that vote came from first-term louisiana republican joseph cowl who holds a seat in democratic new orleans. democrats crossed the aisle to vote against the bill. biggest expansion against health care coverage since medicare was created 40 years ago. house speaker nancy pelosi says it's a huge win for democrats. >> well, the democrats voted for the bill and a republican voted for a bill. that equals bipartisan. we're very proud to take responsibility and credit for this great victory, because it was obviously largely with democratic votes. >> so, what's in the health care bill that the house passed? perhaps the most controversial part of the bill is that it does contain the so-called public option. the government would sell insurance to those who can't find it elsewhere. but the congressional budget office predicts those premiums would be more expensive than insurance from private companies. other provisions of the bill would ban insurers from denying coverage to people because of pre-existing conditions. it also contains strict bans on using federal money to pay for abortions. democrats pr

bills for printing the territorial laws of louisiana, and other government expenses. totaling almost $2500, they were more than his years of salary. he was accompanied by seeman, his dog. who traveled with him to the pacific coast and back, and by his servant, john. john was not a slave. he was a freeman of african and french descent. he had been a white house servant while lewis was serving as jefferson's private secretary before the expedition. john was present on the night of loosest death. he brought the news of his death to lewises mother, lucy marx in charlottesville and to president jefferson and madison. within six months, john would also be dead. supposedly of suicide. he died of an opium overdose. while waiting to receive his back pay of $240 from the lewis estate. we know that seamen died, as i understand, because of contemporary accounts said he died of grief at his master's great. that's all we know, and that's what our book was written. the book presents the evidence for why merriweather lewis is remains should be exhumed and order to determine the cause

bills for the territorial loss of louisiana and other government expenses, totaling almost $2,500. they were more than his years salary. he was accompanied by his dog, who traveled with him to the pacific coast and back in by his servant,. the was not a slave. he was a free man of the african and french descent. he had been a wide house servant while lewis was serving as jefferson's private secretary before the expedition. he was present on the night of lewis's death. he brought the news of his death to lewis's mother in charlottesville and presidents jefferson and madison. within six months he would also be dead. supposedly of suicide. he died of an opium overdose. while waiting to receive his back pay of $240 from illicit state. we know that he died at grinders stand because the contemporary accounts said he died of grief that his master's grave. that is all we know and that is why our book was written. the book presents the evidence for why mary whether lewis's remains to be exhumed in order to determine the cause of his death. it also presents historical evidence, some 20 docum

flash flood warnings are out there already for northern parts of louisiana. cold front going through the great lakes stretches in toward ontario, montreal and quebec. you can see it there. you're clear from new york into boss tovenlt as that cold front approaches you, watch for a windy day to shape up for new england. you can see delays at the airport in boston. good to see you on a monday morning. hurricane, november. doesn't happen very often. >> hurricane ida. we'll be following that. thank you. >>> you know what? we have good news in a bad economy this morning. it's a price war just for movie lovers. and a suspected car jacker thought he was pretty tough until he ran into a cagey 9-year-old kid. >>> specialist cory gafner from his mom, she says cory has a lot of love in his heart. they miss him and everyone is looking forward to his wedding next september. >> hi, robin. this is angela gafner out of texas, specialist cory gaffner's mom. i'm so proud of my son for representing our country. i just want to tell him to stay strong sbb safe and i want to let hi

yet here he appoints wilkinson to be governor of upper louisiana and you'll notice immediately wilkinson taken $12,000 on this occasion from the spanish in new orleans. and just to give you an idea how powerful that position made him, take a look at this map of the louisiana purchase being governor of upper louisiana put wilkinson in control of the upper two-thirds of the purchases. all that sensitive land between the united states and spain proper -- nobody quite knew where the boundaries lay and it was a source of aggravation and it started to come to war but he was in charge of it all and he was commander in chief of the army. so why did jefferson take that gamble?[c that incredibly foolish gamble of putting a man so deeply suspected of being agçv traitor a position of such overwhelming power and influence? and he received two specific warnings that we know about. concerning wilkinson. and one came from a kentucky judge a man named joseph davis, who wrote an alarm to the president. you have appointed general wilkinson, the governor of st. louis who i am convinced has been for years an

landrieu of new orleans got, i must say that was not money from her pocket, but to the state of louisiana that she represented a think we should clarify that -- that she represents. i think we should clarify that if we might. generally speaking, politicians, if they get too far afield, in terms of the issue of term limits -- term limits today -- i think we already have a system of term limits. every two years, do have a right to vote against your representative in the congress. every six years in the senate. there is enough people, 1% of the people who feel they should turn out, they can exercise their will and do it. it is up to the people to make the decision. that is how the founding fathers

