host: tom ridge, let me pick up on tom davis' comment. will the party allow you to do what tom davis suggests? guest: when we certainly ragman's -- when we circled the wagons, we ought to fire out, not inward. be thoughtful and respectful, but also be focusing our attention on our disagreements with the democrats. i think he is a voice of reason. this is the man whose conservative credentials are impeccable. the base is shrinking, and we will always be the pro-life party, we will always be viewed as the more conservative of the two parties. there are certain basic inches it values at the broader republican party will embrace, but i think it is about time -- there are certain basic intrinsic values at the broader republican party will embrace. we have to be a lot more tolerant of different points of view within the party. i have had two republicans that fundamentally changed my life. two republican presidents. i got a draft notice from richard nixon and i went to vietnam, and i got a phone call from president george bush and got a lot -- a

. >> what did you say, tom? >> i'd ask unanimous consent that this amendment be defeated. >> i object to the request. >> we'll have a roll call vote. >> look, i think it's ---or the these are authorizerations in this area, these are community based. as i read this, it's more illustrative in many ways than mandating. so that we're -- >> and competitive. >> and competitive grants so this idea -- i mean, obviously we can conjure up our own reactions to these things. the words "jungle gym" i can say already is going to pop up. yet i suppose a community that decided they wanted to provide at school that's had a hard time doing exactly what you recommended a few hours ago and i couldn't agree with you more on it, that small, poor rural community have be a hard time making ends meet decides a kmunlt-based program might be to put in a good recreational area, including a jungle gym for that elementary school. so they start getting physical exercise to do exactly what you hope they do and do better. that to me, that commu

take it away, tom and rick. >> tom davis, rick dempsey. welcome to "o's xtra" presented by verizon fios. orioles lose to the florida marlins 5-2. jason berken got in trouble in the beginning of the game. >> you can't walk the first man of the game. that will always come back to haunt you. what's any rule of game? nothing good ever happens after a walk am two walks for berken score on the day. orioles lose 5-2. berk begin no have the that bad a night. he pitched tough tough through parts this have ballgame, but the walk did him in. >> go back and take a look at the highlights from tonight's game. we begin in the first inning because the marlins got on the board quickly in the florida first. hanley ramirez comes through with a two-run sing toll right center field to give the marlins a 2-0 lead. this came after a walk and an error. >> there you go. you see hanley ramirez inside- outs that ball to right field. he's swinging a hot bat driving in a lost runs for the orioles right -- marlins right now. >> a grounder mishandled by emilio bonifacio

and what tom coburn said is correct and tom harkin answered. you have to have transparency and metrics. if we're going to succeed in the years to come, we have to demonstrate that what is occurring out there is actually working. if we don't do that, then obviously people undo all of it. so i want to express my support for his concepts and ideas that we've got to have in place. you can't just write the checks and not demand accountability for these dollars. but if we don't have this moment here, i worry about whether or not we can really achieve the goal. so i thank my colleague from iowa. i want to be heard on this amendment if, not, we'll go to senator mcculski. why don't we vote on this one? i think we debated this already. the outcome i think is -- yeah. we'll have a recorded vote on harkin number two. >> senator dodd? >> aye. >> senator harkin? senator mccull ski. >> aye. >> senator binghamman? >> aye by proxy. >> senator murray. >> aye by proxy. >> senator reid? >> eye by proxy. >> senator sappeders? senator brown? senator casey? >> aye by

let's go back down to jim. >> jim: all right, tom, thank you very much. so the athletics win it by a final of 3-0. we invite you to join us again on tuesday, more orioles action. it will be game one of a three- game series against the mariners. burgess on will be on the mound against hernandez. coverage begins at 6:30. jim hunter saying so long for the oakland coliseum, this has been a masn presentation. tom davis and rick dempsey and o's xtra. >> the e's complete a three game sweep, and rick, before we get into the orioles we have to talk about vin mazzaro. he hasn't given up a run in two professional games in the major leagues. >> he was 15 and 6 comes into the game and he doesn't strike out a lot of people but he doesn't give up very many runs either and that tells you something about the movement on his fastball and today he shows it. if you were watching the ballgame, you saw a lot of ground ball outs but that movement on the fastball and mixing in the slider and the curveball, he showed me a little something. in fact all of the oakland a aspishers s

