, bill. you cannot impose it from the outside. this has to be organic. >> bill: organic? >> this has to grow from the conduct of the candidates. >> bill: i gotcha the candidates are going to have to do it but i think the structure in the republican party is fractured right now it will be interesting. >> a, it's always that way. >> bill: not always that way. >> and, b, it will get better. and you think we're fractured? you go over to that house democratic caucus and see them -- heath shuler. >> bill: they are running for cover now but they all will rally around president obama in 12, believe me. now, was i too tough for pushing the president there? >> look, you were respectfully pugnacious as you oftentimes are. now i noticed one interesting thing about the interview which is you started off strong, interrupted him twice, as is your want. he responded and i added them up. you interrupted him 17 times but he interrupted you 16 times. >> bill: so it was fair. fair and balanced. >> man owe man o

: hi, i'm bill owe o'rei. thanks for watching us tonight. desperation on the far left. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. after last week's election results some in the obama administration and liberal media are furious and now desperation is setting up. first, fox owe phobia, that is the irrational fear of the fox news channel which for the first time in history beat every other news agency on election night. a stunning turn of events. that kind of power is frightening the far left. last week we telling you about "the washington post" columnist dana milbank left wing hater. mr. milbank writing quote to be fair and balanced, fox brought in a a nominal democrat pollster doug shone this is a complete repudiation of the democratic party, he proclaimed. milbank intentionally mislead his readers. fox news channel had seven analysts on the drag democratic side and they did not marginalize their party. megyn kelly and i discussed the milbank situation and then went on to analyze the sharia law

was that you, bill? >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight? >> why is waterboarding legal in your opinion. >> because the lawyer said it was legal. >> bill: president bush remains defiant on waterboarding even as the american left continues to condemn him on the so-called torture issue. we will talk about it with governor ed rendell and congresswoman michele bachmann. >> how would you assess your outreach to the muslim world at this point in your presidency? >> bill: once again the president is asked about the muslim situation, this time in indonesia. he dodged the question in india. we will debate what he said this time around. >> thank you. >> are you queazy about getting naked at the airport? >> is it legal investigating the full body scan controversy oh- oh-oh. >> that's disgust. >> bill: you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. president bush and torture. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. this week president bush is making the media

right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the presidential race of 2012 new polling. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. already the gallup people are looking ahead and recently did a poll about which republicans are positioned to run against president obama. the top four are mitt romney 19% of republicans and independents believe he is the best choice. sarah palin, mike huckabee are tied at second 16%. newt gingrich not far behind at 13%. now, there are a number of other politicians mentioned in the poll but they are all below 10% at this point. there is no question governor romney is going to run. he has set up organizations all over the country and building a massive war chest because it will take about 150 million to defeat barack obama. mr. romney is a moderate conservative who would have to convince americans that is he a business guy that his expertise in the market place could turn the economy around. governor would most likely run as the ceo of america. the downs

. >> now we're both being predictable, bill. >> bill: well, i'm a wild man here. i mean, i just think that the federal government is out of control and i want 20% cut. but, the stat that really startled me this week, i think it was in "u.s.a. today," that the number of federal workers making more than $150,000 a year has doubled under president obama. we're paying an enormous amount of money for the public sector workforce. >> an enormous amount of money and unreasonable amount of money. and, in fact, the private sector working men and women in the private sector who are the taxpayers paying for those public sector jobs are making 10% less on average than federal employees. and receiving far, far worse benefits, the superior benefits of retirement programs for federal employees are extraordinary. but, you know, bill, if i may. as we focus on about 3 million federal workers and reducing 300,000, the real story in many cases in terms of government employees is at the local level, which, over the course of the past 40 years, has grown about just about 50%. it's an am

bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning, think of the years he was in office and how much world history we went through together during that time. the former commander-in-chief, author of "decision points" a straightforward walk through his 8 years in the oval office and this is big stuff. martha: and there's more than a few things in there that you did not know about our 43rd president, brit hume, fox news senior political analyst joins me now. good morning to you. >> good morning, martha. martha: reading the book and as americans we move on quickly to the next stage of our own history and you go back and realize how much pressure and extraordinary circumstances this president was functioning under. >> this was a consequential presidency and, bill clinton as successful as he was politically and as popular as he was when he left office, i think has indicated that he almost wished that his -- the time of his presidency had been a more tumultuous and consequential time and the bush era was a momentous aera, no do

