and when we work on mexico and we have to deal with mexico, not just on the narcotics side order criminal violence side, although that is important. we have such a broad range of relationships with mexico, across the board. many of them are wonderful, goods stores. but this particular issue of the criminal violence in mexico is something that we need to take very seriously. as i was saying, the first approach to this was to look at the federal. now auric -- we're concerned about local level as well. this is an issue of building state capacity and law enforcement capacity and judicial systems at the local level as well. that is very important three new institutions to matter. they are absolutely critical. we have to be sure, not only because it is right, because of our values, but we need to ensure that democratic institutions are not disrupted. one of the tragedies of latin america -- and here i put on my latin american historian hat -- is that forever and ever, the problems of democracy

the name was publicized, and that's unusual in mexico.use normally, the military soldiers, both navy and army that take part ofn these operations, their identities are kept secret. most wear black masks to hide their identities. when they were killed, the government has up until now released their names and honored them as fallen heroes. the problem this timps revenge was taken. what it would suggest is the drug cartel has informants within the mexican navy that gave them the information as to in man's family's whereaboutss and that's pretty worrisome. >> woodruff: how unusual is it for the cartel to go after family members like this? >> it's very unusual. it sort of breaks one of the unwritten rules of the war on drug down here in mexico. the drug cartels have been getting increasingly violent. they've been resorting to tactics, very similar to the islamic terrorists in terms of beheading and videotaped torture and tactics of that nature to terrorize their rivals and ordinary mexican citizens and the government. in this case going after

would it cost more to cover you in mexico?no. >> suarez: a group called americans for medicare in mexico lobbying congress to amend medicare rules to allow for health-care coverage in mexico, where medical costs are much lower. >> it would cost the medicare program about half as much to cover you here as it costs to cover you in the united states. >> suarez: former senate staffer paul christ now a puerto vallarta hotel owner is leading the campaign. >> i think it is a great deal for the taxpayer. i actually see this as a win, win, win, win. and i will tell you why. first of all, it is a win for the retirees that live in mexico. and for the retirees that want to retire to mexico. it is a win for medicare because it saves money. it is a win for the mexican economy because an influx of retirees will create jobs, good jobs in mexico. >> suarez: but with americans already consumed by a debate over health-care reform, the campaign may have a tough time getting attention in washington. in the meantime some retirees are taking advanta

now we have texas and mexico which draws its ambassador. they threatened to declare war on the united states agree that leads to huge tensions between the united states and mexico. polk sent an army to the rio grande in disputed territory. a skirmish breaks out. 11 americans are killed. polk immediately goes to congress and says they have spilled american blood on american soil. one could argue that that was not exactly accurate. but he believed that it was american soil. and that led to the mexican war. he thought it would last four months. it would send sack retailer and an army into mexico for a couple of hundred miles. that would succeed and negotiate for peace. but the mexicans were a proud people. they've never won a battle but that would not give up until the very end. and the war dragged on for two years and became a major issue. >> do you remember how much it costs this country and how many lives? >> i have in the book. i think it might been somewhere in the neighborhood of 17,000 lives, many of them from disease. >> what was the p

>> when we annexed texas, mexico considered that to be an act of war.texas had been an independent nation for 10 years, mexico had not been able to get it back but had never recognized the texas independence. so now we have texas, and mexico withdraws its ambassador, threatens to declare war on the united states, and that leads to huge tensions between the united states and mexico. polk sends an army to the rio grande in what was really disputed territory between mexico and the united states. a skirmish breaks out, 11 americans are killed. polk immediately goes to congress and says, "they have spilled american blood upon the american soil." one could argue that that was not exactly accurate, that it was disputed soil, but he believed it was american soil. and that led to the mexican war. he thought it would last maybe three or four months. he would send under zachary taylor an army into mexico for a couple hundred miles. they would see the futility of their effort and would negotiate for peace, but the mexicans were a proud people and they wouldn't nego

