. >> todd martin met pete 22 times in their att days. pete won 18 of those. and let's just get it out of the way. your career record against pete sampras was -- >> the suspense is killing me. >> i did meet nim once in detroit. i'm trying to remember if i played him a second time. >> you remember. you didn't, did you? >> i think i got him before he was pete sampras. >> he was nine. >> so the first break. takes the early lead in this f in 1977, in johannesburg south africa an 8-year-old boy picked up the game of golf from his father. by the age of 9, he was already outplaying him. the odds of this gentle lad winning the junior world golf championships at the age of 14? 1 in 16 million. the odds of that same boy then making it to the u.s. and european pro-golf tours? 1 in 7 million. the odds of the "big easy" winning the open championship once and the u.s. open championship twice? 1 in 780 million. the odds of this professional golfer having a child diagnosed with autism? 1 in 150. ernie els encourages you to learn the signs of autism at autismspeaks.org. early

is todd fill singer. and stephen hayes. thank you for being with us on this sunday morning and enjoy the rest of your weekend. have a great week ahead. captioned by the national captioning institute, inc. ---www.ncicap.org--- [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> up next on c-span, "newsmakers" with senator jack reed from rhode island. he's the chairman of the committee of submerging threat. and after that a look at afghanistan. >> senators are continuing their debate of the health care bill through the weekend. our regular book tv schedule will be preempted with these rare sessions, with book-tv resuming after the debate. watch this gavel to gavel on c-span 2, to read the senate version and house version, go online to c-span's health care hub. >> as we get better of what we do. >> four of malcolm gladwell's books with his latest as our guest tonight on "q & a." >> joining us on "newsmakers" is jack reed and senator let me begin with what you think the afghan military will look like in 2011? >> it will

on the other side with the secretary of war, robert todd lincoln, son of abraham lincoln. so that you had the son of lee and the son of lincoln agreeing on something. and i would say that that was the beginning of some hope that we could reunite north and south again. it took a while, but that was the beginning of the reunion. >> so we are going to walk back here to the first two of the unknown soldier's? >> yes. one of the great traditions in arlington is honoring the unknown soldiers. and the first instance of that came just after the civil war when quartermaster general montgomery meigs said a recovery team out into the battlefields around washington within a 30-mile race of washington to recover unknown soldiers from that war. they brought them here to this part of arlington. after the war, these teams recovered the dead, the unknowns, from chancellorsville, the other great battlefields, and meigs had a huge pit dug here at this spot, and had them buried in a mass grave. in 1856. 2111 unknowns buried here in arlington. this is at the edge, the end of mrs. lee's garden.

nicholas todd burt, zachary todd burt and ryan todd burt. excuse me.s really the beginning of carbon monoxide poisoning. but at that time we had decided to wait to celebrate once we all got better and that day never came. he's my reason number one. reason number two is zack. zack was just shy of 16 months old when he died. i had woken up with zack many, many times during that horrible night. looking back, i should have realized that something was very, very wrong in my home. but i was too sick. i was too poisoned to know. instead, it was zack who i could not pick up to rock back to sleep. it was zack who had trouble breathing and the carbon monoxide just made me too weak to lift him up or to soothe him. instead, i hung onto his crib rails. i was trying to keep myself standing, trying to keep from passing out and i prayed he would just go back to sleep. i wanted to go to bed myself. i listened to his labored breathing and i was unable to comprehend the danger that my baby was in. i was unable to realize that he was dying. and now i listen to zack's labo

. >> todd zwillich of the take kleaway. how is healthcare going? >> it's going well so far from the perspective of the senators. there hadn't been a whole lot been a lot of substantive amendments yesterday. -- yet. against it or in favor of cutting some funding for medicare or against it but we haven't seen any real substantive amendments yet on the big issues like abortion, like the public option, on financing this bill or on affordibility. but certainly there's plenty of speeches going on. >> you mentioned abortion. as senator ben nelson is apparently working on an amendment. what's that about? >> well, that when the house version of its bill part stupak in michigan succeeded getting language in the bill tightening up restrictions on how abortion could be funded on the exchange, the national insurance exchange that's envisioned under the bill. many of these plans on the exchange, in fact, most of them would be private. these are not public plans but the stupak amendment as it's called here on the hill -- here on the hill restricts how abortion ca

