it was a tremendous loss that was felt by his friends and family and the state of arkansas. george kell's enduring popularity is evidence by the fan mail he continued to receive long after his retirement.

berry from arkansas.george clyde kell distinguished himself as an exceptional professional baseball player over the course of 15 major league seasons and his later life, as has been mentioned, as a beloved broadcaster for the detroit tigers. mr. kell made his major league debut with the philadelphia athletics in 1943 playing in one game and became a consistent starter over the following two seasons. notably, mr. kell was traded to steroid tigers early in the 1946 season when he finished with a .322 batting average and thereby began establishing himself as a hall of fame caliber third baseman. over the course of his distinguished career, mr. kell was selected as an all-star 10 times, as has been mentioned, and hit at least .300 in nine major league seasons and led the third baseman in percentages seven times. mr. kell's finest season came in 1950 when he set a career high with 101 runs batted in and 114 runs scored. in addition, mr. kell holds the distinction of getting the closest batting race. he capture

reid: if that's okay with the senator from arkansas? the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. gregg: thank you. thank you very much. i wanted to rise to speak a little bit about this health care bill. i know there has been a lot of discussion of it already today, but i think it's important, very important that as this health care bill comes forward we know what it says. now, unfortunately, we received this 2,074-page health care bill about five, eight days ago after it had been worked on for eight weeks in camera behind closed doors by the democratic leadership. we have only had eight days to look at it, and we now hear there is going to be a massive revision of it, a massive revision that's going to involve potentially expanding medicare to people who are aged 55. now, medicare is already broke, by the way. it's broke. it's got a $38 trillion unfunded liability and we're going to add another ten million people maybe into medicare? that makes no sense at all. i think it's important to review that what we know so far hav

the gentleman from arkansas mr.boozman and the five minutes allotted includes questions and answers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we appreciate you being here ambassador eikenberry and general mcchrystal and we do appreciate the service to your country and then, also, your families and i think that was so illustrated by your staffer when you mentioned, you know, that he was in iraq and now in afghanistan and the time away from home. general mcchrystal following the president's march speech to congress, the president developed a series of metrics to judge progress in afghanistan and pakistan. are those metrics still useful? did they have any influence on the strategy and assessment that you did in august? are these metrics still useful based on the president's new strategy? do the metrics have any influence on the july 2011 withdrawal and do the metrics need to be revised as a result of the new planning? >> congressman, i believe the metrics, they are still in place. they are useful. i do believe they will evolve over

and never had known anyone from arkansas ever. but i did read the paper and it was called democracy and the soviet union by bill clinton. probably forgot about it. years later in here in washington, washington bureau, working at time magazine said the national editor coming back and forth. i get a phone call from him and the great reporters started calling me and wants to interview me for the "washington post" about dell clinton. i said well, that's great. and so he said should i give him that paper? i'd forgotten all about the paper. i said yeah, that paper. so i thought real quickly. democracy in russia and remembering that paper sentences taken out of context and frankly sentences taken in context would not have been too good knowing that campaign in which republicans robert criticize him for even having gone to russia. and i realized this would derail his campaign if why russia is really a democracy his paper had come out. so i was that without moral dilemma of do i tell this nice, wonderful, sweet old professor gas, give out

the gentleman from arkansas. mr. boozman: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. boozman: mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 4165, to authorize an extension of the army corps of engineers' section 214 program. section 214 of the water resources development act of 2000 allows the army corps of engineers to accept and expend funds provided by nonfederal public entities to hire additional personnel to process regulatory permits. mr. speaker, i say i offer qualified support for h.r. 4165 because while this legislation is needed, my colleague from texas, mr. olson, has offered a better piece of legislation. mr. oleson's legislation, h.r. 4162, will authorize a permanent extension of the program, not a one-year temporary program, offered by h.r. 4165. the congress has been forced to temporarily extend this program five times since it was authorized in the water resources development act of 2000. yet, the committee on transportation and infrastructure has heard from m

the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. pryor: i rise to support my amendment to create an enrollee satisfaction survey through the exchange established in the health reform bill. let me show you, mr. president, how this will work. this right here was taken from the federal employee health benefit plan webpage that is administered by the office of personnel management, o.p.m. basically on the webpage they lay out how the satisfaction -- how the survey works. the first question is: how would you rate your overall experience with your health plan? other questions would be: when you needed care right away, how often did you get care as soon as you thought you needed it? other questions: how often did your personal doctor listen to you, show respect for what you had to say, and spend enough time with you? all of this information is collected and put into a form that people can use when they're making their health care decisions on what plan to choose. one of the real measures of quality of a health care plan is how satisfie

