host: we're coming from the campus of george washington university and the students here are part of the washington center. go ahead on the democrats line. caller: hi, yes. i just want to let all the americans know that why should we put the republicans back in office when they were in office, they didn't do anything. they literally brought down the whole company. i am a democrat. i'm thinking about changing my -- going independent. i feel like that's what everybody should do. i'm disappointed in the democrats. i'm also disappointed in the republicans. i think that both of them are have made a mockery out of all of this regarding the healthcare. i do want to give a shoutout. there was healthcare in kansas city, missouri. i do not have insurance. i have been laid off for a whole year. i went. i found out that when i did go, i found out that i was a diabetic. i also found out that i had high cholesterol, and i thank god for them coming here, and i did follow up. i followed up with my doctor. it cost me $98. i paid it out of my pocket. they did draw my habes in the doctor's office -- the

is a teachable moment. >> this session from the washington journal coming from the george washington university. we are five, six blocks from the white house in downtown washington, d.c. and gathered in the auditorium representatives of 60 colleges and universities all part of the washington center for two weeks to learn about government and politics and journalism we are going to get to their questions and your phone calls and one questions here up front. go ahead, please. >> negative end from suffolk university of boston. my question is whether or not you think the republicans can win the senate race in massachusetts. and house of the national party kind of missed the ball cleanly getting involved in that race in the last couple of weeks? >> host: before he answers you are for massachusetts. what do you think is going to happen? >> i think it will be closer than people think. i'm kind of disappointed in the national gop for not being in this race from the start. >> again you stop and look at the state and think about what people say about massachusetts, your home state, no doubt but people fo

host: we're coming from the campus of george washington university and the students here are part of he washington center. go ahead on the democrats line. caller: hi, yes. i just want to let all the americans know that why should we put the republicans back in office when they were in office, they didn't do anything. they literally brought down the whole company. i am a democrat. i'm thinking about changing my -- going independent. i feel like that's what everybody should do. i'm disappointed in the democrats. i'm also disappointed in the republicans. i think that both of them are have made a mockery out of all of this regarding the healthcare. i do want to give a shoutout. there was healthcare in kansas city, missouri. i do not have insurance. i have been laid off for a whole year. i went. i found out that when i did go, i found out that i was a diabetic. i also found out that i had high cholesterol, and i thank god for them coming here, and i did follow up. i followed up with my doctor. it cost me $98. i paid it out of my pocket. they did draw my habes in the doctor's office -- they

several of them actually were students of mine at george washington university who wrote about their families in a writing class of mine. i operate on the rule of ruthlessly exploiting my students at every possible opportunity. and so several of the stories come from my students. in several cases i had students who acted as scouts. i had a student who was a high school teacher in philadelphia sent me one family. another was a waitress in a salvadoran restaurant sent me another one. the book is dedicated to my students because they were such an important part of shaping it. >> did your conceptions of immigration change? from writing this? >> yes and for. the basic notion)r that immigration is one of the most dramatic and compelling of all human stories never changed. i knew this from my own family history. my grandparents were immigrants. i knew their stories, i knew their lives. i grew up in an immigrant community ingk new jersey whe everybody i knew was from an immigrant family so that basic sense of what it takes to be an immigrant, the resilience, the tenacity, the courage never

that was at george washington university? >> actually, he made that exact same speech again and again and again in 2002, which was very interesting. you could look at it runway -- at it one way and it could be that he was anxious for minorities to have decent housing or you could save i wonder what forces were in play in 2002 to give him to say this. if you look at it from wall street, in 2002, that was a critical time. it was just about that time that the smart people on wall street decided that instead of being so diversified in the securities, why not just love them up with subprime loans? they started pouring subprime loans into these products in such large numbers that it made them much more vulnerable to explosion. >> what were the democrats doing about the idea of subprime mortgages? >> not enough. it is fair to say that no one was raising alarms. i think she'll bear -- she loved their -- i think one woman was raising concerns by 2004. apart from some people on wall street that started to bet against subprime loans in,

