lamar alexander and needs no introduction. lamar alexander needs no introduction.e is a senior senator from the set of tennessee. he served as governor of tennessee, as president of the university of tennessee, as u.s. secretary of education, as a businessman, and also as a hudson institute fellow. for a few hundred votes in the new hampshire primary, he would've been the republican nominee in 1986. -- 1996. the senator has treated his signature red flannel shirt for the more muted suit of it u.s. senate. he is a leader who takes ideas seriously. in recent years, we have worked with him on numerous issues, including the assimilation of immigrants. he and his colleagues will tell you the same. he is one of the most well- liked members on both sides of the senate. that is in part because he has never forgotten his small-town tennessee roots. back in 1994, in the days of strong republican resurgence in congress, former gov. alexander, along with then-hudson senior fellow, promised a new hudson project funded largely by our friends, but not exclusively by our friends,

this was what lamar, i mean, who -- lamar was looking at homeless centers and training centers in east l.a. for people who were nonenglish speaking originally and yet being trained and getting good jobs at the time. i mean, the whole point of senator alexander's, you know, we know what to do is that we do have those answers, and they are nonfederal answers, but we need to become much more adept at the national level of sort of diverting the conversation into those alternatives, you know, let's talk about some of those local answers to the problems which come in immense diversity. they're not legislated in one comprehensive bill. they take an inmy gnat variety of forms, but they all address the problem in a successful way, and one of the things we're enthused about senator alexander's campaign for the presidency many years ago is because this is where he started. this is where his politics was grounded. it was grounded in maryville, his announcement for the presidency and which pointed to local wisdom as a solution. i don't hear a lot of that from today's national politicians, and i do

i was driving along lamar alexander parkway. i stopped at the 7-eleven to get a little something and put it on the counter. i had no cash. i reached in my pocket, pulled out my credit card, and handed it to the little girl behind the counter. she said, "may i ask a question?" i said, "yes." she said, "was you named after this road?" [laughter] thank you for doing this. this is a real treat. chuck and i delighted, first, that you sponsor the project to begin with 15 years ago. we had a good forum about it and a good discussion. we had tremendously talented authors for this volume. and now the palace that are here today, i am genuinely looking for testing to listen to the panelists who are among the most distinguished figures in our country. i think all of you for coming. -- i thank all of you for coming. the eminent british political philosopher maurice cranston said that the best metaphor for political performance was a theatrical performance because the politician is acting a drama written by the audience themselves. whether it

this is what lamar -- lamar was looking at homeless shelters, training centers in east los angeles forwere not english-speaking and yet were being trained and getting jobs. the whole point of senator alexander's "we know what to do" is that we do have these answers. they are nine federal answers, but we need to become much more adept at the national level of diverting the conversation into those alternatives. let's talk about some of those local answers to the problems which come in on this diversity. they are not legislated in one comprehensive bill. they take an infinite variety of forms, but they all address the problem in a successful way. one of the waste that those of us who are enthused about -- this isxander's where he started. this is where his politics is grounded. it is grant -- it is grounded in declaration.e it pointed to local wisdom as a solution. i do not hear a lot from today's national politicians. i hope we see more of that. >> conservatives should not just say that they cannot afford to do certain good things. there are some things the federal government should not

bit of the dream act either they left folks like lamar smith and bob who's who's now talking for them and dana rohrbacher who represent a very nativist and restrictionist and xenophobic frankly wing of the republican party they can either allow that faction to speak for the party as a whole or they can allow the adults in the room to do it and take this issue off the table for two thousand and twelve whoever they're pretty prospect of pretty presidential nominee is going to be because they already lost frankly three senate seats in the last election because their candidates were wrong on this issue in colorado in nevada and california so this is not an issue that has you know people are just trying to ram through it's not a surprise to the republicans because some of them are co-sponsors and it's bipartisan legislation and it's not something that folks should be scared about this has been around for a long time and it's legitimate it's common sense it makes economic military. palosi and reid would not be trying to get it through the lame duck because they know that with the g.o.p. con

