arnold schwarzenegger campaign we had only lawyers on retainer. i don't know what they made to be honest with you. we had two lawyers on retainer with us. most of those legal teams that will go out and do it as your observers on election day will do it as volunteers. it is going to cost money to house them. i think, trying to, should be able to remember i think we had like $750,000 budgeted for like the last wee three weeks of the campaign for arnold schwarzenegger. that was like to house people. people rental cars and flights to go out and be that band of people but they actually worked for free. you want to figure out how many lawyers you need and what it will cost to house them and transport them and that kind of stuff. they won't do it, they want us pay their own freight but they will do it as volunteer. yeah? >> you deal with sent tee ballots rather than, vote by mail ballots. in new jersey, for example, they went to vote by mail where anybody can vote by mail. previously you had to be disabled out of the state in order to vote absentee, do y

well aware of the old saying:, "whisky is for drinking, water is for fighting." >> governor arnold schwarzenegger have died over water, you know, so... movies have been made about the wars of water in california. >> stahl: "chinatown." >> schwarzenegger: exactly. so water has been one of those issues. >> stahl: one of those issues that's pitting californians against each other for every last drop. are you in crisis? >> schwarzenegger: we are. >> stahl: in crisis? >> schwarzenegger: we've been in crisis for quite some time, because we're now 38 million people and not anymore 18 million people, like we were in the late '60s. so it developed into a battle between environmentalists and farmers, and between the south and the north, and between rural and urban. and everyone has been fighting for the last four decades about water. >> stahl: he took us to the san luis reservoir in california's farm country. >> schwarzenegger: everything that you see here was all full of water. >> stahl: he showed us how desperate things are-- the drought that has affected the western part of the country has left its mark

arnold schwarzenegger campaign we had only lawyers on retainer. don't know what they made to be honest with you. we had two lawyers on retainer with us. most of those legal teams that will go out and do it as your observers on election day will do it as volunteers. it is going to cost money to house them. i think, trying to, should be able to remember i think we had like $750,000 budgeted for like the last wee three weeks of the campaign for arnold schwarzenegger. that was like to house people. people rental cars and flights to go out and be that band of people but they actually worked for free. you want to figure out how many lawyers you need and what it will cost to house them and transport them and that kind of stuff. they won't do it, they want us pay their own freight but they will do it as volunteer. yeah? >> you deal with sent tee ballots rather than, vote by mail ballots. in new jersey, for example, they went to vote by mail where anybody can vote by mail. previously you had to be disabled out of the state in order to vote absentee, do you

in california, governor arnold schwarzenegger warned just this week that his state will need billions more from the federal government for basic operations, even as longer-term pension requirements loom. "newshour" correspondent spencer michels reports. >> reporter: when 86-year-old john canfield retired from his california state job, he was making about $50,000 a year. as a senior engineer, he had designed highway bridges used by thousands of californians. >> destructed all over the state of california and i take pride in that. >> reporter: today with yearly increases for cost of living, his state pension totals about $63,000. that's more than the average for state workers because canfield was one of the higher paid employees. >> i feel that i earned that retirement pay. i considered it a contract between me and the state of california. >> reporter: for decades, retirees like canfield drew their pay with little notice but no that taxpayers in california and other states are being told to pone up for underfunded pension plans, questions are being asked about the amount pensioners earn

part of what i am going to talk about is from the arnold schwarzenegger example. the john mccain campaign may have the worst reputation compared to the obama votes. some of that was funding, some just the regular challenges our campaign had that was more global. it was not specific tactical things. i have some good examples from john mccain about why early votes helped us make different decisions or inform us on things we did that may not be logical. but why we made the decisions we did. had the tides changed the way we hoped it would work to our advantage. i want to tell you what the tactical things are that you can do that will work for you. 40% of the vote will happen before election day. almost half of the people are voting before election day, this will impact how you deliver your message, whether you put something in someone's mailbox for a volunteer tries to contact them or you put radio commercials up, all those things. if you underperform, you can lose an election on the margin. one of the things the bush campaign is famous for is turning known supporters

arnold schwarzenegger questions sarah palin's views on climate change. meanwhile, she shoots back says why is governor schwarzenegger pushing for the same policies in copen hague than drove his state to deficit. >> i think that is absurd. that is one of the absurdities we have heard from governor palin. as a citizen of the state, trying to reduce emissions is not what pushed california to the brink of disasters. and i think it speaks to how she values science or how she refuse s to view science. >> larry: ben, you put your face in in your hands. >> i am some what of a fan of sarah pannins. the jury is still out. there is a lot of data that the serth cooler than 1,000 years ago, 2,000 years ago and the youry it s out about whether or not there is global warming. and the connection between that and the california budget problems is nil. there is no connection at all. there is one issue, climate change may be a fraud, california budget problems are real and painful and they are not a fraud. >> larry: you are not man of the year, barney, having said that, wh

arnold schwarzenegger questions sarah palin's interest in climate change saying it has more to do wither career and winning the nomination. meanwhile, she shoots back says why is governor schwarzenegger pushing for the same policies in copenhagen that drove his state into record deficits? what do you make of that spat, tanya? >> i think that's absurd. that's another one of the absurdities that we have heard from former governor palin in recent weeks. as a citizen of the state, that is not -- trying to reduce emissions is not what's pushed california to the brink of disaster. that simply isn't it. and the fact that she's one of these global warming deniers for whom the jury is still out, i think really speaks to how she values science or rather how she refuses to value science. and i firmly stand behind my republican governor. that's my bipartisan moment for the week. >> larry: ben, you put your face in your hands. >> well, because i am somewhat of a fan of sarah palin. i'm totally with her about climate change. i think the jury is still out. there are thousands and thousands of reputab

