will be judged a success or a failure? >> i hope i will be judged a success. i will be dead, matt, when they finally figure it out. i am comfortable knowing i gave it my all, that i love america, and that -- and i know it is an honor to serve. >> and that's all for now. i'm matt lauer. from all of us at msnbc news, thank you for joining us. back to business at home. possible headed to washington to face a big week ahead. is he headed for a clash or compromise on key issues? a jolt of wintry weather. the upper midwest hit with a foot of snow and the snow is not over. the forecast in just minutes. the pat-down control. the controversy and rules for checking airmen passengers. we're going to get a legal perspective.

the new reality. how real-looking robots are taking over jobs in one country. is this a job that will spread? good morning. we're getting a little bit of a late start here because it's 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. on the west. things in washington are about to get a lot busier. president obama is heading whack from his overseas trip as congress kicks off a lame-duck session with a long list of hot button issues. nbc's mike viqueira is live for us. good morning, mike. >> good morning, alex. >> what's coming up this week? >> reporter: the president had some success and he's had some failures. he's winging his way back to washington now. when he gets back to washington, it does not get any easier. the lame-duck session convenes tomorrow and it promises to be a short and angry session of congress. president obama wrapping up the last of his ten days in asia. sitting down with russian president, dmitri medvedev to

talk arms control, sightseeing, returning returning to this site that he visited as a child. later he'll return to the white house and reality. still speaker until january nancy pelosi will be a lame duck speaker of the house. >> when we give tax cuts, we want to give them to midd middle-class. >> reporter: on a temporary basis. >> it's clear tonight who the winners really are. >> reporter: fresh off their sweeping victory, republicans have rejected the opening. >> i think extending all of the current tax rates and making them permanent will reduce the uncertainty in america and help small businesses begin to create jobs again. >> reporter: the white house stance has also brought rid cue from the left. >> what we need from president obama right now is strength, not weakness. >> reporter: the upshot, even with democrats still in control

now, the president still has little room to maneuver. >> he's trying to play the space in the middle. there's nobody in the middle, an it's going to be very hard for him. >> reporter: more measures on the table for the lame duck, another extension of unemployment benefits and another decision on merge's don't ask don't tell policy. but after midterm upheaval they may wait till they're sworned in. >> until they can actually get what they want done. >> reporter: on thursday president obama will sit down with congressional leaders for dinner. at the table, john boehner, the man likely to lead the house as the next speaker. >> he goes to e negotiations with barack obama wrks the support of the american people, and with a clear understanding of what lies ahead. i don't look for him to be in a terribly compromising mood. >> reporter: and, alex, a couple of things to add on there. you saw the meeting with

president and dmitri medvedev. they say they want the arms negotiation treaty through the united states senate. that's going to be another tough hill to climb. remember when nancy pelosi was going to step down but become the minority leader? that created a log jam. he was the odd man out. in the enthey finessed it, created a job for hichlt he'll be called the assistance leader and remain number three in the white house hierarchy. alex. >> thank you very much. we'll see you again. a new "washington post" article reports while he was in as asia. the report says the president's aides examined what went long leading up to the midterms and how to reverse terms now. good sunday morning to you. >> good morning to you, alec.

how are you in. >> i'm well, thanks. i hope you are too. what is the overall sense in the white house of the way forward. believe now it's essentially to press a reset button, to take a look at what happened in the midterm elections and see what the message was that voters sent to democrats, to washington a, and to take advantage of what they saw and what that means in the short term is compromising on this bush era tax cut issue. i think you're likely to see a compromise from the white house during that lame duck session. that's in the short term. beyond that, i think the white house will look to reach out to republicans on a range of issues. we saw the president in his youtube address talk about earmark reform, i think the president will also see compromise, republicans reaching out to him as it relates to foreign policy, certainly as it relates to thepolicy in after smoog what about those in the middle, shall we say? because "the washington post" says the white house officials

are concerned with the independent vote. here's why. in 2008 they supported obama by an 8-point margin. look at 2010. independents backed them by 19 points. what's behind this. is it because barack obama's name wasn't on the ballot or might this country be making a deeper turn to the right? >> according to robert gibbs, a lot of it is because president obama was not on the ballot in 2010. you lose that enthusiasm that the president received in 2008 from the core constituency. but also beyond that from independents. i think if you look beyond that, independents when they voted for president obama in 2008 and essentially put him in the white house, they spoke for him about bringing great change to washington. if you look at exit polls that came out on november 2nd, that change that the president promised wasn't delivered.

