chairman joe manchin of west virginia on how their states have coped during the recession.is about half an hour. >> good morning and thank you all for coming. it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this kickoff meeting of the national governors association and to welcome our governors and their staffs and families to the 2010 meeting of the national governors association. we have over 1,000 reg i strants for -- registrans -- ts for this couple of days of meetings and we will have some fun as well and we are happy to welcome so many people here to pump some dollars into our local economy. we estimate that local restaurants and entertainment venues and hotels will see an injection of about $3 million over the course of the next couple days arrived -- and we're challenging our guests to beat that projection and inviting them to do so. i want to thank all of the mechanics of the n.g.a. staff, of my own staff and those that will volunteer over the next few days to help us organize and manage a successful conference. i want to thank our leader. our outgoing chair of the nat

we do expect an announcement tomorrow from joe manchin. robert byrd was laid to rest just over one week ago in his home state. in a few minutes we will turn our attention to iraq, and later, it is called resurgence republic. a board member will join us concerning this new offshoot of the gop and its impact on the republican national committee. it is sunday, july 11. back in a moment. since 1986 jorge ramos has anchored the nine winners on univision. -- encourage the nightly news on the univision. we will speak to him tonight at 8:00 p.m. >> this weekend, fox news analyst andrew and the soliton no -- andrew napolitano. he is interviewed by four time presidential candidate ross nader. nonfiction books of this weekend on c-span2. you can check the schedule on booktv.org. this weekend on mine safety and the cable industry in europe. the maryland attorney a general and the cable europe president monday night on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we want to turn to iraq. all the mulally is the former minister of trade, defense, an

. >> on friday, west virginia governor joe manchin announced that the seat has been filled that was vacated by longtime senator robert byrd. mr. goodwin will have an immediate impact on the senate, starting with extending unemployment benefits. here is the governor's announcement. it is just under 30 minutes. >> you all can sit down, please. >> senator rockefeller, mr. president, first lady, the entire family, the first mom. just a few moments ago i signed the appropriate paperwork with the secretary of state to make this announcement official. robert c. byrd was a giant. he can never be replaced. i have said it can never fill his shoes, we just hope we can follow in his footsteps. i have waited to make this appointment because it is important to do this right. i want to thank the white house. i want to thank majority leader reid. i want to thank especially senator rockefeller in the entire senate for making this procedure and this process works flawlessly. for allowing west virginia to go to the process we have, they have been most gracious, and i truly want to give our thanks for that. th

i also want to thank and welcome our incoming chair, governor joe manchin of west virginia, who is also here and who has been a great friend adds -- as well and we're looking forward to his leadership over the coming session of the national governors association. we are looking forward to a very serious series of conversations having to do with health care reform at the national level and our responsibilities to implement it over the next several years. we'll be talking also about economic issues that we are facing in different ways in each of our states and every time that i've had an opportunity to participate over the last four years in n.g.a. sessions, i have learned things and benefited from the shared wisdom and the candor of other governors and their staffs and with -- we warmy welcome everyone here to boston and with that let me turn the podium over to the governor of vermont and the chair of the national governors association, jim douglas. >> thank you very much, governor patrick. let me begin by extending my appreciation and that of all our colleagues to you, to diane, to the

governor joe manchin today tapped carte goodwin, his former general counsel. he's 36 years old. goodwin will succeed the late robert byrd, who died last month at the age of 92. the state legislature is likely to call a special election in november. goodwin is expected to step aside so that governor manchin can run for the final two years of byrd's term. apple moved today to address the so-called "death grip" problem with its latest iphone. users have reported that holding the phone with your bare hand can obstruct part of the antenna and muffle the signal. apple c.e.o. steve jobs announced buyers will get free protective cases to fix the problem. he spoke at company headquarters in cupertino, california. >> we're not perfect. we know that. you know that. and phones aren't perfect either. but we want to make it-- make all of our users happy. and if you don't know that about apple, you don't know apple. >> sreenivasan: jobs also said only five of every thousand i-phone users have reported any problems, and he complained, "this has been blown so out of proportion that it's incredib

today, west virginia governor joe manchin is expected to name a temporary replacement for the late senator robert byrd. byrd died last month after serving more than 50 years in the senate. firefighters are battling at least 12 fires sparked by lightning in southern california in lake elsinore. at least one house burned to the ground. strong storms hit the detroit area thursday, flooding roads, downing trees and leaving more than 100,000 people without power. and a big scare on thursday for pink when the singer fell from a har n harness during a performance. she was rushed to the hospital and later tweeted nothing was broken and she would be fine. it's now 21 minutes past the hour pacific time. let's go back to you, matt, meredith and al. good thing she's okay. >> we're going to look at it again apparently. >> she tweeted to her fans that she hoped everybody thought it was cool. >> somebody else went offstage, too. >> how about a look at the weter? >> some heat to talk about, not just here but around the globe. june, the warmest on record. global, land and ocean surface temperatures. a litt

governor james douglas of vermont, and governor joe manchin of west virginia.re on c-span. >> tonight, a discussion on conservative women in politics and feminism with national review's catherine lopez. also, an update on the gulf of mexico oil spill. later, president obama campaigns for senate majority leader harry reid and talks about the economy in las vegas. >> the senate judiciary committee returns next week to vote on the nomination of elena kagan as the new supreme court justice. watch coverage on the c-span networks, and learn more about the nation's highest court in c- span is latest book, the supreme court, candid conversations with all the justices, active and retired, providing unique insight about the court. available in hardcover and as an e-book. >> now discussion on conservative women in politics and feminism with national review's catherine lopez. following her remarks, she took questions from the audience. it is about one hour. >> good afternoon. on behalf of the institute and the hectored -- and heritage foundation, i want to thank you all fo

west virginia's governor joe manchin will appointd's that person will serve until a permanent replacementamerican public souring on the war in afghanistan. just 43% say the war is worth fighting. that's down from 52% in december. that level of support for the afghan war is just about equal to that for the war in iraq. the dwindling support for the war in afghanistan seems to coincide with the increase in american casualties. last month was the deadliest for u.s. troops there since the nine-year war began. 60 americans died in afghanistan in june. and so far, at least 37 have died this month. >>> it is a difficult battle for firefighters in southern california. as they try to control dozens of w lightning strikes from severe thunderstorms sparked most of the fiterd evns hbee but up to 80 homs ag threatened. the fires are being pushed by unpredictable winds and crews have digt tture >>> the mercury has been rising worldwide. the first half of 2010 has been the warmest ever record from january to june, the average temperature climbed to 57.5 degrees. that's more than 1 degree higher than any