to planned parenthood. they don't have accurate numbers on abortions in d.c., due to women from other states coming to d.c. for abortions. there's problems with this. deep problems with this measure. that's why we had the dornan amendment. it made sense. it was only reasonable. so unfortunately, under the obama administration, we are taking the band-aid off this problem and exposing it to even more infection. and the infection is more money. and we know that more money will lead to more air abortions. particular -- to more abortions. particularly more abortions for babies of color. this is really a sad story. we don't want to just talk about sad stories because life is such a wonderful story. we would love to just be here and talk about the ps positive story of life. and it's a beautiful story. but this is a really ugly story. because it's about expanding more abortion, more misery for women who are forced into abortions, often against their will, who are given incomplete, inadequate information and may be headed for a lifetime of addiction or depression or a sense of loss and grief that they may have to d

we've been able to grant it up. this is the d.c. high school initiative. it is one of the few things have been able to get the mayor and council president to agree on. we all of the d.c. high school initiative. every d.c. public high school, their baseball team is having a full baseball team practice at our expense at nationals park. it is a great thrill for the kids. it is a great motivator for the kids. each high-school, for every child in that school, every child will get a ticket to a game at that has lost game at the ballpark. thousands of tickets, thousands of kids coming to the nationals park. we are doing it at our expense. we are happy to do it. i hope it is increasing morale. i hope it is helping. we are trying to help kids and working on health initiatives. we found ways to combine all of these things. this is going to be a lot more exciting and newsworthy when the record of the team gets better. i understand how that works. everything feels better when the team on the field gets better. until then, we are not going to stop. we will continue doin

d.c. residents. to third are hired from d.c. and we are proud of that. we have held a number of job fares typically within six blocks of the ball park we are trying as hard as we can to higher right from the neighbor. that is a real important thing and we've been doing it and succeeded. as i said we need to continue to refine the mix of employees that we work very hard at bringing in people who are citizens of the district because we think that is a very good thing. in terms of economics, it's worked out great. the bonds are being more than paid off with revenues that have been brought in by the team and the tickets and all that. so on the business side things have been moving along just great and we are very proud for our neighborhood and our community. on the charitable full-length philanthropic side i want to talk about. let's start with the dream foundation which was so much good work again most of you don't know about yet. i want to read a few things we do. let's start with the three big goals, the three big programs children's cancer foundation, cov

and that brings us to our subject this evening, dealing with d.c. and there's a few things think a wanted to mention in my remarks. the taxpayer funding of abortion also increases the number of abortions. so when we put tax money into the equation we'll get more abortions. and it makes sense, it's practical. and that's according to the allen gute macker institute which is the research arm of planned parenthood. the institute also are you teenly reports showing that -- routinely reports showing that when public fund something not available, 30% fewer women who received medicaid have abortions. now this is interesting because it means 30% more babies whose mothers receive government subsidized health care survive because abortion funding restrictions. and this is, i think, particularly important for women and men in the african-american communities, in the latino communities, in communities of color. we see a very high percentage of abortions and i know one of our colleagues, congressman trent franks, speaks about this often. he has a tremendous heart

d.c. >> hi everybody. i got to see when rose asked a question of who's been here before and so i want to say to those of who are veterans of the closeup program, one welcome back and to shows of you who are new, welcome aboard. i'm sure all of you know or you wouldn't be here that closeup remains the gold standard for civic education programs in washington, d.c., so congratulations for participating. i'm going to introduce you to a gentleman who, like me, has been associated with coastup for many, many years. now, joe sohm has been called many things, some of which are repeatable here, even though we are a camera in the room. but you know, a photographer is the continuing he's referred to the most and that begins to tell the story, but it doesn't really tell the story, and story may be the operative word, because i think if you were trying to really disstill this, joe is a story teller. the pictures are just part of the presentation, but tears a lot more going on than just the pictures and the project you'll hear a

