mississippi state leads by four. our subjects on the pyramid of success, skill and team spirit. >> marcus: yes, skill and team spirit. a couple of blocked shots on the wooden pyramid of success, knowledge and ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. coach wooden big on the fundamentals. consideration for others. a key aspect of team spirit and coach wooden fosters that as well as any coach in ncaa history and the, i mean, he didn't treat every player the same because he felt like they weren't all the same but bill walton comes into my first practice with his hair a little too long and coach wooden shows him to the door. winds his bike out of there and comes back 10 minutes later, 15 minutes later with his hair cut to the proper leapt so as a freshman, 17-year-old freshman watching that, let you know early it's all about the team, not individual jarvis. >> steve: there is no "i" in team, and can you go a long way if you don't care who gets the credit. tyler honeycutt now on the floor for ucla. a talen

mississippi state with a 69-45 lead over ucla. earlier isaiah thomas scored early and quincy poindexter also was ripping from outside, and washington was only trailing by one at halftime. but then georgetown had so many's baskets. they looked like a top ten team as they knocked down number 17 washington by eight points and a rod allen game summary. mississippi state shooting 46% and ucla at 34%. >> marcus: and a big part of that disparity is the two shooters, the alleged gun slinging shooters from each team, johnson 26 points and nikola dragovic for ucla, 0 for 9, doughnut, did not score a point in this game. jarvis. >> steve: mississippi state with the basketball trying to push the record to 6-2. it's hard to believe that this is a team that lost to ryder by 14. >> marcus: thinking the same thing. those two losses kind of stand out when you see how well this team has performed in this game, the way they handled the ball the last time out in tampa at the site of their s.e.c. tourney championship last year, and this man here, raver

we were arrested in jackson mississippi. i finally went down with a fairer way to arrest in jackson mississippi. we had the national guard from montgomery all the way to jackson, the alabama national guard on the bus with baronets. then we got to the line and they changed the mississippi guards. we were taken to jail. i managed to get inside the bus terminal and sit at the counter with my friend, john lewis, and then we were arrested which meant time in the city jail, county jail and then some of us were taken to the county farm where we spent a couple of days from back to the county jail and then transferred to department penitentiary and spent time in parchment. they had a way of trying to break you down. one of the things the movement it was a lot of singing. we would sing all the time. and they got tired of the singing so they would do things to try to stop loss from singing. one, the top mattress is a way and we slept on the steel blanka. they would take our toothbrushes away or give us food that had laxative and at and

that is not unique to mississippi. that is things we foresee all around the country. >> thank you. >> i would like to go ahead and piggyback on that statement. the government needs to move rapidly to go ahead and advance great technology is such a tele- help technology. it is easy to go ahead and pass a bill here or there. in order to make change, we have to have standards and the reimbursement model for applied behavioral analysis and other proven therapies. it is recommended by the surgeon general. private insurance companies typically do not reimburse that for families with autism. >> we do have a unique opportunity with health care reform to address this issue. the house bill does include coverage for behavioral intervention, for autism, as well as aba. i think it is critical that with this opportunity that we are looking at in terms of health care reform that we include this. the payoff in terms of the financial payoff down the road, it is going to be tremendous and will help with the tsunami. the impact on the fa

recently read the help by katherine stockett which is about mississippi in the '60s and dealing with the relationship between the society and the african-americans in that community. it's wonderfully written. >> i'm from columbia, tennessee, and i'm reading diana gabaldon's book. >> and what is that about? >> it's from the outlander series about scottish time travel. >> i'm looking for more richard russo books to read. >> can you tell me what it's about? >> it's about a man growing up and sort of his -- the only child and can some of the trials and tribulations of his childhood with some parents who are less than stellar, let's say. [laughter] >> i'm graham mccauley from the bronx, new york, i'm here in nashville, and i've just finished reading david

two of the biggest earmarks are from republican senators thad cochran and roger wicker of mississippi at a cost of $8 million for improvements to four rural state airports. one airport serves fewer than 100 passengers a day. and another the mid delta regional airport sees even less. by the way, i've seen the pork extended to both of those airports over the years. the new funds would come on top of $4.4 million the airports just received from the stimulus package. i am not making this up. we obviously have huge aviation and transportation needs this country and stuffing most millions of dollars in small, little used airports in mississippi is not a wise use of funds, said ellis. president obama had promised to curb the inclusion of earmarks in government spending bills but has yet to issue the threat of a veto. my friends, do not wait for threat of a veto. in march obama signed a $410 billion spending package that contained nearly 8,000 pet projects. quote, "i am signing an imperfect omnibus bill because it's necessary for the ongoing functions of government." obama said at the time. w

