there are a lot of people that don't like some things about haley barbour. my old boss ronald reagan used to say, "remember, a fellow that agrees you with 80% of the time is your friend and ally, not 20% traitor." it was always amazing to people how many people who didn't agree with reagan on this issue or that issue voted for him every time. we've got to be like that. i can remember george wallace. i can remember ross perot when people split off and they gave the left victory because they split the vote on the right. clearly happened in 1992. happened in new york just last week. a phony tea party candidate, but somebody who got on the ticket on the ballot as a tea party candidate, got 9% of the vote and contributed to winning. >> schieffer: you said after that speech... you were talking to a little group of reporters. you said we may have to accept a candidate that feels and says it's necessary to raise taxes. >> well, what i actually said was, if a candidate becomes president and feels like a good compromise is to take a tax increase and gets plenty in ret

absolutely right, haley. good for you. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everyone. we will turn up the heat today. humidity is not quite in the present range. 70 at rock hall. the heat index will be up around 100. we have a slight chance for a thunderstorm this afternoon. it will be a hot, steamy day. >> 72 degrees on tv hill. here's a look ahead to 11 news today. >> some local school districts already taking precautions to be the heat. we will have some tips. >> reaction to a confession of a new york congressman. i am tracie potts in washington. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. your morning commute. until it's completely clean. lysol toilet bowl cleaner gives you maximum coverage from the rim down to the waterline to kill 99.9% of germs and removes stains better than clorox toilet bowl cleaner with bleach. so if you want to do the whole job,

absolutely right, haley. good for you. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> 72 degrees already at 4:28 this morning. and that's just the beginning. good morning to you. i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to news 4 for this june 7, 2011. we begin with breaking news off the beltway in bethesda. the exit from the inner loop to river road is closed for a serious motorcycle accident. tracee, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. we just spoke with maryland state highway officials who are saying this is a double fatal accident. two people died early this morning here on the beltway. as you can see here, this is the ramp onto river road here. this is blocked for now as they investigate exactly what led to this accident. one motorcycle. two people on the motorcycle killed in this accident that happened at 2:52 a.m. for now the route to river road inner loop is closed as they continue with this motorcycle investigation. you can see h

other speakers included john boehner, paul ryan, haley barbour. we will show you their remarks next. , it's a beautiful day. [cheers and applause] >> hey, everybody, good morning! [applause] how you doing? good. good to be with you today. listen, i want to share with you

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the question is -- john haley, our director of transportation, the question is, of the overtime that you expend on a daily basis, how much is related strictly to shortage of personnel, shortage of operators? >> in terms of operator overtime on a daily basis, one of the buckets of overtime is what we fill -- runs with we fill with overtime, we put out 1,174 all together. some of that is not having enough operators and part of it is the question raised earlier about part of -- part of that is catching up, the system catching up with the people that left, the attrition rate, stopping of hiring a couple of years ago, to catch up on the hiring and training. the other part of it is work force management. on a typical day right now we're pushing on the range, 15% has gone to 20% of people that are scheduled to work that are unavailable for a range of reasons. the biggest reason is use of fmla across the system but there are some other reasons as well. so part of what we have to do is work with everyone to attack those problems. >> right but narrowly, what percentage on a daily basis of over

governor haley, why don't you take this one? made a mistake. both parties did not handle the government responsibly the way they should. we have got to, and in reference to what the senator said, we do have to cut taxes. and south carolina, we have an economy where i have basically said, government was intended to secure the rights and freedoms of the people. it was never intended to be all things to all people. so what we did was we said this is going to hurt but we're going to get back to the basics and we're going to get strong again. and we're going to do it independently of the federal government. and a lot of that is we are cutting unemployment taxes for employers. we are cutting down the weeks for employees on what they get in terms of unemployment taxes. but we have incentivizing those that are successful to want to be more successful. and we have to remember that when you give businesses cash flow, when you give them profit margins, what's the first thing they do? they hire people. so your goal has to be on jobs. it has

