collins is the best by the way. she's unbelievable. >> you sound like you guys are really close. >> oh, yeah. watched over her for four years in college and whatever she needed, you know, from me i'd do for her and the same with her. she's there as well. and just without them, you know, i don't know. >> as i see you and you're talking, there's a love that's exuding from you and as the story goes, leigh anne told you that she loved you when you were 18. was that the first time you heard that? what did it do to you? >> it just, you know, it showed me that it was possible to be loved. i never heard that before. you know, just for her to express that and i knew then that i was a part of the family and, you know, that i was going to stick around. >> again, you're welcomed into the family. you hear "i love you." as you take this and you're going to be a father some day, what kind of dad are you going to be? i bet the words "i love you" will be coming out nonstop from you. >> you know, i'm definitely going to teach my kids

collins? >> thank you, chairman conrad and ranking member grassley and distinguished members of this committee for the opportunity to appear before you today as nominee to be assistant secretary for international finance at the treasury department. i would also like to thank your staff for meeting with me last week to discuss some of the major international financial issues facing the united states at this most challenging time. i am greatly honored by president obama's nomination for this position and sincerely grateful to secretary geithner for recommending me to the president. i am also deeply grateful to my family for their very strong support, en-- encouraging me to apply myself to public service. my parents are not able to be here today, but i would like to recognize them. they came to this country many years ago, sbiced by the opportunities and ideals it offered. they named their children after leaders. i myself call the middle name adlay. i welcome this opportunity, if confirmed, to se

this salute is from marty collins to her husband, james jack collins. she wants him to know that she and the entire family are praying for him and that their two dogs miss him so much. >> my name is marty collins. i'm from erieville, new york. and i would like to salute my husband. i miss you so much. you're the best husband anyone could hope for and my best friend. mom and dad and willie and i and everyone are praying for you and we can't wait up you're home with us. >> if you have somebody in the service and you want to salute them, we'd like to help you. go it cnn.com slash robin. >>> more on our top story. republicans may be on the come back trail. the gop is expected to sweep two key gubernatorial elections in new jersey cnn projects that chris christie defeated jon corzine there. then we take to you virginia where cnn projects that bob mcdonnell crushed creigh deeds. it may not be a direct referendum on president obama's entire presidency to date, but it's a punch that leaves a bit of a bruce for the democrats. the president came up short after pe

this is important as senator collins says. it is important that we assure ourselves, we address these issues because it is at the core of our obligation to protect our military service members and their families. we ask much of them. we owe them an honest look. we owe them to redouble our efforts to ensure their safety and their security. it is easy to offer questions and opinions when we are unburdened by the facts. and i am not here to second-guess the hard-working public servants who investigated this case but to offer based on my experience how we might improve the system and better protect our men and women in uniform. thank you. >> thanks, ms. townsend. i really appreciate the spirit and the content of your testimony which i think will be both informative and helpful to us as we go forward with the investigation. thanks for bringing your experience to bear. next witness and we thank him for coming down from new york is mitchell silber with the intelligence division of the new york city police department. he's testified b

this is from marty kdy collins her husband james jack collins. she wants him to know that she and the entire family are pray ing for him and that their two dogs miss him so much. >> my name is marti collins from erieville, new york. i would like to salute my husband. i miss you so much. you're the best husband anyone could hope for and my best friend. mom and dad and willie and i and everyone are praying for you. we can't wait until you're home with us. >> if you have somebody be in the service and you want to salute them, we'd like to help you. go to cnn.com/robin. >>> it is nine past the hour. republicans may be on the comeback trail. the gop is expected to sweep two key gubernatorial elections. in new jersey cnn projects chris chris chris christie defeated. looking at the wider implications of last night's election results here. richard, what's the latest? >>> good morning to you, natasha. it may not be a direct reflection on president obama's entire presidency but it's a punch, at least a bit of a bruise. the president came up short after per

