gov. palin is an important figure in the republican party -- gov. palin is an important figure in the republican party to the extent that john mccain, john mccain had to call her into his campaign to help save his but because he is in trouble politically. she had to go out there and bless him as being a good conservative. now, that is influenced, impact, star power. she is yours, charles, and you can't disowned her. >> democrats and the media, unholy alliance, sarah palin. in the last couple of something else. >> did i put a stake through that one? >> i don't think so. >> can we have it on again next week? >> it is not over. >> despite entreaties by the present michigan congressman bart stupak decided not to one -- despite entreaties by the president, michigan congressman bart stupak decided not to run. how many others will follow? >> i don't think we are looking at a long line of more democratic resignations. i think there over the hump. i think you may have one or two more you need people like bart stupak hoolahan add to access after e vote now in

guest: the massachusetts plan which is based on a 2006 health care reform bill that gov. mitt romney in the legislature worked very hard to get together is based on providing universal coverage to people in the massachusetts. the way it accomplishes that is by expanding medicaid eligibility, providing state subsidies to people who are low- income and not eligible for medicaid. and also has provisions that requires to do not make a fair share contribution toward covering their employees to pay an assessment. it has an individual mandate for people who have access to affordable health insurance to take it up or either pay a tax penalty. many of those features are part of the national plan. the other thing about massachusetts is we do have an exchange we call "connector." many years ago massachusetts started passing laws that protect people from provisions in the policies that would not allow them to drop people because of coverage or pre- existing conditions. many of those figures are part of the national bill. host: in "the christian science monitor" they had an article la

>gov.artin o'malley kicked off his campaign for reelection by saying melanie's to move forward, not backward. -- maryland needs to move forward, not backward. >> during the blast bush administration, if you've ever wondered what the president thinks about the decisions he made, you will find out in the next few months. his autobiography will contain his controversial decisions over iraq and afghanistan -- iraq, afghanistan and katrina. it will also speak of his decision to quit drinking. this is not a simple process at the stadium. greg how many truckloads does it take to make a football field. a jennifer franciotti has kreegel. -- jennifer franciotti has the details. >> not so different from a carper delivery at your house, right? but it is coming from a little town in georgia called dalton. >> [unintelligible] >> the director of the ground says advance and has been made in technology over the years and this is expected to be long dirt -- to last blogger and hold up better in the sun. -- t

gov. henry ash cans, nick cornett, sandy garrett, congresswoman mary phelan, ford bell executive director for the american association of museums , governor frank keating and cathy keating. anthony russell,. robin and again, regional administrator region eight. thank you all for joining us on this important day. 15 years ago, april 19 began as a beautiful day. however, the beauty we enjoyed on that day was erased in an instant at 9:02 a.m. in the hours that followed, hundreds, even thousands of people rushed in to help us. just doing their job, they would say. however, in doing so, they became heroes to all. one such hero who was just doing his job was patrolling interstate 35 near perry, oklahoma when he noticed a car missing a license plate and he pulled the driver of the car over. his actions on that day was the first that to bring justice to the perpetrators of the events that occurred on the site. that trooper is here with us today. please welcome retired oklahoma highway patrol troop

. >> he joined another candidate to defeat gov. martin o'malley. >> one person is apologizing for a major omission. the governor admitted -- omitted any records is to slavery as one of the causes for the civil war. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. what do you think about the decision to bring back confederate history month in the state of virginia? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com and officials say someone tied a dog to a pole on easter sunday. and a group of kids around 13 years old pummelled the dog with bricks. a man tried to save the dog and was hit by the bricks. they both are doing well. the dog will soon be put up for adoption. >> the search for four missing coal miners in virginia could resume today. a vigil was held last night to honor the 25 miners who lost their lives during an explosion. one survivor spoke about the incident. >> there was very severe wind, dust, dirt, debris blowing. these guys are still in there. [crying] a lot of my very good buddies. people do not understand the

cox also from annapolis to night, gov.kick off his -- >> also from annapolis to night, governor martin o'malley will kick off his reelection bid. the governor is expected to face former republican gov. bob ehrlich in a rematch of their 2006 gubernatorial race. meanwhile, another state leader is calling it quits. the state prosecutor for maryland says he will not seek another term. he notified the governor of his plans in a letter today. he has served as the prosecutor for the past six years and as you recall, oversaw the prosecution of baltimore city mayor sheila dixon. >> a baltimore father is behind bars after admitting to beating his 2-year-old daughter to death. 22-year-old retired -- tyrellan hammer is charged with second- degree murder. police were called to his house for an unresponsive chiles on saturday she was beaten -- and unresponsive child on saturday. she was beaten to death by her father for allowing the dogs in the house. and they're asking for $1.5 million against a gasoline station on the route 140. they'