haley received and recently won a two-year battle with bone cancer to commemorate her big victory, she's been given access to a very exclusive club. the 10-year-old's picture and story will be placed on boxes of cereal and breakfast treats. haley appreciates the honor, but she's even happier than her story will give other cancer patients something to believe in. >>> i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> one newborn hippo may be little, but he's quite important. once of less than 3,000 pigmy hippos known to exist today, this little guy is a sign of hope for his species. not only are they endangered, but males are even more endangered in captivity. zookeepers hope to raise the awareness with his presence. >>> new technologies including touch screen consoles, internal cameras on video game systems and video call capabilities impressed the crowd yesterday. the week-long expo proves the standard joy stick is long gone. >>> being stuck in traffic may not be so bad. if you come across this intersection in the philippines, ramir

. >> reporter: bill haley is a naturalist and has created a certified wildlife habitat out of his yard native plants is an important part of it. the butterfly weed and the purple cone flower are both drought tolerant, which is a very important thing with climate change right now. you want plants you're not continually having to water, that do just fine even if it gets hot and it gets dry and it looks like we'll have a hot, dry summer this year. >> reporter: haley says the natural yard is easier to take care of than a well groomed yard. in addition to planting good pollinators, hang a bird feeder or two for food. water is also essential. >> i've got this water feature here, which is good if -- if a chipmunk wants to come down and take a drink or squirrel or animal that lives down low. and also it stays wet up underneath there and i found out i've got a good variety of salamanders that live in this yard. >> reporter: water can be as simple as having a bird bath or a bowl of water refreshed daily. >> by shelter, you want to provide dense bushes or plantings. you want to provide things lik

. >> finally, haley barbour, a pretty good strategic thinker, as you know, was on tv the other day and said listen, ronald reagan was very good at taking 80% of what he wanted and calling it a good deal. so he, haley barbour, can see supporting a candidate who said, fine, if i could get 80% of the spending cuts i wanted, i could see some tax increases. can you say a similar thing? could you see a deal as a president huntsman where you would say i'll give you this much in spending cuts, i can see a tax increase. >> i don't think the nation is ready for that and i think it would be the worst possibly thing we can do when our nation begins to grow. that's not a pro-growth strategy. we found that in the state of utah. all around us we can see the carcasses from the last industrial revolution. we've been good at launching industrial revolutions in this country. you grow your way out of it, you create jobs, expand revenue and you pay your bills by doing that. i think tax increases would likely stand in the way of that kind of positive economic growth that we so desperately need now. >> jon h

who do you have to say what the republicans have nikki haley who do you have. what is that i'm saying that we have we have a very beautiful women in the republican party and i think that there's a beautiful woman in the democratic party but what does that have to do with the republican plan to pick up women we've thought of the republicans have done a good job of picking up women becoming the party or pretty of everybody get dollars that winners are pretty good to take advice from breitbart he's not the one philandering he's not the one cheating on his wife they have left far behind oh that's right or other times he says he's been he's happily married his wife and in california i think i think i think we can learn a thing or two from right or have to have a d.c. madam on speed dial likelihood or that's my guess of the republican state but who knows i mean i'm not daniel helper deputy online editor the weekly standard jami weinstein senior editor of the daily caller thank you both for being here thank you after the break it's a very busy day for lobbyists on cap

who do you see what the republicans have nikki haley who you have. what is that i'm saying that we have we have very beautiful women in the republican party and i think that there's a beautiful woman in the democratic party but what does that have to do with the republican plan to pick up women we've got the republicans have done a good job of picking out women to come into the party who are pretty everybody getting dollars winners that really would take advice from breitbart he's not the one for landrieu not the one cheating on his wife and i think that's far behind i've met him right or two other times he says he's been he's happily married to his wife and in california i think i think i think you could learn a thing or two from growth or minus i have had you see madam on speed dial likelihood or i that's not my cast of the republicans right but who knows i mean i'm not up here you'll help her get to the online editor the weekly standard jamie weinstein senior editor of the daily caller thank you both for being here thanks don after the break it's

