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i'm will thomas. >> i'm laura evans inor maureen. the temperatures are dangerously low. we have team coverage on the bitter blast. gwen tolbart is live in the weather center to get us started. >> reporter: bitter, bitter cold conditions a cross the area. we've had gusty wind all day. no longer under a wivend advisory. take a look at this map. there is a windchill advisory for the areas to the west. it's going to feel like minus 5 to minus 10 degrees below zero and even in the higher elevatio up to minus 15. single digit temperatures and in the teens. allegheny, mineral, hardy, grant and pendleton. winds gustg hour. also across the west a winter weather advisory. they've already received more than 4 inch of snowfall and in this area we are talking an additional 1 to 3 inches of snowfall tonight through into monday. this ends by 6:00 monday evening. so a lot going on. we still have the wind. fairly strong across the area. 26 miles per hour gusts at national. 30 atulles and 31 at baltimore. 26 at hagerstown. here's the windch

laura ingalls has more. >> we will do what it takes to defend them and feed our country. >> reporter: on vacation with his mind on counterterrorism. president obama viewed to protect the country while fighting those who want to attack it. >> our nation is at war against the far-reaching network of violence and hatred. >> reporter: the president blames an arm of al qaeda and yem fen are the failed plot against a -- plot against a u.s.-bound airplane on christmas day. the would-be attacker, a 23- year-old nigerian man who appeared on an international security list of people considered suspicious. and despite warnings from his own father to u.s. officials, the suspect was permitted to board the flight. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, trained him and equipped him with the explosives and directed them on hit the plane heading for america. >> reporter: he's holding his security teams responsible and will meet with them on tuesday. >> this includes making sure the communities crash -- are held accountable at every elf. >> reporter: the president of delta airlines is a waiting answers. in

bush and chief of staff to laura bush. in washington. dan at the white house.aura schwartz in chicago served as director of events in the white house social office in the clinton administration. want to get us up to date on the new crash story? >> reporter: well, yeah. we got the statement from the secret service this morning. they were pointing out that now a third individual did manage to make the way into the white house here to that state dinner in november. this person according to the secret service went to a local hotel where the indian delegation was meeting and then hopped in a vehicle there and came into the white house. now the secret service says that they did go through -- that individual did go through a security screening and they don't believe at any time that individual got into the receiving line or had a chance to meet the president or the first lady. it's under investigation and clearly another embarrassing situation for this white house which we're talking about security issues, national security, and now a third individual managed to get i

laura setrakian is in dubai. good morning to you, laura. >> reporter: good morning, jeremy and linsey. today is the grand unveiling of the burj dubai. the world's tallest skyscraper and the crowning achievement of the ten-year construction boom. standing at more than 2,600 feet the burj dubai has over 160 floors, the world's highest elevator, and enough steel rebar to go one-quarter of the way around the world. >> you have to give them credit for an engineering feat. it's also very symbolic. >> reporter: when the tower was first conceived, dubai's fortunes seemed bright and limitless. today the city is in much different shape. mired in as much as $150 billion of debt with unpaid bills and millions owed to builders, banks and service providers hired during the peak years. >> it puts dubai on the map in an ironic way. because real estate housing downturn is what's responsible for the current economic down cycle. >> reporter: there have been scores of layoffs and billions of dollars in canceled projects. last month,

look at laura brumfield get the offensive put-back for her first bucket. >> robin: laura brumfield say rebounding machine. we see a small example of it right there just going down. missed the first shot. puts up her own. you've got to box her out. >> mike: april parker outside left it out. threes shegog. big for north carolina played really well in the win over maryland. sheila white can't hit. there's brumfield again. laura brumfield has had double-figure rebounds in four straight games. already two offensive boards here. >> robin: and she just uses her athleticism. goes up over the defense. clemson has to physically put a body on her and move her out in order to keep her from doing what she does very well. >> mike: pauldo again and shaniqua pauldo has all four clemson points to start the game. >> robin: in terms of the two shots she hit are perimeter shots, long range. you'd expect her to be fighting on the inside a little bit more. she's taking what north carolina is giving her. >> mike: this clemson team has not played in eight days. eight days ago they lost to florida state. in th