senator collins 3 >> in general, let me pick out -- senator collins. >> general, let me pick up wherehe left off. i commend you for taking strong action after the racially motivated murder at fort bragg. as i read it through this pamphlet, however, the types of conduct prohibited in the policy manual really do not apply in the case of major hasan. would you agree with that? >> i absolutely agree. as pamphlets are in the hierarchy of information provided to the leaders in our units, it only deals with something very specific as a result of a particular action. under the umbrella of a general policy, that is what it is designed to do. we do not have anything like that dealing with the hasan said it, his behavior, his attitude and what should be the actions that died leaders -- that guide our leaders and soldiers. >> be prohibited activities listed in this manual are geared towards organized activities. they really do not apply to the lone wolf conduct that we saw. i agree with the chairman that this is an area we need to pursue. mr. townshend, there has been discussion this morning this

collins is the best by the way. she's unbelievable. >> you sound like you guys are really close. >> oh, yeah. watched over her for four years in college and whatever she needed, you know, from me i'd do for her and the same with her. she's there as well. and just without them, you know, i don't know. >> as i see you and you're talking, there's a love that's exuding from you and as the story goes, leigh anne told you that she loved you when you were 18. was that the first time you heard that? what did it do to you? >> it just, you know, it showed me that it was possible to be loved. i never heard that before. you know, just for her to express that and i knew then that i was a part of the family and, you know, that i was going to stick around. >> again, you're welcomed into the family. you hear "i love you." as you take this and you're going to be a father some day, what kind of dad are you going to be? i bet the words "i love you" will be coming out nonstop from you. >> you know, i'm definitely going to teach my kids

and sean your father. >> collins is the best, by the way. she's unbelievable. >> sounds like you guys are really close. >> oh, yes, i watched over her four years in college and whatever she need you know from me i do for her and the same with her. she's -- and s.j., as well. you know, without them, you know, i don't know. >> man, i can just, as i see you and you're talking, just there's a love that's exuding from you and as the story goes, leig leigh anne told you she loved when you were 18. was that the first time you heard that, and what did it do to you? >> uh, i mean, it just, you know, it showed me that, uh, you know, it is possible to, you know, to be loved. you know, i never heard that before. and, you know, just for her to express that and, you know, i knew then that i was, you know, a part of the family and, you know, and that i was going to stick around. >> when, again, you're welcomed into the family and hear "i love you," as you take this and you're going to be a father some day. what kind of dad are you going to be? i bet you th

then he was immediately moved to fort collins to treat his injuries better. he died 12:53 on october 12. >> host: you write in your book that you have never visited the spot and laramie. >> guest: no. matt is not a. i feel no compelling interest to go there. the land has since changed hands, and the current owner is adamant that he does not want that to be a shrine for anyone to go to. he has taken great pains to post private property signs everywhere and has moved the section of fans that matt had been tied to. >> host: where are russell henderson and aaron mckinney today? >> guest: they are in virginia. they will soon be moved back to laramie is my understanding when the current wyoming penitentiary is opened. is being enlarged to accommodate more prisoners. they are both serving consecutive -- two consecutive life sentences. >> host: so there is no chance of parole? >> guest: no, there's some -- if the governor can use one license then the second life sentence then becomes eligible for parole. but i don't see that happening. i would say no. there's a chanc

collins: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maine. ms. collins: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, i rise today to discuss the health care bill that the senate will begin voting on tomorrow evening. let me begin by making clear that i believe health care -- our health care system needs fundamental reform. one of my top priorities as a senator has been to work to expand access to affordable health care. the fact is, however, mr. president, that the greatest barrier to health care coverage today is the exploding cost. monthly health insurance premiums in maine have risen at an alarming rate. they now often exceed a family's mortgage payment. and whether i'm talking to a self-employed fisherman, a displaced mill worker, the owner of a struggling small business, or the human resource manager of a large company, the soaring cost of health insurance is a vital concern. mr. president, much of the health care reform debate so far in this congress has centered around the need to expand coverage to the uninsured, a goal that i embrace. the fact is, however, that it

