bill h.r. 6396. mr. conyers: now that i think of it, yes. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6396, a bill to amend the immigration and nationality act to toll during the active duty service abroad in the armed forces the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent resident status, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, and the gentleman from texas, mr. poe, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks, include extraneous material, and -- of the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recogni

i have to pay bills. i have a modest set of bills. i don't live beyond my means. i don't want the whole pie. i just want my little piece. host: more from the "atlanta journal-constitution." the extension debate, what next. they write on november 29 congress returns from the thanksgiving recess and november 30 president obama holds a bipartisan summit with democrats and republican leaders of congress that could produce a compromise on this and other issues. also on this date the last jobless benefits extension expires and on january 1, if no compromise is reached two million people nationwide including 84,000 plus in georgia could see their checks cut off. zena, ohio on the line for democrats. cynthia. caller: hi. the place we could cut is the defense budget and to do away with those tax cuts for the top 1% of the country. most don't see the faces tt are people that work in public service every day in financial institutions when you have numbers come in and they are talking about their finances. just yesterday i had a lady in my office that talked to me about she h

it's the bill press show. good to see today. friday, november 5, the bill press show. we are live coast-to-coast all the way across this great country of our starting out right here in our nation's capital, washington, d.c., just down the street from united states capitol building. that's what you will find us here in our little radio factory and book factory on capitol hill. the bill press show this friday edition. good to have you with us, and thank you so much for joining us, all of our regular listeners and wherever you happen to be, and today all of our viewers from c-span. c-span to cover and the show today. could have you onboard as well. welcome, welcome, welcome to our studio here on capitol hill. big news yesterday on the financial front. the fed said they will pump some more money into the economy, but some more money and wall street liked it. the dow shot up 219-point yesterday. my 401(k) was excited. that means the market is back to where it was or the first time now, back to as high as it was he for the crash in october of 2008. good news on the economic

but we got this bill, the academic bill of rights, just a resolution through the education committee, and when that happened, the a political miracle, if you will. the first thing that happened when we got it through by one vote on party lines, the democratic party is in the pocket of the unions. everybody who doesn't know that should know that. they don't even think for themselves on these issues. that was no chance that they would read the academic bill of rights and make, come to a reasonable conclusion. but lo and behold when the 6-5 vote was done on the education committee for this bill, the president of the university of colorado appeared and went right to our legislators and said, would you -- will you withdraw this bill if we put the principles in place? and by the way, i went up on her web site, on the universityover colorado web site, there were no guarantees of academic freedom rights for students at the university of colorado. so, of course, we said, yes, we will withdraw the legislation if you do the right thing, and then there was a joint resolution from both houses in c

we need groups like heritage to continue studying the bill affects of the health care bills and show how the implementation is hurting families and seniors, making us less competitive and limiting choices. we welcome any help we can get in reversing the damage this bill has done. we'll keep a spotlight on the paris agency administration 1 now use -- potential back doors show imposing a new national energy tax through the epa, now that cap and trade is dead. a car check for the national labor relations board, and some form of immigration form. good oversight can make more accountable all the policy czars the administration has installed. the other obstacle is the temptation to over read our task. it is my view that americans are no more interested in a republican plan for using government to reengineer -- then there were in the democrats' plan to do so. government has limits. thank heavens. and voters want us to respect them. we will focus on doing a few things and do them well. we'll stop the liberal onslaught. we'll make the case for repeal of the health spending bill even as we vot

this is merely an experiment, bill, so, you do something along these lines, bill. sara, these rose is perhaps one of nature's most delicate and beautiful creations. but this humble rose's beauty is undermined by you, because you're so effortlessly pretty. now, i can only say words to you because that's the only utensils that i have. take this rose as an emblem of the way i feel and may its beauty remind you every moment that you doubt yourself, because i know you doubt yourself, impossible though that may seem to me, a witness of your magnificent, let us envelope each other in flesh, make a symphony offer gaz mick cries. sara, be mine. >> reporter: and then, it's off to the races. >> and then, she's yours. remember, i'm married. >> reporter: i always wanted to see mickey mantle take batting practice. but this will suffice. believe it or not, those skills have been retired, since the 2008 video music awards. he was the host. and after mocking president bush -- >> would you have let that retarlded cowboy presidebe pres for eight years? >> reporter: received threat de

