in rock creek today in an effort to save a young man trapped inside his sub merged car. 9news now wattcue divers faced very challenging conditions when they arrived minutes after a 911 call from a jogger who spotted a tire sticking out of rock creek. >> swift moving water. rocky. unstable ground. you have a vehicle upsidedown. you have victims in the car. >> reporter: the divers wearing protectives suits chipped away at the ice in order to get to the car trapped in 6 feet of partially frozen water. >> reporter: the biggest thing was for the crews to determine if there was a body inside the vehicle. the frozen body was pulled from the car. it is not clear how

spend less because when you have been making films for a long time, you have a ratio that maybe 50- watt-1 in terms of the hours that you shoot. >> documentary's cost somewhere between $500,000.999999 dollars? >> for some people, it could go from a quarter of a million to $2.5 million. if you have a big staff and a lot of people and you are running around the world in shooting a lot, you can really -- in shooting a lot -- a l lot, you can really racking up. >> of all the days that we shot, i think there was one day that we did not use something. everything got used. >> in the edit room, people could spend months if not years in the edit room. we were moving along at the sort of pace that we have to move if we are working with front line or 60 minutes where you have a deadline? we added a couple of things. we finished in february and in march, one of the people we focused on in baltimore that was in the process of foreclosure, they lost their home and so we added it to the film. in august we added some figures to make sure all the figures were correct. >> i would like to go back and get v

some people will -- if it comes from me, they will automatically not like watt idea is or what the positionis. >> how do you win over the people who may have that knee-jerk reaction if you want to reach them to let them consider what you have to say? >> for instance the book is a good tool. hey, read the book. if you still don't like the positions that i take or if you don't like who i am after reading the book, unfiltered through the media, so be it. i'm never gonna win you over. at least give me a shot in trying to figure out who i am. what my record is, my accomplishments are and what i represent. if i can't please 'em, i can't please 'em. i'm not gonna try. i'm not gonna change who i am or compromise my positions, my values to placate or try to get some demographic or some group of people onboard with me if they just don't get it. >> is it fun to be politician or is it rough? how could you describe it? i don't know if you are a politician now. now an author, i guess. that's what i call you today, i guess. i think of your career as a politician. is it fun? >> public service is fun. >> ho

some people will -- if it comes from me, they will automatically not like watt idea is or what the positionis. >> how do you win over the people who may have that knee-jerk reaction if you want to reach them to let them consider what you have to say? >> for instance the book is a good tool. hey, read the book. if you still don't like the positions that i take or if you don't like who i am after reading the book, unfiltered through the media, so be it. i'm never gonna win you over. at least give me a shot in trying to figure out who i am. what my record is, my accomplishments are and what i represent. if i can't please 'em, i can't please 'em. i'm not gonna try. i'm not gonna change who i am or compromise my positions, my values to placate or try to get some demographic or some group of people onboard with me if they just don't get it. >> is it fun to be politician or is it rough? how could you describe it? i don't know if you are a politician now. now an author, i guess. that's what i call you today, i guess. i think of your career as a politician. is it fun? >> public service is fun. >> ho

. >> larry: joining us in miami, christina, a grajs watt student at arizona state university teaching adult literacy in haiti, trapped after the house she was staying in collapsed on her. she was brought to miami last night for treatment. part of her leg was amputated. she's at the famed university of miami jackson memorial medical center. how are you doing? >> i'm doing really well, all things considered. >> larry: what part of the leg was removed? >> they -- my leg was caught between cement staircase and the concrete roof that fell on top of it, so the shinbone was clean broken through. so i think they said there's about six inches of bone left below my knee. i'm having surgery again tomorrow and they hope that they'll be able to keep most of that. >> larry: how are you dealing with it emotionally? >> i'm so thankful that i'm alive, that one foot is a pretty small price to pay. i've got two arms that work and one good leg. that's a lot more than a lot of people. >> larry: understand your brother and some friends, it took them 90 minutes to dig you out. tell me what happened. >> yeah

