joining us will be -- he would join us from new york. he is neil macfarquhar. we will be right back. >> to a house subcommittee takes up the issue of insurance industry oversights. this could threaten the financial system. live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern. the senate commerce committee considers nominations for the federal communications committee. that will be live at 2:30. both hearings are also on line. >> discovered an unfamiliar side of our first president. we will be live from mount vernon estate on the assent of george washington. join our conversation on sunday, july 5. >> how is c-span funded? >> i have no clue. maybe some government grants. >> advertising for products. >> public money, i am sure. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, it was created by a public service. no government mandate. no government money. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guest joining us from new york is neil macfarquhar, author of the books "the media relations department of hizbollah wishes you a happy birthday: unexpected encounters in the changing mid

the reaction this morning from "the new york times," and in just about every newspaper in the country joins us from pittsburgh. are you satisfied with your current health-care program? caller: yes, steve, i am very satisfied. i retired and every year i get at least four or five insurance companies sending me literature to change my medicare plan. i decided to go with security blue, and it has been perfect. i have to say one other thing. there is a very simple solution to ensure the 40 million people, and it is using the v.a. health system. if somebody gets unemployed and lose their insurance, when they go sign up, they get a special v.a. card that makes them eligible to go to any v.a. facility that we have. host: who pays for it? caller: well, the government. he is going to spend over $one trillion already -- $1 trillion already. it would be much simpler, and everybody would be covered. host: go to twitteredr.com/cwj. mike is joining us from lagrange, texas, good morning. independent line. caller: good morning, steve. i would like to say something about this myth about socialized medicine bein

joining us from new york at the top of the are, former congressman tom davis will be with us in a moment to talk politics, health care, and to take your phone calls. happy father's day on this june 21. ♪ >> people did not want to think of roosevelt's conservation and as much as a policy but rather oppression. he put aside over 200 acres of wild america. now people are talking about environmentalism and green movements and roosevelt is becoming the key figure because he was the only politician of the day who understood biology and the migratory patterns of birds and mating habits of dee r, elk, antelope and actually did something. >> the first of two hours with this doctor tonight at 8:00 p.m.. you can listen on c-span radio or download podcast. >> coming up, more non-fiction authors and books throughout the weekend with books on the economy, a former investment banker john talbott exposes myths concerning the recession and what it will take to recover, and jay richards and what it will take to ease poverty and help the environment. also, concerning overeating. david kessler explains how

host: phil joins us from new york. good morning. caller: good morning, back to iran, the president while he was running wanted to have unconditional communications with our enemies/opponents, iran, north korea, and i wonder whether churchill is still relevant. someone visited hitler in 1937 and churchill stood up in front of the house of commons and condemn it because he thought that halifax was giving comfort or discomfort to the people who were against the though nazis at the time, so does this principle still apply today and especially to a different culture, and oriental/eastern culture? guest: 1 always has to be careful not to make an argument that is comparing anyone to go nazis. host: a pretty unique group. guest: but churchill was complaining about a condition that existed in london in the 1930's. my parents were in that society. they did not know the future. they thought the hiller was dealable. there's a wonderful book recently out that discusses how the british government and literate society were judging which of the naz

host: joining us from new york to talk about the future of american capitalism is joseph stiglitz, and he has an article in the july issue of "vanity fair" magazine called "wall street's toxic message." when the current crisis is over, the reputation of american-tile scap capitalism will have taken a beating, because of what washington practices and what it preaches. disillusioned developing nations may turn their backs on free markets warning nobel laureate joseph stiglitz. what is the message of this article and request do you say that wall street is accepted ing? >> the problem is the way that we manage capitalism american-style is very different from the way we have been telling other countries to behave, an and let's go back to the crisis in east asia a little over a decade ago. at that time, we said very explicitly, aze interest rates, cut back extend tours, get your deficit down. don't bail out the banks. you have to be tough on them, and have good regulation, but then, of course, what did we do? we deregulated. when a crisis came to the united states, we brought interest rates

