you do when it mccain protest to "the new york times" about your coverage? and the questionnaire was referring to the page one story in the new york times earlier in the campaign about mccain hinting, i want to be fair, alleging, hinting in suggesting is the best word, suggesting that john mccain might have been having an affair with a female of bids. this was story -- this was based on to unnamed sources. so bill keller, the guy who runs "the new york times" was asked about this and wanted to listen carefully to his answer -- he said my first candidacy when they do that is to run the toughest mccain story we have gone and put on the front page, just to show them that they can get away with it. now, i am not saying that is why "the new york times" ran a dark and gloomy and depressing story of michelle obama on page one, but you know what, it might be. it might be. so what can we do about this? to try to make things better. first we have to know is that there's no conspiracy at work here. i worked as cbs news for 20 years, i know what i'm talking about. katie

let's take our first call from new york on the independent line. caller: donald trump was on with larry king and was asked about real estate. and he said that he sold his home for $100 million at the height of the market, because he feared that the high oil prices was the cause of the bank's collapse and the economy. i am a professor of business and i can give you my view of. what bush jr. did was that he changed the inflation rate. when oil hits over $50 a barrel, for the last three years we have over 7% inflation. busch jr. change the inflation numbers. remember he had inflation and a than excluding food and energy? let me give you a number over 40 years of teaching. what ever the price of oil is, if it is $20 a barrel, the inflation rate is 2%. if it is $70 a barrel, it is 7% inflation. what people are missing is that 0 allele is 25% of the profits of all the company's world baud -- worldwide. $50 a barrel is 50% of the profits. when you are building a home you are talking about $50 and will -- a $50 a barrel. i am paying two hundred dollars mor

. >> now, "new york times" columnist david brooks speaking about president obama. mr. brooks was at the national conference of the american advertising federation as the keynote speaker at the oak the new york times" luncheon. this is 20 minutes. >> i never get tired of looking in that. it is fun to be cool. good afternoon. we are about to hear from one of the nation's most respected and well-liked drugless. he certainly has a lot to talk about these days. -- well-liked journalists. he must occasionally wondered why he campaigned so hard for the job. moments after he took the oath, president obama had to contend with a sharp downturn in the economy, rising unemployment, and a financial system that need a lot of help, to say the least. there were problems beyond our shores like iraq, afghanistan, and north korea. prognosticators have been saying this would be an extraordinary decade, and it appears they are right. while it is impossible to predict what will happen next, david brooks, and op-ed columnist for "the new york times," will provide us with his insights on poli

host: long island, new york. caller: think you for joining us commune of the ability to be able to make clear so many complex topics. you had spoken earlier about how the government somewhat was compromised by financial incentives to allow this current economic crisis, it seems as though there is an ibility to govern because of the race for money, i should say the race to control or to undermine what is ethical government policies by our leaders, because of the trail of money. the point would be the pardon and revoked pardon of the -- in new york, on long island in particular. it was a situation whereby the gentleman had taken up to the tune of $30 million of hud money in one year as well as various other -- every government dollar that was available was followed through his operation. in the end, he paid $10,000 in restitution and got away with it. he ultimately got a part in. -- gotta pardon. is it at all possible for the university to explore the topic and use that? it is a quintessential example of where gove

host: david, on our line for republicans reporting from white lake new york. good morning. caller: good morning, and thank you for c-span. i would like to discuss with you american-jewish voting behavior and how it harms israel. the american-jewish community spurred on by such rags as you work for and that other broad sheet published in new york is top-heavy democrat. yet the democrat party has harmed israel, always. every time a democrat administration is in office, israel is harmed. host: give me a specific example of how democrats are harming israel? caller: president obama's speech in israel misstates history. he compares the palestinian problem. it was caused by arabs in 1948 when they attacked israel. they could have had a palestinian state. they attacked israel. the arab armies and palestinian irregulars. host: mr. guttman, your response? guest: the elections, president obama got a large percentage of the jewish vote, which is higher than any other faith group. however, when you look at polls, when you ask jewish voters when they base their decision on, they find it