tonight as fox's laura engle reports, president obama is blaming al-qaeda for the attempted bombing. >> we will do whatever it takes to defeat them and defend our country. >> reporter: on vacation with his mind on counter terrorism. president obama vows to protect the country while fighting those who want to attack it. >> our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. >> reporter: the president blames an arm of al-qaeda in yemen for the failed plot against a u.s. bound airplane on christmas day. the would be attacker, a 23-year-old nigerian man who appeared on an international security list of people considered suspicious. despite warnings from his own father to u.s. officials, the suspect was permitted to board the flight. >> al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula trained him, equipped him with knows explosives and directed him to attack that plane headed for america. >> reporter: the president says he is holding his security teams responsible and will meet with them tuesday. >> this includes making sure these communities and the people in them are coordinati

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bush and laura who served as director of events. how could this happen? >> this is just unbelievable, and i'm sorry to hear that this has happened. again, we're talking about this, since november, another person that was able to breach the security at the white house. we all need to be concerned about this, about protecting the president, the first family, and protecting the white house. i think -- obviously, this was turned up in the investigation, that the secret service was doing, and identified that someone was able to get on a bus from the willard hotel with the indian delegation, and i think this is a question, too, for the state department and the office of protocol. was there a visits officer there going through the list, matching up the list from the white house with the protocol office to see that the people getting on that bus with the official delegation coming to the white house, which, by the way, go to another entrance, not the entrance where all the other guests were coming in. how did they get on that bus and get past everything? >> larry

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like most americans, laura and i have been following the television coverage. our hearts are broken when we see the scenes of children struggling without a mother or father, or the bodies of the streets and physical damage of the earthquake. the challenges are immense, but there are a lot of devoted people leading the relief effort. from government personnel who have deployed to the disaster zone to the faith-based groups. the most effective way for americans to help is to contribute money. that money will go to organizations on the ground who will be able to affectively spend it. i know a lot of people want to send blankets or water, just send your cash. one of the things that the president and i will do is make sure your money is spent wisely. as president obama said, you can look us up on clintonbushhaitifund.org. it is amazing how terrible tragedies can bring out the best of the human spirit. we have all seen that firsthand when americans citizens responded to the tsunami or katrina, or the earthquake in pakistan. president clinton and i will work to attack

>> laura. >> laura. if procreation is real point of marriage, is essential to marriage, why do we give tax breaks and other kinds of benefits to married couples, who don't, who don't have children? all right, what this very brief preliminary discussion, of the ethics of marriage as a state function, brings out, well a couple things. one very interesting thing. before we knew it, in debating same-sex marriage, for and against, we found ourselves arguing what is the purpose, what is the essential nature of marriage as a social institution. what is marriage for. and we had two views. the view that says, marriage is fundamentally for the sake of procreation. and child-bearing. and another view, that contested that account and said no, what marriage is really about a loving, life-long mutual commitment between the partners. now, which account of the purpose of marriage, you ultimately find more persuasive, has a large bearing on whether you think that justice requires traditional marriage only, or, same-sex m

laura ingle, thank you very much. senators may face a growing controversy on capitol hill when they return from the winter recess. it resolves around summers who is tapped to head the transportation security administration. "washington post" says some lawmakers supported sothers despite knowing about a troubling personal incident in his path. could it derail the nomination? we have more from the capitol. >> harry reid plans to push hard if a full confirmation vote on erol sothers but reid could have a fight on his hands. "washington post" reports that some senators already knew before they voted to confirm southers that he mischaracterized personal incident in his past. that incident is from 20 years ago when southers was an fbi agent and accessed controversial records about his ex-wife's boyfriend. a day after the vote, southers admitted he did searches himself. republican from maine said he had concerns but now says is satisfied with the explanati explanation. but jim demint isn't. he blocked southers' nomination ov