host: john on the independent line is joining us from rockport, new york. caller: hello. my comment is this, there seems to be a trend ofiran developing nuclear weapons, on the other hand, israel has 200-300 of their own nuclear devices. secondly, there seems to be a great deal of credibility put into the tweets and twitter which was rolled out only two months before all this happen. also myspace -- myspace is owned by rupert murdoch who also owns

host: john on the independent line is joining us from rockport, new york. caller: hello. my comment is this, there seems to be a trend ofiran developing nuclear weapons, on the other hand, israel has 200-300 of their own nuclear devices. secondly, there seems to be a great deal of credibility put into the tweets and twitter which was rolled out only two months before all this happen. also myspace -- myspace is owned by rupert murdoch who also owns fox news -- i'm sorry, but i cannot put much credibility in anything i see on myspace, the same for twitter. there is no credibility in twitter. 97% of the input from twitter is coming in the former re-tweets. guest: on israel -- we were hoping to ask that question yesterday and did not get a chance to in a news conference. again, back to this theme of hypocrisy. the administration, the current administration is trying to avoid hypocrisy. we have heard the president talk about the a de-nuclearized iran. the iranian government denies it, but the larger world and believes it is a nuclear program. we were going to ask, wouldn't tha

david and i are friends, i talked to him a couple of days ago, i accused him from using the turbo money from the project in new york to get that done. but i know he got pennsylvania money. i think what tom is talking about is sab lutely true, with an exception. that is that the culture in this country is not a train riding culture. in the northeast corridor, about 43 million people live within 40 miles of where we operate ocela. it is a success. in 2000, we had about 37%, this was before it started, of the air-rail market was with rail. today, in 2008, we have just the opposite of that. we have 63% of the rail-air market. that's with service that's two hours and 45 minutes. from new york to washington. and on north end, from new york to boston, it was at about 20% and is now, or 22%, it's now at about 49% in the same way system of we are demonstrating success. but the piece that we can't miss, and i think administrator szabo pointed it out, is that we need to do both. we need to talk about having very high speed and it needs to connect. t-bone needs, i listened carefully, i didn't hear it connecting to amtrak, it m

from new york. is it water leak at? are you with us? i think we have lost him. we will never know. hi there. caller: i am from new york. i would like to know, does the young man had any knowledge as to whether -- i know that in the state of new york, i receive medicare and so did my husband we pay into it because we are both employees of the state or a municipality. what i would like to know is, i found out recently when i tried to pay money back to medicare for something that is run by a private company and certain areas. i would like to know whether he knows which states or if there are states besides the state of new york that pay a private company to handle medicare and medicaid guest: well, there are all kinds of private participation in the program. for example, medicare part d, which was introduced in 2003 as part of the prescription drug benefit, allows private delivery of services and benefits, but that tends to be decided by the individual. so i am not entirely sure what the caller is asking about. i would have to know a little bit more about the details of her situation. host: our

many of the bell use are carved from rockefeller center in new york city, a place i like to visit from time to time. the governed by parents' lives, and now govern mine. i, in turn, have passed on to my children, who one day will pass them onto there's. not only do i want to share them with you, but on this day of your graduation, i want to urge you to consider them as principles that might also guide your lives. there are 10 of those, and here they are. number one, i believe every human being is different, a testament to the creativity of god. i also believe in the inherent worth of every human being. number two, i believe the primary foundation of our behavior must be stability, civility, and morality. number three, i believe that every right involved responsibility. number four, i believe that truth is fundamental and lies are corrosive, so you should never lie about anyone or anything. number five, i believe in the sacredness of a promise, so you must always on your bows and your commitment. number six, i believe character and integrity are more important than wealth or power or po

us. you will hear from two of them in a moment. let me introduce carolyn from new york. then from maryland. -- ben from maryland. one person from texas and another from new jersey. one person from florida. i think that is all of the members who are here with us. the may be some others who will come later. i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the really significant days in the calendar for our country, in particular the state department. we have so many people who have been affected by this significant issue over the years. it is especially fitting that we would hold this announcement here where we have a great diplomatic history of so many important events in our nation. i am especially pleased that our new ambassador, the new director of the office here at the state apartment was confirmed in time for him to be a part of this ceremony. [applause] he has been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee. thanks to him, hundreds of trafficking survivors are now living productive and healthy lives in our own country wh