host: "the new york post" and other paper is a jump on that comment. it's as big chaos reigned in at the streets of tehran yesterday, a situation which caused president obama "deep concerns." the phrase is repeated. when hundreds of thousands took to the streets to protest a highly dubious election, the government's violent reaction was predictable but unacceptable and the president should have said so. instead he meet with declared "that is not how governments should interact with their people." this paper asks who is writing obama speeches -- dr. phil? this writer says that the u.s. cannot back iran protest. she writes that some conservative politicians and pundits are demanding that obama backed the demonstrators. other was a future president may have to apologize to iranians for mr. obama's lack of involvement just as obama apologized for u.s. involvement in the overthrow of an elected iranian leader. the first call this morning on the president's approach thus far -- lancaster, pa. on the independent line. caller: at the heart of all america's pro

of course,, thsk a new york city public school. it was under the ejiss of joel kline, the chancellor of the board of education and had the same curriculum of all the other schools, it just always taught arabic. now, we embarked on this story. debbie had been given a hard time in the press, and we thought that the doe and people who were involved would come talk to us. but everywhere there waws lot of, we won't talk about this. the department of education wouldn't talk to us about the case. there was a group that was formed that was stop the mad drassa. they wouldn't talk to us. so you find that even when you're making a film about free speech not everyone is so willing to talk to you. host: let's hear from new jersey now. caller: hi. how are you doing? host: good. caller: it's certainly an interesting topic. my assessment is that in often cases it's misinterpreted. i think one has to look at who wrote this into the constitution and why. and i believe that it was the people giving themselves the right to protest the government, whic

caller: good morning. -- long island, new york. caller: you have the ability to make clear so many complex topics, a professor. you spoke earlier about how the government was compromised by financial incentives to allow this current economic crisis with which we now find ourselves in, for buy it seems there is an ability to govern because of the race for money, or the race to control, or to undermine what is ethical. the case in point would be a part in and then the revoke pardon of theban bankster robert isaac t., he had taken hud money in one year and every government dollar available which he funneled through his operation. in the end patent thousand dollars in restitution and basically got away with it. he ultimately got a pardon, but then when he pointed to malfeasance in the pardon process it was then revoked. is it possible for the university to explore that topic? because that is a quintessential example of where government has no longer honored the rules. if it had, we would not be in this situation. guest: you have to und

gail collins writes inside "the new york times," "love parte." on behalf of the people of illinois and new york, i would like to think south carolina for giving us mark sanford. finally, a governor who is where the band rod blagojevich and less responsible than eliot spitzer. really, we are relieved. she goes on to say that he was widely regarded as a republican presidential contender. many have forgotten this, but for a while in 2008 he was a serious candidate to be john mccain's running mate. we now stopped briefly to contemplate that possibility that there were even worse options then sarah palin. now he has become the second gop hopeful in the week to do a swan dive off the adultery cliff. if they do not drop it, pretty soon the youngest contender will be 75. can this joins us from riverdale, maryland, on the independent line. caller: good morning, mr. sculley. i believe that public officials private lives should be just that, private. however, when you have politicians like mr. sanford and senator bentsensign, who were so vehement in public

jerrold nadler of new york chairs the subcommittee on the constitution. he is the coates author of legislation that would make it harder to use the state secrets privilege. this is an hour, 30 minutes. >> this hearing of the subcommittee of the constitution civil-rights and civil liberties will come to order. today's hearing will examine the state secrets privilege for the chair recognizes himself for five minutes for an opening statement. today is the committee examines legislation that i have introduced along with the distinguished chairman of the full committee with representative tom petri and several other members of the committee. it would codify uniform standards for dealing with claims of a state secret privilege by the government in civil litigation. endless climber sui of an oversight hearing on this legislation. the bill was reported favorably to the full committee. our-- sweeping claims of privilege in secrecy can have on our nation. in order for the rule of law to have any meaning, individual liberties and rights must be enforceable in our co

host: thank you, our next call is from richard on the republican line from new york. caller: i was just wondering, there were saying, the people in congress do not come under this new health care thing. why? why? wait -- host: there are members of senate who are saying it would like to see the planet congress gets some help applied to the nation at large or used as a model. caller: would that entitle me to go to the doctors that they go to? host: thanks for your call, richard. yesterday president obama called on "the huffington post " reporter concerning iran. >> since we're talking about iran i know that nico is here from "the huffington post" and i know that you and others have seen reports coming directly iran on the internet. another might be questions from people there who are communicating by the internet. >> if yes, i want to take the option to ask the question directly from someone in iran. from some one courageous enough to communicate online one wanted to ask you this -- under which conditions would you accept the election of ahmadinejad, and if you do accep

