it is wonderful to be back in ohio and it is wonderful to be back in the beautiful city of columbus. i just want to say thank you right off the top to mayor coleman for his outstanding leadership of this city. [applause] you've got one of the best mayors in the country. you also got one of the best governors in the country in ted strickland. and i want to acknowledge you already have one of the best senators in sheriff brown and you are going to have another one in lee fisher. so we appreciate the great work that they're doing. i'm going to mention some of the congressional delegations here because they've got a lot to do with what's going on at this site. my last visit here was a little over a year ago. when i came to take part in a gracious ceremony for 114 -- gracious ceremony for the 11th class of the columbus police recruit. these are difficult times for ohio and difficult times for the country. and when i was here last, america was losing 700,000 jobs per month. our economy was shrinking. plants and business right here in ohio were closing. and we knew if we failed to act, then

what will he do in columbus today? guest: he will cut the ribbon on a $15 million road project that is being paid for with federal stimulus funds. because of the widening and improvement of that road and the utilities along it, the children's hospital, nationwide children's hospital will be able to expand and add jobs. so, the white house is billing this as the 10,000 stimulus project. and president obama obviously would like to come in and change the conversation from the gulf oil gusher to one of john's, particularly in a crucial battleground states like ohio. host: how many times as the president into ohio in the last couple of months or year or so? guest: he has been here eight times since he took office. he has been to ohio -- i think this is his fourth trip this year. he was in youngstown last month at another stimulus-related event, again, road improvements to pave the way for the expansion of a steel company. he has been in the cleveland area three times this year. that is home to about 40% of the state's democ

president obama has arrived in ohio. >> it is wonderful to be back in the beautiful city of columbus.just want to say thank you right off the top to the mayor for his outstanding leadership of this city. [applause] you have got one of the best mirrors and the country, and also one of the best governors -- one of the best mayor is in the country, and also one of the best governors in ted strickland. [applause] i also want to just acknowledge that you are going to have -- you already have one of the best senators in sherer brown, and you will have another one, louise fisher. i will mention some of the congressional delegations here, because they have a lot to do with what is going on at at this site. i came here to take part in a graduation ceremony for 114 -- the 114th class of the columbus police recruits. some of you may remember that i note the mayor does. i don't need to tell you that these have been difficult times for ohio and the company. what i was here last, america was losing 7000 jobs per month. the economy was shrinking, and plants and businesses in ohio were closing. we kn

the president obama is visiting columbus, ohio -- >> president obama is visiting columbus, ohio, to discuss the economic stimulus spending plan. this is 15 minutes. [cheers and applause] >> you have one of the best governors, mayors, senators, and sheriffs. i will mention some of the congressional delegation who are here, because they have a lot to do with what is going on at this site. my last visit here was a little over one year ago. i came to take part in a graduation ceremony for 114 -- the 114th class of the columbus police recruits. you may remember that. i know the mayor does. i do not have to tell you these have been difficult times for ohio and for the country. when i was last year, america was losing 700,000 jobs per month. our economy was shrinking. plants and businesses here in ohio were closing. we knew that if we failed to act, then things were only going to get much worse. that is why, with the support of sherrod brown -- sheriff brown -- sherrod brown, and others who are here -- wave, guys. [applause] that is why we worked so hard to pass the recovery act, which cut taxes f

but here's the thing, columbus. repairing our existing infrastructure is not enough. we can't build an economy that sustains our kids and our grandkids just by relying on the infrastructure that we inherited from our parents and our grandparents. we can't let other countries get the jump on us when it comes to broadband access. there's no reason why europe or china should have the fastest trains instead of the united states. there's no reason that germany or other countries in europe should have the newest factories that manufacture clean energy products instead of us right here in the united states. that's why the recovery act has been making unprecedented investments in clean energy, spurring america's businesses to build some of the world's largest wind and solar projects right here in the united states of america. i said this once at a state of the union address: america does not settle for second place. and we're going to make the investments to make sure we are first in the future -- not just in the past. that's got to be our priority. that's why we're bringing

from columbus ohio -- from columbus, ohio, this is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> i'm bob, he's carl i think the best thing we can do, given what people seem to be asking us lately, particularly about could this happen again? is to tell you a little bit about what we did and what happened. because it is very anomalous, concerns of the way that we in terms of the way journalism work then and the way it works now. we were reporters at the "washington post." i happen to be in the office on that day, june 17 or 18th, 1972. bob was called in by the city editor. >> if it was a nice day. and it was a saturday. and the editors in the morning said, who would be dumb enough to come in and work today? [laughter] and my name immediately came to their lives. >> and i was already in the office. i was late handing in another piece. that was a good story, obviously better than the piece i was working on. >> you never got that he's done, did you? >> i think i did. anyway. five men had been arrested in the headquarters of the national democratic party, wearing rubber gloves. they found them in busines

if you have been watching, you just saw the president talked at columbus, ohio.e was talking about the voter project from the stimulus. we want to find out from you, what evidence of stimulus spending is in your area, if any. the numbers are below at the bottom of the screen. you can also send us a message torture.tevia here is the address. you can also -- twitter. you can also send us an e-mail. there are the addresses. the story the way it appears in the financial times this month -- this morning. also in the papers this morning, this news analysis in the "new york times." i want to talk about that for the first 40 minutes of the program. find out if the evidence, if any, up stimulus spending in your area. the first call comes from michigan. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i have seen several road projects, all in different counties in michigan. the first is in crawford county. some kurds are being re-paved. in another countyc anotherurbs -- curbs being re-paved. there is sort of a bridge adjacent to saddle river. they have worked on that. i

