you're meg whitman. you're a great success at ebay, but these are hardened politicians who are accustomed to new faces. they want to chew you up and spit you out with all due respect. how are you going to change the culture? >> great leadership often leads to great results. sot first thing is you've got to focus on the legislature on spending, jobs and education. you've got to get your top 400 people on the same agenda with the same issues. then you've got to use the veto pen. in california, the governor has line item veto. and this is how you communicate to the legislature what you will and will not put up with. you also can use the proposition process to your advantage. take issues directly to the people. but in the end, this is the ultimate test. the next governor of california has to have a spine of steel, know exactly what they believe and be incredibly consistent on how it's done. >> speaking on the regulatory side of this -- i appreciate the veto pen. there's a cap and trade system in california.

last night i spoke to gubernatorial candidate meg whitman. tonight it's equal time for her opponent. fasten your seat belts, everybody. "the kudlow report" begins right now. >>> good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. we believe free market capitalism is the way to prosperity. now the fed wants to curb pay at 5,000 banks. cnbc's mary thompson has the detills. hello, larry. >> the plan under consideration would impact employees beyond executive suites. outside pay is seen as contributing to the risk taking that fuelled the financial crisis. so people say it's within the authority of the fed as a regulator to monitor pay if it threatens a bank's soundness. it would impact senior management as well as whose creating and taking financial risks. at the heart of pay proposal cutting short-term incentives, based on a couple years' performance, not one, and by maybe using clawbacks and reducing bonuses based on short-term performances. also, they want bonuses on a risk-adjusted basis when the companies have a method for measuring that risk. the fed

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meg whitman will be on "the live desk" at the top of the hour.be involved in the terror probe going on in colorado, new york, and around the world. all this is coming in the wake of last week's raid in queens. najibullah zazi, a denver shuttle bus driver, drove to new york to visit friends. he and his father have been arrested and are now charged with lying to federal investigators. but what if otrs are involved? our guest is a senior correspondent for the "new york daily news." what are you hearing about how many other people might be out there? >> great question. what we have going on right now is that you have several in custody, one of whom is najibullah abbas -- najibullah zazi, a resident who has been colored online by the fbi, who thinks he is al qaeda-trained. they are looking for other people. i think they have some suspects and people under surveillance, but i do not think they necessarily identified all this possible -- all of his possible alleged co-conspirators in a plot to set off explosives in new york city. jon: 3 people are under

so far meg whitman, state insurance commissioner steve pointer and congressman tom campbell thrown their hats into the ring for what promises to be one of the most expensive races in the history of the state. anita vogel has more on the story. >> the governor of the state of california. >> in a small courtyard in the college town of fullerton, former ebay ceo and political novice meg whitman made a giant announcement, officially launching her bid for california's highest office. the race for governor is heating up with the state's economic woes taking center stage. >> i want to focus on job creation and keeping jobs in california. >> what meg whitman needs to do convince voters her background in business as a ceo can directly apply to the work that needs to be done for the state of california. >> and if money is the question, whitman has a lot of it. the billionaire donated 19 million dollars of her own to her campaign and says she's willing to spend more. outpacing by more than 20 times her g.o.p. rival, california insurance commissioner steve poisonner who only raised 1.2 million dolla

martha: meg whitman is a name that you are going to hear a lot more.mployees and almost $8 billion in revenues. her name popped up all the time in terms of people who are in the to give the government taps and terms of the economy. she has something else in mind now, and she is here to revenues. -- here to break the news. what are you going to be doing with your time? >> i will be running for governor of california. i am here to make the announcement official. martha: i hear there are many of your friends that are tried to talk you out of this. an action difficult the job. why do this? >> it is a big challenge and the state faces enormous issues and problems of the reason i decided to do this is i refuse to let california fail. i refuse to let them set by and watch what is happening to the state that i love. i think we can change the direction of california, but it will take a different approach. martha: it is one of the most beautiful state in the nation. it is ranked fourth in the unemployment right now in the country and in education kindergarten th

