ken may also raise his favorite perrenial issue, that is, the richmond supervisory team on same page as the board. richmond staff was on our call today but prior to the call, it sounds like they may have threatened a little more than ideal our need to get rid of dividend and fast. i told price systems will be making joint determinations." my question is to your knowledge do you think that mr. lewis's interaction with the supervisory team at the richmond fed threatened or coerced in any way mr. louis? >> well, the federal reserve in general throughout last year was concerned about bank of america's capital, particularly its tangible common equity, and the federal reserve bank of richmond, supervisor of bank of america was interested in having bank of america increase their capital, perhaps while reducing dividends through other measures. at various points there was some confusion i think about what the position of the fed was because there were miscommunications between the richmond fed and the board of governors in washington and mr. lewis, far from being intimidated, was free to cal

richmond staff was on our call today but prior to the call it sounds like they may have threatened a little bit more than ideal on the need to get rid of dividend and fast -- i told price will be making joint determinations. my question is to your knowledge do you think that mr. lewis is interaction with the supervisory team at the richmond fed threatened or coerced in any way mr. lewis? >> welcome the federal reserve in general throughout last year was concerned about bank of america's capital particularly its tangible common equity. and the federal reserve bank of richmond which was the supervisor of think of america was interested in having bank of america increase their capital perhaps by reducing their dividend through other measures. at various points there were some confusions i think about what the position of the fed was because there were miscommunications between the richmond fed and board of governors and washington and mr. lewis far from being intimidated was free to call and ask me for resolution of these issues and we made sure that everybody that was on the same page

i grew up in a jewish community in richmond -- in richmond va.. we valued charity, justice, and acts of loving kindness. i have seen how much good a religious community can achieve when it extends a welcoming hand and resolves to lift people up. for those who still doubt the faith based communities that ability to lift our society to a higher plane than would exist without these groups, just ask the students at asper runs the academy charter high-school. at a school district with a 43% latino dropout rate, the high- school graduated 628 of its six honored 30 students. [applause] -- 630 students. make no mistakes -- america is a stronger place where it's safe communities are strong and its charities active and vibrant. faced can serve to remind us -- faith can serve to remind us of [unintelligible] a major theme of the hebrew bible is to welcome a stranger. we are commanded not to press a stranger for you know the heart of the stranger. seeing you, we are strangers in the land of egypt. or consider deuteronomy -- love you there for the stranger for

in richmond, she didn't have much money. but she did have remarkable drive and determination. she raised her two children in tight quarters above a tiny grocery store that she owned and operated. she worked day and night, and sacrificed tremendously to secure a better future for her and her two children. and sure enough, in young woman who had the courage to journey to a distant land with hope as her only possession lifted herself into the ranks of the middle class. through hard work, thrift, and faith, she was even able to send her two children to college. before making her way to virginia, this young woman had passed through ellis island. peering out from the boat at the mouth of the hudson river, she saw the statue of liberty, the most powerful symbol of freedom and opportunity that america represents. all she wanted was a chance. but never did she dare dream that her grandson would some day, this day, be this member of the u.s. congress standing before you. [applause] when i think of my grand mother in that richmond storefront, i am reminded in its purest sense, america is

scott richmond has made 11 starts in his 13 appearances. 5-3 with a 3 1-2 e.r.a. may take him a while to get warmed up. >> rob: in more ways than one. he probably does not want to come into this game. starters and relievers have this little friction going on all the time. they love that you are out there and you come into the game. >> bob: i thought you and tomorrow browning were such good buddies. >> rob: don't get me wrong. but you can get in there and tell them to get lost. as far as the record goes, starters don't want to mess up their record of earned run average by going into the bullpen. three or four runs out of the bullpen makes you smart a little bit. you know, they have a routine just like relievers do. when you think you have a day off and then the manager cops and says, oh, by the way, scott, we are a little short, do you mind throwing out the bullpen tonight? >> bob: 3-2 and colome walks the lead run. it will be lyle overbay for camp here in the 11th. >> rob: i think colome may have injured himself on that last pitch. bending over. could be a groin.

