you can also send us an e-mail or a tweet. "and the moderate element of the muslims effectively address the extreme element to bring about change on the ground?" guest: the issue of extremism is a real issue. having said that, sitting in the united states or in europe or anywhere else outside of the muslim world, when you hear about -- what you hear about constantly is extremism. the reality of the situation is that the vast majority of people in the muslim world from morocco to indonesia, where president barack obama spent part of his childhood, their overriding concern is that it just want to lead a decent, normal life, just like people in the united states or europe or anywhere else. there is that

you can give us a phone call or send us an e-mail journal@c- span.org, or use twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwjboth of our guests made the transition from campaigning to reporting periods jon- christopher bua, now a political analysts. tony blankley, working for ronald reagan, former editorial page editor, now working for "the washington times." st. louis, missouri. good morning. caller: hello. about the iran situation, i hope that what they're wanting to do, the people that are trying to overcome the people in iran, like ahmadinejad, began to converge on the main government offices. with the communication explosion in the last couple of years, people will not tolerate talking to regimes anywhere in the world. there will be more of this. host: before you comment on that, tony blankley, you have been around a long time, looking at the evolution of the media. jon, you talk about the role of twitter. is this pushing a debate more than a discussion? guest: it is extraordinary. we have all been sitting at home, watching blood come out of a woman's eye in tehran in real time. to have that kind of acc

host: you can send us an e-mail or twitter. you also read in your piece, and both the private and public sectors, the lack of both will and new ideas is stunning. guest: starting from the auto makers, you would have think what is shown up in washington fighting for their lives with a terrific new ideas on how they would run their businesses. you go into those congressional hearings, you would have that best minds to come up here and knock us out with great cars. instead, you have these guys who take a separate, private, planes down to washington. they just don't get it. it is been very sad, their reaction from the right wing and the republican party. even pandering to the gun nuts and per bulging paranoid theories about how obama will take people's guns away. in all fairness to obama, this is a terrible deficit he has to work with. the comments of bill more on his program this last week as he talked about some of the issues that you outlined in the cover story of harper's magazine. >> i do what might president to be a tv star.

you can give us a phone call or send us an e-mail journal@c- span.org, or use twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj. both of our guests made the transition from campaigning to reporting periods j- christopher bua, now a political analysts. tony blankley, working for ronald reagan, former editorial page editor, now working for "the washington times." st. louis, missouri. good morning. caller: hello. about the iran situation, i hope that what they're wanting to do, the people that are trying to overcome the people in iran, like ahmadinejad, began to converge on the main government offices. with the communication explosion in the last couple of years, people will not tolerate talking people will not tolerate talking to regimes so, you can comment on that. >> before you comment on the caller's point, you have been around this town for a long time. we have been looking at these pictures. this new social networking that is influencing the discussion. >> it is extraordinary. we have all been sitting at home with blood flowing out of her eye on the streets of tirana in real time. -- a tehran in real time.

send us an e-mail or a tweet. on the front page of "the wall street journal" -- dick cheney is on the front page of "the washington times." from "the washington post" -- the "chicago tribune" -- and the front page story in "the star-ledger." rarely in memory has a man become such a planetary pariah. not a single person, no member of his family, no friend of a lifetime stepped forward to attest to his character. humanity has written off bernie madoff. also, "the new york post." inside "the new york daily news" has this photograph. from inside "the new york post" -- they reprint his remarks. he said, "there's nothing i can do, but i will live with this pain for the rest of my life. i apologize to my victims. i am sorry. i know that does not help you, your honor. thank you for listening." caller: my question is -- reggie walton is report about the sexual abuse in prison, i am concerned about the number of rapes being reported. a lot of the men that are being raped, some of them are being infected with hiv and aids. w