. >> i am suzanne watt with the american council for an efficient economy. we toyed with the theory for a long time. one of the organizing factors that is prevalent is in play now and is a national energy efficiency resource standard. eers. similar to an rps, but this is a national energy efficiency standard. this is something if we all got behind account perhaps happen. almost 50% of the states have an eers in play. one out of the national standard to rally behind. >> i'm not in the position to address that in terms of national policy. i work with the federal agencies. i think there is clear evidence of having an efficiency standard to generate benefits. we the fed are watching closely and evolving policy debate. i am not directly involve and cannot provide an extensive amount on that. >> go ahead, jim. >> i'm a free lancer with a focus on alternative fuel vehicles. i'm interested in hearing more about the smart grid for alternative fuel vehicles, especially electric and plug ins. there is a lot of hype from the auto industry and i haven't heard a lot of di

they do buy based on needs more than watts of least according to the industry people we spoke to and in particular we talk to one gentleman representative for volvo who did spend a wide amount of time talking about how shocked u.s. by americans like to load up on the options and accessories so we can look to them as models as a consumer to save you may need to spend some time even if we have a car and we can also look to europe as a model for directing spending toward public transit and that may involve a high speed trains. people like to say the country's far smaller and we are a big country, but connecticut is not a big state. so if we do these things locally and state-by-state, they are doable. >> technologically i agree with you that is a wonderful idea to have a reduced size car. it's not only environmentally friendly and so on, but i was shocked recently by a picture that i saw in "the new york times" of a family that had to listen to the car because favorite dispossessed from their house. this is i hope a temporary condition and, not because the banks will, of course,: the mor

. >> host: that is right in the signals and some of these big city stations, 50,000 watts, extremely strong so can only go over the heads of the liberals and meets the people you are talking about. that must also drive the liberals not. >> guest: number one these are very powerful stations. there is a reason the stations are running this type of programming. it works. simple as that. they don't want to admit its success because they have not been successful in talk radio. they they did because conservative talk is a very listens to and very successful. so far, a liberal talk radio has not been, and in the book i encourage all of my liberal friends, keep talking, keep earning your way. i am the champion of free speech. why don't they say the same thing to us? >> host: again, yet they honestly believe in the marketplace of ideas and in the strength of their ideas then certainly they might, they might take you up on your offer and they have tried on the airwaves. when we come back from the break i want to get into why do you think liberal or progressive talk has not succeeded in america

she and congressman gregory meeks and congressman al green and congressman mel watts are on the financial services committee. we have tens from members on financial-services, all focused on legislative efforts. >> i would like to thank barbara lee, the leader of the congressional black caucus, for her four sons and her wisdom in the weight -- for her foresight and wisdom in the way she has organized the congressional black caucus. we are not just responding to haiti at this very difficult time. we have identified this as one of the ongoing issues that we must always work on. i am very proud of the members of the congressional black caucus. some are working on these issues day in and day out, and other members from new york and all over the country, texas, california, you name it, who have decided that one of the things we must always do is pay attention to the poorest country in the western hemisphere. because of this work, we have been able to respond and to leave in so many ways. don't forget, it was 2008 when this little country was hit with three or four hurricanes in three weeks. it

independent bookmaker's association, but they also reject it also shares the same birthday with charlie watts, the drummer of the rolling stones. he might become something of a rolling stone. until then, we will continue to be informed and delighted by his contributions. >> mr. speaker, may i first joined the leader of the opposition in congratulating my hon. friend in the way in which he moved the royal address. he did it in his own inimitable style. with his own particular way of showing that even the opposition have benefited very much from the conservative prosperity. i know when we were on the bench, which i am sure we will never be again, it was in charge of the then labor government. of bill to privatize bus companies, to privatize the national freight corp., cable and wireless -- of course privatization got nowhere with a labour government. there are socialist. i am happy to say that all of those things were achieved under my administration. may i also congratulate my hon. friend who seconded the motion. he is well known for having won his seat and retain that against all the odds, an