the gentleman from arkansas mr. boozman and the five minutes allotted includes questions and answers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we appreciate you being here ambassador eikenberry and general mcchrystal and we do appreciate the service to your country and then, also, your families and i think that was so illustrated by your staffer when you mentioned, you know, that he was in iraq and now in afghanistan and the time away from home. general mcchrystal following the president's march speech to congress, the president developed a series of metrics to judge progress in afghanistan and pakistan. are those metrics still useful? did they have any influence on the strategy and assessment that you did in august? are these metrics still useful based on the president's new strategy? do the metrics have any influence on the july 2011 withdrawal and do the metrics need to be revised as a result of the new planning? >> congressman, i believe the metrics, they are still in place. they are useful. i do believe they will evolve ove

quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. a senator: i would ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that no amendments be in order to the pending amendments prior to the votes on sunday, december 6. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. pryor: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 12:30 p.m., sunday, december 6, that following the prayer and the pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day and the senate resume consideration of h.r. 3590, the health care reform legislation as provided for under the previous order with the majority controlling the first 60 minutes and

senator mccain was calling a lot of people in arkansas.my mother was one of those he tried to get in touch with. to try and tell them, there's something wrong with. i certainly visit with my mom a lot and hear about her experiences and the system she has a, and i am proud i live in a country that provides her that kind of care. she does believe strongly in some of the things she's seen in her medicare bill, inefficiencies that quob changed, ways we could make it a better program. so i hope we will all come to the table here with good ideas and ways that we really can make a difference. i notice that there was a -- an effort or a concern about wanting to add people to my amendment. i would welcome the republicans, if they would like to offer suggestions. i've worked on my amendment. i like my amendment the way it is. i think it focuses on industries whose sole purpose is to provide health insurance. so if they want to -- focusing on those businesses whose only purpose is to provide health insurance for the people of this country. i would ju

>> senator from arkansas. >> well, thank you, mr. president, and i am very proud to come and join in this debate on an issue i do think is absolutely critical to all our kansans and all americans. i'd like to compliment chairman baucus because as we talk about this issue in term thes of health care reform, clearly our delivery system in health care is broken. we've got the best hospitals and doctors, research and technologies in the world, and yet our delivery system is broken. and for the last 24 months the senate finance committee has held hearings and round tables, summits, all kinds of different deliberative efforts working in partnership with the associations that represent our providers, advocacy groups on behalf of patients, anybody that would come to the table to talk about how is it that we reform this system and make it better for the constituents that we serve, the patients that are the ultimate recipient of the health care system in this country? and i just applaud him and the work that we've done there. so to anyone that

he said this person is from arkansas so you must know him. i musted a mid i -- admit i was annoyed enough at the time to say not only did it not know him but didn't know anyone from arkansas ever. i read the paper and it was called democracy in the soviet union by bill clinton. promptly forgot about it. years later i'm here in washington, the washington bureau, working at time magazine, national editor. i get a phone call from dr. pelchinsky. and he said people are calling me and want to interview me about -- for the washington post-about bill clinton. and i remembered bill clinton had been a student. said that's great. and he said should i give them that paper? i had forgotten about the paper. and i paused and said, oh, yeah, that paper. so i think quickly, democracy in russia, and remembering that paper, it was taken out of context and some of it was taken in context would not have been too good during that campaign in which republicans were already criticizing him for going to russia, and i realized this would derail his campaign, why russ

arkansas, 70,137. california, 1,606,193. colorado, 1898,521. connecticut, 94,181. delaware, 6,661.the district of columbia even has 7,976. how about florida? 946,836. almost a million people on medicare advantage. good reason -- it works. georgia, 176,090. hawaii, 79,386. idaho, 60,676. illinois, 176,395. indiana, 148,174. iowa, 63,902. people enrolled in medicare advantage. let's proceed further. kansas, 43,867 people enrolled in medicare advantage. kentucky, 110,814. louisiana, 151,954. maine, 26,984. maryland, 56,812. massachusetts, 199,727. michigan, 406,124. minnesota, 284,101. mississippi, 44,772. missouri, 195,036. montana, 27,592. nebraska, 30,571. nevada, 104,043. new hampshire, 13,200. new jersey, 156,607. new mexico, 73,567. look at new york, 853,387. north carolina, 251,738. people enrolled in medicare advantage, who love the program. north dakota, 7,633. ohio, 499,819. goo geewhiz, that's a lot of people who are satisfied with medicare advantage. oklahoma, 84,980. oregon, one of the most liberal states in the union, 249,993. pennsylvania, 864,040. puerto rico even, 400

