he's from wisconsin.to what degree is he speaking for where voters of wisconsin have gone since dwight? >> well, i guess you'd have to measure that by the election results and given that it is now a majority of republican states, i gather that he speaks for those voters and his message clearly is on budget restraint and he regards entitlements as something that's going to drag us down into, you know, the situation in greece. he said last night that government entitlements are growing a social safety net to a hammock. he's the one who has proposals in his road map, of course, to get at social security spending by allowing people to privately invest some of that money and by gradually turning medicaid into vouchers. so i think this message of fiscal restraint and a bloated government resonates here in the state of wisconsin and i think that's why you saw what you saw in the midterm elections. >> and the anger that was expressed in the midterm elections and that paul ryan was channeling a little bit of last

so, our challenge in states like wisconsin ares a stronomcal. we have a government accountability bored that were appointed by democratic governor. all former judges appointed by that same governor. we have no statewide registration list that's remotely accurate still as of this day. so as a national party chairman, i would use the resources to assist, obviously the state parties in their actions against their states. i think we need to win these battles in the courts. i think we need to win more races in the legislation so we can pass photo i.d. in all states and make sure we either have photo i.d., real i.d. or some method of protecting our institutional right to vote in this country. i think it has to be a top priority of the next chairman. >> voter fraud is a real issue out there and it's important that every state party and at the national party that we provide the resources and the legal basis and the resources in order to stop voter fraud out there. will call ballot integrity programs across the country. poll watchers are important to hav

with wisconsin and tcu. with wisconsin and tcu. came down to today, we gather to recognize the selfless decision of one of the most influential women of our time. the woman who, after having one too many drinks, chose not to drive home buzzed. here today to honor rachel is the family whose lives she spared. >> john: hello world, the baby girl is the first new bore -- borne. the little girl was premature. weighed four poundses and five ounces. her mom, stephanie hernandez was surprised to learn her baby was the first to be born this year. >> i didn't believe it. she can't be the first baby. has to be a whole bunch of other babies born then. she is the first one. >> john: i think it's you. she's called zaria haiti. zary a is help from god, and haiti is a female battle warrior. >>> frances dinglasan in for leigh glaser. >> frances: i brought the rain, and unfortunately it's going to stick around, but we have some dry days ahead. here's the golden gate bridge with some leftover rain drawps on the lens. so we're dealing with light rain,

let i get wisconsin -- us get wisconsin working again.f from taxation, regulation and be litigation costs for employers. and it makes it easier for workers and farmers to afford health care. we will transform the department of commerce into a public/private partnership that will effectively promote commerce throughout wisconsin. we need more commerce. our citizens are hurting. let i come together and -- let us come together and work for passage of these needed reforms. we have businesses in the state that are in a position to hire new workers in the short term, yet time and time again employer s tell me they're uneasy about the future, and most are concerned about what the government might do to them next. the changes that we promote as part of our special session on jobs will send a clear message to job creators: now is the time to invest. to the business owners of the state, i say simply this: stay here, grow here, invest here. and to businesses all across the world i say, bring your jobs here. we have the most talented work force in th

he came in as chairman of the wisconsin republican party in 2007. after that, he was able to build a significant organization out there. they won daid obey's house seat and russ feingold's senate seat. they did that and a fairly blue states. they made significant gains in this last election. he promised to lead the rnc for it. >> what do think we will see? what you're looking for as we move into the jet -- chairmanship of reince preibus? >> he faces a fund-raising challenge. there were estimates before the vote happen that he will need to raise at least $400 million in the next few years to compete with president obama and senate democrats and the dnc. the other challenge he faces a the tea party movement. what we saw last couple of years was a movement, a decentralization of republican power into these groups, these 9-12 groups, activists and money were flowing away from the rnc and into this grassroots movement. he has to convince those activists and donors that the rnc is back and they are more viable and stable. they need to start putting their

