and to me that just says who theodore roosevelt was.ven though he was our most literate president and even though he was our -- he spoke three languages all these things i said before, at his heart avenues boy. he loved to play. you know, he just loved to be active and he dice relatively young. gifford pinchot born in 1865 at the end of the civil war. lives to 1946 the end of world war ii. not only pounds the united states forest service. goes on to become two-term governor of pennsylvania in the 1930s, 1940s but is an advisor to roosevelt's cousin the democrat, franklin roosevelt. and you've all heard of the ccc, civilian conservation corps. that was gifford pinchot's idea and franklin roosevelt got that from pinchot. he had tried it when he was governor of pennsylvania. and so roosevelt credits him -- in fact, roosevelt franklin, the democrat said i learned about -- everything i knew about conservation from reading and listening to gifford pinchot. so pinchot who thought -- pinchot thought he could run for president as a republican an

bouwmeester in front poked past theodore. cal gar ray 3-0 lead. by that, bruce boudreaux says i have seen enough, pulled theodore. this game was a little chippy. mike grier, a calgary native leveled at mid ice, a rough and tough afternoon tilt. wakeup call there final seconds of the first period, 3-0, flames in white with the puck at the blue line beats nicholas hegaman here. this is kind of -- what the back hand beats him. 4-0 at the first. second, same score, alex ovechkin shoots and scores, league-lead 46-th of the season. spinning and somehow into the net. take another look. this is silly, craig. nobody could stop t caps fall 5-3, second floss a row. >> one of those games you do for and good for us at this point, you know, trying to work on our first periods a bit and probably a good wakeup call. >> we have been in this position before, where we have been a des splat hockey team. three years ago we needed to make a push and win every game during the playoffs, not the same situation and when you play desperate hockey. >> we didn't have that ste

he just toys with theodore. pens up 2-0 in the shootout. obie has to score or it's over. how about these moves? the grade-a keeping the caps alive. that was on a yo-yo. fourth round of the shootout now, tied at 2-2. mike knuble, a surprise choice in the shootout and it pays dividends. knuble, the wiley vet nets the game-winner. caps beat the pence 4-3 in the shootout. after knuble talked about his surprise selection as a shooter. >> yeah, i was very surprised. didn't get to play in overtime at all so i thought my night was over. >> did he say why he thought you were a good match there? >> no, no. i told him i got off the ice, i don't like when do you that. don't do that stuff. >> i don't know. i just felt he was going to score. for what, picking him? i thought he was going to score. i ended up feeling he was going to score. that's all. >> bruce boudreau a wise decision going with the gut feeling on mr. knuble. >> moving on to basketball, andray blatche played for the wizards tonight. he actually started. his very public feud with coach flip saunders was squashed. didn't m

crosby beats theodore. fleury, a chance to win if he stops ovechkin. you know that's not going to happen. caps down 2-1. now, caps' chance to win it. mike knuble, big off-season acquisition. he beats fleury. the caps victorious 4-3, in the shoot-out. >>> to the nba, magic and hawks. dwight howard and the magic have won 11 of their last 12. orlando's made 43% of their triples in the last five games. vince carter making that stat meaningful. he had 16 points. we're tied at 84-84. joe johnson on the drive. no. john smith, yes. it's not a buzzer-beater. it's a follow finish. smith gets it in. rashard lewis didn't block out. hawks clinch their third-straight playoff berth, winning 86-84. >>> that's your espn use update. i'm steve weissman. have a great day. back to you in new york. >>> some passengers aboard a plane to the caribbean got a uniqueiew of an erupting volcano last month. bun passenger snapped this shot of the massive plume of smoke and ash. the exmroegs shot the cloud into the air. >> i guess they thought there was some nuclear bomb going off. w

speaking about theodore he will start tonight. dan, i was pulling into the garage, i heard french hip-hop music blasting. i looked back and it was him with his shades on rocking out. safe to say he's ready to go. >> he's playing great. 16-0-2 since midjanuary. we'll talk to you in a few minutes. he's been absolutely spectacular. and a goalie is the one guy who can literally carry you to the stanley cup. maybe that can happen. >> great. let the music -- crank up the volume. >> absolutely. >>> coming up next some students in the district, they are surprised with a free ride two co here's to the believers. the risk-takers. the visionaries. the entrepreneurs... who put it all on the line to build and run their own businesses. at at&t, we know something about that. our company started out in a small lab, with not much more than a dream. and today, we know it's small businesses that can create the jobs america needs. that's why at&t is investing billions to upgrade and build out our wired and wireless networks. making them faster, smart

