in america eight of those states are right to work states they're all red states by the way where you have in those right to work states the statistics start emerging where we see that employer sponsored health care insurance is dramatically lowered in those right to work states not just for union members tom but for everybody for the purpose for the purpose for the persons working right next to that union member their rights drop too. ages three to four percent lower in right to work states not just for union members but for everybody employer sponsored pension programs is much as ten percent lower in right to work states for everybody so i think what ends up happening is this is a pivotal moment for the unions don't count union don't count the union at here if anything this is a state where michigan was invented and built on the efforts of unions this is the worst place the republicans could pick to make their fight not the best place they might have won today because mainstream media tried to create this hero out of this governor who is a total fraud who is nothing but a corporate

as ann marie stated, there is absolutely no requirement under state law for noticing exemptions. the noticing that we already have, either by ordinance or by practice goes way beyond anything that state law requires. what this does is aloe exceptionally try to address the fairness question in saying that since there is extensive noticing, it happens on many actions by the city, in particular extensive noticing by anything that this department does, that we want to maximize noticing through using existing noticing. in other words, if there is a notice that goes out regarding anything that involves a discretionary action that has c-e-q-a underlying it, that that notice would serve -- would tell people that there was an exception or whatever c-e-q-a action is taken and would serve notice that that process will be triggered by whatever the trigger is. in the case of negative declarations exemptions, the triggering action is an action on the discretionary permit. . e-i-rs are not going to change. this is filling a big gap in state law in terms of administering an appeals process and i

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s and if you look at the right to work states they're all southern states they're all the same states that are collecting a lot more money from the government and they're paying into the government because people have to go on benefits right there people have to go on government benefits because their employer isn't paying them enough to get by so mark well first of all this idea that you're going to lose the rust belt if you lose unions you saw they tried to amend the michigan constitution they had the concept proposition to it failed i think fifty seven percent voted against it i think there's other reasons people who are in unions i think guns is a big issue the democrats fail on with union voters in the rust belt they're not just single issue voters just unions but you know this is one of those things that at first it looks like a very libertarian thing you don't want people have to pay association only into associations that they don't want to join but really when you look even deeper into it you're still at the core of this and people disagree i've been on this all day looking a

here is a comparison between union states and nonunion states.ederal statistics show people in so-called right-to-work states make $5500 less per year. their states spend nor than $2600 less on every school student. the workplace fatality rate is almost 53% higher in right-to-work states. and 14% of nonunion workers are uninsured. that's almost five times more than the average among union workers. women make more if they work in union-friendly states. african-americans make more, hispanics make twice as much in union-friendly states. the lame duck republicans in michigan in their legislature, well, they don't -- they don't want to hear anything about that. they claim they're helping the michigan economy. but michigan voters don't seem to agree. this is a number that is astounding. a new poll out shows that only 6% of voters surveyed want the legislature to make michigan a right-to-work state. union members say michigan republicans are simply hurting the economy. >>. >> tell me what democracy looks like! >> we're still here. we're still going to f

what do states gain by taking jobs from one state and adding it to theirs.t reduce the overall unemployment rate. if you close the loopholes, it can bring in more revenue than the crazy schemes people come up with because they don't like the word tax and don't patch the state budget in a sustainable way. there are tax code reforms that would cut down on the gain and help the federal economy. >> before you get too pure about this, understand -- >> says the governor. >> they have their own tax policies energy costs, property taxes which is a local issue as opposed to the state issue that they have to account for. if we can stop competition, we should do it. but, we don't have those things. it is not an even playing field. let me give you another example. my republican governor colleagues want to see medicaid blocked. almost all of my democratic colleagues don't want to see it done. most of the democrats represent state that is will not enter into a race to the bottom when it comes to medical benefits. connecticut is never going to act as one legislature did in