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

a bill t students mr. reid: i would object to any further proceedings with respect to these bills and i would do that for both of them you just read. the presiding officer: objection have been been heard, the bills will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: we're going too continue debate on the bill that i just announced, on the food safety legislation. no one should have to worry if their salad or sandwich is going to kill them. no one in the senate should prey on that fear or play with it like a political football. yet that's exactly what's happening. if you follow the senate every day, you might not be surprised to see our republican friends turn it into a partisan, political issue. if you're just trying to keep yourself and your family healthy, you might be appalled, and rightly so. you might also be troubled to learn that our food safety system hasn't been updatad in almost 100 years, in almost a century. food processing, production, and marketing have surely advanced over the last 100 years, but our

. >> bill: me? president bush let's his guard down, kind of. >> if i were such a genius on the economy i would have predicted the meltdown in the first place. >> bill: we will talk about the bad economy. >> what do you do when somebody says it's about to fail. >> bill: precarious afghan war situation. >> bill: are you optimistic about the war in afghanistan. >> it's going to take time. >> bill: president obama. >> you need to ask him. not me. i'm the retired guy. >> bill: decision points, president bush on the state of the union. >> bill: that's what the folks, i think, want to hear. caution, you where to enter the no spin zone from dayton. the factor begins right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly, reporting tonight from dayton, ohio. thanks for watching us. we are here to interview former president bush on veterans day. a few hours ago i spoke with mr. bush at the national museum of the united states air force, just a few miles outside of town. as you may know, the president is on a book tour

bill. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. >> t.s.a. have indicated to me that procedures that they have been putting in place. [beeping] >> are the only ones effective. >> bill: president obama once again with chaotic problem intrusive severance at the airport. should the president step in and stop them. brit hume and i will analyze. >> there is nobody else that i think wants to do the job and willing to make the tough decisions, then i would be willing to make the sacrifices and run for office. [cheers] >> bill: throox like far left pundits want sarah palin to get the republican nomination for president in 2012. but why? we will tell you. >> i hunger for quality news. there is a little bug inside of me which wants to get the f.c.c. to say to fox, out, off, end. >> shepard: senator jay rockefeller would have the federal government ban fox news. bernie goldberg will take a look at that also tonight glenn beck on jimmy carter. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. t

i'm bill o'reilly. remember the spin stops right here, because we are definitely looking out for definitely looking out for you. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> good morning, everyone. i'm thursday, november 11th, veteran's day. i'm alisyn camerota in for gretchen this morning. it's taken more than a yaer for the attorney general to come to this conclusion about holding the 9/11 trial in new york. >> we have been working on it and i think we're -- we're close to a decision. >> wait until you hear why he may have been distracted. >> meanwhile, all eyes on me, please. in denial or just in a daze. nancy pelosi thinks there's plenty of reasons for democrats to celebrate the election. huh? details straight ahead. >> all right, he

no compromise, no on the bus spending bill. -- on the bus spending bill. the third crucial fight that i need is on taxes. we need to stop the largest tax hike in american history from taking place in january 1. the democrats were derelict in their duty when they went home to campaign without doing anything to prevent this tax hike. the american people clearly spoke on this. we need to stop every single tax hike that is coming. when it -- that means extend the current tax rate for everyon no tax increases on investors and retirees and small businesses and the rich. none of that. no alternative minimum tax to slam the middle class with higher taxes. and no death tax. [applause] and i am going to need all of you guys -- when we finish, you need to tell your members of congress all three of these things. no earmarks, no on the bus -- omnibus spending bill, no tax hikes. we have to keep this debt. my next friend, dick pattern. -- patton. >> welcome to date 319 note that taxes. this is the first time in 96 years of america has had no death taxes, but the governm

