and flint, michigan, and the state of michigan i know is very proud of their native son. and they should be. and i commend congressman kildee for bringing this resolution. the state of michigan has overcome many challenges, and i think it's fitting that mark ingram comes from a state that's overcome many challenges. i rise to recognize mark ingram as representing the citizens of alabama. he's the first heisman trophy winner to ever win the award at the university of alabama. now, think about the university of alabama, bear bryant, and the storied program at the university. and yet he's the first recipient of the heisman trophy at the university of alabama. you know, many names come to mind from the university of alabama, many all-americans. yet, he's the first to accomplish that. and as mr. kildee said, congressman kildee, he did so in his sophomore year. "sports illustrated" cover storied called mark the pride of the tide. he did set an alabama single season rushing record of over 1,542 yards. he led the nation with 38 runs with 10 yards or more, and he caught 30 passes

to stop the carp from using the canal to enter lake michigan, the u.s. army corps of engineers built an underwater electric barrier in 2002. a second larger installation followed. and a third is planned. >> dna found here are both kinds of carp. both kinds of carp found here. >> reporter: but when small traces of carp dna showed up beyond the barriers, michigan attorney general mike cox asked the supreme court to order chicago to close the locks that link the river to the lake. >> there are ecological and economic dangers to the great lakes. and quite simply, they are biological terrorist. and if they get in our great lakes and hit-- impact the ecology and the economy of eight different states, two different canadian provinces, it could cost billions. >> reporter: on tuesday the court issued a one sentence statement denying michigan's request to immediately close the locks. while the preliminary injunction was denied, cox says the supreme court could order the larger case back to a lower court, appoint a special master to oversee a settlement or order th

he is a professor at the university of michigan. mr. metzl is the author of prozac on the couch and difference in identity medicine. >> carol beck is an administrator with the seed school in maryland. with her four students. tell us why you were at the national press club. >> it is a college public boarding school in baltimore city in maryland. the unique thing is it is not a boarding school. during the week we are in college dormitories and go home on the weekends and the idea is to have 24 hours and use it as well as we can so our students will be prepared for college. our students are seventh graders and they are already and have been talking about college for over a year since they came to see us as sixth graders last year. >> explain the philosophy behind seed. >> there are students who could really benefit and have life changing experiences is given 24 hours a day to focus on their studies and all kinds of development that will help them be successful not only in college but beyond. our goal is to make sure our students are prepar

this has a tremendous impact on their businesses and if you want to la look anecdotally around, michigan 19% of the population is unionized and we have the highest state unemployment rate in the nation and they have the dubious distinction at 14%, over 14%, every month and look at north dakota and the dubious distinction of having the lowest unemployment rate, 4%, half the rate of unionization and if you want to unionize, there is no evidence to prove that you can create jobs, the only people you are creating jobs for are the people overseas because that is where the jobs are going. >> adam would you say that was a coincidence, staying with the highest oounions and highest employment and lowest unions, has the best employment situation. >> quite literally a coincidence, charles them. last time i checked there were not scores of auto factories in north dakota. 50 or 60 years ago. so you can throw out statistics. and facts, and everything else, patricia said it factually correct but relatively meaningless to the discussion at hand. >> but, adam, some people would argue, though, that there

in michigan, democrac lieutenantovernor john cherry decided against a n for that state's tojob. anin colorado, democratic governor bill ritter pns to step down. >> ifill: here to scuss thfallout from these high- profe decisions are two who specialize in politi, writ large and sml. amy walter, editor of "the national journal's political ily, "hotline". and chris cilizza, who reports on politicfor the "washington post." amy, different men, differen states, differenreasons? >> different reasons , both have been there a very long time. they wereoth were looking at competitive races and bothaid wh, it's time to go out on top. i think it's interesting , too, en you look at where these reoning compelatively, in the dorgan situation youook a seat that waseally not on the table-at least not yet coo and put at basically into what i would say rit now is a lean republican column.

