with the legislation vetch's past -- with the legislation back just passed, obama went to the g-20 cas you have to spend t was taken out of the economy or put it back into it. you have to inject a transfusion if the country is hemorrhaging. with the work that is going on in congress, although we have people listing disclosures, campaign disclosures, would you say that president obama and the tarp you brought up earlier, is it a reaction from the administration? guest: yes, we cannot figure out where to go if we do not realize where we have been. we have been recovering from the worst financial crisis in 75 years. we lost $12 trillion worth of wealth that. has led to a decline in economic activity. you don't know for how long. it is hard to be sure. it took a big ball of of the economy. it led to 8 million jobs lost. we are starting to restore them. it will be a long time before we recover fully from that. i think the bush administration policies were responsible in part for that. it was your watch when this occurred. what we need to talk about is what do we do going forward. you can see th

republican if she was running six years ago d you havesome and pulling the country to the t not universally t there a revival of the end green eyeshade republicawho does t ca tho issues if my kelso gets nominad you ve more than you do now. chris christie is not social issues guy. hes anti-teacher union youtube eatest hit but i believe he is pro-life. now you have a pro-life republican governor of new jeey a which is not what you would have expected six years ago. soci issuesot enngled with a north-south culra divide were a lot of people who were pro-choe or o-lifet did not like the religious right to because they werethought of as southernnd i think not having the rublins in power has opened moreoom for a noh east tour western pro-life republican to not be automatically associed or southern evangelicals but don thin we really know the lo term answer the is just some interesting ends. >> a push from the libertarians on the other side the lertari writer who said they have to have good equalization and my responseas, th is crazy. whatever the mets may be, itould just be politically disastrous. >> but what if it picks up the ght to life? they have to state off

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hostt what did you hear from her, simon lomax ca? caller: i heard from her considerable interest in reducing the fossil fuel energy in alabama, as well as a sense of urgency to address this bill. in the legislation coming up next month the path of the democrats will be to try to work out how to get more legislation to be passed to respond as quickly to the gulf oil spill and then to see what they can do on what the president called for last night. that is to look beyond the immediate tragedy in disaster in the gulf and work out what sort of an energy sector the u.s. should have 10, 20, 30 years from now. senator reid has said they he is looking for republican support

point, if you're a participant in ny of the parts of what i would consider a full democracy movement, you cant to the real progress at the state level, indication at the federal level as well. but there has been a sense i think that man of a share, that in some ways he efforts to make our democracy work as well as we can in that effort we are less than the sum of ou parts, rather than greater than the sum of our part. too often the work that we've done has been in silos, often without knowledge of what each other is doing, often without even an understandin of the language and concepts that are pa of the other people wh are doing wo make democracy better. and sometimes even competion for what is the most important reform. but we know that in a strong and healthy democracy, it will only be achieved when we have made progress on the full democracy reform agenda. from participation to voting, to evening the playing field. and all of these issues that we have talked about. it is this reality that the campaign for a stronger democracy is seeking to address. in the summer of 2008, before we know w

with the legislation vetch's past -- with the legislation back just passed, obama went to the g-20 cas youspend t was taken out of the economy or put it back into it. you have to inject a transfusion if the country is hemorrhaging. with the work that is going on in congress, although we have people listing disclosures, campaign disclosures, would you say that president obama and the tarp you brought up earlier, is it a reaction from the administration? guest: yes, we cannot figure out where to go if we do not realize where we have been. we have been recovering from the worst financial crisis in 75 years. we lost $12 trillion worth of wealth that. has led to a decline in economic activity. you don't know for how long. it is hard to be sure. it took a big ball of of the economy. it led to 8 million jobs lost. we are starting to restore them. it will be a long time before we recover fully from that. i think the bush administration policies were responsible in part for that. it was your watch when this occurred. what we need to talk about is what do we do going forward. you can see that the fi