. >> i assume she uses an e-mail address that and seven chrysler.com that is an employee of chrysler? are you aware chrysler is attempting to convince chrysler dealers who have not been terminated to ring gauge in a lobbying effort to point* out the positive aspects of the consolidation through bankruptcy that has been going on? >> i am aware the fact because of the publicity there are 391 dealers that have benefited and they give to the league and 100 year dealers 21 the opportunity to make their position known. >> are you aware chrysler has been sending out talking points under a key messages memo that says chrysler llc made the appropriate business decision with the dealer network that could be thriving and profitable and the automobile industry cannot support the number of dealers that currently exist. dealers have known chrysler wanted to consolidate and locate all three brands under one roof and started the process more than 100 years ago we understand the process to evaluate the dealers was thorough based on data driven metric and is a dealer moving forward with a new company i

would like to get involved in the conversations -- if you have called us in the last 30 days, send us an e-mail at journal@c-span.org or send us a twitter. the address is c-spanwj. our first call comes from beacon falls, connecticut on our line for end the pents from mow -- from on on our behind for ippedz pents. go ahead. caller: how can we call it capitalism when we bail out the big banks an big insurance companies? guest: that was exactly the point i was trying to make is that these lines of capitalism and socialism have really been blurred. we would like to see -- many americans want to he see these things as very bright lines. they're not. the critical policy question is what should the role of government be, and i think one of the problems is that we have a government doing what it should be doing and not what it should be doing and doing what it shouldn't be doing, and so under the label of capitalism or socialism, we we are have really not directed the questions where they ought to be. for instance, in my own mind, it is very important that the government have responsibility to mak

you can also send us an e-mail or a tweet. "and the moderate element of the muslims effectively address the extreme element to bring about change on the ground?" guest: the issue of extremism is a real issue. having said that, sitting in the united states or in europe or anywhere else outside of the muslim world, when you hear about -- what you hear about constantly is extremism. the reality of the situation is that the vast majority of people in the muslim world from morocco to indonesia, where president barack obama spent part of his childhood, their overriding concern is that it just want to lead a decent, normal life, just like people in the united states or europe or anywhere else. there is that fringe that is basically directly tied to these entrenched political problems that we keep talking about, whether they are home grown like the issue of lack of human rights and democratic practice, or they are connected to outside forces. take the invasion of iraq in 2003 as an example or afghanistan, which basically produced 9/11

host: if you cannot reach us on the phone line, send us an e- mail. good morning. caller: i have a number of points to make. i would like to make a few points. one, the bushes did gulf war one and two for oil. conservatives do not ask very aggression. they do not care about poor very much. they use this bogus argument that says that he jesus never meant for the government to be used to help the poor. they hate the boorish republican party. if people want single payer health care, google single payer. guest: i have nothing. it was not related to the middle east. host: are you with us? please go ahead. caller: i would like to make a statement about the anchor babies. non-registered citizens -- host: caller, i'm going to stop you there because we are trying to focus on the middle east. guest: we think that sometimes these broad templates of people saying it is all about linkage and everything is linked in the middle east and other people think that we can just sustain the status quo, we believe that this conflict needs to be solved. we do not buy into the idea that th

you can send us an e-mail, and you can also send us a message via twitter. that address is c-span wj. >> first we want to look at a couple of headlines from the brittish newspapers. "the telegraph" has this. iran election protestors worthy of execution says the cleric. this is from yesterday's speech prayers at tehran university by ayatollah khomeini, who says the regime's opponents were rioting in defiance of god's will. also this morning in the times on-line, the headline, leading demonstrators must be executed, ayatollah khomeini demands. he says that these people should be treated as people who wage war against god and deserve execution. ambassador dalton, your response to those statements made by ayatollah khomeini. guest: well, it is very wong that anybody who wishes to express their view peacefully should be exposed to that kind of penalty. i'm not in a position to judge who any accusations of that kind might be leveled against. that could be the odd case amongst the millions who protested where people should be brought before some court, but in case