but i have to tell you, i had a town hal meeting in richmond, indiana monday this week. packed room, several hundred people came out. and there was a very broad understanding that this cap and trade legislation represents a national energy tax. and in this difficult economic time, i think most viewers and most americans know this is not the right course for our nation. they want to see congress deal with our energy challenges just as much as health care, just as much as other issues. but they want to see us put first and foremost policies forward that will make our economy stronger and not weaker. so is there a risk? yes. we'll try and combat that by making our position based on principle and on the american economy. but we'll also be articulating our alternative, which are -- our all of the above strategy. which every time i talk about that in indiana or elsewhere around the country, it is met with overwhelming approval. the american people know how we can steer a course toward a cleaner environment to energy independence and even create jobs. and it's by doing all of t

but on this one, i had a town hall meeting in richmond, indiana this week. it was a packed room with several hundred people. there was a broad understanding that this cap and trade legislation represents an national energy tax. in this difficult economic time, most americans know it is not the right course for the nation. they want to see congress deal with our energy challenges as much as health care and other issues. but they want to see a split policies toward that will make our economy stronger and weaker. is there a risk? yes. we will try and combat that by making our opposition based on principle and on the american economy. but we will also be articulating our alternative which is our all of the above strategy. every time i talk about that in indiana or elsewhere around the country, it is met with overwhelming approval. the american people know how we can steer a course to a cleaner environment, to energy independence, and even create jobs, and it is by doing all of the above. >> one of the ongoing debates in the house and senate is cost to the averag

if we continue to hold out for suspension of their in richmond program and ultimately 0 in richmond in iran, -- for suspension of their enrichment program -- my view is that what iran wants is first of all recognition. they want to have security. they want the islamic republic to be recognized as the legitimate government of iran, not as by the regional neighbors but perhaps most importantly by the united states. they want to know the united states except to the islamic republic and that's 70 million people, the biggest country in the region by far, huge hydrocarbon reserves in a critical geostrategic location. there is no way this country will not have an important role in this region. they want to have that role legitimate and except it by their neighbors and by the united states. host: does go to sheila in connecticut. you are on with flynt leverett. caller: if you'll let me say my whole statement. i would appreciate it. i was wondering what the u.s. pokes its nose where it doesn't belong. we don't other countries but into our business. we the people are fed up listening to terroris

richmond newspapers certainly would comprehend television in modern days. answer the, just as frankfurters use of the return, "media" would -- of the term "media" would help as well. chief justice roberts and justice stevens appeared on prime-time abc tv. justice ruth vader ginsberg appeared with mike wallace and was televised. and justice scalia and justice breyer appeared in an interview on the web. there is no doubt that there is enormous public interest in what the supreme court does when the case -- in the case deciding the supreme court -- the box around the supreme court was loaded with trucks. although the cameras could not get inside, there was a tremendous public concern. and the decisions of the court on all of the cutting edge issues of the day. the court decides executive power, congressional power, defendants' rights, habeas corpus, guantanamo, civil- rights, voting rights, affirmative action, abortion, and the list could go on and on. in both the 109th and 110th congress, i have introduced legislation calling for the court to be televised. tw

. >> bluejays and phils tonight, scott richmond got the start in place of halladay. pitched very well. also had as good defense behind him. here in the fourth inning, raoul ibanez hits this grounder. look at marco scutaro, field and flip to hill. starts with the 6-4-3 double-play. worth another look. scutaro leads all shortstops in fielding percentage. .997. scutarous there, his double-play partner, aaron hill. he can swing a bat. in the 7th, hill cranks the two-run homer run, his 15th. and the bluejays go on to win 7-1. scott richmond again, pitching in place of roy halladay. wins for the first time since may 3rd. eight innings, five hits, struck out, a career high 11. the phillies have struck out 59 times over the last five games the proposals major provisions taking all of its provisions into account could change our assessment of the proposals and budgetary insurance coverage rates. now that's that basically means we don't have part numbers yet is what they are saying. even though we are being asked to market up we don't have hard numbers. next paragraph. and i a