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back in may, jones won the praise of meg whitman, now a republican candidate for governor in california. >> i am a big fan of him. he's done a marvelous job. >> reporter: on friday she distanced herself and said it is clear he holds views she entirely rejects. mary snow, cnn, new york. >>> we'll bring back in kate baldoun. the white house says they didn't order him down in this case, but no one came running to his defense, either. do you think the administration gave in to the right on this one? >> reporter: it is pretty interesting. they definitely did not come out to defend van jones today. if you look at the statements just this morning, press secretary robert gibbs asked if it was a smear campaign on abc this week and he said, what van jones decided was the agenda on the president was bigger than any one individual. then a white house senior adviser makes a point to say, just as you mentioned, this is van jones' own decision. it does seem that the white house administration is giving into the pressure and giving into the criticism on this one. it just really -- they do not twant pre

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interesting meg whitman. >> governor whitman? >> friend of the show.hat will work for us. >> we'll talk to her soon, i think. >>> treasury secretary tim geithner will be before the committee to testify on finance proposals. member of the house financial services committee, senator paul kanjorski, joinses us from washington. good to see you again. >> nice to be here, carl. >> we remember the president coming to wall street, i guess it was, last week or the week before, wagging his finger, saying some of you guys have ignored the lessons of lehman. are the things he is proposing, watchdog agency for consumers closing loopholes among the various regulatory agencies, are those being taken seriously on the hill? >> very seriously. we've been working on the president's proposals now for months, actually. many of them are reduced to actual draft legislation and will be starting a series of hearings for the next month and then after that, we'll be doing mark-ups. i would not be at all surprised if some time around thanksgiving until christmas we'll actually be

back in may in comments on the "san francisco chronicle's" website he won the praise of meg whitman, now a republican candidate for governor in california. >> i am a big van. he's done a marvelous job. >> on friday whitt man said she did not jones well and distanced herself. mary snow, cnn, new york. >> mark and mary listened along with us to that report. the white house says it did not order van jones to step down, but no one came rushing to his defense. do you think the administration caved to the right in this case? >> no. look, when you have all this controversy boiling up, i think robert gibbs said it best earlier today on the sunday shows when he said that not one president is bigger than the president's jaendz agenda. when you're causing turmoil you're asked to leave basically or you know best to leave. >> bottom line, van jones here, did he become a distraction that had to get out of the way? >> i think that he did the right thing, because he understands that the health care debate is much more important than arguing over comments made in 2004. whether he signed a petition, w

they're very optimistic that meg whitman will win the primary and possibly the general.en karl sereni will run against barbara buckner. chris: ok. >> google is getting in the book business, the book printing business. they're buying the rights of all out of copyright books and you'll be able to order those books in stores and have them printed for you in three minutes. chris: that boggles my mind. >> i don't have anything that big. president obama campaigned on the position he would speak with -- hold talks about preconditions with america's enemies including iran, this week we're going to the general assembly in new york and president jalmjalm -- mahmoud ahmadinejad will be there trying to avoid him at all costs will president obama. >> in the finance committee the chairman matt baucus has given wer only to a few people in the committee and the rest of e people are in tier 2 status and are really angry. chris: when we come back this week's big question is along those lines, do the liberals want a plic option or no bill at all? be right back. >> closed captioning provide

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may in comments on the san francisco chronicle's website, jones won the praise of former ebay ceo meg whitman he's done a marvelous job. >> reporter: she said she didn't know jones well and is distancing himself. and says it's clear he holds views she entirely rejects. >>> on tuesday, the president plans to address students that is creating controversy as well. a lot of people think he's sending out materials i guess that is more so the issue, sending out lesson plans suggesting what he should do. turn on the computer if to our blog and send us comments. we are getting a ton already. we'll share more comments this morning. >>> that speech, not the only fallout the president dealing with this morning. he expects to get a report on afghanistan. which will likely make the case on whether or not they should send additional troops to afghanistan. stanley mcchrystal will present it yesterday. he said that 90 people, some civilians, some taliban militants, were killed. we have more from kabul. what an amazing opportunity. have you been shadowing general stanley mcchrystal, and he talks about this ne

