as you had said human rights are being violated every day in venezuela. also there is enough evidence of hugo chavez supporting columbian guerillas and intervening in other countries in the hemispheres. but there's not too much that us americans can do. the last administration i know for the first time that they were told stop buying oil from venezuela. you haven't done anything, you know, it's 10 years he has been in power. but also you mentioned -- actually, i personally admire madam secretary of the state, you know, hillary clinton. she had said, you know, in china, hey, just put aside the human rights and let's just try to -- >> please, can we have the question. >> yeah. it's really, you know, an issue that venezuela, you know, in the united states agenda? >> i would like agree with that. >> the question is, is venezuela an issue on the u.s. agenda? at the national level, you have to realize that the president of the united states, the national government be, is faced with the most severe economic crisis since the last severe economic crisis which is

all we have to do is look in venezuela. this administration, the liberal leadership in this congress is going down the same road that hugo chavez is taking the venezuelans. venezuela nationalized their energy system. that's exactly what we're trying to do here with cap and -- cap and trade. venezuela, hugo chavez nationalized the financial institutions. we already have done that. we nationalized the chrysler and g.m. and they're trying to force ford into the same trap. we've nationalized the insurance industry. we're nationalizing everything of major consequence in this country economically. and now the leadership wants to nationalize, federalize, socialize the health care system in america. now, where's that train going to take us? we have a clear picture of that too. all we have to do is look in cuba. look in soviet controlled soviet union prior to them making their forms and turning towards more capitalistic system. but we can look at cuba. cuba prior to fidel castro taking over that government was very prosperous. certa

in terms of hugo chavez and what's going on in venezuela. there's a lot to say about what's interesting about it, and, you know, i was there several times. my son chess saw lived there and worked there, but i did find when i visited these, you know, venezuela's a place that has not had education for all, and it now does. and education in an interesting way, what i really admire about what they're trying to do is education goes from preschool through life. and so there are learning circles, literacy circles in communities, in

program allows eligibility for countries like iran, venezuela, zimbabwe, burma, and others. and that these countries, mr. speaker, are not necessarily in pursuit of policies that help the national security of this country and given the fact that our president has said, we don't have the money, how is it, mr. speaker, and i'd ask the gentleman, does he think that we ought to be delaying the funding of our troops by including the provisions that we just spoke of? i yield. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the gentleman's premise is incorrect. none of us on this side think we ought to delay this bill. none of us. we believe that the troops need the funds. our president has asked for the funds. we are for passing those funds. very frankly in the senate as you know they add add lot of extraneous matters. -- added a lot of extraneous matters. some republicans added extraneous matters we are not happy about on this side of the aisle. large sums of money which have nothing to do with the troops. they were added because those members of the senate who happen to be very h

the president of venezuela to pay very close attention -- a who paid very close attention to events very early on. there were early signs that there was something of a bullet. this plot was taking shape. it resulted in a brutal coup d'etat. the presidents of bolivia who spoke on behalf of people of the world, also indicating his protest. the terrible discomforts, because some presidents have passed through times of weakness in their terms. we have all been affected. often, these threats are nothing more than that, simply threats. when these threats are issue behind rightful defendants, that means we had still not progressed enough. have we still not been able to reign in violence and resolve it peacefully using legal terms? were they necessary? another country of laws and constitutions to enter into dialogue and to resolve any disputes which may concern an activity or an event that is taking place in our country. to the presidents of carearacom, and i will not name them all because they are english names. i have a hard time announcing them. -- pronouncing them. i would like to announce p

we have to make the investment here and not in saudi arabia, and libya, and russia, and venezuela. that is where it must end today. >> the gentleman's time is expired. >> i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from california. >> not only is this legislation not the right thing, it is one of the most overreaching, damaging pieces of legislation that has ever come before this house of representatives. this national energy tax is a job killer and will cost american families over $3,000 per year while doing very little to affect global measures. rural america, low-income families, farmers will suffer the most under this new tax. we all want to protect our environment. we can accomplish that through innovation and investment, not by government micromanagement that undercuts americans' ability to compete globally. i urge all members to protect the american economy and livelihoods of many of american families and say no to this gigantic national energy tax. i yield back. >> the gentleman from new york. >> i like to yield two minutes to this gentleman. >> i want to commend mr.

