host: peter welch, a democrat at large for vermont. as he mentioned, he will be meeting with dick durbin had and ben bernanke to crack down on credit card fees. we will also see you on the hearing on salmonella. coming up, republican congressman of oregon greg walden. >> republicans and democrats are raising millions this year for the midterm elections. here to help us talk about the numbers is a staff writer for "roll call." that begin with president obama's efforts. he will be raising more money today, traveling to new york for house and senate candidates. >> he has two events to date for democratic -- today for democratic candidates. this is in addition to things that he has been doing across the country. august was a good month for the democrats, if you want to get into those numbers. >> yes, house and senate democrats have raised more money than their counterparts. house democratic candidates at the end of august, $8.3 million raised, $6.3 million for the republicans. spent, $5.1 million for the democrats, $3.1 million for the rep

i love what robert welch wrote. i love what some of the founding fathers have written. i've read a few books by good friend of mine named tom woods. he's put out some good books. he's got one called meltdown about the economic prevails. there are plenty of good writers. we have a biweekly magazine, and we've got a lot of different authors in their. you know, we wouldn't publish it if it wasn't some stuff that they're giving us. and we now have people clamoring to write for our magazine, which is a good sign, too. so that's good. you get a sample of our magazine in that packet back there. thank you very much. it's been a delight. [applause] >> now, a look at ground zero over the past nine years on today's "washington journal." host: the paper had several photographs this morning of ground zero in new york and the current construction that is going on. this is the representational view used on the papers, giving pictures to give the world an update on the structure going on there. david dunlap is joining us from new york. if someone was to go to ground zero, what would th

these are welch lobsters. before he gets anywhere, his friends will drag him back down." very sad. join us next week for another "european journal." until then, goodbye.

host: peter welch, a democrat at large for vermont. as he mentioned, he will be meeting with dick -- and we'll see you at the hearing today. >> right now on krill, a house subcommittee has heard testimony from victims of the recent multistate salmonella outbreak. next, the committee will question the two egg producers at the center of the egg recall. you can watch it live right now on c-span3. the senate is in session today, lawmakers are giving general speeches and in about 20 minutes, the house will gavel in to consider a number of bills concerning health care issues and wilderness areas. >> c-span's content vehicles are traveling the country, visiting communities and congressional districts as we look at the most closely contested house races leading up to the mid term elections. >> i think virginia 11 is a sign of what's going on with the country, not just virginia. i think virginia was a sign in 2009 of some of the anger going up in the rest of the country. virginia 11 will move in the direction of whatever ways the couldn't arery

their way or as the two party system simply too strong to fight well joining me to discuss it is matt welch editor in chief of reason magazine matt thanks so much for being here this is interesting because you know if you look at the numbers usually conservatives are very cool with the two party system they don't mind it and all of a sudden they're up there fifty four percent compared to you know sixty and sixty one of the liberals and moderates there agree with that so why do you think that is well let's keep in mind it's because conservatives don't hold power and suddenly power doesn't seem as as a well run as it did back in the horrible you know when they would want to promote their party not not a different party an altogether alternative one yeah it's very it's a very interesting move i mean liberals are easily disaffected conservatives this is a new thing it started maybe in two thousand and seven but you've seen a lot of people in the tea party movement is definitely a part of this people who may be a little bit late in the game said this republican party no longer serves my interest

going live now to welch ran his at the red cross command center at the bay hill shopping center.ll you are the ones that first broke as the news in the first 45 minutes that six people have been confirmed dead. >> from what we understand that number is still 6 bytes plenty of others are unaccounted for and friends and family are coming down here and they're looking at the reports and tried to get information. i am talking to them as soon as they arrive. hello to you live in san francisco you have friends and family in the area can tell us about it? >> guess i grew up here so i have a lot of friends and families are affected here. how >> are they affected? by >> for friends to have their homes that burned down and to friends that i cannot account for yet. it is a very small canadian people that correct your live here know everybody. there are people that worked at the sheriff's department, people that worked in the local business area. the small business community is everybody knows everyone and we are all affected. >> you for certain that before it homes when up in flames? i >> u