i think what you're likely to see in the next two years is more ways in which the president can show that he is changing the way washington works. they're likely to see, as i mentioned, that earmark reform the president talked about yesterday put forward and other things that independents want to see. certainly a cut in spending. we heard that a lot during the mid term elections and also from exit poles and i think you're likely to see that as well. >> jon decker, thank you much. >> thanks a lot, alex. >> for all the latest political headlines check out fir firstread@msnbc.com. president hamid karzai tells "the washington post" it's take toon high a toll and they need to be less intrusive in the daily lives of after against. he say the night raids fuel antisentiment and embolden the

taliban. karzai says the long-time president's foreign soldiers will make them worse and the afghan troops are ready to step up and take responsibility for their country's security. a british couple held hostage by somali pirates for more than a year is free this morning. paul and rachel chandler's yacht was stormed by pirates on october 23, 2009. somalian and british columbia officials have been working to secure their release since then. they reportedly paid a $300,000 ransom. she told the "associated press" they're very happy to be alive. the largest november snowfall in two decades moving through minnesota, dumping nearly a foot of snow in some parts of the twin cities and catching people by surprise. after an unusually warm. nine inches fell. in iowa, six inches covered streets and fields and knocked down trees and power lines.

let's go to the weather channel and say food morning to jeff morrow. we missed you. i hope you had a good day off. >> i did. that snowstorm you were just referring to, yeah, that's not headed east. i know some people on the east coast are probably thinking, uh-oh, are we going to get that snow? we'll just get rain showers headed that way. it's a pretty nice day along the eastern seaboard. a few showers. we'll watch for a little rain along the gulf coast, houston may see some of that. there's the snow tapering up around duluth. the rest of the plains nice and dry and we have a new system moving into the northern rockies. more snow there. just a sign that the seasons are changing. if do you want to get more warm weather, phoenix doesn't look that bad. at 75 degrees vegas and l.a. have a pretty nice day today, alex. >> thank you, jeff morrow. we'll see you again. a horrific scene on a california highway. police this morning are looking for the drive over a car that caused that wreck.

it happened saturday afternoon after a honda sedan tried passing a group of motorcycles on a one-way highway in a town about 80 miles outside of san diego. the sedan caused the vehicle to swerve right into the motor vehicles. four of them died as well as the passenger in the car. now police are looking for the driver who triggered the whole accident. three men were found clinging to their capsized boat. one reported them missing when they failed to return to clear water, florida, on friday after a fishing trip. so here's a case where having a front row seat is definitely not a good thing. take a look at this. >> watch the drops. >> uh-oh. okay. that is so nod good, right? that 1,300-pound bull sent

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angeles for the nation's most expensive school. the school was built on the site of the ambassador hotel where robert f. kennedy was assassinated in 1968. it cost more than $578 million to build. why would thousands of people bid thousands of dollars to get madoff's old slippers and underwear. nbc's glen zimmerman has the story. >> with a -- and a -- >> a lot of yelling and really fast talking. >> hundreds of people filled the conference room at the new york's sheraton hotel and more than a thousand others joined the bidding online. all of them were trying to buy the possessions of the now infamous ponzi scheme bernie madoff. >> my boyfriend works in finance. it's a big thing for him. i'm here for him. >> but you're having fun. >> yeah, i'm having fun.

>> she spent more than $900 on flasks and a cigar cases. and, yes, the auctions was fun as they tried humor. this foot stool went for 3ing $300. a steinway grand piano fetched more than 40 grand and a 10 1/2 karat engagement ring brought in. >> i think she was a frontal boundary of it. i don't know how she was able to amass such a collection, but for one person it's definitely very impressive. >> nearly 500 items were up for auction from furniture to underwear to unopened socks and slippers. that's something he hoped to buy for his dad. >> i worked in banking, liquidation for some time. it's really something of personal interest to come and make a bid and see if i can get something unique. >> here's a bit of irony. just across the hall from the

auction there's a conference, "business ethics." . u.s. marshalls plan to give whatever they make to madoff's victims. but with actual losses estimated at anywhere between 18 and $65 billion, this will sadly just be a drop in the bucket. >> wish i could give more, but -- >> don't we all. >> and that's wnbc's glenn zimmerman for that. a robot actor makes her stage debut. was it cool or creepy? [ male announcer ] montgomery and abigail higgins had a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit, which provided for their every financial need. [ thunder rumbling ] [ thunder crashing ]

