caller: this is bruce in jacksonville. host: sorry about that. go ahead. caller: i was just mar velling at some of the things, especially the lady talking about aids. i was mar fling at the lady talking about aids. aids came from africa and it was a heterosexual disease to start off with. and there was an hbo movie years ago that they did the whole thing of when the young guy worked for cdc, alan aleda plays in it. but going on to other things. everybody's talking about obama doing this and doing that but we're rushing into everything. and they want the government to pay for everything. and nobody seems to realize that the government is your money. you know. you're going to pay for it eventually. and i jist don't understand why the american public doesn't understand that government is spending your money. host: more about the story of the supreme court nominee quiting an all-women's club. says the club bills itself as a women's answer to the 130-year-old all male bo heemion club in california to which chief justice earl warren belong ds before he joined th

the case of jacksonville? the case said that a fire chief's decision not to establish a four captain positions for promotion was not illegal because the reason he made that decision was not to promote the four white men. how is that different than this situation? >> we did not take any steps. >> how is that different than not establishing the four captains positions? he did not certify a list that would have led to the appointment of the plaintiffs. one or more of the plaintiffs, not each one individually. >> we all know where it is going to land in this case. >> know. if you knew what their test score was and what order they came in. the top three had to be offered for promotion. one of the three had to be packed. we do not know if there was an alternative method. >> you have not told me where the board has any evidence to base a decision that a reasonable alternative existed or would exist to improve these numbers. again, your honor, they did have several sources. it is not so much the issue of whether there

i do think that there are pockets -- i just visited my son in jacksonville, north carolina. car dealerships are having some problems there, but that is almost recession-proof. i think it will take more time. the stimulus money is just reaching us. it is coming in and county bridges are being worked on, county bridges are being worked on. host: following up on a couple of her comments, this article in u.s. debt -- usa today. where some of the stimulus spending is going. it's as cash goes to districts and legislators directing funds. most of the $2.2 billion in economic stimulus money for the army corps of engineers construction projects are being spent in the home districts of members of congress who can oversee the funding. two-thirds of that money will be spent in states with this represented by the members of the house and senate subcommittees. they are building and fixing water and sewer lines, reservoirs' come up levees. they also right that the states getting the most money, california, mississippi, illinois, texas, and florida, all have member serving on the infrastruc

bruce, jacksonville, fla. should this deal go through? should it be block? caller: the united autoworkers is going to have about 30%, fiat will have about 20%. as far as the factories for ford, general motors, and chrysler, they have had factories outside of the country for years because the uaw price themselves out of the market. they go where they can get a car built cheaper so that they can sell it for more so that they can make more money for the stockholders. the thing that gets me with chrysler is that the president has changed the rules and secured bondholders, we are told, they were told sari, you get nothing. that has been in our bankruptcy law for 150 years. now the president just changed it? take it or leave it. host: thank you. i can read some of the details. this emergency request went to ruth bader ginsberg. she can act on her own, or she can refer it to the entire court. here are some of the details. first of all, the indiana state police pension fund, police and teacher retirement fund, claiming the deal that -- claiming that the deal is unfa

position, but i do think there are pockets -- i just visited my friends, a marine corps captain in jacksonvillenorth carolina. his job is almost recession- proof. carl dealerships are having trouble there, but that is nearly recession-proof. you still see a great deal because of the effect of the large military installations there. it will take more time. the stimulus money is just reaching us. for whatever reason, i don't know. but it is coming in and county bridges are being worked upon, county roads are being repaired. but i think that it will be a while. host: thanks for your input this mine. just following up on a couple of her comments. this article is on where some of the stimulus money is going. cash goes to the streets of legislators directing the core funds. most of the $2.2 billion for the army corps of engineers construction projects wawill be spent in the home districts of members of congress to oversee that funding. two-thirds of the money will be spent in states or districts represented by members of the house and senate appropriations subcommittee staff director of the corps of