i'm bill o'reilly. in the miller time segment tonight, we have two presidents and the speaker of the house. joining us from los angeles sage of southern california dennis miller. so, the obama trip abroad, everything is nice. dancing. and everything. what have you picked up? >> well, i feel bad for biden because he was supposed to join them. they told him he was going to go talk to the indians. biden showed up at the mohican sun. other than that, i think that the president has done a pretty good job when he fields these questions about jihad. i understand what he has to do. but i just want to remind him i think americans know that there are a myriad of per mentations of the word jihad. it seems to me there is a contingent of the muslim world that's got hung up on the bad one. >> bill: that's what i said yesterday. everybody knew what that indian woman was asking. everybody in the world knew because india is under siege by jihad. and the woman had, you know, sincere question, hey, what do you think and,

he wrote the stimulus bill. he was one of so many people who said i am sick of it, i'm going to make a difference. when most people said you can't do it, it's impossible, we got involved and we were lucky, we got a great cycle, but also it was hard work. >> host: you bit it off when it looked like it was a hard chew. you had a great campaign, attract a lot of attention. tell me your plan. what is your plan? we just heard a little bit from mick mulvaney in south carolina. he told us about what's happening, teleconference and you guys are coming for orientation and all that. what's the plan? can you give us a sense of priorities? we hope we know with you on the budget and so forth. >> caller: absolutely. i had six children, mr. secretary, and i'm going to take into disneyland. >> host: super bowl, joe montana. >> caller: we are going to go. we are. 15 months ago i said when this is over, we will go to disneyland. i will take them in a couple of weeks, get out of here and go. this debt is crushing. we're going to b

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

bill: thanks for coming in, bill o'reilly tonight, primetime. >> we're going for it. bill: martha. martha: a hollywood publicist was shot dead in her own car, we'll tell you the new clues that have folks thinking it was not a random act. bill: also the pictures telling the story, this is not the way many of us wants to start the holiday travels, has the tsa gone too far when it comes to the "junk"? >> john mica, says you bet they have. >> they miss understand the mark, even with the technology it is misapplied and we're asking them to relook at how they are doing it and, it shouldn't be done on a random basis, but a targeted basis. bill: that was up earlier and, rick santorum says all it means is that the terrorists are winning, sanatorium, live, in three minutes. copd makes it hard for meo breathe. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now, i can join the fun and games withy grandchildren. great news! for people with copd, inuding chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both, advair helps significantly improve lung function. while nothing can reverse copd, advair is different from m

bill: good morning, martha. martha: good morning, bill. bill: i'm bill hemmer. two south korean marines are dead an 16 injured on the small south korean island. the idle lies about even with the official armistice line, the 38th parallel. martha: the billowing comes after 90 minutes of shelling from north korea. wendell goler is live at the white house with reaction there. wendell, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, martha, the incident serious enough that president obama was awakened well before dawn, and briefed by his national security advisor, tom donelon, a we're told he phoned south korean president, well before dawn, in fact, press secretary robert gibbs released a statement, saying, quote, the united states strongly condemns this attack and, calls on north korea to halt the belligerent action and fully abide by the terms of the armistice agreement and the statement said the u.s. is fully committed to defend south korea and the island, yeonpyeong is in dispute, south of the 38th parallel, the armistice line divided north and south korea witho

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

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

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

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

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

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

. >> bill: stuck? >> he can only see one way of doing this game of the in fact, we have proven here and proven elsewhere in the last 10 or 15 years there is more than one way to play this game. >> bill: tammy, i don't know why a guy as smart as ted koppel is taking this position other than, you know, as ellis points out he is stuck in the past, he won't -- just won't see it objective. >> no, they don't like, look. had this is one element. what they're seeing is major cultural transformation midterm. >> bill: election coverage. >> katie couric was told -- told a reporter she was looking forward to going into the midwest to mingle with the unwashed masses. this is a group of people. >> bill: she said that? couric said that? >> oh, yeah. on the record saying she is going to go and wants to get to note unwashed masses. >> bill: where was that? i didn't see that tammy, is that true? >> it was either daily caller. >> bill: on the internet. >> the huffington post. >> bill: i'm not buying that katie couric wou