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singing robot. she spoke to president obama about the country's technological strength. meanwhile this week a japanese robot took the stage for the first time as an actress. she was controlled from backstage and co-starred in the play with a human. hear with me now is scott stein, senior associate editor of cnet.com. >> where do we begin. >> yeah. creepy or cool? we suggested it earlier. what is it? >> we suggested both. it's partly creepy, that's part of the appeal. it's not meant to be a real person, and so in that limited engagement people were certainly interested in seeing how that work. it's interested. there's engineers behind the scene. when you see those in person, the picturecould look realistic but it's an uncanny effect. it's unnerving. >> we've got our directors doing this. talking.

it looks so normal. i mean this is not completely a novel concept no. >> if you ever grew up at chuck e. cheese or the hall of presidents, you've grown up with the idea of robots ene ter taning you. certainly the technology, manufacturing and engineering has become much more advanced but you still have the uncanny effect where the closer you get the more unnerving, especially if you're trying to cree yit a human being. >> looking forward to a holographic singer who's popular in japan, i want you to listen to this. ♪ >> okay. so this is super, super popular in japan. >> yeah. >> is there something that appeals to japanese culture? is that culture ahead of the

game? >> definitely japanese culture has the concept of adoru and main gra and anime out there. it's incredibly interesting. it's done as a holographic projection. again, we're not that far away from that because we have groups like gorillas who have wanted to do a holographic tour and they're hoping to do that. we have that. hey, we're watching pixar movies, we love avatar. when you think about it in video games we have these characters all around us. i think it's true, japanese culture pioneered all of this. the question is now maybe we can start watching some of these projections. >> what are you going to do with this in the future. entertainment is one thing but are their black tick call applications in others? >> they're looking at caretakers for the elderly. how tee humanizing is that if you're in need or you're going to want to have a robot taking care of you.

there may be people who choose that. if they feel lonely they may want something around them. it's still a little creepy. they piecoro bots that are more cartoonish. maybe for projections you can use tellers. instead of a voice or computer screen it's something more personable. but, you know, there's a disconnect definitely. i think it's best used for automated tasks or for stunt like that where do you're doing stunts. lady gaga she's in a way a virtual character. she's real, but it's a concept. how much farther away is it before we get -- >> i think she might take offense at that. >> it's true. it comes out of how entertainment or good the music is. >> all true. scott stein with cnen.com. >> a big announcement is coming from facebook tomorrow. the company's expected to announce it's offering e-mail to the 500 million members on the site. this would make facebook the largest e-mail service on the

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missing since last week. police found traces of blood in the home of the central ohio family, but they say there's no sign of abduction. 32-year-old tina herman, daughter sarah, 10-year-old son co-man and friend were last seen thursday. they're hoping aur four will be found safe. joining us to talk about the investigation, criminal profiler pat brown. good morning. >> good morning, alex. >> what are the questions investigators ask themselves as they try to search for this family? >> well, they're really going to be looking heavily at the forensic ef. 're going to be looking at how much blood was there. would somebody have been dead at this location or severely injured? they're saying it's not an abduction. the only way it would be an an jukz is if one party got injured and they all left on their own which doesn't make a whole lot of sense. they're going to be looking at the vehicles to see if there's blood. if somebody left with that amount of blood that's around the house you would think it

would end up in somebody's vehicles, either that vehicle or some other person's. >> cops say it does not appear that there was a forced entry into that home. what does that say? >> well, that says to me that it's likely it either was a crime was committed by one of the parties in the home, which would be one of the -- probably one of the women, or, you know, it could be an accident with a child and maybe a weapon or something that went off and somebody freaked out or it could be somebody that knows the women well enough and, of course, people would say they're going to be looking add the boyfriend that would be the number one person they'd be checking in with on that. the most interesting about the case is the dog is missing. who takes the dog with them from a crime scene. that's very, very unusual. the only person who would do that would be somebody who cares about the dog. they're going to be looking for the owners of the dog. fbi and center for the exploited children are working with the ohio highway state patrol. how do these agency work