joining me is david beamer, his son died on 9/11, todd was one of the passengers that fought back beforehe plane crashed this pennsylvania. and desh ra burlington, the son of the pilot of american flight 77 that crashed into the pentagon. and she is the co-founder of 9/11 families for a safe american. and alice ingraham, a former flight aten dant. what is your reaction to what happened on christmas day? >> it was a trishl event and i'm pleased the mission was not successful. i'm thankful for the fellow that was referred to ass the flying dutchman for leaping into action and preventing that plane from being blown up. i'm pleased with the outcome and disheartened about the fact that it happened at all. and it clearly points out from the enemy's point of view, they believe there is a war going on and it's an absolute priority. and i'm not convinced that for us, that the war is really -- has either of those. for us, it's one of the more agenda items but not one we are pursuing with real passion. >> larry: debra, do you agree? >> askpleetly agree. in some ways, he may have done usa favor. the

todd, secretary rokita, there's a couple of questions i wanted to ask you. the state attorney general and the u.s. attorney's office were contacted regarding these cases as well as the f.e.c. whatever happened with those? i mean, did the state attorney general do anything? the u.s. attorney? you said he has up in the northern district. >> right. at the time that we -- this was right before the 2008 fall election, we did send the report that we attached as record here to the indiana attorney general, u.s. attorney, federal bureau of investigation, and the letter we got back from a deputy at the attorney general's office in indiana was that if the local aid county prosecutor or if the u.s. attorney want our help we'll do it but we're not going to get involved before that. >> you're kidding me. >> no. >> didn't they have the authority to go ahead as state attorney general and move on that? >> again in indiana, every state is different, of course, the state constitutional office holders are very limited in their criminal investigative powers. and those are reser

he is todd filsinger, co-chair of the coalition for the green bank. green jobs the top inning here, learning ball what that means. republicans can call 202-737-0001. democrats, up 37-0002. and independents, 202-628-0205. mr. filsinger, your organization was represented at that jobs summit last week at the white house. what was that like for the coalition? guest: oh, it was very good. reed hunt, my co-chair, was present and said it was a very good exchange of ideas, a lot of brainstorming of some of the top leaders in the country in energy, the small business, labor, and others. it was a very good exchange, a lot of great ideas, and the coalition for green bank was very proud to be represented by reed hunt at that event. host: what were some of the ideas? in other words, what are you looking for from washington in terms of green jobs and this green bank? >> well, we believe -- and it was represented at that summit -- is that a green bank is one of the fastest ways to get significant job creation in the united states. and when we look at the amount of g

nicholas todd burt, zachary todd burt and ryan todd burt. excuse me. my little nick turned 4 years old eight days before he died. in fact, we had been too sick to have his birthday party. i now know our illness was really the beginning of carbon monoxide poisoning. but at that time we had decided to wait to celebrate once we all got better and that day never came. he's my reason number one. reason number two is zack. zack was just shy of 16 months old when he died. i had woken up with zack many, many times during that horrible night. looking back, i should have realized that something was very, very wrong in my home. but i was too sick. i was too poisoned to know. instead, it was zack who i could not pick up to rock back to sleep. it was zack who had trouble breathing and the carbon monoxide just made me too weak to lift him up or to soothe him. instead, i hung onto his crib rails. i was trying to keep myself standing, trying to keep from passing out and i prayed he would just go back to sleep. i wanted to go to bed myself. i listened to his labored br

. >> larry: earlier, we showed you a cane todd.what happened with the cane toad. >> don't touch this one. this is a cane toad, everybody. if you notice, there's poison glands -- will he hop right here? this is a cane toad. this larry is one that came over from south america. they brought them into this country in southern florida. there are poison glands right back there. >> get it away from me! get it off of me! >> larry: it's okay. >> it's a toad. it's a toad. >> larry: it's okay. >> i don't like toads either. >> larry: you're okay. he didn't bite you. get it out of here. that's historic, folks. bring on the cockroaches. >> put that on larry's jacket. that's what i do. that's a nice one there. don't let him get in your hair because he'll lay eggs. >> larry: he will lay eggs? >> well, she. no, he's the male. let him go down your shirt. he's gone now. >> larry: where is he? he went down my shirt? get him out of my shirt. >> reach down in there. don't be bashful. get the thing before he gets -- you got him? oh, good. >> larry: imagi

