are you surprised to see this in a place like haiti, jackie? >> i would like to say i'm surprised, but year before last when i was covering the school collapse that came before the back-to-back hurricanes, everybody talked about the possibility of an earthquake because they know haiti opposites on the fault line that runs through the dominican republic through haiti. so even though people spoke about this, it was still not something you expected. but again, this is a nation that in the last couple years has had major chal lenglenges includinge four back-to-back storms. >> larry: you know haiti as well as anyone. the death toll is going to be incredible, isn't it in. >> yes. right now we haven't confirmed any deaths or casualties on the ground. we have reporters who left tonight to try to get to haiti across the border, but i'm being told two major communities, slums that are in the mountains, that they've collapsed. i've heard reports from people about hearing the mountains crumble. it won't be until daybreak that we really start to get an asse

jackie benson, news4. >>> still to come, they're stylish and sleek but they may have a smelly secret. washing up with some new home >>> facing tough budget decisions which means residents could be facing higher taxes. they expect a deficit of up to $100 million beginning next july. there are some proposals on the table that could raise taxes by about $5 a month for the average arlington homeowner. residents may also face a number. service cuts, and county employees may be laid off. residents can have their say in the budgeted decisions during public hearings in marchith a final vote set for next april. >>> some new home appliances are being touted as money savers. plenty of consumers are buzzing about front loading washing machines themselves sayhey are efficient and energy saving but also stinky. liz has more on how to avoid this smelly secret. >> reporter: this is wash day for virginia. the day she washes her washing machine. she fell in love with a fancy front loader. they're energy efficient, use less water, less electricity and they're beautiful and smelly. >> what happened first

and jackie kucinich.press" this morning john brennan, the top counterterrorism official in the obama administration hit back extremely hard at dick cheney who earlier in the week had harsh criticism for president obama. cheney said the president doesn't realize we're at war. here was the response this morning. watch. >> i'm very disappointed in the vice president's comments. i'm neither republican nor democrat. i've worked in the past five administrations. either the vice president is willingfully mischaracterizing this president's position both in terms of the languages he uses and the actions he's taken or he's ignorant of the facts. in either case it doesn't speak well of what the vice president's doing. >> karen, he's either ignorant of the facts or willfully mischaracterizing, what do you think of the pushback? >> it's about time. here's a president that's given us 500,000 more troops in afghanistan. we had an air strike last week killing, i believe, 30 militants. general petraeus met yesterday with

like jackie robinson, you always hit it out of the park. [ applause ] >> mrs. as a young woman who grew up in the immediate wake of your husband's historic achievements, i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your incredible strength all those years. and thank you as well for all you have done to keep your husband's spirit alive. i am honored to know you, and i only wish i could have known him. >> to those that have said dr. johnson, you have accomplished enough, just relax a little bit, what's driving you right now? >> life. i enjoy life. i enjoy living every day. every day is different for me. i don't do the same thing every day. i am a person that likes to explore different avenues. i like to do different things. i like to meet new people. i like to embrace people. i like to help others. i like to be there for people. >> i think one of the main differences with sheila johnson is that her fill lain philanthropicefforts are part of her daily life. she sees the work she does in building this company as a means by which she will better the world for

[applause] >> thank you very much jackie. next we are going to hear from senator john cullerton who is president of the illinois state senate. an addition to this wonderful position that john is in he is also a very famous legislator in the united states. there is a much highway safety legislation in the state of illinois that doesn't have his mark on it, so we are very pleased he is here today to support the roadmap report. >> thank you judy. today, more than 100 people will die. on our nation's highways. and do you know what? it is going to happen tomorrow too. just think about this. if there was a plane crash today and 100 people were killed, someone from every state in the nation was on that plane, it would be a phenomenal tragedy. it would be the leading news story throughout the world. and, the pictures of the people who died would be in every newspaper throughout the united states. now, how many days to think it would take of plane crashes or where 100 people were killed before congress and the president would immediat

