on the contrary she is interested in doing what most d.c. parents want to happen and that is big change for their kids right away so why don't we talked afterwards? >> this is a question for mayor bloomberg. my question is you worked with the unions on the school bonus program. did you work with them on today's announcement on tenure? in other words to nuclear and part for secretary duncan i wonder do you have any comment on today's tender announcement? >> well, law is the law. as we read it it says we can for this year use the data in evaluating whether or not somebody deserves tenure. we used to do it. our lawyers before said to would have to start but now they say we can probably go ahead and if anybody would challenge us in court we would win. and we plan to do that. and i think in all fairness to the unions don't have any more interest in keeping teachers who can't teach in the classroom any more than anybody else does. their approach might be take more time to immediate problem but we have no interest in throwing teachers out that we c

it was an oration that he gave not even in washington, d.c. it is a wonderful reflection on what is important to us, what we consider to be, in fact, some of the reasons we are here as citizens, as members of congress. it is something that i think, like many of the symbols of the capital, members look at every day and are reminded of the high purpose to which they are called. you can see the lawgivers, the release around the chamber of the people throughout history, who have created great laws and great advances and how laws are made and administered. other things and as the most are the portraits of washington and often get -- and lafayette. as late as the 18 20's, he came over and took a tour of the united states before turning back to france. at that time, and early 18 20's, that picture was presented to the house of representatives. he was a firstborn dignitary to address to congress as well. because he had been such a great and good friend of washington's, as well as one of his strongest allies, there was a portrait of washington commissi

i say bring the trial to chicago or washington d.c. if they're so happy. let them pay 100 million a year. it's really about trying to the previous administration. thank you. guest: okay. i wouldn't agree with that. i wouldn't disagree with it. i don't know that for a fact. obama and holder have disregarded the families and they have disregarded new yorkers and aj i said before, 70 percent of americans are with us on this issue and they're disregarding 70 percent of the american people. i'll be interested to see if obama's popularity numbers continue to slide over this issue. a guaranteed basic right by the un. we should try them here. guest: that's fair. he's one of 30 percent of the people that think that. i disagree with that. i think i'm a lot closer to the issue than most people are. i'm actually a survivor. i was under the tower two when it came down and i was one of the few lucky people that got out. i'm very close with the families here. i disagree with that. i think they belong in a military commission where obama and holder said that was a terrori

>host: sheila krumholz, executie director at center for responsive politics here in washington, d.c., and they monitor campaign contributions. this year, what are you finding in the aggregate? guest: $422 million has been spent on lobbying by the health care and insurance sector. phar-mor is given in campaign contributions. host: there are others who seem to be very active and involved in this, including labor unions, organizations representing seniors. when you tally up all of that, what does the picture looks like? guest: you are right. it is far broader than just the health sector. so far, there has been $2.5 billion spent on lobbying. not all of that is geared to the health-care debate, but much of it is. this is the seminal piece of legislation coming up in many years. the interests are very diverse, including soda pop manufacturers and funeral directors, you name it. last year, $3.3 billion was spent. it is on track to match or exceed. host: we would like to go to your phone calls. we will talk about the influence of money and how it is directed on the health care debate. we wel

take you live to d.c. traveling here low clouds are out there for the morning. looking at partly sunny skies to mostly sunny by the afternoon. not much of a travel delay there but you get it across new england and talk about that in a bit. there's a look at the capitol looking very lovely this morning. >> it is pretty. >> more details in a bit. >> i know that you know the news because you watch this show. so why don't you prove it to yourself. take the cnn challenge. challenge your friends, yourself, test your knowledge. you can pick your favorite anchor. so is hln's richelle carey. play now at cnn.com. >>> two sisters have a business that is right on the money. see how they're using cold, hard cash to make special flower arrangements. also ahead, you may soon have to pick up the tab for the afghanistan war. who is proposing a tax to cover the costs? >>> a window washer is okay after falling eight stories. this happened in seattle. the man was on top of the building when he fell. he hit a window on the way down. his safety rope actually broke his fall before he

had been put on the ticket by the party establishment and backed by the republicans in washington, d.c. something similar is happening with charlie crist. the most of -- the most enthusiastic voters right now are on the right, the people that show up for the tea parties. they are going to have to find a way, the republican party, to keep those voters involved and active. this same thing happened with that the democrats after the 2004 election. lots of people were saying that they would hurt the party. but the democratic party was able to incorporate the network voters while reaching out to the middle. then we have 2006 and 2008, with barack obama in the white house. host: democratic line, good morning. caller: i am listening to what your saying about sarah palin being down to earth, but we should not confuse the language of the people with being simplistic and naive. god help us, her whole approach on the view of things is so simplistic and night eve. the world is not like that. it is much more complex than that, much more complex than sarah palin is allowing it to be. about this attac

