their basic constitution can be amendeded by ordinary law in the legislature. and there have been instances where the israeli supreme court said we think this is unconstitutional and the legislature came back saying we disagree and we get to simply pass another law saying we disagree and the legislature wins. so in other words the amendment process of the constitution is anothered -- another -- thing that makes to difficult. >> host: the justices will see this book and they might say i don't care what the judicial courts think of us. >> guest: it is bad and wrong policy for the congress to think it can't have any affect on us. sometimes members of congress do think they can have an affect on us and that is a bad thing and that should be nipped in the bud wherever possible. speaking of the justices now, the justice are very fond of writing and saying they should be left alone to do their jobs. as one can -- we will see why they would. we would all like to be left alone to have the power to pictorially issue whatever rulings we want but that is not the way the co

many years ago we went from a part-time legislature to a full-time legislature. from a biennial budget to an annual budget. four years ago when i was toning i said let's go back a biennial budget, let's go to a part-time legislature. it is not in their interest to go there because many of the they are have that as a full-time job. i believe citizenship should the a part-time job. , hardround at the states time legislatures. they represent the people. pittsburgh and other communities are struggling with how to see revenue from tax-exempt institutions are major employers and major property owners. should there be changes in state laws governing the obligations of these big entities to the communities in which they are or should the communities give up on trying to seek more money from them, are they wrong to seek more money from these tax-exempt institutions? >> i do not think they are wrong. where do they need the money? they need the money to pay for their pensions. that is their biggest cost driver. we understand that. since my parents in front of the philadelph

late late tur and -- legislature and work with citizens to get things done. if i do that, i think there's enough appetite for real changes to actually get something done. >> you are the former revenue secretary under governor rendell so understand revenues and you proposed a tax plan where you would like to make the progressive as opposed to the income tax where wealthier pennsylvanians would pay more, and you said the cut offs would be 70 to $90,000 for single filers, you haven't told anyone how much more the i happen crease would be for people that would see higher taxes could you at least right now state all right i'm going to cap it at 10%, 15%, 20%. >> it will be less than that. >> reporter: no i can't. >> it will be less than 10%. >> yeah. >> reporter: less than 5%? >> i don't know. here's why i resisted on being specific on that. him i've been specific on who's going to benefit. if you're making 70 or less than $90,000 you'll get a break on the income tax. that's a picture of the fair taxation. i want to reduce property tax and corporation tax. i've ta

my time in the legislature will help me do that. there is funding in the transportation package for transit. >> i am happy with what we are doing. bipartisanugh legislation to do a regional transit authority. it was one of the great missing needs for detroit. we got it done. we will move forward with that. i want rail. we are helping transportation all over. i am proud of the track record i have. it is a great opportunity for the future. it is one of those things that attracts and people to michigan. detroit has an emergency manager and is trying to get through a compensated bankruptcy. is this the right policy and approach? is there more the state needs to do? what do they need to do to help them out? >> that was a big question. me start the other way. what we are doing now is working on early warning systems to help communities. it is not a subjective process. it is an objective process. i don't something decide that. certain conditions have to exist first. with respect to detroit, i want to see that in of a systematic way. we wil

it is the legislature that makes the final approval of the budget. and as such in a balancing of the budget has to go through the legislature. one of 76, why did he let that happen? why did he let the mechanism he is complaining about not happen? certainly, why are you asking these questions to the governor as opposed to me? it will be just as incumbent upon me to save your administration will be just like the abercrombie sooey administration. >> moderator: thank you. ige: even know, it is clear that the executive is the one who is tasked with balancing the budget. the legislature -- we passed a budget, but it is about implementation because the executive spends the money. they decide when and how it should be spent. the reality is the administration, the only two times in the history of the state that we ended in the red. most importantly, they had no strategy and how stop the spending. they simply stopped paying bills, with help your taxpayer refund, and that was there solution to a balanced budget successful. >> moderator: i think we're off to a p