bill: i'm bill hemmer. martha, nice to see you, our morning started 6 hours ago, the senator initially opposed to a complete ban on earmarks and it would give democrats a big leg up because they would get more money but has always been an ally of fiscal responsibility. >> nearly every day the senate has been in session for the past two years i have come down to this spot and said democrats were ignoring this wishes of the american people. when it comes to earmarks, i won't be guilty of the same thing. martha: carl cameron joins us live on capitol hill, carl, how serious a commitment is this? and, what do republicans do next? >> reporter: it is a big commitment for him, he changed his position and did so publicly and gave heads up tie handful of senior members of the u.s. senate, particularly, those also senior members of the appropriations committee where he's a prominent and influential member and yesterday he was meeting with the freshmen in coming republican class and that is where a lot of the pressure

we've also done an average bill comparison to the monthly cable bill, landline bill, pg&e bill. as currently envisioned over 30 years, this is still projected to be less than your pg&e bill. >> the central bank announcement this afternoon which i have to follow very carefully, is paid at the municipal bond rates will continue to be beneficial for us? >> we are doing long-term planning at about 5% but we know that our borrowing costs regeneration a los -- our a-- are at generational lows. when we are doing the single improvement program, we set out the bill to our customers. we can give very low rates on a very large improvement program and we're doing with six straight -- fixed rates and we don't have to worry about the volunteer the -- will not have to worry about the volatility index. when you look at our rates compared to average bills, we have benefited from a very very low-cost average bill comparison. we are the envy of many utilities. >> and the envy of the state as well. thank you. >> do you recall in the projections, was this a general inflationary rate plus the usage d

one customer tried to use a counterfeit bill to pay. he was able to tackle the customer to the ground and keep him in a headlock until the police arrived. >>> there are still two weeks before thanksgiving. for retailers it's never too early to get in the spirit of spending. london's shopping district flipped the display with an elaborate display of christmas lights. this year's theme was the movie series "chronicles of narnia." including the film stars doing the illumination honor. >>> it is the instrument we love to hate and can't seem to escape. the vuvuzela is still making noise, at least at this competition in cape town where contestants were trafficked with finding ways to reuse the new horn, like a christmas tree, even a toilet paper holder. but the winner decided to turn the ear-ringing instrument into earrings. get it? get it? >> i kind of get it. >> ear-ringing. earrings. >> oh! ding, ding, ding. >> it's my turn to make a bad joke, bill. >> i'm not used to it coming from you. usually it's me. >> save them all for you. >>> time

and the house bill. this was before nancy pelosi rammed through the senate version. there's a critical vote on whether or not the house conferees would be constructed -- instructed not to exceed to the senate language. bart stupak voted wrong on just about everything. if you claim to be a pro-life democrat but you vote consistently with nancy pelosi and steny hoyer and against your pro-life convictions, you pay a price at the ballot box. >> [unintelligible] >> we were in a total of 62 house races and won 47 of them. i don't know that we are releasing that list, but we will be happy b.g.e. if you go to our web sites, in previous releases we announced -- we were doing radio in 24 of those districts, so you can see where we work. just to explain mechanically our project work, we built files of social conservatives, both evangelical and catholic, a total of 7.7 million households. depending on the region of the country, the district or the state, they got multiple pieces of mail, multiple phone calls, e-mail

i think i quote to the moment when bill clinton asked -- well, bill clinton's defense kimmage, tokyo of photojournalism, his image was more on to candidates rather than midterm election. >> host: why was he so polarizing? >> guest: for a number of reasons. >> host: was a cultural? >> guest: now today one talks about the possible racism involved, but in bill clinton's case you couldn't say it was because he was white. i think there is a counter which new gingrich played very successfully. the idea that these people had it too soft and avoided service in vietnam and they were pot smokers or whatever, so there was some of that but i think a lot of it was like we were saying earlier, the first two terms learning experiences, and he made this terrible mistake in taking an old kindergarten friend as his chief of staff. well, he wanted somebody he could trust to it to be honest he had put a lot of secrets. in terms of his private life so he wanted a chief of staff who would respect that and it was a terrible mistake because, you know, he has a brilliant mind, but it's not a good administrat

