that's the future, henderson.hat's gonna be one of the main things that helps bankrupt local school districts. because all these teacher, all these employees, those health care costs go up. universities, those young people who are about to go to college, the part of the reason tuition is going up is because every employee at the university, their health care costs are going up. and that gets passed on to you. and finally, the third reason that we had to take this on. is because the deficit and the debt that you hear everybody getting in a 'tis si abo about, properly so, the vast majority of our long-term debt is driven by medicare and medicade. it's driven by our rising health care costs. nothing comes close. you could eliminate every earmark, you could eliminate foreign aid, you could eliminate all that stuff. it would amount to about 5% of the budget. most of it is health care cost. as the population gets older, they use more health care, that drives it up even faster. and pretty soon, pretty soon is entire fede

he has never stopped fighting for henderson. he has not stopped fighting for nevada.class families that need a fair shake. [applause] i am looking forward to hearing what is on your mind and trying to -- let me say a few words about -- harry is not one to sugarcoat things better said these are tough times. when president kennedy was here, he called patterson a city of destiny. for too long, i know that many of you feel that your destiny has been slipping beyond your control we do not need -- you do not need me to tell you that. he felt in the construction industry. the unemployment rate is 13%, which is the second-highest in the nation. home values have fallen more than any place else. for most middle-class families, income actually shrank. i know that it is tough out there and harry reid knows that it is tough out there. that s why we ask you to send us to washington. we didn't run for the fancy title or a big desk or a comfy chair. the fancy chairs. we did not run to get our paper in the newspapers. [laughter] we did not run so that a bunch of people on cable tv wil

henderson, who did not receive severance when he left g.m.in december, will be paid $59,000 some month plus expenses for 20 hours of cutting work each month. men dote a, illinois. good morning to don on our independent line. caller: good morning. how are you today? host: fine, thank you. caller: my congress woman, debbie hal vor son, she's a first-term democratic congress woman. and she's very active in our district. and are she's at the senior centers. she helps out a lot, and she's replaced -- she replaced a fellow by the name of jerry westerly, and he was one of jack abramoff's people. and he was in for quite a while, and the district went down, and i highly recommended to people in the 11th district of illinois keep miss halvorson in office. host: the caller mentioned jack abramoff. this story in the business section deals with another name in the business world, bernie madoff, this is from the legal section -- host: louisiana is next on our democrats line. good morning. caller: good morning. i don't believe my official should have been r

he has never stopped fighting for henderson. he has not stopped fighting for nevada.rcoat things better said these are tough times. when president kennedy was here, he called patterson a city of destiny. for too long, i know that many of you feel that your destiny has been slipping beyond your control we do not need -- you do not need me to tell you that. he felt in the construction industry. the unemployment rate is 13%, which is the second-highest in the nation. home values have fallen more than any place else. for most middle-class families, income actually shrank. i know that it is tough out that's why we ask you to send us to washington. we didn't run for a big test k for a comfortable chair. [laughter] we did not run so that a bunch of people on cable tv will chatter about you. we did not run to kick our problems down the road. we ran to solve problems that folks like you are facing every single day. that is what i wanted to be president of the united states, to help you. [applause] >> when my administration took office, our plan was clear. we needed to stop the

is getting ready to talk about the economy at a town hall event out in green valley high school, henderson, nevada, is the location. discussing a new $1.5 billion initiative unveiled today aimed at helping homeowners and states hit especially hard by sharp drops in home values. part of a multistop tour as the president helps cam pay for several democratic senators, senator harry reid introducing the president moments ago. let's take a quick listen to what the president is saying. >> you know, let's face it, you know -- [laughter] but i can personally attest that harry reid is one of the toughest people i know. he does not give up, he knows what he cares about, he knows what he believes in, and he's willing to fight for it. and sometimes he takes his licks. but he gets back up. harry reid has never stopped fighting. he hasn't stopped fighting for henderson, he hasn't stopped fighting for nevada, he has not stopped fighting for the united states of america and middle class families all across this country that need a fair shake. [cheers and applause] megyn: and there you can hear the preside