both hail from venezuela. >> gary: did you lose it in the sun? sheffield, the runner at first base. murphy up, rbi single his first time to the plate. 3-1 lead, five hits, four for the mets, four for the o's. trying to get the double play ground ball here. murphy takes the pitch for a strike. uehara, left-handers, right- handers, not much difference. six home runs surrendered. that one is going to be a base hit. into the gap. sheffield will make the turn. he's going oh go to third. throw will come in to second base. and, again, the mets putting runners on base. at first and third and one down. >> jim: this is what daniel murphy did last year. this year he started pitching him in. you could see the target in, but it doesn't get it in. so again, murphy, his strength out over the plate. think about if you ever have to look in until you get the two strikes. nope, that time he gets another good pitch to hit. so both away. he takes advantage of it. pretty nice stroke. >> gary: 11 hits last night for the mets and only one of them was an extra-base hit, a double. they now have six hits on t

we just have to make the investment, here and not in saudi arabia and libya and venezuela and russia. that is the policies of previous administrations. that is where a mess in today. >> the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from michigan? >> i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from california. >> the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> not only is this legislation not the right thing, this legislation is what -- one of the most overreaching, damaging pieces of legislation that has ever come to this house of representatives. this national energy tax is a job killer and will cost the american families over $3,000 per year. it will do very little to affect global temperatures. rule america, low and middle income families will suffer the most under this new tax. mr. speaker, we all want to protect our environment, but we should accomplish that for innovation and advancement, not by government micromanagement that undercuts america's ability to compete globally. i urge all members to protect the american economy and livelihoods of millions of american familie

donees dude in russia and venezuela. that is what the policies with lettuce do. that is where it must in today. >> i wish the gentleman's passion was directed to bring in the bill before the committee. i yield one minute. >> not only is this legislation and not the right thing, this legislation is one of the most overreaching, damaging pieces of legislation that has ever come before this house. this national energy tax is a job killer and will cost american families over $3,000 per year while doing very little to affect global temperatures. rural america, low and middle families, will suffer the most under this new tax. we all want to protect our environment, but we should accomplish that there innovation and investment not by government micromanagement that undercut america's ability to compete globally. i urge all members to protect the american economy and livelihood of millions of american families and say no to this gigantic national energy tax. >> new york. >> i like to yield two minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts. >> he is recognized for two minut

there is in fact no circumstance under which i would like to be a citizen of north korea, zimbabwe, venezuela, cuba or russia. i am a citizen -- [cheers and applause] >> i am a citizen of the united states of america. and the rest of this speech is about the united states of america. [cheers and applause] >> america is an unique civilization. calista and i a couple of years ago did a movie called "rediscoverying god in america" which ises a walking tour of this city. we did it deliberately. it was our answer to the ninth circuit of court which is in fact irrationally out of touch with this country and irragly ruled that one nation under god was unconstitutional, grounds for my thought we should abolish the court and -- thomas jefferson eliminated 18 out of 35 federal judges, over one half of all federal judges. i am merely proposing one court of appeals. i am a moderate on this issue. [applause] >> but the core of this is a very historic straightforward debate. it's not a theological debate, it's not a religious debate despite every effort of the elite media and every effort of the left to di

the government of venezuela. our state department criticized hugo taught as for using the resources of the government to affect elections before representatives to control the government. so what can you do to propose to congress or you're on board for regulatory changes rules that would prevent corporate management from using the resources of the company to unduly influence the outcome of the election without giving similar resources to the other side? what to do to say this and challenges supposed to get resources and what has the sec done to make sure that the challengers have equal space in the proxy statement which is the one document you to control? >> thank you, congressman. that exact issue was the point that the commission took up on may 20 and as you may know this is the third attempt the commission has made to give shareholders to have a state law right to nominate directors the ability to have those nominees included within the company's proxy materials. so the issue about disclosure and the ability t

and the great nationalizer of the industries in venezuela who had just nationalized a rice plant that belonged to a minnesota plant was standing there smiling next to president obama who was the greatest nationalizer of all. he nationalized two of the large est car makers in the world and watched the nationalization of our banking institutions. the free market system from top down is being swallowed up and nationalized, instead of privatized and i would make this point that our president today was elected at least in part because he challenged president bush and criticized president bush for going into iraq without an exit strategy. this president has declared that he doesn't want to own or manage, freddie mac or fannie mae, the financial institutions or the auto makers of america, but he has engaged in all of that without an exit strategy. i call on president obama to come up with an exit strategy to divest the american taxpayers that he makes hugo chave3 that he makes hugo chavez a piker. mr. akin: that is a summary of where we're are. this disease that struck the washington area a

