and in 1938 there was a major storm that hit long island and you can just understand and think aboutwhat the population was then but what it is today. 80 years plus later and i am asking you are you testifying that actually in that part of that highly urbanized area that they're virtually is no communication of people outside of your 911 if you want to record an emergency but in terms of where you could get a shelter, where you could get a voucher for a house, where you get a meal for your child that is basically the service that you provide. >> that is correct in your right, i think it's peace to the urgency of this calling for the 211 act that your supporting and i have to tell you that we know that that was never more vividly described illustrated than in after 9/11, the state of new york did not have it in the state of connecticut did it, the documented difference in the response of that very urbanize region of our country was vivid and the 211 was but a very successful in their response in the state of connecticut. well documented concerns that occurred in new york following 9/1

delaware, long island, new york, rural georgia, north carolina and the panhandle of florida are some of those areas where there are gaps, and that is of significance. another factor that this authorization bill would allow us is the telephony capacity to be connected. we are very blessed in louisiana that there was donors that gave after katrina that enabled us to have voiceover ip, and that gives us the opportunity with the flipping of a switch to move it around, and that is an absolutely incredible opportunity. but that is very rare in our country, and so the capacity through technology is just critical. >> okay. if you could put, take that down, if you would just a moment, and leave the state issue. >> the map. >> the map. am i seeing that new york has some serious gaps in that very highly-urbanized area there? you're shaking your head. new york, new jersey, is that pennsylvania? >> that is correct. >> pennsylvania. and then is that kentucky or -- kentucky, west virginia? >> delaware. >> no, no -- >> oh, further out? kentucky, south dakota, arizona, wyoming. >> okay, the western s

and there was a major storm that hit long island, for you to understand what there is today. , 80 years later. i'm asking you, are you testifying that that part of the evidence area, they're virtually is no communication of people outside of york 911. in terms of where you can get a shelter, a voucher for a house, a meal for your child, that is the service you provide. >> you are right. it speaks to the urgency of the 211 act to are supporting, and i have to tell you that i know it was never more vividly describe your illustrated and after 9/11. the state of new york did not have it, and connecticut did. and they document the difference and the response, in that very organized region of our country. it was vivid. 211 was a very successful response in the state of connecticut. it was well documented, the concerns that occurred in new york. >> have a category for a hit in long island in 1998 that displaced hundreds of residents. the question is, for this densely populated area, if you do not have a number to dial to get informations, if your electricity is severely compromised, if you do

in 1938 there was a major storm on long island, think about what the population was back then, and what this is today. 80 years later. i am asking you, you testified that in this area, that there is virtually no communication of people outside of 911, if you want to report an emergency. in terms of where to go for a shelter or a meal for your child, this is the service that you provide. >> this speaks to the urgency of this act that you are supporting, and we know that this was never more vividly described were illustrated than after 9/11, the state of new york did not have this by seven conn did have this and the difference in the response in the urban region of the country, this was very vivid and 211 was very successful. it is well documented that -- the concerns in new york after 9/11. >> in 1938 a category 4 hurricane destroyed 75,000 buildings in long island, displacing thousands of residents. the question is, for these densely populated areas, if there is no number to dial for information, if the electricity is severely compromised and you do not have the right shelter, and if th

host: long island, new york. caller: think you for joining us commune of the ability to be able to make clear so many complex topics. you had spoken earlier about how the government somewhat was compromised by financial incentives to allow this current economic crisis, it seems as though there is an ibility to govern because of the race for money, i should say the race to control or to undermine what is ethical government policies by our leaders, because of the trail of money. the point would be the pardon and revoked pardon of the -- in new york, on long island in particular. it was a situation whereby the gentleman had taken up to the tune of $30 million of hud money in one year as well as various other -- every government dollar that was available was followed through his operation. in the end, he paid $10,000 in restitution and got away with it. he ultimately got a part in. -- gotta pardon. is it at all possible for the university to explore the topic and use that? it is a quintessential example of where gove

he came out of long island. we don't have a lot of hockey players in long island, new york.e played college hockey at boston college. i saw him play at boston college. i wasn't sure he would ever play in the national hockey league. but he's been in the league for a couple of years now. he will be called up again. him and hal gill to show down the red wings top guys. a lot of what happens on friday night will be determined by some of the guys we don't talk about all the time. >> that's always the way it ends up being with a game 7. there is extra time between game 6 and 7. what are foth both teams saying about the momentum? >> well, mike bob babcock has gone out of his way that momentum, he doesn't buy into it in the series. things happen in hockey games that change momentum on each night and several times throughout the game. i buy into that. i don't think, for example, pittsburgh winning game 6 and detroit losing. there are 2 games off. they will refocus. 2 teams with 1 chance to win a stanley cup. i don't think there will be a carryover from game 6. i think the teams reall