, and their insurance -- 90% in the state of mississippi, and their insurance -- medical malpractice insurance costs have dropped anywhere from 30% to 45%. other states have seen similar types of results. these examples prove that lawsuit reform can improve access to care, expand the number of doctors, and -- and types of care that hospitals are able to offer, and help reduce overall costs in our health care system. according to a very conservative estimate by the congressional budget office, medical liability reform, such as what i've introduced, would decrease the deficit by $54 billion. it would also, according to the c.b.o., save the private sector about the same amount of money. so over $100 billion in savings that now goes to propping up a lot of frivolous lawsuits across the country. and by the way, think about it, if you had medical malpractice committed against you, you -- i believe you should have access to the courts. i believe you should be able to sue. i believe that you should be able to get just compensation. the problem that happens now, because our courts are so clog

they were a family of slaves in mississippi and became one of the largest landowners in mississippi.ost: thank you. a book you may be interested is "and mighty long way." before it is by bill clinton. florida, joseph, nextel. -- next up. caller: it is a book i saw on c- span not too long ago. it was "operation solo." it is the story of a jewish immigrant who became our spike in the kremlin for about 27, 28 years. -- who became our spy in the kremlin. the offer was the number two man and he interviewed morris sober who came to america in the 1900's. there was a second one that has not been critiqued yeah. assault on another show called "witness to nurembough." he was small in stature but served oscar very well. he became our number one intercurrent from the north berguremburg trials. host: the risk can find that online as well. caller: wonderful, a factual books. host: thank you for sharing. here is norcal, delawaewark, de. caller: my favorite book happened to come out this year. it is called "longer, cops and, and bloody." i love to see this on "book tv." this book is about one of th

it stretched all the way to the mississippi river and all the way up north to the great lakes. it was enormous. and the prestige and importance of its governor was akin to the governors of california, illinois, new york and texas put together today. and monroe was not only the governor of america's most important state, he was a national hero in the revolutionary war. in other words, he was a giant in his day. and i don't understand why historians ignore him, which is why i wrote this book, to restore him to his rightful place in american history as the most important president in the early days of our nation. now some historians elevate john adams to historical prominence, and most historians all but deify thomas jefferson and james madison and these were three great founding fathers and great political philosophers. but they were disastrous presidents. those three men left the nation worse off than it had been when washington seated them in the presidency 20 years earlier. john adams went to war, declared naval war, french. he stripped americans of their first amendment right

and so those are -- and that is not unique to mississippi.that is things that we foresee all around the country and we hear about all around the country. >> mr. cobbs? >> i would like to piggyback off that statement. again,b8b the government needs move rapidly to go ahead and advance great technologies such telehealth technologies and the insurance portion. they really work hand-in-hand. it's easy to go ahead and pass a bill here or there, but in order to make true change we have to have the standards and we also) re model for applied behavior other proven therapies as ms. dawson said. in fact, applied behavior analysis is recommended by the surgeon general. financial payoff down the road is going to be tremendous. it's going to help with the tsunami and the impact on families will be also tremendous so it's an opportunity that we must not miss in terms of a federal mandate for insurance coverage for these treatments that we know work and are cost-effective. >> she just told me durbin has a bill demanding -- >> we're going to introduce someth

pointed out or is our title united states senator, arizona, nebraska, mississippi, etc.. my title is not arizona senator, u.s.. its u.s. senator arizona. so of course i'm there to represent the people of my state. but is a u.s. senator's job to go out and do something which would then the citizens quote and influence? is that what people said constituents you to do. the majority leader said yesterday and i quote, i don't know if there is a senator that doesn't have something in this bill that was important to them. senator leader harry reid reasoned when asked at a news conference monday about the cash for coach recusation and, quote and if they don't have something in this important to them, then it doesn't speak well of them. it doesn't speak well of us when we do something like the senator of mississippi pointed out? that favors montana and not the rest of the country? that helps the seniors in medicare advantage in florida and not arizona? is that we are sent here to do? that has never been my view of what our obligations to our citizens but also to the citizens of th