last comment on the phone, richmond, indiana, republican line. caller: some of these callers calling in do not really understand that the problem we have in our economy is not really the american people, it is our politicians. the democrats created fannie mae and freddie mac in mandated them to give loans to people who could not afford that. there are destroying our economy, the democrats are. there are destroying energy. obama is selling nuclear reactors to dubai for electricity, but he will not let us build a nuclear reactor here. he is selling suv's to china. the democrats are grabbing for power. they want to socialize. they are destroying everything this country stands for. the reserve bank is a private international bank. they should not be controlling our money. it is just unbelievable what is happening. obama has done more damage in six months than the rest of the presidents combined. host: thank you, ron. that is run from richmond, indiana. we take you back to capitol hill to congressman luis gutierrez. he certainly has lots to say about

but as i saw yesterday at a town hall meeting in richmond, indiana. there's -- richmond, indiana, there's profound skepticism among my constituents and i expect among millions of americans, about a vast expansion of the government's role in our health care economy. house republicans have offered solutions to make health insurance more affordable, more accessible, and more available for those americans who comprise the -- some 45 million uninsured working citizens in this country. but what i heard yesterday at my town hall meeting was profound skepticism about the introduction of a government option to compete with private health insurance companies within this economy. i think most americans know that the government competes with the private sector the way an alligator competes with a duck. it consumes it. the reality is and i saw it on the faces of my constituents, that if, as the president reaffirmed today, if his party heren in congress and his administration introduces a government-run option into our health insurance economy, tens of millions of

and they remember this even though this was against the law in richmond. this is not only getting rid of the legal segregation, this is the active segregation. >> please identify yourself. [inaudible] >> i am wondering if, in the context of this committee, if there will be a willingness to address the issues that have happened in the last administration, as far as human rights abuses across the world. the united states has tried to put their own citizens in the context, for accountability on the human rights issues and at the same time we have tried to hold other countries accountable. i wonder what the judiciary will do with the human rights abuse, for the people in this government. >> the subcommittee hearing will be doing a lot of this, but much of this is by example, closing guantanamo bay -- [applause] the president is not afraid to talk about the greatness of america, but also he will be willing to talk -- he will be willing to talk about where he made mistakes, with the countries that never admit to their mistakes, in the past we could never lead by

international system for supervision and management of nuclear fuel cycle issues, especially focused on in richmond and reprocessing facilities. -- focused on enrichment and reprocessing facilities. that will take this to our third phase where we would then, beginning in 2019, begin the process of actually trying to go to zero. we would propose doing this in two steps. we would like to achieve an agreement in which, by 2025, all nuclear countries would reduce their arsenals by their then existing arsenals by 50%, which would bring u.s. and russian warheads down to 250 warheads apiece. other nuclear powers would have lower levels. having achieved a 50% reduction, we would then work to achieve zero deployment of nuclear weapons by 2030. it would not be enough simply by the nuclear powers to reach this agreement. all nuclear-capable countries, those countries that have the nuclear know-how and where were fall to develop nuclear weapons, would also be asked to ratify a global zero treaty. having achieved that, i know very rigorous and comprehensive verifications' and enforcement system would go into ef

charles is on the phone from richmond. caller: i agree with you to a certain degree, but the supreme court was an activist court. they tried to make a new law. they did i have always supported judge sotomayer. it was three judges. what she did was to apply the law as it was written, and it was sentenced to supreme court, and they looked added back and said, what you should do is we look -- re dashlook at the situation, because -- relook of the situation because much of it was a multiple choice. it is not what you would call it a good test to be a fireman. one man was dyslexic, which is disturbing to me. host: thank you. guest: he makes a bunch of good points, and i agree with everything he says. one thing we could pull out of his comment about dyslexia and editorial you just read is that this was an incredibly simple. the city of new haven made the biggest mistake messing with frank. this was a dyslexic guy. he used his own money to study and prepare for this test. you cannot look at him and say that he did not deserve it.