. >> one we're at the 2009 book expo convention in new york city here with china temple, publisher from new york, want to tell us about what's coming out this fall? >> this fall one of the books we are most excited about is a graphic novel by the great black film maker melvin van peebles adel a book that inspired his new film of his that is going to begin premiering in august and september of this year simultaneous with the publication of the book. and he is the godfather who of the black exploitation of man and we're proud to be working with them and currently right about now we are publishing a new book by the actor and activist mike farrell who is best known whether role vijay hi ken, show and mash, one of the greatest shows of all time in this book of man is a road book and i wrote a memoir and we are putting him back on the road and keeping him busy. >> how long have you been publishing books? we have been publishing since 1997 and republished literary fiction as the heart and soul of the company and have a sort of an outsider sensibility though some of our books are quite popular but our books are ofte

us friday night. the boys are coming home from new york. six game home stand, blue jays and red sox, then head to baltimore. here's zobrist that popped up to johnson first time up. the jam job and flair. there's the first pitch. 2-0. >> rob: not finishing off. he's lazy, i mean he's dragging the pitching arm behind him, falling forward. that doesn't give him time to catch up. you have to be on top when the front foot hits the ground. >> bob: you hate to see a walk to the leadoff man after being given a 4-0 lead. >> rob: that's in the dirt. 3-0. you'll see him fall forward first. he walks towards the catcher. you've got to get the arm up on top quick. much better. little high. [cheering and applause] he's going to come out and talk to the pitcher. he needs to take a breather here, try to get a ground ball. >> bob: willie harris comes in to join the conversation as an observer. >> rob: willy knows it's his 6 6th start and he's just a kid. he's adding some support. there's your pitch count 55 pitches. not too bad. >> bob: that's 11 this inning

us. you will hear from two of them in a moment, but let me introduce carolyn maloney from new york, ben cardin from maryland. we have eddie johnson from texas, chris smith from new jersey, iliana from florida, and i think that is all of our members who are here with us. there may be some others who will come later, and i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the really significant days in the calendar for our country, and particularly for the state department. we have so many people who have been affected binary this significant issue over the years common -- who have been affected by the significant issue over the years, and the significant wish to hold this on the eighth floor, where we -- and it is significant that we hold this on the eighth floor, where we have had significant events from our nation, and i am especially pleased our new ambassador, the new director of office to monitor and combat trafficking in persons of the state department was confirmed in time to be part of the ceremony. [applause] previously, he led the fight against slavery of the

we have learned as peter king, our colleague from new york has told us, about the work done on uranium enrichment in addition to the plutonium program. they had a secret underground program we never knew about. the south korean president who will be visiting washington this week advocated for a new approach with respect to the six-party talks that south korea, our ally for over 60 years, is pressing for a fresh approach. should speak volumes to us and i hope we are listening. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from american samoa. mr. faleomavaega: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. faleomavaega: mr. speaker, i want to thank my good friend and colleague, the gentleman from california, for his comments. certainly one of the most recognized experts that we have in the house as far as issues dealing with the korean peninsula and do thank him for his thoughts and sentiments on this important issue. once again, mr. speaker

us. we'll fly to new york and come to you from the new yankees stadium tuesday night with martis against sabathia. >> bob: i think some of these young pitchers are going to make sure they're not in awe of the place in which they're pitching tuesday, wednesday, thursday. last time they measured it, the mound was 60 feet 6 inches too. >> bob: and hernandez will drop one to right center. gonzalez with a great jump. going to 3rd. he will be out with the ball waiting for him. testing the arm of gabe gross who threw him out. [cheering and applause] that made him make a perfect throw to get him. >> rob: i like it. challenge the defense. - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. we've got a ton of stuff we