>> california was part of mexico.as soon as -- he never said this publicly, but as soon as he said he wanted to acquire california, that is a tipoff that he intended, if necessary, to have a war with mexico in order to get california. other presidents have tried and the mexicans were not interested. i think that tips of the astute pursuer of the events that he was prepared for an even willing to maneuver the united states into war with mexico in order to bring about the expansion. >> used 32 bring up that abraham lincoln's speech after the war was over. i want to read the last line. -- you spurred me to bring up that abraham lincoln speech after the war was over. he may be able to show there is not something about his conscious more painful than all of his mental complexity. a little hard to understand. what was he getting at? >> in any war you have very emotional sentiments and very emotional debates, and begin was sirhlincoln was a whig. in looking at lincoln in his t!biography, it is a little bit ironic that he wo

nationally, more than 25 million people, one quarter of the population of mexico, are enrolled. not surprisingly, most families are from rural areas like santo domingo, where living is often hand to mouth, and where officials say the conditional cash program has been most effective. school enrollment jumped 85% in some rural areas just two years after the cash program was introduced. rates of malnutrition and anemia have dropped, as have childhood and adult illnesses. at santo domingo's middle school, asuncion ortiz, a teacher here for sixteen years, says changes from the cash program are easy to see. >> ( translated ): little by little the children started coming with more uniforms, better shoes, before their teeth were very bad because of their bad eating habits, but now, in part because of required health clinic appointments their eating habits are better, and so their teeth are a lot better. >> suarez: the conditional cash transfer program centers on women, who, officials say, are the key to the long term health of a family better educated women raise healthier children. so

who tried to blow up a us pne and his links to yemen; raising healthier, bter educat children in mexico; and helpor the mentally ill in india. but fit: striking the right balance tween security and sacrifice: the costs of preventing the next atck. for that, we turn toary schiavo, forr inspector genel of the department of transporation. she's now anviation attorney in private practice, a represents many of the filies whose relatis were killed in the 9/11 attacks. and david schanzer. he's the director of the triangleenter on terrorism and holand security at duke university and the univeity of north calina. i want to start by asking yo what the preside had to say toda he saithere was a systemic failure, a mix of human and systemic failure. what does that meato yo >> well, that means that there's more than one il. obviously first an foremost that peoplfollowed the screeninthat failed, but obviously the various tch list. the watch listwere targeted and revealed to be a probl in the summ of this year. there waa special report done by the office ofnspector general, coness has addressed these i

how many of you remember mexico peso crisis 1994? mexico almost approached defaults and then what was a large bailout package was put together from the imf and the u.s. and other of the g-7 the economy is. mexico after all was in latin america so latin america historically has had a history of financial volatility. the mexican crisis occurred against a backdrop in which mexico months before the crisis had been upgraded by the rating agencies. mexico had just been admitted to the organization, ocd. of mexico was a poster child at the time of the imf. but at any rate the mexican crisis unfolded and at that time i was still working at the imf and and what it calls a mission that sounds like mission impossible we went through of malaysia, hong kong, singapore and japan five 1/2 weeks long to assess financial liabilities in these countries and you could not go anywhere without hearing news of the evolution of the mexican crisis and the issue was raised at the time these byrd said east asia tigers by and large had a history they had more t

but what we see happening are growing farmers moving to mexico operating lands in mexico, hiring mexicans and importing into this country. i'll give you one example. a man by the time name of steve, 2,000 acres, 500 jobs, 50 million operation in california to guaa la-hara. today he exports 2 million pounds of lettuce a week and he has spent thousands of dollars to start up his new farms and train workers. that's what's happening. western growers tells me and tells everybody, i assume, that at least 85,000 acres of farm land from california and arizona are now in mexico and at least 22,000 ag jobs formally in these two states are now in mexico. and we see it in apples. we see it in dary. -- dairy. we see it in pears and row crops. and some of the other economic stressors for the first time in my lifetime i have seen farmers in bread lines in the central valley. and you add to this your i-9 audits which send a chilling effect over the rest of agriculture, respectfully i do not agree with the ranking member. i think we're destroying agriculture because like it or not, agriculture depends on

if new mexico has required a d.n.a. sample for all felony arrested in november 2003, katie's murder would have been solved three years sooner. three years that her family prayed for justice, and waited to know that this killer was off the streets. and i have to tell you that during that time i've been told by the district attorney that over $200,000 was spent investigating her murder, $200,000 that would have been saved. but, more importantly, this man would have been in custody three years sooner, unable to victimize other young women. but we cannot consider one side of the data base because the data base has two sides. the offender d.n.a. data base and also the evidence in the data base. without a strong d.n.a. data base of offenders and arrestees, we will necessarily limit the possibility of match that is can be made. and conversely, without testing of the evidence, without uploading the evidence in a timely manner, we limit the match that is can be made. in the past six years, i have come to meet so many families wh

