>>> who was rachel carson? >> guest: rachel carson was first of all of course the scientist for the fish and wildlife department of interior. she was in author, a gifted writer. i read silent spring when i was in college and i read the crm bus and they captivated me. she was a mesmerizing writer and able to take scientific, dry scientific information and put it in a vibrant and colorful words that just captivate you. >> host: was she well known before silent spring came out in 1962? >> guest: she had "the sea around us," which was a pretty big seller. that is what got me interested in marine biology and scuba diving. >> host: that was published in the early 50's? >> guest: i believe so. i should have checked before i came on but i'm quite sure of that. >> host: what was the impact of silent spring in 1962 when it came out? >> guest: it was pretty serious impact. it touched on a lot of themes that had been on people's minds. it created alarms. it presented in a political way and alarming way what might be happen

>>> who was rachel carson? >> guest: rachel carson was first of all of course the scientist for the fish and wildlife department of interior. she was in author, a gifted writer. i read silent spring when i was in college and i read the crm bus and they captivated me. she was a mesmerizing writer and able to take scientific, dry scientific information and put it in a vibrant and colorful words that just captivate you. >> host: was she well known before silent spring came out in 1962? >> guest: she had "the sea around us," which was a pretty big seller. that is what got me interested in marine biology and scuba diving. >> host: that was published in the early 50's? >> guest: i believe so. i should have checked before i came on but i'm quite sure of that. >> host: what was the impact of silent spring in 1962 when it came out? >> guest: it was pretty serious impact. it touched on a lot of themes that had been on people's minds. it created alarms. it presented in a political way and alarming way what might be happen

hi, kent. >> reporter: hi, rachel. i'm on bourbon street in new orleans three days before the super bowl, so of course it's pouring. but that's okay because this afternoon i had a remarkable conversation with 87-year-old lea chase, the proprietior of duky chase, the landmark new orleans restaurant. we talked about the mood of this city right now. this is an exciting time with the saints coming to the super bowl. now, what does this mean to this city? you've been here your whole life? >> it's so beautiful. yes, this is one of the most beautiful things we've ever had to happen to us where the whole nation, even international people are looking at us and just admiring how we live, which is a sim life, but a good life. we feel that we make people happy. and that saints team has made us extremely happy. you know, we are just happy about anything. >> reporter: and new orleans has been through so much. >> we've been through a lot. we've been through a lot. and we're just now beginning to see where we're rising a bit. now we'r

. >> it's great to be here, rachel. is it true that you have the other gene robinson on your program tonight as well? >> we have two men named gene robinson on the show tonight. only in part because we wanted to have you both on the same show. we probably would have done it anyway, but it's kind of great. >> you cornered the market on gene robinsons. >> we were trying to come up with a segment where we could have you both on at once and i was going to go, take it, gene and sort of do it as a personality test to see which of you would be more aggressive and go for it. >> you would enjoy that, wouldn't you? >> i would enjoy that. neither of you would, which is why we didn't do it. so anyway, let me get your reaction to the president tonight. i mean, two more speeches in one night tonight for the president. what is the white house strategy here, and do you think it's working? >> well, i think the strategy, which you saw begin at the state of the union and certainly carried forward in the question time appearance with the r

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speaker, two years ago it was brought to my attention that a family in mississippi, rachel lee, their son, dustin, a marine, was killed in iraq for this nation. also with dustin was his dog, lex, who was also wounded. and in fact the marine corps brought the dog, lex, to dustin's funeral. all that mr. and ms. lee ask, they gave their son for this country and all they ask of this nation was to please let them have lex, the dog that their son loved so much. well, we all live here in washington in a bureaucratic world and there's some reason, i guess, for that. but the marine corps said to the family that lex has two more years of service before he can be retired. i heard about this story and i

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rachel harvey is outside the supreme court in bangkok. is not looking good for mr. thaksin, is it? >> it is not looking good. the judges have been going at it for some five and half hours. they have already made several things clear, first, they say mr. thaksin did unlawfully conceal the influence he held in the family firm. they also say that while he was prime minister, he refused policies that benefit give that company and the family. it is not looking good for mr. thaksin. what we have not heard is how much of the money that was frozen will be confiscated by the state. >> there are an awful lot of security forces on the street. >> there are a lot of security forces on the street. the atmosphere of the court here, despite hundreds of riot police, has been very relaxed. there could be violent and fears that a chasm could open up in thailand once more. there is no doubt that it has thrown the spotlight on the divisions in society. but they said that they did not expect any major demonstration for today. and the red shirts said they will continue, regardless of what happened today.