you can send us an e-mail and a at twitter it is c-spamwj. talk about the hesitancy to support this. guest: we are being told we cannot have health care because we don't have the money. we are told we cannot bail out california because we don't have the money. people in california cannot be treated for breast cancer or cervical cancer because we don't have the money. how do we justify backing $108 billion loans to bill european banks out of the same situation we did -- to bail european banks out of the same situation we did? interestingly, republicans and progressives feel the same way about this bill. it is not a good bill. it is wasteful and we should separate it from the war finding. let's talk about the imf. let's talk about why this needs to be a priority for us to pay $108 billion in loans to european banks. host: talk about what folks to go to your blogs are saying about this issue. guest: they are saying the same thing, why do we have to force progressive members to their needs to pass this thing? why aren't we just having a discussio

host: you can send us an e-mail, journal@c-span.org. good morning, republican line. caller: the united states goes back to where everybody is responsible for their own health care. before medicaid, before medicare -- are there any members of congress that will support such a plan? here is my point. when the government gets into things, there is just cost that goes out the window in terms of overspending, and that is the problem we have right now. let me make a comment that my own personal situation -- i did not want to get up this morning and get on a treadmill, but as a coach, i have seen, for hundreds and hundreds of kids, that the parents to take charge of their families and promote health, as my mother did with me with jack lalalane in the 1950's, it is an individual responsibility. if you have colleagues who can float this plan, there are americans like me out there who take personal responsibility. i have good health care coverage, but i virtually never use it. i would like to hear your reaction. guest: harry, i am glad you are exercising. maybe you are from th

you can also send us an e-mail or submit your comments through twitter. the address is twitter.com/c-span wj. our first call comes from florida. caller: good morning. well, i have to say, i was just listening to your last speaker there, and i'm a former homo sexual, i'm part of the ex-gay movement in america, you might have heard of exodus international. i have to say, i was involved in the gay activist movement in the 80's and 70's. and i think that last speaker was not being honest with you. i think we need to be tolerant of homo swulls, but when i was in the homo sexual lifestyle the gay activists were coming after the churches and sin alberto gonzalez in america and were really upset that most of the churches do not support homo sexual marriage nor do they support the homo sexual lifestyle. so as an exgay i speak as an expert because i know what they're up to and it's very upsetting as we really don't want to come after the churches and synagogues. they want gay marriage and they want to shove the lifestyle down the delotes of the america and the cons

host: you can send us an e-mail anytime you want at journal@c- span.org. i'm not sure we will have a vote but we will take into account what you are thinking, because this program is for all of you. do you have a question for john taylor? caller: the question i got is how do people ever believe what you are saying out there -- you guys were involved in the most disastrous economic system we have ever had. so, for a lot of us, you did not have any accreditation. host: how do you respond? guest: it seems a broad criticism, not quite sure how to react because it is not very specific. you know, what i have tried to do in this book and other books is to look back at what the decisions were and see if we can learn lessons. i think the more government can review -- i think there should be a commission or operation that goes back and looks of the reasons for this financial crisis. in fact, i think we should be doing that before we propose changes in the economy in reaction to it. lessons learned is the thing i think we should focus on here in the future. host: mit

you can send us an e-mail or you can also send a twitter comments. another headline from "the atlanta journal constitution, " coslet confession for south carolina governor. an open "the washington post" begins with this sentence, wow, was that a press conference. from the style section. the front page of " the new york times" has more on a story, ending a mystery the governor says he had an affair. the confession, apology, and rambling nationally televised news conference left mysteries unsolved come as to whether he lied to staff members as late as monday about his whereabouts, whether the fair had definitely ended, whether he would resign from governorship and whether he would even have acknowledged the affair had not been met at the airport in atlanta by a reporter upon his return. again, we want to hear from south carolina voters as well. 202-626-0184. first-come a call from linda from atlanta. caller: i want to say i'm a conservative and i am very, very disappointed with what happened here, and i do hope that the governor will step down and resi