is that not the case, i would say to my friend from mississippi? mr. wicker: i would say to the distinguished republican leader, that is exactly correct. and i commend my colleague -- my former house colleague for taking that principled stand. mr. mcconnell: could not the same thing be said about our colleague, senator lieberman, from connecticut? i'm sorry he ended up voting for this 1,700-page monda monstrosi. but you have to say, as i understood senator lieberman's position -- and senator mccain certainly knows him very, very well -- his position was if the government goes into the insurance business, i can't support this bill, not i'm open for business and what can you do for connecticut. mr. mccain: i -- there may be on the floor a unanimous consent agreement to remove the nebraska medicaid deal. i would hope that if there's any unanimous consent agreement at any time, that the whole bill be fixed, which means every special provision would be removed, whether it be from nebraska or any other state. because we still have the louisiana purchase of $

is that not the case, i would say to my friend from mississippi? mr. wicker: i would say to the distinguished republican leader, that is exactly correct. and i commend my colleague -- my former house colleague for taking that principled stand. mr. mcconnell: could not the same thing be said about our colleague, senator lieberman, from connecticut? i'm sorry he ended up voting for this 1,700-page monda monstrosi. but you have to say, as i understood senator lieberman's position -- and senator mccain certainly knows him very, very well -- his position was if the government goes into the insurance business, i can't support this bill, not i'm open for business and what can you do for connecticut. mr. mccain: i -- there may be on the floor a unanimous consent agreement to remove the nebraska medicaid deal. i would hope that if there's any unanimous consent agreement at any time, that the whole bill be fixed, which means every special provision would be removed, whether it be from nebraska or any other state. because we still have the louisiana purchase of $

and became one of the largest landowners in the county in mississippi. it was quite a moving story. >> host: thanks, kim. on a related note a book you may be interested in is a mighty long way by my journey to justice that little rock high school. the book is by carlotta walls lanier. with lisa frazier page. joseph next up. your favorite look? >> caller: it's not a current one, but it was one so long on c-span on q&a so long ago and it was operation solo and it's a story of a jewish immigrant to america who became our spy and the criminals were about 27, 28 years. and that's a fact. the author was number two man i think of the readers digest and he actually interviewed morris sobel, a small in stature jewish man who came to america in the early 1900's. and there was a second one that has not been critiqued yet that i saw on another call called witnessed in orangeburg. again, in other small stature jewish man who came to america and served us very, very well. he became our number one interpreter with the nerenberg trial when he was a pfc in the army. >> h

and became one of the largest land owners in adams county mississippi. it was quite a moving story. >> host: thanks, kim. on a related note, a bookie may be interested in that line and a mighty long way my journey to justice at little rock central high school. a page year by bill clinton. out too long springs florida, joseph your favorite book. >> caller: its not a current one but it's one that i saw on c-span on the q&a not too long ago, and it was operation so low -- solo and it is about a jewish immigrant who became a spy and the kremlin's i think for 27, 28 years. >> host: really? >> caller: yes. it's a fact. the author was the number two man i think that the "reader's digest" morris, a small in stature jewish man who came to america in the early 1900's and there was a second one that has not been critiqued yet but i saw on another show called witness to nor numbered. again other small stature jewish man who came to america and served us very well. he became our number one interpreter for the nor numbered trials and he was in the army. >> host: and i

two of the biggest earmarks are from republican senators thad cochran and roger wicker of mississippi, at a cost of $8 million for improvements to four rural state airports. one airport serves fewer than 100 passengers a day. and another the mid delta regional airport sees even less. by the way, i've seen the pork extended to both of those airports over the years. the new funds would come on top of $4.4 million the airports just received from the stimulus package. i am not making this up. we obviously have huge aviation and transportation needs this country and stuffing most millions of dollars in small, little used airports in mississippi is not a wise use of funds, said ellis. president obama had promised to curb the inclusion of earmarks in government spending bills but has yet to issue the threat of a veto. my friends, do not wait for threat of a veto. in march obama signed a $410 billion spending package that contained nearly 8,000 pet projects. quote, "i am signing an imperfect omnibus bill because it's necessary for the ongoing functions of government." obama said at the time.