the capitals win 3-1 behind jose theodore's 33 saves. >>> the terps did not disappoint at the big danced give fans an early scare. their tournament play will continue tomorrow against fifth seeded michigan state. they beat houston 89-77 last night thanks to the standout performance from freshman jordan williams who added a game high 17 rebounds. it was maryland's tenth straight victory in a first round game. tomorrow the terps will attempt to advance to the sweet 16 for the 14th time in history but it will not be a cakewalk against michigan state. >> we had it way inside last night. we're going to have to fight a lot harder on the glass tomorrow. we know that things won't be that easy. and so that's what you prepare for. >> all i've got to say, that it's going to be a great game. two great coaches. it's going to be, you know, one of those games you can't really make that many mistakes. you're going toax cute your offense and -- to execute your offense and play good defense. other than that, you know, i don't have anything else to say. >> neither do we. but we'll take a look at michigan

theodore roosevelt island are now closed until tuesday and virginia is not the only place where flooding is a problem tonight. take a look at the pictures. our own tucker barnes sent us from annapolis, taken around high tide and you can see it was coming up fast and it's not a good idea to try to drive into the high water. always remind you of that. take heed next time. >>> in western maryland, the rain is melting, the snow is still on the ground and that is contributing to rushing rivers and property damage. there are flood warnings in effect for the counties ang the chesapeake bay and the potomac. >>> in the district, the trees are the trouble. the soggy ground and gusty wind combining to do damage. snapping power lines and sending poles crashing to to cars. there were power outages throughout the area. the crews are working as we try to restore them. >>> our coverage doesn't stop here. you can get updated weather information on www.myfoxdc.com. max hd radar is front and center on our home page. >>> we have a developing story. violence at a metro station. a fight beten two groups led t

you got one now in theodore.at the guy the caps are going to ride into the play- offs in. >> i don't know. he's good and had a great 2010 and i didn't realize he had good success against the penguins and, you know, i mean i don't want to go of my hand away and he's playing as good as i have. >> the caps are rolling and the wizards not much and a loss in indiana to tie the franchise mark for futility with 13 straight losses. last night, they have many more and remember andre is the star of the team. last night, and only placed seven minutes and took him out and told him to play better defense and got into an argument. he wouldn't go into the game. after the game, flip saunders, furious. >> 15 years, never seen anything like it. never. >> i mean he can be pissed at me or whatever, you ver leave your teammates hanging out to dry and when you lost 11 games in a row? upicaled for and we'll deal with it. >> that team has a lot of issues. andre on the mike wise show, takes 25% of the blame. >>> the washington redskins a

don't forget about jose theodore who continues to look very good between the pipes.had 33 saves down at tampa. bruce boudreau said o.v. would not miss a beat and he didn't, but o.v. did get plenty of help as always. steckel to eric fehr. eric fehr centers it and check it out perfectly placed centering pass to tomas fleischmann. caps go up. 2 is 1st goal for flash. later in the first we're tied at one. nilas backstrom, great pass off the boards to alex ovechkin. you can imagine being the goalie on anthero niittymaki. he must had been quivering in his boats. third period still 2-1. brooks lichtwith the puck. holds onto it. shoots. stops but alexander semin is there to put in the rebound. goal number 33 on the year for semin. capitals win it, 2-1. next up the penguins on wednesday. >>> things went about as well as possibly could be expected for maryland in their first-round matchup against houston. maryland wins by 12. they had balance scoring and they got a yeoman's effort from their freshman, big man jordan williams. now the focus solely on their next opponent. it's t

joe say -- jose theodore solid all night. but tied at 3. we go to a shootout. get this.e knubel had never scored a goal in a shootout in his career. what a time for him. the coach said get in there. caps beat the pens 4-3. bruce, why did you pick knubel? >> i don't know. i just felt that he was going to score. >> yeah, i was very surprised. the play in overtime. i thought my night was over. >> crosby and -- [ inaudible ] >>> lucky number 13, last night the team's best eligible player got in a fight with the coach and played only seven minutes. friday the team's best player, period, could be sentenced to jail. you thght you had a bad week. wiz in indiana. a night after having a run-in with flip saunders, andre blatche was still starting against the pacers and he led the team including this 3 at the d of the 1st quarter. the wiz lost again 99-826789 the wises -- 99-82. the wizards have tied the losing streak. >>> trying to get the hokies to the final four but they would have to beat rhode island and they didn't. the rams end the hokies' season 79-72. >>> steven strasburg p