tropical storm warnings up along a 200-mile stretch of louisiana and florida. governors of both states have declared states of emergency. no evacuations have been ordered but authorities are encouraging people near the water or mobile homes to leave. >>> the suspect in the ft. hood shootings major nidal hasan is conscious and talking in a military hospital in san antonio. hospital officials are not saying whether he's talking about the shooting of course. at ft. hood officers are focusing on victims who survived the deadly rampage and tomorrow's post wide memorial service. >> i just had the great privilege of visiting officer munley and her family over at metroplex hospital. she's doing well. and sends her regards. hopefully we'll get a chance to see more of her in the days to come. right now in regard to the casualties, we still have 15 of our great soldiers hospitalized, eight are in intensive care, seven in wards. thoughts and prayers go out to them and their families during this difficult time. we have some 27 soldiers who are out of the hospital and will b

it was monroe, not jefferson which engineered the louisiana purchase. and as president, jefferson took credit for the deal of course, but he in fact almost canceled it as you will see in my book. he had to be talked out of canceling the deal. he thought it was unconstitutional, and it was, for the u.s. government to buy foreign territory. now, while james monroe was in paris mining louisianan at a bargain, elizabeth monroe was doing bargain shopping of her own. snapping up french furniture and furnishings. the french revolutionaries had deluded thousands of beautiful homes and chateaus and used furniture shops in paris, had piles of magnificent louis xiv, xv, xvi furniture at bargain prices. she bought dozens of beautiful pieces and a leader as first lady filled the white house with those priceless european treasures. transformed it into the glittering palace it is today. you can see those pieces if you tour the white house today. av long stunning silver tray with magnificent silver candelabra sits on along dining table that is still used often for form

rain around northern louisiana and northern arkansas and stretching into western parts of tennessee andthat there later on this morning and here's the mississippi river all moving over towards the east. watch for the heavier downpours and really concentrating itself on in the st. louis area later itself today. upper level snow and all snow coming down and lower parts of nebraska and winter storm warnings in effect for day through night and all the areas shaded in red including manhattan and four to ten inches of snow this afternoon and down to the southwest a little bit farther, a little bit less in the way of snowfall, but two to four. tough go for you on i-70. look at the snow piling up with that bullseye right around northern parts and eastern parts of kansas, that is about eight inches of snow. so, i think maybe four to ten is a good bet. get away from that and looks like things will be on the wet side for you ft. wayne into toledo. heavier rain back later today right across central areas of illinois and missouri. flash flood watches and warnings. the warnings are all the areas shad

in 2005 louisiana experienced two of the worst natural disasters in recent memory. in an effort to aid the recovery, congress stepped in with a massive aid package for louisianaians. thank you, that infused grant dollars and director assistance. some of these one-time recovery dollars, in addition to the increased economic activity, were calculated into our state's per capita income. the result, madam chair, has been that louisiana's per capita income -- >> time has expired. >> may i ask for one additional minute? >> without objection. >> the result, madam chair, is that louisiana's per capita income was ab normally inflated. you can understand that. there were billions of dollars that came in from insurance and from road home and community development block grant. in addition, labor and wage costs went up because there was a constriction in the market which any economist can tell you always happens after a natural disaster. as a result, when we did the calculation under the law, it made us seem as if we were connecticut and not louisiana, like we had some kind of t

louisiana has already declared a state of emergency. >>> okay. bob van dillen, you've been tracking this for us last week, over the weekend, and now today. now downgraded. that's good news. >> that's some great news. and we've been watching all morning because it's encountering shear, richard, and basically what that means is it's moving up to the north, it's getting some wind coming up strong out of the southwest. once you get the thunderstorms on the inside of the circulation to begin to develop that shear effectively takes the thunderstorms away and blows it up to the north. so that weakens the storm. great news there. also, it's running into colder sea surface temperatures. you need about 80 degrees at the surface of the water to really sustain its strength. i don't think it's going to see that. it's going up to upper 70s right now. path of it still up to the north and i think the rain showers are going to be heavy at times, especially this morning through tonight. and we'll talk about that in just a little bit. richard. >> so it's

rain and thunderstorms driving down towards louisiana and lower arkansas, too. so far none of these have been severe over the last couple hours and you can see the radar sweep as it goes on by. this line making progress eastward and right over the city and tough morning commute no matter what. up to the rth no, heavy rain across northern louisiana and that stretches in towards lower arkansas and on the way in towards western tennessee and memphis you're still dry but radar picking up the heavy rain just over the river and that moves in for you later today but the heavier rain today central missouri and illinois, one to two inches of rain is what you'll find. cold pocket of air circulating around and condensing to snow around the nebraska/kansas state line and we'll see the winter weather there. four to ten inches of snow piles up and areas shaded in red. yeah, big-time system out there and one for the pacific northwest. get to that coming up in a little bit. >> snow! all right, thank you. >>> one of your fellow morning viewers is stephen king whose new book, by