one was in the legislature, monroe went to congress. alking about the articles in onfederation, in 1777, continental congress put together a plan to unify the states. that, continental congress existed to air against great britain. they had to conduct a war against one of the most powerful in the world. in 1777, they sent the articles of cop federation to the states. accompanied it sounds like an apology. it says it's the best that could circumstances he of all. not very promising. under the articles of hapless tion, the league of friendship was unable to raise revenue on its own, to raise troops on its own. it was unable to conduct any rational trade policy. war, the ter the european powers would punish our merchants, our producers, hit producers with heavy taxes and tariffs. ecause the national government create a acity to trade policy, they would play against each other. one state would look around and say, you know what? our tariff to lower and have the british goods come in from our state. impossible for the congress to do anything

it is the legislature that approves the final budget so any balancing has to go through the legislature. if you was one of 76, why did he let that happen? why did he let the mechanisms not happen? and why aren't you asking these me? it is incumbent is a that your administration would be like the abercrombie administration because he is the lieutenant governor. >> it is very clear that the executive is the one who is tasked with balancing the budget. the legislature -- we passed a budget but it is really about a limitation. they decide when and how it should be spent. the reality is, the only two times in the history of the state of for why he that we ended in the red. they have no strategy on how to stop the spending. they simply stopped paying bills and withheld the tax refund. i think we are off to a pretty good start here, three different men with different styles and a lot of ideas at the table. >> a lot of opportunities to ask questions and we will hear more, maybe even get a cameo from the lieutenant governor. >> we will talk to them after the short break. from hawaii news now, yo

many years ago we went from a part-time legislature to a full-time legislature. from a biennial budget to an annual budget. four years ago when i was toning i said let's go back a biennial budget, let's go to a part-time legislature. it is not in their interest to go there because many of the they are have that as a full-time job. i believe citizenship should the a part-time job. , hardround at the states time legislatures. they represent the people. pittsburgh and other communities are struggling with how to see revenue from tax-exempt institutions are major employers and major property owners. should there be changes in state laws governing the obligations of these big entities to the communities in which they are or should the communities give up on trying to seek more money from them, are they wrong to seek more money from these tax-exempt institutions? >> i do not think they are wrong. where do they need the money? they need the money to pay for their pensions. that is their biggest cost driver. we understand that. since my parents in front of the philadelph

bethis is a vision that will set for the legislature. it has to be looked at in two very important ways. if we fail to invest -- i did file a bill to change the school funding formula in the last legislative session that would increase per-pupil funding. if we do not make those investments, we know we will continue exactly where we are today. >> the amount of money you were talking about increasing spending per-pupil does not get us to the national average, which is about $11,000. julie -- should we be at least at the national level? >> we need to look at it from the opposite direction. the way you are looking at it in the way you are focusing on it is the way a lot of people do. how much should be spent? no business starts out by saying, we need to spend x amount and then create the product. we need to create a best school system in america and then fund it. we need to talk about what we are providing the students in the classroom. my plan creates the best classroom environment for students in the united states from pre-k all the way th

that the legislature approves the final budget so any balancing has to go through the legislature. 76, why did heof let that happen? did he let the mechanisms not happen? and why aren't you asking these questions as opposed to me? your incumbent is a that administration would be like the abercrombie administration because he is the lieutenant governor. clear that the executive is the one who is tasked with balancing the budget. -- we passed a budget but it is really about a limitation. they decide when and how it should be spent. is, the only two times in the history of the state of for why he that we ended in the red. they have no strategy on how to stop the spending. they simply stopped paying bills and withheld the tax refund. a a think we are off to pretty good start here, three different men with different styles and a lot of ideas at the table. >> a lot of opportunities to ask questions and we will hear more, maybe even get a cameo from the lieutenant governor. >> we will talk to them after the short break. now, you arei news watching campaign 2014. race for governor. >> running

the challenge is the legislature was having a tough time addressing that. pothole season brought it home and we got pretty far. more than been done in a lot of years but it was election ear so many legislators were not going to vote for a revenue increase going into an election season. electionet through the season and get it done because it is for everyone's benefit. betterroads will lead to jobs, save hundreds of lives and make us better off. congress manned people in 1997 would have made it omething other than cents per gallon we may not be having the discussion today. > christie, you have an audience question? >> yes, give us your name and the question. my name harris. hat is your stance on implementing mass transit in michigan. >> great question. i have actually run a nonprofit ommunity development thaorgs provided transportation services or element early around handicapped in battle creek. it is critical to help detroit we need and cities transit. one reason to fix the roads and of listen and i will lead in a bipartisan way team in the legislature wil