mexico, it can be a controversial subject mexico being in danger of being a failed state. i know there are have been lots of security forces to beef you have security forces and president coldiron is to be commerneded for taking on the drug cartels but texas, california, other border states can have greater effects in the united states. if something is not done there. it's really a serious issue that we need to focus on. >> back to the phones and our conversation about national security with mr. ervin, our next call is from beaumont, texas. caller: good morning. i just wanted to make is a comment to mr. ervin. i think the government is doing a wonderful job. i think they are doing everything that they possibly can when it comes to defeating the terrorists. but i had a concern. whenever there is an individual who is part of a terrorist group, and i know earlier the callers were talking about racial profiling and all of that. i came to an agreement that racial profiling is something that is necessary, because a lot of these terrorists, they are not on a list. they are not on

in 2006 we fought for katie's law in the state of new mexico. it's a law that requires that dna be taken upon felony arrest. it went into effect january 1 at midnight, 2007. since that date, the database has registered 86 individual arrestee dna profiles. that's in less than three years in a state with a total population of right at two million people. one hour and 14 minutes after this law went effect in new mexico, the first arrestee was swabbed in the county detention center. it matched a double homicide. that man, james, has since been convicted of murdering these two women. just three months after katie was murdered, a man named gabriel was arrested on an aggravateed burglary charge for breaking into the home of two young women. we didn't have katie's law in new mexico at that time, so his dna was not taken. it was over three years later that he was finally convicted of burglary, incarcerated, and his dna was taken. and that dna matched the dna that katie fought so hard to provide as she was being murdered. he subsequently confessed, pled g

ambassador it off mexico. doug mentioned that unlike in the past, the distant past when we had deficits and we owed the money to ourselves, that now we are borrowing more and more from abroad, largely from china but also elsewhere. what do you see as the international dimensions as the u.s. on the verge of becoming what some might come the world's largest subprime borrower? >> well, i guess i would say first of all this fiscal situation reminds me of a friend who was overweight, smoked, drank, had bad eating habits. didn't exercise. and we all told him, you've got to shape up. and he said his grandfather lived until his 90s and drank and smoke and he will too. not long thereafter, he had a heart attack and he's in the process of trying to recover. i think that's what we're facing. we don't know where the problems are going to come from. . it likely will come from international sources but we are living a life, fiscal life. that is not sustainable. and so to me, again, i would go back to say that last week when

in new mexico which is the state i grew up in.and it is part -- we need to look at the border as the entire region and have some facilities that are not permanent in nature that are off the border that move around that surprise people that they can't depend upon as part of our overall strategic love. now how we conduct those checkpoints and whether they cause undue delay, that is an issue that i think we can take another look at. >> well, it also reflects how we are going to be a better friend. i look at this and i hear the complaints in the very disappointing number of complaints from monitors about their treatment in reentering the united states from canada but also from canadian in entering. so they never heard before in recent years it's a lot of them. and to me it seems pretty legitimate. and we're walking around the country like you are a criminal unless you can prove otherwise by the people at our border. when you get off an international flight or drive across the border it does not help to the credit of the customs and bo

but i am growing for rues moving to mexico operating land in mexico, hiring exiccans and importing into int country. one example the man by the name of steve, 2000 acres, 500 jobs ond 50 million operation in ortsfornia goes to 2 guadalajara at today h-exports 2 million pounds of lead his per week and he has spent thousands of wllars to start up his new s happ but that is what is happening there growers tell me i assume that at least 85 dozen acres of farmland from o andornia and arizona are now in mexico and at least least 22,000 agricultural jobs. formerly these two states are now in mexico. ane pairs, it with apple's commentary, payers, row if add and if you add to that some the fi other economic stressors. for the first time in my lintime i have seen farmers in bread lines in the central valley and add to this the of 99 audit which has a chilling effect over the rest of agriculture. wi lture beully i do not agree with the ranking member. ricultur i think we're destroying agriculture because like if xten it depends on eight non domestic work force to the es do. heatest extent. virtual

