barbara pinto has the story from cincinnati. >> reporter: for donna and dennis speigel, raising theirrney of love and heartbreak. >> the diagnosis was devastating just to hear cerebral palsy. and not being in the special needs world, you're not even sure what that is. and then you hear he isn't going to walk. he's not going to talk. >> reporter: for dayton, once a week physical therapy did little. >> i'd leave an appointment in tears, thinking, "i'm not helping this child. i'm not getting anywhere." >> reporter: then, donna heard about something called conductive education, intensive daily therapy designed to connect mind and muscle. >> if you wanted to be a great tennis player, golfer, you wouldn't take an hour a week lesson. and you're trying to teach these children to sit up or feed themselves or walk. and it's not gonna happen in 40 minutes a week. >> reporter: but it seemed impossible. the closest school was hours away. so, this grandmother decided to build her own school. she began with the proceeds of her business. this chain of consignment stores. why were you so driven to do

approaching, well, kansas city and eventually some of the action will get through chicago and indy and cincinnati and into the mitt atlantic. what's the timing? the low is out over the ohio valley, tomorrow and the clouds will be here tomorrow and late afternoon. and by the time we get into the morning rush on friday, shower activity will be starting in the western viewing area. it looks like it will be a rainy week's beginning and how about the end. we'll have more in a few minutes. >>> thank you, marty. the president signed the health care reform bill into law and today, the republicans are gearing up to fight it. here's joel brown reporting on part two of the health care debate. >> nobody believes that. >> the republicans took to the senate floor determined to stop the fix it bill. you can put lipstick on a pig, but this is still a pig. >> reporter: the bill makes changes and the republicans are offering amendment after amendment slowing down the process and forcing changes into the bill. if they succeed, the bill will have to go back to the house instead of the president's desk. the democrats

it is a great day for the unborn and the uninsured. >> i am from cincinnati.i am proud to be a pro-like legislate or and i am proud to cast a vote today in favor of a strong pro-like bill that is about health care reform, about ensuring the uninsured, and standing up for the unborn. the president took a small step to date. the president will be listening -- releasing the text of an executive order which is sweeping. it clarifies for all that this help bell does not provide public funds for abortion. that was critically important to all of us. to make sure that that was crystal clear to the american people. and with this executive order, it will be clear to the american people. i join my colleagues in thanking bart stupak and all of the pro- life democrats here as well as others and our caucus, and thanking the president, to ensure that all americans understand that this bill is about the sanctity of life, it is about preserving life, and moving forward. thank you. >> thank you, bart. i want complement barred stupak for his strong suit pants for the unborn thro

now i just see happy days. >> reporter: barbara pinto, abc news, cincinnati. >>> we love to eat on thiss hard to know which is quicker to our hearts, a t-shirt or - >> what's over your shoulder. >> what? ? >> the new waffle breakfast sandwich. maple-infused waffles with sausage, egg and cheese on it. >> i love this. you do a healthy one, too? >> yeah, we have new egg whites, egg whites in the store. this is a waffle sandwich we had last year, we brought it back again last year. >> i ran three miles, this will erase that right away? >> le with, you no, it's worth it! >> if you ever walked into a starbuck's -- forget me. in a dunkin' donuts you may have seen them wearing this shirt. how cute is that? brought us t-shirts to celebrate their new breakfast sandwich. >> want some? >> let's do it. >> see you tomorrow. ♪ [ male announcer ] now the best seat in the house is in your house. in fact, with the fios total ticket, it can be in every room. unlike cable, only fios gives you a multi-room dvr that lets you record shows in one room and watch them in up to six other rooms. one dvr puts you i

to new york, mid-60s through detroit and chicago and cincinnati. it's going to be cooler in florida than it will be in northern new england. that's because of those clouds. we're also watching beautiful weather from denver to chicago. denver, 65 today. tomorrow, snow. we'll have more of that later in the show. that's a look at the national forecast. here's a look at the weather outside your window. sunshine today. beautiful conditions around milwaukee. 61 degrees. atlanta's going to be 62 with mostly cloudy skies. nashville, same for you at 66. washington, d.c., one of the best days of the year today. near 70. lynn, it's amazing in denver how they can be 68 degrees one day and snow the next, but that's what's going to happen tomorrow. >> prepare for it. well, thank you, bill. >>> well, bailout payouts, big ben on banking and political protest italian style. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus tabloid headlines straight ahead. >>> the cavaliers are play-off bound, a cy young pitcher is suspended, and the president makes hi