. >> reporter: way back in 1912, the key plank in theodore roosevelt's presidential campaign was national he lost. all of these years, the government's duty to subsidize health care remained an open political question. in 1993, first lady hillary clinton took up the health care reform mantle. >> all of you will win the day for health care in america. >> reporter: her quest ended in embarrassing defeat. when barack obama was elected president, he felt he had a mandate. health care reform would be his signature issue. but when the house failed to pass it before summer break, all hell broke loose. >> if this is such a great plan, why did you opt out of it when you took the vote? (cheers and applause) >> reporter: president obama and democrats were blindsided by opposition at town hall meetings. the tea party movement erupted. >> let's look at the whole picture! you guys are stealing from us! >> why can't the government leave us alone? >> reporter: the month of august ended with the passing of senator ted kennedy. now mr. obama found himself back on his heels. >> i will not waste time with th

as jim fallow said ,"when theodore roosevelt set aside land for national parks, when dwight eisenhowerentagon research agency that gave rise to the internet, the american system seemed open to it. saving america from debt would be long next to those accomplishments because in every era, these very fiscal issues are among the greatest tests a nation can face. we are not the first great power to meet the challenges within and will not be the first to fail. spain, france, the ottoman empire, the british empire in the 1920's, all of them were crippled by borrowing, by interest payments, and by desperate we are not exempt." these are questions of national security and national success. in a democracy, there are questions of national character. they are not technical puzzles for few of us in seminars, think tanks, and back rooms. they are a defining challenge for all of us. you hear commissions on the radio and the media and our willingness to face reality will be a measure of our character. our willingness to reject easy answers from our leaders is a measure of that character. our willingne

don't want to forget about theodore who looks good between the pipes. he had 33 saves down in tampa. bruce said ovie wouldn't miss a beat and he didn't. ovie did get plenty of help as always. first period, davis steckle over to eric fair. fair centers this thing absolutely perfectly. look who is there. fleischman tips it in. 21 the year. later in the first it'tied 1-1. an absolutely phenomenal pass. and the goalie didn't have a chance there. the 45th goal for ovie puts the caps up 2-1. fast forward to third period. brooks light, nice pizza. stick handle here. watch him. fakes waits for the defender to slide by. shoots. well, it didn't score a goal but it does score a goal here as the rebound comes in. caps win 3-1. next up the penguins on wednesday. things went as well as they could have for maryland in their first matchup against houston. maryland wins by 12. got balanced scoring. now the focus solely on their next opponent, the terps and michigan state this afternoon. the winner advances to the sweet 16 in st. louis. the terps would love to see more o

the caps down 3-0 and it was not theodore's day. time for a change. the massacre would continue. under a minute to play in what is a painful first period. nicholas they are back handed goal there. a stunning 4-0 calgary lead. the caps fall 5-3. >> we knew they were going to come hard and strong and they scored a couple of extra goals. we still have to play like we are a desperate hockey team if we are going far in the playoffs. until we can understand that we will be in these situations. >> reporter: in other hockey news, the penguins and caps likely play in the next outdoor winter classic. the penguins are not denying speculation. the games would be at the steelers heinz field and played on new year's day. >>> only maryland's justin maxwell is member of the organization but won't start closer to home. he was demoted after hitting 102 this spring. riggleman is expected to announce he starting rotation today. zimmerman smacked his sixth home run here in the 1stinning against the braves. thionates win 9-5. >>> and, desmond won the starting shot. he is hitting 295 # 8 this spring an

our president talks about the fact that theodore roosevelt put this on america's agenda over a centurybama went to the people of this country and reached out to them and said, if you elect me president of the united states, this is what i will do. there was no illusions of what he would do. there was no trying to hide it. it was transparent. and indeed, in the debate, in october of 2008, he said exactly what he was going to do. and john mccain stood on that same stage and said, yes, i believe every american ought to have access to affordable health care. all the presidents i just quoted tried to get something done, and it was not done. on sunday, tomorrow, we will do it led -- led by our president who said to the american public, this is our moment. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, barack obama. >> thank you! thank you! thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. everybody, please have a seat. to leader reid, to steny high, john larson, javier bacera, jim clyburn, chris van hollan, to an extraordinary leader

caps win 3-1 behind geez a theodore's saves. >>> and the terps beat houston and now turn focus to michigana 2:30 p.m. showdown this afternoon but first let's take a flashback. gary williams and company pulled away from the cougars in the freshman jordan williams had a big night. a team high 21 points and 17 rebounds. terps beat houston 89-77. and they'll need to play with the same emotion today. >> the big thing for us out here is to just keep playing the way that got us here. we can't make a lot of changes now and i think both coaches have an idea of what the other team does and you have to go play. now you have to put it out there on the court. >> well the big upset saturday, the northern iowa panthers taking on the kansas jayhawks. and picking it up in the final minutes. and take a look at this three- pointer. this would bust many brackets across the country. northern iowa disposed of the top seed 69-67. and they play today's winner between maryland and michigan state. >>> and how about the second seed in the south. villanova survived a scare in the first round. another tight one with s

