this is what has been happening to and come distribution in the u.s.a. since 1975. that steep rise during the '80s up until the early 90's then it was level since then could data if finishes 2005. when we have had a similar rise in inequality people can in the talked -- detect when it becomes more antisocial. if you want more of this you can get it from our book. each chapter deals with the different problems the different data and goes to the kinds of explanations through that particular outcome. it is basically what we said plus some scions you can download. however i think the take-home message is that we must up thinking of raising the quality on the consumer is them and realize a instead that what would really make a difference to the quality of our life is what affects the social environment and relationships between us and to recognize there is no really strong evidence to improve the well-being of a society. by narrowing the differences between us. i will stop there. [applause] >> i will invite you to come up if you have questions that this microphone here. i

here in the u.s.a. plus, we've proven you'll waste 50% fewer strips... when you use our meter, which means greater savings... for people with diabetes, like me. now that's true american value. accu-chek aviva. born in the u.s.a. >> sean: the president unveiled a 3.8 trillion dollar budget in morning and sent it to congress. here's what he told reporters. >> we cannot continue to spend as if deficits don't have consequences. as if waste doesn't matter. as if the hard earned tack dollars of the american people can be treated like monopoly money. as if we can ignore this challenge for another generation, we can't. >> sean: given what is contained in the budget i'm not sure how sincere the president is. it increases the deficit by 1.56 trillion per year and increase the national debt 8.5 trillion. nonetheless, the president is patting himself on the back for being fiscally responsible. citing a one trillion dollar tax increase on the so-called rich. this in effect puts an end to the bush tax cuts. the budget also freezes domestic spending on some programs wh

last night the u.s.a. hockey team defeated canada. yan miller made the difference. >> announcer: another shot blocked! jamming away, big pile-up there on top of the puck is ryan miller. what a stop by ryan miller. bill: for his excellence performance he's a patriot. on the pinhead front. toronto raptor team has an aggressive mascot the other night things might have gotten out of hand. >> announcer: raptor having fun with the cheerleaders. whoa! that's wrong. tough night. [ laughing ] bill: he didn't even use ketchup. is the raptor a pinhead? i think so. we have a big new promotion. become ail bill o'reilly.com premium member for a year and we will give you free this amazing travel mug. just for premium members. with the logo on it, what a great deal you get it free. we are going to pick up the shipping. if you are a yearly pm and you renew your membership of course you get the travel mug too. shipping is free. check this out and have fun with your premium membership. the mail. margaret: i'm sick of seeing the horrible exploitation tige

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here in the u.s.a. plus, we've proven you'll waste 50% fewer strips... when you use our meter, which means greater savings... for people with diabetes, like me. now that's a true american value. accu-chek aviva. born in the u.s.a. >>> nbc news now can confirm that the united states, cia believes that pakistan taliban leader is dead. killed in a u.s. predator missile strike last month. the deaths of three american soldiers, three more in a suicide attack there yesterday bringing unwanted attention to how involved america is in pakistan and in the fighting there. joining us now is republican senator kip vaughn, vice chair of the intelligence committee. thank you for joining us. let's talk about pakistan. we don't have a body or dna evidence. can we assume by his silence that the taliban leader is dead? what evidence do we have? >> that's a help. obviously, i can't go into the intelligence. our best judgment is that the young, new take-over violent head in the gang in the taliban is dead. that's a good start. >> what is the state of play there? we had all o

iran is getting high-tech materials and components for a variety of weapons from right here in the u.s.a and we have a total embargo-- blanket sanctions against any trade with iran. our law enforcement agencies have become more aggressive in hunting down and catching the smugglers engaged in this illicit trade. yet it is an ongoing cat and mouse game. one reason it's been so hard to shut this down is that iran often turns to under-the-radar middlemen who run small trading companies around the world. some are based right in american cities. are you a procurement agent for iran? >> mohammad vaghari: no, that's ridiculous, no. >> stahl: but, of course, that's sort of the implication of the case against you. >> vaghari: i'm nothing to do with the iranian government or things like that at all. >> stahl: mohammad vaghari-- "mitch" to his friends-- an iranian who's lived in the u.s. for 15 years, is facing up to 85 years in prison. he and his lawyers are preparing for his trial next month on charges that he conspired to send u.s. technology to iran through a trading company he set up in his bas

