madam speaker, this money should be spent at home. we have enough problems at home that we have to deal with. and i think the congress has recognized this. but let's not send more money overseas. money that will come through higher prices at the pump, higher bills from our utilities, higher food prices when we buy them in the supermarket. vote this bill down and keep the money at home. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: i yield two minutes to the the gentleman from massachusetts, chairman frank, for purposes of a colloquy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. frank: i yield to the the gentleman from from new york. mr. mcmahon: i rise chairman -- to thank chairman waxman for this piece of legislation, which makes clear that the section of this bill that relate to energy commidity derivatives should be superseeded by congressional financial regulatory reform if it comes forward. th

we missed half the time when we shot at the drone. the drone was launched upper range, and we had in this -- and we had a miss distance. what has ever happened to the abl program. guest: the abl is airborne laser. that is one of the programs that is to be cut, and republicans are opposed to cutting that. is a huge, huge jet like air force one. the whole center carbone -- the whole center of the plane is housing the chemicals that create the laser. with reflecting mirrors and fenty lenses, it goes to a big cyclops eye on the front of the airplane which can direct the laser. there are three lasers that operate on the plane. the first one is a little tiny spotting laser that looks out in the distance and see is the enemy missile, and it says, ok, i see it and i know where it is. the second laser then takes an measures the atmosphere between the aircraft that has the airborne laser and the enemy missile and checks basically the optic of the atmosphere that the laser is going through in order to tune this very powerful laser, and then they

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it will have no effect at all on them. what affect it could have on other employers depend very much on how it is structured. as has been mentioned, when the things people are being very cognizant of is, how do we treat small employers and those kind of things. there is a literature, but it is certainly having a whole range of estimates depending on how the system is structured. i do think it is important to realize the reason why people talk about having shared responsibilities with employers. that is that we do think that the employer base system that we have, that the president is wanting to keep it. >> you do not know the job losses may be? i see numbers as high as four or 5 million. >> i have certainly not seen numbers like that. i think that would be exceptionally large. >> again, we simply do not know. there are certainly some concerns with this draft bill that there would be reverse instances or incentives for employers to drop their coverage. that is something we will analyze as we go forward here with the debate.

there is a lot of jobs at stake. will they help to do anything with short-term cash flow and credit issues in terms of federal assistance? >> i cannot take your i am directly and intimately involved in those discussions, but i know that there has been reaching out from the governor and the state of california and the treasury in talking to people in the white house. i know that california is a great concern. that economy collapses, it could have profound impacts across the globe. i and others, given the opportunity, will try to do as much as we can with our discretionary money and funds to try and focus on the hard- pressed areas. we have a tremendous foreclosure problem. there has been some leveling off for people -- people are utilizing the incentives that the government has put out. there was encouragement with people purchasing automobiles in the survey that we just saw this past month, but not where it needs to be. every state in the union is struggling from this economic crisis. >> is california's economy colla

but what i'm reading in the papers this week at least, is that at march 1 decision is going to be a compromise and it's going to make everything worse. >> the air force has come in and said they are willing to back off their 380 some odd. just give us 60 more, you don't. >> i'm going to make a moderators prerogative and try not to have the audience leader despond. [laughter] >> i question put the heat on them or what does that actually mean? there are people in the room who can help do that. what he'd are you talking about? >> well, expose some of the stuff that we are talking about. the american people don't see the things we are talking about in the news media are not that interested in either. and that's what you have to change. i mean, get the media into this. >> the media is a big part of it. >> there on the other side now. >> i mean, you have to remember these are human beings and we have to do with human nature. win last week there were 93 senators who voted to approve the deputy secretary, four senators had the character to scratch the surface and look at what actually was going on and

conditions at a number of financial markets have improved since earlier this year. likely reflecting both policy actions taken by the federal reserve and other agencies as well as the somewhat better economic outlook. nevertheless, financial markets and financial institutions remain under stress, and low asset prices and tight credit conditions continue to restrain economic activity. among the markets where functioning has improved recently are those for short-term funding include the interbank lending market and the commercial paper macket. risk spreads in those markets appear to have moderated and more lending is taking place at longer maturities. the better performance reflects short-term lending programs. it is encouraging that the private sector's reliance on the fed's programs has declined as market stresses have eased, an outcome that was a key objective when we designed these interventions. the issuance of asset-backed securities backed by credit, auto and student loans has also picked up this spring and abs funding rates have declined back by term asset-bac