and i want to welcome governor haley barbour to this committee.or myself, i regret very much you're not running for president. i think you would have added a good political sense and humor so we're sorry we're not going to see your candidacy. >> thank you very much, congressman. that's very gracious. >> and thank you for your service. governor, i was listening to your explaining with congressman burton and explaining about the negative media attention as somebody who ran a very large county with 1.1 million people i can sympathize but on the other hand, was it the bad media that caused a hit to the mississippi economy or was it the devastation of the oil spill itself? >> congressman, we didn't have devastation. i mean, the problem was the news media took the very, very, very worst areas in louisiana and they repeatedly showed that over and over and over. and it gave people the impression, that's the way it was all over the gulf coast. they would actually have stories about mississippi and pictures from louisiana. >> hmmm. >> and you may not have b

the man in the white hair that's mississippi governor haley barber.s hearing's just about to start. republican lawmakers are expected to criticize the administration's handling of the crisis. governor barber by the way is heading the list of witnesses who will be testifying. he'll be expected to say how his state was effected by the deep water horizon oil rig explosion that killed eleven workers and sent millions of gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico. >>> former massachusetts governor mitt romney will officially enter the 2012 presidential race this morning. romney will announce his run for the republican nomination at a farm in new hampshire. in excerpts from his announcement speech romney says he is positioned to defeat president obama and "turn around the country." romney ran for the gop nomination four years ago but lost to arizona senator john mccain. >>> today the first lady is unveiling the new shape of eating right. this food pyramid we all know it it's being replaced by a new plate shape design. nutritions say the pyramid is hard to under

one hundred fifty six million field eight out of the last ten would have been first time champions haley from four different continents and those are the top of the ranks hardly have a better opportunity to assert their dominance over the game when this congressional golf course holds the third u.s. open in its history is on the gorski r t. now the sporting highlight this week will see either boston or vancouver win it all in the n.h.l. the stanley cup will be awarded to either team over later on wednesday after the decisive game seven i can accept never won it before while the last time the bruins claimed the title was back in one nine hundred seventy two when they feed the new york rangers in the final series. over to the upcoming european women's basketball championships where there will be two notable exclusions from the russian roster on the bitter cold and ticketing that was on the i have been kept out of the ultimate school which had to be reduced from sixteen to fourteen players ahead of the tournaments russia's first group game in poland will be against slovakia and south as. i

you have sort of the mainstream establishment republicans led by haley barbour and picked up by huntsman and romney saying let's look at this. this doesn't make sense. that's kinds of an economic argument, the mainstream argument saying this isn't adding up. it's part of the money factor you talked about. it isn't taking us anywhere. then there's the other almost element on the republican side, which is the ron paul, this is a waste of our power, of our treasure, of our blood. that's a smaller group. but those two streams are driving a lot of water in the republican party. chris: well said. this is the harder question -- is there any upside for the president being somewhat pro-hawkish? >> it takes that doveish issue off the table. chris: there's an upside to the president being a bit behind the curve on this, a bit behind the public's desire to get out. >> yes, because he looks quite how closish and it removes the strepts for the republican candidate. >> absolutely. chris: being curmudgeonly about this. makes it better. >> particularly in pakistan, which we're not talking about, and that

john haley is the director of the municipal transportation agency. rhonda simmons, with the office of economic work force and development. chief jeff godown, the chief of the san francisco police department. phil ginsburg, general manager of the rec and park department. ed riskin, director for the department of public works is also here. thank you for your presence here. mayor edwin lee, without further -- adult probation is here, too. mayor kelllee, thank you for yor patience. the microphone is yours. [applause] >> thank you. as you all know, i am not going to have been long speeches. and i'm here to listen to you tonight. but i want to say a couple of things. it is my pleasure to be here with supervisor avalos, supervisor carmen chu, the other department heads, to make sure that i fulfill a promise. while i am occupied this great office of mayor, i will listen to everybody in the city. the matter where you live. that is what i have been doing this whole year. i am three months on the job and it is wonderful to have a new relationship with the board

