most of the people -- the federal government -- it does not trigger that federal assistance. people were insured for the most part. we took care of a lot of those who were not certain whether all private insurance. >> yet the minister responded you would like. >> -- you have a minute to respond if you would like. >> it is unfortunate that more could not be done. you would think that a congress% with 28 years' seniority should be able to move mountains. that is what we are told. we could not provide additional support for the people that were affected by the tragedy. >> mr. iott, you'll get 2 minutes 30 seconds for the next question. >> ohio as lost a lot of jobs, many of those in manufacturing. what needs to happen to u.s. trade policy to restore jobs in ohio? >> u.s. trade policy needs to be fair for both sides. that is something we need to make sure of. we need international trade. ohio happens to be the number one trade partner for nafta countries among all states. we ship more stuff out of ohio than any other state. there are 12,000 businesses that depend on exports. that

as you remember, the supremacy clause says federal law trump's state law, but only when the federal law is constitutional, and it is not constitutional here. this is the second caller in a row who is said you should not oppose this bill because i like what it does. i understand that. if the bill achieves its goal in an unconstitutional manner, we should not let it stand and the courts should not let it stand. i believe when we get all week through the process, the supreme court has decided the case, i think is more likely than not the supreme court will find this bill unconstitutional. how much stake in joint, we will have to see. i do think it will be found unconstitutional. host: this viewer tries to get your thinking from another direction. guest: i think it is an enormous bill, 2700 pages. there are items in it that anyone would appreciate. there is something in it that everyone would like, whenever that may be. there does seem to be a notion that all of this happens and it does not get paid for somehow, or release the person getting the benefit distraught have to pay for it, but so

when i went to federal prison, i did time in eight different states in nine different federal prisonsincluding four penitentiaries -- that is a maximum security. including the united states penitentiary at marion, the first super federal max. that is on a marijuana convention. -- conviction. i spent most of my time in solitary confinement. you do not know this, but if you plead not duty and you get a jury trial and then you have an appellate case, you go directly to solitary confinement. were you do not have access to the law library. you do not have access to your attorneys. i spent most of my time in federal prison in solitary confinement because i had an appellate case. if you do not know this. when i came out of federal prison, i went to graduate school, directly into graduate school. my first semester in grad school as a master student, i remember the chair of the department asked me if i could teach criminology. i said, "sure." [laughter] the first day i taught class at the university of wisconsin, i had 500 students and an entire front row were milwaukee police officers. i told

loan corporation, f.h.a., fannie mae, federal deposit insurance, and federal charter for savings and loan associations. these government agencies and interconstitutions became the foundation for a revolutionary financial product, a long-term, fixed rate amortizing mortgage loan that could depend on stable sources of funding and that the trade and organized liquid secondary market. it is hard to overstate the importance of these developments in creating the era of prosperity enjoyed by america households in the years following the second world war. when our system of mortgage finance was a model for the world. but with the been fit of hindsight, we are able to see the cracks in the foundation of this prosperity that few were able to appreciate at the time. investment in housing flourished while other sectors needed investment lag. for example, we were more adept at financing and building suburban homes than at providing the transportation and other public infrastructure needed to support these new communities. as a result, americans today spend more than twice as much time stuck in tr

it is not all federal or all local. it is a balance between state and federal.he more we do federal with every issue, the more distant it comes by she becomes from the people. with regard to iraq, -- iran. iran is invalid -- emboldened. iran is a threat with their nuclear threat to the middle east. i have never said otherwise. >> mr. conway, you now have 30 seconds rebuttal. >> first ofll, you have said that otherwise. he said that on october 2007. i want to go back to dr. paul's philosophy. he talked aboutot following the constitution since 1937. he says that we need a health care system that we have before world war ii. i guess he wants to barter for health care and go back in time. >> it is time now for a question submitted on-line. a viewer writes to us -- the bush tax cuts are about to expire. what is important, reducing the national debt or reducing taxes? >> both. part of the problem that weave had as republicans is that we have often done a good job cutting taxes. the bush tax cutcame about when republicans controlled all three branches. they were the ri

