guest: tucker gave him the last line.uest: i wish i could claim credit for anything that downy did. guest: but it's a funny line. host: the debt we owe china is a big issue covering both human rights and trade and the economy. guest: it's a real problem. remember that saying about who owns the dollar? maybe we own china because we owe them a trillion dollars. they have to be rooting for us. guest: we have about a billion uninsured. in our country. which that puts it into perspective a little bit. host: margaret carlson of "the week" magazine and bloomberg news. tucker carlson, your latest venture coming out in january, the dailycollar.com. we hope you come back again. guest: thanks, steve. host: later, we'll have two u.s. senators, lamar alexander, republican of u.s., and tom udal. what will happen after the sfath returns in thanksgiving. first, a look at some of the news of the week as viewed by leading editorial cartoonists from around the country. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome matthew hovi

tucker? >> yeah, at the risk of repeating some of the testimony, thanks, i'll speak a little bit more specifically to equipment. we've made mention that research has shown at least concussions that occur in the nfl frequently occur to blows to the side of the head and into the face mask. this information was given to the helmet manufacturers and it was the first change in many, many years. the new helmets that have been rolled out in the last handful of years test better in the laboratory. so we're optimistic that the forces being imparted to the brain are showing that they're decreased compared to the older helmets. it won't eliminate conconductions but if -- concussions it will decrease the risk and it will take more time and study and meticulous tracking of this to figure out whether the new helmets actually decrease risk of concussion or the actual occurrence of concussion in the national football league. interestingly over the last one to two seasons the number of concussions diagnosed a

tucker? >> at the risk of repeating some of the testimony, i will speak a little more specifically to equipment. we have made mention that research has shown that at least concussion that is occur in the nfl occur from blows to the side of the helmet and face mask. the helmet manufacturers have responded with change. the new helmets have that have rolled out test better in the laboratory. so we are optimistic that the forces being imparted to the brain are showing that they are decreased compared to the older helmets. it won't eliminate concussions, but if we can decrease the risk, we will feel good about that. it will take more time, more study, and more meticulous tracking of these injuries, which we have been doing for a lot of years, to figure out whether the new helmets actually decrease the risk or occurrence of concussion in the nfl. over the last two years the number of concussions diagnosed and recorded have actually dropped slightly, but i wouldn't make much of that. it is premature

andrew tucker and dr. gay colverhouse and mr. smith and the commissioner, of the national football league, roger goodell. we welcome you all. and urge you to take your seats. and -- the current commissioner of the national football league is also the son of senator charles goodell, wo was both a member of congress and a united states senator. roger goodell played football himself in college. and he's -- been with the -- with the -- with the national football league for many years. . . >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking members met, and members of the committee, i submitted a false statement and ask it be included in your records. -- a full statement and ask it be included in your records. i can think of no issue to which i have devoted as much time and attention at -- then the help of nfl players, particularly retired players. i want to review what we've done in the past years to make sure -- to show what we have done. since i became commissioner, we've made a wide range of improvements in both benefits and administration of the

. >> my name is amy tucker and diana 2006 graduate from sumner. my capstone class, the fourth year of seniors for community sociology, for people who are strangers in the back. we have not read the book yet but we skimmed through it. but opportunities for college, had to leave. however, we were talking some and wondering about the implications of the labels you have given like the achievers earansanand earansananand state -- of the p keep people in small-town iowa, as far as people saying on want to be an achiever, isn't that out more than being a stayer? >> you are right. from the point of view of writing this it is an incredibly difficult line that you walk when you try to describe something. we tried very hard in this book to do several things. we had to absolutely respect confidentiality of the people who spoke with us. in some cases some of the details are a little money to do just that. the other thing we tried hard to do was give voice to those people in such a way that makes sense and part of that was labeling them in an accurate sort of w

