and in lane 8 is bernard williams of the united states. he was second to sean crawford in a 200 meters in the athens olympics. so an excellent field. six olympians and usain bolt. as bernard williams poses. the focus in lane 4 with crawford next to him. this is a new track in toronto. a little softer than the one he ran on in beijing. and of course it is slickened by rain. but usain bolt is set to step in. and we are set for the men's 100 meters. fastest time of the year, 9.94 by michael rogers last week in eugene, oregon. >> false starts in what appeared to be lane three or lane 8. you saw williams we saw that infamously in atlanta with lynnford christy. >> that was a tragedy. that was a farce that any athlete would do what he did in that race. but certainly set it up better for bailey. >> so bolt will reset. so 3 and 8 are charged with false starts. >> bolt loads himself into the starting blocks. >> another false start. this time, it is lane 6, marvin anderson. >> at least it appeared to be. it's got everyone has to run his own race. thi

again, bernard madoff is sentenced to 150 years. we will have more on that as time allows and the news develops. we will have that for you here on c-span. a topic on this morning's "washington journal" was how congressional seats may be preserved or not through redistricting. we will show you that segment now. host: peter brookes is the project manager for re- districting reform. this comes up every 10 years with the senses, but this is an issue broader than just the census. what is your organization concerned about? guest: it is concerned about extreme jerrymanders that have been taking place with more frequency and extremism. politicians choosing voters in their districts rather than voters choosing their elected officials. americans for redistricting reform was greeted as a couple of years ago with a grant from the rockefellers to focus to the extent that we can on the fact that politicians when they draw up the strips with a congressional or state legislative oftentimes jury pick their voters to ensure the election of incumbents

flag day was first celebrated throughout the country in 1885 as one early supporter, bernard cigrand of wisconsin -- a wisconsin school teacher, wanted june 14 to be known as flag birthday. the idea quickly caught on and many wanted to participate. in 1894 the governor of new york asked that all public buildings fly the flag on june 14 to begin observing flag day. and in 1916, president woodrow wilson proclaimed flag day as a national celebration. however, the holiday was not officially recognized until 1949 when president harry truman signed the national flag day bill. since the beginning of our republic, americans have flown the flag to show their appreciation and pride for this great nation. every day americans pledge their allegiance to the flag and the troops carry their flag as they defend the liberties which they stand and which represent this country, the united states of america. our flag day we remember -- on flag day we remember the importance of our oldest national symbols and reflect the loss of loved ones who have died in defense of this great nation. let us pledge alle

. >> the gentleman here and then -- >> how significant was the participation of bernard bernstein in the events that you described is this >> bernard bernstein. >> he was counsel to the -- at the united nations to the conference of the jewish organizations? at the time of the partition. >> i would say we researched it probably very little. since his name ever appears anywhere as far as we can see. >> because of the arms embargo, israel was getting all its arms from czechoslovakia. how come israel didn't become a member of the communist bloc? >> i think the labor zionist leadership was not particularly procommunist. there were procommunist elements but the mainstream labor zionism was democrat socialists and considered themselves not friendly to communism. they were glad they would take the support and aid where they could get it from. they were delighted the soviets changed their line for a while and they could get arms from czechoslovakia but they were not procommunists. >> those arms didn't come during that brief period between when he was in -- those arms came even after the sovie

one was replaced by bernard montgomery in the great battle came to pass. let's give general mcchrystal the opportunity. further, let me add, mr. clarme, this amendment is intended -- mr. chairman, this amendment is intended to make the administration lay out its strategy. but we already have the administration to lay out their goals, their timelines and conduct regular assessments. that's the way that general mcchrystal should be judged. let's do that. i do oppose this amendment very respectfully. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair will note that the gentleman from massachusetts has 1 3/4 remaining. and the gentleman from california has 3 twaurts minutes remaining. mr. mcgovern: i'll let the gentleman proceed. mr. mckeon: mr. speaker, i'm happy to yield at this time to a young man who joined the marine core the day after 9/11, served two tours in iraq and one in afghanistan, the gentleman from california, who is a member of the armed services committee now, one minute. mr. hunter. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for