. >> we know joe biden -- >> people are motivated by somebody welching on their mortgage or welching i understand it. >> charlie rangel -- >> i agree, charlie had tax issues. >> we know biden is heading back to delaware to help democratic candidate, chris coons, we will see how that works out. guys, thanks very much. >>> jack cafferty is asking, are we stuck in a recession that won't end any time soon? jack and your e-mail coming up. >>> the pope begins an historic trip to england, talking about a very sensitive issue, now some of his critics are pouncing. >>> and what you vote for a tax at this si driving former homeless man who does spiritual healinging on the side? there may be more to the crop of unusual recruits on the ballot in arizona. everythinge doelin it's a yea 50 milpromise. there may be more to the crop of unusual recruits on the ballot in arizona. intee and /7 roaide assiance. beusen y ce the st bif, faaronar oh. about what? uh, they don't really think you're an exchange student. what? they think you're a businessman, using our house to meet new clients in china. for re

so i had a whole box of synthetic wigs that raquel welch had sent me. >> jimmy: what?got to check out this wig, man. it's all the way from hawaii." >> but raquel's wigs are generally this short and shorter. and you know me. i like a long showgirl wig. i mean, like i said, don't get used to this one. and so, now, look. so i had this box, and they were great colors. my mother loves these summertime beachy colors. and i said, "mommy, let's have a wig party." i had my niece -- you know, she was staying with us for the summer. she goes to st. john's. she was interning at the show. so me, my niece and my mom, sitting in the kitchen. you got to have wigs for a wig party, and you have to have snacks. so i already have wigs. so i really don't need to try on the wigs. it was all about my mother and, like, putting things on her. and the snacks, you ask. >> jimmy: yes. >> 'cause i hear you asking. >> jimmy: yeah. [ light laughter ] >> well, you know, i'm from jersey, so i love my pork roll. if you don't know what pork roll is -- [ applause ] let me tell you something. >> jimmy: wh

welch. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. welch: families will be allowed to pay the bills, to send their kids to college, to own a home, to save for their own retirement. the american middle class has been under assault. their wage is declining, their jobs being outsourced and sent abroad. our fundamental responsibility is to give folks who want to work the opportunity to work in jobs that are going to allow them to take care of their families. and if we stand by idly when a competitor country manipulates its country -- manipulates its currency to put our manufacturers, our workers at a disadvantage, we are complicit in that. and this is the bare minimum of what we can do, give our workers, give our manufacturers, give our american middle class an even shot at the american dream. this legislation is necessary, it's overdue, and it must be passed. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. brade brea i -- mr. brady: i reserve at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

>> to me it was like joe welch with mccarthy. but it was you have no game, sir?as that sort of moment where she really put a light on him. that first quick reaction of his the glib smile and the laugh and then he looked at her. i know that feeling as a comic when you put a shot in on somebody and you think they are going to laugh it off and they give you that look they are not laughing. you can see, man, that's why i don't think that was staged. some people thought it was staged. >> bill: no way. >> marc lamont hill his instincts seemed ham handed to me he thought that was staged. i didn't. i think he was suckered punched in there and taken the wind out of him. it wasn't the bernie shaw dukakis kitty putting a a a an alarm system. in he looked stunned by that. >> bill: he was. when people get stunned they tend to smile or go the other way. so i don't think there was anything built into the president's reaction that was wrong or condescending. but i thought that ms. hart had a lot of courage to do what she did. because she likes and she said it in subsequent inter

she is gorgeous, talented and smart and she is welch.swered all her questions with an accent. her parents have a vacation home in florida. she won the cash and scholarship to study here in the u.s. congratulations to her. >>> rivalry runs thick in ohio college football, but maybe this is just a little bit too much. before saturday's game, ohio university mascot, rufus the bobcat ran on to the field tackling brutus buckeye. rufus attacks again in the end zone. good grief, ohio university apologized to ohio state and its fans. the student playing rufus has been banned from any further aff affiliation with ohio athletics. wow. ohio on ohio crime there. >>> bed bugs invade forcing businesses to shut down across the nation. we have been talking a lot about this over the summer now into the early fall. certain experts are meeting to put a stop to the small pests. >>> was it a caffeine-induced confession really a confession of guilt? too much caffeine accused him to falsely confessing to strangling his wife. [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ]