los angeles aplastaron anoche a los wizards con marcador de 103 a 89, destacando kobe bryant y lamarl ataque del conjunto californiano con 24 puntos, mientras que odom lo hizo con 18 tantos y 10 rebotes. los lakers siguen comandando la divisiÓn pa cifico de la conferencia oeste con balance de 18 victorias con 7 derrotas. mientras que nick young comandÓ el ataque de los wizards con 21 puntos, seguido de javale mcgee con 12 tantos, trevor booker con nueve rebotes y gilbert arena con 10 servicios para anotacio "n. el tema de dinero se hablo en las mayores . y es que el salario mÍnimo para la prÓxima temporada en el bÉisbol de grandes ligas aumentarÁ 14.000 dÓlares para llegar a 414.000 por temporada, segun el anunciÓ de hoy por la oficina del comisionado. ademÁs, el sueldo mÍnimo para jugadores en las menores que estÉn en los rosters de 40 al menos por segundo aÑo, o al menos con un dÍa de acciÓn en las mayores, aumentarÁ de 65.000 a 67.300 dÓlares anuales.

anne you refered to lamar alexzander. you said every time spock is put in charge of the enterprise everything goes wrong. i don't know what that has to do with the no label movement, but the first episode air date of november 17th, 1966 and it was part one and part two. claiming to receive a message, spock diverts the enterprise to star base 11 and he was severely injured. he continue edz his deception and uses falsified orders to take it to the ship. leaving cap tin kirk in -- captain kirk behind. they trail and eventually catch up to the enterprise. he orders spock to trial and he uses the event as his defense. and then the following week he details the events of the case. >> could you repeat that? >> my . being,-- my point being, things didn't always go wrong when spoke was in charge. -- spock was in charge. >> christopher was the greatest captain of all time. >> look at this, it is the half time current events. >> nice. bill, you are up first since you were already on the camera. th past week we celebrated thanksgivin

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lamar houston with one of hour raid -- four raiders' sacks. rivers to antonio gates.ren mcfaden put it away on the touchdown run. bush had 95 in the game, and the raiders ran for 251 yards to beat san diego for the first time since 2002, 28-13 is the final. >> we are still in the fight, and we still have four games to go. every game counts, and all games have been reported to us. we have to play with the energy and the same tempo and focus week in and week out. >> our playoffs started two weeks ago. every game from here on out is a playoff. if we don't win these, we won't earn the right to play in january. >> kansas city beat denver, 10- 6. the raiders are two games behind the chiefs in the afc west. the raiders will play the afc east leading jaguars next sunday. >>> the nfc west is so bad, today's game in green bay was not a must win for the 4-7 49ersers who have three division games remaining. 1st quarter, the 9ers are up 3- 0. smith is sacked on back-to- back plays. they have to settle for one of jeffrey's three field goals. in 2nd, the explosive packer offense is

when lamar odom drops 44 points, you know you're in trouble.you're the hornettes, you should just pack up and leave. lakers sing the hornets, 103-88. >>> pistons, first meeting since kevin garnett reportedly called him a patient. garnett threw down a dunk and immediately started limping. he left the game, did not return. he'll have an mri. the celtics missed him. prince with the runner. pistons up 8. look out, comes crashing right into your living room. he was fine and the pistons were even better. they won, 104-92. >>> it's difficult to outdo yourself when you score 40, but dwyane wade able to do that last night. after putting up 40 on tuesday, he scored 45 against the rockets. the heat have won ten straight on the road. 125-119. >>> great finish in sacramento. grizzlies down one. mayo with the lead. got it with 1.5 seconds left. that was just enough time for the king to throw up a prayer and it is answered. what an ending. kings win in dramatic fashion, 100-98. >>> congratulations to mike krzyzewski. he moves into second place on the all-time