you know. and who knows what would happen to those assets. i mean atlas ca pipeline that b.p. owns half of could wind up being the china pipeline or the prudho ebay could get sold to the russians. there are all sorts of things that we could do that would disrupt the-- you know, disrupt the energy economy of the united states. >> woodruff: gentlemen, we are going to leave there, byron king, here in the u.s. and mr. fleminging joining us from london, thank you both. >> lehrer: still to come on the newshour: new tensions in u.s./turkey relations; the kick-off for soccer's world cup; and shields and brooks. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: flash floods in southwestern arkansas killed at least 20 people today. heavy rain touched off the torrent early today. with no warning, a pair of rivers rose more than eight feet an hour in remote valleys. state police captain mike fletcher said campgrounds were hard hit. >> trying to get everybody identified coming out of there. we're trying to identify the victims thate had and tryi

how will you vote on lifting the liability ca guest: first, let's make a couple of things clea liftingabily cap is not -- does not pardon this bill. that they will make everyone whole. we have to ok at the spending cap. host: theres no way they will retroactive? guest: they could if they wanted to. if the overall cost is $11 then they will be off total -- $1 billion. -- off the hook billion. the second side is thait is in our national interest to look up the bill. reasonably speaking, $75 million l too on the of iran, there are companies --y for on the other hand, there are basically only four companies thatanrill in theulf. it turns out tre arebout 100. if iis aalance, sort of a, let's raise it in a wayhat is reasonable, also cano, a cleanpa paid by themoney people that do the exploration to cover the cost of this bilsp, it is basically one tha is the hands of the five different companies ando one else. host: chester on the democratic line in york, go ahead. caller: i am very disappointed with the way that the government this oil spiil. i am disappointed that allen. -- fadthad aallen.

you know, i've had companies have said that are located in village or cit when the e.p.a. puts a mandate in, i don't ca iit's w o sewer, but e pantpany is somepla oside the ste d they're toldt if their ratego up to a certaun and theyt -- noonger profitable in their area, well that cpa is ing to b moved. you know, when you'rlog alosi 300 jor 400 jobs or 600 jobsthat tally uncepble. mrs. lummis: wl the gentleman yld? . latt i yield to thlady s. lummis: are you aware o any plers iyour manufacting distct that have pulled u stakes and moved theisinses elwher and i yie back. mr. latta: i thank the lady for yieldi back. that happens all the tim unfortunaly yokn, we have situions hat, y know, 'ryear agwh i was a count commission -- is is a few years back -- we are competing against other partsof ohio or ybe some place souther michigr in eastendana. and e day -- in a sht 20eapeod nre competing with somebody 8,000, ,000 miles away if they're in a situatwhere they have a lower lab cost, they have a lowerost for eieltricity or their other oil cos, if they don't other fuelosts, cleanir, clean water, all of a sudden

you tquestionour decisiono vote yes. mr. peaker, since i ted publiservice, iried to ge health ca rrm r this became law, we're seeing the expansion of insunce to young adults acrosthe countr andhe high-rils will be ened to indivuals denie coverage becse of pre-existing condition. and seniors e ready gett extraelthhe with estone, i can feel hopew merica. tnk you. i yield back. e speaker pro mpore: the gentleladylds back t balance oher time. for what purpo doethe gentleman from oregonise? >> tdress the hou for one mite. the speaker pro tempo: out bjecon. mr. wuthank you, mr. speaker inside the ltway, republicans threat to take uback to the failed polies that creed this economic csis in t irst place. theyre siding with the special terests,itcredit card companies, with big oil, with surancompan the faed economic and fiols ced the georgebush recessi, the worst financial crisis since thgreat dssion, with es oarly 800,0 jo per mon thicongress passed the american revery and revestme acthich is sponsib for 2.8 million jobs saved or creat including bs for teachepoli and refights. more than a third of the bill was forax cuts for 98% america

isn't it time ad somloans r small business, me tax cfor albusine a some affordable health ca for small business? if you wa words, tahe nority's approach. if you want acti, pport this bill. i yield ck the balance of my time. the speaker prtempore: time has expired. the geneman from michigan >> continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempe: the chair wnote that th gentleman from micgahas 10 mis remaining and the gentleman from michigan has six minutes remaing. mr. levin:i noyiel two muteso the gentlelady from texas, ms. jason lee. th speaker proempore: the gentlewomais recogzed for two mines. ms. jackson le i thank the gentleman for his leadership and i thank the full comttee o thwaysnd m f bng a feline for small businesses and i k my colleagues on t floor of the house to join them. thout this effort small busiss doors across america will clo and frankly i belie it is importa, as my lleague jt said, let us walk the lk antalk the talk. for it is nowime to invest in allusinees, which in acty create the backbone of the economy of ameca and provide for employment in our rural and urbaeas across th natio in fact