d.c. sniper john allen muhammad will be put to death tomorrow night. he shot at least 20 people, five in one single day. ten people died. the shootings came as the country was still reeling after 9/11 and the anthrax letters. muhammad's accomplice lee boyd malvo is serving life in prison. >>> stairs or the escalator? well, an advertising company figured it could make life a bit more fun for commuters by turning a subway staircase into a piano keyboard. ♪ left, right, right, left. this is part of the company's fun theory. they are trying to prove that if people have some fun in their lives they'll change their behavior for the better, get a little more exercise as well. viral videos of the fun theory have become a hit on the internet. ♪ >>> bob van dillen joins us. reminds me of "big." >> absolutely. >> but on a gargantuan scale. >> robert loggia doing it. remember that? he's fantastic. >> you also burn off a couple pounds doing that. state of emergency in louisiana. closing some schools. >> apparently, yeah. it's good news, too, because they're goi

they were gathered outside the washington, d.c., building. goldman did get about $10 billion in the bailout. it has paid back all of that money, so goldman's side is, look, we paid everything back so we're not like aig. we're not giving out bonuses, you know, with your money because we paid back all your money. >> okay. >> don't go looking to get a case of coke at costco for a while. the two of them are duking it out. they are having a dispute over prices. so you won't see any coke products at costco's 560 warehouses at least for a little while. >> that's huge. >> you can still get pepsi. >> what i mean is that's got to be a huge account. >> well, remember, i think that most companies when you sell something to costco, you sell in bulk but at a very low margin, that's why the prices are so low, so they don't necessarily make a loft money. >> so no coke products at all at costco. >> sometimes you like to get everything all at once. you think, they don't have coke, huh. you want your christmas gifts safely under the tree? u.p.s. says the busies

the institute of associates program hosted this discussion earlier this month in washington d.c. this is an hour portion of the event. >> i had a discussion with justice o'connor, went on and on about how he was universally loved by all of them. he was a great storyteller, with a great set of tales about life in new hampshire. too many out there, you think of him as a recluse. he had a reputation, he did not socialize much in washington. he would eat by himself, his apple and yogurt. but he had a good relationship with colleagues and was quite active on the bench, quite forceful. he was not at all is quiet, shy retiree as you might think of him socially. the colleagues i talked to recently were on the daily basis of his absence. >> to me, he asked incredibly insightful crash since the questions. you could have a conversation with him based on the substance of what he said, but not because he was aggressive in tone or manner. i am way and both sides of the case, and here is where i have the trouble articulating his questions in a very penetrating way, but the one where you always

she's not from washington, d.c. she's not anything that -- you know, she doesn't act like anything she's not. she's just herself. and i really like that. >> my name is nancy and i'm from dayton, ohio. >> have you ever seen her in person before? >> no. no. so i'm really anxious and excited about meeting her and having the book signed. >> and have you heard anything about the book yet? have you read it yet? >> i've heard lots of things. no, i haven't read it yet. i watch fox news a lot. and they've had lots of interviews and stuff like that on there. and i've been just watching her. so i'm real excited. >> what is it that you like about sarah palin? >> just about everything. i like her. i like her conservative values. i like she's one of us. she's not -- like she said, she's not ever tried to be something that she's not. she's down to earth. she's got her head on straight. she's not like some of the people we're dealing with now in the government that seem to have their head above the clouds. >> hi. do you have your l

and backed by the republican and d.c. something similar is happening with charlie crist and mark rubio. the most enthusiastic voters right now are in the right, people who show up at tea party, the people who do the marches. and if the republican party wants future, they're going to have to find a way to get those voters involved and active. remember it's the same thing that happened with democrats after the 2004 election. at first a lot of people saying about the numbers, they're going to hurt the party. well, the democratic artie was able to incorporate it but also reaching out to the middle. and then we have 2006 with iraq obama in the white house. >> host: democratic line, good morning. elko good morning, how are you. and i think they're confused as to give the language of the people are very simplistic and naÏve. i mean, god help us i'd approach in her own view of things is so simplistic and so naÏve in the world was not like that. the world was much more complex thinking and they are capable of, you know, about. j

the cato institute in washington d.c. hosts the 90-minute event. .. >> weird buzzing sound on the television. thank you very much. the cato institute as many of you know, stance for individuals liberty and limited government. competition offers a means to the end and competition in the markets express liberty and creates choices coming electoral competition authors alternatives indeed as james madison understood. classical liberals will be skeptical of government efforts to suppress electoral competition by fostering were protecting in the party or the two major parties in the united states today. we should also say that third parties in other countries are associated with systems of proportional representation and in those systems, we can see for example, classical liberalism have been more true form of representation thinking of the free democrats in germany who sometimes hold power significant offices to meet with public policy and a lot. in the end classical liberals are likely to say that more competition is better t