wednesday, the federal reserve wraps up a two-day meeting. it's widely expected to announce a new plan to stimulate the economy. and friday, the october employment report is released. monday, as we await the fed's decision, we look at whether this so-called quantitative easing has worked before. >> susie: the lone star state is the lone holdout when it comes to meeting new federal rules on greenhouse gas emissions. texas has yet to comply with new environmental protection agency standards that go into effect in january. every other state has gotten federal approval to begin issuing greenhouse gas permits or said they will allow the e.p.a. to issue permits for them. the new rules call for the nation's largest industries to meet stricter greenhouse gas emission standards. >> tom: a split decision today for former media tycoon conrad black. he lost an attempt to overturn all of his convictions for fraud and obstruction of justice. but, a u.s. appeals court in chicago did reverse two fraud convictions. a recent supreme court ruling gave black gro

i think we need to get back to the issue of federalism, the state-federal relationship, were rather having -- rather than having senators being fourth and fifth representatives for west virginia and being responsive to the people, i think the senators could be working more with the state legislature and hoping the state legislature get their needs met in congress. >> thank you. mr. johnson? >> i believe the negativity that all the people across the nation, as well as people in west virginia are experiencing is the result of our real lack of fairness in our electoral process today. we are faced with a great need for media reform, and taking money out of that. we are faced with a tremendous need for the public financing of our elections so that we have a level playing field and everyone has the same amount of money to proffer their points of view to the american public. i think this is crucial for our national security, frank. ly. facing what we experienced with the citizens united acctt, it hs put us in a very precarious position with intervention from multinational corporations abroad. one

there was visual arts, federal theater, federal musics and federal writers. they employed many people. this is excellent to show the work. the visual arts project. it was especially important in san francisco because of dieggo rivera and radicalizing it. this is the coit towers. this was done under cw a. 1934. the wpa wasn't in existence. this is the very first of the relieve projects. harry hopkins said, they have to eat too. the artists should dig ditches like everybody else. this is antonio brinko. millions of americans got to hear live music for the first time. this is the federal theater project. this is maxine albroro. it's been destroyed and one of my favorites done by helen bruten. it's to remind us, while i was looking at these projects, they employed 42 percent women. it's very unusual in the art world. and then of course, in san francisco, benny lafono. we had the first and the last of the new deal. coit tower is the first. it is i think, one of the best in the country. it shows san francisco's history and that of human civilization shown through t

he does not think federal mine safety laws are constitutional. "the lexington herald" iain sponsoring you today said that you are -- but there are many who are turning away from those who have a record in congress. what do you say? >> since becoming attorney general, i have been taking on the oil companies for challenges at the pump. rand paul may be talking about balancing the budget next year and he does not talk about how to do it this year. but you're looking at a fiscally responsible democrat. i have taken 86,000 pornographcd pornography sites of the internet. because i understand drugs are a pressing issue, i built the state's first prescription bill task force. abuse-neglect prosecutions are up in the state. i think that is a public record in the public trust. >> i think this is and will be the year of the outsider. i think people are ready for some non-career politicians. i think people are ready for term limits. i think people are ready for a balanced budget amendment. i think they are ready for people who do not see things in terms of h

the federal government needs to be a responsible partner.y biggest problem with recovery act was that when money was given to state municipalities, there was no requirements that there was some sort of budget constraints or accountability to make sure that if you get this money you will make corrections. >> you don't think that's a good idea? some have suggested a race to the top approach to bailouts in other words, prove to make you can cut and you can raise revenues and streamline and we will talk about some line of credit. does that make sense? >> i think that makes sense. when money was given to states and municipalities, that was an opportune time to use the federal government's leverage to make sure there is accountability. this is to make sure that states and municipalities live within their means. >> congressman curt, are there conditions under which you would support federal conditions even only in the form of a line of credit? would you support a credit line that would keep government running without decimating education and servic