in new mexico which is the state i grew up in.nd it is part -- we need to look at the border as the entire region and have some facilities that are not permanent in nature that are off the border that move around that surprise people that they can't depend upon as part of our overall strategic love. now how we conduct those checkpoints and whether they cause undue delay, that is an issue that i think we can take another look at. >> well, it also reflects how we are going to be a better friend. i look at this and i hear the complaints in the very disappointing number of complaints from monitors about their treatment in reentering the united states from canada but also from canadian in entering. so they never heard before in recent years it's a lot of them. and to me it seems pretty legitimate. and we're walking around the country like you are a criminal unless you can prove otherwise by the people at our border. when you get off an international flight or drive across the border it does not help to the credit of the customs and bor

in addition, health insurance premiums in new mexico make up a larger percentage of new mexico's income, the income of the average new mexico family than almost all other states. we are paying 31.18%, over 31% of the average income of a family in income income is going to pay -- family in new mexico is going to pay for health care. this is expected to grow to 66% if we do not reform our health care system. it's important to highlight that the higher spending on health care in the united states does not necessarily prolong lives. i hear a lot of speeches around here about how we have the greatest health care system in the world. we're the envy of the world, and people will just love to have access to our health care system. this chart illustrates that in 2000, the united states spent more on health care than any other country in the world, an average of $4,500 per person. that was in 2000. switzerland was the second highest at $3,300, substantially less. essentially pay, in switzerland the cost per person was 71% of what it was in the united states during that year. nevertheless, the ave

after being in mexico for a year, i observed that the government decided to intervene in you are on own country if we can call it that way and use the military force to eradicate the drugs, the market of drugs, something. i don't know what they really wanted to eradicate. but the numbers -- it caught my attention because you cited 2,000 death in kosovo and then after the bombings it went up to 10,000 if i'm not wrong. will the numbers in mexico after these war on drugs started -- i would say in a matter of a year or two went up to about 10,000. with being people being beheaded and all sorts of weapons being used so i find the power between this military intervention in mexico in this case and i'm afraid this to a certain extent is supported by the u.s. just by looking at what's happening there. >> it's a very good illustration of how, you know, military force in the case of mexico took a problem that admittedly was a problem and, you know, produced bad results, which was drug trafficking and violence from drug trafficking and there was an effort to get tough and crack down on the drug t

that resulted in the adoption of the law in new mexico. she founded a non-profit organization with the testing law across the country. she has been honored by the governor -- and she was a button to the new mexico women's hall of fame. i am sure that you hope the reason is -- you wish the reason was not there. >> members of the committee, i appreciate the opportunity to speak to you about the issue of forensic evidence and dna testing, and i am here as the mother of a murdered daughter. i am here representing the surviving parents coalition. i am here for the parents of people have been sexually assaulted. we're here to protect the children and young people. forensic dna is important to solve these crimes as children are not able to defend themselves. this is a legislative priority. in 2003, my daughter was a joyful and loving graduate student in new mexico state university. she was attacked outside of her house, in a safe neighborhood. she was brutally raped, sodomized, strangled, set on fire, and her body was left on an abandoned dump si

there is also more of global post reporter yone greeyo's stories from mexico. and on jeffrey brown's "art beat" blog, a celebration of second city's 50th birthday. we've posted remembrances from the last surviving member of the comedy club's first year and a conversation with actor/director/writer harold ramis. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line, and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: when someone you count on is not responsive, bad things could happen. grant thornton. monsanto. producing more. er

/mexico border, larry. >> anderson and michael, two of the best reporters in the business.10:00 eastern and 7:00 pacific. queen latifah is with us. last year "the new york times" quoted you saying i don't discuss the topic of being gay but i have a problem discussing my personal life. how do you draw a privacy line in the public eye? how do you do that? >> you just draw it. i just call it. i mean, people can choose to deal with their personal lives however they choose. i can't tell another celebrity how to handle their personal life. some like to live their life out in the open. they want you to come into their kitchen and watch them cook, and they want you to come with them to their kids at the park. i can't see me living my life like that. i feel like what i do with the public is what we share together, and what i do when i'm off the clock is my business. i just want to keep it for myself and my family and my friends. i don't want to share it with the world. >> larry: yu do you think the world has such an interest -- why do people have such an interest in the private live