. >> this george washington university, is $50,000 a year for tuition. what do you pay? >> by an anonymous caller so we have been blessed that we get in-state tuition fully covered. usually, regular students would pay $86 per credit. if your full time, that would be $1,000 per semester. >> that is a little bit different. do you happen to know how many want to a four-year university? >> once you graduate, we all usually end up going to university and achieve a bachelor's. >> what have you learned since you've been here? >> just to keep an open mind? you cannot narrow your view. there are other people and other views and you need to pay attention to the spirit if not, you will not succeed. >> do you belong to a party? >> i consider myself to be independent because of a share views with the republicans and democrats. as far as the government, and republican-minded but as for a civil-rights and other aspects, i would have democratic views. >> the republicans do not believe in so rights? >> they do, but things like abortion and gay marriage and other things. >> what do you th

when i teach my public tells students at george washington university, we talk about the three e's of prevention. engineering, education, and enforcement. the industry is doing what they need to do with regard to engineering. in regard to education, the programs are doing what they need to be doing in terms of educating the public. with regard to enforcement, we really need to level the playing field. as was mentioned by senator cullerton, we can level the playing field with the stroke of a pen. it is ludicrous for me to practice in the national capital region, where we serve states that are at the top of the list , and states that are in the worst part of that list is virginia. we need to strengthen that enforcement-arm of this prevented activity. i would like to never see another injury or death resulting from a motor vehicle crash. as a parent and a physician, i can attest that automobile safety laws benefit children, families, our society, and our system as a whole. let's work together to assure that every state has the highest level of protection for everyone on the road. thank y

. >> in the spring of 2008i taught a course on mathematical finance at george washington university and that is the semester bear stearns went under, and the book i used was called options, futures and other derivatives by john, one of the standard books on wall street to read the book but we cost $150 i joke to my students don't were you can always take out a separate loan to buy it. but one of the recurring themes in any course of that time is risk. you can get the expected return against the risk. you talked about the black shores pricing formula and the volatility of the stock. so risk is a pervasive theme and a just is unbelievable to me that what is common knowledge -- this is an undergraduate course. it was unbelievable to me when i learned bear stearns had leverage of 30 or 40:1. this is off the charts. but getting back to the question i want to ask, there is going to be a congressional inquiry or commission on the current financial crisis. >> i spoke to it on monday. >> can you recall to testify what would your comment on the past and advice on the future be. >> let me say firs

washington." this week we are focusing on politics and the media. they represent 60 different colleges and universitiesnd we are happy to have them here. we have two panels this morning. first, a panel sponsored by a partner with the washington center, the graduate school for political management here at george washington university. they will be hosting this panel on a new media. i want to introduce you to the moderator in the center seat and allow him to introduce his panel. he works at the graduate school the university and works in new media and marketing. he's the founder of p oliticsunder30.org. he is in charge of the politics on-line conference this year. two years ago bryce was in one of these seats as part of " insider washington 2008." he is a long like you will be in a matter of hours. -- he is an alum. >> how is everyone doing this morning? we are here at the graduate school of political management at george washington university four blocks from the white house in the center of politics. what will we talk about this morning? we are going to talk about new media and it is a wide subject. wh

so we're here at the political school management at george washington university, just four blocks away from the white house, literally at the center of politics. what are we going to talk about this morning? we're going to talk about new media and politics, and it's a wide subject. so what i thought i would do is i would start out with the landscape. so today, as americans, we have access to over 1 trillion websites. on your iphone, just on your iphone alone, you have access to over 65,000 apps. every minute, according to david almacy's web site and then according to youtube, there's 20 hours of video uploaded to youtube, every minute. the average u.s. teen, i don't know if we still have teens in this audience, the average u.s. teen texts how many times per month? 2,272 times. per month. there are about 200 billion e-mails sent every day, actually, 90% of that is spam. and just this morning, ashton kucher has 4.3 million fans. cnn breaking news only has 2 million. yeah. so i know, adam is going to be disappointed about that. this is actually breaking news, con habmap n last night is pu

. >> reporter: wayne miller teaches exercise science at george washington university. he says most people overestimate the number of calories they burn during a workout and then tend to overeat afterwards. >> by restricting your diet, you can easily cut out 1,500 calories, but to get that amount of exercise in to burn that amount of calories, it takes much more. >> reporter: exercise also boosts your metabolism, so after a vigorous exercise, some might be starving and then lose track of how many calories they're putting away when they eat. >> where it really hits me in the morning is i end up ravenous. >> reporter: but others say it's merely a matter of perception. many say exercising gives them the freedom to eat when they want, so spending an hour at the gym justifies eating pizza for lunch or a greasy burger for dinner. dr. robin says she sees it all the time. >> people feel like it's a carte blanche. i exercised, therefore i can have whatever i want and i don't even have to think about the exercise. >> there are definitely times when i think, i did this, this, and