they've been for the past two years, at least, secretary gates has been involved at some extent or another with the russians on that idea. he still thinks as you heard when he testified before the senate that there is opportunity cooperate with the russians on a missile defense system in europe. that system is still viewed as a comp needn't what we have done thus far with the czeches and the poles. and as obviously the focus of our discussions right now with the russians have been on start leading up to the president's trip there in the next couple of weeks. but i think that everybody here remains optimistic that some sort of agreement can be worked out with the russians on building a collective system that protects each other and our peoples and our allies in europe. >> is it a case of either or? did the sites at the czech republic or southern russia or do you see this as all complimenting each other? >> i think we view this at this stage as cooperation with the russians would be as a conferencement to a site in -- you know, the sites in europe. that perhaps they could help us enhance wha

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obviously a new green at 14. and the finish is always stout. >> you put so much work in developing a strategy to manage the course. how would you describe the preparation heading in this time? >> it's been good. i hit the ball well at memorial which helps. and my practice sessions at home have been very good. i've hit the ball well up here. so i'm just looking forward to getting a little more fine tuned tomorrow. getting it dialed in just a little better. doing a little more work on the greens, and hopefully i'll be ready come thursday morning. >> how do you measure your game from when you first returned to match play to now? >> night and day. night and day. i was limited to what i can do. i was hoping. i wasn't sure if i could make it around 18 holes. i hadn't walked yet. my first walking of 18 holes was in a practice round that week. so it was a lot of ifs. right now, my leg feels great. it's explosive again. all the different things that i've been doing to try to get it better. it's starting to get better each

the premiums are comparatively low with family estimated at the time. it is and all private system that obviously has the government framework to operate and, and while it was a matter of a great deal of contention, when we dealt with it, it is interesting to me that no one has one to go back in and do it. it is actually worked pretty well without a government plan as an option. >> congressman, i certainly think that is one of the recent examples of benefit package that was put on the table. i would suggest that it is not accurate to describe the public auction as part of the health exchange as a single-payer plan. i don't think that is a, an accurate description of what i think is envisioned as a health exchange where private plans side-by-side compete with public plans. as they do now in many states in the country, in state employee health plans, as they do in many states in the country with the childrens insurance program because absent a public auction, in many parts of the country would not have a choice and you would not have competition because w

kennedy the rbi double now at 3rd. the walk to cust at 2nd. the walk to holliday at 1 st. giambi grounded out his first time up. stands in with the poll. shift is on. dangerous situation. giambi 1-4 with the bases loaded this year. two down. and going for the slam my right there. >> buck: that's the one place you can attack giambi fairly confidently is up in the zone. back for a little extra fastball 94 miles per hour guilty or not guilty big moment in the ball game for the orioles. that one drilled to the right field corner. it is a fair ball. kennedy scores. cust scores. here comes matt holliday. the throw not in time. a bases loaded bases clearing double for giambi. [ cheering and applause ] >> buck: that part of the line up jack cust, matt holliday and jason giambi seventh double of the season clears the bases and puts the a's out in front 4-0. giambi right back with the fastball. got on top of it keeps it fair just inside the foul line all the way down on to the corner. kennedy, cust right behind him and finally matt holliday comes in from 1st base. >> gary: that's 30

we had no problems at all. i ask my friend who was a cpa and he said it is happening across the board. i am a clinical psychologist, so i see this in a hold from buy. nothing really can get done weather republican or democrat. we don't have any control. it is all run by other people. they play on fears. in the and, you have to worry about yourself because politicians just care about the next vote. guest: unfortunately, the banks are cutting back on lines of credit for small businesses. small businesses are particularly affected because they are very afraid that they will get another round of defaults. if you have not used your line of credit, they may be fearing that you will only use it if you are in trouble. it is arbitrary and frustrating. i would send a copy of those letters to barack obama and timothy geithner. host: what are other countries in similar situations doing right now? guest: the chinese are pursuing, correctly, a very infrastructure oriented stimulus. there are a lot of unmet needs around the c

other stories look at that that, taking a look at other stories in the "washington post" looking at cyber security as it's called. this is knackshi ma writing about the pentagon's efforts keeping defensive with those attacking the nation based computer systems. some fear the pentagons ability to develop cyber warfare may forge partner ships with the private sector. and with governments and businesses a broad. in the cyber domain according to those. kevin chilton of strategic command said in a meeting last month with reporters,nsa had unique abilities to inform the military of threats and a ver theirs intent and to prepare for attack and to prepare for attack and a tack. every day unseen operators using software are using millions of scans that handled 56 teara bytes of data a day and used by millions of military and civilian personnel. that's in the "washington post" and there's also a story looking at - i've lost that story. oh, the associated press. may have heard in light of several news agencies being closed to independent ves gaytive journalism. these are usually, while the associate