and colorado became the first two states in america to legalize the recreational use of marijuana now comes the hard part of the states regulate the sale and use of the drug and will the federal government let them. you need to know this earlier this year michigan's republican governor rick snyder attended a hearing on capitol hill to talk about state economies and job creation he was asked about controversial right to work for less laws that starve unions of critical funding and leave working people collecting smaller paychecks with fewer benefits and vulnerable to more workplace accidents is what governor snyder had to say about these. right to work is the issue that's a very divisive issue people feel very strongly about it so right to work is an issue that may have its time and place but i don't. i believe it's appropriate michigan during two thousand and twelve i don't believe it's appropriate michigander in two thousand and twelve that's what snyder said earlier this year and yet at his behest at the end of last week his republican colleagues in the state house and senate jammed

bound to a federal union or european union or state of the united states of europe they can of course leave or negotiate the treaties short ok tony i mean i'm not saying the united states of europe is a bad idea but the people sign up for it. i think in ireland initially many many people were reluctant to both north and scythe in this country and we joined the european union but i think very very quickly people realized the economic benefits you know we've essentially got you know free trade across borders and i think one of the most important things is that when we're speaking about the various you know groups ethnic groups of people around europe i don't see that anyone has lost their ethnic identity their cultural identity and certainly if anything in ireland today the cultural identity of people be stronger since we joined the european union so i mean i don't think people here are not i reluctantly members i think they realize that in the global economy that we have today we have no choice but to work together in cooperation federalism even in ireland today we have still got our t

let's look at your state of arkansas and my state of oklahoma. the cost that is regulation, cap and trade, they tried to do it and you remember this, i was on your program talking about this a longtime ago, they tried to do it through legislation. they couldn't do it. and now they are trying to do it through regulation. the cost would be about $400 billion a year. if you take your state of arkansas and my state of oklahoma and do the math, each family that pays, that files a federal income tax return and pays taxes, it would cost them about $3,000 a year. you don't get anything for it. lisa jackson has been for a long period of time the head of the epa, obama's epa. i asked her the question live on tv. i said, if we were going to pass this cap and trade, would this lower our co2 emissions worldwide? she said no it wouldn't. the reason it wouldn't she said is this only applies to the united states. this isn't where the problem s. the problem is in china, in mexico, in other countries where they don't have emission standards. that is the crown jewe

bill don't you find it very problematic that the united states likes to support the i.c.c. against its enemies but it's not a member of it and will not join it it's hypocrisy absolutely. yeah. that is a very appropriate allegation of hypocrisy and i have spoken out publicly in favor of the u.s. joining the i.c.c. i think it's outrageous that we claim to be a country devoted to the principles of. a flawed justice and equity and yet do not join an international organization. that upholds those principles the i.c.c. was created largely as a result of pressure being brought by n.g.o.s such as human rights watch and amnesty international and so forth. the governments were not pressing the governments were brought into it but the problem is is that many of the important countries of the world the great powers of the world if you will including the united states china japan india and so forth have refused to join it and as long as those countries are repudiating the i.c.c. it loses its credibility ok lawrence i mean what do you think about this i mean who's going to who looks afte

red states got really red, blue states got really blue. it goes further than that. it's not just one party rule. it's one party mega rule in a lot of states. look at california. democrats don't just have a majority in the legislature now. they are going to have a super majority. meaning that republicans essentially don't have enough minority power to stop anything the democrats want to do. the same story in indiana, but for the republicans. indiana republicans will have a super majority in the house and in the senate and they hold the governor's mansion. dit to in oklahoma. they turned it into a bigger super majority. this is what happened in 2012. not just the disappearance of divided rule in the states. but the rise of super majority one party rule. that's a position of immense power for whichever party it is in control. they get to do what they want. if you think about it, you better trust those people because there's no bull work against them in these states. one state on the precipice of getting that super majority status is the great state of ohio. heading int