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

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

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

bill: martha... martha: yes, bill? bill: here she comes. martha: getting closer. bill: here comes splendor, bottom right-hand corner, upper right, lower left! martha: goodness. bill: plan a honeymoon and set out with the new baby... martha: look at all of those people, up on the decks, who wants to be inside on this thing! probably smells awful there. bill: 3300 passengers, 1100 crewmembers and that is a beautiful sight for them. come on home, splendor! martha: no more spam, ever, we promise! this guy -- show you, right there, yes, he has serious game and he's not practicing for the nba, how the free throw star is using basketball to help our troops on this veterans day. we will be right back with this wonderful inspiring story. >> as we honor our veterans, a new jersey man is trying to make difference in the lives of our wounded vets and their families. molly line has his inspiring story. >> reporter: every day he stands before the hoops and shoots, for hours. and the new hampshire dad is aiming to net $1 million for the intrepid fallen heros's fund by making 1 m

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

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

this bill contains two bills which settles two different class action lawsuits and four bills approving four different water rights settlements. it provides $3.4 billion to approve a settlement reached by the department of interior and native americans to resolve the coble v. salazar case concerning alleged mismanagement of oil fees owed to native american tribes by the department of interior. there is merit to reaching a resolution to this long-standing case. however individual native americans and respected native americans have outstanding concerns which they brought to congress. democrats have brought this bill to the floor under a structured rule that does not allow members the opportunity to fix the concern. one of the major concerns with this settle it it allows plaintiff attorneys to be paid in excess of $100 million. since every dollar paid to attorneys comes from the pocket of individual native americans, ranking member dreier offered an andment last night in the rules committee to limit attorneys' fees to $50 million but his amendment was rejected by the ruling democrat so we

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

bill? bill: molly, thank you for that. it is a big story and will continue to get bigger, as we come up on the thanksgiving break, molly henneberg, live in doc. what is coming up. martha: economists and politician from both sides, saying if something is not done about our national debt, it will crush the country. the latest -- look at this, crushing as we speak. the latest proposal from president's commission on reducing the deficit could have you footing the bill, folks, we'll explain that. bill: also, a veteran new york democrat charlie rangel guilty on 11 of 13 counts of ethical misconduct. will anything actually happen to him? we may find out today on that. martha: and the war next-door, you do not have to go to a foreign land to be on a battlefield, folks. >> we don't have to go overseas to see a war. there is a war, on our home front, the rio grande, and the southwest border, recently the violence has really sparked, we hear gunfire and grenades an bombings going off. escalated so out of control... martha: you'll see

bill: i'm bill hemmer. and, so much for vaca, huh. >> 5,000 passengers and crews on board riding a slow boat to san diego. a fire in the engine room crippling the crown jewel of carnival's massive fleet and friends and family say, folks on board are keeping their spirits high. >> we tried to call her and we were both in the car and were like, oh, my gosh, it is dad and tried to answer, nothing and it was dead and we thought, if you can hear us, we know what is going on, we heard! martha: and, mom and dad, on a nice cruise and that is how things are going and anita vogel joins us live in los angeles, there she is, what is going on? >> reporter: hey there, you are right. sounds like the antithesis of a vacation and it started monday night when fire broke out in the engine room and all the power was knocked out and the ship has been operating on auxiliary power and like you said, no hot water, no food, no cell phones, no internet and as you mentioned this is on a slow, slow ride to san diego. the mexican navy

. >> bill: stuck? >> he can only see one way of doing this game of the in fact, we have proven here and proven elsewhere in the last 10 or 15 years there is more than one way to play this game. >> bill: tammy, i don't know why a guy as smart as ted koppel is taking this position other than, you know, as ellis points out he is stuck in the past, he won't -- just won't see it objective. >> no, they don't like, look. had this is one element. what they're seeing is maj cultural transformation midterm. >> bill: election coverage. >> katie couric was told -- told a reporter she was looking forward to going into the midwest to mingle with the unwashed masses. this is a group of people. >> bill: she said that? couric said that? >> oh, yeah. on the record saying she is going to go and wants to get to note unwashed masses. >> bill: where was that? i didn't see that tammy, is that true? >> it was either daily caller. >> bill: on the internet. >> the huffington post. >> bill: i'm not buying that katie couric would

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