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. >> it is cold, rachel. thank you. >> when i was in the hearing room today at the senate listening to those republican senators talk about how well don't ask don't tell works, how effective it is, in my mind i wanted to hear your response to that. what is your response. >> well, first of all, let me say this, senator mccain is a hero of minie, it was very disconcerting to hear that. he is the reason i joined the military. i felt i owed him personally and his generation a debt, and i wanted to repay that with service to my country. i would like to hear those that are proponents of this law to explain to me how it's possibly successful, how it's working. i can show you evidence how it's unconstitutional. how it's blatant discrimination, i can show you evidence how it hurts the combat of my squadron in particular, when you do it 13,500 times over with people with critical combat skills in the middle of two wars at the cost of billions of dollars how it hurts national security as a whole. i can invite these peop

here is rachel harvey from bangkok. >> the police were ploys. the media out in force. but the judges were not in any hurry. it took them more than seven hours to read out the verdict. the final decision -- mr. thaksin was guilty of a conflict of interest during his time as prime minister, that he pursued policies that favored his family's firm, and more than half of his assets should be confiscated by the state. the papers were full of dire predictions the decision might provoke another round of violence here, but as you can see, the police are relaxed and there are no protestors anywhere. but sidestep decided to step back from the brink, it -- both sides have decided to step back from the brink, at least for now. all eyes then on mr. thaksin himself. he may be in exile in dubai, but he still gets its message across. his reaction to the decision -- characteristically dismiss it. >> the world will laugh at this. the verdict is 100% political. >> songs of the finance. mr. thaksin's supporters promised to continue their campaign against the current government. this case h

but i have to say, rachel, that we're talking about very small details in a much larger picture that has blackwater as the tip of the spear in assassination programs and involved with all sorts of other dirty deeds on behalf of the u.s. government and other corporations. >> jeremy, what do you think is the most serious of these new charges that have been leveled against the company? it seems at least politically notable to me that the company is being exposed tore having -- we're learning about the criminal history and the history of misconduct among the people blackwater is hiring. it seems important because they have this reputation that they hire only elite people. that seems to be over now. >> two of the guys that have been indicted now on manslaughter charges in the united states for killing two afghan civilians, it's been revealed that one of them had gone awol from the military, had tested positive for cocaine, another had been on a do not deploy list, and blackwater then transferred him over to paravant, this shell company, so that he could be redeployed to afghanistan. so i

. >>> after rachel maddow brought national attention to an outrageous law in uganda, to have capital punishment for just being homosexual, the president of the united states and secretary of state took on this issue today at the national prayer breakfast partly sponsored by supporters of this harsh anti-gay measure. >> we're standing up for gays or lesbians who deserve to be treated as full human beings, and we are also making it clear to countries and leaders that these are priorities of the united states. i recently called the president, whom i have known through the prayer breakfast, and expressed the strongest concerns about a law being considered in the pair lament of uganda. >> let's bring in jeff charlotte, contributing editor of harper's magazine and author of the book, the family, the secret fundamentalism at the heart of american power. we talked about this with you more than two years ago and did stories about the family and about the c street house and the prayer breakfast and now we see finally some attention at the national level. what do you think is being accomplished