haley barbour. >> on the economy do the republicans have to have ideas, plans or sit enough just to beat up on obama? >> i think it's enough for now to beat up on obama. after all, it worked for obama when he was run for president. when you're a candidate you can say things. so at this point i think republicans cannot offer spervings but down if line as they start to different from one another, look for people to ask specifics about their economic plans. we talked early, there's not that much specifically washington can do so there's not that much a presidential candidate can propose because they don't have access to all the things. gwen: you talked about how early it is in the race and how things change. john edwards in two cycles was a formidable candidate and today we saw a pretty spectacular fall as he was indicted. >> it was pretty unbelievable. four years ago right now he was in iowa and new hampshire. it just goes to show we never exactly know what is going on in a campaign. a lot of voters had their eyes on senate edwards and thought he was the strongest nominee. back in 2003, pe

i am john haley, the director of transit operations bitter i am joined by reginald mason -- i am joined by reginald mason, director of the safety, security, and training. and enforcement. and julie is our service planner and is also our expert on the transit effectiveness program. we have a member of our sustainable streets division. i thought it was important, as we go forward and talk about the t-line, while i will submit to you that it is an integral part of the rail system, the unique features that perhaps make the t-line a model for where we want to be with the rest of the system, one of those is the use of a signal priorities to help move the line along. we have our in-house expert on that. with that, if i may, we have put together a brief powerpoint, and feel free to stop me at any time. as i said, i want to touch on both the fact that the t-line is an integral part of our existing system, as well as it has its unique features and is the newest line. it was, we believe, well conceived in terms of giving a rail line the flexibility to do some of the things to help it stay on servi

mississippi governor haley barbour spoke here.alked to us in the hallway out here for about 15 minutes, clearly relishing the spotlight, even though he didn't decide to run for president. but we asked him about the state of the republican field and some questions about the strength of the field. haley barbour kind of pushed this message that at the end of the day, no matter who republicans nominate, we need to get behind them because they will be better than president obama. that was his message. and also interesting, he said he expects the field to get even bigger. we're in june, but he's saying that rick perry could still jump in the race. obviously, jon huntsman is expected to join the race next week, even sarah palin later this year. so, that's kind of a seat change from a few months ago when the gop establishment thought the field was pretty much set, and now haley barbour, who is, you know, a respected voice in the party, is saying that the field, you know, could grow still, randi. >> that is interesting. paul, texas governo

but that came to decisions, a haley russell missed seven weeks of classes after officials found prescription acne medicine in her locker. they don't call it zero toleran tolerance, bit but they follow state law, which treats controlled drugs as a problem. >> it was an accident. i didn't want to hurt anyone. >> there still are zero tolerance policy, but it doesn't benefit the children who are suspended or expelled or the children left behind. >> in north carolina, a bill moving through legislature right now with the ability to give the ability to each school district. >> we need to move to a place where we can use more common sense in determining what is best for our students. >> reporter: alexandria city schools in virginia, they're expanding a program that teaches learning skills, teaching problem solving, and rewards good behavior with tokens. >> you can go to the dance, get ice cream. >> reporter: how big a deal is the dance on friday? >> it's good. >> reporter: students here are still severely punished for bringing weapons or drugs to school. that's the state law here in virginia. but th