they are based in arkansas. and i ask unanimous consent that wal-mart be included in this cushion excessive remuneration that will now be -- that will now place them under the same salary levels. >> to be candid, these are stumped amendments we have never seen. i have never heard of the amendment. it is only -- >> it is not really complicated. it is people that sell health insurance. >> is there objection? >> the flavor from the senate floor yesterday. the washington times has a story this morning about the debate between moderate and liberal democrats as they have yet to reach an agreement on how to structure their government-run insurance plan. it is not clear if they have the votes to pass this at all. liberals arguing the only way to hold insurance companies accountable is to have a powerful government plan. caller: i would like to know who wrote this 2,000-page write-up on this health care deal. it seems like a lot of writing for just one health care bill. and if i had my way, i would vote everybody out of

here's one from arkansas. my wife has a journalism degree, cerebral palsy and brings money from state of arkansas with a stay-at-home job. she can still earn money under the class act with an assistance of an attendant rather than having to go to a nursing home. here's virginia, i don't currently need the services under the class act, but having been born with a disability, i have always been acutely aware of the possibility of serious issues downs the -- down the road. it would be a good thing for me, a 30-year-old working person to be able to put some money away. i beg my colleagues for the sake of people with disabilities in this country, let's not adopt the amendment of the republicans to take away the class act. it was senator kennedy's premier goal -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. all time has expired. under the previous order, the question occurs on amendment number 2870, offered by the senator from rhode island, mr. whitehouse. is there a sufficient second? there appears to be

it means if you are a taxpayer in virginia or in ohio or you are a7ñ taxpayer in arkansas, are goodingto make sure people in nebraska don't have to paid any portion of the medicaid expansion gnat future. . . . we're supposed to tax equally and apply equally.tax equally but we are into something now that is a continuation of what has been so awful the last 12 months, picking winners and losers. harry reid only allowed some to win and others to lose. but in this process, the american people lose. this bill will be incredibly expensive, cost jobs in this country, and as has been proven, it does not reform health care, it raises taxes too high, spends too much money. the american people lose in an agreement like this. >>quickly, what this provision does is set up a supreme court challenge. roe versus wade is clear on funding for abortion, and now we are seeing that what that was laid down years ago is thrown up in the air, and it is obvious that things have been -- votes have been bought. what ever it takes to get a vote, that is what the leader did. taxpayers are sending money to nebraska

austin with lead over the arkansas razorbacks. still to come, richmond will take on number 13 florida. south carolina and later on tonight, 9:00, css, course classic, k-state plays alabama.

the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. pryor: i ask that the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. pryor: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the majority leader be authorized to sign any duly enrolled bill and joint resolution today, december 15. the presiding officer: any objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. pryor: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. pryor: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. pryor: i want to ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. pryor: i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of h.r. 4154, just received from the house and at the desk, that the baucus substitute amendment be considered and agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read three times, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, that any statements relating to the measur

there was attack in little rock, arkansas, who killed an american soldier and injured another. and then hasan, he was giving away his possessions and dressed in white the morning of the massacre and it looks like a jihadi terrorist attack. >> peter l the united states send intelligence officials to the pakistan to find out more about this? >> sure and in pakistan there is a sub substantial fbi and there are officials that will look at the case seriously. we have heard from pakistani reports that the group of americans wanted to hook up with a group called judge mohamed in pan stack. it was the group that killed daniel pearl and if that allegation is true, these guy wrs getting in pretty deep. >> larry: paul, how do you gather the people are recruited in. >> that's a great question. lots of cases, it could be individuals in the community, radicalizers with ideology to come in and we are seeing that the sbrernl is more and more important and the young men are exposed to the ideology over the internet and this is a young man that is relosing videos that young americans have been r