they came up with a host of meeting in washington d.c. in early september at the mayflower hotel and he chaired that meeting it was a secret meeting and the clergy were there and they strategizing raw how to plot against kennedy. the media infiltrates that meeting the there was the impromptu press conference where this absolutely exploded pratt that point* john kennedy was on his first campaign trip to california which was going abysmal and went off like a bombshell when people learned that norman vincent peale were organizing millions around the country and can be actually had an informant who told him all nixon was doing and they were terrified what they learned, one week later kennedy made the famous used in the speech in a panic. review river that today and think of kennedy in that campaign, that is the speech we think of but that is what he did not want to make but out of fear and desperation in response to what billy graham's and peel was doing behind the scenes. >> you can vote for me because i am a democrat for cry happen to be ca

. >> my mom came up here to d.c. and met with them and -- you know, after that, you know, i had another opportunity in life. i think god put him into my life. >> people deserve a chance, as long as they take advantage of it. that's one of the things i said to allen. i'm willing to go along with this but you've got to respond. i'm not going to compromise the school. i'm not going to compromise myself if you don't do the things you're supposed to do. >> mike, how much of a risk was it for georgetown, given everything that allen had been through, to take allen? >> i remember thinking at the time, you know, it is a risk. yet, yet i know from talking to coach it wasn't as much of a risk as for some places. it wasn't as big a risk for a state system. private schools have the support. >> once your dad made a judgment -- this was a young man we were willing to give an opportunity to and to have a say in his development, we were prepare to take on that challenge. >> to see him sign at georgetown and go play basketball for coa

durant, he's been unstoppable. 26 points for the d.c. native. and the wizards have not been able to get an answer for kevin durant tonight. gives his squad a 9-point lead with nine and a half to play in . >> steve: wasn't has turned it over 16 times, which has led to 18 points for oklahoma city. ask the thunder have outpaced the wizards with 22 fastbreak points in this game. a foul is called against durant. and that is his third permanent. >> phil: looked like mike miller slipped on some perspiration there and almost went down. >> steve: u.s. marines leaders of the game, 26 for durant, and he leads all scorers. lost his pass and turned it over. sefolosha, jamison the rebound. it will be a loose ball foul on jamison. number three on jamison. durant, long-range 3. 29 points for kevin durant on 3 of 18 shooting. and the thunder have their largest lead of the game. 19 points. so here is randy foye. it looks like caron butler will come in for randy foye. harden with a point, and he fouls. 14 point thunder lead. their to largest of the game. durant do

on thursday, the president will participate in a service of and in the d.c. area people spend thanksgiving day at the white house. on friday at -- he will spend thanksgiving day at the white house. on friday at 2:00 p.m., the presentation of the official white house christmas tree. it will be on display in the bloom throughout the holiday season. -- in the blue room throughout the holiday season. all right, yes, ma'am. >> the afghanistan meeting -- the last meeting, he said he would take another look and reorder things. is denied about looking at what they are coming back with? -- is tonight about looking at what they are coming back with? >> they will go to the questions that the president had, additional answers to what he had asked for, and have a discussion about that. >> what is it he wants to hear? >> picking up where we left off , i characterized a decent part of it as not just how we get people there, but what is the strategy for getting them out. i think that was a series of questions that the president had on that that they will go through tonight.

the cato institute in washington, d.c. hosts the 90-minute event. >> welcome to the cato institute. i would like to offer a special welcome to our viewers on c-span who will be joining us. my name is john stampos. our forum today concerns a new book, not invited to the party. how the republicans have rigged the system. let me begin by giving you some framework and ideas about today's event. we will certainly hear from our speakers first for about an hour or so. then that will be followed by question and answer. around 1:30 we shall break for lunch. you will have an additional chance to talk with the authors and the speakers about the issues raised in today's forum. i am also admonished by our staff here that i should respectfully request that you turn off yourself phones. that means turn them off so that we don't get that "weird buzzing sound on the television." thank you very much for that. the cato institute, as many of you may know, stands for individual liberty and limited government. competition offers a means to these ends. competitions in market expresses liberty . electoral

he was traveling on the natchez trace on his way to washington d.c. and arrived at grandeur stand a roadside inn and tavern located 78 miles from nashville where we are today. sometime during the night he died of gunshot wounds. was it suicide or was it murder? after returning from the lewis and clark expedition lewis was appointed by president jefferson to become governor of louisiana territory. he had moved to st. louis the capital of the territory and was going to washington to seek reimbursement for bill see have paid personally. bills for the territorial loss of louisiana and other government expenses, totaling almost $2,500. they were more than his years salary. he was accompanied by his dog, who traveled with him to the pacific coast and back in by his servant,. the was not a slave. he was a free man of the african and french descent. he had been a wide house servant while lewis was serving as jefferson's private secretary before the expedition. he was present on the night of lewis's death. he brought the news of his death to lewis's mother in