i love saying that because i think "jackie brown" is underrated.olence you expect from tarantino, i didn't think it was gratuitous. but in this movie, these jewish soldier capture nazis, they torture them and they scalp them. they leave one alive to report back on what they've seen. and then later a couple members of the basterds, they strap explosives to their legs and they go into a theater with members of the nazi high command and some civilians. i mean, that kind of behavior, that makes them arguably terrorists. but you're rooting for them. so it really sort of i think makes you rethink the terms that we use. >> absolutely. >> it's a real thoughtful movie. >> that's when you know it's a good movie. >> well written. brad pitt did a nice job. >> number one, spanish language film. >> don't be scared off by that. >> english subtitles. this is called "without a name." here's a bit of the trailer. >> she was taking a chance to find a better life. he was caught up in a world of brutality. and when he tried to leave his violent past behind, his own gan

jackie garris is watching the weather center for us. and i have lived in minnesota for quite some time. we're used to seeing these stories. bottom line, it's not safe. >> there's never a guarantee the ice will be thick enough. even if it's thick enough, it will be stable enough. there are some guidelines speaking of minnesota. from the minnesota d & r. the general rules are in order to be able to stand or walk on ice, you need about four inches thick, and it should be clear thick ice. you should almost be able to see through it. for a snowmobile there, can you see five inches or so. for a car, 8 to 12 inches, that's a small car. for a medium sized truck, more than a foot of ice is needed. for an suv you're going to need more than that. thin and crispy way too risky, clear and blue, you're going to be okay going through. i can't imagine ice in georgia ever being thick enough to hold somebody. you have to be careful, because it can be very very dangerous, more than 10 fatalities at least across the nation being reported due to cold condit

that's what i falked about with jackie over this holiday sb and that's how i came to the conclusion thatere are moments for each elected public official to step aside and let someone else step up. this is my moment to step aside. there'll be time to reflect in more detail on the years i've spent in public service. there'll be time to celebrate victories and mourn setbacks and share laughs and memory and to thank profusely the talented, tireless, and numerous staffers, many of whom are here today, who have made my senate work possible. but that time is not now. my service isn't over. i still have one year left on my contract to the people of connecticut. one year from this week, our state will have a new united states senator. in the meantime, we have important work to do. so a few closing thoughts. i believe in bipartisan solutions, but i also believe you can only achieve those results with vibrant, robust, and civil partisan debate. i'm a democrat and very, very proud of my party's contributions to the vitality and strength of america. i would never have had the opportunity to serve in

jackie has done a great job raising money. we have all this money, all these resources, all these people, but what must we do? we must give them what? something to do. because if i walk into your headquarters, brooks, and i come to volunteer and you don't give me anything to do guess what? i am walking out and there's a 90% chance of what? as they say in the south i am not coming back. so you need to make sure -- this is it to your campaign manager -- the need to make sure as people are coming into the office they have something to do. and so what i'm going to do in a little bit is talk about the grassroots site where the trust me they will always have something to do on the grassroots site. always have something to do. so i'm going to talk about the four things they can constantly be doing that will keep them busy. voter registration. you are always looking for like-minded voters to register to vote for your dog, brooks, so when they come in you can say to them do you go to church? are you a member of the club? are you a memb

jackie went to dictionary.com for historical perception. >>> so we want to hear from you on this story. what do you think? do you think using the word negro on the census is outdated? should it still be listed if some people prefer it? sound off on my facebook page. search for jennifer westhoven, hln or e-mail us cnn.com/hln and dive into the discussion. we may read some of your answers on the air today. >>> most of san francisco's famous sea lions have disappeared. what happened to them? where did they go? it's been a big mystery, but now that mystery may be solved >>> maybe you heard about the big mystery in san francisco. hundreds of sea lions who had become a popular tourist attraction over the years just disappeared. well, we may now know where they went. it seems some of those sea lions went north, 500 miles north. the sea lions started showing up at a popular cave on the oregon coast. experts say it's probably because there's lots of sea lion food there, like anchovies. it's not totally a surprise that they made it so far. sea lions can swim 100 miles a day in search of food. mi