from boston to new york was 60 years ago. and there was improvement since then. it was five minutes faster today than it was 60 years ago. [applause] >> while state and corporate power was vigorously promoting privatization of life and waste of energy it was undermining the efficient choices that the market doesn't and can't provide. that's another highly destructive built-in market inefficiency. to put it simply, if i want to get home from work in the evening, the market does allow me a choice between, say, a ford and a toyota but it doesn't allow me a choice between a car and a subway, which would be much more inefficient and maybe everybody wants it but the market doesn't allow that choice. that's a social decision. and a in a democratic society it would be the organization of an organized public. but that's just what the elite attack on democracy seeks to undermine. now, these consequences are right before our eyes in ways that are sometimes surreal. a couple of weeks ago "the wall street journal" had an article reporting

new york, you're on the line. and caller: my question is, why has c-span decided to the reformed canada it is -- candidate it? host: we had a segment on sunday. caller: the reform candidate -- he was the one negotiating -- complaining. this was before he released the passages -- hostages. he released the hostages and then took more hostages. i am concerned about c-span not showing the bloody pictures from american protesters as the republican -- at the republican and democratic convention. host: we will leave it there. alex on our independent line. barbara allen park, ark., argue their? -- overland park, ark., are you there? let's move on. caller: i have heard a lot of people saying that they think obama is playing this exactly right. i think they are wrong. he should support thae principls that america stands for. whatever their -- wherever that leads, and that is fine. some help because he is more like in the muslim world that iran will surrender their nuclear arms states, if he is trading for that america's pri

caller: i am from new york. i would like to know, does the young man had any knowledge as to whether -- i know that in the state of new york, i receive medicare and so did my husband we pay into it because we are both employees of the state or a municipality. what i would like to know is, i found out recently when i tried to pay money back to medicare for something that is run by a private company and certain areas. i would like to know whether he knows which states or if there are states besides the state of new york that pay a private company to handle medicare and medicaid guest: well, there are all kinds of private participation in the program. for example, medicare part d, which was introduced in 2003 as part of the prescription drug benefit, allows private delivery of services and benefits, but that tends to be decided by the individual. so i am not entirely sure what the caller is asking about. i would have to know a little bit more about the details of her situation. host: our next caller is phillies fro

before joining omb, she was a partner and head of the appellate litigation group at a firm in new york. she was the solicitor general of the state of new york, special counsel to the white house justic department and law clerk to the u.s. supreme court justice john paul stevens. she also helped in the transition -- headed up the role of picking and putting lawyers into the administration, so if you have any be about that, you can see her after the panel. we had a great chance to work together during that time. we were going to have greg craig on the panel tonight. it is tough in the white house counsel's office. he is not yet in witness protection, but he had an unavoidable conflict so he will not be with us this evening, so i regret that. but he is with us in spirit. so let me start. in honor of her role as the former executive director of the american constitution society, i will start with lisa. i want to ask you a two-part question. the first part is, you have been the executive director of the american constitution society and you have now been the white house staff secretary. we

and that his -- the mayor of new york's statements were insensitive. so these puerto rican nationalists reconstituted later into groups like the faln which have recently had occasion -- we've discussed in depth to faln itself was responsible for more than 100 violent attacks resulting in at least six deaths. i find it ironic that once again we find ourselves discussing these murderous faln members. it was not long ago we were considering whether or not to confirm attorney general eric holder wanting to pardoning them and president clinton did. and now we find ourselves wondering about this nominee to the court and what her views are on these matters and how her mind works as she thinks about these kinds of issues. we don't have enough information, unfortunately, to assess these concerns effectively. we requested information relating to judge sotomayor's involvement with the fund, a typical question of all nominees, but critically important for a supreme court nominee. we have not received information. inteed, we have received nine documents totaling fe