people and the next thing you know three or four days later, i was purchasing a ticket to come up to d.c. to be a part of this selective hearings. as a result, my father's case was included in the letter to the department of justice to be investigated. i must tell you, though, the selective prosecution of democrats is just as indefensible as racial bias. judge clemon can very well tell you that there were marches and you all know that people were killed for civil rights. these are our leaders. they make laws. they chose the life of servanthood. how can the average american in these united states expect to get a fair trial when the leaders cannot get a fair trial? how ridiculous is it that we have evidence of bias of u.s. attorneys, judges, where you can prove, where you can point to documents out of their own mouths that they had a personal bias. i will talk today about what we need to do as concerned citizens about restoring justice at the department of justice. but it's also a rallying call to every citizen out there to understand how important this particular issue is. this has been a

i also have to tell you are students provided 85,000 hours of legal services to the most vulnerable d.c. residents to our clinical program, which is the most extensive in the country, so you're talking to the right people. thank you common senator leahy. you rock. [applause] >> for more information on judge sonia sotomayer, visit our web site where you'll find video of president obama announcing, the reaction, and then in the day from a 1998 appeals court nomination. but as all online act c- span.org. coming up tonight on c-span, the state department releases its annual human trafficking report. and a senate confirmation hearing on nominees to the federal communications commission. later, a house committee hears from people who have their health coverage canceled by their insurance company. >> right now online, look for our redesigned booktv web site, and every weekend, stream booktv programming right to your computer. it is also easier to search for and watch videos with the redesign video player. you can share the videos with everyone you know. the redesigned booktv.org, look for it t

the man set across from her in a wheel chair and soon he would head to washington, d.c. to be sworn in as the 32nd president of the united states. he would inherit the worst economic crisis in the nation's history. an era of rampant speculation had come to an end. the stock market collapsed, investments aimless. people were stripped of their lifetime savings. about one-third of workers were unemployed, wages or falling, tens of thousands were homeless. real-estate prices had plummeted and millions of homeowners faced foreclosure. his choice of labor secretary would be one of his most important early decisions. his nominee must understand economic and employment issues that be equally effective as a coalition builder. he was a handsome man with aquiline features and he studied the plame woman before him. no one was more qualified for the job. she knew as much about the labor law as anyone in the country. he had known her more than 20 years. the last in albany where she worked at his side. he trusted her and never knew that she would betray him. but placing a woman in the s

to dream big like he did, and he also pointed to d.c.mayor adrian fenty and president obama as role models in washington, d.c. that made good decisions along the way and made our nation's capital proud. bob? >> bob: thank you, debbi taylor. manny very involved in the d.c. community. he has a heart for kids. he has a heart for those less fortunate. and right now the job number one is to get out of this game without having your bullpen totally destroyed for the weekend. jesus colome will be the fourth washington pitcher. he'll take over here, bottom seventh. >> jim: the good thing about being on the road and down by 10 lune runs that you know that they here not going to bat the ninth inning. again -- well, i mean, you're not going to have to save an inning there. >> rob: you're counting us out already? >> jim: i'm just saying it is leaning that way as albert gonzales comes in to play third base and ryan zimmerman gets the rest of the night off. >> bob: he needs a blow every now. ryan plays just about every inning in every game for the nats

sending it back to d.c. bounces up and hits the warehouse at camden yards.id a sweep on the road and finish off the series with the orioles by losing four of the six games. 5-3 on this day. the rookie in the national rotation is now 3-0 in five june starts with 2.19 e.r.a. >> the indians facing the reds without one of their best bats in mark derosa. with can baker's crew do? plenty. ramone hernandez takes the pitch over the left center field for a triple. and phillips easily wins this one by final of 8-1. brandon phillips was in a two for 19 slump heading into the game. three hits, three rbis and three runs scored on this, his 28th birthday. huff losing for the first time in his last four starts. >> here is what is happening around the majors this afternoon. the top of the ninth and two-run shot. the difference in this game and the game with the astros. there you saw the score. royals and pirates back on. it was raining for a period of time. the rockies keep trucking, up 2-0 and won 19 of the last 22. >> coming up, full highlights and reaction from south afr