to see happen during that period and what would you like to see the palestinians to next and we're d.c. the process ten months from now? >> we would like very much to begin negotiations on the permanent status issue. as i said earlier in my response to the first question, we think the best approach is a mix of contacts, direct, bilateral in some cases, at varying levels, contact sophos for discussions on permanent status' issues. we hope that there will be a substantial progress. my personal and fervent wish is that we will during this process at some point have a resolution of the issue of borders so that there will no longer be any question about settlement construction, so that israelis will be able to build what they want in israel and palestinians will be able to build what they want in palestine. and we think that the negotiations should begin as soon as possible. we hope that time limited to a period at the end of which all of the permanent status' issues will be resolved and the people of the region can achieve their objective. i want to be clear, however, that while this discu

the smithsonian institute hosted this discussion earlier this month in washington, d.c. >> we will turn first to the case that was argued this past october, just argued this past november. then we will talk about some cases coming up in a few months. the want to start with the october case and talk about the citizens united case. >> this case came on september 9 for a special session, very rare. it is citizens united. it started back in 2008 with a film, it was a movie, and then this group wanted to show it as a video on demand, essentially anti-hillary clinton documentary, called hillary the movie, put out by citizens united in the 2008 primary when she was trying for the presidential nomination. the election commission said it is cannot offer this as video on demand right before the election because it is essentially a campaign ad. the best thing that they say is she looks good in a pant suit. it is an attack film, essentially, but it brings to the for the political issues. it was a special three judge panel and it went before the supreme court. it when the case was originally heard,

this was part of the 2008 summit in d.c. and by the time they gained in 2009, what has happened, 17 out of the 20 countries had implemented protectionist policies. >> but is that -- what about stimulus? in terms of government -- >> stimulus, i think when it was done it should have been certainly done simultaneously because sequential stimulation would not be sustainable individually. largely because it costs current account deficits at least that are unsustainable. but right now we are not in the face of too much simultaneous stimulus because the country conditions are quite different. for example, the australians are in the midst of pulling back. and the europeans have seen the economy improving so europeans are not part of the stimulus and the obama administration, given what that is projected for the healthcare reform, for it to talk about further stimulus i think it's a very difficult task to do politically. the chance for simultaneous fiscal stimulus has come and gone. >> probably now the most important thing is coordin

knew what the score was and how difficult it was for citizens to make concrete change in washington d.c. he had seen the government over run by lobbyists and be marinated in corporate campaign cash. and he had also a personal history of being able to open the process up. and i thought, well, if there were every time this would be the time to do it. so i get to washington and, you know, i consider myself fairly well read. i read the newspapers every day. i majored in government and economics. i went to law school. i thought, how hard can this be? and then, reality sets in. you know, we all grow up under the smith that anyone can run and be president of the united states, right? this is the national lower. but if you try to beat anyone and you are not the party favorite of one of the two major parties, wrote to you. it is nearly impossible to run an effect did national presidential campaign out side of the two parties this time and that's because we have systemic barriers, and even if you have a supremely qualified candidates, even if you have popular support. we have systemic barriers th

. >> i thought you were talking about washington state, washington, d.c., a lot going on tl. just a little bit. u.s. government, yes. jennifer westhoven, thank you. >>> what about this story? how young is too young for social networking websites? there are a few hard numbers on this. but researchers say more and more preadolescents are using myspace, facebook. just three years ago 61% of 12 to 14-year-olds said they had an online profile. some scientists say the websites could damage kids' relationships and brains and cause internet addiction. have you thought about that? others though, they say this is just harmless stuff here. >>> right now, voters deciding critical close elections. in fact, in one race, a woman might become the first openly gay female elected mayor of a major u.s. city. >>> plus, a mother describing the horror of watching her baby fall right in front of a train. there's the video. amazingly, the baby is okay. >>> we told you it's election day for a lot of you. we're talking about atlanta, voters there could elect their first white mayor in more than three

it had papers in atlanta, houston, washington, d.c. and florida. no comment from the parent companies, which filed for bankruptcy. >>> we're getting some startling news about distracted teenagers. what they're doing while they're driving. well, a new survey by q research center says one in three kids between the ages of 16 and 17 say, yeah, they've been texting. half say they talk on their cell phone while they drive. the poll results appeared in "usa today." but listen, many of the teens said their parents are doing the same thing when they are driving. >> so take that. >> a boxer made history when he became a champion, and now has another goal to become a rabbi. hi, rafer. >> good morning, robin. yeah, he wants to travel, you know, and teach judaism and pugetlism, just a complicated guy. as far as we know, there has never been a world champion boxer who is also a rabbi. foreman already became known when he became the first israeli boxer to win when he beat santos, and expects to complete his rabbi studies in a year. great story. this guy grew up

