spot allows for infiltration of the water, it is sort of like these birds are trying to use a wet blanket to stay warmthat's the way to think of it. host: "the washington post" has a photograph of a bird on its cover. an pelican stuck in oil just off the gulf of mexico in louisiana. you mentioned we are finally seeing these images, which was feared when the oil spill started. what are we not seeing, though? guest: i think the difficulty is many of these birds either cannot be captured, so you have little shore birds that you need special nets to bring them in. a lot of these birds are not going to be found at all because they are either sort of secretive marsh birds that are dying in open water or in habitats where there really is no chance to detect them. and then the other thing that people are not seeing very much of is that there are birds with oil on their feathers now that they are not being brought in to rehabilitation centers. are you in the middle of northwesting season, and wildlife policy jifts have to make a difficult judgment call about whether or not they will bring birds into rehab cent

it's supposed to save us from global warming but more big government and taxes. the senate isn't dumb enough to have passed it. and the socialized medicine deal which will break t budget unless they put in enough waiting lines for everybody and enough rationing so it won't break the federal budget. all of these policies are creating those numbers and those graphs that we see. mr. broun: there is a bull in that china shop that isn't indicated in this cartoon and that's the failure, non-stimulus bill which is a failure. and it's going to be a job killer. everything that this administration, that this leadership in congress today is doing is killing jobs. and it's not doing anything except creating bigger government and creating temporary employees and creating a lot of jobs in washington, d.c. and don't help my state of georgia, your state, california, texas. they are creating a bigger central government that's going to kill our freedom. mr. akin: gentleman, the thing is, you and i are not talking tonight something that is speculative or based on theory. these graph

warm. i think petraeus may use his influence to push karzai to do things that may not be as comfortable for him. i think... you know, petraeus is very savvy in managing that relationship. so it may not be as smooth from the outside but it may be more productive . >> woodruff: kimberly kagan, picking up on what you started to bring up a moment ago, the skills that served him well in iraq. because people look at the two wars and say they aren't necessarily at all the same kind of war. so what skills that were useful in iraq do transfer to afghanistan? >> although afghanistan and iraq are different conflicts, the truth is that counterinsurgency fight has certain shapes. you have to take care of the problem in a very specific way. as general petraeus was quoted as saying in the opening segment, you actually have to defeat the enemy in the sanctuaries and safe havens he has established. you have to work to establish government that is viewed as legitimate in the eyes of the people. and you have to mediate between the people and the government when there is a dispute between them. and then in add

warming. why doesn't he allow the dutch to bring down skimmers and the boomers in the maine. this guy is using this catastrophe like rahm emanuel said, never let a good crisis go to waste and the american people along the gulf coasts are suffering from its. barack obama is an idiot. he is incompetent. everyone that is out of work because they voted him into office deserves what they get. host: this is an article in "the washington post." you can see that a congressman there. according to other newspapers, they are reporting that these lawmakers are saying they did nothing wrong. host: richard on the democratic line. and caller:two things on the oil spill. one is, why don't they get of big enough pipe? the other thing is i think they could use of liquid nitrogen and go down into the hole and freeze it down there and poured concrete on top of it. host: bill from mobile, alabama. caller: mike, obama speech. like most people, i was pretty disappointed. -- my comment is on obama's speech. every dollar the government gets, they taking from other industries. therefore, it is an insufficient way to cr

to meet those needs. it is not global warming or climate change. if you look at the reality of usingl resources for our standard of living, aad what we are proposing here is simple measures to help reduce the demand on those resources for us and our kids and grandkids. it is a very simple equation that makes so much common sense to us. host: there is a story in the business section of the "new york times" this morning. there is hard evidence that in the modern american financial mainstream, scarcely is their isolation from new york. can you explain that? guest: i think the message is clear, with bank of america in every household. but we are very connected. i do not see how a bank is going to be very successful of the community is not successful, too. our communities must be strong. businesses will not do great if the communities are also doing great. host: and when the banks are doing badly, does that impact those communities that you have invested in? guest: i think it affects the bank's ability to loan money for good projects and homes and education. i think of will affect the com

now, this is going to be used to fix obama's carbon tax and global warming scam.ou can look at the documentation and see who gains. like who dumped their stock in the airlines before 9/11. one other thing. host: before you do that. the front pavenlgt times, obama attacks bp chief. their shares fell sharply oil prices have launched an attack. guest: there are a lot of second guesses we could do. who gains, i hope the american people will ultimately gain. host: mark on the independent line. caller: good morning. thank you for the opportunity. congresswoman, i have some questions about a different fee. it is not directly related to the oil spill. it has to do with regulation of large industry. that is u.p. i came across information from approximately two years ago that union pacific had turned over two tank car loads in downtown houston. had that color even escaped, it could have potential wreaked havoc on the lives of 200,000 people. do you have any response to that, about how the government should be better regulating industry? guest: i think that an oversite is wh