still bringing much cooler temperatures to the east and also very heavy rain now, cincinnati to columbus, up to charleston and windy conditions along with the storm. all that rain is eventually going to work its way into the mid-atlantic in new england, especially later on tonight. so you get the gist of it. it's umbrella weather out there. many areas of the east. miami is also getting rain early today. as the storl pulling out of alabama, mississippi, we'll see cold showers. in general the snow is going to melt. in oklahoma city, up to 58 degrees. but what a march storm it was. that's a look at the monday forecast. now here's a look outside your window. many areas are going to be very chilly down there in alabama and mississippi, louisiana. look at birmingham, alabama. 45 degrees. that storm will be long gone by tomorrow. lynn, much calmer weather for the rest of this week, but, you know, as you mentioned, the only element we didn't have was severe weather. for the most part it was just a snow event. >> thank you, bill. toyota shareholders sue, ebay fights crime and how health care will

rain from the gulf coast, all the way to the northeast, drenching new orleans, chicago, cincinnati and buffalo. thunderstorms and in tennessee and mississippi valley. leftover snow in oklahoma and north texas. coastal rain from northern california to seattle. and snow in the cascades. >> 63 in sacramento. 52 in boise. and a windy 57 in salt lake city. just 34 in fargo. and highs in the 40s from the twin cities to detroit. 60s along much of the east coast. a warm 81 in miami. and 75 in new orleans. >>> and a quick update on the red river, which is still running high. residents in northwestern minnesota have been forced to commute to work by way of airboat. the red river isn't expected to crest in that area for another week. >>> when we come back today, social security may already be in the red, years earlier than expected. >>> today, the government will turn up the heat on the big banks, introducing new protections for homeowners facing foreclosures. we'll have specifics later on "good morning america." >>> meanwhile, bank of america customers are flooding the bank with calls about its

behind me, this is downtown cincinnati. this politically is not the problem for congressman steve drieha driehaus. this is the area of his district that trends more democratic. but across town, it's a different story as he tries to sell his "yes" vote on health care reform. we're on the west side of cincinnati. >> this flower shop here is owned by my cousin. >> reporter: following democratic congressman steve driehaus through the neighborhood where he lives one week after he volted for health care reform. >> how you guys doing? >> reporter: talk to some of his constituents at the local chili joint, and it doesn't feel so sweet to be home. what do you think about his vote on health care? >> pretty upsetting. i trusted steve. i voted for steve. and he didn't do what he said he would when he ran for congress. >> reporter: what do you feel like he didn't deliver on? >> i'm -- abortion. >> reporter: ken stinson went to catholic school with driehaus, but like many constituents in this conservative, heavily catholic part of town,

problems or in cincinnati and northern kentucky area. we are looking yet the initial problems facing blockbuster. >> it is literally a sign of the times for blockbuster, a charlotte store that is part of the chain is closing this year. blockbuster announced voluntary bankruptcy protection could be in the offing. >> that have close to a billion dollars in debt, and they need to get rid of that. >> is a corporate makeover that this eeo talked about earlier this month on cnbc. >> red box use this kiosk to offer $1 rentals. >> we are a little bit late vs. red box in the development of lending. >> blockbuster is also playing catch-up to netflix in the realm of d b mail delivery. >> in the future, it comes down to apple and amazon to compete on an individual basis. >> some offer movies for download or streaming directly into the home. >> it is a wide open landscape. >> the company hopes brand recognition will help. >> the main street consumer understands what lobster is and what it stands for. -- what blockbuster is and what it stands for. >>