coming up this hour, we will talk with vermont congressman peter welch about credit card fees and regulations. after that, republican representative greg walden

david rothenberg >> christine anne snygder >> john talignani >> honor elizabeth wainia >> debra jacobs welch [bells toll] >> thank you for the families to reading names and ringing the bells for the high school students for helping. governor, thank you for coming today and in advance for sharing your thoughts and reflections. it's an honor to have you here. but it's also a comfort. you and your entire team in harrisberg have been and continue to be one of our biggest supporters and advocates. i know that you keep your finger on the pulse of all we are doing. you visit us whenever you can and your always ready to jump in whenever we need you. we could not have done this without you so we're honored to have you with us today. please welcome our governor, our partner and our friend. wed wa edward g. rendale. >> good morning. when richard and i first visited this site my first years governor i didn't know what a profound effect it would have on us. >> the pennsylvania legislature could not agree unanimously that today is saturday. [laughter] when flight 93 crossed into pennsylvania, the fight to

welch: thank you, mr. speaker.ant to first of all thank the gentleman from texas because he did help make this bill and the home star bill a better bill. there is a question here about why do we provide this money in a time of a deficit. there is an answer to that. america faces right now two great challenges. one is high unemployment. we've got to put people back to work. the other is, an energy policy that's not as clean as it needs to be. it's not as sustainable as it must be. and it's not as affordable as it should be. this legislation addresses both of those challenges by investing in energy efficiency. this is with people making their own decision abouts how to best do that in their own rural homes. we invest in our economy. over 90% of the materials are manufactured in the united states of america. by slowing our wasteful use of energy, we can save homeowners hundreds of millions of dollars, that's money this their pocket they can spend on other things. good for the economy. and by of course reducing the amo

the search is under way for him, kron4 welch ran as live of hercules.that they're focusing on a landfill? >> not very good at all. the search will begin at 9:00 a.m. this morning when they will investigators will head to the landfill, the keller canyon landfill, the search for frederick solace, but also the surgery answers. here's fredericks else's picture very is 35 year-old man has not been seen since aug. 46. he and his father got to altercation with ephron baltimore, at this point we do not know the motives for the killing spree. syrupy still out there, and right now they have not ruled and that obviously the we have to presume that he is still alive, perhaps he could not connect the dots. if they find him dead, then obviously they have to turn their attention to elsewhere. perhaps a charleston rittenhouse, the man whose wife was found dead in the vallejo home. apartment to live interview. as the very latest on this case, and why they're even going to a landfill. what tipped them to go there in the first place, thank you varia >> autopsy's underway

linda welch, editor and chief of allure magazine. the sun. she moisturizes her skin more often, and that's true, as you get older your estrogen levels drop and that's what yaw need to do. and she gets laser treatments that take care of the brown spots, just a little light laser at the dermatologist's office. she's been playing sexy since the late '80s. the sexy older woman. she wears less makeup, she says as you get older, she doesn't want to have whatever happened to baby jane on her face and she's very good about getting to the gym. she notices if she goes a couple of days without exercising, we all do, right? >> exactly, it's as much for the mind as it is for the body. and next we have a supermodel, imon, her skin just glows at the age of 55. >> she's taken care of her skin since she was 9, it's part of her culture, she's from kenya, but she started cleansing and moisturizing at the age of nine. she went to a dermatologist who said she has to stay out of the sun. and she wears an sk 2 mask and she says it makes her look like she's

rings] christine ann snyder [bell rings] john [bell rings] elizabeth winea [bell rings] debra jacob welch hear from our speakers. thank you to the families for ringing the bells and reading the names. gov. rendell, thank you for coming today and thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts and your reflections. it is an honor to have you here. it is also a comfort. you and your entire team in harrisburg have been and continue to be one of our biggest supporters and advocates. i note that you keep your printer on the pulse of all we are doing. you visit us whenever you can't and you are already -- and you're always ready to jump in. we could not do this without you. we are honored to have you with us today. please welcome our governor, our partner, and our friend, governor rendell. [applause] >> good morning. when we first visited the site might first year as governor, i did not know the profound effect it would have on us. i did not know just how important it was that what we do here be done right. provide not only a lasting memorial to a great human beings, but to tell a story that is