40's and the 50's in mississippi about civil rights.nk we should straight -- straighten up our own act before we go to vietnam and afghanistan and iraq before we talk about somebody's civil rights. and that's all i have to say. guest: first i want to thank caller for his service in vietnam, you can never be appreciated enough. and i did grow up in a segregated society and went to a segregated school in the 50's, and i came to a conclusion early in my life that this country had to have a civil rights revolution, if you will. precisely because government was getting so much bigger and the violations of civil rights are initiated or protected by the government. that we had to the civil rights resolution of 1974 to reduce the power of the government. host: a look back at 2009, carlos says that the year is over, but was it history. was it a historical year of how we look at 1959 or 1865, at the end of the civil war, would you put it in context? 1776 or 1919? guest: my sense that the united states and a lot of the world were traumatized by ei

be a senator from mississippi.my dad always accuse me of putting something on my here anyway. you mentioned hillary, my colleague. i see chuck schumer sitting back there. after 9/11, we went to new york. we are all new yorkers, and we're going to do our part. we will do what it takes to make new york city recover. it was way over the top, but i said, it sounded like a good idea to me. we got it done. he knows what i am talking about. [laughter] sometimes, it is better you don't know the details. but then, after katrina, in many ways our hearts were broken. it was such a devastating experience. we lost our home. it was tough to go down there and see what happened. we were working on appropriations, getting work done. i learned that from john stennis ion. he let me take credit for stuff. we were supposed to move an entire railroad off the coast, up north of interstate 10. it was a small amount of money as i recall, but my republican colleagues suffered a little bit under the weight of the cost and the idea that we're

. >> mississippi gov.ns republicans in their opposition to health care legislation being debated in the senate. the governor talks about parts of the legislation that would expand medicaid, which is partly funded by the states. this is about 20 minutes. >> i will step back a little bit. good afternoon. i am lamar alexander, and i am here to introduce haley barbour, the chairman of the republican governors association and governor of mississippi. we have three united states senators and former governors -- from new hampshire, neb., and iowa. i was one time governor of tennessee. while we do not yet know what is in the democratic health care bill, we know this much. it increases medicaid by 133%. what that means is we will have a huge bill of $25 billion over 10 years. the federal government says it will pick up the cost for three years, but after that, states are on their own and the bill is big. here is what governor schwarzenegger of california had to say about that expansion. he said "this is the last th

her development group further from her work and the southern states north carolina through mississippi photograph being in sharecropper's parker she made more photographs of people of color, approximately one-third of her total output to than any other photographer until gordon parks joined the staff at the very end of the project. this fact is not well known because she did not own or control any of the photography but there was all property of the federal government and she was supposed to send roth, undeveloped film to washington. they distributed free of charge to media but they decided what to distribute and what they considered acceptable to the mainstream. a few years later, when she tried it once again to do something that she controlled she defied not only the u.s. government and unanimous public opinion but the organized left two which many friends be launched in the art risque opposition to the internment of japanese-americans, which i don't have time to go into now but i will let you know, , if you are interested, that is a few years back. with norton i also put out date of

. $700,000 for an arts pavilion in mississippi. again, these may well be worthy programs. i'm not sure if the federal government ought to be funding them. but in any case should any member have the right to designate that portion of funding for his or her district without the ability of other members to challenge it on the house floor, that's the question we have here, and we went through a process the entire year where we were told we can't have open debate, we can't allow members to challenge these earmarks on the house floor because we have to rush these bills through to avoid an omnibus. here we are in december with an omnibus. we all knew we'd be here. during the year 2006 to 2008 when the majority party was majority in congress but the republicans had the white house, they said we would have these bills in order if it not for the white house. now as the ranking member of the rules committee stated, the majority party is in control of the white house, has a huge majority here in the house, and a 60-vote majority in the senate and still we're here with an omnibus. we k

and we need steps in the poverty rate of mississippi, this is a great challenge. address that, but we ought to address that if a step-by-step way that doesn't turn the economy over to the control of federal bureaucrats and a federal system. i don't think that moving to a single-payor system would be the answer to our problem in southern states like mississippi. where we do have problems with health access. i think in countries where they have gone to the government-run single-payor system that this would lead to, such as britain and canada, you have more rationing and less access and longer waiting lines. host: you are in for what is called a rare-sunday session, what is your typical sunday routine if not here in the senate? guest: if i were not here in at the senate, i would be in sunday school at the first baptist church in tupalo and in the choir loft trying to sing baritone. host: thank you for being with us,

they were a family of slaves in mississippi and became one of the largest landowners in mississippi.ost: thank you. a book you may be interested is "and mighty long way." before it is by bill clinton. florida, joseph, nextel. -- next up. caller: it is a book i saw on c- span not too long ago. it was "operation solo." it is the story of a jewish immigrant who became our spike in the kremlin for about 27, 28 years. -- who became our spy in the kremlin. the offer was the number two man and he interviewed morris sober who came to america in the 1900's. there was a second one that has not been critiqued yeah. assault on another show called "witness to nurembough." he was small in stature but served oscar very well. he became our number one intercurrent from the north berguremburg trials. host: the risk can find that online as well. caller: wonderful, a factual books. host: thank you for sharing. here is norcal, delawaewark, de. caller: my favorite book happened to come out this year. it is called "longer, cops and, and bloody." i love to see this on "book tv." this book is about one of th