the new york law was found "she found -- she con cluted that the new york law was "on account of race" and therefore it violated the voting rights act. it was on account of race because of its impact and nothing more statistically it seems that in new york as a percentage of the population, more minoritieses are in jail than non-minorities. therefore it was con cluted that this about was un-- concluded that this act was unconstitutional. i think this is a bridge too far. it would mean that state law setting a voting age of 18 would also violate federal law because in the society or most society of our country, minorities would have more children under 18 and that would have an impact on them. so i don't think this can be the law as -- and as a majority of the colleagues on that court, explained and did not accept her logic. actually her opinion was not upheld so i look forward to asking her about that. i'm aware that judge sotomayor would say that she is acting as a strict constructionist by systematically applying literally the 40-year-old voting rights act of 1965. well, i don't thi

i asked the mayor of new york a question and i was able to ask a question from a young point of view because i actually was in a classroom, a public-school classroom and i actually know what goes on in those classrooms and gives me more of an advantage over some of the older reporters. host: share one of the highlights. you attended the conventions. guest: my favorite part of the conventions was actually getting to on the floor. the way i got there, i did not think anyone needs to know, but i got to the floor of the conventions and i got to interview a number of people. my favorite interview was congressman lewis and he told a wonderful story about him and martin luther king been in washington, d.c., and he is the oldest surviving member of the march on washington, and that was one of my favorite experiences. ", how did you get to the floor? host: how did it to the floor? guest: woods is moseying on in there -- we were waiting for joseph biden to speak, no way for him to come out and we walked inside and we saw a council member from new york that was familiar with our work, he said,

they control california and new york. they ruined the economy. they overspend. i think obama will do this for the entire country. i could speak to you for one hour. he will put a crimp on capitalism. companies will go overseas. we have to succeed in a global economy. he will destroy the american companies. i want to ask you one question about obama and his liberal people in the congress. why did they always talk about taxing the rich but not the super-rich? a perfect example is at john kerry's wife. they go after the upper middle- class people. host: thank you, joe. guest: we fought a revolution about taxation without representation. sometimes you have over 40% who pay no federal income tax and you have 10% who pay 86% of the taxes. it seems that they are piling on and going after the higher income element. the super-rich find ways to shelter their money. if you are worth hundreds of millions or billions of dollars you put it into tax-exempt bonds. there are many ways to shelter your money. the rest of us who might make good incomes do not have the same ability

at the new york university of law. i'm pleased to welcome all of you. it is now my -- each of your written statements will be made part of the record in its entirety. i would ask that you now summarize your testimony in five minutes or less. to help you stay within that time limit there's a timing light at your table. when one minute remains the light will switch from green to yellow and then to red when the five minutes are up. it's customary for the witnesses to swear in their witnesses. if you would please stand and raise your right hands to take the oath. do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that the testimony you're about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information and belief? let the record reflect that the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. you may be seated. the first witness is the honorable judge wald. [inaudible] >> could you use the mic, please. let's see if it's turned on. [inaudible] >> yeah. >> i'd like to make -- got it. i'd like to make five brief points i

york even with biggest developers and did not materialize but most people did from after it and the other thing is the concept of short selling. i know some people who were short sellers who feel they have gotten a very bad rap for what is going on today and the whole thing is very confusing. or they to blame for this mess or is it part of the market forces? thank you. .. >> signature to the bottom of the mortgage and he did not hold it but immediately is sold at. who is crazy enough to buy it they created the cbo, the collateral that obligation they put this worthless that into a pool and got the rating agencies convinced that if the worst offenders and biggest defaulters went to the lowest tranche first the upper tranche maybe 65 or 75% of the john paper would be rated aaa. and is a question of mathematics and ask yourself questions how bad the world can get and what the default rate will be but let me tell you the people who are pushing the paper and taking down the enormous fees i know the worst case scenario beat risk analysis ray and the worst case scenario they could imagine

york as well as the state of oklahoma. we primarily and conservatively invited our community to join us in this were covers 18 this history by giving us the biographies of the community builders. these aren't normally not well known women but they are the bedrock and the women instrumental in buildingt(r institutions and as you talk about social justice, the educators, the mothers of the community and very often we do not electorate preserve our history is so that has been our goals and in a sense, that also is the reason why we did this book although it was not the exact impetus. it was really the culmination of the whole election, the process of watching as the campaign went on, becoming very much a engaged in learning more and more about michelle obama and seeing her as she emerged as a person in her own right but alsoxd as she supported her husband and as she was unfairly treated and she was denigrated on a number of locations, she was presented in terms of per image, a style, intent and i just have to point* to the co

