gregg?washington, thank. >> julie: the recession hit many hotels hard, business, leisure and convention travel cutbacks meaning fewer rooms being sold and a massive makeover is helping holiday inn buck the trend. phil keating has the story. >> reporter: for every traveller making a new reservation at a holiday inn... >> we have gotten rid of the floral bed expressed and replaced with clean, white triple sheeting. >> reporter: she predicts a knew spencer with better hours an baths and contemporary signs and spotless service. >> the brand had begun to lose its way in the '70s, we were in our heyday. >> reporter: the decades since, holiday inn had often become less of a holiday and more of a no-frills, night on the road. featuring run down and tiny bathrooms, and stained amenities and overall sense of outdated and holiday inn launched a $1 billion worldwide upgraded makeover, despite a recession. the result... holiday inn's owner, intercontinental hotels group reports just released third quarte

gregg? >> gregg: i got new skis and boots for christmas. >> looking good out here. >> gregg: yeah.er the tree already. thanks very much. >> harris: the new airport screening measures taking a bit of a hit from travelers, especially as millions of people prepare for the big rush this holiday week. passengers now having to go through those full body scanners or hey, look, it's your choice, you can go for the pat down procedure instead at all the airports. just ask. yesterday, the tsa announced an agreement with pilot unions, where uniformed pilots are exempt from having to undergo the scans or pat downs every time they plan. >> gregg: a cancer survivor is describing her experience during a tsa pat down as horrific. the flight attendant from south carolina says she was forced to show her prosthetic breast by literally removing it from her bra. she refused to pass through a full body scanner over concerns of radiation. two agents took her to a private room and began what she calls an aggressive patdown. >> i did not take the name of the person at the time because it was just so horrifi

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. toppings the news, after promises of bipartisan from both sides in the campaign, the incoming republican congress now vowing to to stop the president's health care law right in its tracks. what your health care coverage on could look like. >> after a riding a wave of tea party enthusiasm, joe miller looks to be defeated by his rival senator lisa murkowski. >> after 18 months inside an australian prison, american citizen gabe watson is out of prison and why the attorney general eric holder is stepping in to make watson come back to the united states. >> fireworks ahead of the lame duck session and new fights shaping up not between the two parties but within them. a battle is brewing right now between traditional al gopers and new brand of lawmakers. molly is live in washington. we hear of competing orientation events for freshman men, what is that all about? >> one is sponsored by tea party patriots and one is organized by a conservative think tank. claremont says it's important for th

gregg? gregg: that is a big oops, isn't it?cient rome and the mysteries of the vatican coming to liven a new exhibit. think of it as a virtual vatican library and it is open to the public, in st. peters' square and offers visitors a very rare look at some of the vatican's most treasured documents, greg burke is streaming live from rome and, greg, i still have my library card in the states, i'm not sure it will work there. who gets a card, and who gets in? >> reporter: gregg, it's not easy to get a vatican library card, because a few years ago an american scholar was caught stealing pages from manuscripts one summer and it is tougher and tougher and you have to be an established scholar and that is what makes the exhibit so interesting, we talk to the curator about what makes this exhibit, knowing the vatican, so special. >> you can handle the books. this is a real innovation of the exhibition, and, you can sit in the library and, look at the medieval manuscripts, ancient texts of the gospels, or, prints of the 17th century. >>

gregg rothschild served in the same position for the democrats. he also worked on the senate side on telecommunications policy. gentlemen, thank you for being with us. both of our guests currently are lawyers who practice telecommunications law. when nfl so, tony romm of the political report. if i could ask you a general question. powered waltzman, we'll start with you. if republicans take over congress, the house and/or the senate, what do you think are some of the legislative policies that they may pursue and where will they concentrate their efforts when it comes to telecommunications? >> guest: well, i think will be a combination of legislative policies as well as oversight. i think they'll be doing an inventory of what the fcc and ntia have been doing, what proceedings are outstanding and evaluating the direction that the commission has been going as well as ntia proceedings on spectrum. obviously, at the top of that list is the issue of broadband reclassification in their totality. so i would expect republicans to take a very hard look at wh