the crown jeweler, henry collins, has retrieved the crown and is handing it down to the bargemaster, who will then hand it to the gentleman emerging from the state coach. he is a very central figure today. he is lieutenant general and drew ford. his formal title is controller of the lord champion better lane's office. that is an office in the royal household that deals with garden parties and things of the like. it is his duty to take the imperial state crown into the palace of westminster and put it on display in the gallery, and that is where it will stay until the queen arrives. a good look there at the imperial state crown, which was made in 1937 for george the sixth. but it is a replica of the crown worn by queen victoria back in 1938. it was refashioned back in 1937 because they wanted a lighter crown. so the lieutenant is on his way with a very conveyorful grip of the 3,000 diamonds under the precious stones. he will turn left into the regallia room where they will change the cushion on which the crown will be displayed. that is the display cushion upon which it will be taken

senator collins? >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr.irman, let me begin this morning saluting you for your leadership and for your courage in proceeding with this investigation and these hearings. i can think of no more important tasks for this committee to undertake. in investigating the september 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the commission led by tom kean and lee hamilton discovered vital information scattered throughout the government, confined by agency silos that might have prevented the deaths and destruction of that terrible day. if only the dots had been connected. in the wake of the mass murder at fort hood, we once again must confront a troubling question. was this another failure to connect the dots? much has been done since 9-11-2001 attacks. we have additional task forces and fusion centers. we revised information-sharing policies and promoted greater cooperation among intelligence agencies and law enforcement. and the results have been significant. terrorist plots, both at home and abroad have been thwarted. the recent arr

that you'll see senator snow join the bill before you will see senator collins do so. they have worked together and joined together on issues like this in the past, especially because of their moderate politicapolitics and their intee often closely aligned but other than that that the list is too long and not getting any bigger. >> should we look for republicans to offer health care alternative during this debate? >> i think that you'll see a lot of points of debate but a lot of it is in disagreement or objection. so far, you know, one of the biggest priorities for republicans has been trying to do something about medical malpractice, and the problem is that even with a lot of the changes that republicans might want to get in this bill, it doesn't necessarily mean that they'd support it, you'd have to see and an entirely different product from what we have right now before there was any republican support and they have urged start over, rewrite this bill and throw the whole thing out and let's do this again. i don't really see any way that the republicans are going to

her team, harper collins and my team have worked to get the signing area sort of set according to her requests and then she will begin signing books quickly, no personalization, no post photography. try to get through as many of her fans as possible. the team is also going to have a photographer here that is taking a series of still images they are handing out cards where people can go to the website and hopefully find a picture of them getting their book signed by ms. palin. >> finally, do you have other evens of this size? >> yeah, you know, just in my time with joseph beth booksellers we have posted caroline kennedy which had about 3,000 attendees, steffi meijer the twilight, people coming from six states away, chad from the ingalls. we've had a number of large defense. johnny bench. so yeah, it sort of spans the gamut. >> how do these events help a bookstore? >> i think the biggest thing is the challenge of letting people know that we do defense is always tricky. it seems like every time we do one of these big events people that live in the city or even the neighborhood they are l

. >> host: could simon shuster harper collins megadeal with google and say yes and have publishers started doing that on their own? >> guest: absolutely -- >> host: separate from this agreement? >> guest: exactly. it is a complicated issue that the agreement only covers about 60% of all of the books that exist in the world today. this is according to some estimates in google and other parties would probably back that as well. but there are other books, there are other agreements taking place on this side between google and simon and schuster and these other companies for example to put the books on line so they are already working out their private deal as well. so, yes, the latest book twilight -- >> host: sarah palin -- >> guest: sarah palin's new look as well. google could be working with her publishers, on-line putting a 20% of the book for the readers to look at and see if they want to buy it and soon what google plans to do is have a button to say if you want to buy this book or print this book press here and i will get you a google application. >> host: would these publishers today