>> when i was in the legislature, we debated this issue. i do not support the constitutional amendment. i did that because i thought it would damage the welcoming image our state has had dating back to when we became a state. the people of kansas decided they wanted that in the constitution, and they did so by significant majority, and i respect that decision. the fact of the matter is this issue is out of the hands of politicians. there is nothing i can do, nothing governor brownback can do to change this issue. the courts will decide it. i think a lot of people on both sides of this issue which the -- wish the u.s. supreme court had addressed this. we would have some definition. the courts will have to deal with this and we have to go on from there. >> i stand with the people of kansas. the marriage is between a man and a woman. they voted that in this state by nearly 70% and put it into the constitution. put it in the highest document they possibly could. now, you have judges seeking to rewrite that. it comes back to the issue of judges

the state legislature passed new rules on eligible i.d.s. opponents say the law will directly impact many minorities and low income voters who don't have valid i.d.s. u.s. attorney general eric holder spoke out on the issue in june. >> by restricting access and decreasing voter participation laws such as those in wisconsin would shrink rather than expand access to the franchise. this is inconsistent. not only with our history but with our ideals as a nation. a nation founded on the principle that all citizens are entitled to equal opportunity, equal representation, and equal rights. >> last week the supreme court ordered a block on wisconsin's new law also citing a lack of time to train poll workers. >> with such a short period before the election it could wreak havoc. >> an estimated 300,000 wisconsinites don't have valid photo i.d.s to be eligible to vote under the new law. in texas, more than 600 registered voters will be impacted, and those hurt will disproportionate will be people of color. >> the race to impose or challenge new voter i

barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. >>> hundreds if not thousands of kids will take hay rides this halloween season. but on one of these rides in main, the trailer slammed into a tree and killed someone. investigators say an suv pulling the hay ride lost control as it was going down a hill last night. it smashed into a tree and the impact threw everyone off the trailer. a 17-year-old girl was killed and paramedic s rushed several people to the hospital. police came back to the scene today to reconstruct what happened and so far they do not think alcohol had anything to do with it. >>> for a lot of people, understanding their health insurance can be confusing and difficult. d.c.'s health department kicked off a monthly program today to help people navigate the system. they helped find out what benefits they qualify for and what their options are if they don't have insurance. >> today we've had some people that hav

think on, the legislature was able to override the veto. -- bank god it, the legislature was able to override the the dough. we will grow by focusing on small businesses. the main technology institute says that if you look at the job growth potential in maine, the area is in clean, renewable energy, good paying jobs. the governor has given the way for offshore wind and solar. >> top priority without question is education. i am a parent, like many of you. i want every kid in the state of maine to be trained and educated so that he or she can have a job, take a job in a growing and expanding business or a new business in the state of maine. and we're not doing that today. too many of our kids are graduating from high school and going nowhere after that. we have to change that. it is he single most important job we have to do. if we are here, four years from now, still talking about the governor's efforts to get hydro-quebec to sell us cheaper energy, we are going to have the same kind of economic record we have today. >> two things that i must respond. number one is, i have got a progr

rational was defeated in the legislature.t's almost impossible to get anything through the current california legislature. >> is that just what fear of the politics? >> it's mostly fear of theq!x politics but the other thing that makes this time is that the -- a lot of senior member of the legislature like darryl steinberg, are terming out. so the feeling is its going to be a whole lot of new people. new staff. starting all over again so it would be years until any of these proposals would seriously be considered. >> are the politics of it really that tough. >> when you have attorney general pamela harris that wrote a book on better sentencing she stayed out of this. >> hasn't taken a position. >> hasn't taken a position. it shows you how hot this one is. it comes down to some of the crimes. when you tell them look let's reduce receiving stolen property from a felony. it's a nonviolent crime to a misdemeanor but then nancy omally says wait a minute, do you really want to reduce that? same goes with date rape drugs. that's ano

he's saying if you want, if you want laws that are merciful or just or fair look to your legislatu legislature. so design legislative institutions that induce mercy in your legislator in your lie every but don't let the judge get involved. design your judicial institutions so that they don't have very much discretion to overturn what the legislature wants. and i thought that, so the title of this book is "a mere machine" and i thought the people probably would not have jefferson quote in the back of their mind so i wanted to put in the jefferson quote in the front of the book and the press thought that might look like thomas jefferson had endorsed the book so they wouldn't vote on it. so the idea was "a mere machine" is what we should be thinking about in our courts. we should be designing institutions such that we are restraining our courts are mapping the power to overturn the actions of the democratically-elected legislature. >> host: and the harvey is a professor of politics at new york university, the author of this book "a mere machine" the supreme court, congress and american democracy.