gregg and i worked on a number of issues together. there's always an an impetus to try to move forward in a bipartisan manner. >> host: sure. but this election in particular has been rather bipartisan. do you see that changing at all with the new crop of gop candidates coming in? do you think the subcommittee could become more polarized as some of these hot button issues become the key things that the subcommittee's considering? is. >> guest: well, the communications issues historically are not polarizing issues or hot button issues. it's not sort of, you know, the polarizing issue that health care is. so when you look at spectrum issues, broadband deployment, when you look at even privacy, none of these issues really break down in a partisan manner. i mean, sure, there are different approaches, but there aren't sort of categorically different approaches like in other policy areas. >> guest: i absolutely agree with howard on that point. if you look historically to the bills that became the 1996 telecommunications act, they all had dem

senator gregg, a republican, myself, a democrat, worked for several years on this with business folks, with labor folks. when i talked to labor folks, and i have at length, about taking away the tax breaks for doing business overseas and using that so we can have a rebirth of american manufacturing, they say that's the kind of tax cut for business i can be for. we've got to bring back manufacturing. manufacturing is not just a basic industry. it's a national security priority. and i think the approach senator gregg and i have proposed, a version of which the deficit commission has picked up on, is the path to go. the heritage foundation, mr. president, -- and i will confess that i don't quote the heritage foundation every single day here on the floor of the united states senate, although i have a great deal of respect for their professionalism. they said that the approach that senator gregg and i have produced will create two million new jobs per year. in fact, mr. president, they said that it would create 2.3 million new jobs per year, increase disposable income for a family of four

i said you heard from the president this morning and senator kennedy and senator gregg and i joined his statement in saying that our hearts and prayers go out to the victims of this act of terrorism and our support goes to the rescue workers and all of our prayers are with everyone there right now. as i turned to exit, lawrence mclaughlin asked a question. you know children are struck by all this. is there a message you could tell to the nation? i didn't wait for him to finish but began. parents need to reassure their children everywhere in our country that they are safe. as we walked out of the briefing room the cellphone of my advance man john myers rain, cnn was reporting an airplane had crashed into the pentagon. within minutes the order given to evacuate the white house and the capital. the secret service decided to take me temporarily to their headquarters located in the federal office building a few blocks from the white house. following the oklahoma city bombing their office was reinforced to survive a large scale blast. outside apps go, the city streets were clogged with people

howard waltzman, republican, and gregg rothschild, democrat. tony rom politico, thank you all for being on "the communicators." >> guest: thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> you have been watching "the communicators," c-span's weekly look at the people and issues impacting the future of telecommunications. if you missed any of this discussion on how technology policy may change if republicans win back the house, you can watch "the communicators" again tonight at 8 ian right here on -- 8 eastern right here on c-span2. >> coming up next, white house domestic policy adviser melody barnes. >> now, white house domestic policy adviser melody barnes. she recently attended a green conference in washington and talked about the use of energy sources. she's interviewed by atlantic's national correspondent james fallows. this is about half an hour. >> there's a lot of discussion about the climate bill, the fact that climate energy bill, the fact that nothing got through the congress this year and what that meant for a longer-term perspective for companies,

gregg rothschild howard waltzman, republican and gregg rothschild, democrat. tony romm. thank you for one. >> host: thank you. just go thank you. >> in a few moments, the midcourt circuit appeals hears a >> the ninth circuit court of appeals heard arguments today on the constitutionality of an arizona state law that requires the police to detain and arrest suspected illegal immigrants based on reasonable suspicion. a lower court ruled that arizona had preempted the federal government's authority to set immigration law and blocked enforcement of that part of the state law. this is a little more than an hour. >> all rise. hear ye, hear ye the honorable united states court of appeals court of appeals for the ninth circuit. you will be heard. please be seated. >> good morning, everyone.case n we're going to take up the first case that, calendar.. the and that is the united states of iz america versus state of arizona. and we allotted 30 minutes per side. the appellant -- at the appellant wishes to stay somejut time for rebuttal, that's perfectly time. down. with that, a remi

