they redeployed back and have continued drilling the block. there are now back drilling the second relief well now. >> the dutch government is sending over equipment that will oilused to help draw the soi from the water. the u.s. coast guard has requested the equipment to be sent over. >> we are looking at offers of foreign assistance. we are reaching out to foreign governments. the equipment ready for us now is skimming equipment. we are reaching a to folks like the netherlands, canada, and mexico for sources and supply of that. with the potential to be any containment scenario through the -- to be in a containment's an area through the hurricane season, we need vessels on the surface for skimming top of equipment. next question. >> good afternoon, at

their graves are topped by a cross, the crescent moon and star, the star of david.on to arlington's freshly dug grave is to see in these grounds an important truth take root. that truth is this -- are all here themselves reflect the more perfect union they died to defend. in arlington like no worlds, we conceived freedom blossom -- like nowhere else, we can see freedom blossom. it is my privilege to introduce the next speaker. i want to say and no gratitude to his wife, dr. joe biden, who is doing so much to help our military families. it is an honor to introduce a man who knows both service and sacrifice, the vice president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you all very, very much. says deputy secretary lind, thank you very much. admiral mullen, we have gotten to know one another. this is the greatest honor of my public life that has ever been given to me, having an opportunity to address all of you on memorial day on this hallowed ground. and superintendent metzler, thank you for your care and attention to these hallowed grounds. and thank you to the guard

the theme of space exploration, and we did come of listing historic landmarks based on trips to the moonnd elsewhere, and not many of those projects represented in the system. you could probably change every one of the historic teams -- improve the team by giving more attention to the role of women and minorities. there has been relatively little repreeentation of the history of labor in america. most important, perhaps, the changing definition of what it means to the american. as has been said earlier, that is changing very rapidly. we need to keep up with that. 20th century history would represent some of that. >> you also mentioned, mr. rogers, you talk about how nps is emphasizing a leadership role. how does that differ from the regulatory agency? >> thank you for that question. the energy comes from people that want something, and the various levels of government serve the energy. probably 25 or 30 years, when i was running these programs in so far as you can run them, from the national park service perspective, i came to realize that i was responsible for this white-rate -- for thi

president bush received them six days a week from 6:00 until 8:30 in the mooning. there were also professional brief bursters that were along r that. it is a very important way to bbing to the president's attention, usually very early in the day, what has gone overnight in the analysis of the key issues of the day. host: obviously the intelligence corrected -- collected overnight begins earlierrthan that. guest: these were analysis that were sometimes three or four pages long that had been worked on for several days or weeks. it was not all overnight intelligence. it was that analytic products of the intelligence community. let me say, i think he real key in intelligence is analysis. you can collect all of the factoids and information that you want in the world, but if you do not analyze it correctly, you really have not got mmch. host: would you say the quality of the analysis going up to the iraq warrwas intelligently false? guest: that was the bill year. we built in a lot of safeguards and improvements, we felt, to try to avoid the repetition of that kind of epis

statute, particularly the ability to demonstrate, as a company, that if you're going to go drill on the moon or 500 feet under the -- 5000 feet under the ocean, that the techniques you have forced a -- for stopping a spill can be verified. an application comes in. the boxes are checked. d mms folks -- the mms folks go to work. take me through the process that happens when the permit comes in, in terms of getting to the approval stage. >> an application for a permit to drill is submitted based upon the exploration plan that had a party been submitted and previously approved by dumping minerals management service. there would have been-- approved by the minerals management service. there would have been an investigation. the minerals management service employees with look at the application for a permit to drill. it would assess the adequacy of the information. -- they would assess the adequacy of information. it would either reject or accept the application for a permit to drill. once the permit is issued to the industry member, they can go forward and begin their operations. >> what you just

the reasons that cost one so drastically wrong -- went so drastically wrong, is that you shot for the moonso often, and what structures or incentives are you thinking about to prevent them from going too far? and how are you going to prevent requirements creep? >> i've already described the process that we're using in our large programs to scrutinize. the key of the engineering design trade and that appetite is traded off against cost in the design at the beginning. requirements creep -- there are many ways to prevent that. it goes back to a story about contract type. one of the things that causes -- that or require that government cannot change requirement is a fixed-price contract in environment. he paid dearly in that environment for changing your mind. . >> the house is in recess now until 6:00 p.m. eastern. members will come back to vote in some resolutions debated earlier today. we will return live to the house floor when members gavel back in. elsewhere in washington today, the confirmation hearing got under way for supreme court nominee elena kagan. members of the senate judiciary

secondly, china is going to launch their first manned mission to the moon this nate. very little is talk about it. our space program has been affected by that deficit of budget cuts. china will have the high ground. they do not agree with the non- proliferation position in space. they have not signed that. what is your position also with regard to a draft if we need that in the next five or 10 years? would you support a draft? many of our troops overseas are on their fourth tour. i know that you know that. the resources are being taxed to the max. >> i did not see the need for the draft right now. i toward afghanistan and iraq. we have the highest educated, best trained troops since 9/11. we're think we falter is that we did not all sacrifice to get it. our men and women in the military made their sacrifices. we were told to go shopping again. difficulty is that we have been at war longer than we have ever been in the history of america. we he to make sure that they have all the training and ability to do it. i do not see the need for right now. that would have to be a

