and wishing her well. >> larry: valerie, were you there? >> yes, i was. >> larry: how did it affect michael emotionally, valerie? >> he was happy to do it. he wanted to go and show josie support. michael's a very loving child. since this has happened to him, he is more compassionate, even more than he was before, and he wanted to go and show his support to her and to the family, and to let them know that we are praying for josie and the family, and that we're here for them if they ever need anything, any kind of support or help, or a break at any time, we can come -- we can help because we understand exactly what they are going through. >> larry: hilda, is josie able to speak? >> no, she's not. my baby is not able to speak. my baby doesn't even know i'm there, anybody. >> larry: so she can't -- she's in a coma? >> yes. she's in a coma. i pray everyday, everyday that she come out of it. i want her to open those beautiful eyes and see her mom. >> larry: when did this happen? >> last wednesday. >> last wednesday. >> larry: and michael was when

my discussion with bob novak was that valerie plane recommended he go to niger. first they can't be got to talking about because i didn't know wilson's wife name was valerie plane. when he says wilson's wife sent to africa paper that too. if novak had said to me, i need you to confirm something to me, i would've said i can't confirm it. but i could've confirmed it. and again, my point is, is that the allegation was i late to name. we now know that i didn't. the allegation that it was done for political purposes, we now know that novak asked armitage, why was he sent to africa as yet no background in these issues and doesn't seem well suited for an intelligence gathering mission, a high price for ambassador, why did you send him? it was not done for political purposes. and again, there was no underlying offense. if there was an offense of richard armitage would be a much different place than making a living by being an international consultant. because obviously there was no underlying offense. you know, that this is the kind of intensely polarized where people th

we know that the allegation was i leaked valerie claims name to robert novak. i didn't. richard armitage did. the allegation was that was done in order to damage or has been politically. we now know that richard armitage did it in order to explain why in response to a question by joe wilson was sent to africa. the allegation was that this was a violation of law, but armitage's leak was a violation. we know from the special prosecutors there was no line of defense. we know what joe wilson said in his july 6th op-ed in "the new york times" was wrong. he said that he had been sent to africa to investigate the claim of the british intelligence that saddam hussein had attempted to acquire yellowcake uranium in africa by dick cheney. not true. he was wrong when he elected that his report would've come back shared with administration officials, the president, vice president at the highest levels of the white house. not true. when media adviser condi rice at block the president, that was not true. never even made it to the white house. wei said he tried to members of vice cheney

we know that the allegation was that i leaked valerie plane's name to robert novak. i didn't. the under secretary of state did. the allegation was that that was done in order to damage her husband politically. we now know that richard armitage did it in order to explain why in response to a question, why joe wilson was sent to africa. the allegation was that this was a violation of law, armitage's week was a violation of law. we now know there was no underlying offense. we also know that what joe wilson said in his july 6 op-ed in the "new york times" was wrong. he said that he had been sent to africa to investigate the claim of the british intelligence that saddam hussein attempted yellowcake uranium in africa at the behest of dick cheney. not true. he was wrong when he alleged that his report when they came back was shared with administration of rituals the president, vice president at the highest levels of the white house. not true. when you pledge condi rice personally block it from being presented to the president, that was untrue. and he said he personally talked with me

we know the allegation was that i let valerie claim robert novak. i didn't. the allegation was that the done in order to damage her husband. richard in order to explain why a question as to why he went to africa. the allegation was it was thought and down from the special prosecutor activity. there was no underline of offense. we also know that what joe wilson said in his july 6 interview in the "new york times" was wrong. he had said that he had been to africa to investigate the claim of the british intelligence that saddam hussein had attempted to plant in africa. he had the alleged report that was shared with and vice president at highest level of white house. not true. when he alleged that condi rice had blocked it from being presented to the president, not not true. it never made @ white house. when he said he talked with members of vice president cheney's staff, that was not true. he was wrong when he said that he disproved the british. he never understood and knew what the basis of the british claim was. he was collective in proving that saddam had nev