he has never stopped fighting for henderson. he has not stopped fighting for nevada.ss families that need a fair shake. [applause] i am looking forward to hearing what is on your mind and trying to -- let me say a few words about -- harry is not one to sugarcoat things better said these are tough times. when president kennedy was here, he called patterson a city of destiny. for too long, i know that many of you feel that your destiny has been slipping beyond your control we do not need -- you do not need me to tell you that. he felt in the construction industry. the unemployment rate is 13%, which is the second-highest in the nation. home values have fallen more than any place else. for most middle-class families, income actually shrank. i know that it is tough out there and harry reid knows that it is tough out there. that is why we ask you to send us to washington. we do not run -- we did not run for the fancy title. we did not run for the fancy chairs. we did not run to get our paper in the newspapers. [laughter] we did not run so that a bunch of people on cable tv

thank you, henderson! i had a great time! bye bye! [applause] ♪ ♪ no carrierringconnect 1200 . >> next, live, your calls and comments on "washington journal." and live at 10:00 a.m., the opening news conference at the national governors association winter meeting, being held here in washington. that's followed by the n.g.a. session on childhood obesity with remarks from first lady michelle obama. >> c-span's coverage of the conservative political action conference continues today. former speaker of the house, newt gingrich, is live at 10:00 p.m. eastern. and then live at 6:00 p.m. eastern, remarks by radio and fox news host, glenn beck. that's today on c-span. >> this morning we'll talk with christina bellantoni and susan ferrechio about close races in the u.s. senate. then susan u

look at what happened with the removal of fritz henderson he was put an after rick wagoner was removed and was supposed to be a change agent sonat said whitaker is the ceo. it is it the above the administration says you still don't get it. but they made it possible to go so quickly i think the bankruptcy balks will question whether it did not move too quickly and should have drug on a little more quickly with a little more thought given to it. thank you. >> with all of the auto companies with the electric cars thinking it is a one solution also with the go green climate change what your thoughts and would you envision a future? a couple of thoughts. i remember back in the year 2000 and 28 brought up three is over to test drive we have a lot of fun driving around and the tv guide was taking pictures of the engage john thugged guest -- negative board. i could not imagine anybody would drive wind. but it just goes to show you it can take a while for people's attitudes to change but they can adapt. will have been? we have hybrids or electric cars or dirty so? it is clear we will have more

. >> reporter: but charles henderson says a -- herndon says the slow weekend cleanup could cause the county to use another snow day. >> we have been very fortunate to get in the instructional time that we have been able to get in. and that's what we want to do, maximize that instructional time. we're very fortunate. and we hope we'll be ready to go monday morning. but we'll have to see how the weekend works out. >> reporter: they're watching this weekend very closely. they're also watching the calendar school year very closely. for some school districts that are close to losing their school days, they say they will be taking their spring break if they run out. >> i think we'll someday see a spring. >>> let's go to traffic control. sharon gibala has an update on the impact of the snow so far. sharon? >> reporter: well, on some areas. and we're also seeing our first accident on a major roadway. 95 southbound at 175. an accident reported there, with delays there as well. an accident still working in aberdeen. that one involving an overturned dump truck that lost its load there. that's i

. >> reporter: henderson road. we'll get to what you haven't heard before in a second. what you have heard before. >> i had a limb come down on sunday after all the snow. come to find out it took down my cable and telephone line. >> reporter: so when she tries to log on to the net server, not found. >> my son gets his work schedule on-line from his company. so we don't have internet, he doesn't have work. >> reporter: and the phones. >> no dial tone. >> reporter: remember that what you haven't heard before, it came from phone and internet provider verizon. >> you could have knocked me over with a feather. i was stunned. i said you are joking, right, and she said, no. march 5th. >> we were told it would be march 5th before i get my line up and working. >> internet, too. comcast got her cable tv back in two days. >> comcast is fine, beautiful. verizon i'm not happy with right now. >> reporter: verizon says it has 19,000 customers with outages in the area and restored 2,000 since saturday. sandra says on the march 5th date we will work to get her back in service sooner tha