. >> it is cold, rachel. thank you. >> when i was in the hearing room today at the senate listening to those republican senators talk about how well don't ask, don't tell works, how effective it is, in my mind i just want stod hear your response to that. what is your response? >> well, first of all, let me say this. senator mccain is a hero of mine, it was very disconcerting to hear that. he is the reason i joined the military 18 1/2 years ago and he's the reason i stayed in this long. i felt i owed him personally and his generation a debt, and i wanted to repay that with service to my country. so i was extremely disappointed to hear that. secondly, i would like to hear those that are proponents of this law to explain to me how it's possibly successful, how it's working. i can show you evidence how it's unconstitutional. i can show you evidence how it's blatant discrimination, i can show you evidence how it hurts the combat effectiveness of my squadron in particular. then when you do it 13,500 times over with

accuweather's rachel harvey jones joins us with the details. >> this storm has already produced very heavy rainfall across the south dumping 2 and 3 inches across parts of texas and the gulf states. certainly impacting travel hugely. as it makes its way towards the south and east we will be expecting some heavy snowfall totals. across the carolinas into florida, temperatures are a little warmer. we're just looking for heavy rain here. but across the northeast, baltimore, philadelphia, washington, d.c. and new york city, the commute from 5:00 onward will certainly be a difficult one. heavy disruptive snow across i-80, parts of i-70, and a very heavy band of paralyzing snow across the i-95 corridor. this storm system will produce hazardous highways. we're already seeing a lot of airlines cancel their flights ahead of this storm even arriving. stephanie, vinita, it's back to you. >> all right, thank you. >>> here is the rest of your friday forecast. that same storm dumps a half foot of snow in the ohio valley. light snow from fargo and minneapolis down to kansas city and st. louis. heav

the first woman named is the alleged mistress rachel ukitel. she can't participate because of a settlement. so a friend wants to give a card board cutout of her in various stages of undress to battle it out. >>> women may be allowed to serve on submarines. is it about time or is this a disaster in the making? we are getting your views. >>> some u.s. navy submarines may be going co--ed. they have been serving on surface ships for almost 20 years. part of a broader push to re-evaluate combat roles. skon gress has 30 days to comment on the idea. cadets who graduate this year could be among those who participate. are you on board with this? i didn't realize it was offices only. >> they will do it in phases. >> it's an interesting discussion. some said there will be too much sex. others say that is insulting. we can control ourselves. i am summarizing some of the comments. one official says he hasn't heard of any leaders who have a problem with this but some think that folks are playing with fire. alex you're open to this idea? >> they have done wel

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and when rachel joins you president obama speaks out about uganda's proposed through jail homosexuals for life while addressing the national prayer breakfast. our special guest on the subject bishop gene robinson of the episcopal church. >>> worsts next but the second of tonight's quick comments. we'll explore the big picture in a moment. first the small picture on how conservatives come to believe the crazy, nonsensical, totally fact free things they believe. how they transform discernible, provable lies into their wishful thinking version of the truth. rupert murdoch's vanity newspaper "the new york post" today reports has the countdown begun for the end of "countdown" and even olbermann's former supporters on the left are tuning out. "the post" got this, it writes, from blogs at national public radio and "the l.a. times" and uses the names of those organizations as if they are evidence of the supposed tune out on the left. the npr blog it turns out cites as a source "the l.a. times" blog. it describes "the l.a. times" blog as quote hardly a partisan forum except "the l.a. times" bl

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rachel flatt sitting in sixth. joannie rochette in third. women's hockey team playing for gold in a showdown with canada on msnbc. mancuso with another crack today. the medal count, united states still on top with 28. germany has 24. norway with 18. and canada picking up a little speed with 15 overall medals. and speaking of canada, every day since we arrived in vancouver we have honored on this show a great canadian. from shatner to trebec to pamela anderson. this morning we will reveal the greatest of them all according to you. can't go wrong with john candy. i wouldn't be surprised if gretzky wins. there's still time to vote before we reveal your choice at tend of the show. shoot us an e-mail right now at waytooearly at that time waytooearly@msnbc.com. >>> we'll get back to the games a little bit later on. first here's a look at today's stop stories. president obama is set to take on republicans this morning at a televised health care summit in washington. although the meeting is meant to kick start bipartisan negotiations, there is littl