there is no better united states senator than judd gregg on either side of the aisle. one indication of that is the last three leaders in the republican senate have asked him to sit on the hearings to get his wisdom and advice. he's been the voice of our party, and we believe the voice of americans who are concerned about fiscal responsibility, about spending and about too much debt. senator blanche lincoln has been a pioneer throughout her career throughout public life as a staff member, then as a senator, occupying senator carraway's seat, the first woman to be elected to the senate. blanche was the youngest would be to be elected to the -- woman to be elected to the senate. arlen specter from pennsylvania, the word to describe arlen is courage. the or word is survivor. and they both go together. arlen has had a distinguished career from his youngest days. he was a member of the warren commission investing president kennedy's assassination. his work has spanned the entire mark. one of the things i appreciate both about senator specter is work on constitutional law in

republican senator judd gregg sits on the commission he went on the record.to see you. >> thank you for having me on. >> greta: where do we stand on this debt commission and the report? are we going to get 14 out of 18 so there will be a single report being issued? >> first, it is really important. my view is the last best hope now of putting in place something substantive that will get our deficits and debt under control. the proposal was a serious effort. i don't agree with all of it but it was a serious effort. it is going to be hard to get 14 votes. everybody is trying hard, serious and sitting around the take and engaged. there's a lot of differences of opinion as to how to do this. there's unfortunately, not a lot of time. >> greta: can you live a serious effort? if you are not getting everything that you think is right and i suppose the same is true to the other 17 members of the is there enough that you can all agree and it is worthwhile? there's are dramatic enough steps they could reduce the debt? >> in my opinion we should be able to do that. we kn

the school is located on rosswood avenue in vallejo, gregg debro joins us with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. we have talked to several students and some parents, some of whom say they were leaving anyway for medical appointments or other reasons but a student said a text message sent to students across campus said the person that sent it needed to complete an initiation. >> he is trying to get into a tbang and he has to kill 5 people. i am not sure if it is true. >> it is kind of like a gang bang, e think it sphrung from that. >> reporter: a district spokesperson says there was more one version or threat. the one she remembers says the shooting would take place in vallejo and involved hog april's kids. the principal would not give specifics -- >> -- cap you can you tell us -- >> at this time i cannot. >> according to students the context and who sent it it is related to their concern. >> i thought the odds out of me and my sister getting shot was up likely. >> if you thought it was going to happen would you keep them home? >> of course. nobody wants to take a risk, right. >> the d

clearly, gregg, thank you so much for joining us. we're going to check more on this, obviously check with the airline and tsa and federal officials and see what we can learn about that. fortunately it was just found and handed off to the appropriate authorities. gregg, thanks so much for joining us. >>> all right. moving on to other news we're following. the united nations says the global aids epidemic is slowing down and actually beginning to reverse. new hiv infections worldwide have decreased, listen to this, almost 20% in the last decade. let's map out these numbers. they're pretty interesting. you'll want to know about it. in 2009 an estimated 2.6 million people became newly infected with hiv. that's compared with the estimated 3.1 million in 1999 10 years later. also in 2009, approximately 1.8 million people died from aids-related illnesses, compare that with 2.1 million deaths in 2004. and there's even more encouraging news. i fund this astonishing. when you zero in on the aids crisis in the 15 most severely affected countries

martha: meanwhile, retiring new hampshiregen toroo senator judd gregg says the u.s. economy is on an unsustainable track. >> the problem is very simple, we're on an unsustainable tract, we're going to double debt in the next three years, the damage vet will be tripet the next ten years. we're not greece but we are on the exact same track. martha: that's cheery news this monday morning. airing bolling from follow your money -- eric bolling from fox business news joins us. we are heading towards financial disaster in this country. >> in fact, senator gregg was offered a job in the white house, also commerce secretary, and he said if i take that job i'll have to give up my senate seat. it's important to get fiscally responsible in the senate and now he's retiring but he's on to something. in two years, in less than two years, mr. obama has managed to rack up $3 trillion in debt, 670 days that, equals, $3 trillion, from george washington's inauguration through ronald reagan's last day in august, 200 years, the velocity at which we're adding to the debt is out of control,