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then a week later, there w another clip, this time of si e cincinnati bengals wide receiver chad ochocinconow, there's a third video. this time ofctor dax shepard playing naked miniature golf. i guess this is -- i guess this is the hot new trend in exercise now that pilates has kind of cooled down. the idea is to not get your ball anywhere near the windmill, i think. this is how tiger woods got started, by the way. it's very -- so -- well, there you go. and this is why we never ask uncle dax to watch the children, so -- [ applause ] hey, on the show tonight, from "cougar town," josh hopkins is here. we have music from gary allan. and we'll be right back with oscar nominee gabourey sidibe, so stick around. sticng to a plan matters, especially when it comes to your finances. that's why chase cards come with blueprint. free and only for chase customers. with finish it, you can take your balance and decide your monthly payment... or how many months you want to take to pay it off. the faster you pay it off, the more you'll save... and the more progress you'll see every month on your plan. chase

by the national review online by saying he may be a dead man he can't go home to the westside of cincinnati. his aide said he meant he was a dead man politically. >> no one saw this quote of mine in this publication, until he and others paid a pubic issue of. >> reporter: one congressman thinks it is a publish -- public issue. >> he ought to resign, go to the floor apologize for what he said and if he won't, i think he ought to resign because i think is despicable. >> reporter: homeland security and fbi are investigating threats and vandalism, no arrests so far. >> bret: vice president biden isn't backing off his rather enthusiastic pronouncement at today's bill signing event. is the u.s. backing off? tough new sanctions on iran. > bret: a new audio tape has surface the voice believed ton osama bin laden says al-qaeda will kill any americans it captu

within cincinnati, within the same year alexandra was killed by her venomous snake there were two otherrred in that same city. one of those, the victim died and the other survived. >> what kind of snake is that? >> this is a burmese python. obviously it's albino, not it's normal color. >> this is the mother of all pythons? this is the biggestane would guess the most common when people decide they want a big snake? >> these are quite common in the pet trade. just a point of interest, most of the animals you've talked about today are born in captivity. there's a huge industry in the u.s. and rarely are these animals being brought in from the wild. >> is it like the wild, wild west out there, that you can go on the internet -- i went on this afternoon and found there are many exotic pets i could have probably in a few days. >> up of these burmese pythons a female can produce 50 offspring in a year. if the animal is reproducing for five or six years, that one snake can produce a lot of babies. >> josephine, we're talking about the idea of hoarding, like this woman who had so many animals in

he comes to us from cincinnati, here in los angeles, robin sachs, activist, former prosecutor, authorhappens every day." >>> and judge greg mathis presiding over the tv court show. mark geragos, this is going to be different to have presumed innocence here, isn't it? what are your thoughts generally on this whole matter of the sex offender getting out? >> well, there's -- you know, part of the problem in defending these cases and prosecuting them is one and the same. that is, how do you distinguish who is really a sex offender and who you may actually have a problem with in terms of recidivism, verse something whom the net where has been cast too wide. once you hear that somebody is a sex offender, it's extremely hard to unring that bell, and i think there's a presumption of guilt, unfortunately. >> larry: isn't that true, robin? can he get a fair trial? >> he can, but did the victims get a fair chance at surviving? >> larry: i know. we have a system, though, with the presumption of innocence. do you think none in the world is presuming him innocent is it. >> right now, the people wor

we're joined by our friend marking a oes, the noted defense attorney who is trying a case in cincinnatihere he comes to us from, that ohio city. here in los angeles, robin sachs, activist, former prosecutor, author of "it happens every day." and in washington, our friend judge greg mathis, presiding over the tv court show "judge mathis." mark geragos, this is going to be difficult to have presumed innocence here, isn't it? what are your thoughts generally on this whole matter of the sex offender getting out? >> well, there's -- you know, part of the problem in defending these cases, actually, and prosecuting these cases is one in the same. that is, how do you distinguish who is really a sex offender and who you may actually have a problem with in terms of recidivism versus somebody who the net has been kind of cast too wide. in a case like this, the presumption, once you hear that somebody is a sex offender, it's extremely hard to unring that bell. and i think that there is a presumption of guilt in a case like this, unfortunately. >> larry: isn't that true, robin? this guy, can he get

and they weren't unique to ohio or unique to cincinnati. this was really going on all throughout the united states. these little pockets of discontent about the issue of abortion. and they were beginning to weave together into a national movement. but it is barbara wilkey who said to his husband, jack, a physician, you know, jack, everybody deserves -- the constitution gives everybody the right to life, including the unborn child. and he looked at her and he said, barbara, that will be the name of our movement. well, we know that name didn't just stay in ohio, but it's also the national right to life movement. and barbara and jack wilkey have been at the forefront of this movement since its inception in the early 1970's. jack wilkey has served not only the board of the greater cincinnati right to life, but he's also been on the board of the national right to life serving as president. currently today he's with the life issues institute. but he and barbara continue to be on the for front of abortion. i will ask those wonderful folks if they