send us an e-mail or a tweet. so what happens next? >> well, the what happens next is we're going to take a look at what we're going to do. the big challenge is we know there has to be a reduction of the size of government and the cost of government here in the state of california. the voters made that very clear. they said this is your problem, not ours. we are doing our part by paying these higher taffles. you need to figure out how to make government live within its means. the question is whether or not we take it out on californians. are we going to take away services for californians that they well deserve for the taxes that they pay and kind of keep special interested protected in that process? are we going to go ahead and let lots of money be sucked up in middle management for education or are we going to see education dollars go to the class room? are we going to protect kind of the class of state employee soss they continue to have some of the most generous benefits of people across this nation? or are we going to say you're p

give us a call or send an e- mail, journal@c-span.org, you can give us a sweet or give us a call. one of the photographs we want to show you is from inside "the n.y. daily news." secretary of state hillary clinton is back to work sporting what they call a big cast and a slang, following surgery or a broken arrow -- elbow. last week she slipped and had undergone surgery. the injury suffered last wednesday forcing hillary clinton to cancel plans to attend a series of international meetings in italy and greece later this week. meanwhile, inside " the wall street -- the "the wall street journal" is a piece about independence warming -- warning for obama. the canaries in the coal mine are independent voters, telling the leader whether the air is safe or starting to fill up with toxic gases. in the peace he points out the shifting attitude among independent voters in fact is the most significant change to emerge from a new wall street journal/nbc inebriating poll. in that survey mr. obama's job rating slipped a notch to 56% from 61% in april. that is not much of the drop, and is in keep

kingston similarly, offered an amendment to require government contractors to use e-verify to deal with our nation's border security. his amendment was also defeated. i supported both of those amendments up in the rules committee. now we won't get the opportunity to debate the kinds of things that mr. rogers, mr. calvert and mr. kingston wanted us to be able to address. i personally believe that while i support e-verify, i believe that the bill that i worked on, h.r. 98, which would establish a smart counterfit proof social security card would end the magnet which draws people into the country illegally, but i think that e-verify is an important step in dealing with our security. under the process, madam speaker, as you know very well, we could address all of these issues, all of these issues from both democrats and republicans could have been considered but unfortunately it ain't going to happen. one of the most senior members of this institution once said, and i quote, we have gotten so far from the regular order that i fear that the house will not have the capacity to return to the p

healthier and get better care like medical homes where we don't have payments now for an answering e-mail's were using records to track of patient and filling prescriptions and providing those medical services. two actually pay for better performance in some dimensions the so-called pay for performance elements that have been demonstrated in the private sector to show impact. they pay more when it gets better compliance with diabetes medication or better results and other specific aspects. the challenge is there are some dimensions of important quality of care that even if you get improvements in some specific areas and can be hard to have an impact on overall cost and our overall health outcomes for a population so and many of these demonstrations when we have seen is an impact on specific aspect but may be less of an impact on overall cost because additional payments offset savings that might occur because you've got improved performance. more of an emphasis on trying to bring cost and reducing unnecessary cost directly into the performance incentives. a lot of effort is underway to implement the ep

an e-mail, etc. and i said specifically to the young men, you can't use anything as an excuse not to be involved with your children. you know, cause kids they won't judge you based on whether you are wealthy or poor. they will judge you if you are abusive to their mother. they will judge you in terms of you not showing up when they need you. that's what makes a difference. and kids will respect their fathers if their fathers are showing kindness and are modeling that they are working hard and trying to do what is right for their families. kids will understand that sometimes families fall on hard times. they get that, joe biden is here and joe i want to talk to you. you had a terrific relationship but he fell on hard times and you talk about him as the most important guiding role. >> mr. president, i think this is great what you are doing, this is a big deal. the president said that fathers make mistakes and i made my share. my father said there is a mistake that a father shouldn't make, to communicate to their child that there is total unconditional love. and it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor

host: we have an e-mail that is asking us to do a program on who promotes the myths about canadian health care. we have focused on that issue. we will do so again. thank you for the suggestion. the next call is from tennessee . caller: i am amazed at the people who want someone else to pay for something that they want. tell me one program the government has ever run that they have not run into the ground. medicare is broke. tencare in tennessee is broken. it has corruption and abuse. all of their drug dealers get their drugs from tencare. tell me one thing the government does. people want single pair. they tried to get around it by calling it a public plan. they are playing with words. people want someone working to pay for their medicare. guest: it has been a little while since i have been down to tennessee to take a look dat tencare. i'm not aware of the latest with the program. it has gone through some difficulties. on medicare, i hear these complaints about limits on doctors and specialists. you do make a good point. the long-term solvency of the program is in jeopardy. part of that i

