boone pickens. boone, i want to ask you to explain your strategy here.saying that the opening up offshore drilling won't provide us with enough oil in enough time to get off dependency off imported oil in the united states. your suggestion has been for quite some time, get our 18 wheelers, our big rigs, our commercial vehicles, off of gasoline by making them into natural oil or some alternative-energy consuming vehicles and making them more efficient. is that a good starting point? >> that's a good starting point. i'm ready to drill on the offshore, i have no problem with that. but don't look for big reserves off the east coast of the united states. number one, if you try to compare it to the gulf of mexico, texas and oklahoma, and then you go off into the gulf, they're big oil fields all over the south texas and south louisiana, but off the coast of virginia, south carolina, there's no oil fields onshore there. why do you think they're going to be big oil fields offshore? and the shelf in the gulf of mexico goes out 600, 700 miles, and here the shelf yo

sunday morning police say williams was sitting in the front seat of his work van in the 1900 block of boone street when several suspects approached. before williams could close the door at least one opened fire. >> it's one thing father god when we loose a loved one by something else but when it comes through a senseless act.

hundreds of people gathered last night on boone street in east baltimore to remember williams.arly sunday morning as he prepared for work, williams was sitting in the front seat of his company van in the 1900 block of boone street when several suspects approached him. before williams could close the door, at least one of the suspects opened fire. friends and family say williams had a passion for helping people. bernard simmons knows firsthand, a graduate of one of the recovery programs founded by carlos williams. >> he'd want me to keep on being the man i'm supposed to be. >> no arrests have been made in this case. anyone with information is asked to call police at 1-888-7-lock-up. in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> it's 5:05. 42 degrees. spring training might be winding down for miguel tejada. he'll face extended punishment, facing six additional months of probation time after investigation determined he misled congress about a teammate's use of performance enhancing drugs. his sentence was set to expire today, but he hasn't finished all his customer service. his p

it happened before 6:00 this morning in the 1900 block of boone street. tonight police are trying to figure out who gunned him down and why. kim basie is live at police headquarters with that story. kim? >> police say 50-year-old carlos williams was on his way to work early this morning when he was shot and killed and police are still trying to figure out the motive. >> i feel angry that no one essentially took my husband's life this morning. >> lisa williams is just getting over the shock of hever husband's death. police say 50-year-old carlos williams was gunned down on his way to work for comcast just before 6:00 sunday morning in the 1900 block of boone street. police say williams was approached by at least three suspects. after that, they're not sure what transpyred but police found williams with multiple gunshot wounds in his comcast work van. >> at this point we suspect that the incident happened due to an attempted robbery but we just don't know without witnesses or suspects to tell us what we have. >> williams' family and friends are devastated.

he played daniel boone, too. >> keep you alive. >> reporter: in fact, that was one of nbc's highest-rated born in texas in 1924, parker was known for his gentle presence on the screen. >> thing to do now is try and forget it. go and be a man. >> reporter: but also for his hospitality. >> truth is, i don't know nothing at all about politics. >> reporter: he did know a little something about wine. he bought a 700 acre ranch in the hills above santa barbara and since then has been producing award-winning wines of all variety. his death today at age 85 comes on his wife's 84th birthday. they've been married 50 years. a man who played legends is being remembered as one himself from the golden age of television to his own golden years. lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that's a great life. that's our broadcast for this thursday evening. in for brian williams, i'm anne curry. for all of us here at nbc news, thank you. >>> good evening, i'm ann curry in for brian williams tonight. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com how do we know how how many town roads we need? the census helps us know ex

investigators say carlos williams was in the company van around 6:00 yesterday morning in the 1900 block of boone street when three people came up on the van. at least one of them shot at williams, hitting him once again and police believe this started as a robbery. >> this shooting when three police officers pull over a car. >> and one of the suspects pulls out a gun and starts to shoot. cherie has more. >> reporter: two baltimore city police officers recovering. the officers expected to be okay, the shooting occurred yesterday morning in the -- police commissioner said that three undercover officers spotted a caprice moving alongside another car and that's when they were suspicious. they found marijuana in the car and tried to remove the car and two passengers. a bullet hit one officer in the cheek and another in the right hand. officers returned fire, killing the man and the mayor said the gun battle points to a need for tougher gun laws. during her first three months at mayor, she has visited three officers shot in the line of duty. >> we need to make sure we create a -- >> two officers have