the front page of "richmond times dispatch." a three-way race. polls showing it dead even in primary day. the winner of this primary will face bob macdonald. howie is on the phone from philadelphia. good morning. caller: thank you for bringing this up. this is the fact that the republican party is a dark horse and newt gingrich is wrong. the first time that we were under such conditions is one reason for hays was president. the democratic party took over the party. we needed james garfield. we know what happened with that. i believe that representative steve locke is for the populist republicans. nixon tried to bring back the fact that tell them to which was very successful during his presidency. that is a populist republican. host: more headlines this morning. "ginsburg stalls the sale of chrysler." because of her decision, she has put the brakes on chrysler's sale to fiat, at least for now. dee is on the phone from santa cruz, california. caller: good morning. i just want to tell you my representative for the republican party would be: how wi c

charles is on the phone from richmond. caller: i agree with you to a certain degree, but the supreme court was an activist court. they tried to make a new law. they did not try to interpret the law. i have always supported sonia sotomayor, just like the bushes and clinton. people are being very deceptive by saying it was only sonia sotomayor. what she did was applied the law as it was written. when it was sent to the supreme court, instead of sending it back, they said, ok, what you should do is relook at the situation. 60% of the test was a multiple choice. in other words, i give you a question and you have three answers. it is not what you would call a good test to be a fireman. host: thank you, charles. caller: he made a lot of good points and i agree with everything he said. one thing we can pull out of his comment about the man's dyslexia and "the washington times" editorial was that this was an incredibly sympathetic plaintiff. the city of new haven made the biggest mistake messing with frank. this was a dyslexic guy

i think most americans, and i saw this at my town hall meeting on monday in richmond, most americans understand the that the federal option became available to all americans that millions of americans would lose the health insurance they have now. not because the government would mandate in it, but because millions of employers seeing in available public auction would simply inform their employees -- we are no longer a incurring the expense. you can call the government to get it. >> to date @ 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> this week, prime minister gordon brown discusses the fate of british hostages in iraq and an upcoming inquiry on the iraq war. he also answers questions on government spending and u.k. jobs. following that we will show you the ceremony to welcome the new speaker, the john burko the presided over his first question time. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> and knelt federal reserve chairman ben bernanke discusses last year's bank of america merger with merrill lynch, a deal that included billions in taxpayer dollars and over $100 billion in government guarantees.

. >> bob: julian tavarez gets the win, richmond the loser. rob, your point well taken. starters don't like doing things like this. >> rob: no, scott richardson will not be happy after this ballgame. comes in relief, gets the loss, left after two innings of work. debbi taylor is right there with wee willie harris who was aflly big tonight. >> debbi: thank you very much. you did it all tonight. talk about the homerun, take us through that at-bat. >> one of those at-bats where, initially, we had the bunt sign on and then we switched that and went to the hit-and-run. he went after me and i'm glad i was able to hit the ball up in the air and be able to hit it out of here. >> debbi: and your reaction from your teamates, i didn't think you were going to get out of that mile. >> i tell you what, we are having fun here. everybody is starting to do their part. everything is coming together. hopefully we can continue to do what we have been doing and see if we can do it again tomorrow. >> debbi: earlier in the at- bat, you crushed one foul. what were you thinking? >> i was trying

the supreme court of the united states in a 1980 decision, richmond newspapers vs. virginia, noted that a public trial belongs not just to the accused, but to the public and the press as well. the supreme court noted that such openness has -- quote -- "long been recognized as an indispensable attribute of an anglo--american trial." chief justice william howard taft put the issue into perspective stating -- quote -- "nothing tends more to render judges careful in their decisions and anxiously solicitous to do exact justice than the consciousness that every act of theirs is subject to intelligent scrutiny of their fellow man and to candid criticism." in the same feign, justice felix frankfurter said if the news media would cover the supreme court as thoroughly as it did the world series, it would be very important since public confidence in the judiciary hinges on the public's perception of k. it would certainly comprehend television and modern days and certainly justice frankfurter's use of the term media would include television as well. it is worth noting that just

