the united kingdom has one of the most staunch conservation- oriented public. they are an island nation. they take very seriously the fact that they must protect the environment. there are no marine mammal parts left in the uk. clearly, they are getting their education from some other source. they have aquariums and zoos. this goes back to the point about different conflate versification and different types of public display -- a different kind freighters -- different conflaters of education and different types of public display. these parts are not necessary -- these parks are not necessary to adequately educate the public. there are countries with no marine mammal displays and they are doing better than the united states in conservation. >> i know that we could go on for a long time commenting about each other, but if you have anything that you would like written into the statement, you can certainly provide it to the committee. faugh i think we have -- i think we have had a very thought- provoking discussion here today. thank you everyone for sharing your thoughts with us. i w

united states. this is chande le ur island, louisiana, because this is where it's expected to get the oil first. they put this here because it's no good anymore. the island is not overrun yet but the bad news, the oil is literally 100 yards away. we're 35 miles south of the gulfport of mississippi. this is the louisiana islands and you're looking at the oil water threatening to come on this island. the protective thing is the boom, looks like foam but this is the oil from the massive oil slick. people on the coastline of louisiana, mississippi and alabama very concerned. we can tell you because we took a 3 1/2 boat ride, that the oil is 35, 40 miles away. you can see if it wasn't for this protective boom it would be on these islands, they're amazing wildlife refuges, where migratory birds come. the islands used to be 20 miles long, but because of hurricanes over the years, katrina, george, it's now 16 miles. the fear is years to come, the islands will be gone. they're uninhabited. a couple hundred years ago, there were a coupled hundred years ago who lived on the islands. there's wildlife refuge

united states. this is chandeleur island, louisiana, because this is where it's expected to get the oil first.is one of the orange booms here because the storm put it on the land. it's no good anymore. the island is not overrun yet but the bad news, the oil is literally 100 yards away. we're 35 miles south of the gulfport of mississippi. these are the chandelier islands. and you're looking at the boom, it looks like foam, but this is the oil from the massive oil slick. people on the coastline obviously in louisiana, mississippi, alabama and florida are very concerned, but we can tell you because we took a 3 1/2-hour boat ride to get out here, the oil is still at least 35, 40 miles away. you can see right now, if it wasn't for this protective boom, it would be on these islands. these islands are amazing wildlife refuges. migratory birds come on their way to north central and south central america. these islands used to be 20 miles long north and south, but because of hurricanes over the years, katrina, george, it's about 16 miles. and ultimately, the fear is in years to come, the islands will b

unit oil. it is about restoring our fisheries barrier islands.ut restoring our way to earn a living down here. >> bp claims however three leaks have already been caped off. >> two new surveillance videos further link a pakistani born north korean the failed car bombing in time square. one video shows faisal shahzad walking away from the smoking car. the other one shows him buying fireworks at a store in pennsylvania. investigators say he began preparing the attack almost immediately after returning from pakistan. they say they have not found a wider link to terror groups. and say several arrests in pakistan during the past two days, are not related. >> well, roaring engines, busy streets, and lots of money. coming to the city of baltimore. >> create city is preparing for the 2011 grand prix. karen parks live along the projected race course at the inner harbour with the latest. this is exciting. >> quite exciting. it looks like this. steady traffic and this time of the night. pretty quiet. but for three days, in august o 2011, all of this will cha

island. victory over the japanese in world war ii brought the united states' control over the rthern marianas. after the war, the islands were under a partnership arrangement that required the united states to improve the standard of living. this responsibility was carried out by the u.s. department of the navy during the 1950's. the navy had temporary hospitals for both military and civilian personnel. in recognition that the local population needed access to permanent medical care, they expanded the practice of promising individuals in medicine. the navy sent the doctor for further education at the school of dental assistants in guam.

