john huntsman global chemicals company. gary kriten don just left the ceo of citibank. we have those kinds of relationships. i don't think financing's going to be a problem going forward. granted, you know, equity -- equity infusion's going to be 50%. but -- at least. so i think that's one of the big issues we face right now. >> all right. well, thank you very much. we appreciate it. secret weapon may be shaw. >> he'll love that. >> up next, billy mays is gone, but his pitches live on and they are still selling. we'll be back with that after this. the chevy open house. where getting a new vehicle is easy. because the price on the tag is the price you pay on remaining '08 and '09 models. you'll find low, straightforward pricing. it's simple. now get an '09 silverado xfe with an epa estimated 21 mpg highway for under 28 thousand after all offers. go to chevy.com/openhouse for more details. you have questions. who can give you the financial advice you need? where will you find the stability and resources to keep you ahead of this rapidly evolving world? these are tough que

governor john huntsman as the next ambassador to china, john riss ambassador to japan, john allyson as ambassador to mongolia, and between them these nominees to bring roughly 120 years of government experience, a senior manager experience in industry and enormous amount of institutional knowledge and know-how. i know you have members of your family is here and what we will do is ask you at the proper time before your statements if you introduce them to the committee. i apologize up front because i will be having to leave it to go to the finance committee, we are struggling to get the health care bill done and we have an executive session shortly. but senator web who chairs the subcommittee is going to chair this hearing and i think him for his role and diligent approach to the issues with all of east asia would which he has had a long interest in it and knows a lot about. obviously our bilateral relationship with china and japan in particular have enormous evidence across a range of global and regional issues from climate change to the financial crisis to the situation on the korean p

and then finally, president obama's pick to be ambassador of china, republican utah governor john huntsmanation hearing before the senate foreign relations committee. >> and mark, as we get ready for the news conference tonight, we should point out david axelrod, is going to be on with chris matthews in a couple of minutes. that's going to be intriguing. mark, we are getting bombarded with messages about mark sanford. have you been able to decipher what he means when he says oh almost canceled his european vacation with his kids but his kids had raised money for it? >> what is he talking about? >> we haven't gotten to the bottom of that. one thing that is interesting is the amount of vacations that the governor has actually been taking. whether or not it was to argentina or the metaphorical appalachian trail we had talked about which he didn't go on. and then obviously, on the coast in south carolina where he was with his wife. and now talks about a european travel. >> that makes it so intriguing because so many people said he had abandoned the state. one would think if he's trying to prov

governor john huntsman, who is here today. john has deep experience living and working in asia, and unlike me, he speaks fluent mandarin chinese. he also happens to be a republican who co-chaired senator mccain's campaign. and i think that demonstrates john's commitment to serving his country and the broad bipartisan support for positive and productive relations between the united states and china. so thank you, john, for your willingness to serve. today, we meet in a building that speaks to the history of the last century. it houses a national memorial to president woodrow willson, a man who held office when the country was so young and the leadership was emerging. it is named for ronald reagan, a man who came of age during two world wars, and whose presidency helped usher in a new era of history. and it holds a piece of the berlin wall, a decade's long symbol of division that was finally torn down, unleashing a rising tide of globalization that continues to shape our world. 100 years ago, in the early days of the 20th century

ambassador to china, governor john huntsman who is here today. john has deep experience living and working in asia and, unlike me, he speaks fluent mandarin chinese. he is a republican and co-chair of senator mccain's program. i think that has his commitment to serving his country and the broad bipartisan support for public relations between the united states and china. thank you, john, for your willingness to serve. today we meet in a building that speaks to the history of the last century. it houses a national memorial to president woodrow wilson, a man who held office when the 20th century was so young and america's leadership in the world was emerging. it is named for ronald reagan, a man who came of age during two world wars and whose presidency helped usher in a new era of history. and it holds a piece of the berlin wall, a decade's long symbol of revision that was finally torn down, unleashing a global tide of globalization that continues to shape our world. 100 years ago in the early days of the 20th century it was clear there were momento