. >> reporter: boone street is blocked. community leader carlos williams died right here. at dawn on sunday he was shot in the head hitting in his company truck. it rolled to a stop on the stoop. his wife wants a name. >> someone out here, please. please, you ain't a coward but [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: 200, maybe more circled the stoop. >> because i hear you say that [ indiscernible ] oh god. >> reporter: they prayed and asked, no, demanded that the killer give up or be given over. >> i'm pleading with you, if you know anything about it, please come forward. you hearing it from me. please come forward. don't be embarrassed. you ain't got to tell your name. >> come on. >> if he did it to him, he'll do it to you. >> reporter: police don't have any suspects, in fact they are desperate for help. filtered through the crowd and handed out his business card. crime stoppers came through and handed out this flier. >> even if you don't think it's important, to you it could be important to this family right here. >> reporter: after the prayers, sorrow remains. >> i just know th

he was inside his car on boone street in east baltimore when three people approached him and shot him. police believe it was an attempted robbery. his wife says a candle light vigil will be held outside his home at 7:00 tonight. >>> our sister station wjla reporting former governor robert erlich is planning to run for governor again. he'll formally announce his bid wednesday april 7th followed by an event in his hometown. today he was asked thousand debate over healthcare reform might play out in the campaign? >> i'm looking forward to the healthy exchange of ideas about the direction our state needs to take in the years ahead. these are difficult time. the only way to move into better times is to move forwad. i'm looking forward to a healthy debate. >> erlich was elect governor in 2002. he lost in 2006 to governor martin o'malley. >>> a special alert tonight for parents with babies. first we heard the warnings. now it has turned into an actual recall. >>> a dream date comes true for a mother courtesy of a real life jeanie. [ woman ] with my diabetes... i make my efforts count... so i

a candlelight vigil will be held at the corner of north avenue and boone street in east baltimore. that's where 50-year-old carlos williams was gunned down sunday morning. williams was shot several times while he was on his way to work. >>> dna solves a cold case in anne arundel county. they say he raped a 13-year-old girl in 2003. bella me's currently in custody in wisconsin. >>> a case of meningitis kills a young man in maryland. carol county health officials say a 23 yearly man died from the disease last week. he died at carol hospital center. >>> and the cleanup continues following tuesday's accident in cockiesville when a semi suddenly struck a train. >> the driver of the train, 51-year-old deborah morton had to be rescued and flown to shock trauma. tonight she is listed in serious but stable condition. meanwhile police say charges are pending against the driver of that truck. >>> so are the roads still a big mess because of those disruptions in light rail service? lauren cook has our traffic report. >> reporter: light rail service remains disrupted due to yesterday's crash bu

. >> police say williams was inside his company van around 6:00 on sunday morning on boone street in east baltimore. three people approached, one shot him. no arrests have been made in this case. >> it's crimes like these in baltimore city that have governor o'malley saying he wants to prevent crime in neighborhoods across our state. today he's inviting community leaders for a crime control and prevention summit in sykesville. sherrie johnson has more. >> reporter: the crime prevention summit will provide information on good crime initiatives that would worked in the past. $200,000 is available under the crime control and prevention program. here's what the governor says about that program, these grants to local communities will enable us to harness the power of citizenship strengthening our communities and keep maryland a safe place to live and work. at the maryland police and correctional training commission, public safety education and training center in sykesville. in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 41 degrees right now at 5:33. don't forget about our wake-up window o

hundreds gathered for a vigil on boone street, the place where he was shot and killed. williams was sitting in his company van when several suspects approached him. before williams could even close his door, one of the suspects opened fire. now friends and family say williams had a passion for helping people, including starting a drug recovery program. >> he didn't deserve to die on this street like this, the way he was killed. somebody knows what happened to my husband. >> reporter: so far no arrests have been made in this case. anyone with information is asked to call police at 1-888-7-lock-up. find out how a crime summit today in sykesville will try to make maryland's neighborhoods safer. >>> you knew this was going to happen, just didn't know when. now to a developing story involving former governor robert ehrlich. our sister station is reporting ehrlich will run for governor again. ehrlich will formally announced his candidacy on wednesday april 7th. that event is slated to be followed by an event in ehrlich's hometown of arbutus. we went to the governor's office y

this happened in the 1900 block of boone street in east baltimore. are still searching for suspects. friends and family say williams had a passion for helping people and founded several drug recovery programs in his home community. how do we stop this? talk about keeping each other safe at a conference in sykesville today. abc2 news sherrie johnson tells us what this talk will hopefully lead to. >> the crime prevention summit will offer information on good anti-crime initiatives that have worked in the past in maryland's neighborhoods. participants can pick up information on applying for grants to fund their programs. they'll also learn the best way to implement programs tailored for their specific community. the local efforts should address community crime prevention and physical improvements. $200,000 is available under the crime control and prevention program. here's what the governor has to say about the program. these grants to local communities will enable us to harness the power of citizenship, strengthening our communities and keeping marylan