laura ingle joins us from new york with details. hello, lori. >> hi, brian, it took a lot of leg work to identify the man who snarled travelers plans for days. after a lot of rewinding of surveillance tapes investigators found their man and tracked him down to find out just what kind of security threat this guy really posed. his name is jiang, a 25-year-old graduate student from china studying at rutgers university. this video pulled from terminal c shows how jiang went around the security guard station after he was reportedly told to stay put and then ducks under the rope once the guard walks away. jiang is then seen walking arm and arm into the secure area with his girlfriend. so, after following up on numerous leads, port authority police found him at his home in new jersey yesterday. he was questioned and taken into custody. he will be charged with defiant trespass, which carries a $500 fine. jiang's roommates told jiang never mentioned the airport incident and don't think that jiang believed initially that this was a serious ma

[applause] >> thank you, laura. thank you, laura. great 2009 and we are fired up and ready toç go r 2010. i am fired up. are you? [applause] our work has truly just begun, but i want to say that it would not have been possible to do the great things that we did in 2009 had it had been for the 70,000 men and women who make up the department of the interior. many of you know last week there was something in the media that i would leave to kobe, the governor of colorado -- i said no, as i wanted to be right here with you. [applause] this department, as the custodian of america's natural resources really does so much for the 300 million americans. i want to thank everyone who is here and everyone watching us around the country. before i begin i want to briefly recognize everyone in the department, particularly those people who are in the united states geological survey who have been helping to respond to the tragic earthquake in haiti. our thoughts and prayers are with them today and the people of haiti. we will do everything we can to

laura ingle has been following the story and joins us now from the new york city news room.irst of all, tell us about the gas deliveries. >> hi, gregg, well, if allowed here the delivery in question would cruise into boston harbor and then dock at the l and g terminal in everett. that's what is making many in the boston area alarmed tonight. a government report at that came out concluded that terrorists could cause major damage if they got their hand on one of these types of tankers, slashing a hole in the side, for example, could unleash a fire so intense, it could cause major injuries and burn buildings as far as one third of a mile away and second degree burns. that's why they're taking a close look at the plan to bring one of these tankers in from yemen. >> it's just a proposal right now, the coast guard, along with the area maritime security committee is reviewing the proposal to try to saesh what additional security procedures need to be put in place. we're coordinating with our local, state and federal partners. >> reporter: that proceed is going on right now. natural

as abc2 news laura mark explains gone with the tax is $14 billion for the u.s. treasury. >> it seems to be on everyone's mind. >> reporter: andrew katzenstein represents some of america's wealthiest families. those families just got a big gift from congress. >> this - >> reporter: congress was too busy last year to get around to renewing the estate tax which takes a significant part of a large inheritance. so, on january 1st, the tax disappeared. >> somebody that died this year as opposed to next year with no change in the law could save 60% in value passing to their family. it's a huge number. >> reporter: just 1% of american families are wealthy enough to pay the estate tax but if they don't pay it effects all of us because the federal government will lose billions of dollars in revenue. the congressional budget office estimates that this year 5500 families would have paid a total of $14 billion in estate taxes. congress could renew the tax this year. and make it retroactive back to january 1st but a retroactive law might not fly with the courts. in the meanti

here's abc's laura marquez. >> we met our goal, folks.oal. >> reporter: their goal and then some. $2.4 million raised in just a few days after pastor rick warren made an unusual plea on the saddleback church website. last week, warren posted a letter saying they were on target for the year, but then last week, the bottom dropped out, what is normally received. plunging the church into the red. warren said he needed $900,000 by year's end. the donations came pouring in over the internet. small amounts, most under 100 bucks. and that's not even counting what came in the mail. warren shared from the pulpit some of the e-mails. >> even though this has been my worst year financially, i still want to help my church. >> reporter: the tough economy taking a toll on churches across the country, even one as popular as saleback, one which has benefited from the book "the purpose driven life." >> a very tough year financially. >> reporter: but warren said 10% of his congregation is out of work. adding that such dire economic times means that more peo