is particularly concerned that there are gaps along the gulf coast all the way up to delaware, long island, new york, rural georgia, north carolina and panhandle of florida are some of the areas there are gaps and that is of significance. another factor that this authorization bill would allow was the telephony capacity to be connected. we are blessed in louisianan that there was donors that gave after katrina that enables us to have a voice over ip and then gives the opportunity with flapping of a switch to move it around and that is an absolutely incredible opportunity. but that is rare in our country and so the capacity for technology is critical. >> if you could take that down if you would just a moment and leave the state issue. >> the map. >> nicoe and the new york has gaps at the highly urbanized area blacks were shaking your head, new york, new jersey. is it pennsylvania? >> that is correct. >> and is that kentucky, west virginia? >> kentucky, south dakota, wyoming, the western states but on the eastern seaboard and the reason i raise this issue at this hearing in the beginning of

. >> first since jason marquis from long island back in '05. >> so you got the red sox and the kid from new york. something's got to give. >> may as well go after new york and new england while you're at it. >> that's right. terrorizing the eastern seaboard, john lannan here's austin kearns, zero for one, but been on base twice. >> a lot of guys think we should have taken two out of three with the rays. >> the nats could have swept the yankees. tuesday night's game they had the lead. kearns batting .1 ninety two, but on base up around .330. hit by a pitch and a walk. fastball up. 3-0. hits it well, but it's going to slice out of play. we saw jeremy in two scoreless innings friday night. he gets jammed. easy to hill for the first out. austin kearns is zero for his last 15, zimmerman zero for his last 16. a rough go today for the numbers three and five hitters. alberto gonzalez will be in there. looks like he's reaching for his groin. >> he's done. you can't pitch if you can't extend and land. you've got to be flexible and stretched out, and sometimes you go to just push off the mound, th

british had a more resolute, more active commander, they would have defeated washington's army on long island or manhattan island, and could probably have ended the war. even in 1777, the british might have won the war. the basic british idea is for an army in 1777, for and army to invade new york from canada while general howell took his army with the royal navy up the hudson river and join withburg:in albany. but then he let him come by himself, and went after washington at philadelphia. it turned out to be an egregious blunder on howell's point. most people think the british could not have won the war after 1777. what i tried to argue in "almost a miracle: the american victory in the war of independence," in 1781, the last year the war broke out board began, america was very close to defeat. james lovell, a congressman from massachusetts, rhode a letter on the second day of seventeen 81 to john adams, and he began by saying we are bankrupt with a mutinous army. washington thought america had to score a decisive victory in 1781 or there would be no other chance, and john adams, who was in e

arrived on long island tuesday night, but despite the departure in routine, mickelson appeared relaxed confident wednesday and clearly happy to be back in a place that has embraced him as one of their own. >> i've actually been hitting the ball better than i have in a long time and possibly ever. i know it doesn't seem like it after my score at memphis. i didn't score very well. when amy's going through tests and i'm sitting in a hospital for ten hours, i would take a break and think about my goal swing. i would talk to butch, and i think that even though we didn't hit any balls, i actually got my swing to where we wanted it and i'm very optimistic about my ball striking this week. i think the key for me will be on the greens. i putted these greens very well in '02. if i can have a good putting week, i expect to be in contention on sunday. i feel like my game is ready, but you just never know. i feel like emotionally i'm better, but you just never know. >> well, mickelson's wife amy, who almost always accompanies him to the u.s. open, will not be here this week. when i asked him this m

host: long island, good morning. caller: i appreciate things going on there and try to correct elections. but i still tend to believe that america does get too involved. the last revolution in iran pretty much went the same way. many revolutions in the middle east and even in parts of europe tend to go this way. there are big protests. the united states seems to be one of the only populaces that does not take much action except maybe it egging the motorcade of president bush once they realize what is going on. msnbc, fox -- the leading question every night is what is the president going to do about this? they lead the ignore public to get involved in things bigger than they are. it has already cost us so much money in other parts of that area. it is the media here who feeds on ignorance of the populace to lead them into situations. i think they should do what they're doing and iron it out, but not get us directly involved. thank you. guest: you know, i do think anyway real change comes to any country from within that