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. >> hundreds came out to north avenue in boone street in honor of carlos williams. 50-year-old comcast worker gunned down sunday morning in the same spot. he was on the way to work at the time. now his family and friends hope someone will come forward and help police find the killers. >> i ask god to get this person, or these people, off the streets. for what they did to this innocent man that is a working man. loving father. and he did not deserve this. >> police believe williams was a victim of an attempted robbery. anyone with information should call metro crime stoppers at 866-7-lockup. >> serial rapist is sentenced in a cold rape case. alphonso hill now adds 30 years to his six concurrent, 60 year terms for six other attacks in baltimore county. he was convicted after the dna linked to evidence in a 1989 rape of a 14-year-old student in catonsville. baltimore county police are asking for your help in identifying two suspects who severely beat up a 29-year-old man march 20. it happened at the corinthian lounge in woodlawn before 2:00. victim is still in critical condition in shock

sunday morning police say williams was sitting in the front seat of his work van in the 1900 block of boone street when several suspects approached. before williams could close the door at least one opened fire. >> it's one thing father god when we loose a loved one by something else but when it comes through a senseless act. >> reporter: he was hit several times. medics rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. friends and family say he had a passion for helping people. a man who would take the shirt off his back to help someone else. bernard knows firsthand. a graduate of a drug recovery program founded by williams. >> he would want me to move on. not get stuck. he would want me to keep on being the man i was supposed to be in this society being the positive to help people the way he did. >> reporter: a sense -8s murder for a person who gave so much, wanted to make a difference and apparently did. >> and again no arrests have been made in the case. anyone with information is asked to call the police. >>> in the 1960s rob he helped break the color barrier. tonight his co sta

carlos williams was in his company van at around six in the 1900 block of boone street when three peoplehed him. at least one opened fire. medics rushed williams to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. it's believed it started as an attempted robbery. >>> no word on the 12-year-old hit by a car saturday afternoon. the girl was riding her bike just before four when a car hit her. witnesses say she wasn't wearing a helmet and hit her head on the wind shield. she was rushed to the hospital but there is no word on her condition. >>> you can't beat the balloon man. it was a beautiful day. when the clouds started to roll in this evening -- should we expect rain? that's the big talk. we have the look at the first forecast. >> yes. the rain is definitely knocking on the door and we are going it be dealing it for a while. let me show you what's going on with the radar. it looks like its raining but this is not touching the ground. that's good news. we are going to be looking at dry time this is evening but as we go to tomorrow overnight that is when we will start to see more of the rain in

boone pickens.i can remember as a kid, when oil wells were all over colin i around ultima, illinois and every one of the wells had these burning things of gas. everybody even then thought what a waste. they have not use that gas. i know there aren't so many oil wells now but there are wells that are cap, and they be oil has built up in them. if they were to use the fuel as t. boone pickens suggest suggests i just wonder why i never hear the media pick pick up on t. boone pickens' ideas. he talks about wind power a loss but he does talk about fuel from the gas, from oil. please comment. >> guest: he is a big investment in that and he is certainly bit and addition area. again that is going to be something that is up to the individual companies to decide whether the economics are there for them to open up the cap well and whether in fact there is enough of the fuel out there. as you know t. boone pickens was going to have a very substantial windfarm which he then decided was not economically feasible o

parker played the legendary front tearsman and then starred as daniel boone.  >>> whiteetary, robert gibbs took the show outside yesterday. his daily briefing are reporters moved from the briefing room to the rose garden. >> the space was normally used for presidents and heads of state, but gibbers thought that the sun might be a change of pace. the next thing would be to sled the tie. >> taking class outdoors. and spring arrives tomorrow. this is our last official day of winter. what better way to end winter with highs in the 70s. >> you got that right. again, cool temperatures, we will quickly rebound. the upper 60s and low 70s. the high temperatures by 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon and lots of clear skies. nothing but sunshine today and as you can see, off to the north and west, quiet conditions. clear skies out into ohio and well out to the west, chicago, see the cloud cover and the light showers, that's the next cloud cover, but we tweak this lane, it gets in here late sunday. so, if you have outdoor plans on sunday, you should be just fine. then late sunday and m