i spoke with cnn's seen national security analyst peter bergen and george washington university law professor jonathan turley. joining us now, peter bergen and jonathan turley. thank you for joining us here on "the situation room." clearly let me go to you, peter, you've obtained some photos, very interesting photos. these are new to our viewer here on a failed attack of a saudi prince. and an alleged assassin who was killed. he had the similar chemical, petn, and had it in his underwear. it exploded. the prince survived. he did not. what can we learn from these new pictures that we're seeing about the foiled attack on christmas? >> well, the pictures we're see on the screen, this is what petn bomb looks like when it blows up you see this room -- it caused massive damage inside the room. the prince that was subject of the assassination attempt is lucky to have survived. the bomber died in this attack. the modus operandi was the same as the detroit attack. petn, 100 gram of explosive concealed in the underwear, go through metal detectors, won't be detected, al qaeda in yemen took responsibilit

if my memory serves me, that was at george washington university. >> well, actually he made that exact same speech again and again and again in 2002, which was very interesting because he was -- i mean you could look at it one way saying that he was completely -- you know, very anxious for minorities to have decent housing or you could say i wonder what forces were at play in 2002 to encourage him to do this. i think it was coming from a lot of directions. if you look at it from wall street, in 2002 that was a critical time in the life of cdos, collateralized debt obligations, because it was just about that time that the smart people on wall street decided that instead of being so diversified in these securities, why not just load them up with sub-prime loans. so it was a very dangerous moment. they started pouring sub-prime loans into these products and at such large numbers that it made them much more vulnerable to exploding. >> what were the democrats doing along this way about the idea of sub-prime mortgages? >> not enough. i mean there was no one -- i mean it's fair to say that no

and the washington state cougars led by four at halftime, but it's been all huskies in the second half. >> miles: things are coming too easy for the universityshington. it's just a lay-up drill out there. they're getting in the papts anytime they want. they have 32 points in the paint tonight, 18 of them in the second half. and they're just shooting wide open lay-ups. >> steve: washington when they win it's because of defense, not offense. even though they lead the league in scoring at 81 points per game. but their defense paves the way for their offense and they limited washington state to a miserable 3-22 in the second half. >> miles: this question their defense leads off. being able to get in transition, use their quickness and speed to beat other teams back. >> steve: washington current will he leads the pac-10 in scoring, rebounding at 38 1/2 boards per game and they're trying to do so on the same season for the fourth time in six years. led the conference in both categories 2005, 2006 in the pac-10 conference. and a couple of guys who will be stars in that game tomorrow at 3:30 eastern, 12:30 pacific, randall the senior, a tremendous s

let's start leading off today, timothy jost from the washington and lee university school faculty. author as cyrano did of the paper on exchanges that provides jumping off point for our discussion today. tim has written several books on health policy topics not to mention his co-author ship of the note leading casebook on health law called, sketchily anathema health law. in [laughter] now in its sixth edition. whether you agree with him are not on a particular subject i think you'll find his analysis compelling in writing couldn't and accessible for a lawyer or anybody else. so thanks for being with us and we look forward to your conversation. >> thank you very much. i must say as an aging law professor power point is still something i am not very comfortable with so i will do my best to move my slides along but you might also listen to what i have to say. if there's anything we can predict with almost absolute certainty about the health reform legislation that will emerge from congressional negotiations in the next month it is that the legislation will include a health insurance e

washington." this week we are focusing on politics and the media. they represent 60 different colleges and universitiesning. first, a panel sponsored by a partner with the washington center, the graduate school for political management here at george washington university. they will be hosting this panel on a new media. i want to introduce you to the moderator in the center seat and allow him to introduce his panel. he works at the graduate school the university and works in new media and marketing. he's the founder of p oliticsunder30.org. he is in charge of the politics on-line conference this year. two years ago bryce was in one of these seats as part of " insider washington 2008." he is a long like you will be in a matter of hours. -- he is an alum. >> how is everyone doing this morning? we are here at the graduate school of political management at george washington university four blocks from the white house in the center of politics. what will we talk about this morning? we are going to talk about new media and it is a wide subject. what i thought i would do is that i would start out with the lan