then ucla looks to get back on track as they battle mississippi state.ion tips off at 2:00 eastern, 11:00 pacific. a dynamite club at mississippi state. >> mike: lorenzo, after a down couple of years got the huskies back in it, in the pac 10 the early start of the year. >> ron: collins has been sitting a long time. wonder if he will get back in. 2 of 5, four points in the ballgame. miami had a 9-1 run, cut the lead 55-47, have a chance to cut it even further. here comes grant. tries the no look but jackson gets the left hand on it. 6:59 left in the ballgame. wide open thomas for three. golden opportunity. boston college missed their last five shots. >> mike: you have to be frustrated if you're miami you're getting decent looks. >> ron: that was a wide open shot and getting guys you want to shoot those looks. nice play by scott, rips it away from jackson. >> mike: your defense is coming alive, amped up the pressure and forcing turnovers. >> ron: not necessarily a great shot. the lead stays at eight. closing in on six minutes to play. biko paris barking ou

it was previously offered by senator cochran of mississippi and establishes a standard for certification of safety of the drugs coming in. now, could the senator from kentucky describe to me what the new amendment, mccain amendment 3200 does? mr. mcconnell: fortunately, senator mccain is on the floor at this time, and i would like to ask him to describe -- mr. mccain: i'd like to say to my colleague, first of all, as is well known, the side-by-sides have been one side of the aisle and the other side of the aisle. if the lautenberg amendment were in order on the dorgan amendment as a side-by-side, that would obviously be a change from what we have been doing. basically, what my amendment does -- i think it makes some perfecting changes to the underlying -- the dorgan amendment. i think it makes a sense of the -- it has sense of the senate provisions. it has several other provisions which i think would help make it more effective. and i have to be very honest with my friend from illinois, it doesn't undermine the dorgan amendment. i think it supplements to the dorgan amendment just as the

he turned it down to become a stevedore on a derrick barge on the mississippi and the reason this was part of his great writer quest he felt that doing so he could encounter so many crews and colorful characters that he could write a novel that would be a serious contender to huckleberry finn. [laughter] mark twain was the one trying to knock down. [laughter] welcome still it didn't happen. in his desk drawer he says there lies an manuscript still unfinished about the happenings on a derrick barge on the mississippi. there is a captain cone is his name and i think as we have walter here this evening we ought to commit if he would just get out that manuscript and polish it off we will come to hear you've read from your book. i feel his new book american sketches is about a personal question but i felt like it was about the mission of the aspen institute of which he is the president and ceo and part of that mission is in certain points of our lives many of us feel the need to reflect what it takes to lead a life as good, useful, worthy and meaningful. we have passed through a period and

mississippi, at a cost of $8 million for improvements to four rural state airports.one airport serves fewer than 100 passengers a day. and another the mid delta regional airport sees even less. by the way, i've seen the pork extended to both of those airports over the years. the new funds would come on top of $4.4 million the airports just received from the stimulus package. i am not making this up. we obviously have huge aviation and transportation needs this country and stuffing most millions of dollars in small, little used airports in mississippi is not a wise use of funds, said ellis. president obama had promised to curb the inclusion of earmarks in government spending bills but has yet to issue the threat of a veto. my friends, do not wait for threat of a veto. in march obama signed a $410 billion spending package that contained nearly 8,000 pet projects. quote, "i am signing an imperfect omnibus bill because it's necessary for the ongoing functions of government." obama said at the time. witbut i view it for more mar-reaching -- far-reaching change. what has c

my colleague from mississippi is so right. that's what the men and women from wyoming who are serving right now in iraq and kuwait want. they want to come home to the same country that they left, the place where they have jobs, where they have opportunities for their children, where they are focused on growth, economic development, opportunities for the children for the next -- they are very concerned, mr. president, about the debt. they are very concerned about the amount of spending going on by this congress. they are very concerned, as one said, "the debt is the threat." i mean, it is astonishing, mr. president, to be there with our men and women in the field, with their guns, with their ammunition and what they want to talk about is the national debt in the united states right now as a result of excessive amounts of spending that's going on in this country. they're saying, don't make things worse. what's going to happen to our kids? somebody said, aren't we still borrowing more and more money from china? why are they doing