. >> my mom came up here to d.c. and met with them and -- you know, after that, you know, i had another opportunity in life. i think god put him into my life. >> people deserve a chance, as long as they take advantage of it. that's one of the things i said to allen. i'm willing to go along with this but you've got to respond. i'm not going to compromise the school. i'm not going to compromise myself if you don't do the things you're supposed to do. >> mike, how much of a risk was it for georgetown, given everything that allen had been through, to take allen? >> i remember thinking at the time, you know, it is a risk. yet, yet i know from talking to coach it wasn't as much of a risk as for some places. it wasn't as big a risk for a state system. private schools have the support. >> once your dad made a judgment -- this was a young man we were willing to give an opportunity to and to have a say in his development, we were prepare to take on that challenge. >> to see him sign at georgetown and go play basketball for coa

. >> is is the brookings institution in washington, d.c. here for a discussion on the global food shortage. efforts taken to reduce hunger worldwide. we will hear from people who work for the u.n. world food program as well as from the world bank president robert zelig, expected to speak. the forum is expected to get under way now. this is alive. we showed you earlier the joint news conference with the indian prime minister. during that conference the president said is his intention to finish the job in afghanistan, but the afghan people ultimately must provide for their own security. reporting today, that the president will speak to that possibly next tuesday. president obama is in town. the state dinner tonight at the white house along with meetings today with the vice president and defense secretary robert gates. the house is out for the thanksgiving recess. the senate will be back from their break on monday. the health-care debate will get under way on the senate floor. the house returns on tuesday, december 1. >> wedding at the brookin

it is an incentive and a guarantee of malfeasance by d.c. the origin. >> where is vanderbilt seems to have always been amazingly hands on. >> i think that is true and at the end of this life much, you know when he was a railroad chief he testified before the state legislative committee. they said are you a practical manager? are you somebody without setting timetables? he said i don't manage anything in that is not entirely true because when he thought something was wrong all of a sudden he was on top of that and people felt his wrath with, of which he always had an abundance. her for the most part many got to the railroad which he related operational control but the always had that i, someone who was always watching. >> interestingly he always seems to out compete other vines whether on steamships or on railroads, always said that certain genius for sing how expenses could be cut and customers could be lured away. >> it is not a very sexy subject but that is the consistence rate that you see in managers, successful managers, the most succes

everything good in health care in this country, creating a massive expansion peer tphao*er washington, d.c., $2.5 trillion in costs when fully implemented. who knows, if a lot of these things don't happen, if the tax increases don't occur, medicare cuts don't occur, it means borrowing from future generations. they talk about reducing the deficit by $130 billion only because they didn't include the physician fee fix, only because they had a revenue from something called the class act which is never going to become law. if it does, it's a huge money loser in the out years. and so you've got all these things if they did, including delaying the implementation date by five years so it understates the tree cost of this -- the true cost of this thing. all these things have been done to try to make this turkey look like something other than what it is, which is a massive increase in spending, massive tax increases on the american people, and increased premiums for americans, particularly americans, those 182 americans who already have health insurance who are going to get hit the hardest under thi

do you think the banking lobby would be all over washington d.c. and making a fuss? >> guest: there were bankers doing that broke when gentlemen the head of the independent bankers association said really this is a way to a vance a liberal social agenda and not have the government. >> host: that is what you said it is called economic democracy and in other words, if and that another word for redistribution of of? these people really believe this about redistribution of wealth. >> guest: they do. the argument is to have quote-unquote democracy you have to have equal access to credit. it sounds good but they may defend individual comes in with good credit and gets a loan and another has bad credit should also be able to get a loan. >> host: so the outcome based desires on the part of the architects govett obama's, 10, senators, a card to are part of this, their goal ultimately was apparently will you were saying, redistribution of wealth. whether they were involved or not that it does not matter. it sounds like you said that there is a belief that there is a right to h

whether you want to observe, or like a lot of people in d.c. want to fix or change. i think the essential foundation for it to know what's going on. if you know that's a women like ali can make $500 an hour. that's a strong insight into understanding why someone will do that. >> i would legalize prostitution. i agree with you. i'm not suggesting that people shouldn't go into it. what i'm saying is what does the chapter teach you? what does it teach you about the economists of prostitution? because as you say, you went in and less thanked a lot about it. it's an area where there's not a lot of data. if you are high-end, the last thing that you want is legalized. she's figure out how to get through the barriers to entry. she know her wage would go down. she says she wouldn't want it to be legalized. i think the other thing -- what you learn, i think -- what i learn from doing the study. i think the study of the street prostituted of all that's ever done, it might have been the one that i learn the most from. it's such a window in how the intercity works. and things you