henry to come to d.c. they put her up in a hotel there broader to the congress and to the white house and by this time we had sent her a book so we could verify that she was indeed and she took her book with her to the white house and she showed it to the president and he said michelle i think you need to sign this some michelle obama got the book and signed it. now we're waiting for michelle to sign our books and all of the contributors books. we are going to the white house the 27 of march, we just have another contributor come in, we're all going to the white house. we don't know when. but we are going you heard us and you on c-span, you heard us. somebody tell michele. [laughter] because we want to go. >> i have to tell you the black women's network is something because black women talk to one another "go, tell michelle" blogsño bought.com, facebook, and people who are writing us to say what is this a facebook thing? you know, it is a thing. we say go for itxd because if peggy brooks-bertram can do it t

to her right is the judge appointed to the d.c. circuit by president clinton. so his right is judge j. harvey wilkinson, who was appointed by president ronald reagan to the fourth circuit in 1984, which i guess makes you the senior -- no, judge ryan heart. to judge wilkinson's right was is judge -- a judge who brings a scourt perspective. >> last but not leeth, judge reinhart who was appointed by president carter in 199. to plunge in and taking them in that order, i wanted to get people talking about the topic of improving the courts. what are the major challenges facing your circuit? i would like to bring out the fact that, just like not all judges are the same, not all circuits are the same. they face different kinds of problems. sketch out for us what are some of the major challenges, problems, aspirations of life on your own circuit? >> first i would like to begin by noting, which is obvious, that we are all circuit judges, which means that although this is billed as a discussion about the federal government, it is really a discussion about the federal court

what chance is there that a plot to d.c. gordon brown could work? -- to e-seat -- de-seat gordon brown could work? >> recent blows have brought considerable cracks within beat gordon brown regime. tonight, the structure still holds together. early this morning, gordon brown was at the mercy of his cabinet. they could have killed him off today. with one, too, or three big names. one by one, they held back from making that fatal blow. nonetheless, gordon brown is considerably weaker tonight with his senior colleagues, alistair darling, allen johnson, and peter mendelssohn. all now pretty much of stackable. >> i think each cabinet member made their own calculation of what the mood was among labor mp's in general. gordon brown will be toppled when there is a very clear majority around labor mp's. they did not want to have an early general election. james and david made different calculations about that. >> until last autumn, paul sinclair was one of gordon brown's aides. >> i do not think the prime minister have very many options. with those options, he

later that day i drove on to washington d.c. but, again we're talking july 4th, 2005, to rendezvous with this gentleman sitting over here, john, and he even reverse this. he had staked out, he is my stake out guide -- the exact spot because again photography is about alignment. you want to align different elements so that you can get the shot. and there is a spot and maybe sam will show you along the potomac where the three monuments all line up. and that is what the shot, that you can't be too far this way or too far that way. has to be right there. of this was my spot and that was the spot i was looking for and john stake it out amongst 100 of a deep into a thousand people. noaa and as i walked to the crown there was a band playing and as of the band played one of them, they had america the beautiful appropriately on july july 4th and i started to look at it. again impartially the sense of my own destiny, i started focusing on america. now you might say maybe the lemonade was bite, but suddenly another anagram appears -- americ

she flew to d.c. it was look at when she got here and she was advised to get x- rays, which she did. she spent a couple hours getting a cast, and the last time i saw video up on capitol hill, she is continuing to meet with senators as part of her meetings surrounding her nomination. i think she has six meetings skill today and she will make all six -- i think she has six meetings scheduled today and she will make all six. >> will you sign the cast? >> i think i will. maybe we can get senators to sign. >> now that the the president has defended his position on the middle east, will he follow through? >> hollen, we have said this to route the past several days. i do not look at his alma reach as having started in the speech and it is not going to and as part of that speech. going all the way back to the beginning of the administration, in ensuring that the this administration was involved early on in the middle east peace process, the president talked about that as being a high priority, interviews he ha

adrian fenty saying 70 others were taken to d.c. hospitals. next is bill from kentucky. good morning. caller: good morning. i was just going to make an observation. i inness wondering if you were aware in the last three years -- i was worried if you were aware mr. obama has been running for office, the coverage has been only about him. and george bush had never put anything together. [inaudible] even while it was happening under his watch it was not questioned about it, because all the questioning was about what mr. obama was doing. i just wonder, do you think the coverageha

