what do we do about inactive voters?retary of state tom shedler is the secretary of state of louisiana and joins us now from baton rouge. mr. secretary of state, welcome. thanks for joining us this morning. >> great to be with you. >> they say that you guys in the election officials are dumping people off the list, throwing them overboard, pushing them onto that inactive list, the so-called vote purging. what is your response to this? >> well, my response is this. the word purging connotates something sinister. it's not in the federal or state law, and i would suggest to those critics to read the actual federal law. this is a process that is very simple and it's just a simple procedure in this regard. registered voters in each state are required annually to ascertain if an individual still lives in the location in which they're registered. we used postal address change or records and other documents, motor vehicle records, and we verify roughly at least in louisiana 95% of the 2.9 million voters are determined to be exac

was the cost of inaction. when we talk about a nuclear iran, maybe a more important consideration, strategic concerns, the human aspect, you know, what would happen if there are conflicts and so on? those are preeminent concerns. but the economic concern is very legitimate. and it has been raised when we have a tough economy as we do right now. that is what we wanted to try to address. and we hope that -- we think the policy makers need to consider. let me raise, it is a complex issue, complex for us as we grappled with it. let me discuss exactly what our methodology was, and what our key findings are. our approach, briefly, and there are many ways you could skin this, but as the center said, there are myriad consequences. summit could foresee, some you could not. -- some you could foresee, some you could not. we focused on the economic consequences based on the energy consequences. water the energy consequences and what does that mean for the united states economy? there are other consequences better not ener

they will be told they're, inactive.y law you can be considered an inactive voter not voting in two consecutive federal elections or not returning postcards back to the election board to verify your address. the numbers are straggering. take a look. nearly 21 million inactive voters. california has the vote. texas nearly two million. florida, new york, illinois also top a million. even though they can still vote after confirming information or reregistering again, critics charge officials are intentionally purging voters with these lists. not so say election officials. louisiana secretary of state tom shedler says the accurate voter list assures elections by having accurate voting list. >> i put voting at the utmost paramount of our legal rights but you can see in business everyone does some type of file maintenance or business list maintenance and i don't see any difference in the voting registration. i think the most important thing out of everything i'm saying is this. these individuals have not voted in almost half a

active voters and inactive voters. active voters are those the board in the last couple of elections. inactive voters either moved away or are just tired of the system. he has been going through the inactive voters and purging the registration rolls that are in question. i do not know how many were actually purchased through the system. and typically, there is a big fight of even taking the inactive borders of the roles between the two big parties. right now, democrats are carrying more inactive voters on their roles than republicans. host: ron on the independent line. caller: i would like to find out party is thinks the two- influencing the outcome. i am a former tea party member. they were supposed to go in and get jobs and all they did was 33 bills. it was for abortion and nothing about jobs. i went to a rally saturday and there were something like 500 people. in 2010 there were about 3000 people. guest: i would concur with the caller. i would say that the two-party peak in 2010 in particular. -- the tea party peak

. >> judge jeanine: in the aftermath of the deadly libya attack, president obama's actions and inactions have been debated by politicians and pundits but one familiar face turned his sights on secretary of state hillary clinton for failing to protect her diplomats. he is the former speechwriter for presidents nixon and ford, economist and author of how to really ruin your financial life and portfolio, ben stein. thanks for being with us. >> honor to be here. no place else i would rather be on a saturday night. >> judge jeanine: lie to me, i love it. how do you ruin your financial portfolio? >> try to pick stocks yourself. try to guess when the market is going to go up and when it is going to go down. don't keep enough money in cash and diversify your portfolio and don't make any attempt to match your assets with liabilities. totally forget about retirement and forget about inflation and buy risky investments and listen to hot tips from friends at the country club or golf course. speculate in commodities and gold and silver and that kind of thing. >> judge jeanine: now, i don't have to bu