if you make the assumption that gdp will grow at 3% -- and it may not grow at 3%. that is not a guarantee either. you may have a green economy that generates so much value that the 0.8% is outweighed by something else. i think this is an important point. the other area that think we have to remember is that we are the yo-yo dieters when it comes to energy in the u.s. weekend, we crash, we start, we've been again. the problem is if you binge long enough, it is harder to get lean. energy companies are doing the right now. that leaves the energy infrastructure vulnerable to greater costs of imported energy sources. the very price signals we are talking about encourage leaner growth to spend the money that we need to build energy muscle. 2009 looks like it is going to be year no. 5 and that is going to be a doozy. basically this is a yo-yo dieter buying a swimsuit for win -- when you are thinnest. i do not think we should build our policies at the time when we are our sixth guest. if you look a figure eight on page 10, and it shows a picture of what you get for free al

at stanford university, senior fellow at hoover institution and teaches economics at stanford. welcome to the program. caller: good morning to both of you. i have maybe three questions, if i could stay on the line. host: can we stay on the line? caller: do you know tim adams? guest: former colleague at the treasury? host: second question? caller: of the second question is, -- the second question is, what area were you undersecretary? guest: international affairs. caller: that is what tim was. here is my question. the bush administration was fundamentally established as a corporate model government, which did not sit well with me because governments and corporations are difference. the first treasury secretary, paul o'neill, i liked, -- the price of loyalty, what happens with him. john snow -- paul a came -- lcoa and john snow came from cs x, so they had business experience on the ground with employees. but then with henriette -- when henry paulson came in, he came from goldman sachs, and that seems to be a problem these days with respect to people on goldman sachs -- from goldm

right at the letters. mcdougal, 98. wow! he is getting loose these days. >> rob: he always had an amazing arm. that's pretty uncomfortable. 97 inside. >> rob: you and i look at that differently. i done find that as uncomfortable. i look that as setting up the next pitch. >> bob: that means you are the pitcher and i am the hitter. i'm out of here. i these guys are professional. >> bob: overpowerred him. three ground balls. let's see if the nats can get one with dunn.  . >> johnny:  hi, everybody, johnny holiday along with phil woods. phil, adam dunn did it last night in a 3-3 ballgame. can he do it again tonight? >> phil: it will be great if he does it. i hope he does it much quicker. we won't be here all evening. a tough one for ross detwiler not to get his first big league win. he obviously around another start. another amazing evening from willie harris. >> johnny: we don't want to go into extra innings although the nats got their first extra inning win last night. let's see if they can get do that in

does that have to originate at the state level? >> senator, the process by which we would activate north comm. would be at the request of the state and we wouldn't have assets within either the national guard or other federal assets and was appropriate. we would mission to ask the folks at north comm. to provide assistance. one thing we have done that goes back to the issues the chairwoman raised previously a lot of times these would be requested we haven't planned ahead of time. what we've done is after katrina and then after the hurricanes last year, we had developed what we call a pre-scripted mission which is essentially we put together the type of things we would be likely asking for from north comm.. we write these missions clearly what we are trying to accomplish and then north comm. trains those resources and has that ready to go so that rather than try to describe or call pieces to do something we can activate in mission package north comm. can execute and support of the mission which is working for the states so if it exc

first of all, ended the extent to which authority already exists either at the sec or a the fed to do some of this under existing statutes or whether there are specific things that this committee and congress must do to change the law to address these issues? >> thank you. perhaps in the fourth i did not use my words well because i think they are actually different. i think of the issue of golden parachutes and supplemental retirement packages, we were not coming with a particular legislative or even regulatory proposal. we really were in a sense trying to shine a spotlight on a practice that we think -- can add the we in this case being the treasury? >> we are trying to suggest that based on our review this is a practice that and there are practices on the supplemental retirement accounts, excess of retirement accounts for executives and golden parachutes that shareholders and management should reexamine and there may be times than they are, but this seems to be increasing evidence that they have become more prevalent. >> let me go to the second question -- >> so i say that i perhaps