here is a democrat from new york, senator charles schumer. in many areas of the country, one or two insurers have struggled on the entire market producing cost of premiums and health care decisions that may not always serve the best interests of the patient. this is why public health insurance plan is critical, to ensure the greatest amount of choice possible for consumers and provided least one option that is patient, not profit focus. host: john, an independent, you are on the line. caller: one dollar -- isn't that a great pain? i'm under medicaid. i wish my doctor were right here, and nurses here, and oxygen. [unintelligible] if everybody could have $1 to see their doctor -- but it might actually cost $3 in virginia, to get your prescription drug. i am on many. host: are you satisfied with medicaid? caller: i am well-pleased. host: may i ask how old you are? caller: 40 years old. host: thank you for watching and for calling in this morning. this is a picture of stephen who was killed yesterday at the holocaust museum. he was a six-year vet

caller: yes, i am an independent from buffalo, new york. in my household we will give the president and incomplete. here is why. both parties will get anything they want. those guys want to make their hundreds of millions of dollars. they will get to. let's hope the president has not miscalculated this whole thing in a political sense and pays for this down the road. i am for the president and for this country, but let's face it. the banks, whatever they want they will get. trillion dollars have been put into this thing and i think we're missing the point -- there's a lot of stuff on the balance sheets which is not being talked about. we're guaranteeing all the deals. this whole thing -- let's hope that it works out. host: one more call from tacoma, washington on our independent line. sorry, wrong button. caller: yes, hello. i just want to say this -- the whole banking industry is based on the rothschilds and there's a famous quote from them and it goes like this "give me control of the money and i care not what laws your lawmakers make." t

i think we have just done that with the one who was transferred to the southern district of new york to be tried. the conversation will up -- with the hill will be an ongoing one. having worked with vice president gore, when he gave a speech for a c s several years ago, a number of people from the prior administration came together and talked about a lot of national security issues. people are not an extreme different positions. there are certain fundamental differences over things like what constitutes torture, but on a lot of the issues, everybody is trying to do the right thing. on the military commissions in guantanamo, the there is a desire to have the rule of law applied. everybody's trying to figure out how to do this as best they can. >>noel -- i am having trouble with my mike. i think they are bringing them up and down. you serve as legal counsel at a time that has general -- that has generated great controversy. and number of opinions of the office were withdrawn by the bush administration before they left office. there is a review now some of what went on at that time. i w

then we move to upstate new york for five or six years. also loved upstate new york and then we settled down in florida, pensacola florida where my mom side of the family was from. went to public schools for most of my -- most of my schooling. one of my best experiences was 1969, being the first class of an integrated school. my parents didn't send us to private schools. we're a lot of the white flight had gone. of course 69 was the first year that mississippi schools were integrated but it was a great experience. because my mom said she didn't want me to go to kindergarten. she kept me up, so my first grade it was 50% white, 50% black and a public school that had been the african-american school the year before so it was a great experience. i finally went to private school and high school, pensacola have catholic high school. i loved the nuns and they loved me back. they let me get away with things others wouldn't get away with. it was a great experience to it and then identity and ever city of alabama undergrad. and then university of fl

the new york banks are not interested in that. i assure you. host: our guest is a professor of international business at the university of maryland. he is an economist. he is author of 18 books. he has taught of the university of maine. our next call is from indianapolis. you are on the republican line. caller: if we pass the cap and trade, do you believe that as nancy pelosi and president obama have said it will create all the jobs they say it will, or will we lose more jobs and hurt the economy? guest: i think it will hurt the economy because the chinese are not required to undertake the similar activities. we will not reduce global pollution. the jobs that are here will go to china. what we do here will go to china. some of the things in households would be better left to better energy conservation by reforming the automobile sector which this bill does not do. the bill seeks to achieve a lot of social goals. it allocates a way that is not economically optimal. it will impose a lot of inefficiencies on the economy. it will not be very helpfu