. >> we'll check back, jackie. thank you so much. >>> a personal message today on terrorism from barack obama. he made a direct connection between the suspect in the christmas day terror attack and an al qaeda force based in yemen. the president said the group in the arabian peninsula has attacked the u.s. before, and the u.s. he vowed is fighting back. >> as president, i've made it a priority to strengthen our partnership with the yemeni government, training their security forces, sharing intelligence and working with them to strike al qaeda terrorists. even before christmas day we had seen the results, training camps had been struck, leaders eliminated. all those involved in the attempted act of terrorism on christmas must know, you too will be held to account. >>> the president has been briefed on the meeting that took place between the president of yemen and general petrais. the president's remarks, tieing al qaeda forces in yemen to the christmas day attack. >> reporter: his strongest words yet, don. he had no

jackie gillan, thank you. and the delegate who is here -- a friend and one of the leaders in a marylanthe maryland general assembly. i've had the pleasure of working with him on this important legislation. most especially, i want to think anks the moms for sharing their personal stories, their stories of family tragedy, and for them working so diligently to try to make sure we do not have more family k@@ h vh hs we have seen significant progress in this country in driving safety laws, mothers against drunk driving have made an impact and others. we know from the continuing tragedy is that much more work remains to be done. this is an area where we need to continue to work, to move ahead e federal level. this report, as you know, has a slew of recommendations with respect to traffic safety and avoiding crashes. i want to focus specifically on the teen crash situation. in the family. i think all parents worry, understandably so, when they're teenagers and other young drivers get into the car. whether they are dr

but these two anchors, jackie bane and bob jordan, i know them personally, you're about to see not onlyt the news, but you're going to see their little act during the commercial breaks. it's become really news, kind of. everyone's watching it. it's a hit on youtube. here's cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: if you think listening to the news is depressing, imagine delivering it. >> the burningi inbuilding. >> three patrons were stabbed. >> an undercover drug operation. >> the toxic dirt ordnance. >> reporter: give us a break, a commercial break. there's a name for this -- >> what anchors do during commercial breaks. >> reporter: well, maybe not all anchors. at wgn in chicago, the weekend anchors do this on the first commercial break of every show, started -- >> we were so tickled to hear our names, we went ah -- >> and started pointing. >> wgn news at 9:00. >> reporter: this used to be something only the crew got to see. but then it landed on youtube. they have between two and two and a half minutes until the commercial break ends. >> getting close. >> reporter: moves range from -- >> john

host: jackie from texas. good morning.aller: i want to say i think the red cross is doing a wonderful job. so are others from other countries. i want to say to our people here we can't allow our countier to languish in poverty and poor health conditions, but for the grace of god, that could be us. when we fight over healthcare and basic thing that's people need, we have to realize where it could all go. the people of haiti could be helping themselves even more if they weren't poor and run down and without the kind of care they have needed for decades. we need to be very careful. i want to say congratulations. keep up the good work. guest: thank you. host: i'll follow up with the twitter comment that asks, what are you doing with the ongoing blood need? guest: at the current time, we are not needing extra blood for haiti. we have sent 300 units of blood to haiti at the question of the pan american medical association. at this point, they don't need anymore. host: to elaborate on the red cross and their role, the twitter com

. >> larry: you're the jackie robinson of female modeling. >> am i. >> larry: i hereby declare it.bout. still america's next top model, we'll talk about that too in 60 seconds. >> the next thing we have -- >> oh. >> a crystal ball. >> oh, that's nice. let me take a look at that. >> what do you see in your future, senator. >> it says -- i see the white house right there. [ announcer ] if you think about it, this is a lot like most job search sites. - they let everyone in, - [ crowd groans ] so the best people can't stand out. join theladders.com. the premium job site for only $100k+ jobs... and only $100k+ talent. >> larry: we're back with the terrifically talented tyra banks. "the tyra show" is now in its fifth season. it's won two daytime emmys for outstanding and informative talk show. here are some of tyra's more memorable moments. watch. >> looks like me. i can't really feel it. >> my name is tyra banks. >> this is -- >> say that again? >> my name is tyra banks. can we have some change? excuse me, sir, can we have some change? >> in this cape right now, going to unveil it. this