. >> up to now, because china's military intelligence and diplomacy did not threaten america, the u.s.a. has been content to coexist. like two gorge is players on a board. but now developments in the have begun to cause friction. the first is trade protection -- protectionism. president obama brought in -- google ended its agreement to self-sensor in china after it accused the chinese state of cyber attacks on its g mail service. but this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> it's not just google china but the fact that dozens of american firms have been on the wrong side of significant cyber attacks, emanating from china, is a watershed moment in u.s.-chinese relations. these firms are going to be working much more closely with the u.s. government, and the u.s. government officials do not yet know how to deter those attacks. as a consequence of that, if the chinese government is not more forthcoming than they have been thus far, we're going to see linkage of this issue to broader economic relations. >> behind all this friction is an inconvenient fact. china is holding about $1 trillion wo

. >> the mole was scientifically tested in 2002 in the u.s.a. and found not to work. >> it was evaluated and shown to be nothing more than than a rod. what makes thun assessible is at that point should be should have shut this operation down. but instead this company was allowed to go to other countries and exploit the nyyeffity of these people -- naievity. >> so when british authorities become aware of the concerns of the so-called detectors? we'veeen an internal email from 2005 to customs which refers to the a.d.e. 651 as sounding like witchcraft and it's emerged that the chair of the select committee wrote to the defense minister, quinton davies, in january 2009. he expressed concerns about the way the g.t.-200 was being marketed with suggestions it was backed by the british military. in may quinton davis replied -- >> i am grateful to you for drawing this to my attention and enabling us to investigate this matter. i should first explain the gt-2 hundred shun not in service with our armed forces -- gt-200 is not in service with our armed forc

we have a very clear made in the u.s.a. label. you might say it has undermined our credibility credibility, the rules of leadership because people would say we ought to imitate american institutions and policies and do what you are doing. is what they said. they don't think that's any more. the fact that asia is growing much faster than we are, is really that meeting to hit a geopolitical balance. you see that in the forceful immense of which the markets are responding with global negotiations. they are much more reluctant to listen to the preaching of the united states. the secretary of treasury would go to china to drag their fingers and say you ought to liberalize the financial markets like we did. they had a robust debate in those countries. they said nothing to. now they say much more loudly, no think you because we were worried. now we see how worried we should happen. >> the interesting disconnect i have noticed within the 20 summit a global call for deregulation we will shift back to the s but after the same time you have t

made in the u.s.a.re is a job someplace here particularly in a factory, that's producing something that is putting somebody to work to be able to make a living. no social program is as important as a good job that pays well. i have both written a book about this issue of jobs and moving jobs overseas. i have spoken on the floor so many times, people have either nearly or completely gotten tired of it. but the stories are legend of what has happened in recent years. i mean, all of the little things that we know and have expected to be american-made, almost all of those things are gone. radio flyer, little red wagon. we've all ridden in radio flyer, little red wagon. it was a 110-year-old company in this country. they made those wagons for kids in america. made in illinois. not anymore. all those radio flyer little red wagons are made in china. huffy bicycles, all those people in ohio lost their jobs. they were all fired, and all those bicycles are now made in china. in the book i wrote, i told the story

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finally, talking points believes the u.s.a. is now heading towards bankruptcy.hat would make every citizen sick. there dismo way americans can afford another multi trillion-dollar entitlement. so, health care reform, yes, but it has to be smaller and more market-place driven. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction of reaction. joining us from washington congressman dennis kucinich and congressman woman michele bachmann. congresswoman, what was the headline for you today? >> i think the take away today, bill, is that we accomplished more at the white house beer summit than we accomplished today at the white house health care summit. [ laughter ] i think a lot of people were frustrated. they didn't see a lot happen. >> bill: okay. but, let's be fair. the american people, if you could slog through this, and it's my job to do it so the viewers don't have to, did see a civil discussion. they did see a lot of points put on the table by both sides. i thought it was fair and balanced. i thought the president did a good job moderating. did you feel