washington." this week we are focusing on politics and the media. they represent 60 different colleges and universitiese happy to have them here. we have two panels this morning. first, a panel sponsored by a partner with the washington center, the graduate school for political management here at george washington university. they will be hosting this panel on a new media. i want to introduce you to the moderator in the center seat and allow him to introduce his panel. he works at the graduate school the university and works in new media and marketing. he's the founder of p oliticsunder30.org. he is in charge of the politics on-line conference this year. two years ago bryce was in one of these seats as part of " insider washington 2008." he is a long like you will be in a matter of hours. -- he is an alum. >> how is everyone doing this morning? we are here at the graduate school of political management at george washington university four blocks from the white house in the center of politics. what will we talk about this morning? we are going to talk about new media and it is a wide subject. what i tho

teams on winning the 2009 ncaa division iii national championships against calvin college and washington university louis respectively. messiah is the only ncaa institution to claim men's and women's soccer national championships in the same season. messiah college men's team won their national championship game 2-0 and provided the men's team with its seventh national title in the last 10 years. 10 seasons. and ncaa division iii all-time best, to say the least. messiah college women's team collected its third national championship and second championship in a row capping a three-year run in which the falcons' only loss was to wheaton college in 2007. after outscoring your opponents by a 20-1 margin in last year's ncaa tournament, the messiah college women posted just seven goals in their final five games this year winning four contests, 1-0, one in double overtime. congratulations are in order for head coaches mccarty and scott frey. mccarty was recently named head coach of the messiah men's soccer program and became the seventh head coach in the program's two-year history. before becoming head co

. >> in the spring of 2008, i taught a course on mathematical finance it to george washington university and that was the semester when bear stearns went under, and the book i used was called options, futures and other derivatives by john hope, one of the standard books on wall street. the book by the way cost $150 a joke to my students that don't worry you can always take out a sub-prime loan to buy it. but, one of the recurring themes in any course of that time is risk. you applaud the expected return against the risk. you talk about the options pricing formula. you look at the volatility of the stock so risk is a pervasive theme. and, it just is unbelievable to me that what is common knowledge-- this is an under graduate course. it was unbelievable to me when i learned that bear stearns had leverage of 30 or 40 to one. this is off the charts. but, getting back to the question i want to ask. there is going to be a congressional inquiry or commission on the current financial crisis. >> i spoke to them on monday. >> you were called to testify, was which your comments on past and it dies

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help of jason byassee of the duke university divinity school where he directs its faith and leadership project; e.j. dionne of the brookings institution, "the washington post" and georgetown university; and with kim lawton, managing editor of this program. welcome to you all, and happy new year. jason, we have a recession. what's going to happen to it, do you think? and what effect has it had and will it have on the churches, the denominations, the charities-- all those people that you cover? >> i am struck by how you can't have a conversation with a religious leader now without talking about what the financial downturn mea for their organizations. this is across the board, from left to right, whatever position one has. at this means is that people are laying people off. they are cutting back on ministries. i wonder if this isn't the story upcoming. lots of our denominational infrastructures were built at a time when you could assume money would keep coming in. well, it's not now. and how do you do more with less? nobody is quite sure how to do that. >> talking about doing more with less, the recession is also having a terrible impact on the people in

washington, d.c. and he is our guest tonight on "q&a." sunday, a tufts universityprofessor on the 1965 voting rights act, the role it has played in black radical politics and help pave the way for future african american leadership. he will discuss his book. tuesday, your chance to talk to the authors of the best-selling "game change." this is on the 2008 presidential campaign and the impact policies. that is life tuesday morning, washington journal. one of the top free news apps is cspan radio. you can get quick and easy access to pre streaming audio channels. there's also a tab with links to our podcast. it is all free and available from the apps store. "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome senator paul kirk. let me begin with something the president obama told "people" magazine. he said that is what has been lost this year, the sense of changing how washington works. can you elaborate? you have been in this town for 40 years. what has changed? guest: when president obama was inaugurated one year ago, he was left with probably the biggest economic down

abc and he was at cbs, marvin kalb is the james clark welling presidential fellow at george washington university here. marvin is also the edward rmurrow prouf emeritus from the kennedy school of government. he appears frequently on npr and on fox as an analyst. marvin had a 30-year career at cbs and nbc. he was the chief diplomatic correspondent for cbs for many, many years. prior to that, he had been the moscow correspondent for cbs. an interesting thing for those of you who are college students is the fact that marvin was actually in cambridge studying for a p.h.d. when he got an opportunity to go to moscow for the state department. and that -- a year later then, he was signed on by cbs, the last correspondent hired by edward r. murrow. so he went right from academe to the firing line and was a brilliant cbs correspondent for so many years. later on nbc, he was the moderator of "meet the press." two peabody awards, that's the biggest in broadcast journalism. dupont prize, overseas press club awards, too many to count and a bunch of emmys as well. he has written 10 books, two of them were novel