so and latin america now are growing forces, energies that changing reality and in venezuela and ecuador the plain common sense for instance korea, the president when he says we are not going to pay for the debt unless it is proved that the foreign debt is real. because most of the foreign debt that is in a in present, the faults that never existed are the result of the generosity of the international financial institutions like international monetary fund, world bank and the deep bunkers so generous with the military dictatorships to finance. the question coming from common sense is why should people pay for the snake that bit him or her and why should people finance the corruption of the politicians savings this banks and he was attacked say in this is a scandal, he is mad. they are always trembling. a catastrophe is going to happen [inaudible] >> host: which of the current leaders of latin america do you admire the most, do you think -- is moving in the right direction? >> guest: i don't like speaking about leaders and. it is a were idled like at all. and even the word leadership, i l

in view of the countries that will benefit from this are people that are not our friends like venezuela. yemen, syria, and zimbabwe. let us get all of the facts out there and not just part of them. the yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentleman from wisconsin. he continues to resurface time. the gentleman from california. >> to demint from indiana is recognized for tenements. >> thank you. and thank the distinguished ranking member. there rights and opposition to the bill is underway today. i joined my democratic colleagues in supporting the bipartisan military supplemental bill which passed this house earlier in congress. when it comes to providing our sodas with the resources they need to get the job done in return and say, we must set aside politics as usual. we did that. i cannot support this military supplemental bill today. it is a disservice to the taxpayers of this country and to the brave men and women who depend as every day. people forget we are a nation at war. with american soldiers in harm's way, we have to make sure the soldiers have everything they need to get t

the oil that's produced comes from very troubled parts of the world -- saudi arabia, kuwait, iraq, venezuela, and more -- so 70% of the oil that we need comes from outside of our country and nearly 70% of the oil that we use is used in transportation. so you see the dilemma here. the dilemma is that we are unbelievably dependent and vulnerable on something over which we have very little control and that is if, god forbid, tonight terrorists interrupted the supply of oil coming into this country from other countries, this economy of ours would be flat on our back. we are unbelievably dependent on oil from other countries, and we have to begin backing away from that dependence. so how do we do that? and by the way, as dependent as we are, visit last year once again and remember what happen happened. speculators took control of the oil market and drove the price of oil to $147 a barrel in day trading. the tries of gasoline went up -- the price of gasoline went up to $4, $4.50 a gallon just like that. there was no excuse for it and no justification for it. there was nothing in supply and demand

members such as cuba and venezuela and north korea and iran to have a say in what type of gun regulations are imposed on american citizens. as dean of the yale law school, mr. koh was a leader in another effort that i think is troublesome. it was an effort to deprive students of the freedom to listen to military recruiters who wanted to explain on campus the benefits of a career in our military services. we all, every one of us in this body, frequently express our gratitude to the people in the united states military services who protect us, who put themselves in danger in order to protect the very freedoms we're talking about here. and yet as dean of the law school, he would not allow the recruiters for these military institutions to come on to campus, and yet he would protect students' freedom to listen to antiwar speakers on campus. but yale closed its doors to military recruiters primarily because it disagreed with the military's policy on gays. which, by the way, is a policy of the president and the congress, not just the military. in court, mr. koh and others in yale's administratio

so bolivia, and venezuela, and nicaragua, common sense, the president says we are not going to pay foreign debt unless it's proved that the foreign debt is real. because most of the foreign debt that have imprisoned our latin american countries are false debts, that never existed, or are the result of the generosity of the international financial institutions like international monetary fund and world bank and so on, and the great big bankers that were so generous with the military dictatorships to finance, and the question coming from common sense is, why should people pay for the stick that beated him or her, and why should people finance the corruption of the politicians who ran away with the money, saved in swiss banks. so we are going to pay but to pay real debts, not the other ones, and he was attacked. saying, this is a scandal. he is mad. what is this? all this trembling, a catastrophe is going to happen. but the catastrophe didn't happen. it happened in the streets, which is away from -- >> host: is -- which of the current leaders in latin america do you admire the most, do you th