. >> my name is amy tucker and i naturally a 2006 graduate from sumner, sumner fredericksburg, and my capstone class we were for fear seniors for community sociology. also right here for the people like who are those strangers in the back. and i guess we haven't completely read the book yet but we have kind of skimmed through it, and i agree with a lot of what you're saying. i love small town on a lot, but because of opportunities as far as college, that kind of thing, had to leave. however, we were talking and were wondering the kind of implications of the labels you've given like the achievers and the stayers because of the point is to keep people in small-town iowa and to do that as far as people say now i want to be an achiever, isn't that pulling people out more than being a stayers? >> from the point of view of writing this stuff is an incredibly difficult line that you walk when you are trying to describe something. we tried very hard in this book to do several things. one, we had to absolutely respect the confidentiality of the people that spoke with us. so in some cases some

tucker? >> at the risk of repeating some of the testimony, i will speak a little more specifically to equipment. we have made mention that research has shown that at least concussion that is occur in the nfl occur from blows to the side of the helmet and face mask. the helmet manufacturers have responded with change. the new helmets have that have rolled out test better in the laboratory. so we are optimistic that the forces being imparted to the brain are showing that they are decreased compared to the older helmets. it won't eliminate concussions, but if we can decrease the risk, we will feel good about that. it will take more time, more study, and more meticulous tracking of these injuries, which we have been doing for a lot of years, to figure out whether the new helmets actually decrease the risk or occurrence of concussion in the nfl. over the last two years the number of concussions diagnosed and recorded have actually dropped slightly, but i wouldn't make much of that. it is premature

cynthia tucker, a columnist for the atlanta journal and constitution. paul rodriguez, managing director. janice crump, senior director for special projects for the committee on house administration of the u.s. house of representatives. finally, president of the -- [unintelligible] [applause] our guest today could probably give a crash course on a time management. when he is not making a record or discovering the next half pop star, filming a movie, developing a clothing line, chris ludacris bridges is dedicating time and money to help america's young people become meaningful contributors to their communities ludacris is perhaps best known for his sometimes controversial rap lyrics. you may remember his song "politics, obama is here pirko it was not well received by the then presidential candidate. he has had a memorable movie roles, including a car thief and the oscar-winning film "crash." just a few weeks ago, he and a fellow rap star donated $10,000 to help victims of flooding in advanta, his hometown. our guest will tell us about the ludacris foundat

tucker, a very good player for depaul a season ago. they've hit threes in 494 street games. walker's threes tonight. >> larry: i knew that stat from last year. i haven't seen it this year. but the two clubs have continued. right from the time that the three-point shot was put in effect, princeton, las vegas and there's one more. syracuse. >> dan: no, no. three up. wide open, williamson. to the left side. and govens hit it. >> larry: that's the third one. vanderbilt. they're going to be good this year. they'll be the sleeper in the southeastern conference, i think. >> dan: nice steal right there. he turned it back over. oh, aeeric wallace with a nice maneuver and then lost it back to st. joseph's. o'brien trying to chase it down and he can't. almost ran into the hawk who continues to flap. >> larry: i've got to tell you, phil martelli has put passion back into his club. boy, have they started off the second half playing the way he wants them to play. >> dan: it is one of the risks that you run. there's that clock. when you come to the maui -- or you come down to paradise jam

host: coming up tomorrow on our roundtable, margaret carlson of bloomberg news and tucker carlson. we will talk about recent events, including the health care and economy. matthew and -- you may remember him because he resigned over a protest -- in protest of the afghan war. and the republican senator from tennessee will also join us. that is "washington journal" that starts tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. we will see you then. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> next, treasury secretary timothy geithner on the u.s. relationship with the g-20 nations. after that, defense secretary robert gates announces a review in connection with the ford road shootings, followed by a senate hearing on those shootings. -- with the fort hood shootings, followed by a senate hearing on the shootings. now, treasury secretary tim geithner testifies at a senate foreign relations committee hearing on the u.s. religious with the g-20. he talked about our financial relationships proposed could impact the u.s. massachusetts senato