graduated from george washington university now the executive director, budget officers executive directorstates debts they're facing. connecticut, good morning? caller: scott, i'm going to touch on three issues i think is important in the discussion this morning. i'm in government in connecticut and a couple of the real problems. out of management, we don't have a union, but the unions and employees unions in the state are bankrupting the system number one. number two, our healthcare is costing so much because we have a segment of society. who contributes something. who pays nothing towards healthcare so the people that do pay have to carry them. three a big problem we see in the state is the amount of people that are bearing children that can't afford them. people working, paying taxes can barely afford to have one child. the only people with a third and fourth children are people that pay nothing whatsoever and it's the old story. you have too few people pulling with a dpon and too many people being drug along behind the wagon. guess guess i would say that's an interesting point to, poi

. >>> the man who served as president of howard university here in washington for more than 20 years has died. james cheek, he was 77 years old. the university spokesman says he died friday at a hospital in grains borrow, north carolina, after a long illness. he served as howard's president more than 20 years. during his tenure, enrollment increased $6,000. the ufort's budget climbed to more than $400 million. he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom in 1983. the funeral arrangements haven't been announced. >>> heavy snow being blamed for a roof collapse in sioux city, iowa. this is what's left of the lab. cracked tiles covered the floor and ceiling. school officials say repairs could take some time. >> right now we have no e-mail, no internet connection, no availability to grade books or any of our teacher resources, attendants and so on. >> we're seeing a lot of places in my territory where snow load's creating havoc and i think there's more to come. >> firefighters managed to salvage computers and servers. and engineers are assessing the building's safety before students re

addresses from the past with a historical perspective with dennis johnson, a professor at george washington universityasury secretary timothy geithner is in front of the house this morning as they look at a.i.g. also expected to testify as former treasury secretary hank paulson. live coverage beginning at 10:00 eastern. tonight, president obama delivered his first state of the union address to congress, laying out the future for his vision for the country. the state of the union address coverage beginning at 8:00. you can also listen live through this c-span radio app. \ > >> this week on "book t b" the political cartoons of dr. seuss. also, the neocons and presidential policy going back to the nixon administration. get the latest update on twitter. host: dennis johnson is here to talk of up tonight's state of the union address, but also looking back and other state of the union addresses. can you think of an appropriate comparison for tonight's state of the union? after the president's first year with an economic situation like he had, headlines that read "liberal funnieunease," cau come up with a co

let's start leading off today as timothy jost from the washington university school factory and he's the author asked sarah noted on the paper of exchanges that provide the jumping off point for the discussion today. tim has written several books on health policy topics not to mention his co-author ship the ofeading casebook on health called cadging we enough, "health law," now in its sixth edition and whether you agree with him or not on a particular subject to think you will find his analysis how compelling and writing cogent and accessible for a lawyer or anybody else. thanks for being with us. we look forward to having a conversation. i must say as an aging law professor, powerpoint is still something i'm not very comfortable with. so i will do my best to move the slides along but you might also listen to what i have to say. if there's anything we can predict with almost absolute certainty about the health reform legislation that will emerge for congressional negotiations in the next month it is that legislation will include a health insurance exchange. the health insurance excha

when i teach my public tells students at george washington university, we talk about the three e's ofrevention. engineering, education, and enforcement. the industry is doing what they need to do with regard to engineering. in regard to education, the programs are doing what they need to be doing in terms of educating the public. with regard to enforcement, we really need to level the playing field. as was mentioned by senator cullerton, we can level the playing field with the stroke of a pen. it is ludicrous for me to practice in the national capital region, where we serve states that are at the top of the list , and states that are in the worst part of that list is virginia. we need to strengthen that enforcement-arm of this prevented activity. i would like to never see another injury or death resulting from a motor vehicle crash. as a parent and a physician, i can attest that automobile safety laws benefit children, families, our society, and our system as a whole. let's work together to assure that every state has the highest level of protection for everyone on the road. thank you