the story that continues to develop. >> laura ingle, thanks. >> the most dangerous job in iraq these days for u.s. troops turns out it doesn't involve any combat. it can be just as deadly, though. these guys search out and clear improviseed explosive devices. and the members of this cleanup crew put their lives at risk every day to save others. dominic has more from kirkuk. >> reporter: the night convoy still patrols iraq's roads alone, removing the areasesome of ied's. the air force disposal team encounters many road side bombs that can take hours to secure the scene. it's not like you see on tv. >> reporter: yes and no, this is how the bomb disposal work is often seen these days, remote controlled robots sizing up a situation. but clearing them, requires an essential human touch. >> you can only do so much with a robot. so yes, it does happen 'cause there is no 100% guarantee you're going to see everything. >> we completely cleared the scene. had the ied. there was one on this side, we had another on that side of the road and i just happened to be looking down and i looked right do

like most americans, laura and i have been following the television coverage. our hearts are broken when we see the scenes of children struggling without a mother or father, or the bodies of the streets and physical damage of the earthquake. the challenges are immense, but there are a lot of devoted people leading the relief effort. from government personnel who have deployed to the disaster zone to the faith-based groups. the most effective way for americans to help is to contribute money. that money will go to organizations on the ground who will be able to affectively spend it. i know a lot of people want to send blankets or water, just send your cash. one of the things that the president and i will do is make sure your money is spent wisely. as president obama said, you can look us up on clintonbushhaitifund.org. it is amazing how terrible tragedies can bring out the best of the human spirit. we have all seen that firsthand when americans citizens responded to the tsunami or katrina, or the earthquake in pakistan. president clinton and i will work to attack

laura ingle has the story. >> reporter: the tankers filled with this is not on the table. before the plan is approved the mayor and other local leaders say they want to make sure that this is the right thing to do. now, this would be the first time a liquid natural gas tanker originating from yemen would come through the harbor and dock at the lng terminal in everett there. are many other lng shipments usually coming from places like egypt, trinidad and toe t taggo. they need this to turn for businesses. one possibility is unloading the liquefied natural gas away from the city. officials in charge of security say they're coordinating to see if there's additional security that might be needed. >> right now, with all the vessels pulling off port to the united states, they submit a 56 hour notice to us and we do security checks both through documentation and sometimes with physical boarding teams on board the vessels. >> meanwhile, the mayor of everett demaria, told he wanted a summit of all fire, local and state delegates to talk about the possible threat to the area and mak

. >> julie: laura ingle, thank you very much. >> gregg: now to condition mark, a smeol man charged to killed the danish cartoonist. 28-year-old suspect rivaling to court on a stretcher. he was shot by police are a after breaking in the cartoonist's home on friday. kurt westergaard flid to a special safe room with his five-year-old granddaughter during the attack. neither he or the child was hurt. he has been the target of numerous death threats since depicting mohammad in 2005. >> julie: north korea staged a massive rally, about hundred thousand people turning out in the central square. they say everyone came to show support for new politics with better relations with the u.s., believe it or not. and a higher standard of living. north korean officials watched from a balcony but it appears the leader kim jong-il did not attend. >> gregg: a fox news alert. the search is on for a missing baby from arizona, police have arrested the child's mother in florida, but there is still no sign of the baby. there is the picture, take a close look. eight-month-old gabriel johnson hasn't been seen, t