. >> ochocinco, who is a gig twitterer, wide receiver for the cincinnati bengals, is also on the caste twittering updates all the time. it will be more interesting to follow this on twitter than actually watching. >> you can follow us on twitter. coming up next david shuster. everything about you is unique. including your skin. discover aveeno positively ageless. with shiitake complex, it helps speed... your skin's unique renewal process. 94% of women showed an improvement... in lines or wrinkles. for younger looking skin: aveeno positively ageless. the sparkly flakes. the honey-baked bunches! the magic's in the mix. my favorite part? eating it. honey bunches of oats. taste the joy we put in every spoonful. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm david shuster reporting to you live today from new york city. this hour president obama's resuming his nationwide main street tour. he has jobs and georgia on his mind as state-run employment is in the double digits. washington correspondent john harwood joins us live. john, polls show most americans still aren't sure if the obama stimulus plan has

ron from cincinnati.ler:@@@ @ ád caller: my wife and i go into the doughnut hole round june, and announced a great this bill was. they said they would take care of this hole. do you know what year? guest: i do not come off the top of my head. i am only an academic. caller: 2016. guest: i will be 66, so will be ok for me. caller: well, good luck, fella. . . how was the public reaction to these major pieces of legislation, as far as the feedback, ranchor? were there protests, were there things like we saw with town hall meetings? guest: not quite. in 1935, people really did not understand what was in the social security act. that is similar to today. this is a very complicated piece of legislation to grasp. of legislation to grasp. there were guys from left saying that every elderly person should have $100 provided to them at the end of the month. compared to that, social security was very miserly, so there was protest from the left. there were attempts to create mass rallies. president kennedy actually wen

and gradually the people who had been going to cincinnati stopped going to cincinnati because they discovered they didn't have to spend the gasoline to get out there, didn't have to spend overnight motel rooms to get there. they could simply just go to charleston to the airport, to huntington or parkersburg or wherever it was. it is a tough fight for local communities. it's easy if you're in a big city. it's hard if you're in a small state. and the presiding officer is familiar with that. so, our legislation accomplishes this business of new resources by building on the existing programs and strengthening them. there's some very, very good programs. i won't go into all of them now, but they're very very good programs. the airport improvement program was started a number of years ago. it's absolutely superb what it does. it allows airports to expand, to build parking garages, to expand runways, to build sort of offramp safety places, you know, for trucks have, speeding too much and all of a sudden there is something that shoots up the hill. they have something called e-mass at the end of the r

lindy lives in cincinnati; i'm a divorced dad. and we were traveling around a little bit, doing some things, and she wanted to go to l. l. bean in freeport, maine. so we were driving from boston up to freeport and, of course, the talk shows on the stations in maine were filled with discussions of the '92 campaign. and you may remember that it was a terrible campaign for george bush. he was sputtering. he was off message. he was giving interviews from the backs of golf carts at country clubs. and bill clinton was looking formidable. ross perot was doing damage in the republican ranks. and one of the talk show hosts on -- on this radio show that we were listening to said, 'if lee atwater were alive today, george might have a chance.' and my daughter looked at me,she said, 'who was lee atwater?' and i told her what i could remember, which wasn't much -- just that he had been this hard-charging campaign manager and that in 1988 he had taken george bush's campaign from a 17-point deficit after the conventions that summer to an 8-point

i'm from cincinnati, ohio. . i want to wishmb great morning and have a good day.it every morning. i'm dedicated and you do a good job. keep it up. love you. bye. >> what a great shout out. you can leave one too. dial 1-888-ron-hln. >> a new security plan for tiger woods. how people around him are trying to keep him out of trouble. also 60 firefighters turned out to fight house fires but then the wind whipped up as you c see. >>> senators will continue debate today on the so-called fixes bill, the piece of the health care reform puzzle. republicans are using the opportunity to propose dozens of amendments. correspondent richard lui, what are they trying to accomplish? >> you said dozens. they can offer as many amendments as they like. they can keep on doing it. >> unlimited. >> if the senate makes any changes to the fix it bill it has to go back to the house for one more vote. that's why these amendments are being offered up. the idea is try to make the bill so drastically different, house democrats would no longer to have the votes to pass it. during yesterday's d