of course your name has been in the headlines and the united states because the president of venezuela, shot is common at our president, barack obama and as a gesture i think of friendship and he gave barack obama this book, open veins of latin america. he gave it to him by understanding in spanish which was a little difficult because obama doesn't read spanish but i think the intention was to give him a book that if you were treated was open his eyes about latin america. there was a lot of discussion about that. what was your reaction when you heard that anecdote that chavez had taken your book to barack obama? >> it's better to be, how is it, young and healthy than old and sick. obviously happy about it but i was quite unhappy when i was walking on the seashore. everybody -- we are selling so while. this was terrible for me. we are living in a world in which each one of us is becoming a commodity and fuel cell, you do not sell, you are sold or not sold. >> host: the bbc i think did that to you because they mentioned after he gave your book to barack obama it rose to number two on the

of course, your name has been in the headlines in the united states because the president of venezuela, chavez met our president barack obama and as a gesture of friendship, he gave barack obama, this book, "the open veins of latin america" i understand he gave it to him in spanish which was difficult because obama does not read spanish but i think the intention was to give him a book that if he were to read it it would open his eyes about latin america what was your reaction when you heard that anecdote that chavez had taken your book two barack obama? >> to be on rather than the old of course, i was happy about but i am a walker. i was walking on the seashore. they said it is selling so well. this was terrible for me. each one of us is becoming defensive you sell, you are not selling you are sold or you are bought a. >> host: the bbc i think did that to you the cuts after he gave your book two barack obama it rose to #2 in the amazon ranking spry checked it because originally it was 57,000. negative and a one or 200,000 but it bounced up and down bride notice this week is 17,000. so

i have a lot of venezuela one-and-one friends, and dash venezuelan friends. my position has always been clear on the nuclear issue. let's make one thing clear. iran before the revolution was a signatory to the nonproliferation treaty, as a result of which we became 10% shareholders in a consortiums which was going to furnish iran the nuclear rods to fuel our nuclear reactors that were going to be started and should have been completed around 1983 if i am not mistaken. at the time, the world community was not concerned about iran's civilian nuclear program. as a matter of fact, most countries that are demanding tougher sanctions were countries competing. what has changed? it is the nature of the system. it is the trust that you can have to a system that makes the whole difference. lack of transparency, lack of responsibility or accountability is the threat. of course, the regime, as capable as they seem to be in twisting every word and fact to make it a national cry, do not tell people of iran, that they, the regime is responsible for us having lost that right

there's nothing to ensure that the united states taxpayer dollars don't go to countries like iran or venezuela. the question of whether to provide this new i.m.f. fund something a controversial one and it may end up being a right decision, but it's one that should be fully debated not airdropped into a conference report. again, whatever the outcome of that debate on i.m.f. funding, it is clearly something that should not be considered as emergency funding. it should be part of the regular appropriations process, which we are in the midst of right now. where tough decisions are made, priorities are set, and a proposal to send $5 billion to the international monetary fund can be weighed against other priorities that members of this house may have like transportation funding or some other issue that it may be determined through the deliberative process is a higher priority. mr. speaker, our military is on the verge of running out of money. we all know that. that frankly is why we are here. the resources needed for our troops to conduct their mission and return home safely are nearly depleted. thi

speaking of hezbollah, there are elements that are recruiting, as far as the venezuela and colombia members for hezbollah. can i call them back for additional help? evidently, they are doing that in some cases. it has been reported that hamas elements have been called by the regime for suppression inside iran right now. it is no longer question of any particular candidate, it is about the sanctity of the ballot box and sovereignty and the legitimacy of the regime as a whole. the fate of people like mr. mousavi lies, in my opinion, as it clear demarcation from the regime. you cannot on the one hand be a candidate of people demanding justice and peace of the the regime -- demanding justice vis- a-vis the regime and uphel the system. that will be the question of whether or not he has actually peeled away from the system for the people. you cannot have any more. -- cannot hedge any more. you have to pick one of the other. >> i am a member of the national press club and a freelance writer from buffalo, new york. in your earlier answer, you leave open the door for future participation in a democr

of course, your name has been in the headlines in the united states because the president of venezuela chavez mad our president barack obama and as a gesture and i think a friendship he gave barack obama this book. "the open veins of latin america". and he gave it to my understand was a spanish which, of course, is a little because obama doesn't read the spanish but i think the intention was to give him a book that if he were to read it to do it opened his eyes about latin america. there's a lot of discussion about that. what was your reaction when you heard that anecdote to that chavez had taken your book two barack obama? >> guest: a generous act, the young and sick, and obviously i was happy about it, but i was quite happy when i was walking in my walker in my neighborhood and the seashore and everybody was saying we are selling so well. we are living in a world in which each one of us is becoming a commodity and you are sold, you are not sold. >> host: the bbc i think did that to because they mention that after he gave your book to barack obama it rose to number two in the amazon r