listen, when you call something inactive, when the government says, look your permit is inactive how are you defining that? maybe one out of 100 oil wells will yield oil. there's a lot of dry wells out there. melissa: right. >> they need to basically work on a five, 10, 15 years. so what time frame and how do you define that well is inactive before you pull the federal permit to drill? melissa: lieutenant governor, do you agree with that? i had a former oil ceo on another one of my programs who said inactive, define that we're testing it. we're trying to figure out if it will yield oil. we're not not using that permit by the president's definition. is that a fair defense or is this someone from the oil industry talking their book so to speak? >> no, no. what you were told by the executive with that oil and gas --. melissa: john hofmeister, yeah. >> is absolutely correct. john hofmeister i know. he is a friend of mine. i am the lieutenant governor of texas but it's a part-time position. so i'm active. i've hit my own oil and gas company for the last 20, 25 years. we have both state an

they will be told they are inactive.ederal law officials only place people on inactive voter list if they have not voted in two consecutive federal elections and failed to return postcards, verifying their address. there are nearly 21 million inactive voters across the country. california has the most with almost six million. texas nearly two million. florida, new york, illinois also top a million. critics say the list could create unnecessary roadblock to voting. >> what we've seen in the last two years, especially, is a proliferation of efforts by a select number of states to make voting more difficult for voters. and this could be startling, to many. >> reporter: inactive voters can still vote only after confirming their information and some states that have photo i.d., it that means they will have to show it. alisyn: what do supporters of this say? >> reporter: they say inactive voters list protects credibility of voting. that is why the law was passed. he told us inactive voter lists there ensure louisiana voters ro

was the cost of inaction.when we talk about a nuclear iran, maybe a more important consideration, strategic concerns, the human aspect, you know, what would happen if there are conflicts and so on? those are preeminent concerns. but the economic concern is very legitimate. and it has been raised when we have a tough economy as we do right now. that is what we wanted to try to address. and we hope that -- we think the policy makers need to consider. let me raise, it is a complex issue, complex for us as we grappled with it. let me discuss exactly what our methodology was, and what our key findings are. our approach, briefly, and there are many ways you could skin this, but as the center said, there are myriad consequences. some you could foresee, some you could not. we focused on the economic consequences based on the energy consequences. water the energy consequences and what does that mean for the united states economy? there are other consequences better not energy related. our approach was to basically cons

there is no other rationalization to make declarations to not call benghazi inactive share. he said book at the transcript. the moderator candy crowley said she made a mistake. it is a terrible. but he insists everything bdm he will have his way. contemporaneously we have the eu's summit going on right now. trying to make the decision if the euro exist. what are your thoughts? >> they have so many of these meetings to resolve matters but there is still a lot left to be done. to have these earnings reports from high-tech companies, a lot of their problems are rooted from overseas sales. lou: rehab hard break. obama's thinks mitt romney's binders bull of women are funny. next. this happy couple used capital one venture miles for their "destination wedding." double miles you can "actually" use. but with those single mile travel cards... [ bridesmaid ] blacked out... but i'm a bridesmaid. oh! "x" marks the spot she'll never sit. but i bought a dress! a toast... ...to the capital one venturcard. fly any airline, any flight, anyte. double miles you can actually use. what a coincid

there's no excuse for inaction at this point. >> describe it as looking like the pictures we've seen at the end of world war ii is not overstating it. bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with taylor" yard sign. looks good. [ male announcer ] fedex office. nave 50% on banners. >>> in europe, markets have opened higher but trading volumes remain light. shares in barclays dropping to the bottom of the ftse after earnings disappoint. the bank also revealing tubing probes into its business practices. european airlines have left the stock 600 higher. both beating expectations and impressing investors with their cost reduction plans. and the force is