if new mexico has required a d.n.a. sample for all felony arrested in november 2003, katie's murder would have been solved three years sooner. three years that her family prayed for justice, and waited to know that this killer was off the streets. and i have to tell you that during that time i've been told by the district attorney that over $200,000 was spent investigating her murder, $200,000 that would have been saved. but, more importantly, this man would have been in custody three years sooner, unable to victimize other young women. but we cannot consider one side of the data base because the data base has two sides. the offender d.n.a. data base and also the evidence in the data base. without a strong d.n.a. data base of offenders and arrestees, we will necessarily limit the possibility of match that is can be made. and conversely, without testing of the evidence, without uploading the evidence in a timely manner, we limit the match that is can be made. in the past six years, i have come to meet so many families wh

the numbers in mexico after this war on drugs started i would say in a matter of a year or two went up to both in thousand with people being be headed and all sorts of weapons used, so i find part of it between this military intervention and mexican in this case i feel support by the u.s. just by looking at what's happened. >> it's a very good illustration. military force in the case of mexico to a problem that admittedly was a problem and produced better results which was drug-trafficking and violence from drug-trafficking and there was an effort to get tough and crack down on the drug trafficking which made the problem worse, great level of human suffering and there was parallel to what happened in kosovo. that, you know, the idea that military force is a humane instrument is problematic in principle and is contradicted by basic facts of what has happened in instances of what has been tried and multiply is a good illustration of that i agree. >> all right if there are any other questions please let me know at this time otherwise i.t. we are going to go ahead and in the the event at t

the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. bingaman: madam president, over the past few weeks, we have heard a lot of heated debate about this health care proposal. much of it has concentrated on a few key issues, whether this should be a public option, whether there should not be. of course, much of that debate was on the democratic side among members, strongly held views on both sides of the issue. a question of whether we should try to allow people 55 and older to buy into medicare. that was also debated and strongly held views on that issue. it's clear now we have a bill before us that will do neither one of those things, but which i think will accomplish very major health care reform for the country, and i wanted to just concentrate for a few minutes on some of the other policies that are contained in this legislation that have received much less attention but which clearly are very constructive proposals that will dramatically improve the health care delivery system in the country. i can remember when we started these di

mexico, it can be a controversial subject mexico being in danger of being a failed state. know there are have been lots of security forces to beef you have security forces and president coldiron is to be commerneded for taking on the drug cartels but texas, california, other border states can have greater effects in the united states. if something is not done there. it's really a serious issue that we need to focus on. >> back to the phones and our conversation about national security with mr. ervin, our next call is from beaumont, texas. caller: good morning. i just wanted to make is a comment to mr. ervin. i think the government is doing a wonderful job. i think they are doing everything that they possibly can when it comes to defeating the terrorists. but i had a concern. whenever there is an individual who is part of a terrorist group, and i know earlier the callers were talking about racial profiling and all of that. i came to an agreement that racial profiling is something that is necessary, because a lot of these terrorists, they are not on a list. they are not on t

and the people we represent, whether it's new mexico, montana, we have two from new mexico, one from michigan, one from kentucky, oklahoma. it doesn't matter what state you represent, mr. president, there are stories. let's go with mike tracy who lives in northwest las vegas, nevada said. his 26-year-old son has been an insolent-dependent diabetic since he was a baby -- an insulin dependent diabetic since he was a baby. but this family's troubles are about more than just money. since they couldn't afford to treat their son's diabetes, it developed into something called addison's disease, the disease president kennedy had. if you have money you can treat the disease. if you don't, it's a very bad disease, likely could be fatal. this is what mike wrote me this past friday -- and i quote -- "i don't know what to pray for first: that i will die before my son so i don't have to bear the burden or that i outlive him so that i can provide support for his family when he's gone." end of quote. this shouldn't be a choice for any american. and when given the chance to help people like mike, our

we did not have the law in mexico so his dna was not taken. it was over three years later that he was finally convicted of burglary, incarcerated, and his dna was taken. that dna match, the dna that kennedy fought so hard to provide as she was being murdered, he subsequently confessed guilty and will spend the rest of his life in prison. if mexico had required a dna sample for felony arrest in november, 2003, 80s murder would have been solved three years sooner. three years that her family prayed for justice and waited to know this killer was off the streets. i have to tell you that during that time, i have been told by the county district attorney that over $200,000 was spent investigating her murder. $200,000 that would have been saved. but more importantly, this man would have been in custody three years sooner unable to victimize other young women. we cannot consider one side of the database. the database has two sides. it has the offender data base and the evidence in the database. without a strong dna database of all vendors, we will nec