several years as a book editor handling mostly political books at gregory publishing in washington d.c.. the author of several best-selling historical works including his latest book, "the politically incorrect guide to the civil war," which has been praised by the washington times among others as -- for its great scholarship, great storytelling and great fun. a graduate of vanderbilt university, dr. benjamin wiker is a senior discoverer at the seattle institute in washington and at the st. paul center for biblical theology. the author of seven will receive the book, the most recent and provocative is "10 books that screwed up the world: and 5 others that didn't help". dr. elizabeth kantor is the editor of the conservative book club, frequent contributor to cumin events and blog and conservativebookclub.com. she earned her ph.d. in english in chapel hill which experience helped inspire her to write "the politically incorrect guide to english and american literature". ladies and gentlemen please join me in welcoming our first panelist, harry crocker. [applause] >> thank you. i have work

i lived in washington d.c. and i got to the dallas airport and i am talking to my parents on the phone and my mother says to me who are you going to vote for now that ross perot has pulled out? and i thought for a moment and i didn't have anyone to vote for. i had issues with the other two candidates. i broke down because for the first time in my life i had no one to believe in. i may be an acronym for a throwback give a better way to a previous time. but i like to fall in love with my candidate. i like to believe in something. i want to have faith and reason to work so hard and i had no one to vote for and i had to hang up on my parents for the first time in my life because i did not want my mother to hear me crying. that i had lost faith. so i was asked two years ago what mattered most to me and this is when i agreed to do that book. what mattered most was to promote civility in politics. it matters to me because i want people to care about their country. i want people to care about their neighborhood. i want

christopher immellish, washington, d.c. raymond giudice, insanity is not going to work. he hid these bodies, he continued working. he was discharged from the marines with an honorable discharge. and don't even say intoxication. we know that was his m.o. voluntary intoxication not a defense. >> that's correct. and i agree with you completely. he will have a clean mental bill of health from the marines. remarkably, prison officials found him to be a model prisoner during those 15 years. so he has no history of mental health issues that would lead to a winnable insanity defense. >> okay. so i'm not hiring giudice as my lawyer if that's what he's got to say. what's your defense? >> it's got to be insanity because there's nothing else. >>> seasoned detectives go into a three-story home, cleveland area, to find at least six dead bodies. all women. we are predicting more. >> do i believe there's more bodies? i don't know at this time. what we're going to continue to do is search the property until we're totally satisfied it is totally clean. that's why we will continue overnigh

i think that they do want to see more mormon people in positions of power in washington d.c. they already have some very important people, harry reid in power in washington d.c. >> glenn beck is a mormon also. take that with a grain of salt. >> but i think i want to see more, exactly. >> what about prop a? they were the ones who were blamed for prop a. >> that's when they moved to the right. they moved so far to the right. i know they are seen as an extremist. their history is being seen as an extremist. i think they are now being seen as that again and politically that's devastating. >> remember what during the primaries, romney was saying from a religion that was extremist. that was not good for them. they are trying to redo it. >> that's what they have been going through since the '70s. when i was born you could not be a full member if you were black. since the '70s try to change, trying to come more mainstream, don't want to be seen to the far extreme right. >> i don't think people most americans really understand. we hear things like magic underwear. what exactly is that

we've gone from afghanistan to the "real housewives of d.c." a commentary on my lai. >> training our security forces, the corruption of the government, but are there also benchmarks for failure and the consequences for not reaching those benchmarks? >> had in the note. >> it will u.s. forces be withdrawn -- will u.s. forces be withdrawn if they cannot meet the benchmarks? the dollars we will be setting for a commission that he believes -- >> we will be sitting forward a commission that he believes is achievable, and make sure that what we're doing is setting out a mission and a series of resources that are attainable. as i mentioned to chuck, there are now twice as many forces there and then were there just a year ago. i think what the president has to do clearly to the american people is what the note that we now have what is needed there to accomplish what that mission is, rather than somehow assuming that we could do that with half of what is there now. >> one quick housekeeping question for reporters going up to west point to more of what t

i think that they do want to see more mormon people in positions of power in washington d.c. they already have some very important people, harry reid in power in washington d.c. >> glenn beck is a mormon also. take that with a grain of salt. >> but i think i want to see more, exactly. >> what about prop a? they were the ones who were blamed for prop a. >> that's when they moved to the right. they moved so far to the right. i know they are seen as an extremist. their history is being seen as an extremist. i think they are now being seen as that again and politically that's devastating. >> remember what during the primaries, romney was saying from a religion that was extremist. that was not good for them. they are trying to redo it. >> that's what they have been going through since the '70s. when i was born you could not be a full member if you were black. since the '70s try to change, trying to come more mainstream, don't want to be seen to the far extreme right. >> i don't think people most americans really understand. we hear things like magic underwear. what exactly is that