cochair of the u.s.a. or lincoln bicentennial commission is winning praise for fresh take on lincoln's activities between his election and inauguration. we call it, because he makes a compelling case that the president-elect was no denver between november and march, but rather shrewd and principled as he waged war to prevent southern secession. post-bicentennial publishing inevitably will slow choose as a dead after the 1960s boom around the centennial of the civil war. just all specialists agree, every generation finds new lenses through which to view lincoln, the american president. as fred kaplan, author of the well-received lincoln biography of a writer puts it, does the book buying and book reading public have an insatiable appetite for lincoln? well, semi-insatiable. today's historians are more critical of our 16th president. rather than offer praise, biographers tend to expose flaws in lincoln's characters, his presidency, and his accomplishments. he has been accused of abusing american civil rights

in the u.s.a. today, i saw the first lady was quoted saying we need to quit quoting statistics, which i was just an. she said we need to quit and just get going. and so what i would like to do is just cite a few examples of how a small town like mine got going. you just can't do it all. we're probably 5 percent towards the goal in our town. people are looking is a you are doing a lot of things but we're nowhere near we need to be. but some of the things we've done our we just got going, in august a year and after we decide we will do a farmers market every said, it's too late in the season, let's wait until next you. we said no, let's get going and doing a. so we started, and within eight weeks we had 23 vendors. that gave us the whole winter to figure out what we had done wrong and the next these was just incredible. we have a great farmers market now because we just did it. we started a community garden last year and got off to a rocky start. i had to get my neighbor to come down to kill it. we go

so he came to the u.s.a. that heart surgery because this is where the cutting edge is for health care. if you really need health care, the best of health care and you have the resources, u.s.a. is the place to get it. but we need to make sure good health care is available for all. less than a year ago, there was launched by both the house and the senate efforts to pass health care reform which turned out to be in my view nothing more than government takeover of health care. both bills are very similar. both passed each house. one or two major differences would include, the house bill has a government option, the taxation is heavy in both, the financing is heavy in both, but they're similar. but to cut to the chase, it cuts half a trillion dollars from medicare. it taxes people $800 billion and it does not bend the cost curve down. even the c.b.o. says that. now we have a situation, despite the fact that all of us here who are speaking tonight have been working very hard many months, day after day, night after

the cockpit. according to u.s.a. today, the feds need to begin listening to voice recorders to make sure they're focusing on their jobs. pilot unions are saying the idea goes too far and vitals privacy. the ntsb saying they're not interested in spying but it comes on the heels much the northwest delta flight in october, which overshot the airport by 150 miles because something -- we don't know what and may never, but pilots were distracted. i don't know what by. we're not going to know. that's something you're not going to know. that's something they know. they know why they flew past and were out of touch. they know why. we don't know why. we can't find out why. maybe they'll write a book. until then, we won't know. the department of homeland security announcing it will begin rolling out 150 full body scanners. news from the future. pictures of anatomically correct superstars walking through airports. it's going to be awesome. boston's logan airport will get the first three followed by chicago o'hare. the rest will b

the clerk: h.r. 3961, an act to extend expiring provisions of the u.s.a. patriot improvement and re-authorization act of 2005 and intelligence reform and terrorism prevention act of 2004 until february 28, 2011. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. cantor: i ask to address the house for one minute for the purposes of inquiring about next week's schedule. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cantor: i thank you and i yield to the gentleman from maryland for purposes of the schedule. mr. hoyer: on monday the house is not in session, on tuesday the house is in session at -- will immediate at 12:00 p.m., on wednesday and thursday, the house will meet at 10k a.m. for legislative business, on friday the house is not in session. we will consider several suspension bills, they will be announced by close of business today. we will discuss the keeping all students safe act and further action on the jobs ageneral da. i yield back. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman. mr. speaker, we have four weeks before our