we will discuss health care and climate change with the center of mexico. -- the senate for from mexico

by the way, your report last night was excellent in mexico. you should stay tuned till the top of the hour, "a.c. 360." first, stephen a. smith, sportscaster nationally syndicated radio host for fox sports radio and columnist for "the philadelphia ininquiquirer" you heard dr. drew talk about the speculation of sex addiction. >> i've never given much credence to stuff like that because i think that a lot of men in this world avoid the real truth of the matter simply because they don't want to admit it because there's a lot of women out there watching. the fact of the matter is that when you see a woman and you desire her, you know, you desire her. and when you get married that doesn't necessarily stop. now, i'm not married yet, but the reality is is it's almost one of those situations where when it comes to the physical, there's quite a bit of men out of here that are constant rehab. we see something, we covet it. sometimes we act right about it. sometimes we act wrong about it. but if tiger woods is an addict, per se, there's a whole bunch of

implemented a southtown strategy to prevent illegal weapons and cash from crossing the border into mexico supporting a large drug cartels there and expanded our partnerships with their federal, state and local wittstock was border and mexico and mexican law-enforcement. compared to last year, seizures and all categories, drugs, smuggle cash, illegal weapons are up dramatically as a result of the southtown strategy. as noted, apprehensions are also at decade lows, down 23% this year, and senator sessions i agree with you, interior and enforcement as part and parcel of immigration enforcement. we have in the last year identified and removed criminal aliens, fugitives and gang members in record numbers. and fiscal year 2009, i.c.e. removed a record number of illegal immigrants, 387,000 of which 136,000 were criminal aliens. secured communities, which we are expanding throughout law enforcement agencies in the united states. it checks the biometrics booked in local jails, identified more than 111,000 criminal aliens just in this first year. we have improved oversight in the 287 gee program an

there is also re of global post reporter yone greeyo' stories from mexico. and oneffrey brown's "art beat" blog, a celebrion of second cy's 50th birthday. we've posted rembrances from the lasturviving member of the comedy club's first year a a conversation with actor/director/writer haro ramis. all that and moris on our web site, newsho.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's th "newour" for tonight. i'm judy woodrf. >> lehrer: and i jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line, and ain here tomorrow ening with mark shields and david broo, among others. thk you and good night. major funding for thpbs newshour is provided by: en someo you count on is n sponsive, bad things could happen. granthornton. monsanto. oducing more. conserving more. improving farms' lives. that sustainable agriculture. more at producemoreconservore.com. >> chevron. this is the power of han energy. and by toyota. the national scice foundation. supporting education and research acrosall fields of sciencand engineering. and with the ongng support of these institutions and foundatis. and. th program

and i consider to mexico. doug mentioned on like in the past the distant past when we had deficits and owed money to ourselves, that now we are borrowing more and more from abroad, largely from china but also elsewhere. what do you see as the international dimensions of the u.s. on the verge of becoming what some might consider the largest sub primghar work? -- subprime mortgages or word? >> this situation reminds me of a friend who was overweight, smoked, drank, had bad eating habits, didn't exercise and we all told him you've got to shake up and he said his grandfather lived into his 90s and drank and smoked and he will, too. not long thereafter he had a massive heart attack and is in the process of trying to recover. i think that's what we are facing. we don't know where the problem is going to come from. it likely will come from international sources, but we are living a life, fiscal life that is not sustainable, and so to me -- again i would go back to say that last week when moody's threatened the u.k. a

they'll open the new year at new mexico. our next televised game is when ball state comes in on january 5th. for old dominion, they are at georgetown. they have charlotte and duquesne, a couple of other atlantic 10 teams and at george mason in a big colonial athletic association game there. shooting 55% from the into, not getting a lot of shots >> derek: not getting a lot of shots. they have only taken 11 shots >> mike: moore on the dribble. to johnson for three. that might get the lid off >> derek: that might be the best offensive possession fort flyers all game. able to really rotate the basketball, get this defense to move and find marcus johnson at the top of the key for the open three-point shot >> mike: flyers lead 17-12. james with the ball for old dominion. they have done a heck of a job on gerel lee. you can see him down low, quickly double team him there is an inside pass. we get a charge before the shot. no basket. a charge called and ben finney. let's take a look. finney picked up the charge >> derek: again, bria