you, mr. spear. i'm re the prime minister is aware that a cross-party gup of mps worked hd in parliament to get the governmen t new measus to regulate hmos and license ivate landrds. cahe reassure his governmt will not see to dermin that slation that io important from my and otr city-cented commities? >> the honorable lady makes a very good int. a know of the problems of houses that are kept badly and some of the problems in past with hmos. what i would suggest is would ask tsing mister to take rward that work so we make sure we get that right. >> thank youmrspker. the legy of themer government's disastrous decion-makinin irais still aito see. cai ask the prime minister it off look at the existing hom office gnce in termof deportg alum ekers to baghdad. a plhas left today cai askim compassionaly to peonally l athisgain so that we have a fm immigration pocy but weemain

that it's the lowest cost site so we have asked the inspector general if that is the ca and they said no. where are you getting the information? begin report from the inspector general just last week prior to my phone call with you indicating problems the inspector general's office on covered but his conclusion these defects would not have changed the fact the ultimate award was still the lowest cost and nothing to reverse the contract. but i'm happy to discuss that wi you. >> i would love to see the document that says so. when my staff called after our phone call i think the response was the inspect general's office last that was the answer that know what was given in the document i am reading from may 26th basically says noah should examine whether it sufficiently complied with the requirement to consider existing federal facilities before pursuing the new lease acquisition. so we are talking millions of dollars year to the u.s. taxpayer by the fact that this facility did not go through a process and which existing federal facilities were considered. the inspector general said go back and do that hom

preeminent wisdom that they were very rarely wrong and that the modern old idea that we ca mold cottin' tooing to you what we want it to be rather than what that vision was is something that ant threat cal to a ton of people across this country. so i really am going to want to know a lot about specific issues. and as we talk about it the question i would ask to you ponder is should the american people really know what you believe before we install you for lifetime tenure on the supreme court? what obligation do we have to make sure they know what your thinking is, whether it liberal or conservative, the fact is they ought to know elena kagan by these hearings, the only way you know that and you asked me for advice before we finished and my advice is be absolutely completely honest before this committee and it is really not for the committee, baz our our country divided today, we are pole rides, regionally and politically, what we have to have in whoever comes to the court is a confidence in their heart that they are going to do what's best in the long-term for this country based on what that document

robert the chief justice took no part of the consideration or the decision of the cas i mean, that's -- i think the one thing you can be clear about in the setting like that is roberts took no part in e decision of the case. and if ware trying to say that the law, that the rule of law, provides a set of boundaries in which people can make decisions with confidence, and in the defense of the united states of america, we need for the executive branch to have a set of rules that they can -- in which they can operate confidently. if we can't operate confidently, what does it give to o enemy? it says to the enemy, it suggests to them we are morally ambiguous, it says to them we don't know how we're operating anddwhat we can do. it impairs our ability to defend freedom. the defense of freedom requires the rule of law. and the rule of laws one of the greatest supporters of freedom because it helps people know what they are free do to the co-and what they are not free to do. we move to the case now before the court and the court of peals has again, as it had in the four previous cases, sustained the position of the dert

that is, if you are awre of for exple the rules for testimony, e secretary of teasury want to go up and testified before the congress of the united statbecause he is invited to do so we ca open hi mouth without getting approval from the statement from the office of management andbudget. the statute specifically prohibits anyone from having prior review or approval of any testimony or statement by the direct of the office of financial esearch, so you have here an office tt will collect data that you have never seen before, conduct research you have never seen before, who has a standi that is independent. he is able to et his budget or shis able to set her budget, raise the budgetary funds from assessme on the large reporting firms and then report eir best assessment of whether they are looking backwards, sussing previous problems and providing the best judgment on why or forecasting going forward what problems are emerging a what ris needed to be responded to. the way we describe e fi of final resourcin the tradition of a biblical profit, speaking truth to power and everytng about the office is structured to reinforce the speaking ofsolute truth. >> thank you allan, and