tom vilsack. thank you for the wonderful tributes, and, really, for everybody that is still here and everyone that was in the room tonight. you played such a big part in my life, such a big part in the success of the d.l.c. and in such a big part in the new democrat movement. i'm fond hi aly and eternally grateful to all of you. i tried to get to talk to you as many and i can tell by who is here who doesn't have to go to work tomorrow, but i have to say a couple of things about some very special people. first, to ginger, my wife, the love of my life and to my daughters -- [applause] >> thank you for your love and your patience all these years. one of the things i have been doing is going through you a the old records and he look at the schedules. and i cannot believe that ginger lived through all of that. thank you for sticking with me for the last 41 years. [applause] >> i have already thanked president clinton, but as i said when he finished, his leadership in modernizing progressive politics in

if we're going to fund these, then let's change this up, tom. let's make you common demonstrate that you have an effective program so we're not just throwing money because we have a program today. i agree with tom that sometimes certain good programs get shortchanged because they -- people don't perceive prevention as a viable list on the priorities so it doesn't net get the money and putting out acute fire like you have said several times is the one that gets it. but let's look at -- let's slow down here and let's -- if we're going to spend $8 billion, let's do it in a way that we actually get something for our grand kpids. '. >> we're disagreeing how we read this. i spent a lot of time drafting this stuff. i asked those questions. let's take the flock of bird. the way i read what we've done here is you have a flock of birds going by. we've asked what's the best gun and the best ammunition. that's why we put evaluations into every single part of this bill. >> i'm talking about before you spend the money, not after you spend it. >> but the idea

secondly, the other thing, tom, i read yours over the weekend. i really did. i've got it all marked up. i did read your amendment over the weekend. i guess we want it to be broader than just the specific on the five leading disease killers. your report and plan, as i read it, is -- i circled all these specific, specific, specific, strategic plan on the five leading disease killers, five leading disease killers. i also had something here, you had transferring the nutrition guideline development responsibility from the secretary of agriculture to the center for disease control and prevention. actually, it ought to be shifted to the institute of medicine, quite frankly. >> i disagree with that. >> well, there you go. >> yeah. >> i agree that it could be shifted but not to cnn dc, institute of medicine know more about nutrition than the center for disease control. >> again, what i'm trying to do is get in one place, @@@@@rrrrgr there are five diseases that are preventible that account for 75% of all of our costs. >> i agree. >> we know that. >> i agree. >> we make

in terms of the states committing streamlining plans. >> what was that, tom? >> i'm intrigued by this amendment. there's a couple of parts of it i'm intrigued by. and what senator murray just said, i'm trying to figure out. is it in this title that states shall or may or can submit a streamlining plan? i like that idea. >> it's a competitive process. so the states can, if they so desire, apply for these grants. doesn't require them to. >> no, i'm wondering about like in b, the state shall submit to the secretary of the plan for streamline if anything funds. under the program descrubbed in subsection a. i have a bit of a problem with "a." but i like the idea of having states thinking about how they would like to streamline in these programs and stuff. i suppose if you just say they can do it, i don't know, would they do it? or should you say they shall do it as a prerequisite to getting these grants? i don't know. >> just think about the burn jag grants. i know them very well. >> they're very flexible. so that oklahoma may have this need on meth labs. may have

. >> it's tom chancre for the "new york times." i wanted to get your assessment of the joint operation task force operating in the philippines. >> yes, sir. >> what have been the positive take-aways and given the stress so soft forces by the surge that dare not call its name in afghanistan, do you think those forces should be sustained in the philippines, even grow or is it time for them to go home and let the filipinos take over. thank you. >> thanks, tom, for the question. joint special forces philippines. we were to provide forces in conjunction with the united states special operations command to help the armed forces in the philippines in their struggle against violent extremism principally in the southern reaches of philippine country. we'd been there for about six years now, in some number. we've got -- i'll just say several hundred special operators there right now, tom, as you probably know. been there for a while. critical mission. helping significantly the armed forces of the philippines and our view go backs to the metr