there is no other rationalization to make declarations to not call benghazi inactive share. book at the transcript. the moderator candy crowley said she made a mistake. it is a terrible. but he insists everything bdm he will have hisay. contemporaneously we have the eu's summit going on right now. trying to make the decision if the euro exist. what are youour toughts? >> they have so many of these meetings to resolve matters but there is still a lot left to be done. to have ese earnings reports from high-tech companies, a lot of their problems are rooted from overseas sales. lou: rehab hard break. obama's thinks mitt romney's binders bull of women are funny. next. lou: government spending on route lfare tops $1 trillion last year. 32% increase. federal spending made of three quarters of an amount reaching -- making it e largest expenditure last year. spending on food assistance programs up 70% over four years. governor romney admitted a blind trust does have investments in china. he is not the only one. remember this exchange? >> mr. president have to look at your pension? m

both were inactive because of this. seems they are ok. late in the first, 3-0 bucs.fumbles and takes it up, 7-3 skins. they try the same play. e around, here he is. he cruises in the end zone. his fourth rushing td of the season. later, right up the cut -- a 30--- 39-yard t. d he had 113 yards on the day. third quarter, judge freeman throws to jackson. skin's lead 21-13. then it is 21-19. he does work to give the bucs lead.int runs an-- rgiii offense. into field-goal range. everyone was biting their nails about. he already missed three. he barely makes it, but he saves job, most likely. 41-yarder, gets the win. a 24-22 win. it felt like it was a real test. like -- a lot of people wanted to get the game over with. e again.at chanc many, yourissed too y long.ent is not ver but to mr. re-field goals and make his focus and come that game -- that lot about him. > -- baseball in october, hunting for october. the nats had a chance to win the east in st. louis. it was not that pretty -- they only at -- lasted a few innings. hot bat.ltran has a deep left-center into the bullp

active voters and inactive voters. active voters are those the board in the last couple of elections. inactive voters either moved away or are just tired of the system. he has been going through the inactive voters and purging the registration rolls that are in question. i do not know how many were actually purchased through the system. and typically, there is a big fight of even taking the inactive borders of the roles between the two big parties. right now, democrats are carrying more inactive voters on their roles than republicans. host: ron on the independent line. caller: i would like to find out how sean thinks the two- party is influencing the outcome. i am a former tea party member. they were supposed to go in and get jobs and all they did was 33 bills. it was for abortion and nothing about jobs. i went to a rally saturday and there were something like 500 people. in 2010 there were about 3000 people. guest: i would concur with the caller. i would say that the two-party peak in 2010 in particular. -- the tea pa

or her office, wilful in its character including -- in the actual provision there is no bracketed inaction clause but that's what i will call it --ny failure refusal or negative of any officer to perform any duty enjoined on him or her by law. now that is not the basis for the commission's decision. the focus of the commission's decision was what's called the conduct clause or the decency clause. and that states, conduct that falls below the standard of decency, good faith, and right action impliedly required by all officers. now because it is modified by the first section there, relation to the duties of his or her office, the commission determined that whatever the standard of decency good faith and right action impliedly required by all public officers must be in the -- in relation to the duties of his or her office. there was also a fair bit of discussion among the commissioners and in the majority ultimately determined that mazzola, which is a case by the california court of appeals, did not apply to this proceeding because, at the time of mazzola, the conduct clause was not in existe

it seemed he was on the road to recovery but was inactive on sunday. you have seen what he is done when he is healthy. he is very -- we're very excited to have him. he has a chance to come back and help us down the stretch hopefully sooner rather than later. >> let's go to san diego. did you see this last night? peyton manning brought denver back. 13 of his 14 second-half passes. seven-seven. 35 unanswered points. it was the fourth biggest comeback in nfl history. denver beat the chargers. he was terrific. high school basketball star, a heavily recruited guard, has committed to playing college park. he was heavily recruited by georgetown, ucla and rutgers. after the twins announced they were going to kentucky, he said he would play for maryland. stefan is the special teams player of the week. how about this 100 yard kickoff return? third time he has been honored already this season. >> i worked real hard. i am committed to the game. all my time and effort goes here. i am surprised. i did not think i would do this well but good things happen. i will con