the fact remains that the u.s.a. patriot act is vital to maintaining america's safety. the white house and attorney general called for extension of the three expiring provisions of the patriot act and i commend the administration for recognizing the value of these important national security cools -- tools and for rightly urging the congress to re-authorize each of them. this is your administration, mr. speaker, and majority democrats. not our administration. and they have recognized the reason for that. i urge my colleagues to vote in favor of re-authorizing these provisions before they expire and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i recognize the chair of the constitution subcommittee on the house judiciary, the gentleman from new york, jerry nadler, and i'm pleased to yield him as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. speaker, i rise in opposition to this motion to concur in the senate amendment which would extend f

in the u.s.a. i would like to explore the issue of internal dynamics in iran. that the whole movement was a western construction and to one extent, when the elections were actually going on, i got a sense in the west that we're all too happy to accept the opposition movement in iran, we're embracing it and so my question to you would be that can we all say that the west hasn't had an influence on iranian politics and the second part of the question would be, does our continued support or the political movement jeopardize the mere existence of the movement in terms of them being anti-iran and not being in iran enough? >> another one of our panelists has to leave as well. unfortunately, she sits to me right. let me ask her to respond first. are it is very difficult to try to find ways to support the movement without changing it because the iranian government does have blamed since june, the protest movement, the opposition movement on the west, particularly the united states and has tried to make the arlingt that the united states is behind this movement. so obvi

we would have a bipolar world, two empires, if you will, the u.s.a. t was something quite extraordinary that happened. you cannot leave out the moral witness of people. they had it all wrong. the soviets supporters were absolutely stunned. >> there is credit to go around. john paul was very foreign, and a united front against the soviets, but also reagan said early on in his view of the cold war, they would lose and we would win. the denial of the assumption of having the ability, that was one of the great breakthroughs of reagan and thatcher and others. it was the mystique of the lesson -- the mystique of the left and communism was that history was on their side. reagan at home and abroad showed us that that was not case. history is up for grabs, as it were. >> next question here. >> should presidencedent be parf the conservative jurisprudence? >> given that the condition of natural law, a place has to be made for positive norm, you may see signs on the road saying 55 m.p.h., but behind that sign -- there's no difference between 45 or 55, but the posi

we would have a bipolar world, two empires, if you will, the u.s.a. us the soviet union, and that was it. and it was something quite extraordinary that happened. you cannot leave out the moral witness of people. they had it all wrong. the soviets supporters were absolutely stunned. >> there is credit to go around. john paul was very foreign, and a united front against the soviets, but also reagan said early on in his view of the cold war, they would lose and we would win. the denial of the assumption of having the ability, that was one of the great breakthroughs of reagan and thatcher and others. it was the mystique of the lesson -- the mystique of the left and communism was that history was on their side. reagan at home and abroad showed us that that was not case. history is up for grabs, as it were. >> next question here. >> should presidencedent be parf the conservative jurisprudence? >> given that the condition of natural law, a place has to be made for positive norm, you may see signs on the road saying 55 m.p.h., but behind that sign -- there's n

. >> but yet you seem very optimistic about the long-term future of the u.s.a., you're forming this fundmism there? >> you're entrepreneurial zeal is second to none. our education at the graduate school levels, particularly in math and science andening nearing is second to none. i don't see that changing. the best and the brightest go to our schools. if we could capture that and channel it into our companies and start-ups, that cycle will repeat itself, %%h%g@ @ @ @ @ @ it's all paid for eventually by the employers. even if countries where they provide it, you pay a salary, it goes into the tax system and gets paid. from that perspective at the employee level, i don't see a difference. and our employees will remain covered whether they're here or someplace else. the health care question that is on debate, i think right now, it's not one that is -- my only concern as a businessman is are we doing something which will significantly increase the costs or decrease the benefits to my employees? and some of the proposals, at least one of the proposals that is going through theoserizer now woul