, most important bill, this food safety bill. upon disposition of the food safety legislation, there will be a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the senate will recess from 12:30 until 4:00 p.m. to allow for party caucus meetings. they are a little longer today than normal because of organizational things we're working through. at 4:00 p.m. today senator dodd will be recognized to give his farewell speech to us and the country. mr. president, s. 3985 at the desk is due for its second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the build for the second time. khro*eupl. the clerk: s. -- the clerk: 13985 a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any other proceedings with respect to this legislation. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the minority

bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning, germany's top brass saying the report is complete speculation and nevertheless, that report is being taken seriously this morning. martha: greg burke is standing by live in rome, does the parliament shut down have anything to do with the magazine report, greg? >> reporter: martha, it certainly does have to do with the report. and, people over the weekend saying there was an initial report last week saying germany was in a new situation, and, when it went onto high alert and the situation became newer and more specific, when they pointed out the target as being the reichstag, and, the german parliament and, also a major tourist attraction, 3 million people a year visiting there and, clearly, the german security forces taking this threat seriously, because it has been closed down now and no word when it will be open again and, spiegel was onto good material and, the police at this point are trying to figure out how credible the informant, source is, giving them information

my nights in the hospital, the bill was $83,000 without a doctor's bill. for going to the emergency room and intensive care treatment for three days. that is beyond the range of most people's capability of being paid. with medicare and military service benefits that i am eligible for, i'm not going to pay hardly anything. the real problem is, most democracies have recognized that health care is such a universal need that a single payer system in some way that's a reasonable way of addressing that issue is the only way a democracy can deal with that issue. having the fictitious kind of program we now have is not working either and to suggest that's a desirable remedy is irresponsible. >> thank you. we are delighted you are well enough to be with us and you have ably made the case for the other side of the issue. we did not bill ourselves as having a debate over the merits of these issues. what we have asked the panelists to discuss is given the promises made in the campaign trail, what are the options for the new majority, at least in the house? does anyone

host: than you, bill. guest: that is the way it feels, that people are being treated like criminal suspects. there is not the program protocol -- appropriate protocol to go through preliminary steps before people are subjected to th invasive groping. the problem has been that airports have been given greater latitude. basically, you are forced to sign away a certain level of your privacy once you purchase a ticket. host: if you say no, and refuse to go through the scanners and have a pat down, what happens? guest: there is a case where a man refused to go through the body scanner and the pat downs, and he attempted to leave. he is being threatened with and $11,000 fine. that was passed at the senate committee hearing yesterday -- asked that the senate committee hearing yesterday. that report is getting a lot of attention. that is precisely what we want to know -- what happens if people leave the airport? the psa officials are alleging he agreed to the search wednesday entered the airport area. we do not ag

this bill saves money. it's important for members to know, this bill saves money. this bill reduces the footprint of the government. this bill is deficit neutral and stresses the continuation of operations plan in the event of a disaster such as a hurricane, like katrina, or the massive snowstorm, as was previously mentioned, or in the event of the earthquake such as the 1989 world series earthquake, or in the event of a terrorist attack. i was here on 9/11. the pentagon was hit. cell phones did not work. nothing worked. the government was fundamentally shut down. we had more people tele-- if we had more people teleworking, we would have had the continuity and would have been able to function particularly during that dark day as the enemy attacked. during the february snowstorm, this bill saved money. this legislation adopts many of the best management practices that many companies, most companies now in the private sector are using, almost every major company in the private sector has teleworking and when you say you want the government to be more like the private

in four years, only nine bills. the other guy, only 8 bills. the department is four years. within the consistency, i can understand. there's nothing that we can do about it. there is not consistent work. he works so hard. i should not be here today if he is not really a person who never worked or a person who is not working that much. i cannot be in front of you. he is a good driver. >> thank you. >> i have a question. when did this lack of consistency occur? >> approximately the guy's got the time that you wanted the dates. -- approximately the time that you got the dates. there was a time when the hearings officer, he took three years and i think 6, 7, eat. then they took seven bills. those would be counted as one full year. mr. omar had two bills. >> i heard that. >> he also indicated that certain schemes throw with their bills quickly. is that the same with your company? >> no. he for it himself to me directly and i give you this many bills. i am not expecting him to lie in front of you or anyone. there is no way that i can tell. >> thank-you. >> is anyone else here to

and if necessary as i've already said, we'll move a bill very quickly, and it will be a bipartisan bill. in the current congress i think every republican from john boehner on down has signed a letter that we shouldn't regulate the internet under title ii. and, you know, i can't give you the exact count of democrats, but i think in the neighborhood of 60 democrats in in this congress have signed that letter or very similar letters. so there's, obviously, a bipartisan majority against regulating broadband under title ii of the federal communications act. >> host: you mentioned oversight would be an important role of the committee. the ftc recently informed google that it was dropped an investigation into what google called the mistaken collection of information from unsecured wi-fi networks. is that something -- critics of the ftc's decision have been calling on congress to look into this issue. is that something that you think your committee would look into if you were chairman? >> guest: that's, that's, again, very similar to a question about privacy that you've already asked in this in