seuss whose real name was theodore geizel. the good dr. seuss, you silly goose, was born in mass and it's been 20 years since he sadly passed. the good and the great and now the late dr. seuss. we should get him a birthday cake, but we're

and this is an image from theodore, america 1590. in indians panning for gold in the appellations. so this is appellation mountains. it's actually we will see in a moment a bit further south from the chesapeake or roanoke region. but it's a clear indication of the possibility of gold or silver. what's worse, kind of wonder what this is, his mountain streams coming out of the great rock here. and these are gold bearings, gold dust. or they are collecting, if you can sit down there but there's the gold dust down there. want you to remember the great rock and the mountain streams. this map is from 1655. it was painted by a settler called jack lemoine. and it dates to the foundation and one of the first european settlements in north america by the french in 1564, 1565. it's a pretty good, pretty accurate map. i think you'll agree that, so florida here and in the coast through georgia, south carolina northward here. what i want to show here you can't see us there will am afraid. launches going to point to it up here. there is a great mountain range up here. pardon my latin, that's the b

our president talks about the fact that theodore roosevelt put it on the agenda over a century ago.ople of this country and reached out to them and said, if you elect me president of the united states, this is what i will do. there was no illusions of what we'll do, no trying to hide it. it was transparent and, indeed, in the debate in october of 2008 he said what he was going to do. john mccain stood on the same stage, yes, i believe every american ought to have access to affordable health care. all the presidents i just quoted tried to get something done, and it was not done. on sunday, tomorrow, we will do it. [ applause ] [ applause ] >> led by our president who said to the american public -- this is our moment. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, barack obama. [ applause ] >> thank you! thank you! [ applause ] thank you. thank you. [ applause ] thank you everybody. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. everybody, please have a seat. for me to, steny hoyer and the jim cliburn, chris van hollen, to an extraordinary leader of the house, nancy pelosi, to

in 1912, theodore roosevelt campaigned on the promise of a national health insurance program. workers, theodore roosevelt said, are entitled to a basic standard of protection from injury and illness -- quote -- "wherever such standards are not met by given establishments or given industries are unprovided for by a legislature or balked by courts, the workers are in skwr-pd. the progressive -- are in jeopardy. the progressive employer is penalized and the community pays a heavy cost in lessened efficiency and misery." since teddy roosevelt said that, presidents and members of congress from both parties, seeing the same costs that theodore roosevelt saw in the failure to assure health care for all, have grappled with this issue. these attempts at reform have largely fallen short. they floundered for many years. health care is personal and complex. the timing was wrong or the politics were difficult. leaders on all sides failed to find the compromises that would have enabled them to move forward. but the recurring theme is that time and time again reformers have failed to overcom

he managed to do something they've been trying to do since theodore roosevelt. for all the rage and all the rawness out there which is very ugly and very disturbing and to my mind disproportionate to the legislation, this is, as john dingell has said, somewhere to the right of where richard nixon was. i think we should remember, as important this is, we need to look at it proportionately and with a sense of balance. >> speaking about balance, mike murphy, there are a lot of republicans who seek a little balance in all this discussion of history. there's a congressman who wrote on his website, just because it's historic doesn't mean it's good. >> i think that's right. i think it's a bad bill. i don't like it because it's not about cost, but only about access. the access problem is driven by cost. i think the truth is it's the end of the beginning on health care. the congre we'll have after the november elections, i'd be willing to bet it's a different kind of congress, may still be democratic but the numbers will be much tighter. this bill couldn't pass that cong

an elderly woman calmly called 911 after her husband shot her inside their mansion. 63-year-old theodoreky was arrested. he began waving around his gun to scare her when it went off three times. that's when his 71-year-old wife called for help. >> my husband just shot me. >> your husband shot you? where at, ma'am? >> in the stomach. >> was it on accident or on purpose? >> it was on purpose. >> he says it was an accident. >> well, i don't care. he's not shot. i am. >> wow! a judge granted the man bail and ordered him not to have any contact with his wife. >>> california authorities are widening their search for missing san diego teen chelsea king after the arrest of a registered sex offender. police say they found evidence that led to the arrest of john gardner. the parents of the missing teen just spoke with tamron hall here on msnbc. >> we're glad that we have somebody that more than likely can lead us to our daughter. that's what we're hoping for, that we're led to our daughter. >> for more on the latest in the investigation, let's turn to monica dean from knsd. >> reporter: the search