the president of toyota u.s.a. ol hill saying recalls may not totally solve the automaker's gas pedal problems which the company is still investigating. top republicans lawmakers now say they plan to attend the president's health care summit on thursday but add they don't expect the meeting to be very productive. and the department of homeland homeland security says may rule out new body scanners next week. boston logan airport will get the first three. and on this day in 1958, cuban rebels loyal to fidel castro kidnapped world famous race car driver juan man well fangio just one day before the havana grand prix. at the time many considered him to be the best in all the world. he's prepared for that race, a communist guerrilla approached him in the lobby of his hotel and pulled out a pistol. the driver reportedly thought it was a joke until more rebels showed up with more guns. the group's leader then told him it was a political statement and that they would release him after the race. fangio wound up praising his k

the case will test the constitutionality of a provision in the u.s.a. es" to any group that the government has labeled as a terrorist organization. the panel includes co-counsel for the humanitarian law project. america and the courts, tomorrow, at 7:00 p.m. eastern. on c-span. president obama at a town hall meeting in nevada, a day of events for the president in the las vegas area campaigning with senate majority leader harry reid, this event was held at the green valley high school in henderson, nevada. it's about an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you. it is good to be back in nevada. it is good to be back in vegas. it is good to be back in henderson it is good to be with my good friend, your great senator, harry reid. [applause] i understand that henderson is where carey went to school as a boy and fought in the ring as an amateur boxer. looking at him, you would not say -- let's face it -- [laughter] but i can personally attest that harry reid is one of the toughest people i know. he does not give up. he knows what he cares about and what he believes

yesterday, the head of toyota u.s.a. acknowledged the floor mat and gas pedal recalls may not fix all of the unintended acceleration problems. and today, akio toyoda was asked whether electronic systems may be to blame. >> ( translated ): with respect to the electronic throttle control system, the system itself has been designed based upon the philosophy of "safety first" and therefore whenever any abnormality or anomaly is detected, fuel supply is instantly cut off. repeated and conducted however no malfunction or problems were identified based upon the tests conducted internally within toyota. >> reporter: earlier, transportation secretary ray lahood promised to investigate every possible cause and he said he considers all cars on the recall list as "not safe." under questioning, lahood insisted the federal stake in detroit automakers does not create a conflict of interest. >> i don't think it's out of line to question and at least caution that the department of transportation and nitsa be extremely careful in how they

. >> but yet you seem very optimistic about the long-term future of the u.s.a., you're forming this fundvest in america. what's the basis of your optimism there? >> you're entrepreneurial zeal is second to none. our education at the graduate school levels, particularly in math and science andening nearing is second to none. i don't see that changing. the best and the brightest go to our schools. if we could capture that and channel it into our companies and start-ups, that cycle will repeat itself, independent of sort of short-term innovations. >> why don't we open the floor to questions from our audience. we have someone with microphones right there on the aisle. we'll start here. if you can give your name and your organization. keep your questions brief just so we can get to as many people as possible. >> i'm fred alton and i'm retired from i.m.h. my question is -- seeing that you're competing in the united states against countries that provide health care and the companies don't have to do it, how important is passing health care to making rapid progress? >> well, all of intel's emplo

the u.s. agency for international development or u.s.a. t awarded to a firm owned by the donor to the obama presidential campaign. instead, the contract, which offered $24.6 million for the training of afghan lawyers and judges will be put out for competitive bids as when the bush administration first awarded it back in 2004. >> in a fox news exclusive- >> -- fox news broke the news of the cecchi a week ago. they say it was unrelated to fox news reporting that it was based on the fact that a rival firm had launched a protest that was improperly overlooked by the contracting officer in kabul. when fox news contacted them a week ago they made no mention of the ard protest or the contract's. instead defended the contract as proper. >> back in 2008. >> i will defend the abuse of no big contracts. the days of big sweet deals of halliburton will be over when i am in the white house. >> candidate obama vowed to break down on no bid contracts. >> in some cases contracts are awarded without competition and that's completely unacceptable. >> and pres