. >> reporter: the program is called horses for heroes led by therapist martha mcneil and david haley. >> there are injuries that you can see and some that you can't see. >> reporter: david is a veteran himself. he says out here, there's no couch or office. it's in the saddle where the vets open up. >> and kick him a little bit. nice. nice bump. keep going. >> you can't force therapy, but you can observe and then you take advantage of situations when they come up. >> they live through iraq, i don't want them to indict at di >> many are very uncomfortable sitting down and sitting still. these are action people. they want to get up and go. >> reporter: assigned one horse for the six-week course the vets learn to ride and they learn they and the horses share a common instinct. >> one of the characteristics of posttraumatis stress disorder is hypervigilance which means that you're always on guard. always looking over your shoulder. always expecting something bad to happen and that's a survival instinct, and horses have that by nature because they're a prey animal. but one of the things th

governor haley why don't you take this one? >> i think what we first have to understand is both parties made a mistake. both parties did not handle the government responsibly the way they should. >> you can see the full town hall meeting a little bit later this morning on "the early show" right here on cbs. >>> president obama has weighed in for the first time on the scandal surrounding congressman anthony weiner. in an interview with nbc's today show, the president said when personal distractions prevent public servants from serving effectively, it is time to step back. >> obviously, what he did was highly inappropriate. i think he's embarrassed himself. he's acknowledged that. he's embarrassed his wife and his family. ultimately, there's going to be a decision for him and his constituents. i can tell you that if it was me i would resign. >> house democrats meet this morning for the first time since weiner admitted to inappropriate online relationships. frustrated democratic leaders have called for weiner's resignation, but we

south carolina governor nick haley, florida congressman allan west, congressman paul ryan architect of the house budget plan and oklahoma senator tom coburn pretty much stuck to the republican line. low taxes and cutting the deficit will eventually lead to economic growth, and that will increase jobs. ryan said what's been tried so far just hasn't worked. >> remember what the stimulus was suppose to do? it was suppose to keep unemployment from going above 8%. we're at 9.1. >> schieffer: it was coburn who may have won the prize for candor. >> i'm convinced that washington's main focus is short-term political expediency. and the reason our country is at risk is because we think short term and about the next election rather than thinking about the future of our country. you know, the reason i'll stand up as a conservative republican, one of the biggest in congress and say i'll negotiate on taxes because our country is in trouble. >> schieffer: scott, that is not the first time we have heard someone offer that analysis but it may be the first time a member of congress has been willing to a

haley barbour began his political career as the republican director back in the mississippi party backublican party in a phone booth and he was instrumental in helping to build the party throughout the south. he later served in the office of political affairs under ronald reagan rising to become head of the white house office of political affairs. i had the great privilege of working with him when he was chairman of the republican national committee and make no mistake about it, haley bar bore was responsible of getting both house of the congress in 1994 for the first time in four years. he then went back to mississippi. he was elected governor of mississippi in 2003. he chaired the governors association. he in sharp contrast to what unfolded in louisiana -- he provided the kind of leadership that helped mississippi come together and recover after the worst natural disaster to ever strike the north american continent when katrina came ashore in august of 2005. he's one of the finest public servants in either party today. he considered running for president, ultimately decided not to, b

america are there any other bills that we should know about that are being drafted right now well nikki haley in south carolina just signed a very similar bill in south carolina it's similar to the arizona bill it basically requires law enforcement officers from the state of south carolina to. stop someone and request information about immigration status if they reasonably believe that someone is undocumented now of course how a person can reasonably come to the conclusion that someone is undocumented is anyone's guess and our worry is that it really kind of is an invitation to racial profiling i want to thank you very much for joining us tonight eleanor the one that really baffles my mind is that you are not supposed to help anybody if you think they might have documents and that's that's just and humane and thank you so much thank you. tonight give me he compared them to children and tonight we're giving them art old time award for their lack of leadership and then stick around for happy hour and that's n.b.c. suspend the contrary. calls obama a derogatory name for the male anatomy and we s

i'm talking about my friend and political mentor, haley barber, who i think you'll hear from later.ing during the runup -- now we know where the people from mississippi are seated. i found it interesting during the time of speculation that haley would run, people would say, nobody is going to elect some white guy from mississippi with a real slow southern accent to be president of the united states. i was highly offended by that. for many reasons. but one of the reasons is because i thought, i thought our nationed learned something. i thought that maybe we had taken seriously the message of dr. king, who said we should not be judged by the color of our skin but by the contents of our character. [applause] >> i think that if he were hearing those kind of remarks today, he would add, and we should not be judged by the accent of our speech. i'm tired of hearing that southerners are only regional candidates and have only a regional appeal. i'd like to think the common sense kind of principles we try to practice in the south have a universal and national appeal because we find it works.