the defense authorization bill is a huge bill, hundreds of pages. even when there's nothing controversial in it, it could take a week, two weeks, maybe three weeks. is there political will between democrats and republicans to shorten it down or move through it quickly? that remains an open question. what about the bush tax cuts and the calendar gets smaller and smaller each time you add another provision that you want to vote on. will he be able to manage the calendar in a way that republicans can feel confident that the process will be fair and will be open? >> ken strickland, senate prosecutor for nbc news. really appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >> i should mention two other senators' comments that should be on the record. senator uhdal said although the plan is for the senate to ad jaurn in the lame duck session he personally would be happy to stay through christmas eve working on this. it should be noted that the washington blade, a good gay paper out of d.c. today is reporting gash quoting the stone wall democratic club of southern nevada. th

pat quinn faced bill brady last week on wttw. this is about one hour. >> the evening and welcome to chicago tonight. on this thursday, october 28th, we devote the entire hour to the race for illinois governor. we will talk to the candidates about their qualifications to serve. that is next. ♪ they hold very different views, but they are vying for the same job -- governor of illinois. voters will choose which is best suited to move illinois for word. tonight, and candidates bill brady and pat quinn meet face- to-face for the final time. here tonight in the audience are members and guests of the city club of chicago. they are our sponsor in this forum. we have the two candidates, or two of the candidates, who want to be governor. republican candidate bill brady is currently a member of the illinois state senate and democrat pat quinn who is currently holding the office of governor. also on the candid it are rich whitney, lex green, and independent scott lee cohen. we have links to all their campaigns on our website. a quick note.

this was a terrible bill. we've got an obligation to those who gave us more authority in the congress than we had last congress to try. it will be difficult with the president there. i know he feels that this was his signature accomplishment. but i don't think we can simply ignore the commitments we made to the american people to try to repeal it and replace this. >> schieffer: rand paul, your newly elected colleague to the senate from your home state of kentucky, who you opposed in the republican primary, says on abc this morning he wants a 5% across-the-board cut in everything. he also says he wants to cut military spending. he wants a freeze on federal hiring. he said you should also consider cutting the salaries of federal workers. how much of that do you favor? >> well, you know, he's going to have an opportunity in the senate to offer all of those ideas. we'll get votes on them. i think he's an exciting new member of the senate. we worked closely together in his general election campaign. he's coming her

the upcoming movie, bill, any guess what it is? >> i think it's a really funny movie with -- it's going to be hard to top the first one. something to do with the hangover. >> hang over2. what an odd couple. >> i wish we could keep showing the clip of mike tyson's cameo. >> they will be the four best friends anyone could happen. i'm lin berry. stay tuned, "way too early" with willie geist starts right now. >>> a new report this morning says president obama is ready with a plan to end the american mission in afghanistan by 2014. the question is, should we even be surprised that afghan president hamid karzai suggested we should not let the door hit us on the way out. the lame duck session of congress begins today. can you feel the excitement. tax cuts and nancy pelosi's fight to keep power on the agenda for the next couple months. which democrat is telling pelosi to step

kill the bill! kill the bill! kill the bill! kill the bill! kill the bill! >> narrator: just as the town hall anger was reaching it's boiling point, the president received more bad news. ( phone rings ) >> senator edward moore kennedy, the patriarch of the kennedy clan, has died. >> the last in the line of this extraordinary american dynasty is gone. >> last night, an american political era came to an end. >> hut. hut. >> narrator: the most passionate advocate of health care reform was dead. but some believed kennedy's death might change the tone of the debate. >> ted kennedy's life work was not to champion the causes of those with wealth or power or special connections; it was to give to give a voice to those who were not heard. >> it was an emotional rallying point for democrats for a while-- "win this for teddy" kind of thinking. >> some people thought, "well, gosh, maybe in memory of senator kennedy, some of these old republican friends of his would rejoin the effort." >> narrator: the president would redouble his efforts to achieve kenned