means committee that i would like to go out of order to get us some balance. >> i yield to the gel them. >> alike feel that to the german from new york one minute, mr. lee. i want to thank mr. rangel for his courtesy. >> the people in my district note to well that when washington applies itself to a problem, it over regulates and hides the true cost to the taxpayer. with it being over 1100 pages in length and 50 pages dedicated to regulating light bulbs, in order to garner enough votes, the majority is trying to shift the most punitive costs to laborers so they can get it passed. early on, it will be the government putting this enormous bill with your tax dollars, and down the road, the subsidy will shift to consumers who will pay directly to sustain this program to hire, job killing enterprises. either way, is the taxpayer that bears the burden. we need to focus on an energy solution that rewards innovation using american made energy, not trying to find a way to tax our way to prosperity and continue this terrific job loss. that is why i urge my colleagues to oppose this bill. >> the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman f

from "the new york times." "leave -- liberty and tierney." "al viars." "horse shoulders." "renegade." jose is joining us from austin, texas. caller: hello? it is a shame that we do not have this coverage. we have our own democracy caged up in cages when people want to protest. when it is the dnc or rnc on inauguration, but we want to show what is going on on the other side of the world what our global list american dollars are interfering with politics in ways of life. we should just focus on what we have here, getting rid of this fear that everybody is out to get us. host: do you agree or disagree with the president's approach so far? caller: i do not agree, but i think that it is best that he sticks to what he can do and what he is able to do. we have got a president with very little experience, very well spoken. look at our economy. it is going from bad to worse. he has brought in his cronies. that is evident in itself. his experience is showing that he was not the right person at the american public needed for this country to move forward. host: traveling to europe and africa this summer, talking about foreign policy issues in a coup

him to come out and we walked inside and we saw a council member from new york that was familiar with our work, he said, inside and talk to usand from there he took down to the floor and we saw michelle obama speak. host: do your friends share the same interest in politics and journalism? guest: not all of my friends and i did not expect my friends to share the same interest. if not for the case there would just be a bunch of myles', but my friends understand issues going on in the country, that task force is not the only thing that is going to drive school success -- test scores, and regulations are things kids don't understand. when you bring stuff down to a level where kids can understand, that is where you make the best change. . in face i would like to talk to mahmoud ahmadinejad. i think iran is an interesting state. i saw an interview and i think the election that is coming up today, it is happening today, i think that is one of the most interesting elections. the fact that two people could be running for office but that does not decide. someone other than the voting public decides and gets the final say is -- i would

country suggested we move to a single-payer -- a senator: i would note for the senator from new york that he has used ten minutes. mr. schumer: i thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent i be given five more. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. schumer: the republicans rejected the single-payer plan. and so at the onset of this debate, we met them halfway with a framework that continues to largely rely on private insurers. so then we said if we're going to continue rely mostly on private insurance, can we at least introduce greater competition into the market by having a public plan as one option. the republicans, most at least -- just about all, i think -- rejected that too. we said, well, what if we insured that -- what if we insured that the public plan had to adhere to the same rules as private insurers? thus, guaranteeing a level playing field. the republicans here in the senate -- not in the country -- but the republicans here in the senate still said no, even a level playing field. so, some democrats came up with a new idea. what if we relied on a co-op model tha

him to come out and we walked inside and we saw a council member from new york that was familiar with our work, he said, inside and talk to us, and from there he took down to the floor and we saw michelle obama speak. host: do your friends share the same interest in politics and journalism? guest: not all of my friends and i did not expect my friends to share the same interest. if not for the case there would just be a bunch of myles', but my friends understand issues going on in the country,

us also. mr. polis: i'm happy that my friend from new york brought up the demand side in conservinger in. there are many federal provisions that are part of american clean energy and security act and in terms of what they mean to american families, the estimates are that american families will save $750 per year, per household, within 10 years, because of the energy efficiency provisions of this bill. what would you do with another $750 a year? that is a savings, the average american family will have, as a result of the energy efficient sises. mr. connelly: that's such a good point you're bringing up, mr. polis. because we hear from the other side deliberate, seemingly deliberate, misinformation on the floor of this house and the figure constantly cited is a little over $3,100. the opposite is true. as you just indicated. and this new study, the american council for energy efficiency economy just issued that says, that the federal energy efficiency provisions in this bill will in fact save $750 per household by 2020 and $3,900 by 2030. so maybe our republican colleagues just had their num

