>> it is a quintessential washington tale. a lot of people cycle through washington. they have an impeccable record of service in washingtonnand they become washington sages. there are people that are regarded with great respect. people from every political strife. in the course of their careers, maybe out of ambition and a mistake in he early part of their careers that is hard to leave behind. fred malek was a senior aide to president nixon and he made what he described as the most serious mistake of his life. when nixon decided that he was being blindsided by employees of the bureau of labor statistics who were undermining his positive messages about economics and economic growth, whether nixon's economic policies were helping. nixon was an anti-semite. he decided that it was a jews in the bureau of labor statistics that were behind this effort. he asked the chief of staff at the white house to figure out who these people were and fire them. malek was doing personnel work at the white house and he helped collect the list of 13 people who he thought were jewish and h

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let's not go back to the know the show from washington state. well our tool time winner tonight is the sex scandal plagued senator from the state of louisiana you know him as david i got caught with a hooker.

tonight on "washington week." for democrats, headaches and more headaches. >> a public office is a public trust. our task is to determine whether representative rangel's conduct met that standard. >> there's no evidence that i have been guilty of corruption. >> the house ethics committee sees it differently. and with midterm elections just over three months away, a debate over the economy. is it picking up rapidly enough? >> we've got a long way to go. but we're beginning to see some of these tough decisions pay off. we are moving forward. >> the administration wins one in arizona, where our tough new immigration law is almost entirely struck down. >> we are going to continue to request that we get heard on this and that the citizens of arizona are protected. >> and the war in afghanistan continues on its bumpy course with new revelations -- a classified insider's view of the war and fresh evidence of how stress is hurting the effort. covering the week, karen tumulty of "the washington post," pete williams of nbc

spokane, washington. your thoughts on the possibility of republicans taking over the control of the house in november? caller: first of all, if you watched robert gibbs on a daily basis half of what comes out of his mouth is fallacy. i would agree with your caller from a couple of calls back in saying that the left-right paradigm is an illusion to keep everyone in check. the other thing that i wanted to call about was the point out -- why is there this huge media blackout on the oil spill? why is that not the story you are covering right now? they are poisoning people in the gulf. their heat -- there are huge stories to be done but there is a media blackout as far as the eye can see. host: joe, let's show you what is happening in the news regarding bp. it is the lead story in "the philadelphia inquirer." "and the oil company said that a new cap could be the most effective, but results could be days away. bp works on more secure well cap," that is the lead story in "usa today." "and bp is in talks with u.s

ok if i go back to you in washington i mean there's the u.s. hopes in one way one fashion or another that the pakistanis this is what they're pakistanis what they're supposed to do in the deal is to bring the taliban to the negotiating table in one form or another hopefully not have to deal with them directly they're the intermediary but in a broader picture and i think i want to address this to everyone here and this is my own opinion all across the region everyone's just watching really waiting waiting for some kind of strategic withdrawal defeat of the united states be it. in iraq if the if the state were to not be a solid is the americans who told me when there is hard to believe there always are already talking about leaving afghanistan i mean the united states is talking about the future and for americans the future comes real soon in the region it's a lot more long term so how can we be talking about a negotiated peace when at the same time the obama administration are enormous pressure is being pressured to actually leave the region and

we can no longer afford the middleman in washington, d.c. we have to take care of these on a state-by-state issue. when somebody violates the law and does not provide a service that was promised, then we put the full force of a federal government on that person that violated the law. that is how to keep costs down. >> mr. hayward. >> i believe the question had to do with medicare preservation. i voted and worked to preserve medicare with market-based reforms that our costs down. we assured medicare into the 21st century. the one thing that will kill medicare is to paul john mccain's suggestion of granting amnesty. we will find out that we have to pay $2.60 trillion in retirement benefits -- as a security and medicare -- to illegals. that is untenable, an ill- advised, and you do not save medicare. you will wreck the country by voting for amnesty. >> senator mccain. >> medicare is in trouble, my friends, and in even more trouble because of obama-care. i am proud to lead the fight to try to dismantle and stop medicare. it is a giant takeover o