but also a boon to private insurers and small businesses.nd most dramatically.... >> don't do it for me. don't do it for the democratic party. do it for the american people. >> barack obama's presidency is on the line with this vote. >> reporter: david gergen is a professor at harvard's kennedy school and cnn's senior political analyst. >> if he fails, it will be almost catastrophic for his presidency. if he wins, he will definitely get a place in the history books. >> reporter: over the past week, holdout democrats were whipped into line. >> if my vote is to be counted, let it count now for passage of the bill. >> reporter: and on thursday, the congressional budget office gave a badly needed boost to the bill. estimating its cost as on target at $940 billion. even predicting a deficit reduction of more than $1.3 trillion over the next 20 years. >> kill the bill! kill the bill! >> reporter: but opponents aren't going down without a fight. if it feels like this long, angry divisive debate over american health care has gone on practically fore

>> this would be a boon to the area in terms of brain businesses to the city. in other words, it is so fast that the tech community says not only would businesses from the surrounding county move in, it would lure businesses from out of the state into the area. that's huge. we're talking double-digit vacancy ratesdown town so that would -- vacancy rates downtown, so that would definitely help the city. it is very interesting. it is fun to catch their enthusiasm. we are competing against some interesting cities, though. we're competing against fresno, california, and i believe topeka, kansas, where they actually renamed their city google for the day. >> that's good stuff for them, but not for baltimore. >> and ohio state has some real estate news? >> we are seeing that 2009 brought back a lot of real estate projects. we talked about this again and again here at the station that commercial real estate is the last hit, so they are the last out of the recession. so when we start to see these projects come back, this is not only great news for the real estate market

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. >> ♪ >> hundreds came out here to north avenue and boone street for a candlelight vigil in william'sor. this is the same spot where the 50-year-old comcast worker was gunned down sunday morning while on the way to work. police believe williams was the victim of an attempted robbery. now, his family, friends, co-workers, and even city leaders, are putting out a plea for someone to come forward, and help police find his killers. >> my brother used to see these people, feed them. come out of prison. they don't have nothing. no money. he pulled out of his pocket. that's the person he was. shirt off his back. >> implying with you. if you know anything about it. please, come forward. >> i just hope and pray, and i ask god, to get this person, or these people, off the streets. for what they did to this innocent man that is a working man. loving father. and he did not deserve this. >> and police believe there were three suspects involved in william's death. if you have any information you are asked to call metro crime stoppers. the number is 866-7-lockup. >> and we also learned tonight infor

. >> this is a boon.rd. >> this a boon. then i need to go back, the joint committee on taxation needs to go back and amend what they put out yesterday. this, lawrence, is a boon to help the health insurance industry. >> i don't think it is. i think the health insurance industry opposed it with all the energy they've ever brought to this. >> that's a lie. lauren, that is a lie. they did not. >> i saw it on tv. i saw the head of the insurance group on tv every day, opposing it. >> they didn't. >> all the way. as soon as they -- as soon as they didn't get their way in the senate with harry reid, they oppose this thing every single step along the way. >> they didn't. >> okay. i want -- >> that's just not the truth. >> let's get gene in here, scrumptious. >> you can't just say things -- i guess you can if you want to. >> gene, a glorious day for democra democracy, right? >> pretty good day, right? sunday was an amazing day. and as lawrence said, they got it through, nobody else could get it through. did they -

let's incorporate the thoughts of boone pickens. we have a 200 year supply in a different way, but let's not leave behind the basket of domestic production that is so important, and that includes renewables and new technology. >> just to finalize this, will the senate and the house vote for this off shore drilling even limited as it is? >> i think if it were a stand-alone bill, we would vote for it to move it ahead. if it's tied to some type of cap and trade legislation, it's a nonstarter in the united states senate on both sides of the aisle. >> it's possible nothing may come of today's speech. you may not get any new leases. >> kwl think you and i both know the senate is next going to go to a financial regulation. it's not going to go to energy. and the truth is this is a filler, a teaser by the president. if he really means what he says, then come to congress and guide us down to the white house. we'll sit down and map out a way. but don't make it conditional upon whether cap and trade is part of it. >> senator richard burr, appr

we have far too much indebted companies from this country left over from the big boone of the 2000s wheree added a lot of debt to the bounty. they're selling shares through equity offerings, secondary. they raise that money they raise in the equity market and pay down their debt. this is part of the deleveraging -- a term you've heard hundreds of times but always want to know what it really is. i'm telling you, those secondary, take the cash, pay down the debt. what classic example of deleveraging. a company reducing the debt and some of the secondaries sit perfectly as the company taking the capital they raise and use it to retire their old debt. i wish i had a wikipedia. it's impossible for businesses to raise money when we were in real depth to the credit crisis. no one is going to give us any. we put money out of the savings cap. many of them are taking advantage of the prices, the bottom. and a simple fact that investors will buy to support all of the stocks introduced to the market. now, it usually stinks in the short term when you own stock in a company that announces the big secon