from new york. mr. arcuri: thank you, mr. speaker. and i thank my friend from california for sharing with us his thoughts, clearly his institutional knowledge of this grand institution is second to none. but one point i think is important to clear up, and that is the fact that this bill has a preprinting requirement in no way, shape, fashion or form means that anyone is precluded or prevented from filing an amendment. what it does, however, mean is that any amendment that an individual representative files has to be filed by a certain period of time. and that was yesterday. that does one thing. i would submit that enables our constituents to have the very, very best legislation they can because it does one thing. it gives the -- it gives the legislature and the representatives an opportunity to read the amendment -- to see what that amendment means and to have an opportunity to interpret it and determine whether or not it is the best thing for the bill or in fact whether it should be posed. -- should be pulled. it is a good thing to have a preprinting rimet in this bill. mr. dreier: i thank my friend for yielding and i appreciate his kind r

us from birmingham alabama. go ahead. >> my question concerns some of the recent criticism from the altar let such as belmar. "the new york times" said today, how the clinton the administration says it was the overambitious of their plan that caused the demise the my question is whether not obama should consider things that completely ship the system away from employer base systems and the towards things like leckrone transferrer koren sisson system that is exclusively in the pelley paid for? a monthly premium and following up with that question is what with the opportunity cost the of a failed system of obama were to propose it? >> guest: i would say that a failed system is unacceptable because people are sick and people want to stay healthy, so this is an essential industry so to speak. and it is such a big and complicated one that i don't see it failing. i see it being harmed, i see it being moved back and forth but that is unacceptable and will not happen. you know, and the first question was? >> host: treating the payment, it is treating the insurance like how you pay for auto insurance. >> guest: i think what is bro

a lot of mets fans came down from new york today to see this game. stay with us now.they'll have all the play-by- play as guthrie and the birds go against pelfrey and the mets. rick and i back on "o's xtra" post-game. enjoy the game. see you later. (announcer) you do have health insurance don't you? if you don't, now you're in luck. carefirst bluecross blueshield can cover you for as little as $75 a month. depending on the plan you choose. just call us at the number on your screen for the plan that's right for you. carefirst bluecross blueshield lets you customize coverage so you have an individual plan that suits you best. select a ppo or an hmo, add vision or dental-- you can design a plan that fits your budget and protects you even as your life changes. call us at the number on your screen and get this free information kit. when it comes to protecting your health you can count on carefirst bluecross blueshield. call today and get the benefit of blue. odds are you'll need it.

us. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: i just want to confirm and agrgr with the majority leader and our chairman in terms of what they said. bottom line here: this is a nomination that should be easy to study up on. the record is public. the record has been ailable from the day her name was nominated. and there are not thousands and thousands of pages that we given to us at the end of the day, as i kno my colleague, the chairman, has said. i'd like to make one other point here. i know that my colleague, our ranking minority member, mr. sessions said, alito took some 90 days. that is true. but that included both the thanksgiving and christmas breaks. if you look at the actual working days, it was much shorter as it has been for every other justice. and let me just repeat, if we were to do what the minority ader asked and not vote on this nominatn until well after the september break, it would be the longest nomination proceeding that we've had for the most public, most available, most conci record. this is not som

from new york is going to address in just a moment as i close here. this is an important debate for every single american. it is time for us to put together a reform that assures quality affordable health care for all americans. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new york. mr. schumer: thank you. first let me thank my friend and colleague from illinois for his strong and forceful words, meaningful, bringing it home, as he always does, in a very strong and good way about individuals and how they are affected. i'd like to talk a little bit about where we're at in health care and where we have to go. let me just say, mr. president, that about ten years ago -- i can't remember the exact time -- there was a, one of the major issues we faced was called the patient bill of rights. people felt, doctors felt, patients felt, everyone felt that h.m.o.'s were taking undue advantage of them. doctors, a patient needed desperately a prescription. they'd call up some accountant in a faraway city, couldn't get approval and the patient wouldn't get the medicine. it sort of h