they have the backstop of the federal government hyped them. this project has escalated in size and scope, not necessarily the size but the scope and cost, so that loan guarantee is important. equally important are other provisi provisions that we have included which is access to the financing bank which helps reduce the financing cost. anything we can do to facilitate it is good. >> i don't know. that is the frank answer. i would have to study the demands to make sure it is a good investment but any gas line is a good investment. we have to make sure the right amount of money is applied to it. some things can be done to enhance the likelihood of it going forward and enhance the likelihood any level of money would put it forward. you don't do a carbon tax that would increase the cost of the high carbon gas on the north slope. something else is the regulatory burden that is associated with the construction of a pipeline. if you look at the trans-alaskan pipeline and its construction and component of cost was due to regulatory burden was huge. so

it is not like the federal government is dragging its feet by there. let's be part of a broader conversation. this legislation was introduced in april. we appreciate the offices of the supervisor and we have done amendments that might capture retailers like walgreen's or someone and it would postpone this conversation. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. >> not exactly on this topic, if i have your permission, i will speak. supervisor chiu: you need to speak directly to the topic at the time. if this is related. ok, great. next speaker, please. as a representative of the sentence cisco -- san francisco, i am concerned about watershed pollution. this ordinance, what i really need to understand is the empirical data. from what i've heard from the department of the environment, the collection done by the department has been very minimal. recently you heard that the united states drug agency has thousands of pounds of drugs in a day, with several other federal agencies that are involved in the collection of medicines because of suicides. as has been stated, t

muchos ya han escuchado sobre "la loteria de visas" y saben como funciona este programa federal, peroontinuacion, tambien hablaremos sobre qué posibilidades tienen los inmigrantes indocumentados en los estados unidos para participar en esta loteria de visas. el programa de --existen ciertos requisitos que cumplir.--para mas informacion visite la pagina del internet www.univision14.co m--alli encontrara los requisitos y un enlace que lo llevara a la solicitud que facilita el gobierno federal la cual, le advertimos que estara escrita en ingles y la tendra que llenar y enviar electronicamente para participar en el programa de la loteria de visas. ---un memorandum del servicio de ciudadania e inmigracion de los estados unidos advierte que los agentes de la unidad contra fraudes estan vigilando los perfiles en las redes sociales de todas las personas que solicitan beneficios de inmigracion.---las paginas de "facebook", "myspace", "classmates" o "hi-5" son una herramienta para supervisar la vida diaria de quienes han solicitado servicios como asilo, residencia o ciudadania. ---asi que, si t

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the federal deficit at the top of the next hour. after that, officials from a number of international space agencies will discuss their priorities and how they envisioned international cooperation. now, nevada democratic senator harry reid and republican candidate sharon engel face-off in their only debate. the hour-long debate is hosted by the nevada broadcasters association and is moderated by mitch fox. this is rated a toss of grace. -- a tossup race. ♪ ♪ >> good evening and welcome to the 2010 nevada senate debate, sponsored by the nevada broadcasters foundation. i am mitch fox, and i will serve as your moderator for this important political event. joining me this evening is the republican candidate for the united states senate sharron angle and senate majority leader harry reid. welcome to both of you. we want to thank each of the participating 60 nevada television and radio stations who are providing this important one hour block of time as a public service. but it goes beyond that, the bro

accepted the endorsement of the national federation of federal -- of independent business.cludes a freeze in the minimum wage, simplifying the americans with disabilities act, and the family medical leave act, which was authored by chris dodd. do you agree with their agenda? >> certainly, that gave rise last week to whether or not i would consider reducing the minimum wage. i certainly would not. let me be crystal clear about that. i have said that i would absolutely consider whether minimum wage would be increased moving forward. i think are responsible center would do that. i was very pleased to except the endorsement. -- accept the nfib endorsement. the owner of the company said at a press conference and i agree that one of the tenants of how they want to move forward -- tenets of how they want to move forward is to let government stay out of the way and let the free market and free enterprise system allow business to grow and develop in our country. that is certainly what i support. i think they bring to the table the attitude that we need smaller government, less taxes