together? what does the highway patrol do? do they set up the amber alert type of things all up and down the highways? >> they're rarely concerned, especially with the children, if somebody has abducted them. the only purpose for abducting them is they would be witnesses to the crime. of course, you would ask if they were witnesses to the crime, why whouln't they be killed there. if it was a home invasion. something if it was more involved with the people in the home, then that would be the mother taking the children and going on the run so the children would be in a safer situation, they still, of course, they'll be looking out for -- there's still an injured party if not one, all four, if it's somebody who came into the home, somebody who knew one of the women. then you're talking about all four are in danger. so i mean they really want to get to these, especially the children, as quickly as they can and do what they can. >> absolutely. pat brown, thank you so much. new word from the top white house adviser this morning as president obama returns from an

overseas trip aimed at boosting economic activities. on "meet the press" david axelrod rejected the words. >> i'm sure you would show the positive headlines from interest trip as well. the president went on this mix because asia is the most vibrant market, growing market in the world and we want to compete for those jobs and that's why he went. >> and nbc's lee cowan has been traveling with the president. he joins us from japan. good morning. >> the president wrapped up his ten-day trip to asia. he visited the great buddha. he also had some sideline meetings with russia's president as well before he left. he does come home, though, alex, with not everything he hoped to get. he talks about the inability to get an agreement on china's manipulation of the currency and the failure to secure a free trade deal with korea but they're still trying to secure

this trip as a success. the level of engagement that the president has had in this region in the last ten days really makes a difference between a prosperous u.s. and one that risks being left behind. now, of course, the president turns his attention again to the economy but he's going to have to be facing that back home. he's looking at it where he's going to be talking about the tax cuts, the deficit and a whole host of other things. once again the economy will be put back on center stage. that's the latest from yokohama. back to you. >> lee gown, thanks for that. one by one the votes are adding up in alaska. senator lisa murkowski is winning the majority of the write-in votes. joe miller says he won't spend too much time fighting over contested votes if the math doesn't add up. still he wanted to wait for the final count before he makes any announcements. rom emmanuel has made it official.

he's running for mayor of chicago. rahm's been unofficially campaigning. our world view this morning begins in belgium where torrential rain is creating severe flooding. several regions have declared a state of emergency. more rain is in the forecast today. millions are making their way to mecca in saudi arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage. every adult muslim who can afford to must go once in their lifetime. and incredible life in chile. children took three days to build most of the structure. it tops the previous record of 101 feet by about eight inches. and looking ahead to the week on wall street, traders will try to rebound tomorrow after an up-and-down week in the markets. home builders will update their views on the housing market. home building is still not on the rise. general motors will begin

selling stock to the public again. each new gm share is expected to sell upwards of $29. the auto maker could raise at least $10 billion just this week. and president obama will release his latest book. it's a picture book inspired by his daughters sasha and malia. it's called "to thee i sing:america and its daughters." a new survey suggests when it comes to holiday shopping there's a big gender gap on how men and women spend moneyed on gifts and the results may surprise you. 48% women expect to spend less this season. 35% for men. should retailers be worried about this? let's check in with carmen wong ulrich. good morning on to you. >> good morning. >> 48% of women say they're holding on to more of their dollars and 35% of the men say the same thing. >> think about it.

we're still in it. we're still in it. >> aren't we tired of being in it? >> of course we're still exhausted being in it. we ooh going to be in it for a while. we're all being super, super cautious with our money. we know, depending on all the research, most women basically handle the household budget. and gifts fall under the household budget. >> they do. so you're not surprised by this. because i know some guys go out there and they blow it on things that maybe the women would go, really, 00? thanks. >> here's the thing. electronic retailers are looking at i. they're saying we're going to have gang buster sale this year. 94% of people men and women overall are going to spend the same as last year or less. not necessarily great news for retailers. >> so we're looking a what they say they're going to do in terms of hanging only that holiday budgets. 37% say they're going spent less, stay within their budget. 27% men say they will cut back.