deploying staff to six states to help lift the people's voices in north dakota, nebraska, virginia, arkansasnd connecticut. we are focusing on senators who have not made it clear how they will bovote. the people elected them would like to know that, as with the rest of us. the american people certainly have a right to ask the senators and all members of congress, to listen to them. in the states, we will do everything we can to help people get their elected representatives to listen. , to pay attention, to hear their voice. we will be hosting town halls. we have two that are scheduled for today. we will have others scheduled throughout the week. our state parties will be very active, as well in creating opportunities for the citizens' voices to be heard. we are offering up a multi- faceted internet campaign providing people with a platform to express their opinions, letting voters be listened to and speak directly to their members of congress. we have several coalition calls to action that are going out today and throughout the week and into next week. this bill touches to a cross- section o

executives be added in as to be under the effect of this pending amendment from the senator from arkansas. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mccain: is there objection? mr. baucus: mr. president, i object. i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. mccain: mr. president, i also understand that wal-mart sells health insurance policies. they are based in arkansas, and i ask unanimous consent that wal-mart be included in this cushion excessive remuneration that will now be placing them under the same level as the president of the united states. mr. baucus: mr. president, reserving the right to object. to be totally candid, these are stunt amendments which we have not seen, i have never heard of the amendment. mr. mccain: it's pretty simple. it's not

senate office is from arkansas, california, oregon and michigan.et's give them a hand and thank them right now for what they are doing. [cheers and applause] we gather today with a very simple message for this president and majority leader harry reid. keep your hands off of our health care, right? [cheers and applause] since this past summer we have held americans for prosperity almost 500 of our health care her rallies. from places like maryland, and nemer lenders here? [cheers and applause] out to little rock arkansas and from wilmington, north carolina -- in the north carolinian is here? [cheers and applause] from philadelphia pennsylvania, any pennsylvanians here? [cheers and applause] you that. and we've even been down to my home state of leesburg virginia and across the commonwealth. where are the virginians here? [cheers and applause] jeffersonville indiana, right there. you bet. we've been to evansville myself. across this country, the crowds were big and the passion is intense and we've learned something that we already knew, folks. when a

he grew up in junction city, arkansas. he would stay with his dad in the summers, and he would take him right to the health club, 24 hour fitness club and beat him up on the basketball courts. >> barry: that's a tough game there. >> marques: he credits him with his toughness and skill development. >> barry: no road game hes at that place. >> marques: no. >> barry: pass is up and good by franklin. >> marques: probably easier playing at san quentin than playing some of those dudes, because shiller is the ball handler taking jarrett mann off the basketball because of the pressure he's experiencing. oklahoma state all up in his grill. >> barry: we'll take a time-out. 28-18, ten-point lead for >> barry: welcome back. oklahoma state and stanford, and the cowboys are doing it. got a ten-point lead, 28-18. you know this place is going to be rocking on saturday. two of the best women's college basketball teams in the land, number two and number three, stanford and tennessee get it on here. the cardinal putting a 34-game home win st

thomas on our line for democrats out of hot springs, arkansas, go ahead. >> yes. i've been watching this and i see the way he acted. and have been doing it for two years. even with republicans in charge. an ip think we got too many old republicans and old democrats in the offices. i think we ought to replace them and this health care, if they are going to fine you $1,000 just because you don't have it. well, [coughing] host: bless you. caller: and they ain't got no job, how are they going to pay for it? host: ok. in this morning's paper sheryl crow says i'll ride herd on obama. out of reno, she says cheryl crow and other wild horse advocates have called on obama and harry treed block a roundup of mustangs set to begin monday in nevada. the request came after a federal judge upheld al government roundup in the cal co-mountains -- complex. until congress decides how to manage our living legends of the west. the usually pro democratic crowe said on thursday that -- in a statement released by the horse advocate group cloud foundation. back on the phones, minneapolis o

joining us now from little rock, arkansas, general wesley clark.mer nato supreme allied commander, vice chairman of james lee witt associates. and here in l.a., brigadier general mark kivit. he's currently executive vice president of advanced technology systems. in fact, general kimmitt worked for general clark at nato. >> exactly. >> larry: what do you make of the speech and what we heard so far from the critics and those who support it. >> we've had a great show. it was a strong speech, larry. i think he laid out an important case. i agree with a lot of the sentiments that michael moore expressed. i do think in this case, the president limited the objectives. he's not talking about nation building or building a democracy. i think he pointed right at the objective, go after al qaeda. he didn't talk about pakistan but pakistan is all over this speech. and the simple truth is, that as he said, you can't get at al qaeda in pakistan without doing more in afghanistan. so i think that he's going to put a lot of pressure on the pakistanis and give them a