. >> any reaction on the bernard madoff sentencing? what is the president paused thought on the executive compensation issue? >> let me take the second question first. we have appointed a special master to look into the compensation practices of banks , lending institutions that have received assistance under the tarp program, his ability to review the salaries of the top 100 employees, and in all sense, sign off on that structure, and it is in the process of beginning. i think the president and his administration is implementing far reaching the executive pay reforme. i think the president has outlined his views on this pretty clearly since the administration began. on the first one, i saw that the judge wanted to send a very strong signal to anybody that invest money on the behalf of others, the amazing responsibility that they have to those investors and to the country, and use it to send a message. my guess is that that message will be heard loud and clear going forward. >> [unintelligible] is his mission to get osama bin laden who

bernard madoff was sentenced today to the maximum 150 years in prison for his multibillion- dollar fraud scheme. the sentence was handed down in new york earlier today appeare. the judge called the fraud staggering and noted that it spans more than 20 years. he said the breach of trust was massive. the 71-year old former nasdaq chairman pled guilty to securities fraud and other charges related to the ponzi scheme in march, and has been jailed since. later, admiral timothy keating will speak. his topics include north korea's most recent nuclear and missile testing. we will have live coverage at 5:30 p.m. eastern here on c- span. now to an event from earlier today that the -- from the american enterprise institute on u.s. and india relations. i want to welcome you here this morning, u.s. and india relations in the obama era. this program was conceptualize to examine relations at a very important crossroads. both countries have freshly elected or reelected governments. president obama took office just over five months ago, and the prime minister was elected by a wide margin last month. the

host: "one of the watergate burglars, bernard barker, 92- years old, died on friday. he was born in cuba. back in 1971 he was involved in the break-in involving the pentagon papers. he was one of the burglars found crouching under a desk in the democratic national committee headquarters in the watergate building. he served a prison sentence that was suspended in 1975." joe, south carolina. caller: i used to know plenty of people in chicago that were in construction and the unions. their entire model was to make the job last as long as they could. they worked half taste, half- hearted. that is the model of most unions, including the uaw. could you imagine everyone in this country working at that pace? imagine if your doctor said that he would make the surgery last longer, what kind of productivity would we have?

. >> convicted swindler bernard madoff was a sentenced to 150 years in prison today for engineering and multi-billion dollars fraud scheme. it was called "unprecedented and staggering." the message must be sent that mr. madoff's crimes were extraordinarily evil. the 71-year-old former nasdaq chairman has been in jail since march when he pleaded guilty to securities fraud and other charges in the $65 billion fraud scheme. coming out this afternoon, we will be live with the u.s. pacific commander keating for discussion on the recent north korean nuclear test ban the threats they pose to the u.s. pacific region live from the atlantic council, 5:30 eastern on c-span. earlier today, the supreme court released a find of -- a 5-4 opinion in favor of white firefighters in new haven, conn., overturning a lower-court ruling that had been endorsed by supreme court nominee sonja -- sonia sotomayor. you can hear a portion of the oral argument tonight. that is the second court of appeals that took place in 2007. we will have that tonight at 8:00 eastern. a live look at the white house briefing room.

bernard, what are your thoughts? caller: i think that the reelection of ahmadinejad pushed the united states on to a stronger footing. this is the time to isolate iran. i think that what obama should do is get all the allies, india, china, russia, and take it straight to ahmadinejad that we will not allow iran to have nuclear bombs. i think that if the united states -- there is no way that ahmadinejad can be stronger. host: how would bring together an alliance with other countries around the world force the running in's hands -- iranian's hands? caller: they can do this politically. if the european union in the united states can have some options in terms of economic prosperity, it will force the iranians to tell ahmadinejad that we do not want you in power. host: hit them in the pocketbook and it will change their nuclear policy? caller: yes. host: pa., tom, democratic line. go ahead. caller: i have noticed that nobody is really saying anything about this. what about people realizing that obama will not always be in

host: we have this french foreign minister bernard kuschner we're told he's concerned about the post election violence that happened after the release of the results on saturday. guest: that is right. european governments in tehran with embassies who are expressing concern. there is deep concern that ahmadinejad serves another four year, he could be an insurmountable obstacle between the confidence building between u.s. and europe. host: our last caller. caller: can you hear caller: we ought to look at this entire situation in the middle east his starkly -- historically. we've had nothing but violence in these parts of the world. to think we can change anything as laughable. we should go back to the history books. when need to take a look at a philosophy.