island. people complain about noise and the fear of accidents. with the united states citing operational concerns, it's become clear japan will have to back down, despite local opposition. here in tokyo, mrs. clinton found ready support from japan's government, but her next destination china could prove to be more of a challenge and chinese agreement is critical if an international response to the sinking of the south korean warship is to succeed. roland burke, bbc news, tokyo. >> just want to let you know our state department correspondent is traveling with hillary clinton and you can follow her twitter feed to keep up to date. the prime minister of thailand says order has been restored to the capital bangkok and to the rest of the country. he made his announcement after weeks of anti-government protests which have left more than 50 people dead in a tv address, he said he would continue to try for reconciliation, but made no mention of elections, the protests' main demand. >> we have restored order in the capital of bangkok and the provinces of thigh land. we h

[cheers and applause] >> as i joined the united states marine corps reserves, i was stationed at paris island and i served a six-year commitment in the reserves. i reached the rank of sergeant and i was honorably discharged. i am proud of my service in the united states marine corps. [cheers and applause] >> i am prouder still that my oldest son matthew is now serving in the united states marine corps reserves. [cheers and applause] >> i am just one of thousands of people across connecticut and across the country that served in the national guard or the reserves or in active duty. in fact, thousands of members of the national guard and our united states marine corps reserves and members of other services are now sacrificing abroad in iraq and afghanistan as we speak. and throughout my time in public service, i have been proud to stand up for our veterans of all branches of the military. i am proud of the veterans who are standing with me today. they know that i attend dozens of military and veterans' events every year. they know that i routinely describe my pride in having served in the unite

months, they've been trying to move it from the southern japanese island but people complain about noise and the fear of accidents. with the unitedtates citing operational concern, it's clear that japan will have to back down, despite local opposition. here in tokyo, mrs. clinton found ready support from japan's government but her next destination, china, could prove to be more of a challenge and chinese agreement is critical if an international response to the sinking of the south korean warship is to succeed. >> prime minister of thailand said order has been restored to the capital, bangkok, and the rest of the country. he made his announcement after weeks of anti-government protests which left more than 50 people dead he said he would continue to try for reconciliation but lead made no mention of election the protesters' main demand. >> we have restored order in the capital of bangkok and the provinces of thailand. we have been able to do this with the cooperation of government officials, volunteer, and of course the people of thailand. we will continue to move swiftly to restore normalcy and we recognize that as we move ahead

for example, asian pacific islanders have the highest hepatitis b rates of any group in the united states. we must bring attention to and educate communities about hepatitis b testing and vaccination. 12 million people have been infected at some time in their lives with hepatitis b virus and more than 5,000 americans die from complications of it every year. asian americans and pacific islanders account for more than half of the chronic hepatitis b cases and half the deaths resulting from chronic hepatitis b infections in the united states. in order to break the silence surrounding this deadly disease and bring awareness to the american people, congressman towns, congressman dent, congressman ungaw and i have introduced the liver cancer control and prevention act. i hope my colleagues will join me to help prevent viral hepatitis. we invite them to join us. in education, immigration reform and health expansion is also expanding educational access for all americans. that's also a high priority for kpac. education is at the center of our democratic merit ockcy. it is important they be awarded

islands. they want to save money by avoiding the safety and liability standards in a country like the united states. coast guard witnesses before the board of investigation testified that the coast guard inspection of a u.s. flag mobile offshore drilling unit takes two to three weeks, but the safety examination of late far and wide -- of a foreign flag offshore drilling unit takes four to eight hours. obviously nowhere near as thorough and detailed an investigation and certification or recertification as we do of our own equipment. given the magnitude of this bill in the gulf, we need to review the causes of this bill as well as the broader question, the adequacy of procedures for ensuring that drilling is safe, it does not endanger the environment. this is not a hearing about whether or not to drill but how to go about procedures, how you assure the public safety, and how the interests of the broader public are protected to ensure that this disaster does not happen again. about two weeks ago i circulated an idea that i thought the best approach to the fundamental causes would be a challenger- type