this occurs september 18, 2008 when michelle was in richmond floor the economic summit and she said child, i don't know what she said to me because my knees were knocking i just do not remember. peggy said what did she say to you? >> i told her about myself and my husband and the fact we had to get another job to support ourselves. we had jobs cleaning offices and she and her husband were riding to work one day and he said to her, mary, i cannot feelw3 my legs. they are known. my arm is number and he pulled the car over to the side of the road and he died. so ms. henry told the story to michelle obama and it was quite soon after the death of her husband so telling the story she was in tears. and ms. henry said michelle reached over and got tissues and hugged her and comfort third hurt and they became friends as a result of that conversation. several weeks ago when the president had his first speech to the joint houses of congress, the white house invited ms. henry to come to d.c. they put her up in a hotel there broader to the congress and to the white house and by this time we had sent h

my son-in-law remembers that even though it was illegal in richmond, there were places he could not go. it is not in getting rid of no legal segregation. it is getting rid of the factors segregation. >> one last question. anyone else? please, identify yourself. >> [inaudible] i have a question. you compared civil rights to human rights. can you talk about what happens in this country, i am wondering if within the context of the judiciary committee if there's going to be any effort or willingness to address some of the issues that have happened over the last eight years and the last administration as far as human rights abuses around the world, and historically, the u.s. has not tried to put its own citizens of former -- in that context for accountability on human rights issues around the world. of the same time, we have tried to hold other countries in trouble for human rights actions, so i am wondering what role the judiciary does in favor -- in terms of last eight years of this country that have been done by people in this government. >> i think our subcommittee on human rights will

two notes from the "richmond times-this patch." terry mcauliffe, the former chair of the dnc, is being challenged by virginia state senator and a former assemblyman in the primary, and turnout is expected to be key with 200,000 democrats expected to go to the polls today in virginia. and a piece by robert c. smith, a former two-term senator from new hampshire. he now lives in sarasota, florida, and is running for the senate seat in florida next year, the seat vacated by martinez. one of the other themes this morning in the newspapers, at a photograph of senator edward kennedy and senator robert byrd. senator kennedy is in massachusetts recovering from brain surgery, battling brain cancer, and robert byrd, who continues to battle a staph infection at an undisclosed hospital. also inside "the washinton post," "on the cusp of historic majority, senate democrats miss the pillars." and from inside "the new york times," "senate feels an absence of health bill." chris dodd is the number 2 democrat on the health committee and has taken on

host: richmond, va. on democrats line. caller: thank you very much for your leadership, governor dean. the question that i wanted to ask -- i'm always hearing the people on the right saying that medicare is a cheap program, but the reason it is cheap is the cost is paid by the government. i'm wondering, when you come up with those figures showing that medicare is less expensive than other plans, has the cost paid by the government been included? guest: absolutely, yes. who cares if the cost is paid by the government or the private sector? it is cheaper. is the argument of the republic is that we should allow it in the fishing industry to drive us into economic oblivion. we should not get around to having the government running health care because the private sector knows everything -- that is their argument. the private sector knows everything, how come our economy is not better? let's look at the best way to run health care. let's not be against the government or the private sector. the conservative or republican view is