i heard my colleague from louisiana say, well, we shouldn't spend this money.more money than we spend by investing these dollars here. if the bernie madoff scheme had been uncovered alone, there would be a grand net savings. so let's be clear about this. it's very easy to get up there. it's almost dem goejic by saying don't give the sec a nickle. i think everyone left, right and center who studies this realizes that. we would allow the commission to embark on the long-term reforms that chairman shapiro promised without -- and without the money there will be next year to pay for personnel and technology upgrades. out won't have to to worry abou those things. so, that's one thing that we should do. the second major reform i would like to mention is a series of proshareholder measures that senator dodd include in the bill. they were drawn in legislation called shareholders bill of rights. the premission of that bill is the best way to rein in executive compensation is to empower the firms' shareholders and make sure boards fulfill their responsibility. we need gov

first of all, we're ashamed here in louisiana of what ms.drue is doing, we think it's a problem here. and also, i equate this health care bill as heating your house by burning the house down. we cannot fix everything at one time. there are problems. i'm a miller democrat. he warned us about this type of action from the democrats when bush was running. he actually campaigned for bush and warned us against this type of liberalism and this is not what the democratic party was about, handouts. i think the obama administration needs to remember that the only reason they're in there is because the republicans didn't care for bush. i think america didn't. but also america didn't care for hillary clinton and that's exactly what they've got. host: that's what this viewer saying as well, health care is president obama's surge. like bush. he has to make the decision that will punish him politically. he'll soon have opponents in the house and more. photograph yesterday with senators dodd, harkin, and reid. the only person not in attendance, voinovich of

visit walkerbooks.com and search andro linklater. >>> john maxwell hamilton come at louisiana state university and former correspondent you have written a new book called journalism's roving of the eye. why don't you tell about your own journalism first. this is a history of foreign reporting. when did americans go outside their borders and start reporting from foreign countries? >> how americans actually going abroad in an organized and consistent way didn't happen until the end of the 19th century. but as i make the case in this book american for and reporting began really in the colonial period. in fact that is the high point of american -- for news and american papers. there were not foreign correspondents, there were journalists but people that wrote letters home and colonial printers ran down to the ports of returning ships came in and they took newspapers off the ships and reprinted the stories abroad. so foreign news reporting goes back a long way. but the idea of foreign reporting as we know with real foreign correspondents in an organized fashion is a relatively recent con

louisiana congressman william jefferson was convicted of bribery and racketeering. prosecutors said he took about half a million dollars in bribes and tried to get millions more. that was in exchange to strike business deals in africa. jefferson's sentence is the toughest ever given the congressman for bribery charges. wille's appealing the conviction. >>> a series of powerful explosions ripped through the russian army knew in additions depot that set up a fire that burned for hours. a blast killed two firefighters, injured seven military personnel. the massive blast could be seen and heard up to nine miles away. 3,000 people who live nearby were forced to evacuate. the russian defense ministry says the explosions happened when workers were disposing of ammunition. >>> the so-called balloon boy -- well, his grandmother is standing by her son. she wants the world to know richard heene is a good son and family man. she says she believes heene when he told her the incident is not a stunt and she felt somehow pressured to plead guilty yesterday. >> i still firmly believ

. >>> emergency officials in louisiana are telling people in the bossier city to evacuate.illing over the top of the levy and a breach could happen. water started spilling from a nearby bayou on saturday. homes are already flooded. >> it's an amazing amount of rain, rob. what song is this? >> it's from the dixie chicks. i'm just the human jukebox machine over here. >> it's funny. not my cup of tea. but people love that stuff. let's throw it in there. >> good morning. >> you talk about that rain in louisiana, shreveport just in the month of october alone had over 20 inches of rain. it's been prolific down there. good news here, over the next five to six days, drying out for the gulf coast. no rain in the forecast. not true when you get towards the jersey coast, in towards philly, up towards new york city. all the blue, that's the radar picture picking up a little bit of rain ahead of a bigger low down to the south. i want to show you this map. pretty interesting what's going on this week as opposed to last week. we have a couple storms we're watching. a cold front towards ch

there is a concern ida could bring high waves and heavy rains to louisiana.rleans is not in the hurricane watch area. ida is about 75 miles west of cuba. it's forecast to skirt the yucatan peninsula and move over the coast before making landfall along the gulf coast sometime on tuesday. between now and then, it could hit a cold front over the gulf and may lose hurricane strength and come ashore perhaps as a tropical storm. >>> you try to block it out? >> it's kind of hard to deal with sometimes. >> that was private joseph foster, one of the soldiers wounded in the ft. hood shootings on friday. we just got the comments in a short time ago. and the latest development three days after the shooting rampage that left 13 dead and more than 40 injured. private foster says although the attack was horrible, it's brought out the best in that tightly knit ft. hood community. >> i got back home it was friday afternoon. >> you say you were hit where? >> in the left hip. >> what does this mean to you to have these other families come here? it's been great, actually. she do

