the president was in shardt, north carolina, -- was in charlotte, north carolina. >> today the charlotte region remains an important part of our future. as you can see, we are currently expanding operations with our investments supported by the $49 million matching grant that we received from the department of energy last year. the expansion includes this facility in charlotte as well as construction of a new facility in concord, north carolina. both of which are aimed at enhancing our position in the market leader for electric drive vehicle applications. when completed, these expansions in north carolina will more than double our global capacity for lithium battery separateors. the opportunities we have in the market are developing quickly. i would like to that ta people around the world and for those here in charlotte today for contributing to our success and positioning our company for continued growth. [applause] thank you. on that note, i would like to introduce to you the president of the united states, barack obama. [applause] applause >> thank you, everybody. have a seat. bob, fa

it is good to be back in north carolina. it is good to be back. we just concluded our tort or we saw some of the workings of this facility where you are many-and components for state of the art batteries. you are building separators to make sure the diametrically opposed forces could work successfully together. i could not help but think that we could use your help in congress. [laughter] [applause] >> we could get one of those tried-part films and put it between the democrats and republicans. it would improve conductivity. but i did that right? ok. the truth is is have been a very tough two years for north carolina and have been a tough two years for the united states of america. we have been through the worst period of economic turmoil since the great depression. keep in mind, when i first took the oath of office, we were already moving towards what some thought was a great depression. we're losing about 700,000, 800,000 jobs per month. the economy was contracting at a pace that we have not seen in generations, about a 6% contraction in the firs

carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my colleague from maine for yielding time. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i stand here very troubled with the legislation the democrats in charge have chosen to bring forward today. while the goal of having good water quality in our nation's estuaries indeed has its merits, i'm distraught that we are not debating something today which will address the dire challenges that are keeping my constituents up every night wondering how they will continue to feed their children and find work. i'm concerned that this legislation does not reflect the economic challenges confronting our nation. our national debt stands at $12.8 trillion and is growing every day. yet, this bill increases funding levels for the national estuary program under the e.p.a. to $50 million per year, a 43% increase. actions speak louder than words, mr. speaker, and this action sugg

ellos dijeron que están satisfechos con el adjudidictam emitido pero hablaron mucho de benya carolinaentación actual cuando ricky hablara, hablamos de el ex de niurka marcos, dijo que no lo presionen presionen. >>> y quien le ssiguió los paso al cantante ricky martin, liza m, dijo no dijo nada, por temor >>> el cantante mexicano vicente fernández salió en defensa de su hijo porque un hombre, presionaba a su novia brasileña >>> a quien saldría? (risas) >>> no pienso que alejandro es muy libre, soltero, mientras no le falte el respeto a nadie sí a la que anda a co sanado le da motivos, a las mujeres se les acosa porque se le cierro un ojitos, y no creo que alejandro an ande detrás >>> Él agregó que alejandro mantiene su no vaz siviazgo con >>> enrique iglesias dijo que no se casará hasta los 80 años y dijo que su hermano julio está loco, porque se casará, hoy lanzará su daddy yankee vamos hasta la isla del encanto >>> la presentación fue en medio de una con ferencia de prensa >>> así llegó daddy yankee listo para presentar un nuevo disco. >>> es un disco completo, bien variado de reggae

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host: let's move onto roberts in north carolina. caller: i am currently employed. my son is working part-time. host: what kind of work as your son did? caller: he works for a company that makes glass stovetops. he is working four days a week. host: the previous caller talked about more money being put into lending and getting people a chance to buy more home. if more homes are being sold, more homes are being built, would that help your son situation? caller: it probably would. what i find about the job market is that i live in the right to work state, but that is a misnomer. nobody has a right to a job. if a person is gainfully employed, he can do want to build a house or whatever, maybe have some property. caller: thank you for your call. we're going to move on it to david in north carolina. caller: in plymouth, the recovery is slow. there are people that are beginning to open up their own businesses. they're having difficulty to find -- difficulty finding the money, but they are getting out on their own families are working together to try to put some businesses