that and that is from jeffrey lacker, who was a president, i believe, of the federal reserve bank of richmond at that time and i think he's a voting member now. this e-mail was also cc to the chairman, i believe. just had a long talk with ben, ben bernanke, i presume, says they think the mac threat is irrelevant because it's not credible and tends to make it more clear that if they, meaning bank of america, play their card and then need assistance, management is gone, period. and then says forgot to tell them that kl, i believe that's you, ken lewis is near retirement, close. the there's a different dynamic going on here. there is -- remember the context of all of this is the sky is falling, as mr. cummings said. and tremendous pressure on everyone. they think you're playing a game. they think you're throwing this thing out as a red herring in that they think what you're really trying to do and what some people suggest you might have been doing was to leverage taxpayer support by falsely putting this mac out there. the fact that you're going to let this deal crash, walk away, even asserting -

louis fed, the richmond fed, shockingly, find in agreement with you, an unprecedented agreement, where you agreed to absorb any losses that would be incured by the fed. the treasury actually signed that agreement. my first question is yes or no, do you support the concept of having the presidents of each bank be confirmed by the senate? >> no. >> thank you. for the record, before this month is out, how much t.a.r.p. money will aig, can you provide for the record before this month is out, how much t.a.r.p. money aig has disbursed since january 1st of this year and who are the recipients? >> i think so, but i can't do that here. >> can you do it within the month? >> i think that information is in the public domain. >> how many of those and which contracts were paid at 100% on the dollar and which were not? >> i wish there was a legal contract, there was no bankruptcy allowed. we need a system where we can renegotiate those things, but we don't have a system like that. >> well, we are going to want as much detail as you can provide for the record because the fed is really, heavily involve

good morning to taking a look at the headlines today, "the richmond times dispatch," " senate approves federal regulation of tobacco. a big story in virginia, a strong tobacco state. from the "houston chronicle," "landmark tobacco bill." in "the wall street journal," "companies are weighing the impact of the bill, which they say also puts severe restrictions on advertising and packaging. those limits couldn't do business plans based on smokeless tobacco products. they're fighting to derail the legislation." first call this morning comes from the democrats' line from kansas city, missouri. tony, good morning. seagucaller: good morning. my friend died of cancer, smoking for seven years. he was so sick, that, looking at him, you know, i believe the best thing to do is to, you know, but make sure that people are not dying for nothing, ok? host: du think it is of to the fda to relate -- do you think it is up to the fda to regulate tobacco? caller: yes. it should be done. i am so glad it is done. i hope the president does it as soon as possible. host: our next call is from sarah on the democ

i think most americans -- and i saw this at my town hall meeting in richmond on monday. most americans understand that if the federal option became available to all americans, that millions of americans would lose the health insurance that they have right now, not because the government would mandate that they would lose it, but because millions of employers seeing it available -- seeing an available public option would simply inform their employee we're no longer incurring the expense of health insurance. you can call the government to get your insurance. >> "newsmakers" with congressman mike pence today at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> how is c-span funded? >> publicly funded. >> donations maybe? i have no idea. >> government? >> pan span gets it funding through the taxes. >> federal funding? >> sort of a public funding then. >> maybe. i don't know. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable exeabs created c-span as a public service. a private business initiative. no government mandate. no government money. >> a discussion now on the state of the eco

in fact, been the case, you can have a non federal city, new york or richmond or philadelphia , bar handguns completely if the second amendment is not incorporated so that remains a tremendous issue and in her decision making process in cases that she decided judge sotomayor earlier this year led to an opinion that held the back of the second amendment is not a fundamental right. that is a decisive an important question in whether the second amendment should apply to the cities and states so this fundamental right question is a matter of some real significance in truth there is a supreme court decision in the 1800's i believe that is consistent with that and she said in her panel that they were acting consistent with that opinion and in the seventh circuit agreed with her opinion on that issue in the ninth circuit, however has seen it differently. they concluded that the second amendment does apply to the states and the cities and counties of there is a difference of opinion. i was a person of this is a very significant case that will come before the supreme court. just earlier this year she

