my name is larry nelson. i have been up here many times, most times with budget cuts. glad i am not here for that. i would just like to say that i am and ex-felon and that 31 years ago, walden house gave me a chance and hired me. i have not been re-arrested in 31 years. this is the evidence standing here. many people like myself have been working for walden house in haight-ashbury free clinics, and i deal with this population every day and i see the recidivism rate every day. people come back again and again with the same statement -- "i cannot get a job." we had a pretty robust reentered apartment -- reentry department that does to work with the community, trying to convince employers and small businesses to hire our population. this would be one more big tool that we would have to present to prospective employers as an incentive to try to hire our population. that will be one of the main reasons, -- that will be one of the main reasons i would say this is a great idea. i cannot see any downside at all. >> good morning, members of the committee. i work for the america

important for them to have come up having no money i mean look at great leaders nelson mandela i mean you look at mary came from larry ended up. i mean he understood what it was what it was like to have nothing that's probably what made him such a good leader of course for me it was a new apostles the kennedy was because of one the leader of my mind because you had to really man. my vision was and he's not what he was a man who really wants to lead nations to the future do you think it's possible in today's world or is it too different a time now than it was in the path of sort of this totally different because of global war it is a totally very complex and not easy to manage matters including by have a social or social networking is starting to change your mind over how to be the people no matter what qualities we'd like to see in the new world leaders of two thousand and twelve let's just hope we aren't too disappointed in who they turn out to be. while shortly we'll look at the consumerism boom and russia but that's after a minute our top stories. whether you die from high or to the depths. the power of the wind o

important for them to have come up having no money i mean look at great leaders nelson mandela i mean you look at mary came from larry ended up i mean he understood what it was what it was like to have nothing i think that's probably what made him such a good leader of course for me it was a new a positive. kennedy was was of one the leader of my mind because you had this really man who was my vision was and he's not what he was a man who really wants to lead from. nations have a future do you think it's possible in today's world or is it too different a time now than it was in the path of sort of this totally different because a global war does that. very complex and not easy to manage included but of a so shows so show. it started to change your mind over how to be the people no matter what qualities we'd like to see in the new world leaders of two thousand and twelve let's just hope we aren't too disappointed in who they turn out to be. and coming up r.t. speaks with those who took part in a unique russian space experiment spending a year and a half in an earthbound capsule to simulate a mission to mars but first

nelson to run again, thinking he had the best chance to retain that seat. trace? >> trace: molly, what could this mean for the balance of power in the senate. >> larry sabato says republicans have a fair to good chance of taking control of the senate. and nelson's seat likely is an easy pick-up for the g.o.p. democrats may try to persuade former nebraska senator bob kerrey to run for the seat. sabato says kerry may give democrats 50/50 odds in nebraska. even that may be generous. kerry said in an interview earlier this month that he wouldn't rule out a senate run but said it's, quote, highly unlikely that he would do it. trace? >> trace: molly hen werg live for us in the nation's capital. our nation's credit limit is about to max out. the obama administration now set to ask congress to raise it by $1.2 trillion. this is all part of the debt ceiling deal negotiated over the summer. and treasury department officials say we need to raise the limit now because by friday the federal government will be within $100 billion of the current limit. president obama carving out time for work during his hawaiian vacation nominating a democrat and republic to fill two open spots on the f

iowa but i can't let you get away, larry, without asking you a little bit about the nebraska senate seat that will suddenly be open with democratic senator ben nelson announcing his retirement from the senate, his intention not to run again. does that dramatically improve republican chances to win the senate? >> well, not dramatically because i don't think ben nelson would have been reelected, jon, to be blunt about it. the republican nominee for president is almost certain to get more than 60% of the vote in nebraska and this is a time not for split ticketing but for straight party voting. so now i think the republican candidate will be clearly favored. it may be that the democrats can't even come up with a first-class nominee. jon: they have been talking about senator bob kerrey who used to represent that state. he has been in new york for a long time but would he be a possibility, a strong contender? >> if he runs. i'll be surprised if he does. you know he hasn't been back to nebraska for a long time and he was there and got elected governor and senator in a very different environment, when nebraskans and other people in republican red states we