tim kaine has decided to fight him for it. >> the democrats are likely that kaine has come back into the arena. i am not sure how eager he was, but clearly he is the heavyweight here. he is the guy who could beat george allen. otherwise, it would end of runway, a short switch over to the republicans -- it would have been a runaway, a short-t -- a sure switch over to the reluctance. >> allen is ahead, double digits at the moment -- >> kaine is a popular governor and he has not started running at. >> he left his republican successor -- he kept cutting so that virginia was not in all the way most states or, and his republican successors were able to spend money. >> tim kaine will be succeeded by it debbie wasserman schultz. >> she was greeted by the traditional values coalition -- "way to go, dnc. you found a candidate best fits your profile for chairman, a junk yard dog who is mean, nasty, able to speak at a moment's notice, and able to manipulate the facts and always uncompromising." >> strong press release to follow. >> was it not so long ago -- to be more strident of the big issue o

. >> guest: he was our secretary of technology under tim kaine, governor tim kaine, and so i've met him a couple times. he's very knowledgeable, very nice guy, but i don't have, really, any interaction with that office. >> host: coming back to the spectrum auction issue, should the fcc be looking further afield than just the broadcasters? one of the arguments for having broadcasters return spectrum is there is a higher and better use than using the airwaves to send signals to what is about 15% maybe of homes that might still rely on over-the-air broadcasting? but in the at&t/t-mobile, at&t has argued it can do more by combining the two companies' spectrums than either of them can do alone in terms of speed to getting a next generation broadband to market. is there spectrum being held by other commercial wireless companies that the same argument could be made, that it would be better concentrated in more larger hands, and should they be offered or induced or invited to take part in these auctions that you may eventually have the authority to hold? >> guest: we're actually having this dis

schultz has been tapped to be the chair of the democratic national committee who will succeed tim kaine. he announced he's running for virginia's open senate seat in 2012. >>> after a firestorm of criticism, wisconsin governor scott walker has reversed the promotion of the son of an influential lobbyist to a high ranking state job paying more than $80,000 a year. democrats complained the appointment of the 27-year-old who has limited experience and no college degree amounted to cronyism. >>> and a potential crisis was averted in space after an old fragment of a chinese satellite threatened to fly close to the international space station. normally, nasa would move the iss out of the way. but it was discovered too late. it missed the space station by a little more than three miles. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,393 after shedding six points on tuesday. the s&p lost a fraction. the nasdaq inched up two. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei fell 31 points. but in hong kong, the hang seng added 13

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it's his third homer for the year and that was plenty of support for big daddy kaine.allows one run in six innings. the giants beat the diamondbacks 3-2. >>> coco crisp got everyone's attention last night, but he toned it down tonight. it's clear the a's made the right call names brandon mccarthy their fifth starter. he pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings. but he blew his first save as a member of the green and gold. miguel cabrera ties in the 9th. it got worse in the 10th. brandon gets the scoring started with a two-run double. he allowed six runs. the tigers score 7 in the inning and come back to beat the a's 8-4 in ten innings. >>> the kings will be without jared stoll for this on sharks defenseman, ian white. todd doesn't expect white to be able to play tomorrow night. >> i don't know if stoll is that kind of a guy, but that's what we are trying to eliminate. the guy's head is this far, you drive your elbow, your forearm in there. that's what we are trying to get rid of. >> it is time for your friday night top five. at number five, juniorly rice wanted to shoot his jerse

that is from the reporting of all kaine paul -- paul kaine. caller: planned parenthood has been an issue in our state budget, and the theory is we have to defund planned parenthood because some people disapprove of them. i would be more sympathetic to the argument of the republicans if they defund some things that liberals do not approve of, such as the wars in iraq, afghanistan, and libya, tax breaks for the rich, or the dismantlement of social safety nets. if they want to defund some of those things, maybe it might be discussed about the planned parenthood is you. it is one of the things that help the budget deal. host: thank you for calling in. fort lauderdale, steve is an independent there. caller: i am worried about our financial situation and the debt that we had in this country. we owed trillions of dollars, probably $100 trillion in the next few years, and the entitlements, the military veterans, and right now we are $14.4 trillion in debt, and i feel that all of the factories that used to be in our country have moved to asia, and we d