host: next up is richmond, virginia, greg on our line for independents. caller: good morning. i wanted to know how come we haven't heard more from some of the more moderate and middle eastern countries? where is their voice, like jordan, yemen, what have they been saying about this, and shouldn't they be speaking out for more democracy, in that area, also? >> well, that's a good point. the fact is that iran's arab neighbors are not quick ever to comment on iranian internal affairs. they are neighbors, and they are nervous about iran's influence in the region, and very often they calculate that to make the kind of comments which you recommend could worsen matters between them and that big neighbor, so they are always cautious. this is also a point here, too, that the internal affairs of some of those countries don't bear too close scrutiny anyway. some have elections. some have elections which a lot of international observers doubt. some don't have elections, so -- although elections are not the be all and end all of a political system based on consent. this would be a very com

for more than 40 years she worked at a bakery in the miller and roose department store in richmond virginia. when i was a child to made me many visits to my home. whenever my family fell on hard times, and it was often, my mother would send rle. she would always come. we would meet her at the greyhound bus station. she never travel light. she had several platts cases with leather buckles tied together with assorted straps to secure the contents. fill to bursting, the suitcases had apples and pears from her front yard and virginia. she also had a smoked shoulder of pork placed inside a burlap bag. this was a prized possession. aunt lilly had come to feed a hungry family in baltimore and she was always right on time. because the way to get her to the house. i should klan the rickety front steps to 1641 barnes street around the corner from the johns hopkins medical school she called out for the children to get the paring knives to appeal the apples and pears. she called for the big pots, to boil the water for that old-- when aunt lilly pulled on her old white campus apron, we knew we would hav

cheney said there is a plan to link richmond and washington with 110 mile an hour trains. gov. nixon of missouri spoke up and governor patrick of massachusetts and myself said slowdown, we can't make this effort building 100 miles an hour train systems, or else we are truly consigning ourselves to be a second-class nation when it comes to transporting our citizens. we have to look at the maglevs and latrines, if we did the work we needed on amtrak we could go from new york to washington in an hour and 30 minutes, new york to philadelphia in 33 minutes, we could consign the shuttle to the rest heat and by doing that we could improve east/west air traffic along the eastern seaboard. we shouldn't fly people 500 miles or less, we should be putting them on high speed trains. ranking member thune asked a good question. how are we going to decide which of these projects, whether it is $13 million or 5 funded million dollars, how we decide which projects should be given priority? i suggest we create a national infrastructure bank staffed by professionals, not necessarily professionals,

that being the case, you could have a nonfederal city, a new york, or a richmond or a philadelphia, bar handguns completely if the second amendment is not incorporated. so that remains a tremendous issue. and in her decision-making process, in cases that she decided, judge sotomayor earlier this year rendered an opinion that held that the second amendment is not a fundamental right. that is a decisive and important question and whether the second amendment should apply to the cities and the states. so this fundamental right question is a matter of some real significance. in truth, there's a supreme court decision in the 1800s i believe that is consistent with that and she says and our panel did that they were acting consistent with that opinion and the seventh circuit agreed with her opinion on that issue. and the ninth circuit, however, has seen it differently. they concluded that the second amendment does have apply to the states and the cities and the counties. so there's a difference of opinion. i would just say, first of all, this is a very significant case. it will come before the

i think most americans -- and i saw this at my town hall meeting in richmond meeting on monday. if that option became available to all americans, millions of americans would lose the health insurance that they have right now, not because the government would mandate that they would lose it, but because millions of employers seeing an available public option would simply inform their employees we're no longer incurring the expense of offering health insurance. you can call the government to get your health insurance. >> "newsmakers" with congressman mike pence today at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> conservation is the beginning of the battle. there were two sides of it, just like there were on land issues. should you draw in anwar or not. >> historian douglas brinkley on the early days of the conservation movement. >> he was not what you'd call by modern terms a wholistic -- he believed in hunting, but he did not believe in hunting so you make the species extinct. so, yes, he cared about butterflies, he cared about wild flowers. he wanted to make sure we had a place for th

