asheville, north carolina, since about 2:00 today they have been getting snow, around roanoke and bristol. today's thunderstorms as a result of the strong march heating and the cold temperatures aloft. 55 degrees was the temperature in fredericksburg, virginia. 52 in highland lakes new jersey where two inches of rain fell. 33 in asheville, north carolina. that system is spinning through our area tomorrow morning. upper level low system so we could see showers from sun rise to noontime. if this low makes its way into southern new england. as it moves away we are going to get wind, too. could see gusts around 25 to 30 miles per hour. your morning cloudy, a few scattered showers. sun is up at 7:10. the wind will pick up tomorrow. the skies will clear about noon or 1:00. the high tomorrow near 60 degrees. the best day out of the work week looks like wednesday with lots of sunshine across the area. 63 on thursday. partly sunny. cooler for friday. 50 on friday to a weekend with highs in the low to mid 50s. that is if you are looking that far ahead. this rain should be clearing out about noontim

host: janet, democratic color, asheville, north carolina.caller: i want to read from this week's "newsweek" in response to senator burr wracking about what carroll and education. -- bragging about a north carolina education. "classrooms are now dividing along racial lines. the naacp has filed a complaint alleging apartheid education. 'i think it is intentional discrimination,' says an attorney at the center for civil rights. i also want to say in regard to -- what else did you talk about this morning? oh, yes. i want to say that if we jailed and fined outrageously the criminals who are hiring illegal aliens, people would back across the border and we would have to do no more. -- people would drift back across the border aand we would have to do no more. host: internet regulations in china -- if you are interested in the whole googled-china story, 2:00 p.m. eastern time, the congressional executive commission on china will look at internet regulation. this is a panel made up of senators and house members and administration officials. c-span3,

asheville, north carolina. caller: i have a question. i am 73 years old.ear something that is how often been said, and that after you reach a certain age, they will withhold your medical care and give you death counseling on certain issues. is that in the bill? guest: no, it is not. this is something that came up after then-governor sarah palin put on her facebook page. there is nothing like that. what is is counseling regarding end of life care, which happens every day. families need to know what their options are. every day, thousands of families seek counseling for the end of life care, the will, power of attorney. that counseling is currently not reimbursable under medicare, but the house is saying that it can be under medicare. it is not forcing anyone to do it, and certainly, not forcing any of come on you. -- outcome on you. host: next phone call from pittsburgh. independent line. caller: the only question is, the you love the insurance company that rip you off, or do you want the people to have 100% health care? in pennsylvania there is legislation

asheville, north carolina. caller: i have a question. i am 73 years old. i hear something that is how often been said, and that after you reach a certain age, they will withhold your medical care and give you death counseling on certain issues. is that in the bill? guest: no, it is not. this is something that came up after then-governor sarah palin put on her facebook page. there is nothing like that. what is is counseling regarding end of life care, which happens every day. families need to know what their options are. every day, thousands of families seek counseling for the end of life care, the will, power of attorney. that counseling is currently not reimbursable under medicare, but the house is saying that it can be under medicare. it is not forcing anyone to do it, and certainly, not forcing any of come on you. -- outcome on you. host: next phone call from pittsburgh. independent line. caller: the only question is, the you love the insurance company that rip you off, or do you want the people to have 100% health care? in pennsylvania there is legisla

host: asheville, north carolina, jerry, independent color. go ahead. caller: again, thank you for c- span. i want to relate very quickly that when we're talking about this time frame, 2000 to 2007, there was a favored nation agreement put out to china, and it takes three to five years, a little bit more, for major manufacturing to move out of our country. the loss of manufacturing jobs and the lack of growth has much more to do with that effort or decision than anything. i wanted to point out one other thing -- with the stimulus package and the release of money, there was ordered $57 million given to a wind farm -- there was $457 million given to a wind farm in texas, and of that money, there were 300 construction jobs, short-term, relatively, and 2000 manufacturing jobs, that went to china. when you look at relationship, or we stimulating, who are sponsoring? -- who are we stimulating, who are we sponsoring? host: do think that is a bigger reason for loss of jobs than of showing of jobs? guest: i read a magazine called "global business -- ran a magazi

and this is the asheville proposal for the 98 additional projects in nearly half of those are projects. horsley, your executive director says can be under contract within 90 days and the rest within 120 days. and i would satisfy the bill we passed in the house, which unfortunately the senate has yet to complete action on. they've only done -- they've only tell with half of it. and for the readiness, there are many touching stories, but one that really sticks in my mind is that the secretary gary ridley of oklahoma who might visit out there in tulsa and oklahoma city pointed to the inner dispersal loop project or the loop around tulsa and he said, we began designing this in november after your cheering, the one i held in october he said. the committee is serious. we better be ready. i told my engineers i want you to take your -- were going to do in 18 months of designing for months and i want to take your design and engineering plans to church with you on sunday because if i need to well call. and they did and he did and they had it designed and they're under -- they are more than halfw

. >> host: jay in asheville, north carolina. good afternoon, you're on with. the r. on booktv. >> caller: yes, thanks for taking my call. my question to mr. reid is this, i have read about the declining natural populations of european countries, in particular it seems to be acute russia. in russia. a million russians disappear, and their birthrate is declining. the only european country that has a sustainable birthrate is muslim albania. and my question to you, sir, is do any of the political leaders in france, germany, europe, finland, norway, do they take these declines in their natural birthrate seriously? i mean, you mentioned about a million immigrants coming into holland that don't speak dutch. i was just wondering in, in your view dud the political leadership in europe regard these declining natural birthrates as a potential serious problem? >> guest: yeah. this is considered to be a public issue in every country. i don't think it's as bad as you just stated. many countries in europe still have a sustainable birthrate that increases the population. britain is

i live in asheville, north carolina. i was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago at age 45.i got the diagnosis call as my husband was on an important job interview for a position that would allow us to have good, high-quality benefits. thank heaven he got those benefits on that job. however, seven months later he was laid off, he works in the construction industry which was hard hit in our state, and laid off in the middle moof -- of my treatment. we had no choice but to get benefits through cobra and that was $1,058 a month for 18 months. we looked to the individual market for private insurance, we did not qualify for medicaid and had a disastrous meeting with representative from a company who quoted us, $2,000-plus a month for me only. you feel in a sense tainted. being a woman should not be a pre-existing condition. it's hard to describe the stress of going through a catastrophic illsness and the side effects of the treatment that you receive and worrying about the insurance mess at the same time and how you're going to make it through as a family. the light on the horizo

host: asheville, north carolina, jerry, independent color. go ahead.ler: again, thank you for c- span. i want to relate very quickly that when we're talking about this time frame, 2000 to 2007, there was a favored nation agreement put out to china, and it takes three to five years, a little bit more, for major manufacturing to move out of our country. the loss of manufacturing jobs and the lack of growth has much more to do with that effort or decision than anything. i wanted to point out one other thing -- with the stimulus package and the release of money, there was ordered $57 million given to a wind farm -- there was $457 million given to a wind farm in texas, and of that money, there were 300 construction jobs, short-term, relatively, and 2000 manufacturing jobs, that went to china. when you look at relationship, or we stimulating, who are sponsoring? -- who are we stimulating, who are we sponsoring? host: do think that is a bigger reason for loss of jobs than of showing of jobs? guest: i read a magazine called "global business -- ran a magazine c