and it set up by the appalachian voices, this wonderful organization in north carolina and north carolinaand in the alliance for appalachia, the group of other groups working in the coal fields. and it tells us the real impact of coal mining, but the human environmental cost of their communities and how you are connected through the goofy little thingy where you put in your zip code, you know, chicago 606 and it tells you where your energy comes from, was a call arrives in how we all connect to it. to those not in top removal, but coalminer general picture of mountaintop removal is symbolic of the rest of what's going on the rest of the nation. we care much about black race to arizona where i come from as much as we care about your appalachia. any questions? [inaudible] i don't know if you remember a few years ago project energy wanted to put a coal burning power plant and would been. city council already signed off on that. and we went down and we complained and we held signs and the little town of wood stem, and i saw the man who made the period hinman fmap for the button and i saw him

it will be rain from north carolina to new york this morning. with thunder and lightning a possibility. that rain will stretch into new england by afternoon. and will be snow around the great lakes. >> temperatures in the northeast plunge 20 degrees to more typical readings for this time of year. new york and d.c. are in the 60ed. it's cooler than usual in the northwest, with seattle at 50 degrees with showers. phoenix is the hot spot at 87. >>> two astronauts from the shuttle "discovery" are spacewalking outside the international space station. take a look at these. they are live pictures at the two crew members remove a new ammonia tank from the shuttle and remove the old tank. >> despite the tank replacement job, they had to collect a science experiment from the front porch from the space station's japanese lab. >> they've been training for that. the overnight missions. we know they will be well-rested when they have to do the hard work. >>> coming up on "america this morning," is another green jacket in tiger woods' future? we'll get a live

the north carolina supreme court. the american bar association has given both of them its highest possible rating. they both have served our country in the military. they have the support of democrats and republicans, including my north carolina senate colleague senator richard burr. they have no real opposition that i am aware of. finally, we have not one but two qualified and bipartisan choices to serve north carolina and our country on the fourth circuit. i am hopeful that we are close, close to confirming these two outstanding nominees for the fourth circuit. i will continue working with my colleagues to ensure that they are confirmed as swiftly as possible. mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. casey: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. casey: mr. president, i rise today to speak about the nomination that we're considering in the next few hours, and that's the nomination of judge thomas i. vanaskie. i can't tell you how proud i am to talk about his nomination. i

the gentleman right here, white shirt. >> james hill from greenwood, south carolina. i work in the (inaudible) lab and i agree it's an honor for you to be here today. thank you. my question is, how long do you think -- the kind of springboard from which you were just saying, how long do you think it would take for us to have more hybrid vehicles on the road than gas vehicles, and what would it take? >> well, we have already seen a huge spike in the purchase of hybrid vehicles. i mean, if you think about it, just two years ago if you found out somebody had a hybrid vehicle, that was a pretty big deal and you wanted to go over and test it out and see how it worked. now, it's pretty common. i mean, everybody here knows somebody who's got a hybrid, and you've probably tried it out and it's kind of cool when you're backing up and it's all quiet. so i think that that's the future. and consumers are naturally going to start gravitating in that direction. because here's the fact -- we were just talking about oil -- not only do we produce only 2 percent and use 20 percent, but

north carolina and a 10. in the second half, carolina getting a rally. johnson cannot finish. . wins 79-68. -- stay tudayton winds 79-68. brian roberts continues to have back travel -- that is a possibility. baltimore made a trade last year late spring. they are trying to determine who will start this season. a 2 run shot. the game tied. the orioles get the win over tampa. an atlanta riding a three-game skid. and lack of intensity. it nicholas getting them on board. mike green, washington green1-0. a first-round matchup in the playoffs. armstrong tied at 1. matt bradley is the secret weapon. his first goal in 2.5 months with the game winner. stay with us. >> one more look at the seven- day forecast. 78 tomorrow. 80 added. >> thanks. have a good night. and an all-s

across north carolina, georgia, south carolina. most is going to pass across virginia and the carolinas tonight and tomorrow. >>> see the little batch of clouds. north of us is clear. south of us is clear. just a little batch of clouds popped up. so we've got clear skies coming in this evening. and the clouds overnight. and then a chance of some showers with that batch of rain moving across virginia. we'll be in the northern fringe. so not going to expect an all- day rain. rain from time to time. and drizzle. and by late tomorrow night, it will clear out as that low moves across the coast. winds go back to the northwest, drying things out. on thursday, more sunshine. maybe a few clouds with this weak front across the region. but continued mild temperatures. another nice day with temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s. south winds ahead of that system. ahead at 5:00 and 6:00. bay temp, upper 50s to close to 60, some spots. and yes, we'll have shower activity, on and off during the day tomorrow. so tonight, partly cloudy. clear later