we are here at michigan tech. if you have a policy with a son or daughter going to college, they are on your policy until 22. we say we leave them on until they're 27 over the day. -- until they're 27 birthday. bringing new doctors into the health-care system, you are a new professional and restart that before 2013. again, that is only if the bill passes. the house is a public option and the senate does not. it is a government sponsored nonprofit health-care plan. what does that do? it is basically medicare. how do you pay for medicare? everyone of us under 65, there is a payroll deduction for fica. if you are 65, parts d medicare is a monthly premium. when we do the public option, how you pay? payroll taxes in your monthly premium which is similar to medicare. it is not funded by the government. whether it exists is a whether or not people participate. it has to be self funded, have the same financial is solvent and environment, and will only exist as long as americans want it. if you do not wanted, do not use it

take michigan. michigan 1994, we have the toughest for reform laws in the nation. there were caps on damages and who could sue in to have to have a certification, all kinds of restrictions. we're the only state that said you cannot sue the drug manufacturer for harm. here where in 2009. we have one of the highest malpractice rates in the nation. we have the toughest law. there is more to it than passing caps or limiting your damages. illinois, a big city. we have detroit. chicago has never had toward reform. they have some of the lowest rates in the nation. they are like us. they are a big city. where are their differences? the state of texas past one and that seems to be working well. what they have said, look at these. we do not start till 2013. what works and how can we do it? what do we know who they are? those are suggestions. i should have a slide on it. it is estimated it might be as much as $100 million. remember i said quality as opposed to quantity? quality based outcome. that will put standards and treatment, standards of care. that will help us establis

. >> reporter: this was virtually nil in grand rapids, michigan. locals battled the snow owe all sides from residents, city snowplows. >> busy since 4:30 this morning. >> reporter: lake-effect snow hammered south bend, indiana, with wheout cditions that made driving tricky for drivers and pedestrians. >> it was slippery out here. i tell people to be cautious. >> reporter: meantime, philly's big chill rced many into a big bundle. in parts of new engnd snow settled into a stubborn layer. >> i pushed the driveway with a oom the first time. now i'm just going over it again. you keep up with it, it's not so bad sfwlr in bad. >> reporter: imaine, eight inches had skiers flying gh. >> it's a winter wondeand. >> now here's a look at som other stories making news early today in america. >>> three teenagers were rescued after being stranded on an ice sheetin a michigan river. their boat diedn a frigid 4 degree weather and that forced them to float across a floating piece of wayward ice. firefighters usedn air boat to rescue them. >>> orange farmers in florid

we are here at michigan tech.ve them on until they're 27 over the day. -- until they're 27 birthday. bringing new doctors into the health-care system, you are a new professional and restart that before 2013. again, that is only if the bill passes. the house is a public option and the senate does not. it is a government sponsored nonprofit health-care plan. what does that do? it is basically medicare. how do you pay for medicare? everyone of us under 65, there is a payroll deduction for fica. if you are 65, parts d medicare is a monthly premium. when we do the public option, how you pay? payroll taxes in your monthly premium which is similar to medicare. it is not funded by the government. whether it exists is a whether or not people participate. it has to be self funded, have the same financial is solvent and environment, and will only exist as long as americans want it. if you do not wanted, do not use it. no one will force you. benefits for the first district, 50,000 uninsured in this congressional district at a

the gentleman from michigan. mr. mccotter: i want to just be clear on this, as we put forward in the republican house policy pamphlet "we the peel" which you can view at republicanhousepolicy.com, the government doesn't spend what it makes, it spends what it takes. when the get talks about if you started a business, you'd have startup costs and would not be able to go out and take the money from people and promise them a product later and talk about what a wonderful profit you have. but we're -- what we're seeing here is some of the worst of government accounting where the government goes out and take yours money on the promise of something later and then tells you it isn't as expensive as it's going to be. i yield back. mr. latourette: i want to get to my favorite one, this is you've got to be kidney. we talked about the -- at the top of the hour about some of the things in the stimulus bill and the cap and trade legislation but when you rush through a 2,000-page bill, it's got a lot of stuff in it. i have you've go

airliner in michigan. sherrie johnson live with what we will face in the coming hours. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yes, the tsa says there will be random screenings of passengers coming through the u.s. plus an increase of what is known as threat-based screenings of passengers who act in a suspicious manner. all part of the extra security measures taking effect for passengers trying to fly in the u.s. from other countries. today passengers flying to the u.s. from nigeria, yemen and other countries of interest will be subjected to enhanced screening techniques including body scans and patdowns. many other passengers from aboard can also expect extra scrutiny on a random basis. experts say the christmas day security episode in michigan should have never happened. >> the biggest hole is that people get on board airplanes who should not get on an airplane without going through secondary screening which is what happened here. >> reporter: at the same time all passengers on u.s.-bound international flights will be subject to random screening. tsa is buying more f