from new york is recognized. mr. tonko: thank you, mr. speaker. routinely, this chamber is visited by many young peoplemark groups of young people. reminding us that we are in need of promoting and advancing sound and principled ideas and policies that will be inherited by them, by their generation. they will inherit the good and the bad works that we do. and they will count on us on doing the sound and reasonable solutions. with that being said, i believe it's very important for us to advance the opportunity for them to have a sounder environment. they have the right to breathe cleaner air. we have within our grasp the opportunity to reduce that carbon footprint. we have the opportunity to go forward and quit advancing $475 billion annually to foreign countries for fossil-based fuels. we can advance house resolution 503, which allows us to promote physical education in sports that will advance the health, general health and well being of our students and that will give them stronger academic performance. with that being said, i strongly urge our colleagues to support house resolution 503. i encourage them to vote yes on the represent -- on r

. >> and ben goessling joining us from the "the washington times" in the hot corner segment. defense especially the series up in new yorkerybody's attention. >> yeah, it was different than anything we've seen this year. not only were the errors not there, they were making plays to save the game. you saw austin kearns throw out a guy. willie harris makes that catch to save a base runner that would have ended up scoring. cristian guzman robs derek jeter of a hit. it was striking to see it not only that there weren't -- they weren't losing games that way, but they were actually saving enough runs to win the game. it was something if they can keep it up, i think you'll notice the difference simply because it's going to save some runs and make the pitching staff that much better like manny was talking about. you can cover over some of the errors and cover over some of the problems defensively they've been having if you do a few extra things defensively. >> somebody says when -- said when the boarding house ex employees -- exploded, rumors floating. more rumors about the nats and the deadline. how imperative they do something

from our government, by picking up the newspaper. it is reaching the point where "the new york times" gets us the information quicker and more detailed, plus we get the crossword puzzle. if this continues, i do not know how we will reauthorize any of these or they will be views that way. >> the requirements that we're supposed to follow, there are a couple of instances where problems were detected by those in the department. we have informed the court members of this committee by what we have found. only after all of those things have occurred did we reauthorize the beginning of the program again. i have not had a chance to review the article. >> i wish that you would. three months ago i asked for the legislative proposals on the patriot act authorities. we really need that answer on both sides. and they're going to wonder what the department wants. i would hope that you would look at this, i found it troublesome. it was the first time i had seen it in the context and i think we have real problems. we want to use the ability to gather intelligence, but we also want americans, who are not subject to criminal investigation or terrorist

in a story this morning on the front page of "the new york times" -- president obama is pushing to have a bill on his desk by october. joins us from virginia. she is the "slate magazine" senior editor. as we turn our decision to the supreme court and the decision 5-4 in favor of the firefighters in connecticut, what impact, if any, does this have on sonia sotomayor, who had the lower court decision, she begins her hearings? guest: that's the question everybody is asking right now. it will not have a huge impact. it is not well for her. it's never pleasant for a judge to be reversed by the supreme court and it is not pleasant to have this happen two weeks before confirmation hearing. this was a 5-4 decision. there were four justices on the court who did not have a problem with what she did. they would have liked to remand the case back, but there were four judges that said what she did was reasonable. there were five judges that more or less announced a new task. that is probably what she will say at the hearing. this was a new test, so she could not have arrived at the conclusion. host: that is one of the themes from the editorial

from the york, ben carden from maryland. we have eddie johnson from texas. chris smith from new jersey, someone from florida, and i think that is all of our members here with us. there may be others who will come later. then i will be introducing some of the other speakers in a moment. this is one of the significant days in the calendar for our country. and particularly for the state department. we have so many people who have been affected by this significant issue over the years. it is especially fitting that we would hold this announcement here on the eighth floor where we have great diplomatic history of so many important events in our nation. i am especially pleased that our new ambassador, the new director of the office to monitor and combat trafficking here at the state department was confirmed in time for him to be part of this ceremony. [applause] previously, lou led the fight against slavery and has also been a valued member of the team on the house judiciary committee with the chairman conyers. thanks to him hundreds of cracking survivors are living productive lives in our own countries. -- thanks to him hundreds of trafficking survivors are living