our first step is to rebuild wisconsin's economy. we open wisconsin for business.wo years ago i met a couple who ran a metal fabricating company. times were tough and they had to lay off all their other employees, sell their building work out of their own garage. still, like the spirit that they wanted to get and maybe even more in the future. they had a dream of renewal. the dream bourne gives me hope for the future of great state. it's their dream and the dream of our fellow citizens that we build a plan for renewal. [applause] >> and it starts today. to begin our transformation, we will work with our legislative partners in both political parties. to pass a series of bold reforms that will send a clear message wisconsin indeed is open for business. we have an ambitious goal, 250,000 new jobs by 2015. i know we can do it. because we did it a generation ago. in january of 1987, governor tommy thompson declared in this rotunda, our grateful priority will be jobs. more jobs, better jobs, and most importantly, secured jobs for wisconsin's workers by the end of his fi

wisconsin. and wyoming. >> are there any members of the rnc will have not exercised their opportunity to vote? any members who have not voted? please proceed with the accounting of the ballots. i declare this session to begin formally at peace. the floor remains closed to non-members with the exception of the individuals holding proxies' and non-member candidates for rnc chairman. please do now leave the room. the counting process will not take long. when it is completed i will announce results, and we will proceed with business. the committee will stand at ease. >> i have received the official results from the chairman of the tellers. the results will be read in descending order of votes received as follows -- reince priebus, 45. michael steele, 44. maria cino, 32. saul anuzis, 24. ann wagner, 23. we will now recess -- one more time? ok. reince priebus, 45. michael steele, 44. maria cino, 32. saul anuzis, 24. ann wagner, 23. we will now recessed for 20 minutes. the floor remains closed to non-

wisconsin was a police state, very liberal, right? it is against the law to have intercourse until you are 18 years old. but i just ask you this, this is san francisco, let me ask you this -- how many of you have smoked pot? [laughter] i ask this of my students every semester. how many of you have sexual intercourse before age 17? in my state, you are convicted felons. right? so i tell my students, i tell them that i'm going to take my university's 15,000, and going to take my students, and we're going to march down to the police station, and they are all going to confess to having sexual intercourse before age 18. my point is there is no escape anymore. it is not just a criminal records. i really feel sorry for our children and grandchildren. we are telling -- felonizing recreational drugs, felonziinizg recreational sex. i go into prisons, and in interviewing lesbian women who are 19 and 20 years old who get 20 years for having sex with a 17 year-old. she's 19, she 1

wisconsin was a police state, very liberal, right? it is against the law to have intercourse until you are 18 years old. but i just ask you this, this is san francisco, let me ask you this -- how many of you have smoked pot? [laughter] i ask this of my students every semester. how many of you have sexual intercourse before age 17? in my state, you are convicted felons. right? so i tell my students, i tell them that i'm going to

i'm from madison, wisconsin, which is a town not unlike san francisco.hey cannot put me on trial in madison in wisconsin, so they took me to the south of carolina, and they put me on trial in strom thurmond federal courthouse in charleston, south carolina. across the street was the confederate cemetery. from the courthouse, they flew two flags -- the u.s. flag and the confederate battle flag, which was the state flag of south carolina. from the court room, i could look out the window and seaport sumter in the distance -- see fort sumter. they put me on a case with no marijuana. they invented imaginary marijuana. they said i was charged with conspiring to contribute 10 tons of colombian marijuana. i pled not guilty. i had a jury trial. i was found guilty on one account, acquitted on nine. i had an appellate case and the supreme court case. i was then facing 15 years. since may to nine. when i went to federal prison, i did time in eight different states in nine different federal prisons, including four penitentiaries -- that is a maximum security. includin

wisconsin public goal -- the wisconsin leader reince priebus was elected president of the republican national committee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate it, and thank you, members of the committee, for giving me a few moments to speak with you. i wanted to just briefly touch on some of these successes we had in 2010. clearly, with all of the various different politicking that takes place within the committees, sometimes it is difficult to remember how successful we were in november 2010. as you can remember, we had a osi,ular goal of fire pel and thankfully, we did that. one of the programs we are able to offer is targeting for every congressional district around the entire country, which is a first for the rnc. we are also able to implement over 360 victory offices throughout the country, along with over 360 victory staffers, staff in those offices -- staffing those offices. we had over wrote 40 million contacts. -- over 43 million contacts. since the election, we have done an extensive review for every department at the rnc to be able to make sure the we are able to learn