but we can at least get rid of guantanamo prison. that would at least remove one thorn. well, would it? would it make a difference? nobody knows that it would make a difference. and so, the key point that i make is -- and this is just a disagreement reasonable people are going to have, i guess -- i think guantanamo is the best place to keep these people. others might -- my friend from illinois think that there are alternatives that are better and that under the circumstances we should make the change. again, i observe that the american people seem to be on the side of not closing it down and i don't think it all has to do with fear. continuing thaos do with the commonsense notion that this is not going to remove terrorist recruiting. and if it's better for us to keep them there, we might as well do that. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent to speak in morning business for five minutes. i see other members are on the floor. i will finish after five and yield the floor on this unusual we've debated. the presiding officer: without obj

it comes at a critical time for our nation and right at the heels of the economic recovery act. together the clean energy act and the recovery plan provide a newfoundation for economic recovery, new jobs, and clean energy manufacturing. we are going to drive the development of new clean energy jobs that pay well and cannot be outsourced. people are fed up with the wild swings in gas prices and tired of watching america's economy rise and fall along with the price of a barrel of oil. so we are going to commit ourselves to a new economic future. the clean energy act has special significance to my home state of florida because alone in the continental united states my state is surrounded on three sides by water. if we do not take action to address carbon pollution, it is possible that much of my state in future decades will no longer be be habitable. ms. matsui: i yield 30 seconds. ms. castor: the seas could rise and the coast cost move inland. florida has already seen increasing droughts and saltwater intrusion of our aquifers. what happens if we do not act? property insurance rat

at 2-1 for the nats at rfk back in 2005. >> rob: you saw that stat about how they lead the american league in hits. hill has 90. lind has 80. scutaro has 81. rios has 77 and rolen is catching up with 69. they're all good at putting the ball in play. >> bob: vernon wells is their highest priced player. signed a big deal 2 1/2 years ago, $127 million. rich -- richest contract in the history of the toronto blue jays. he's been struggling this year. not that time. now he's 7-17 last. that will get scott rolen to the plate batting .327. >> rob: one thing young pitchers have done well is getting out of the inning after two outs which they hadn't done well. last six games getting out of the inning after two outs, imperative for this young staff. >> bob: scott rolen ran into choi choi of the dodgers back in 2005. until this year, his shoulder was never the same. he's been on the d. l. and out for the rest of the season a time or two because of it. he's now back healthy. he feels the best he has felt in years and the numbers prove it. not a lot of power though. only four home runs, 22 rbi's. >> rob

he is now director at the center for global policy at george mason interested. if you look at the subject of the segment, regime changes. take us back to the people. we read this morning that it is somewhat quieter on the streets. what most people be thinking? those who have been possibly be used? guest:

who is going to finish at fenway? in the national league, the phillies and the mets doing battle before everyone starts interleague play. and on the golf course, phil mickelson with mixed emotions, but no question about the results. espnews, swinging your way now. >> hello up there, and welcome down here. espnews now available in high definition, along with jonathan coachman, i'm steve bunin, we're always keeping you current in the world of sports here on espnews. guys hit a home run, we'll show you usain bolt live in toronto. running for the first time since his car accident. and game 4, nba finals, magic and lakers, now orlando, they answered a lot of questions with their game 3 win on tuesday. it took incredible shooting to do it. the big question, tonight, can they continue that good play in front of a home crowd, pivotal. pivotal gam game 4. kobe, starting off, red hot, just like he did in game 3. 2-0, lakers. heed owe, heed owe turkoglu! driving to the hoop. andrew bynum, on the bench. pau gasol had gone to the

we will start here at the white house. the secretary has already started to take a look at our light bulbs and replace them. if we want to make our economy run more efficiently, we have to make our homes and businesses run more efficiently. that is why we are all will expand the development, employment and use of energy- efficient tech calls -- technology. we are talking about technologies that are available right now, or else will soon be available. from lightning, windows, heating, cooling, controls. by adopting these technologies in our homes and businesses, we can make our buildings up to 80% more efficient. with additions like solar panels on the roof, even transform them into zero energy buildings that use as much energy as they consume. progress like this might seem far fetched. the fact is, we are not lacking for ideas and innovations. all we lack are the smart policies, the political will. when we put aside the politics and posturing, then a simple choice emerges. we can remain the world's leading importer of oil,