and he's out after venezuela. 1-2 the count.to stay alive. >> buck: kind of pacing that breaking ball way outside. and brian bass has been throwing the ball very well. he's been in multiple roles. he's worked early in the game and been able to pitch, three, three plus innings. he can give you some late- inning closure. >> jim: castillo just -- just off the plate, but it was outside. and 0-2 on petit. bases loaded. two men down. three runs in. hard hit to short. he flips to wigginton and bass comes on and gets the orioles out of it. after all of that, three runs charged to rich hill. we'll head to the 2nd. the orioles down by 3. boss: so you've been doing a nice job out there helping people save money on car insurance. gecko: aw thank you, sir. boss: but i think there are a few other things you can say about what a reliable company geico is. gecko: right. uh, well maybe how geico's the third-largest car insurance company in america? nice tidbit there. boss: exactly. and i've been thinking, looking a bit more businesslike might he

number one, iran is linked to venezuela, cuba, castro, the new president in cuba. when you look at ahmadinejad, you look at him during a photo op, he actually calls bush the devil, challenging him at the united nations. this is just another country where the man is a puppet. i do not know a lot about his opponent. i knew none know a lot about him. i know that he represents the people, which is why we are obviously having a lot of uprisings over there. all that it is is that it is more photo ops. we have enough issues around the world right now. we went to the united nations, as i remember, to get a resolution. i have yet to hear that publicly put out so that everybody hears about it. host: so, moving forward, how do you suggested the united states handle this situation, assuming that mahmoud ahmadinejad will retain his presidency? caller: #1, we have hillary clinton as the secretary of state. she is powerful, but she needs to act. president obama needs to give her more leverage so that she can act with these countries. we need more support from allied countries as

he is 26 years of age, from venezuela. nats got him in a trade with the yankees that we discussed last week with the yankees. >> rob: look at that. nice cut on that swing which he did not do that. >> bob: you saw him take some big swings? >> rob: he took some big old hacks but that's not his game. you have to know your limitations. you have to know your game plan and elijah sees him. work in progress. >> bob: dukes is back in there. a pretty good blind swipe tag by kevin millar. the key to that for the first baseman is knowing where you are in relation to the bag and you slap the gov down at the bag, not the runner. >> rob: here is the x-mo. millar tags the throw from chavez. >> bob: is it c chavez or chavez. >> rob: chavez. >> bob: raul chavez. >> rob: pretty good cannon for an arm, though. >> bob: yep. he was with the pirates for 42 games last year. they got him in that trade. actually, picked him up as a free agent in december. good defensive guys back there. and gonzalez hangs tough on a pitch up. we are looking at tho

three down being on the agenda was an eruption of demagogues around the world we saw hugo chavez, venezuela, you saw sadr here was really a cleric and iraq for the first several years of the post invasion society very dangerous by turning people against the state, mahmoud ahmadinejad was a demagogue in some ways but not in the way he came into power but the threat that he posed to other countries, the leader of hezbollah in southern lebanon is classic and will list goes on. >> host: why did you write this book? >> guest: out of a longstanding fascination with why come a democracy to me is probably the most beautiful and extraordinary thing we have come up with in a society. in the course of the human condition. but it suffers from a paradox which is freedom, probably our most valuable gift. we can so easily let it go that i have been throughout my life at what happened in germany in the thirties they had a quite beautiful and hopeful constitution but then people of ordinary germans handed their freedom over to adolf hitler through the lawful process then turned against them that it turns ou

you cannot pay off political allies with contract lot if america begins to resemble venezuela and russia in changing the law to favor political allies and punish enemies, our economy will be crippled for a generation. people will not invest where politicians can rip them off. i don't think that barney frank and chris dodd are good advertisements around the world for the next factory to come to the united states. how do we get back to economic growth? raising taxes does not work. what would work? let's go back to first principles. taxes are a first principle. high taxes kill jobs and growth. low taxes encourage jobs and growth. what would a free on the prize orient the stimulus package be like? first, let's give it to the people that work and the businesses that hire them. if we have a two-year 50% reduction in the social security and medicare tax, you would have an extraordinary explosion of small business, a dramatic increase in unemployment, the money available for businesses to invest without bureaucracy and without politicians. he would have a dramatic rebound. it would be much bette