federal regulators accused him of issuing risky mortgages. he was the highest profile defendant yet to face federal trial for the risky business practices that led to the housing collapse which in turn sent the country into recession. >> looking at quite a nice, fall day. >> 40s out there and some cloud cover not only in the form of low clouds. this a view from mount tam, slightly more unstable atmosphere headed our way. there is a chance of showers for the weekend. i'll let you know next. >> also ahead, why the feds ordered it >>> it's chilly outside. here is a live look from our camera atop our station. you are looking at coit tower, cloud cover in the background so if you are out and about. have a jacket or a coat for sure. nice day and lisa will have more on the weather coming up. >> the federal government is ordering the area surrounding all levees supported by federal money to be clear-cut. california lawmakers are joining forces with environmentalists and they want to fight the order. more from laura anthony. >> if the federal governme

it seems like it's possible when you guys do it out of the federal level, but at the federal level, it'slen apart. what's the difference? >> well, i think this congressional election has caused it to fall apart. it wasn't too long ago, rachel, that senator jim inhofe, certainly one of the more conservative members of the senate, and i, authored -- we co-authored a piece on the need to invest in infrastructure in politico. i think the election has soured everything, an i am hopeful, again, i'm a cockeyed optimist, that after the election we can get together and do something significant. because the need for infrastructure, the substantiative need is great, but it's also the single best job producer we can have. it puts people to work at construction sites, back at steel factories, concrete factories, asphalt factories and it's well-paying jobs that can't be outsourced. so i think that people get it, and republicans get it too, if we can get past this awful partisanship, maybe after the election, we can do something for the country. again, i'm optimistic, it could fall apart, but if it's p

they qualified for federal assistance. that is where we have to start. >> hoosiers, are you ready for a change? the jobs issue number one. after eight years of bush and now two or three with obama, the situation has not improved. the republicans are running as off a cliff of dead and -- of debt and public -- deficit spending. the democrats blue -- came in and blew it right off the record at 90 miles an hour. they are still going off that cliff. our country is going to take years and years, if we ever recover. libertarians believe that it is time to change direction. it is time to go back to the founding fathers and their ideals of free market economics, which produces prosperity and jobs for everyone. i can give you two quick examples. in countries, areas like hong kong, singapore, where they have low taxes and low regulation, but they have property rights and the rule of law, the economy is bustling. an economy where it is controlled from the top to the point where people were just told they could raise vegetables for the

lot of other federal regulation. do you feel about this level of federal involvement in schools? >> i have to tell you that i believe that our children are our greater resort -- greatest resource. i want to make sure that they get the best education possible. 20 years ago, they we competing against ohio and iowa. now they're competing against china and vietnam i want to make sure that there is as much local control as possible. it is not necessarily good for cincinnati or minnesota or minneapolis for milwaukee, but i want to have as much local control as possible. that was president bush's program. that was a lot of mandate without a lot of funding. what obama is doing right now is positive. let's have all of these different schools try to implement procedures the will educate their children most effectively and in the best way possible. wh they do that, there is competition. when you do it right and do it well, you get resources from the federal government. it is a great free market principles that will encourage co

i think we need to get back to the issue of federalism, the state-federal relationship, were rather having -- rather than having senators being fourth and fifth representatives for west virginia and being responsive to the people, i think the senators could be working more with the state legislature and hoping the state legislature get their needs met in congress. >> thank you. mr. johnson? >> i believe the negativity that all the people across the nation, as well as people in west virginia are experiencing is the result of our real lack of fairness in our electoral process today. we are faced with a great need for media reform, and taking money out of that. we are faced with a tremendous need for the public financing of our elections so that we have a level playing field and everyone has the same amount of money to proffer their points ofiew to the american public. i think this is crucial for our national security, frank. ly. facing what we experienced with the citizens united acctt, it hs put us in a very precarious position with intervention from multinational corporations abroad. one o

the federal program, no child left behind, is one of many failed federal programs. education belongs at the local level, not the federal level. not a single program the federal government ever put into place has improved our education, and is used dollars from taxpayers. the solution to this is adding more choice to education and empowering parents so that they can choose where to send their children to school, whether that is private or public. the funds should follow the child. by bringing in competition, you're going to get innovation like you have never seen before. you were going to get a variety of type educational settings and more availability of specialized teaching. this might meet a child better than the one size fits all that is happening right now. i encourage you to take a look at libertarian ideas. >> let's move on to dan coats now. >> this should not be a decision made in washington, d.c. the department of education spends an extraordinary amount of money. as ms. sink-burris said, the one-size-fits-all does not apply. what is right for new york or lo