. >> host: we have a fleet from laura logic. i haverd michelle malkin refer to democratic and independent haulers as moonbats but she dismisses criticism from left? >> i have certainly called some of the more extreme callers who have called in with attacks on me over the years as moonbats but that is all in good fun. i am sure the freedom first community is a win not. they fret over this mano a mano and the names and so on. it is part of how we do business. >> what misperceptions are out there? >> the tackled one which is from wilshire which you read that somehow i intentionally right things to provoke people. it is the opposite. what i say just naturally pushes people's buttons in part because they don't expect it. they feel entitled for me to think and speak the opposite way. i have been around a long time. i started riding my newspaper column in 1992. i built up a long public record and i think there are a lot of people out there who are upset i have been around as long as i have. my death has been predicted prematurely over

laura from virginia, any more blood talking points like last night and you will not be going to another concern. we call them as we see them. valerie of phoenix, arizona. shame on beyonce for entertain ago gadaffi. she should apologize to our troops who are fighting terrorism. in louisiana, if beyonce was paid 2 million bucks to entertain a libyan thug, she should be a patriot. that's 2 million that can't go towards terrorism. peter williams, australia, we don't care much for political correctness which is why the kfc chicken ad was not a big deal here. they have pulled the ad because it does have racial overtones. robert paige, orange, california, after you played the parody of obama care, the song by ray stevens, his web site crashed. well, that's what we understand. but ray stevens.com is now up again. dr. christine, pennsylvania, for my dad, john ryley's birthday, we're sending him to tampa to see the bold fresh show with you and beck. i hope we can deliver on the present. i know i can. i am a bit worried about beck. and jerry, new jersey. love the hairy eyeball story in bold fresh.

laura engel has the latest on the report. >> hi, kimberly. mayor of boston says a tanking ship that was expected to dock has been on the phone for the last few days working on a plan to meet up and get the department of homeland security involved to help assess the risk. liquid natural gas tankers come through at harassment bor harb. usually coming from egypt and trinidad. this would be the first time one originating from yemen would come through the area and as of right now it is just a proposed plan. the area surrounding boston harbor needs liquidfied gas to turn into heat. one possibility is unloading away from the city. u.s. coast guard officials who are in charge of the security of the area say they are coordinating to see if there is additional security that might be needed. >> right now with all vessels calling on port to port o the united states they submit a 96 hour notice of arrival to us and we do security checks both through documentation and sometimes with physical boarding teams onboard the vessel. >> also the linkerring warning

i love laura about absolutely everything. politics is interesting to me.like to learn about but i could never consider a career and because it is such a dirty game. >> a dirty game? >> yes,. >> what makes you think it is a dirtyjfr game. >> there is lying involved and -- >> can you give me an example of somebody in politics who has lied? [laughter] >> there is not enough time. >> you're not answering the question. >> that is what i am learning. >> do you think people in politics law? >> i do, i honestly feel they will do anything to get what they want. they will step on each other's toes. not literally, figuratively. >> you don't think they would step on someone's toes? >> they might. >> where do expect to be in 10 years? >> i would either be in the entertainment industry. i have -- i want to be an actress. i love it. that is a line business also but let's not go there. >> i also want to travel the world. i want to go to different countries. like in the dominican republic. that would be interesting for me. i would also want to be producing my own news show

laura ran out and called to the people. be quiet. there is no fire. then mrs. lincoln screamed. the people called out who did it. hang him. murder. i did not see anyone but that one man get on the stage. then a people made a rush to the president's box struggling and pushing each other aside. some people calling out i am a surgeon. they did not get in. booth had locked the door with a wooden bar. it seemed like a half hour, it may have been three minutes. afterwards, i saw him carry him out. kelly asked am i write in saying the last thing i saw of lincoln he was smiling? yes. then he went to his death with a smile? yes. lincoln was shot in the back of the ear. he never knew what killed him. he died with a smile on his face. kelly's research on lincoln again it was going to be his finest work. his lifelong work. by the 1920s his health startedded to fail. too ill to create this work of lincoln. they compiled the notes. he knew the importance of these papers. he tried to seek out some publishers, in 1931. there was a depression going on. the letters of rejection are in the kelly c