east of the mississippi, most land is privately owned. in the wace of massachusetts, hundreds of thousands of acres are individually approved each time. the same is true in virginia . they are due all of the respect a national park would be due. you think forward on those transmission lines that have to be built. make sure you are mitdepitting and compensating on the impact on those resources. >> thank you. our final witness is david jose, president and chief executive officer of the principal subsitry energy consumers. welcome. >> thank you. and thank you for announcing my name properly. >> i appreciate the opportunity to address the subcommittee this afternoon. we there for appreciate the difficulty in siting new transmission and new interstailt lines as a last resort. we see a need for transmissions in michigan. along the lake michigan shore line as part of the renewable standard. we believe the developments should meet three key commomon sense principals. number one, proposed project should be similar or superior to other alternatives

he turned it down to become a stevedore on a derrick barge on the mississippi. and the reason this was still part of his great writer quest he felt that in doing so that he coded in the mueller that he was that he could encounter so many crews of so many different colorful characters that you could write a novel that would be a serious contender to huckleberry finn. mark twain was the one he was trying to knock down. well, still it didn't happen, but in his store he says in his desk drawer there lies a manuscript, still unfinished, about the happenings on a derrick barge on the mississippi as a captain tune as his name is and i think that since we have walter here this evening we ought to welcome it to him that if he can just get out that manuscript and polish it off will all come to hear you read some of your book. i feel that is new but, "american sketches," is really a comment if a personal quest, but i felt that it was very much like the quest or the mission of the aspen institute, which he is the president and ceo. and it's part of that mission is that in c

mississippi, 44,772. missouri, 195,036. montana, 27,592. nebraska, 30,571. nevada, 104,043.new hampshire, 13,200. new jersey, 156,607. 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 bene

crapo: i know my colleague from mississippi wants to make a comment. may i ask how much time is remaining for our side? the presiding officer: 7 1/2 minutes. mr. wicker: if i can take one minute of that time and then the gentleman can wrap it up. i want to emphasize what a devastating effect these medicare cuts are going to have on rural america. once again i want to quote some of my colleagues from the other end of the building because it shows the bipartisan opposition that we have against these cuts from rural america. mike ross, a democrat from arkansas, said "with more than $400 billion in cuts to medicare, it could force many of our rural hospitals to close." this is a democrat. "providing less access and care for our senior citizens." representative larry castle of north carolina, "from the day i announced my candidacy for this office, i promised to protect medicare." he voted no on the bill in the house of representatives. ike skeleton said proposed reductions to medicare to further squeeze the budgets of our our rural health care providers. tp

i have already cut mississippi's budget by nearly 5% this year with more cuts to come. state after state, every state is cutting its current budget and recognizing there will be more cuts in next year's budget. in my case, in addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars were cutting this year we have to cut $715 million out of next year's budget as compared to the current budget. that will be more than 10% cut. indeed, and i think this is gary under reported, some states like our neighbors in tennessee, have already capped in bromund in medicaid. this is just the opposite of what the congressional democrats' plan would do, but medicaid is one of the most difficult problems in state budgets today. and as i say, senator alexander's governor has had to capture medicaid. that means no one else can enroll in tennessee's medicaid plan. the other thing is that voters are beginning to understand this health care bill is not only bad policy, they are beginning to recognize it will increase state taxes. in my state the state income tax and estate sales tax or both will have to

it was so out of the box and revolutionary that it was even barred in mississippi because it showed an integrated cast that was getting along. it was the first show that had hispanics and african-americans and asian-americans and tall yellow canaries all living on the street together in harmony. this was really revolutionary television. today, 40 years later, we have more enemies than any show in television history. we have expanded to 140 countries around the world. we just launched our fortieth season on pbs. a remarkable partnership that is now in its fifth decade. we have been able to teach generations of children growing up to be parents themselves through the muppets and sesame street. we have been able to connect parents and kids around to learning. that is why we put things on a show like the environmental segment, and desperate house plants. and this year, a spoof on mad men, juxtaposed against sad men, happy men, and angry men. and my friend, the head of nasa that was doing experiments with worms going up into space. we have got to get slimy the world of the next mission -- t