senator biden heard we were in that line and sent word out, he wanted us to come up and immediately get upfront and come inside where it was warm. senator byrd said no. he would not use his office, he would not use his prestige or power to jump in front of anybody already in line in front of him. so we stood in that cold rain waiting to pay our respects to senator-elect, at that time, joe biden's first wife. the only individual to serve in both houses in the west virginia legislature and the u.s. congress, senator byrd also achieved the distinction of holding more elected leadership offices in the united states senate than anyone in the body's history. his senate service can -- is the body's longest. senator byrd holds the distinction of serving in congress longer than anyone else. his achievements and his unright field archive of accomplishments -- unrifled archive of accomplishments was one sole purpose, to serve others. and he never tired of trying to find ways to help a little more, to do a little better. striving for the next wrung was for senator byrd a lifelong pursuit. he was forever setting goals and he challenged hims

warm womb. >> larry: at your birth. >> yes, at my birth. i guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer. i usedrform even just in restaurants with my family or in the living room. but it's been really a very exciting transition now that i get to do this for a living. and i just refuse to stop. i probably should take a break and go on vacation. but i'd rather die onstage, not under a palm tree. >> larry: before you were a performer, did you have any other jobs? >> yeah. well, i was a waitress for many years. and a bartender. and i was a go-go dancer briefly as well. i used to make a lot of money to pay for demos and flyers that i used to post up all around the nyu area on the lower east side to get people to come see my shows. i got a job when i was 15 because my allowance was about $20 a week. which in new york was impossible. so i used to waitress across the street from where i grew up. and i used to take all the money i made waitressing so that i could go watch jazz downtown. >> larry: you said that people use the word icon carelessly. do you consider yourself an icon? >> no, i do not. i hope

about whether or not we're going to put a price on global warming pollution is another day that the chinese, germans and span yards among others are going to get ahead of usn making clean energy our future. that's why it's important to put a declining limit on carbon pollution cl which will then drive investment towards geothermal and advanced bios other countries are making and that are pulling ahead of us in the ries to make the clean energy technologies that we need this century. host: what provision do you see being included in energy legislation because of what's happening in the gulf coast? >> well, we like to see a number of things. first, we believe that there ought to be a goal in there that says we will reduce our oil use by 27 barrels a day by 20 30. second, let's invest in natural gas-powered medium and heavy trucks and buses that's been promote bid t boone pickens. third, let's make plugin hybrid or all electric cars, we need places where people can recharge them. let's also invest in the factories to build those cars. in addition, we need to be able to raise revenue that would pay for these incentives, because obviously we have a huge budget

to advance climate change policies, a.k.a. global warming when it's not warming, and back to the article, quote, they are resorting to the misleading tactics they used in their health care and finance report. posing as the scourges of the special interest and tarring reform opponents as the stuges of big business -- stooges of big business. expect b.p. to be public enemy number one in the climate debate. there's a problem. b.p. was a founding member of the u.s. climate action partnership, a lobby dedicated to passing a cap and trade bill. as the nation's largest producer of natural gas, b.p. saw many ways to profit from climate legislation. notably by persuading congress to provide subsidies to coal fired power plants that switch to gas. in february, b.p. quit the united states climate action partnership without giving much of a reason beyond saying the company could lobby more effectively on its own than in a coalition that is increasingly dominated by power companies. they made out particularly well in the house's climate bill while natural gas producers suffered. but two months ago, i'm still reading from the article, two months ago, i'm sorry, t

to thank you for having us. >> i knew he was not done. i did that for effect. >> you took me seriously? >> no. we have to get you on to your warm newspaper. -- home to your warm newspaper. [laughter] the really good news is that i have the ending to the buck. the indians to the book are hard to find. -- endings to the book are hard to find. i was giving a talk in washington and the subject of your great biography, a woman in charge, hillary clinton was the other speaker. afterwards, she came up to me and said, i quote from your book all the time. i " so often, i think i should give you royalties. >> i stupidly said, no, no. i should have said, how much? she said she quotes the book -- the end of the book when you ask about history. why'd you " that? -- white you " that? she said, you cannot be president of the united states and talk like that. she is hitting her fist. george bush is a fatalist. he gives himself over to history, we do not know. you cannot think and talk like that and be president. i said, -- she said, no, no, you cannot. george washington would never talk like that. thomas jefferson would never talk like that. b