theed honorable gentleman for maurice celts shares a birthday, indeed the same birthday with charlie watts the drummer of the rolling stones. and the next election, as the honorable gentleman graciously play become something of a rolling stone. until then we shall continue to be informed and delighted by his contribution. [cheering] >> mr. speaker, sir. and play i first join the -- the leader of the opposition, in crating my honorable friend the member for eastbourne in the way in which he moved the loyal address. he did it in his own style, and dry as always, for which i'm eternally grateful and with his own particular way of showing that even the opposition has benefited very much from periods of conservative prosperity. and he -- i know when we were in opposition, which i'm sure we will never be again. wlf- [laughter] >> he was -- he was -- he was the head of the then mayber government and he proved private bill after private bill and a bill to tell council how it is, a bill to privatize bus companies and privatize the national freight corporation and a bill to privatize cable and wirel

and i could use that one word description, molly, with an exclamation point. 100,000-watt smile, very open and embracing and welcoming. what you see in her papers, we saw this repeatedly, that people wrote to molly from small towns all across the nation, reaching out to molly as if she were a lifeline. and frankly, you know, political lifeline, a role model lifelines, if you will. there was a letter from a small town in oregon, oceanside, oregon, which i happen to know of, a bit about a. my mother-in-law lives there so i know how tiny it is. no cell phone service there, gratefully. but someone wrote a letter, you know, from there to molly saint i feel alone, except for when i read you. i feel that i can think, the thoughts politically, progressive politics, things that need to be changed, and you're my medium. you're my lifeline. there's thousands and thousands of letters like that. it's positively, you know, inspiring and also again very humbling. she had a true extended family, i would say. of course, when i told something that i was depressed about this, instead of simply my friend

at watts >> farai chideya with their first novel, kiss the sky. military historian patrick dama recounts the undercover mission of american spies to cut of the nazi supply route known as the during world war ii. the army-navy club in washington d.c. hosts this 50 minute event. [applause] >> thank you for having me here tonight. it is really an honor to be at the army-navy club, one of my favorite places to go. the library here is amazing. is one of the oldest libraries and washington d.c.. but the club and what i do is sort of intertwined. it

there's 100,000 watts smile that it was very open and embracing and welcoming. what you see in her papers we saw this repeatedly that people wrote to molly from small towns all across the nation reaching out to molly as if she were a lifeline, political lifeline, role model lifeline if you will. there was a letter from a small town in oregon, oceanside, which i happen to know a bit about. my mother-in-law lives there so i know how tiny it is. no self phone service gratefully. but someone wrote a letter from there to molly saying i feel alone except for when i read you. i feel i can think of the faults progressively about politics, things the need to be changed and you are my medium and lifetime and there's thousands of letters like that. it is positively inspiring and humbling. she had a true extended family i would say. of course i told somebody i was depressed about all this and i said with sympathy you are not as funny as molly or as talented, linker combat of about half an hour. enough about that. but molly wasn't always molly. she was married when she was b

we are finishing our first week and our speaker this afternoon our first the areas dave watts, who was the electoral services representative for the national association of realtors in washington. dave sir says liaison between the national association of realtors and the state and local associations around the country in conducting issue and candidate campaigns. he had also worked for the party. before he joined national association of realtors reworked for former president george w. bush so you know he is a republican. texas senators john cornyn and kay bailey hutchison and five different members of congress. he has worked in politics only since 1982. but, to me that is only. managing races at the county, state and national level and we are delighted to have dave back with us again to talk about coalitions which feeds into what i just finished talking about in strategy in strategic thinking, so dave. >> thank you guys for having me. yes, i am an african-american republican. i am a member of a small, but i like to think loud coalition. as i tell my friends, we like to think that we are