michigan, wisconsin, new jersey and at least 11 more have raised income taxes. ohio, oregon, minnesota, and 30 more, have raised gas taxes. many states have raised multiple taxes at the same time. i hope you will join me in saying tonight to the people for whom we all work, we will make the hard choices, we will stretch the available dollars, we will do whatever is necessary but we will not take the easy way out and we will not make this recession worse by adding one sent to the tax burden of our fellow citizens. [applause] >> and for us economy and government did not begin with this recession. together we brought the state from bankruptcy to solvency over a five year period of careful budget, stewardship, and before. per capita state government spending in indiana is now sixth lowest in the nation, and a place improvement from a few years ago. state government has two thirds fewer airplanes, thousands fewer vehicles. we had the fewest state employees since 1982. we have heeded the mariners instruction. what we did was, we didn't get ourselves in the position of

windy with lake-effect snow from michigan to upstate new york.d mountain snow from washington to montana. >> 36 in billings. 37 in colorado springs. a bitter minus 3 in fargo. 11 in the twin cities. 30s for most of the east coast today. 63 in miami. 44 in new orleans. >>> well, die-hard football fans in minnesota certainly aren't letting anything tampen their team spirit, not even subzero temperatures. >> about 13 below in the twin cities yesterday morning. the vikings tailgaters came out in force. they bundled up, they threw burgers on the grill and they warmed up, you won't be surprised to learn, with a few drinks. their loyalty wasn't in vain. the vikings beat the new york giants 44-7, securing home field advantage in the playoffs. i imagine those drinks, that's got to keep you a little extra warm. >> and those brats. looks like it was a festive occasion out there, that's for sure. all the giants fans here in the studio are not happy that we repeated the score. jets fans have to be pleased because they stomped the bengals and now the playoff p

, it is cheaper to develop in michigan. offshore, michigan has a very strong offshore wind resource. unfortunately, offshore is about twice as expensive to develop. when the calculus is taken into account, we think it makes more sense to develop offshore resources in michigan first. >> you heard the earlier testimony about the problem of getting renewable energy sources from the dakotas to minnesota and blame being laid at the feet of the federal government. in that region, do you think that's one of the problems that otherwise the regions have been able to harmonize their electricity transmission policies in a way viewed as fair to all states? >> i am not familiar with specific government problems that may have come out in minnesota. my observation is a regional planning process has been effective and is a good solution to the problem. as many of us are pointing out, you wore the economics when you start putting free transmission or postage stamp transmission on broad regions and change the economics dramatically. rather t

before i go much farther, the president of michigan tech, i want to thank michigan tech for trying to aaccumulate date us and the video -- accommodate us and the video setup. thanks, michigan tech. but when president obama came in in jans, we've been handed a lot of issues. a lot of issues congress has said we'll address later, we'll kick the can down the road. we can't deal with that right now. whether you agree with the president or not or this democratically controlled congress or not, we've been tackling the issues. and that has caused concerns. and we have a -- when we came into office, when president obama came into office, the economy was in a free fall. we're fighting two wars that we haven't paid for. we have health care issues. we've got chrysler, g.m., they were in trouble. so in this first year alone, one of the first bills is equal pay for equal work. let women or not let, women should be paid the same as men. ok. it was a lilly ledbetter case where women on average make about 87 cents to doing the same job a man does. 87 cents on the dollar. we finally made it law you sh

manufacturing from mexico to michigan.aking the cost more affordable is something that the government can help. host: next phone call. caller: good morning. i wanted to congratulate ford for not taking government money. i have been buying gm for 40 years come but my next purchase will be a ford. guest: thank you. we are proud of the record we have. we are looking forward to a better year next year. host: anthony from akron, ohio. democrat line. caller: good morning. i will try to keep this short. i hope you do not cut me off. you talked about biofuels, the cost of producing them. guest: yes. caller: i was thinking, if we were allowed to grow industrial hemp, we could produce biofuels. guest: we are looking at a lot of different materials. the second generation is biofuels made from waste products like wheatgrass, alan g., the other things that we can do -- algae, other things that we can do. we need to look at our base of ethanol because it is competitive. biofuels are certainly an answer, from all types of materials. host