. >> remember that was -- this w sassociated from robert welch. but in the early days yaf and the birch society did things together. they did on an international basis -- >> please don't say that publicly. [laughter] everything now aren't we? >> nope. >> question in the back, actually three or four of them. the gentleman closest to the middle i think had his hand upon first. >> thank you. mr. murdoch -- >> murdoch has never been a limit on anything. [laughter] >> i should go stand over there on the far right. a senior fellow at the atlas economic research foundation and syndicated columnist at scripps howard news service and wind folks on the right or the far right the case may be gathered with sometimes diffident to beat ourselves as either conservatives or libertarians, and i'm wondering if the sharon conference, did you see those divisions and were they very distinct? word de miners differences or serious camps in the conservative on real veus libertarian sector? >> i don't remember that those were distinct cas at the time, the conservative and

when he ice skates, so there's certain things that he can do and he talks a lot about some of that as welchs remarkable. the statement that he made the one thing he has no control over is the park enson's but has control over everything else in his life. for those of us not afflicted, that means the rest of us have control over every decision we make. i thought that was enlightening. i don't understand why we're never in the same place -- >> reporter: how does that happen? >> i don't understand it. >> reporter: are you around at 8:00 tonight? if you're around at 8:00, ali, give that a watch. >> i will, tonight on cnn the rest of that interview is definitely worth watching. thanks very much. >>> it's a new rundown, a new hour, and he is back. my buddy/rival richard quest. we've been apart for a while but that means another exciting round of q & a. we're talking airline mergers and whether they translate into lower fares or a better experience for us, the travelers. >>> plus, you might be too nice to your doctor. being a good patient might be bad for your health and we've got some stunning st

the corrections department, public safety, the marshals office -- the people that were able to get welch and mccluskey arrested without incident. >> is there a place for private prisons in arizona? >> the issue is safety for the people of arizona. the astonishing thing to all of this -- all of us is that 400 violent criminals or moved into a facility designed for drawing drivers. there was no increase in security. there was no increase in training. 117 of those violent offenders were murderers. they're convicted of first or second-degree murder. there's no information given to the sheriff or the police chief. the department of corrections did an audit. they gave minor suggestions as to how it could be improved. when they came in after the escape, they found out it was a melt-down situation. they had 89 false alarms. the people did not have proper training. there were brand new on the job. the guards were gone from their shift for 20 minutes. these people strolled out of arizona. this was a terrible abdication of the responsibility of the state of arizona to take care of and protect the p

on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," we will talk with peter welch about credit card fees and regulations. after that, republican representative greg walden on the november elections. the oregon congressman is deputy chairman of the in rcc which oversees house election efforts for republicans. after that, all look at the u.s. foster care system. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. later, fbi director and homeland security secretary testifying about terrorist threats. live coverage begins at 10:00 eastern. >> i really underestimated how big the job was. had been a more republican minority whip. i'd jump from minority whip to speaker overnight, and from a minority party that nobody thought would be empowered to leading a wave of 9 million votes, the most important increase in american history. >> his tenure as house speaker, the state of american politics today, and a possible 2012 presidential bid, sunday on c- span. >> now an event with howard berman. he talks about iran's nuclear program. this is 30 minutes. >> if i get your attention for a few m

welch from vermont, mr. teague from new mexico. it again helps our veterans find jobs, and congressman