mexico city lelized gay marria today. the first ace in latin america to do so. the mexican capil's legislature voted redefine marriage as, qte, the free uniting two people. the city's may is expected to sign it into law. polish pole have recovered the sign stolen fr the main gate of the auschwitz concentration camp officials said today they arrest five men described as common cminals looking to make a profit. the thieves legedly cut the sign into three pieceso make easier to transport. the n could face up to ten years in prison for eft of an object of special culral value. the ash wits sign has come one of t defining symbolof the holocaust. i'll be backt the end of the program with a previewf what you'll fd tonight on the nehour's website. fonow back to gwen. >> ifill: and we move ono iran and the protests th won't go away. margaret warner repos. >> warner: the streetsf iran's hy city and the nter of its religious life fied with tens of thousands of mourners today. they came both thonor a founding father of modern an, grand ayatollah, a to protest thgovernment h

it's a 90-foot tunnel underground from tijuana, mexico to the united states.ing you deep inside that tunnel and a new drug bust today, dozens of people arrested in two states. we'll take a look at that. >>> and al gore versus sarah palin on climate change. new details on the potential debate tonight on "360," jim. >> thank you, anderson. your report last night was excellent in mexico, and you should stay tuned to the top of the hour. ac 360. steven a. smith, a sportscaster and nationally he syndicated radio host for fox sports radio and columnist for "the philadelphia inquirer." you heard drew pinskey talk about that. >> i've never given much credence to stuff like that. a lot of men in the world avoid the truth of the matter because they don't want to admit it because a lot of women are watching. when you see a woman and desire her, you desire her. when you get married, that doesn't necessarily stop. now, i'm not married yet, but the reality is it's almost one of those situations where when it comes to the physical, there's quite a bit of men out near constan

to mexico? >> we have increased our efforts as a department. >> how many weapons?dhs and cbp priority. this congress has given the border patrol 44 specific positions for next year in order for us to continue to assist. the main forecasts -- the main focus is checking traffic southdown. >> can you let us know how many weapons have been confiscated going from the united states into mexico? >> yes, sir. i would take the opportunity to address something that is important. the level of support congress has given cbp, madame chair, i think we may have been provided with some ronstadt. i am very pleased to put this fourth. as of the 29th of august we have 20,000 border patrol agents. we have grown tremendously. that along with the capability given to us by project 28, its evolution and development. this is helping us tremendously. we still have a lot of work to go. we are working very hard but we do need to secure this border. >> will there be a second round? >> we will see. the key to the gentleman from new jersey. -- thank you. when i began this i spoke about metrics a

north, in their relations with canada and mexico and i realize were talking sovereign nations pursingtates, but if we send forces to canada, it is possible that we put those forces under control of any command if canada send forces to the niceties. it's possible that they'll put those forces under tactical control of the u.s. commander. doesn't mean you have given up all authority. you'd always recall those forces and higher level of control of operational control and higher level controls continue to exist. image of the national guard. when we deploy national guard forces to other states, which is a similar parallel, i've done this this year alone from wisconsin to both north dakota for the floods and kentucky for the ice storm. i give tactical control of those guardsmen who in fact become state assets for the states to which we deploy them. and i certainly reserve the right or the governor reserves the right to recall them if need. but i think from the unity of command, unity of effort point of view, the best thing to do, unless and until the federal government needs to take command

new mexico, 73,567. look at new york, 853,387. north carolina, 251,738.people enrolled in medicare advantage, who love the program. north dakota, 7,633. ohio, 499,819. goo geewhiz, that's a lot of people who are satisfied with medicare advantage. oklahoma, 84,980. oregon, one of the most liberal states in the union, 249,993. pennsylvania, 864,040. puerto rico even, 400,991. rhode island, 65,108. south carolina, 110,949. these are senior citizens. south dakota, 8,973. tennessee, 233,024. texas, 532,242. my own state of utah, 85,588. vermont, only 3,966, but 3,000 people -- 4,000 people in vermont. virginia, 151,942. washington, 225,918. west virginia, 88,027. wisconsin, 243,443, and wyoming, 3,942. these are people who benefit from medicare advantage that would not like to get off of it. well, this choice in coverage has made a difference in the lives of more than almost 11 million people. 11 million individuals nationwide, families that benefit from this. the extra benefits that i had mentioned earlier are being portrayed as gym memberships as opposed to