. >> host: harper collins is the publisher of sarah palin's but that comes out tomorrow. she will be on the oprah show today and there is the cover, "going rogue." matthew continetti is here talking about his book. it's about the media and sarah palin, "the persecution of sarah palin" is the title of his book. fort lauderdale florida is on the line. mark, independent call. >> caller: hello, how are you christman? >> host: fine, go ahead. >> caller: my main question is this, the mentality that your guest [inaudible] someone asks hard questions of ms. palin and right away there is either an attack or reacting negatively or trying to be negative to her. asking someone hard questions is not going after them, is it? and if you don't mind i would like to hang on to hear what you have to say. >> host: go ahead, mr. continetti. >> guest: i have no question of people writing her questions and as i write in "the persecution of sarah palin" i think that hurt major misstep on the campaign trail of her interview with katie couric, which even sarah palin admits did not go well. she adm

he looks over at derek collins and says, i got fouled. wade fouled as he goes to the glass. he will shoot two >> phil: first half, rare opportunities such as this one by dwyane wade. stay alert, very sharp in the rotations and the defense did not allow him to get to the rim and down the paint like that >> steve: they actually called the foul on javale mcgee even though it looked like jamison got most of it >> phil: this will be dwyane wade's first attempt from the line tonight. >> steve: 79% shooter on the season. >> phil: 13 attempts in each of the first two meetings with washington. >> >> reporter: udonis haslem has come in for michael beasley. wade last year plague in a career high 79 games after the injury the season before where he played just 51 games. last year, he averaged career high number 30.24, five boards >> phil: this is an important possession. got hit by chalmers and the foul finally called by curtis blair. third personal on chalmers. here si. i strong move. he thought he was trying to beat jermaine o'neal. jermaine does a good job of getting back but chalmer

you heard the senator from maine, senator collins, point out the impacts on small businesses. the ironic thing about that is a lot of small businesses that you would want to encourage to offer health insurance to their employees will be discouraged from doing so under this bill. and, in fact, what most of them are probably going to do is pay the $750 penalty and then just push everybody off into the government plan. and the assumption that's being made in here is the government plan that, you know, it will grow over time obviously. i think 5 million people will lose their private insurance, according to c.b.o. my guess is@@ á@@@@ the whole purpose of this exercise, at least the minds of most americans is let's drive the cost curve down. i heard my colleagues get up and talk about the plan that is going to decrease costs in this country. the blue represents the cougher. that is what will happen if we do nothing. ironic is the red represents what happens under this bill. and so instead of bending the cost curve down, it actually increases the cost curve. so we're going to spend

senator collins. >> thank you for your courage and proceeding of this investigation and hearings. i can think of no more important task for this committee to undertake. in investigations the september 11, 2001 terrorism attacks, the commission discovered vital information scattered through the government through silos that may have prevented the death and destruction of that terrible day, if only the dots had been connected.m6x in the wake of the mass murder at fort hood, we once again must confront a troubling question. was this another failure to connect the dots. much has been done since 9/11, 2001, to respond to the failures. we created the national center and joint task forces and fusion centers. we revised information sharing policies and promoted greater cooperation among intelligence agencies and law enforcement. and the results have been significant. terrorist plots at home and abroad have been dwarted. the rece nt arrest highlight the tremendous efforts law enforcement. but shootings at fort hood may indicate communication failures and court judgment calls can defeat the

senator collins? >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. jenkins, we hope that one of the results of our viffings will be a new pamphlet on extremist activity that incorporates the -- of our investigation will be a new familiar flet on extremist activity that incorporates this. we know, due to the good work of the nypd, about the four stages of radicalization, and it is possible that speaker vention at an early stage could make a difference and could lead to something sort of discharge from the service. in 2007 when he testified before congress about the hottest radicalization and recruitment, you talked about the possibility of counter messaging. i would like to ask you whether you see opportunities for the army to intervene at stage 1 of the radicalization process to try to help members of our military get back on track. >> i think it is important when we look at this in the context of military service, to be quite honest with you, what i was in the military, i did not know, nor did i care, what your religion was of the members of my unit

he only needs 23 more yards to pass chris collins as the all- time leading receiver for his school. let's go down to the sidelines. >> for ole miss head coach, houston nutt, it's about getting his team to finish strong a second straight season. he held a bunch of signs around the practice facility that say they remember in november. the rebels currently 7-0 in two seasons with nutt. if they win, they will likely get an invitation to the capital one bowl. dan mullen placed a priority on this game pretty much on his first year on the job. in january, he hung a special clock which counts down to today's kickoff in his team's practice facility. they call the clock the countdown clock to the tomorrow up north. dan mullen won't even mention them by name. he only calls them the team up north. so he has his players motivated in a special way. as nutt said, this game today is for the state title of mississippi, and it couldn't mean more for both teams. >> mccluster, you can't enough about him. anthony dixon is the lone ranger on that offense, though, not a lot to take attention of tebow's ca

