go ahead, senator mentz. >> i appreciate it. very kind of you. mr. colman, right there, we all know that medicaid was never intended to be the primary provider of long-term care coverage, yet medicaid is the largest pair of long-term care services. with long-term care accounting for almost half of national long-term spending, as a former governor, i know that giving our states the plexability and resources they need to innovate is a first and critical step toward controlling spending in the medicaid program and improving long-term care outcomes. we will never achieve quality and savings with a one size fits all approach that ignores the differences and medicaid population from state to state. as you noted in your testimony, minnesota is applying waivers under medicaid to improve the way to deliver and pay for services and to make sure that services go to the most in need, which i agree with. with that being said, sir, what steps could congress take to improve and increase the flexibility to states like west virginia and minnesota to maximize the valu

>> when i use the term "small," i mentz iran perceives it as a weaker or smaller country. although there's a lot of cultural historic religious affinity between iran and afghanistan, iran still views afghanistan as really a playing field in its competition for the united states. we talk about regional solution, but what is the regional problem? i'm not sure if there's a regional problem for a lot of these countries. iran's problem in afghanistan is that the united states has a presence in afghanistan. the solution is for the united states to get out and not have, you know, long-term crisis. that for us is not a solution. that is not in u.s. interests but in iranian interests. as long as afghanistan is going to be divided and have a relatively weak central government, i think to a large extent it is at the mercy of its much more powerful neighbors, especially give than a lot of its neighbors are undemocratic countries that are willing to use force to achieve their means. >> thank you. we have a question here. >> thank you. i have a question. you talked about a region soluti

one damage in the front, and basically a couple medical helicoptersle we had a total of six patient mentz. >> alan: three people were stabbed during a identifying in brentwood, not far from the crash scene, and attempted to drive one of the stabbing hospital ended in that collision. >> ama: a chp of drew his gun on a driver after a high-speed chase over the bay bridge. you can see the woman walk backwards as the chp over holds a gun on her. it's a little difficult to see. but another officer handcuffed her. chp says it issue initially tried to pull her over for a car pool lane violation. >> a santa rosa man is in custody after crashing his car on highway 101 in a high-speed chase. he lost control of his volvo near the petaluma boulevard north exit. he slammed into a drainage ditch. he was pulled from the car before its burst into flames. >> alan: san jose police released the names and pictures of suspects in a stabbing death that left to a nine hour standoff with police. the brothers are wanted for murder and are at large tonight. yesterday a 5 #-year-old man was found outside his house a

they can't address all forms of driver distraction, at least not yet and they think future envision mentz of them can. new approaches that are lower in cost are underway. increased levels of inspiration could certainly increase the distraction related crashes but again they distraction debate needs to go further than just cell phones and/or pneumatic and electronic devices. we have to look at it on a wholesale perspective otherwise we run the risk of sending the wrong message. >> thank you doctors say her. our next presenter is mr. robert strasbourg or vice president of vehicle safety for the alliance of automobile manufacturers. since joining the alliance in 2000 he has directed the industry standards to enhance motor vehicle safety. mr. strasbourg are also oversees the alliance safety research which includes developing new crash test dummies and conducting crash investigations and fundamental injury causation studies. mr. strasbourg or i welcome your remarks. >> thank you dr. brews, chairman hersman other members of the panel. thank you for the opportunity of being here today. digital t