-- and nominated from california, nominative from south carolina, and nominated from north carolina. welcome all of you and your families. i was privileged to have an opportunity to meet some of you briefly. let me say a few words about professor goodwin liu. he was born in agusta, georgia. he was raised by his parents who were taiwanese doctors. they had been recruited to the united states to provide medical care in under-served areas. his parents left taiwan when the country was still under martial law. they in viewed in him a deep respect for the opportunities afforded in the united states. professor goodwin liu did not learn to speak english until kindergarten because his parents did not want to speak with an accent. from that early age on, he has excelled again and again. he was co-valedictorian of his high school. he graduated from stanford university, where he was told- president of the student body and received the university's highest award for service as an undergraduate. i have never before received a letter about a judge which was signed by three different presidents of t

and joining us now is cnn's ed henry from asheville, north carolina tonight.how the president is being updated. >> reporter: well, don, you're right. the president and first lady just wrapped up a dinner here in asheville. they're in for the night, but i spoke a short time ago to white house spokesman bill burton, who told me the president has been briefed on the situation in mississippi and at the white house is closely monitoring it to see -- because as you're noting this tragedy still unfoldi unfolding, still more loss of life. also, of course, the federal emergency management agency keeping a close eye on this to see whether or not they will have to jump on the scene, whether they'll have to send emergency funds, as you were talking to governor hailey barbour in mississippi about. we got a quote from a fema spokesman in washington telling cnn, "fema continues to closely monitor the tornado activity in and across the southern united states. fema is in contact and coordination with our state and local partners and stand ready to help if a request is made." t

the latest reported twister struck last night in darlington, south carolina. a school and mobile homes were damaged. three people were injured. over the weekend, tornadoes were reported in seven states, at least 12 people were killed. two in alabama and ten in mississippi, where yazoo city was crippled by an enormous tornado. don teague has more. >> reporter: there are parts of this town that like the roof of francine cox's house are simply gone. >> i don't know how to put it into words, you know. it's just gone. that's all i can say. >> reporter: at least 340 homes and businesses across mississippi are no longer recognizable. twisted -- >> it hurts all the way through. >> reporter: -- thrashed, or swept away by a massive, fast moving twister that left ten people dead and more than three dozen injured. it's the second time this church has been destroyed. the first time by an arsonist. but what's amazing isn't what's gone, but what, or who, is still here. dale thrasher was alone in the church when the storm hit. he hid under the communion table. >> i asked the

ellos dijeron que están satisfechos con el adjudidictam emitido pero hablaron mucho de benya carolinasiguió los paso al cantante ricky martin, liza m, dijo no dijo nada, por temor >>> el cantante mexicano vicente fernández salió en defensa de su hijo porque un hombre, presionaba a su novia brasileña >>> a quien saldría? (risas) >>> no pienso que alejandro es muy libre, soltero, mientras no le falte el respeto a nadie sí a la que anda a co sanado le da motivos, a las mujeres se les acosa porque se le cierro un ojitos, y no creo que alejandro an ande detrás >>> Él agregó que alejandro mantiene su no vaz siviazgo con >>> enrique iglesias dijo que no se casará hasta los 80 años y dijo que su hermano julio está loco, porque se casará, hoy lanzará su daddy yankee vamos hasta la isla del encanto >>> la presentación fue en medio de una con ferencia de prensa >>> así llegó daddy yankee listo para presentar un nuevo disco. >>> es un disco completo, bien variado de reggaeton que muy si sla es mi lado fuerte, pop latina, reggaeton, y todo >>> su esposa estuvo pendiente de los detalles, y tomó fot

i must say employee in south carolina -- i am a state employee in south carolina and my daughter graduated a year ago. she had to come off my insurance and cobra was too high, so i did not sign her up for that. will i be able to put her back on my insurance? guest: yes, that is what they are saying will happen. the secretary may have different rules for that. you may not be able to put her on your policy until your next open enrollment. host: concord, california. caller: i have some questions about my coverage -- kaiser permanente a senior advantage. i understand that cuts to this program will take place at the election in 2011. it is wonderful coverage ha compared to the regular medicare. people like me -- are we going to be able to keep this coverage, or are we looking at 40% premium increases? what happens to the seniors? the reason for this is the medicare advantage plans, currently on average, pay guest: the insurer's offer e insurers often offer additional benefits that are not required by the law. things like vision care, dental care, free gym membership, low or premiums, or zero pr