from -- this book begins in 1858, t.r.'s birth in new york, and i'm going to wednesday the era of global warming, the time we have right now. march us through in a multiple volume history. >> thank you, professor brinkley. >> brian, thank you. >> from a hustry standpoint, where did you find the different art facts that you have and the materials you had? did you bring them somewhere else? >> that's a really good question. most of the materials we have have come off refuges or fish hatcheries. actually, from the field. almost everything in our archive is donated by former employees or by field office. so these historic things that douglas brinkley has written about, they were at garages, basements, attics. they were suffering from all sorts of environmental deterioration. once we filled up an archive, we did it in about 10 years. researchers could use them so we could teach with them. >> rachel carson is our most famous employee. when rachel carson retired from the fish & wildlife service, much of her papers and materials went into the incinerator. and we will never let that happen again. >> who put them in the incinerator? >> they j

from new york is recognized for three minutes. mr. ackerman: i thank the speaker. i rise in strong support of the legislation before us. and i want to thank the chairman for allowing me to work closely on this bill and producing such an excellent piece of legislation. some may be surprised i am in enthusiastic support of this bill to assist pakistan. over the years i have been una shamedly one of the most persistent and aggressive critics of pakistan's government and of the previous administration's policies in dealing with it. and i remain deeply concerned about much of islam ma bad's behavior,--islamia bad's behavior. to the beliefs that india intends to devour pakistan. none of pakistan's governments have demonstrated a persuasive commitment to internal political or economic reform or anything approaching real acceptance of the rule of law. pakistan has been at best an obstreperous partner on the subject of proliferation, and like many i fail to understand what possible reason they have to justify the stonewalling we faced regarding the a.q. connetwork. i believe to continue the aircraft is akin to a fetish. i am ne

frankly, it will free us up to do what we need to do in order to win. >> hello, i am from the "new york times." your the first chief executive having had to file for chapter 11 protection. you have a new chairman of the you already know him, kent. you also have a chief restructuring officer. well will this mean to your role running general motors? everyone has emphasized that the government will stay out, but your role has changed. how do you view that? >> there is a painting it as i came up from our offices of alfred sloane. i see paintings in our building in detroit and ask myself what he would do if in my shoes. he never was. but at the beginning of general motors there was a crisis. he did his job. he led the company through it. if you were sitting here today i imagine he would tell me to do my job. if i look at what my job is, yes, we have an interim chairman, kent. i am a believer in separating the chairman's role from the ceos role. i have my handful without running the board of directors. so i am very appreciative. working for kent is a pleasure and working for the board has bee

uses of our assistance and i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 1886 and i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california yields back. the gentleman from new york reserves the balance of his time. the gentlelady from florida. ms. ros-lehtinen: i reserve the balance or our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york. >> mr. speaker, i'm pleased at this time to yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. connolly: i rise in support of h.r. 1886, the pakistan enduring assistance and cooperation act and congratulate mr. berman for his leadership. s that national security bill. it provides assistance to help pakistan disrupt al qaeda and the taliban and requires that the majority of the assistance be focused on counterinsurgency and counterterrorism efforts. the legislation includes accountability measures for military assistance, including a requirement that the government of pakistan show a sustained commitment to combating terrorism. it alies their gells with ours, it provides military aid on the condition that pakistan cooperate in dismantling nuclear su

he will not be able to use lawmakers to insight any attempts by that administration to free settlements. host: david, on our line for republicans reporting from white lake new york. good morning. caller: good morning, and thank you for c-span. i would like to discuss with you american-jewish voting behavior and how it harms israel. the american-jewish community spurred on by such rags as you work for and that other broad sheet published in new york is top-heavy democrat. yet the democrat party has harmed israel, always. every time a democrat administration is in office, israel is harmed. host: give me a specific example of how democrats are harming israel? caller: president obama's speech in israel misstates history. he compares the palestinian problem. it was caused by arabs in 1948 when they attacked israel. they could have had a palestinian state. they attacked israel. the arab armies and palestinian irregulars. host: mr. guttman, your response? guest: the elections, president obama got a large percentage of the jewish vote, which is higher than any other faith group. however, when you look at polls, when you ask jewish voters when they base their decision on