york city did in the new york daily news where he said he was looking for someone to hire. someone recommended judge sotomayor, how he hired her, what great work she did as an assistant district attorney, and she has an enormous personal commitment, and that came through at the conversation. she has worked her way all the way up, never had a summer, except one, when she passed the bar. and she has worked all her life, and i do not think of that in the last hundred years there has been a supreme court nominee that has better credentials. federal district court, where you sit in trials and listen to people. the circuit court of appeal, the appellate court, where you interpret the law, the district attorney, prosecutor, corporate attorney -- she has done it all. it is quite amazing. >> did you ask her how she might look at cases involving abortion? >> i'm not corn to go into it right now. the answers will be public. but we really talk more in general about trying to get a feeling of who she is, what kind of just a short walk to the, what she would want to be remembered for. an

"the new york times" has this story. the political shifts on their rights are lagging behind the culture. for 15 minutes in the oval office one of president obama's top campaign lieutenants tell the president about the herd, anxiety and anger that he and other gay supporters felt over the slow pace of engagement with gay issues. but on monday 8250 day leaders are to join mr. obama in the east room to commemorate publicly the 40th anniversary of the birth of modern rights of the gay movement. by contrast, in march 1977 when they first met someone in the white house it was when president jimmy carter was nowhere in sight. the conflicting signals from the white house about his commitment to gay issues reflect a broader paradox. the politics of gingrich remains full of cross currents. the next call from pennsylvania on the republican line. the media love affair? does it exist caller: of course, it does. anyone who read the article in the philadelphia paper -- if you did not know it before, there is. the man is definitely, or

>> host: are you talking about air force one in new york? >> caller: i am. >> host: which goes to the issue of the biggest mistake this for. can you point to anything big or small that -- >> guest: in the presidency so far? >> host: either the candidacy or the presidency. >> guest: let's deal with the presidency so far. i think that tom daschle situation -- let's not say the pig, but the way that developed and the way it was handled has caused no end of problems in getting the right people in the right jobs. in defining what the line is, lobbying or making money or taxes, it has become a sort of mashaal of the litmus tests for who should get what job and what the line is and what they are willing to defend and of the lack of quality has been getting this moving to read in the campaign the biggest mistake apart from losing in new hampshire i would say not dealing with reverend light earlier. it was luck. they felt there were going to lose indiana or north carolina. members were collapsing after reverend light speed i've come back that was a a

york could have a new ferrari. multiply that by hundreds or thousands. there's a great economist in town here. shapiro says hundreds of countries have been effected or are destroyed. we'll never know. some companies deserve to go out of business, some didn't. >> patrick burn our guest. first call, illinois. mike independent line. >> i have a question for the chairman there. if concerns are with the taxes for the cell-phones for employees since he's an employer. my employer force please to carry a blackberry and cell-phone. how does i think that employee effects that they have to keep my job so i have to do this but at the same time the employee says you have to have the blackberry but the government will tax me. you think that's right and will have an impact with your employee? >> i don't think it's right and i think it will impact employees. normally the principal is, if your conducting legitimate business expense or that you, that you're not taxed on that. if your you know, flying across country and in a jet and

this took place october 15th in new york city. this is senator john mccain. >> now, a copy of the senator's comedy routine was left on the table this evening. and i have to confess, i looked at it. now, of course it would be unfair and even a little unkind to put my opponent on the spot before he gets up here. or to throw him off his game with unreasonably high expectations. but i do need to warn you, ladies and gentlemen, you are all about to witness the funniest performance in the state. in the 63 year history of this event. let's not add to the mounting pressure he must be feeling. prepare yourself for nonstop hill laret. the funniest 15 minutes of your life or any other. i think he knows that anything short of that would mar the evening, insult our hosts, and perhaps even cost him several swing states. senator obama, the microphone is all yours. >> i have to say tonight's venue isn't really what i'm used to. i was originally told we could move this outdoors to yankee stadium. can somebody tell me what happened to the greek col

