progress will be that from now russia's ice hockey squad are aiming for gold at the world championships mich face off in slovakia on friday their ambition revealed along with their line up from their final training camp are ahead of the trip to bratislava. reports. just love big golf will announce his caps in just a day before the start of the world championship it seems ross are although announced is also not quite finalized but it's safe to say that the past and present heroes of the cage shells dadar and cup winners will be out in force in slovakia some russian n.h.l. players who are already out of the stanley cup playoffs who make the team as well including promising athletes like the nineteen year old atlanta thrashers dancer alexander burmistrov a process of. his young stole the show in brighter and brighter we evaluated again three took part in concluded that this guy has a lot of potential despite his very young age he played great a year a tour in the czech republic. former san jose sharks so are you getting a ballpark has been named as the team's choice and that one is there for th

criment, mich. we have climbe that is out of control. that is why when i watched louisiana with those poor people cannot get in the car to drive out of louisiana to save themselves -- host: could i bring the focus back. if you could make changes to the tax code, what would you propose making? caller: everything has to be overhauled. it is a cent on the democrat soul to keep these people where these are. guest: i grew up in the middle west. i agree. we need to overhaul the tax code, and everybody needs to pay their share. i think the commission rubber that i served on -- i think the commission that i served on has the right idea about the tax code. we need to simplify it and also reduce on the spending side. everything has to be on the table as they say. we need a combination of restraining spending and overhauling the tax code. host: one of the things the commission was looking to do was the tax code. did you start at 50/50? how did you begin that? guest: we started by looking at the spending side. that was true of both commissions i ser

i go back to my days in michigan that when i went out to leland, mich., i told the positions you don't need me. you can go to the rotary and have a conversation because it is one community. you should talk to one another about what makes employment and business sustainable in this community and come up with an appropriate reimbursement model. i think that would be a great way to think about smaller communities. if you are close to major metropolitan area, you have to be part of a bigger system. >> the hospital and the community is probably a substantial player but backcountry is responding to the increasing cost of health care. the ability to begin working with other health providers toward wellness, keeping those individuals and managing the out risks, with the individuals for chronic disease, the need to actively manage them will take the sort of collaboration working with employers payers to create incentives for health and the management and for well as. ness. there is a history in the hospital where the current environment, the update for a medicare is negative. there will be reve

host: cold water, mich., dave is a republican. caller: good morning.y question is -- i have looked at michigan as a younger person, i left, and then i came back to the state. i think the problem is that unions and uaw and that kind of thing, they would make the wages -- i have some relatives of there. they are making $80 an hour. companies that i had worked for because of this kind of thing, they have moved to china where they pay no tax. i want to ask the mayor if he is thinking about maybe we ought to change our laws and de-unionize michigan and the united states and get these wages back where they should be. the young people who are making money, that is not coming from the unions. it is coming from their skills, not their ability to join a union and pull the rest of their population -- host: we get your question. mayor bing guest: i am not anti-union. we were unionized. but there was a relationship with them that i think was positive. as a supplier to the industry, we could not pay the same wage rate that the big guys were paying, so we had a diffe

back to the funds, and john in grosse pointe, mich., are alive for republicans. caller: first of all, i am glad to see a little bit behind the scenes shot in your cspan studio, thank you. the cia must have a good handle generally on what is occurring there. we should be using that after what happened in iraq. a couple of years ago, john mccain was in kuwait. he was confused between the al- qaeda relationship to iran. he was corrected by joe lieberman in an interview that there were holding. the other thing is, the john mccain visit, who is he representing? if he is representing himself as an individual, it does not have a lot of meaning. he is still fighting the vietnam war, i believe. i'm about his age or so. we backed the chaean fight -- chadean fight with gaddafi which they won. with that in mind, i don't know what to make of john mccain's visit. i don't know who he is representing. host: thanks for the call. we now have laila fidel who is with "the washington post." we are talking to her this morning by telephone and she is in mizrata, libya. from the last ca

criment, mich. we have climbe that is out of control. why when i watched louisiana with those poor people cannot get in the car to drive out of louisiana to save themselves -- host: could i bring the focus back. if you could make changes to the tax code, what would you propose making? caller: everything has to be overhauled. it is a cent on the democrat soul to keep these people where these are. guest: i grew up in the middle west. i agree. we need to overhaul the tax code, and everybody needs to pay their share. i think the commission rubber that i served on -- i think the commission that i served on has the right idea about the tax code. we need to simplify it and also reduce on the spending side. everything has to be on the table as they say. we need a combination of restraining spending and overhauling the tax code. host: one of the things the commission was looking to do was the tax code. did you start at 50/50? how did you begin that? guest: we started by looking at the spending side. that was true of both commissions i served on.