haley barbour faced off with nancy pelosi this morning. >> policies from the economy and frankly while this administration was great for wall street, main street has never gotten out of the last recession. it's hard to tell the difference for small business even though the new york banks have done good. >> we have to take a careful look at those figures to see. the unemployment numbers are very disturbing. are they an anomaly because of disasters in the south and midwest or is this something systemic that we have to accommodate in a different way. all of it translates for hikes for the middle-class and they are feeling it very severely. >> the president already pulled the country from the brink of collapse and needs time to make a full recovery. lisa is here to talk about the forecast. it's going to be better than yesterday. >> we still have heavy rain around napa. elsewhere in san jose, it looks pretty good, partly sunny conditions, 53, mixed bag, sun and clouds and possibility of a thunderstorm. that is coming up next. >> and home run on the day the giants give away his bobblehead. m

mike huckabee says he is not running, haley barbour has taken himself out of the race. i don't know who the green candidate would be now, but clearly if the polls are any indicator, republicans are not satisfied with their list of candidates thus far. >> bob schieffer, always good to have you with us. thanks again. >> thanks, erica. >> tune into "face the nation" when his guest is haley barbour. and a programming note. you may have seen the cbs news town hall on the economy with president obama. we aired it on the early show. we have another one coming up june 14th. this time we're sitting down with a number of republican lawmakers for their point of view. bob schieffer and i will be moderating. several gop leaders as we mentioned will be there, answering questions from the studio audience, and also, just like last time, we want them to get questions from you at home. you see the number of ways to contact us. get the information at our website. how to submit your questions online, and catch that cbs news town hall on the economy, the republican view, right here tuesday,

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columbia, south carolina, governor nikki haley will sign the tough immigration law that requires policeo check the legal status of any suspect an forces all businesses to first clear the people they hire through a federal immigration database. >>> in indiana, they arrested a amish man for sending hundreds of textses and nude pictures and video to a 12-year-old girl he tried to solicit for struck. police arrested him when he showed up in his horse-drawn buggy. >>> a college professor allegedly started a companions website and called it a safe place for prostitutes and johns. police call it a virtual house of prostitution. >>> from queens, new york, 400-pound tire flies off a city bus. the driver says luckily it just missed a woman pushing a baby stroller. this happened in may. but it has happened before. the mta blames maintenance cutbacks to save money. >>> developing story. alarming story out of yemen. dozens of suspected al qaeda militants have broken out of prison and scattered. whereabouts unknown. cnn's mohammed jam-ju discovering the developments for us. how did it happen, mo j ac

and i want to welcome governor haley barbour to this committee. and just speaking for myself, i regret very much you're not running for president. i think you would have added a good political sense and humor so we're sorry we're not going to see your candidacy. >> thank you very much, congressman. that's very gracious. >> and thank you for your service. governor, i was listening to your explaining with congressman burton and explaining about the negative media attention as somebody who ran a very large county with 1.1 million people i can sympathize but on the other hand, was it the bad media that caused a hit to the mississippi economy or was it the devastation of the oil spill itself? >> congressman, we didn't have devastation. i mean, the problem was the news media took the very, very, very worst areas in louisiana and they repeatedly showed that over and over and over. and it gave people the impression, that's the way it was all over the gulf coast. they would actually have stories about mississippi and pictures from louisiana. >> hmmm. >> an