aggressionive, scornful way >> raddatz was playing with the biden team >> the moderator's action or inaction... >> him smirking and smiling rude, condescending, mean at times. wondered, you know, if he had some burbon before he went out there >> reminded me of a musk ox running across the tundra with the moderator under foot. sniem a musk ox across the tundra? settle down, eskimo annie oakley. enough with the mutual of omaha. look, we get it. you live in alaska. when you live in alaska in a town with roads and a wal-mart and two star bucks and your own plane and television station in your house, it's not [bleep] of the wild over there. my guess is you've never seen a musk ox running across the tundra. yet at fox the response to biden's strong showing was delegitimizing every aspect of that showing in the moderator to biden's demeanor which they claimed was offensive to one critical voting group >> thought it was totally over the top disrespectful. speaking as a woman >> i think it was a huge turn-off especially with women >> say you're in your 60s, you're thinking you'd like to date again, i

. >>> outrage about inaction on the fiscal cliff and it's bipartisan.he head of public policy sending angry letters to president obama and house speaker john boehner, asking why neither of them met to discuss the fiscal cliff. she's up next. also ahead and this is no joke, yacht owners receive millions in dollars in tax breaks and lawmakers can't figure out a way to sink them. >>> then what does the head of one of apple's biggest suppliers think? we'll talk about the economy and fiscal cliff. keep it here. back in a moment. gecko (clearing throat) thank you, mr. speaker, uh, members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties! with cake! and presents! ah, that was good. too bad nobody could hear me. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. i'm an

stress causes heart disease, it raises your blood pressure, makes you gain weight, causes you to be inactive and that leads to heart diseasements. you have to change your lifestyle. we talk about it all the time. mother exercise -- more exercise, figure out what is causing you to get there way. regular sleep, regular exercise and diet. >> can you step back and say time out, i'm taking a timeout. >> how about vacations? >> some of us are on live tv. what are you going to do? depends on your life. you may not be able to take a step back. a vacation is hugely important. even within the day, take a break. >> i'm not talking about vacation, take two minutes and walk down the street or something. >> if you understand the mechanism behind what stress does to your body, it's easier to take care of it rather than walk away, take a vacation. this is one disease that is really worse than smoking. smoking only affects say like your lungs, but this is a systemic problem. stress affects an encounty gland. you here about kidney and prostate. this one has been out of the media for a time. adrenal glands sec

there's no excuse for inaction at this point. government red tape is the subject of gop criticism on sunny days, but what about stormy ones. we will talk fema funding and budget busters when ezra klein joins us next on "now". president obama: there's just no quit in america... and you're seeing that right now. over five million new jobs. exports up forty one percent. home values... rising. our auto industry... back. and our heroes are coming home. we're not there yet, but we've made real progress and the... last thing we should do is turn back now. here's my plan for the next four years: making education and training a national priority; building on our manufacturing boom; boosting american-made energy; reducing the deficits responsibly by cutting where... we can, and asking the wealthy to pay a little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your pre

. >> there's no excuse for inaction at this point. i want every agency to lean forward and make sure we are getting the resources where they're needed as quickly as possible. >> the president praised the efforts of the first responders. the president is expected to resume campaigning later in the week. republican presidential nominee mitt romney also did not campaign today, but he did spend time in the battleground state of ohio. he made several stops in the state collecting relief supplies for hurricane victims. >> it's part of the american spirit, the american way, to give to people who are in need. we have a lot of goods here and i know there's more coming in and we're going to box these things up. >> romney returns to the campaign trail tomorrow. he'll make somes in florida and the campaign still continuing to air campaign ads and romney is picking up new endorsements. today former chrysler ceo lee iacocca endorsed romney for president. >>> shawn yancy has tonight's fox 5 top five. >> we begin with the challenges of dying nosing a