the high school in florida produced the mayor of jacksonville.had golf, drycleaning, we had arts, we had a variety of different programs for high school. we had over 1,500 black students. today, i look around different parts of the country, they're cutting out band, cutting out home ec. they're cutting out a lot of stuff. what brought about the demise of public schools? guest: well, i wish i had a quick answer for that one. it is a historical phenomena. you mentioned some of the things that are being cut now, particularly in this tough economy. i do think, seriously, that one of the things we're witnessing, the old model, the industrial-age model of the school district that has a strong central bureaucracy that dictates downward to the school is not surviving economically in other ways as well. i think that explains some of why when cuts have to be made they are affecting the kinds of vital programs you talked about. the things that make school boards work for kids. we think a model that has a lot more central bureaucracy and puts the funds, the

host: jacksonville, florida. caller: ok, my opinion on this -- this question has come up sometimes during the election until the present. there is a love affair with him, but not a positive one. i get a lot of my news from watching you all or maybe cnn, or talk radio, but my point is, i cannot understand a country who is so upset that his not lashing out of another country about how the people feel about the president, but in this country, look at the lack of respect that this president gets. several of your callers you may ask them to give an example on how that feel the media is in love with him but you never correct them that he is liar. i think that is a rude, bold statement, but these american citizens to lash out at the president -- if only have one who can read and they are upset with that. the have a president who takes his time to speak to the people, to inform the people and not want the people to be in the dark and ignorant, but we are upset about that? america who wants to be the land of the free, but

. >> buck: he was at double-a jacksonville. leroux is not -- has not had much experience much like tim wood. this is leroux's second stint with the ball club. he came up early in the season. made an appearance in one game. pitched two innings and then got sent back down. this is just his second major league appearance here. >> jim: wieters will lead off. andino on deck and then the pitcher's spot. wieters takes a ball. matt is 0--- 0-3 on the night and 4-18 on the trip. mention marlins go on the road after the game, but only cross state to tampa. they have the road portion of their home at home with the rays. the rays were here in may, but it's only a three-game road trip. they come right back when the nationals finish with the orioles on sunday. nanls nationals will fly here. nats are here monday, tuesday and wednesday night. so, nationals completing a six- game home stand. they're on the road for just three. then, they come home for another six-game home stand. 12-15 a stretch here at home and they're playing well 2-2 is foul

the mayo clinic has limited the number of medicare patients that it is taking in jacksonville. that's a frightening, frightening statement about an indictment of our current system. the limitation of care under medicare system i know very well and firsthand as a physician practicing under that system, and medicare limits the ability of physicians to care for patients in a remarkable number of ways. so i would join the chairman and hoping that we would have a very thoughtful, sober, reflective, honest debate and discussion. and if we do that, i have great faith we will come up with a system that will reflect the ideals of americans. >> i thank the gentleman. and i would just conclude with this comment. an american president stood up and said that the country needed a law to be sure that every person had access to quality health care and health insurance. and he said that if we did not take steps to achieve that objective, that the economy of the country would suffer greatly, and more importantly individuals and families would suffer greatly. that president was harry truman, and

gutierrez is from jacksonville, florida. betty, democrats live. caller: i would like to know how the banks can get away with charging a person almost $8,000 out of their pocket with cash up front, and when it comes to real modifying, -- but they cut off an arm with an fha loan. the other thing i wanted to let you know is, a lot of the mortgage prices, when you call, they will say, well, what do you think your house is worth? you tell them what you would sell for, and they will tell you, well, i think we can get somebody to prison for that. and that is how your mortgages go up and people cannot afford them. guest: look, obviously within the framework that we are going to be discussing today with secretary geithner than the present a's proposal, there is a new consumer protection agency. we are going to take their responsibility away from the fed. the fed actually has the responsibility. they have these new larger responsibilities. we are going to take that away and segregate it because we really do think the consumer protection is very important. s

jacksonville, florida, pat, on our republican line. caller:, one to ask ms. brown a question. -- i want to ask ms. brown a question. the undocumented immigrants covered in the bill are listed as 47 million. that is simply not true. it is stated that 67% of americans who do not have insurance do so because they do not get it. they could afford it. i am using the citizenship check, which apparently obama and the democrats who are putting the plan out are not including. i think that is a serious issue. i think the fact that he has basically said that he is not going to do anything about lawyers -- you ask any doctor who is paying $1 million for medical malpractice, if they do not do something to cap the trial lawyers, all you are doing is adding 47 million more people who can sue doctors. host: ms. budoff brown. guest: senator max baucus have said that undocumented immigrants will not receive benefits under this bill. he has stated pretty clearly that that will not happen. you are right that the 47 million, there are different kinds of uninsured in that group. t