authorities arrested jorge george torres at henderson hall yesterday. suspect of yesterday's abduction and assault of two arlington women. >>> and the face of the new white house social secretary, julianna smoot, she's currently chief of staff to ron kirk. smoot will be taking over for desiree rogers, who plans on going back to the corporate world. rogers was criticized for not doing more to prevent unauthorized guests from attending last year's state dinner. chuck's forecast is coming up. >>> meteorologist chuck bell joining us now. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, kimberly. a good sunday morning out there, everybody. out there in the news 4 nation, off to a fairly cloudy start this morning, but we'll get brakes of sunshine by late this morning and early this afternoon. temperatures in the mid- to high 30s. 38 at the friendly peacock. doppler continues to show very light snow showers across southern pennsylvania. maybe one or two lonely raindrops now down into portions of southern maryland and the northern neck. by and large, not much in the way o

after-school success and prior to that our first one was actually with ann henderson the author of beyonde sale and the author of "community -- public school public will. and the last thing he said to us here in this room which caused some people -- a really good guy said communities get the schools that they deserve. communities get the schools they deserve. and in that he was saying, you know, if you want good schools, get up off your butt and go get them. they're not going to come find you in your living room. they're not going to show up at our work and say, here we are. the best school you ever wanted in your neighborhood. all you got to do is now send your kids. we wish it was that easy. we wish that all of our communities, all of our neighborhoods, whether people have the time to do what jacqueline did or not. whether they have an organized constituency or not would have the best world class facilities and learning centers for children in our neighborhoods. but they do not and they will not unless those of you in this room, those of us in this community do something about it and we

on a cold winter morning at the marine corps base myer-henderson hall, in arlington, virginia-- not a typical time, place, or audience for a classical greek drama. in fact, this performance had a very special goal: to link ancient and modern warriors in an understanding of war's pain and mental agony. >> ajax. ajax. my name is a sad song. who would have thought it would someday become the sound a man makes in despair. >> reporter: the "theater of war" is the brainchild of writer and director brian doerries, who studied classics in college. his insight: that a theatrical experience can help unlock the inner grief and suffering that many soldiers bring back from war zones. >> theater will give permission for people to see themselves in an ancient narrative and then be made to feel less alone by that and given the opportunity to ( groaning ) >> reporter: the concept is simple: four actors read scenes from plays written in the 4th century b.c. by sophocles-- who, not incidently, had himself been a general in the athenian army. >> let's see them steal my arms now! >> reporter: in "ajax", s

. >> president obama begins the day in nevada, holding a meeting at a high-school in henderson.al says democratic negotiators are working out differences in house and senate bills that passed last year. they plan to post them online next week. however, according to politico, a senior democratic aide said that the bill was constructed without any republican in but and should not be viewed as a reconciliation of the two bills. jon huntsman was called to a meeting with the chinese foreign minister to launch a solemn -- china said it interfered with internal politics and hurts the feelings of the chinese people. more on next week's congressional hearing of the safety of toga vehicles. the company's president says he is hoping for understanding when he testifies and is promising to speak with all sincerity, adding that he will cooperate with regulators andñr work to restore consumer fe hurt by millions of recalls -- faith hurt by millions of recalls worldwide. >> coming up, the national endowment hosts the dalai lama. that will be this morning starting at 1030 eastern. -- 10:30 easte

forced out after eight months on the job, the ceo of general motors fritz henderson is back as a consultantis pay, $59,000 a month for just 20 hours of work. >>> well, gm also making news after announcing its shutting down production of the hummer. the decision comes after a deal to sell the brand to a chinese automaker fell through yesterday. hummer is the third brand to go since the reorganization last year. >>> and from wall county, new jersey, the second nor'easter on wait. lots of snow coming down there. a wintry mix as well. 1 to 2 feet of snow. dangerous winds expected to paralyze the northeast as flooding battles the coast. this after snow dumped a foot or more in pennsylvania all the way up to new england. >>> 11 minutes past the hour. we got a quick check of the weather with rob marciano in atlanta. rob, we got a picture from wall, new jersey. >> yeah, when you go upstate to where they have that 2 feet of snow that you mentioned, we're going to have situations that people already out without power. more power lines coming down, you get rain and wet snow on top of that, well, roof