lard dail, columbus, cincinnati, oakland and kansas city. they'll join three at logan international in boston an one next week at busy o'hare in chicago. 40 machines are already in use at 19 u.s. airports. passengers can opt out of body scanning but if they do, they'll have to go through the metal detector and get a patdown. >>> the parents of california teen chelsea king are calling for tougher laws and tougher punishments for sexual predators. that's after a convicted child molester, john gardner, was charged with rape and murder in the death of their 17-year-old daughter. they talked about it last night on cnn's "larry king live" on our sister network. >> how many times do our daughters need to be raped before we put these monsters behind bars forever? i just don't -- i don't get it. change has to be made, and i know that there are people out there that are trying to, you know, get this change in place and brent andi are committed for the rest of our lives to be a part of that. >> police didn't initially look at gardner as a potential sus

cincinnati, ohio. -- barbara, on the democrats lined parent caller: -- democrats line. caller: i was calling because i do have a question regarding health coverage, etc., but it is not the patient. some of the things like social security are doing, as previously stated, i got an increase but then social security changed some of the benefits to the point that now i have to pay $80 for one of my very important prescriptions that i need. and i cannot use these other medications that they want you to use necessarily. so i have to stick with wyck -- what my regular medication because of that is a concern. when we first started talking about health insurance, a pharmaceutical part was not terribly important. in fact, none of it was terribly important. in the 1920's people paid out of pocket. but now for many seniors and others, the cost of your prescriptions are just prohibitive. congress has tried to deal with that -- not so security you are talking about, but medicare. apart d addresses that problem. and the new legislation actually provides some relief for people in terms

canisius college in buffalo, xavier college in cincinnati. >> those are both catholic. >> yes, they are. is that unbelievable? one of the things that sticks in my mind the most was my son up at canisius in an english class. they were reading - i don't know if i should tell this - they were reading poetry. and this is a jesuit school. and there was a poem disparaging the pope's - forgive me - penis. the pope. and so, he went to his teacher and said, "do you think this is appropriate to be mocking in such a personal way the pope when we're a catholic school?" and she said, "oh, danny. i just think it was very courageous of the author to do that." so, then he went to the chapel and met with the priests and said, "can't we do something about this?" and the fellow said, "oh, yeah, yeah. we'll look into it." it's beyond belief the kind of disrespect shown to religious figures, shown by feminists in women's studies to traditional mothers who choose to stay home, and shown to conservatives, who, for the most part - with a few wonderful exceptions like hillsdale and grove city - you can't be a p

and it's not hard to see what's going to tag in here around cincinnati and st. and little rock and atlanta and bristol there. , that's the >>> that's a quick look at your weather picture. we have more mountain snow headed to the rockies. >> did you graduate? >> what do you mean did i graduate? i failed statistics, but i did graduate. >> did you play sports? >> did i play sports? i took a year of figure skating because i had to because i missed out on gym signup. i'm not proud of it but i did take a year of miss fitness as every cornell student has to. i just got stuck in figure skating. >> all right, dave. >> i'm just being honest. everything you also was full. >>> okay. still ahead here this morning, we'll switch gears. i'm sure we will discuss cornell again, but first, this really interesting story about this facebook burglary. we have a couple who is here this morning, very upset because they feel that hindsight being 20/20, they should never have posted on facebook where they were going to be because they believe one of their friends burglarized their house.

cincinnati pulled a great upset last night. >> houston taking on memphis.le team as far as the ncaa tournament is concerned. elliott williams goes in for the jam, or did he? he did jam. the problem was the ball hit off his head, goes back up through the basket. that didn't count. early in the second half, no big deal but that two points came back to haunt memphis because houston up one and then in transition, calledbl dre in. houston stunsem, 66, ib kksigou ofhea na. onnca a that was looking to get two in n landry fields probably finished second. >> 22 points, nine rebounds a game. first and second respectively in this conference. winning should be his middle name. landry fields does just about everything you can ask for. on the court he's got the strength inside. he's got the athleticism. he can step out and k with trotter, fields, green is a big-time scorer, can really hit from outside. jarrett mann is a very talented point guard and shiller is a good outside shooter. their coach is johnny dawkins. was an assistant a longtime for mike krzyzewski at duke.