the state department as i read confirmed there had been an e- mail sent and that is being used as one way to observe events on the ground. this morning from " i the " itmes" it's about youtube, youtube says it has relaxed its image as to allow the images to reach the rest of the world. it says in general it does not allow graphics or violence, but makes exceptions for those that have certain kinds of values of education, or scientific observations. it is important that citizens in iran can use it to capture their experiences for the world to see. how are you staying in guest: touch i am twitter-challenged. i stay in touch by with your phone calls and many true e- mailed. i have received dozens of e- mails. host: here is a question from twitter. guest: the ayatollah khomeini when elected as supreme leader did not have the religious credentials that were bestowed upon him in order to make him into this supreme leader. for that he has lost the respect of many of the respected clerics. he does not have the religious wait that in the grand ayatollah in iran should have. because of that he

an inaugural party. it was being irradiated someplace. e-mail and through the website and talking to us. >> this white house's office of public engagement is of a vibrant part of the white house. just in terms of being involved in substantive policy. they have an e-mail that is -- someone actually checks it every minute. it is checked and someone processes it. the technology peace is going to be more vibrant. it turns out for the folks on the campaign, there were restrictions that did not apply. new rules are being promulgated as they need to to make sense. there is a process under way and the technology tools will get better as the year progresses. >> i think it may be fair to characterize this and i am trying to pull a couple questions together. the bush presidency ended up being consumed by iraq and a single-minded in its focus on the war on terror. particularly the war in iraq. this president may be is going in the opposite direction. he has health care and education and the budget. he has financial regulatory reform. he has iraq, iran, the middle east, north korea. is there a dange

wonder whether there is an abuse of processes, conflicts of interest, so when you then put another layer of us not being a customer but as being an investor, an entity that is providing e bailout or a been an owner, the people of a great deal of concern. yesterday, i introduced house joint resolution 57, the preserving capitalism in america the amendment. it is a proposed amendment to the united states constitution because it came about as a result of my discussion with people back, because several people that i spoke to said they did not believe enough people were taking a stand to say, this is wrong. i don't believe this should happen in this manner and i know we have difficulty but i don't agree with the structure. i don't agree that we should own general motors. the constitutional amendment would limit the ability of the government to acquire an ownership interest in a private corporation for good this give the government the ability to issue loans and allows us to invest in public authorities, public use corporations and allows investments by pension funds. it turns out that as i was discussing this with people in my community that limiting government ownership ov

one morning i got an e-mail from obama that said david, if you want to attack us, you are only throwingn a sentence is to make yourself feel good. he got that. he is also a real intellectual, someone who really reads. i was interviewing him over the phone one afternoon and he was tired. he was a little cranky. out of the blue i asked him, if he had heard of a certain theologian. he said yes. i ask what it meant to him. he described his theology in perfect paragraphs. there are not a lot of u.s. senators who can do that. there used to be one, and now there are none. that is just an incredible testimony to his intelligence. as you have seen, he is a man was incredible self control. there was a presidential debate where bob schieffer was hosting on cbs. when mccain would get to the podium, there was a legal pad, and mccain wrote his talking points as politicians tend to do on stage. obama did not write a word. but every time he would be asked a question, he would draw a straight line through a piece of paper. after the debate, one of bob's keepers assistance ran on stayeged and took the pa