and we have a good bill, a good bipartisan bill. and i just want to take a few moments to talk about it before the vote that will be coming up within the next hour. the aim of the food safety modernization act as it is called is very simply to bring our nation's antiquated and increasingly inadequate food inspection service into the 21st century. it takes a comprehensive approach to reforming the current system. and i'm pleased to report that the product of this bill is the product of strong bipartisan collaboration on the health, education, labor, and pensions committee. again, i want to particularly thank senator durbin and senator gregg who have worked together for many years to fashion and to produce this excellent bill. i also want to thank our ranking member, senator enzi, for his leadership in helping to bring this bill to the floor. and to also my good friend, senator dodd, who has been working on this bill also from the beginning and adding his expertise, especially on food allergies. and also senator burr, who has been per

and he has no pulse and smells worse than bill shultz. good to see you, pinch. >> check out our internet only column titled "the stone" which is a forum for philosophers onishes both -- on issues both timely and timeless. back to you, greg. >> thank you. oark, no come back: >>> i speak of the now famous california man who told an airport security agent, "if you touch my junk, i'll have you arrested." great t-shirt. software engineer seen here looking weird was traveling to south dakota, an actual state in our union, but refused an x ray scan at san diego's airport because as he said, "i don'tthink the government has any business seeing me naked as a condition of traveling." he was then of on erred a pat down and being a bloger he just had to film it. >> we will be doing a check. i will place my hand on your >> the video has been seen on youtube. tsa says it tries to be sensitive, but anyone getting on a flight must be screened. in an editor editorial those are really, really hard to write, janet napolitano urged americans to be patient wi

and bill shultz, stds get tested for bill. and joe derosa. just saw him saturday and his opinions are speaking as profits are shrinking. it's our "new york times" correspondent g to see you again. >> absolutely. more like anti-no. four-word review of jair palin's alaska program, greg. >> really? >> yes. >> no. you didn't read it. >> you can't read it. >> i know. >> bye. bye. >> see ya. >> they're greeted with vile and stalked something vile. average nally defending it's decision to sell a book labeled "a guide for pedda files" amazon yanked it on wednesday in response to heavy criticism and calls for a boycott. the guide, a child lover's code of conduct because they need one, you know, yeah. it was written by a creep who described it as by attempt to make pedophile situations safer for juvenile that's find themselves involved in them by establishing certain rules for adults to follow oh. i get it. it's a self help book. the company stood by the decision saying amazon agrees but because we, or others believe the message is objectionable. but t

tuesday forecast coming up, lynn. >> all right, bill, thanks. also coming up, another no-go for four loko. targeting the fed. and want to live like a rock star? may want to try being a college president. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus you're not going to believe how former president bill clinton spent this past weekend. >> a hail mary for the ages, a fall on broadway and new coach, new results for the cowboys. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today," i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines this morning. how police say a 13-year-old girl who disappeared with her mother, brother and a family friend last week, was found bound and gagged in a man's basement. but otherwise in good condition. the homeowner, 30-year-old matthew hoffman, was arrested yesterday on one count of kidnapping, but authorities have not been able to locate the girl's family. >>> the death toll in haiti's cholera epidemic continues to climb, reaching more than 900 over the weekend. in addition,

bill. in other words, first it was spending in the spring and then in the summer, so-called health care summer of 2009. that's when independents abandoned democrats and moved to the republican side. and we saw it manifested in the virginia and new jersey governors' races. we saw it in the election of scott brown in january earlier this year and stayed that way all the way through the election last week. host: according to exit polls, independents and republicans said, ok, republicans, we're going to give you another chance. but if you mess this up again, as you alluded to, we're going to vote you out again. are you concerned at all there's not a change in leadership when you have somebody like john boehner who is a presumptive speaker of the house, and he was back in power in the early 1990's as well? guest: well, i happen to think that john boehner has learned the lessons from both his experience in the tom delay era just a few years ago that he's going to have to do something about spendi

bill kristol, "weekly standard." juan muslim, -- juan williams, fox news cine -- contributor. >> mcconnell did the necessary thing. he was going to lose tomorrow in the congress if it came to a vote. ridiculous to say they can't experiment for earmarks for two years. even if you agree with the theoretical case for earmarks, which i don't, idea that spending for two years is ridiculous. voters want them suspended and they will be, which is good. >> bret: white house is on board. are the senate democrats on board with this? >> i think that everybody now is looking at it, as a matter of symbolism. that's what mcconnell had to say today giving a speech. interesting that he thinks it's a bipartisan issue. he doesn't want to see discretion, but now given the you powerful symbolism of the moment and earmarks he is willing to give discretion back to president to see with a he does with it. this is a flip-flop for mcconnell. >> where is the republican establishment that has to be destroyed and fought back? every time the tea

and agree to the bill h.r. 5758. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5758, a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 2 government center in fall river, massachusetts, as the sergeant robert barrett post office building. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from the district of columbia, ms. norton, and the gentleman from california, mr. bilbray, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlelady from the district of columbia. ms. norton: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. ms. norton: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. norton: i rise in support of h.r. 5758. this measure designates the facility of the united states postal service located at 2 government center in falls river massachuset