the takeaway, should we be hoping for more presents from the guys in our lives is that not going to happen? >> we wish. husband -- four in ten women are saying they're going to spend less overall and three in ten men are going to spend less overall. they're going to spend less. they do intend to buy more, the electronics, jewelry, that sort of thing. in terms of women, 16% of women say they're only going to spend on gifts for their kids. >> if you're a retailer, who do you target and how? who's the power shopper ho eper? >> both. women control the majority of the gift budget. they spend money on individual items. >> it's like kwabty versus quality. >> i can tell you overall there was another survey by coupon.com over harris, two-thirds of shoppers will shop on sale. nobody's interested in paying full price. >> they can shop now. >> oh, yes. >> the sales that are out there. how desperate are the retailers because you look at.

these are kind of black friday sales. >> they're happening right now. right now. i just started shopping yesterday. i like to have my shopping done before december 1st because it's just too crazy. but really are it was mobbed. and the sales are out there. especially if you're online. you're going to see a ton of sales. be careful. this is the retailers' third holiday season so they know they're going to spend less. they've justed how much they have in their inventory. be careful or you might lose out. >> good advice as always. >> thank you. sarah palin ready for reality tv. if she decides to run in 2012 will this kind of exposure help or hurt her? you need a little website development. some transparent reporting, so you know it's working. online ads and 1-on-1 marketing consultation. yellowbook's got all that.

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sarah palin's new reality tv is set to make its debut tonight while they say it's all about her family life in alaska, it raises new questions about her potential feature in politics.

let's take a look. >> that's what the alaskan spirit is and we're proud of it. you have to respect the elements out here. mother nature always wins. we're snagged. i think we're going be stuck here. the anchor is dropped and a bear's coming toward us. i'm looking around to todd going, are you feeling what i'm feeling, todd? wow. >> let's see if joe watkins, republican strategist, msnbc analyst and karen finney, former communications director are feeling it. good morning to you, both. how are you, guys? >> good morning, alex. >> joe, you're in the same party. in sarah palin decides to run in 2012 does this help or hurt her chances of doing so? >> i'll just say this. i've been around politics for a long time. i've worked in politics for a long time as has karen and i worked in the white house as has karenful we both know if you run for the presidency, this time

before the important year, 2011, you want to be in iowa and. >> announcer: buijoorks new hampshire joochlt you don't sign a contract and do a reality show. >> okay. your thoughts karen? i mean if you were advising palin, you'd be thinking you have to stop this or take the chance this is going to help? >> probably my initial reaction would be what are you thinking? actually it could be very smart. we heard from friends who live in alaska. people underestimate her all the time. she may be onto something. i think aboutet i. it's about an eight-week campaign commercial. it's a lot safer than going on say, the leno show or colbert because it's a controlled environment. eight weeks, i'm sure, is relatively sketched out so you have a sense of what's going to happen. for her it's a controlleded way for her to manage the image of

her she wants to portray, family values, loves the outdoors. >> is this all pushing the likability factor? this certainly doesn't do anything to validate her ability to sit behind the desk at the oval office. >> but, you know what -- >> joe, first. sorry. >> that's all right. karen. i think she's a likeable person. people, i don't think, dislike sarah palin. she has strong views so people may strongly disagree with her views. but, again, going on a reality show with a chance to make money, she's done a very, very good job of that. she left the governor's office, she wrote a book, she's increased her net worth significantly by tens of millions of dollars. >> but have you seen the latest gallup poll numbers? they're 52% have an unfavorable view of palin. 40% view her favorably. that's an overwhelming number of people who dislike her. if the republicans want to win back the white house. sarah palin might not be the

best answer. >> this maybe the best way to address that likability issue. we know in modern times if you look at polling, likability really matters. so does shares my values, honest and trustworthiness. this is a way for people to get another sense of who she is as a person, as a mom, in the elements if do you will. if you think about it in the path of the nominations is, iowa as joe pointed out, new hampshire and south carolina. i think about the kind of voters that you have there and the kind of message that you might be able to send with a program like this. i mean i think it's a very interesting idea. at a minimum she'll get a lot of people tuning in initially out of curiosity and maybe they'll stay and keep watching. >> joe, what do you think? can people bounce back from these right now perceived legitimately perceived numbers to the highest office in the land? >> the presidency is really hard work. it's hard. it's hard to also change numbers and change perception, so you've