president obama has ordered the flag still flies at half staff that day. >> gov. martin o'malley will kick off his reelection campaign today. he and blue zemin to governable starter before second german baltimore later this morning. he will make stops in prince george's, charles, and montgomery county. they will stop in frederik and talha counties martin o'malle. >>> nodar grumman is moving its headquarters from los angeles to the d.c. area. yesterday they chose virginia over maryland and d.c.. the exact site remains unclear. up to 150 new jobs in our area is what it will mean. >> last month's mass shooting in southeast d.c., police arrested 21-rolled jeffrey best. the police chief says this is the final arrest in the case. best is also charged in the mouth 27 shooting death of jordan howe. -- march 27 shooting. >>> we have exclusive video of the underwear bomber training in yemen. abdulmutallab deshawn firing weapons and should speaking in arabic about his impending attack. -- is shown firing weapons. more beginning at 7:00 this morning on that. >> who says you c

gov. mcdonnell is coming under fire over a planto require nonviolent felons to submit a personal essay to get their voting rights restored. this comes after the controversy surrounding its confederate history month proclamation. in the meantime, the mississippi gov. haley barbour says it seems like a lot of noise that does not amount to anything. >> the maryland general assembly adjourns at midnight tonight on this final d with several proposals in limbo, including proposals to better track child sex offenders and track child support payments and gambling a prince george's racetrack. another measure would give schools and police new powers to fight gangs. >> 6:06 on this monday morning. we will have highlights from the masters final round, a little later. >> how do you feel about your commute. the results of a new poll are out this morning, when we return. >> first, fifth when willie we need an umble again? -- when army going to need >> good morning. a comfortable start your day. meteorolo

he is going up for a rematch against gov. o'malley. he told listeners he will be signing off in a july when he signs his candidacy papers. they are expected to have an hour-long debate on the show this saturday which starts at 9:00 a.m. >> landmark legislation taking tough action against membergang emmbers. it restores -- members. it restores tougher language and will get tougher sentences for them. they could end up locking up gang members who do not commit crimes. there are 11,000 members of these gangs maryland. >> 25-confirmed dead while the fate of four others is uncertain. the tragedy is highlighting the dangers of coal mining. here are more details. >> the accident has gotten the attention of lawmakers on capitol hill. some are calling for hearings into the matter. environmental groups are pushing for an alternative to coal. in a small community in west virginia, who, prayers, and a race against time to find four miners still missing in the explosion on monday. officials say it could take days to drill ventilation holes to clear

[applause] gov. martin o'malley is here. [applause] ray mavis, the secretary of the navy is here.miral gary ruffhead, chief of naval operations, is here. thank you, gary. [applause] i want to thank the base commander here at andrews and the leadership that is present from the air force, the marine corps, and it was guard. ken and i were colleagues in the senate and i appointed him int because i knew he would be a faithful and pragmatic stored of our raw natural resources. as secretary, he is changing the way the department does business so we are the responsibly developing sources of energy and renewable sources of energy, from the wind on the high plains to the suns in the desert, to the winds off our coast. when grateful for the work he has done that as culminating in -- i am grateful for the work he has done today that is ut(v andrews is the home of air force one and i appreciate everything you do for me and my family. i should]: point out that you he a 100% on-time departure record. you do not charge for luggage. it is a pretty good deal. [laughter] i want to thank you not onl

. >> virginia lawmakers have approved a plan for gov. bob mcdonnell to cut abortion funding from the commonwealth. in a close vote, they voted to block state funding for abortion except in cases of rape or of the life of the mother is at risk. some people could cash in on a program to encourage people to buy energy-efficient appliances. $5.4 million has been committed to the program in maryland. the va has $7.4 million committed. the program kicks off next month. officials building the new silver line at dulles international say it is costing more than expected. the cost could mean higher fees for phyllis commuters. -- dulles commuters. and coming up on abc7 news at noon, the president heads to wall street with a message for bankers and brokers. get ready for more oversight. a preview, coming up. then powerful testing on a student who is accused of passing private e-mails. we will be right back. passing private e-mails. we will be right back. >> president obama is delivering a message to bankers and brokers in new york city, get ready fo