. >> hi, i'm lunch hour yeah from -- laura gamble from north carolina. i'm here with a group of north carolina teaching fells recipients and i'm a junior. all majoring in elementary education. >> how long you been in town >> since the beginning of this conference and until it send -- ends on friday. >> i've us the -- give us the high point so far. >> i have enjoyed hearing all the different sides because i am not a politically minded person. i'm not into politics. i've never really enjoyed them. but seeing all these opinions makes me feel that, yes, my opinions are a lot different from all my other friends and i've kind of learned that that's ok. >> give us an example. >> for example, most of my friends are more on the liberal side. i'm more conservative. they're big on, if the government can help us, let them take on this and this so -- to help us out. i'm more of a can the government just sort of leave us alone? >> and your parents agree? >> my parents are also conservative. >> and why did you pick elon university? >> it just felt right. it was a beaut

laura there than just pay for a service, what are you getting for the service?o pay #or value and not just pay out the money. analysis of what's performing and what's effective. host: governor schwarzenegger making his appearance on meet the press. he's cut 60 billion from the program this year. looking at a 5% increase in what individuals pay to the pension plan and asking state employees to take that pay cut. guest: it's unbelievable how bad the situation is in states like california. you've seen enormous cuts. arizona. illinois. rhode island. minnesota and they've done the same type of very significant service cuts. furloughs, lay-off's and it's just an indicator this recession has been so long and so severe it's caused huge revenue losses. there has been a reluctance to raise general funds and sales up income taxes and therefore, there's been a heavy faem sis on the skuts of it. host: this is scott pattison. graduated from george washington university now the executive director, budget officers executive director. current states debts they're facing. connect

did we hear about about laura bush? i don't -- and what pretty clothes she wears?i don't care for her clothes but we have to listen to that if we listen to the news. and can i tell you what happened to me at 80 hardee? well, it was a town hall meeting in october. [laughter] i was -- i finally got called on to talk and i mentioned i had watched certain things on c-span and different things about c-span and you know what i was told? bayh this representative? get a life, leedy to read it they don't want us to hear and know what's going on in the senate and house floor. >> guest: on the first point with regards to michelle obama i made the point in culture of corruption so much of the mainstream media, the style of reporters and political reporters have concentrated on or a -- aura to jackie onassis and that is why did the second chapter of "culture of corruption" to michelle obama. i have no opinion on her looks, and i really could, you know, couldn't care less about what belt she's wearing so i actually have a feature on my block where there is a new magazine cover o

. >> laura?ou -- what are your thoughts on actually having someone on the show talking about the issue as opposed to an ad, like if you are going against it, and you want a of can difficult to go on a conservative talk show just to raise the visibility of the issue. >> that's a great example of earned media, getting somebody from your side to be on a talk show. hopefully one that's sympathetic and can arouse your base. so if you're the anti side on this base, trying to get your people on conservative talk radio would be a very valuable thing to do. it's harder to do on the pro action side, because frankly, there's much less progressive talk radio, so there are some shows, like that's where you target your national public radio, your local public radio if you're on the pro side, because that's your base, it's going to be listening to that and that's how you reach them. >> dan, thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> one of the main themes here is you need more money, so be creative about

thank not only the former students in the human rights clinic but also our current students brian and laura, all of them are here tonight for the work we continue to do on behalf of our clients. so i'm just going to read a short extract from my chapter. it's sort of drawing upon now multiple visits to yemen and also to africa and to eastern europe to do the investigations into our clients cases. and a sort of -- it's a reflective piece on some of the challenges that we face in doing this work. and the challenges we put our clients through in particular in doing this work. and the title of the chapter is called endless questions. why, for example, will the government acknowledge the names of some of the individuals it held in cia custody and not those of others like our clients who it has released? if the government believes as it claims that its program is legal, why does it attempt to shield scrutiny of its activities in the nation's courts? why does the government ask for a privacy waiver from our clients when the very reason we have to file the request for information on their behalf is

laura barry from the interface center on corporate responsibility. the previous speaker offered a simple sort of framework for how do we move from where we are to what he was recommending. do you have a prescriptive that is equally simple and elegant? >> well, if you -- no one can match peter easel gans, but basically, the first step is to remove shareholders from the equation and put both companies into receivership. and then use them in receivership as government corporations. the second step is, and i think that concerns are there, you know, will anybody buy the debt or the mortgage-backed securities of this thing if it just has this, quote, effective government guarantee? we may have to provide a full guarantee of business going do forward. not the -- i mean, we've already accrued the losses we're going to accrue. and that will require a step forward in terms of the budget process, and i think peter's right, that's difficult. but i, frankly, think it is preferable not to get mired in budget issues if we think that a particular solution is on the