warning signs missed in washington state and arkansas. why was this man out on the streets?ut on bail? at one point, mike huckabee gave him clemency. those stores and more tonight on "360." >> larry: that's at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific with anderson cooper. david cornwell, what do you make of donnie's comments that it makes him like every man? >> i disagree. there are really three audiences here that tiger has to deal with. one is the personal, his family and friends and people that are part of his personal life and he's let some down and they're going to side with his wife and others will support him. the other are his sponsors. i don't think they're issuing these statements because they don't think there's a problem with adultery, but there's no basis to terminate the agreement. and then the third is the public in this role model status. my father was a surgeon and once told me that it's okay if other people think you're god, but you're in trouble if you start believing it. a role model is not a super human icon. it is a person that has all the qualities and blemishes of

there was attack in little rock, arkansas, who killed an american soldier and seriously wounded another. similar major hasan, there's still a debate about his motivations, but when you look at what he was doing on that day, he was giving away his possessions, talking about doing god's work, dressed in white the morning of the massacre, which is a color associated with martyrdom. it looks like a jihadi terrorist attack. >>> larry: peter, will the united states send intelligence officials to the pakistan to find out more about this? >> sure. and of course in pakistan there's a substantial fbi and there's a thing called the leget program which are fbi officials attached to the embassy. they'll be looking at this case seriously. we have heard from pakistani reports that the group of americans are alleged to have wanted to hook up with a group called judge mohammed in pakistan. it was the group that killed danny pearl on the basis that he was an american and a jew. it is very violent and relatively small. if that allegation is true, these guys were really getting in pretty deep. >> larry: pa

arkansas and mississippi were part of it. he probably wishes they still were.i like to be here with all these republicans, because i am a private citizen. i don't have to convince you of anything. [laughter] the great thing about not being in office is that you can say whatever you want. witness my notes. but nobody cares anymore. [laughter] i would like to say a couple of things seriously. we were laughing back there about how people get all exercised a around here. my party is understandably exercised, whether the president is born in america, the death panel business. i was inewt -- kidding newt, accusing me of being an enemy of normal americans. [laughter] -- normal america. looking in the land lost money on, he thought i was cricket and stupid. -- crooked and stupid. [laughter] i resented the stupid more than a cricket -- than the crooked. the worst thing he said was that i was a spoiled brat. [laughter] he was on a sunday morning talk show, and i told him that i was not upset. he said, that is good. i said, i wanted to know why. i know you. you worked har

. >>> the man accused of killing four cops, missed in arkansas state and others.why is this man out on bail. former governor mike huckabee granted him clemency. tonight, governor huk ckabee reacts. >> larry: that's at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific. what do you make of donnie doish's commedois deutche's comment, it makes him like every other man? >> i disagree. there are only three people those part of his personal life, he let some down and will side with his wife and others will support him and help him get through this. the other are his sponsors. i don't think the sponsors are issuing the statements because they don't think there is a problem with adultery, issuing these statements because there's no agreement dealing with adultery. my father was a surgeon and once told me it's okay if other fit people think you're a god but you're in trouble if you start believing it. a role model is not a super human icon. it is a person that has all the qualities and blemishes of being a human. tiger will now learn that process. his success in rebuilding his reputation is bein

mississippi state will have to fight their rivals and ole miss picked to come in second, alabama, lsu, arkansas and auburn, real powers in the east with kentucky and tennessee and vanderbilt, south carolina and florida. florida lost other day though for the first time. >> marcus: varnado, can i see him in an nba camp just really opening the eyes of some coach because of all this activity. jarvis. >> steve: lee picks it off and malcolm, a nice drive to the hoop, and that was strong by malcolm lee. >> marcus: going to the hole. i don't know if it will ever happen, but i'd like to see him being able to try and use that kind of ability from maybe a force with space to operate and off the dribble going to the basket jarvis. >> steve: the bruins have a lot of players that need to get in that weight room? >> marcus: yeah, tyler honeycutt, malcolm lee could use some more strength and right here coming at you, a nice little stutter going left and getting the defense to bite and explosion going to his right and his athleticism really amps up two or three notches, malcolm lee. flat-footed, you don't see i