i think you will see senator snow join the bill before you see senator collins do so.they have worked together and join together on issues like this in the past. they're both moderate republicans. so a lot of times their interests are pretty closely aligned. you know, i think we are going to see a lot of points of debates, but a lot of it is right to be in disagreement or or rejection. so far, you know, one of the biggest priorities for republicans have been trying to do something about medical malpractice. the problem is that even with a lot of the changes that republicans might want to get in this bill it doesn't necessarily mean that they support it. you have to see almost entirely different product from what we have right now before there is any republican support. they have been urging to start over or rewrite this bill. through the whole thing out. i don't really see any way that republicans are going to end up supporting this think. >> we will majority leader read be able to wrangle the votes to get get this passed? >> i think so eventually. i think it depends o

joining me to discuss this and more, andy borowitz of the borowitz report, michelle collins, comedian managing editor of bestweekever.tv and lorri morgan, country music star extrodinaire. now, we just saw that. what it is, he -- first of all, i find it offensive to watch people urinate. that part annoys me. but, you know, i know larry. he is hilarious and takes a lot of chances on that show. what he did was the urine accidentally goes on the picture of jesus and other people come in and religious people think that the portrait is crying. you know, these type of people who think that the face of jesus appears on a tamale and they get all excited. but it's that same group of people that he's making fun of. lorrie, i know you are a devout catholic. >> very much. >> does that offend you? >> yes, actually, it does. i -- i guess because i was raised to be reverent to jesus and to the church and that's my -- that was my upbringing. and that's how i feel. i feel it would have been funnier had he had his mother hanging there or something. >> oh, yeah. as a matter of fact, before i go on with y

>> the only other small probability is the other senator from maine, center collins. i think you'll see centers node join in the bill before you see senator collins do so. they have worked together on issues like this in the past because of their moderate politics. the armada of about what comes from the state of maine. their interests are closely allied, but other than that, the list is too long and not getting any bigger. >> should we look for republicans to offer health care alternatives during this debate? >> i think you will see lots of points of debate, but a lot of it will be over objections. so far, one of the biggest priorities has been trying to do something about medical malpractice. the problem is even with a lot of changes republicans might want to get in the bill, it does not mean they would support it. i think you have to see an almost entirely different product from we have now before there is any republican support. i do not see any way republicans are going to end up supporting this. >> will the majority leader be able to wrangle the votes to get the

and they mentioned aldridge, collins, kansas the number one team in the country. >> larry: i'm not too sure if texas isn't number two. i mean, they've got two teams in that league right there that will be prlaying for the nationl championship. they're really good. >> dan: people talk about the recruiting class of john calipari. but you go back to texas and -- he pulled his name back. >> larry: got a lot better, too. that's no good. nicely done. >> larry: mac koshwal is absent tonight because of a foot injury. tweaked it before the game and they decided to hold him out and not play him. good production from devin hill. also krys faber who has been out there for a few -- several minutes tonight. getting his chance. he's in there right now. >> dan: inbounds. and a block. and they'll call that against faber who thought he was straight up. and williamson heads to the line. we a we apologize for our technical difficulties. we're work on the problem. >> larry: while we were off camera, we talked about garrett williamson. he was forced to play the point guard position. [ inaudible ] he can mov

her team, harper collins and my team here have worked to get the signing area sort of set according to her requests. and then she will begin signing books very quickly. no personalizations, no posed photography. and try to get through as many of her fans be a possible. the team's also going to have a photographer here who's taking a series of still images that they're handing out cards where people can go onto a web site and hopefully find a picture of them getting their book signed by ms. pail in. >> finally, how does this compare to other -- do you have other events of this size? >> yeah. you know, just in my time with joseph-beth book sellers in the cincinnati location, we've hosted caroline kennedy which had about 3,000 attendees, stephanie myer of "the twilight" fame. third book "eclipse" people coming in from six states away. shadow from the bengals. we've had a very large number of events here. johnny bench. so yeah, it sort of spans the gamut. >> how do these big events help a book? or what's in it for you? >> i think the biggest thing is the challenge of letting people know th