and the wannabe baseball star who tried out for the cincinnati reds. >> hi. >> hi. >> reporter: maybehe facts of life. accidentally, that was the sitcom where he landed his break-out role. >> and suddenly, this man who was testosterone with a capital "t" walked on the set. >> we turned into little girls again. >> reporter: little girls and fans for morgan freeman in his role at invictus. moreno.red on stage with rita >> and i thought, oh, this guy is amazing. >> reporter: and jeff bridges wasn't even out of diape when making his screen debut at 4 months in a lost film we found "the company she keeps." were you two competitive? >> no i basically taught him everything. >> let's hope he remembers that. >> but my bad loved working with his family. on behalf of myself and my sister cindy, even my mom appeared in some of the "sea hunt" episodes. >> reporter: best actress nominees, sandra bullock and meryl streep enjoyed more typical childhooded. >> hi! >> reporter: maybe sandy's athleticism got her cast as the "bionic girl" in this 1989 made for tv movie "the bionic showdown." >> she was ju

temperatures across the united states. 29 in cincinnati, st. louis is at 33.ut dallas at 35 there. albuquerque, we don't mention them often, 30. salt lake city 34. eugene, oregon, 46 degrees. and in san fran it's 53. here is a look at the satellite radar. rain showers impacting the northern coast of california. meanwhile our storm system currently resides in the southeast. it's tracking to the east northeast. gradually that area of low pressure will move off the coast and move up the coast. but it will move out so far to the east that it will have a minimal impact on us. will bring us some precipitation and could bring us some snow but light amounts. forecast for today and the next five days, today's high 45 under cloudy skies. chance of some rain and or snow developing tonight and into tomorrow morning. maybe an inch of accumulation, maybe less if we get more rain than snow. 42 for your high tomorrow. the precipitation lasting into the morning hours. thursday, friday, mid-40s. saturday, 52 degrees with sunshine. that's what is happening with the weather. now

even the 30s, 39 in cincinnati. 35 in detroit.plains states, there is some warmer air in place down to the south. dallas is at 60 degrees this morning. and across the mountain states, check out denver, 27 degrees. we showed video early early, parts of denver have gotten about 16 inches of snow, are expecting up to 16-inch of his snow today so they're not done with wintertime yet there. there is your satellite-radar picture. can you see that snow in colorado. some rain moving across the plains. things are quiet here. forecast for today and the next fivedays, high temperature today about 64 degrees. lots of sunshine. a little bit breezy though. tomorrow, not bad but clouds build in during the course of the day tomorrow. high 65. we'll get some rain showers in the later part of the day. i think tomorrow night. friday looks to be fairly wet. 50 and the weekend will be cooler. sunshine but temperatures in the 50s. your daytime temperatures in the 50s. that is a look at the weather. more is coming up in just a little bit. >> when you se

cincinnati, gail, on the democrats' line. caller: hello, greta. i'm a democrat. i have been writing and calling. my congressman is from district 1. i have also been writing him and calling my other senator and brown. i'm supporting health care legislation. i have no insurance right now, but i just lost it in november. there is so much misinformation out there. it is really upsetting to me every time they said the government will decide what can be covered for you. when i did have insurance last year and paid for my own the mammogram. i had a $10,000 deductible, and at the end of the cobra, the policy i got offered would be between $1,500.1600 dollars per month and i make about $40,000 per year. host: have you contacted your representative? caller: yes, i called him constantly. even belongs to my church. i let him know, say that i'm a member of "your church" -- not in charge of purchasing, but when i have written to him and talk to his staff members, a lot of times when i get a reply from him it is only about the abortion part of the bill -- i have not approached

. >> i am from the university of cincinnati. you ended by talking about where you started.his is not a sustainable trajectory. in terms of resolving the trajectory, it seems there is a balancing act between that and what you're talking about, because you talked about factors dampening the recovery. what do you see, as the policy choices -- what do you see as policy choices that are there, in terms of trying to sustain recovery, and set us on a sustainable trajectory at the same time? >> as i said early on, there are toys is for the near term as to whether to do -- choices for the near term as to whether to do more stimulus. we of analyzed different ways of providing additional stimulus. we have looked at payroll tax credit, transfers to people, state and local governments. when new aid was sent to local governments after the recession, financial problems were still severe. we expect that to be true here as well. we looked at tax cut and infrastructure spending increases. we've done our best to try to quantify the broad range of what we think the effect on the economy would