>> when i was in the legislature, we debated this issue. i do not support the constitutional amendment. i did that because i thought it would damage the welcoming image our state has had dating back to when we became a state. the people of kansas decided they wanted that in the constitution and they did so by significant majority and i respect that decision. the fact of the matter is this issue is out of the hands of politicians. there is nothing i can do, nothing governor brownback and do to change this issue. the courts will decided. i think a lot of people on both sides of this issue which the supreme court addressed. the courts will have to deal with this and we have to go on from there. >> i stand with the people of kansas. the marriage is between a man and a woman. they voted this by nearly 70% and put it into the constitution. now, you have judges seeking to rewrite that. it comes back to the issue of judges for governors. this is something each of us have impact on. do you want somebody appointing liberal judges like paul davis? do

barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. >>> the national average price of gas priced 10 cents in a week, making it the lowest price so far this year. the falling prices are not done yet either. aaa says gas prices could co to drop until the end of year of it the motor club also says low d an abundant supply has kept glob oil prices low. right now, the average price in e district is $3.34 a gallon r regular. in maryland, $3.09. in virginia, 2.92. in west virginia, the average pric 3.22 a gallon. >>> apple payday beaus today. you have hea about it, i'm lets you use your 6 li a credit card. you link your phone to your cr card with your fit reader, then swipe your p in places like mcdonald's and macy's to pay for purchases. >>> who will be quarterba for the redskins next week? be right.w who it's going to third string quart colt mcy could get another chance afr leaving the skins to viy ove the weekend. head coach jay gru

which is a republican legislature. it may be different in states where democrats run the legislature, but here in florida it, really most of the efforts to deliver "integrity to the process" whether it's a purge or voter i.d. in other states that are close, most of those generally are intended really more to suppress the vote than it is to assure integrity because things like early voting constraints and purging and things like that really aren't a lot of people running to polls with fake i.d.s to vote. there aren't really a lot of felons really desperately trying to vote. there aren't people here out of status hoards of them running to vote. if that happens, it happens incredibly infrequently and usually by accident. almost all of the problems with voting from an integrity point of view are in the absentee voting area. almost always. you don't hear about other cases really. i would tell you that the purge was a very -- was an idea whose only purpose was to suppress vote of a population that they believed that the gove

and the federal legislature with the notwithstanding clauses. also to make some policy there is a clause that is essentially this model will be good notwithstanding any conflict that may arise with our rights and liberties and even if a court would find this is in conflict with the charter or constitution they cannot strike it but what continues to be good law notwithstanding. lipper having the court even the netherlands. so the courts are not allowed to exercise the power of judicial review but in those countries summarize them liberties protection is the highest so those countries receive the highest levels. so that is where the book ends. maybe we have that backwards. because we have the independent courts but it is in fact, not that has led to the rights and liberties that we have to have their protections for the end of the constitution to limit the power. so that is a joint argument of the book. >> host: so professor those of have a negative effect of every measure of rights and protections why is that? >> guest: this is interesting. we ha

we talked about something the legislature was working at. i know it takes a constitutional convention to change it. i hope we do not raise them. >> chris, you want to follow-up with charlie? >> i guess the first thing i ourd say, if you think economy isn't growing, you would need to get out of the office more. the people i talk to is anxious. if they have a job, they are worried about keeping it. across thisned state, the working people of massachusetts have been on the receiving end of dozen of tax seven or over the past eight years. the first thing they say to me is i feel like i've been new one and diamond to death. difference, i big say this to the voters, i am not going to raise your taxes. the attorney general has made it clear that she will. >> can i respond? he was happy to take a no new taxes, but you have not done it and you have not signed it. you talk about a lot of things you want to do but you will not talk about where the money will come from. the difference between charlie and me as the economy turns around, i will roll out a

barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. . [ applause ] >> that was not the celebration we wanted to see. we were thinking it would be the baltimore orioles doing the celebration. >> black and orange in there, yeah. unfortunately, they swept their first round, the divisional series and got swept in the championship series, no offense. the orioles really had no offense. >> it was all closed by one run game. >> yeah, i mean, they did take a leave a little bit yesterday but they never led in the series. >> almost on horseshoes and hand grenades. >> yeah, kansas city, so long since they've been there, the orioles won 96 games this season, the division champs, couldn't get past a wild card team and the royals, they this to win the final game of the season to get in and they haven't lost one since. game four, orioles just trying to avoid a sweep, but things don't get off to the greatest start, rounds out the first, johnson

the legislature passed the law. law i wanted.hey did not pass something called the public finance which many of the editorial boards of new york support which i support , which is controversial, and happens not to be supported by the people of the state and the legislature would not pass public finance. but i got 85% of what i wanted. i take 85% of the bill. the criticism was you should have waited for public finance and gotten 100%. and you should have kept the commission going until you had public finance. >> you were smart enough to know that the appearance was you created a commission and then canceled it. and the commission was to investigate corruption. >> yes. but the purpose was to get the law passed. >> would you do it again? >> i would have communicated more extensively the purpose of the commission, because -- >> it seems like legalisms as you know. not need another commission. >> it was your commission. you must know the political risk of saying we are canceling this and how hard it is to explain that. you found out.

in the illinois legislature i couldn't understand where they were coming from. they were anti-farmers and anti-business. i thought just protagonists all the time. one time i got on a train in springfield. and i went from springfield to st. louis and passed through the district these folks came from. it was called down below. it was all closed down factories and refineries that were closed and broken up and it was very, very dire. so i learned everybody that's in the congress, everybody that's elected comes from someplace. they represent a group of eople. and one of the things that you have to realize as being a leader is that everybody has a right to be there. everybody has a right to be heard and everybody has a right to be part of the process and the process isn't always pretty. but it's constantly trying to move people together and i think what the leader did and what i had to do is constantly put people around the table to try to find some consensus to move forward. i'm not sure that's happening today but that will happen. >> right now a lot of the focus is

they emerged ruling more chambers and legislatures than they had since the 1950s.sed that control of state legislatures to gerrymander congressional districts so republicans basically can't lose the house of representatives until there's another census in the year 2020. republicans did great in the last midterms in 2010. and the poster child for their success in that effort was alabama and old mike hubbard. mike hubbard is not only chair of the republican party in the state, also the republican leader in the legislature since 2006. democrats had control of the alabama state legislature for 130-some-odd years in alabama, since reconstruction after the civil war. it was proving for hard for republicans to push the yats out, even as the state got more and more red. in part because there were strict state laws against corporations donating more than $500 to any one campaign. they're having a hard time pushing the democrats out. $500 per campaign from corporations was not going to be enough to fund a republican takeover in a state like that. but mike hubbard hatched a p

handed up running for the legislature spending six years, going to congress never dreaming i would ever be in leadership of congress and i ended up speaker of the house. outside my door were seven or eight chairs and was the same people in those chairs every day. >> they were seeing the principle of the congress. ask you this question, congressman gephardt. they are generally low but now they are at historic lows. media's fault, twitter? the broken relationships on capitol hill? start thee to discussion my understanding that congress is usually unpopular and there's a good reason for it. congress is a huge organization. it's 535 people. they're trying to reach an agreement on a very controversial emotional issues in the country. it is always hard for them to operate, for them to make those decisions. is a substitute for violence. it really is. when people come here, they find out as 534 other people in the building. in many countries, one person makes the decision or a small group here. we have this huge group so it's always hard. lately it's been a little harder than usual. i chalk it