but like so many in michigan, he earned his pay on an assembly line.e was laid off from this gm factory two days before christmas in 2008. >> i have a 2-year-old and a house and car payments. you know, you don't just go find another job that paid the same amount. so it was tough. >> reporter: he'd always bowled on the side, bringing home trophies and amateur prize money. tom made a deal with his wife. he'd make as a pro within a year or find another job. she understood. their romance began at the local lanes. >> i think i knei was going to end up with a bowler because i bowled myself. >> reporter: last summer, still out of work, tom scraped together $1,500 to enter the pro tour qualifying school. out of nearly 120 aspiring pros, only eight would make the cut. that was just the beginning. in august, he qualified for the world championship. in december, the raw rookie made it to the finals to face the reigning king of bowler. in the tenth and final frame, smallwood need one strike just to survive. seven more pins to win it. what was going through your mi

you're talking about michigan. just announced here about a month ago that we'll be building our new small car, in lake oregon and we'll be building orb compact car called the chevrolet cruise in lordstown, ohio, and so that's an important step and so we're preparing for the introduction of that vehicle right now at the plant. so those are a couple of examples of where we are creating jobs in the united states. the other piece that i think is also relevant is when it comes to our investment in the electric vehicle category in brownstown township michigan we have a battery manufacturing facility that we opened up here in the past year. and just about three weeks ago we basically had the first battery pack come off the line. and we have investments, you know, in that category that continue to be made here in the u.s. so those are a few examples. >> host: mr. campbell, the caller also asked about ir lower wages. is that something that is o is that something on the table that's for you folks, too? >> guest: the one thin

some in michigan decided to buck the trend. he made cores for brunswick balls. when they left for mexico, he stayed behind and bet his life savings he could build a better bowling ball in the united states. >> i don't believe that their response due to competition is move offshore and put people out of work here in america. i think the right response is to try to do better engineering. >> reporter: with computer generated specs and patented graphics, sales of bowling balls have gone a few hundred to several thousand a month. the nonunion employees share in the profits each quarter. the abandoned factories around every corner, there is a sense here of not only good fortune to be working, but also to be part of something, almost everyone said was impossible. we got a chance to test out some of those high-tech michigan made bowling balls. the core is supposed to help you steer it into the pocket. back to you. >> steve in mexico city this evening. you can find all our job hunt stories at foxnews.com. click on the link at the top of the page. click on the city, find

chris bury, abc news, saginaw, michigan. >> a great postscript. call from gm recently offering him his job back and he said no thank you. >>> coming up tomorrow on "good morning america," martha raddatz will have the latest from yemen. the first in her series of exclusive reports inside yemen. that's tomorrow on "good morning america." >>> that does it for "world news" on this sunday. i'm dan harris. for all of us here at abc thursday, thank you for watching, and good night. they've been discovered to be life-enhancing. proven to have nourishing powers. and now you can get important nutrients... found in these special fruits in your water. introducing fruit 2o essentials water. with nutrients equal to 2 servings of fruit-- vitamins, minerals... and even a gram of fiber... in crystal, clear water. zero calories. 6 delicious flavors... each enriched with nutrients like its fruits. new fruit 2o essentials. the wonders of fruit. the refreshment of water.

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. . >> mr. speaker, i rise in support of this. on january 12 haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake which devastated the country and the people of haiti. i have lived for approximately a dozen years in earthquake country and i know how serious an earthquake of this magnitude is. i wish to extend my deepest sympathy to the families who have lost loved ones in this horrible tragedy. even in the face of this disaster, the people of the world have united in response through prayer, monetary donations and critical humanitarian aid. in fact, the "chronicle" reported yesterday that over $275 million has already been generously donated worldwide. i'm again humbled by the efforts of humanitarian aid groups based in west michigan which has a long history of charitable giving in times of need. the response to this natural disaster has proved no different. i am grateful to my constituents for the compassion and generosity which has existed for many years. humanitarian aid groups in grand rapids that a

michigan democrat sites support at home. this is about bart stupak michigan.st week a town hall of bart stupak's from michigan. our cameras were there and we will show it to you later in the coming days. michigan, georgia on our republican line. caller: i think they should just blame the buffoons in washington. these people when they get elected, somehow when they get out of office, they become multimillionaires. look at al gore, for example. for the poor and stuff like that -- it is a crock. host: a story about a city ordinance coming into effectç. seeks a 25% cut of salt. georgetown, texas, next up. barbara on our democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. the executive branch's and congressional branches have proposals they put out about getting back from the big banks on wall street', unwinding these things instead of bailing them out, sounds like a good deal. charge them a fee,:ocharges and taxes on the big bonuses and no bailout. i think our government should look into the fact that all of these banks manage to fail at the same time, which br

chris bury, abc news, saginaw, michigan. >> a great postscript. call from gm recently offering him his job back and he said no thank you. >>> coming up tomorrow on "good morning america," martha raddatz will have the latest from yemen. the first in her series of exclusive reports inside yemen. that's tomorrow on "good morning america." >>> that does it for "world news" on this sunday. i'm dan harris. for all of us here at abc thursday, thank you for watching, and good night.