today fulfills a promise made 100 years ago by theodore roosevelt when he first called for comprehensive health care reform. it fulfills a promise made by franklin roosevelt made to our parents, grandparents, and great grandparents in 1944. president nixon also labored and lost on this national mission and president bill clinton, too, tried to climb this mountain. today, legislation builds on the great achievement for social security and medicare, those big changes that we all take for granted regardless of party and yes, they, too, were characterized as socialist government takeovers. today we have a chance to make health insurance affordable for people and small businesses that denies them coverage and increase their rates and dromedrop them when they get sick. enough this reform law allows 32 million of our citizens to get insurance a moral imperative that closes the doughnut hole in prescription drugs for seniors and women will no longer have to pay more for their insurance. a long overdue reckoning. i am humbled by the opportunity to cast a vote for this historic change. the speaker

and we ended up the next day in phoenix and at the end of the day i possibly gave mccain by theodore roosevelt cufflinks because he's such a tr bus. >> host: karl rove, which he used that picture if of you with the opposition? >> guest: i don't think that ultimately helped them. i think you made them look petty and small. it was easy and simple to do, but it made them -- i mean, people did not think john mccain was george w. bush. if he wanted to say republicans there were other ways of doing it. in politics you can do things that if you win the campaign everybody thinks were useful and effective but in reality they weren't. i frankly think barack obama's inspiring rhetoric, not red states, blue states got his remark was focused on central policies, his post-partisan bipartisanship, i think those were far more effective than him saying john mccain is george bush three. >> host: this is the book, "courage and consequence." karl rove is the author. 202-737-0001 if you live in the east or central time zone. 202-737-0002 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zone. booktv@c-sp

theodore geissel, better known as dr. seuss, began writing children's books in 1936 and has since inspired children to explore reading through favorites such as "the cat in the hat" and other books. children exposed to reading before kindergarten become more successful readers and those who fail at reading is more likely to drop out of school. more than 6,000 adolescents are struggling readers. and more than 7,000 drop out of school every day. reading to a child when they're young encourages them to read and achieve more as adolescents and adults. this demonstrates the importance of literacy and the voofl read across america this critical literacy product is supported by a range of partners, including the district of columbia's the after school alliance, and first book. the n.e.a., along with the pearson foundation has donated $100,000 in funds and books to public school libraries across our country while 45 million children and adults are expected to participate in this year's 2010 program. i want to particularly thank r

we ended up the next day in phoenix and at the end of the day i impulsively gave mccain might theodore roosevelt cufflinks. >> host: karl rove would you have used that picture if you are the opposition? >> guest: i don't think ultimately it helps them. i think it made them look petty and small. it was easy and simple to do, but it made them-- people did not think john mccain was george w. bush. if you wanted to sort of say republicans there were other ways of doing it but i thought it was, in politics you can do things that if you win the campaign everybody thinks you were useful and effective but there were other things that drove it and i frankly think a rock obama inspiring rhetoric, his relentless focus on centrist policies, his sort of post-partisanship bipartisanship, i think those were far more effective than him saying john mccain is george bush three. >> host: this is the book, "courage and consequence" my life as a conservative in the fight. karl rove is the author. if you live in the east or central timezone, (202)737-0002 and mountain and pacific timezone, will tbs bestand.

ended up the next day in phoenix and at the end of the day i pulsipher gave me to become a came theodore cufflinks. >> host: would you have used that picture if he were the opposition? >> guest: i think -- i don't think it ultimately helped them. i think it made them look petty and small. it was easy and simple to do. but they made them -- people did not think john mccain was george w. bush. if you wanted to say republicans there were other ways of doing it. but i thought it was -- in politics you can do things that if you in the campaign everybody thinks we are useful and effective but in a rally there were not. there were other things that drove it. i frankly think obama's redirect the the eckert was focused on centrist policies composed partisanship, by partisanship. those for more effective than him saying john mccain is george bush iii. >> host: this is the book, "courage and consequence" my life as a conservative in the fight. karl rove is the author. toussuire 027-37-0001 for those in the east time zones and (202)737-0001. unfortunately we are not taken any tweaks today. so we wil

theodore roosevelt recognized that. franklin roosevelt recognized that.eople in power until recently did not understand the need for that. we are trying to put together regulations for the financial community that will do what theodore roosevelt and franklin roosevelt did -- not attack private business, but set up fair rules. you understand that. let us give an example -- the community reinvestment act. it is a right wing argument to blame the community reinvestment act for the fact that they would not regulate some prime mortgages. -- regulate sub-prime mortgages. i support broadening the community reinvestment act. the thing to underline is that, disproportionately, the bad loans that should not have been made were made by institutions outside the scope of the community reinvestment act. if only depository institutions had made loans, we would not have the crisis of today. blaming the community reinvestment act for this problem makes no sense. to the credit of appointees of the bush administration, almost any appointee it involved ini] the administratio