we know that, you know, the allegation was that of a leaked valerie cheney's name. i didn't. the allegation that was done in order to damage her husband politically. we now know that richard r. medish did it in order to explain why in response to a question by joe wilson was sent to africa. the allegation was this was a violation of law that tisch's lead was of law, we know from the activities there was no underlining a fence. we also know what joe wilson said in the july 6 op-ed in "the new york times" was from. he said he had been sent to africa to investigate the claim of the british intelligence that saddam hussein attempted to acquire the uranium in africa at the behest of cheney, not true. he was wrong when he alleged the report was shared with administration officials the president and vice president at the highest level, not true. when he alleged condoleezza rice had personally blocked from being presented to the president that's not true, never made it to the white house. when he personally talked with members of the staff and that they assured him it had been blocke

ravitch shares their observations with valerie strauss of the "washington post." >> host: hi, diane. it's really great to be with you today. i'm excited to have a good conversation about a book that i inc. is really unusual end of the library of education books that i get to meet every day, this book is kind of a combination of memoir, policy, tabet that i think conclusively shows how we failed in education reform. and what i'd like to do is really have to talk about it for people who don't know you, why don't we talk a little bit about your background. you are the legal education historian i think in the country. you have been for many years. european education for 40 years as i understand. you're a professor at new york university. and you're the first administration -- the first bush administration. tell us what you did. guess i'll well, i worked at the head of the research department. i was a assistant secretary for education research and improvement. and what made it attractive to me as i was approached by lamar alexander was from the secretary and he said we want to do somethin

more with diane ravitch and valerie strauss in a moment. >>> mr. speaker, on this historic day the house of representatives opens its proceedings for the first time to televised coverage. >> 31 years ago america's cable companies created c-span as a public service. today, it expanded your access to politics and public affairs, nonfiction books and american history through multiple platforms. television, radio and online. and cable television latest gift from an extensive, free video archives. c-span's video library. >>> "after words" with diane ravitch and valerie strauss continues. >> host: i'm curious about the response that you had to this book. most education books, they made print a few thousand. they get sent to reporters. they get sent to a few wonks and in the body and often for very good reason. i seen a lot of them and a lot of them are boring. yours isn't. what happened with it? >> guest: i think the first thing i should say is it wasn't easy to find a publisher because it is a book about education and educational books don't have a good

valerie jarrett was asked about in this morning. >> what can you tell us about them being suspected of building two nuclear sites? what is the administration prepared tooth to do bt it? >> the president says we're going continue to put pressure on iran and stop them from doing what they're trying to do. >> we have much more coming up pchlt. >>> is legalizing marijuana the best way to solve the massive budget problems in california? >>> and we'll take you the elgin park, pennsylvania. why this is a place you can't actually go. [ smack! ] [ smack! smack! ] [ smack! smack! ] [ smack! smack! ] [ smack! ] [ smack! smack! ] [ horn honking, car alarm blaring ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum ta tum tum tums [ male announcer ] fights heartburn fast. >>> th >>> there was another sign today about how steers budget problems are today. they just agreed to chop one week off the school year to help save money. and here's an even more radical solution to the state's budget problems.

as valerie today, we've come here today to have a conversation about workplace flexibility.many folks have struggled with for so many years. one that we as society really hasn't quite figured out yet. as the parents of two beautiful young daughters, it is an issue that is particularly important to me and my husband as you know, as valerie said, i'm talked about this so often. and it is true in our current life. we are incredibly blessed. we have amazing resources and support systems here at the white house that i could have never imagined. number one of them is having grandmother living upstairs. [laughter] >> we all need one of those. so can you figure that out? but we didn't always live in the white house. and for many years before coming to washington, i was a working mother. doing my best to juggle the demands of my job with the needs of my family with a husband who has crazy ideas. [laughter] >> as i've said before, i consider myself as many of us in this room do is 120%. which means if i'm not doing something at 120%, i feel like i'm failing. i know you can relate. whi

