by 96-3 -- ruth bair gansler confirmed by 96-3. why was this so close, colby? >> are a reflection of the times, harsh partisanship. it was ideological. they speculated that she would be too far to the left and would impose our own views on the the constitution. -- imposed her own views on the constitution. it is sad. >> evan? >> i had lunch with the u.s. senator this week who should be a scene that says it all but there is a place on the u.sfloor where senate's can go to have lunch. 1:00 in the afternoon, tablecloth this said, soup is cooking, solid there. -- salad there. nobody is in the room. u.s. senators used to go and talk to each other. they don't do that anymore. they go to the separate camps, and that is why you have a vote like that. >> charles? >> the closest since toledo. when president obama was a senator -- the closest since several toledo. when president obama was a senator, he voted against chief justice roberts. justice scalia was nearly unanimous. with bork it all changed and you have ideological votes. >> josh, we

>> that is the human capital arm , mccormack, bair, and toliver. they are going through to focus on the human capital development piece. they have a long history of doing this. this work in all kinds of cities around the country. once development is imminent, they come in and establish the work that stablizes the families to prepare them for development. we talked about this a little earlier, but we are proud to announce, the phase one was relocated successfully. several of those went off site. but that was a blend of the housing authority and the residents working together to very well the relocation plan and very well it. we are proud of that process. on the service connection work, we are proud the people of hunters view will be part of the connection work. we are proud of phase one. we were able to start abatement. that is definitely linked to the service connection work. we think the work we were dealing with actually yielded those outcomes. and we are proud of the fact that we are trying to bring existing residents and larger neighborhoods to

doctors cleaned the windpipe, leaving the bair structure, and -- leaving the bare structure, and then put stem cells on it. >> it has gone better than we had hoped. he is left with a healthy organ made from stem cells. that is a kind of merkel. >> at just 11 years old, he has spent a great deal of time in hospitals. he will still need regular checkups. but the operation has changed his life and as a landmark in stem cells surgery. -- and is a landmark in stem cells surgery. >>> pakistan's flood crisis. now the government says 12 million people are affected by the worst monsoon rains in living memory. pakistan's president zardari is in britain, fending off criticism that he should return to his country at such a time of crisis. >>> in saudi arabia, hundreds of thousands of people with blackberry smart phones could not use them today went authorities switched off the service. the government is threatening to ban the services in a fight over access to people's personal information. >> to some, it is an essential tool for business. the governments in the middle east, this mobile phone is

bair interdependent in all essential. -- they are all interdependent and all essential. access to medication, supported employment. my client's work. we put them to work and they're doing phenomenal job getting their lives back. people recover one-of-a-kind. that is what we've done. -- people recover one at a time. that is what we have done. when we focus on one person and get out of the criminal-justice system, it is a permanent solution. this court is reducing violence. it is reducing recidivism. it is cost-effective. over the long term, it is reducing the criminal justice dollars and mental health dollars. there is no downside that i can see. my question is, if we know what works, why are we not doing it? we can. we should. that is what is going to help solve really solve this problem. it can be solved. thank you. >> those are all excellent points. thank you. [applause] >> i would like to ask if there are any questions. miss mcintyre? please speak and the microphone. >> [unintelligible] >> you worked for the behavioral court -- you work for the behavior of court? what

i know that sheila bair of some of the other bank regulators have expressed disappointment with their decision then. >> the basil committee is doing these moves in two stages. first, they have a changes to definitions, changes to how they calculate the risk in particular types of assets these are changes in the rules of liquidity. those are very important building blocks for the reforms. they do not speak to the key questions which is about where the new rules should set the required ratios. we are now in the process of trying to reach agreement on how strong those should be and we will work hard to make sure they are strong enough. by using the two-tier structure with time for people to build up their additional buffer of capital, we think we can get the balance right between having a much stronger rules to make our system more stable, but not take any meaningful risk and we add to the headwinds we still see coming out of this crisis. we are paying close attention to this and we will work hard to make sure these rules are strong enough. >> professor in the front row? >> i was wonderi

host: do you anticipate that either mitch mcconnell or john bair are making plans for takeover in november? guest: i think they both have high hopes, but are being realistic. i don't think there is indication of what they will do if they do gain the majority. i have not seen the list. leader john boehner has on his website a list of all the things republicans have done over the past year-and-a-half to work with the president and democrats to get something passed. that is fine, but it is not an agenda. it is ita pr effort. ari cantor, at the house whether for republicans has a program which basically solicits ideas from voters on things they would like to see cut. that is fine. it put things up for a vote, but there will not as a surly work hard to get them passed. we need to see concrete ideas from republicans about what it will do if they take but the house and the senate. -- it will put things up for a will nott there wily really worker to get them passed. host: here on this chart, you can see the job approval rating for the two parties. just after july 2010, the approval rating for repu

why have this is being used by all branches of the military when that bair itself has caused problems in getting it on time as far as production? guest: when this first chart of i do not think there were 10 people on this planet that started work -- when this first started, i do not think there were 10 people on this planet that thought it would work. you are correct, i used to be three airplanes for two, and now it is two and half. the air force served plain does not have a kila on it. -- have a keel on it. the point is, you are getting three airplanes for every two, 2.5. the old idea of trying to make one airplane to satisfy every body, and the point is, if it did not work, i would not be here today. but it did work great. there were some setbacks due to wait and other things, absolutely. but it was a tremendous leap. they will get there. they just have to work through their issues. it is more leadership than technical. host: can you explain why there is debate over an alternative engine for the f-35? guest: i have to take credit for some of that. here is what happened. i turned in

bair random selection, nathan deal asks the first question. >> karen, as you know, georgians have pushed for conservative budgeting for our state, commonly known as zero based budgeting. ended discussions that we have had, you had indicated that you did not favor going to a zero based budgeting approach. i would simply ask you why not, and what would be your answer to getting this budget back in balance? >> nathan, you know that that is not true. you have been on the campaign trail with me. what i have said consistently is that i do not need legislation to do zero based budgeting. i was already doing it in the secretary of state office. i will obviously sign that. but i do not needed to actually do it because i come from the private sector. i did not build my career in washington. the way to balance the budget is to start with zero. by our ties programs every single years. just because you got so much money this year does not mean you look at the same amount next year. certainly we need to have a serious budget constraints put in place. i am the only candidate who has proposed permanentl