we might be here for a while at bethpage black on long island. >> guys, thanks a lot. in order to win another championship, the lakers need to keep their team intact. and it starts with kobe bryant and phil jackson. jackson, who turns 64 in september, says his decision to return will be based on his health. even if kobe decides to opt out of the final two years of his contract on july 1st, the finals mvp says he's staying in l.a. >> i'm not going anywhere. no, i ain't going nowhere. just wasting our breath just talking about. you know, i like the team we have. we've got a hell of a team, man. after years and years of frustration to get to this point, you know, we got the group. now it's just about keeping this group together so we can keep on winning this thing. >> phil jackson with his coach, kobe bryant has won four titles. without shaq, he's averaging 11 fewer points and has a playoff record under .500. >> still to come late inning drama at wrigley. how one bounce capped off an improbable comeback for the cubbies. >> plus, rafael won't be standing in roger federer's

was coming, but i'm not sure anyone was prepared for what fell from the skies here thursday on long island- bethpage black absolutely inundated. it's difficult to describe how miserable conditions were unless you experienced them firsthand. 10:16, horns blew, play suspended and called for the day short of 2:00. >> tiger woods out just after 8:00. roars of approval as he and stevie headed to the first tee and then, andy, is it the mist? is it wet? >> a very difficult tee shot, sharp dogleg left to right, struggled swinging in his rain jacket, he was able to figure out a way to get the ball in the greenside bunker, played a nice shot leaving himself a five-footer to save par after the horrible tee shot. >> is wet sand tougher to hit out of by a factor of 100? >> absolutely. to make a four, what a great way to get started. >> to get your legs back beneath you, in spite of that wicked miss he makes par. on two. >> uphill approach shot, hits a beautiful shot, expecting it to spin back, it does somewhat, this is maybe the wettest green of them early in the day. they were squeegeeing this early i

if a hurricane five hits manhattan as it did in 1938 on long island, i don't know how many troops can fit in times square, but it will be interesting to see. -- how many trailers can fit in times where. we finally have a good fema director and has a vision and leadership ability. we finally have a very excellent homeland security director who was a governor and had to do this for her own state and is cognizant of what governors must do. we have made progress, but we're not ready for a catastrophic storm. host: nearly four years ago -- how many people are still in trailers. guest: we had 3400 trailers. maybe 30,000 people in them. we have come a long way. we still have homes, thousands better still not repaired. the question is, what is the obligation of the government? what is the role of the private sector? how we support non-profits to help rebuild communities? i have been to the netherlands. i feel like i have been to the mountaintop. i have seen a great cultural area below the sea level that has the north sea lapping at it just as with the gulf shore, but they have protected their

seems to be talking about being a republican opponent to gillibrand is one that's representing long island in congress. the governor's race is a big stumbling block for democrats. david paterson has very low approval ratings. the democratic establishment in the state as narrowly won a primary. the question is, will david paterson run for reelection? for all the candidates running, the person at the top of the ballot could have an impact on their own races. host: amy walter, thank you for being with us. have a good weekend. we want to malcowelcome abderram foukara. i want to begin with this treat that gives us an account. it says "we will never solve their problems. the u.s. should get out of other people's business. there are enough problems at home to worry about." how do you respond to that? guest: at least a philosophy of the speech yesterday was extraordinary in so many different ways. one of goes -- one of them goes to the heart of the issue you just raised. you have the president of the united states who travels to the muslim world to deliver a speech. almost as if that part of the m

scott is on the phone from long island. are there mixed signals in the economy? if so, where are we heading? caller: i don't know where we are heading. thanks for c-span. i am baffled sometimes that the american people, how long has it taken us to get into this position and people are talking like it should be fixed in six months. this will take years to fix. people talk about private companies, they are the ones that should make all the jobs and the government should not be spending money. it is the private companies laying off everyone. two-thirds of the economy is consumer spending. people don't have the money to spend now. it is a race to the bottom. first it was landscapers and restaurant workers who are making less money. hear how this thing with health care. the doctors are going to make less now. -- now is that thing with health care. now all the car manufacturers are going to make less money now. now is the doctors, and is your job next. -- it is your job next. home care is going to be the next big thing. it will not be hospitals. host: this viewer from