tom davis with rick dempsey in our studio. orioles had problems on the field last night in their 5-2 loss to the marlins. dave trembley summed up a lost night in miami. >> a lot of the success we've had recently is because we've played very good baseball and we played all 27 outs, but we gave some outs tonight. that was a difference of the game. that's about as direct as i can say it. [ indiscernible ] >> i forget what -- who is running, you know, so -- >> bonifacio? >> yeah, it's bonifacio. i try to throw home plate. know make a decision. i try to throw to home plate or second base. but when -- you know, that, mistake, that's my fault. i have to throw for the second base. that's my fault. >> obviously, felix pie had a tough game last night. it seemed like pie had trouble in more ways than one. >> you saw what felix pie said in that interview did he forget who is running. you cannot do that at the major league level. when you take a guy like this and look at him overall, you say what kind of player do we have. he's a player. h

do we have copies of that, tom? >> we should have.they have been here all week, so i don't know if you have them in front of you today or not. >> i think we do, don't we? >> should i defer until we get them passed around? we could do that. >> thanks. go ahead tom. >> what this amendment does is strike title ii, subtitled b with healthcare transparency provisions and investments in cutting edge technology. this the amendment would promote healthcare provider transparency as well as make medicare and medicaid patient in cutter data available. this amendment would make substantial improvements in health information technology by utilizing the same technology that atm's and debit cards have used as an effective tool to protect personal information while providing more efficient access to important information. to promote competition and fair pricing for patients, providers will be required to provide a cost estimate for non-emergency treatments for coke after the treatment provider, must furnish an itemized list for charges for such treat

welcome back to "o's xtra" with tom davis and rick dempsey.d run average at 3.47 is the fourth best in the american league and opposing hitters are hitling .243 against orioles pitching which is four ts in the american league. for more on the orioles pitching, let's check in now with amber theoharis back in florida. >> rick, since june 13th, your pitching staff has the fourth best team e.r.a. in the american league. i know the start verse a lot to do with that and a lost bullpen. if you look at last night, you take away the five runs from the bullpen, it was lower than that going into last night. what do you think is allowing everybody to kind of click at the same time? >> well, you know, obviously it all starts with the starting pitcher. they dictate the game or they get going. we've been getting solid pitching from our starters. there's no question. they're getting deep into games which is allowing the relievers not to have to work as hard as they've been worked earlier in the year. >> is that what you want to see from jason berken and what

tom ridge. later in the program, sir david frost with the latest of the nixon tapes released from the national archives. you might remember the interview from back 1977 made famous by the ron howard movie. still ahead. mary is joining us from maple shade, new jersey. good morning. caller: thank you so much for c- span. i want to make a comment. first of all i feel very sorry for governor stanford and his family. i don't think it is a coincidence that this man is being targeted by the press because he was one of the few governors that wanted to refuse the stimulus money that the obama administration was sending out to the different states. i think there is definitely a double standard between what people accept from the democrats and republicans. and a prime example is john edwards. when john edwards sordid affair came out, everything humanly possible was being done to cover that up. yet here we have a man who i think is basically a good man at heart, and because he is a republican, it is really

. >> tom pickering. >> the question of practicality, less up in the atmosphere than the issue of realism. if you look at the last chart called summary, you will see two regions, it is important to understand the practicality of the proposal. the time that it has normally taken to negotiate significant strategic disarmament agreements, an average of 24 years, it projects 14 years to reach a series of agreements and an additional seven years to complete the dismantlement. the second piece of practicality is how rapidly can countries dismantle? the plan, as you will see from the charts which you have, very carefully attuned to the rates which in the past, both russia and the united states, the two largest holders, have pursued the dismantlement of actual weapons. if you look at those rates, you can understand the time allowed for the practical dismantlement is sufficient to accomplish that task in the proposal we have put forward. >> i will make one more point on the issue of realism because it is critically important point. oh commissioner, ambassador bajpai, was mentioning that at point w