. >> johnny: now you have been to d.c., haven't you, been to rfs and national's park. >> yeah, i came there a couple years back with my sister and was able to catch a national's game and last week i had to come out and see the new stadium so that was cool to come out and see the great new ball park. >> johnny: drew, anybody who plays high school baseball and i think anybody who has visions of some day maybe beginning to be a major league baseball player, at what age did you discover you had some god given talent that might some day propel you to be in a major league ball park. >> i think my junior year, i hoped that maybe this professional thing would workout and the goal i set for myself was to make it to the big leagues as soon as possible. in fact, back in the day i was the bat boy for the excels a couple days and was able to meet chad company vero after he got called up and he was extremely nice to me and treated me well i looked up to him. this guy was in college a couple months ago and now he is in the big leagues so that's who i looked up to. >> johnny: well, thank you very muc

he would love to get a foundation here in d.c. kids in the area. >> phil: he is a solid guy. fans will remember the homerun he hit in the alcs against balls more that broke their back. >> johnny: how much pressure is there on a kid like bret cecil here. he is only taking roy halladay's spot in the rotation. pressure? no, forgot it. >> johnny: an all-star pitcher, right, no less? >> right. bret cecil is just getting his career underway. i hope, for his sake, that he is not too pumped up tonight with so many friends and family in the friends. >> johnny: so ross detwiler still trying to get his first win. it will be interesting. the nationals have not had a winning streak longer than 7. you have to go way back to august 26th of last year, through september 1st when they rolled off seven straight. how sweet would it be to take this one tonight and make it 4 in a row. >> phil: four in a row. if they can roll out a streak of 8 out of 10 or 10 utah of 15 and show that what you saw earlier in the season was not the real washington. >> john

miller -- the ranking republican on the subcommittee, told me last night that he intends to come back to d.c. monday and ask that the same hearing that was held thursday be held in open sessi session, which again would allow members to even more clearly enunciate what they are told. host: as a ranking member on the subcommittee, how likely is that to happen? are there ways for the minority party to be able to do this, to open up a hearing? guest: that is a good question. we don't yet know if through a resolution or letter they can force this to happen. but there's some speculation that we were headed in that direction any way with regard to democrats wanting to have these hearings held in a manner where they could actually open up the process and talk about what they learned with regard to the interrogation techniques, their development and use. host: rose mill, michigan, sam has the last question for jared allen of the hill. caller: i would hope that your next guest would be a democratic reporter because this one is so one-sided. one thing about this segment is at that meeting the republica

mayor adrian fende saying 70 others were taken to d.c. area hospitals -- mayor adrian fenty. louisville, ky. democrats line. >> as much an observation as anything else. i am wondering if you all are aware and the last three and half years, including the two years that mr. obama was running for office, republicans have gone on about him and some of his opponents and george bush -- he has never been questioned as to whether he has done a good job, responsible for things happening. happening under his watch. he was not even question about it. all of the coverage is about what mr. obama was doing and what mr. clinton was doing and mr. mccain. i'm wondering do you think the coverage that you all -- is it fair as far as mr. obama is concerned with you think it is a time that mr. bush's policies should be discussed? host: i would venture to say that if you took our coverage from the same period in 2001 or in the spring and summer of 1993, we would have heard different sentiments depending on your political party. it will be no difference whether it is a democrat or republican on the

the parents of the young victims who were tragically lost this day came to washington, d.c., to testify. so did our bellingham mayor, mark sdmonson and carl weimer with the pipeline safety trust and that trust came into being thanks to the families of safe bellingham. so together with them and the great support of colleagues in the senate, senator mccain tock toa tremendous lead, and slade gordon and congress members, and many others, together we worked very hard and passed and president bush finally signed into law legislation in 2002 to give the office of pipeline safety the resources and the muscle it needed to keep americans safe. that law improved the training of pipeline personnel. it raised the penalty for safety violations. it invested in new technology badly needed to improve pipeline safety, it improves the inspection practices and, importantly, expanded authority to our states to conduct their own safety activities. so, mr. president, children today in every corner of our state are safer because the people of bellingham stood up and said we don't want this to happen again. bu