ca da h kandahar area now. >> all will be on the ground by the end of august. there is one element that is not required by that time. it doesn't rotate until after that. >> you expect that amount of troops by august will be sufficient to what you need to accomplish the mission? >> that is correct. general has stated that this will enable us to be what is required to carry out the strategy. recognizing that we will always ask for the needs, that is our obligation to our troopers and secretary gates has his flex factor that could enable him to satisfy some of that at his level. >> i would expect as we come into the summer of 2011, if you needed to increase that level on the ground, that you would made that recommendation to the president. >> that is correct. in my statement i stated we will look at the conditions on the ground at that time. i and i'm sure all of the other military leaders involved will provide our most forthright and best professional military advise and then at the end of the day support the ultimate policy decision made by the president. >> thank you. my time is up. i wanted to also talk to you about iran and what their influence is currentl

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you both. this is more along the lines of intelligence. a couple of hours ago i received two casmy cell phone from arab-sounding gentleman. ey left messages on the voiceml. as just a private average citizen, i don') know any arabs. i could not understand what they were saying. with the wiretapping situatn should be concerned? host: that is ait f topic. we wl say goodbye to you and thank ambassador ryan crocker %+ >> on tomorrow morning's "washington journal," byron dorgan will talk about the liability of bp over the oil spill. after that, we will talk to the head of the heritage foundation. and we will go over the new health-care law with neera tanden. "washington journal" is each morning at 7:00 on c-span. and general petraeus will talk about the security situation in afghanistan. the live coverage begins at 10:00 eastern. >> see what your member of congress has said. search the congressional chronicles. everywhere from every appearance on the house and senate floor since 1987. and for a snapshot of every member of the congress, the congressional directory, available at c-span.o

i'll try to avoid comment on particular cas other than to say there is one on th in the seven district. he was i the fabriand bomber from the original indictment. youow, get now is a very besting problem. it's a very vexing problem nd 's a ve vexing pblem for this administration. and i don't think tha -- let me put it this way, you know, there's a converti goig on, a political coersation going on and a poliy debateoing on about how to deal with and what tos are to be available for dealing with the gimo tainees, which is kind of a subset of a largerconversation that i've been talking about, which is how to deal with all terrism deanees. and so, my perspective on it, you know, as we are to make available to the operational folks all of the tools that we think are appropriate and coistent with our vaues. anpeople can disagree about that. there's a lot of room for disagreement here. i do think as i've tried to argue today that depending on the facts, law eorcement can be very affect his and protecting national scurity and incapacity and terrace for the long run and in gathering intelligence fromnd abo th. that, you know, ultimatel i'm reactive to the t

ca. call: iould just like t remind the of listensthat o ... i' sorry, am i on the a? host: you a. of america was and probably still, loaning money to illegal immigrants who have no social security numbers for had social -- stolen social secutynumbers -- or had stolen social securityumbers. whe called the bank of america before i stopped doing business with themo find out why they weredoing that, they said, we would likeo give ese people a path to citizenship. justhink about that before you decide. if we give money tmexico. people are being killed on our borders. and this banking wants toi them money. peop thatre coming across the board illegally, money. host: let's get a response. guest: i do not wan to talk about the detail operati of the bank. we are here to tal about energy, but i appreciate the callers perspective. host: next calfrom alabama. caller: in responseo the lady's question, your responsibility through the housing rensrction act, are u responsible to offer mortgages to peoehat cannot indite that they have a job? guest: i am not the rit pers to talk aut tsepecific requ