heiler secular was happening on the markets we start with the united states back from christmas traders are and this is the first consecutive session of losses the dow jones and the nasdaq losing within one percent president barack obama and congress are expected to come back to the table on the fiscal cliff version although we have heard that basically there will be no immediate implementation of this of this tax hikes because employers have not changed payroll tax withholding rates for january payrolls and federal budget cuts would slowly be phasing in also we are seeing retailers losing very much this year hasn't been that good basically for for sales all right let's move over to what is it we have currencies the. oh you know this week it's going up and down with the pretty much same amplitude day after day when they station so the russian ruble currency gain around half a percent against both currencies both the dollar and the euro right crude is up on a geopolitical factors appears to be a route between iraq and turkey so there's some kind of supply halt there and this is causing b

so supervisor kim -- a motion to reduce the state federal reserve amount -- >> president chiu: the state loss reserve number. >> supervisor wiener: right. then supervisor chu has made i thought a motion to amend that. i'm just -- >> president chiu: she hasn't made a motion to amend. she'd like to vote on whether that is the appropriate change. i think the implication from supervisor chu would be the preference would be to change that in a different way. would you like to respond. >> supervisor chu: i'm going to withdraw that. we can take the vote as for the whole amendment reducing the state reserve number because technically the dollar amount was -- so we're reducing it that is better than what it was before. so we'll take a vote on the whole item. >> supervisor wiener: point of order. it might make -- we might be able to do it without objection is all i'm saying. it's just a reduction. >> i wanted to be clear. taking again the second half of that amendment, reducing, and this would be on page 3, line 6, the 1.293 million dollar number down to 843,000, colleagues, can we take that amend

what states be able to save some significant dollars in their states -- state budgets? the net cost of expanding medicaid could be quite negligible or even a gang? >> i think that is absolutely correct. different states have done their studies. a different organizations have done studies, and it varies by state, but the amount of the increase overall, under the kaiser study that people have been citing today, the medicaid expansion is less than one-half of 1% in terms of the impact on the budgets. then as you say, there are offsetting savings. uncompensated care will be reduced, and governor said of all came out in this week in support of the medicaid expansion. he cited in nevada the reduction and mental health services. those are funded by the states. that gap will be felt in the medicaid expansion. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, as a close, i ask unanimous consent to enter the following letters into the record. a letter from the majority of our nation's physicians and a letter from the -- a letter from the california children's hospital. >> without objection.

we are not writing off the great state of texas. >> let me talk about one other state, and the state of arkansas. he is finishing up the second term. i would argue that no state has changed more in the past four years in arkansas. how you propose to keep a democrat holding that governorship? >> we would love to get arkansas in 2014. we have a long tradition in arkansas. one of the great presidents, bill clinton. we work very hard down there. tooannot get t specific of our prospects. >> some governors have been lobbying the white house on what they would like to see happen in some of the fiscal cliff negotiations and some of the cuts that republicans want to make in these negotiations could impact the state budget. what do you see as your bottom line and what the cut cannot do? >> let's be clear about this. the president has got this one right. we cannot balance this budget and make the changes we need to make in terms of the fiscal cliff without insuring that we ask the top 1% or 2% to pay their fair share in taxes. they're paying lower income taxes than in almost any time in our his

speaking of undefeated teams and an in-state battle, wright state traveling down the road to take onght state impressive. travis sledge with the hammer. >> seth: cincinnati has had trouble scoring the basketball. first half in this one and first half against xavier they were able to explode. you saw titus rubles with the put-back, and cincinnati, their next game is at new mexico at home and they have to play at pittsburgh. if they can't score the ball better they're going to lose soon. >> doug: they went to the sweet 16 and they have four veteran starters. a team you don't want to play if you're hitting perimeter jump shots. north carolina fresh off the loss on the road, returning home to mighty mcneese state. get-right game as reggie bullock helps them take the lead to get going, then they start hitting trey after trey. >> seth: they were 13-20 behind the arc, good to see them feeling good. >> doug: bottom right corner they take on unlv, a payback game as rebels come to town. texas traveling without myck kabongo, out 23 games, the ncaa reduced its suspension but they could not stop