jackie robinson going from georgia to pasadena, california. >> guest: true the. >> host: or kurt floodho came from oakland, california. >> guest: right. >> host: i was just talking with someone about that the other day, when marvin miller was looking for someone to challenge the reserve clause, he was looking for an african-american athlete who was not from the south but who was influenced by the broader tenor of the times. >> guest: right. >> host: sugar ray was influenced by what it meant to live in harlem at that time, and harlem in my ways is a character in the story. people should know this is not a typical biography. it's certain lit not a -- certainly not a typical sports biography. you have these marvelous personifications of jazz music and why is it important to understand harlem to understand sugar ray robinson? >> guest: well, people always say a statement, you know, people always say he had such style, or she had such style. well, what does that mean? i was intrigued with -- >> host: what is style? >> guest: yeah, what is style. i just didn't want to write the book and tell

host: jackie combs has a story in the "new york times" that there's been a lot of talk back and forthabout the bipartisan commission to reduce the deficit. meeting last week to talk about this. senator supports the idea, white house saying there will be a vote on tuesday. if it doesn't pass then the president will a point a commission on it's own. guest: commission to deal with the budget deficit right now is like - you know - buying flood insurance when your house is on fire. the notion that the problem the country is facing right now is a deficit, is draft and of course there's an ideological agenda to this to gut entitlement. the whole thing that's driving this train is that there's a certain vested interest inside washington. not out in the country that want to cut entitlements and pair back government and redistribute money from people that are - working people paying taxes into the hands of - you know wall street essentially. that's what the ideological agenda is here. >> this is a plan to set up a doom's day machine to do what congress won't do. they won't cut spending and they

i am in specially adapted to jack elite -- to jackie for her fierce loyalty -- her unlimited capacity for empathy and the needs of others. she has truly been my anchor in these stormy political waters. there is nothing more pathetic in my view that a politician who announces their only leaving public life to spend more time with their family. the result of this announcement today, i hope will create that opportunity, but it is not the reason for my decision. i am a very late arrival in father had as many of you know. and i am told repeatedly by some of you here today that these young children of mine will grow up very fast. so while these young ladies are not the reason for my decision, they will be an incredible benefit of the choice i make today. on this, the sixth of january, the epiphany, 2010, i am still driven by the same passions that motivated me to try my hand at politics so many, many years ago. just as i have encouraged the people of connecticut, i am looking to the future with a spirit of optimism, confidence, and finally once again, for those of you gathered here today an

jackie gillan, thank you. and the delegate who is here -- a friend and one of the leaders in a marylanthe maryland general assembly. i've had the pleasure of working with him on this important legislation. most especially, i want to think anks the moms for sharing their personal stories, their stories of family tragedy, and for them working so diligently to try to make sure we do not have more family members who have to share those stories of tragedy. we have seen progress in this country on driving safety laws. mothers against drunk driving has made an important impact. others have made an impact. we know from the continuing tragedy is that much more work remains to be done. this is an area where we need to continue to work at the state level and the federal level. this report has a slew of recommendations with respect to traffic safety and avoiding crashes. i want to focus on the teen crash situation, and like my colleague, dr. wright, i also have two teenage drivers in the family. i think all parents worry,

that's what i falked about with jackie over this holiday sb and that's how i came to the conclusion that in the long sweep of american history, there are moments for each elected public official to step aside and let someone else step up. this is my moment to step aside. there'll be time to reflect in more detail on the years i've spent in public service. there'll be time to celebrate victories and mourn setbacks and share laughs and memory and to thank profusely the talented, tireless, and numerous staffers, many of whom are here today, who have made my senate work possible. but that time is not now. my service isn't over. i still have one year left on my contract to the people of connecticut. one year from this week, our state will have a new united states senator. in the meantime, we have important work to do. so a few closing thoughts. i believe in bipartisan solutions, but i also believe you can only achieve those results with vibrant, robust, and civil partisan debate. i'm a democrat and very, very proud of my party's contributions to the vitality and strength of america. i would n