40's and the 50's in mississippi about civil rights. straight -- straighten up our own act before we go to vietnam and afghanistan and iraq before we talk about somebody's civil rights. and that's all i have to say. guest: first i want to thank caller for his service in vietnam, you can never be appreciated enough. and i did grow up in a segregated society and went to a segregated school in the 50's, and i came to a conclusion early in my life that this country had to have a civil rights revolution, if you will. precisely because government was getting so much bigger and the violations of civil rights are initiated or protected by the government. that we had to the civil rights resolution of 1974 to reduce the power of the government. host: a look back at 2009, carlos says that the year is over, but was it history. was it a historical year of how we look at 1959 or 1865, at the end of the civil war, would you put it in context? 1776 or 1919? guest: my sense that the united states and a lot of the world were traumatized by eight years of

host: let's try mississippi again. good morning.ator rei caller: home health is going to be moved to hospice where they're going to come and they're going to kill. they're going to kill the older americans. once again, i am so sad for this day because we have nothing but crooks up there in d.c. and i pray that there will never be democrats do have a problem. host: that's from mississippi and next from hollywood, florida. john, on the air. caller: good morning. how you doing? sure it's cold up there. it's nice and warm in florida, but i'd just like to say, you know, people keep talking about all the hypotheticals. they make an arguments in hy(otheticals that this is going to happen as a result of that and that's going to happen as a result. nobody knows what will happen until this thing is implemented and mechanisms are put in place and we can see where we're at and where we're going so. all the hypotheticals are meaningless. i'd rather pay for surgical procedures than a strike in a war that's immoral than illegal. >> if you'd like t

host: let's try mississippi again. good morning. senator rei caller: home health is going to be moved to hospice where they're going to come and they're going to kill. they're going to kill the older americans. once again, i am so sad for this day because we have nothing but crooks up there in d.c. and i pray that there will never be democrats do have a problem. host: that's from mississippi and next from hollywood, florida. john, on the air. caller: good morning. how you doing? sure it's cold up there. it's nice and warm in florida, but i'd just like to say, you know, people keep talking about all the hypotheticals. they make an arguments in hy(otheticals that this is going to happen as a result of that and that's going to happen as a result. nobody knows what will happen until this thing is implemented and mechanisms are put in place and we can see where we're at and where we're going so. all the hypotheticals are meaningless. i'd rather pay for surgical procedures than a strike in a war that's immoral than illegal. >> if you'd li

it was so out of the box and revolutionary that it was even barred in mississippi because it showed an integrated cast that was getting along. it was the first show that had hispanics and african-americans and asian-americans and tall yellow canaries all living on the street together in harmony. this was really revolutionary television. today, 40 years later, we have more enemies than any show in television history. we have expanded to 140 countries around the world. we just launched our fortieth season on pbs. a remarkable partnership that is now in its fifth decade. we have been able to teach generations of children growing up to be parents themselves through the muppets and sesame street. we have been able to connect parents and kids around to learning. that is why we put things on a show like the environmental segment, and desperate house plants. and this year, a spoof on mad men, juxtaposed against sad men, happy men, and angry men. and my friend, the head of nasa that was doing experiments with worms going up into space. we have got to get slimy the world of the next mission -- t

then ucla looks to get back ontrack as they battle mississippi state.arts at 2:00 eastern 11:00 pacific. is there any way you and i can get three games in that day? >> marques: ah ha. ernie banks plans to. let's play four, huh? great game the other day against texas tech. the overtime loss was a wild one. that game was lost in regulation on the last-second shot by texas tech. the official reviewed it. they couldn't get the job done in overtime. >> steve: the big 12 has a 6-2 series advantage in the hardwood series. victories by the pac-10 at morgan state and also by california who won last night over iowa state. >> marques: that was good last night. great team effort. a lot of contributors. >> steve: dragovic. i like this kid. nelson. >> marques: he goes after it. and found a way to get it up without getting blocked. uses the left hand up and over cole aldrich. >> steve: you know, he's a ben howland player. he looks like a ben howland player. >> marques: nelson had that early. he cut it off and now he has the renewed power inside. (announcer) pizza hut

over, and the same thing is certainly true even more so with regard to medicaid in my state of mississippi. there's some 60% of the physicians who will not take new medicaid patients because the reimbursement is so low. now, this pelosi bill in the house, the reid bill in the senate puts new mandates on the states with regard to medicaid, and i think it's going to make it even harder to get physicians, you know? if we get to the point where the government comes in with enforcers and tells a doctor, you must take medicare patient, you must take medicaid patients, i think we've gone several bridges too far. >> host: but along those lines, sasha is e-mailing or twittering in that mississippi ranks number 50 in terms of access to health care. why is that? >> guest: well, it's because of our demographics because we have had trouble moving people into the education system. we have a high dropout rate, and clearly, we need to make steps in terms of the poverty rate in many parts of the state of mississippi, and it's a great challenge. and we ought to address that. but we ought to address it in a

mississippi state beat the houston cougars by ssix. southern cal under way. and vanderbilt leading tennessee state by 18. at the half, steven f. austin with lead over the arkansas razorbacks. still to come, richmond will take on number 13 florida. south carolina and later on tonight, 9:00, css, course classic, k-state plays alabama.