by federal monies to be clear cut. california lawmakers joining forces with local flood agencies and environmentalists and they're fighting that order. more from laura anthony. >> if the federal government has its way, the banks of hundreds of california creeks and rivers could look like this. clear cut of any trees or vegetation. >> the corps of engineers was stuck some 50 years ago. >> congressman joining with local leaders and flood protection agencies to on polls the stepped up enforcement of the clear cutting policy by the u.s. army corps of engineers. >> is there an overreaction to "katrina"? >> i think so. i think the army corps of engineers was really pummeled in the "katrina" and the new orleans situation. they wanted to cover their backside, fine. that doesn't make sense. doesn't makes sense here in california. >> in 2005 after hurricane "katrina" there were catastrophic failures. they compromised the levees. in the bay area there are 100 miles of levees that would be impacted including those along the napa r

first a look at our top stories. >>> an eye popping federal deficit.st under $1.3 trillion for the just completed fiscal year but still better than last fiscal year's record $1.4 trillion. >>> going easier on crack cocaine users. under new federal sentencing guidelines it now takes 28 grams of the drug for a mandatory five-year sentence. it used to be five grams for a ten-year sentence. offenders would have to have 280 grams up from 50. >>> sports fans in the new york area are fuming today. a new corp. pulled the plug on cablevision customers effectively blocking out fox stations to 3 million households. the dispute is over a programming fee. some people want to make that a legal matter but not with our guys. we begin with the challenges to the president's health care plan. richard, have you some serious frequent flyer miles going, don't you. >> on the road again. >>> twenty states can now proceed with a lawsuit challenging parts of health care reform. twenty attorneys general are on board. what does this mean, exactly? >> what it means, fred, is this.

they are the front line and forces of federal law and the defenders of federal right. they are appointed by presidents for life and while they can be removed for misdeeds, this isn't easy. they can be removed after impeachment and trial and conviction by the senate. ins history of the republic, only seven federal judges have been impeached, convicted and removed. the federal judge from new orleans has a senate trial last month of corruption charges. bill is a reporter for the atlanta journal constitution and has been following the trial. he joins me on the phone. this is a remarkable story. it seems outlandish on the top. what are you getting from it? >> it was one of those cases that surprised everybody. in fact, just started kind of came out around noon. lawyers started calling all over the place. one of those things that before i came out in court, because he's a long time judge, 22 years on the federal bench, suspenders wearing, quotes shakespeare, reagan appointee and a relatively tough judge on sentencing. >> who is going to prosecute this because as we said, eve

>> tom: many think the federal reserve will give the economy another shot of cash next week, whether it needs it or not. >> the question is, do you really need quantitative easing at this stage, and i think the answer, in our view, is no. but yet, they seem intent on doing it in order to remove the very small probability that we have a double dip or move into another recession. >> susie: a look at whether pumping billions of dollars into the economy is the fed's best move. you're watching "nightly business report" for tuesday, october 26. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. how much, and how long? susie, those are the questions everyone wants to know from the federal reserve as it considers its next move to help the economy. >> susie: tom, we're talking about how much money the fed will pump into the economy, the so-called "quantit

franklin: we would love to have something like 75% federal money. we do get some federal aid and we are thankful, but on the other hand, we're paying for this primarily with new rates. we have increased our rates to among the highest in america. but not nearly as much as if we hadn't passed a one-cent sales tax dedicated to water and sewer infrastructure. hunter: that sales tax counts for about a third of the revenue of the department right now. franklin: we got 75% of the voters to agree to tax themselves so that their children and their children's children could have clean water because we're investing in it now. hunter: there were no alternatives. the infrastructure was in dire straits. a lot of people didn't want to believe it had to be done, but it had to be done. what came out of those lawsuits by the upper chattahoochee river keeper were two consent decrees, focused on overflows. the intent is, city of atlanta, you need to keep the flows in the pipe. narrator: with the help of the funding the city raised, atlanta has been implementing an asse