the king is a moon -- is immune. let's straighten out the threshold problem beffre we go any further. whinnied a proper plaintiff and a proper -- we need a proper plaintiff and the proper defendant. >> i can assure you that the french civil liberties union feels like an alien in the amalgamated kingdom. [laughter] your answer as to the plaintiff goes, we think that question ought to be addressed in terms of whether the plaintiffs and those injured were aliens at the time of the offenses in question. we're talking -- we're on behalf of the estate of the french pows who were slaughtered during the battle of agincourt. there is no question that those p.o.w.'s are aliens in this kingdom. we think there proper plaintiffs to pursue under the alien tort statute. as to king henry and hhm being a defendant, it is no surprise they would seek to hide behind a shield of sovereign immunity. the question of henry's legitimacy to the throne in the first place -- we think that sovereign immunity cannot be a shield to this court heari

let's go to the phones and hear michael on the democrats' line, in queens, new york. caller: good mooning. quick question. can you explain to me why this is the first time that i have gooten through on c-span? see the party lines, why is it that republicans are always on the top line? hot: well, do not hang up yet. we do change that up so that are notans or democrats given preference. we change ii periodically so is at the top compared to the other. do you have ny comment on this news that the u.s. is indirectly the afghanistan war lords? caller:, i am an obama supporter. not much that i know much about it right now. but my comment, that is wt i was calling about. i guess you are right. host: it is not topic-dependent, just changed it periodically out of fairness. let's go to john in ncaster, pennsylvania. caller: yes, this is why we pay $4 per gallon for gas. it is for the troops in afghanistan. we are bribing people not to kill us. it is a continuatn of the way .s. works -- we are as corrupt as possible. the cia, blackwater, other givene contractors are this money and they in turn give

the governor. no one has come to see us. only our neighbor have helped us. >> woodruff: today, u.n. secretary-general ban ki moonappealed for $71 million in emergency aid. and u.n. officials said one million people may need humanitarian assistance. krygyzstan is also home to a key u.s. airbase at mannas in the north that supplies operations in afghanistan. u.s. assistant secretary of state robert blake toured one of the refugee camp s inside uzbekistan today >> united states supports an investigation into the cause of the violence that took place and is still occurring in southern krygyzstan, so that everyone can better understand why this happened , so that this can be prevented in the future. >> woodruff: krygyzstan has been in turmoil since a violent uprising overthrew the president andrew bacevich in april. the intergovernment blames bakiyev and his sympathizers for inciting this new crise. earlier today i talked with clifford leevee of the "new york times." he has been reporting from osh for the past four days. clifford leevee, thank you very much for talking with us. first of all, what is the situation the

moon beams. we need a plan for future disasters to include who's in charge of stopping the leak, who's in charge of containment of the oil spill and who's in charge of the cleanup. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. jones of north carolina. without objection, the gentleman from florida is recognized for five minutes. >> permission to revise and extend. mr. diaz-balart: i spoke with one of the most important and respected leaders of the pro-democracy movement in cuba. from his house. i always learn when i speak to him, he conveyed to me some facts that should be known by my colleagues. fact, there are not 200 political prisoners in cuba. there are thousands of political prisoners in cuba. as amnesty international admit nd one of its published reports, the dictatorships uses sents for so-called crimes for contempt against authority and dangerousness, criminal charges to deny, hide the political status of prisoners of conscience. fact, various pro-democracy leaders and political prisoners are on hunger strikes as we speak in cuba. most well known is

e: on is vothe yeas are 416, the nay arzero. 2/3 being the aff, the rul are suspend, t resolution is agreedo. and whout objection, th moon to reconsider is laid on the table. witho objection, e title is amded. le 19, proceedigs will no resume on h.r.54 which the clerk willeport by title. the clerk: ll to amend e internal revenue code provi tax incentives for small business job catioand for other purposes. the sakerro tempore: the hoe ll be in. members will taktheir at from the aisles, from the ba of the roe chambers,rom th front, from erywhere. members, take your seats. r what purse does the gentleman from michiganise? >> . speaker, have a motion to recommit at thedesk. the speaker pempore: is t ntleman posed to the bl? mr. camp: i am in its present form. the speaker pro tempore: the clerwill report thmoti. the clerk: mr. camp of michigan moves to recommit the bill h.r. 54 -- mr. campmrspeaker, i ask unanius csent to spen with t reading. mrlevin: reserve a point of rder. the speaker prteore: is there objection? mr.evin: i resee a point the speaker pro tempore: the point of order is heard. is tre objtion to th gentman's r