global warming, as you would expect, but we obviously welcome the french ship of the marshall islands with the united states. you have the assistant secretary. you have questions. i have many miles to trod before the weekend. >> do you and the chinese ever talk about labor, because there is a concern in this country about labor groups and that the same time, there are different neighboring countries like burma and all those that attorneys have connections with. >> sure, absolutely. this was about china, about issues in the region but also affect china. the issues that china faces on the labor front are shared by other countries in the region that have export economies, and overtime, you could have both economic growth, and when i say labor standards is in everyone's interest to move in that direction. so yes, these are the kind of issues we have a wide range of countries. one and we will wrap it up. >> [inaudible] i have not gotten a read on that meeting. but we are cooperating fully in that investigation and i would expect them to come up in the discussion today, but we will continue to support the

example of that is the tremendous amount of effort, the private pilots of the united states exerted, in helping the island of haiti. just last week we had harrison ford here to describe what he had done. he owns several airplanes and did a number of flights into haiti, transporting doctors, medicine, and so forth. he's an example of what i'm talking about. not everyone who took part is a movie star at harrison ford is, but he was representing a lot of people who expended a lot of their own money to aid the people in haiti through the use of airplanes, flying goods in and out, flying patients out to the united states for medical treatment when they were in serious trouble. and so it's just an example of one of the many things that pilots and aviation in general does to help the public at large. so i'm very proud to stand here and say we have to help aviation and private pilots in every way that we can. and one good way is to encourage them to learn to fly. individuals who normally would not think of flying but when they see they can accomplish so much good with aviation, we hope they will take the time to

there's only two big insurers, united and blue cross blue shield of rhode island, basically dominate the market, so what they had to do was sort of begin to identify ways if which they were going to pay for new kinds of services by primary care doctors and the primary care doctors had the new money coming in and had to figure out what to do with it. it shows if you actually put cash on the barrel, it starts to sort of lubricate creativity, so there's a lot of really -- >> amazing how it works. >> a lot of interesting things going on there, so we wrote that up in the volume. >> great. great. well, let's reflect again on what we've heard from this panel. first of all, we heard from paul, that he and others involved with the patient center, primary care collaborative have truly launched a social and political movement. i don't know if they have fetish dolls that they carry, but it is a movement to essentially move from the world's best partialists only to the world's best comprehensivists, and as he mentioned, our partialist system is extraordinary, even such that japanese gangsters com

united kingdom. host: next up is steven from staten island. good morning. and thanks for waiting. caller: hi. i would like to thank niles for the heritage foundation. you're a ray of sunlight in this otherwise cloudy dismal bickering back and forth we have in the united states. i always follow you guys and another comment. it's nice to see that some of the liberals -- i mean, the democrats in the senate are now starting to see the light and partnering up with the republicans on the amendments. and i've seen some nice amendments come out. and have been passed. those are my two comments. my question was, i think the european union is destined for doom and i would like your comments on that. about the future of the european union and as far as with the beginning of greece, i think it's on its way downfall. and also, the conservative party and the liberal democrats, i want to see this experiment in action. and i really do hope that it becomes successful. that people finally get along. both parties. host: thanks for your call. guest: thank you very much for the very kind comments. i agree that the

united states for work. he expected his korean wife and children to follow. but they never did. now mendoza's wife has been arrested on the islandn washington, d.c., for the day. good to see you. what do you know about where the case stands in terms of the arrest towards your wife and also where your children are? >> my wife is right now in the custody of u.s. marshals. and my children have been located. the state department has asked the u.s. embassy in korea to visit my children. and they are being held by the maternal grandmother in a small city in korea. >> i know you're hoping the investigation brings your children back to you and that your wife is duly processed in terms of the criminal investigation. i wish you the best of luck. i'm sorry to cut this short. we have to go to the white house now for the press briefing. robert gibbs is is fatalking ab this no-fly zone that's in effect, the no-fly list, rather. let's listen. >> again, as we said yesterday, the reason there are redundan redundancies in the system is to allow for -- is to ensure that there are many, many mechanisms that would allow you to prevent somebody from