. -- long island, new york.caller: you have the ability to make clear so many complex topics, a professor. you spoke earlier about how the government was compromised by financial incentives to allow this current economic crisis with which we now find ourselves in, for buy it seems there is an ability to govern because of the race for money, or the race to control, or to undermine what is ethical. the case in point would be a part in and then the revoke pardon of theban bankster robert isaac t., he had taken hud money in one year and every government dollar available which he funneled through his operation. in the end patent thousand dollars in restitution and basically got away with it. he ultimately got a pardon, but then when he pointed to malfeasance in the pardon process it was then revoked. is it possible for the university to explore that topic? because that is a quintessential example of where government has no longer honored the rules. if it had, we would not be in this situation. guest: you have to unde

i left long island in the hamptons because we were overrun with illegal aliens and having the same problem down here. i guess it is nationwide. we need to close the borders, close the ports, and just thing for america, america it comes first. host: on your governor, graham call for him to finish out his term, what you think? caller: yes, i think we have anarchy. i have just turned 50 years old. as a handyman i cannot find a good job here or anywhere i have been. the governor has got to go. host: the morning, on the democrats line. caller: commenting on your story about the iraq war. i think it is very important for us to re-define those missions now. there is no other country on the other side fighting. the importance would be to first develop a clear drawback on the troops and get support of the international help. that has been lacking. my great things to all the servicemen and condolences to the lost lives and others. host: we will talk tomorrow more on the show about that june 30 deadline with u.s. troops out of the iraqi cities. here's the front page of the denver paper. some legislat

.: born on long island. went to college at ciena which is up near albany. >> rob: had a chance to talk to his high school baseball coach when he was up in new york. he's a leader, he's got a big heart. i love watching this kid pitch. doesn't have the best stuff, but he's got the best approach. >> jim p.: but 88 to 93, that should get a lot of guys out if you can command your stuff. we all know he's got a good change-up. >> jim h.: looking at his numbers from last year, he went 9 and 15 and an e.r.a. of 3.91 and not seeing him all the time, the first wonder is how the heck can you go 9 and 15 with that impressive an e.r.a. markakis lifts it to left field. it hung up there just long enough for him and two men down. so markakis is retired and two away. he's not out of it yet, because here comes a red-hot hitter aubrey huff. >> jim p.: of course last year nobody in the american league with more extra-base hits. you can see the numbers right there, six rbi's, a home run, good numbers against the nats. also he's h

we found six nazi spies onlyly -- on long island. and i believe five of them were executed, a sixth one cooperated. it was all through a military tribunal. what is it that president obama sees that president lincoln and president roosevelt and really all our entire u.s. judicial history, all the judges, have signed off on it. why is that -- it that suddenly we want to go over to afghanistan and iraq and give miranda rights to prisoner of wars. therefore -- curve 30 more seconds. mr. lewis: i yield an additional minute. mr. kingston: i thank the chairman. therefore the first thing they are going to be trying to say is i am not going to say anything until you give me lawyer. then they are going to come home to america and they are going to be all lawyered up. it is going to cost taxpayers money. it's going to hurt our investigations and our interrogations. we are not going to be able to get the intelligence that we need, the background information that will prevent future terrorist attacks, because there was a lot of criticism by this

initiative and makes significant investments to protect other great water bodies such as puget sound, long island sound, gulf of mexico and chesapeake bay. this bill provides $420 million for climate change adaptation and scientific study. this includes $178 million for research, planning and conservation efforts within the department of interior and $195 million for e.p.a. science, technology development and regulatory programs, including grants to local communities to cut greenhouse gas emissions. i am especially proud that the bill includes $15 million for the national global warming and wildlife science center at the u.s. geology ogic survey. the bill addresses our commitment to native americans with increases for health care, law enforcement in indian country. this bill provides $6.8 billion for indian programs, an increase of 654 million above the 2009 level. we recommend a historic increase of $471 million above 2009 for the indian health service to improve the quality and availability of critical health care services. it also includes $182 million above 2009 for the bureau of indian affai

mobile bay, alabama, san francisco bay, moreau bay, california, santa monica bay, long island sound, delaware estuary, tampa bay, sarasota bay, charlotte harbor, florida, indian river lagoon, florida, bartista tarabon, louisiana, maryland coastle bays, massachusetts bays, new hampshire estuaries, new york new jersey harbor, paconic estuary, pimlico's sound, lower columbia river, tilimuk bay, oregon, coastal bays, texas, and galveston bay, texas. i would warn members that 151 members of this body whose districts border these bodies that i mentioned will see that tear funds will be cut for these important programs. a reduction of this size would mean the e.p.a. would stop construction and demobilize eight to 10 large high-cost, ongoing superfund projects such as the site in new jersey, the tar greek site in oklahoma and the new bedford site in massachusetts. e.p.a. would not be able to start any new superfund sites in 2010. after years of reduction under the previous administration. e.p.a. estimates that a reduction of this size would prohibit them from completing construction at as ma