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if somebody camps out in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina, it will give them in my opinion this much of an advantage going into next year. those people are going to be saying i'm not going to make up my mind until i see all of them. they republican the danger of making themselves yesterday's news when people get around to saying let's start thinking about 2012. people in those states want to be focused on the races in their state. they won't make a decision until they see all the candidates. maybe if somebody tries to say i'm going to help you because i want you to be for me in 2012 they are going to say wait a minute that's not how they do things come back in march, april and may in 2011 don't be bugging me now make a decision on the presidential contest. >> greta: does karl rove think newt gingrich is running for president? what about former governor palin? find out next. >> if you thought the health care political fight was bloody. get ready, president obama may have a new fight on his hands. hear all they tell me i was there, but i don't remember. i don't recognize this man.

foxx of north carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1305, the gentlewoman from north carolina, ms. foxx, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield to the gentlelady from the virgin islands for the purposes of a unanimous consent. thank you. the chair: the gentlewoman from the virgin islands is recognized. mrs. christensen: thank you, mr. chairman. i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in support of this amendment. the chair: without objection. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield 15 seconds to the gentlelady from new york, ms. velazquez. the chair: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized for 15 seconds. ms. velazquez: mr. chairman, i rise in support of this amendment. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. after being engaged in the spirited debate surrounding this bill,

host: with wilmington, north carolina. john. caller: i have a question about gift taxes. we are trying to purchase a house and qualifying for a loan, and my spouse wants -- we are buying the house as my spouse invitationly and want to know how -- individually and want to know how we declare income that i deposit in my spouse's individual account to account for qualifying for a higher mortgage amount using the gift tax? guest: first of all, the gift tax almost never comes into play. when if is owed it is owed by the giver, not the recipient and between spouses there is no gift tax. you can give any amount without ever worrying about that. i think your issue probably is

he has represented at the state of carolina. -- this date of south carolina. he has two sons. from a lawyer's perspective, he is one of the best lawyers we have in south carolina. he will bring to the bench a very deep practice and background experience which i think we're making a very capable judge. to the administration, thank you for approving this package. to congressman cliburn, thank you for being a good partner on this and other matters. i appreciate any support you could give these two fine individuals. thank you. >> thank you. rep cliburn, welcome to the other side. >> thank you so much for allowing me to appear here today on behalf of michele and richard. i want to begin by thanking my colleague from south carolina. i really wish to associate myself with the remarks that he just made. senator gramm and i are from different sides of the aisle. we agree on the temperament of these two distinguished nominees. i have known these nominees for years. i could go on for hours of vouching for their character and reputation. i would ask that my full statement be included in t

empujones fue recibido en nueva york el presentador que transmitió en vivo una pelea con la modelo carolinae crespo asistió a un restaurante en el bronx y en un verdadero circo se transformo esto >>> es un programa de espectáculo se nutre de esto. >>> el programa salió en vivo sin problemas, el lunes nosotros salimos al aire otra vez, la comisión no teníamos el caro neta renovado. >>> (gritos y exclamaciones). >>> el programa seguirá transmitiendo se con otros presentadores hoy otro deellos hizo una denunc denuncia por agresión contra peñaing. . >>> roberto carlos a wen su gir internacional celebrando sus 50 años en la música, habló con xiomara gonzález >>> dicen por a hace muchos año carlos pidió un millón de a mi grosso gos y aquí estuvieron con él. > y mientras esto pasaba afuera adentro del centro de espectáculos... el elvis preso lee de brasil a pesar del delicado estado de salud de su madre hizo un tiempo para agradecer a sus fans y tuvo un rato para hablarnos. >>> mirar a esta gente con amor cariño, alegría me emociona. >>> es tanto su éxito que hoy en día se especula con sus discos

south carolina right there. futurecast is indicating some isolated storms in all areas west of the bay by 10:00 p.m. tonight, pushing toward the coast by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow and then clearing out in time for the first pitch friday afternoon here in baltimore. it will be cool, but we will have sunshine. 56 tomorrow, a lot cooler than it has been and winds gusting. 42 at deep creek tomorrow. a couple of showers in the morning of the bay. and at ocean city, showers may linger into the afternoon with a high of 60. a small craft advisory is in effect. normal temperatures for friday and saturday. a little chilly for saturday morning, 37. it is seney on sunday and maybe it's pergo as another front moves through on monday. >> and tiger woods, how he's doing at this year's masters. >> and this plane had to be escorted by military fighter jets to denver's airport. >> and the miners are still looking for their miss >> a diplomat from the car involved in a security scare on an american airlines flight has been -- from quatar