host: hypothetically, would your party accept a tom ridge on the ticket? guest: of course. first of all, we will have to establish more of an electoral base in more states. new jersey has just slipped further and further away. there's a chance to come back this year. basically rejecting democrats. . . i had a bill for $107,000. when the insurance paid it, my insurance paid it and got it down to $27,000. is that not a double standard? and the same thing is going on between the health care providers, my insurance premium , it cost me about half of what it cost me as an individual. guest: the strong insurance companies have a strong bargaining position. they just say if you want to get our business, you will have to lower your rates. so that is what they do. that is what the market can help in competition can help to bring these costs down. in the medical marketplace today, there is not much of the marketplace. it is a third-party payer system. the third -- a people going in are not paying. i would hope this can be addressed. >> caller: a little background. i live in stepney q

next to him is tom christie is started in the 50s in the pentagon, most recently serving as director of operational test and evaluation for 4 years in the pentagon. and nt also having started in the defense industry, pierre sprey was one of the original whiz kids who went to be part of the spider mafia, and is part of the fantastic team responsible for the design of the f-16. i am going to sit down because we have a lot to talk about. i want to hear from winslow t. wheeler first. >> thanks very much. it is a real pleasure to be sponsored by the 5 groups that are sponsoring this little event. there are a lot of organizations in washington that pretend to be involved in defense issues. these 5 organizations, in my judgment, are 5 that actually are seriously involved in defense issues. a couple of notes about the book itself, when this airs on tv it will be available on amazon.com, it will be available on march 20th or so, courtesy of stanford university press. we have the cd-i edition on sale, we will be happy to accommodate you for sales when the presentations are over. we are also ma

tom price. we find out selfs in the current challenge not due to deregulation but because of the structure. the government wants to guarantee more bail outs to establish a permanent bail out agency. the american people are sick and tired of bail out and so are we. . it's time to end having washington pick winners and losers in the marketplace. that's not what made us the greatest anything in the world. it reforms the current law. we inshurs those charges with the actions. the transparency and account ability by every singed american.  this if we remove all risk, we remove all reward. we become different and bland. this is a thoughtful and common sense piece of legislation produced from it that embraced the principals no and lf >> i appreciate all my ranking member comments. i appreciate the leadership of being here. yesterday, i met with leader boehner and several representatives from different groups to out line some of this program. it was an agreement to this approach. this is a substantive

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host: our next call comes from tom in manhattan with the democrats. caller: thank you for letting me have this question. there is so much concern for fraud in the election and probably true. the question circumstances what are the mechanics of counting the votes in iran? what constitutional laws or rules apply and are there observers from all sides? what is the nature of the appeal? what good might it do? thank you very much. guest: thank you for asking the question, tom. there is a point that is important to make. that is that government organization, which is tasked with overseeing the elections in the interior ministry. the head of the interior ministry was pointed by mahmoud ahmadinejad. not an objective observer. the work of overseeing the interior ministry to make sure they conducted things freely and fairly is the guardian council. the head of the guardian council, jenosee. publicly endorsed ahmadinejad. not objective observer. an earlier caller asked what are the evidence of fraud. that is the major sign of impropriety when you have people tha

tom vilsack. we have all been a part of something very special because, largely, the courage and determination and tenacity of a little fellow back then who is now a little fellow again, and you'll see later, in our friend al from. tonight's dinner is special not only for those of us in this room but for politicians and those who benefited from new policies all across this country, and i daresay the world. what al did more for our party and more for the body of politics was that he helped make our party, or at least a huge wing of it. not only believers in the future but shapers and no longer chasers of the future. it is his blueprint and in so many ways, the footprint that he believes that he started and leaves for bruce and the rest of us to take to new levels and a new heights. nd new heights. it has made it possible for some many democrats across the south and the midwest, the south least, the northwest, the midwest, and even the northeast. -- and even the northeast to win. even though i didn'

host: we want to welcome tom davis. guest: banks.ost: we would like you to respond to this piece from time magazine. he says that numbers do not lie unless republicans overhaul their message the losses will continue. what is your reaction? guest: that is right. he focused on hispanics in young people in terms of republicans losing market share with those groups. the real problem is more geographic. we have 18 states that the democrats have not carried in five straight elections. john mccain was not within 18. in any of those. the senate lineup is now 34-2. if you want to be a national party will have to open up. the party is now struggling over whether it will be a private club or coalition which would allow some divergent views into the party to be competitive in some areas. host: one of the state he speaks about is indiana. your party was surprised when barack obama won it. he won because of the latino vote. 50,000 votes of a margin. it says that the gop has entered a brave new world of latino hoosiers and they are losing. guest: t

former congressman tom davis talks about health care in republican politics. later, in the that the cover story on harper's magazine. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> how was c-span funded? >> through donations? >> through the federal government.

on thursday, tom ridge is our guest. "washington journal" begins each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern.