. >> and then bill clinton shows up and officiates the wedding. bill, we're in the wrong business. we should be doing programming. we'll get that figured out for you in must-see tv. >>> this comes to us from koaa, news first 5 in colorado spring, colorado where for the father of one bride, even though the night didn't go as planned he couldn't have been prouder. his daughter was supposed to be married by now, enjoying a reception surrounded by family, but when the wedding fell through, the bride had an idea. instead of all the reception food going to waste, she donated the hot meal to homeless families in the area through the salvation army. a selfless act of giving that dad says makes him the luckiest guy. >> very nice. >> what a great idea. isn't it? >> yeah. i always wonder why more restaurants and stuff don't do it. i guess some restrictions, health reasons. >> but you never -- something terrible, and they turn it into something wonderful. >> just no muffin stuff. >> "seinfeld" reference. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on yo

its life scientists worry that hidden dangers may in their going to be a new protection schubas big bills to provide protection for a decent hundred years against another great deal of time and strength. and russia considers changing the law to give fines all commuted to say this instead of prison for minor crimes it's part of the country's ongoing current north pole and to relieve the underground of jails by introducing punishment to fit the crime and. there's the headlines right now it's time for cross talk. show host peta of our last guest is the nuremberg trials were just and. if you can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle immediately after the end of the second world war two major nazi leaders were put on trial for war crimes there is no doubt such crimes were committed however there are lingering questions about victor's justice what is the legacy of nuremberg. if you can. discuss victor's justice i'm joined by if i am zero things roussillon he is the director of the simon wiesenthal center in springfield we go to lawrence douglass he is a professor at amherst college

>> no. >> a total dork, really, you didn't, bill? >>> and this comes to us from kxas nbc 5 in dallas-ft. worth where a high school in nearby richardson, texas, has people seeing double and even triple. the high school's junior class holds the guinness world record for the most multiples in one class. ten sets of twins, and one set of triplets. no one can say what's in the water in richardson, but it seems to be contagious. the entire school has a total of 38 multiples. just unbelievable. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today." just your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. >>> at one dinner table it's okay to play with your food. in fact, there's probably no stopping it. thailand celebrated its annual monkey festival by treating their furry friends to an all you can eat buffet. that means three tons of fresh fruit, vegetables and a little ice cream for the guests. the event is surely fun for the guests of honor but tourists also line up to get a look. >>> you think you're stressed getting ready for the holidays?

we have bill hoagland. bill has the distinction of having worked both for me and pete domenici, longer for pete, at the senate budget committee and the senate energy committee, now with cigna insurance, but is made a great contribution. frank keating you have party met karen kerrigan, who runs a small business organization and has had major input from the small business site and other sites to this report. joe met eric. joe was the committee for economic development but also worked in the government and on the hill in the administration on the hill and is an excellent economist. and, we have bill novelli, bill right here, a former head of aarp. now a professor. he is going to talk a little bit about our social security provisions in a minute. let me mention the people who are not here today, whose contributions have been also major. bob bixby of the concorde coalition, len burman of syracuse university and the tax policy center, maya macguineas of the committee for responsible federal budget, and that is wh

now it's gonna be interpreted biogen of a bill we don't know what's in the bill. we don't understand what's in the bill. how are they going to implement that? that's no way to run a country, in my estimate nation. it introduce -- estimation. it introduces so much uncertainty it makes people hesitate. there's a lot of cash sitting on the sidelines of the united states today. no small part is people questioning what's gonna be required in this health care bill and how much they have to fund? one of the things i said during the campaign one of the best things to get the american growingng again is repeal obamacare? people agree. >> greta: do you join the florida lawsuit as a practical matter, whether you join it or not, if the individual mandate is struck down it will alive to everybody and essentially guts the bill because there is no financing, that's highway -- that's how the financing is gathered. so you don't have to join it except for a symbolic gesture, do you agree with that? >> i think there is some symbolism to joining it. i think it is also a statement. it