what we're looking f is blan lincoln from arkansas, ben lson from nebraska still two of t big names that everybodis waiting to see. e one who has popped up cently has been jim web from virginia sply because he's been vote ing with the republicans on a lot of the amendments. there's some concernhat maybe he'sot as strong as we thought could be. he cou be the 60th vote. >> lrer: when the president said, as we hain a clip after e meeting with the democrats,e said there are still differences. what's he talking about? well, the biggest difference i thinky far has to do with abortion lauage and how tough threstrictions should bon abortion. senator benelson of nebraska who we've be talking about, at is a very big issue for him. with the removalf this public option,t may be the big iruwe fohim. it's unclear how that ll be resolved. ifhey can solve that, they'll reallye pretty much the. there e other issues that have to doith how this is all paid for. there are controversial tas and levys that woulde involved. the two big issu were the public optn and abortion. they've notaken the public option o

. >> until its score, we can't talk about the specifics fellow democrat blanche lincoln of arkansas, a fiscal, conservative-- said today she too was waiting to see more details. >> there are lot of things on the table still, and until we hear back from c.b.o., it's going to be hard to see what i can support as well. >> reporter: republicans lined up against the latest democratic plan, especially the expansion of medicare. minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> we all know medicare is going broke now. in seven years, they're going to take $460 billion out of it-- not to make it more sustainable but to start a new program for a whole different set of americans, and now they want to expand coverage even further. it hardly makes any sense to me. >> reporter: meanwhile, groups representing doctors and hospitals-- who've backed reform in general-- also questioned the wisdom of expanding medicare. rich umbdenstock is president of the american hospital association. >> the ability of people under 65 to buy into medicare certainly helps on the coverage side, but it greatly concerns hospitals on t

sutton did it at arkansas. oklahoma state. and with kentucky frank mcguire did it with north and south carolina. >> kyle: he did a good job of ijusting the philosophy. he said in memphis he ran the dribble drive. he has patterson and you can see the win totals. he has the inside presence. he's adjusted and going 40% with the dribble drive and doing more sets to feed the low post. 15 more than roy williams. fraley picked up the foul. >> kyle: what the offense does, it allows young players to use individual skills. you don't see the pick, cut to this and that spot. you play and the read offense. how many times do we see the high school players that struggle in college because once they get in the structure -- >> matt: kentucky knocks the lid off the basket. wildcats trying to turn up the pressure with the full court defense. 10-point lead after austin peay trailing by 14 at the half. cut it to six. shot clock. dodson got a piece of it. has it on the break. slow it down and lost it out of bounds. wants to take a bite out of it. j

blanche lincoln and jon kyl, arc, and arizona, have -- arkansas and arizona have placed some proposals out there. the correct way to tax a gain and the value of assets bequeathed to an heir with a tax of 15%. there ought to be some action that derives some revenue for t otherwise people out our way are having to sell off ranches prematurely in order to have the money to pay for the death tax when the founder of the family passes away. and a recent problem that we've had with that is that the land values are going up. i suppose they've stagnated at the moment, but it's hard to tell. these ranchers were putting money in, trying to do estate planning so that they could pay this with not having to sell off part of the farm, and we're doing a -- and were doing a pretty good job of that. they made some adjustments where we made adjustments and started giving them a a a decliefnlt there's going to a lot more said on that yet. we've got this massive spending bill. this huge increase in spending. and i wanted to share with you some of the words of douglas holtzs eakin, who is the former directo

washington state tried to keep clemons behind the bars but ran into resistance from authorities in arkansas. we are trying to figure out exactly who is responsible. keeping them honest. is the white house hiding something 1234 they refused to let the white house social secretary testify before congress about those reality show wannabe party crashers. white house which promised trance parentsy. what's going on? we are keeping them honest. amanda knox, student on trial in italy, accused of murdering her roommate during a sexually charged game, the verdict could come as early as tomorrow. tonight the evidence against her, crime and punishment. that and a lot more today on "360." >> larry: that's at 10:00 eastern. governor romney, let's say obama called you. mitt, i respect your business. what's the number one thing i should do right now? >> stop the stimulus spending because it is not working. instead use the stimulus dollars to make it's easier and more attractive for business tows grow and hire. do that by putting in place a more robust and investment tax credit program and by letting busine