received a matching grant to expand the facility on the site, and to add another facility in north carolina. i know this bill has done the work that the governor did to bring clean energy jobs to the state. here is the bottom line. this investment will create nearly 300 jobs for this company, more than 1000 jobs for your contractors and suppliers -- these are all jobs helping americans build batteries that will power cleaner, more efficient cars and trucks. through investments, like this one, we are already seeing an incredible transformation across the country. here is an interesting statistic. before the recovery act, before i took office, we had the capacity to make less than 2% of the world's lithium ion batteries. less than 2%. in the next five years, on the current trajectory, we are going to be able to make 40% of these advanced batteries right here, in the united states of america. [applause] >> the next time somebody asks you when you are at the grocery store, what does this recovery act do? you can tell them. one of the things it helped do was to expand and catalyze an entire new

then you have north carolina -- greensboro and raleigh. and kansas. host: but again, would you say out of those five markets -- you have on the bubble chart that college basketball fans tend republican in high turnout. would you say all five of those markets are republican? guest: know. it is not really the market, it is the fans in that market compared to the whole market. so when we are looking at -- if we are in a market, buying time, we want to compare the audience for a sport to the over all adult population. >> tweets in -- willie in annapolis, maryland. caller: i am hearing the job of talking about the different sports and it seems like he is leaning more toward republicans. i could understand that. but what i am very confused as an african-american is why is he saying college basketball, nfl, and sports like -- in general. because i know a lot of sporting events when i go to, most black people, when they look at these -- sports they are focused on it, like college basketball and nba. host: so what is your point? caller: i cannot understand --

-- and nominated from california, nominative from south carolina, and nominated from north carolina. welcome all of you and your families. i was privileged to have an opportunity to meet some of you briefly. let me say a few words about professor goodwin liu. he was born in agusta, georgia. he was raised by his parents who were taiwanese doctors. they had been recruited to the united states to provide medical care in under-served areas. his parents left taiwan when the country was still under martial law. they in viewed in him a deep respect for the opportunities afforded in the united states. professor goodwin liu did not learn to speak english until kindergarten because his parents did not want to speak with an accent. from that early age on, he has excelled again and again. he was co-valedictorian of his high school. he graduated from stanford university, where he was told- president of the student body and received the university's highest award for service as an undergraduate. i have never before received a letter about a judge which was signed by three different presidents of t

host: spring lake, south carolina, barry, a democrat. caller: i am a little disappointed from obama. whenever he gets elected he runs on one platform and then it seems to be he totally backed up and went into a whole nother direction. i wonder if there are other forces at work that are sitting there pressuring him into doing things he doesn't want to do, because he is doing just everything opposite from what he was going to do to start with. guest: i think he is looking at the big picture. i think he is looking at all the energy american needs. i think he is looking at how long it will take us to replace different types of technology we use. a lot of folks would love it if we could run all of our b nichols on solar, but we can't. we can't get there overnight. we have opportunities available to us that will bring real jobs, opportunities for america. i have to think he is looking at the broad picture and doing what he can. and we have to look at -- the glass is half full, and move forward to bring the jobs and revenue here. the energy we

florida and south carolina, top two team in the east. gamecocks and lsu topped in the standings. here is a 2-1 pitch. 2-2. here is the trivia question, what fcc school did ryan mccann sign with? do you know the answer? >> jeff: their father, howie, was an assist coach in the 08's, basically recruited the team that won the 1990's championship. the recruiting pipeline dried up in a hurry after that. >> jeff: the connections continue beyond that. here is the 3-2 pitch. that ball is down the right field line. and mccann went on to become the head coach at marshall when david perno got down with his college baseball playing game and decided he wanted to go into coaching, he went on to follow mccann. >> jeff: he sure did. >> matt: you have probably heard of a lot of these guy. >> that is right. david is taking it to another level. >> matt: here is the 3-2 pitch. that is g. cleared the first run for georgia, making it 9- 1. and peter verdin with a stand up double. team leading 1 st. double. started tonight 2nd in the conference. >> jeff: yes. and verdin a very good player. improved his