jost as well is that using this postage stamp analogy, it doesn't cost 47 cents to really move a letter from new jersey to new yorkcity. okay. probably costs less. but the average is 47 cents. so that someone from south dakota can mail a letter into new york city. and that we have this communications across the whole country. that's great. we accept that. it's the way it should be. what mr. izzo is saying is that if you do the same thing for electricity, and you make it the same price to transmit electricity in from the middle of america, to new jersey, as it would be to bring in off the coast line of new jersey, then that's going to undermine the economics of all the projects along the east coast because it hasn't factored in how much it costs to transmit that electricity 1500 miles all the way into the east coast market. and so the question then becomes, how many new jobs will be created along the east coast of the united states if there is no incentive any longer from mr. izzo because he's almost bound by his obligation to his shareholders to take all of this very inexpensive but subsidized electricity coming i

new york city where i do health services research. my research discipline uses a hybrid of techniques from economics, epidemiology and statistics in order to gain an understanding of the healthcare delivery system. .. relevant. decade ago, my colleagues and i wondered if a higher mortality rate from cancer seen among blacks could be due to the receiving less a effective treatment, specifically in the setting of cancer. we chose to study a single cancer procedure to address our questions. surgery for early stage one cancer. we focused on this procedure because it treats the no. one cancer killer, you lung cancer, and is enormously effective. in an analysis we published in the new england journal in 1999, a decade ago, prior to the report that has been referenced many times, we showed that in medicare, blacks received this surgery 15% less often than bites with the same diagnosis. we showed that this was not due to greater morbidity amongst blacks or differences in socioeconomic status, we showed that we believed the achievement gap was the explanation for their survival lot comes. the study is memorable for me, one of the first major ana

from the draft coverage on espn. rachel nichols is at new york knicks camp and joins us now. the knicks made a bit of a head scratcher today when they bought the laker's first-round pick for $3 million. what were they thinking? >> that's actually a very smart move by them. it moves forward to a couple seasons. it's a move to save cap room. they need more players. if they get a more veteran player, you have to sign him to a multi-year, multi-money deal. if you sign a draft pick and restock through the draft and get a few extra draft picks like the one they picked up from the lakers, you know how much he's going to cost you. there is a rookie salary cap in the nba. that's a lower aim. you can save for 2010. say it with me, kids. we all know what happens in 2010, lebron james is available. >> looking ahead in terms of tonight, what is the team thinking now about the draft? >> well, the common thing around here is hey, they need a guard, they need a guard. they're certainly looking at that. chad ford had stuff on curry falling to them at number eight. if that happens, there will

can you explain from your own for information you provided to us why brian peters of the federal reserve bank of new yorkwould say given the presence of the occ on the call, i think we should not discuss or reference the call with ken lewis and paulson. >> i don't know precisely what motivated that. all i can tell you is that on the 21st we had to conference calls which i participated in and john dugan participated in and we provided him. >> okay. the mail we receive from jeffrey lacquer, federal reserve bank of richmond, that indicates that in fact they felt there was pressure related to the mac. how do you explain that? is that just another independent person that misunderstood? >> well, i don't recall the details of that conversation but i would like to make two points first, as i said -- >> let me give you the details to make accurate. per quote, just had a long talk with ben, the parentheses, bernanke, says they think the mac threat is irrelevant because it's not credible. also intends to make it even more clear that if they play that card they need assistance, management is gone. now, is he misunde

us a call with the numbers on the screen. one of the photographs we want to show you is from inside the "new york daily news." the secretary of state is back to work sporting a cast, as she and the former president leave the hospital. last week she slipped and had undergone surgery. this forced hillary clinton to cancel plans to attend a series of international meetings later this week. meanwhile, inside the "wall street journal" is a piece on independence morning for obama. it says american politics, the canaries and the coal mine are the independent voters telling the leader if the air is safe or filling up with toxic gases. the shift in attitude among independent voters is the most significant change to emerge from a new poll completed last week. mr. obama's job approval rating among americans overall slipped to 56%. that is not much of a drop and in keeping with the pattern for a new president, but the slide has much more pronounced among self-identified sure the independent voters. that is americans to express no loyalty to either party. among these people, who reside in the middle of the spectrum, the j