. >> reporter: theodore roosevelt made the opening salvo.e campaigned on health care for all in his 1912 attempts to return to office. >> today a hope of many years standing is in large part fulfilled. >> reporter: the idea was revived two decades later by yet another roosevelt, franklin. but even after getting social security approved by his own divided congress, fdr found that universal health care was simply a bill too far. >> why don't we have it? one word. congress. we've organized congress in a way to make it very, very difficult. >> reporter: roosevelt's successor harry truman learned that lesson the hard way. >> truman believed in his bones, in his guts, that national health insurance was the most important thing for america. he took it to congress. they had hearings, so many groups lined up to scream against socialized medicine that they didn't even take a vote. >> reporter: not until the 1960s would a savvy veteran of congress finally make some headway. president lyndon johnson, formerly known as the master of the senate, had the p

that tradition stretches back to theodore roosevelt. to richard nixon, to bob dole and to john j.a.v.e.e. i believe what we have set out to do and what we have done fits comfortably in at it digs of what -- in at it digs of what those republican leaders sought to do. on may 6, 2008, we held our first hearing on health care reform. in fact, the finance committee held a hearing in 2008 alone. we held those hearings to help the senators come to a commonsense understranding of the health care crisis. help to explain why we're in such a crisis. what needs to be done. how the various parts of our health care system works and how various parts don't work. i held it from a point of view to educate all of us in the committee to get us ready for 2009, a year where it was clear that this congress would work hard and pass health care reform. we sought in the middle of the klass congress to lay the groundwork for passing a bill in this congress. on june 16, 2008, nearly two years ago, senator grassley and i, my good friend and ranking member of the

in my mind it shows theodore was the best player out there.gh penguins had 17 hots on -- shots on net, theo was unbelievable. here's what he had to say boykins you wanted to have a statement game believing that you would face this team in the playoffs. duff the statement game that you wanted? boykins well for sure we played really hard. it was a good game. i thought both teams played really well and you know, it was great to come with the big win boykins you, yourself, 17-0-2 since january, you and i talked about t you're seeing the puck very well. did you really feel it there this the first period especially whether pittsburgh was up there with the extra man? boykins it felt pretty good for 60 or 65 minutes. we good d-a good job coming back in the third and shootouts we got the job done which is great boykins congratulations. thank you boykins it's never say die. i mean, i don't know how often you know you get down 2-0 in a shootout and you come back but it's not the scoring, it's thinking oh, man, we're done, there's no way. and i don't thin

later, it was designated as a national monument by president theodore roosevelt in 1908, and in 1919, it was designated by congress as a national park. the colorado river winds its way over 275 miles through the park and forms one of the most explore series of canyons anywhere in the world. the park is one of the most heavily visited sites in our country. with just under 4.4 million visitors last year. visitors come not only to see the awe-inspiring views and float down the colorado river, but also to experience the quiet and the solitude that much of the park offers. in recent years, however, experiencing the natural quiet has become more difficult. as noise associated with aircraft flights over the park resulted in increased noise on the ground in the park. recognizing this fact, in 1987, congress enacted the national park overflight act. this law included a finding that, quote -- "noise associated with aircraft overflights at grand canyon national park is causing a significant adverse effect on the natural quiet and experience of the park." end quote. the 1987 park overflight act d

after a century of working and waiting going back to the days of theodore roosevelt reform will becomes or months or weeks but in a matter of hours and in that near future in the parts of this bill will take effect and improve the lives of millions. soon insurance companies will no longer be able to refuse to cover children with pre-existing conditions. they will no longer be able to drop your coverage because you get sick. small businesses that today can't afford to cover employees will get tax credits and will eckert right that wrong. tens of thousands of small businesses will benefit, 24,000 to be exact. reform means if you have a pre-existing condition and no health insurance you will be able to find and afford the care you need to get and stay healthy. if you are one of the senior citizens' stock in the prescription drug doughnut hole you will soon get a check to pay for your medicine that will help seniors stay healthy while the completely close the loophole once and for all for nearly 6,000 seniors and millions more across the country. also starting this year no insurance compan

theodore roosevelt recognized that. franklin roosevelt recognized that. the people in power until recently did not understand the need for that. we are trying to put together regulations for the financial community that will do what theodore roosevelt and franklin roosevelt did -- not attack private business, but set up fair rules. you understand that. let us give an example -- the community reinvestment act. it is a right wing argument to blame the community reinvestment act for the fact that they would not regulate some prime mortgages. -- regulate sub-prime mortgages. i support broadening the community reinvestment act. the thing to underline is that, disproportionately, the bad loans that should not have been made were made by institutions outside the scope of the community reinvestment act. if only depository institutions had made loans, we would not have the crisis of today. blaming the community reinvestment act for this problem makes no sense. to the credit of appointees of the bush administration, almost any appointee it involved in the administr