at the center of the rooms of the home viewing audience can hear the question. if he would like to watch the program again note eckert coverage will be aired saturday evening beginning 10 p.m. central standard time. please welcome the moderators, elizabeth taylor and rick kogan of "the chicago tribune." [applause] .. i know you agree liz, paul and harvey, how did you do this, who was the genius who came up with this? it is unbelievably good. >> paul. i mean, paul deserves i think you know, paul desserts you know, like i think airlines share of the material, i mean the praise for doing the book. for one thing he has taught oral history for a long time at brown university, and he has for long time been a studs terkel admire and fan. i think that you know, i think the art work was a real nice too. >> it is not all yours either. it is not all yours. >> i didn't mess around with his words. i did not change anything. so, you know. i just broke the text down into panels. some of the artists apparently didn't want to, i don't know what. but anyway, that's-- paul, i have

at the bottom. a plan for local government actions to be take ton establish and sustain local building code enforcement administration functions without continuing the federal support at a level at least equivalent to that proposed in the grant application. you all get that? it doesn't explain it, but here's what it is. federal government's going to mandate all these new standards on every house built in america, it's going to cost your local building department all kinds of money to enforce this and revise their code, and when money runs out, we'll allow them to apply for a grant to the united states government. i'm sure my constituents would love that. page 48. each building code enforcement department receiving a grant under subsection a shall impanel a code administration and enforcement team consisting of at least one full-time building code enforcement officer a city planner and a health planner or similar officer. now i've got some big towns in my district. hamilton, middletown, west chester

it is the at&t player of the game. brad bergesen, six strong innings, melvin mora abig night at the plate with four rbi's, and aubrey huff has had a big night at the plate. a couple of ribbies, text to have your voice heard, 51862. >> rob: your lefties are a little better than most. >> jim: that is a really good point. huff is is a .278 lifetime batting average against left- handers. a lot of people don't -- obviously you know this as well as i from pitching and doing the numbers as a broadcaster, what usually happens is the slugging average goes down. the home runs, the doubles, the extra-base hits, and markakis and huff, and even scott this year where he is healthy -- >> jim: towards the hole, to the left. second baseman hernandez and he got him! hernandez going as far as he could reaching for it, somehow got it to first before he lost his balance. >> rob: i did a game in spring training. i saw him go over to shortstop, some of the greatest range i have ever seen warring like saying robby alomar, and here you see it

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in new guinea at that point still raging on. and you have the centerpiece of the allied effort in the pacific that year, the invasion of the mariannas was about to take place. so we are about ten days before the invasion of sigh pan. and is an effort not quite equal to the normandy invasion but pretty close because it's subsequently followed up by invasions of guam. these are huge campaigns and they certainly were all subconnected in one way just to draw on what we're talking about earlier was landing craft. having enough landing craft to go around was an issue, whether we would have enough for the pacific invasions versus the invasion of normandy, all these things had to be considered and yines hour was a major player. so, for instance, the normandy campaign was originally scheduled -- or the normandy invasion was originally scheduled for may. eisenhower had to push it back because they didn't have enough landing craft and because many had been slotted for the pacific invasions that were going to happen the same year. so the wh

it begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and we will show it to you again at 10:00 p.m. eastern here on booktv. >> booksellers convention at the center in new york city, he was stacy lewis the director from city lights booksellers san francisco. would you have coming out this fall? >> will come of this fall we have a couple books coming out from angela davis. we have a collection of essays. it is our first book that has been published in about four years that covers the emcee is particularly interested in, racism, sexism, the prison industrial complex and particularly interesting but we are publishing with angela is a new edition of the narrative of the life of frederick douglass and american slave which contains douglas's narrative as well as essays by davis that were part of a course that she todd at the ucla in the 70's. so, it really brings to life that essay and we will also include a new as they ridden by heard this year, so we are hoping that people who have read the narrative before take a look at this but as it is going to be enriched by the new and old work. we

we looked at the basic issues that impact quality. medical errors, simplification, hospital readmission within 30 days and the need to better manage chronic illness. we focused on that and built on the existing structures so mr. chairman i would like to oppose the colburn amendment and if there is no further debate i would like to vote. >> mr. chairman for the purposes of the record i would like to say that i don't think any member on this side of the aisle regardless how many hearings we have attended, we are consulting on the construction of the text of this bill. most of us haven't seen on till we walked in the day before the market. 50% of the bill we haven't seen. to suggest the number of hearings we went to dictate the level of the input we have in the bill is ludicrous and i would like the record to show i attended some of them. i didn't make all of them, but i was not asked what should be in the base text. the only opportunity that i and others have to affect the language of this bill is to offer amendments that seem to infuri