gov.malley has signed several bills into law. he will be banning the use of hand cell phones while driving. a mandatory 15 year sentence for sex offenders is also signed into law. here is a look at the forecast. >> it will be cooler today than the last couple of days. there will be a chance for rain showers off and on as we head into this afternoon. the mid 50's. a light jacket and an umbrella is probably necessary. a chance for rain early in the morning wednesday. it should clear up in the afternoon with a high near 63. thursday is the nicest day out of the next several with temperatures around 70 degrees. rain friday into saturday morning. it will stay on the chilly side. >> thanks for joining us. another update at 9:55. >>> he's not faster than anybody else. >> he's not friendlier than anybody else. >> he's not funnier than anybody else. >> in fact, he's exactly like everybody else. >> every parent thinks their little one has star potential, but do you know what it really takes to get y

he spoke with massachusetts gov. before flying off to maine. tonight, road crews are reopening sections of interstate 95 in rhode island, which has had historic record rainfalls. >>> no problems here. a picture perfect thursday evening, and will be even better. meteorologist steve rudin has a first look at the forecast. >> this is an easy forecast. at the belfort furniture weher center, it has been a very quiet night. not a cloud in the sky, from the mountains of western maryland it to the delmarva peninsula. the express forecast, sunshine tomorrow morning, rapidly warming, well into the 60's midmorning, around 70 at noon time. yes, that is 80 degrees e afternoon high temperature, 20 degrees above average this time of year. how long will the weather last? stick around for the upcoming holiday weekend. all the details coming up. >>> this is the perfect storm that you like with this kind of weather, the long weekend because of the holiday, and that means packed crowds extending into the evening. >> i would rather this perfect storm then the oppos

two running -- welcome him to the race, governor mark -- to welcome him to the race, gov. martin o'malley has invited him to be on wbal radio this saturday morning. he said he would happily host him on his regular radio show. the campaign office tells 11 news tonight, "thanks, but no thanks." >> still to come, new details on how stephanie rawlings-blake plans to close the budget gap. the i-team looks at some new proposals. >> and a dinner turned deadly, but what stopped the fight maybe even more surprising. >> and a couple is charged thousands of dollars in parking violations. the only problem, the tickets are not theirs. >> we will see if tomorrow brings our third day in a row of record-setting highs and when the chili will return. right now, it is 80 degrees downtown. [ female announcer ] you know the feeling. the thrill of the save. that secret high from stretching a dollar. that little rush in finding what you need for less. and now, it's rollback time at walmart. which means thousands of rollbacks all over the store. it's another way to master your budget. and another

. -- gov. ridge. he was not ready to be considered at that point, but it was interesting to me when he said he would have a preference for someone who have had service, and when we started looking at the candidates it was not that common bond you are referring to. there were three members to serve with who had all been in the same hospital. danny, and himself. what are the odds they would all become united states senators? >> and play bridge together, and take care of one another. in fact, the two have that special relationship they came from the common experience. >> one thing that always found remarkable, in the course of his political campaigns at public events and town meetings is one of his standard things to do was to ask every audience member who was a veteran to stand up and be recognized. that may have been one of the few times they were publicly recognized. you can see the pride not only in his service, but in the other people introduced. i thought that was a great thing. >> we have a questi

gov. daniels, we're ihearing the latest jobless numbers, and they run similar to the state of indiana. what do you see is happening? >> stabilize might describe it. i would be very cautious about seeing anything else. i do not see it on the ground. i talk to businesses all the time, and while it here and there i do find firms who say thei quarterr is are pretty strong, they are pretty cautious. -- who say their workers are pretty strong, they are pretty cautious. we are going to need to seek more evidence before we conclude anything like a recovery is under way. >> i have to us about politics of all this. we sought an increase of 162,000 jobs in the country. that has been disputed on the nuances, but on politics, do you think that changes things for barack obama and washington and the political dynamic? >> we could not even have two substantive questions before we got into politics? >> politics is substantive. >> i do not know. if you had a sustained run of significant improvement, i would

gov. bob macdonald of virginia, someone who ran as a pragmatist, someone who is leaving behind his hard conservative origin, he just issued a proclamation for confederate history month. he was actually trying to avoid controversy, and it was not written in the inflammatory way george allen did a decade ago, but running through the proclamation, it completely take for granted that all of virginia in1861 was white. all of virginia was for secession, and all of virginia was fighting for a self-ruled. that is not true. a third of virginia was black. much of virginia was loyal to the union, and they were fighting to on other people. if you have someone for whom that history was more than they had read in the book, we would be having a firestorm with the republican party had immolated its own hopes of building a bigger base. bob macdonald should have had a big carrier in politics. he has done himself a lot of harm, not out of malice, but out of blindness, and that is why someone like michael ste