we also have the e-mail from the richmond fed chairman, just had a talk with mr. bernanke says it is irrelevant because not credible intends to make it more clear if they played the card and need assistance management is going oregon, excuse me. and then the third 1i would point out is the e-mail from mr. and willow at the new york fed, which deals with the disclosure concern. also this is in december of last year where he says i fink i will ask merrill lynch a current estimate and he makes the statement if i get a sense merrill lynch is leaning toward a january fall when i will steer them to a leader. but i am trying to figure out is we have all this pattern here which as i asked mr. lewis when he was here if what took place at the october 13th had an impact on his decision making, his fault process as he moves through this dealing in december with you and treasury relative to the merrill lynch acquisition do you see how a reasonable person could reach the conclusion there in fact was this pattern of pressure from the government? >> no, not if you are sufficien

headline from "the richmond times dispatch." a common from a viewer saying, what is the difference, government using tax dollars for an affair or nancy pelosi using military planes for vacations? next is mary from grand rapids, michigan. good morning. jocaller: wanted to see if anyoe else is noticing, these are all white guys in suits, aren't they? what does that say about the leadership and moral authority in this patriarchy of a country of ours? steve, i want to chastise you for bringing up ted kennedy and setting up a question forc -- for cantor to respond to for us not all having the availability and technical equipment. what a nasty thing for you to do. maybe we should ask the question of cantor, too bad we cannot all have your kind of insurance. but you know what? shame on both of you. we all need insurance or rather we all need care for our health. host: i appreciate your comment. i should point out the question did not come from me, as your question came from you. that was a comment from a viewer and a question we have h

the mail we receive from jeffrey lacquer, federal reserve bank of richmond, that indicates that in fact they felt there was pressure related to the mac. how do you explain that? is that just another independent person that misunderstood? >> well, i don't recall the details of that conversation but i would like to make two points first, as i said -- >> let me give you the details to make accurate. per quote, just had a long talk with ben, the parentheses, bernanke, says they think the mac threat is irrelevant because it's not credible. also intends to make it even more clear that if they play that card they need assistance, management is gone. now, is he misunderstanding with the conversation he has with you in those quotations? >> i don't recollect everything said in the conversation. i would like to make again, two points if i may. >> do you believe that he is incorrect according to your recollection? because he's saying in a nutshell you planned to make a threat. now you may not have done it but he's saying he planned. is he lying? >> i don't recollect the details of the conversation.

iran clarets show riffed, "the richmond times dispatch" headline. a story on the front page of code the new york times" this morning about the reporter who escaped from the taliban. with plan and a hidden rhode. an afghan journalist who was captive by taliban for several months along with new york times reporter revealed details on sunday about a nighttime escape that include weeks of careful plotting, taking advantage of with regard and dropping down a 20-foot wall with a rope. the afghan journalist said in an interview that the escape early saturday from the second floor of the taliban compounds in north waziristan, pakistan's tribal areas, was a desperate attempt by two severely demoralized reporters to believe the taliban were not seriously negotiating and would hold them indefinitely. the pulitzer prize winning journalist at "the times, " along with their driver, were adopted outside of kabul on november 11 -- excuse me, november 10, as mr. rohde rebel to interview a taliban commander for a book he was writing. they said they had been threatene

in an e-mail on december the 20th, the president of the federal reserve bank of richmond, jeffrey clacker, described a telephone conversation with you, where you expressed the belief that the mac fret is irrelevant because it is not credible and that you plan to make even more clear that if they played that card, and then they need assistance, management is gone. so, do you remember the phonecall with mr. lacker, that the e-mail was referring to and you believe that mr. lewis's claim that he would invoke the mac end backup the deal were credible, and had the bank of america decided not to complete the merger, which the fed had pursued the removal of their management and board and had the fed ever taken action to remove the management of a private entity before? do your best. >> i was concerned initially about whether this was a serious proposal to invoke the mac because i did believe it would be detrimental to the bank of america as well as the international system. i never made any threats to mr. lewis regarding removing forward in the management. one example of where the federal reserve

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