united states of america. >> we have the president of the long island federation of labour. >> you have been very quiet. his labor in the house? i cannot hear you. you have heard all of these speeches that you really need to hear, although you have a few more of those coming. get the people registered to vote. and if they do not change the law, both the amount. >> we have the newest member of the new york state senate. >> are we going to take this? are we going to take this? signing into law the unconstitutional law. anti-democrat law, something that is going to take away the rights of all of us. i say shame on the governor. that is why on wednesday, i have a resolution in the new york state senate, making certain that we have comprehensive immigration reform. and the republicans said that they will not be voting for this. so we need for everyone to send a message, that we have to vote for that resolution. are you with me? this is why the next day, on thursday, if they are doing this in arizona, they will try to do this right here. i gave a card to rick levy. as a candidate for governor, i will veto any

united states taxes. same thing with trans union. british petroleum, i think they are at an island.ose companies, even though they profess to be american companies, i guess with the exception of british petroleum, they have their offices, there is a small staff and other countries take advantage of the tax rate. host: i am going to jump in because we're out of time. guest: i understand. you are right. it is something that has to be dealt with in my view. host: i want to go back to entitlement spending. so many times we need columns with the headlights of the ticking time bomb as the population ages. you have written that the national debt owes little to medicare and less to nothing to social security. guest: in fact, the contribution to that system as a whole has been to reduce the deficit. medicare was never intended to be funded through payroll taxes. it does have an element that comes out of general revenues, but it is less than -- it is about 10%. most of the deficits we have had already are due to the recession itself. and the fall in tax revenues as a result of that. looking f

unite states than somne in switzerland. tell me aga where the ship was actually flagged in the marshall islands? >> the ship was operating under a marshall islands flag. >> marshall islands. again, given what the people of mississippi went through trying to get the insurance industry in america to pay claims in mississippi after katrina, i have a very strong suspicion we are going to have a heck of a time getting someone out of marshall islands or switzerland to pay these bills so, mr. chairman, i would hope that you would give and again they're pulling american minerals out of the ground on an american sea bottom with a foreign flagged vessel and quite possibly a foreig crusoe, mr. chairman, with all respect, i would certainly hope that when we go forward from this that you would give every consideration to extending the gentleman's act to cover this sort of vessel in this sort of circumstance. i thank you very much. >> gentleman and i have had conversation about application of jones act to this situation and i have asked staff to prepare a guidance memorandum on the applicable law and the prob

closer to the family's home on long island because he and his attorney, lisa bloom, believe that it's integral for her health that the family come together as a unite a great idea finally and get her healthy as a teen. so that's what they're hoping for. but he sounds so frustrated. she blamed the missing passport on him. and he said he's had it with her. he said she is sick and the fact that she's in cannes choose to go attended parties when she should be back here attending hearings is further evidence that she's out there. >> so she needs to get back home. when will she be back in a? >> she better be back in l.a. by monday. the court has said and made it quite clear that lindsay needs to be in court with her attorney 8:30 a.m. no excuses. she has a temporary pass toporto she better be there. >> way >> i wanted to ask you about bret michaels who everything was just astonished at how quickly he recovereded from that brain hemorrhage. was he back in the hospital? >> he was back in the hospital again. it was miraculous, right? he had this incredible recovery and then earlier this week he was apparently suffering from mumness on the left side of his

island don't speak english. they meet for a whole week over thanksgiving. and what they do during that week is they concoct the planned that would become the federal reserve bank of the united states. this is a 1910. jpmorgan and 73 years old and he is failing, and they said this is what we are going to do. we are going to replace jay b. morgan with the federal bank of the united states and then they do something that has become familiar to us especially in the past six months. they set up astroturf headquarters where they go out and a fake that they are a grassroots organization and then they hire people to represent the organization and the people who are hiring the people to represent don't know they just hired two of the six guys who wrote the plan. they know that the people won't accept the central bank, so they say we have to give it at least the illusion of decentralization for which we have the bank, the federal bank reserve which is part of evolution. .. >> is to head to the guide onjed or not, until a few years ago people would have said how can you possibly be against the federal reserve. today people are beginning to rethink that. especially the whole edition of