a small tornado sent the steeple in shreveport, louisiana crashing down. the fire department needed nearly an hour to free him. he lost a piece of his finger, will undergo surgery for his shattered wrist, plus he'll need to wear a body cast. the steeple will be rebuilt. wow. again, we always appreciate it when our i-reporters are on the scene for us. go to cnn.com/i-report if you see great video happening in your part of the world. there is complete instructions on our website how to submit stories. >>> if you ever text behind the wheel, you've almost hit someone, you're going to want to hear this. new efforts to force drivers to put down that phone. and the penalties, if they don't. >>> work crews are cleaning up a major oil spill in it san francisco bay. wildlife experts have picked up 30 birds covered with oil, and transferred them to a wildlife recovery center. the oil from the ship "dubai star" leaked into the bay friday morning. california's fish and game department suspended fishing and shellfish harvesting between the san francisco oakland bay brid

charlie is a native of shreveport, louisiana, and one of the real treasures that louisiana has. it sounds redundant to the people from washington, but people here and maybe listening on c-span, he is the authority in the world on elections, and particularly congressional elections. he has been doing it longer than anybody. he is not only respected in the political community, his integrity is unquestioned, and he is genuinely one of the best people that we have in our community. we are proud that charlie is a proud son of our state. we relish in his successes. i hope that his prediction that we get wiped out in 2010 proves long, but i have to tell you, he has a history of being right over a long period of time. i am going to turn it over to my dear friend, charlie, and ask him to introduce -- and it is going to be difficult, because it is a distinguished panel we have here. i am going to introduce my boy. this is always a good thing, forget your boss. that's it. [laughter] >> i am on the faculty at tulane, and the provost, who is a really big deal is going to come up and say a fe

and there's an unrefuted eyewitness who saw ed's car in louisiana a half hour after the murder in new jersey. could not have happened. >> i want to say one thing, please. he's got good enough facilities to drive 21 hours to visit his mother, okay? and drive a car but he doesn't have the facilities to hold a gun and shoot it? give me a break. >> hold on, hold on. we have heard of the abuse excuse, but now we're hearing the obese excuse. it's used in defending edward ates, as in i ates too much in charges he killed his ex-son-in-law. here's a clip from abc. listen to this. >> in bright daylight in august, the fat old man's running and nobody sees him. >> i find that very difficult in someone with obstructive sleep apnea who's morbidly obese. >> curtis, guardian angels, this man is a marksman with military experience. >> no, no, no. >> yeah. whoa, whoa, that's not true? >> not true. just not true. >> that's what's being reported. go ahead, curtis. >> jane, fat man's not nimble, fat man's not quick, we know fat man can't jump over the candlestick. but fat man can take that gun and go -- t

louisiana congressman william jefferson was convicted of bribery and racketeering. prosecutors said he took about half a million dollars in bribes and tried to get millions more. that was in exchange to strike business deals in africa. jefferson's sentence is the toughest ever given the congressman for bribery charges. he is appealing the conviction. >>> a series of powerful explosions ripped through the russian army knew in additions depot that set up a fire that burned for hours. a blast killed two firefighters, injured seven military personnel. the massive blast could be seen and heard up to nine miles away. 3,000 people who live nearby were forced to evacuate. the russian defense ministry says the explosions happened when workers were disposing of ammunition. >>> the so-called balloon boy -- well, his grandmother is standing by her son. she wants the world to know richard heene is a good son and family man. she says she believes heene when he told her the incident is not a stunt and she felt somehow pressured to plead guilty yesterday. >> i still firmly believe

line that the leader in illinois did that the louisiana senator did not.ost: let me show you the other ad for the other side of the debate. >> the insurance lobbyists were not happy when congressman murphy and voted for health insurance reform. no wonder he is being attacked with tv ads. insurance companies know the reform bill would stop them from raising premiums and stop them from denying coverage when you are sick. the reform bill will strengthen medicare. that is why it is endorsed by the aarp. call congressman murphy and tell him not to back down, to keep fighting for us. host: and mr. murphy is the example, but these ads are running in a number of districts. americans united for change, and others released this ad and others in a $1.70 million ad buy to counter others. we are asked by twitter, some are clearly confused on what side of the healthcare debate the money is supporting -- please explain? most guest: of the money comes from corporations. there is an enormous amount coming from labor unions, but an enormous amount representing business inte

>>ets, this guy was the coach and the general manager of the louisiana ice skaters.oach anymore. he does not like a call. there goes -- hey, coach, i needed that! okay, i will get a new stick. this is the second time he lost his cool. he was actually suspended for coaching indefinitely and the team's website says they hired a new coach. part of the southern professional hockey league. >>> falcon's player and his wife posed at part of peta's message. and this is believed to be the fastest soccer goal ever. the whistle blows and the game starts and the ball is kicked. it goes in. two seconds is how long it took to score this goal from mid field. >> wow, very nice. >>> thank you. i have to run. our travelers are waiting. >> the rain and wind will be out there. the sabre system shows the rain is here and the wind is here, too. watch for delays. boston, shorter delay. wind-related delays. and then out west a little bit of range changing to snow for salt lake city. more "morning express" in just a couple minutes. >>> president obama leaves today for his first visit to asia