. >> as far as the parts and the tools, what we have -- we did get an e-mail that said that it was up to us to sell them to other dealers or they're going come in and offer us 10% on the dollar. i haven't seen anything else that said chrysler or gm would buy them back. >> obviously we have a communications issue. we do have information -- >> we have a big one, yeah. >> i will address both of these gentlemen. i would be happy to do that. it is our failure of not communicating appropriately to them. >> mr. henderson, in response to that? >> the same. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. chairman, i know it is not my prerogative to ask the questions, but there is a question that came up earlier about the go forward agreement that i addressed in my testimony that i don't think we had an opportunity to explain or defend that agreement that 4,000 dealers will be obligated to going forward, if i may ask. i guess i just did, sorry. >> i'm happy to answer the question, mr. chairman, if you'd like. the answer is we distributed that agreement this week. we have a meeting set up with the nada friday wher

an e-mail? >> i thought initially it might be, yes. >> his use of a bargaining chip would help him obtain a deal he would not have otherwise received had emirly asked for increased assistance from the government. >> but as i also said later after listening to him and having more discussions, i came to the conclusion that he was really uncertain about what to do. we provided advice, which he ultimately took, and we took steps to prevent the destabilization of his common and the system. >> mr. chairman i ask for one more minute. >> you will be granted an additional hin. >> isn't it true that you did not believe the merrill lynch losses merited special attention from the government? let me direct your attention to handwritten notes from your first meeting with lewis on december 17. you reportedly stating the downside of 50 billion doesn't sound big for bank of america. 50 billion refers to merrill lynch assets lewis wanted protection for from the government. the record clearly shoes you did believe that there would be systemic consequences if bank of america took steps to back out of the deal with

an e-mail december 2008? >> i thought initially it might be. >> did his use of a bargaining chip help him obtain a deal he put into received had he asked for assistance from the government? >> as i said in the later e-mail after listening to him and having more discussions i came to the conclusion he was uncertain about what to do. we provided advice which he ultimately took and we took steps to prevent the destabilization of his company in the financial system. >> mr. chairman i ask for one more minute. >> i yield the chairman one additional minute. >> let me direct your attention to hand written note from your first meeting on december 17, 2008. you reported restated the downside 50 billion doesn't sound big for bank of america. the 50 billion refers to aig merrill assets. the record clearly shows you did believe there would be systemic consequences if bankamerica took steps to back out of its deal with merrill lynch perspective when in court. so did the threat of mac which you believe would have serious consequences influence your willingness to give bankamerica's financial assistance when you didn't belie

pretty busy and the teleprompter has been -- absolutely right, the e-mail was absolutely right, this is an enormous amount of teleprompter he uses. it doesn't seem to harm him people are responding to all of his speeches. they've sort of taken it in stride. i think times maybe have changed. i personally don't like it but i can understand if you would like to get a perfect speech why you'd want to have it in front of you. >> host: one of the viewers that sent a tweet wonder when your book will be available as an audio book. >> guest: it is available as audio. i recorded an abridged version. there's also an unabridged version but yes, you can purchase that now. >> host: smartness next from ann arbor michigan independent line. >> caller: good morning, c-span, and good morning, richard. >> guest: good morning. >> caller: first i have to compliment you on writing a fantastic. >> guest: thank you. i appreciate that, really. >> caller: i need to preface that by saying i help teach political science in the high schools, and it is a very detailed description of how a candidate is now grown from someone who is semi obscure and then develo

lewis you sent an e-mail to your board and let me quote, it says, i just talked with hank paulson. he said that there was no way the federal reserve and the treasury could send us a letter of any substance without public disclosure, which of course we do not want. do you remember that? >> i do, yes, sir. >> you know, that sort of -- i was raising this because of the answer that you gave to my colleague from virginia, mr. connolly, i didn't get that point, that you actually sent that memo. i mean, it seemed to me that in his question that didn't come out. >> may i give you the context. >> sure. >> i had called mr. bernanke and said is there something you can give us in writing because my board is concerned that everything is verbal and we have nothing concrete and going in towards the end of the year and about to have to consummate this deal without anything in writing. he said let me think about it. and the next call i got was from hank paulson. and he told me that first of all, if they gave us any kind of agreement it would be so watered down that the board would not find it satisfactory and secondly that they did not want disclosure. he was talking about the