irina is next from jacksonville, florida. caller: hello, thank you for c- span. host: certainly.ller: i am a medical professional and also in breast cancer survivor and the mother of an autistic boy. i have seen problems from both sides in many ways. and the mammoth in the room that no one t

naomi is on the phone from jacksonville, florida. the republican line. caller: i was just calling about the subject this morning about governor's sanford -- gov. sanford. the lady two or three calls earlier comparing the democrats and republicans and the response from the news media and the difference and the contrast. as a female, i believe that the marriage is between the two people and what happens is between the two people and i think these two people are trying to work out their problems. i do believe, like the lady before me, that if you are a conservative, you are going to be treated almost -- different than the democrats are treated. and that is through the media. but you have people out here who know and see through this, as i as a black female, i am not from south carolina but i'm from a for giving family. i do know this man is really neat and humble -- meek and humbled did i think the white already know about. trying to work it out. somebody in that state's hate his guts, he stands up and is a maverick and stands up for what he believes in. ye

and south florida and the line goes from actually pretty far north of near to all county near jacksonville and slices diagonally across the state over to the gulf area. north florida was sparsely populated, holds out the terms of customs and beliefs and so forth, south florida was a growing area in the mid 20 a century with areas such as tampa bay area in miami dade and so you have this political battle being pitched between north and south florida. port jumpers for the senators from north florida who control the state government, they represented only 15 percent of the population but because of the way the seats were apportioned going back to post reconstruction, they could control the senate which was the seat of power, relatively weak understate in the 20th-century. most of the people who serve on this committee who initiated this committee or at the porkchoppers from north florida. one more thing to think about in this case is that it was a highly centralized government in terms of the board of education and i think it was so like any other stain at the time, the state kamen actually w

host: let's go to our next call, jacksonville, florida. caller: yeah. i was not going to try to get through until i heard that first lady call. i hope you give me half the time you give her. to just sit there and laugh and grin and agree with her as she was quoting the bible, and the last caller who said that he was afraid of the bill and what was going to do with him. he ought to be afraid of those two senators he has in oklahoma. one of them claimed to be a doctor. i will give you credit, at least you call it cap and trade. burton and all those guys, all those guys call it "cap and tax. even neil caputo from fox news calls it cap and tax. that is the image the republican party has got. you just stand up for business so much, you have the image, and the business committee chamber of commerce supports from day one, no discussion, no nothing, just take care of the chamber. looking at "the wall street journal" and those crazy folks you are talking about. "the washinton post" yesterday, 70% of people support this. the actual figure -- and you all keep quot

here's part of the security assessment -- i'll name this court, jacksonville, it says, it has a large physical layout of its facilities. three noncontiguous term nams. the port represents a lucrative target to would-be smugglers and terrorists. this amendment by the way it is crafted, it should be revised, would prohibit florida from even if they want to, and still can with this amendment, they can issue their own card. but they can't conduct a criminal background check. that's wrong. that's wrong. we can't provide cover for thugs and criminals. and you hear from this report that it does pose both a criminal and terrorist threat. that needs to be addressed. this amendment the way it's crafted does not do that. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from pennsylvania yields back the balance of his time. mr. dent: i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the the gentlelady from florida. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is adopted. it is now in

caller: i am from jacksonville, fla. i wanted to ask if she still thinks the naacp today is still necessary to fight for african- american rights. is it still required? guest: that is a good question. i think something is required i think the naacp with its history and 100th anniversary this year, some of the bridges do fantastic work. i think it is probably the way to go. here is wide. we have just had recent reports that the employment discrimination complaints at the eeoc have increased exponentially. most of them have to do with race discrimination. many of them have been found that should be pursued. the eeoc will not sue them, but you will get a right to sue a letter to sue them yourselves. we have found that the unemployment rate for african- americans is now twice that of whites. the latino unemployment rate is up exponentially. there are many claims of age discrimination and the like. i think the naacp is better positioned to because of its history in experience to deal with these issues. yes, i do think it is i