. >> lamar, yeah! >> reporter: tonight, it's an easy win.ppy night at home for the couple. >> you had a hard night tonight. >> i worked hard. >> you did. you spread the message. >> when i first met him, i was so enamored with him, and, you know, i wanted -- i wanted to be his wife. it's clear to me that he doesn't want to get married again. it isn't so much that he doesn't want to marry me it's just that he's been married twice before so -- i've made my peace with it. >> reporter: phil jackson says he'll retire after this season. perhaps to travel the world. or, to head for his montana retreat. >> i hope he doesn't two to montana, because that's not in the cards for me. i can't move away. he knows that this is my career and that i'm dedicated to this team. >> reporter: what does that feel like personally to be -- >> it stresses me out, but -- i have to be more zen-like. >> reporter: this year's championship ring ceremony led to this image of their romance. >> i love that photo, because it looks like a wedding picture. and it's kind of like y

pau gasol to lamar owe top who got fouled and -- odom who got fouled and sank the free throw. 3rd quarter kobe bryant, frees himself and banks in the jumper, kobe with 16 in the 3rd. still in the 3rd kobe high above everybody else. he finished with 24 points in just 24 minutes because he didn't need to play anymore. wizards fall to the lakers 103- 89, l.a.'s ninth straight win. just how good are these lakers? >> between them and boston, you know, these guys are finesse, but they do beat you up inside, too but they got the whole package. boston is right there. >> they played how you want to play as a team. they share the ball tremendously. they're very unselfish in how they play. they have a killer instinct. what they do is they do the dirty work inside. >>> jeff jones and american on the road tonight against unbc, the eagles 1-12 shooting to start the game for jeff jones. then au came alive. vanderbilt transferred charles hiytle playing in his first game as a eagle drove the three. had he eight point in his debut and later in the 1st half tony brewer with the hot hand hits three consecuti

fifty seven forty six half time lead the lakers getting double digit scoring from five pierce lamar odom with one of them taking matters into his own hands for two of his eighteen points one hundred three one thousand nine hundred ended the lakers carving their fifth victory in six games. elsewhere the denver nuggets won despite a swirling trade rumor mill surrounding their star in a highly hurled with clear scoring thirty five points against their long. list school produce well twenty three point night after dismal first tough to help seed the rockets off our i should say sacramento all for the rockets the detroit pistons with the third quarter rally from the hawks from eventual twenty three point win drawn to are sinking further into eastern conference extinction with the charlotte b'sobcats on their fifth loss and six games while the warriors on the seventy six years also added wins to their columns on the night. michael jordan is a near choice for the greatest basketball player in history he is only now getting his jew from north carolina where he went to college there forty seven wa

i was driving home along with the legislature named the lamar alexander parkway a few years ago after stopped at 711 to get a little stuff and put it on the counter with bacon and eggs and i had no cash, so i reached in my pocket, pulled out my credit card and handed it to the little girl behind the counter. she looked at it and said may ask you a question. i said yes, ma'am. was he named after this road? [laughter] anwar al-awlaki, thank you for the introduction. thanks to hudson for doing this. this is a real treat and checker and i are delighted perspective sponsored the project to begin with 15 years ago and we had a good photo about it and a discussion that attracted tremendous talented authors for those new promise of american life. insight into the panelists who are here today. i'm genuinely looking forward to seeing and listening to the tamils who are among the most distinguished thinkers in our country. so this is a treat for me and i think all of you for coming. a wise political candidate, like a good composer listens for words and music that resonates with audiences and the

into the record a on letter signed on december 16th by the chairman inouye, diannela feinstein and lamar alexander lk and i'd like unanimous consent record.je >> without objection. >> mr. president, that letter says to the president they will ask for the money necessary to modernize the nuclear a arsenalr that they agree to ask for the money as a part of their you appropriations bill. then you might say what about willac the president and hishat budget ask congress to ask for , that money? -- so o mr. president, our presidig officer, i would like to ask unanimous consent to have athe e letter from the president of the united states on december thepps 20th to the appropriators thaten just wrote the letter it, mentioned seeing that he in facf would ask for those funds in thn budget that he puts forth in the next few months.unanimou i would ask unanimous consenthe for those to be entered into the record. >> without objection. l >> mr. president, they're has there's been a lot of discussion about many things come and i ame going to move to missile defense in just a moment, but i dsn nuclear