host: cold water, mich., dave is a republican. caller: good morning. my question is -- i have looked at michigan as a younger person, i left, and then i came back to the state. i think the problem is that unions and uaw and that kind of thing, they would make the wages -- i have some relatives of there. they are making $80 an hour. companies that i had worked for because of this kind of thing, they have moved to china where they pay no tax. i want to ask the mayor if he is thinking about maybe we ought to change our laws and de-unioze michigan and the united states and get these wages back where they should be. the young people who are making money, that is not coming from the unions. it is coming from their skills, not their ability to join a union and pull the rest of their population -- host: we get your question. mayor bing guest: i am not anti-union. we were unionized. but there was a relationship with them that i think was positive. as a supplier to the industry, we could not pay the same wage rate that the big guys re paying, so we had a differe

criment, mich. we have climbe that is out of control. that is why when i watched louisiana with those poor people cannot get in the car to drive out of louisiana to save themselves -- host: could i bring the focus back. if you could make changes to the tax code, what would you propose making? caller: everything has to be overhauled. it is a cent on the democrat soul to keep these people where these are. guest: i grew up in the middle west. i agree. we need to overhaul the tax code, and everybody needs to pay their share. i think the commission rubber that i served on -- i think the commission that i served on has the right idea about the tax code. we need to simplify it and also reduce on the spending side. everything has to be on the table as they say. we need a combination of restraining spending and overhauling the tax code. host: one of the things the commission was looking to do was the tax code. did you start at 50/50? how did you begin that? guest: we started by looking at the spending side. that was true of both commissions i ser

host: cold water, mich., dave is a republican. caller: good morning. my question is -- i have looked at michigan as a younger person, i left, and then i came back to the state. i think the problem is that unions and uaw and that kind of thing, they would make the wages -- i have some relatives of there. they are making $80 an hour. companies that i had worked for because of this kind of thing, they have moved to china where they pay no tax. i want to ask the mayor if he is thinking about maybe we ought to change our laws and de-unionize michigan and the united states and get these wages back where they should be. the young people who are making money, that is not coming from the unions. it is coming from their skills, not their ability to join a union and pull the rest of their population -- host: we get your question. mayor bing guest: i am not anti-union. we were unionized. but there was a relationship with them that i think was positive. as a supplier to the industry, we could not pay the same wage rate that the big guys were paying, so we had a dif

we ended up in battle creek, mich., in the hospital. somehow we gravitated to each other.i asked him his plans, without hesitation he said that he would go to the state legislature. he said the first opening in congress, that is where i will be. i said that was a good idea. [laughter] i said that i would try the same. i got here in 1959. and looked around. -- i looked around. i said to bob, i am here. where are you? i have been fortunate. he has been my buddy. he never gives up. he was a tiger in battle creek. the physicians or wanted to cut his arm off because it was useless. he said that he came here with two arms, two lakes, two vice -- two legs and eyes and was leaving the same way. i told elizabeth that he would all of us -- he would outlive us because he is persistent. he never gives up. this monument in front of you would not be here if it were not for bob dole. believe me. there were hundreds of different groups having their own ideas as to what should be done. there were hundreds of people against it going to court, fighting it. one man got all of us together, all

there were the annual trips to beaver island, mich., which my father took not really to relax, but moreften as a springboard for abusing us on the environmental policies of the reagan administration or public education or the application of alternative energy programs. a bench during our personal conversations, my father would eventually steered the conversation back to politics. i must tell you, honestly, there are times when the said it becomes very annoying. but as time passed, i came to appreciate this, not just as one of his enduring court, but perhaps as what most defined him and fuelled his infectious happiness at being alive. when you see the world as one big classroom in which you can learn something astonishing everyday, everyday brings a new source of joy. i say to my father, thank you. speaking of young journalist, i now had the pleasure to introduce one of my father's favorite journalists from the generation that came after him. he had a big part for anyone with a pen and a pad, but it is fair to say that he loved few of his colleagues as much as c love gwen ifill. our inte

one more call on the topic of the debt limit, mich., a democrat line. caller: good morning america.tead of constantly putting blame here, there, and every where [unintelligible] can you hear me? instead of us putting the blame here, there, and everywhere, we all claim we love america. we all live here. the problem is there. what we need to do is -- host: we will leave it there. thank you for your thoughts. there are many economic issues today. later on in the program, the oversight in government reform committee and will join us to talk about these issues. we will first hear from this representative, earl blumenauer, a member of the budget committee. we will have his thoughts when we come right back. ♪ ♪ >> on april 12, 1861, confederate forces attacked fort sumter in carolina starting the civil war. next weekend, american history tv on c-span3 brings you the sights and sounds from fort substance region fort sumter. there will be interviews into reactors from the north and south. it the complete weekend schedule on c-span.org or click hour alert button and have the schedules e-mail