as i said, it was governor arnold schwarzenegger who said that but for the stimulus, over 100,000 teachers would be out of work. 30,000 jobs are created or saved by businesses that have received federal contracts from just a small fraction of the recovery act. very important. let me say this, half a million jobs, you know, half a million homeowners have been -- have signed up for foreclosure prevention programs, reaching an important early goal. and the program that was launched last march, aimed to help this half a million borrowers by november 1 and with the ultimate goal of helping over four million borrowers before it expires. you know, 10,000 -- here's a number for you. 10,000 -- 10,015.86, the dow jones industrial average increased, surge tovered 10,000, passing the 10,000 point mark level much faster than expected and racking up 53% gain in the last seven months. that's improvement of the economy that has helped some but has not helped enough. it just shows, though, that if we do invest in our economy, it does help. it does improve the lives of people. it's not money that we shouldn

(applause) >> governor arnold schwarzenegger! >> (applause) >> thank you very much karen for the wonderful introduction. also thank you for inviting me to be part of this great operation here. tonight it's about honoring those who break down the barriers and to promote social justice. tonight's heros have excelled in all walks of life. i think that each and every one of those honorees are also, at the same time, a great inspiration to millions and millions of people. and i will say especially for the young people, because that's the important thing. they need this extra push to know that the american dream is also there for them,. that they can reach whatever dream that they have, and so this is why we have inspired them to show them that there's more out there than just gangs and violence and drugs and alcohol and those things. there are positive alternatives. >> i have felt very strongly that athletes have a responsibility, whether they like it or not, or whether we like it or not, to be role models. those who had the biggest i

it is something that, for example, california governor arnold schwarzenegger has made one of his top there is no question that this is a real and urgent issue, in this and many other countries. for example, in india, where a lot of their water comes from the himalayas and various have got no rain. host: with health care, which saw the target date for getting something to the president's best has moved us to the president's desk has moved -- has moved to the president's desk -- is there a similar time line? has he said to the senate that i need to have this on my desk by a particular date and time? guest: harry reid has said he hopes to have legislation on his desk in the spring, with the idea of finalizing it by the summer. it puts a lawmakers in a bus precarious position. this is a timeline that has already -- in a less precarious position. host: next up is new mexico, marty on our line for republicans six o. caller: yes, my name is marty. i would like to say on this global warming, i do not know if you guys are familiar with the slingshot effect, but scientists do not ever talk abo

question, because this morning as i was preparing to come over, i had the television on, and arnold schwarzenegger, the governor of california, was being interviewed. he raised the questions that the provisions in this amendment will raise by $3 billion the cost of medicaid just in the state of california. a state that last year had to have $6 -- had a $60 billion shortfall and he estimates next year will have a $20 billion shortfall. if we continue in washington to mandate funding and don't put our money behind it, we're pushing our states to the brink of bankruptcy where a number of them already are. and it's not fair to say we're covering more people when we're bankrupting our state. we're not covering anybody if we're pushing the cost off on someone else. so i appreciate the senior senator from georgia raising that point and i associate myself with governor schwarzenegger and his remarks this morning about urging us not to force unfunded mandates on our states. the senator from texas? mr. cornyn: if i could respond to the senior senator from georgia and the junior senator from georgia, my stat

it is something that, for example, california governor arnold schwarzenegger has made one of his topthere is no question that this is a real and urgent issue, in this and many other countries. for example, in india, where a lot of their water comes from the himalayas and various have got no rain. host: with health care, which saw the target date for getting something to the president's best has moved us to the president's desk has moved -- has moved to the president's desk -- is there a similar time line? has he said to the senate that i need to have this on my desk by a particular date and time? guest: harry reid has said he hopes to have legislation on his desk in the spring, with the idea of finalizing it by the summer. it puts a lawmakers in a bus precarious position. this is a timeline that has already -- in a less precarious position. host: next up is new mexico, marty on our line for republicans six o. caller: yes, my name is marty. i would like to say on this global warming, i do not know if you guys are familiar with the slingshot effect, but scientists do not ever talk abou

(applause) >> governor arnold schwarzenegger! >> (applause) >> thank you very much karen for the wonderful introduction. also thank you for inviting me to be part of this great operation here. tonight it's about honoring those who break down the barriers and to promote social justice. tonight's heros have excelled in all walks of life. i think that each and every one of those honorees are also, at the same time, a great inspiration to millions and millions of people. and i will say especially for the young people, because that's the important thing. they need this extra push to know that the american dream is also there for them,. that they can reach whatever dream that they have, and so this is why we have inspired them to show them that there's more out there than just gangs and violence and drugs and alcohol and those things. there are positive alternatives. >> i have felt very strongly that athletes have a responsibility, whether they like it or not, or whether we like it or not, to be role models. those who had the biggest i

(applause) >> governor arnold schwarzenegger! >> (applause) >> thank you very much karen for the wonderful introduction. also thank you for inviting me to be part of this great operation here. tonight it's about honoring those who break down the barriers and to promote social justice. tonight's heros have excelled in all walks of life. i think that each and every one of those honorees are also, at the same time, a great inspiration to millions and millions of people. and i will say especially for the young people, because that's the important thing. they need this extra push to know that the american dream is also there for them,. that they can reach whatever dream that they have, and so this is why we have inspired them to show them that there's more out there than just gangs and violence and drugs and alcohol and those things. there are positive alternatives. >> i have felt very strongly that athletes have a responsibility, whether they like it or not, or whether we like it or not, to be role models. those who had the biggest i