i certainly don't want this senate appointment to turn into another blagojevich scandal where, and i'm just spit balling here, an ambitious would-be senator with a secret stash of nearly a million completely untraceable former super pac dollars uses that money to buy political influence by transferring all of it to a shadowy fund located if the governor's state of south carolina that no one would be able to trace. (laughter) that would be horrible if that came out. which it wouldn't because like i said, it's impossible to trace. (laughter) of course i can't be held responsible if other people try to influence her like the nearly 12,000 of you who lobbied for my appointment by tweeting@nikki haley which then forced the goff they are to respond on her facebook page writing stephen, thank you for your interest in south car line' u.s. senate seat and the thousands of tweets you and your fans sent me but you forget one thing, my friend, you didn't know our state drij, big, big mistake. now she's referring here to her appearance on my show back in april. i couldn't name south carolina state

departments themselves who think that they are beyond prosecution, i want to remind them of governor blagojevich in illinois who thought he was above the law. chris dolan is on market street right nearby. he's ready to take cases of staffers who find corruption from department heads and he's ready to defend them. thank you. >> thank you. are there other members of the public who wish to speak on this item number 9? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion to send this item forward with recommendation? >> so moved. >> we have a motion for that and we have a second. we'll do that without objection. thank you. and then on item number 1 through 8, do i have a motion to rescind the votes on these item? >> motion to rescind? >> can we have a motion to rescind the [speaker not understood]? we'll do that without objection. we heard these items without public comment. do we have a motion to send these forward with recommendation? >> so moved. >> we have a motion and second. we'll do that without objection. >> thank you for doing that. i was at a district meeting. i had trouble getting h

and governor "rocket" rob blagojevich, sent to a federal lock-up for 14 years for the crime of being chicago politician. >> i thought about mandela, dr. king, gandhi. >> one of blago's old opponents in the illinois state legislature, republican mike bost, became a web star when he lost his mind in public. >> trying to be released! let my people go! >> meanwhile, down in the florida legislature, there was rigorous debate this year over the meaning of jay-z's song "9 9 problems." >> aren't you sharp as a tack? you a lawyer or something? >> in that song, aren't you sharp as ta tack or something, you should try for a lawyer or something. got you on that. >> nobody cares much about the lyrics of 2012's biggest song. it was all about the horsey dance. just as south korean rapper psi and "gangnam style" approached a billion youtube views, the research on his america-bashing past ended the good times. ♪ gangnam style >> no such problems for carly rae jepsen whose only song was planning a song into the perm hard drive of every american for all eternity. ♪ here's my number, so call me baby ♪ >

governor pat quinn was struggling to be elected to the job he assumed after the former governor rod blagojevich was removed from office for corruption and misconduct. quinn, a democrat, needed a huge turnout in the heavily democratic districts on the south side. that's where critics say the nri money ended up. the governor won that election by less than one percentage point but the results on reducing crime? so far there's been 476 murders this year, up nearly 20% from 2011. >> on its face, it appears to be a waste. >> reporter: illinois republican state senator matt murphy. >> about a month before the election, at a time when reports everywhere were showing a diminished interest in the election in the governor's base and lo and behold, here he comes with a new state program and millions of dollars to get people interested. >> a lot of baloney. they know that. matter of fact, people make those charges were running against me. it's all politics. >> reporter: in an early november interview, governor quinn insisted to cnn the murder rate was so high in the summer of 2010, he had to do something. >

and governor rocket rod blagojevich sent to a federal lockup for 14 years for the crime of being a chicagoian. >> then i thought about mandela, dr. king, gandhi. >> reporter: one of blago's old opponents in the illinois state legislature, republican mike bost became a web star this year when he lost his mind in public. >> i feel like somebody trying to be released from egypt! let my people go! >> reporter: meanwhile down in the florida legislature, there was rigorous debate this year over the meaning of jay-z's song "99 problems." >> aren't you sharp as a tack? are you a lawyer or something? >> in that song, it was the officer who said, "aren't you sharp as a tack or something"? you should try for a lawyer or something. so i got on you that. >> reporter: nobody cared much about the lyrics of 2012's biggest song. it was all about that horsey dance. ♪ gangnam style >> reporter: just as south korean rapper psy and his song "gangnam style" approached 1 billion youtube views, the research on his america-bashing past ended the good times. ♪ gangnam style >> reporter: no such problems for carly r

governor pat quinn was struggling to be elected to the job he assumed after former governor rod blagojevichce for corruption and misconduct. quinn, a democrat, needed a huge turnout in chicago's heavily democratic districts on the south side. that's where critics say the nri money ended up. the governor won that election by less than one percentage point, but the results on reducing crime? so far there's been 484 murders this year. up 21% from 2011. >> on its face it appears to be a waste. >> reporter: the illinois republican state senator matt murphy. >> about a month before the election at a time when reports everywhere were showing a diminished interest in the election in the governor's base and lo and behold, here he comes with a new state program and millions of dollars to get people interested. >> it's a lot of bologne. you know, they know that. matter of fact, people make those charges are running against me. it's all politics. >> reporter: in an early november interview governor quinn insisted to cnn the murder rate was so high in the summer of 2010 he had to do something. >> the ci

new jersey communities like little ferry as seen in this photo and moonachie saw extensive river blagojevich when a berm failed. i was actually by this location and saw fema emergency management teams as well as, of course, local police and firefighters getting people out of their homes and rafts in order to be able to get to dry land. private property damage to both towns has been estimated to exceed $15 million. this bill will help these people rebuild and provide the state the resources it needs to build the bridge stronger. in this picture, this woman surveys the damage inside her home. that look of absolute fear and terror of what is before them is a look that i have seen far too many times on the faces of new jerseyans. the foundation of some homes were ripped away, causing fear of physical collapse. other homes were condemned and residents were told to leave. according to construction officials in this borough alone, a list of 39 homes with collapsed foundations and 246 other homes were severely damaged. after these repeated floods, many are now asking for their homes to be brought ou