fossum is pulling numbers? -- pulling numbers? guest: it doesn't mean she is going to stay there.ays he is the guy that gets closest to her. he is trying to run as mr. electable. it's one of those interesting dynamics. he has been talking about expanding the republican party reaching out to young people minorities. in that poll, some of the other figures were about who could you potentially support. there is a lot of potential for marco rubio. very few say that about chris christie and jeb bush. marco rubio is second place. look down the road to the next announcement. host: where is mitch daniels? who is next? guest: that's a good question. i don't know. do we have any actual dates? mitch daniels is not going to run it. i think he is the president of purdue university. guest: they have not picked dates. host:guest: i would not say this is a joke, these people are all running. they are raising as much money as they can before they officially announce and trigger legal requirements. they are effectively candidates. host: do you think chris christie is going to be a candidate? guest:

. >> n.s.a.a astronaut mike fossum says the space crew is planning to keep the station running should it have to be temporarily abandoned. he was joined yesterday by ronald garan. a new crew set to arrive this month was placed on hold after a russian rocket carrying supplies to the station crashed into siberia. the briefing here is about a half-hour. >> houston, we are ready for the event. >> please call the station for a voice check. >> station, this is jacfpao, how do you hear me? >> j.a.c., we can hear you loud and clear. >> abc news, we'll start with ron. the observations you have made from the space station of the hurricanes, the troorms, typhoons and we're -- tropical storms, typhoons and we're hoping you'll get the fires in texas today. tell me your perspective as you look at these powerful storms how you feel about that and your response? i'd like you to go into a little more detail, though. >> sure. actual he, i'm just the junior weather apprentice. mike has been doing most of that. i've been focusing on taking pictures when mike has been focusing on the video. i tell you it'

. >> my younger brother has very severe a lot fossum -- severe autism and relies on public schooling.hat are your views on funding for the school programs for disabled children? >> it is important that we have as much as possible. i was involved in the final passage of a scholarship bill to help some parents who had special-needs children so that they could take their kids to supplement the cost of some private education, but public schools are addressing a lot of these issues but are struggling, because we are struggling across the board. we have a real responsibility as utahans. money is tight in our state, but more importantly, we have to push the envelope. we are not educating our kids with best practices. i will give you an example. i helped start a curriculum that teaches kids, and it tries to bring it into a single curriculum. this helps kids learn more effectively. we need to absorb new technologies. i also helped start a charter school, the john hancock charter school, and that charter school system challenges the public system to get better. there are resources, as well, to

fossum is pulling numbers? -- pulling numbers? guest: it doesn't mean she is going to stay there.n interesting argument rand paul makes is he says he is the guy that gets closest to her. he is trying to run as mr. electable. it's one of those interesting dynamics. he has been talking about expanding the republican party reaching out to young people minorities. in that poll, some of the other figures were about who could you potentially support. there is a lot of potential for marco rubio. very few say that about chris christie and jeb bush. marco rubio is second place. look down the road to the next announcement. host: where is mitch daniels? who is next? guest: that's a good question. i don't know. do we have any actual dates? mitch daniels is not going to run it. i think he is the president of purdue university. guest: they have not picked dates. host:guest: i would not say this is a joke, these people are all running. they are raising as much money as they can before they officially announce and trigger legal requirements. they are effectively candidates. host: do you think chr

page directed the rule of law program for the united nations in sudan and she has advised those and fossum both the cpa and the door for peace process. senator lugar. >> i thank you mr. chairman for calling this hearing and for your very thoughtful opening statement, which in a comprehensive way sets forward many of the problems. i joined also in welcoming our distinguished witnesses. i appreciate that general gration has taken time to join us today. i know that he understands congress's deep interest in this issue and i applaud the appointment of a special envoy, underscoring the president's intentions to provide international leadership on the darfur crisis, but time is perhaps not on our side. the crisis now in the sixth year, the prospects for peace in the region appear to be little better than they were when the international community first responded with the massive humanitarian intervention. in the face of direct instruction and willful delays by khartoum, these humanitarian efforts probably saved hundreds of thousands of lives. but, millions of refugees continue to be at risk of v