youtube, white house tt gov, twitter that mixes noin vation. on the morning of march 12, gibbs broke major news in a twitter message "the president will delay leaving for indonesia in australia will now leave sunday, the first lady and the girls will not be on." is gibbs the real target of the washington press corps ire or is it the president himself who is in the cross hairs? >> i think it's three things in turn. first of all it is the president in the cross hairs. secondly, gibbs has the look of a man who's been there too long. he's not enjoying the job. thirdly, the press corps has always been unhappy and in particular getting unhappy because the press is losing stract traction, leadership and prestige. >> the press corps is mostly mainstream media and they resent the white house using all these other tools to reach the american public. the white house is 17 million followers on twitter. so when they announce something like that, a tidbit like that, they toss out they get a lot of reward for it. the press corps is rightfully frustrated that

it trying to catalog everything that its drafters could think of that might come before the european gov everyoning body -- governing body will be doomed to however many years they con sent to serve under such a document will be doomed to arguing over what those words mean. now, with our constitution certainly we have and thankfully we have had over the years some outstanding debates both in the legal arena in decisions rendered by our supreme court and other so-called article three or federal courts as well as certainly debates over momentous legislation over the course of our history not much of that goes on nowadays but for those of us as students of history and public policy over the course of our nation's history we're well familiar with these debates and those of us who are students of law very familiar of course with the momentous decisions that have been had. but where you have and i was struck by this for example in the most recent presidential address to the congress when president obama delivered his "state of the union address" just a few short weeks ago and he took the not u

aliya sternstein of next gov, thank you both for being on "the communicators." >> thank you.

. >> former illinois gov. rod blagojevich if is lashing out at a level prosecutors. he says they will not play all the secret recordings used to build their case against him because they're trying to cover- up something. he is accused of trying to sell barack obama's former senate seat. >> a controversial proposal in d.c. council member jim graham wants to boost the gas tax by a dime and use the money to pay for metro. what do drivers have to say? get the sarcasm reaction from northwest. >> many people are sounding off because they are paying so much for gas already. we are at the corner across from the bridge. the price is already well over $3. the gas tax and the district is 23.5 cents per gallon. under the proposal, he wanted to goal up 33.5 cents. this would bring the district to ninth place among a highest gas taxes nationwide. what is the reason? a permanent funding source for metro. he wants to dedicate a revenue stream solely for the transit agency. plus the $1.5 million from congress and the local jurisdictions set aside for the transit agency will last 10 y

gov. parnell. >> the people like her. >> what about like a den and purpose that?what about vicodin and percoset? >> wake up. wake up. one day [unintelligible] >> wake up, wake up, yeah. >> waking up, waking up, waking up. waking up in a strange arena to die. >> there is a lot on your screen -- on that screen. if you don't pay attention, you will miss it. what is the point? >> there is actually zero. , there. the reason that that is there, we used the same background as the previous episode. >> our most devoted fans will catch us when we use pieces over and over. >> what do you think of politicians? >> i love them. i just think that they are great. >> and why? >> mostly higher ability -- hugability. if you have a baby, they will hold it for you. >> who is your favorite of all times? >> i became quite endeared it to john maynarbaener. >> and it was basically what? >> held no, hell no, hell no. >> michael, do you have a favorite? >> we would be remiss if we did not describe joe biden as one of our favorites. >> dabel us, god bless, god bless america. -- god bless, go

but to win, he will have to beat former gov. bob ehrlich. >> the race is on. you are right.t is going to be quite a battle between two men who do not like each other very much. both of them can boast four years in the job as governor of maryland and they both say that jobs as their top party. declaredin o'malley his candidacy for reelection to date -- the election today. >> there are some who run for public office to take maryland back. i run for maryland office to move it forward. >> he boasted hundreds of new jobs created during his time in office. that is likely to be a central theme during the campaign. ehrlich says that jobs is his job number one. o'malley says he is already succeeding pierre >> last month, our state led all states in job creation. to move forward, we need to do that every month. do we not? ♪ >> stop number two, he went to george's community college. he spoke his support for education and jobs. >> the choice is whether we move florida as a people or whether we go back, whether we come out of this -- we move forward as a people or whether we gopac, wheth

as of former gov. i can say unequivocally if my state had been offered this deal during my seven years as governor i would have taken it in a heartbeat. we intend to work closely with the state as the federal department for implementing the bill. i want to share a couple operating principles for making sure the full benefits of this law reach the american people. we will be transparent and that just doesn't mean sharing what you know. it also means making it as convenient as possible for the american people to access that information. today we are announcing the first time ever release of medicare data which we are calling our medicare-board. this is an online tool to make it clear for americans to search and sort aggregate medicare data with full protection for patient privacy. we are launching medicare's in patient hospital data where you will be able to sort by state, by condition and by hospital making price comparisons for the first time ever but it is just the first step of many. we will be givin