the man said russian sulted jackie kennedy and bill clinton's mother at her funeral. said, well i would be disappointed but the fact is that it was true. this man -- something has to be done. every time the democrats go after him about 8,000 graduating dodo heads come out. the way you do it. i'm talking to african american people out there. just boycott any station that carries rush limbaugh. he's a debtment to this country. host: one last call from california a republican. you get the last word here. caller: ok. thanks. i'm a republican, i'm black. i'm 68 years old. i see some of the things going on. i don't think there was any change in what is happening. i don't believe there's any change. i don't believe there's going to be any change. you have the majority of people democrats still calling in and blaming bush for what has happened and they have the congress, the house, the president. allse

jackie went to dictionary.com and said -- and mike says -- >>> ralph nader isn't giving up on his lawsuit presidential candidate tried to sue in a d.c. frl appeals court, but didn't file his suit soon enough. now, he's taken his suit to maine. his lawyer says they used the courts to sabotage nader's independent campaign. he appeared on the ballot in 34 states and won less than 1% of the vote in 2004. >>> robert gates plans to stay in his job another year. he was first appointed by president bush and reappointed by president obama. in an interview last year, he described his job as a very painful thing. a spokesman says before christmas, gates told president obama held stay for at least another year. >>> the house and senate are trying to work out their issues over health care legislation. right now, they differ over how to pay for it, how many people to cover and how to restrict taxpayer funding for abortion. >> once i sign health insurance reform into law, doctors and patients will have more control over their health care decisions and insurance company bureaucrats will have less. all to

it paid off, jackie o keeping her kids away from the rest of the kennedys. >> host: it seems that wayeat loss. that would've been one of the most nonpolitical magazines out there but it couldn't survive his loss. he was george magazine. >> host: earlier in your career, and, you came to washington and you apply to be an intern at the national journalism center. and i have a little inside information actually because i have some relations who are involved there. >> guest: can we get back to the book? i don't know what you're going to say but i get very uncomfortable when the subject is a sub one ideas. >> host: a year ago -- >> guest: it was not tongue-in-cheek. >> host: what do you think of her secretary? >> guest: no, i'll say one thing that sort of surprised me since the election that john mccain oddly enough seems to have actually been won over taxcutting because he voted against both of bush's tax-cut. he was a big opponent of amnesty. he wanted to shut down gitmo. a forgetting of the democratic party had rather have them get the blame rather than us. and it's just something about

jackie on the independent line. caller: you avoided a couple of questions. one man asked about the investment and better technology by texaco. you also never entered the question on wages. general motors has a two-tiered wage system. it would no -- it would be nice to know what they are. it should be public knowledge. when you lower people's wages -- i want to know what wages you pay in western europe and in the south american countries compared to what you paid in the united states? also, canada and mexico. i understand canadian wages are much higher. guest: i would really need to bring the manufacturing teams to talk about the wage structure. they are probably the right expert on the topic. in general, we are focused on building great cars, trucks, and crossovers. we have a number of examples where we are building some small cars in the u.s. is clearly a competitive environment out there. we are comparing the wage structure. i would say the salt salt [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> "washington journal" talked to several represent

of yet another generation of our family in the the political arena, and i'm especially indebted to jackie for her fairness and unlimited capacity of empathy for the needs of others. she has truly been my anchor to windward this these stormy political waters. now, there's nothing more pa thetic in my view than a politician who announces they're only leaving public life to spend more time with their family. i hope this will create the opportunity, but it's not the reason for my decision. i'm a very late arrival in fatherhood, as many of you know, and i'm told repeatedly by some of you here today that these young children of mine, grace who's 8 and christina who's 4, will grow up very fast. so while these young ladies are not the reason for my decision, they'll be an incredible benefit of the choice i make today. on this, the 6th of january, the epiphany, 2010, i'm still driven by the same passions that motivated me to try my hand at politics so many, many years ago. and just as i've encouraged the people of connecticut, i'm looking to the future with a spirit of optimism and confidence and

performing the duties of the acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, secretaries and jackie-- secretary shinseki will be here and the deputy commander for reserve affairs for the green car. we have rather admiral daniel holloway -- rear admiral daniel holloway. we're pleased to welcome the deputy commander for the joint task force of capital medicine. the joint stop surgeon -- we have brigadier-general byron hepburn. we are pleased to have bonnie carroll, the director of the tragedy assistance program. please join me in welcoming our distinguished guests. [applause] i cannot tell you what it is to look across this audience. of all the things that are demanding our attention, that each of you would make this a priority. it speaks volumes. this is not business as usual. we're here over the next few days to learn, to share, to grow, to connect. as i look across this room icy colleagues and friends from the be a -- i see colleagues and friends from the va. i see nco's. i see retirees. i see family members who have survived the tragedy of suicide and who are our experts from whom