joining me is david beamer, his son died on 9/11, todd was one of the passengers that fought back against hijackers before the plane crashed in pennsylvania. also debra burlingame, he was the pilot of flight 77 which crashed into the pentagon. she's the co-founder of 9/11 families for a strong and safe america and is a former flight attendant. alice hoaglung, her son mark bingham died on flight 93. alice as well is a former flight attendant. what's your reaction, david, to what happened christmas day? >> larry, it was a terrible event. i'm certainly pleased that the mission was not successful. i'm very thankful for the fellow has been referred to as the flying dutchman for leaping to action and preventing that plane from being blown up. so i'm very pleased with the outcome. and of course, disheartened about the fact that it happened at all. and it clearly points out from the enemy's point of view, they believe that there's a war going on, and for them it's an absolute passion and an absolute priority. and i'm not convinced that for us that the war is really -- has either of those. for us

climate negotiator todd stern said ina's cooperation is critica the two nations arthe world's largestbon emitters. >> i thinkhat from our point of view, youan't even begin to have an vironmentally sound agreement thout the adequate and significant participatioof china. >> reporter: it s widely reported u.s. gotiators had refused to cmit to firm pollution ts until congress can approve the needed legislation. a billo reduce u. emissions has been pending for mths in the u. senate in the fe of strong opposition. back in copenhen, the president of thealdives appealed for quick action. his island nation in thendian oceais threatened by rising seas. >> if we are not ablto seize this opportunityand we are not able to come to annderstanding during the coursin the next 48 hours, i fear we mht very well be doomed. i hope that is not wt we are contemplating. >> reporter: the u.n.'s n said he was confident there will reement by week's end. >> i confident that there will a deal in copenhagen, a dea at meets the needs of all th counies in addressing climate ange, a deal which will be corehensive, ac

. >> reporter: todd stern ishe leadlimate negotiator for the u.s. he says this summit is difrent from previous ones. >> fundameally, what is going on in this negotiations an effort forhe first time to have the major develing countries participate the regi. that has n happened before. we are talkingbout chinand and we are talking abo those countries putting their own policies on the ble in an internatiol agreement, standing behind the policies d having those policies significtly turn down their own emissions curves >> reporter: in fact, ern says success hangs especially o china's further coeration, somethinnow uncertain. before the summit began,hina-- the world's largest poller-- pledged to voluntarily impve energy efficiency. india has made aimilar pledge, t experts point out the tota volume ocarbon emissions for both wouldontinue to rise, beit at a slower rate. yam saran is india's top climate negotiator. >> we will try to pushhe envelope as much as can and try to see that we gets good an outme as possible. i think the should be an appriation of th

. >> reporter: todd stern is the lead climate negotiator for the u.s. he says this summit is different from previous ones. >> fundamentally, what is going on in this negotiation is an effort for the first time to have the major developing countries participate in the regime. that has not happened before. we are talking about china and and we are talking about those countries putting their own policies on the table in an international agreement, standing behind those policies and having those policies significantly turn down their own emissions curves. >> reporter: in fact, stern says success hangs especially on china's further cooperation, something now uncertain. before the summit began, china-- the world's largest polluter-- pledged to voluntarily improve energy efficiency. india has made a similar pledge, but experts point out the total volume of carbon emissions for both would continue to rise, albeit at a slower rate. shyam saran is india's top climate negotiator. >> we will try to push the envelope as much as we can and try to see that we get as g

our first witnesses secretary todd rookiquita. he has overseen indian oblations with the commitment to innovation and technological advancements. his efforts to combat investment and mortgage fraud have led to the convictions of dozens of white collar criminals, over 300 years of jail time, and millions of dollars return to the victims. he went on to obtain a law degree from the indiana university school of law in in in the -- in indianapolis. he practice and an attorney before serving as general counsel to the secretary of state sewer and gilroy, and later as deputy secretary of state. our second witness is david caldwell. is the deputy director of the criminal division for the louisiana attorney general's office. he is also the head of these special corruption and prosecution unit. he graduated from louisiana state louisiana with a degree in english and russian. after graduating from tulane law school, he worked the attorney general in the criminal law division. he is try and obtain convictions in white-collar cases in insurance