name and i'll shout it to the blue summer sky ♪ >> reporter: the teacher that makes it all happen is gregg. 22's fame is thanks to his ability to help the kids really feel the songs they're singing. ♪ even children get older, i'm getting older too ♪ >> i encourage them to find a musical connection to every song we do. we'll discuss lyrics. we're doing music that is emotionally sophisticated, and what's great is that these kids have kind of an emotional experience behind them that, again, when they bring it to the table, they're putting something out there that's behind the notes, behind the rhythm. you can't miss it. you can't miss it. you see it, you can't miss it. ♪ >> reporter: the kids call him mister b. he inspires them to explore not only lyrics, harmony and movement, but also the benefits of hard work. >> i try to be there for these kids. so i try to assume that all these kids need that extra, that extra pat on the back, that extra bit of motivation, that extra bit of inspiration that says "hey, you're doing something really special you know, and i'm really proud of you," and that's

>>gregg: there's an interesting push coming on with how parents view the importance of education and their careers. i see that there are a multiple of opportunities for kids to come back who have gone through that creative thinking and analytical thinking, good communication in english and other languages, to thrive in companies in china because they don't get that internally necessarily. >>reporter: that is, unless they opt for option two. after completing his compulsory chinese education, 16 year old dang xuyang (pronounced dang shoo-yang) was able to enter harrow international school's sixth form to study for britain's a levels - so avoiding college foundation courses and other problems faced by his peers. >>xuyang: most foreign universities do not recognise chinese secondary school qualifications. there was also aproblem with my english proficiency at that time. so coming to this school was one of the best waysto solve these problems. >>reporter: many leading international schools adopt the same strategy. however, another foreign player is focused primarily on domestic students.

and gregg waldron has on the energy commerce committee is in charge of it. there was also the republican study committee. the chairman is tom price. we have not paid to the new chairman is going to be, but appears going to be congressman jordan. they're looking that some rules changes also. but to answer your question, in my outreach effort, i'm being very, very positively received for my chairmanship in terms of the rule. that's something the transition team is going to make a recommendation to the leadership into the fall conference and >> host: congressman barton, election night as john boehner was finishing his speech, we happen to notice you at the bottom of the stage shaking hands with presumptive speaker boehner right there. what we do in washington? what is your relationship with john boehner? >> guest: well, my relationship with john boehner is very positive and very cordial. and no, we worked together when he went chairman of the education committee and would've worked together both when he was majority leader and in the minority leadership positio

judd gregg, the same thing, conrad comeau trusted each other. so it's a tough order.in the coin of the realm in legislating and here is trust, not more career or bs. that's it. that's where we are. so erskine and i will only ask for your honest participation, your intelligence, your wisdom, your honesty, your goodwill. and as corny as it sounds, your patriotism. no one will ever do this fateful exercise again because it seriously messes up what we, you and me, politicians were trained by her handlers to do. and that is to get good at all cost and whatever caused. there is no easy answers that we will be better served. we will be better served by our better natures as each and every one of us knows deep down in our gut that this might be the last best hope to write this listing ship state of ours. and i thank you, each and every one of you for your willingness to pitch in to see if we can make a difference. and i believe we can. and i feel we must. thank you very much. >> thank you. i want to make a couple of suggestions. why do we care about deficits? obviously when d

gregg's espinosa got eight years of involuntary -- for involuntary manslaughter. and five years forging and driving. >> today marked the beginning of salvation army's red kettle campaign. the red kettle campaign, which began back in 1891 provides food and clothing to children worldwide. i's de's would -- hund program, which began in 1988, has donated more than $18 million to the services. >> more stem cell taken from the umbilical cord blood may one day be able to help treat rheumatoid arthritis. with chinese researchers confusing umbilical cord cells with -- into mice with rheumatoid arthritis, it reduced the inflammation and overall severity of the condition. the college a new therapy for a disease that right now, has no long-term care. and new research for something you probably heard, but parents have a hard time accepting, that child would your infections usually -- year infections usually clear up -- ear infections usually clear up on their own. >> this doctor sees her share of kids with ear infections. getting a good look inside squirmy and kesick kids year