after that, jackie, vice president at that kids will present the findings of this year's report and senator john cullerton president of the illinois the senate will get his perspective. following them, we will hear from susan vavala of delaware and marge lee of new york, who are mothers who've lost children in terrible car crashes. the or the human faces of this never-ending american tragedy that takes the lives of tens of thousands of family members and friends each year creating personal lifelong losses that words cannot adequately describe. and these are losses we say are largely preventable. we will secure from dr. joseph wright of the american academy of pediatrics and dr. wright is the children's medical center in washington, d.c.. and dr. steven hargarten at the medical college of wisconsin. these are too mentally in the trenches of highway safety war. we're pleased be joined by bill martin and former administrator and public citizen president emeritus joan claybrook but shares of advocates for highway and auto safety on our board of directors and then we will complete the speaker a

jackie on the independent line. caller: you avoided a couple of questions. one man asked about the investment and better technology by texaco. you also never entered the question on wages. general motors has a two-tiered wage system. it would no -- it would be nice to know what they are. it should be public knowledge. when you lower people's wages -- i want to know what wages you pay in western europe and in the south american countries compared to what you paid in the united states? also, canada and mexico. i understand canadian wages are much higher. guest: i would really need to bring the manufacturing teams to talk about the wage structure. they are probably the right expert on the topic. in general, we are focused on building great cars, trucks, and crossovers. we have a number of examples where we are building some small cars in the u.s. is clearly a competitive environment out there. we are comparing the wage structure. i would say the manufacturing side would be the best to answer the question. host: the general manager for chevrolet. thank you. more

host: jackie o'neill, thank you for being here, and coming up next we will have rolf mowatt larssen, republican governor, hailey barber. cnn will hostx mitch mcconnell and robert gibbs. you can listen to all five morning talk shows on c-span radio, nationwide on satellite radio, 132, and you can listen to us on the web at c-span.org, and follow us on twitter. >> on the first time stu art benjamin. >> today on "newsmakers," senator byron dorgan. >> senator, a moment ago you mentioned health care, do you think that the president made a mistake mentioning this? >> i do, not that health care is not important, but the timing is not good. to put together a health care proposal that can get through the congress. i personally would have said let's work exclusively on restarting the economic work engine again and put people back to work. i am sure that the president would say that he is working on that too. but i would have said that first. but the president won the election, and his position, you can't fix that without fixing the health care. and we found a variety of menu health care change

performing the duties of the acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, secretaries and jackie -- secretary shinseki will be here and the deputy commander for reserve affairs for the green car. we have rather admiral daniel holloway -- rear admiral daniel holloway. we're pleased to welcome the deputy commander for the joint task force of capital medicine. the joint stop surgeon -- we have brigadier-general byron hepburn. we are pleased to have bonnie carroll, the director of the tragedy assistance program. please join me in welcoming our distinguished guests. [applause] i cannot tell you what it is to look across this audience. of all the things that are demanding our attention, that each of you would make this a priority. it speaks volumes. this is not business as usual. we're here over the next few days to learn, to share, to grow, to connect. as i look across this room icy colleagues and friends from the be a -- i see colleagues and friends from the va. i see nco's. i see retirees. i see family members who have survived the tragedy of suicide and who are our experts from who