. >>> former illinois gov. bob blagojevich wants president obama to testify at his upcoming trial. his lawyer says the president has direct knowledge of the case. blagojevich has pleaded not guilty to try to sell mr. obama's former senate seat. >> an autistic boy was left alone on the charles county school bus more than two hours. the mistake has a mother outraged and two people out of their jobs. >> october smith tells of the basketball court is a place of joya for her son. thinking about what happens to him last friday makes her wonder if she could of laws tim. he cannot communicate well and was left on a school bus for i worse. a county school spokespersons as last friday a special needs students was trapped on a bus miles from his school two 0.5 hours. the driver and attendant violated policy by not sweeping the bus. >> he could have had an asthma attack and died or suffocated because it was very warm on friday. >> the child was supposed to be dropped off friday morning at the education center, but ended up in this parking lot run by a contractor, 18 miles away. the mother was

. -- and michigan gov. jennifer granholm. >> psident obama may surprise us all and pick somebody that none of us had been thinking of. presidents have done that before. >> with confirmation hearings expected this summer, the president does not have much time. the choice of justice will change the face, if not the direction, of the supreme court. george washington was the first president to have one of the supreme court nominees rejected by the senate. >> and here is a look at some of our other top stories at this hour. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake announced $15 million in potential new revenue today, all part of her plan to eliminate $120 million from the budget deficit with fewer cuts. the biggest cuts would come from a -- the biggest cost would come from a 4 cent per bottle surcharge. it would not apply to milk or juice or to do it -- or two liter bottles of soda. and parking violations will become more expensive. also, parking meters as well. and the relatives of. foxwell headed tube-the relatives of s

former gov. bob ehrlich emerged from the three-year voter imposed political exile and said, i am back. >> as i can announce my candidacy for the governorship of the great state of maryland. >> martin o'malley came out swinging with campaign promises, including a 1% reduction in the state sales tax. >> they killed jobs. we helped create them. >> now he has an opponent in what will now be an intense eight-month race. it o'malley said he is ready to stand on his record. >> we have, according to education week magazine, the best public schools in the country, for years a row without increasing tuition at the university of maryland schools. >> polls show ehrlich trailing o'malley, but not by much. republican hopes that enough independents are ready to swing to the right and he will overtake o'malley, and is promising support for small businesses. >> we began to roll back the 20% increase in the maryland sales tax. we began to fix the budget with no gimmicks. >>he candidates are already squabbling. we

and gov. martin o'malley recognized earth day by helping residents install solar panels. the government also announced plans to increase the use of solar over the next year. it is part of project sunburst, sponsored by the maryland energy administration. >> organizations have decided that health risks associated with cigarettes and second hand smoke -- did you know that cigarettes can still be dangerous even when there is no smoke? >> not even smokers want their leftovers. cigarette butts are tossed out of car windows, left on sidewalks, and stuffed in the sand. this is the most common form of litter in the world. >> it is actually toxic. >> she is the president of the american legacy foundation, a nonprofit committed to reducing tobacco use. she says the cigarette butts are filled with toxins, nicotine and tar. although they're biodegradable, -- >> biodegrading something that is toxic really just helps the talks and more widely into the -- helps introduce the toxins more widely into the environment. >> researchers of one cigarette butt in a gallon of water for less than

gov. christie right now, he didn't vote on party lines -- gov. crist. the rnc is very upset.that is okay. he took a stand for the people. everybody's saying, the union. teachers union -- talk to the parents of the kids who go to school here. it was the right thing to do. host: do you hope you present the -- registers as an independent? caller: yes. did not like what i saw. i have never been a democrat. so i am not even going to vote party lines. i'm just going to go independent. vote for the policy and stuff -- the person. not so much of the party. host: republican caller, john and live oak, florida. caller: good morning. i would like to indicate i'm upset with the governor regarding his support of sb-6 in florida regarding the teachers' union, not supporting performance evaluations in pay versus the tenure system for teachers. he supposedly gained the support of 175,000 teachers, and a great many of them should no longer be in that position. he is not willing to support performance pay and evaluations for teachers. although the rest of us who work for a living in the industr

gov. parnell.the people like her. >> what about vicodin and percoset? will they be banned all to met the? >> and not if i can help it. >> one day michael jackson will -- >> wake up. wake up. one day [unintelligible] >> wake up, wake up, yeah. >> waking up, waking up, waking up. waking up in a strange arena to die. ♪ woo! >> there is a lot on that screen. if you don't pay attention, you will miss it. you put up "paging dr. paul." what is the point? >> there is actually zero point there. the reason that that is there, we used the same background as the previous episode. it was one that dr. paul starred in. >> our most devoted fans will catch us when we use pieces over and over. that banner comes from a segment in no. 3 when we did have rondel -- when we did have ron paul appear. >> what do you think of politicians? >> i love them. i just think that they are great. >> and why? >> mostly hugability. i think that is why i like them so much. >> they always want to shake your hand. if you have a baby, the