an e-mail, how did winston churchill's relationship or lack of there have an influence of fdr and the u.s.a.? >> guest: you have to remember about churchill, was that he was half american. indeed in my view -- and i say it in the book -- the american half was more important than the english half, because i think his mother, an american lady, was the dominant figure in his genetic competition -- composition in his life, because after her husband died, she entered her whole hopes in young winston, and helped him enormousfully allicins of ways to get launched in the world. so the american element in winston churchill was very, very important. that meant that he was favorably disposed towards what went on in america. he got on well with americans. he had -- i mean, he was a typical product, you might say, of the english system in that he went to a typical english upper class school, and he went interest the -- went into the army and a cavalry regiment, and he was the grandson of a duke, you have to remember, too, and he also had a kind of openness and egalitarianism which he got from his americ

general who shared the national research council with recent study of the rationale and goals of the u.s.aill place five program. the former chair of mit's department of aeronautics and astronautics, my home department by the way. in the chair of the national research, studies board as well as the princeton university space scientist who served on president obama's committee of advisors on science and technology. this group supported by analysts at nasa and the aerospace operation worked tirelessly from june through october holding 14 meetings in three site visits in that period and receiving extensive input from members of congress, former astronauts, nasa officials professional societies and the public. their 150 page report with immensely valuable to me, administrator bolden into the president in clarifying the traces before us in many of its key findings are reflected in the new approach announced with a president that's why a loving budget yesterday. but that approach is what administrator bolden is here to talk about this morning and i'm not going to steal his thunder. then we say

this crisis has a very clear mate in the u.s.a. label. ne of the consequences of that has been that it has undermined you might say our credibility, our role of leadership because people use to turn to the united states and they would say, we ought to imitate american institutions, american policies. you knew what you were doing is what they said. they don't think that anymore. and, that in the fact that asia is growing and the asian markets are growing much faster than we are is really leading to a new you might say geoeconomic, geopolitical balance, and you see that in the forcefulness with which some of the emerging markets have responded in the global negotiations. they are much more reluctant to listen to the preaching of the united states. the united states, secretaries of treasury would go to china and say, whether their fingers and say you what to liberalize their financial markets like we did, and they had a robust debate in those countries. they said, no, thank you. now they say much more loudly, no thank you, because we were wor

be doing some very sophisticated time on target, seemed at the santa barbara range out there on the u.s.a. doing that is very, very difficult to do. and something that takes a lot of training, a lot of capability. so in this winter training cycle, you seem to be doing more than they have in the past. and we know they go in cycles over time, but you assess this as being more unusual than normal and especially given the economic challenges that they have. you know, they are still able to commit the resources and the training to be able to execute a fairly high-level training by any standard. and do you foresee that has continued, you know, what was called over the years creeping normalcy, as they shifted forces often developed those capabilities to be ready for some kind of an eventual attack. >> okay. why don't you take it and then we'll go. >> excellent comments, dave. and for those of you who don't know about colonel david maxwell, he's a very, very respected analyst on north korean issues and particularly sof issues. so i would deal to end on a lot of those issues. in fact he brought up

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these attacks cost the u.s.a. $1 trillion last year and also put classified information in the hands of our enemies. cybersecurity is a tough challenge because the government does not own the internet. in fact, 85% of cyber is held privately. we have to get the public and private sectors on the same page, and this bill does that. this bill directs the national institute of standards and technology the measurement laboratory for our nation based in maryland to develop international cybersecurity technical standards. it also charges nist creating education campaigns for the public, a critical component to meeting this challenge. this bill also helps to ensure that we have the work force in place to meet the new demands by providing scholarships to students who agree to work as cybersecurity specialists after graduation. the bill also funds faculty and curriculum development as u.s. colleges and universities to help with the shortage of qualified cyberprofessors. the bill also helps to ensure that we have the work force in place to meet the new demands by providing scholarships to stude

and the u.s.a., unquote. mr. speaker, i spoke last night to secretary clinton about this case. t is being followed carefully at the highest levels within the u.s. system with a great deal of concern. recent events has shown the importance of the u.s.-u.k. relationship and the fight against terrorism. equally, the authorities to protect their intelligence has been absolute throughout this case. we will work carefully with the u.k. in the weeks ahead to cuss -- u.s. in the weeks ahead to discuss our shared goals and commitments. mr. speaker, mistreatment of prisoners and torture violates the most principles of this country, never mind our national and international legal obligations. there is a fundamental commitment on the part of myself, responsible for the security and intelligence service, and my friend, the secretary of homeland security, and the heads and staffs of these agencies to uphold the highest standards of conduct, not just for ourselves but the countries with home we cooperate. a wide range of allegations have been made during the course of this case. today, some of