abc news, saginaw, michigan. >> great. he turned his hobby into something that really turned out for him. a great story. >> that's why you tell your wife tonight i'm going to the bowling league with the buddies. try to make a career out of it. >> go ahead, try. >>> here's the weather with justin. ever on a bowling league? >> no -- i was, when i was younger. i still have a ball with my name on it. >> do you really? >> yes. and my dexter shoes. my wife makes fun of me. it's ok, you don't have to. 26 degrees - >> still will. >> megan still will. she'll find any excuse. 26 now in baltimore. 27 easton. we've calculated a wind chill of 14 to 16 across the bay. not much different up towards york and hagerstown. west of the mountains, the winds really pick up and temperatures really drop off. they are under some snow pack now, a wind chill of 5 below in oakland but at least they've got a fresh eight inches of snow in nearby resorts. snow still to the northwest. in reference to baltimore, it's locked up on the other side of the mou

in michigan, michigan, 1994, we had the toughest tort reform laws in the nation. limits -- caps on damages, got to have certification. all kinds of restrictions. we are the only state that says if you have a drug approved by the fad you can't sue the drug manufacturer for harm. we have the toughest law there is. 1994. doctors were happier. here we are 2009. we have one of the highest malpractice rates in the nation but the toughest laws. why didn't it work? there's more to it than passing caps or limiting your damages. illinois, state like michigan, big city, chicago, we got detroit, outline areas. chicago, illinois, has never had tort reform. they got some of the lowest rates in the nation. why? it's just like us. industrial state, midwest. big city. why the difference? texas just passed one a couple years ago that seems to be working well. tort reform bill. so what they have said, the house bill said, look at these. we don't start until 2013. what works? how can we do it? one of the things we are in ciesing upon, very few doctors limit malpractice. why don't we

they beat michigan state 41-31 in the alamo bowl. the tone of the crowd changed after the game.ans actually shouted "ruffin" "ruffin." he guide the red raiders through a week the school is desperate to forget. >>> a team not in a hurry to forget -- the university of connecticut. they remembered fallen teammate jasper howard against their bowl game against south carolina. they lost howard a month into the season after being stabbed to death during an on-campus fight. the huskies ended the trying season with a spectacular play and a big bowl win over south carolina, 20-7. >>> nhl action. st. louis/chicago. st. louis' player takes one for the team. the shot on goal, off o his face. he would be in pain. to add insult to injury, his team would lose. >>> finally, i can't say i've ever heard of anything like this. kraft foods, the mac and cheese company, is dropping 75 grand to be the official sponsor when the oldest say stadium is being blown up, calling it a cheddar explosion. the stadium is expected to be turned into rubble this spring. that's a look at sports. i'm joe carter. >>> i

. >> reporter: abdulmutallab waking today in a small michigan jail cell. yesterday he was here at the federal court in detroit. he entered the courtroom very slowly surrounded by u.s. marshals. he was walking with some difficulty. the alleged suicide bomber had suffered second- and third-degree wounds self-inflicted after detonating that device on board the plane. now, his feet were shackled. he appeared thin, almost frail. his lawyer entered a plea of not guilty for the 23-year-old nigerian grad student. the judge asked whether he'd taken any medications within the last 24 hours. he did reply that, yes, he was taking pain medication. his lawyer says despite that he does understand the charges against him. those include attempting to destroy that u.s. jetliner and kill all 290 people on board the plane. now, the hearing took just a couple of minutes. when it was over again he was l led out of that courtroom surrounded by u.s. marshals. his lawyer did not fight the detention, although the judge said she does have the option to revisit it at a later date. ab