it's heading across the carolinas with the rain. now it's in the western carolinas. southwestern virginia getting light rain. all of this is moving off to the east/northeast. just south of washington, bright sunshine. southern maryland. lower eastern shore. and sunshine. this evening, pretty nice sunset in the next hour or so. and then, clear skies for a while. cloud comes back very quickly tomorrow morning. and look for light rain activity in the region. as that low passes across the carolinas. and the weak front coming through on thursday. maybe a brief sprinkle and clouds. but for the most part, dry conditions for thursday and friday. but also, mild temperatures. nice end to the week. just a little bump in the road for wednesday. south winds, 5 to 10 knots. bay temp around 59 degrees. tonight, then, partly cloudy skies. and let's call it 47 by morning. tomorrow, clouds here. and cooler with only 62 degrees. and rain at times on your wednesday. one thing it will do is to help knock the pollen down quite a bit tomorrow afternoon. >> i'm ready for that. >> me, too. >

south carolina senator lindsay graham says he will grop his bill if it's moved ahead of it. he agrees that states are acting because the federal government failed to do so. >> our failure to act responsibly at the federal level will only open the door to irresponsible built by others. that includes for example the recent efforts in arizona that threatens on undermine freedoms that we cherish as americans, and also the trust between police and communities that is crucial to keeping up that faith. >> they are afraid they will be reluctant to report crimes as a witness. >>> i know that the president is set to be at a memorial service at some time so for the people that died in virginia from the mine explosion. what are we learning about that? >> he is going to west virginia to celebrate the 29 lives that were lost. here he'll meet privately with family members and deliver the eulogy. he will not dwell on the poor state of mine safety in the country. he believes the disaster was a failure of management. he said also it was a failure, quote, of oversight and laws written with loo

. >>> president obama heading to charlotte, north carolina.it is one of the pleas hit hard by the economic downturn. >> the president will meet with workers at a local battery machine manufacturer. too people word out of work are returning to school to learn a new trade to get ahead in the job market. >> put that in there. >> reporter: after 7 years working at the same company building trucks in charlotte being north carolina, richard barnes is unemployed. >> it is tough. i mean we worry day to day about how we're going to make our bills. >> richard says he was laid off one year ago when production at this plant shifted to mexico. now at age 49, he is planning for i new career, studying heavy equipment and truck repair. >> now, when you are hooking things up. >> reporter: at central piedmont community college, more than half a million dollars in federal stimulus money is being used to fund fast-traffic job training programs. courses include health care, energy and office administering. since last summer, more than 750 students have completed t

in charlotte, north carolina, david lee miller, fox news. >> chris: one industry that is doing fine these days is the lobbying business. that is despite promises from president obama to change the way washington operates. correspondent william la jeunesse reports it hasn't worked out that way. >> we have to take action on both ends of pennsylvania avenue to end outside influence of lobbyist and do the work openly. >> reporter: how open the administration has been is open to debate. but there is no doubt about the influence of lobbyists in washington. >> while companies are slashing jobs, while the companies are scaling back other operations, they are in fact boosting operations when it comes to influence lawmakers. >> special interest spending on capitol hill topped $3.4 billion last year, all-time record. leading the pack, health and pharmaceutical products, 266 million. followed by general business, oil and gas, insurance and utilities at $144 million. >> organized interest who do lobbying are making a cost benefit trade off. if they want to get policy that they are interested in, they'

south carolina. 0-1 pitch. missed inside.to red shirt hankins but with all the injuries he got a lot of playing time this season. 1-1 pitch. low, 2-1, clemson played a good schedule. rbi of 6. they played 7 games against teams ranked in the top 25. 12-8 against the top 100. the difference is they are 8-0 against teams outside of the top 100. georgia is 7- 4. beaten the teams they are quote unquote supposed to beat. we talk about the schedules, clemson plays georgia and south carolina and georgia plays tech and clemson. >> ball hit on the ground, hit by miller. here comes schilling. he will score. 2-run score. 15-4. back hand is going to be a hit. 2-run single. georgia will send up lamps martin to pinch hit. [music] hankens records rbi number 4, 5 and 6. martin with only 3 plate appearances. 0 for. struckout twice, appearing in his 8th game. pinch runner for the bulldogs this season. millton high school in georgia. there is a strike and it's 1-1. one out. 2-run single. giving fans something to cheer about. gets by the 1st base