one of the photographs we want to show you is from inside the "new york daily news." the secretary of state is back to work sporting a cast, as she and the former president leave the hospital. last week she slipped and had undergone surgery. this forced hillary clinton to cancel plans to attend a series of international meetings later this week. meanwhile, inside the "wall street journal" is a piece on independence morning for obama. it says american politics, the canaries and the coal mine are the independent voters telling the leader if the air is safe or filling up with toxic gases. the shift in attitude among independent voters is the most significant change to emerge from a new poll completed last week. mr. obama's job approval rating among americans overall slipped to 56%. that is not much of a drop and in keeping with the pattern for a new president, but the slide has much more pronounced among self-identified sure the independent voters. that is americans to express no loyalty to either party. among these people, who reside in the middle of the spectrum, the j

today "the new york times" is reporting that it is violating the permissive standards imposed by our authorities. [unintelligible] how do we -- i do not know how we justify this? some expanded authorities are being abused. what is the justice department doing to look into these reports of abuse? >> deparle and works closely with our party is in the intelligence committee to ensure -- with our partners in the intelligence committee to ensure that we are protecting privacy and civil liberties. there is a framework i believe that we always try to follow. our congress establishes safeguards. the department of justice and intelligence agency follows strict regulations. >> the article -- we find out that the abuse is not an the intelligence agencies or our government -- we are reaching a point where we get the information quicker through the newspaper and in more detail. what are we doing? if this continues, i do not know how we we authorize any of these things if they are going to be of use that way. >> we take very seriously the requirements that we are supposed to follow. in a couple of

host: that call from brooklyn, new york. the front page from "the new york times" with a picture of the demonstrations in iran. lead article, unrest sharply divides the ruling clerics did ex-president's relatives briefly held inside of a governing rift. atlantic, the morning, michael on independent line. -- atlanta, good morning. caller: i want all the republicans to remember what happened when george bush in iraq said we support you, you guys could rise up and we support you and then saddam hussein slaughtered those guys. so we have to be really careful. we don't want to have to just have tough talk and then when they start getting slaughtered we don't go in there. all the republicans just setting tough talk to show symbolism is a good thing, they have to remember their history. go back to 1991 with what george h. bush did with the shiites in iraq. host: port st. lucie, fla., mike on the republican line. caller: i do not think the president is handling this very well at all. all of these callers are an indicator. it just se

called by "the new york times" the leading republican poll center, polling company. represents 19 u.s. senators and over 50 members of congress. so would you all join us up here and bob will organize this group and do the session. thank you. [applause] >> good morning. can you hear this mic. is it working back there? good morning. many the one thing i process you is that i will not be abe to arrange this unruley group. i think they will have their own debate, and i will sit quietly by. on behalf of all of us, thank you to m.h.a. for having us here and inviting us here. i wanted to begin by thanking the people who put together last night's dinner, which was truly tremendous. [applause] >> and i also wanted to say having listened to tipper speak this morning, and having worked with her extensively during the clinton administration, that i, for one, never get tired of applauding her for her work, and i am consistently amazed at her commitment to this cause, and i thank you personally for what you've done. [applause] >> so this is the opening session. we hope to be co-ha

this morning the new york times has a story about medical students. obama looking at running and the medical students. the american medical association has long battled democrats who oppose protecting doctors from malpractice lawsuits. during a meeting last month, association officials found one democrat willing to entertain the idea, the president. in talks, mr. obama is making the case that reducing malpractice lawsuits can help drive down health-care costs, and should be considered as part of any health-care overhaul. tennessee on our republican line. caller: i am retired from the state of tennessee. i have to pay for part of my insurance. i also have to pay for the d plan. if i can pay for that. i don't think the government needs to get into anything. i would be willing to pay part of mine in order to keep the government out. anytime you get the government in anything, they mess it up. host: you said you had a plan from the state of tennessee? how do you like that plan? caller: i like it. i pay $95 a month. in good times it goes down maybe $10, an

. >> john, in new york city. what do you think? >> good morning thank you for c-span. the debate of healthcare is all over. nobody really talks about what prevention actually means. that is really what are we putting into our bodies. you think about all the packaged and processed foods. why would i pay for other people's habyits of not taking care of their bodies. >> thanks for your call. from democrats. what's your point? >> di definitely support single payer. it's an important thick that all the people ask themselves. which is more important? healthcare for people in this country or profits for insurance companies? if we could cut 30% off the cost of our healthcare, because they are draining off 30% of every dollar in our system. the worst part about it is it is self per pet ue waiting. the insurance companies can put under their healthcare. they can hire more people, which they have to turn around and create more profits. . >> i think we've lost ron. the president addresses healthcare in his weekly radio address. this is what he has to say. >> when we can't accept i