>> is valerie sending me a fruit basket? valerie sending a fruit basket?he needs to accessorize. >> i didn't want to see that. please don't. >> it's all about the accessories. >> sort of an ascot thing right here. >> lord scarborough. >> all right. >> i'll put it right over here. let me read what valerie says. >> i'll read it to you. >>> time for a look at today's top stories. a desperate scene in chile after a massive 8.8 quake in chile. the country's military is deployed to try and keep a dangerous situation from growing even worse. police clashed with looters over the weekend as hundreds of people ransacked stores for food and supplies. secretary of state hillary clinton set to arrive in chile's capital tomorrow to meet with that country's leadership. >>> nancy pelosi standing by new york congressman charlie rangel, under fire for violating house ethics rules. members of both sides of the aisle are criticizing the 20-term democrat for accepting trips to the caribbean that was sponsored by corporations. he machines to run for a new term. nancy pelosi is

. >> montgomery county commissioner valerie earvin commissioned a study. they sound latino and african-american males are the population they need to be focusing on. in montgomery county, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> you're working the night shift. >> i had lunch outside in the cafe and thought of. you. >> thought of me. how's that pollen out there, veronica? >> it's high again today, jim and wendy. and maple and elm, those are the trees that are leafing. i think we're going to have a slightly higher pollen count tomorrow because it's going to be even warmer. a look at the sky. we've got high clouds overhead. 67 degrees, the current temperature, we may be getting an hourly reading coming to us at 68 degrees for a high temperature. bullet it's the sixth warmest day out of the month in the 24th day of march. wind at 15. we've en gusts come through at 20 miles per hour. so a breezy evening for us. let's take a look at temperatures in some of the other neighborhoods. 67 degrees in and around the d.c. area. adams morgan, capital hill, at 67 degrees. camp sprin

. >> it's three gals, wonderful gals, valerie bertinelli, jane leeves and wendie malick.nd they're all not having any action in los angeles, so they decide to fly to paris maybe for some romance. well, there's a plane problem, and they are grounded in cleveland. and as they walk through to get another flight, all the guys in the airport are hitting on them and eyeing them, and they say, why are we spending all that money to go to paris when we're hot in cleveland? >> larry: ah. and you are the caretaker of the house they live in? >> they moved into the house, and i kind of go along with the house. and of course i'm the proverbial pain in the ass. but it's great fun. and the girls are wonderful together. the chemistry together is great. >> larry: you don't have to work. why do you keep doing this? >> it's such fun, larry. why should you stop something you enjoy so much? my life, half animals, half show business, the two things i love the most. why should i quit? >> larry: are you at all surprised that you are suddenly very hot again? >> oh, i'm not hot again, but i mean, i

there was a meeting in the summer of 2007 at the home of valerie and obama said look, he said, we're at the point where, you know, if we keep going like this we're going to finish second in iowa. second is not good enough. we have to step up our game. it wasn't until the late fall of 2007, particularly, i think, the moment where the complain really turned around was jefferson/jackson dinner this iowa in early november of 2007 where obama gave another speech which lek if id an audience of 10,000 activist. david yupsen who was the most prominent wrote if barack obama wins the iowa caucus we will look back on last night as the night he turned the complain around. we remember the moments of soring rhetoric and big crowds as you say. but there was a complain that went up and down and up and down. and even in the two weeks after the republican convention when the sarah palin pick, in fact, was working politically and the polls began to close, on the night before lehman brothers went bankruptcy, there was a meeting of the obama team and obama again said, we are not getting the job done at t

there was a meeting in the summer of 2007 at the home of valerie geren, and obama said look, you know, we are of a point where if we keep going like this, we are going to finished second in iowa and second is not good enough, we've got to step up hour game. and it wasn't until late fall of 2007. particularly i think the moment where that can and really turned around was the jefferson jackson dinner in iowa in early november of 2007 where obama gave another speech which electrified and all the ends of 10,000 activists in iowa and david gypsum, then the most prominent and influential columnist and audio working for "the des moines register" road the next morning if barack obama wins the diyala caucus is we will look back on last night as the night that he turned the campaign around, and so we remember the moments of kind of soaring rhetoric and big crowds as you say that this was a campaign that went up and down and up and down, and even in those two weeks after the republican convention when the sarah palin take in fact was working politically and the polls began to close, on the night