you? and i said, senator byrd, i pulled something out of my library for when i came back, and i read "the adventures of robinson ca carusso." he said, "robinson carusso," and he proceeded to tell me -- i had just read the book -- how long he had been on that island -- 28 years, 3 months, a week and two days, or whatever it was. i was stunned. i didn't know. i went back and pulled the book out to see if he was right, and he was right. he probably hadn't read that book in 35, 40 years but he knew that. what a -- what a mind. it was really stunning, the man's memory. the head of the political science department, andy tuttle, university of nevada at las vegas, taught a course, a graduate course, based on senator byrd's lectures on the roman empire. he gave two lectures here on the senate floor on the roman empire, the fall of the roman empire. he gave the lecture because he was conccrned because of the line-item veto. and he felt that the line-item veto would be the beginning of the end of the united states senate and he proceeded to give ten lectures on that on the senate floor. every one of them from memory. every o

host: let us get to telephone ca >> now live to today's white house briefing with spokesman robert gibbs. >> just one quick scheduling update for you all, tomorrow, before departing for the gulf, the president will stop in maryland to discuss unemployment numbers that will be released tomorrow. they will discuss it commercial dealer ship and truck parts supplier. the president will make brief remarks. mr. fowler? >> [inaudible] did the president signed off on the white house approach to jobs? and what is his reaction to this? >> i have not talked to him about it today. >> you do not know? i do not. >> there are two confirmed cases of the white house actively encouraging democratic candidates to got out of primary challenges. how can you pretend that this is not politics as usual? >> i think the leaders of the parties on the one hand are interested in supporting --that the interested parties did not run against each other, in these cases. >> [unintelligible] has the white house been transparent about these offers? and if not, why is it taking so long for all of this to come out? >> i think you have received credit of information ove

you? and i said, senator byrd, i pulled something out of my library for when i came back, and i read "the adventures of robinson ca carusso." he said, "robinson carusso," and he proceeded to tell me -- i had just read the book -- how long he had been on that island -- 28 years, 3 months, a week and two days, or whatever it was. i was stunned. i didn't know. i went back and pulled the book out to see if he was right, and he was right. he probably hadn't read that book in 35, 40 years but he knew that. what a -- what a mind. it was really stunning, the man's memory. the head of the political science department, andy tuttle, university of nevada at las vegas, taught a course, a graduate course, based on senator byrd's lectures on the roman empire. he gave two lectures here on the senate floor on the roman empire, the fall of the roman empire. he gave the lecture because he was concerned because of the line-item veto. and he felt that the line-item veto would be the beginning of the end of the united states senate and he proceeded to give ten lectures on that on the senate floor. every one of them from memory. every o

you think they should delay that a dividend cut guest: what they do with their dividend does not matt to me long as they take caeveryonelse. host: but if they're unable to take care of that commitment? guest: then pay the dividend. what they do itafte making whole, th is their business. but let's make everyone whole first. host: next call from new jersey. xdcaller: i understand of the budget is going to be cut in the next upcomg process. this a car reason why the coast guard budget xtra be increased -- shou be increased and brought more into he pmitttng, rearch and chnoloes, and more advanced booming, etc. the coast guard budget? guest: i am a republican,not majority, but it does appear that it will be in the budget year. the democratic majoty will not submit a budget this year. secondly, they will be expsesund for alle hospital elated to the spill -- from the spill trust fund f all exnses related to thepill. on of the proposals is that innerness would split -- whateverhey morph into because they have split into three agencies. obviouy, i would hopehat they would be funded to support the mo prominent role. host

cas, mr. harmon, ms. wiener, and mr. scalise. they also host the field hearing in new orleans, we had nine members go down in one of the largest field hearings we've had so you can see the interest here. i also also note, miss jackson lee is with us, not a member of the committee, she will not be allowed to ask question, but we welcome her and she's sat in on previous hearings we've had. so our first witness is mr. tony high hayward who is the chief executive officer of bp plc. you have a right to be advised by counsel during your testimony. do you wish to be represented by legal counsel? i'm sorry, you have to just press that button right there, sir. >> positive dye not. >> we also asked if you would have a technical person with you so you could consult if we ask some questions that you want to run it by your technical person. do you have a technical person with you? >> i do. >> could you state his name and position for the record, please. >> mike zangey, drilling engineer. >> during your testimy, if you want to consult with that individual, please let us know, we'll give you a moment to do so before you answer but you'll be only one who could answer the qu