this regulatory regime would allow the united nations members, such as cuba and venezuela and north korea and iran to have a say in what type of gun regulations are imposed on american citizens. this is not constitutional government in america. taken to their logical conclusion -- and i'm continuing the heritage quote here -- mr. koh's ideas could lead to a national database of all firearm owners as well as the use of international law to force the u.s. to pass laws to find out who owns guns. all who care about freedom should read his speech. senators need to think long and hard about whether koh's extreme views on international gun control are appropriate for america. let me just cover a couple of other things. this one about the iraq war. mr. koh published a commentary in the hartford current on october 20, 2002, entitled "a better way to deal with iraq." here's just an excerpt from that article -- and i quote -- "i believe that terrorism poses a grave threat to international peace and security. i lost friends on september 11 and have shared in the grief of their families. i believe tha

with freedom being on the agenda was an eruption of demagogues around the world, hugo chavez in venezuela, mouton outsider -- q --muqtada al-sadr who may iraq dangerous by turning people against the state, mahmoud ah d ahmednijad in the threat he posed to other countries, the leader of hezbollah in southern lebanon, that is a classic demagogue. the list goes on. >> why did you write this book? >> a long standing transportation, why democracy to me is the most beautiful and extraordinary thing we have come up with. and society, in the course of the human condition, suffers from a paradox, which is freedom. our most valuable gift, we can so easily let it go. they had a beautiful constitution, and people of -- ordinary germans held -- handed their freedom to adolf hitler and it was turned against them. it has gone through human history, over and over again, it happened in france. you had liberty, equality, fraternity. and then you had guillotines. the broadway version, you parad and i was fascinated by that. how do you make democracy work, how do you make it flourished? how do you make ordin

this and we were being held captive by the oil companies, though large oil-producing states whether venezuela, saudi arabia, iran, we are held captive and americans increasingly wanted energy independence. but what grew over time was the desire for alternative energy wind, solar, renewable spur growth and the 2006 election began to push democrats to focus on energy independence, with great american jobs but american control south and james carville and i urge candidates to end positive and tell them you're going to go to washington you want to work with anybody to get an energy independence and even work with president bush to move forward on energy independence. some candidates listened and some did not. and we suggested by 2008 barack obama was running energy independence, clean energy was his top tier most popular issue. the top of the things they want him to do. they think it is the most important national security and economic policy. the agenda has changed. the fight is different. both affect energy is at the top but one of the pieces that is drawn into it. >> host: but even before secu

. >> bob: signed by the yankees from venezuela. he came here via a trade. >> rob: dodgers gave up on him too much. >> bob: zimmerman can't get there. >> rob: i think the dodgers prefer russell martin's offense better than they like navarro's defense. >> bob: they are not a great defensive club but they have speed in the outfield. they'll take away some hits. 1-1 to navarro. right now, he is not catching up with stammen's stuff away. >> rob: to answer that question you asked about the ray, i mean the yankees knew how talented the rays are. they start this season, first time, i think, in like 100 years or 97 years, 0-8 against the red sox. now, everybody is panicking. you still have a ridiculously priced all-star team in new york and this one of the lowest payrolls in baseball. >> bob: yes. >> rob: nice running fastball. >> bob: ass mentioned, the red sox are in fail ya. blue jays hosting florida this weekend. then the orioles are hosting atlanta. 2-2 pitch. out of play again. the rays have been able to get the bat on the ball, makin

pinto is out of venezuela. he is 26 years old.e has been with the marlins in the big leagues since the 2006 season. we're tied 6-6 in the 10th. the full count on huff with two men down. and it is inside. ball four. and another walk. so the orioles once again get the potential go-ahead run on. two walks in the inning, but pinto was helped out by the double play ball. >> buck: melvin mora, he got it going. he delivered a big go-out base hit in his last at-bat. that was his first hit of the night and, boy, was it a big one. he kept hope alive. >> jim: i guess the fans are wondering might dave trembley go to bench for another one to pinch run, he can't because there is not another one to go into the game defensively. now the game that is in now, they have to go. that was the one to utilize, and he pinch ran for wieters and then he still had zaun available. >> buck: if you don't think things happen in a hurry in the dug-out. you can imagine ninth inning, two outs and all of a sudden you have to pull all of the right strings and he did.