what was the slight, playing him, in washington? >> i do not think that i will ever have as good of an experience as playing thurgood marshall as i did in washington. he went to school in washington and was born in baltimore, and he went to school at lincoln. the supreme court was right there. we actually have the opportunity to stand at the lectern in the supreme court, facing these justices, which is a very powerful thing. the airport in baltimore is named after him. we had a standing ovation every evening. much of this, some of this was for my performance but i have to give credit where the credit is due. most of that is because of his legacy and his work. as a hometown person. tavis: there is no follow-up question here, i am just curious. you mentioned that certain justices came to see this, including sonia sotomayor. what about justice thomas? >> he was not there. tavis: where was i? [laughter] >> you were waiting for me to take you out. tavis: i was just asking. a little birdie told me that this show is even better now than wh

you discuss whether we're experiencing a paradigm shift i'm joined by princeton lyman in washington he's an adjunct senior fellow for african policy studies at the council on foreign relations in kiev we go to xan roberts of the elliott school of international economics at the george washington university and here in the studio with me is but a common he's the director of global governance initiative of the american strategy program at the new american foundation and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want princeton i'd like to go to you first in washington it's been about twenty one months since the financial crisis hit has capitalism taken a major hit is it is it created doubts in the world that it can really pull itself out or is there just simply an indictment of neoliberal capitalism a certain model that has come out of the west during that say the reagan years. i think it's more the latter if you look at the debate going on for example in the united states you find there's a lot of

washington d.c. doesn't tax too little. washington d.c. spends too much. i don't know anybody back in indiana who thinks they pay too little in taxes. and only in washington d.c. would anyone believe that raising taxes creates jobs. the american people know we can't tax and spend and bail our way back to a growing economy. house republicans opposed the democrats' failed stimulus bill, their national energy tax, their government takeover of health care and house republicans will oppose this tax increase with everything we've got. congress must take immediate action to prevent any tax increase on working families, small businesses and family farms before next year. so why are we in this mess? you know, it's like i said before. democrats just aren't listening to the american people. the good news is that after seeing so many important decisions made behind closed doors and so much money being funneled into backroom deals, the american people finally have a way in, an unambiguous seat at the table. it's called americaspeakingout.com. now in its third month, th

washington d.c. . now while war victims are calling for justice and compensation in the u.s. some soldiers who fought in the war are haunted by their time on the battlefield veterans from different american wars explain why a part time reservist could never become full time heroes are to special report looks at the stark reality of soldiers a lot this next hour here in our team. did i kill innocent see it or was it a call this of course and that's never a say. i'm sorry for the skull still with me i think of it every day. i still have the flashbacks trouble to memories. so much so that a long time i'm just here trying to tell. i was assure you. i was ashamed that i had been wounded i was ashamed that i hadn't been a hero why i got my way. in the mine. where i went to vietnam because of forward to. now believe what i was going on once or i think. that i was a good soldier. but you know most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just not good. you are with our team now to moscow our curators have been found guilty of inciting religious hatred after an exhibition which prose

washington, close to 91 tomorrow. it's going to be hot, but lester, taking the extreme humidity out of the factor, will help it a lot tomorrow afternoon. >> we'll take what we can get. maria, thank you. >>> with all the hot air over the east coast this weekend, it's hard to imagine that the temperature in washington could go much higher, but it's about to. another bitter partisan fight is brewing, this one over taxes and the national debt. nbc's mike viqueira reports from the white house. >> you are seeing recovery, you're seeing private investment expand again. >> reporter: today on "meet the press," timothy geithner said the obama administration will work to extend the bush tax cuts for all but the wealthiest americans. >> i think it is fair and good policy to allow the tax cuts that only go to 2% to 3% of the highest earners in the country to expire as scheduled. >> reporter: but republicans say anything less than a full extension of the tax cuts will stall the recovery. >> mr. speaker, the american people are aski

yesterday washington d.c. show the country once again just how disconnected they are from the american people and a rare show of bipartisan might the democratic house overwhelmingly approved fifty nine billion dollars in funding for the war in afghanistan all of this fall a majority of the american people disagree with that war and it's pretty damn obvious to the naked eye that we're losing that war and that there is no chance of winning that war but here's what made the news that one hundred and fourteen brave representatives voted against the bill most of whom only voted against it because social spending provisions got cut out so for this the last time the house voted for war funding thirty two democrats voted against the bill that was last year at this time around three times as many a hundred into democrats voted to defund the war but you're right it was a tough battle because a lot of the president's fellow democrats in the house didn't want to sign on to this some of them already anti-war but even. you