that is the equivalent of driving from philadelphia to washington d.c. to get service for your general motors vehicle. since we don't have the three plus hours to take to drive their even in line of the new camaro is we're using the fastest plane on our air force, the f-15 eagle and to demonstrate their route all i talk to enact new brand of customer service, this will be in 3-d for your enjoyment. it will take a while. just about a month ago general motors and chrysler said what were effectively termination notices to about 2,000 auto dealerships nationwide. we're told these notices are to accelerate restructuring plans that are i must do step for the troubled automaker's and this is a chrysler and gm can emerge successfully from bankruptcy with stable financial support. many dealers in the communities they serve frankly feel blindsided. the mid-may notice is given the form of complex take-it-or-leave-it wind down contracts with weeks to make important and expense of life changing decisions about their own livelihoods. a few explanations, no real opportu

in fact, even before i got to d.c., i was violating another mandate, the 55 marn speed limit along 270 with about 10,000 other people. so the point is that mandates simply don't work. they often talk about -- well, we mandate auto ininsurance coverage, don't we? turns out about 15% of all drivers do not have auto insurance coverage even though it's mandated in 47 states and that's why you have an uninsured motorist rider on your auto policy because it is so broadly violated. all the interest groups in washington support it. the american hospital, the a.m.a., lots of republicans support it along with lots of democrats. but this has happened before. 1988, congress passed a medicare catastrophic program, which required elderly people to buy catastrophic coverage to supplement their medicare program. it was supported by aarp and the hospitals and the republicans and democrats and signed by ronald reagan. everyone supported it except the elderly. and once they found out they were going to be required to buy coverage that they didn't think they needed, they were furious. there was a famous s

i thought maybe this week i would return to washington, d.c., and find the solution. someone would know, provide an explanation. i cannot understand how closing automobile dealerships, those who sell automobiles, are advantageous to the bottom line of the profit of general motors or chrysler. this can't be a market based decision. there must be some political consideration that's ongoing to encourage these dealerships to be closed. the closing of those dearlyships are devastating to communities as well as the businesses that we are closing. at the same time provide no economic improvement in the bottom line of our automobile manufacturers. so, mr. speaker, i again ask those, my colleagues, and those at the white house, the automobile task force is it a political consideration that's occurring to encourage general motors and chrysler to disenfranchise their franchisees, or is there some market-based decision which this is based? yet no one can provide that answer. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >>

i doubt if there's a person in this room that will allow your kids to go to school in washington d.c. it is that bad. it is a question of how the money is spent. let me give you one example of answers. our gifted kids today are the kids we really want to be inspired. they will create most of the jobs. they will come up with the really neat ideas for the future. 20% of gifted kids drop out of school today. one out of five gifted kids drops out of school today because they are not challenged. we have an incredible school in northern nevada call the davidson academy. this is for the really highly gifted. these are kids in fifth

i want to welcome you to washington d.c. o the nation's capital where people have read them their country and have secured our leader in the white house. it is a new day in america and we have begun the work of transforming our countries, our communities and families. we do have a remarkable president, one who thinks big axe boldly and it's great to be here with all of you who have helped elect him and make this happen here and because all of us together have worked hard for years to have a transformational action, to work for electing progressive majority said that actually make change happen. and we have all learned how to work together to come out of our silos and understand are a lot for a work in much more effectively if we were together in partnership and that is what got us here. i'm incredibly proud about the work the labor movement has done. seiu change the other labor unions and a generation after generation have a workers given the opportunity to use their voice, their passions and skills to build new objective

we even had congressmen to fly up to washington, d.c. based upon the atlanta journal reporter's summation, to ask the disgraced u.s. attorney richard thompson to stay on the job, to finish his duty once opr recommended him. because they wanted him to finish dusting off my father. but if you can't get an audience with the judge to conduct a hearing it doesn't mean anything. this is a problem. people died fighting for their civil rights. people were hosed down. democrats have civil rights. moveon.org, democrats now, all the organizations out there, we need you. this is not just about my father. it is about justice for all. for more information, you can reach out to politi politicalprosecution.org. go to info@politicalprosecution.org. i would give a phone number out. 706-951-2671. >> while that may sound some what vague, isn't what tha what financial institutions, capitol market and financial regulationsre