rings] christine ann snyder [bell rings] john [bell rings] elizabeth winea [bell rings] debra jacob welchbell rings] >> we will now hear from our speakers. thank you to the families for ringing the bells and reading the names. gov. rendell, thank you for coming today and thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts and your reflections. it is an honor to have you here. it is also a comfort. you and your entire team in harrisburg have been and continue to be one of our biggest supporters and advocates. i note that you keep your printer on the pulse of all we are doing. you visit us whenever you can't and you are already -- and you're always ready to jump in. we could not do this without you. we are honored to have you with us today. pleaseelcome our governor, our partner, and our friend, governor rendell. [applause] >> good morning. when we first visited the site might first year as governor, i did not know the profound effect it would have on us. i did not know just how important it was that what we do here be done right. provide not only a lasting memorial to a great human beings, but

they believe he gave the gun to welch. a student was killed and four others were hurt.rnight, north korean leader kim jong-il made his son a four star general. it's confirmation that kim wants his son to succeed him. do you think? he is reportedly in deteriorating health. not sure what that is. >> brian, thank you very much. president obama signing off on the small business bill yesterday. but many are calling it just another $30 billion bailout. something a lot of businesses claim they don't want. so is this really the answer? >> let's ask the author of a new book "liberty rising a treaty on the restoration of our constitutional republic." and he says less government involvement is really the answer. bob, when you see this bailout number, whatever it is what's the reaction that you have? >> the reaction that i have is it's just more of the same. the stimulus bill was an $872 billion failure. the policies of this administration have created a climate of uncertainty across the business community. >> sure. >> we're seeing capital on strike in america. >> in fact, bob, you

host: congressman peter welch, at large representing virginia. thank you for joining us. guest: vermont. host: did i say virginia? excuse me. huge difference. you are having a meeting with senator dick durbin and the fed chairman ben bernanke to talk about the implementation. tell me about your meeting. guest: the rulemaking process by which we are going to implement the credit card provisions that were in the wall street reform act. the chairman has met with a visa and master card, the fed has met with the big banks. and senator dick durbin and i, the principal authors of the credit card reform provisions in the wall street though, want to meet on behalf of consumers and merchants. basically what the wall street reform bill did with credit cards is try to help our merchants, who were getting hammered with the highest credit card transaction fees in the world. they pay about $50 billion a year. a lot of folks don't know this, but if you go and use your credit card -- of course, they are important and good for the economy. a secure transaction for the merchant. good for th

to continue our coverage now we of welch and here he is at the command center at red cross in your looking at the victims and talking to them. well? >> joining me now is charlie and bowed and. you live at the place and your home at the time. surely canute describe the sound tell there is the ambulance rushing by. either it's injury or death to go to another scene will get information on that. now back to charlene, your home at this time and said it gave me chills. tell what you saw and what you heard >> as, my living room and there is the shaking. the windows in the house felt like there is pressure building up and then there was a sound and an explosion. a look at my window and i did not really have to but my living room was a bright orange red and it was a giant ball of flames coming up with smoke. i can't tell side to seal was light on and the public favors right there and we just got some of our belongings and there was a residential home down the street that needed assistance of the rest to evacuate we're hoping, just helping the mall to get together and evacuate. >> and everybody ran

informed, they'd be mad at stonewalling republicans but republicans just didn't want the policies as jack welchric said, he goes republicans should be stonewalling because it's bad policies and the republicans mind, that's why they're stonewalling. flip side to everything. let's talk about the bush tax cuts that, by the way, steny hoyer, i think, called the bush tax hikes because president bush didn't extend them past 2010. >> nice try. >> which was staggering. but i cannot believe the differing opinions about whether we're going to have a vote or not before this election. were you surprised at that, dana? >> i was surprised because i think it's unfortunate for the democrats. it's astounding that, one, that they haven't heeded the advice from the economic community and businesses saying we desperately want certainty and even if they had voted on it, and not extended all the tax cuts, at least then businesses would know, right? you would know and you could plan. the other reason is i think politically, it really did look like yesterday they were just throwing their hands up and saying, uncle. yo