mid 60's's down to the carolinas.picture shows clouds on the increase on the approach from west to east. we will call for gentle rain tomorrow. not a heavy downpour. withch cooler, low 60's off and on showers. it will move in tomorrow, a few showers possible, then they will move back out on thursday. sunshine returns. the longer-term is when things look like they will change. off and on showers are possible saturday, sunday, and into early next week. an inch of about in a precipitation for the month. >> thank you. >>> investigators are trying to find out what sparked a hospital shooting that left two people dead parrot a woman was shot. police say a gunman then took his own life. police have found no connection between the man and the victims. >>> hackers it googles password system that controls access for millions of users. google has not revealed the extent of the attack. they have traced the break-in to china. the attackers did not make it accounts.emagmail >>> sarah palin are scheduled to testify in the criminal t

he's scheduled to play in his second tournament thursday in charlotte, north carolina. >>> san antonioinst dallas he took an elbow to the face that actually broke his nose. ginobili went into the locker room, cracked his nose back into place and returned to the basketball game. he went on to score 11 points in the fourth quarter to beat the mavericks. >>> more than 7 million people watched the first round of the nfl draft on thursday night. it was the most viewed first round in espn's 31-year history, and the first time the network covered the draft during primetime tv. the highest rated markets, jacksonville, florida, and new orleans. >>> a baseball game in milwaukee. during the seventh inning, a foul ball went into the crowd and ricocheted off the guy's head. look closely. you can actually see the ball bounce right off his melon. hopefully they gave him a beer and gave him the rest of the night off. he looks all right, though. >>> that's sports. i'm joe carter. >>> an illinois bank has become the latest casualty of the economy. but this bank closure may have political overtones. how

carolina bermudez senior editor for "in-touch weekly." all right, here now jim carrey's first tweet that really set off this firestorm today. he wrote or tweeted "no wife is blind enough to miss that much infidelity. elin had to be a willing participant on the ride for whatever reason. kids, lifestyle" and then some smiley face, weird thing. all right, i think i understand what jim carrey was trying to say but to me he really does come out looking like a jerk in any way pointing a finger at elin. carlos, what do you think? was jim completely out of line for saying she had to be a willing participant? >> i'm going to take the unpopular opinion here, i'm going to say i'm on jim carrey's corner on to thone. he's echoing what a lot of people are saying behind the scenes. a.j., come on, and in the cnn newsroom didn't a few people say, how did she not know? >> how could she know? >> 14 or 15. i mean but there are like 15 -- >> guys, we're forgetting the fact that tiger woods traveled. we're forgetting the fact that tiger woods traveled for the

for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, americans living abroad continue to face unnecessary roadblocks, not only to u.s. banks but increasingly at foreign banks as well. the requests from expats continue to come in at startling rates. i want to thank congresswoman carolyn maloney for bring these banking roadblocks to the attention of the treasury department. we were hoping that the financial services committee will soon hold hearings to review current u.s. banking laws and regulations that prevent americans living overseas from accessing u.s. banking services. the international harold tribune reporter recently highlighted that amid moupting frustration over taxation and banking problems, small but growing number of americans overseas are renouncing their citizenship. i encourage the financial services committee to read the article and schedule a hearing in the very near futur

now who's joining us by telephone, ed is traveling with president barack obama in ashville, north carolina. ed, you have been briefed, he has been briefed, i should say, on this situation. what can you tell us? >> that's right, don, we have a little bit of information, obviously the white house is paying close attention to cnn, there's been seven deaths. the president has been briefed of the tragedy and he says the situation is being followed by the white house. we're trying to get more information right now as we are gathering and discussing exactly how terrible this tragedy is, the president and the first lady who are traveling here in north carolina have been -- the president got this briefing to get up to speed on this situation. the first family is now having dinner here in asheville, but as phil gordon said, they're getting as much information as they can as quickly as they can because this is an evolving situation. clearly the president wants to be on top of it now. >> and you hear about seven dead from something like this, the president usually speaks out about it, our ed henry tra

officers spotted joseph mcvey with a gun and rental car in a lot in asheville, north carolina.thorities say mcvey told an officer he wanted to see president obama. his car had a siren and flashing lights even though he is not a member of law enforcement. >>> senate democrats spepg stepping up their efforts to win republican supp port in their efforts to reform the financial industry. they're toughening the rules on derivatives. democrats need one republican to vote with them to deginn the debate. a test vote is set for this afternoon. >>> is tonight the night? caps are in canada. the caps lead the series 1-2 over the canadiens. a win would push the caps to the second round of the play-offs where they'll face the philadelphia flyers. if the unthinkable happens and the canadiens win tonight, game seven will be played wednesday night here in washington. i'm with joe, let's get it done tonight. back to you. >> get it done tonight or it gets real dangerous. thanks very much. >>> a final look at the forecast with meteorologist tom kierein. good morning. >> we dried out around the met