it was known to be hijacked and fought to be heading for washington d.c.. what dothought to be heading fo washington d.c.. what do you do about this? we went to get permission to shoot it down, you're shooting down an airliner with americans on it, probably people from other countries as well, innocent men, women and children. is not a good solution because you only shoot it down if you know it is going to be a threat to something on the ground like the u.s. capitol or the white house, because more people will be killed if it crashes and to those objects but at the same time, should an airplane down over washington d.c. there will be debris. this is a terrible solution, a terrible solution, but it was the only one at our disposal and st. goodness we didn't have to use that. it is much better, as i will do later today, go to the airport, take off your shoes, take off your jacket and put air marshals on airplanes and approach it from that angle, but that was the thought of possibly having to do that, having the authority to do that will send shivers up your sp

burgess: it's not what i came to washington, d.c. to do. what i wanted to share with the house tonight, "the dallas morning news" runs a column every sunday by dave scott burns. he was quoting an economist in austin economist, laci hunt. er ving fisher saw it first. the man who may have been the greatest american economist wote the theory about the great depression in 1933. excess debt controls all of the economic variables. he went on to say, think about it for a minute. it's a very powerful statement. excess debt controls all of the economic variables. what does that mean? that means we cannot control the unemployment rate. that means we cannot control almost everything is out of our grasp because of the massive amount of debt that we have accumulated. a and on monday the president said he wanted to accelerate the price of spending because we weren't getting the money out the door fast enough. let me reiterate, excess debt controls every other economic variable. it was true in 1933 and i suspect the true is today. i think every member on

i assumed the executives drove to washington, d.c., from detroit in their congressionally approved modes of transportation. probably hybrid cars, leaving them very little time on that day to design, build, or sell cars and trucks. i've counted at least 60 congressional committees an subcommittees with the authority to hold hearings on auto companies and, no doubt, most will. car executives trying to manage complex companies will be reduced to the status of some assistant secretary hauling briefing books between committees answering questions under oath, of course, about models, about sizes, about paint colors, about plant closings, about fuel efficiency, and about why the g.m. volt's battery is being made in south korea. and should congressmen run out of reasons to meddle, the president and his aides stand ready. already general has been warned that it is making too many s.u.v. eap and that the chevy volt is too expensive. the president has weighed on whether general motors should move to warren, michigan. here's an invitation for those who may be listening, if you know of a washington c

third and finally, the secretary returns to washington d.c. on friday evening and then early saturday morning heads up to washington state were later that afternoon he will deliver the commencement address at the university of washington, which i believe is an open president although i will not beheading out there myself. and i think that is it. ann. >> what can you tell us about the status of the investigation into the-- in afghanistan, where, where does the investigation stand and to what degree has the inquiry found u.s. forces culpable? >> the anchor aires stands, i think it is wrapped up. it is being briefed to a number of people within this building. i think the chairman was briefed on it last week, the secretary was briefed on at this morning by brigadier general thomas it was the investigative officer in charge. i thank centcom, who has commissioned the investigation, will ultimately determine how the findings will be rolled out so i don't know that i can share them with you here today. i can tell you having sat in on the briefing this

jeri said that she came to washington, d.c., to share her story because her husband is -- quote -- "choosing death over debt." she worries that they will lose their home and they lost their savings. but above all she worries that she will lose her husband with a strong public health insurance option, we can ensure that jeri and her husband can afford policies that can cover medical bills and folk requests on getting -- focus on getting well. a strong health insurance option is one that the public can rely on regardless of income, age, job status. it is an insurance option that will focus on helping the sick get the treatment they need instead of turning the biggest profit for shareholders. it will help the public invest in wellness an disease prevention an primary care and chronic disease management. a public option will help ensure that no matter what people have access to a health insurance plan that actually meets their need. one of my priorities in the health care reform debate and one of my priorities throughout my time in the senate has been fiscal responsibility. it is not enough to p