. >> florida gov. charlie crist announced that he will not be seeking the republican not -- the republican nomination for the florida senate race. he will run as an independent instead. this sets up a three-way senate race. here's his announcement in st. petersburg, florida. [chanting] >> charlie! >> watson haynes is and in is -- is an unbelievable human being could give him a round of applause. [applause] i am going to keep it brief. bankers want to thank my family and my god. thank god, first. -- i am going to thank my family and my guide. thank god, first appearing and thank you to my mother -- thank god, first. and they did to my mother. my amazing three sisters are incredible and they are truly charlie's angels, along with carol. [laughter] my decision to run for the united states senate as a candidate without party affiliation in many ways says more about our nation that our state -- about our nation and our state than it does about me. i can confirm what most floridians already know. unfortunate

in washington, homeland security and former arizona gov no, janet napolitano, says today she has deephing that needs to be done is for the justice department to review whether the law is constitutional. under the laws governing the supremacy clause and under the laws governing preemption and the case law governing preemption, so that i think is really -- as you suggest, is the first thing that needs to be done, is it constitutional or not? >>> back in arizona, a petition drive is being organized to put the measure to a public vote, and some mayday marches across the country that were already planned are being rebranded under the banner we are all arizona. >>> well, what do washington state libraries and german taxpayers have to do with the billionaires' bet against the u.s. housing market? you'll want to find out, because you've actually got a place. some lunch. you hungry? yeah. me too. (door crashes in) (broadview alarm) (gasp and scream) go! go! go! go! go! go! (phone rings) hello? this is mark with broadview security. is everything okay? no. someone just tried to break in. i'm sen

. >> former vermont gov.oward dean gave us his perspective. >> drug companies are going to be the ones paying for this. and what congress calls waste, fraud and abuse is not being taken away from seniors. it is being taken away from the people who provide equipment and insurance. everybody can understand it and it works pretty well. how do you pay for it? you have got to do things that are tough to do. you have to make sure that you cut $1 trillion out of wasted money. and you have got to start either raising premiums or cutting down service. >> senate majority leader bill frisk gave his opinion. >> medicare serves almost 15 million seniors today, so it is very important in terms of health care security. unless you reform the system in terms of the way health care is delivered. that means you pay nurses less and of -- and doctors are a lot less and you would pay hospitals was. i am very concerned about proposal. i think the american people have a moral obligation to fulfill. the cuts that occur under this adm

gov. bob mcdonnell could not be here because he was at a confederacy dinner tonight.arah palin was here but left before we were halfway done. i don't care what people say, affirmative action works. if you want evidence, look no further than joe scarborough being employed at msnbc. people talk about sarah palin and mike huckabee, but scarborough was a trailblazer. he was the first lost a politician to become a tv host before it was hip. mika, look how beautiful you are. sitting there in the size 2 dress. we have noted your passion and dedication to nutrition and exercise. a strong and consistent message of better eating and more exercise. and i would like to say on behalf of all the middle-aged, overweight women in america, it just shut up. [laughter] [inaudible] >> i am a big fan of mika. she actually grow up in washington and are all hoping that someday joe will too. we also have the first woman speaker of the house. she represents giorgio on marmani in the house of representatives. we all over a lot -- owe her a lot. health care is almost a trillion dollars, but it

former gov. keating will speak, the current governor as well as all lan security secretary. former president bill clinton this morning in "the new york times" has and op-ed. he writes that we should never forget how they justify their actions to themselves. they took to the ultimate extreme an idea advocated in the months and years before the bombing by an increasingly vocal minority, belief that the greatest threat to american freedom is our government and that public servants cannot protect our freedoms but of use them. he also was an abc's "this week" to respond to a number of issues but also responded to criticisms he received on commenting made last week regarding oklahoma city. >> it does not make any sense. the only point i tried to make is that when i went back and started preparing for the 15th anniversary of oklahoma city, i realize there were a lot of parallels between the early 1990's and now, both in the feeling of economic dislocation and the level of uncertainty people felt. the rise of identity politics. the rise of the militia movements and right wing talk r