. -- tom is joining us on the phone from lafayette, louisiana. caller: thank you for taking my call. thank you for c-span. i wanted to comment that we had a problem here with our senator, david vitner, who had some kind of a thing with prostitutes, and it seems like the republicans in louisiana overlooked that, maybe because of his politically conservative positions. but i am tired of these sanctimonious politicians that want to tell us about family values, moral values, and this other guy, sanford, from south carolina, is another example of that. i am thoroughly disgusted with david vitter, but i guess that is politics these days. host: this story as above the fold in most of them. our next caller is mary. caller: good morning. i really nervous, but i guess i get that way. host: no need to be nervous. caller: the ok. i figure nobody is perfect, but all this stuff really should just be private between them. between a husband and wife and stuff, because we have so many other things we need to worry about. unemployment, stuff like that -- the econo

host: we welcome former congressman, governor, and secured a secretary, tom ridge. the department of homeless security formed in march of 2003. has the the problem of that to your expectations? guest: yes. i think one of the problems is when the aggregate 180,000 people, different agencies, and still try to build a system that works a more collaborative and effective fashion. but, yes, i think it has appeared a lot of people work very hard to form a fundamental policy decisions to assist not only president bush but on which

tom vilsack would not feel nearly so bad now, because i have to speak now after the film, after bill, and after everybody but al has gone home. he only stayed because i said i'd say nice things. i have known al from for four decades. he and i started to work on capitol hill together, he for a senator from maryland, and me for a senator from maryland. he for senator joe tidings, me for senator daniel brewster. it was extraordinary experiences for us both. we were young men interested in politics and in policy and in our country's well-being. al from and i went separate ways for a while. i went to the maryland state senate, al did work in other places. but then in 1981, i had the good fnch to be re-elected to the congress of the united states. one of the member theefs congress of the united states was a gentleman from louisiana, his name was gillis long. he was a member of the rules committee. he had a young man who worked for him, you guessed it, al from. al from, i'm sure, was responsible for my being appointed to a committee and the first days i went to the congress of the united sta

i think that tom daschle situation -- let's not say the pig, but the way that developed and the way it was handled has caused no end of problems in getting the right people in the right jobs. in defining what the line is, lobbying or making money or taxes, it has become a sort of mashaal of the litmus tests for who should get what job and what the line is and what they are willing to defend and of the lack of quality has been getting this moving to read in the campaign the biggest mistake apart from losing in new hampshire i would say not dealing with reverend light earlier. it was luck. they felt there were going to lose indiana or north carolina. members were collapsing after reverend light speed i've come back that was a apparel that could have some of the campaign

when tom daschle was up for confirmation as secretary of h.h.s., he said we should aim for 70 or 80 votes. 60 votes is the minimum, not 51. my colleagues are here to speak. i appreciate it for them to be here. we're trying to follow in the tradition we saw yesterday when former senate majority leaders, democrats and republicans, joined together to put forward a bill that covers every men and that is affordable. why don't i turn it over to mike castle from delaware. >> i agree with jim completely on the legality of the situation in the senate. i think they are going to need 60 votes. that means it is going to have to be a bipartisan piece of legislation. but that is exactly what the american people want. you often hear that disease does not choose whether you're a republican or a democrat and i think the solution to this does not choose either. we need to work together hard on getting this done.

