what is your comment for heather hogsett? caller: my comment is that you were seeming to go through this mountainous approach of thinking to stop terrorism. there are so few of these numbers that you should be concentrating on the people who could be possible terrorists. it is ridiculous. that is just my opinion. i just think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. host: what role do governors and national guard play in detecting terrorists? guest: that has to do with the role of governments sharing intelligence and information through our fusion centers to bring together intelligence analysts, law enforcement, emergency management, and the health-care community more and more to ensure that as information comes in from overseas regarding possible terrorists that it is tracked, analyze, and integrated with the things that states or localities may be seeing. there is a fusion center in each state, and i believe 72 across the country. they are a node and follow all of that information and they are concerning with all of thes

what is your comment for heather hogsett?aller: my comment is that you were seeming to go through this mountainous approach of thinking to stop terrorism. there are so few of these numbers that you should be concentrating on the people who could be possible terrorists. it is ridiculous. that is just my opinion. i just think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. host: what role do governors and national guard play in detecting terrorists? guest: that has to do with the role of governments sharing intelligence and information through our fusion centers to bring together intelligence analysts, law enforcement, emergency management, and the health-care community more and more to ensure that as information comes in from overseas regarding possible terrorists that it is tracked, analyze, and integrated with the things that states or localities may be seeing. there is a fusion center in each state, and i believe 72 across the country. they are a node and follow all of that information and they are concerning with all of these

then a discussion about the defense authorization bill with heather hogsett. then we will talk with carol rosenberg on the cost of operating the guantanamo detention center. >> tomorrow, a couple of programs on deficit-reduction with remarks from dennis blare of potential defense budget cuts. the aspen institute hosts that event live at 12:15 p.m. eastern. tomorrow senator robert portman on the ability to reach an agreement on deficit reduction and what it means for the rest of the country.

host: heather hosett is our guest. -- hogsett. now let's go to the phones. john and myrtle beach. caller: i want to find out why during hurricane katrina, nothing was, not out of bond ruche -- coming out of that larouche -- bgaton rouge to help. -- baton rouge to help. i do not understand why bush was blamed so much for this. there could have been a lot of things done, and all they wanted to do was push this office -- push this off on the federal government when the local government did nothing t help. these people probably could've gone most of them out. guest: what you highlight is one of the key reasons why are so excitedor's about the military response. her take katrina was a very complex event. witht speaking to some of the specific instances you are referring to, i think really what we tried to do -- one of the key lessons we all learned that information was not shared in a timely manner and as widely to all of those trained to respond as it should have been. between the local levels and the federal level, what everyone has tried to do since then, and there have been a numbe