from columbus, ohio, this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> bob, i'm carl. get that out of the way. i think the best thing we can do given what people seem to be asking us, latey, particularly about what -- could this happen again? could there be another watergate story? to tell you a little bit about what we did. and what happened. because it's very anomalous in terms of the way journalism worked then and in terms of the way it works now. we were metropolitan reporters at the "washington post". i happened to be in the office on that day, june 17 or 18, 1972. bob was called in by one of the editors, the city editor, to work on story. >> it was a nice day and it was a saturday and the editors in the morning said who would be dumb enough to come in and work today? and my name immediately came to their lips. >> and i was already in the office because as usual i was late handing in another piece. and there was a good story, obviously better than the piece i was working on. and -- >> you ever got that piece done, did you? >> i think i did. i think that was -- any

columbus ohio -- from columbus, ohio, this is out one hour and 10 minutes. >> i'm bob, he's carl.od to get that out of the way. >> i think the best thing we can do, given what people seem to be asking us lately, particularly about could this happen again? is to tell you a little bit about what we did and what happened. because it is very anomalous, concerns of the way that we in terms of the way journalism work then and the way it works now. we were reporters at the "washington post." i happen to be in the office on that day, june 17 or 18th, 1972. bob was calledn by the city editor. >> if it was a nice day. and it was a saturday. and the editors in the morning said, who would be dumb enough to come in and work today? [laughter] and my name immediately came to their lives. >> and i was already in the office. i was late handing in another piece. that was a good story, obviously better tn the piece i was working on. >> you never got tat he's done, did you? >> i think i did. anyway. five men had been arrested in the headquarters of the national democratic party, wearing rubber gloves

host: next, columbus, ohio. live on our democrats line. guest: good morning. i salute our foreign minister from hungry herr, because -- hungary here, because this nation was against the islamic empire at the time. this was many years ago. the hungarians put up a tremendous fight against the muslims and stopped their takeover of europe at that time. we salute hungary, and i just have a couple of observations and some questions. endemic in that area -- iraq and iran and pakistan, afghanistan, there is some much instability there. yet, we tried to set an unrealistic goal of ourselves, at least the americans tried to win the war. this is the mentality. we've got to win the war, or else we are a failure. i think we just need to get a cap on the instability and realize that it is not going to be a stable system like we have here in america and in the west. number two -- with no europeans don't want an islamic empire at their doors. that is the goal of this -- of osama bin laden, they want to create an islamic empire. yet europeans have immigration laws that allow th

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dayton, columbus, wilmington, cincinnati have all experienced significant service and job loss and a movement to complete outsourcing of these jobs. i remain concerned, while not taking position on this, remain concerned this business model that is being proposed would put added strain on the cleveland, especially after so many taxpayer dollars have been funded to expand the facility, as well as corporate investment. but i remain concerned about that. i want to just hone in on one thing. i am really concerned, and i have not been convinced by the testimony thus far, that by reducing the number of competitors currently that we will increase competition. we may be setting up a scenario of too big to fail. can you briefly comment? >> certainly, i think we are creating a carrier not too big to fail, but big enough to succeed. we compete on a global scale. we compete with large foreign airlines. we compete with large domestic airlines, like delta or american. we're putting ourselves in at a position with this merger to successfully compete. i do not believe that competition is reduced by

it used to be solid seaweed when columbus came over. that all sank down and decayed into biofuel pared the gulf is the same way. host: arkansas, charles, republican. what about drilling in the gulf? caller: good morning. we have to drill. this entire problem started with the crooks in congress, they wanted to vote -- they denied nuclear, they denied everything. you want to replace coal, you want to replace oil with solar? all you got to do is take 60 miles by 60 miles, that is what it will take to replace one coal plant. the same thing with oil -- it will take 2500 windmill's to replace one electrical plant. this is a jubilation as far as a stop drilling, that was the -- this whole situation as far as stop drilling, that is the whole problem in the first place. we would have drilled on land where it is safe. we would not have this problem. by the way, this is not the biggest spill that ever happened. this bill has been -- this oil has been in that area. host: are you referring to the 1979 spill off the coast of mexico? caller: and mothe

columbus, mississippi, you're up next on our republican line. robert, good morning. caller: good morning. how are you doing? host: fine, thank you. caller: i think the way the media is this day and time, it's hard to keep anything a secret. i think if there's a lot of money changing hands sometimes between the media, giving money to people get information and, you know, you can't keep a secret that way for sure. host: what do you think about the prosecution aspect from the white house? caller: well, if you catch somebody doing something illegal, it sounds like a bribe to me. i think they should go to jail or they should suffer the consequences for their actions. host: how much secrecy is needed in a democracy? we'll continue on with this topic, but we'll get to other stories in the papers this morning. this is "the washington post," and it's the politics section. host: the it's an important and significant thing, we'll do it at some point. the paper also has a blurb, inquirer" this morning, but it talks about the visit between president obama and russian president me

this is columbus, ohio, mark, democrats line. caller: hello. first of all i had a quick comment about dr. barrasso and then a question for your guest. the final question for dr. barrasso asked him specifically what he'd done to propose legislation or to make an attempt to get more doctors in this country and he afterled on about britain's health care and he didn't address that question at all. my question for your guest is that at one time there was some discussion about people 55 and older being allowed to purchase medicare and i thought that sounded like a tremendous idea to relieve anxiety in that age group and maybe free up some jobs. i was wondering if that proposal is dead or whether that is still something that people are working for. guest: i apologize. i'm not really aware or knowledgeable about that issue. i know that certainly the research that we've done in terms of looking at assets for health care is one of the top reasons for employment, there certainly has been discussion about you know, individuals who are medicare eligible who