don't know valerie's situation, if she is a homeowner or renter.ore you get across to saving, you make sure you take of housing. i recommend that people keep that competence at 25 and no more than 30% of their paycheck. if he they are paying 50% of their paycheck, they're going to have trouble saving for anything. >> what if their job doesn't supply enough money for them to put mon money away. >> thinking of remaking yourself and getting additional schooling for a different job that pays more. >> crystal says i'm 27 with three kids. what should i save for college for the kids or he retirement rr me or do a little bit of both? >> good question, crystal. you have to put your own personal retirement plan above your children's education plan. if the worst thing kids have to do is payoff a school loan, that's a finite amount, if they have to take care of ailing parents who didn't save enough, that is a infifn a infinite am. >>> in today's economy is it imperative to own a home. i'm single without children, isn't better to explore tax shelters rather tha

and what could i say but that the french poet paul valeri the future is not what the past used to be.nd indeed and nowhere else but in the bilateral relationship is that true. and ambassador sarukhan's presentation, this 25-minute essay on mexico and it's contemporary challenges could not better embody or illustrate that point. the candor, the directness, the confidence that he has in speaking here in the united states congress with such direct candor and frankness. so what i'd like to do is pick up in a few minutes recognizing that i am in the unenviable position of standing between this group and lunch to pick up on the ambassador's last point on octavio paz about mexico speaking and america listening. it's not only what's happening in mexico and what's happening in the united states, vis-a-vis the bilateral relationship. and to mirror the relationship, the first actual foreign assistance program between the united states and mexico represented by president calderon and president bush a complete 180-degree reversal in the way in which the two countries dealt with one another and con

on "this week" but house senior adviser valerie juror. mississippi republican, and pennsylvania and democratic gov. as well. the guest on a "fox news sunday" will be a debate between republican candidates for the u.s. senate seat from florida, and former florida house speaker rubio. on "face the nation" you'll hear bob schieffer with tim kane. south carolina republican demint and michelle bachmann. candy will speak with david axelrod. senate republican conference chair lamar alexander, and maryland democratic senator. you can listen to all five of the talk shows beginning at noon at eastern right here on c- span radio. follow us on facebook and twitter. >> the renovation of the pentagon has made it much harder for a reporter to just walk around because more spaces are now behind doors where i cannot go unless escorted. >> tonight, national correspondent on covering the military here domestically and in iraq and afghanistan. >> when i hear president obama said that he is president of all-america i say obsolete, and i'm glad that we are one

eservice to his country for almost three decades with the internal revenue service, where his wife valerie has also worked. the gentleman from georgia is a particularly appropriate person to present this resolution today. after living thru a life of segregation -- in south carolina, vern was present that day, john lewis, when you along with dr. martin luther king spoke down the mall here in the famous "i have a dream" speech and the celebration at the lincoln memorial. his dream, he saw in his service to his country through the army and through the internal revenue service was a dream rooted in freedom and justice and 45 years after that speech, vernon was able to witness america's progress when he himself served as a delegate for president obama. dr. martin luther king once said the quality, not the longevity of one's life is what is important. because vern hunter cared enough to make a difference, austin and this nation that he loves so much and served his whole life was made better. in a remarkable statement, at a moment of such great pain, the hunter family expressed its personal forgi

and then valerie jarrett, one of the top advisors to obama said this about iran yesterday. >> in factr the last year, what we've seen when the president came into office, there was a unified iran. now we're seeing a lot of divisions within the country and we're seeing steady progress in terms of a world coalition that will put that pressure on iran so no, i think we have a strong force in the making and iran will back down. >> they will back down. 10 seconds, sir? >> well, that, i think, is exactly what the white house believes. i don't think she made that up. she's not a foreign policy person. that's the line they gave to say and it shows how desperately wrong and naive the obama administration is. >> all right. former ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, thank you, sir, for joining us on this soggy monday. >> thank you. >> you bet. >> coming up on the show, star from the show "law & order" finds herself in the middle of a real life crime drama. why she was scared for her own life. >> you know the student loan provision that got swept into the health care bill, turns out th