none of that language was in the healthcare bill. >> i guess you should be calling me healthcare bill shultz. >> the question is, was she wrong, but right? >> are on she saw enough into the future. >> she was saying what was going to happen like somebody who could see into the future. >> ultimately there is no way to refute yate what she said. i am done. >> i love you sarah palin. come on my show. bill will not even be in the studio. >> i think she likes me. >> we will keep you in a cage. >> she uh -- appreciates me. >> she is a thick skinked individual and she will pay -- she is a thick skinked individual and will pay me no mind. >>> is harrison ford dead? tired of being such a huge star? don't know, don't care really. but first, what does my mom have to say about this and that? mostly that this is cool and that sucks. she hates that. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t and blackberry have teamed up to keep your business moving. blackberry torch now just $99.99. only from at&t. rethink possible. wdts. that's what tweens and fans of brandy were saying after the last episode of "da

the bill press show. host: 12 minutes from the top of the hour. it is official. now, in washington state, george bush refuses to be a pundit. president obama bros a slippery at someone at the white house and we are back with tina fey. don't stop thinking about tomorrow ♪ host: a quick look at yesterday's show. larry was here from the university. they both have insights about the midterm elections. you don't want to miss any part of the show. if you have a podcast subscription, it will automatically download every day to your iphone. you can listen to the entire show commercial free and catch those interviews that you may have missed the day before because you were out of the car or away from home or what ever. go to the website. on the political front, 90 million people voted on tuesday. here is one that did not. bristol palin was too busy practicing her dance steps. she did not vote. >> she did not vote. >host: she did not even vote absentee. >> there is a joke about her abstaining, but i am not going

. >> championed by bill gates sr., supported by bill gates. >> right. >> it failed. >> right. it got beat pretty badly, but i really admire bill sr. for what he did on this. i mean there's a guy trying to do something for his state, and they unfortunately, lost. >> what do you say, though, to the executives, one apparently was even a microsoft executive, who spent a lot of money trying to defeat that? >> well, they're not alone in those. look at who fights in terms of estate taxes. that's what k street is all about in washington, and, unfortunately, politics is a game of push and pull, and you get to push with money. >> are you disappointed that it got defeated? >> i voted yes and i was hoping that it would pass, but that's done now. >> if people aren't going to pay for the services that they need, how are those services going to get funded, do you think? >> well, taxes and spending have to match each other in the long run. there's many ways to tax. there's many ways to spend. that's all up to the voters. you know, some state, you rely on your legislators. some you have lots o

john: all spending won't. >> i vetoed a dog and cat exercise bill this was a ran bill. but for my signature it would have been law in new mexico that pet stores exercise their dogs and cats two hours a day, three times a week. i signed that piece of legislation, i have to then establish the dog and cat exercise police. well intentioned, but come on, where does government and where does personal responsibility begin? john: the founders knew. government should end at keeping the peace and enforcing contracts and property rights. limited government leaves people free to pursue their own dreams that's worth fighting for. >> we are in a fight here not over ideas, over an idea. which is the american idea. built upon the founders' principles. john when he sees the tea party protests and entrepreneurs overcoming obstacles, he believes the american idea will prevail. >> that's why i'm optimistic. i think we are going to turn this around. john: the reason art can talk entitlements and still look cheerful. why can you smile when we are going to hell? >> once you low rate flat tax,

the bill was gone, removed from the agenda along with several other bills. there was no explanation. someone just took it off the list. turns out our elected officials don't have to reveal who decided to remove it or even why they did it. they can do this sort of thing to 1200 children, to 1200 orphans and remain nameless. that was monday. they thought, maybe they're going to add it back to the agenda on tuesday. or on wednesday. or on thursday. or even on friday. after all, the house was in session all this week. but the help haiti act was never added to the agenda again. you might just say, well, look, they were very busy. they had a lot to do this week. no doubt. but since monday they've made time to vote on a number of other bills including resolution 1715 congratulating joe paterno on his 400th win as penn state football coach. the house also approved resolution 1475 which congratulates the town of tarboro, north carolina, on its anniversary. also recognizing brook lynne bow tannic gardens on its 100th anniversary. no disrespect to penn state football o