scott in north carolina. going back to the tar heel state.>> caller: boo-yah, jim, from the university of north carolina. >> oh, man! yes! the most beautiful school in the country. well, one of them. what's up? >> caller: that's right. my stock is hasbro, has. >> you know, i've been thinking ever since they raised that dividend this stock has been up, up, up, up, and you can't even get a chance. maybe you can still buy -- let's say you can buy it under 40. because the stock has almost doubled here. let's go to jim in michigan. big theme here. >> caller: big boo-yah from grand rapids, michigan. >> man, you're a furniture guy. i like ethan allen. what's up? >> caller: i got a question for you about spartan stores. do you think the stock is worth getting into? >> yes, i do. it's got wholesale, which i don't like. it's got retail. it has that kind of feel of a casey's general, which got that merger offer today. i'd recommend spartan stores. location general's a really good outfit, by the way. and i haven't been to a spartan. let me go to brian in

one, what did it take to win championships in south carolina? >> the track championship was in manassas, virginia. that was in 2005 with franklin butler. >> secondly, i would like to hear a few remarks about benny's god to raise driver who died last year and how viceroy cigarette sponsored the team and were able to compete on a national level? >> the track championship in 2005, we won the track championship with a white driver, franklin butler and franklin butler, and he had a brother, they were winning drivers at the late-model level and franklin butler even was very competitive and had wins at higher levels. that brings up the point where even some light drivers in nascar, they are pushed out of the sport because they don't have the money to compete because again it is not like basketball or football. franklin brother and his brother brandon butler were one of those drivers. when you are trying to develop a black driver from scratch you have to do it in steps. you can't go out like a white team and just take the bus driver and put them in the

people talk differently in south carolina than they do in iowa. programs are tailored differently.are wonderful, what the state humanities councils do. for example, they will have programs in literature, programs in history in which they reach out to the smallest towns in the state. we have a program in oregon that is called "think and drink." we have programs that are in barbershops. it is really a fabulous out reach under the assumption -- this is a bit of an exaggeration. it is not good enough to have a month commentating in a cave if no one can hear the thoughts. somehow, you have to get a public engaged in such a way that the great books of our time and the great thoughts of our time can be translated in a public venue. that is what the council's do and they do it extremely well. having said that, every state council i know of is looking at a smaller budget than last year. they also receive some private funds, as well as the received about half their resources from the national office. so there is pressure out there. >> american museums have a very complicated relationship wit

what he calls the flat out lazy people of his own state of south carolina.'s watch. >> south carolina passed one of the toughest immigration laws in the united states. however, we aren't addressing the real problem. the real problem is workforce. if you don't have a workforce, people that are peach farmers, hotel business, construction business, they will go somewhere to find people to fill those jobs. why do we have so many vacancies? we have a giveaway system in this country and state that so strong that people would rather sit home and do nothing than do these jobs. there are a lot of people that are flat-out lazy and using up the goods and services we have in this state. >> wow. interesting analysis. let's see how it plays on the home front. >>> now for tonight's sports meets politics "big number." you can see president obama there welcoming the 2009 world champion new york yankees to the white house this afternoon. it's the first time the yankees have won the title since 2000 when president clinton was in office. catch this little sugar plum. how many t

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president obama is on his way to north carolina. he will be speed -- speaking at a lithium battery ion company. we will have his comments at about 11:55 a.m. eastern here on c-span. those comments in the wake of the news about unemployment figures for march. the largest number of jobs were created last month since the recession began, while the unemployment rate remained at 9.7%. employers added 162,000 jobs in march. the daniel benjamin will be speaking about the obama administration's efforts. [inaudible] [no audio] >> coming up at noon eastern, daniel benjamin, the state department's counterterrorism coordinator. you'll be talking about the tactics and strategies used. about the live on c-span2. >> the minute that the wall street firms were in the business of harvesting middle- class and lower middle-class americans for their home equity value and making loans to them against it, there was a natural risk of abuse. >> sunday, michael lewis on the subprime mortgage crisis. his latest is "the big short." he is also the author of "ly