leaves his parents, sister, brother, widow rachel, sons ethan and tyler. william brown, american hero. thanks to our guests but to you for being with us. see you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp eastern. and until then, good night, friend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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while one of the americans you'll see skate tonight rachel flatt may or may not make the podium, her whole life is not just about the ice either. her story tonight from donna friesen. >> reporter: to excel at figure skating, good balance and consistency are essential. few know that and show that better than rachael flatt. >> time after time she lands all the jumps all the time. that's a miracle to me. >> reporter: just 17 years old, flatt has a drive for perfection. >> i want to excel. i have a competitive personality and my parents do, as well. the apple doesn't fall far from the tree sort of thing. >> hey, rach, let's go. >> reporter: at home her mom jody is always up before dawn encouraging rachael not only to do her best at skating, but school. >> she has that ability to be very focused. i don't know if that's nature versus nurture. >> reporter: her mom is a retired molecular biologist and her dad a biochemical engineer. they are her biggest fans and love to laugh. at home the kitchen counter is stacked with books. she has applied to nine colleges including harvard, yale, columbi

leaves behind sisters barbara, angela, marla, brother marty, widow rachel, sons ethan and tyler. william brown, american hero. thanks to our guests, but especially to you for being with us. see you tomorrow night 8:00 sharp eastern. and until then, good night, friend. 

rachel and doug, welcome to my home. shalom. come in. come into my favorite spot, the kitchen. are you hungry? do you want to eat? it's just tuna fish with a little bit of mayo. and then roll it up carefully. >> dretzin: thank you. >> thank you, bubbe. >> you know, i worked until i was 73. i worked for a bank. and all of a sudden, this came along, and now i'm too busy. >> the internet, really, i have to say, added years to bubbe's life. >> i think, these days, it's important for any age. i mean, it's growing. it's changing so fast that if you don't keep up with it a little bit, you're really left behind. >> rushkoff: do you sometimes feel bad for kids being raised in an internet era? that they depend so much on the digital for their sense of connection to other people? >> they grew up with it; to them, it's like second nature. and it's easier for my grandchildren to go into email... i get angry sometimes at them, i say, "you know, i'd like to hear your voice. i know you email." they sit down and type out an email, and it's wonderful. "but call me on the telephone." >> ready to

but i'm mentoring this great young lady that is our national champion, rachel flats. so i have a little more closeness to the competitors than i've had in the last 30 some years. >> tell us about this young lady. we'll certainly be watching for her. where is she from and what is she about? >> she lives and trains in colorado springs. she's 17 years old and she's a fantastic student. very consistent athlete. they're still changing the scoring system. so she's doing what it takes to be the champion. and we have -- our whole team, the men's, the dance the other woman we have one other female and the pair, it's the strongest teams i've ever seen. >> we know eat your fruits and vegetables. >> eat your fruits and vegetables. hydrate your skin. prep it. hydrate with vaseline clinical therapy location over the counter prescription medicine. but you can go to everydayhealth.com to get the healthy tips. but you need your healthy fats. exercise, walk, take the steps, all that good stuff. >> just common sense stuff. we want to acknowledge the product is there anything better than

. >> rachel kauffman, i'm from love land. >> and you just came down from getting your book signed. what was it like? >> it was amazing. actually i just drove from ohio state today. i'm a student there. so i just got in the car and came down. my sister told me she had a ticket and it was amazing. i love sarah palin. i just saw her on oprah this week. it was phenomenal. >> do you have a lot of fellow students at ohio state that also follow sarah palin and like her. >> yes. i'm part of the college republicans club so we have a strong following up there. >> what is it about her that you're attracted to? >> i just think she's a strong woman. like a good family. like a great mom. and, you know, she's just a down-to-earth nice person. >> and did she say anything to you up there? >> she said it was wonderful. it was really nice to meet me and she was glad i came all the way from columbus today. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> michael link, publish relation manager of joseph beth booksellers in cincinnati ohio. we're about halfway today. how is it going today? >> it's going very we

also victimized, orlando bloom, lindsay lohan and rachel bilson. the bling ring did their home work. investigating when the stars' mansions would be empty. >> their boldness has something to do, perhaps, with the breakdown of privaciy tin the a of twitter, facebook and celebrities telling details of their lives. >> reporter: what's most shocking is the gang members are now becoming rich and famous. 18-year-old alexis neers is shooting her own celebrity tv show. >> it's about celebrity culture, brand names, designer goods, the obsession with fame. all wrapped up in one, you know, made-for-tv movie about teenagers. >> reporter: there's even the possibility that celebrity victims, much as hilton, lohan and bloom, will be called to court to testify against the bling ring. a parents' nightmare. a paparazzi's dream. for "good morning america," mike von fremd, abc news, hollywood. >>> and one of the ring leaders, nick prugo, joins us now from los angeles. good morning. >> good morning. >> so, nick, you've confessed to the climbs. but you're pleading not g