our challenge is in states like wisconsin -- challenges in states like wisconsin are astronomical. we have a board appointed by a democratic governor, all former judges appnted by the same goveor. we have no statewide registration list that is remotely accurate still as of this day. as a national party chairmen, i would use theesources to assist, obviously, the state parties and their actions against their states. i think we need to win these battles and the courts. we need to win more races in the legislatures of that we can pass photo id in all states and make sure that we either have photo id, real id, or some method of protecting our constitutional right to vote in this country. i could get past the top priority of the next chairman. -- i think it has to be a top priority of the next chairman. >> voter fraud is a real issue, and it is important that the state party and the national party provides the resources and the legal basis and resources to stop of voter fraud out there and initiate what we will call ballot integrity programs across the country. poll watchers are importan

wisconsin is open for business. vie bran sigh to our state. my top priorities are simple, jobs, jobs, and more jobs. we'll right state government by ensuring government is providing only the essential services our citizens need and our taxpayers can afford. [cheers and applause] my fellow state workers, i invite you to partner with me in this necessary work. we'll focus on the long term creatively improving our education system so our children can participate in the global marketplace. we will protect our natural resources and honor and respect the role of the family in our society. my fellow citizens, that is my pledge to you, a pledge for a new and better wisconsin that we build together. just moments ago, i took a solemn oath to defend our constitution which rests right here. our constitution is a document of, by, and for the people. it is bigger than any government, any legislature, or any governor. when the citizens of the wisconsin territory approved our constitution in 1848, they envisioned a brighter future

our challenge is in states like wisconsin -- challenges in states like wisconsin are astronomical. we have a board appointed by a democratic governor, all former judges appointed by the same governor. we he no statewide registration list that is remotely accurate still as of this day. as a national party chairmen, i would use the resources to assist, obviously, the state parties and their actions against their states. i think we need to win these battles and the courts. we need to win more races in the legislatures of that we can pass photo id in all states and make sure that we either have photo id, real id,r some method of protecting our constitutional right to vote in this country. i could get past the top priority of the next chairman. -- i think it has to be a top priority of the next chairman. >> voter fraud is a real issue, and it is important that the state party and the national party provides the resources and the legal basis and resources to stop of voter fraud out there and initiate what we will call ballot integrity programs across the country. poll watchers are import

johnson from wisconsin, our congressional delegation, and on behalf of the republican party of wisconsin, i am proud and happy to stand before you and nominate for our next chairman of the republican national commission, mr. reince priebus. [applause] i have been involved in politics for some time, and i have watched over the last dozen or so years the courier and leadership that reince priebus has brought to our party and our state, culminating several years ago when he became our leader. immediately upon becoming chairman, he retired are dead, he ran the house -- he retired our debt. he raised record amounts of money. he rruited conservative candidates. he represented us wonderfully to the media. he stayed on message. he wrapped us -- wrapped his arms around the various coalition groups to include the tea party, and the results showed it on november 2. never in history of our state have return of our state around. governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, both houses, and two congressional seats. a state that was totally black and blue became totally red. and now he is offering

he did very well and a fairly competitive district and wisconsin. he is one of the more conservative members of the house of representatives. that does not stop them from let -- from winning by large margins. >> we have got that on the internet here. i want to ask you about his speech making capabilities. >> he is seen as somebody this speaks with assurance and confidence about the issues that he cares about. i think that really explains why he has emerged as a major figure in the economic debate. he has a grasp of the issue. he is not just a policy wonk, he is immersed in economics. he has a highly developed and landings when it comes to economic doctrine. -- leanings when it comes to economic doctrine. she is -- he is a politician from wisconsin who is a bow hunter and comfortable in the midwest. he is a fairly accessible speaker as well. he is young and for some people, that might be a little jarring. his profile is rising and ureas delivering the republican response. >> what did he do before congress? >> he was an aide to jack kemp. he was also

representative gwen moore, fourth district, wisconsin. representative yvette d. clark, 11th district, new york, secretary congressional black caucus. representative keith ellison, fifth district, minnesota. representative hank johnson, fourth district, georgia. representative laura richardson, 37th district, california. representative andre carson,