the dot gov and dot org sites.we are building a cyber basically subsection of the grand department. we are actually higher in right now aggressively. we've been given direct higher authority to hire up to 1,000 cyber professionals to work in this area. we have unified in number of our different cyber assets that were spread around into a facility known as the nkick and we are working closely with the white house cyber coordinator and others on how we move forward. there's a lot to do in this library and i think again as i mentioned at the beginning of my talk it's one of the reasons we identified the cyberspace as a key separate missionary of the department of on land security particularly because so much of the nation's critical infrastructure is to fold by cyber networks. tele-communications, the financial institutions or utilities or water. they are controlled by cyber networks so both because we have the responsibility to protect critical infrastructure and on cyber we receive the responsibility for the civilia

gov. this includes articles, games, videos. our most recent addition is the netcetera giude. in light of significant changes to the on-line in pharma including the explosive growth of social networking, multiple web technologies and gaming, the commission initiated a result -- a review of the role. on march 24, the commission lost the public comment period on a wide range of issues whether the role definition of the internet covers certain types of communications that are mobile. whether the rules definition has kept pace with the canal -- technological developments and certain the commission that is not named for listed in the role such as static ip address could allow a website to contact a child pretty effectiveness of mechanisms -- another topic is the effectiveness of mechanisms used to authenticate children's information. the commentary to these questions closes on june 30. on june 2, the commission will host a public roundtable here in washington to hear from stakeholders' including

the associated press reports that massachusetts gov.ays that the president is trying to arrange a firsthand look at new england flooding. the governor tells the associated press that the president would prefer to walk around the damage rather than see it by air. again, that coverage live this afternoon from portland at 3:23 eastern. we will take you to a discussion with robert samson -- samisen. he talks about the economy, health care and the current state of the financial markets from today's "washington journal." this runs about 40 minutes. journal" continues. host: robert samuelson is our first guest this thursday morning. a columnist for a long time at "newsweek" and "the washington post." what does a nation like greece with 11 million people, and once supported by the european common market, has to tell us about the perils of a financial market? guest: @ think the message is sort of a mixed political and financial message. that is, that if the government, if a society continues to overspend year after year, decade after decade, at

gov., halter. -- lt. gov halter. special interests have been shooting at me from both sides.i will work consistently to get the best results for the people of arkansas. i know who sent it to congress. it is the people of arkansas. i worked hard and in 184 years. the senate committee on agriculture has never had a chairman from the state of arkansas, but it does now. these are the bosses is a part of our economy. i have passed the most and is that child nutrition bill in history. this week, we brought some light to a derivative market so that lawmakers can no longer gamble with taxpayers in arkansas. i will continue to fight transparency -- fight for transparency. i stood up for special interests as i have throughout my life. that is what you sent me to washington to do, to stand up for what is good and right for arkansas. tonight, i come before the democratic primary voters, proud of my voting record that makes me accountable to you, the people of arkansas. i would appreciate your vote at your support in this election. i would appreciate your .c. morrison. >> thank you for ho

. >> today, arizona gov. jim brewer signed legislation. up next, a senate hearing on efforts to police the u.s.- mexico border. we will hear about the virtual program that uses detection technology to catch illegal immigrants. this hearing last about an hour. but i think everybody for being here. this is the third hearing our committee has held in the wake of the stunning increase in violence caused by the mexican drug cartels. in fact by coincidence it was a year ago today our committee held each field hearing in arizona with some of the same witnesses who are on the second panel. iowa regret to say in the year that has passed the situation has continued to deteriorate. since 2006, more than 22,700 people have been murdered in mexico by marco terrorist in the ongoing war between the cartel's and the government to get that number comes from the mexican government study. it is a multiple 22,700 of the number of americans killed in the war in iraq and afghanistan since 2001. the murders unfortunately have been steadily escalating. 9,645 in 2

you saw gov. keating and his wife talking there.k keating is a very conservative republican who, by coincidence of history, was the president of the college of arts and sciences student body at georgetown when i was a student there, in student government. and believe it or not, we had the school of foreign service and the language school and the business school had an entirely separate student government. we had been fighting for 30 years -- over issues when that oklahoma bombing happened. i know mayor norrick and had a great relationship with him. but i always liked frank keating because i always knew that he was honest, straightforward and believed in his positions just as strongly as i did in mine. but i thought it was -- its just something you should know. we had been involved in political conflict literally since the early 1960s -- when oklahoma city happened -- since we were college students. and i cannot say enough about the way he and his wife handled themselves, the way the mayor of oklahoma city did, the way the people in