louisiana does not have some technology the rest of the country can figure out. this is not some technological breakthrough. this is simply having the courage to say that great teaching matters and that adults make a great difference in students lives. retract these things over time in a method or philosophy of continuing improvement mprovemen get dramatically better. so i question why when it's not some miracle technology that has been patented, why is it today we only have one state operating in this matter. third great talent matters. thinking about how we get the best and brightest teachers to the children and the communities that have been historically and research. for all the huge challenges and dropout rate that is devastating. to many of our high school graduates are not ready for college. i have never been more hopeful because we have never had more examples of success. schools and school districts beating the odds. how are they doing it? by getting the most talented adults in front of the children who need the most help. we have to start to do that sys

look at the rain down towards louisiana. maybe an inch, two inches of rain in central illinois and indiana. same with parts of iowa getting decent rain. here's your snow, right around nebraska/kansas state line. look at the pileup to about 2, maybe 10 inches of rain in some spots. specifically just south of nebraska. four to ten inches of snow from manhattan to kansas today. two to four inches of snow will pile up from areas between i 80 to i-70. >>> something else we're watching. space shuttle "atlantis" is on its way towards the international space station this afternoon. they plan on launching this thing a2:28 eastern. the only thing of concern is a wind now about 15 miles per hour at times. also look at the mid-level deck of clouds. that will not go far too far soon. i tell you, it will not rain there. no thunderstorms just low clouds and also stiff wind out of the northwest. might not get it up. you can see breaks in the action with the clouds a little. i don't see rain in the forecast that. will slow them don't. i don'

louisiana already declared a state of emergency. >>> is it just me or does it seem like it's a surprise that it's november and we're just now getting our first storm from the atlantic? >> it is kind of odd. less than 5% of all tropical storms or hurricanes happen in the month of november during a season so it's odd but we're breaking the odds. this is updated within the last minute. winds are down to 80 miles per hour. still a hurricane, category 1, but continues to weaken just a bit. still moving to the north-northwest at roughly 16 miles per hour. it's 330 miles to the south-southwest of pensacola, florida. let me show you the path over the next day, day and a half. we'll continue up towards the florida panhandle, getting back in towards the alabama area. somewhere around that region overnight landfall possibly as a hurricane, maybe as a strong tropical storm. either way makes a hard bee line to the right and a big hook because of a cold front dragging in some moisture and it's going to get absorbed into that and spread on through

charlie is a native of shreveport, louisiana. one of the real treasures that louisiana has.it sounds redundant to the people from washington. people here or who may be listening on c-span, he is the authority in the world on elections and congressional elections. he has been doing it longer than anyone. he is not only respected in the political community, his integrity is unquestioned and he is one of the best people that we have in our community. we're proud that charlie is a proud son of our state. we relish in his successes. i hope his prediction that we get wiped out in 2010 proves wrong. he has a history of being right over a long time. i will turn this over to my dear friend, charlie, and ask him to introduce what is going to be difficult because we have a distinguished panel here. are you coming up? i am going to introduce -- this is always a good thing. 4 get your boss. -- forget your boss. the provost, who is a really big deal, is going to come up and say a few words. i apologize and please do not cut my pay. >> thank you and good morning. let me welcome all of you

i have talked about of louisiana. -- transparency around data.hey attract teachers back to their school of education and back to their alternative certification routes -- they track them. after tens of thousands of teachers, you see them literally changing their curriculum based upon the result of the students, their alumni. louisiana does not have some technology the rest of the country cannot figure out. this is not some technological breakthrough. this is simply having the courage of saying that teaching math nerds and that adults make a difference in their lives -- saying that teaching matters. we can get dramatically better. it is not some miracle of technology that louisiana has patented and will not share with the rest of the world. technology that louisianan has patented and will share with the rest of the world, why is it today we only have one state operating in this manner? third, great talent matters. thinking about how we get the best and brightest teachers and principals, the hardest working, the most coveted adults to the children

still the flood warnings for basically illinois down to mississippi back on in to louisiana and eastern sections of tex be tex. that's the area that really got walloped. you're not going to get any rain the next five to six days. good news there, you're drying out. a weak cold front through the new england states. light rain associated with that. slides in towards northern new hampshire. in fact you can't see much of it at all. behind that it's cold air, 30 degrees in marquette. as that cold air goes over 0 the relatively warmer waters, you've got it, lake effect snow for the morning mainly the u.p. it's out there for you. you can see a couple coming on through. that's your forecast. more on that coming up in a bit. >> all right, bob. thanks so much. >>> okay, so people who are out of a job may get a life line to last through the holidays. so how soon congress could extend unemployment benefits. and a major tax credit also for home buyers. >>> plus, a college football player in trouble for playing dirty. we want to know what you think about his punishment for a major offense. >>> mornin