host: cincinnati, ohio, republican line. john, good morning. guest: good morning, john. caller: good morning. i would like to dispute, especially the last caller, a few points here. first of all, if her daughter is unemployed, not working, and still paying health care, she is eligible for state aid. now the state will cover anyone who is unemployed, with no income. and as for the other lady, too, who got rambling about how it's going to help everyone and the middle class. if she thinks her premiums are going to go down, everyone is in agreement that the premiums are going to continue to go up. our president has said it. pa lowsy has said it. all the congress has said it. it's never going to go down. -- pelosi has said it. all the congress has said it. it's never going to go down. how can you force americans to pay for something and mandate something? i heard it compared to auto insurance. auto insurance is not mandated. i have heard this across the line from our president, from pelosi, across the line, the speaker yesterday said the same thing. auto insurance is not mand

the demand in cents a hannay -- cincinnati was reprehensible.hen you have large crowds, someone acts out of line. that is the situation there. it is inappropriate. i do think that if we are going to address people who have diseases, which should have a positive vision for research and development in finding new cures. i worry we are going to discourage a lot of this development if we had more government controls and centralize authority. in the rest the world, there is little innovation because there is not access to the market. if we go down the path of this bill, we will not be able to address incurable diseases. regarding how many people wear here september 12, i'm not an expert. the numbers i said was close to the present consensus to ds. some are saying 1 million. i think that is an exaggeration. i think 40,000 is not consistent with the aerial photograph. it is not really crucial. it is pretty clear that there is strong public sentiment on the question of our donors, we did not disclose our donors. we do that to protect the people who choo

my employer is a sheet metal fabrication plant with its main headquarters based in cincinnati, ohio. normally the louisville branch would employ upward to 50 people on any given day, if business were good. recently that number has dwindled to about four. this country is sooner or later going to implode because of the massive amount of debt run up over the past 40 to 50 years. selling the nation's soul to countries like communist china in order to finance our lifestyle and allow the government to further debase the currency is sure -- sheer luna lunacy. throwing hundreds of billions of dollars so executives 0 on wall street can keep their multibillion-dollar bonuses while others in our society worry about keeping the electricity on and their children fed only helps to move this country closer to a long overdue revolution. the problem is by then we won't even bone iwon'teven own it any. politicians on both sides enjoy getting up in front of television cameras and talking about the support of the pay-as-you-go plan. but when it comes down to actually doing what they say, they all run fo

host: republican line, cincinnati. caller: thank you for having me on. first of all, i want to say to all of those who have called in that no one opposes health care reform. everyone agrees the system is broken, but this bill is not the bill that is going to fix it. it is done behind closed doors. it has been done of bribery. that is not the american way. that should not be the american way, ever. we all agree health care is broken, but, for instance, my wife and i keep getting a bill for $126 that was paid two years ago. i have sent copies of my check time and again. it keeps coming back. they had admitted their mistake. they has been well over one of $26 tried to collect $126. the system is broken. this health care plan is not the one that is going to fix it. host: your response? guest: i think it is a reasonable concern because the bill has dodged the bill is very complex. i think there are democrats that would agree with me, their party has not done a terrific job of explaining what the bill would do. there are democrats in the house that our concern

thompson: madam speaker, from the "cincinnati enquirer" to "the washington post" the editorials today tell the democrats to stop this health care reform and start again. i agree because i have always said health care works to increasing access. this bill fails. the senate bill expands medicaid to cover families earning 133% of poverty level. the medicare rules will exclude under this proposal. some 40% of family practice physicians currently do not accept medicaid patients. this is expected to increase to 60%. some 60% specialists do not accept medicaid patients. this is expected to skyrocket to 80%. this bill expands medicaid beyond its capacity. it cuts medicare for seniors and leaves malpractice tort reform untouched and skyrocketing costs in place. this bill has the potential to bankrupt rural hospitals that have a disproportionate share of the problems inherent in the bill. this adds up to less access and lower quality. that is not reform. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to address the ho