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what are the costs of inaction. obviously, when you talk but a nuclear iran, i think it's more important consideration, the senator suggested, we have strategic concerns, the human aspect, you know, what would happen if there are competence alone. obviously, those are really preeminent concerns, but the economic concern is very legitimate and it's been raised certainly women have a tough economy as we do right now. so that's what we have wanted to try to address, and we hope, you know, we think the public and policymakers need to consider. let me raise, it's a complex issue. it was complex for us. we grappled with this so let me discuss exactly what our methodology was and what our key findings are. our approach briefly, and their many ways you could scan this in a way, but as the senator said there's a myriad of consequences of a nuclear iran just on economics alone. some you can foresee, some you cannot. and we decided just to focus on the economic consequences based on the energy consequences. what are the energy

we are learning the price of congressional inaction. a washingt thinktank says if congress can't reach agreement on extending those tax cuts, nine out of ten, 90% of households will see a tax hike averaging $3,500. economists are warning if congress drives off what is so-called the fiscal cliff, there will be automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts on january 1st. >>> the federal mortgage task force is filing its first action against a major bank. the civil lawsuit against jpmorgan chase alleges massive fraud involving mortgage-backed securities. rather than a specific deal, the complaint focuses on improper practices through bear stearns, which jpmorgan chase acquired after it went bust. >>> american express is agreeing to refund $85 million to credit card customers. federal agencies say the company charged improper late fees and deceived credit card customers about old debts and new services. >>> there is a major recall from honda this morning. it affects 600,000 accords with v6 engines from 2003 to 2007. the power steering mig

. >>> good morning, topping the money, price of inaction as washington think tank says if congress can'tding tax cuts, 90 president of households will see a tax hike. jp morgan is sued for prod during the mortgage crisis. the first such action against a big bank filed by the task force and focuses on improper practices. toys r us says it's going to match the competitor's in stow prices. customers will need to show print ads at the lower prices. the of doesn't include on line deals. honda recalling 600,000, 2003 through 2007 accords, with v6 engines. a leak could cause fire. don't worry about the bay con shortage, the reports are hogwash but prices will go up. >>> this morning, a baltimore county firefighter stands accused of sexually assaulting two boys. >>> two murders in the past year adds up to a fine for a parkville bar. >>>

and both players were to play in the game against the broncs and this put them on the enacted -- inactiveist. the head coach addressed the status of the players. >> he feels good and there is -- and that is looking good. we will have to take tests over the next few days. if he looks okay and passes the tests, he will play. >> i think we'll be able to tell in a week's time the length it will be. right now, brandon will be out the next game. >> and it's the skins and undefeated falcons sunday at fed ex field. >> and this is your seven-day forecast, brian. we're looking at a hot day tomorrow and 85 degrees. it will feel sticky to you and we have to keep a chance for a shower or storm around. we have a frontal boundary moving on through and looks like we'll clear things out on thursday and friday won't be too bad, brian. >> and back here at 10. the news edge at 11.  krystal conwell : we see a lot of problems with the... number of students that we have. resources. materials. things that the children need... on a day-to-day basis. anncr: question seven will help. the department of le

. >> it has been cloudy and cool but fairly inactive right now. that may all change this afternoon.alk about that next. hi, i'm amy for downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters, here with my favorite new intern, jimmy. mmm! fresh! and it's been in the closet for 12 weeks! unbelievable! unstopables! i'll show you how! ♪ ♪ just shake them into the washer i can't believe this lasts 12 weeks! neither can they. so you're going on tour to prove it. downy unstopables. follow jimmy's unstopables tour for free samples on downy.com. the giants and the a's each find themselves in a must-win situation. iants >>> it is win or go home for both our baseball teams. the giants and as in a must-win situation today and game five between the giants and reds. giants in the lead 6-3 in the 6th. cbs 5 reporter cate caugiran over at a quiet at&t park with the latest on bay area's baseball fever. cate, take away. >> reporter: frank, it may be quiet here at at&t park and we may not be playing here in san francisco but you can bet the game's presence is here it's being aired on the big screen. as we were walk

there is no excuse for inaction.ency to lean forward and to make sure that we are getting the resources where they're needed as quickly as possible. this is a tough time for a lot of people. millions of folks all across the eastern seaboard. but america is tougher. and we're