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us that b.p. that with all the talk and senator kerry and global warming bill and the bill they were trying to get done. it makes it so outrageous that they got sloppy. lots of safety problems. and this thing happens, because it deficient states not just -- the worst tragedy is the loss of life and there are 17 others that were severely hurt and our thoughts and prayers go out to them and i know my friend says that it's almost comical. and you know what a personal loss of life and me including, losing a brother and cousin's funeral i attended yesterday and nothing like that kind of heart ache. but then the next tragedy is what's being done to this country, what's being done for us to be energy independent and be dependent on countries that don't like us and who are our enemies. there are tragedies. most tragic the loss of life, injuries and what they have done to our future is also really devastating and we have got to take a step forward. and our friend from the navy made it clear, you got to take charge. people are looking at you. i know when i was in the army, it made an impression on me when a

warming of the polar ice cap. my second point is about hydrogen fuel. it is not a carbon-resolution because it takes hydrocarbons to create the hydrogen to use in the fuelose are my comments, thanks. guest: in the first instance, the hydrogen would come from hydrocarbons like natural gas or coal or even biofuels. over a period of time, there is every reason to expect that you could take hydrogen out of water. if you are using carbon-free electricity like nuclear electricity or renewable electricity and you are electrolyzing water to make hydrogen, that could create carbon-free hydrogen for the purpose of personal mobility. with respect to the global fan of cash and trade for aa bi- number of years. i think that as an incentive program to bring down carbon a waste into the atmosphere. i read about that extensively in my book. host: the former president of shell oil co., thank you for your time. we will take a look at the state and federal laws that deal with retirement plans, 401k's, and pension funds. we will be joined by our guest from boston in a few minutes. >> everyone has an agenda and as long you know what their agenda is and the pact are right, t

white house energy and global warming adviser carol will be interviewed on this morning's show so she does not want to guess the prospects for success when the beach resident to use a contemning cap to control the gulf coast oil spill. bp may attempt another temporary fix. bp says cost for this bill have reached $990 million. shares in the company had been plunging in london. meanwhile, stock futures are tumbling after that enough fell to a new four-year low. two pakistani intelligence officials are offering more details on the death of a top al qaeda figure, saying that the qaeda figure, saying that the man was killed and a u.s. missile strike may 21 in the north waziristan trouble area, and al qaeda itself confirms that the third ranking official was killed along with members of his family. finally, the 40-year old son of the former abc anger ted koppel was found dead in a new york city apartment. the cause of death has not yet been determined. now "washington journal" continues. host: we want to welcome todd tucker, the research director with the global trade watch. our topic is nafta. and also daniel griswold of the cato institute. what impact do you think th

to go on, video every second reminding us of that. the more we hear the more disconcerting it gets. we heard one of the all-time experts on global warming finally admit early this year that, well, actually, there's no evidence of the planet warming since 1995, and in the last few years it's been cooling, yes, the middle ages were a lot warmer in the northern hemisphere than it is here now, of course, i'm sure it's easy to remember from history the middle ages, the noo sir, all those folks, -- the norse, all those folk, they had high-powered automobiles creating global warming back in those days. but apparently, it was such a wonderful thing to this administration and to our friends across the aisle that british petroleum was onboard with global warming and they were going to -- they were going to make a lot of money in the carbon credit business, they were excited about it and they were the big oil advocate teamed up with the democrats in the senate and thee-- with this administration and so people wondered why this administration didn't come out much more quickly and condemn british petroleum. they were still hoping they were going to

exactly howuch wi the global warming and what we all care about, what does it mean for me,o one can tell y exactly. bu we think it is prudent to diversify our energ sources use a different ways of accomplishing that it is bter for o secity, a good step fward. we think some incentives -- it cod beigrfficiency standards for buildings and cars. there could be different ways to omp -- accomplish it besides cap-and-trade and ct. our group did not take a sition on what theht answer was, but it is something what the nation ha to deal with. wereery proud at bank of america that our new building in new york city is one of the great his buildings in t d. we have a cneration plant, we use low-costlectricityt ght to genate ice to cool the war occurred during the day. we tak water from theas basins and recycle it for toilets. i think there are examples and i am proud the bank is dog that, taki steps to make difference. host: eard onhe democratic line from wionsin. caller: on the advisory board -- they are talng about $10 millio invesent from taxpayers. theernment -- taxyer should on the money. just like a gamble that money to nk of erica obail them out. we own part it fo