as part of pakistan's security problems are washington and islamabad really on the same page. and you can. still see. to discuss pakistan u.s. relations i'm joined by dan kai human dubai he's the editor of the news service pakistan vs dot com in washington we have now was he is the director of the south asia center at the atlantic council of the united states and author of crossed swords pakistan its army and wars within and in london we go to anatol lieven the chair of international relations and terrorism studies at king's college london and the author of the upcoming book pakistan a hard country and another member of our cross talk team on the hunger all right across talk rules in effect gentlemen that means you can jump in anytime you want and until i want to go to you first hillary clinton was in islam about not long ago i had a gift five hundred million dollars for civilian projects build dams and schools and whatnot and the pakistanis were didn't seem all that grateful expression after almost twelve billion dollars in aid since the bush administration almost eight of bi

washington is the biggest leak in u.s. military history reveals a major cover ups over the war in afghanistan but is it old news rather than revelation. with smoke going heat wave in russia takes a turn for the worst with pete and forest fires adding to people's misery. a space to call home it's ten years since the international space station first became habitable when a russian module with life support systems with the orbiter up. in business react to the stress test results of europe's bronx we'll bring you the latest in twenty minutes. on twenty four seven this is live from moscow.

washington journal, live, 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> for a snapshot of washington and the 111th congress, the congressional directory -- a reference guide to members of the house and senate, the president's cabinet, and state governors. available online. >> president obama speaks at a fund-raiser for misery -- for missouri senate candidate robin carnahan. >> thank you very much. thank you. it is a gorgeous room. i like it so much that it is in kansas city. i want to thank all of you. so many of you are my dear friends. you have been for many years. and you have been here for me through thick and thin. for may through the thick and thin, ups and downs, the campaign's, the wins and losses, all of it. i am so pleased you are here enthusiastically supporting the next united states senator from missouri, robin carnahan. [applause] and greeting the president of the united states at the same time. you cannot get any better than at. we are all here today because we understand the choices that missourians have in november.

this is corruption in washington. that is one of the reasons why he was voted out by his constituents. republicans led spending get out of control. i fought against my home majority to eliminate your mark spending. i am pell of my record. >> mr. deakin. >> both of them are the same. the net benefit themselves in the same position. if they would stick to the united states constitution and spend more time in arizona ban in washington, which would not get caught up in this system. i want to campaign on the u.s. constitution and the issues facing our nation. it is much more important than slinging mud. >> john, if you had told the truth about barack obama, you might be president of the united states right now. john mccain has been caught in a cynical attack politics in washington, d.c. never did my name come up. shame on you. arizona deserts better. >> the next question is for you. tea party activists are suggesting that you dropped out because your candidacy, they claim, is hurting the conservative cause. >> i think it i

washington politicians just aren't listening and the american people know it. with nearly 15 million people unemployed and the pelosi-led congress poised to take a six- week paid vacation, the american people deserve better. now, president obama says things are getting better. but american families see things a little differently. the economic policies of this administration have failed. last year the obama administration said that its trillion-dollar "stimulus" plan would create jobs "immediately" and keep unemployment below 8%. today unemployment remains near a heartbreaking 10%, and since the stimulus bill became law, our economy has lost about 3 million jobs. and if they haven't already done enough to wreck our recovery, democrats in washington are pushing more spending, more regulation, and right around the corner: more taxes. democrats in washington are now actually talking about embracing what would be the largest tax increase in american history. let me say that again. after 18 months of runaway

our team washington d.c. . sensors have also been at work in pakistan this week and new bollywood comedy featuring an osama bin laden lookalike has been bombed also issues where war that's a comic depiction of the world's most wanted man could trigger a terrorist attacks his current saying when tossed those behind the indian comedy the wall is really ready for post nine eleven humor. this could well be the biggest scoop of my career interviewing the world's most wanted terrorist however this man does not have a twenty five million dollar reward on his head in fact he's not osama bin laden but an actor in a bollywood bin ladin or without you lot in but just in case you think this is a movie glorifying a terrorist it is a general sort of. biography it's a film which is on the post nine eleven world of which bin laden happens to be a very very important character and this is a fair number of feet bin laden and that's how you're using it's not insensitive or offensive in any way and anybody from any part of the wor