today, what we're here to do is to consider re-authorization of the u.s.a. patriot act. done nine years ago. nine years ago when our nation was struck. it was crafted in such a way that there were provisions, ideas, thoughts that we did at the time where we said we need to make sure they're re-authorized, that these ideas are looked at where we go through the processees and see what happens not only with our own effectiveness with the law but also how our intelligence agencies are nimble enough to adapt them self to make these changes. at the same time i say i'm for this, it's unfortunate that my friends in the rules committee, my democratic colleagues continue to deny the minority due process by not allowing us to offer a motion to recommit. time and time again republicans were shut out of the amendment process forcing us to simply accept what comes forward. i encourage my friends on the other side of the aisle to stop restricting this process in the house. almost nine years ago, as i stated, congress passed this patriot act, bipartisan support . at the time it was very

and i know that the capital is not, you know, several thousand airplanes flying around the u.s.a. but you're not going to tell me that a country that can deploy millions of troops overseas during world war ii cannot deploy a few hundred dogs in civilian airports in the continental u.s., if this is truly the long twilight struggle that some folks would want us to believe that it is. >> the only point i would make is, that i think a lot about analysis that that you are referring to has been done and it was done in the early days when we were concerned about lockerbie and that area when people were looking for solutions. i have to confess that i haven't looked at it in a while, as to whether what are the traits between the thousands of dogs you would have to deploy in an airport environment and the technologies that we are deploying. i would point out, i think he made the point yourself that the operating environment out here in driving to the capital is very different environment than one at a passenger checkpoint. but nevertheless, the point is a good one and it's probably a good id

. >> woodruff: and we look at the highs and lows of this year's olympic games with christine brennan of "u.s.a. today". >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: bank of america >> this is the engine that connects abundant grain from the american heartland to haran's best selling whole wheat, while keeping 60 billion pounds of carbon out of the atmosphere every year. bnsf, the engine that connects us. this is the power of human energy. grant thornton. and the national science foundation. supporting education and research across all fields of science and engineering. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: there was more violent death today in the center of kabul, the afghan capitol suicide attackers and a car bomb killed at least 16 people, half of them foreigners. another 40 were wounded. the taliban, despite its continuing losses on battlef

this crisis has a very clear mate in the u.s.a. label. ne of the consequences of that has been that it has undermined you might say our credibility, our role of leadership because people use to turn to the united states and they would say, we ought to imitate american institutions, american policies. you knew what you were doing is what they said. they don't think that anymore. and, that in the fact that asia is growing and the asian markets are growing much faster than we are is really leading to a new you might say geoeconomic, geopolitical balance, and you see that in the forcefulness with which some of the emerging markets have responded in the global negotiations. they are much more reluctant to listen to the preaching of the united states. the united states, secretaries of treasury would go to china and say, whether their fingers and say you what to liberalize their financial markets like we did, and they had a robust debate in those countries. they said, no, thank you. now they say much more loudly, no thank you, because we were wor

i had just southwest ohio that's john baner's district where we had the largest town hall in the u.s.aon september 5t september 5th. and we put john boehner up on stage and asked questions that they did not know beforehand. it was awesome. so i knew what 18,000 people looked like. when i was in d.c., it doesn't take a rocket scientist to multiply that number visually by three, you know, three to four times. so obviously there were lots of people there. and i was so frustrated. even bill o'reilley insisted on using 60,000 people went to d.c. so i sent him an e-mail. i called him a pinhead. [laughter] >> no response yet. anyway, what warren mentioned, in july we were sitting at the ohio liberty council meeting. and we're saying so what's next. i mean, rallies serve the purpose in terms of obviously showing us we were not the only frustrated people. there are lots of us who are frustrated with the political system. and we came together. and we made connections. i mean, that's what ultimately led to this and all the connections we have throughout the country. we were informed, we learned.