. >>> mississippi governor haley barbour was on the hot seat talking strategy for next year's presidential election. >> the fellow agrees with you 80% of your time is a alie and not 20% traitor and it was amazing how many people didn't agree with reagan on thnks and voted for him every time. we have to be like that. >> the republican governor said today on "facing the nation," that his party's winning candidate could still be largely unknown. he expects the field of g.o.p. candidates to be more complete in the fall. >>> well, new job numbers are out tonight and president obama's top economic advisor says reality isn't as bad as the data suggests. today on abc's "this week, austan goolsbeeby says while the numbers are still low, president obama has created jobs and kept the country out of a secondgression. >> we have shifted in the economy from a rescue phase, which is government-directed, to a phase in which government policies have -- we have got to rely on government policies that are trying to leverage the private sector and give incentives to the private sector to be doing the growth.

he is haley stein feld in "true grit".er good movie. >> we set around a big fire and told ghost stories. we had a good time. >> anyway, jeff bridges in an anti-hunger advocate. a great friend of mine, director of share. jeff bridges a national spokesperson were no kid hungry campaign. wall to wall, we have to do something nice for people tonight. jeff bridges, you're one of my heros, ever since you had a problem with cybill shepherd in the last picture show, and, "the b labowski". >> we are kicking off the no kid hungry campaign here in virginia. we will do that tomorrow with governor mcdowel. >> you got an advocate? >> well, he's been that, you know, he's been concerned with the hunger issues for over 20 years now. but it's a bipartisan thing. it's gone crazy. >> well, billy, you talked about, what i understand, this is kids that are impoverished home situations, parents aren't responsible. they don't have any opinion m not. they go to school and get at least a descent lunch. how many kids are at school. >> we have 20 mil

>> well, it's fascinating to see who is at this because you have republican governors like haley barbour daniels taking part. this in the context of the latest mcclasp which i poll which shows that 58% don't way the way the president is handling the deficit and the economy, and yet president clinton is saying that he believes even with 9% unemployment, that barack obama could be reelected. he'd be surprised if he were not. >> that's got something to do with who is in the republican field at the hospital. >> i guess that's a big part of it. it depends on who is pitching when you're hitting. >> we'll keep an eye out for those things. good to see you. tim farley from xm sirius radio. >>> deny ghis could ynis kucini directly involved in the uprising in syria. the anti-war democrat says he's on a fact finding mission at the request p some of his air ran american constituents. he says they're concerned about conditions on the ground. kucinich's trip is pot without critics who see as legit miding al assad's regime. >> i met with the opposition and the government. i think it's really important t

president clinton will lead the opening session and minnesota governor haley barbour and rahm emanuelth business leaders. fredericka, back to you. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen. remember, you can get your financial fix every day on cnn money.com. a look at our top stories right now, president obama is getting into the middle of deficit negotiations, he's holding separate white house meetings tomorrow with senate majority

that's the ludicrous line being pushed by haley barbour.ce the nation." >> somebody told me that you actually said this week you think that the president is trying to drive up energy policy, energy prices on purpose. did you say that? >> there's no question about that. this administration policy has clearly been to drive up the cost of energy so americans would use less of it. that's their policy. >> wow. regardless of the public policy question, any president, including this one, facing reelection would lower gas prices, now higher gas prices. high gas prices would have been a killer politically. finally, wait until giuliani gets into the presidential race. this time down in peru. he joined an advisor last month. a peruvian candidate, keiko fujimori is a daughter of the imprisoned former president. did giuliani help major the difference? the answer in english and spanish is the same -- no. keiko fujimori conceded defeat to her opponent. let's see if they did any more in the coming home games. >> up next, biggest story of the day on the eas