as jim fallow said ,"when theodore roosevelt set aside land for national parks, when dwight eisenhower fiscal issues are among the greatest tests a nation can face. we are not the first great power to meet the challenges within and will not be the first to fail. spain, france, the ottoman empire, the british empire in the 1920's, all of them were crippled by borrowing, by interest payments, and by desperate we are not exempt." these are questions of national security and national success. in a democracy, there are questions of national character. they are not technical puzzles for few of us in seminars, think tanks, and back rooms. they are a defining challenge for all of us. you hear commissions on the radio and the media and our willingness to face reality will be a measure of our character. our willingness to reject easy answers from our leaders is a measure of that character. our willingness to put the welfare of our children ahead of her own, to plant seeds for them for fruit they would never taste is a powerful test of our character. more than a wealth, more than might, those of

our president talks about the fact that theodore roosevelt put this on america's agenda over a century ago. barack obama went to the people of this country and reached out and said, if you elect me, this is what i will do. there was no illusions of what he would do it. there was no trying to hide it. it was transparent. indeed, in the debate in october of 2008, he said what he was going to do and john mccain stood on that same stage and said, yes, i believe every american it should have access to affordable health care. all the president's i just quoted tried to get something done and it was not done. on sunday, tomorrow, we will do it. [applause] led by our president who said to the american public, this is our moment. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states barack obama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. everybody, please have a seat. to a leader harry reid, to steny hoyer, john larson, javier, jim clyburn, chris van hollen, to an extraordinary leader, an extraordinary

as jim fallow said ,"when theodore roosevelt set aside land for national parks, when dwight eisenhower created the pentagon research agency that gave rise to the internet, the american system seemed open to it. saving america from debt would be long next to those accomplishments because in every era, these very fiscal issues are among the greatest tests a nation can face. we are not the first great power to meet the challenges within and will not be the first to fail. spain, france, the ottoman empire, the british empire in the 1920's, all of them were crippled by borrowing, by interest payments, and by desperate we are not exempt." these are questions of national security and national success. in a democracy, there are questions of national character. they are not technical puzzles for few of us in seminars, think tanks, and back rooms. they are a defining challenge for all of us. you hear commissions on the radio and the media and our willingness to face reality will be a measure of our character. our willingness to reject easy answers from our leaders is a measure of that character.

building worrier, axelrod boasted to charlie rose, the president who's been reading "the rise of theodoreth a soft voice. now he's wielded the big stick. >> tina brown, we were talking earlier about how the president the past couple of weeks actually rolled up his sleeves, got tough, started punching. >> i think americans do like to see the president sweat a bit. it's like, you know, there's a kind of -- he had so much glory, obama, that it was good to make him sweat. that's how people see it, i think, a little bit. they're now going to give him the kudos for having sweated a bit. nancy pelosi, hand it to her, really. she was like mrs. thatcher with reagan saying, don't go wobblingy. she actually helped stiffen -- it was a good partnership in that sense. she really did help stiffen it all. i actually do think, it's a total fantasy of the republicans to believe that they can now really make this kind of ongoing, unpop layer jihad and roll it back. it seems to me that people like a winner. ultimately the attention span of america is small. in the end, you know, lady gaga will kill somebody

that tradition stretches back to theodore roosevelt.richard nixon, to bob dole and to john j.a.v.e.e. i believe what we have set out to do and what we have done fits comfortably in at it digs of what -- in at it digs of what those republican leaders sought to do. on may 6, 2008, we held our first hearing on health care reform. in fact, the finance committee held a hearing in 2008 alone. we held those hearings to help the senators come to a commonsense understranding of the health care crisis. help to explain why we're in such a crisis. what needs to be done. how the various parts of our health care system works and how various parts don't work. i held it from a point of view to educate all of us in the committee to get us ready for 2009, a year where it was clear that this congress would work hard and pass health care reform. we sought in the middle of the klass congress to lay the groundwork for passing a bill in this congress. on june 16, 2008, nearly two years ago, senator grassley and i, my good friend and ranking member of the comm

our president talks about the fact that theodore roosevelt put this on our agenda over a century ago. barack obama went to the people of this country and reached out to them and said, "if you elect me president of the united states, this is what i will do." there was no illusion of what he would do. there was no trying to hide it. it was transparent. in the debate in october of 2008, he said exactly what he was going to do. john mccain stood on that same stage and said, "i believe every american ought to have access to affordable health care." all the president's i quoted tried to get something done, and it was not done. on sunday, tomorrow, we will do it. [applause] >> led by our president, who said to the american public, "this is our moment." ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. everybody, please have a seat. two leader reid, to steny hoyer, john larsen, cjim clyburn, to an extraordinary leader and an extraordinary