unusually strong winds coming across lake michigan. it is blowing dust snow flurries to the national area -- blowing knows snow flurries. this is all just closed air -- just cold air. there is the sun shine. 26 at the airport in the inner harbor at 27. it makes the 20 possibility teeens. when we make it to 30 it will feel like the upper teens. the barometer is high at 3015. it is showing a rise. the record snow for this date was four 0.1 inches on january 9. -- for this date was 4.1 inches. the biggest snowfall date was january 7 when we had 22 inches of snow. then a couple days later on january 12 6 inches fell. in that whole time almost 3 feet of snow was measured. we are not in that situation now, but i remember 1996 very well. temperatures this morning in the 20's. sols. is one of the colder spots at 19. -- salisbury is one of the colder spots. at the airport it feels like only 17. only three at [inaudible] clear skies overhead. off to the west is clouds mostly associated with cold winds coming across the great lakes squeezing out

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host: michigan, brian, republican line. back to the first world trade center bombing, i was amazed at how little scrutiny was put on the boy -- on the clinton administration when it was turned into a so- called criminal court issue. president obama, who i am really trying to support, says that he is worried about our image overseas. but when this major that should have been booted from the service prior to him doing the damage, the murders that he did, he is worried about damage, but he comes right out on television and says that this man is going to be tried and found guilty. how was that laid out in the arab world? we know that it was a ridiculous statement. i am sitting with my mother, she is still smart, in her 80's, and she asked me what i thought of that and i said it was the dumbest statement i had ever heard a president make. . host: there is an editorial in this morning's is paper from saudi arabia in response to the president's efforts to tighten security. guest: the question is one a lot of people are raising. if

a few in michigan decided to buck the trend. scott wilbur made cores for the balls. when they left for brunswick, he stayed behind and bet his life's savings he could build a better bowling ball in the united states. >> i don't believe their response to competition is to move offshore and put people out of work here in america. i think the right response was to try to do better engineering. >> with computer-generated specs and patented graphics, sales of the bowling balls have gone from a few hundred to several thousand a month. the nonunion employees share in the profits each quarter. >> gene, you've also got a sense in that factory, where many factories have been abandoned or shuttered, something not in very large supply in michigan, optimism. jane? >> jane: nice to see. steve harris in mexico city for us, thanks. jon: there are new jobless numbers out just this morning, the labor department reporting 85,000 americans lost their jobs in december, the unemployment rate still stands at 10 percent. these numbers are the -- worse than what analysts were expecting. we'r

. >> host: john and michigan, go ahead. >> caller: . good morning. i appreciate that this is available on the calling show here. i recall being initially disappointed by what i heard about google's willingness to act with us for the censorship as a condition of their business in china. i believe it was something in quite a noble experiment, however in retrospect it went a little more distance from it personally. really my question would be for the guest and perhaps for the other callers that it seems to me at this point google has now given a taste of what i believe is the corporate culture of google, you know, the freedom of demands by the book bangs etc. as being something that if it goes away, then they will miss it and appreciate it to what extent it could have been a free uncensored opportunity for learning as the net really is. and really, my question would be don't you suppose really is a matter of world civics that it would be a fine thing if it were to be the case that google were to hold the line? i would say that would be a freedom loving

cindy from michigan. democratic line. a question about how bonuses were structured, but i wanted to respond to that caller who said they did not know what weaver going to do about getting money back from other people. it is a national security issue. we are stabilizing the country. the thing that i wanted to talk about was something that i have not heard anywhere. it is telling the bonuses our tax structure. i understand there was a time when people on wall street would take a small base pay and the rest would be paid in bonuses. the base pay was regularly tax, but the bonus was tax for capital gains, so they've been getting a bonus on the bonus. and i misinformed? guest: this gets to be pretty complicated, and i am no tax lawyer, but how much time. up until the 1990's, a company could deduct whatever it paid its employees and executives against the company's own taxes. you could not tax the company really. in order to get around the tax restriction, and they began paying people lot more in performance-related forms, stoc

michigan was doing all the books they scanned in our own databases.so really, for us, which is as librarians, an issue that is incredibly important is preservation of this material which is not as important an issue for google. so it's really important that these things be stored in databases, other than google. and i think librarians certainly see that as an important issue and have been dealing with it and are doing with it. and are storing data and lots of multiple places. >> i'm a graduate student from the university of oregon that i would like to follow up about google books being a really extraordinary democratizing influence for students like myself who are not at harvard, michigan, or standard but now have access to all those libraries. hold onto second. my phone is talking to me. one of the concerns i do have, you kind other too early when you were discussing why it is that google books is important to google, and one of the things you hide it was the fact that your founders, this is something very critical to part of their mission. my concer