[applause] >> thank you very much, jackie. next we'll hear from senator john cullerton.e is also a very famous legislator in the united states. there's not much highway safety legislation in illinois that does not have his mark. we're pleased that he is here today to support the roadmap report. >> thank you. today more than 100 people will die on our nation's highways. it will happen tomorrow, too. just think about this. if there was a plane crash today and 100 people were killed, someone from every state in the nation was on that plane. it would be a phenomenal tragedy. it would be the leading news story throughout the world. the pictures of the people who died would be in every newspaper throughout the united states. how many days do you think it would take uof plane crashes where 100 people were killed before congress and the president would immediately have hearings, a joint session of congress, national addresses, to stop the plane crashes? i would say only a few. my former colleague, president obama, who served with for eight years in springfield, who co- sponsored

jackie on our independent line.it would be nice if you would advise the people in this country what your political status is. c-span neglected to advise the people that mr. kitcher was a very staunch conservative and has been. so where do you stand? and the problem that i have with your comments is didn't alabama keep a poll tax in effect in alabama for several years? i'll take your answer off the air. guest: well, thank you very much for that question. i am a democrat. i served in 14 years in office as a democrat as a state legislature, state secretary of state and as a u.s. congressman. so i am a democrat. i am -- i have never been a highly partisan person. i've been not only interested in buy racial politics and bipartisan politics. and you're right, alabama did have a poll tax until it was knocked out. if you study southern history, it's -- you see continue nutes. but you also see change. and there has been dramatic change in southern politics over the years. host: cleveland, ohio. go ahead. caller: thank you. i

mainstream media, the style of reporters and political reporters have concentrated on or a -- aura to jackieonassis and that is why did the second chapter of "culture of corruption" to michelle obama. i have no opinion on her looks, and i really could, you know, couldn't care less about what belt she's wearing so i actually have a feature on my block where there is a new magazine cover of michelle obama or a fashion diagnosis of her on a counter it with a substantive reporting board linked to articles or information about what she's actually doing behind the scenes and who she has surrounded herself with the lives of her best friends are with her in the east wing including susan scher who hired her at the university chicago medical center and worked for her at the old firm, said ne -- sydney and wallsten. they were part of the circle in chicago and these are women who carved out mighty careers as public and political figures because of their money ties and ability to raise funds for obama. this is a tight knit circle and crosses between the east wing and the west wing and it gives light to t

. >> jackie holmes with the "new york times."i want to know, especially from senator domenici, one of the problems facing the white house efforts to put a commission together, is just coming to the table. the republican leaders of the house and senate have said they won't come to negotiations while taxes are on the table. senator mitch mcconnell said yesterday he would come to a spending commission, but not one with taxes on the table. >> he would come to would kind? >> spending. >> well, i have told you in a lengthy conference, which i appreciate an early story you wrote about what we talked about. thank you. the clear to this senator that the problem is so big that you can measure the amount of deficit reduction you're going to have to get. and if you want it to be bipartisan, since the an american debt, it doesn't belong to republicans or democrats -- it belongs to americans, incurred by americans, for americans. if you want that, you've got to put entitlements on the table. and if you to, you have to put taxes on the table. i

it paid off, jackie o.eeping her kids away from the rest of the kennedys. >> host: it seemed that way. >> guest: it was really great loss. those would have been one of the most fun political magazines out there but it could not survive his loss. he was george magazine. >> host: early in your career you came to washington and apply to be an intern at the national journalism center. i i don't i don't inside because i have some relations or involved there. >> guest: came in get back to the book? i don't know what you are going to say. i just it's very uncomfortable when the subject is an culture and not the ideas. >> host: what you think of our secretary of state? >> guest: a lot better than william ehers which i considered a possibility under obama. no, i mean i will say one thing that sort of surprise me since the election that john mccain of the nav seems two of actually ben wendover and tax cutting because he voted against both bush tax cuts. he was a big proponent of manatee. he wanted to shut down gitmo.

mainstream media, the style reporters and political reporters have concentrated on her are a as the next jackie onassis that they have given short shrift to her public record which is why i devoted the second chapter to michele obama. i have no opinion on her looks. i really couldn't care less about what belt she is wearing this week. i had an ongoing feature on my blog where every time there is a new magazine cover of michele obama or some fashion diagnosis of her eye counter it with substantive reporting work links to articles or information about what she is actually doing behind-the-scenes and sushi has surrounded herself with. some of her best friends are with her in the east wing including susan scherer who hired her at the university of chicago medical center. these are women who have carved out mighty careers as public and political figures because of their money ties and their ability to raise funds for obama. this is a very tight knit circle and it crosses in between the east and west and it gives a lie to this idea that michele obama is simply there to hold tee and give nice tours of