. >>> lamar odom of the lakers scores 24 points against the hornets in new orleans, not to mention somezzle in the fourth quarter. the 103-will 8 win ended a three-game losing streak for los angeles. >>> in college basketball, top ranked duke wins again for coach k. the blue devils had an easy game against the university of north carolina greensboro. the victory is number 880 for the coach, now in second place on the college basketball coaches list, the all-time victory list we are talking about here, the only one that is behind bobby knight. >>> the roof of the metrodrome in minnesota won't be fixed until march. three panels of the fabric roof collapsed december 12th during that big snowstorm. the vikings had to move their final two home games of the year and lost both of them. hundreds of college baseball games will also have to be relocated. we'll take a quick break on this thursday morning. when we come back another look at morning's top stories and snow patrol, how one of the snowiest places in the world is getting a big economic boost. we'll be right back. who have lactose intoler

lamar odom or mr. khloe kardashi kardashian. the lakers win 103-88. they snap that ugly, three-game skid. >>> how about the heat in houston to take on the rocket. dwyane wade, coming off the 40-point performance against the knicks. first quarter, wade, three ball. gets the friendly roll on the road. wade with 24 first-half points. fourth quarter action now. wade, deuce and the damage. heat, up by eight. more wade in the fourth quarter. in fact, wade goes absolutely off. 45 points. he now has 30 career 40-point games. and the heat go on to win, 125-119. their tenth-straight win on the road. >>> to the college game. coach k., going for win number 880. as duke takes on unc greensboro. first-half action. nolan smith, three ball. took it. duke up by 13. second half, kyle singler, he'll hit a three. 27 for him. duke cruising, 65-38. they never trailed in this game. back to noah smith. sticky fingers here. duke wins 108-62. coach k. passes steve smith for second place on the all-time division i coaches list. >>> that will do it for me. i'm ducis rodgers. hav

lamar woodley again preying on the art of form palmer in the fourth twenty three seven the final score the steelers remain on track for a post season berth. switching codes and staying stateside where the le bron james list cavaliers are free falling in the n.b.a. ranks the oklahoma city thunder handing cleveland and if straight losses a streak that previously managed to avoid since two thousand and three the op on coming oklahoma team seemingly working on their highlight reel to start the contest rant for a game high twenty five getting a good person points with efforts like this one james harden helped facilitate that effort before the reserve guard decided to take to the skies and sell the crowd witnessing a dunk fest in the first thirty one thirty team to the thunder at this stage the couple years finishing with only two players in double figures the one hundred six to seventy seven blowout putting them in further difficulty after the departure of homegrown star le bron james at the start of the season. pablo martin has written himself into the gulf record books the spaniard becomi

the right thing to do for our country crowed senator lamar alexander. >> i'm very hopeful and optimistic that a large majority of members of the republican conference will find this proposal worth supporting. >> reporter: republicans point out the deal extends several tax credits from the president's own stimulus package, including an expansion of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit. plus there's a cut in payroll taxes which essentially amounts to a 2% pay raise for workers. a person making $50,000 annually would take home an extra $1,000 next year. >> anyone who works for a living is going to pay less taxes in 2011 than they would have paid without this compromise. >> reporter: the biggest problem for the president right now is that the democratic leaders who he normally relies on to sell his proposals to the rank and file have significant reservations themselves and feel like they were cut out of the negotiations between the white house and the republicans. jeff? >> glor: nancy cordes on capitol hill. nancy, thank you. now to wikileaks. founder julian assange is behin