that vote came from first-term louisiana republican joseph cao who holds a seat in predominantly democraticew orleans. >> in congress, as you know, we will never get a perfect bill and i had to make a decision and i felt that last night's decision was the right decision for my district, even though it was not the popular decision for my party. >> 39 democrats crossed the aisle to vote against the bill. now, if it becomes law, the bill will represent the biggest expansion of health care coverage since medicare was created more than 40 years ago. house speaker nancy pelosi says the vote was a huge win for democrats. >> if our bill prevails, which i'm certain that it will in these respects, that being a woman is no longer a pre-existing medical condition. that if you have a pre-existing medical condition, you cannot be denied insurance, you cannot have rescissions, you cannot lose your insurance just because you've become ill. and the list goes on and on. if you're a senior, the doughnut hole is closed. if you're a young person, you can be on your parents' policy until your 27th birthday. if y

louisiana has three congressman who work in this position. when we went to meet with them, they said, in april, we will not be part of that discussion. do not bother talking to us about health care. i was disappointed that we were led to believe that there was going to be a partisan discussion about health care. but they said, we have been taken out of the discussion in the house. we will not have anything with what is going to happen. i do not think that this is all on the republican side. they have to be walking across the street. >> this is a good story. when the press was asking the president about health care, one reporter said, he will be bipartisan. you have not met with the republican leader on health care since the month of may. where is your bipartisanship? you are not at the table. >> this is not on the level. if you take the senate finance committee, part of the support from the president over health care was the decision to let the financial community lead with the bipartisan republicans at the table, the bill that emerged had no

areas like texas, louisiana, you have to watch out for. look at the rest of the country. not much going on except for a clipper. >> bob, looking forward to it. >>> sex addiction was the topic at that got joy behar all riled up last night. check out her interview and some of the stars of the new show on treating sex addiction. >> on up show you have eight good looking sex addicts living together. now isn't that a recipe for disaster? >> no. well, maybe in the joy behar sex rehab program. for mine it's like putting drug addicts together. yes, they do drugs, they do them together. >> it's different because there's no drugs around but people are there, good looking people. >> we really wanted it -- >> you really wanted what? >> i really wanted sexual sobriety and a lot of those people were desperate. >> catch "the joy behar show" here on hln. >>> well, you've been trying to keep you and your family free of the h1n1 flu. today there is a warning for people with pets. and a proud mother was told that she had to take down her banner at a football game. why the stadium said it ha

that would be a big help to louisiana in terms of federal funding for medicaid. it is fairly clear that senator landru is warming up to this bill. senator lincoln wanted 72 hours from the time the bill was released until the first procedural vote. that was something she asked for and led a group of senators and republicans writing a letter to the majority leader several weeks ago and harry reid was careful about releasing the bill wednesday night. this is not happening until saturday night. senator lincoln of arkansas, you have 72 hours to study the bill and once you look at it you will see it works for your folks. we think they're getting to the wint where they will have 60 votes. >> host: what is the tone from leadership on tonight's actions? what message are they sending? >> guest: a democratic side oere building unity among the caucus to make a strong case for legislation on the republican side. it is obviously the opposite to lay the groundwork for taking those arguments apart describing this bill as too expensive and unwise. yitzhak rabin >> host: what are

ida is expected to make landfall near the mississippi/alabama state line soon but florida and louisiana wiare taking precautis as well declaring states of emergency. >> usually when we have hurricanes, it's so muggy out, we can come out in our shorts. it's not brr out here down at the beach. >> oh, yeah, it's a little weird in november. you don't see it that much. it happens and we just have to roll with it. >>> well, let's go to bob van dillen now for the latest on ida. okay. so right now the concern is about the wind and the rain mostly. >> yeah, it really is all we're concerned about. we're not looking at a huge storm surge. the tropical storm still offshore but if you look at the satellite presentation, it's stretching out just a bit with the big thunderstorms that develop across the middle of circulation getting blown inland so it's been raining heavily and steadily the last couple of hours really when you get as far north as georgia. what about the path? it will continue to move up to the north to pensacola and wrap itself around and then form as another low off the carolina coast

this afternoon a sentencing hearing for former louisiana representative william jefferson.sands of dollars in the freezer after a bribery sting. >>> how is this for a get out of jail free card? police let a man out because of something on his facebook page.

he is not only the coach but he is also the general manager of the louisiana ice gators.ive you brad. he does not like a penalty call on one of his players so starts grabbing anything that is not nailed down -- some clothing, here are some hockey sticks, throw that out there on 0 the ice. >> and what was his problem? what didn't he like? >> he didn't like a penalty call but, get this, this was only his second game coaching and the guy lost his cool in the previous game. 2-2 this guy. so he was ejected to boos from the pensacola crowd. now he is suspended from coaching indefinitely. falcons tight end tony gonzalez and his wife got naked for peta. he and wife october posed as part of the anti-fur campaign which says we'd rather go naked than wear fur. >> her name is october? >> her name is october. not january, october. his teammates had a good laugh. they giggled like kids a little bit. he said it's something he and his wife are passionate. others who have posed dennis rodman and paul mccartney. lastly if that cocky coach video wasn't amazing, the fastest soccer goal ever.