giants bust out for 13 hits as three relievers combine with kain for a 10-0 shut out. they wrap up the series tomorrow morning with zeto going for the drive for the dodgers. >>> the a's looking for win number one in the young season after falling for the second night in a row. anderson pitched well in his 6 innings of work. cust drove in a run in the 6th. >>> >> it was 2-1 for the mariners batting in the 8th. punching one through the right side of crisp comes home, heading to the 9th, tied at 2. it was up to brian to shut the mariners down. ichiro gets credit on this ball that lands it. ichiro had two hits tonight and became the mariner's all-time leader in that category. now, he is just a bit high and outside on this delivery. alevo came home. the mariners get 3 in the inning and put it away. the a's will try again for the first win tomorrow when gonzalez takes on doug fister. >>> major history. the rangers against boston. for the second game in a row kensler homered in the ranger's first at bat. it never happened previously. he is just part of a power display by texa

she'll replace tim kaine who announced today he's running for the u.s. senate from virginia. world markets were weighed down today by another downgrade of portugal's credit rating. it is the second downgrade in less than a month, as portugal tries to avoid taking a financial bailout from the european union similar to greece and ireland. markets on wall street today were mixed. the dow jones industrial average lost six points to close at 12,394. the nasdaq rose 2 points to close at 2791. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: next tonight, the bloody stalemate in the west african nation of ivory coast, where diplomats are trying to convince president laurent gbagbo to leave office. ray suarez has the stor >> suarez: the reports came as sporadic gun fire and erie quiet haunted the mostly deserted streets of the city of. some residents tried to flee after fighting continued well into last night with those loyal to democratic elected president ouattara seized the presidential residence will gbagbo had been hiding. yesterday united nations and f

the spring of 1968 however most agree to clubs and theaters, the palace, the monarchs, the saloon kaine hamdi or boarded up and gone altogether. but it was still reputable business closer to name. much of it had become a drag of busted concrete and liquor stores and pawnshops populated by winos and thieves. the past the statue in a separate with most assuredly not equal. the blues was on its seedbed as was said, the era dead and gone. now a column of proud but anxious man carried signs in the direction of city hall headed for an uncertain future. so this is about a week before the assassination. what happens next to skip ahead is a guy named james earl ray wanders into my home town and changes history. i have one some slides that begin to show the evidence against james earl ray and not so much against him as how the fbi and various law in force agencies caught him. it was a 65 day manhunt, and it took some 3,000 agents and many millions of dollars and also to kill law enforcement agencies of canada and mexico and portugal and finally scotland yard that caught him that throw where he wa

we're quite likely to have a tim kaine announcement without having a real idea of who the dnc chair person will be. host: glenn thrush, covering politics and the white house. the story is available at political talk, -- politico.com. causes for being with us. the president announcing his -- thank you for being with us. president announcing his reelection campaign. discussion of the continuing resolution to keep the government running short term or three end of this fiscal year -- or at the end of this fiscal year. george joining us from long beach island, new jersey. good morning. caller: good morning, steve. it is very difficult to fight off feelings of cynicism with regards to this upcoming presidential election. it is easy to explain why rahm emanuel was so determined to become mayor of chicago now that we know all of this background of the headquarters for the reelection campaign. one pass to remember -- one has to remember what mayor daley did to deliver the city of chicago and the state of illinois to joe kennedy back in 1960. rahm emanuel sees himself as the king maker, don't you th

she would replace tim kaine. she are not give up her seat in the house. >>> a setback in the city of oakland's plan to reduce its $46 million budget deficit. the city council will not approve an emergency declaration that would have cleared the way for a special city election. council members who voted against it cited open government rules. they said there wasn't enough public notice. oakland mayor's -- oakland mayor has asked for a special session next week. >>> the governor told the state parks department to come one a list of parks to be closed to save $11 million this year, $22 million next year. so far, the governor's office has not released the list. however, a spokesman said there are dozens of parks on the list. some nonprofit groups say they may be able to raise money to keep some of the parts open but first they need to know which ones are scheduled to be closed. >>> 7:18. you might call it a sting operation. the unusual place a bay area woman found some buzzing bees. >>> concord police are looking for

governor kaine accepted 4 billion before i got elected, so we cut dramatically in k-12 education. in health care, many health care programs are we're trying hundreds of of dollars on a $40 billion annual budget, and then we did some one time reallocation, like most? there was an federal stainless money. we're able to do that without raising taxes. we'll back to the 2006 levels with the budget, and the good news, tried to come as you start to point out, unemployment is down five much act we do this cuts we ended up fiscal year with a 400, and $309 surplus. but i guess i'm here today that those things work. yes, there were a lot of short-term pain. yes, we got letters from teachers and from health care providers saying this is a disaster, this is tough, we can do this. but the reason it worked his when you reduce spending and you ask your officials in your administration to set priorities and use the money of allocated the best way they can, they will manage will. it will rise up to the call, it will make a smart decision, and the priorities will be funded and those are not that are