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the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to a new member but a seep yor member of congress, the gentleman from california, mr. calvert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. calvert: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 2, a bill that repeal the disastrous government takeover of health care. the more we learn about the new health care law, the more we understand how devastating it will be to our economy. already employers across the country have suffered increases in their health premiums as a result of the health care law. yet we were told that the bill would send or bend the health care curve downward. we were told the bill would reduce the deficit by $143 billion over 10 years. however we know the figures given to the c.b.o. did not ac radly reflect the law's real cost. when you add back the $115 billion needed to implement the law and subtract the bill's double accounting revenue and other budgetary gimmicks, the tru

it's from republican congressman paul ryan of wisconsin.e is chairman of the house budget committee. he will in fact play a very key role in the g.o.p. drive to cut federal spending this year. he's going to speak in a moment here from the budget committee's hearing room. >> good evening. i'm congressman paul ryan from wisconsin. chairman here at the house budget committee. president obama just addressed a congressional chamber filled with many new faces. one face we did not see tonight was that of our friend and colleague congresswoman gabrielle giffords of arizona. we all miss gabby and her cheerful spirit. we are praying for her to return to the house chamber. earlier this month president obama spoke movingly at a memorial event for the six people who died on that violent morning in tucson. still, there are no words that can lift the sorrow that now engulfs the families and the friends of the fallen. what we can do is assure them that the nation is praying for them, that in the words of the psalmist the lord heals the broken hearted and b

then wisconsin roars back. this score, badgers down 21-19. have to go for twosm the pass is batted down by tank carter. tcu holds off wisconsin to cap a perfect 13-0 sample -- season. playoffs anyone? the huskies already down 14. jones is pick off. takes it 46 yards to the house. uconn down 14-17. in the third sooners impose their will. this time jones connects with kennie. 59 yards. jones threw for a school record. later in the third, zack frazer's pass tipped and picked off by fleming. oklahoma snaps a five can game bcs bowl losing streak with the victory. michigan state spartans facing alabama in the capital one bowl. bama up 21. off the reverse jones gets to the corner. bam rushed for 275. the tide rolls over michigan state 49-7. >>> urban meyer's last game facing joe paterno. penn state driving but the pickoff by black. going 80-yard the other way to ice it. a long way to run in shoulder pads. florida sends urban meyer out as a winner. >> to the gator bowl, rich rodriguez fighting for his job. wolverines. it was ugly. rodriguez as good a

even some supporters in wisconsin today seemed skeptical of this approach. >> the math is not -- it's going to be hard. >> reporter: republicans are already attacking president obama for pitching too much spending and not taking deficit reduction seriously enough. and diane, he's also facing trouble with democrats, senate majority leader harry reid calling the proposed earmark ban an applause line that's only for show. >> from his own party. well, as you know, jake, if last night's state of the union was a prize fight of ideas about the budget, the man in the corner across from the president was budget chairman congressman paul ryan, champion of urgent, deep cuts. a 40-year-old congressional rebel with a cause and jon karl spent the day with him. >> reporter: he's been given more power over the federal budget than anybody in congress. paul ryan, the republican with the budget axe. he's a little like the guy in the movie "dave," the accidental president who sets out to fix the budget, line by line. >> that's another $47 million, so, this is good. we're doing good. >> reporter: but in t

johnson from wisconsin, our congressional delegation, and on behalf of the republican party of wisconsin [applause] i have been involved in politics for some time, and i have watched over the last dozen or so years the courier and leadership that reince priebus has brought to our party and our state, culminating several ars ago when he came our leader. immediately upon becoming chairman, he retired are dead, he ran the house -- he retired our debt. he raised recordmounts of money. he recruited conservative candidates. he represented us wonderfully to the media. he stayed on message. he wrapped us -- wrapped his arms around the various coalition groups to include the tea party, and the results showed it on november 2. never in history of our state have return of our state around. governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, both houses, and two congressional seats. a state that was totally black and blue became totally red. and now he is offering to bring that kind of leadership to our national party. reince is the leader that we need to unify our committee, bring the resources we so