it was the celtics who took him in the 15th overall pick in 2004 from high school in mississippi. he came here in a deal for kg. timberwolves by 2 with 720 to play in regulation. wizards trying to win their third straight game and haven't had a three game win streak in the season before last. >> phil: it's the third time this year they have attempted to go three in a row. >> steve: foul will be called on washington. they got it on brendan haywood. no, they will call it -- they can't call it jamison, they call it agiler, dominic mcguire makes the foul. corey brewer to the free-throw line. another sub par free throw shooter at 63%. he makes his first free throw. this is a minnesota team that ranked 23 in nba shooting coming in. they are shooting 58% from the night tonight. now 12-20. that hasn't been a problem. the problem has been offensive rebounding and second chance points. minnesota has 18 of them. that has been the big difference. that's the offensive rebounding. butler jumper is short. timberwolves by 4. they have only won 6 games on the year. three of them have been big. one

i think our chairman fm mississippi is on coursef ing this. we have bipartisan support o home land securi since 9-11. wh i have heard is i rember reprehensie. you have a senator from soh carolina who stood in thway of the tsa director bei appointed for political reasons. th's not right at all. there are plenty of fings and plentyf blame. the point is we shou be on that and defendi american people together and pport american pple. that's whai'm about. govenor: >> gwen: congressm i want to ask you what youhink about the intelligence piece of thiseing a problem. particular the central intelligent encies being alertd in august about a unspecified gerian they were keeping an eye o nothe pieces show the cia is under the magnifying glass a well. >> well we're going need to lower the bar onho gets on the li to identified people who need secondary screening i think the secondy screening woulhave caught these guys. there were wholeody imaging machines in nigeria d amsterdam. weave to ask why those were not used. we need re from our internional partners

privilege to acknowledge and recognized the chairman of the full committee, the gentleman from mississippi ford opening statement. >> i appreciate the holding of this hearing. i would also like to take the opportunity to express my condolences to the family as well as the tsa colleagues who are here. it was a dedicated public server and his efforts in carter secured will never be forgotten. there is no doubt that the events that transpired last week raised several questions about tsa's operational procedures and practices and handling sensitive information. perhaps more importantly, this incident raises concern about the security of our entire transportation system. no actions, legislation, or press statements can on to the disclosure of this information. however, we can learn from the incident and move forward with security measures that inshore sensitive information will not be made available to the public. the event from last week served as a reminder of how critical it is to have accountability at the department of homeland security. i think it was the right decision from secretary of

emphasized those who did the work of farming, rather than the owners of the great plantations of mississippi and california. there's several paradoxes in lange's life including the fact that this quintessential city girl ended up working for the department of agriculture. never even having envisioned a farm when she was hired. but my favorite of the paradoxes is the way it turns around a typical story of women's emancipation and the usual story you start with a woman who was a dependent on her has spanned and to gradually works her way into perhaps getting a profession, getting his job, have an income of around and feeling independent. lange reversed it. she got the upper committee to become a great photographer when she married a second husband who would support her on his academic salary from the university of california. and released her from the responsibility of earning for her whole family. and it was a large family because when we put the two families together, she had two children of her own and four stepchildren. okay, now i said i was good to talk first about the personal and then

then the next call is from mississippi. go-ahead. >> caller: i am the french. i will go back to my country. my father was sick when he was 55 and my mother sick when she was 60 my parents lived to the age of 90 and 92. when they are sick and don't have insurance it makes them sicker. [inaudible] but not to have any ensure insert any insurance for the poor but for all of the people when they see babies die it is ridiculous. >>host: thank you for the time. when did you are against the health care bill? >> caller: i am a democrat and when they were here in the state of new jersey, they did not listen to us. we told them it was wrong. if the senators thought they were doing the right thing, they would give exactly the people what they get themselves. i am 68 and i have medicare and i play -- pay blue cross and i can afford it. people are 20 years old and they don't want it and you are forcing them to have something that they don't want. they should take it themselves. is to be what they're asking us to take. they did not fix the drug plan and they will mess up the