here's rachel maddow. >> thank you, keith. i think of it as a knuckleball. i'm swinging, a few seconds later -- >> watch that, nothing happened. >> thank you. i'm glad somebody heard it. >> thank you, keith. >>> greetings to you from washington. having spent months playing defense, president obama played more high profile offense today. the don't ask don't tell policy had its day before a committee for the first time in 17 years today. a lot to say about the policy and senators chambliss and mccain tonight. health reform is not dead. there's a mini-oil crisis being caused by swordfish. that's all coming up this hour, but we begin tonight with president obama making joint appearances with hisp debated political mojo. >> i didn't run for president to kick these challenges down the road. i didn't run for president to play it safe, i didn't run to keep my poll numbers as high as possible for the next election, i ran to solve problems for the next beggeneration. i ran to get the hard things done, that's why you elected me. >> mr. obama hit what sounded like the c

. >>> rachel maddow broadcasting live from new orleans tomorrow night. don't miss the party and politics, tomorrow at 9:00 eastern on msnbc. >>> one of tiger woods' alleged mistresses is ready to sue over a set of golf balls taking aim at the scandal. the website, tail of the tiger.com is selling the mistress collection which bears the likeness of 12 of the women linked to woods. the golf balls are designed to lift the spirits of golfers around the world who are saddened by this loss on many levels. now at least one of the women depicted is striking back. joining us now is gloria allred, attorney for veronica daniels, also known as joslyn james. thank you for having us. >> thank you for having me, norah. >> i find these golf balls distasteful myself. they are just trying to make a profit off this thing. what's wrong about it? >> there's a lot wrong about it. first of all they never asked my client, veronica, who is a former porn star and did have a lengthy relationship with tiger woods. she has about 100 text messages from him. they never asked for her p

friday night we are looking at silent spring by rachel carson written in the early 60's. we will have her biographer and another gentleman on to talk about silent spring and the will be friday night. now, tomorrow night we are having to current economic authors on to talk about the current economic situation, and the shlaes and dean baker from eight to 9 p.m. to take calls and e-mails and then on thursday night we will be talking about the afghanistan war that the to afghanistan authors, said the jones and mark moyer will be here to take calls and tweets. but two more hours of prime time this congressional week. coming up next is henry paulson in conversation with warren buffett, just this past week on his new book on the brink and after that is an after words we taped with joseph, national editor, kevin mer of the, but now here is henry paulson and warren buffett. >>> first full i want to thank you for coming and i should to clear off the bad that i am a friend of hank's and have been so for some years. i admire him before he took the job. i add my durham a lot more afte

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the biggest impact on rachel carson and "silent spring"? >> that she allowed us to think about our future, about the world, and that we would question authority, that we would ask what is it that you are doing? why is it helpful? and who is it going to hurt? and who is it going to benefit? >> host: linda lear and paul driessen. if you want to hear more, you can talk to her. you can also go to paul's web site. thank you for being on booktv and primetime. we have two more hours of programming coming up. : i don't know how many of you have seen the new "chanel" movie about the designer, coca chanel. she wasn't just a designer, she was the desire that pointed out what was wrong with this intrigued by pointing out what was wrong with their skirts. and with another set of markers, chanel walked out the 20th century what it should be, women's suits come close you can wear and walking, ideas the change culture, politics, economics, not just the right to trade due to the utter precision of the artists nickel is the chanel of financial governance. [l

producer rachel dretzin narrates this excerpt. >> from air-conditioned rooms on this air force base in the desert outside of las vegas, pilots fly unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, that execute missions in iraq and afghanistan. >> other aircraft, airspace, altitude. looks like we're by ourselves out here in sector three. >> airmen here are required to wear flight suits to work, even though they sit 7,500 miles away from the battlefield. it's one way of reminding these men that they are fighting a real war. >> every so often, you have technologies that come along that rewrite the rules of the game. yet we don't talk about it. because it's costless to us. >> drones have the capacity to strike with extraordinary precision, and at no cost to american lives. the number of drones has multiplied in recent years, and the pentagon is clamoring for more. >> the risks are all one-way. in today's wars, right now, the pilot gets to do all the shooting and never gets shot at. and that creates a very different attitude than somebody who is both dealing out risk and is accepting risk. >> room, ten