wisconsin trail business two with two to play. badgers have to go for a two- point conversion, but the pass is swatted. gary patterson gets to celebrate a 13-0 season after his team's 21-19 win. >>> it was a bad day for the big ten all the way around. in the cap capitol one bowl, watch the move by the quarterback. it's a 35-yard touchdown. the tide rolls 49-7, just loss number two for the spartans. 84-year-old jo paterno still going and urban myers returning. florida sends mier out a winner. florida coach urban myer closes his career with a win over penn state. in the gator bowl, mississippi state handed michigan's its worst loss. we'll have the rest of sports tonight at 10:00. >> well, coming up tonight on the 10:00 news, dozens of people were forceed from their homes fueling a fire in san francisco. what's being done for the vic testimonies and what happened just hours before the fire? that's tonight on the 10:00 news. i'm maureen naylor. thanks for joining us. our next newscast is the 10:00 news. see you then. >> good-night.

the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to a new member but a seep yor member of congress, the gentleman from california, mr. calvert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. calvert: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 2, a bill that repeal the disastrous government takeover of health care. the more we learn about the new health care law, the more we understand how devastating it will be to our economy. already employers across the country have suffered increases in their health premiums as a result of the health care law. yet we were told that the bill would send or bend the health care curve downward. we were told the bill would reduce the deficit by $143 billion over 10 years. however we know the figures given to the c.b.o. did not ac radly reflect the law's real cost. when you add back the $115 billion needed to implement the law and subtract the bill's double accounting revenue and other budgetary gimmicks, the tru

. >> reporter: as party chair in wisconsin, priebus helped republicans win the governorship and a new senate seat. he even served under steele as general counsel to the r.n.c., but priebus faces tremendous challenges during his two-year term. beyond the fiscal deficiencies, he'll need to mend the g.o.p. identity. >> what priebus brought into the race as wisconsin republican party chairman he did have a record of reaching out to the tea party. >> reporter: something he'll have to continue if he wants to achieve his top priority-- >> defeat barack obama in 2012, save our country, and in the process, save our party. >> reporter: and nothing saves a party like money, something priebus' low profile and absence in the public eye could actually help the g.o.p. win back some of those big donors. whit johnson, cbs news, washington. >> still ahead on tonight's cbs evening news, wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, turns 10. >> 10 years ago today, a web site with a big idea was launched. wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, has been called the largest collective project in history, and despite som

michigan state stomped wisconsin, 64-61.anked bc plays the spartans on saturday. >> now, number 16 illinois, andrew jones was in the right place at the right time giving penn state the lead. under two seconds left, they pull off a big upset, 57-55. >>> the top scorer in the nation is now byu's jimmer fredette. he finished with 47 against utah, hit from anywhere and everywhere, including a buzzer beater from just inside half-court. byu cruising 104-79. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> announcer: "early today" sports is brought to you by lectric shave. blade close, lectric smooth. >>> a medical license is suspended while 007 gets his license back. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, how this young boy has been given the ultimate helping hand. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. the first in a series of storms moved into the pacific southwest. snow earlier in the night is. seattle, freezing rain in and around portland. eventually it all turn

our challenge is in states like wisconsin -- challenges in states like wisconsin are astronomical. we have a board appointed by a democratic governor, all former judges appointed by the same governor. we have no statewide registration list that is remotely accurate still as of this day. as a national party chairmen, i would use the resources to assist, obviously, the state parties and their actions against their states. i think we need to win these battles and the courts. we need to win more races in the legislatures of that we can pass photo id in all states and make sure that we either have photo id, real id, or some method of protecting our constitutional right to vote in this country. i could get past the top priority of the next chairman. -- i think it has to be a top priority of the next chairman. >> voter fraud is a real issue, and it is important that the state party and the national party provides the resources and the legal basis and resources to stop of voter fraud out there and initiate what we will call ballot integrity programs across the country. poll watchers are im