and from grand rapids, michigan, the ranking republican on the house committee, pete hoekstra. what did you learn about specifically the plot against flight 253? about al qaeda? and about the yemeni government's capacity to fight this fight? >> i think we learned a number of things. this is a real threat, this is an imminent threat coming from the al qaeda arabian peninsula area. this is kind of a unique threat coming from this group. it's unique because the core group of al qaeda on the peninsula is formed by former gitmo detain knees. there's the influence of an american radical iman. these people have move an attack on the u.s. homeland to the top of their priority list. that is the root cause of what we saw the attack at ft. hood. why we saw the attack on flight 253. the final thing is that, you know, the yemeni government has limited capacity to deal with returning members from gitmo and the indigenous al qaeda elements in the country. i think that the increased assistance we're providing is absolutely essential. we need this connection between yemen and america and the br

of michigan. dry areas, arizona is getting worse. i think the good news is where the weak to moderate el nino this season, you'll see a fair amount of moisture, at least more than normal in that part of the country. let's hope that pans out there because you can see things improved in the pacific northwest over the past few weeks. let's check things out then. jet stream as we head through this week is going to be pretty brutal as far as cold air coming in and it looks like that cold air is going to be diving southward into the middle of the country. eventually, coming east with time. that's going to bring shots of cold air and also allow lake effect snow as we head through this week. that's the way it's shaping up. here is the look for monday as we head into the first full week of january. another shot of arctic air coming into montana. arctic air has already moved into the northern gulf of mexico by this pointment we're looking at chilly temperatures in south florida. cold into the southeast and downright frigid in the northern plai

his long journey, he thought it would but in a small michigan jail cell. debra feyerick, cnn, detroit. >>> the ranking member of the u.s. house committee, congressman peter king, said terror suspects should be tried before military commissions, not in civilian courts. king also called on the intelligence community to be more vigilent. he says, the botched christmas day terror attack would never have happened if red flags had not been ignored. >> both parties recognize the need for answers. so bureaucratic reviews will take place and congressional hearings will be held. that's all well and good. this is about much more than whether the no-fly list gets longer or it takes more time to get through the security line at the airport. this is about whether we have learned our lesson. terrorists still have innocent people in their sights and the will to murder them. they are always working on the next attack, finding their method, searching the globe for new recruits. september 11th is not ancient history. it is all too real. >> police in grease are investigating

joining us with the latest procedures, a board certified plastic surgeon in michigan.u with us in the studio this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> turns out i was not completely surprised, mildly surprised to learn that breast enhancements was i believe the most popular plastic surgery procedure last year, more than 300,000 women. >> exactly. >> and there's so much talk about is it safe or not. there are different types that you have with you here. this is the saline one. >> the good thing is nobody worries about safety, but if you feel it, it sdpts feel natural. so now we're actually using a lot of -- >> like they're a little older. >> exactly. we are using the silicone. see what you position. it definitely feels more natural. >> how does that feel, jeff? >> lovely. >> but people are still a little bit of a trade. >> studies show they don't leak, but people are still afraid. the newest thing are the gummy bear imflapts. they're not approved yet. this is not as firm, but it looks like that, but it literally feels like a gummy bear. >> some of these i was told that

michigan.ed a lot about the amendment on abortion. did that come up last night? >> it did. the caucus that in my part of, which has well over 100 members in the house of representatives, as well as wide support throughout the country for reproductive health care being a part of any package, it came up last night in the context of those of us that believe we should be pro-choice thinking that we should stick with the status quo, which says no federal dollars to pay for abortion. we don't -- we do not necessarily like that, but we agree with that. the stupak and nelson amendments go well beyond that. we think that all of our reproductive health needs to be covered. that was discussed even by a pro-life democrat, he agreed. he did not want to make this an abortion bill, he wanted it to remain a health care bill. keep the status quo with no federal dollars going for abortion in moving on. talking about how it would expand and not take away the rights that women have now. host: blanc, ohio. good mor