r t washington d.c. investigative journalist contributor wayne madsen thinks the idea that someone simply press the wrong fax machine button is a poor excuse i think this is part of the carry over from the bush cheney administration where the u.s. basically thumbs its nose at international law and we've seen it time and time again it seems like the reset button doesn't work at the state department fax machines but the idea that there's a bank of buttons that they push it i guess if they push the next one they would have gone to rule rwanda which is next in the alphabetical list so that sounds like a very strange story and i don't think anyone would buy that why didn't they contact the russian embassy or the russian government itself why wasn't justice department to the ministry of justice in moscow you know direct talks between. let's take a look now at some other news stories from around the world this out it's emerged that a loan system of the oil rig which exploded in the gulf of mexico was partially

who are not caught up in the culture of washington. we all know that my likely opponent in this race, congressman blunt, has been in washington along time. he has gone so cozy with the powerful interest out there that he has forgotten about the folks here in missouri. to me, that shows the very worst of what is wrong in washington. if we're ever going to get our economy moving again in creating those good jobs we need in missouri, that has got to change. you know there are plenty of things that i am not shy about when it comes to congress and blunt and callable on things he says and does, like as wasteful -- calling bull on things he does -- but most importantly his willingness to stick the middle class with the bill. but there is one thing that takes the cake, and that is that he comes out here to missouri, puts on his pledge shirt, drives around in a rented pick-up truck and says he will be looking out for us in washington. the trouble is he is the number one of top recipient of lobbyists campaign contributions in all of congress. no

>> this group is growing in washington, d.c. they are the largest prsrael organization in the united states with over 400,000 members. they have a lot of help. on thursday of thisweek, they are on capitol hill. this is cufi, christians united for israel lobbying on capitol hill, talkg to congreman, senatorsbout israel, about supporting israel. they are a growing group. a lot of clout, senator joe lieberman, israel's ambassador to the u.s.mike pence, and democrat shelly berkel. this is a growing influential group no doubt. >> what is their opinion towards obama's administration? >> it is not too high. mike pence out of indiana said the obama is the most antiisrael administraon in american history. that summeup the sentiments of the cufi crowd unfortunately. it can't be ignored what the obama administration is doing with israel. recent photo op with israel prime nister benjamin netanyahu. they want to see more policies out of this administration, policies that line up with the policies of every administration over the past 50-60 y

an underground garage. 500 cars on the corner of washington. it is only four lanes for one block, and they want to take that away. this is ridiculous. folks, please use some common sense. [inaudible] the 555 washington street condo died for good reason, and it was not because of special interests. it was because it was wrong, and this is wrong. connect the boat to the water. this is a travesty. i do not understand where you are coming from. the tower that contradicts the waterfront study plan in the first place, and you cannot go wrong with this. you have to make this a beautiful thoroughfare, so connect the land to the day. do not block the ferry building sites. this is in direct contrast to where the ferry building is. you will not be able to see it, and that is just iscoit tower. you have to protect that view. so again, you  tower. you can have valet parking. you can have shuttles. you cannot get to the bay bridge now, with n. with the exploratorium and other things coming down the pike, it is going to be ridiculous. this contradicts your o

washington, d.c., is debating it, right? >> it is aptly put -- here's what the republicans are saying, listen, 33 billion is fine many but give us the cuts to be able to get there. >> as in what? what are we going to cut. >> i didn't say a word when you all were talking. barack obama said the democrats gave us the -- oar the republicans gave us the deficit. they left us $200 billion in debt, we're now $1.4 trillion in debt. the republicans say, we'll give you the 33 billion, but find a place where we can make cuts so we can do it. >> i think michael's right on this than dana. i don't think the point is extending unemployment benefits, they want to find a way to cut the deficit. the republican party hasn't given us any good ideas on how that can happen. the republicans are pushing back because it's election season. barack obama is publicly spanking the republicans right now, because he's fighting for worker's rights. yes, republicans have been absolutely disastrous in bloating spending and refusing to raise taxes on the wealt

basically we have moscow accusing washington d.c. of having abducted a russian citizen a pilot going under the name constantini or shen co and failing to inform russian officials about having done so and traditionally under international law when one states. arrests or captures or abductor kidnaps or whatever it may be a citizen of another country they're supposed to inform the country of citizenship that this has been done this is not the case however and we have washington d.c. accusing this man offending been part of an international cocaine trafficking ring and he was he's being accused of having been part of a scheme to transport as much as four tons of cocaine from south america to africa with the intention of leader transporting the drugs to europe and the united states right now this man is that a jail in manhattan awaiting trial with four other people who were arrested along with him and we have been hearing from the prosecution that they're saying that the group wanted to acquire as much as four and a half million euros as