of serbia and then head of state of yugoslavia say when he died. she doesn't indict him as an individual but because he's had a slate of bosnian serbs and the same thing with the croatian subs i mean it's totally disingenuous to say that we goes off their individual who are these individuals individuals or heads of state ok lawrence i want to going to another gear before we end the program is it a deterrent to the i.c.c. to people to commit crimes. you think it were it's working. i don't think we. my own view is that international criminal law the justification for the international criminal law is not so much that it deters future leaders for committing similar kinds of atrocities it might but deterrence is a negative effect it's very very difficult to prove it's very difficult to prove even in a domestic law model so i look at the justification for international criminal prosecutions more as a symbolic gesture on the part of the global community that certain acts are just beyond the pale and i think it performs extremely important symbolic functi

state like new mexico. colorado and never das are now swing states because of the latino vote. the reason arizona is not there yet is because the white vote theres much more conservative than the white vote in nevada and colorado. but the white vote is dying off and being replaced by younger latino votes. >> so pure demographics. that will make the latino vote that much more important. >> absolutely. that does not mean that republicans don't stand a chance in arizona. latinos are willing to vote for republicans and they have indicated they're willing to do so if republicans take up the cause of something that is near and dear to latino voters and that immigration reform. >> let's talk about this specifically. what are latino voters looking for specifically on immigration reform in arizona? is pathway to citizenship -- i went back and was looking over these numbers and the word -- pathway to citizenship" were almost nonexistent in my profession in articles. people never talked about pathway to citizen shipme

many of the state, new york is the only state that has it and says all the counties will set up a system. the rest of the 43, it's voluntary by county. >> it's a complicated issue. we thank you so much michael for coming along and talking to us. we really appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >>> there's a lot more ahead. don't go away. we'll be right back. >>> coming up, talking to children. what do we say and how do we say it weeks after this tragedy? we'll get firsthand stories from around the country and answer some of a parent's most difficult questions. >>> hello. i'm host of new york and new jersey public television's news magazine, metro focus. the big picture nationally on policies about mental health care become a critical problem at the local level. when disasters and shootings like in newtown happen. joining me is dr. craig katz, an associate professor at the mount sinai school of medicine. dr. katz, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> dr. katz, what's the role of government and maybe if you want to talk about local government in particular in providing services and reso

states.eople are voting with their feet. people don't want to be forced into unionism, they don't want to have a pay a union to keep their jobs. lou: and the fact of the matter is that a heritage study shows a quarter of union members would stop paying dues if they could. they're being begin thaa opportunity under legislation. as we reported, 22 states considering it this year, four of them actually got it done including now most recently, of course, the state of michigan. how powerful is this movement going to be over the course of the next year? >> i think this is a very important movement, because people want jobs. and what happens is if your forced unionism destroys jobs by forcing people to pay the union's dues and forcing all sorts of featherbedding, all sorts of regulations which don't serve the company or productivity. forced unionism is bad. people vote against it all the time. in wisconsin when public employees were given the opportunity, more than half of them said good-bye to the

have on states.you're e-mails, phone calls, and tweets. 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> today, defense secretary leon panetta speaks of the national press club. secretary panetta who visited afghanistan last wednesday will discuss defense policies and the challenges facing the u.s. military. this starts live at 1:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. monday, the 18 members of ohio costa electoral college cast their electoral votes for president barack obama and vice president joe biden. former ohio gov. ted strickland also served as a presidential elector spoke about the election and the recent school shooting in connecticut. president obama won ohio with 50% of the popular vote over mitt romney who received 48%. this is the 53rd meeting of the ohio and electoral college since statehood in 18 03. courtesy of the ohio channel, this is 40 minutes. >> this is the 53rd meeting of the ohio electoral college. i would like to thank all of you for coming here today and will commute to these proceedings. at this time,

royce. >> state-by-state. >> thank you very much. mr.makes the ranking member on the subcommittee, you are recognized. >> thank you madam chairman. future chairman, i appreciate his coming in and i look forward to working with him and look forward to working with mr. engel and to both of our out going chairs and two ranking member who was on the list daily and my good friend gary ackerman. i just have to follow up with a no when we were talking about libya there was an argument that we needed arms for the rebels. the same kind of argument is going on right now in syria, some saying we had to armed the rebels. but anyway let me, i have often said that over the years our diplomats are really the unsung heroes of the united states security. they should no longer be unsung. the attacks on our mission and benghazi's should tell congress to better recognize that her diplomat are critical to our nation's security and that we must do better to ensure they have security. it is time for us to acknowledge not just with our words but also with our d