laura washington's half-brother was at that time the master of mount remained. and that was mutual miles away from very bold washington and lawrence realize there was time for this big tall teenager after mount vernon. and he was about 16 when he started coming there and that's where he met sally fairfax, this very flirtatious wife of the man who had the house down the road. and so, for a dozen years, sally flirted with him and tormented him and so forth. so after he married and became engaged to martha, she brought them a letter saying, you have to today campaign overseas can embrace mrs. custis. and it just treaded in this blazing letter because he was about to march into the wilderness to fight the french and the indians. and you thought there may be a bullet out there with his name on it and there really might be. so he just couldn't resist and broke his blazing four-page letter in which he simply said, do you love me as much as i love you? i just want to know that before and march off to maybe get shot. and it was letter that sally saved for the rest of her

. >> laura? >> you talked a lot about talk radio, and what do you -- what are your thoughts on actually having someone on the show talking about the issue as opposed to an ad, like if you are going against it, and you want a of can difficult to go on a conservative talk show just to raise the visibility of the issue. >> that's a great example of earned media, getting somebody from your side to be on a talk show. hopefully one that's sympathetic and can arouse your base. so if you're the anti side on this base, trying to get your people on conservative talk radio would be a very valuable thing to do. it's harder to do on the pro action side, because frankly, there's much less progressive talk radio, so there are some shows, like that's where you target your national public radio, your local public radio if you're on the pro side, because that's your base, it's going to be listening to that and that's how you reach them. >> dan, thank you very much. >> thank you. [applause] >> one of the main theme

. >> i am laura anderson. you mentioned it is important to read the proposed bills. i was wondering how much time you have on average to consider a bill and if that is enough time to completely understand it. >> as government gets bigger and the government takes up things that cover more and more territory, like baseball and concussion for football -- all this stuff, it becomes harder and harder. i do not know to what extent you on here have had the chance to consider the work of staffers in congress. one of the most important things you do as a member of congress is higher super staff, most of them your age or just ask your age -- just past your age, but who will provide good in-depth research. every member of congress does it his or her own way. i insisted on a couple of things. one was -- i do not know if any of you are going to go to law school, but i am a lawyer, and one thing i told my staff is every briefing had to be one page, because if it is -- if you cannot say it in a page, you do not understand it

[applause] >> thank you, laura. thank you, laura. you know, we've had a great 2009, and we're fired up and we're ready to go for 2010. i'm fired up. are you? come on !. [applause] our work truly has just begun, but i want to say just at the outset it would not have all been possible to do the great things that we did in 2009 had it not been for the 70,000 men and women who make up the department of the interior. many of you know that last week there was some scuttlebutt in the media i would leave to go be governor of the state of colorado or run for that position. i said no, because i wanted to be right here with you because this is -- [applause] this department, as, the cus towed yawn of america's natural resources and as custodian of america's history does so much for 300 million americans that i am just very proud to be at the helm. i want to thank everyone who is here and everyone watching us around the country. before i begin i want briefly recognize everyone in the department, particularly those people who are with the united s

>> i do not know if would you -- i did not know if you heard what i said to laura. i said i would check. give me a second to do that? >> internally i assume there are conversations and if you give us a sense of his engagement and what he's doing. " i can assure you he has spent time talking to many of the same staffers that talk to you about health care moving forward, as he has done many, many days over the past year. thank you, guys. >> his plan to do with issues such as unemployment, health care, and the bourse in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address, wednesday night. our coverage starts at a clock on c-span. you can also listen to the president's address live on cease -- on your iphone. >> president obama addressed the u.s. conference of mayors on the economy and jobs. they are in washington for their annual winter meeting. this is just under 20 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, the president and vice president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you, very much. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> welcome to the white house. [applause] >> t