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host: a photo of todd baker of todd's tackle in thomson open for business. they are talking about 3000 jobs. a little more on the economic argument. how are you balancing the constituents viewpoints between the safety, security, drawing attention, with the economic benefits potentially. guest: first of all, the problem is my constituents have never been given a security briefing. they don't know. in fact, no less than four full committees of the house of representatives, ranking republican member of each of them, filed the equivalent of petition of inquiry addressed to appropriate governmental bodies asking for information. for example, lamar smith, ranking republican member on the judiciary committee. he filed a resolution asking the department of justice to give to the american people the increase and constitutional, legal, and treaty rights that the detainees would receive once they get to the united states. democrats voted that down on party lines, and on three other committees. and buried deep within the abyss of this 13-hundred page omnibus appropriati

our first witnesses secretary todd rookiquita. he has overseen indian oblations with the commitment to innovation and technological advancements. his efforts to combat investment and mortgage fraud have led to the convictions of dozens of white collar criminals, over 300 years of jail time, and millions of dollars return to the victims. he went on to obtain a law degree from the indiana university school of law in in in the -- in indianapolis. he practice and an attorney before serving as general counsel to the secretary of state sewer and gilroy, and later as deputy secretary of state. our second witness is david caldwell. is the deputy director of the criminal division for the louisiana attorney general's office. he is also the head of these special corruption and prosecution unit. he graduated from louisiana state louisiana with a degree in english and russian. after graduating from tulane law school, he worked the attorney general in the criminal law division. he is try and obtain convictions in white-collar cases in insurance

where is that todd? where is that todd? of states are treated differently than other states. that's why legislation is all about. that's coppermine. my friend, that's not what the american people call governing. that's called exactly an opposite and contradiction of what the president of the united states had what he says we will have negotiations televised on c-span so that people can see who is making arguments. i see the letter from illinois over there. just a few days ago i said what's in the bill. the senator from illinois says i don't know. i'm in the dark to. i can give him his own quote. so here we are. the senator from tennessee said in the middle of the night. and here we are my friends about to pass a bill with 60 votes. now, 60 votes represents 60 percent of this body. but i can assure my friends on the other side of the aisle, it doesn't represent 60 percent of the american people. in fact, 61 percent of the american people, according to ac and in both say they want to stop. they disapprove of it. i guarantee w

let me introduce to you right now todd's dad, david beamer. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone.am very, very thankful to be an american and to have the freedoms of assembly and speech here today. the brief remarks i have are primarily directed to our president. mr. president, it is one thing to break a campaign promise. but quite another to break the solemn vow that you made in your oath of office. you pledged to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of these united states. this trial decision is wrong. and if you allow it to proceed, you will be breaking your sacred oath. it will be -- it will be a second attack on new york city in america. it will be september 11 the sequel. mr. president, do not be a party to september 11 the sequel. right this wrong. stop this attack. mr. president, do not convey constitutional rights to the enemy. right this wrong. stop this attack. mr. president, do not erect barriers to victory on the battlefield still raging. right this wrong. stop this attack. mr. president, do not risk our security, our intelligence, our safety. right this wro

legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permit todd address the house for five minutes revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material, mr. conyers of michigan for five minutes. ms. woolsey of california for five minutes, mr. polis of colorado for five minutes. mr. defazio of oregon for five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes, mr. grayson for five minutes and mr. spratt of south carolina for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. so ordered. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, and under a previous order of the house, the following members are recognized for five minutes each. mr. conyers of michigan. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? ms. kaptur: permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for five minutes. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, the job market is bleak. a major reason is that bank credit is frozen in this country still. business can't get loans to hire a

i'm adamantly opposed to deadlines and i'm oppose todd a time line in terms of a completion of withdrawal u.s. forces other than in general terms of a period of three years or something like that. but i do not have a problem with setting a time line for the beginning of a process. again, we had to balance the question of how do you signal resolve and at the same time signal to the afghans that we are not going to be there to protect them forever. i think this is one of the differences between iraq and afghanistan. once it was clear that the surge was working in iraq, the iraqis wanted us out as quickly as possible. there are some in afghanistan, perhaps in the government, perhaps in the elites, perhaps not the general population, who probably would like to have the united states army and united states marine corps stay in afghanistan indefinitely. they live in a rough neighborhood. we need to signal that's not going to happen and they need to buy into this war and need to take ownership of this war in their country against somebody trying to overthrow them and trying to incentivize them a