she will take the seat of republican judd gregg who is also retiring. the senate is in recess. democrats and republicans are meeting separately to discuss strategies for the current lame-duck session. before recessing senators voted to begin debate on a food safety bill. that debate will begin in about 25 minutes from now when senators return at 4:00 eastern peco we will have live coverage. in the meantime a look at some of the debate that took place this morning. bri >> food safety modernization act ant as it is called is very similar in cr to bring bringing our nation's into t antiquated andhe inadequate food inspection service into theomprehen 21st century. apprch to it takes a comprehensivehe approach to reforming the current system. and i'm pleased to report that the product this bill is a product of strong bipartisan collaboration on the health education labor and pensionsain, i wt committee. again i want to particularly thanks senator durbin and senator gregg who have worked together over many years toproduce ts exc fashion and to produce this excellent bill.king i also

driving this it really doesn't have much to do with barack obama it has to do with sorry economic state gregg well thank you so much for joining us and of course we'll have to see whether our republicans try to use this against him too because he now is coming home after leaving a lot of with a now there loss of pride thanks. now in a time where the government is looking for ways to fight the growing debt problem there is one area that's getting a lot of attention defense spending but come january there's going to be a newly elected republican majority in the house which leaves many wondering if anyone willing and able to is willing and able to tackle the bloated military budget artie's lauren lyster house story. with the u.s. debt in the trillions in the economy still in the toilet it's no surprise politicians in washington are calling for this solution it's across the board spending cuts in fact it was the rallying cry heard around the cable channel clock on midterm election night but when you get right down to the details she has made here american you can i would not want to say it looks

gregg. -- brought to you by h.h. gregg. >>> and marty's in the first warning weather center.t helps to turn that on. and we're going to a high of 57 degrees today and super, without the breeze and in the sun. >>> a local hospital agreed to pay millions to settle a lawsuit. andrea fujii has the story. >> reporter: st. joes is settling for $22 million. three surgeons weren't getting many referrals and then st. joe was sued and in exchange for patient referrals they settled and most of the money will go to the federal government and $3 million is split. and the u.s. attorney says this doesn't effect future criminal case. >>> a former university student will learn his face. he'll be sentenced for shooting and killing two during a fight in april. in, he pleaded guilty for a plea bargain. stay with us, up ,,,,,, when i see people trying to sell and old camry, it makes me want to show 'em a new ford fusion. i can't help myself. i'm kinda ready to move up to get to the next level. fusion... yeah, i like it. ...i should probably brag about this a little bit. the projected resale value

judd gregg, the same thing, conrad comeau trusted each other. so it's a tough order.in the coin of the realm in legislating and here is trust, not more career or bs. that's it. that's where we are. so erskine and i will only ask for your honest participation, your intelligence, your wisdom, your honesty, your goodwill. and as corny as it sounds, your patriotism. no one will ever do this fateful exercise again because it seriously messes up what we, you and me, politicians were trained by her handlers to do. and that is to get good at all cost and whatever caused. there is no easy answers that we will be better served. we will be better served by our better natures as each and every one of us knows deep down in our gut that this might be the last best hope to write this listing ship state of ours. and i thank you, each and every one of you for your willingness to pitch in to see if we can make a difference. and i believe we can. and i feel we must. thank you very much. >> thank you. i want to make a couple of suggestions. why do we care about deficits? obviously when d

>>gregg: there's an interesting push coming on with how parents view the importance of education and. i see that there are a multiple of opportunities for kids to come back who have gone through that creative thinking and analytical thinking, good communication in english and other languages, to thrive in companies in china because they don't get that internally necessarily. >>reporter: that is, unless they opt for option two. after completing his compulsory chinese education, 16 year old dang xuyang (pronounced dang shoo-yang) was able to enter harrow international school's sixth form to study for britain's a levels - so avoiding college foundation courses and other problems faced by his peers. >>xuyang: most foreign universities do not recognise chinese secondary school qualifications. there was also aproblem with my english proficiency at that time. so coming to this school was one of the best waysto solve these problems. >>reporter: many leading international schools adopt the same strategy. however, another foreign player is focused primarily on domestic students. >>reporter: ol