lautenberg: i rise to speak in support of the amendment that's proposed by senator lincoln from arkansas, and i thank her for an excellent idea. i want to say at the outset that before i came to the united states senate, i was a founder and the c.e.o. of a major new york stock exchange company, a company now employing over 40,000 people. i say that because i do understand how business works and i know that we have to pay executives to encourage their full capacity. but the money being paid to top health insurance executives is simply outrageous. most of these companies where these executives work get subsidies from the federal government through payments to medicare advantage and medicare part-d. our tax dollars then wind up stuffing the pockets of insurance company executives. remember, these companies are obliged to provide health care funding when people are ill or need counseling to improve their health and their longevity. the average compensation package for the top five insurance chief executives between 2006 and 2008 was almost $15 million a year. their services in these companie

so, i think it would be interesting to see, particularly with blanche lincoln from arkansas, who is from a conservative state and has been voting with democrats, whether there, republicans i expect would make links between her and representative griffin is expected to announce this afternoon. >> covering the senate health care debate. kathleen hunter of congressional quarterly. >> thank you. >> follow all the gavel to gavel coverage on c-span2. we bring you highlights on c-span radio. you can read the legislation and catch briefing to see how your senator voted. for iphone and ipod you can follow the debate with the c-span radio iphone app. it is free. and listen to see span and c-span2 and c-span radio and. "washington journal" segments earlier on the issue. we spoke with wyoming. republican senator john barrasso. this is been a half hour. >> host: joining us from the rotundo buildings senator john barrasso republican of wyoming. put your doctor hat, former orthopedic surgeon. what is good in bill for doctors and what is bad for the for doctors? >> guest: thank you for having me. wish i

it was several years ago that i teamed up with senator blanche lincoln of arkansas and senator olympia snowe of maine. we tried to create a program for small businesses in america called the shop act, and this program would give those small businesses the same shopping opportunities for health insurance as members of congress and federal employees. i came up with an unlikely ally when the national federation of independent businesses decided they wanted to join us, when their lobbyists called and said he wanted to meet with me, i said i couldn't wait to meet him because his organization had done everything in their power to defeat me and every election i'd been in and i wanted to see what he looked like. well, he came in and sat down and said we've got to do something about health insurance for small business and we ended up creating an unlikely but powerful alliance of the national federation of independent business, the realtors, the service employees international union, families u.s.a., from both sides of the political spectrum standing behind the shop bill. the shop bill, with som

. >> senator from arkansas. >> well, thank you, mr. president. i am very proud to come and join in this debate on an issue i think is critical to all arkansasians -- arkansans. as we talk about health care reform, clearly our delivery system in health care is broken. we have the best doctors and research and technologies, and yet our delivery system is broken. and for the last 24 months the senate finance committee has held hearings and roundtable summits and all kind of different delibtive -- deliberative efforts -- advocacy groups on the part of patients -- anyone that would come and say how do we make this system better for the patients, who are the ultimate recipients of this policy. so to anyone who says they are jumping in here and moving too fast -- you know, i have tremendous respect for the gentleman from kentucky. he is a good friend of senator mcconnell's. the minority leader's comment that we are saying to our colleagues, sit down and shut up and take it, i would just like to comment to the nor -- to the senator from tennessee who sai

executives be added in as to be under the effect of this pending amendment from the senator from arkansas. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. mccain: is there objection? mr. baucus: mr. president, i object. i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. mccain: mr. president, i also understand that wal-mart sells health insurance policies. they are based in arkansas, and i ask unanimous consent that wal-mart be included in this cushion excessive remuneration that will now be placing them under the same level as the president of the united states. mr. baucus: mr. president, reserving the right to object. to be totally candid, these are stunt amendments which we have not seen, i have never heard of the amendment. mr. mccain: it's pretty simple. it's not real complicated. i say to my colleague it's not really complicated. it's people to sell health insurance. the presiding officer: is there objection? mr. baucus: reserving the right to object. not having seen these amendments, i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i'm

former arkansas acorn chaired dorothy perkins says that acorn was "run right -- run like a jim jones cult, where all the money ended up under the control of the founder and longtime head of the organization." then we get to the undercover videos. they show five separate acorn offices providing assistance and advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and her pants on how operate an illegal business, commit tax and mortgage fraud, and money-laundering. the couple also admits they are smuggling and underage girls from south america for prostitution. not only do the employees not report human trafficking and sex slaves, they provided by some house successfully cover-up such an end -- such an operation from the authorities. acorn has had dozens of its employees convicted of voter registration fraud and numerous elections. there are many different third party organizations batting cage in voter registration, but there is only one with a record of that kind of criminal activity, an obvious sign of problems within the organization itself. one former acorn employees said that there is no qual