i hate these millionaires i have this friend who is a billionaire john huntsman is he usually showing the big hospital that he made. look at me i built a hospital. stop it, donald trump ail wants his name. i counted nine buildings on the west side highway that he built just so he could have his name there getting people to build big buildings for us. what is wrong with us? i have never worked for a poor man. you have? i don't see them giving out jobs. steve: when i worked for my dad i did. >> ok. well that's true. brian: more on that later. >> we are creating everything our founding fathers tried to get away from which is a class system. if you are uber rich, you are going to be fine, if you are in the right company, you have the right connections, you are going to be fine. but other than that, oh, don't even try. you will never be a millionaire in this america with obama. brian: what i thought for the longest time and they thought that mitt romney was going to ride the massachusetts health care program right to the white house. did not work out well. you did something on your show th

here who have publicly congratulated both john roos and congratulate the president on making the extraordinary nomination that he has made today, governor huntsmand others but particularly we want to say our strong approval of john roos. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, ambassador foley, and vice president mondale, senator bradley, for coming forward to introduce our nominee. i believe chairman -- >> i need to go to the floor. you guys haven't lost your touch for unprepared, that was pretty good. thank you. [laughter] >> and senator bradley, that's one of the most thoughtful sort of out of the box no surprise introductions and we appreciate it very much. >> thank you, senators. and mr. vice president. we'll now hear the testimony of our two nominees and governor huntsman will go first. for those asian hands in the room this is not the countries we put first in our interests and priorities but in the protocol of the senate, those who've held government positions outranked ceos, this may be the only room -- [laughter] >> in the country where that's the case. governor, welcome. we're anxious to hear your testimony. >> thank you, mr. cha

. >> utah governor john huntsman has been nominated to serve as u.s. ambassador to china.is confirmation hearing is this morning before the senate foreign relations committee. he will testify before other diplomatic nominees to japan and other countries. we will have live coverage on c-span 3 and on-line at c-span.org. at noon today, house republicans meet to hear ideas on healthcare reform legislation. we'll have that live on c-span 3. this weekend, watch a 1997 extended interview with the late frank mccourt talking about his book "angela's ashes." saturday 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2's book t.v. q&a sunday, susan jacoby on the public's fascination with the espionage trial of alger hiss at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. join the conversation on civil rights an race relations with n.p.r. and fox news analyst juan williams live in two weeks on "in depth" on c-span 2. host: we're pleased to introduce you to our final guests this morning, two freshmen members of the house of representatives, bill cassidy, sixth district of the louisiana area, around baton rouge, louisiana. he

we know utah governor john hu s huntsman was just appointed ambassador. so he's abroad. >> perhaps governor huntsman did himself a favor to get out of this mess for a while. >> maybe we've been saved a vicious primary and romney will essentially be ordained. >> liz? >> look, i think that at the moment you wouldn't expect the republican party to have a single leader. i think you have many voices who speak out on many different issues. frankly, that's good. there are a lot of important public policy debates going on at the moment. i think that the more voices that we have really, the better. >> all right. then you have to be amongst the happiest people in the country politically speaking. liz mair, thank you very much. matt lewis, thank you very much. >>> up next, the obama administration decides to use the most successful tool to fight illegal immigration. we'll have that story. >>> and new concerns about the united states and russia's nuclear arms control agreement. did the administration give up too much? >>> and california's budget crisis. incredibly wo

as you heard yesterday,john huntsman will not be here for part of the day.peculiar situation in a good way. we will be hearing from very important people. it is remarkable that the obama administration has been such a show of force, representing their interests in what we are doing in the western transmission corridor. we will be getting to them later. first, i would like to discuss the work of governors to expand energy. western governors have led an effort to develop policies for transmission planning and clean energy development. in june of 2006, we published reports outlining while vast resources exist throughout the west, much of it is in remote areas without transmission lines. a cost effective transmission act remains the greatest impediment to rapid development of facilities, renewable rich resources in our area. in april of 2008, western governors partnered with the u.s. department of energy and interior, agriculture to create the western renewable energy zone project. alberta and british columbia have been partners to our work. this project will ul