e-mail is absolutely right. this is an unusual amount of teleprompter that he uses. it doesn't seem to have harmed him. people are responding to all of his speechers. but they've sort of taken it in stride. i think times maybe have changed. i personally don't like it. but i understand if you like to give a perfect speech why you want to have it in front of you. host: one writer tweets when will your book be available? guest: you can purchase that right now. caller: good morning, c-span, and good morning richard. guest: good morning. caller: first, i have to compliment you on writing a fantastic book. guest: thank you. i appreciate that. >> caller: vi to preface that saying i teach political science in the high schools and it is a very detailed description of how a candidate is grown from someone who is semi-obscure and then develops, someone or a comment someone made about a prolonged primary, the development just needs to happen, especially someone who doesn't have those bona feedes or that long resume. guest: thank you. i appreciate your taking the time to read it. host: we'll go to kevin from new yo

it plays an integral role in protecting us from attack from drug smuggling across our borders. i was disappointed that the extension of e-verify was reduced from the president's request of three years to two years. the house overwhelmingly passed a five-year re-authorization last year and i think many people would support a permanent re-authorization of e-verify. i offered an amendment that was repeatedly told that a re-authorization of e-verify will be part of a comprehensive immigration reform bill, which simply makes no sense. a re-authorization of a voluntary program that has existed for 13 years should not be part of immigration reform debate. perhaps my fen

an end i drove party. [laughter] >> it was being irradiated someplace. e-mailed answer the website and talking to all of us. >> i think this white house, it's a very, very vibrant part of the white house. not just in terms of meeting but actually bringing feedback back. and they have e-mail that is actually public at who got go. somebody actually checks it every minute. don't think it's one of these dummy mailboxes. some of processes that. is a very vibrant operation and i think the technology piece is going to get more and more vibrant. it turns out for the folks that are coming from the campaign there are all kind of restriction on federal government websites that didn't apply. and so those are being worked through new rules are being promulgated as they need to get the make sense. there's a process underway, and i think the tech tools will only get better as the year progresses. >> i think it may be fair to characterize this, again, i tried to pull a couple of questions together, that the bush presidency ended up being consumed by iraq and he was single-minded in his focus on the war on terror, if you w

an astonishing pace. five years ago, youtube and twitter did not exist, they spoke existed but was hardly the behemoth, and no one was using e-readers. i do not think it would suppress any of us to imagine that our people out there now developing new technologies we can barely imagine. technology but enhances our lives, and at the same time infiltrates our lives it in ways we may not have anticipated. it frees you to work everywhere but d.c. prisoners and others. parents for years have battled with kids of atomic and spent on computers and video games into day students are sometimes fighting a parents to get them off their blackberry. "the wall street journal" have a great article a couple of years ago on a subject, describing one family and texas -- and this woman is 7 year old talks about the blackberry -- i feel annoyed, -- always focusing on that blasted thing. learning the were blasted from the pirates of the caribbean. the girl seems to recognize and france, comfort, not unlike a pacifier or security blanket. recently seen her mom slump on the couch after work, she fished the blackberry from a mother's purse and brough

use as a defense that the government ordered him to proceed for systemic reasons. i said no. unquotes. this is from chairman bernanke. is chairman bernanke's e-mail an accurate statement of your concerns of bank of america's situation? >> i can't recall the exact e-mail but we did have concerns and we wanted some assurances they would support our position. >> i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. i now yield to the ranking member of ohio, mr. jordan. >> let's me go back to this so-called threat concern here mr. lewis. i want to be clear of the on december 17th, when you called mr. paulson, mr. bernanke, did you -- i want to know the nature of the call, did you say we were going to exercise the mac clause or thinking about exercising the mac clause? >> again, it seems like a long time ago. to the best of my recommendation i said we're strongly considering a mac. >> in other words, what the response you then got changed your decision? you were going to exercise the clause, you felt that was the best interest of your bank and your shareholders, you were going to do it. and then what the government told you -- based on what the government