>> owls i was telling you what struck me about the panel, the medicare panel was that watts of elderly people in this country don't think of medicare as a government program and that is a problem here that needs to be addressed. >> if i could respond briefly, 160 million americans get their health insurance not through medicare and medicaid in this country the tax issue because i agree totally with i believe it was the commission. we have had a tax discussion and got blown out of the water. the quickest way as i see to do something about the cost of health care overhaul is to modify the way we handle the employer sponsored exclusion, and that unfortunately president obama attacked the candidate last year proposing something along those lines and that has removed off the table. one small little tax proposal which i think should remain in the bill which is the cadillac tax. it is being fought it strenuously right now even to take that out. so it's not that we haven't had a tax discussion in the context of healthcare reform. >> it strengthens my proposition that there is a problem here in

. >> i am suzanne watt with the american council for an efficient economy.we toyed with the theory for a long time. one of the organizing factors that is prevalent is in play now and is a national energy efficiency resource standard. eers. similar to an rps, but this is a national energy efficiency standard. this is something if we all got behind account perhaps happen. almost 50% of the states have an eers in play. one out of the national standard to rally behind. >> i'm not in the position to address that in terms of national policy. i work with the federal agencies. i think there is clear evidence of having an efficiency standard to generate benefits. we the fed are watching closely and evolving policy debate. i am not directly involve and cannot provide an extensive amount on that. >> go ahead, jim. >> i'm a free lancer with a focus on alternative fuel vehicles. i'm interested in hearing more about the smart grid for alternative fuel vehicles, especially electric and plug ins. there is a lot of hype from the auto industry and i haven't heard a lot of dis

and i think -- the president's charge in these reviews, both in the watts listing and in the detectionpabilities review that's been done by the department of homeland security -- look, the president is as frustrated as i'm sure many american people are. we've spent a lot of money in the intervening years. we have set up new positions. we've stood up new agencies so to speak. we have to ensure and i think the president will strive to do so to reassure the american people that all that can be done is and will be done in order to protect them. >> the question on healthcare, c-span television is requesting leaders of congress to open up the debate to their cameras. and i know this is something the president talked about on the campaign trail. is this something he supports and will be pushing for? >> i've not seen that letter. i know the president is going to beginning some discussions later today on healthcare in order to try to iron out the differences that remain between the house and the senate bill and try to get something hopefully to his desk quite quickly. helen? >> a couple of ques

the, the, honorable gentleman for shares a birthday indeed precisely the same birthday with charlie watts, the drummer of the rolling stones. perhaps after the next election as the honorable gentleman himself graciously he might become something after "rolling stone". until then, we shall continue to be informed and delighted by his contributions. >> prime minister? [shouting]. >> mr. speaker, sir, may i first join the leader of the opposition in congratulating my honorable friend, the member eastbourne in the way in which he moved the royal address. he did it in his own innim stability -- inimitable style, dry as always which i'm eternally grateful and with his own particular way even the opposition benefited very much from periods of conservative prosperity. i know when we were in opposition which i'm sure we will never be again -- [shouting] he was, he was -- >> order. >> then labour government, he moved private bill after private bill. a bill to sell council houses. a bill to privatize bus companies a bill to privatize the national freight corporation. a bill to privatize cable & wire

the great influence culturally and my life because my mother-- she was more of a watts bucci whiz born into this strong and oysters italian family. my father's parents were poor immigrants from italy into them food, having more than enough of that, putting out more than anyone could beat, that was so connected to feeling like they made it in this country. it was the primary currency with which they showed not only their own kind of standing, their own relative wealth compared to where they had come from but it was the demonstration of generosity. you know, i grandmother used to always tell us when you went-- because for her trying to get feeding people, giving them food was all about kind of this show of progress in the new world and all that so she would offer it even if she didn't have enough of it to give. we were always raised to hugo to someone's house and they say would you like a dish of lasagna, you say no and if they say really, would you like additional bless onion you say neligan menu wait for a third or fourth time because that is the only sure sign they actually have to gi