. >> todd zw iskslskslsksiskscrsks is with "the takeaway" prork deuced by wnyc and public radio. >> the president announced an increase in troops. he announce the increase from the eisenhower office building next to the white house. this is just over 20 minutes. >> good morning, please be seated. before i begin today, let me acknowledge, first of all, your excellencecies, the ambassadors in attendance. i want to acknowledge both the civilians and our military personnel about to be delay -- deployed to the region. i'm very grateful to all of you for your extraordinary work. i want to acknowledge general david petraeus, who is here, and who has been doing an outstanding job at sent come. i want to thank bruce rye dell, he's down at the -- bruce ridell, who has worked extensively on our strategic review. i want to acknowledge carl ikenberry who is here, our ambassador designate to afghanistan and to my national security team, thanks for their outstanding work. today i'm announcing a comprehensive new strategy for afghanistan and pakistan. this marks the con clufingse a careful policy revie

nathaniel stewart, an attorney with white and case, and todd gasiano, of the legal and judicial studies at the heritage foundation. i ask consent to place this paper into the record at this point. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: i also want to share with my colleagues a letter i received from dr. michael adams and an attorney carol robertson. they are on the faculty of the barbara jordan-mickey leland school of public affairs at texas university. mr. robertson was named in 2000 to the list of 100 to watch. i ask consent that their entire letter, which is dated october october 25, 2009, be placed in the record following my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: let me share here just an excerpt from these two people, and this is -- or from from -- an excerpt by dr. michael adams, ph.d., and carroll g. robinson, esquire, and barbara jordan from the mickey leland school of public affairs, texas southern university. "our reading of the constitution and supreme court precedent could not identify any reasonable basis, expressed or implied, for grant

it's healthcare reform bill, madison, it's todd. you are opposed caller: i am opposed to the healthcare bill. here is the reason. one, i wish every american could have healthcare insurance. what i think we should have tackled first was the afford ability of those who have it. here's why. i'm looking at my last pay stub here. my health insurance family plan cost me $17, 990. i paid well over $12,000 in taxes. i would love to help pay for other people's insurance if you could bring my cost down first. if you would have brought my cost down first, i'd be more likely to support this kind of bill. we are looking at $871 billion healthcare bill. you know we are going to end up paying for this. we are going to end up stealing from peter to pay for paul. i'm a school teacher making $50,000. i'm very fortunate to have a plan. on the other hand, when i was 18-years old, i worked toward that. i feel very bad for those who don't have insurance. it looks real nice there in washington as we sit here and freeze in wisconsin. host: right outside th

today's todd has been brought to you by the letter n and the no. 6, 6 lessons of like to discuss with you today. >> i have dresses down here. anybody want dresses? >> what are you doing here? >> i want to show off my line of dresses of course. i think i have your size. >> i don't think so. >> i have a fetching soak a number with an empire waist if your interested. >> i can assure you i am not interested. >> what about a spicy little cocktail dress with a letter provocative -- >> what makes you think any of these people want to hear any of this right now? >> is this not the national dress club? >> is the national press club. >> some nobody is interested? [laughter] >> i don't think so, grover. i am in the middle of a speech. >> i love speeches. perhaps i can help you. is it about the industrial revolution? >> not about the industrial revolution. >> good, because i don't know anything about the industrial revolution. is it a speech about getting better abs in 30 days? >> no. that is too bad. as you can see, i know a lot about rock hard abs. check out my one-pec. go ahead. >> it is reall

it's healthcare reform bill, madison, it's todd. are opposed caller: i am opposed to the healthcare bill. here is the reason. one, i wish every american could have healthcare insurance. what i think we should have tackled first was the afford ability of those who have it. here's why. i'm looking at my last pay stub here. my health insurance family plan cost me $17, 990. i paid well over $12,000 in taxes. i would love to help pay for other people's insurance if you could bring my cost down first. if you would have brought my cost down first, i'd be more likely to support this kind of bill. we are looking at $871 billion healthcare bill. you know we are going to end up paying for this. we are going to end up stealing from peter to pay for paul. i'm a school teacher making $50,000. i'm very fortunate to have a plan. on the other hand, when i was 18-years old, i worked toward that. i feel very bad for those who don't have insurance. it looks real nice there in washington as we sit here and freeze in wisconsin. host: right outside the se