they thought they were going to get, now the job begins to get him signed sealed and delivered to washington, d.c rob: i think the first thing is to get him signed and put that behind you, okay, whatever the finances are there, and then say "okay, this is what we need you to do in the next 6 months, next year, two years," get the kid moving forward, away from college, pitching at the pro level which is going to be different, he is going to be pitching to wood bats, you know, going to be pitching against much more talented players, not going to be easy for him. so now the tough task begins by making him a major league baseball pitcher. >> did he have incredible credentials. >> johnny: take a look at tonight's starting lineups. dusty baker, willie tavares, jerry hairston, ramon hernandez, johnny goals in left, jay bruce in right, alex gonzalez in shortstop. rod had eye gan behind the plate catching johnny que et oh. now for the nats manny acta, detwiler goes to the hill, four starts in the past, 0-2 record, 12 earned runs, walked 6, had 17 strikeouts, this ought to be a good duel tonight between tw

. >> i with want to ask you a little about the d.c. voting rights. i sent to you a d.c. voting story saying you sliffletted a second opinion from the solicitor general's office after it was determined the d.c. voting act was unconstitutional. i request that you produce the document questioning the bill's constitutionality, and you declinde kleined to make that -- and you stated that you delined -- declined to make that public. what is there that remains to be done before that decision is final? >> well, i guess no decision has actually been made by the administration yet with regard to the position it is going to take concerning the constitutionality of the statute that is there. that process is still ongoing, and as long as that is ongoing -- and also, the concern i expressed, was releasing documents with internal deliberations from the justice department. those are the two concerns i have now with regard to the release of the documents. >> given the fact that the memoranda was signed by the acting head of the office of legal counsel, in what sense is the memoranda not

thirdly and finally the secretary returns to washington, d.c. on friday evening. and then early on saturday morning heads to washington state. where he will deliver the commencement address at the university of washington. which i believe is an open press event although i won't head there myself. >> what can you tell us about the investigation into the nato force incident in afghanistan. where does the investigation stand and to what degree has the inquiry of the u.s. force [inaudible]? >> the inquiry stand i believe is wrapped up and being briefed to a number of people in this building. i believe that the chairman was briefed on it last week and the secretary this morning by the investigative officer in charge. i think, cen-com, who has commissioned the findings and i can tell you sitting in the brief, that this incident was exhaustively investigated. this briefing, in fact the secretary took today, i think it was scheduled for half an hour. it went for one hour and had to be rushed to conclusion. because they had many, many details to share with him. what it appe

to brian lamb. the next call says this is from washington, d.c. the club can show the rest of what happened. >> let's go to the videotape. >> washington d.c., go ahead please. hello? hello washington? one last time time >> is this mr. bryan lamb? would you hold one month for the president? [laughter] >> we don't have a commercial ready. >> mr. lam andb students, i came upstairs to the study and turned on the set and there you were. i watched long enough to hear several questions that showed your concern about the exclusionary rule. evidently, i did not finish the answer. you are so conscious of the clock going but i did not mean that the police would be free to do whatever they wanted in the line of getting evidence and breaking the law. i did explain the exclusion rule is not a lot. it is something called case law. judges made rulings in a court and he's become president. --precedent. >> classic damage control. >> this gives us a word said -- it on to say a word about brian lamb. tell us about him. >> he was the kid with a football. i want to say

privilege at a much earlier time so it is a great source of pleasure for me to be able to go to washington d.c ninth of november this year we shall celebrate 20 years, 20th anniversary of the fall of the wall. i think many people in germany are not even aware of the fact that almost one-third of the history of federal republic of germany has been traveled the -- in the unit of a united germany. now honda these partnerships develop have had to leave undervests strong but also are important to our partners the transatlantic relationship, how is that going to develop in the future? thank you very much, senator hagel, for pointing out how a poor in this partnership way as and in many ways you are the embodiment, the most valuable good of this actual time. taking downtime in order to cherish such relationships, taking out time to meet others in that other countries who is serious enough to see what is happening trying to break new ground and make new contacts, trying to get new information. end a senator hagel reminded us how often and we met so you have always been interested in your call you coul

thanks for coming to washington, d.c. ladies and gentlemen, we have a special guest with us tonight that will be emceeing our program. in our current culture, one of the most courageous acts in society today is for a hollywood actor to stand up and declare that he is a conservative republican. you know, what's even more surprising is he keeps getting prominent roles.