to state. state take over. where do the feds take over? it's a very tricky needle to thread. >> we'll be watching it. tom foreman filling in for erin burnett. "outfront" starts at the top of the hour. >>> commemorations of an attack that dragged the united states into a world war. why do toys for tots and hasbro trust duracell to power their donated toys? duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. at the chevy year-end event because chevy's giving more. more efficiency with sonic and cruze... more function in equinox and traverse... more dependability with the legendary silverado... and more style in the all-new malibu. chevy's giving more at the year-end event because 'tis the season. chevy's giving more. this holiday season, get a 2013 cruze ls for around $169 per month or get $500 holiday bonus cash. you'll also care about our new offer. you get access to nurses who can help with your questions. and your l

so far, 17 states have declared state-run exchanges.re planning a partnership exchange with the federal government. and six are undecided. these states have until this friday to inform washington of their plans. all health exchanges must be set up by january 1, 2014. meanwhile, the obama administration is pressuring states to expand medicaid coverage as outlined by obama care. the health care law calls for medicaid to be expanded to anyone who earns up to 133% of the poverty line. under the law, the federal government would cost -- would cover the cost of new enrollment until 2016. then their share would be dropped to 90% by the year 2022. nine states have said no to expansion, despite the huge federal funding. and some states want partial expansion. but today, the administration said no way. states must expand medicaid all the way if they want to receive full obama care funding. let's turn to the former director of the office of consumer information and insurance oversight, with the health and human services department. and also msnbc

states.r it because who knows how long that will last. but it's very interesting that it's in michigan and it's governor snyder whom i've met. i spent a day with him about a year and a half ago right after he had taken office. and he clearly wanted to project a sort of very, very far right conservative agenda but with a smile, with a kind of technocratic smile. and all of a sudden the smile is like missing. it's gone. he's not smiling anymore. and neither are the people of michigan, who are not going to like this sort of governance. >> i think that state politics are important in illuminating anyway. particularly when republicans aren't actually running anything from washington. you get to see the relationship between their rhetoric and how they're actually going to behave when they're actually in control of things, and they are in the state. so it's always interesting. but in this case i feel like in these weeks after the election when the republicans just got shellacked we hear from all the

so the united states offers several things and the soviets make several demands and the united states proms material, and the united states has trouble delivering that for the first couple of years. stalin says if you give us airplanes and the other equipment we need, we can stay in the war. the united states tries, and other people are not as sincere in providing that. the second command is they wanted the -- their main demand 0 was for the second front. they were fighting -- the history, the americans and the british thought most of the world were fighting tenaces si divisions combined. the soviets alone were fighting 200. and so they were desperate for the united states to open up a second front in western europe, and the british and roosevelt asked stalin to send molotov, a top general to washington in may i've '42, and june of '42 the united states said we are going to enup a second front before the end of the year in 1942. we promised that publicly and yet we don't open the second front until underof '44 and that's bass the british refused to go along with this and the united st

the united states claims that it wants separation of church and state in the world affairs and it's fro secularism and here we have allied ourselves with one hobby country that pumps out the religious doctrines and supports schooling for wallabies for islamic schools and so it does make a very strange alliance but we want oil and we want bases in the in the persian gulf and the arab gulf and we want to support. saudi arabia so that that is what we have and we saw in bahrain when our principles came up against our national security interests in other words supporting democracy which would be supporting the shiites in bahrain. we have done it only rhetorical but in actuality we've supported the monarchy and we've supported. the counter democratic forces if you will because those are the ones who are allied with and that helps us retain our interests national security interests in the gulf when moving how does that look in the region i mean if the u.s. and saudi arabia are so aligned does that empower the the shia. it causes a great deal of animosity on part of the shiites towards the us a