marvin kalb is the james clark dwelling presidential hello at george washington university here. marvin is also the edward r. murrow professor emeritus from the harvard kennedy school of government. and he appears frequently on npr and on fox as an analyst. marvin had a 30 year career at cbs and nbc. he was the chief diplomatic correspondent for cbs, for many years, prior two that had been the moscow correspondent you whe college students is the fact that marvin was actually in cambridge studying for a ph.d. when he got an opportunity to go to moscow for the state department. and that a year later than he was signed on her by cbs, the last correspondent hired by edward r. murrow, and so he went right from academia to the firing line and was a brilliant cbs correspondent for so many years. later on in b.c. he was the moderator of meet the press. two peabody awards, that's the biggest in broadcast journalism, dupont prius overseas press club awards, too many to count, and a bunch of emmys as well. he has written 10 books. two of them were novels. one of them was co-written with ted

when i teach my public health students at george washington university here in town, we talk about the 3p's supervention, engineering, education and enforcement. industry is doing what they need to do with regard to the engineering. with regard to education programs like the national safe kids campaign which is a program of our institution is doing what it needs to be doing in terms of educating the public. with regard to enforcement we really need to level the playing field here. as was mentioned by senator culberson to the stroke of a pen we can level the playing field with regards to these laws. it is ludicrous for me to practice here in the national capital region where we serve states that as to what curt carrot top of the list, the district of columbia and maryland and states that are the worst part of the listen va so i really would like to stress the fact that we need to strengthen that there had e, the enforcement on this prevented the activity. i would like to very much never have to see another injury or death resulting from a motor vehicle deaths. as a parent and a physicia

eastern time but now we will take you to george washington university where admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff will be talking about the current state of the united states military. . [applause] >> good morning. listening to the president talk about who you are and why you are here what you are looking at over the course of this couple of weeks, it is a pretty exciting time. i will talk about a few things for maybe 15 minutes and then open it up to questions per i am particularly excited and delighted to be able to talk to so many of you are so young. there is not a day that goes by where i don't think about the challenges that we have just now but the challenges that are out there for you as you become leaders in our country. i applaud you being here and the fact that you are participating and debating and discussing difficult issues. this week, it is the presidency and congress and next week is the presidency and the media. that encompasses a whole lot. i will try to tell you where the military pit sent to all that. because you are at the age you are, i will tell

. >> steve: pondexter loves playing at the university of washington. and he was talking with us about growing as a player and you the slam. and then as miles simons said mean mugging the crowd. getly tumbe thisnt, e th... e ma mon we mr ye willave erag ou n mos t no now co! kickmalless putour ss on t. fse, go h ! f checase. mostre 3rage an ath v wir her ee. ur bs . ♪ kfc grrwing nate grio se thef-a-aste who tring r aet o ♪ medas wi engd 7 g nanolo conlant to cnts. rst- hs h ly rexus >> steve: washington trailing at home by three to washington state. let's look at our lexus play book. >> miles: sets his man up. comes for the pick and roll. quincy pondexter loses contact with koprivica allowing koprivica to go ahead and flip to the rim for the old fashioned and one. >> steve: four of four from the field and two of three foul shots, so almost having a perfect game. also two z as and four rebounds. and that's also with casto and watson in foul trouble and koprivica really needed to pick it up. reggie moore, you talked in the open about him controlling the

he holds academic positions at george washington university and university of maryland. he served in the central intelligence agency from 1984 until 1991. he spent 1987 to 1989 in islamabad. he was running the u.s. unilateral programs with the afghan mujahideen. he is also an author. his last two books are "understanding terror networks" and "leaderless jihad." this is an excellent panel the reflects differing points of view on the issue. let me ask for us to come to the podium without further ado. >> thank you for the generous introduction. it is a pleasure to be here. i have had the pleasure of speaking to this form before. it is always an honor to be here, especially in a magnificent room like this. let me begin with a disclaimer. although i was the chairman of the president's strategic review of policy toward afghanistan and pakistan last winter and spring, he lived up to his commitment to me. it was a temporary duty. i was freed in the beginning of april of 2009. i am not a spokesman for the u.s. government. please do not regard my remarks as representing the views

. >> reporter: at howard university hospital in washington d.c., also a level one trauma center, about 20% of patients walk in the door uninsured. although many may ultimately qualify for medicaid, leaving the hospital stuck with much of the bills. doctors here say health legislation, expanding insurance coverage via the private sector or taxpayer funded private plan may alleviate some of the hospital's financial burden. >> we expect to get reimbursed for the services we provide and i think that with health care refm it's going to be better than having nothing. and hopefully the patients we provide the services to will be able to make any extra payments they need to make. >> reporter: dr. mutan is concerned that the legislation may cut medicare reimbursement rates to this and other hospitals as well as cut the additional government subsidies howard receives for treating so many uninsured patients. >> we're just going to go over our game plan again. >> reporter: still as more people have health insurance and are able to build a relationship with a primary care physician doctors hope thi