he would ton john, gregg allman, elvis costello, john mellencamp, neil young -- reforming buffalo springfieldp? >> it was the "the speaking clock revue". >> larry: "the speaking clock revue." >> yeah, we just played three dates, washington -- no, not washington, boston, new york and san francisco. had a great time. >> larry: you're so diverse. you're a classic -- most great character actors don't win academy awards for the lead, right? it was -- although you had been nominated for "the last picture show," best supporting actor for "shouldn'ter bolt and lightfoot." nominated best actor for "starman" and best actor for "the contender." i was proud to be in that movie. that was a hell of a movie. you played presidents. >> yeah. >> larry: and carmakers. >> yeah. >> larry: and piano players. >> yeah, shake it up. >> larry: and country singers. >> yeah. >> larry: how do you approach a role? i mean, take me into the formula. >> pretty much basically the same way every time. i look -- you read the script and you -- people in the characters in the script will talk about your character and that help --

if you remember, i think senator gregg and senator conrad wanted to do this in the republicans. voted that idea down. and the president acted on his own. i would go to the republicans and say, you have promoted deficit reduction. and that was a large point of your victory. and i have a commission. they have a plan. but some of these things, even i have trouble swallowing. but it's a plan that's out there. why don't you present your plan? nobody has ever gotten any of the republicans coming in to say other than the fact they want to cut spending, they don't say what spending they want to cut. this actually tells you what spending that these guys want to cut. so, i would use that as a focal point to get a response from the republicans. and if i didn't get a response from republican, i would use that as something to, frankly, i'll say this delicately, attack the republicans with. >> all right. one, last, quick question. you wrote a book last year, i believe, that predicted 40 more years of democratic dominance in washington. >> right. i did. >> given what happened not long ago in t

commend ranking member enzi on the "help" committee and chairman harkin and senators dodd, burr and gregg for their work. i would also commend the kroger company based in cincinnati ohio in the work that -- in cincinnati, ohio, in the work that they and other grocery store chains and other food processing companies have done collectively to make sure that legislation works for them, the traceability -- many of them -- many of these companies have already set up good traceability provisions by themselves, without government involvement. i think that -- and kroger is especially to be commended for doing that. the -- the best way to ensure the f.d.a. can decisively respond to foodborne outbreak is to author as a a comprehensive food tracing system, as i mentioned. earlier this year, i had introduced s. 425, the food safety and tracing improvement act. it would improve the ability of federal agencies to trace the origins of all contaminated food. i'm pleased that the important components and goals of the -- of my legislation are included in the managers' amendment. with these stronger traceab

others, snowe and collins from maine, senator brown from massachusetts, senator gregg, new hampshire,diana. all republicans voiced they would support repeal. some of them did have concerns, they wanted to wait until the study was released on december 1st. well, we see the study is going to have very good news in it. so hopefully we can get their votes this time around. one of the most disheartening things was that they cited, you know, politics and gamesmanship and procedures when they made their vote. i would like to talk with them. hopefully we can have some talks tomorrow just to tell my story. this isn't about procedure and politics. this is my life. this is 65,000 others who are serving right now in afghanistan and iraq all over the world in silence and in fear. they deserve more than that, more than just quoting politics and procedure. they deserve to serve in dignity and integrity. >> i know you're heading back to washington tomorrow, and i think you deserve those senators being willing to speak to you. >> i hope so. >> lieutenant colonel victor fehrenbach, thank you, my friend

it's hard for me to see how it would happen in this congress, although that was the plan that senator greggroposed when we proposed this commission some three years ago but we had one that was enforced by law. we didn't get a super majority vote in the senate for that, so the president did the next best thing. he put in place by executive order which means we don't have an assurance of the vote. we have the prospect of getting one, but not the assurance. >> their last good act for the country and leave. thank you. we're joined now by politico's assistant managing editor, jean cummings. you've been covering this for a while. do you think there's any chance this country can get serious about reducing its debt? it's up to 14 trillion. it's really going to be all we do is raise money from the taxpayer to pay interest payments. just to transfer a payment from hard working people to t bondholders in china. your thoughts. >> well, i tell you, chris, this might be, it's possible that there is an opportunity here. frankly, the odds are that this will collapse. one of the key messages out of this ele