haley barbour, listen to what he said. >> don't get hung up on purity.rity is a loser. as i say, our candidate won't be perfect. but in this business, it is unity that wins elections. >> i know him, one of the things he's worried about is if the tea party activists don't get everything they want. if the social issues are not talked about in the primary campaign because people are focusing on the economy, that some tea party activist also sit on their hands and stay home. is the governor right? >> well, there's no purity in politics, so i don't think you have to worry about that. i hope he's not talking about principle. unless we have principles, americans are not going to trust us as republicans. so i think what you're going to see is that the fiscal issues are bringing people together at tea party rallies and grassroots rallies across the country. there are people who feel strongly about some of the social issues. there are some who don't. >> you laid down a strong marker in your speech. i want you to listen here to where you essentially warn the party

coming up on "face the nation," bob schi, finish fer introduces nancy pelosi and mississippi governor haley barbour. the items on the agenda? the 2012 white house race and the candidates, coming up at 8:30 here on cbs 5. >>> the familiar sounds of bells ringing and clicking cable slots have gone silent in san francisco the past few days. the first time in 27 years, all three cable car lines are not running. the city shut down the power routes on wednesday for maintenance. the california line has been shut down for months and tourists are out of luck this weekend and the nation and hide lines will be back in service tomorrow. >>> and coming up next, city leaders struggling with budget shortfalls. >> a former lawmaker will says it all goes back to the gamble on thing to the. his take on what led to the great pension mess and what city and county leaders need to do to get out of it. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bart is getting a make-over and it's seeking guidence from its riders the agency is inviting the pu >> b.a.r.t. is getting a makeover and is seeking guidance from riders. the agency is inviting the p

host: governor haley barbour, not a candidate for the presidency in 2012, did speak over the weekend. >> we cannot change the country like we want unless we win the election. ok? remember, purity in politics, remember, purity in politics, purity is the enemy of victory. we cannot start out with the ideas of the faith and freedom coalition that our candidates have to agree with me on every single thing. we cannot expect candidates to be pure. winning is about unity. winning is about us sticking together to achieve the main thing. host: going back to the issue that they were talking about, truth in social issues. guest: we want to make sure that we are always talking about the politics of addition, not subtraction. in some ways you may disagree with 20% of the time an enemy, 30% friend. candidates out there on the republican side, we are not seeing anything other than 80% friend. friend. whoever comes out of that process will have a great opportunity to win the hearts and minds of those t party voters. look at four years ago where john mccain, who was clearly not been loved by social co

. >> mississippi governor haley barbour, one of the party's most astute republican strategists, thinksield of republican candidates will expand by the fall and gave would-be nominee some room to consider the unmention nabl in republican politics -- raising taxes. >> ronald reagan compromised on everything, put forth good policy, but at the end of the day he took the best that we could get. i think raising taxes is bad for the economy. i think it's the worst thing that we could do. but if you've got enough spending cuts, enough good policy, enough growth, would you take that as a compromise? i wouldn't say i won't support somebody for president who would do that because, like ronald reagan, that may be the best that we can get for the country. >> house democratic leader nancy pelosi sounded down right upbeat this morning about prospects for a deal to raise the debt ceiling. but there's one place she won't go on spending cuts. >>> there is a bipartisan discussion going on that is civil and constructive and they've come to some areas where they can possibly reach agreement. but nothing is

but haley says they need to have a removable top to clean out when the birds are done nesting so a newhabitat these days. when somebody has just a complete grassy yard, that's unfortunately almost like a desert to wildlife. we need to do other things, add other things that make it attractive so that they can have some of the things that were lost when that house was built and that yard was put there. >> jacqui jeras with us now. you know what? there is nothing better than hearing the birds. you know, when you plant certain things, it really does attract a real cacophony of wildlife. it's beautiful to wake up to that. >> it is. you've got to do a little bit of homework when you're doing all this. you want to research and find out what plants are native to your area. something that's going to grow in minnesota isn't going to grow so well say in florida. you also want to, of course, check the sun versus shade, that kind of thing. there's a lot of information in terms of resources. you can go to native plant sales at places like your nature center, maybe your botanical garden that's nearby