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i think it was wild irish rose and boone's farm. i would take a couple bottles on my own.had a wine closet. i was real popular. >> larry: you said you were drinking down your sexually meaning -- >> well, i'm gay and i'm out. that took a long time to get there. as long as i had the alcohol i could drink down those uncomfortable feelings. i had to come to terms with who i was. i went into therapy and i -- first i told my therapist then i told my close friends and family and finally talking about senator larry craig on a radio show i told the rest of us that i'm gay. >> larry: how did you get sober? >> well, i hit bottom. it's kind of funny because i was at a party recently and i ended up in front of the house where i hit bottom. i said, that's where i hit bottom. the 15 years just ran before me like a high-speed movie. i'm so, so grateful now. i know that i never have to worry about what i'm going to say or do as the night wares on. i know i'll remember everything that happens. i know i can never do anything as a sober person that's ever as embarrassing as what i did when i

not only has it been a boone for scientists but for trekkers and tourists.ven in iceland a volatile mass of earthquakes and volcanos that sits on a fault line this is something special. a spectacle of fire and ice not seen in almost 200 years. as the island's fifth largest volcano erupted near one of its biggest glaciers spewing a mix of arc and steam almost a mile into the sky. at first fearing massive floods from melting ice, the government called a state of emergency, quickly evacuating hundreds of rural families including this 9-year-old girl. if there was a flood, i thought our animals would die, she said. i was a little afraid. but one week later, most icelanders have returned home. the lava still flowing but stable. the only flooding in sight, tourists trying to get a better view of a once-in-a-lifetime show. >> it's amazing. we would like to go even closer. >> i was really hoping every day something like that would happen. >> reporter: still, from the air and the ice, scientists are eyes on. they know that over the last millennium all three eruptions

so, this is going to be a tremendous b tremendous boon to millions and millions and millions of americans so what is the answer to the concern that highest taxes for the highest earners and some businesses that face higher taxes in the environment where the economic recovery is fragile. do you think that sets things back at all in terms of what the president has said is job one, which is job creation? >> i think that the tax credit that small businesses are going to get starting this year is exactly the tonic that they need, the businesses that provide health care now and the ones contemplating it, and we are hoping with the 35% tax credit for health care that they will take the savings and begin to hire more people. as to the other point though, you mentioned the congressional budget office and the estimate of the cost of the program, and the congressional budget office also said that plan would cut our deficits by $100 billion in the first decade, and by over $1 trillion in the second decade, so one of the reasons that the president felt it was so important to act is that if we don't cu

. >>> a baa boon is making a monkey out of animal control officers and trappers in florida.been running wild for at least two years. spotted from tampa all the way to st. petersburg. nobody can seem to catch this little guy. nbc's kerry sanders is on the case. >> reporter: the guy behind me was captured. a baboon in the slammer, as he were. he apparently didn't get word from the expert. a rhesus money con roaming the area and creating havoc. caught on camera. a rhesus monkey who's somewhat of a legend in these parts. it's believed he's off string of the monkeys used in the tarzan movies shot north of here. it's unknown if he was a pet that was released or if he was living in the wild. but it's likely he's been trained. one police officer reports seeing him look both directions before crossing the street. >> the scene of the cream. >> reporter: just days ago ra nay thought she heard her dog, bubba the bulldog, out back. turned out it was that fugitive. >> reporter: so you're crazy. >> i'm crazy. >> reporter: did you go ape? >> very funny. i can say it was bananas. >> reporter

norman la boone charged with threatening to kill cantor. he wants to kill cantor and his family. now being held without bail. is he a nut. ideology may not be in play. however a brick was thrown through the window of the michigan republican party headquarters yesterday. obviously that's political. the point is that the situation in america is reaching critical mass. there is far too much hatred in the air. the press is obviously pumping up inappropriate things that happen on the right and pretty much ignoring hateful things on the left. bernie goldberg and i established that yesterday. but every member of the media should condemn all hate speech and violent activity. it is simply unamerican. and that's the memo. now for the top story don't, reaction, joining from us rehabilitation fox news analyst laura ingraham. what do you think is driving the hatred in this country right now. >> when you talk about the freak groups like westboro baptist or the militias, we have to remember that both of them pre-date the current administration. right? westboro has been doing this for years. the