many lives were lost at the -- with the crash of the metro. and we -- there are numbers still to be computed of those who were not only perished, but those who were wounded. and what it -- it tells us, as we see the confusion that's followed, and the effort that's followed, is how important the use of the metro, transit system, is. and for the last few years, we look and we see that amtrak, because we're talking now about intercity but we can't ignore the contribution that transit rail makes. the last few years, we've seen amtrak break ridership records year after year. and the -- in 2008, amtrak's ridership hit more than 28 riders, -- more than 28 million riders, making the sixth straight year ofains. these gains prove two important points. it establishes the fact that people are sick and tired of waiting in traffic, standing in line at the airport, and hailing dangerous -- inhaling dages emissions and just waiting indeaf -- dangerous emissions and just waiting indefinitely for their travel mechanism to be there. if we provide convenient and

they have to earn a seat at the table. >> i had a similar question. george seemed pessimistic about u.s. companies in gauging in the domestic security and defense. they can, and on the result of u.s. companies participating in defense needs. >> i would agree with what susan said, u.s. companies have to prove themselves, this is not a market where they have participated historically. there is perhaps more familiarization that needs to happen, the initial procurement decision and trade offs of u.s. technology verses other countries's technologies in security and defense. in the security area, an issue that may arise down the line is the liability issue. the u.s. passed and safety act in 2002 in order to protect companies from the risk, potentially catastrophic liability, if received as having not done what they're supposed to do, that issue is very significant in europe right now where they do not have a liability protection regime which makes it more difficult for companies to sell products to european governments with confidence that they will be prot

and if you're looking at 80% of the new jobs and you're looking here at an increasing level of unemployment, what you should be paying attention is what you are doing for small business. and we are doing something, you are going to slap a great big tax on them to cover up all of this spending. and what's going to happen is your's going to dry up the potential of those new jobs that can come from small business. i will jump over to my the gentleman from georgia and he has a passion about freedom and economic issues. my good friend, dr. broun from the atlanta area? mr. broun: s south of athens georgia. and i represent northeast georgia. if you put the date of this week on the next bar going back to what bachmann was just talking about, these dealerships are shutting the doors. dealerships may have 20 employees, 30 or 40 employees. i have met with a number of them. there is a dealer in my district, right up on the north carolina line, that called me this week and he got one of those pink slips. he is a customer of the auto maker and that's what these dealersr customers. and what is happening,

time to look at the at&t player of the game. and it turns out to be brian bass for the orioles with 43% of the total vote. adam jones had 35% and vin mazzaro with 22%. and he is just really tough on the orioles all day today. but let's give credit to brian bass who has been magnific sent after the first couple of times out. so that's a look at at&t player of the game. and we'll be back with more as we continue on after the oakland a's shut out the orioles in oakland today. it's the bold espresso beans. ♪ the silky smooth chocolate. ♪ the real steamed milk... and dreamy whipped cream... swirled with delight. in cafe mochas, cappuccinos and lattes... rich taste is everything. especially when you don't have to be rich to enjoy one. mccafé at mcdonald's. i'm lovin' it. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >> and just a reminder, to meet adam jones, the star centerfielder on wednesday june 10th, from noon to 1:00 at the wendys at 1589 west nursery road in lincecum, just in front of the hoist cinema. visit orioles.com for more information. >>> and

one at bat. everybody else in the oakland line up, everybody in the line up has had at least three plate appearances. 1-1 delivery. i wonder if there will be a change in the schedule and batting practice. >> buck: something the orioles haven't done is they kind of common practice but they're struggling right now. i think they'll change that. >> gary: don't want to put pressure on the players if you're a manager but at the same time it's like look it's not getting done. >> buck: that's what dave tried tonight with the lineup. tried to spark some offense. this is just the nature of the baseball game. peaks and valleys and start making adjustments. >> gary: kennedy will catch that. he was playing the other way. one away here in the 6th. copyrighted telecast presented by authority the orioles may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form. the descriptions of this game are not seminated without the express written consent of the orioles. oakland, alameda county coliseum. as it was in the beginnin

years he's played well at third. he can flat out hit the ball. >> rob: if you can play defense and you can hit, you have more options to sign with a national league club and an american league club. >> bob: another big spot for anderson hernandez. >> rob: what i've seen of aubrey huff, he can hit. and now i know how well he hits lefties. if i'm any g.m. out there, i'm signing aubrey huff. >> bob: four for eight with a walk in this series is huff. hernandez is one for six. that hit today, double play the next time up. >> jim p.: that was on a hanging curveball. i'm sure alan dunn came out and said, okay, it's a 2-1 ballgame. pitch count over 100. fastball still good. what do we want to do? this is a critical point of the game. the orioles want to get out of the inning, the nationals want to add to their lead. make it somewhat easier for john lannan if that's possible. >> bob: he stays alive. >> jim p.: if you're going to throw him any kind of a breaking ball, it's the perfect time. you have runners at first and second