. >> a quick promo for you, tonight on the kudlow report, meg whitman, tonight at 7:00 p.m. "the kudlow report." >>> harris corps profits as more and more medical records go electronic as well. we'll talk to the ceo with another "power lunch" exclusive of why his company is in the sweet spot. >>> right now the shares are down 1% in an overall down market. for the one-year period, they're down 16 1/3%. you should know, bayer aspirin is one of most studied, most trusted, anti-fever, anti-inflammatory, and anti-pain medications in the world. from pain killer to life saver, bayer aspirin is the wonder drug that works wonders. >>> unusual volume leaders include general electric, we're down. tesoro, in particular yahoo! and labcorp. >> just this week, the military officer tells congress there's more u.s. troops sent to afghanistan, a surge clearing the way for a possible deployment by year end. the radio from harris corporation helps them complete their mission and does communications in the field. we have a cnbc "power lunch" exclusive with chairman and ceo of hourld lance. thank

comments on the "san francisco chronicle" website, jones even won the praise of former ebay ceo, meg whitman >> i'm a big fan of him. he's done a marvelous job. >> reporter: on friday meg says she did not know jones well and clearly holds views that she entirely rejects. mary snow, cnn. >>> limiting those outrageous banking bonus. that's what the g-20 agreed to do over the weekend in london. among them, u.s. treasury secretary timothy geithner who says controlling bonuses will help avoid past mistakes. in an exclusive interview with richard quest, listen. >> there is no risk that we will -- can afford and will allow conditions in the financial industry to go back to what they were in the peak of the boom. >> but the speed of which they've gone back to -- >> haven't gone back yet. >> on the way -- >> no, haven't gone back yet. and i think it's important it did not happen. in fact, you're going to see very significant reforms and compensation package across the major financial centers. and one thing we did today, which is very important is, reach an agreement on a common framework and commit o

meg whitman is running against steven poisoner and she is -- look what poisoner is saying about her.president reagan or president george h.w. bush or mccain mnk in 2000. she didn't skip some votes as she claims. she skipped every one. >> california reporters are saying to her, did you just first register as a republican in 2007? she goes i'm really ashamed of my voting record. no, did you first just register as a republican in 2007? i wish i would have voted more. speaking of dodging questions, she dodged it and i don't think anybody said your refusal to not answer the question is duly noted. >> we should duly note it now. thank you. noted. >>> coming up, more of arianna and washington, d.c. conspiracy theories. about half of women over 50 will have a fracture related to osteoporosis in their lifetime. so how can we make postmenopausal osteoporosis a bigger priority for women? should there be more petitions to sign? more walks? more telethons? all good. but not enough. it's time we learned more. join the know my bones program today. call the number on the screen or sign up at knowmyb

and back in may, jones even won the praise of former ebay ceo meg whitman, a candidate for governor in california. on friday, whitman says she did not know jones well and distanced herself, saying it's clear that he holds views that i entirely reject. >>> new this morning, mahmoud ahmadinejad says he's ready to talk face to face with world leaders. he says there is no deadline, but he's prepared to present a package of proposals to the united nations security council, plus germany. iran has the end of the month to face talks or future sanctions. >>> the wildfire near los angeles is 51% contained. the price tag so far, $50 million. destroyed 78 homes, burned nearly 276,000 miles of national forest so far. there is a $100,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and convictions of the arsonist responsible for starting it. >>> the new head of the national mall in washington, d.c. says we'll see visible improvements to america's front yard over the next year. it is stipulated by dead crass, crumbling sidewalks and green, foul smelling water in the run con memorial reflecting poo