[applause] >> thank you, laura.009 and we are fired up and ready to go for 2010. i am fired up. are you? [applause] come on. [applause] our work truly has just begun. i want to say at the outset that it would not have battled been possible to do the great things we did in 2009 -- it would not have been at all possible to do the greatÑi things we did in 209 without the people in the department of the interior. i said i would not run for the governorship of colorado because i wanted to be with you. [cheers and applause] this department, as the custodian of america's natural resources, as the custodian of america's history, really does so much for the 300 million americans that was really proud to be at the helm. i want to thank everybody that was here and who is watching us around the country. before i begin, i want to briefly recognize everyone in the department. forethoughts under pressure with the people of haiti today. we will do what we can to support the administration's rescue efforts as that country struggles

. >> laura?alked a lot about talk radio, and what do you -- what are your thoughts on actually having someone on the show talking about the issue as opposed to an ad, like if you are going against it, and you want a of can difficult to go on a conservative talk show just to raise the visibility of the issue. >> that's a great example of earned media, getting somebody from your side to be on a talk show. hopefully one that's sympathetic and can arouse your base. so if you're the anti side on this base, trying to get your people on conservative talk radio would be a very valuable thing to do. it's harder to do on the pro action side, because frankly, there's much less progressive talk radio, so there are some shows, like that's where you target your national public radio, your local public radio if you're on the pro side, because that's your base, it's going to be listening to that and that's how you reach them. >> dan, thank you very much. >> t >> you need more money, so be creative about bringing

miles and laura have a child with autism, and they have been an outstanding advocates not just for their for all children with autism. please welcome here -- please welcome them here this evening. [applause] blake's father tells and moving story about hearing his son speak his first words at the age of three. reaching that milestone took months of intensive therapy. it was an enormous victory for blake, summed up rather nicely in his first word -- "mine." when their insurance company refused to pay for his therapy, they willingly took a hit because they know there is a critical period of time to turn on the light in the developing mild -- in the developing mind of a job with autism. if that critical time passes, the light goes out. children with autism should not have to wait for their parents to come up with the cash or insurance companies to grow a conscience. they need our help now. [applause] for months, i have stood with democratic and republican legislatures -- legislators on this and laid out a key bill that we will make a difference in these children's lives. this is the year we

laura tells us on the order to get money out of politics.the last call on this is from louisville, ky on the democrat'' line. caller: the problem with a lot of it is you have a bunch of movie stars in politics any more just like in sports. everyone is on tv, getting in front of the camera, making that the point of reference. back in the 1960's and 1970's you were fortunate if you knew your own senator by face. now with the 24/7 fox news, msnbc news pitting one against the other it makes four end of the chair real -- and makes for an adversarial atmosphere. host: did you then think that putting cameras on the senate floor to televise was a bad idea? caller: no, not at all. it is not the venue of c-span that is concerning. it plays a bit of a part, but generally you can look at people doing their jobs that way. the other things like when you go on your channel of msnbc, or fox -- dunno about cnn. the situation where people keep talking about term limits, i think that is a terrible idea. if you think it is bad now, if you have a situation with

laura from the interface center on corporate responsibility the previous speaker offered a simple sortf framework for how do we move from where we are to what he was recommending? do you have a prescriptive that is equally simple and elegant? >> no one can match peter's elegance, but basically the first step is to remove shareholders from the equation and put both companies into receivership and then use them in receivership as government corporations. the second step is, and i think the concerns, are there, will anybody buy the debt or mortgage-backed securities if it just has a quote effective government guaranteed we may have to provide a full guarantee of business going forward. we've already accrued the losses we are going to accrue and that will require a step forward in terms of the budget process and i think peter is right that is difficult. but i frankly think it is preferable not to get mired in budget issues if we think that a particular solution is on the ground of the most effective solution. there are answers to these budget questions in various forms as the world's great