around the peninsula amount 17 we continue to see rain also through morgan hill a 1 01 through the lamar still seeing spotty showers near danville, walnut creek, along 80 years the area brest's the most rain through martinez of been to cornelia and vallejos seeing a few left over rain drops this morning here temperatures on one side in the '50s for most locations 55 san rafael, down the south bay temperatures 54 format you san jose future cast 4 showing a spotty showers expecting for the next couple of hours by about 9:00 our best chance to an occasional shower up in the north bay by 11:00 isolated shell to bring you a shower for the most are we will stay dry for the rest of the day today. by tomorrow we could say drive for the entire day the afternoon highs today not much fun fluctuation. '60s and that north bay 60s in the south bay is well seven days around the bay. chance of rain wednesday rainy and breezy again on thursday showers for friday but your saturday, sunday look to be drying out and warming up as well we could talk about carouse 70. time right now 6:18 a.m.. >> westbound 80

she and her nba husband, lamar odom, they're going to get their own reality show on.to original show and the spin-off. the kardashian empire just continues to expand here. >> tell you what, kim was very successful with her first video that we saw. so maybe her next video will be -- >> that was definitely an on.ar-winning performance. to original show and the spin-off. the kardashian empire just continues to expand here. >> tell you what, kim was very successful with her first video that we saw. so maybe her next video will be -- >> that was definitely an oscar-winning performance. if your racing thoughts keep you awake... sleep is here, on the wings of lunesta. and if you wake up often in the middle of the night... rest is here, on the wings of lunesta. lunesta helps you fall asleep and stay asleep, so you can wake up feeling rested. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving, or engaging in other activities while asleep, without remembering it the next day, have been reported. abnormal behaviors may incl

then lamar odem behind the back to kobe. here's another 3 from that manual. 24 points in 23 minutes for the great 24. lakers roll 103-89. >>> college hoops, au visiting umbc. eagles in blue. that's true brewer. -- troy brewer. derek mcginty is smiling this morning as his eagles win and improve to 6-3. it was a noble thing that hunter smith did sunday night laying the blame on himself for that botched extra point and saying es sense that the red -- essence that the redskins loss was his fault. he got cut yesterday. he was released which on the surface seems harsh but statistically he was the third worst punter in the league. that is a quick look at sports this morning. i'm brett haber. have a great wednesday, everybody. >>> one more sports note. today the nationals will officially introduce their new outfielder jason worth, an appropriate name i'm sure because he signed a seven-year, $126 million deal with washington earlier this month after playing for philadelphia. >> nice he was there to root on the wizards. >> welcome to

. >> what i can't wait for is for the house under chairman lamar smith of texas to impeach judge henryed dollars hudson for what he just did. >> should we be holding our breath? >> you could. >> but again, while the world turns, the political parties continue of course doing what they always do. at least the individuals societyuated with them and that is trying to keep their jobs at all costs. michael steele, hardly an exception to that. >> my style is a little bit different. my style is more grass roots oriented. i'm more of a street guy. i love hanging out in board rooms, but prefer to be in the neighborhoods and communities. >> so we know michael likes to hang out on the street. what does that mean for the republican machinery? >> i tweeted to my republican friends, for us, it's good news. michael steele's really a joke. says he likes to hang out on the street. they have major debt and really, steele has no sort of natural constituency nor a plan. what i would argue and i have talked to my republican friends jealous of the 50-state strategy that howard dean put in place, steele tryi

lamar alexander, one of the republicans who crossed over, is making his case right now. >> i was withhere. he's talked to many more people than i have on this subject. these weapons are being modernized and facilities of that are completely outdated. it would be like if we were making corvettes in a model t factory. it's not just an inconvenience to the workers, it is a threat to their safety, and it is a waste of taxpayers' money. as the senator from arizona said, after a certain number of years -- maybe 15 years -- this case for itself. the modernization of these facilities means the taxpayers will pay just as much to operate the old facilities as they would to spend $5 billion or $6 billion to improve these two big new facilities and the other infrastructure we need to do. i think this is -- it ought to be said -- host: joseph cirincione, your comments on senator alexander. guest: he's talking about the expense of modernizing the facility pities the third ranking republican. he came out yesterday morning in strong support of the treaty. he's one of the senators that led. we have ab