wouldn't you think the banking lobby would be all over d.c. and making a fuss about this? what happens because there were bankers that were doing that. there was one gentleman that i quote those ahead of the independent bankers association who said look, really what this is this is a way of trying to advance a liberal social agenda and not have the government to have the banks pay for. >> that is one thing you wrote about. i wrote this were done. you said economic democracy, democratizing capitalism. in other words, isn't just another word for redistribution of wealth? >> it is. >> these people really believe this about redistribution of wealth. >> and the argument is quote unquote economic democracy, you need to have equal access to credit. the problem with that is it sounds very good, but what they mean is if an individual content that has good credit and get a loan, then an individual comes in and has bad credit should also be able to get about. >> so it is outcome-based, outcome-based desires it sounds like on the part of architect, sol, mrs. clinton, obama, acorn who

. >> host: david in washington, d.c.,. >> caller: hello. i've appreciated your work and the courage that you show. i am a gay man in my '50s, and i don't think your entries, but i do wonder who do you think are the best organizations working with parents of children who are gay? i'm in my '50s, so talking about a generation of children that are coming into their own at this point in time. and i'm certainly impressed with your work to work with directly and lesbian individuals. but i'm also wondering about the people need to accept them, and who do you know is doing good work in that regard? >> guest: there's a national organization that has chapters throughout all the states, and many international chapters as what it is called beside, they started out many, many, many years ago as a support group for parents and sort of expanded the work that they do. they lobby, work with parents who need someone to talk to, and also work with numbers of the community and try to educate the communities that they live in. the issue becomes parents who are

other said, yeah, but how could they not because it applies now as it does to d.c. it was a split of the circuit, and that point, the court stepped in. and we argued that i think in january. february? probably february argument. . >> senate is in a rare meeting today to move the health care bill to the floor. in order for formal debate to begin, democrats must get 60 votes. if they do, debate could begin after the thanksgiving break. watched senate coverage today on c-span2. you can watch what your senators are saying online. a search by name -- search by name. you can read the health care bill and paul ebert twitter conference at c-span's healthcare hub at c-span.org. >> 29, on c-span, several mayors discussed the state of several cities and the will later have highlights from the health-care debate in the senate today. -- tonight, on c-span, several mayors discussed the state of several cities and be -- and will later have -- and we will later have highlights from the health-care debate in the senate today. this is about three hours. >> natural and areas in the un

from washington, d.c., this is half hour. >> neil, you know, i'd like to begin really at the -- i think the heart of what concerns most americans at this point. you said almost four weeks ago in a report to congress, and i'm quoting, that u.s. taxpayers are extremely unlikely to earn any return on the $700 billion the government invested to rescue the financial institutions including mostly banks, the biggest banks, from insolvency. does that mean that the $9.5 billion in front interest and dividend payments that we've already seen and the $2.9 billion the government received from sales of warrants don't represent any kind of promising trend? >> well, no, i think it's certainly good that those things have occurred. but i think there's been an expectation -- some of it fueled about a 17% return and a profit. some think there may be a possibility of a dollar for dollar return or a profit on our t.a.r.p. investment and our observation that's just a very unrealistic expectation. the way this program has currently designed as evolved it includes outright subs disof which there's no expectati

it's hard to blame people when you hear the special interest rhetoric coming out of washington, d.c., or when you turn on your cable television set at night and watch what people have to say, you can understand why people are concerned that we have the capacity to make it worse. that's why i'm so pleased about the piece of legislation that the majority leader has brought before us. we have never been closer to reforming our health care system, madam president, so we can address runaway health care costs, enact insurance reform, construct stability and predictability in health care for families and small business. senate legislation before us is that promising new way forward. coloradoans as i said have not been shy at all about letting me know about their views of the current system or what their concerns are about what we might do. like people across the country, they know the current system doesn't work for them, but they are worried, as i said a minute ago, that we're going to make it even worse. this bill, this bill represents a substantial improvement over business as usual. i co

teddy roosevelt brought the leaders of the universities to washington, d.c., without legislation, and said get your act together. so we don't always have to have legislation here. and i think his hearing does serve a very, very good purpose. i would like to just concentrate on two things. one is education and the others on the field of course there players have responsibility to be educated and to do the right thing. we had a cornerback for the redskins not too many years ago to head butted a wall before a game and gave himself a concussion. we see players headbutting one another in celebration today. that's just nuts. there is peer pressure that needs to be utilized, with information, that the commissioner's office and the owners and the players association can give to -- is not macho to be headbutting one another before the game for goodness sake. so education is extremely important, based on scientific information. i have no doubt about that. but part of that is the briefing went with the nfl on little bit earlier a couple days ago, i asked, do you have any control over your commen