on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," we were to talk with peter welch about credit card fees andation. after that, greg walden on the november elections. the oregon congressman is a deputy chairman of the in rcc, which oversees selection efforts for republicans. after that, a look at the u.s. foster care system. daniel heimpel joins us. and later, robert mahler and homeland security secretary janet napolitano joins us. now the senate armed services committee looks at the nomination of general amos to be the commandants of the u.s. marine corps. he would become the first aviator to hold the top marine corps post. if confirmed, he would replace general james conway, whose four-year tenure at the pentagon in the fall. this is two hours. >> good morning, everybody. today the committee meets to consider the nomination of james amos to be the next commandant of the marine corps. he has a long history in military service and a distinguished history, and now you are being asked to add to that service. we're grateful for that and your willingness to do so. we welcome you and your family t

h.r. 5366 was introduced by my colleague, representative peter welch, on may 20, 2010, and referred to the committee on oversight and government reform where we worked hard to get this important legislation to the house floor. this bill requires that any person convicted of violating the foreign corrupt practices act of 1977 be proposed for debarment from any further contracts or grants with the federal government within 30 days after final judgment of the violation. the bill defines final judgment as occurring when all fields of the judgment have been determined or all the time fulfilling such appeals has expired. so there's no question regarding the person's guilt. additionally this bill authorizes the head of a federal agency to issue a waiver allowing contractor grants to be awarded to the contractors but the agency head must justify the decision and report the waiver and accompany justification to congress within 30 days. . this bill also makes it policy that no federal contracts or grants should be awarded to any individuals or companies who violate the foreign corrupt practices

the forster -- foresters who aideed the people -- who id'd the people and got lmccl -- mccluskey and welchrrested without incident. >> is there a place for private prisons in arizona? >> i do not think that is the question. the question is, is there room for the people of arizona? 400 violent criminals or moved into a facility in kingman that was designed for drunk -- were moved into a facility in the kingman that was designed for drunk drivers. there was no increase in security or trading -- training. 117 of those violent offenders were convicted murderers. there was no information given to the sheriff of the county or the police chief or any of the law enforcement in the area appeared suddenly, these dangerous people were in their midst. the department of corrections did an audit of that prison. they made three minor suggestions as to how it could be improved. when they came in after the escape, they found out it was an absolute meltdown. there was indifference to safety. they had 89 false alarms within 16 hours of the estate. the people did not have the proper training. they were brand

. >> remember that was -- this was disassociated from robert welch. but in the early days yaf and the birch society did things together. they did on an international basis -- >> please don't say that publicly. [laughter] everything now aren't we? >> nope. >> question in the back, actually three or four of them. the gentleman closest to the middle i think had his hand upon first. >> thank you. mr. murdoch -- >> murdoch has never been a limit on anything. [laughter] >> i should go stand over there on the far right. a senior fellow at the atlas economic research foundation and syndicated columnist at scripps howard news service and wind folks on the right or the far right the case may be gathered with sometimes diffident to beat ourselves as either conservatives or libertarians, and i'm wondering if the sharon conference, did you see those divisions and were they very distinct? word de miners differences or serious cam in the conservative on real veus libertarian sector? >> i don't remember that those were distinct camps at the time, the conservative and

. >> remember again that that was disassociating with robert welch, not with the john birch society. >> in the early days, we did something together. >> do not say that publicly. >> we are admitting everything now, are not? >> not everything, no. >> of the gentlemen and the metal -- gentleman in a that middle. >> roy murdoch has never been in the middle on anything. >> i should go stand on the far right. it seems that these days people associate themselves as republican or libertarian. d.c. those divisions -- do you see those divisions? >> i do not remember those being distinct camps, the conservative and libertarian ideas. it is do not remember them being a critical issue. my answer would have to be no. >> i have to say that those differences came out in the discussion of whether or not the word god should be in the statement. although those who are arguing against its inclusion did not identify themselves as libertarian, we knew that they were in fact libertarian. there were some divisions, but i do not think -- i think, probably for the greater good, people were trying to keep tho