department of interior took over the united states responsibilities from the navy, in operating the establishment of the government of the cross territorial pacific islands, the capital of which was located on sigh pan. second, the residents of sigh pan witnessed the ground opening of a modern civil hospital built on a hill. in 1960's and 1970's brought opportunities for the local doctors to obtain advanced training in guam and hawaii. joining the ranks of the northern mariana's first doctors and dentists in 192 -- 1972 were doctors who earned their degree in dentistry and medicine respectively from the fiji school. they returned to be of service to the people of the northern marianas, taking care of the dental and medical needs of the island community. the people of the northern mariana islands have the deepest precious, admiration and respect for our pioneer doctors and dentists, to those still living today and the memories of those who have passed on. may their compassion and dedication always be an example and inspire more of our young people to pursue a career in health care. i thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the s

united states. we have to be careful about comparing apples and oranges. host: the next call is from treasure island, florida. caller: i would like to talk about why that has a statewide school board. the guests said we should have less school boards in less control. host: are you suggesting that hawaii is a good model? caller: the administration is top heavy. all of the funding goes to pay for administrators. there is hardly any money left for classrooms, school teachers , and he is talking about teachers are precluded from being fired on merit. they should be paid on merit. it is a disaster. the unions and the administrators -- i cannot believe what everybody is doing to our country. host: a couple of issues there. first hawaii is a statewide school system. guest: it is the only system that is a one state system. one superintendent, one board. it is very different. hawaii experience has a different one than others. i think it has been affected significantly by the economic situation has struggled for a long time. it is the same side as fairfax county, which is the system i was superintendent. 170,

island, new york. steve on our independent line. caller: good morning, gentlemen. i like to -- the heritage foundation. the biggest role in the united states is common sense. the heritage oundation is not either republican nordemocrat. they study the constitution and try to apply it to what's going on in the united statee. to try to pply common sense to the people that the previous callers have actually blown my mind. but they'll wake up. but as far as "the phantom" falcon, i pretty much watch the whole senate wall street regulation reform and that was a total -- it was a freak show. the end, just watching the senator at the end talking about the last pages that they addedd on with these regulations where they can come into private citizens now. and just under oath now. they're passing this stuff. and i -- my heart dropped. my heart just dropped. he goes, you know, he's the nicest guy in the world and he goes i never get mad, he says. you -- they're just throwing their hands up in the air. what is going on here? i mean, it's just -- the arrogance, the arrogance of fannie mae and freddie mac being left out and ranting and raving, dem

surveillance tapes from the long island new york duncan doughnuts where faisal picked up $400,000 to carry out the plot. >> president obama discussing welfare reform. he unitedtates needs to grow. >> fostering an climate that encourages business to hire again and vittle vitally important. i will work to make that happen. my responsibility as president is to make sure the economic had crisis that riggered this recession never happens again. >> but in the weekly gop address. chris lee said the economic recovery act never lived up to democrat promises to reduce unemployment. >> flash market crash is being blamed on a kansas based mutual fund. chicago mercan tile said waddle and reed executed trades that contributed to the dow plunging are i points. the firm said it is not responsible. >> the new video from ban cook turns in to a deadly war zone. >> the state department is offering to evacuate americans . protestors and fighting left 17 people dead. fighting exploded there. >> while you were sleeping the crew of atlantis had their wake-up. ♪ >> today astronauts will inspect the heat shields for damage after lift off. atlantis is on track to dock tomorrow. astron

island than to fight it inside our coast. thank you very much. >> from day one, president obama has made it very clear that the united states of america will not rest. we will not rest for one minute until this problem gets resolved. that is why secretary that pal tauno is here. i have been here four times to louisiana, and we will not rest until this job gets done. it is always important to know that with us today is the leadership of the united states senate. we think about the assistant majority leader, dick durbin is here because the eyes of the united states state are on louisiana and what is happening here on the gulf coast today. i want to make it very clear. under the law, bp is the responsible party. bp is charged with capping their leaking oil way and paying for the response and for the recovery without limitation. they will be held accountable. we will keep our boot on their neck until the job gets done. as i said yesterday, we will make sure that all of their responsibilities are fulfilled to the people of the gulf coast and to the united states government. when the admiral as commander of this situation is not satisfied with the a