here in washington, d.c., especially to local students and to children in our community. because what we know is that even though many of you guys live just a few minutes, maybe a little bit away from here, but you're close, these events probably seem like they are miles and miles away. like they are just untouchable. that's why we really try to think about ways to include kids in the community all throughout today's event. at the opening ceremonies today we invited about 50 students from local schools to attend the welcoming event. and that's why we are so happy to have you guys with us here today. for those of you who don't know these girls are part of our young women who participate in the white house leadership and mentoring program. we are really thrilled to have you guys here. because this is your white house. and we want you to be a part of what we do here. how do we get this stuff done? the president and i are going to host this really neat dinner outside in the tent. but we describe it, it's sort of like a swan where we are kind of calm and serene above water, bu

let me show you what it looks like in d.c., if you're traveling in or out. big dark clouds in and out of the region. short delays a possibility at the airports there, but that's just because of the low clouds. the rain itself all the to be far away. i don't think you'll experience any of that. toward the great lakes, here's the cold front, passing through chicago. the rain itself is basically in central michigan. it's really light. no flood warnings or anything like that. but light showers hanging around chicago and heavier downpours around nebraska, too. pull the picture out farther, quick glance at the west coast, cold front off the puget sound. enough to get clouds in there but going to be clear for you all the way down in towards southern california. full details on that coming up again in a little bit. good to see you on a monday. >> bob van dillen, you have kids? >> two. >> you thinking about saving for college. >> >> you have to. >> especially, listen to this, you may pay more to send them to college. a new study finds that the people who run the scho

but certainly, you do see it oxidase goal perspective in certain d.c. agencies -- you do say lackadaisical perspective uncertainties agencies and with lawyers -- and with lawyers doing battle with the private sector equivalent. they get out on. -- outgunned. i think is a combination of all of this. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" walter pinkus, a national security reporter explains out the different intelligence agencies within the administration communicate with each other. bruce micklethwait, chair of the territory commission, it discusses the future of the postal service. eric olson from the pew charitable trust talks about a report on food bought -- food borne illness and the impact it has on the u.s. "washington journal" livas 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. ." [no audio

there is a law in washington, d.c. you can't use a cell phone. it's inlegal. but anytime you drive down the street in washington, look around you. we're hooked on these things. so it's personal responsibility, it's education, and it's enforcement. and that's what happened with .08, and click it or ticket it. we cannot give up on finding solutions, because this is an epidemic. we will save a lot of lives, and a lot of injuries, finding wayed to do this. and we have proof that we can do it. >> mr. secretary, i'm overusing my time here. if somebody is drunk driving, the state policeman, they can usually see that. in fact, they don't approach the car. it's not the individual that they are looking at. it's the motion of the car. if and they can have a sense of that. and you say it's stopped it. i would say it hasn't stopped it, i would say it's diminished it. and maybe, it is a worthy goal. but what occurs to me is that you are almost have to put this out of the control of the driver using a cell phone or a text so that some kind of technology which the fcc will co

let me move from pashtun to the paper and pomp of washington d.c. -- lebanon from passion to the paper and paul -- let me move from pashtuion sion to ther and pulp washington dc. few took notice of these moments and we just pushed on. now that we are in the big leagues, are highs are higher and i am afraid our lows are lower. in this moment of an economic security, we're seeing this in full. the future is not what it used to be. the question is, what comes next? the best way to predict the future is to invent it. we have so many ideas and i think that this is what this conference is about, that is, how do we invent the future where we truly realize the i had the opportunity to testify on the senate environment committee, and that is not where i got the black ani. my message was that the critical need to adjust the climate crisis provides us with an unprecedented and opportunity to rebuild our energy system -- unprecedented opportunity to rebuild our energy system. this is the key point, to adopt t policies and we can create new jobs. we can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and we c

movie, independence day, an atomic bomb is used to blow up the alien spaceship parked over washington d.c. and no one is overly concerned about nuclear fallout or nuclear winter. likewise fictional accounts of terrorism like tom clancy's 1991 novel, which featured a plot to blow up the super bowl with a suitcase nuclear weapon did not dwell on the larger issues of the survival of the human race. agents this chronological framework our contributors described their extensive research into equally important, if not quite so humorous aspects of the atomic bombs cultural and social footprint. it is impossible to include all of this material but just a few examples. michael the cults dr.ism but physics and philosophy offered a fascinating look at to leading physicists, j. robert oppenheimer and isidore raviv and engaged in a discourse of the universal, attempting to enter the atomic age in a broad cultural and intellectual program that lasted from the 1940's into the 1960's. both men held to the centrality of science and public education, a time in which baby boomers matriculated to the public