if you sit at home and watch television all the time, then you get inactive. >> it's great. i think it's part of the character of the ballpark. >> reporter: the giants boss larry baer likes having such veterans around. >> baseball is so generational. you see so many grandparents bringing their grandkids to games that it affects the whole environment here. >> reporter: no one knows the ups and downs of the life like 79-year-old david. >> i been working all my life and i don't want to be in the house setting in a chair. >> reporter: it's not the best seat in the house but at least he is still moving. >> take me out to the ballgame, mike. >>> cbssf.com is your destination for all things giants. you can gear up with clothing from the fan shop, see the best sports bar for watching the games and follow all your favorite giants from our twitter wall. >>> paul, it was a nice night for a ballgame. >> perfect night for a baseball game. it started off iffy with some showers especially north of the golden gate. all gone. clouds all gone. here's a peek outside right now. it's not warm ye

i with prefer to not work in the toilet of a workplace your actions and inactions have made. i have previously complained about the racist and bullying in hiring and job assignments. you have done nothing. i have previously complained about the confusion created by not having policies and procedures. this confusion costs the department millions of dollars annually and collectively our customers even more than that. you have done nothing. i have previously complained about the illegal transfer of funds from this department to politicians so the department is impacted to the point of inoperatability, you have done nothing. i have previously complained to you that this advice is in error and you are the governmental body responsible for the department of building inspection and its malfunction. i have urged you to seek outside counsel, both to correct your erroneous legal advice. i will be filing formal xlaipblts regarding the city attorney and i continue to urge you to seek outside counsel. your willful failures (inaudible) while i now have to far formally recognize your impote

across the street from dolby, the large and long inactive federal building on the u.n. plaza is undergoing renovation and will be opened next year, bringing 600 jobs to the area. proving that central market can be a place to live, to work and to play. i recently helped to break ground for a new housing development at 55 9th street, literally right behind the dolby building. avalon bay will construct 273 units providing needed housing for people who want to live in a vibrant and active neighborhood. this part of central market is also seeing many of the existing small businesses flourish. jeannie kim of sam's diners is here with us today and she has been serving home cooking food on central market for over 30 years. the buzz in the neighborhood inspired jeannie to give her restaurant a facelift on our own dime and introduced newcomers to the neighborhood staple. jeannie is here today and stand up, jeannie. i want to thank you and everybody take a trip to sam's diner on markets street. [ applause ] and down the street from sam's is phillip's marvelous coffee shop. it's a

the group's mantra-- "inaction is not an option."the c.e.o.s want congress to get a plan in place to deal with the debt as soon as the election's over, or risk a further loss in business confidence. fix the debt is chaired by former senator alan simpson and erskine bowles, the same men the president tapped to lead the national commission on fiscal responsibility. it's a very important issue for their businesses. >> tom: many months ago they were reprimanded for to the being more vocal about the fiscal situation in the united states. and here at the are on the eve of the presidential election getting their voices heard, certainly. let's get going with tonight's "market focus." the major indices squeezed out some small gains after the sharp losses since late last week. the s&p 500 started strong with the market focused on the strong durable goods report for september and the drop in first time unemployment insurance filings last week. but those gains disappeared by noon eastern time; the index finished with a small gain. trading volume

public intellectuals like that, once they die or become inactive, tend to become invisible fairly quickly. one thing that has been interesting to me writing this goat and publishing it some six or seven years after his death is the number of people who still remember him and the number of people who is still think it was important he played a role he did and happy to have a book on him. i feel very lucky in that regard. >> host: how did you get to know him? >> guest: i got to know george as a young cold war historian. you cannot do cold war history without dealing with george f. kennan. i interviewed him a couple times and i wrote a book called strategies of containment which came out in 1982 and settled lot about george f. kennan's strategy of containment and started getting fan mail from george f. kennan hand written. you have understood my view is extremely well. i write back and say thanks and he sent another one. there are three of these. i had only met him three times at that point but i began to wonder is he angling for a biography of? i wrote and asked and he said it never occurre