today's todd has been brought to you by the letter n and the no. 6, 6 lessons of like to discuss with you today. >> i have dresses down here. anybody want dresses? >> what are you doing here? >> i want to show off my line of dresses of course. i think i have your size. >> i don't think so. >> i have a fetching soak a number with an empire waist if your interested. >> i can assure you i am not interested. >> what about a spicy little cocktail dress with a letter provocative -- >> what makes you think any of these people want to hear any of this right now? >> is this not the national dress club? >> is the national press club. >> some nobody is interested? [laughter] >> i don't think so, grover. i am in the middle of a speech. >> i love speeches. perhaps i can help you. is it about the industrial revolution? >> not about the industrial revolution. >> good, because i don't know anything about the industrial revolution. is it a speech about getting better abs in 30 days? >> no. that is too bad. as you can see, i know a lot about rock hard abs. check out my one-pec. go ahead. >> it is reall

todd bertuzzi. physical presence. marcus a pure goal scorer. could move the puck, handle the puck.myself brought some creativity. some passing and speed with my skating. all these things kind of just mesh together. >> then this year's production which could turn out similarly to his best years in vancouver. >> best production has always been when brenden morrow has been healthy. he was an ironman in the nhl and look at his points in games played. last two seasons he has been banged up. this season back to being healthy and productive for the caps. >> facing a challenge is what a roberto luongo lives for and dives all around the rink for. jose theodore no slouch in the reflex department. using his catlike abilities perfectly. next on csn. >> joe: hottest ticket in town on a friday night in vancouver inside gm place. nhl on comcast sportsnet. one and only meeting between the capitals and canucks. joe and craig with you. >> craig: two canadians facing off against each other. one of the best goalies. roberto luongo going for win number 16. a beauty between goaltenders and teams here to

and it does say that to dissolve this in an orderly way, as oppose todd lemman brothers that you needto pay off some of the states that may be hurt because they got into investments they shouldn't have got into, that's the only fund. here's another difference. . the bailout fund does zero to prevent institutions from getting to that point. they will monitor institutions and monitor active aand if we see an institution getting to that point we say, raise your capital, stop selling -- giving mortgages to people who shouldn't get them. divest yourself of this or that. may i ask for one more minute? mr. perlmutter: i yield the gentleman one more minute. mr. frank: i know some of my conservative colleagues want to emulate the people who revolted against george iii but there's another monarch who comes to mind when i think of them, when in the 19th century, when the royals were restored after a revolution, they have learned nothing. that's what they say. do we care about jobs? yes. ea we don't want, as their bill would do, to allow an a.i.g. to continue to do what it did. to allow subprime

they are oppose todd more loss of jobs in this country and they are opposed to bigger and larger and more expensive government. american public has spoken, obviously, the majority has failed to listen to them because we come to the floor tonight with a major 1,300-page piece of legislation which goes in the opposite direction that the american public has asked for. the bill before us has in it taxpayer-funded bailouts. the bill before us has in it the loss of additional millions of jobs and of course with the 1,300 pages that we see here before us, the bill before us has an expansive growth of the federal growth and costs that we have never seen the likes of which during our 200-plus history. . at the beginning of this two or three-hour the bait we had here on the floor, the chairman of the committee said, we will be hearing fantasy tonight. and then he proceeded to give us some of that fantasy. much of what we've heard from the other side of the aisle is fantasy, whether it's describing their legislation that we're about to vote on later tomorrow, or whether it's describing legislat

today's todd has been brought to you by the letter n and the no. 6, 6 lessons of like to discuss with you today. >> i have dresses down here. anybody want dresses? >> what are you doing here? >> i want to show off my line of dresses of course. i think i have your size. >> i don't think so. >> i have a fetching soak a number with an empire waist if your interested. >> i can assure you i am not interested. >> what about a spicy little cocktail dress with a letter provocative -- >> what makes you think any of these people want to hear any of this right now? >> is this not the national dress club? >> is the national press club. >> some nobody is interested? [laughter] >> i don't think so, grover. i am in the middle of a speech. >> i love speeches. perhaps i can help you. is it about the industrial revolution? >> not about the industrial revolution. >> good, because i don't know anything about the industrial revolution. is it a speech about getting better abs in 30 days? >> no. that is too bad. as you can see, i know a lot about rock hard abs. check out my one-pec. go ahead. >> it is reall

our first witnesses secretary todd rookiquita.erseen indian oblations with the commitment to innovation and technological advancements. his efforts to combat investment and mortgage fraud have led to the convictions of dozens of white collar criminals, over 300 years of jail time, and millions of dollars return to the victims. he went on to obtain a law degree from the indiana university school of law in in in the -- in indianapolis. he practice and an attorney before serving as general counsel to the secretary of state sewer and gilroy, and later as deputy secretary of state. our second witness is david caldwell. is the deputy director of the criminal division for the louisiana attorney general's office. he is also the head of these special corruption and prosecution unit. he graduated from louisiana state louisiana with a degree in english and russian. after graduating from tulane law school, he worked the attorney general in the criminal law division. he is try and obtain convictions in white-collar cases in insurance fraud and