charlie is a native of shreveport, louisiana. one of the real treasures that louisiana has. it sounds redundant to the people from washington. people here or who may be listening on c-span, he is the authority in the world on elections and congressional elections. he has been doing it longer than anyone. he is not only respected in the political community, his integrity is unquestioned and he is one of the best people that we have in our community. we're proud that charlie is a proud son of our state. we relish in his successes. i hope his prediction that we get wiped out in 2010 proves wrong. he has a history of being right over a long time. i will turn this over to my dear friend, charlie, and ask him to introduce what is going to be difficult because we have a distinguished panel here. are you coming up? i am going to introduce -- this is always a good thing. 4 get your boss. -- forget your boss. the provost, who is a really big deal, is going to come up and say a few words. i apologize and please do not cut my pay. >> thank you and good morning. let me welcome all of you

running for reelection and a guy who is a ford dealer in louisiana in a town of about 3500 people.ng against him and the argument was he was corrupt and had been in power for too long and had forgotten his roots. the other guy was a ford dealer and he said i want to say this about my opponent -- he's an honest guy, a deacon of the first baptist church, in the rotary club. if i had to buy ford, i would buy that ford from him because he's the kind of guy who will be a good deal and if something happens to your car, you take in and he will fix it for you and give you a loan car and that's just the kind of guy he is. but if i had a bite to ford's, i would have to go somewhere else because he's not big enough to handle the deal. implicit on that, i think that is more effective -- is he qualified to handle the job of governor of louisiana -- in that is i think a lesson that sometimes the scalpel can be very effective. this next panel i'm going to introduce the moderator and let him go through it. i say this in all sincerity, if you ask people to name the three best political journalists

charlie is a native of shreveport, louisiana. one of the real treasures that louisiana has. it sounds redundant to the people from washington. people here or who may be listening on c-span, he is the authority in the world on elections and congressional elections. he has been doing it longer than anyone. he is not only respected in the political community, his integrity is unquestioned and he is one of the best people that we have in our community. we're proud that charlie is a proud son of our state. we relish in his successes. i hope his prediction that we get wiped out in 2010 proves wrong. he has a history of being right over a long time. i will turn this over to my dear friend, charlie, and ask him to introduce what is going to be difficult because we have a distinguished panel here. are you coming up? i am going to introduce -- this is always a good thing. 4 get your boss. -- forget your boss. the provost, who is a really big deal, is going to come up and say a few words. i apologize and please do not cut my pay. >> thank you and good morning. >> it has been a real ple

some say that will be known as louisiana purchase. host: it is meant to get a yes vote from her.guest: yes. there are concerns about the costs. a big component of this legislation is increasing the number of those injured. because they contribute to the cause, many have said you will have a lot of extra cost, this bill would have the federal government pick up the tab for the first three years. that may sweeten the deal for a lot of states. >> are there a lot of concerns about reelection next year? guest: in a statement, john mccain won by 20 points. all along, she has said she has concerned about the cost of this legislation, what it will do for health care cost of americans who have insurance. she is not in favor of a public auction. -- option. the indications are that she wants to do health care legislation. the question is does this have the right mix. host: here are the numbers for you to call in if you wanted. you also can twitter in. one person says, haven't we already heard all we need to on the health bill already? it's everything out on the table as far as the the talf

actually, of course, it was louisiana.n only take the oath after you've passed this test, but my requirements for becoming a citizen would be easier. first, recite the pledge of allegiance. second, promise to pay your taxes. third, sing the "star-spangled banner." and fourth, name the winner of the last super bowl. if you can't do all four, pack your bags and get out. >> kroft: i'm steve kroft. we'll be back next week with another edition of "60 minutes." or better fuel economy? how about both... chevy traverse, with thirty percent more cargo room than honda pilot, it also gets better highway fuel economy. may the best car win. what's a good gift for a family? ♪ how 'bout three computers ♪ ♪ complete with windows seven ♪ ♪ and a wireless router ♪ set up by geek squad? wow. three? ♪ when everyone can get online ♪ ♪ all at once, at the same time ♪ ♪ you won't have to fight ♪ ♪ you won't have to bite ♪ ♪ and you won't act like a bunch of animals ♪ [ male announcer ] get a desktop, laptop, and netbook with windows 7 networked

louisiana has three congressmen who are physicians. they are republicans. when we went to meet them they said in april, we will not be a part of that discussion, did not bother talking to us about health care. i was really disappointed that we were led to believe that there was going to be partisan discussion about health care. they said we have been totally shut at the discussion in the house, we will not have any say with what will happen. i do not say it is all on the republican side, but there has to be someplace. >> here is a good story. in september 1 of the reporters said mr. president, you have not met with the republican leader in health care since may. where is your bipartisanship? >> certainly there was. >> if you take the senate finance committee where the whole process waited, part of the pain of the health care was the decision to let the finance committee lead. the bill that ultimately emerged had no public option, had no tax increases. it was individual -- no employer mandate. the only boat was olympia snowe. -- the only vote was olympia sno