>> well, these are state laws so they vary from state to state. connecticut, as an example, has among the most stringent, restrictive commitment laws so the only way you can get somebody treated in connecticut is if they are overtly a danger to themselves or others. you can't treat them because they are potentially, because they have exhibited dangerous, dangerous behavior in the past. you have to wait until they actually do something. they also, connecticut's a good example of one of only six states that does not have assistant outpatient treatment. which means you can treat the person living in the community on the condition they can live in the community on condition that they take the medication. connecticut doesn't even have a law like that. >> so, but who makes that decision when you say assist in outpatient treatment. in the case of adam lanza, who would say, look, you would need to take this treatment, otherwise you're going to have to be incarcerated? >> the petition could be filed by the mother or by another family member or by a member

states. we are finding out that california is signing up for powerball because of the revenues that they get. ist bad for states. >> it is really bad for states. wayne has much chae of winning the lottery as geth through a comment without johnathon interrupting. >> zero. >> and the problem you have with this. this could be a billion dollar ck mots and huge and going to kill the state lottos and in the stouthern states. they were sold as a way of funding education . that didn't happen. they are dependent on the general fund. cash strapped states that depend on the lotto, you will cripple the funding for the states is it a bad idea. it robseter to pay paul. >> johnathon, you wouldn't be cutting wayne off. >> i am keeping quiet. wayne has to check his calculator. 580 million jackpot would pate zero.zero 3 percent of the national debt. we don't need a new plan to pay off the debt. we need aew philosophy and not exasbrate the debt. in a fully fre society a lottery is a great way to fund the becaus

you look at states with right to work legislation, the whole deep south and a couple states in the west upper midwest and northeast has tried to stay away from that because of the strong tradition of union organizing in the state. you have indiana going the other direction and michigan looking like they might, and wisconsin could be next up although the governor hasn't said how he's going to proceed on that and i think it's going to embolden the an eye union forces to keep pushing the envelope. if they see governors will be successful in doing this, even with a state as long and union tradition as michigan, what other states will do? >> what does it do for the economy? >> governor snyder thinks it will bring jobs to michigan and i think strong labor unions do not bring jobs to a state, they send jobs out of a state. >> is that true? >> the governor said that's one reason they did that is indiana passed right to work and 90 companies are going down there to safe thousands of jobs. >> i think you see individual states competing on this base. that is the big appeal. i think the more states

both states, the democratic governors did not support -- >> jennifer: what seems likely is the statest cooperate with the feds in enforcement. >> that's exactly right. the states are going to let a measure of this go forward and the federal government, despite its supreme powers and other realms is powerless to stop that. what the federal government can do is the people -- what they have done is take over -- make this a legal market place. a syntax essentially that will compensate. what the federal gast -- can do is puncture that argument and say we're not going to let you tax and regulate this substance. it is going to remain in the black market. it is going to be increasing consumption. we do much about that. the harm reduction the ancillary benefits voters were promised, those may not materialize. >> jennifer: the benefits meaning the investment tools that were promised to tax marijuana. just curious. if there is a continued war on marijuana or on drugs overall does that -- who does that benefit? >> in this case, the drug cartels and the administration end up on the same side. >> j

united states.to what extent was our validation of morsi on november 21? including "new york times" article which talks about him solving problems. to what extent, if any, was this at least interpreted by morsi as a green light? of international approval whenever he decides to do domestically. and what lessons should we draw from that experience. economics, content and process -- and the united states and president morsi. let's start with you, mr. cook. >> okay. please come to the podium. >> okay. it seems to me first if you read the constitution, it is clear that the brotherhood, in keeping with its traditions, economic liberty. banning sequestration of property. naturalization, private property is sacred. one would think that given these ideas that implementing an imf program would be relatively un- pragmatic for the brotherhood. after all, this is a moment of national empowerment and dignity. there is a relatively small but vocal minority as opposed to the imf would rather do that than submit to

overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against forty one abstentions it's an important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations the international law and its violations to the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel. but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced it was building three thousand more homes in the west bank a sure sign that the situation on the ground won't change overnight does it's not a step forward it's a step aside or even you know a step. back that's really a pity the international community gives hand to this violation the u.s. was also quick to cast a cloud over the palestinian party mood the unfortunate and counterproductive resolution at the united nations general assembly that just passed today's grand pronou

and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture over no votes united states in israel yesterday the united states or the united nations excuse me elevated the new member status of the palestinian authority what does this move mean for negotiations in the middle east and what's the best way to achieve a two state solution laskar panel in tonight's special bigger picture discussion on the middle east also isn't it a failure of the so-called free market would be a boil companies are allowed to run around polluting our environment at the expense of our health and lives that and more into night's big picture rubble and drones are supposed to be used in combat situations with our enemies and yet we're using them against people in nations that were allies with what kind of precedent are we setting for the future of drone warfare across the globe share my thoughts into that steely take. tonight we have a special bigger picture discussion on the middle east history was made in new york city yesterday as the united nations general assembly approved a resolution that implicitly recognizes

this is our state. >> jon: our state is a democratic state. >> jon: but here is what we've got to do. we go down to what dow call it delorenzo he and have a nice tomato pie. >> that would be nice. >> jon: and solve the problems of the worlding to in a booth. >> i'm ready to do it, let's do it. >> jon: governor christie, (cheend app applaus

it will be a two-state vote. vote will be cast this saturday and then another vote cast in the successful saturdays. the constitution is very very--if you look at it, in articles--i inflicted 256 articles on me, one article guaranteed the right that everyone has the right to play sports. this is what the liberals worry about, that islam is the religion of the state but all constitutions say that. even the old constitution of the tyranny that islam is the religion of the state and there would be a role for the shariyia. it is not particularly egregious. it's the manner the way it was drafted and the islamists were left to draft the constitution. >> eliot: a simplistic level if i can try to get my arms around the likely outcome. do you end up as turkey, iran or pakistan. where do you think the civil society in cairo in egypt is pushing and will the muslim brotherhood understand that it should veer towards turkey not iran? >> well, i think that's a very good question, a very important question. there is no iran in e

in the united states.ocial programs gone forward for four or five decades and barack obama is really the heir to the roosevelt legacy and honestly, paul, if you'd listen to what we're talking about here, i think we're beginning to see the implosion of the administrative state, simply collapsing under its own sheer unsupportable weight. it will be very ugly and i think it's going to begin with obamacare. >> paul: and joe, the implementation, you've been writing about this, the implementation of this law is not going well. >> no, it isn't. it's essentially a catastrophe. >> even democratic governors who support the law are find-- are really frustrated with what's coming out of washington. >> that's absolutely right. i mean, it's essentially, they're just very bloody minded, they want to dictate everything out of washington and it's frustrating, even people who support the law because it's so that's double miles you can actually use! how illuminating. what's in your wallet? let me guess, am on the naughty lis

our state is the most diverse state in the union. we best represent the upon population of the united states of america. we're very dwirs, but i think we need to show the nation that a group of people committed to the common good can come together and pass a law that's necessary for the public safety, whether you're in rural aea, a surban orrban area, we all have children. those of white house are parents understand how precious life is. we have a great poeet from illinois, carl sandberg who said, "the birth of a baby is god's opinion the world should go on." it's high time we protect our children, protect our babies from the harm of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. >> ifill: do you have any sense that public opinion is shifting in your state? >> oh, i believe so. i don't think there's any question. anecdotally,ust siti with he opleon t street-- i was at a daycare center today, an early-childhood center, and you can tell how committed moms and dads are to getting a law pads to protect their children. no matter

actively working because the state has defunded all the prop 36 courts in efforts across the state. so i think this provides senator leno's bill really does the right thing and tries to move in a direction that's not contingent to how much money is available within one jurisdiction or not and actually frees up $64 million of general fund at the state level that could be reinvested into services. i know when you look at realignment, for example, here in san francisco, a 1/3 of our plan, a third of our dollars for realignment has been invested in substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment and housing but we've made that choice. i think if you compare us, though, to many other jurisdictions, we have a collaborative court continuum that is unmatched in other parts of the state. so i think to say they wood, it's not happening. and if you look at other jurisdictions throughout the state, you'll find heavy incarceration rates and not used. in fact the prosecutor is not using those programs. we're very fortunate in our district attorney. he is very visionary, and i just commend him