got a lot right now. you've got mitt romney, mitch daniels, mike huckabee, you've got a bunch of serious folks out there that want to be president. that's a long list. they all want to be president and they're working at it right now as we speak. so sarah palin being on tv is a wonderful thing, but, again, it's hard to overcome high negative numbers. >> well, karen finney and joe watkins, always great with you guys. more snow is expected in the upper midwest. the storm slammed minnesota yesterday dumping up to 11 inch s in some part and delivered a heavy coat to iowa and wisconsin. areas of minnesota could see another half foot of snow today. and for a look at the national forecast, the weather channel's mike seidel is in tampa, florida, where there's not a single snowflake in sight. good day to you, mike. >> reporter: no, not a chance down in tampa. it's sunny this morning, already up to 70. we're looking at a kick-off of

785. panthers against tampa bay. parts of extreme northern wisconsin. most of those warnings go out at 4:00 this afternoon. maybe another several inches. the rest of the country is pretty quiet. we have the weather crossing the appalachians, bringing rain. we're expecting rain at the bills game. this is a pretty wimpy front. we'll look at another storm coming up the appalachians. it will bring rain to a good deal of the earn seaboard on tuesday but no snow except maybe on the backside. not a bad day for travel. errants looking good. also looking good, of course, is the tailgating and we've got john mcguire from clearwater beach. we've been over there for some hurricanes. look at this spread. alex, i know something here has hit your fancy. let us know -- >> these are my country green bens, pulled pork, beef brisket,

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new jersey lawmakers will speak tomorrow about how new airport security measures are rubbing their constituents the wrong way. it includes full-body scans and patdowns where the sun doesn't shine, if you know what i'm o saying. here to discuss whether the screens go too far, two prosecutors what do you think, guys? go too far, these patdowns? >> yes and no. here's the interesting thing. apparently one of the complaints about the patdowns other than it being intrusive is they're ineffect ivg. in other words, they're too intrusive to be accepted but not effective. if they're not effective, should we continue to do them?

>> it makes some people uncomfortable of people look at this video of people being patted down. they didn't hit all those strategic places. >> i don't like mammograms or pap smears but i do them so i don't die prematurely. >> but you don't do them at the airport. >> here's how you get around the law. if you say you don't want to go through a scanner and have your body revealed on the camera you can opt out of that and get the patdown. >> the lesser of two evils. >> obviously you have an option here. now, obviously there has to be some give. obviously people don't like to be man handled for religious purposes. i've had people e-mail me saying they're having triggers when they get these patdowns so that's very disturbing. >> so they should go through the scanner. >> if you know you're going to have the issue. >> are they retaining the pictures. >> who's looking aet them?

are they certified. >> do we know? >> they go through a training program but people would feel better that they would like they're like an emt tech who's gotten certified and the pictures are not going to be on a website. >> what if lady gaga goes through and they know it and go, ooh, we've got a picture. >> and later she's on tmst with fall body,al her womanness. >> they say on their blog there's nothing punitive about it. it just makes good security sense. and the weapons and other dangerous and prohit items we've found during patdowns speak to this. what could normally be a violation of somebody's privacy? >> again, if it actually works. because let's not forget. when you go to an airport, it's like going to a border checkpoint. your rights are pretty much out the window. you have a limited expectation of privacy there. if the government can prove that it works, then i think they'll be able to justify it.

>> what's the criteria for if it works? >> what are they finding in somebody's bra or understood wear? >> they're finding all kinds of weapons and paraphernalia and obviously that's their argument. the government has a high interest to keep you safe so therefore there's got to be some given. everyone can understand both sides but, you know, you want to keep people safe but you don't want to be man-handled either. >> not everyone is a threat. lady gaga is not going to be blowing up the plane. >> we don't know what kind of a -- >> i'm saying as far as weapons, if somebody has a weapon on them and they go crazy, even if they're not going to be a terrorist or blow something up they could cause harm. we want to be safe. get the happy medium. get the people certified. treat them like technicians. >> do you think? >> yes. soaring salaries. how would you like a raise of 1,000%. some government workers got that kind of pay hike.