host: let us take a look at arizona gov. jan brewer and the signing last week >. >> we are working to solve a crisis that we did not create and the federal government refuses to fix. the problemthis bill strengthene laws of our state. if all of us, every arizona citizen. it does so while insuring the constitutional rights bubble all and arizona remain solid, stable, and steadfast. host: the arizona governor. bruce in utah. democratic caller. caller: good morning. i support arizona. a lot of these issues are going against u.s. best interest. i worry when people do not get their retirement or other things are, that they will go out and break the law. i worry about the future of the country when so many things are going wrong. host: let us get a response. guest: as you say, this country is facing long-term problems. there is a sense that washington is not a move to deal objectively with a significant percentage of the problems the country is facing. if democratic leadership or could take up an obama amnesty bill right now, it w

>> our live coverage of the event continues tomorrow with appearances by louisiana governor, texas govry, and former vice presidential candidate sarah palin. you can watch it on c-span beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern. >> all this month, see the winners of c-span's studentcam video documentary competition. students submitted videos on the country's greatest strength or challenge. watch the top videos at 6:50 eastern just before washington journal and at 8:30 during the program, meet the students that made them. >> c-span, our public affairs content available on television, radio, and online. you can connect with us on twitter, facebook, and youtube. in sign up c-span.org. >> at this signing ceremony, both leaders spoke about nuclear proliferation in the u.s.- russian relationship. this is an hour. ♪ >> [speaking russian] >> ladies and gentleman, the president of the united states, barack obama, and dmitri medvedev, are signing a treaty on measures for the further reduction -- >> [speaking russian] >> the president of the united states of america, barack obama, and the president of the ru

gov. rick perry was up here. you are hearing what i have said. other leaders outside of washington are admitting that. i think he will find the leaders inside washington believe that. i agree with you the need to be more forthright. we will not convince the american public to trust again unless we can demonstrate to them that we understand what is needed in america and we understand the role of limited government and we're going to deal with these huge problems. we have to be willing to stand up and say tough things. there are leaders in washington who have stepped forward and talk about programs that have to be cut. they talk about things we have to do to get our fiscal house in order. you are seeing signs of that. i will turn its back on you. you have to hold the key to the fire of the folks in washington that is why what we're seeing here is so vitally important. that is what i take the risk of having the not most complementary questions asked. if you want to connect to the american people and get people excited, if you are going to have to fo

meanwhile virginia gov. bob macdonald restored $750,000 and funding for mine safety inspections -- bob mcdonnell. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> senate investigators said washington mutual, the largest u.s. bank ever failed, engaged in fraudulent and deceptive practices in its home mortgage business. former executives for the company testified this morning. live coverage from the government affairs subcommittee on investigations starts at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. later today, treasury secretary timothy geithner is interviewed by washington post economics columnist steven pearlstein. part of a conference hosted by the american society of newspaper editors. live it 12:45 p.m. eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: paul keel as a reporter with probepublica.org, an investigative website. you have to the "eye on the bailout" on your web site. outflows, you have $514 billion. this includes money spent, investor, or long. then money coming in to the federal government act

i was chief of staff of a gov n governor in a state where we had to balance our budget.ry about for our kids and folks grandkids that we're going to have an unsustainable problem in this country with too much government spending. we're spending $200 billion a year now just on the credit, interest on all this spending. my proposal is put a mechanism in place that we'll go back to 2007 pre-stimulus. could you live on what you had in 2007? they would be happy to have that much money. we have an adult conversation where we won't spend more across the board than what we did in 2007. democrats and republicans have to come together on the floor of the house and senate and have debate about how to freeze spending. >> does that include entitlements? >> includes everything. >> >> you have to put everything on the table. t there are proposals about means testing social security. there's proposals about changing the retirement change. all of those proposals should be considered on a table. politicians have been saying that for a long time and there's ways to be done with fraud and

"the wall street journal" -- florida gov. will exit senate republican primary and campaign as an independent. also "the miami herald" says charlie crist goes alone. the front-page lead story. looking at it from the money side, "the washington times", a gop would take cash back if cirst leaves -- crist leads party. we have the capital view reporter for "the sentinel." we know the particulars. the governor will leave the republican party and run as an independent but what are the implications for the race in the state going forward? guest: crist is a unique character in florida. he has never been a darling of the right wing of the republican party. statewide candidates in florida, a large bell weather, typically have to run to the right in the primary and then back to the center in the general election. the republican primary opponent, former state house speaker marker rubio, pretty much capitalize on this anti- government, anti barack obama waiver that was rising up among a lot of the voters so by running as an independent he