this is what lamar -- lamar was looking at homeless shelters, training centers in east los angeles for people who were not english-speaking and yet were being trained and getting jobs. the whole point of senator alexander's "we know what to do" is that we do have these answers. they are nine federal answers, but we need to become much more adept at the national level of diverting the conversation into those alternatives. let's talk about some of those local answers to the problems which come in on this diversity. they are not legislated in one comprehensive bill. they take an infinite variety of forms, but they all address the problem in a successful way. one of the waste that those of us who are enthused about -- this isxander's where he started. this is where his politics is grounded. it is grant -- it is grounded in declaration.e it pointed to local wisdom as a solution. i do not hear a lot from today's national politicians. i hope we see more of that. >> conservatives should not just say that they cannot afford to do certain good things. there are some things the federal government

lofgren and lamar smith as well for your efforts in this regard and your diligence in getting this to the floor today. i also, madam speaker, want to thank the many adoptive families, members of the international adoption community and others who have worked behind the scenes to spur action today. thanks to this outreach of so many concerned americans, congress is finally doing the right thing here to help as many as 1,200 voiceless and vulnerable haitian orphans and their adoptive american families. we can now give these new families who have endured so much heartbreak and tragedy the comfort of thing their children's legal status is now in good order. many of us receive heartbreaking calls for help in the wake of the january 12 earthquake. american families in various stages, as we've heard, of adopting haitian orphans fear for the safety and security of their children. extraordinary work was done swiftly to evacuate these children and unite them with their new families on u.s. soil, yet instead of coming here as fully adopted u.s. citizens, these children did arrive under a legal s

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if you look at the -- i think we have the republicans up first, mitch mcconnell, john conner, lamar alexander, john thune, the last john thune being someone who has even talked about for 2012 is a republican and the democrats you've got harry reid, patty murray, chuck schumer, dick durbin, everybody does it. so what's the sort of high and mighty posture by the republicans last night? >> well, the heat is coming from the newly emboldened conservative base in the republican party and the tea partiers and others had railed against earmarks. it really became awkward when you see senator connen come out and attack the bill and then get challenged because he has his own earmarks in it. it just became untenable. they couldn't vote against it. and still have any credibility. and so they just had to tank the bill all together. and this is just a touch of flavor of the kind of fights, many fights that we're going to be in for next year. i can almost see why the republicans would have preferred to have a long-term omnibus spending bill that would get them into next year before these kinds of clashes wou

lamar alexander was the highest ranking member of the g.o.p. leadership to join in. >> i will vote to ratify the new start treaty between the united states and russia because it leaves our country with enough nuclear war heads to mr. any attacker to kingdom come and because the president has committed to an $85 billion ten-year plan to make sure that those weapons work. >> the senator from tennessee is recognized. >> ifill: another key persuaded senator was bob corker of tennessee. >> the question becomes to me and for all of us, all of us who care so deeply about our country's national security, is will we say yes? i firmly believe that signing this treaty that ratifying this treaty and that all the things that we've done over the course of time as a result of this treaty is in our country's national interest. and i'm here today to state my full support for this treaty. i look forward to its ratification, and i hope many others will join me in that process. >> ifill: new start would limit the u.s. and russia to 1,550 strategic nuclear war head

lamar alexander, one of the republicans who crossed over, is making his case right now. >> i was with there. he's talked to many more people than i have on this subject. these weapons are being modernized and facilities of that are completely outdated. it would be like if we were making corvettes in a model t factory. it's not just an inconvenience to the workers, it is a threat to their safety, and it is a waste of taxpayers' money. as the senator from arizona said, after a certain number of years -- maybe 15 years -- this case for itself. the modernization of these facilities means the taxpayers will pay just as much to operate the old facilities as they would to spend $5 billion or $6 billion to improve these two big new facilities and the other infrastructure we need to do. i think this is -- it ought to be said -- host: joseph cirincione, your comments on senator alexander. guest: he's talking about the expense of modernizing the facility pities the third ranking republican. he came out yesterday morning in strong support of the treaty. he's one of the senators that led. we have