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he is a professor at the university of washington. this was written in 1979. that was the last major book about americans and alcohol. he talked about where the temperance movement came from. it is looking at the drinking habits of americans. it laid out the case of where the protestant movement came from. and the response of what are we going to do about this problem of people drinking themselves to death? this became the grandfather of american alcohol social history. the starting point with the end of prohibition, the first chapter deals with prohibition but what happened over these last three or four generations since prohibition ended it to see where we have come. i organized the book thematically to look at how the beer culture has emerged. looking at wine and distilleries and so on. looking at the contentious issue of the drinking age, >> reporter: that the drinking age from 18 to 21 back in 1984 and there has been a national debate about that going on about if you can go to war at age 18 or get married or get a will or serve on a jury or inherit proper

washington, wbal-tv 11 news. >> in education alert, the university of maryland may drop language class is due to budget cuts. it is one of the few schools offerings hebrew class's. it is forced to cut funding. they will offer instruction if students insist on a course by course basis. if you have a christmas tree, why not recycle it? the department of public works began mulching trees today. you should bring your own bag. if you cannot bring your treat the drop of sight, pick up kerbside from january 5 to january 29 on trash collection deck. we are going to see who is still sitting in the ultimate touched the tip of contest. and pirates high-tech two ships in 24 hours outside somalia. but first, police officers are taunted by is teenage [ woman ] once she switches to new swiffer wetjet, it will clean so deep, she'll never go back to you again. sorry. ♪ love stinks ♪ love stinks, yeah, yeah [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] new swiffer wetjet is redesigned. it cleans deep in corners. its solution penetrates layers of dirt, and its absorbent pad locks it away to clean better than a mop. the newly redesigned swif

he is a professor at the university of washington and this book was written in 1979. was the last major book written about americans and alcohol. in this book year he told a story for the temperance movement came from. so it's largely looking not a 19th century drinking habits of americans. and he really laid out the case of where this evangelical protestant movement came from and that's been under the great whiskey binge and the church-based response of gosh what should i do about this problem all these people drinking themselves to death? this is kind of the grandfather of american alcohol social history. and my book of course takes it's really starting point with the end of prohibition, the first ideals of prohibition itself. it largely looks at what happened afterwards, what happened over these last three of four generations, 76 years now since prohibition ended to see how far we've come as a drinking nation. so i actually organized the book thematically to look at how the beer culture has emerged here, largely through craft beer. and looking assault craft wine

she was elected phi beta kappa, as she holds a law degree with honors from george washington university law center. in addition to all this, kellyanne as a wife and a mother, and just this past november, she gave birth to her fourth child, a beautiful baby girl. [applause] >> speculate and and her family make their home in northern new jersey. please join me in welcoming kellyanne conway. [applause] clec thank you michelle. i get to thank my mom for having you write that introduction. [laughter] >> really appreciate all of you for breaking the element and the fact that congress is not in session. clare boothe luce policy really do smart things that they allow their speaker to speak and then there is lunch. so as you have visions of sugar plums and ham savages dancing in your head, the speakers get to talk which i think is very smart. i can't necessarily say that my children, i have boy girl twins who are five, and then i have a daughter who is almost too, and a daughter who's to muzzle. i can't necessary say my children are born conservative. the only guy to that my husband and i have i

>> in his robert -- my name is robert kim at the university of washington.you mentioned that the type of unification fashioned either bite implosions in north korea or general style of fashions of unification. my question is, if i can distinguish two different types of unification -- german, east german and west german, the west with the united states and other international western states, and east germans actually had russian political controls, as far as economic support. but if you say that in north korea and south korea, they do not have any major international superpowers control. even china is not necessarily in control of north korea. i would like to see people in public discuss using the east german unification fashion why these issues are not strongly mentioned? >> i don't know if you want to make any comments, since you are in germany. it -- you were in germany. you are going to be modest and keep me on the spot i was reading a few things that christian has written. it is true that the russians were present when east germany fell. thanks to mikhai