you are going to hear from tom harkin shortly as it goes to the issue how do we get people to change lifestyles. you've spoken about this in the past how that may be the critical piece in the long-term implications bringing down costs and improving quality of health in the country so i think there is again one of those moments there is a great sharing of common principles in this bill. things we ought to be built to achieve and to and i can't say with all the details of the amendment but i think some concepts the ones we all embrace and share i think striking the whole section is where it gets an easy because there are very valuable sections senator mikulski has included that are important that go to the heart of what we are trying to achieve, so i would oppose the amendment but again, as barbara mikulski said there is an appreciation as a medical background and it's important to hear when you had to say. >> mr. chairman if i might, just one point is the process is causes an amendment like this. we are told here's a bill. i would much rather have gone through the bill piecemeal, but

now "o's xtra", tom davis and rick dempsey in baltimore. an unstoppable force. because every coors light can is cold-activated. when the mountains turn blue, your beer is as cold as the rockies. the coors light cold-activated can. enjoy refreshment at its peak. aaaaaahhh! frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >> welcome to "o's xtra" post- game brought to you by verizon fios. before we talk baseball, we apologize for the electrical problems coming out of south florida. the ninth inning was done with a radio call by jim hunter and buck martinez on the play-by- play. we apologize for logz the picture. that's the second time tonight that we had an electrical problem in south florida. we had one earlier in the game. orioles did lose to the marlins tonight 11-3. marlins complete add three-game sweep. how about rich hill. he strikes out the side to start the game and doesn't last five innings. >> he had thrown that many curve balls, he would donate his elbow to the body world exhibit by the fifth inning. he had to throw a few fastballs and that d

tom? >> great job, amber. amber rejoins us during the game and also on the post-game show. >> it was a weekend to remember in south philly. we're going to pick up some of the memorable moments here beginning friday night when rich hill came through with an rbi single to break a 2-2 tie in the second. >> who says hitting is tough? he get as slider on the outside and drives it and plates the runner for an rbi single! he helps his own cause out. >> and the orioles were down to their last strike when brian roberts came through with a two- run homer to give the orioles the 6-5 victory. >> this is nothing new, mr. clutch. it doesn't matter how many strikes he has on him. he just relaxes and hits the ball out of the ballpark. >> and sunday brian robertth inning rbi scores robert andino to give them the lead. >> and this is the kind of consistency we have seen ever since brian roberts comes here. he is also an excellent hitter with men in scoring position. >> roberts with five rbis in the last three games. and the two

[speaking arabic] host: good morning, tom. caller: good morning to you, thank you for taking my call and thank you very much for c-span. it is easily the most insightful picture into the american political scene, and thoroughly enjoyable. and i believe that barack obama is spot-on in his message, and i have agreed with everything that has come along so far. i think that the elections in iran next week will be key because he has already set a tone that there are millions of voters in iran who are hopeful that his message carries some weight. we may see the dawn of a new era, and that is pretty remarkable considering that barack obama has been in office for less than six months. , let me share with you one of the many editorials -- host: tom, let me share with you one of

>> i think senator coburn. >> tom? >> could i inquire. senator mikulski was very straightforward and honest about what was really intended in the cer stuff. and when she was asked by senator greg in our kind of roundtable about what their intention were to really tell a difference between, you know, i just have some questions so i can understand. i think we use -- i can't remember the examples. maybe it was claritin and allegra. i think he used one of the other. let's say cer comes out and says one is better than the other. what's going to be the require me ment? what's going to be the requirement for somebody who is practicing medicine and allegra doesn't work for their patient but claritin does? >> the doctor -- excuse me pooim sorry. the doctor decides what the concurrence of the patient. >> so does he have to document that he didn't follow cer guidelines? >> i'm not sure what the rules and regs would be. that would be part of what the secretary puts together. >> that's my whole problem with this is what's the secretary put together? t

[applause] >> thank, congressman tom price. we are now joined by senator demand from the status of carolina with introduction of the health care freedom act. [applause] >> thank, grover. i want to thank everyone at the table and the groups represented here. the only way we are going to stop the government takeover of the health care system is if americans are informed and engaged and hopefully outraged and they contact their congressmen and senators and talk about a better way to do this, so i think all the group's -- thanks for your ads on tv but we need to move from just criticizing what the democrats and obama are proposing to actually proposing a solution that would work. i welcome this debate on health care because it is time we give fair treatment to all americans. if you work for someone that offers health insurance, your employer can deduct the cost of that insurance and the employees exempted from paying taxes on the benefit and that is the way that we ought to keep it but we ought to give fair treatment to the america

