[applause] >> we were led today in the pledge by david clark. a resident of the veterans home and a vietnam veteran. he is joined today by men and women from the veterans home who served our nation in world war ii, wore ya, and vietnam. is it easy to take for granted the freedoms we enjoy as americans, the freedoms we exercise every day in this building as we debate. we must never forget that the blood and sweat and tears of our veterans paid for every one of those. let us thank them and all our veterans for their service to our country, and for protecting our liberty. applause. [applause] it is my great honor to report to the people of new hampshire, for the fourth and final time, on the state of our great state. now, you know what i'm going to say next, i'm going to say it's because it's true. i believe that we live in the greatest state in the greatest country in the world. [applause] and you know, as governor, i think about that every single day. there is something so special about new hampshire. our extraordinary and caring people. our sens

clark. >> it is 5:30 david 5:30 steve paulsen is here with the weather forecast. >> pc cook, is that it, palm all systems go for sunshine and warmer weather so 60s and 70s and record highs are possible. here is sal. >>> marin is looking good heading southbound towards the golden gate bridge. and also on the golden gate bridge it is looking good as you drive to san francisco. let's go back to the desk. >>> following a developing situation an overnight fire badly damaged and the fire that lives there is still unaccounted for -- the people that live there are still unaccounted for. >> you have heard from neighbors as well? >> reporter: yes, we have heard from neighbors and they have not heard from this family. they have mysterious findings and you can see sunny veil fire is on the scene. at this point it is mostly a mop up mode. the concern is for the family of four because the mother, father and two children are all unaccounted for at this time. they found the home engulfed in flames. they tell me the 911 call truly came in from a neighbor and they is a rushed to the home to check on a resident

david in englewood, new jersey, you're up next for congressman clark. go ahead. >> caller: yes. i just wanted to make two points. i just think the congressman is living in a dream world. my first point and please don't cut me off, i'll be quick. my first point is democrats have controlled the state of michigan and the city of detroit for how many decades? two democratic senators, a democratic governor, the congressional delegation is majority democrat. the mayor of detroit has been a democrat. so when you blame the economy, don't you have to look in the mirror? and my second point is because no one helped destroy michigan and detroit more so than the democratic party and unions that demanded too much. my second point is everybody keeps saying what obama inherited. people forget obama was in the u.s. senate for four years. he has supported policies like trying to -- now you're saying that the cars have to have 55 miles per gallon. what is that going to do to detroit? that's going to help destroy itr a profit. >> all right. let's get the congressman to respond. two issues there. h

david begins is the clark county g.o.p. chairman. what he told me about the issues. >> it's the 14% unemployment rate here, it's the home values, its the foreclosures, it's the lack of progress on jobs nationwide. it's the lack of progress of getting the spending under control, it's the increase in regulation that seems stifling businesses. >> reporter: yeah, well you no the unemployment rate has got even marginally better here in nevada, it's now down to 12.6% in the month of december. but this was a town mere in las vegas that was really built on construction, and construction, here has virtually dried up. all the big casinos, big developments going in, no work being done on them. bill: how would you describe the profile for the politics of nevada today, john. >> reporter: there are really three distinct groups that operate in nevada when it comes to the election right. those are establishment conservatives, libertarian minor people. this is the west after all, very independent minded, small government, do it for yourself, take car

it is time to transition away from the -- mission in wesley clark saying it is time to transition away from the mission in afghanistan. david petraeus, head of the cia, says that the comment by leon panetta is over-analyze. >> i think we are getting out early, the obama administration seems determined to do it. the taliban thinks they are winning. they don't think and they are being defeated. >> it gave mitt romney a big club this week. >> we are not going to leave with a "mission accomplished" banner. i'm just beginning to wonder now, if we are leaving in 2013, whose son, brother, wife is going to be the last to die in this withdrawal? i don't see the policy objective right now? >> we will never know if you pour the resources of iraq into afghanistan we could have pulled one and left, but we're learning a lesson every other great power has learned since the early days. >> graves of young americans -- >> mark's point is important on that. "the washington post's" editorial ended on that said why are we having our soldiers dying now? clearly, withdrawing next year, speaking of releasing the worst of the worst taliban in guant

david, an independent in inglewood, new jersey. you're up next for congressman hanson clarke. go ahead. caller: yes. i think that congressman is living in a dream world. my first point and please don't cut me off, i'll be quick. my first point is democrats have controlled the state of michigan and the city of detroit for how many decades? two democratic senators, a democratic governor, the congressional delegation is majority democrat. the mayor of detroit has been a democrat. so when you blame the economy, don't you have to look in the mirror and my second point is because no one help destroy michigan and detroit more son than the democratic party and unions, they demand it too much. my second point is everybody keeps saying what obama inherited. people forget obama was in the u.s. senator for four years. he has he has supported policies. cars have to have 55 miles per gallon. what is that going to do to try? that is going to help destroy it. you cannot make those cars for a profit, and no one wants those cars. host: he says democrats in the unions are responsible for the dow

[applause] >> we were led today in the pledge by david clark. a resident of the veterans home and a vietnam veteran. he is joined today by men and women from the veterans home who served our nation in world war ii, wore ya, and vietnam. is it easy to take for granted the freedoms we enjoy as americans, the freedoms we exercise every day in this building as we debate. we must never forget that the blood and sweat and tears of our veterans paid for every one of those. let us thank them and all our veterans for their service to our country, and for protecting our liberty. applause. [applause] it is my great honor to report to the people of new hampshire, for the fourth and final time, on the state of our great state. now, you know what i'm going to say next, i'm going to say it's because it's true. i believe that we live in the greatest state in the greatest country in the world. [applause] and you know, as governor, i think about that every single day. there is something so special about new hampshire. our extraordinary and caring people. our sens