washington. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. according to president obama, there is no longer any doubt about who is calling the shots in the christmas day terror scare aboard that detroit-bound airliner. today the president laid out the government's account of the bomb plot. in this coming week, he will sit down with his national intelligence and security chiefs to try to figure out how that plot got buy them in the first place. in the meantime with the post-holiday air travel rush kicking into high gear this weekend, passengers are trying to understand how all this changes the rules of the flying game. we're covering all of it tonight. we begin with nbc's mike viqueira at the white house. mike? >> good evening, lester. the president shared some new intelligence information with the nation today, and now he and others want to know why america's intelligence agencies failed to share that information with each other. today president obama revealed for the first time what many had suspected since the attempted bombing on christmas

washington post." >> host: welcome to booktv's "after words." we're talking to tough university history professor peniel joseph who has a very compelling new book out, "dark days, bright nights: from black power to barack obama." welcome professor joseph. >> guest: thank you. >> host: tell me what that title means. that's a very intriguing title. >> guest: well, the title really talks about, refers to where black people have come from in this country really from the dark days ofve segregation and jim crow all the way to having the first african-american president. >> host: you, it was kind of a little ditty during the campaign that went viral, and you mention it early on in the book, and it goes rosa sat so martin could walk so that barack could run so that your children could fly. and that became kind can of a catch phrase toward the end, particularly among african-americans. you cite this and say that as motionally powerful as these words may be, they make for poor history. explain that. >> guest: absolutely. the whole notion of rosa parks has become this iconic trope in the s

my name is andy, law student at washington university here in town. how does merger like comcast play into this? you could have a situation where they are judged during the execution and also accused at the same type. what are the problems of something like that causes? and how do you address those? >> certainly from my perspective, it raises our anxiety. i'm not saying that comcast is going to go start kind of mixing into different businesses and all. but it raises the concern. so, i mean, i'm not sure how one can respond to your question other than to say, you know, that that's an additional concern. >> and i would add only it's not the first time that kind of thing has happened, having worked at aol/time warner after the merger. how do you deal with business? >> which raises the question about merger? >> that's also -- there's some assumptions about what the state of broadband competition. because if you have an infinite broadband users that one is going to criminate against me because they have this sense, i'll choose another broadband provider. o

i'm charlie kelly from cain university and this is my 13th year with washington center. this has been a great program. i was here last week as well as this week. >> what do you get out of -- out of this for your students? >> well, it's a renewal for me in the sense that it's always a learning experience so i see it as part of my professional development. what i like most of all is the interaction with the students. the students are very diverse, from different schools and universities and from very different political perspectives. >> where is your school? >> my university is in new jersey. kean university, new jersey. >> named after -- do you know? >> tom kean. the kean family of new jersey. >> former governor? head of the 9/11 commission? >> yes. >> over the years -- if you've been doing this for 13 years. what do you see change in a student after they've been here for a couple of weeks? >> it is a transformational experience for them. one, many of them want to get involved in politics. two, they realize the value of an internship. three, often they come to the washing

university. we will hear a washington lobbyist talk about the role of lobbying. new york governor david patterson delivers his state of the state address. he will focus on ethics issues including campaign finance law and term limits. watch live coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern both. >> from wall street journal economics editor david wessel on ben bernanke and the economic collapse of 2008. he will discuss his book with the first director of the congressional budget office. afterwards bleaker still part of this weekend's booktv on c-span2. now available, abraham lincoln, great american historians on our sixteenth president. a great read for any history buff. it is a unique contemporary perspective on abraham lincoln from journalists and writers from lincoln's early years to his life in the white house and is relevance today. abraham lincoln in hard cover at your favorite bookseller and in digital audio to listen to any time where digital audio download are sold. learn more at c-span.org/lincolnbook. >> next a conversation on corporate lobbying, from a former capitol

me of the worthiness of the future research that i took some time away from washington, went out of los angeles, the university of southern california, to study future research. i was thinking about the name of the person whose group. it was burt. it seems to me there are so many ways that his approaches could be so worthwhile. and i have a question. there is no true answer to it, i suspect, but maybe an opinion that if he hadn't been in the research area as a researcher, as a scientist, how do you think he would have done, using his kind of thinking, and solving the management problems that caused obstacles and problems in the succeeding in government? if he had been able to think through the ways of managing and programs, what kind of difference might not bring? >> i think andrew can produce a he was editor is a bad manager, personally. in some way. i think there was no doubt that he probably, both as kind of a central spoke and information for all that. i don't think there's any doubt that there are -- that being said by way of antidote, i think arguably passionate he was interested in the systems that you