and beginning with frank machioralla, chuck clampton, todd spangler, amy moeg le r. jay closom, patty delaschu. along with paul williams of senator hatch's staff made a significant contribution to the bill. while again there was division on a partisan basis, i want to thank them for their efforts. they put in long hours as well, and i want to thank them. on that note let me say before getting to the substance of my remarks, i chaired the senate banking, housing and urban affairs committee, and we've been working diligently. in fact, today, mr. president, my good friend and colleague from alabama, richard shell pweurbgs and i spent about -- richard shelby and i spent about an hour or so again and five or six republicans and democrats on that committee spent about an hour together as we have every day over the last several of weeks trying to fashion a bill on services reform that we hope to present to our colleagues here on our return in january and february that will deal with the catastrophe that's occurred economically in our nation. and my hope is as a chamber here

todd, secretary rokita, there's a couple of questions i wanted to ask you. the state attorney general and the u.s. attorney's office were contacted regarding these cases as well as the f.e.c. whatever happened with those? i mean, did the state attorney general do anything? the u.s. attorney? you said he has up in the northern district. >> right. at the time that we -- this was right before the 2008 fall election, we did send the report that we attached as record here to the indiana attorney general, u.s. attorney, federal bureau of investigation, and the letter we got back from a deputy at the attorney general's office in indiana was that if the local aid county prosecutor or if the u.s. attorney want our help we'll do it but we're not going to get involved before that. >> you're kidding me. >> no. >> didn't they have the authority to go ahead as state attorney general and move on that? >> again in indiana, every state is different, of course, the state constitutional office holders are very limited in their criminal investigative powers. and those are reser

there is a great story about ty to todd, a detroit player who played hard and his manager sat down withhim one day and tried to address this. i will use my props over here. he said i want you to watch this carefully. two glasses, one is half full of water and the others have full of jean-luc watch carefully what we are doing and how this will impact your life off the field. the brown paper bag, puts an earthworm in the glass is at its wins in. pay attention. he puts it in the glass half full of gin. the manager looks at him and says i hope you understand the point i am trying to get why this is important to you as a baseball player on and off the field. he looks at his manager and says i think so. if i drink gin i won't get worms. he missed the point of that demonstration dramatically. here is the point of this presentation. the political environment, you think you can overcome the political environment, is extraordinarily difficult to do. as a republican on have been extraordinarily experienced in trying to overcome the negative political environment. in 2010 the shoe was on the other

was crashed in the field of pennsylvania things to the brave heroic efforts of the passengers led by toddeamer. let me introduce to you his dad. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am very, very thankful to be an american and to have the freedom of assembly and speech here today. the brief remarks i have are primarily directed to our president. mr. president, it is one thing to break a campaign promise, but quite another to break a solemn vow that she made in your oath of office. you pledged to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of these united states. this trial decision is wrong. if you allow it to proceed, you will be breaking your sacred oath. it will be a second attack on new york city and america. it will be september 11th the sequel. mr. president, do not be a party to this -- do not be party to september 11th the sequel. right this wrong and stop this attack. mr. president, do not convey constitutional rights to the enemy. right this wrong, stop this attack. mr. president, do not erect barriers to victory on the battlefields we are still waging. right this wrong and stop th

and just as we have knee-jerked react todd an economic downward spiral and passed tarp legislation and economic sthration plan and i say we, i opposed the plan, -- began nationalizing huge entities in america. three large investment banks, a.i.g., freddie mac, fannie mae, general motors, chrysler. one-third of the profit sectors in the united states nationalized. and because, we are afraid of failure. well, the british had fear of failure in the aftermath of world war ii, so one of the things they did to try to provide a safety net for people was to adopt a national health care act similar to bismarck's national health care act in germany and that's socialized medicine and they passed it in 1948. i read through "collier's" magazine that were saved for me and the things that they will predicted, has passed and implementation into law. the doctor said we're going to have long lines and i won't be able to treat the patients with the care and attention that i have. when the government sets the fee thaw get for doing the work and the people that are receiving those health care benefits don'