we were doing wake-up call that morning in the bernard white and i sat there and this man who was not one of the scheduled guests that morning held forth. and he told the story of what he was confronting in nigeria saint the world had to know and ending by saying i am a marked man. he returned to nigeria, was imprisoned, was tried, and he was executed. last week as we sat in the studios of "democracy now!" we broadcast of the voice of a him from those days on the wba i and we broadcast his son who was announcing that they had just won a settlement with the shell that took 14 years but they would then wind $15.5 million for their family and other victims and the people of the land. [applause] we also play the words of his father, jim, who jeremy and i got to made and the niger delta when we visited three years after his death. when in jim said directly to us, shell is responsible for my son's death. and as we sat there listening to the father of a son and his grandson, and was sitting next to judas brown, our guest for the hour. judith brown chomsky was one of the leading attorneys in

host: we have this french foreign minister bernard kuschner we're told he's concerned about the post election violence that happened after the release of the results on saturday. guest: that is right. european governments in tehran with embassies who are expressing concern. there is deep concern that ahmadinejad serves another four year, he could be an insurmountable

bernard madoff is 71-years old. the former nasdaq chairman, and he felt -- and he pled guilty in march and has been jailed since. later, admiral timothy keating will speak at the atlantic council, the topics include north korea's most recent nuclear and missile testing. live coverage of that at 5:30 p.m. eastern or hear on c-span. also earlier today, at the supreme court released its opinion in the case involving a promotional for new haven firefighters was rejected because very few minorities would receive promotions. white firefighters alleged that a bidding the exam at unfairly denies them promotion. the supreme court side -- sided with the firefighters in the 5-4 decision, overturning a lower- court decision. tonight you can hear a portion of the oral arguments before the second circuit court of appeals. that argument took place in december of 2007. we will have that tonight at 8 eastern here on c-span and on line. you can see transcripts and read about reaction coming to the supreme court decision. hillary clin

the attorneys would have prosecuted bernard madoff ten years ago when his scheme was exposed to them and they refused to take any action. i think it's going to have to be a a matter of criminal and civil accountable on a personal level if we're going to change the course of the future in this regard. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very much, mr. posey. the panel wishes to send the response in, we'll make sure members of the committee receive it. >> thank you, mr. chairman, i would like to ask unanimous consent to enter the written statement of the steve bartlet, president and ceo of the financial services round table into the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> i would also like to acknowledge some of the testimony in response to some of my colleague's question that no one is advocating for a national insurance charter in any way is suggesting that we lower consumer protections. in fact we're starting at the baseline nic models and improving by adding a national insurance commissioners that would@@@@@ billion of federal tax dollars that had gone to shore up life insur

he said a few weeks ago when he spoke openly about having lost his foundation so much money in the bernard madoff uproar fiasco. he was so smart and he's lost millions, but this is a book, obviously, that continues but he's been writing so many years about the holocaust so i want to get through this book, if i can, this summer. those are the five summers i plan on reading this summer. i hope to get through them all and then start on some more. >> you're a busy man. where do you do your reading and how do you find time to do it? >> i try to do a little bit before i go asleep at night. i try to read on weekends. i just gee out on my deck in the backyard and relax especially if the weather is good. you know, whenever you can. i am a busy guy. a lot of a whole lot of time to do fun reading, but you make time, and it's important, and i really appreciate books. >> wolf blitzer, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information, visit our website at booktv.org. ♪ >> this holiday weekend on book tv, discover an unfamiliar side of our nation's fi