. >> reporter: gregg alton started putting together gilead's access program, at a time when most other companies were doing very little. >> we don't give the product away for free in any market. so our program's not a philanthropy. it's a sustainable program, but we need to make sure we price the product so patients can actually use the drug. we make the product available at our cost, so this is our manufacturing cost, the cost of distribution. >> reporter: in addition to selling its own drugs at cost, gilead has also begun to license its formulas to indian generic drug firms, which then sell the drugs for an even lower price around $84 per patient per year. >> we give them all the manufacturing know-how to make our product, allow them to make both the active pharmaceutical ingredient which is the key component into the tableting, in india, sell it in india and to 94 other countries throughout the world. >> reporter: most of the money to pay for the drugs comes from the u.s. and international donor organizations. and that's contributed to a huge increase, nearly a million h.i.v. patien

very hard for me to see how it would happen in this congress, although that was the plan that senator gregg and i proposed when we proposed this commission some three years ago. but we had, as you recall, one that was enforced by law. we didn't guest a supermajority vote in the senate for that proposal, so the president did the next best thing. he put it in place by executive order, which means that we don't have an assurance of a vote. we have the prospect of getting one but not the assurance. >> yeah, okay, i wish the guys who were defeating could vote for us. their last good act for the count row and leave, but anyway that's the thought. thank you, senator kent conrad of north dakota. thank you for joining us. we're joined now by politico's assistant managing edor gene cummings. your thoughts. you've been covering this like i have for a while, involved in it. do you think any chance this, this country can get serious about reducing its debt? we talk about it. it's up to $14 trillion. it's really going to be all that we do is raise money from the taxpayer to pay interest payments. it's al

gregg jarrett has been working the story. >> reporter: for millions of illegals the dream act is a propiciousause it would fulfill their dream of jumping to the fronts of the line and becoming u.s. citizens. in the end, maybe as many as 6 million or more illegals. at its core the legislation would let undocumented immigrants who came to the united states as children become citizens. it's backed by the senate majority leader harry reid who during his tough reelection campaign solicited the support of hispanic supporters by promising a vote on the dream act. but standing in his way, republican senator jeff sessions circulating and opposition, called 10 things you need to know about the dream act. it's not limited to children, he claims, but adults up to age 41. he claims it prove sides safe harbor for any alien, i inincluding criminals. they will get work study programs. college preference will be given to illegals over u.s. citizens. also it legals will not be required to serve in the military as a condition for amnesty and illegals would have the legal right to sponsor their parents and exten

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senator judd gregg weighs in on the latest proposals to slash the deficit ap.e done and what happens if it isn't? those stories and much more at the top of the hour. jon: well the session of congress in residence right now is a lame-duck session but senate majority leader harry reid plans to push votes on a couple of controversial issues. he wants to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military and also vote on the d.r.e.a.m. act, a bill that would offer young illegal immigrants a path to citizenship. let's talk about it with fox news contributor and democratic consultant bob beckel and kevin madden, former national press secretary to mitt romney's presidential campaign. bob, put on your harry reid hat for a moment and tell us why he chosen the two bills which have certain amount of controversy with each of them, why he wants to push them? >> i can tell you why he is pushing the dream act. he got his margin of victory to get back in the senate from hispanics in nevada. jon: that is pay back. >> that is pay back, sure. jon: i took the words right out of

senator judd gregg, thanks for your time today. >> thank you, shannon. appreciate it. >>> investigators are hot on the trail of the man they he believe shot and critically wounded a utah park ranger. investigators say they found the suspect's rifle, backpack, and a bloody shirt they believe he used to stop a bleeding wound. the park ranger was shot three times while patrolling a bike trail on friday. he's listed in critical but stable condition. >>> some folks who want to get an early start on thanksgiving travel are heading out today, but is weather going to be on their side. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is at the fox weather center. how does it look, rick? >> sha shannon, we've had a coue couple weeks. all of that is changing when people start to do their travel. big winter storm across much of the west has winter storm warnings in effect from colorado back to california, up to washington, northern rockies. some areas are seeing another two to three feet of snow, and especially across the sierra nevadas, we've already seen two to three feet of sn