and dana priest of "the washington post." live from our nation's capital, this is "washington week with gwen ifill." produced in shorks with national -- in association with national journal. funding for "washington week" is provided by -- boeing. exxonmobil. the ethics in excellence in journalism foundation. the annenberg foundation. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, sitting in for gwen ifill this week, gloria borger of cnn. gloria: good evening. if you follow the economic news here in washington this week, then you would know that president obama signed one of his most far-reaching accomplishments. the financial reform bill. and it's designed to prevent another economic meltdown. meanwhile, democrats in congress and a largely partisan vote finally passed an extension of unemployment benefits for nearly 2.5 million people. and the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, was quite cautious when describing t

in washington state are leaving. this is an extraordinary electoral environment. there will be more opportunities. >> one follow-up, if you don't mind. north of $4 million. i know your committee was down. do you think this movement in cash on hand is due to republican donors channeling their money to the nrss as opposed to the rnc? d.c. donors avoiding michael steele and the rnc to bring your money -- to bring their money to you? >> well, we are where the action is. of course, in a mid term election the congressional races are where the action is. in a presidential year, the rnc is the titular committee for the presidential nominee and they would tend to get more attention. it is no secret that the rnc has had some problems this time. frankly, we have reached out to major donors and said, for this cycle, we would encourage you to contribute to the senate committee, because of the structure of the senate, because of the importance of 41 votes. every additional vote we can get in the senate is going to be our chance to

it is washington -- your way. next, but remarks for michael steele as well as the republican candidate sharon angl,. then a discussion of the future of education in saddam followed by a speech from the prime minister of spain. the nevada republican party held its annual convention on friday, posting rnc chairman michael steele. here is a look, starting with german steel. this is the key minutes. -- this is 50 minutes. are you ready to win? you have your work cut out for you. we have some things to do. it is important that you pull yourself together and pull yourself up by your bootstraps sampling over and help a major pull themselves of an elite over and help the crazy aunt pulled himself up we're going to bring the change that this country needs. we're willing to bring the change that nevada needs. right out, but what you have a great new chairman and he is quite a guide. he is ready to rock and roll and strengthen this party. congratulations on your leadership. . he has a great team and a great partnership. he h

could smoke him for three americans being held in iran on a spanish charter is washington denies this that american media meanwhile has reported that amir was actually the last time i forget is working undercover as a terror on university oss he's pursuing for sound looks into the case. the looming question in this case how did the iranian scientists sure all of the early get to the united states one person has already answered that question sure amiri himself but his answers completely contradict one another in this video a man who says he and miri says he's in tucson arizona and was kidnapped by agents from the cia and saudi arabia. an intelligence agency he claims he was tortured a few hours later though this video is released a man who looks the same and also says he is sure amiri claims he is here to further his education the u.s. state department seems to agree with that statement he is here of his own volition that he has chosen to return to iran of his own volition that is how we do things here in the united states we didn't we didn't seize him and bring him here they were not

to good washington pushed back on them. when harry reid is saddled us with controlling shares in car companies that union bosses had driven into financial ruin, we did not complain. we drove ourselves to a tea party in harry's backyard. [applause] when harry reid started counting down to the end of the bush tax cuts, we started counting down to november 2nd anthe end of harry reid and his democrat majority in the senate and the house. americans have had enough. they have had enough. the fog is lifted from their eyes, the kool-aid has been drained from their veins. they are asking one simple question -- how we take our country back? i'll tell you. we take our country back when we retire harry reid. we take our country back when we fire nancy pelosi. we take our country back when we send good, conservative, principal leaders to washington. when we elect a governor who understands people. when we elect state officials from comptroller to attorney- general who are going to fight for the people, not against them. it's time to go

hair in the russian capital made headlines now peeled back over port calls on washington to the vietnam war legacy of deadly chemical agent orange which has denied for decades some with some of it. was how the make up of the first atomic bomb described its destination sixty five years ago which kicked off the cold war changed. forever. under someone who knew he would film starring bin laden spitting image takes a humorous look at the post nine eleven world. next the latest edition of our debate show crosstalk where people have ellen he's guests discuss what should be done to correct the failed policy of washington zimbabwe against cuba. under eight for the full story we've gone to. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. keep . a low key and welcome to cross talk i'm peter all about well he's back fidel castro's appearance on cuban television after four years again puts into focus of on his complicated relationship with washington obama calls u.s. policy on cuba failed what needs to be done to make it a success. you can. discuss the future of u.s. cuban r