we always get fascinating feedback on no child left behind and immigration policies, which is a new lens -- nuanced by regions. >> absolutely. we appreciate working here for all these years every area of the country has a different outlook on politics. it is one of the things that make the greater program work. we bring these communities together, and in many cases they are roommates where there are a couple of kids from the york and southern california or north dakota and pr, and that breaks down walls and creates more understanding. >> most of those places have the first amendment. >> as you know, john, when you are preparing the guests on the show, you tell them to remember these are students from all over the country. it keeps the politicians honest. they have to answer these questions. >> it is challenging for them. they make assumptions about the audience and the ideas they have. >> we have a student here. welcome to close up at the newwseum. >> since you have been around for over 30 years, i know you have experienced a lot of changes in administration, congress, and it to american

spending patterns of barack obama administration we get this e- mail from lynn in princeton, new jersey. -- from len. guest: right, well, the kaiser foundation in connection with a abc and "usa today" did a massive survey before the 2006 election were they asked people if they were happy. and in what areas they were most or least happy with their healthcare. 89% said they were privately happy with their health care, but only 44% were happy generally. one of their questions and abc/ etc. survey was whether they were in shorter not. you find out that the vast majority, 70% of the uninsured were very happy with their health care. the kaiser survey was redone in canada. when you compare the canadians who have a similar system to what obama is proposing in terms of having government insurance with private providers, you find the uninsured in the u.s. are about as happy as those under the government's system in canada. the notion of changing our health-care system is to bring up the uninsured, but if you look at canada -- if we had something similar, it would lower the level of happiness of the insured ra

new york state. hydroken netic power that was produced simply by the turn by lens of the east river along the shortline of the island of manhattan is there as a demonstration project. and r&d project that as a prototype holds promise, great promise when deployed into the manufacturing and commercial sectors. the opportunity for geothermal where i witnessed at the culinary institute of america, six new dorms and lodges as they are referred to utilizing geothermal as an energy source. and using the constant temperature of the earth far below us was a simple and novel idea, almost cavelike in its concept, but it is providing modern day usage. and certainly wind, solar, p.v., all being utilized in new york state as much as 1,100 megawatts worth of wind power. this is possible. it's very possible. and the jobs that we can create are countless as we go forward and it provides energy security, energy independence, and therefore i believe critically important to us, national security. we won't be putting our sons and daughters in harm's way because we won't be in the battle zone fighting over the commodity of

documents through the lens of their personal views, backgrounds and innocence is the judiciary to be a modest one applying the policies that others have enacted or can it, the judiciary, create new policies that are -- that a judge may desire or think is good? and when the correct answer to a legal case is difficult to ascertain, is a judge then empowered to remove his or her blindfold, that lady of justice with the blindfold on holding the scales? can they remove the blindfold and allow their personal feelings or -- or other outside the normal judicial evidence factors to sway the ultimate decision in the case? so i'm going to be talking about that and addressing those questions in the weeks to come. but i do think we need to first begin at the source. we must return to the words and ideas of those who founded our nation, whose foresight resulted in the greatest republic this world has ever known and the greatest legal system anywhere in the world. so it's clear from reviewing these words and ideas and ideals, particularly as expressed in the constitution itself, that our founders desired and created a court system that was independent, impartial, restrained, and that through a

new hampshire has between $244,000 and $500 in major health care companies. the family of representative jane har man. senior member of the congress committee drefting the lens. 3 point 2,000,000 more than more than 20 health care companies at the last year. while no congressional rules barred none from financial rules from what they regulate. experts say it often reflects conflict of interest particularly if there is a chance the legislation could result in personal financial boost. there's a complete story inside the "washington post" and a graphic you can follow as well. you can go to that at "washington post".com. again we have open phones this morning. chicago, illinois. democrats line. james? >> just two things. i think the next time someone calls that is so blatantly racist and a tacks other groups in this country should be could out on it. the guest shouldn't take anymore than that. maybe you also. but secondly, i wanted to comment that's the movement grows we need to make sure the interests are protected and we have to have the right to joun a francis yoon and that'll be important to that movement. >> madison heights, michigan. we here from the repu