oil spill in the gulf how much it cost to see what kalamazoo river oil spill in michigan as yellowstone spill over in montana and if you look at drilling in the arctic if they can't stop an oil spill in a placid gulf of mexico how are they going to stop it under arctic ice yeah that's a damn good question. how do we break through a congress that has been bought out by the oil industry of. or is there anyone actually probably the let me make this a twofer is there any possible explanation for the republicans in congress voting the way that they did other than that they've been bought out by the oil industry well i think you're seeing a political politicization of the issue this year in two thousand and twelve but i think long term all progressives can do is keep sending the message that we want clean air clean water safe for the plants for our wildlife right now doesn't that to a large extent mean we need to get the money out of politics well the citizens united decision certainly has had the opposite effect and i think you see big oil putting ads up all across the country hoping to scar

specialist brock howard's wife gave birth in kalamazoo, michigan and help didn't missian thing due to skype. >> i saw him on mary's stomach, i lost it. i absolutely cheered. i was sad and happy at the same time. i have a beautiful son now. >> he is lay dorpable. >> he said he hopes to meet his son in person real soon. congratulations. >>> near live every one of us knows someone whose life has been touched by cancer. why research is offering new hope. >>> what if something found in nature can help you lose 10% of the body weight. sign me up. we'll take a look at this. stick around. >>> in tonight's health alert, we're talking about cancer prevention. according to researcher, half of all cancers are preventable. they say we have the information necessary to prevent it. smoke alone accounts for one third of all the cases. now obesity is responsible for another 20%, but there are some obstacles. people are sceptical that cancer can be prevented. >>> gardasil could have additional benefits for women already affected with hpv. it reduces it by 46%. the centers of disease control and prevent

. >> grabbed a backpack, stuffed it full of clothes, walked over to the on ramp in kalamazoo, michigan, and stuck my thumb out. >> tara is more than five months pregnant from a previous relationship. >> it's completely unexpected for me. i was in denial. i didn't think i could have kids because i tried before. they're like, no, you're pregnant. >> although brian is not the father of tara's baby, he says he's trying to be responsible. >> before she has this kid, we are having a place. that's -- that's already settled. that's decided. we're not going to be out here by the time she has that kid. >> since running away, tara has only contacted her mother to ask for drug money. now clean, tara is too ashamed to call home and too proud to return. she hasn't spoken to her mother in several years. >> i kind of miss her. i'd like to let her know i'm pregnant. we left on bad terms. but i know she's my mom and i know she wants to hear from me. and i've grown up a lot since, you know what i mean? but i'm just -- i'm kind of scared to call her, you know what i mean? >> brian is hoping to get a job a

his 2,000-square-foot childhood home in kalamazoo, michigan just went on the market.re $140,000. some guys have all the luck, man. >> grew up right down the road from him in jackson. 45 minutes. >> oh, so a michigander just like you. see? you should have played your cards right years ago, you could have been the first lady of baseball, girl. >> no thank you. >> no thank you? >> paula jeter doesn't sound good. >> all right. we'll be right back with more "world news now" right after this. ♪ you're coming and you're calling me back home ♪ news now" right after this. ♪ you're coming and you're calling me back home ♪ attention - americans living with limited mobility. what do you do when you can no longer get around like you used to? when you fear losing your independence? who do you call? call hoveround now, to see if you qualify for america's premier power chair. hi, i'm tom kruse, inventor and founder of hoveround. now you can do more, see more, enjoy life more. here's why hoveround makes it easier than any other power chair. hoveround is more maneuverable to get you th

host: kalamazoo, michigan. barbara, democratic caller.ler: we seem to be more quickly to jump in for a foreign country than we do our own backyard. it is like -- we don't count. we are just little peons and there is no effort that i can see from the federal government or the state government to help the people -- we have babies walking the streets with their mothers and we are more concerned about jumping into another war? guest: again, i want to point out, you are not going to get any argument from me that we have to do a better job taking care of the people in this country. i have been fighting for budget -- the democratic party, under president obama, has been fighting for budgets that invest in our own country and jobs training and health care and preventing mortgage foreclosures. and we need to do more and all of those areas. you will have my strong support. i think the democrats will do everything we can to make sure it in fact does happen. we do have a national security issues we have to pay attention to. what we are trying to do i

national cable satellite corp. 2012] ♪ ♪ ♪ gal in kalamazoo] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ k-a-lamazo oh oh oh what a gal a real piperoo michigan♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> republican primary voters go to the polls in illinois today and we will have live coverage of the results including candidates' speeches from mitt romney and rick santorum. for more information, go to c- span.org/campaign 2012. >> now look at this morning's schedule on this cspan networks for the house of representatives is in at 10:00 eastern. the chamber will work on legislation that attempts to speed the elimination of excess federal property. in the senate, work continues on legislation that tries to make it easier for small businesses to raise capital. live senate coverage starts at 10:00 eastern and on c-span 3, the house armed services committee hears about u.s. military operations in afghanistan which is live at 10:00 eastern. coming up in 45 events, we will talk to a representative from the independent women's forum. then the national association of latino

2012] ♪ kalamazooa gal in playing] >> ♪ k, a -- i've got a gal we are going to michigan to see the sweetest gal in kalamazoo, zoo, zoo, zoo, zoo kalamazoo ♪ [big band music playing] [stars and stripes forever playing] [no audio] >> mitt romney wrapping up here at the university of chicago, the second of three campaign appearances she -- he is making in illinois. 54 delegates are up for grabs. we will have complete coverage of the illinois primary on the c-span network. congress is back today. the house returns at 4:00 eastern for legislative work. they will recess until 5 -- until 5:00 for votes at 6:30. representative paul were in may addressed his budget this week. we could hear more from the house on this. paul ryan is about to release the budget proposal this week. here to talk about it, nancy cook. when can we expect to see the budget? >> paul ryan is expected to unveil it on capitol hill at 10:30 at a press conference. then he will be talking to a conservative think tanks throughout the week, the american enterprise institute and the heritage foundation. >> what are key items it will emphasize. >> dee

michigan, two weekends ago. there should be two feet of snow. this lady comes up and said there's like tornados in kalamazoo if they make it up this far you're going to have to stay on stage there's tornados, you'll hear the sirens, and the evacuation plan. i said ma'am, this is a benefit i'm not making money if i hear tornado sirens i'm leaving, i don't care, they can run downtown, in the basement, they can do whatever, i'm not the marshal. >> that's when we started our comedy when you're emceeing could you announce that your pinto is double parked. you love lovely, beautiful. >> can i it happened to ted kennedy. i went out to, i don't know some community college in l.a. like way out the 10 and he was giving a speech and i never saw ted kennedy give a speech and i wanted to see it, he's at this college doing a speech, it's outside and this lady walks up in the middle of his speech and hands him a piece of paper and he's like, oh, ok, yeah, i can do that, sure, sure, sure, and he goes hold on a second. so the lunch specials -- >> no! >> yes. and he reads -- and he's laughing. roast beef on tuesday, a man li