lamar smith. for such time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for such time as he may consume. mr. smith: i would like to thank the gentlewoman from illinois for yielding me time and i'd like to thank my colleagues on the committee itself for giving this resolution bipartisan support. madam speaker, resolution honors rotary international for 105 years of service and commends members for their dedication to the mission and principles of rote arery. the mission of rotary international is to provide service to others, promote integrity and advance world understanding, good will, and peace through its fellowship. all across the country, business, professional, and community leaders better their communities by participating in their local rotary clubs. founded in 1905 in chicago, illinois, rotary international is the world's first service club and one of the largest nonprofit service organizations. rotary international promotes international understanding through scholarships, exchange p

there is no one more strategic than mitch, jon kyl and lamar alexander. still -- still -- i share the concern of many of my colleagues that too often, too often the herd mentality has taken over our respective conferences. at the dinner that mitch hosted, i shared with my republican colleagues what ohio state university coach jim trussel defines as success in his book "the winner's manual." it is the inner satisfaction and peace of mind that comes from knowing i did the best i was capable of doing for the group. success is a team sport. hopefully this will become the senate's definition of success because finding common ground and team work is what it will take to confront the problems facing our nation. my colleague, senator chris dodd, hit the nail on the head when he said -- quote -- "it is whether each one of the 100 senators can work together, living up to the incredible honor that comes with the title and the awesome responsibility that comes with the office. we do have a symbiotic relationship, and i'm encouraged that more and more of my colleagues

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that's almost assured after at least ten republicans indicated they're on board, including lamar alexanderans are safer and more secure with the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty than without it. >> reporter: after a year of negotiations, president and russian president dmitry >> it took perseverance but we never gave up. >> reporter: it requires both countries to reduce nuke warheads 30%, from 2200 to 1550 each. cut long-range missiles and heavy bombers by 50%. and establish monitoring and verification for these weapons. some republicans expressed reservations that the preamble to the treaty could restrict evf a le >> i really am concerned that the russians are going to make conditions that allow us never to develop missile defense. i'm not making this up. >> reporter: nuclear disarmament with russia is one of president obama's top priorities. some americans criticize the president for not being as supportive of the 9/11 health care bill for first responders. >> mr. president, please step up to the mound for those who worked on the pile. >> reporter: the senate is expected to vote on that bill after

lamar smith, chairman of the judiciary committee, working on e immigration issue, correctly analyzing it, in our vie for a long period of time. he is seriously interested in the topic. jeff sessions on the senate side, there will be a very different dynamic on the immigration issue next year. which really raises the broader question of why you would want to legislate without hearings or proper deliberation? put this off until next year. take the opportunity to really analyze what we are doing on immigration issues. this is no way to legislate. i feel very sorry, myself, for the american people that feel of our political system does not representhe interests of the average person. for the caller that called about labor displacement, where there is opportunity it is certain -- simply written off. elements in the democratic party that have decided that their future electoral advantage lies in young, non-caucasian voters, writing off the interests of other voters. they are ctinuing out with it this so-called dream back and i think the voters spoke loud and clear. in november where immigra

lamar, let me ask you, if i may, kind of follow up on that same question. i know that your industry has had a lot of contact with the cpsc. >> uh-huh. >> and i'm curious about, you know, if your perception is that they've been receptive and willing to listen? and even if they have, do they kind of come back and say that their hands are tied? so same question? >> i think they have been extraordinarily responsive. i would agree with jill. we've had conversations, multiple conversations, with commissioners or staff, several of the commissioners have come and presented at training workshops that we've held and throughout the united states and around the world. they've been very eager to help out when they can. many times the reaction we get is you raise some good points. we don't know if we can go that far or you've raised some good points. the legislation doesn't allow us to accommodate the way you might request that you have to recalculate your proposal. sometimes even though -- i think when they want to be responsive, they're not able to be as responsive bec