tom, do want to take some time? >> anybody want to listen? listen, thank you very much mr. chairman. nally get on to the propension title. i am not going to get into a long speech about how important prevention is. we will said that the foreign don't need to be a dead horse anymore except to say that the title we just finished, the quality title that senator murkowski-- i just did it. center murkowski andy tie line prevention i think, and i said it is not because we work together on it. obviously we have some ownership of anything you work hard on but i really do. i said this whole process months ago that this is really the guts of healthcare reform. what we are going to do one quality, and it and what we are going to do one prevention. and if we are just going to have a small prevention that is sort of an appendage, like an appendix, that is there but nobody really knows what it is for nweze sort of just give flowery words do it. would that be wonderful if everybody was healthy and all of that. that is so we are going to do them were not going to have healthcare reform. we

tom? >> where we are because we spend $60 billion, through nih, cdc and the other ancillary programs, 63 billion. of that, 16 billion is not spent at the cdc or nih. there's not one metric that measures what we're doing now, whether or not it's successful. we have 16 billion out there, supposedly on prevention. some of it is doing good stuff, but we don't know. so now we're writing a bill and not knowing whether what we're doing today works and we're adding money to it. what i would propose, and whatever we end up doing, we'll come ahead with metrics and it's got to be transparent about what it does. you know, we don't have any metrics on the u.s. prevention task force, whether or not they've been successful or not. we've not independently measured the money we spent here. what has it done? >> we just send money out there and say this sounds like a good idea. some gup told us it would be a good idea and we never go back and measure it. when you look at this $5 billion and you have 47 milli

it sounds very similar to what tom coburn offered. here's my point. maybe i'm not making this as clear, orrin, as i thought. as i understand it, this is -- there is, if by duplication we mean that if there is some spending already going on on one of the 15 programs you've identified, and the harkin proposal that's in the bill spends additional money on that activity, that there would be prohibited from doing so because some money is already being spent on it. it's an existing program. and that -- i understand that point. but it seems to me what we're trying to do here is to provide additional resources, additional support for that activity. the fact that there's already some spending on it shouldn't exclude the program for getting additional funding and support. i pointed out and was wrong earlier. i said there was no oral care programs in any state. that's wrong. it's less than half the states do provide support for oral health. less than half do so in obesity programs. about 23 states do stuff for school-based programs. i mean, there's a disparate l

host: connecticut for senator tom coburn on our independent line. guest: good morning. caller: yes, good morning. thanks for taking my call. i just wanted to make a comment. i've been unemployed now, been over a year, and went through, you know, all of my employer's $700-plus cobra plan for medical which has been exhausted now. i have been collecting unemployment with please i can't. i do not -- want to seem ungrateful but i have been informed that i am receiving too much money collecting in order to receive medical from the state, medicaid plan. because i do have medical conditions that, you know, that i'm desperately in need of medical attention. i don't even know where to turn. you know, it's either collect and pay most of my bills, you know, just general housing, utilities, and put food on the table or maybe cut that in half and get the medicaid plan until i find a job. then i wouldn't be able to pay all the other utilities. necessities, yeah. so, you know. it's unbelievable to think that that's making too much money, but that's where the cutoff is. host: we'll leav

tom does a lot around the country. >> rob: he was the youngest player ever in the major league, world war ii, he was 15. he came up. they didn't know he was from ohio. they said hey we need a body in the big leagues. he ended up pitching that year and came back permanantly. i think the last 30 plus years he was a broadcaster with marty. he's now in the hall of fame as a broadcaster. >> johnny: started in 1967 in the booth with sullivan and jim mc tire. he finished his last year of broadcasting a couple of years ago in 2007. >> rob: i loved him. he used to come over late in the game, he was such a country boy. he'd eat ronyons right out of the fridge. he was awesome. he was one of my favorite people. he still got out there well into his 60s, batting practice. >> he loved the game. >> rob: he was a great teacher of the game. he was the type of guy -- we'd do the on deck show with him. he'd always give a honey baked ham. >> johnny: when i did my on deck show, i would get gift certificates to the restaurant downtown. i found an interview with mickey mantle. i think we gave him a $25 gift