louisiana doesn't have some technology the rest of the country can't figure out. this is not some technological breakthrough. this is simply having the courage to say that great teaching matters and adults make a big difference in student lives. and guess what, if we track these things over time, not in a gotcha way but in a method or philosophy of continuous improvement, that we can get dramatically better. so i sort of question why when it's not some miracle of technology that louisianan has patented and will share with the rest of the world, why is it today we only have one state operating in this manner? third, great talent matters. thinking about how we get the best and brightest teachers and principals, the hardest working, the most coveted adults to the children in the communities that have been historic the underserved. and for all of the challenges we face as a country, a job outbreak this devastating, too many graduates are not prepared for colleges. i've never been more hopeful because we've never had more luck symbols of success of schools and school d

only louisiana is getting the same impact. 81% of reduction in the benefits to our seniors. it means they are not going to have the health care that they enjoy now, which is what the president promised. right now this bill says that the benefits offered will drop from $135 a month to $42 a month. florida seniors will lose 81% of this additional coverage. i had some constituents who've written in to me because they've been hearing about these problems, mr. president, and i want to read one of these or two of these letters to you from floridians who are concerned about losing medicare advantage. this one is from dennis shelton in plante city, florida, which is in central florida. he writes to me, "senator lemieux, i am writing to express my deep concern about the proposed cuts in medicare advantage funding. i am currently enrollerolled inn advantage program that are criewrm for me to get medical attention. the plan provides doctors, medicines, urgent care and my diabetic supplies. the plan does this significantly better than traditional medicare at a reduced cost. my regular v

i talked to the superintendent of schools than in louisiana. louisianans has long had challenges in public education and he took over after katrina so you double the challenges for new orleans and a lot of those districts and i asked, what you think it's harder, of fixing the schools in louisiana were putting a man on the moon and he said no question, putting a man on the moon is easier. were just fighting gravity there. you have a culture of despair in those who work in the public-school and the superintendents supposedly knew what he was talking about as a former senior official at nasa. so i felt good asking him a question and he said dealing with the human elements of things can make its an extra level of complexity and challenge to a public undertaking. >> a member of our staff were your pushing the boulder up the hill, in this case you are both pushing it up and having to carry a lot of people with you at the same time and whose behavior is may actually be pulling back the other way again. so the hill is very steep in those respects. we h

go ahead. -- pension rouge, louisiana, gary does not read the newspaper.aller: i read the paper from several different cities. also, in baton rouge [unintelligible] i can go to website where they are iputting in news from both sides. i do not want to spend my money on something that is not going to report the news -- you know, with a slant. host: can you tell us how often -- how old you are? caller: i am 41. host: thanks for the call. max does read a daily paper, go ahead. caller: have been an avid newspaper readers, most of my life. i do have internet access and i spent a lot of time on the computer hunting around, but it does not provide the same satisfaction as sitting in the -- in a chair with a copy and the newspaper in your hand. host: how old are you, max? caller: 57. host: thanks for the input this morning. in a political column, the story this morning is about funding for afghanistan. he writes, "money for nothing if we put into afghanistan." the powerful chairman of the house appropriations committee has a stark message about afghanistan for pres

host: louisiana on our line for republicans.e unemployment, i remember in 2006 when the argument was dispersing the profits of the corporations, that they suggested when the democrats took control the first thing they did was raise the minimum wage. if they are not willing to recognize that that creates a disincentive to hire people at the entry level, that is small businesses. for them to say we need more government programs and even you compared it to the great depression during fdr. that took 10 years to get out of. the answer is not more government, it ought to be less. it ought to prove that what they did was wrong. it made things worse. host: kevin, are you with me? let's move on to the "baltimore sun." russia and china joined the u.s. and european allies in formally rebuking iran about its nuclear program on a 25-3 vote. the board of governors adopted a german-drafted resolution condemning iran for its nuclear program. irvington, new jersey, jonathan on our democratic line. caller: i was calling in because i was watching

rebecca in louisiana. hi, dear, what's your question?caller: well, i want to know what is it that they didn't have him on parole or anything, they just let him go? >> good question. and hello to all of our cajun friends joining us tonight. back to ken robinson, wtam 1100. why was he out walking the street -- it's my understanding that law enforcement had been to his home to check up on him many times but they didn't have a warrant to go in. couldn't they smell what was inside? >> i guess there's two parts to that. two answers to that question. number one, he was out -- >> six dead women. >> six dead women. he was out because he served his 15 years and police could not go inside his home without a warrant, you know, for arrest or a warrant to search. so he complied with all the requirements that he was required to do, register as a sexual offender, notify police every 90 days of his whereabouts, and police would come and check on him, and yes, he would be at his home. >> well, there goes his insanity defense because scrupulously adhere to