host: yes, from michigan on the republican line, good morning.ant to make a remark about sarah palin running for president. if she does run, i will support her. secondly if she does run, she's not holding a public office, she's running on her own. they got paid to run, hillary got paid and biden got paid and mccain got paid. they all are getting paid for being a senator, they are not doing their job, but running for president. that's all i have to say. host: thanks, from tallahassee, florida, with two people running for chair, and next month it seems certain that it won't be governor crist's party anymore. and could be governor jeb bush's, as insider say he worked behind-the-scenes to the embattled senator greer, and saying that two will run for the chair. next is our caller from athens, georgia. caller: good morning, i have a couple of things i want to go through, it's been a year-and-a-half. first of all, i voted for barack obama, and second i didn't appreciate the bailout. they are too big to fail, they should fail. third, the health care bill

we are going to be producing that in michigan.rms of the government's role in the company, there are a lot of meetings from product meetings to advertise in meetings to dealer meetings. there have never been government official telling us what to do, what not to do, but we have to deliver great products to the market to meet the forward fuel standards. host: name mentioned politics. does that make you think one way or another on a day-to-day basis? guest: we need to be astute to what is happening, but my focus every day, along with my team, is to design, build, and engineer the best cars weekend. i have a passion for chevrolet. we have a real opportunity to grow the business in 2010 and beyond we do need to be astute to what is happening politically, for sure. host: you took bailout money. jim campbell, before we get back to the phone calls, what do you think government can do to stay out of the way, for a lack of better terms, from your industry? guest: first of all, we are grateful that we are getting a second chance. we have an

jobs came to michigan to marion, pennsylvania, wisconsin to auburn, mexico to elkhart.applause] there is a long germ frs -- >> watching the agonies of other states, we make no delight. if we take no enjoyment, we will take the job from companies who know a state with its act together when they see one. [applause] we will have a higher share of america's auto, steel, industries. when national investment fell by one-fourth the number of new jobs committed to indiana grew over the near record year of 2008. 2009 was the year when several young companies that may lead the electric vehicle industry chose indiana for their plant. our goal is to be the capital of this potentially massive industry of tomorrow. over the last two years, indiana has been the fastest growing state in wind power. and now businesses seeking to build the equipment for this new industry are coming to cities in missouri. within weeks you will see us explode onto the solar power landscape. perhaps most telling, 2008 brought the welcome word that more people are moving into indiana than moving out. the num

here at wayne state university and the university of michigan have played similar roles.he region's problems, 63% of respondents are optimistic about the future of the detroit area. that does not strike me as optimism. the people of detroit now -- no that with patience and determination, this can be a vibrant economic center once again. it takes some time, but it has been done before and it can be done again. we are trying to attract employers. i will bet on the people of detroit. let me now turn into freddie mac. let me turn to the broad priorities as identified by our regulator and conservator. the federal housing finance agency has described the three main duties of the government sponsored entities as follows. we are to provide ongoing support to the housing market. the mediates witnesses in our company. -- we mediaremediate witnesses r company. we are to prevent avoidable foreclosures. first, i will describe our stable, ongoing support to the housing market which includes a large part of our every day mission. with the market's still see step, we continue to provide

host: jim from michigan. good morning.atings agencies are partially to blame. the previous caller mentioned the community reinvestment act. if you look at the he pollution -- evolution of that act under the bush administration, and then fannie and freddie, they cranked it right up, just let the democrats who fostered this situation. having senator gramm on this committee is like having the fox in charge of the chicken coop. i believe the government created a situation like this. who is going to be responsible? you are going to give the report to barney frank when you are done? that is going to do a lot of good. guest: our job is to diagnose the problem. congress has reserved the responsibility to do something about it. the house has significant reform measures. the senate will be dealing with them later this year. so i think the institutions of government are starting to engage on this, and i hope we can be helpful. host: i wonder if you are planning to call any investigative journalists? guest: hour hearing schedule has b

in michigan in 62 years -- voter anger over watergate. republicans lost 49 house seats and three senate seats. may of 1994, the first republican in 129 years in his district. march of 2008, democrat bill foster, dennis pastor has held the seat for 11 terms, discontent with bush was building. scott brown coming to washington today, as we heard. and he has recorded his first row -- robocall for john mccain. frank, republican, from beverly, new jersey. caller: you have a great show. the problem here is -- not a problem whether you are d or r -- the problem is these guys go up there and did not represent us any more. and until this starts to change, you are going to see the political landscape change very often in washington, because people are really fed up. not only on the r's and d's, but everything they are doing. they don't listen to us. the only thing they are concerned about is keeping their jobs. i am telling you, you watch the people that swap party affiliations now and you watch for people who retire and you watch for people who get