. >> north carolina, bernard on democrat line. >> how you doing? i got a simple question. i don't have a lot of sympathy as far as being taxed because the way i look ate. you don't care how many items you get from china but still you complain about getting taxd for revenues. the states need revenue but i don't see you guys trying to put emphasis on buying american. especially over stock.com people. your bulk people. that's my opinion. i'm sorry. >> okay. any response? >> well, okay. we buy american. we try to get the best price and we buy all over america but it's up to what you the consumers are going to buy. do you want to buy this table american made version for $180 or maybe an alternative made overseas for 107. we'll sell both and it's up to the american people, what is is they want to bye. >> springfield, illinois. jill on the republican line. good morning. >> good morning. >> you're on. go ahead. >> yeah, my concern is that it may have been addressed. my concern is that we have a small business here and it's difficult to compete with internet because of the tax situ

i believe, as bernard goldberg said, there is a slobbering love affair. one reporter said during the inauguration that even the seagulls were in awe. i think it is hilarious. host: you can also use twitter. you can also find the schedule and the guest lineup on twitter. we are asking about president obama's relationship with the media. one person right here in the philadelphia paper, he is from the potomac strategy group, claims that there is a love affair going on. the next caller is on the in the pimm line. caller: good morning, america. for more than one year now i have been -- senator obama, now president obama -- i want to know what president obama will do about slave descendants reparations. that debate was just in the house and senate. a couple of things were done as far as apologies. i can give you an example that the media has protected him from that issue. right now i will tell you that this guy is a can-kicker. the gay issues, he kicks the can down the road. those folks, the slave reparations issue, is kicking that can down the road. we need to

. >> how significant was the participation of bernard bernstein and the defense that you described? >> brard bernstein? >> he was counsel at the united nations to the conference of jewish organizations. >> never came him across at all on anything. since his name never appears as far as we can see. >> because the arms embargo, israel was getting all of its arms from czechoslovakia. how come israel didn't become a member of the communist bloc? >> well i think the labor zionist leadership was not particularly pro colombians. they were pro colombian as some upon [inaudible] but the mainstream of labor zionism was the mechanics socialists and not consider themselves friend lead to clemianism. they took the aid where they could get it and they were delighted us soviets changed their line for a while and they could get arms from czechoslovakia but they were not pro clemianism. >> those arms didn't come from that brief period between the power, the arms can even after the soviets had taken over, the arms can after czechoslovakia? >> while the soviets were already powerful and influential. c

he said a few weeks ago when he spoke openly about having lost his foundation, so much money in the bernard madoff uproar, fiasco. he was so smart and lost millions, but this is a book obviously that continues but he has been writing for so many years about the holocaust so i want to get through this book if i can this summer. those are the five book is plan on reading. i hope to get through them all and start on more. >> you're obviously a busy man. where do you do your reading? >> i try read before i go to sleep at night. i try to read on weekends. i just go out on my deck in the back yard and just relax, especially if the weather is good. whenever you can. i am a busy guy. but you make time. and it's important. and i really appreciate books. >> wolf blitzer, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information, visit our web site at book tv.org. >> and we are back live from chicago with advice month's in-depth program, bill ayers has been our guest for the last two hours and now we're joined by bernadine dohrn, and in the most recent book t

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bernard on the democrat on. >> caller: good morning. you know, i have been listening to this argument for quite some time and they always bring up europe and a socialized system in europe and i lived and worked there for 26 years here and i am still living and breathing, it's amazing i know. i know they did not kill me and did manage to kill me because the dead bodies must pile up over there all the plays from their ineffective system. i understand that their dead bodies on the american canadian border with canadians trying to get over here to get our good expensive medicine instead of the poisoned madison they feed them up in canada which unfortunately people like you tried to convince americans that that is the way it is and that is not the way it is. >> guest: i am simply here to help explain the health care debate, there are some lapeyre advocates that think health care is great and people think it is the worst way to go. all the voices are part of this health care debate in kaiser health news did toward, you can see the stories to