>> so far it's been a boone day for republicans. if you look at the last three major contests that have happened in new jersey, virginia, and also massachusetts, republicans have swept basically without any problems whatsoever. and so, if they can mobilize their base, which it appears that they're able to do, they should do relatively well. the big question is how big. normally, the offices of party gains, in the first term, midterm presidential for like obama, or reagan or one of those guys. but usually the numbers are around 20, 25 seats. republicans here have been talking about the possibility of 60 seats. i think that's pretty much beyond the margin. but if they can get 40 seats they could get a majority. they need a little bit more work on the senate where they need ten seats but they can certainly pare away at the democrat majority. >> john, obviously the republicans here are going to try to see what they can do on the legislation phase and see if they can hold up this bill for quite a long time. whatever happens with that, do

a candlelight vigil will be held at the north avenue and boone street in northeast baltimore.here 5d carlos williams was gunned down on sunday afternoon. he suffered several gunshot wounds to the torso when he was on his way to work. investigators believe it was an attempted robbery. >>> the trial is expected to start of two brothers who are accused of gun possession. they will be at the courthouse east this morning. the opening statements are expected later this morning. once this trial is complete, the brothers will also face animal cruelty charges. they're accused of burning a 1-year-old pitbull alive. the animal was eventually euthanized. >>> a nasty collision between a train and a tractor trailer is still affecting light rail service this morning. it happened in cockeysville yesterday morning when the witnesses say the tractor trailer pulled in frnt o front e train causing a major crash. and this was a big deal jest, joel. -- yesterday, joel. it took them all day long to clear that mess. >> reporter: this is the gilroy stop at the light rate and train. you use it anymore

boone pickens. i can remember as a kid when of oil wells were all over illinois. every one of them had these burning things of gas. what a waste, we thought. i know there are not so many oil wells now, but there are several that are capped. maybe oil has built up in them. if they were to use the fuel, has t. boone pickens suggests -- i wonder why i never hear the media picked up on his ideas. he talks about wind power a lot, but he also talks about gas. guest: he has a big investment in that and is certain a visionary in his thinking. that will be up to individual companies to decide whether or not they can open up a cat well, if there is -- capped well, if there is energy to be looked at. he had a 200,000-acre field for windmills to produce the same amount of power that you could get from an average nuclear reactor. the economics were not working for him at that point in time. that is why we desperately need an energy bill. we need congress to set up parameters, say how we are going to go forward. . host: 1 to get your reaction to the epa announcement last week t

you talked about it at great length yesterday, thinking there could be a boon in those places as a result care reform. >> absolutely. you know, i've been talking to folks, you know, trade organizations, trade interviews all morning about this. there are some 1,200 facilities in 32 states all across this country, and so what you're seeing is you're seeing these facilities located in strip malls, employing doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and so in talking with the trade group, they say when massachusetts, when they signed into law universal health care, all of a sudden they saw a need for an expansion in individuals, same thing in pennsylvania. so, all of a sudden you're seeing community colleges trying to fill the need because we have a shortage of nurses in this country, so there's no doubt these folks are also competing not only with e.r. rooms but also doctors' offices and being able to provide cheaper care. >> sort of a middle space. >> for many of the basic needs we need. including walgreens and cvs. >> yes. people that don't need emergency care or urgent care, may

boone or mr. miller our mr. andrews, why it is so important to have the three legs of the competence of aspect of this bill. >> you know, i will try to be pretty because i know time is running out. you talked about the system and how the system be changed and how you set to so many of our subcommittee hearings. and i know that so much of the emphasis today is on the money. and i don't want to take away from the debt and the money and all that. but i think that what we're talking about here in so much of our hearings and energy and commerce was devoted to this, is that changing the way we do things. and, you know, i'm not trying to be critical, mr. hensarling, but just to talk about the people that are outside the system. were not covered. the fact of the matter is there in the system. they're going to the emergency room. yore but they're getting the wrong kind of care at the wrong target everyone is in the system. everybody gets health care. nobody can be denied care if they go to in an emergency room or a clin