governor kaine accepted 4 billion before i got elected, so we cut dramatically in k-12 education. in health care, many health care programs are we're trying hundreds of of dollars on a $40 billion annual budget, and then we did some one time reallocation, like most? there was an federal stainless money. we're able to do that without raising taxes. we'll back to the 2006 levels with the budget, and the good news, tried to come as you start to point out, unemployment is down five much act we do this cuts we ended up fiscal year with a 400, and $309 surplus. but i guess i'm here today that those things work. yes, there were a lot of short-term pain. yes, we got letters from teachers and from health care providers saying this is a disaster, this is tough, we can do this. but the reason it worked his when you reduce spending and you ask your officials in your administration to set priorities and use the money of allocated the best way they can, they will manage will. it will rise up to the call, it will make a smart decision, and the priorities will be funded and those are not that are

kaine -- in a sense, they will be needed because the phone will be ringing and the members will be on the floor voting on things. host: good they theoretically close interstate highways within their borders? guest: no, the federal highway fund is a completely separate source of funding. host: and carol, good morning. -- daryl, good morning. caller: one of the comments about ripple effects, it should be clear, in my humble opinion, seems to be the intention of things. i wrote something a while back and i would like to read it were very quickly. as a society, individually or globally, we are faced with holding production. efficiency is necessary. production demands it. excellence is based on performance. all americans are taught with the richest of platforms to draw from, or so we are told. how can the custodians of such a privilege and was designed to be the most clandestine organization on earth does regard excellence necessary to maintain privilege, not only for -- disregard excellence in this area to maintain privilege, not only for security, but to lead and to lead with the time- h

looking in san francisco usually with a cigar and a good pal would tell him that kaine is pitching, wenning. he would tell me have fun, i wish i was with you. i'm going to miss making that call this year. before the first eulogy, we want to show a video of our father. he's talking about one of his two most famous topics, his grand children or the voters. this is about voters from three years ago in 2008 in new hampshire. we think you will enjoy it for the same reason we do. it shows how much he loved what he did and how he was still at 878-years-old his 13th presidential campaign decades and decades and decades on the beat and not a cynical bone in his body. let's watch. >> i have a lot of memories of talking to voters here and across the country. one of my favorite experiences in reverse was being run off of a property by a guy who came out with two very large dogs and made it very clear that if i didn't clear out of their pretty fast he was going to let the dogs off their leash. what's fun about covering the hampshire campaigns is the people here, not just the politicians, but the pe

the one reason i'm telling you this is that that 17th president name is jimmy on kaine.e yes at the age of five and grew up in a small town in iowa. he was the son of an immigrant, obviously korean and grew up to be a world health expert in the first asian leader of an ivy league institution by spending a year and a half with him on the board. i became very much aware of how far korea had come. the korea that his parents left is clearly different from the korea that we see today. over the last 60 years korea has billed itself as one of the world's most dynamic economies in the world and today is a strong partner and a source of economic opportunity for american jobs. the u.s. korea relationship is one of the world's most vibrant economic relationships. the two-way goods trade between korea and the u.s. today reaches nearly $88 billion a year. those are the figures from last year, and today korea is our seventh largest trading partner. and we are korea's third largest trading partner. a little footnote. a couple of years ago we were number one and that is something else t

she replaces the outgoing chair tim kaine who is running for a u.s.retail sales according to a credit card tracking agency. cold weather delayed clothing purchases. online selling increased as shoppers tried to save on gasoline. utility workers in japan say workers have stopped a leak of radioactive water from the earthquake and tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant. the water flowing into the ocean raised concerns about seafood safety. a libyan rebel leader accused nato of failing to protect libyan civilians by taking too long to call in air strikes. in response, nato says it is more difficult to go after gadhafi's heavy weapons because they are put in areas where there aren't many civilians. fighting resumed around the palace of laurent gbabgo who refuses to step down. he appeared willing to surrender and then backed away. >>> two boys playing on a beach in australia didn't realize how close they may have come to danger. this photograph taken a few weeks ago appears to show a great white shark in shallow water just 30 feet from where the children were