. >> suarez: trying to help the colombians was 29-year-old rachelle garnier, who lives with her 9-year-old son in a collection of sticks and bed sheets. >> ( translated ): people here have been really hungry. when food came for distribution, it was really voracious. people didn't act the way they're supposed to and there is a lot of food left but there weren't people to distribute so we asked if they could please come back again. >> suarez: no food. no security. right across the street from a large encampment of u.s. military, and pallets piled high with supplies. the people of mais gate have been promised more tents in the coming days. >> i think the big issue is, first of all, to try to tackle, to try to prevent the outbreak of epidemics. >> suarez: dr. franck geneus of care decid to return home to haiti to run care's program here, two weeks before the earthquake. his own house destroyed-- by day, he practices medicine in the camps. he is in temporary housing now; his extended family is living in the courtyard in front of their home. dr. geneus worried about outbreaks of diarrhea, respir

. >> suarez: trying to help the colombians was 29-year-old rachelle garnier, who lives with her 9-year-old son in a collection of sticks and bed sheets. >> ( translated ): people here have been really hungry. when food came for distribution, it was really voracious. people didn't act the way they're supposed to and there is a lot of food left but there weren't people to distribute so we asked if they could please come back again. >> suarez: no food. no security. right across the street from a large encampment of u.s. military, and pallets piled high with supplies. the people of mais gate have been promised more tents in the coming days. >> i think the big issue is, first of all, to try to tackle, to try to prevent the outbreak of epidemics. >> suarez: dr. franck geneus of care decided to return home to haiti to run care's program here, two weeks before the earthquake. his own house destroyed-- by day, he practices medicine in the camps. he is in temporary housing now; his extended family is living in the courtyard in front of their home. dr. geneus worried about outbreaks of diarrhea, resp

and not because they still own msnbc were keith olbermann and rachel madell sing dare hull lilia songs. i think that they just see that the way to make money in the world of obamanomics is to line up with government and what does that do? it really sacks entrepreneur ship. ended stultifies the economy and it means that you guys won't have jobs when you get out of college, and thus one of these chosen few that google, the microsoft, the general electric, the boeing that have the best lobbyists, they are going to increase in the control more of the economy but that has the net effect care of being back on the whole economy. if there are no other questions-- sorry.

not even just because they still own msnbc where keith olberman and rachel mad now say there holley lu de obama songs commit [laughter] i don't think he's trying to enrich them. i think that the they see the way in the world of obamanomics is to line up with government and what does that do? it really saps' entrepreneurship and defies the economy and means you guys won't have jobs when you get out of college unless one of these chosen few, google, microsoft, general electric, boeing that have the best lobbyists, they're going to increasingly control more of the economy. but that has a net effect of being bad on the whole economy. if there are no other questions -- sorry. i don't know if the microphone can reach that far. >> you mentioned earlier -- he mentioned earlier you felt the american people were being left out in times in favor of big government and big business. however i believe he were speaking specifically in terms of the bailout and stimulus package which if i remember correctly work policies that the time were supported by the majority of american public according to the p

florida, rachel, a democrat. caller: good morning. thank you for allowing me to come on. i recall when we talk about this filibuster, which the republicans have been using for every single bill that the democrats are trying to get through. that is not what the filibuster has been for historic plea. there has never been anything like this before except during president clinton's term in office, the republicans closed down the government three times within a couple of months. it was near the ended the year. host: if you talk to republicans, they will sit with the democrats that slowed down the government. caller: is not true. the republicans literally cut down the government three times within a space of a couple of months. this is another way to close it down. it is another way of saying "no" to everything. they do not want anything done except when -- when bush was in, they went along with everything he wanted. he went along with everything they wanted. there was one veto in eight years. i do not recall what that was. it is disgusting. they will not allow the other side t