i think we have to look at that. obviously the subject of commuting has some focus, especially on our first duty day. on the first duty day, are you sufficiently rested to do next 16 hours of duty? that is what we have to look at how those extensive periods. in this case, what also is drawn is that the co-pilot could have flown that trip instead of just written on it, and in legal to fly that afternoon and lie that trip. that is a fact. >> i am out of time, so i will zero in on this in a very focused way. let's say i grew up in florida, and i get my training in florida, and i am used to thunderstorms, but i have no idea ideaicing is about. could a regional hire me to fly the northern route? >> mr. chairman, no. that person would be trained extensively in the type of operations that he or she is going to be flying. >> i would disagree with that statement from this point. that pilot has checked passed the minimums for all types of operations at all types of weather. if his or her experience has been specifically in one

situations. >> i agree, but not at all, this is not at all -- >> i am aware of that. i will go to my office and look up -- [talking over each other] >> one other question, medical loss ratio, can you comment on that? >> there are a lot of plans that have been abused, that have terrible loss record and a lot of private plans with very good loss ratios, 94, 95, 96%. we have a tendency to focus on the extreme. there are plans that are private plans that have a community focus, that are interested in the people they serve, want to make sure they get cost-effective high quality health care and do it at a very low cost and i am not opposed -- i think medicare, in terms of consistent, fair administration, they are one of the best plans in the marketplace. i don't think it is a great example of what we want our financing system to look like. there are issues with respect to the fact that they incentive a lot of unnecessary care. a lot of things you saw in texas has been referred to, based on a reimbursement system perpetuated by medicare. i am not saying the private system is

today at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> people do not want to think of roosevelt's conservation as a policy as much as a passion. he put aside almost 240 million and acres. now as people talk about these green movements, brazil is a key figure to understand. he was the only to a politician of his day who understood biology and birds and their migratory patterns and mating patterns and actually did something. >> sunday, the first of two hours with douglas brinkley on "wilderness warrior" tonight. you can listen on xm or download the podcast. >> president obama announced a host of proposed changes to the financial regulatory system on wednesday. it would create a new system to dismantle large troubled companies and impose legislation on certain types of transactions. this is about 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you, thank you very much. please, everyone, be seated. thank you very much. since taking office my administration has mounted what i think has t

$84 billion and now it is at $106 billion? >> that is what congressman lewis says. it is $106 billion and that is more money than obama requested. is far above the house level. it is more than the senate had and where did it go? among other things, they have double the funding for pandemic flew preparations and directed more money to defense. there are other things along the way. they had added out of the blue almost, a $1 billion program cash for clunkers to encourage people to give up gas-guzzlers' and buy more fuel efficient vehicles. that provision also was creating problems in the senate. when you add up the tweaking, you get to a higher number. $106 billion. >> does speaker policy have the votes to make this appealing to the antiwar democrats? >> from what congressman obey says, that without that amendment on the abuse, they will have the votes. >> we have been talking to a reporter from bna news. thank you for talking to us. >> next, the 15-year-old political editor of the childrens press line talking about interviews h

yudof to look at her record as a whole. -- you have to look at her record as a whole. you'll see someone of experience, someone who is thought of, who makes a decision based on the facts and the law. çi am very much looking forward to these hearings. i know that some of my colleagues are coming down here as we speak. i am looking forward to their arrival as we become ambassadors of truth to get these facts out. so many things have been ranting about and names and other things and it really get into people's heads. it is really important for all of those watching c-span right now and all of those who are in the galleries today, people need to take these facts away. the facts of her experience -- she has more judicial experience than anyone over the last 100 years. she has more experience on the bench than any of the justices nominated in over 100 years. you have to go back 100 years to find someone without much experience. you look at the work that she has done as a prosecutor, youlook at the work she has done throughout her whole life where she came from nothing and