thanks for coming to washington, d.c. we have a special guest tonight who would be emceeing a lot program. one of the most courageous acts in society today is for a hollywood actor to stand up and declare that he is a conservative republican. [cheers and applause] you know, what is even more surprising is that he keeps getting prominent roles. i am sure that is more a reflection of his gifts and acting and not his political beliefs. this friend of ours that is going to be with us this evening, ladies and gentleman, is our beloved actor john hoyt. [applause] -- ladies and gentlemen/ . he has a long and distinguished career as a leading man and as a character actor. he came to prominence in the 1960's with a performance in the 1969 best picture winner "midnight cowboy," , for which he won his first academy award nomination. the route the following decades, john hoyt has appeared in such landmark films -- throughout the following decades. he received an academy award for best actor. he starred in his seventh season of "24." h

all right, you are welcome, welcome to washington, d.c. [applause]. >> thank you. >> all right. all right. you look beautiful. >> thank you. >> all right. so, you know, we were chatting a little bit in back and i asked if it was all right with you if we could just girl chat. i mean, we have seen a lot of your -- [laughter] when i say girl chats i mean, get to know a little bit more about the president herself. after all, this is her memoir, right? so, it does give us just -- we want to get a little bit more in sight about you, the person. is that okay with you? >> fine, but you know, don't carry that too far. >> okay. [laughter]. >> i will not. i promise. i promise. so, i know people are laughing at me now. if you want to... start me straight. from the beginning, you were a baby, lying -- >> obviously! >> lying on a bed in your mother's home, and someone came in, and said to your mother, what? >> the title of the book. someone came in, and saw the baby on the bed... saw the baby on the bed -- can't hear? >> i think you have to maybe come down a little bit. >> is that better? [ap

to have it changed. we'll have rationing established right here in washington, d.c. and it's going to be by the comparative effectiveness of the people. some people want that. some people think that's the only way to get health care costs under control. i believe we ought to give the best health care we can to everybody nor should we ration care or ignore the fact that different physicians have different specialties and sometimes because patients are different each of us is a different entity in this world and we have different problems and different genetics and we have different makeups and different blood in a lot of ways. and they keep going and on with the differences. sometimes what works for one doesn't work with another. i see that in the pharmaceutical world all the time. i'm very concerned when we do these type of a bill, we do it in a way that doesn't increase cost and make it even worse than what we have now. i think that language will make it worse. this would correct the language in a small way but nevertheless an important way. >> thank you, senator. le

as a senator would drive from independence to washington, d.c. and back. and bess made the trip quite often when he was in the senate. when he received an invitation to give a speech in philadelphia, he decided to accept it. i think one of the main reasons he decided to accept it was because it would give him an excuse to take a road trip. he said he wanted to give the new chrysler a real tryout. and this would be the perfect way to do it. drive to the east coast and back again. they could go to washington and see some friends, go up to new york and see their daughter, margaret, who was living there at the time. i also think he wanted to make the transition from being mr. president to as he called it mr. citizen. one of his heroes was the roman general cinanitus who forsook power after battle and went back to the farm. harry believed he could make the move from being leader from the free world to playing private citizen and this was one way he could do it. was by taking this trip. bess perhaps the voice of reason. harry thought he could be hidden. they wer

to start paying tax. >> couple of policy things going on in d.c.. obama wants to expand broadband in the united states. how's that impact your business? >> well, first i should say if we're talking about obama. i like him and i this is great we have a president, intelligence, educated and with a judy house temprement but i disagree on some of the policies. this is america, i can do that. this whole stimulus packet we can go into but this little angle. the people getting that money it's quite questionable whether they even want it and two companies have announced they're spending 17 billion each. the private sector is doing 35 billion dollars of what obama is doing with 7 billion dollars. i think that's more of a political pin to stick in the wall than actually going to contribute. >> how behavorial are the adds on google that hold information and target you with certain searchs? >> we use that kind of technology and i actually don't understand and would be happy to hear from a listener, what would be so offensive about that. when you walk into nordst