speaker, two years ago it was brought to my attention that a family in mississippi, rachel lee, their son, dustin, a marine, was killed in iraq for this nation. also with dustin was his dog, lex, who was also wounded. and in fact the marine corps brought the dog, lex, to dustin's funeral. all that mr. and ms. lee ask, they gave their son for this country and all they ask of this nation was to please let them have lex, the dog that their son loved so much. well, we all live here in washington in a bureaucratic world and there's some reason, i guess, for that. but the marine corps said to the family that lex has two more years of service before he can be retired. i heard about this story and i called mr. and ms. lee in mississippi and they told me, congressman, we understand that this dog is very important to the cause of our nation, but this dog meant so much to our son that that's all we would like to have. well, i want to thank general mike regna who i called and asked mike regna, general regna, is there any way we can expedite the retirement of lex and he said, we'll do our best to

the afghanistan war with two authors and then friday night we will be discussing silent spring and rachel carson's book from the early 60's. ditty in washington, you are on with dean baker and amity shlaes. >> caller: thank you for your program. appreciative of people in our country that are addressing the concerns we all have. the current topic is the economic situation, and i've got kind of to question comments. sorry. one has to do with tea parties. i think that when amity brings up with a problem in politics and the united states in general one of the things that upsets me so much is the idea that no taxes, agreed and copping out citizens in terms of the responsibility contributing to and managing the cost seems to be rising especially with the two-party and right-wing republicans side and i think that is pretty shameful. i wanted to hear a comment about that because i know that relative to other western countries again the tax base per capita tax base is pretty low and i think it is time we started having leaders that could address the fact that we need to pay for the benefits of the

we're going to talking "silent spring" and looking at ann smith, in regards to the economy, looking at rachel carson and with regards to the environment, both are talked with circles. we'll be joined by paul dryson. >> it is booktv, primetime all this week. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, bill. [applause] >> thank you mrs. obama for being here today. we are ready to be your party, we are ready and yes, we can. >> yes, we can. >> yes, we can. enter did you notice that the first lady chose the same color i was wearing for a tie? [laughter] >> go viks. minnesota colors. [laughter] >> check out his tie also. now tomorrow we're going to look forward to being at the white house. and so it's a packed meeting for us, ladies and gentlemen. i want now like to call on mr. cornet. you know, it's so fitting to have him follow the first lady. because he's leading the way for us on this whole initiative, well, movement. the movement of making our country healthy. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> she would not be nearly so kind if she knew i was a packer fan and couldn't stand the vikings. but w

[applause] >> our special primetime booktv continues on friday night with a discussion about rachel carson's 1962 book, silent spring. >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hourlong discussion between a guest host and the author of the new book. this week nobel prize-winning economist joseph stiglitz talks about the 2008 economic collapse and its effect on the global economy. professor stiglitz argues we need to change the incentives in our system and government oversight is required for the economy to function properly. he is interviewed by lori wallach director of global trade watch. she is the co-author of "whose trade organization?" a comprehensive guide to the wto. >> host: hello. we are here today with professor joseph stiglitz and he has got a new book, lori wallach-- "freefall" that describes the way of a gun into the current crisis and critiques what has been done to critique that it lays out some of the bigger picture of remedies that we need to address in the debates we need to have in our country to move forward to a more stable economy that works for more people.

friday night we are looking at silent spring by rachel carson written in the early 60's. we will have her biographer and another gentleman on to talk about silent spring and the will be friday night. now, tomorrow night we are having to current economic authors on to talk about the current economic situation, and the shlaes and dean baker from eight to 9 p.m. to take calls and e-mails and then on thursday night we will be talking about the afghanistan war that the to afghanistan authors, said the jones and mark moyer will be here to take calls and tweets. but two more hours of prime time this congressional week. coming up next is henry paulson in conversation with warren buffett, just this past week on his new book on the brink and after that is an after words we taped with pneil joseph, national editor, kevin mer of the, but now here is henry paulson and warren buffett. >>> first full i want to thank you for coming and i should to clear off the bad that i am a friend of hank's and have been so for some years. i admire him before he took the job. i add my durham a lot mor