the republican party to favor comprehensive health care reform that tradition stretches back to theodore roosevelt. to richard nixon, to bob dole and teach john chaffee. i believe that what we set out to do and what we have done fits comfortably within the tradition of what republican leaders sought to do. we began almost two years ago on may 6, 2008, we held our first hearing in our series on health care reform. in fact the finance committee held 11 series in 2008 alone. we help those hearings to help senators come to a commonsense understanding of the health care crisis. help explain why we are in such a crisis, what needs to be done, how the various parts of our health care system work and how various parts don't work or go i held this hearing purely from an educational point of view not an ideological point of view, to educate all of those on the committee getting us ready for 2009 a year in which it was clear to me that this congress was g impasse health care reform. we sought in the middle of the last congress to lay the groundwork for passing the bill in this congress. on june 16,

national public radio's, theodore and andrea the drive.ix part entry about the extraordinary intersection of money in politics and congress of health care debate, impressed the judges for propelling its medium into a new realm of explanatory journalism. and it all started with a picture that they touch at health care markup. take a look. >> we had no idea how big a splash a simple photo could make your e-mails, tweaks, and, that npr.org. >> people in washington and around the country said they've never seen anything like it before. a panoramic shot of the lobby is watching the first congressional committee to write a health care. >> we ask you to help us identify the lobbyist here it's a little trick of modern reporting called crowd sourcing in the tips started coming immediately. we've now identified 16 people in the photo, lobbyists with big interest in how the health reform debate turns out. but just as interesting as the photo itself was people's reaction to it. >> i now present to you, andrea seabrook and peter overby of npr news. [ap

the white house, after all the work that's been done for more than a century, by presidents from theodore roosevelt -- roosevelt, men and women in previous congresses, by you and the others who were here in the early days of this year, finally a fundamental change for the better for america's health, for the men and women and children in this nation. it is a good day and what a privilege for all of us to be part of that this day. ms. watson: and you know, these people who got elected and feared that an aye vote on this would really harthem, they don't belong here because if you -- harm them, they don't belong here, because if you can't make a vote for the greater good of society and go back to your district and explain it to your constituents, you don't belong here. what we did in the last 48 hours was for the greater good of america and not just a select few. so, congressman, i want to thank you for the opportunity to again have this period with you and i'm going to strongly suggest when we are in our caucus that we go back now and hold those town halls and lay it out like you have done

president theodore roosevelt tried to do it. president woodrow wilson tried to do it. president franklin delano roosevelt tried to do it. president kennedy, president johnson tried to do it. more recently, of course, president clinton back in 1993, tried to do it. we almost did it, they said, mr. speaker. we almost got there. and now here we are, right on the cusp of victory, as they describe, and tomorrow we're going to get over the finish line, we're going to do it, for we the people. well, mr. speaker, let me suggest to you and my colleagues, why we have never done it over the past 40, 50, or 60 years. because we the people don't want it. we the people hate it. they did then and they do now. we the people have rejected this. in every poll that has been taken from the last year and a half and the democratic majority and the democratic leadership and the president of the united states, they know that. they know that. we the people don't want it. we the people don't want what otto von bismarck had to offer 150 years ago. we don't want western european socialism for thi

to let us act now in 1974 to assure all americans financial access to high quality medical care theodorelt put this on the agenda barack obama reached out and said, this is what i will do in the debate of october 2008. he said what he was going to do. john mccain stood on the same stage and said, yes, i believe every american should have access to affordable healthcare. all the presidents tried get something done. it was not done. on sunday we will do it. this is our moment. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, barack obama. thank you. thank you. [applause] . please have a seat. to leader reerd. to john all-star son, jaffier, jim, chris.?3Ñ i came upon this quote by abraham lincoln. "i am not bound to win but i'm bound to be true. i'm notbound to succeed. but i'm bound to live up to what life i have. this has been a difficult process. this has been a difficult year for the american people whether i was sworn in, we were in the midst of the worst depression. 800,000 people per month were losing their jobs. millions were losing their health insurance. the financial sys

the effort to reform the health care system goes back to at least theodore roosevelt that great president who campaigned in 1912 by promising, quote, we pledge ourselveses to work increasingly in state and nation for protection of home life against the hazards of sickness, end quote. still later, harry truman tackled reform, as did president clinton in the 1990's, a battle i was here before. before that, the -- i was here for. before that, the last time was led by president nixon. our final mill bill may wind up being less progressive than what nixon would have supported. yet still the forces of the other side whip up opposition. i want to share a story from a constituent in buffalo. it is about a young man who moved to new york from california and california, his insurance only allowed him to visit the emergency room for seizures. when he got to new york, his insurance didn't cover that except in new york city, so his father has to drive him from buffalo to new york city and he says, i am slowly going poor. we have to cover americans in a fiscally responsible way that improves medicare b