. >> bob: marco scutaro, 33-year- old infielder from venezuela that got -- they got in a trade from oaklanda year ago november. he hit .267 for the jays last year. he's hit .302 right now with a .404 on-base percentage. home plate umpire, 18-year veteran, crew chief brian gorman. jason smith james hoye, c. b. bucknor and mike everett around the bases. number two to the angels' .22. breaking ball, little chopper. zimmermann right there. >> rob: step and throw. nationals defensively, adam dunn cannot d. h. because we're in a national league ballpark. he's in left. willie harris, a wonder play in new york last night. dukes is in right. then, guzman, hernandez,zimmerman, johnson and behind the plate josh bard. adam dunn back in left field. he told debbi taylor he really enjoyed dhing a couple of days ago in new york. here is aaron hill perhaps their purest hitter. he has 90 hits to lead the american league tied with miguel tejada for the american league lead -- major league lead and has 28 multihit games woirt. >> rob: you would think scutaro wouldn't walk as much, but scutaro has 47 walks on t

speaking of hezbollah, there are elements that are recruiting as far as venezuela and colombia members for them. so it is not just in the region. this can they call them for help? evidently they are in some cases. i don't have any specific information on hezbollah, but it has been reported that hamas elements have been called in to help with repression inside iran right now. as i told you, it is no longer a question of a particular candidate. it is about the contingent sinthity of the ballot box, and the legitimacy of the regime as a whole. the fate of people like him lies in my opinion as a clear demarcation from the regime. you cannot on the one hand be a candidate of the people who are demanding justice and at the same time say you are there to preserve the system. this no longer is tenable. what answer he gives to that question would be my evaluation of whether or not he has actually peeled away from the system with the people. you cannot hedge any more. as we see in my country, it means you cannot want god and data at the same time. you have to pick one or the other. >> in your an

taxpayer dollars will help facilitate countries like iran, venezuela, burma, and others to access more money to do what it is that they think is in their interest and certainly not in the interest of the u.s. but i would like to turn the gentleman's attention back to his statement about the intention of this bill and the primary purpose of the war funding bill which again to loosely paraphrase was to provide for troop safety and security and that's the underlying purpose. and the gentleman indicated that the president has already taken the same position that most of us, i believe, in this house have taken so far as these photos are concerned. and thes release -- release of the photos of the detainees. and so i'm again at somewhat of a loss to understand why it is that even if the white house and the president himself has sided with what i think the majority of the american people feel as well as the members of this house, why it is that we are doing the opposite in the text of the report that we will be voting on. i would say to the gentleman, commander ray odierno, commander of the mu

people forget that when melvin % met of venezuela, there you go, he kind of got it centered, he was a great soccer player. played professional soccer down there. and then went to houston, went to the mets, came over here and played shortstop, playe cene fiel.%it and ught it. knew andino was coming down on him, too. >> bob: broke in the mets in 99 after signing with houston at the age of 19. eight years before that. it took him a while to get to the big leagues. >> jim p.: that didn't work too well. i mean right here, 0-2, you're down by two runs, you've got to figure out, okay, number one, i want to stay away from an extra- base hit and i want tost afra homruu?r] ydoby fadown and away. make zimmerman cover the outside corner. >> rob: i had a pitching coach in the minor leagues, got love him, he passed away a few years ago, he used to always say don't be a thomas edison out there. don't try to invent pitches. don't try to do something you're not capable of doing. right there you saw him change the arm level and everything. i think as a hitter, you're probably not going to swi

hugo job as from venezuela -- chavez, ahmadinejad, they are not exactly friends to the united states. we should be independent of foreign sources of energy in the united states. we have the energy. if we have the will, we can do it, and we can do it together. [applause] this is an issue that you do not hear republicans talk a lot about. i believe it is an issue we can actually take from the democrats. it is the issue of education. it has been said that education is the new civil right in america. i believe that. to compete in the 21st century, our kids need the best schools that they can go to. they already have it in our colleges and universities. we have the finest colleges and universities anywhere in the world. people all over the world want to come to america to go to our colleges and universities. we have arguably the second worst k-12 system in the industrialized world. we are not inspiring children to become and engineers. they need the tools in the fields of science, technology, and engineering to compete. the university said the kids are not coming to us prepared. they are h