stock is on the phone from long island. the economy, are the mixed signals? if so, where are we heading? caller: i don't know where we are heading. but thank you for c-span. i am baffled sometimes at the american people that -- how long has it taken us to get into this position and people are out there talking like to be fixed in six months. this will take years to fix. people talking about private companies, they are the ones who should make all of the jobs and the government should not be spending money. private companies are laying off everybody right now. two-thirds of the economy is consumer spending. people don't have the money to spend. it is a race to the bottom. first it was landscapers and restaurant workers who were making less money and no one cared, and now what this thing with health care. you know what? the doctors on the make less now. the car workers -- no one cared, it was the unions. all the car manufacturers will make less money and now the doctors did you know what? it is your job next. the republican who was talking about hospitals were

island. do you still write long hand? >> i am mixed these days. i used to do it all the time, but yes, when i do my first drafts, really my first drafts are writing at the sites because i'm bringing, it's like being a civil war scholar like james mcpherson going to the battle and takesing notes. >> are you left-handed? >> i am. obama is left-handed and clinton was left-handed and bush 41 was left-handed. >> what does that mean? >> we're a tribe. >> who named it wilderness warrior? >> i did. i was looking hard for it. my wife i bounced these off of. she may be the originator of it but i would write a list of like 10 of them and i think it's because t.r. is seen as a warrior, a wonderful scholar. at university of wisconsin, there was a great book called the warrior and the priest. his sense about being a warrior wasn't just the battlefield. he liked to have fights about everything that he believed in. he was very bold. he was a warrior fighting to save wild america. the title came enrollly and the subtitle has the word crusade in it because it was.

long enough? slow is what we've done for years, even decades. when i hear from rhode islanders like the stories that i reported here, like richard and rhonda and melissa and anita, i think not that we're going too fast, i think we are irresponsibly, even frighteningly late in getting after this problem and taking up this charge. and if we wait much longer, we may be too late to avoid that tidal wave of costs that threatens to swamp our ship of state. to those who say "slow down," i say "keep up." opponents of reform want people to believe that a system that costs too much, that lets insurance company bureaucrats make decisions about our health care, that is riddled with error, duplication and waste, that leaves nearly 50 million americans without any health insurance is acceptable. everybody says they want reform, but unless we get moving, all we'll end up with is more of the same. as president obama said this week, the status quo is unsustainable. some opponents want to slow this down because they know if they slow it down, they can kill it. we can't let that happen. the stake

island. now, you may remember this story from a couple of years ago. this is john collins rudolf writing in the "new york times" january 16th, 2007. a peninsula longa part of greenland's main land turned out to be an island when a glacier retreated. the ominous implications were not lost on dennis schmitt who says he hopes the island he discovered in greenland will become an international symbol of the effects of climate change. mr. schmitt named the island uunartoq here's warming island. it's very interesting. it's got an interesting shape. this is an image from 1985 and you can see it's connected to the rest of greenland. by 2002, the ice ridge is becoming less and less and by 2005, in fact, it opens up and reveals itself to be an island. here's a current relatively current map of greenland showing what people thought. approximate this is the place called carls bad fjord and you noticed this three-fingered area and this was considered to be part of the mainland. now, every scientist who's studied greenland knows that it was warmer or as warm for an integrated period much longer than the current time in the early and mid-20th century and it just

island for the congress. and i'm very proud of them. the long working long hours hours that our task force chaired and i represent quÉbec. congresswoman, who represents the territory of guam, and also a new member, the congress that represents, congressman. were just very glad for him to join us today. we want to make sure that we stand firmly with our partners cbc, to ensure that we move in the right direction and health reform. and that's why we need to strengthen existing workforce diversity programs, create new programs and investing community for health care. must be integrated for the whole of the health reform bill and not relegated to one little or one title, or an afterthought. the great expenses that we see and that we have struggling with in the past with regard to health care has been originating from those gaps that we have described. the time is now for congress and the president to come together on this issue and i look forward to continuing my dialogue with the leadership on this important issue and let me reiterate again that th

overnight that the next long- range missile that north korea launches is likely to be headed toward -- in the direction of hawaii. it did say that it probably would not hit the main islands because it would be out of range. you have any further information on what indications you're getting about the north korean plans for this missile launch? the you have any more specific concerns about potential of a missile? >> we have seen this movie, where we are not sure there should be a sequel. all we know at this point is, if the north koreans fire of another missile, it will be a mistake. >> obviously, you do not want to see a missile go off if there is a danger that it will hit someone or something. >> their aim is not exactly been their strong suit so far. >> doesn't really affect your diplomatic corps s -- it does it really affects your diplomatic course? >> what goes up must comeow