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including my state, the state of florida, we had to switch a proposal for high-speed rail, the actual speed was 84 miles an hour. 84 miles for one hour transit the distance of the proposed link in central florida, that is not high speed. high speed -- by our definition, 110 miles per hour average. that doesn't mean the train gets up to 110, 150, 116 miles for some stretch. we are talking about the average speed. we are talking about a switch in ohio, looking at 39 miles to 58 miles an hour. that money was turned back. there was a similar proposal in wisconsin, that money was turned back. unfortunately, the beginning of the whole high speed effort in the united states has been somewhat of a setback for high-speed rail. the only route that has a possibility of being high speed is california. we have two california members we are going to hear from and we will go into details about california's progress but having visited out there, it does only service about 100 mile stretch and mostly in a rural area without transportation interconnections that we need in mobile systems, we are serving

new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, all blue with the highest state local -- state and local taxes takenroperty taxes. the tax deductions on them benefit higher income taxpayers in states that consistently deliver for the democrats. i get the politics of this but democrats need to own up. they can't have their cake and eat it, too. in the end, we are all going to pay more or we are going to get less. if we're serious about the fiscal house in order. if demonstrates are serious about republicans to break with ideology and their party base, to vote for higher tax rates, democrats have to be willing to do the same and break with their base. both sides can go back to the politics after they get in right. quit scrapping. get the work done now, congress. >>> all right. finally something you may not know. according to a new study gay people earn more than other americans a. survey of a thousand gay people by prudential reported that annual incomes were more than $11,000 higher than national needian income and gays carry less debt than other americans do. $4,000 less than the national average an

by the state. so a mobile option has been -- is functioning now in other parts of state. we have talked with the cal recycle staff and they are open to the situation that we have here in san francisco. they understand the density and the difficulty for real estate. so i think a mobile option is out there. >> i have a question about -- my understanding is that the state law was put into place kind of thinking more about the suburbs and places that have large supermarkets and parking lots. >> right. >> convenience zones. >> i think that is there interest in amending this for large, dense urban areas? >> i think that is what i mean when i said, "we have spoken with staff at cal recycle." and san francisco is the densest part of california and many, many other parts of state the supermarket parking lots are plenty big and there is not an issue of lack of space. that is why there is some sensitivity on their part of helping us craft a solution. >> what do you think about the idea of having larger conven

maybe the state of california is the state of golden opportunities, where we have a chinese-americanor of san francisco. 35 years ago, congress members passed similar resolutions in both house and the senate to formally recognize the first 10 days of may as asian-pacific heritage week. one year later, president jimmy carter signed into law a joint resolution to officially designate the annual celebration. 11 years later, president george bush extended the weeklong celebration to an entire month. you know and i know that our mothers say that every day is asian pacific american day.

even in the united states. they are usually, usually not always, but usually corrupt and they siphon off a awful lot of money. however, in some areas, some countries there are checks and balances. much more so than others. and in a place like syria, these checks and balances were not consistent to prevent these networks that operate anywhere in the world from actually running the economy into the ground. >> so could you give some examples, number one, of this network that you talk about in the u.s., how it exists? >> in the u.s., for instance, after the invasion of iraq one of the major construction or reconstruction quote unquote ventures was, you know, commissions, somehow, or given somehow to various corporations that are very much in touch or close to or part of the network of, for instance, vice president dick cheney. whether it's halliburton, other companies, they ended up unfairly taking up these and they didn't do a good job at all by virtue of the result -- [inaudible]. these can networks -- another ca