>> this is a vision that will be set for the legislature. it has to be looked at in two very important ways. i did file a bill to change the school funding formula in the last legislative session that would increase per-pupil funding. if we do not make those investments, we know we will continue exactly where we are today. >> the amount of money you were talking about increasing spending per-pupil does not get us to the national average, which is about $11,000. should we be at least at the national level? >> we need to look at it from the opposite direction. the way you are looking at it in the way you are focusing on it is the way a lot of people do. how much should be spent? no business starts out by saying, we need to spend x amount and then create the product. we need to create a best school system in america and then fund it. we need to talk about what we are providing the students in the classroom. my plan creates the best classroom environment for students in the united states from pre-k all the way through graduation. >> by spending

now, we learn, barbara comstock pushed a client's issues in the virginia legislature and didn't disclose it. barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. do >>> all you have to do is take a look outside and know we're under a yellow alert. good afternoon. aim andrea roane. >>> on the right side of our screen you'll see missing children from our area. we'll get more on that but let's go to erica grow with a look at this yellow alert lasting all day and through the night, erica? >> that's right. it's not only because of the rain we have out here right now but also the windy conditions that are starting to develop and that will continue to get worse as we head into the evening hours. you can see here on doppler 9000, this is a three-hour loop. the big spin in the atmosphere is due to the fact that this area of low pressure as it moved off the coast started to strengthen. it gains a little bit more energy from the atlantic ocea

barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. displz in australia, a lucky couple has their cat to thank for helping to save their multimillion dollar house. the feline wasn't the original part of the contract but the daughter of the potential buyers just fell in love with the cat named tiffany and eager to make the deal, the realtor and the seller agreed to an unusual request. >> they wouldn't sign the papers unless they got the cat. >> she's lucky. she has lots of people that love her. >> they clearly had a lot of money. another reason to love the deal? the home buyers through in an extra $140,000 for tiffany the cat. that can buy you a lot of replacement pets. >> i don't think we'd do that with kiwi and chloe, throw them in like that. >> the cats convey. >>> warm today, breezy. doesn't feel like the season. it will by the weekend. all this warmth and humidity, it's bringing up moisture. when that storm system comes late

barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. >>> hello and thank you for joining us. i'm andrea roane. authorities slapped jesse matthew with more charges. we're waiting for the medical examiner to identify human remains found by authorities searching for missing student hannah graham. hank silverman has more on today's developments. good afternoon, hank. >> reporter: good afternoon, andre ya. today's developments are this basically. we are waiting for the report from the medical examiner. i've been told by the people at the medical examiner's office that is not likely to happen today although it is possible. we will not get the report directly from them. it will go to the police who are in charge of the investigation. they vish add statement saying they are not -- issued a statement saying they are not going to have any news briefings. they'll release something when and if they get a positive i.d. on hannah graham. it's

which is republican legislature. it may be different in states where democrats run the legislature but here in florida, really most of the efforts to deliver quote integrity to the process, whether a purge, whether voter id in other states that are close, most of those generally are intended more to suppress a vote than to assure integrity because things like early voting constraint and purging and things like that, really rpt allot of people running to the polls with fake ids to vote. there aren't really a lot of felons really desperately trying to vote. there are people out of status, you know, horde of them running to vote. if that happens it happens infrequently and by accident. you don't hear about other cases really. so i would tell you that the purge was a very -- was an idea whose only purpose was to suppress the vote of the population that they believed that the governor believed might noting necessarily favorable and i think most of the election that had come out of legislature have an ulterior and mischiev

that was surprising to me. >> none of the republican legislatures supporter voter i.d. supported to those, about 15% of democrats did. the researchers concluded that some politician are based, unconscious or not, and they did not share their names with them. >> i need to drill down on the notes from that. a keynote address was with read at a media award ceremony today. our colleague delivered the speech at the front line club. now peter dictated the speech to his family during priorities visits. he addressed the threats journalists face around the world. >> at apeshit level, our incarceration, are more crucial and more crucially the foley and the murders have reminded people why a free and unchanneled press is so important people may not always like everything they see in the media, but they recognize the value of ethical, professional reporting and instinctively of anything administered. along with colleagues, have been imprisoned in egypt for 292 days now. they were falsely convicted in june in aiding the muslim brotherhood. lawmakers quizzing health officials we will

what the legislature did was a band-aid at best.governor committed to working with democrats and republicans to fix the teacher health insurance problem once and for all. we have got to look at funding. we have got to look at who pays what. teachers in most school districts only have $150 a month to pay for their insurance and most people in the public-private sector get as much as 150 or more. everyone has to have skin in the game. that is how we reduce over usage of the system and we have to get everybody back into the pool. we can do this and i'm committed to doing it. it will be a top priority for me. >> moderator: time for one more question. we'll have angela asked that. >> what is the funniest thing that has happened to you on the campaign trail mr. ross? ross: oh gosh i was doing a meeting in answering a lot of questions at a town hall type setting and arra town in southeast arkansas and a man got carried away asking me a question. the top part of his front teeth fell out. he continued to ask the question. i answered it with