don't think we should be celebrating too much the passage of this bill, thinking it's going to be a boon. as i wrote on the slash report.org early in the week, a win is quite a tonic, regardless of the popularity of the legislation, and the white house now and the leaders of congress get to talk about the benefits to the american people of the bill, or at least perceived benefits, without them feeling any of the pain, since none of it will be implemented for some time, but now we roll in with democrats having some momentum. financial regulatory reform is not going to be an easy thing for republicans to oppose because after what we've seen over the last couple of years with the markets and with the recession, anything that comes short of regulation is probably perceived as reckless. you also have immigration reform that, you know, could be a big wedge within the republican party with the chamber of commerce crowd and the activist crowd, and then you have cap and trade which will be very controversial. martha: what do republicans do? they've been called the party of no, throughout this pro

maybe the more important spread is if you look at the boon compared to the greek ten-year, that's narrowed 15 basis points. there is also a story about ambec that hit yesterday. they are an insurance company like aig, but mostly known for municipal insurance. they're in wisconsin. their wisconsin regulator seized a bunch of contracts. they have to pay off on them in mortgage land so that their kitty will be available to take care of issues about munis which is a more important business. how it turns out is anybody's guess. it's worth paying attention to. tyler, back to you. >> i saw the story and you explained it better than i understood it. let's talk more about this obama administration effort to stem the tide of residential foreclosures. the plan targets homeowners who are currently unemployed, number one. and those houses that are under water, number two, or are currently worth less than the owner paid. that's the definition of underwater. will the efforts help or prolong the pain in the housing market? howard glazer is a consultant to the industry and susan walkter is a professor of r

book tries to do is show prayer is very very, simple and is a simple as speaking to each other an pat booneertainer and a good friend of mine endorsed the book and said prayer should be as natural as breathing. as natural as eating and drinking and breathing and so that is the point of the book, to really simplify things, and to show that it is the simplest thing in the world. martha: should you pray out loud with your kids during the day? like, god will help... whatever, to integrate that feeling, into their conversation, so they look at it en a conversational way. >> the reason why kids don't pray much today is because their parents don't pray enough and that is the whole reason and so, yes, any chance you get to show your child that praying is a natural thing and an easy thing, whether praying out loud, or reading the bible with them or just, just reading the book to them, for example. i think would be helpful. martha: and now, if i'm being selfish god by asking for too much i'd like to tell you thank you for a bunch of other stuff, and you are teaching them -- kids always pray for thing

boone pickens. i can remember as a kid when of oil wells were all over illinois.f them had these burning things of gas. what a waste, we thought. i know there are not so many oil wells now, but there are several that are capped. maybe oil has built up in them. if they were to use the fuel, has t. boone pickens suggests -- i wonder why i never hear the media picked up on his ideas. he talks about wind power a lot, but he also talks about gas. guest: he has a big investment in that and is certain a visionary in his thinking. that will be up to individual companies to decide whether or not they can open up a cat well, if there is -- capped well, if there is energy to be looked at. he had a 200,000-acre field for windmills to produce the same amount of power that you could get from an average nuclear reactor. the economics were not working for him at that point in time. that is why we desperately need an energy bill. we need congress to set up parameters, say how we are going to go forward. . this is just strictly capital costs. there is a difference there, even in co

i think that this is a big political boon to the democrats. will we lose some seats?es, but i do not think we will lose the majority -- of course, anything can happen, like martin said. but the president showed strength and that he was a real leader, which makes a difference. those go the other side of the argument is the growing deficit and the $12 trillion debt. the feeling of many people is that the government is getting too big. is that a larger issue to be touched on? guest: the truth is that people say that the government is getting too big but they never want to give up medicare or social security. every time republicans have undermined social security or medicare, it resulted in republicans running away. the roof falls in on them. people say they do not want big government, on the other hand people really like these kinds of services and health care is essential. host: this is a twitter comment, "what you think of passing the comment through reconciliation"? guest: there were a couple of big mistakes that were made early on, and one of them was not using the p

and as a result, we have helped spur, actually an incredible boon given today's world economy, an incredible. we have coffee shops, restaurants, businesses, shopping malls, even multiplex studious. and that's not come about out of sheer error. we have made it possible. you cannot do this if you cannot move tracks, goods, people, customers. that's been our policy and we added to that an unprecedented moratorium on new israeli construction in judea and samaria. this is what my government has done for peace. [applause] now i ask you --hot [applause] what has the palestinian authority done for peace? well, you can judge for yourself. they've place preconditions on peace talks, waged a result lists international campaign to undermine israel's legitimacy and promoted the notorious goldstone report that falsely accuses israel of war crimes. in fact, they they're doing that right now at the u.n. -- that the grotesquely named u.n. human rights commission. [applause] and i want to use this opportunity to thank president obama and the congress of the united states for their efforts to thwart this libel