the gentleman from wisconsin. mr. ryan: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to a new member but a seep yor member of congress, the gentleman from california, mr. calvert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. calvert: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 2, a bill that repeal the disastrous government takeover of health care. the more we learn about the new health care law, the more we understand how devastating it will be to our economy. already employers across the country have suffered increases in their health premiums as a result of the health care law. yet we were told that the bill would send or bend the health care curve downward. we were told the bill would reduce the deficit by $143 billion over 10 years. however we know the figures given to the c.b.o. did not ac radly reflect the law's real cost. when you add back the $115 billion needed to implement the law and subtract the bill's double accounting revenue and other budgetary gimmicks, the tru

. >>> it is off to wisconsin today for president barack obama. he will be visiting some factories there to push the themes from last night's state of the union address. the president wants to target spending on research, innovation and education. >> we know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our times. we need to outinnovate, outeducate and outbuild the rest of the world. >> the president and the democratic leadership have shown by their actions that they believe government needs to increase its size and its reach, its price tag and its power. >> the president also emphasize reining in the national debt last night. republicans and democrats sat side by side for this annual speech many wearing ribbons remembering those from the tucson shooting earlier this month. >>> time for weather and traffic. i took your advice. i headed inland, robert, it was beautiful. >> see, it gives me some kind of validity that you're actually saying that. i appreciate that. as you start today, keep in mind a fog advisory is in effect particularly fo

the company's president says they are located in wisconsin. he's a big packers' fan. >>> the packers got into the super bowl after defeating the chicago bears. that has spilled over to a car dealership. a salesman was actually fired for displaying his packers' pride on the job. the general manager said customers might be offended by his tie. >> he says take your tie off or you're fired. >> i said, can i just zip it up. no, you're fired, get out. >> but he might not be out of work for long, another dealership in the chicago area has offered him a job. >>> well, an arizona restaurant owner has decided to scrap his plan to offer african lion meet in tacos. the owner says he received threats against the safety of the restaurant, family members and even customers and vendors. he was going to start it next month, some of their past menu items have included frog legs. >>> the city council will vote on a plan that will allow the city to hold its lunar festival. it would feature performances and the traditiional lion dance. if attention approved, it wi

it's from republican congressman paul ryan of wisconsin.e is chairman of the house budget committee. he will in fact play a very key role in the g.o.p. drive to cut federal spending this year. he's going to speak in a moment here from the budget committee's hearing room. >> good evening. i'm congressman paul ryan from wisconsin. chairman here at the house budget committee. president obama just addressed a congressional chamber filled with many new faces. one face we did not see tonight was that of our friend and colleague congresswoman gabrielle giffords of arizona. we all miss gabby and her cheerful spirit. we are praying for her to return to the house chamber. earlier this month president obama spoke movingly at a memorial event for the six people who died on that violent morning in tucson. still, there are no words that can lift the sorrow that now engulfs the families and the friends of the fallen. what we can do is assure them that the nation is praying for them, that in the words of the psalmist the lord heals the broken hearted and b

arriving from wisconsin, he was due to return to the white house via helicopter, but marine one was grounded due to the storm forcing the president's motorcade to get into that heavy traffic there and it was slowed to a complete crawl by the snow. for more on this massive snowstorm we go to nbc meteorologist bill karins. all those folks on the west coast grinning ear to ear, thank goodness i live out here. >> it's been a blockbuster banner year. we have school cancellations in the public schools of new york, boston, philadelphia and washington, d.c. there's millions of parents out there scrambling trying to find out how they're going to take care of their children who have the day off. the snowstorm is exiting this region and these snowfall totals once again, new york city was the winner. i mean how many storms this winter can new york get the highest totals. philadelphia 15 inches, no newark, 14, areas around washington, d.c., at least 9. one storm after another, 50 inches of snow has fallen in new york city in one month. >> it's -- >> never happened before. >> it's unbelievable. thanks so