back at the warning tracks. good-bye. home run. >> jason hopes to pick up the pitching staff as the a's counter with trevor cahill. >> he got him as two men are down. >> all that and much more coming up next on o's extra right here on masn. >>> welcome to an evening of orioles baseball. game two of a three game series. the orioles lost last night 9-1 as cust and holliday hit homers. jason bergen going to the mound. cahill pitches for oakland. the extra pregame show brought to you by at&t your world delivered. >>> they lost last night and also lost the shortstop. what does it mean to the ball club? >> the club seems to play better when he's healthy and playing well. two games over .500 when he starts the game. back up guys when he's in there they're 1-10. that's nine games under .500. the good thing about he's started to hit the ball well. in his last ten games he's hitting .393. .396 batting average against him. they have to have him in the lineup against the right hand hitter. gives stability to the bottom part of the li

at military facilities across the nation. the projects will improve personnel living quarters and install green technologies throughout the country for the united states military. we also launched white house -- whitehouse.gov \recovery. i will not turn things back to mr. gibbs. >> in january you issued your recommendation for the stimulus that turned to be domestic. he said without the stimulus the unemployment rate would be over 8%. it i 9s 9.4%. how do you assess that now? >> the first part of the question, when we made our initial estimates, that was before we had fourth-quarter results on gdp, which we later found out was contracted at an annual rate of 6 pe%. the important thing to realize is that our estimate, whether it 600,000 jobs or $3.5 million -- jobs over the life of the plan, that is the difference between what we believe would have occurred in the job market in the absence of this plan and what we observed in the job market. in the absence -- were this plan not to be implemented as i have described, and as the

us, look at what we're doing here, look at how beautiful this part of america is. and so what has happened is we have been unilaterally disarmed since 9/11 to say, well, we're worried about who's going to come into this country. we certainly want to keep terrorists out. we sure do, absolutely. but that message ought not be mixed with the message that we don't want to encourage foreign travelers to come to this country to vacation and to experience what america is. so at last, at long, long last, a group of us, republicans and democrats, have said, you know, if we disagree on so much, how about if we agree on tourism? can we agree on promoting trav travel, to say to the english, the italians, the spaniards, the french, the folks from india and thailand and china and elsewhe elsewhere, you're welcome to this country, we want you to come to this country, we want you to see what our country's about, to experience this country is to have a sense of wonder about the greatest democracy, the most significant and longest surviving democracy on earth. and to go home with tha

but at least we're not spending a lot of money. when i was a kid, i bought a car for $200 that broke down all the time. well, i only spent $200. we spend 18% of our gdp, and we for a variety of reasons are growing who close to 1 million americans will suffer a personal bankruptcy because of medical related problems. so when you're looking at -- i know we throw a around a lot of numbers and concept -- elma assistant to deal with, if somebody comes up with an elvis they're focusing on how to get well. the focusing this -- the family is focusing on how to get well. not only how to get well the financial consequences of paying off huge bills and an emily and families that leads to bankruptcy and the destruction of families. but it's not only a personal crisis. our health care situation is obviously an makarov economic crisis. general motors -- and we all know what is happening to general motors -- spends more on health care per automobile than on steel. more on health care than on steel. one of the reasons, one of the reasons they are

what to see at the far left and the red graphic how much this is the response after two doses of eight monovalent vaccine or trivalent vaccine against type one polio and similarly results for the type three. this new vaccine, data we got last week, look like superior to the trivalent vaccine for both types one and tied three and not inferior to the monovalent vaccine is. not a statistical difference but this now they greatly simplify the logistics' everything kids in sub-saharan africa with more efficacious vaccines and also in the conflict affected areas of afghanistan and pakistan in a bid to get the job finished more quickly. you can see from this map the complexity of the situation we're facing now of the many countries are still attracted with polio. in fact, very few districts in the world still had polio as you can see from the smack into challenges maybe this person out briggs and acute at branson west africa but with a range of new tools and political commitments i believe we can, indeed, accelerate the progress making to reaching all children and eventually eradicating this d

>> at this point we have changed 45 decisions. we are not complete without reviews but that's the status as of this morning. >> mr. press. >> we have had no change. >> all right. i have heard of the dealer who was terminated. i won't tell you which company it was. were a big storm had caused the collapse of a bridge, and that dealer was essentially shut off from access to his customers. and he was terminated but the company involved has seen fit to reinstate the dealer because they understand the facts. do you have provisions in your termination agreement, mr. henderson and mr. press, that would permit you to address that kind of problem? >> yes, sir. that was a general motors dealer, and when we we look at the facts after the submission we conclude that we were in error in our decision and we reversed that decision. >> mr. mceleney, if the legislation that we are working on nasa's, and it screws up the bankruptcy process and causes the collapse of either or both of the companies down the road, we're going to have a rather nasty s