bill foster, melissa been, will be looking for new jobs. there are few states that turned out worse for democrats that president obama is own state. look at a state like delaware where the tea party candidates came in and really rocked republicans, not only of one seat but some house republicans thought that might have a chance at keeping the senate seat with the right primary nominee. that nominee lost along with congressman mike castle and democrats picked up the two seats, but that talks a lot about the dangers republicans face going forward if they continue this shrinking and purifying the party. three different states, somehow i think it is fitting that illinois was the state that actually flipped to republicans. >> one example of how bad it was, in wisconsin, the democrats lost the governorship, the senate seat, to house seats, both chambers of the state legislature, all in one night. this is a state that voted for the democrat in the presidential election and the last six presidential elections. that just shows how much of blue state

and it is remarkable, you think i quote the moment when bill clinton, after losing-- bill clinton's image, we are talking about photojournalism. his image was more fun to candidates during the midterm election. >> host: why was he so polarizing? >> guest: for a number of reasons. >> host: was that cultural? >> guest: today one talks about possible racism involved in that hilarity but in bill clinton's case you couldn't say it was because he was white. i think it was definitely the counterculture thing which newt gingrich played very successfully, the idea that these people were too soft and they avoided service in vietnam, so there were some of that but i think a lot of it was just like we were saying earlier, the first two terms a learning experience and he made this terrible mistake in taking an old kindergarten friend as his chief of staff. he wanted somebody he could trust or to be honest he had quite a lot of secrets in terms of his private life. he wanted a chief of staff who would respect him and it was a terrible mistake, because you know he has a brilliant mind but it is not a go

i have seen just as many republic bills as democratic bills. the bias is >> you did see "washington journal" ever morning at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. house leadership elections are taking place today on capitol hill. this is a live picture outside the democratic caucus meeting room where members have been arriving, departing, and deliberating who is going to lead the party in the 112th congress starting in january. republican leadership meets -- meetings are expected to happen today although we just learned at a press conference with any announcement about the meeting has been put off until tomorrow. we'll find out if there's anything more to the story. we'll pass along to you as we learn anything. just a short time ago texas democrat sheila jackson lee came to the camera to talk about the meetings going on and how they are going. this is what she had to say. >> i have an update. things are going wonderfully. the caucus is having a very vigorous discussion -- my name is sheila jackson lee and i represent the 18th congressional district. i s

frankly, the bill i cosponsored is not the bill that's coming to the floor today. it's been changed in some material ways as late as this morning there were changes being made. and i understand that there are discussions going on right now that hey change it again. first of all let me say the issue of food safety is an issue that is of primary importance. we need to make sure that the food that's put in the retail stores as well as in restaurants and every other location in america is absolutely the safest highest quality food product of anybody in the world. that's always been our reputation. but there are some gaps in that -- in that good safety inspection program in the united states today that have allowed some things to happen. we had a situation in georgia two years ago where we found salmonella in some peanut butter at a location in south georgia a manufacturing location. and while f.d.a. had the authority to go in and make an inspection the way they actually inspected it was on a contract basis through the georgia department of agriculture. they didn't have

the bill that would affect undocumented students the most. the bill has been out there since 2001. why are they rallying now. the thought of that right now in the lame duck session of congress, senate leader harry reid and nancy pelosi will follow-through to put the bill up for a couple of votes. if they graduate high school and go to college or the military, don't break the law. opponents call it amnesty for illegals. supporters say many of the students have college degrees and can't get a job because they are undocumented and therefore can't pay taxes and contribute more to society. reporting live here in san jose, today in the bay. >> thank you, bob. 6:51 skpth e-mail indocks overloaded after a holiday weekend, but it will be especially full this morning, loaded up with online discounts for the big cyber monday. today in the bay's chris sanchez joins us and retail is expected to see a spike in online sales and expected to see a little call into work. >> i expect so, but since cyber monday was coined, we got smarter about shopping at work and hopefully don't get busted as often.

discuss the forbes most powerful i'm joined by bill schneider in washington he's a leading us political analyst and a resident scholar at third way also in washington we have janine with dallas he's a professor at george mason university and in new york we cross to michael nor he is an executive editor at forbes and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right if i can go to you. michael in new york first how hard is it to make a list like this i cause i know that you're one of seven. editors there to put this together and maybe what are some of the most and. biggest criticisms that you've gotten so far. well you know it's very hard to do this power something that's it means different things to different people so we define power very specifically we defined in four ways we asked whether a person has power over a lot of other people in the case of a country like russia we look at the population we ask whether or not they have significant financial resources compared to their peers so for you know head of state we look at their g.d.p. for a company we look at their revenu