>> it was fascinating, wolf, secretary clinton went, as well as valerie jarrett, diane von furstenbergsuccessful women in the united states who came together to try to help the women of afghanistan. empowering women in afghanistan is not only part of the solution over the long term, to the situation in afghanistan, but it's actually a national security issue. these are not separate issues, and they were impassioned pleas by women from afghanistan who are helping other women who are helping children and who are fighting for the legal rights of women in afghanistan, who said, look, you've got -- america's got to get away from the way they were initially, that is projects that -- that sort of empowered women, projects that were financed to support women's issues, they've got to incorporate women now. women need to be at the national security table talking about national security issues that affect them. and one woman, who has voices of women in afghanistan, an organization that fights for legal rights, said, you know, when you're talking about issues like the reconciliation with the talib

why would you believe anything that karl rove, cheney -- these guys out said valerie plame, the undermine the national security and why would we believe anything they say. host: jackie, let us send us off with a health care call. good morning, thank you. would he think about health care? caller: i am afraid it will do the same thing that chris dodd did with fannie and freddie, bankrupting this country and the banks. my son came up to me in 2003 and said he wanted to buy a house. the of money for downpayment? no. closing? know. how would you buy a house? i can get a five-year interest only loan after five years -- i said, it sounds pretty good. but you never know what the interest rates are going to be. i said it is the worst kind. he did not by the house, thank god. the house he was looking at for 300,000 is 200,000 two years ago. there are a lot of people who are going to lose their homes. instead of this problem they will make another problem. as far as the war is concerned, i think it's the best thing that ever happened. i iraq now has a government -- the maniacs are all gone. afghanis

valerie jarrett is just a star-struck obama fan. >> right. >> david axelrod is a hapless political hackho's star struck with obama and can't tell him the truth. the same thing with gibbs. that there's this cult of obama and old rahm is the only one there. if they had only listened to rahm, his approval ratings would still be in the 70s. these stories that he's leaking savage everybody at the white house. >> yes. i'd venture to say and i think we all would agree that being in the white house is nothing like being on the campaign trail. having said that, those people that you mention were able to do the unthinkable, and what was a concept that people laughed at a couple years ago. so it's not like they're without talent. yeah. here with us now, executive editor -- >> unlike jim vandehyke with politico. i'm sorry, i didn't know you were there. >> he's got "the morning playbook." >> can i weigh in on rahm? i don't agree with you, joe. jonk on this specific story i would bet a lot of money that rahm was not involved in it. mostly because it's clear it was put together in the last five or six

valerie is calling from kansas city, missouri. which is kind of our focus this morning. are you losing your job, first of all? caller: hopefully not. host: what do you teach and what do you think of the plan to shut some of the schools down? caller: i teach first grade and i'm part of one of the school's that are going to go. i grade our school district as a c. the only reason why i say that is because of the lack of parental support from home. it just like the other caller just said, they use the teachers as a scapegoat. because i'm a teacher and i work very hard. i'm at school at least almost 12 hours a day trying to prepare and make their education as best as i can. so it is not always the teachers, it is the lack of help from home. host: can you give a specific example of students who you think need more help from home? caller: some of the students are absent a lot, and a lot of the students -- talking specifically about my class, they come in severely behind and it is hard to catch them up. if i am teaching first grade and they are not even at a kindergarten level.

valerie in michigan. independents line. >> hi. thanks for taking my call. i'm glad the deem and pass, that they're not going to go ahead and use that, they're going to have a straight up anddown vote. i don't agree with the bill that they're going to vote on tomorrow. they should start all over again. there are people in this country, like the previous caller, that do need medical health insurance. so thank you for taking my call. >> thanks for calling. nadene in michigan on the independents line. i'm sorry, nadene in maryland. >> i just want to say i'm very disappointed that the democrats are allowing the misinformation to get out there about the deem and pass process. it has been used before, possibly not for something on this scale, but it has been used they say six tiles, and over 200 times on amendments. so i am very disappointed that the democrats are not out there to get in the front of this misinformation. and the last thing i would like to say is that all these republicans and independents and tea partyers like to talk for the american people. i'm