they will assemble it in mexico.ment to see how much demand there is among americans for the smaller, high mileage vehicles that dominate the european markets. the opportunity seems to be to hedge against gas prices. as more people live in cities, they will not have to drive as much as the typical suburban american does today. host: years an article about gm closing saab after not finding a buyer. guest: saab has been outside of gm for some time. they've been working on finding a buyer and won in dummy operations. there will be a couple thousand jobs lost their. gm tried to put the deal together as part of the bankruptcy. the buyer fell through. they were not able to find another one. a similar thing happened with saturn. an outside buyer was going to try to take over the company and keep in business. that bill through as well. there is far more capacity to build cars in the world than there are buyers to buy them. >host: the last call comes from new york. caller: do you have any snow there? how are you caller: you g

for example, on the navajo reservation in the four corners region of new mexico, a student can travel 2 1/2 to 3 hours one way each day in order to attend school. when you double that each day and then you times it times five and then you times it times the amount of days that student goes to school, you understand some of the challenges to even running enrichment programs or to getting your homework done. when the roads are impassable in areas like montana during the winter, students often are unable to attend school at all. we also believe that early childhood education to echo a lot of my colleagues on this panel is incredibly important. a child needs to start with a foundation of learning and reading, not only in the language that will allow them to access curriculum but also in their own language that gives them a sense of grounding and a firm commitment to their own communities. a piece that's been missing in indian education since the beginning of treaty rights. we also feel that it's very important that research be directed towards the communities that we seek to serve, whethe

the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr.ll: madam president, thank you very much. this package today is the result of collaboration that began pont months ago when the senate -- that began months ago when the senate's freshmen class joined together for health care reform, when we united in the belief that the status quo is not an option. the health care status quo doesn't work for americans, and iit doesn't work for america either. if we fail to act, every person, every institution, every small business in this country will pay the price. achieving true reform means making insurance available and affordable to all americans. it also means reining in out-of-control spending. for some, those two goals seem diametrically opposed. they ask, how can you contain costs when you're expanding access to millions of additional people? one of our country's great economic thinkers, paul krugman, recently challenged this hypothesis. first, he said, the majority of americans uninsured are young and healthy. covering them wouldn't increase

no one'sal suggesting we i mean 30r9 anything from mexico.nt i'm pushing talks about reimportation from countries that have the identical chain custody than i do. every drug would have to have a pedigree that you can track back. batch lot numbers, tracers. none of that exists under the safety drug -- host: the fda sent a letter to you and others saying your amendment raises safety concerns. it says the white house is attempting to strike balance, expressing aprofessional 06 these ideas to allow the imports while bowing to safety concerns. what if they -- i spoke to -- guest: i said it could have come from a copying machine several years ago. think i the letter was prompted by somebody else to send to capitol hill because they were worried that in my amendment passes it's the lead the on a cheap suit that the arm falls off. they are worried that whatever deal someone made with the pharmaceutical company will not stick if $100 billion is taken out of pharmaceutical rev neuse. we're talking about over $3 trillion takeover next three years by ove

president, today i rise to honor a brave son of anthony, new mexico. army corporal anthony corosco jr. was killed november 4 after being hit by sniper fire while serving his country in iraq. he was 25 years old. corporal corosco, or tony as he was called by his family and friends, was a husband, father, and son. he and his wife johanna are expecting a child, and he had two small stepchildren who adored him. tony served as a truck commander for armored vehicles. it was his job to direct his vehicle down streets infested with roadside bombs and targeted by insurgents, attacking from the shadows of buildings. tony understd accepted the riske died doing what he loved -- serving a country he loved. his fellow soldiers describe tony as an opt timist. -- as an optimist. his platoon sergeant put it best -- tony saw the good in everything. he was a soldier who never, ever complained. sergeant brown called tony the best soldier i ever had. as senators or as citizens, we cannot fully experience the sadness that tony's family and friends are feeling, but when a so