it can be as immediate as what happened in detroit or dearborn, mich. plastic and it can be over the years as the examples of the students. it seems that hatred just has a life of its own. i think that we need to be looking at our tolerance education and our messages to make sure we are changing as the world is changing and that we are making sure that we are not just using communication tools that are different. but i think people here messages differently now. and there so many messages that they can get confused. the good side of the technology is it can reach people and is free. the bad side is hate speech can be used. we do not want to, in any way, say that people do not have the right to say things. people have the right to be stupid and hateful. but it is not good enough to protect their right to speech if we do not condemn it. when you are on a list surf or you are on a tweet and you see bad messages coming through, you have to realize that part of dedicating your time and pledging your time to a two thousand 11 hours against hate or whatever ca

host: let's hear from mile, mich., dave, a republican. good morning. caller: mr.mott, i think the problem exists because there are so many public service workers and they are burdening the taxpayer. when those workers go to work, the taxpayer pays their salary. when they retire, the taxpayer pays their retirement. i know they take their paycheck and contiguous some to retirement, but that is also a tax payer money that pays them. we are burdened host: size of the government. number of workers. guest: let's start, first of all, public service workers are citizens of this country as well. they choose their job to serve the public. it is your working as a clerk in the help apartment looking at whether the meat inspection is done properly, they are doing a public service. if you do not want to have your meat inspected, fire them all. you could save a lot of money and eat a lot of tainted beef. who would you blame when you get sick? the meat company i guess. if that is the kind of world that you want to live in where you do not want public service, that is a different

we ended up in battle creek, mich., in a hospital. when i asked bob, but " what are your plans?"ithout hesitation, he said the first opening in the state legislature, that is where i am going. so, i said, that is a good idea. [laughter] i will try the same. i looked around. bob, i'm here. where are you? [laughter] i have been fortunate. he has been my body. he never gives up. he was a tiger. the physicians wanted to cut his arm off because it was useless, but he made it a point. he said, i came here with two arms, two legs, the hot nostrils, two eyes, and i am leaving the same way. a few moments ago, this fellow is going to outlive this because he is at -- well, i will not use that word. [laughter] and he persistently never gives up. this monument to see before you would not be here if it were not for bob dole, believe me. there are hundreds of different groups having their own ideas of what could be done here. there are hundreds of people who go to court fighting it. one man got all of us together, all the disparate groups, got the money raised, and here we have it. bonds and al

the flint, mich., now has the highest murder per-capita rate. "flint is not a vehicle city anymore.he spark plug plant is gone. fisher body is gone. plant is now the murder capital. in a city with a population of just over 100,000, there were 66 document to the murders. the murder rate here is worse than a new work, new jersey, st. louis, and new orleans. it is even worse than baghdad, iraq." guest: i live in ohio and not washington so i really see the decline of industrial america. it is shocking to look at at only fled, michigan, but small towns across of higher -- flint, michigan, but across ohio. these grand buildings are not there anymore. that is where the high school educated men used to work and earn a good living. that does that exist anymore where economic growth has been in washington, california, silicon valley. host: let me go back to the figure we have on the screen to eliminate what we are discussing. 45.4% of americans holding jobs. what was the peak and when? guest: in 2000 which happened to be the economic peak as well as the cultural peak when the baby boomers hit

[applause] one week later, i got hit, and we ended up in battle creek, mich., in a hospital, and somehowwards each other, and when i asked bob what are your plans, he said he was going to open in the state legislature but, first opening in congress, that is where i will be. so i said, "that is a good idea. [laughter] i got here in 1959. i said to bob dole, "bob, i am here. where are you?" i am fortunate. he is my buddy. he never gives up. he was a tiger in battle creek. the physicians wanted to cut his arm off because it was useless. he said that he came here with two arms and legs and was leaving the same way. i just told elizabeth a few moments ago that this fellow is going to outlive us because he is a -- i will not use that word. [laughter] he is persistent. he never gives up. this monument in front of you would not be here if not for bob dole. there were hundreds of different groups having their own ideas of what should be done. there were hundreds of people against it to come and go into court and fighting it. one man got all of us together, got the money raised, and here we have i

. >> mich. the come as you know, we are at a $5.70 billion shortfall. the governor is taking aggressive steps and is being pushed back as well as when you have experienced. as well as dealing with the emergency manager authority over municipalities, that leaves my question. what do you think of that type of authority and what are some other forms that may need to be pursued in order to strengthen the fiscal standing of states like your own? >> i would have to look specifically at what rate is proposing there. and this goes to the heart of the corner -- former county official and why we've pushed towards these. sometimes people confuse us into thinking this has an impact on private-sector union and it does not. this legislation does not have an impact on that but for the public sector to be able to make changes to ensure financial stability at the state and local level. we had to make the changes. many to make sure government can continue to be reformed to improve the system which was a part of this package as well. in totality, i believe we give local g