thompson: madam speaker, from the "cincinnati enquirer" to "the washington post" the editorials todayts to stop this health care reform and start again. i agree because i have always said health care works to increasing access. this bill fails. the senate bill expands medicaid to cover families earning 133% of poverty level. the medicare rules will exclude under this proposal. some 40% of family practice physicians currently do not accept medicaid patients. this is expected to increase to 60%. some 60% specialists do not accept medicaid patients. this is expected to skyrocket to 80%. this bill expands medicaid beyond its capacity. it cuts medicare for seniors and leaves malpractice tort reform untouched and skyrocketing costs in place. this bill has the potential to bankrupt rural hospitals that have a disproportionate share of the problems inherent in the bill. this adds up to less access and lower quality. that is not reform. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? >> to address the house for one minut

that, look no further than today's "washington post," which calls this process "unseemly" or the cincinnati inquirer, which calls it "disquufting." and look no further than the president's own polester who's telling the white house that they canary the democrats have used to advance this measure is a sear produce -- is a serious problem. this entire effort has been a travesty, a travesty. but the latest delusion to give house members a way out by telling them they can pretend they didn't vote for something they will in fact be voting for has sealed its fate. the latest solution to give house members a way out: by telling them they didn't vote for something that they will be in fact voting for has sealed the fate of this legislation with the american public. it's time for rank-and-file democrats to pull the fire alarm, pull the fire alarm -- and save the american people from this latest scheme and this unpopular bill. the process has been tainted. it's time to end the vicious cycle, start over, cleanse the process, and work on the step-by-step reforms the american people really want. it's ti

thomas from cincinnati. writing about his brother jim who's imn in hospice care after being diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in less than a year ago. his brother jim doesn't have much longer to live. he wanted his story told to anyone who would listen. doesn't have health insurance, can't afford the cost of cancer treatment. "my dying brother is an example and the countless stories you hear from others is why we need protection from the health insurance industry." this is an industry. i have a lot of insurance companies in my state. i don't hate insurance companies. to compete with each other, they've got to have a business model. the business model is okay, if senator carper and senator tester and i run an insurance company, you know what we all do? we hire a bunch of bureaucrats to keep people from buying insurance that might be expensive. you know, if you're sick, you are sick and you're not, well, i don't want to insure you, you're sick, you'll cost too much. affect my bottom line. then they hire a b

i came to the floor to talk about a young woman in cincinnati, ohio, but i just -- i guess i'm just amazed at the amnesia in this body that -- you know, i hear colleagues on the other side of the aisle say that democrats vote for spending to keep that gravy train going, that democrats believe that job creation's always the government. the republicans believe that we've got to get spending under control, and how politically unpopular it is to vote to cut spending. i hear these things over and over, and i just -- i mean, i hate cliches, but you know the yogi bera line, "it's deja vu all over again." i was in the house of representatives for the first six years of this decade, and i saw what happened. and what happened was my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, one bird flies off the telephone wire, they all fly off the telephone wire voting on issue after issue after issue to bankrupt this country and to drive or economy into the ditch. 2001, tax cuts for the rich. george bush's tax cuts went overwhelmingly to the richest taxpayers using, i would add, as the presiding officer in north

this morning's "cincinnati enquirer" declared what americans all over this country are saying, quote, this disgusting process which democrats brazenly wish to bring to conclusion this week is being done with little regard for the opinions of a clear majority of americans who, while they may believe health care reform is necessary, think this particular approach will take our nation down the wrong economic path. american families want health care reform that will expand access and choices and decrease costs. the democrats' health care bill includes tax increases, medicare cuts, job-killing mandates, and higher premiums. this bill is nothing more than the same government-run insurance mandates and taxes the american people have overwhelmingly rejected. this bill must be killed. we must start over. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. duncan: madam speaker, when i was driving

recognize that in a country as recognize that in a country as diverse as this one, host: here is cincinnating. go ahead with your question or comment. caller: yes, there is a proposed site for nuclear facility. inasmuch as our it two state representatives see the project go forward, can you tell me ask what stage the facility is, as far as going ahead with permits? guest: gee, i cannot. i don't know the status of individual sites. there are 22 or 19 companies that have gone to the regulatory commission with 22 potential sites. where each of the individual sites stands in the process, would ever it would be, it would be the beginning. the commission is only beginning to look at and process those. i do not know exactly where, though. on where it is precisely. host: dennis in columbus, ohio. caller: good morning. the reason the government is not using gravity as a power source -- it is very cheap and inexpensive, possibly the lowest cost you can get. guest: again, i am not a scientist, so i cannot tell you why they have done so for the economics have not worked out. my company is working with