tom davis with rick dempsey. joining our masn staff is dennis sur funny. he's become an inside the clubhouse correspondent. >> reporter: today we're going to be the fashion police on hair issues. and we're standing here with t- bone. we brought some pictures back when you played and we were wondering if there is a possibility of you bringing that hair style back. >> t bone shelby with hair. >> i could bring it back. >> maybe a throw-back day. >> it's got -- he's got a nice afro with a stash to match up with it. >> and we have a nice picture with sammy. do you think you can rock that hairdo. >> no. >> can you describe to us the difference between a jerry curl and a normal afro. >> with afro you put afro in it and pick it out. jerry curl you have to put jerry curl in it. >> which gets more lady. >> i would say the afro. >> now you had a jerry curl going. which do you think would hold more women. >> dam, i look good here. >> you do look good. >> i have to go for a curl with the girls. >> jerry curl or afro? >> i don't know. i think that afro is a little bit e

caller: you read this thing about tom daschle. i am running for senate in new york also. this whole thing with lowering liability insurance for providers, at the same time tying it to tort reform. it is disjointed, this whole discussion on health care. it all has to be tied together. the thing the other caller has brought up about comparing universal health care, i just talked to somebody from ontario yesterday. the couple reiterated that people do have to come across and get certain tests done. it is not a perfect system. one of the biggest loss in comparing universal health care in other countries, comparing its to a corner shop to a big restaurant chain. the better thing we can do now is massively regulate the insurance industry, not to the point of putting them out of business, but lowering premiums. they get away for not paying for wellness visits. do those things first, and backtrack like health-care providers and others tweak the system that it works come and get less people in the public system and more people who can pay into an insurance system that we have now,

. >> gary: tom davis i know what you got there. that one just right on by. a 1-2 count.back into the screen. oakland's going to win their fifth in a row. and their seventh in a row against the orioles going back to last year. orioles will have a four game losing streak and full-time game of the road trip tomorrow. 1-2 delivery. markakis battles it away. it will stay at 1-2. orioles on this road trip now have been outscored 29-10. five games. that one for a shortcut off to 3rd. play to 1s. just in time. and this one's in the books. so oakland got the runs early and made them stand up as they had a 9-0 lead at the end of the 4th inning and come away with a 9-4 victory. we will be back to wrap it up from oakland. there's your final. >>> welcome back. when you look at this game seems like the orioles hitting came a little too late. >> it did. ten hits again tonight. four hits through the first four innings and then four in the 7th. didn't turn out to be enough. orioles couldn't come up with more than nine on the board. >> pitching an excellent game last sunday. we'll talk ab

tom f. the question presented, under the individual's -- individuals with disabilities education act, may parents gain reimbursement for private school tuition when their child had not previously received special education in a public school. next term, we have already granted petitions in three cases from the second circuit. first, reid elsevere, v. muchnik. we'll determine whether courts have copyright infringement over class actions when most members of the class have not registered their copyrights. second in hemme group v. city of new york, we determine whether the city can meet rico's standing requirements by alleging injury resulting from nonpayment of taxes. third, shady grove orthopedic associates, the allstate insurance company presents an issue procedure teachers will follow with rapt attention. may a state legislature forbid recourse to class actions for claims arising under state law but filed as diversity cases in federal corbet? that completes my report -- in federal court? th

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i came up i had, you know, phil gull lick son was at the major league level, you had ron robinson, tomwning had been there for many years, tom franklin had been there for many years, our pitching coach years late would be don argue lick. even the griffey seniors and dave collins and joel youngblood and guys like this, they can help you with your psyche and that's the most difficult thing i think for these young kids is when they have an issue don't always want to go to the pitching coach and go "you know what, i'm not that confident in this pitch," you don't want to be telling steve mccaty all that stuff, sometimes a teammate, it's easier to bounce it off him. i did that with joel youngblood, my first full year. i was struggling, i didn't want to go to pete rose and go "pete, i can't get them out, what do i do exactly?" >> johnny: phillips has a bead on this one and willie harris is down in the fourth inning with a little pop to second base . >> rob: here are all the young men on our ball club. >> johnny: 11 for march visit, got 9, stammen has got four, and of the wins ross and craig a

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