. >> first call for our guest up in new york. she is liz garbus of hbo. harlem, new york. suzanne, republican caller. hello there. >> good morning. hi, liz. i'm a fan of your work and i just wanted to know whether or not you mentioned something about that we're not at war anymore so, i mean, most people do consider us, this country, still engaged in a war on terror and also is it relevant at all that you're producing partner for the past ten years has 11 laurie kennedy, who is a far left wing activist? i was wondering if you could, you know, at least be honest about your political background of your company and kind of left wing agenda that you have. thank you. >> what do you say, liz garbus? >> i didn't mean to say we weren't at war. certainly there's a war going on in iraq, there's a lot of military activity going on in many regions so i didn't mean to indicate we were not at war. what i meant when i said the so-called war on terror is that's what it was called during the bush administration and currently today we aren't calling it the war on terror. that was more of a s

among the front page stories in "the new york times," traveling with the president. we will talk about what came from the news conference with president obama and german chancellor angela merkel this morning. from "the new york times," the editorial points out that is neither surprising nor irreversibly dangerous that the total federal debt held by the -- held by the public looks as if 57% of gross domestic product by the end of fiscal year 2009, well above the previous four decades average of 40%. what is more alarming is that barring any major spending cuts or tax increases, president obama's budget could drive that figure to 82% by the year 2019, that according to the congressional budget office. let's hear from jerry on the issue of the deficit and the overall national debt. he is calling on the independent line from columbus, ohio. caller: good morning, steve. i just wanted to mention that we are not really getting the true unemployment figures. i wish you would get the fellow on that wrote that money, kevin phillips. host: actually, i have his book on my desk,

we also have it in schools like the new vision schools in new york city which are in the district but are new school descience and the new tech high schools around the country. so they fit in that way. home schoolers are actually drk -- of course they're very diverse. you have good and bad schools including home schooling. but one thing that hom schoolers have done which is teaching us in the system is they're putting together for their own children all these assets the libraries, the museums. so when you look at organizations of home schoolers, they are teaching astronomy using the science museums and the technology that's available there. so they're not sitting in their kitchens just having kids memorize from books. we need to bring that in from all schools. caller: hi. my name is stephanie. and i was listening to ms. kay hill earlier and she made a good point about how alet of the students are not able to learn how to apply what they're learning in school to real life. they're not actually using an application. a lot of times those students are just taught how to do the work maybe

host: new york, good morning. caller: good morning, the morning. i have been following you on cnbc. guest: msnbc, please. [laughter] caller: i am sorry. i have been living in this country for many years. i was a hillary clinton supporter. we have a family that debates hotly in politics. by switched over to obama, persuaded by my daughters. guest: a common story, by the way. children convincing their parents did. caller: it did not take that much convincing. following hillary clinton's statements, moving over to obama, it brought back memories of how very much i was going for mrs. clinton. then obama came up. i had not heard of him that much. i had to catch up on a lot of reading. i am looking forward to reading your book, sir. host: why secretary of state and not vice president? guest: he said very early on that he had picture for that job before the primaries were over -- picked her for that job before the primaries were over. she was never seriously considered for vice president. the conversation boiled down to senator clinton saying that i do not want to go through vetting unless

we have wide authority to do that. >> i read in the new york times story this morning. the assumption that it is right is erroneous. >> i would like to hear this from the attorney general. >> mr. holder, i have been disappointed to have you late in responding to my letter. three letters have gone unanswered by the department. we have serious concern about that. with regards to hate crime legislation, i would suggest that we have a hearing about that. a matter worthy of attention. i would offer for the record, a letter from the commission of civil-rights, six of the eight members have signed it, writing to us, they think that it will be able to do that. hopefully that will be on the floor. president obama sign procedures to close the 1 ton of detention facility. to determine whether they should be prosecuted, released, or handle in some other way. that view, the attorney general, are the person responsible. do you agree that this guantanamo task force bears responsibility or the release of transfer from guantanamo bay? >> i think that i bear responsibility, along with ot