bronx terror plot. 14509ing at the arkansas military recruiting station. naji bulla zazi. tariq, nidal hasan and most recently the five in alexandria, virginia. this is a long list. i don't want just to liftie arab-americans or muslim-americans, but this is a long list of u.s. residentses or u.s. citizens in most cases who are somehow experimenting with terror, and while i agree with you, mr. zogby, we need a scalpel not a sledgehammer and i agree that we should focus on actual terrorist acts, and not someone's belief system i truly agree with that, we need to do something here. we need to intervene. hopefully we will not intervene after the fact, but we will find exactly the right place to intervene to prevent these terror actions. so our second two witnesses, dr. weine and dr. craigin suggested ways to learn more. i'd like to ask our first two witnesses what strategies do you think we, the united states government, this subcommittee, should undertake to intervene at the right moment to prevent acts of terror by people like the list i just read against the united states?

he was a criminal who was released from prison in arkansas through executive clemency. and it's -- while there are certainly people who committed victimless crimes who are unnecessarily kept for long periods of times in incarceration and should be -- have clemency or some type of executive relief, people who commit crimes of violence as this person did, they should not be released unless there is some extra circumstances that are beyond anybody's thought that it was appropriate. this gentleman was not reformed. he committed other crimes. he should have still been in jail. you got to think about mental health. the man was a criminal but he was also mentally ill. he had delusions that he was some type of religious figure. we have to think about the mental health laws we have up here and the opportunity to fund mental health institutions and get mental health so people can be treated before they commit some act out of a delusional aspect of their disease. so there are a lot of other areas we need to look into as we mourn these officers and remember 9/11 and the fire people

blanche lincoln of arkansas. mary landrieu of louisiana. folks like that. liberal side, sherrod brown of ohio. jay rockefeller of west virginia, tom harkin of iowa. some folks are proxies of the leadership like charles schumer ew york, who is the number three senate democrat and mark pryor of arkansas. i probably missed a few. >> this idea that is percolating, if this idea of dropping the public option for going the medicare route, would this affect support of that underlying bill? could it possibly attract republican support as well? >> i think this is more a case of democratic coalition management at this point, getting centrists to a very suspicious of big government involvement in the health insurance market and liberals getting them more or less on the same page. i doubt it would bring anymore republican support. i guess votes of two moderates from maine, olympia snowe and susan collins are still in play. >> what about senator reid? he apparently given the group a deadline of today to reach an agreement. >> he wants this today, because he has to rush i

member jed gregg that bars rate increases for anything other than medicare and another amendment by arkansasmocrat mark pryor requiring health and human services to see how they like it. votes on those amendments will take place after 3:15 eastern today and so far all amendments have required 60 votes to pass. later today, an amendment dealing with abortion coverage in the bill. and now live coverage of the u.s. senate. the time of storm, thank you for the opportunity to serve you and our country. remind us that you are more interested in our faithfulness than our success. today, empower our lawmakers to be faithful in the small things, thereby qualifying themselves for greater opportunities to serve. make them worthy stewards of the rich resources you have given our nation, as they remember the rich legacy of labor that punctuates our history. guide their thinking so that they will see your plan and follow your leading. and, lord rs on this anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor, we think of all the veterans of past wars, those currently in harm's way, and all who have served in our nati

bronx terror plot. 14509ing at the arkansas military recruiting station. naji bulla zazi. tariq, nidal hasan and most recently the five in alexandria, virginia. this is a long list. i don't want just to liftie arab-americans or muslim-americans, but this is a long list of u.s. residentses or u.s. citizens in most cases who are somehow experimenting with terror, and while i agree with you, mr. zogby, we need a scalpel not a sledgehammer and i agree that we should focus on actual terrorist acts, and not someone's belief system i truly agree with that, we need to do something here. we need to intervene. hopefully we will not intervene after the fact, but we will find exactly the right place to intervene to prevent these terror actions. so our second two witnesses, dr. weine and dr. craigin suggested ways to learn more. i'd like to ask our first two witnesses what strategies do you think we, the united states government, this subcommittee, should undertake to intervene at the right moment to prevent acts of terror by people like the list i just read against the united states?