the legislature passed the law. 85% of the law i wanted.idn't pass something called public finance which many of the editorial boards in new york support which i support, which is controversial. it happens not to be supported by the people of the state. and the legislature wouldn't pass public finance. but, i got 85% of what i wanted. i take 85% of the bill. the criticism was you should have waited for public finance and gotten 100%. you should have kept the commission going. >> rose: because you were smart enough to know the apparent is that you simply create a commission and then canceled it. and the commission was to investigation corruption. >> yes. but the purpose was to get the law passed. >> rose: would you do it again. >> i would have communicated more extensively the purpose of the commission. >> rose: it seems like legalism as you know. >> we didn't have a commission. >> rose: you had it in your commission.there must have beenl risk of saying i'm canceling this and how hard it is to explain that. >> i did explain it before the fac

i want to thank the bipartisan the legislature. retirees did take cuts, but we them.zed they ended up supporting the agreement and i respect them for this.great role in >> we have another question. >> gentlemen, i'm don gram and i believe that our cities are struggling with their budgets for public service. how can the governor's office assist in providing revenue for and rescuelice, fire services? >> thank you very much, don, great question. revenue sharing has been cut governorntly by this and the impact is fewer police officers and firefighters on the job. it is critical to building strong, health any communities. do is have ato strategy to support our cities. of innovationubs havingrepreneurship, and adequate basic services like roads and infrastructure are attracting people and investment. what i will do, seeing that this system we have is put togethered to a strategy for municipal finance fundinggan, similar to our schools. proposal a is 0 years old. would agree it's not adequately funding our schools. together ouro pull loca

barbara comstock shepherded a trio of bills through the legislature and into law, but barbara comstock never officially disclosed that all the while she was being paid thousands of dollars. no wonder she hid it. >>> right now ongoing coverage at the oscar pistorius trial. the second day of his sentencing hearing begins. we'll take a live look outside. actually, this is him arriving earlier this morning. this is a live look outside the courthouse in south africa. inside now, the prosecutor who is trying to show the paralympian's charity work was full of gapes for him. these arguments could go on for a week. pistorius is accused of killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp last year. he could get 15 years behind bars or just a fine. >>> thank you. 14 before the hour now. finding a solution to the crisis in ukraine is the focus of the meeting between secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart later this morning. the meeting is being held in paris. russia is following through on vladimir putin's order to pull troops back from the border. they accuse moscow of providing weapons,

it's the legislatures, members of congress. are those who want to never have another african-american president. that would be a very, very bad thing for this country. >> a woman props? >> or a woman. i mean, all of us. i want every one of my grandchildren to be able to run for whatever they want and not be discriminated against either because of their gender or because of their race. and two are mixed race. >> the chair of the senate judiciary committee, senator patrick leahy of vermont. senator, thank you for your work as always. an honor to have you back on this program. >> thanks, tavis. >>> coming up, george clinton, the father of funk. stay with us. ♪ >>> george clinton's one of the great hit-makers of all time, working first in r&b before creating a sound known as funk -- providing the dna for hip-hop to thrive. he has been the leader and force behind two mega bands -- of course, parliament and funkadelic. ♪ ♪ make me funk >> you must have there. >> anyway. his strong musical roots go back to high school where he formed

we need a governor who understands how the legislature works, respects how the legislature works, isling to roll up his sleeves to find bipartisan solutions. i'm going to say one more thing. having come in before term limits hit the legislature, it was a time before democrats and republicans were genetically predisposed to dislike each other. i think we need to change the political culture in lansing. >> to you, governor, a slightly different question. your critics might say you have been pushed into issues you may not have agreed with by a legislature that's more conservative than you are. how would you answer that with issues like right to work? >> it has been about leadership. just toll respond to my opponent, he was here when we shut down government two times. do we want that to happen in washington today? . am proud of what we have done helping michigan bring income to hard-working people. i can give you a long list of bills. .ne that touches my heart we worked together to stop bullying in our state. one thing, if you do the research, of the bills i've signed into law, over 75%