>> it's out in fort collins. we need to get that fixed. i got promoted to full professor. >> host: congratulations. what does that mean? >> it just means i'm full professor. i'm happy about it. we need to get it fixed on the web page. >> host: do you know how many books you sold? >> "animals in translation" has sold every 250,000. "thinking in pictures" it sold 35,000 originally. it sold way over 100,000 copies. we had a little bit of problems tracking it because it changed publisher. and the book scan date is missing a pile of data. so i'm not exactly sure. then, of course, i have my livestock handling book. that sold like 3,000. but that's a specialized book for ranchers. so that's going to be less. now, before we move on to calls and e-mails that have come in for your, you talk in many of your books about all of the livestock corrals. i'm using the wrong termology i'm sure that you've designed. could you speak to that a little bit? >> well, half of the cattle in this country when they go to the meat plant rough handling an equipment. i

collins, the director of nih, i want to state a few comments that led you know about our engagement in this issue and really congratulate dr. howard and linda birnbaum, the director of the niehs for moving this along. we feel at niehs we have to take science where the problems are, and this initiative on climate change actually allows us to take our research efforts and focus our research at the link between global public health and the global issue of climate change. it brings them together in ways that are unique and have value for the research agenda in the future. and i should say that at nih under the leadership of our global health working group, george rosenthal and chris who are here, we are actually looking at our portfolio to see how best to move the research agenda on our side to address the issues that have been raised in this issue of lancet but the investigators so we hope that that will be a very productive way to take what has been a global call to action and begin to address and fingar granularity issues of both the basic science of climate change related to health as

>> guest: fort collins. and we need to get the web site fixed. >> host: congratulations. >> guest: well, i'm a full professor now. i'm really happy with that. and i need to get that done. fixed on the web page. >> host: do you know how many books you sold? animals in translation sold way over 250,000. thinking in pictures sold about 35,000 hard copies originally, and it sold way, way over 100,000 copies. had a little problem tracking it to through the publishers, and the book stand data is missing so i'm not exactly sure. of course i have my livestock handling, that sold like 3,000 copies but that's a specialized book for ranchers. >> host: before we move on to calls, you talk about the live corrals -- i'm using the wrong terminology i'm sure -- that you designed. can you speak to that? >> guest: well, half the cat until this country go to the meat plant and they're handled by equipment. and they describe what they're thinking in pictures, and my livestock books are about handling livestock, and i helped dev

collins, you have been nominated to be the assistant secretary of the treasury for international finance. you spent close to 30 years at the international monetary fund in a variety of roles. you have examined monetary and economic policies in key regions of the world, including asia and the western hemisphere, and you have examined exchange and trade relations among nations. your experience will serve the american people well as you do with monetary and economic issues are around the world, and i might add, and especially challenging time. you will work with our international economic partners to address key economic issues, and you will guide and adviser dr. braynard as she discharges for important duties. ms. miller, you have been nominated to be assistant secretary of the treasury for financial markets. for almost 30 years, you worked in various capacities at the t. rowe price group in baltimore. this experience gave you key insights into fixed income, asset allocation, and other key finance and investment issues. your experience will be very valuable as you take responsibility for t

her team, harper collins and my team here have worked to get the signing area sort of set, according to her requests, and then she will begin signing books, quickly, no personalizations, no posed photography and try and get through as many of her fans as possible. the teams also will have a photographer here who is taking a series of still images that they are heading on cards where people can go to a web site and hopefully find a picture of them getting their book signed by ms. palin. >> how does it compare to... do you have other events of this size. >> yeah. you know, just in my time, with the joseph beth book sellers in the necessity location we hosted caroline kennedy, 3,000 attendees, stephanie meyer, the twilight fame and eclipse and e have had a number of very large events here. johnnie bench, so, yeah, sort of spans the gamut. >> how do these big events help the bookstore? what is the -- in it for you. >> the biggest thing is the challenge of letting people know we do events is always tricky. you know, seems like every time we do one of these big events we have people who li