an oil slick the size of rhode island and delaware combined threatening the single largest fishery and a source of seafood in the united states. no need for health insurance reform? tell that to the breast cancer victims who were systematically targeted by the largest insurer in the united states for recision of all coverage. and what could go wrong with lax enforcement of oversight on wall street? the deepest recession in 80 years. 8.5 million americans losing their jobs. the largest government bailout in american history and a loss of 17.5 trillion dollars worth of aggregate wealth and united states. now, 37 children dead because of contaminated product could not be detected and mandatory leave recalled by their regulatory agency in question in a timely fashion ther. there is a difference between these two philosophies in government. . . [applause] >> i discarded like down because i told dr. brooks that i only work in sweats. dick vitel wears a coat, a suit, and talks to much. first of all, i would like to say that dr. brooks has said things that has been given to me over the years but nothing has touched me more or

asian american and pacific islanders have been an integral part of the fabric of american life since the first japanese immigrants aarriving in the united states on may 7, 1943. they worked as coal miners on farms and helped with the completion of the first continental railroad. rising from their humble beginnings, asian americans have been instrumental in the building of this country from the 19th century onward. in math, sciences, sports, commerce and every aspect of american culture, the contributions of asian americans have enhanced and benefited our rich cultural heritage. over 15 million americans trace their ethnic heritage to asia or the pacific islands and projects that by 2050 there will be approximately 40 milln identifying as asian alone or in combination of one or more races. the month of may once again provides the people of the united states with an opportunity to recognize the achievements, contributions, history and concerns of american -- asian americans. and today we have the opportunity to increase our body here by one with an asian american, mr. djou from hawaii, and give him an opportunity to serve his people and h

island. i thank congressman nye, congressman hope, for your work on this important issue. madam speaker, why is it important for the united states to defend the national security of the state of israel? well, it's important because the national security of the state of israel is critically important to the national security of the united states of america. somehow that so? well, we know first of all that the united states has been working with israel and her technicians on improved missile defense technology. the arrow missile system is a joint-u.s.-israel technological wonder that protects the israelis from anything coming in from zero to 600 miles. we know the u.s. is working on a project with israel called david's sling, a defensive system to protect israeli forces and people from rockets and mortars fired between 43 and 150 miles. we're working with the state of israel, the united states is, on a sophisticated anti-missile system called arrow three, which would allow us to defend against intercontinental ballistic missiles fired as far as 1,200 miles away and get those those missiles 1 2,00 away before they were over

[applause] and as i joined the united states marine corps reserve, i was stationed at parris island, and then i served a six-year commitment. i was able to reach the rank of sergeant, and i was honorably discharged. i am proud of my service in the united states. -- the united states marine corps. i am it more proud that my eldest son, matthew, is serving in the united states marine corps reserve. i am just one of thousands of people across connecticut, and across the country who served in the national guard, or the reserve, or on active duty. and thousands of members of the national guard, and the reserves of us -- they are now serving and sacrificing a brought in iraq and afghanistan. and throughout my time in public service, i have been proud to stand up for the veterans at all branches of the military. i am proud of the veterans who are staying with me today -- standing with me today. i have attended dozens of military events every year, and they know that i routinely describe my pride in having served in the united states marine corps reserve? . vietnam. -- in the united states ma

but, you know, we obviously welcome the friendship that the marshall island has with the united states going back many, many years. so the diversion didn't work, huh? i'll defer to justice. >> you had the assist aren't secretary here go, and you had questions. >> i have many miles to ready to before the weekend comes. >> there's concern in this country about the groups and also at the same time talking about human rights with china, also different neighboring countries like guatemala and north korea and iran and china has connections with those countries. >> sure, absolutely. as mike posner was talking about, this was about china, this was about issues in the region that also affect china. this is shared by other countries in the region that have export economies, and over time, you can have both. you can have economic growth. you can have rising labor standards. it is in everyone's interest to move in that direction. so yes, these are the kind of issues with a wide range of countries. we'll wrap it up. i haven't got a readout of that meeting, so we'll take that question and see if we