have too big to fail institutions, we will continue to go through what professor johnson and peter boonethe london school of economics has termed doomsday cycles, a booms, busts, and bailouts, so-called doom moods as andrew haldane who is responsible for the financial stability of the bank of england describes it. the notion that the most recent crisis was a once in a century event, especially if we don't put in place the things that protect us in the last 70 years from having this happen before. former treasury secretary paulson, national economic council chairman larry summers and jamie diamond all concede that financial crises occur every five years or so. without clear and enforceable rules that address the unintended consequences of unchecked financial innovation and which adequately protect investors, our markets will remain subverted. these solutions are among the cornerstones of fundamental and structural financial reform. with them, we can built a regulatory system that will endure for generations instead of one that we laid bare by an even bigger crisis in perhaps just a few ye

although i -- i, again, say, as i said on the floor previously, deregulation might have been a wonderful boon mothers who live in very large cities an travel to other large cities. if you do, you are given a lot of opportunity. you are given many opportunities for different carriers an different pricing. and i would just bet that if we left the floor this moment and decided to go to one of the search engines and buy a ticket from washington, d.c., to los angeles in order to visit mlicki mouse at disneyland, or we decided we'll have two -- mlicki mouse at disney land or we go from washington, d.c., to los angeles to visit mickey or bismarck, north dakota, to see the largest cow stand, called salom sue. the choice go see mickey mouse or see the largest wholestein cow. i will bet that the search engine on the computer is that we get to pay half as much to pay twice as much to go half as far. you get to pay half price to go double the miles or you get to pay twice the price to go half the miles. and, yet, that's the kind of circumstance that we in our country today. the higher yelled tickets ron

to number of people and they've said almost unanimously, they think the legislation will be a huge booncare companies. do you think it will, that you're seeing 16 million to 30 million people who will be buying private health insurance. >> one of the goaltends of the reform was to expand access and it does expand access for both the medicaid rolls. but ideally for the private system as well. and we would expect to see some growth there. >> so it's a good thing overall that legislation came through? or do you have concerns? >> if you look at the goal of the legislation, it was to expand access. to address costs and to improve quality. it would look at the ledge sligs as expanding access, so that was positive. it did nothing to improve the cost equation, that's a concern because there's a sustainability issue. and it did little to improve quality overall. so that's also a negative from the legislation standpoint. >> overall, how are you feeling about this? >> i think from the country's standpoint, it's good to get this stage of the legislation behind us. but fundamentally we're going to n

it's going to be a series -- it has been a huge boon for cable networks, for the local tv news, when ads are down in the journalism industry, well, hey, healthcare is a great stimulus bill for the television networks. so lobbyists have spent a lot of time on both sides, both the d's and the r's are spending huge amounts to convince those sort of swing democrats of their best arguments. millions of dollars have been spent, millions more will continue to be spent until election day. host: we've been talk ago lot about democratic members. here's the national section today of the "new york times." a number of members heading back home after the vote on healthcare overhaul. lawmakers head home for an accounting. and i wanted to focus on one in particular. one republican who voted yes the first time around back in november on the healthcare bill, and then no. he won william jever season's seat back in 2008 and is up for re-election, obviously again in 2010 in a very heavily democratic race. what can you tell us about his race? guest: he's the first vietnamese immigrant to be elected to con

boone or mr. miller our mr. andrews, why it is so important to have the three legs of the competence of aspect of this bill. >> you know, i will try to be pretty because i know time is running out. you talked about the system and how the system be changed and how you set to so many of our subcommittee hearings. and i know that so much of the emphasis today is on the money. and i don't want to take away from the debt and the money and all that. but i think that what we're talking about here in so much of our hearings and energy and commerce was devoted to this, is that changing the way we do things. and, you know, i'm not trying to be critical, mr. hensarling, but just to talk about the people that are outside the system. were not covered. the fact of the matter is there in the system. they're going to the emergency room. you know, they aren't getting care but they're getting the wrong kind of care at the wrong target everyone is in the system. everybody gets health care. nobody can be denied care if they go to