. >> i am jackie. i am from morris, minnesota. i am a democrat. i don't have a lot of campaign experience, just a little volunteer. but i have heard great things about this class. >> i am very vienna, austria, and i am a grad student over at s.o.c., focusing on political communications. that is why i am here, and i am a d in american terms. >> i am derrick. i am a graduate student in the public policy program, and the last campaign i worked on was romney for president. i am taking this class because i hope to make a career out of it. >> my name is michael. i am a senior here at a.a.u. i am a democrat, and my campaign experience has started from 15 up to a precinct captain in iowa. i am taking this class to round out my complete a.u. political education. >> i am joe, from a small town in up state new york. i am a democrat. i have interned from a small consulting firm who raised money for jim webb and chuck schumer. i have heard it is a good experience and a great class. >> my name is jonathan baker. i am from outside of boston, massachusetts. >> wh

>> i'm jackie northam with npr. i wonder if you could help me. your charting the development of abu yahya as he goes in the relationship with al-zawahiri and are you garnering any information where bin laden is. this forum is called the next bin laden. what does that actually mean? do you have any idea if he's on his way out or if he's already gone or where he sits in the whole, you know, calculation of what al-qaeda is doing right now again as you chart the growth of abu yahya. >> thanks, jarret, would you like to start? >> the question of who made bin laden is one -- i'll leave that to smarter people who have written longer books about that. who's making the next bin laden i think is a beautifully phrased rhetorical question that maybe we can all debate that that. hopefully i'm not but i don't know. in terms of is he an opposition to bin laden and zawahiri? yeah, change hurts a little bit. and we've talked about issues kind of related to it. i don't have anything profound on any of these questions so, brian, you'll have to come through and fina

[applause] nk you very uc jackie. next we'll hear from senator john cullerton. is also a very famous legislator in the united states. there's not much highway safety legislation in illinois that does not have his mark. we're pleased that he is here today to support the roadmap report. >> thank you. today more than 100 people will die on our nation's highways. it will happen tomorrow, too. just think about this. if there was a plane crash today and 100 people were killed, someone from every state in the nation was on that plane. it would be a phenomenal tragedy. it would be the leading news story throughout the world. the pictures of the people who died would be in every newspaper throughout the united states. how many days do you think it would take uof plane crashes where 100 people were killed before congress and the president would immediately have hearings, a joint session of congress, national addresses, to stop the plane crashes? i would say only a few. my former colleague, president obama, who served with for eight years in springfield, who co- sponsored

pennsylvania in the collective embrace of her four brothers who she adored, jerry, bosey and her jackie. certain in their love, secure and their protection and nurtured by their loyalty and affection. by their words and their deeds they instilled a sense of self-confidence and competence allowing her to learn and trust her instincts and never be afraid to take risks knowing she was any man or woman's equals. as long as i can remember in scranton mom was referred to by her family, her extended family, her friends and neighbors as our jean. it's kind scranton thing as the scrantonians know. that was at least until she met the man she referred to as the most handsome man she ever met, joe biden from wilmington delaware, our dad. in our view, mom was the sole spirit in essence of what it meant to be an irish-american mother. devoted to a roman catholic faith, proud of her irish heritage, fiercely protective of her family and deeply committed to her husband and always loyal to her friends. to mom, the greatest virtue was courage. she taught her children the thickest of substance was blood wh

that is what i talked about with jackie over this holiday season. that is how i came to the conclusion that the long see the american history there are moments for each elected public official to step aside and let someone else to step up. this is my moment to step aside. there will be time to reflect a more details on the years i have spent some public service. there will be time to celebrate victories and more and setbacks, a share last and memories and to gain profusely the talented, tireless, and numerous others, many of them are here today to lead made by senate work possible. that time is not now. i still have one year left of the contract. one year from this week, our state will have a new united states senator. in the meantime, we have important work today. a few closing thought. i believe in bipartisan solutions. i also believe you can only achieve those results with my friends, robust, and civil partisan debate. i am a democrat and very proud of my party's contributions to the vitality and strength of america. ellen never have had the of t