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

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

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

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.

of mississippi, 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 happ

the mississippi state commission was created in 1956 and charged with doing any and all things necessary to preserve segregation. the sovereignty commission hired a former fbi agent who worked for jay edgar hoover and he set up a network of informants across the state to spy on anyone they suspected of subversive activities. when the freedom riders sit down the commission collected their mug shots and filed them away. many years later in 1998, the lawsuit forced the government, the state government to release the commission files including dimond shots to the public. i first came across the mug shots in 2004. as soon as i saw them i knew they were a major addition to the historical record. here is a picture of the emergency civil rights movement plunging forward adeptly taking its strategy of non-violent direct action to the national stage. here are the faces of the student power 60's. here's his story told that the individual level. the portraits and mug shots are always compelling and frequently stellar. i was captivated by these images and i wanted to, you know, bring them to a wider

mississippi state up 15. under two to go now. up 11.king on his old team. he has five of them. now on his sixth stop, jackson seems to be settling in nicely with larry brown and charlotte. the former net, spur, hawk, warrior and pacer was back in indiana wednesday, now with his new bob cats. jackson and the cats just 1-10 on the road this season. there he is, say hi. third quarter, pacers up 16. t.j. ford on the tribble with the head band, into the lane. finds roy hibbert. he's a hoya. pacers up 15, still in the third. stephen jackson, two of his 22, right at the shot clock. fourth quarter, pacers lead now down to seven. gerald wallace right at tyler hansbrough for the lane. 29-12 for wallace. pacers up five. bob kaments now need a three. boris diaw passed up the shot. d.j. augustin shoots it too late. larry, what do you think? >>> hawks riding a four-game win streak. grizzlies in town. joe johnson, cherry picking. he had a game high 26. rough night for rudy gay. here's rudy. baseline pullup. sinks that, but he's limping after. then in

boyd attended mississippi state and received her doctorate degree from ole miss. welcome to the committee. >> i would like -- >> oh, punch that button. >> i want to thank this committee and on behalf of many mississippians and families of autism i represent. and senator cochran's leadership as he's held meetings with various of us throughout the state of mississippi. in the late fall of 2005, our family was living in san antonio, texas, while my husband completed his surgical fellowship. my youngest child at the age of 22 months developed regressive autism. almost overnight he digressed from using words and sentences in two languages with fine gross motor coordination well above his developmental peers. to someone who lost almost all of those skill sets. it was as though a tornado had hit our lives and there was no end in the foreseeable future. at age 25 months, my son began a rigorous program filled with behavioral, speech and occupational therapy that has continued after our move back to mississippi. currently we can see progress and we're cautiously optimistic

or is our title "united states senator arizona, nebraska, mississippi, et cetera." my title is not arizona senator u.s. it's u.s. senator arizona. 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 be at the expense of the citizens of another state simply by virtue of their clout and influence? is that what people were sent here by our constituents to do? is it true what the senator, majority leader said yesterday -- and i quote -- "i don't know if there's a senator that doesn't have something in this bill that was important to them, leader harry reid reasoned when asked at a news conference monday about the cash for cloture accusation. and -- quote -- "if they don't have something in it important to them, then it doesn't speak well of them. doesn't speak well of us when we do something like the senator from mississippi just pointed out, that favors libby, montana, and not the rest of the country? that helps the seniors in medicare advantage in florida and not in arizona? is that what we ar

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

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

and 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

state of mississippi paid out $874,00 4,000 in losses and paid $4.1 million in defense attorneys' fees. so the -- it just goes on and on. the evidence is clear. overwhelmingly in the courtroom, the race goes to the swift, and the swiftest are the ones with the most resources. the most attorneys, the most discovery, the most expert witnesses, and they all cost money. and time and again, plaintiffs' attorneys come into many courtrooms at a distinct disadvantage to the insurance companies that would be benefited by this. now, what are we going to do about this issue? and it is an issue. well, i think the president's on the right track. first, we know it's a state issue when it comes to medical malpractice, historically the states set the standards. and the states initiate the reforms. and a majority of states have already done that. limiting recoveries, even limiting fees in some cases. they've done it. why would we come in at the federal level and preempt that? secondly, the president has said, let's encourage some positive thinking about ways to end this. how can you reduce the number o

in my state of mississippi there are 60 % of physicians that will not take new medicaid patients becausent is so low. the pelosi bill in the house can put new mandates and this will make it harder to get physicians. if we get to the point where the government comes in and forces the doctor that they must take medicare and medicaid patients, we have gone several bridges too far. host: and we have a twitter from sasha that mississippi ranks 50 in health care, why is that? guest: because of our demographics and we have trouble moving people into the administration and have a high drop-out rate. and we need steps in the poverty rate of mississippi, this is a great challenge. and we ought to 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 sy

mississippi. we have three united states senators and former governors -- from new hampshire, neb., and iowa.vernor 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 thing we need. $3 billion of spending when we already have $20 billion deficits. i would say be very careful to the federal government before you go to bed with all this. let's rethink it. there is no rush. let's take another week or two and come up with the right package." the governor from my state has called this "the mother of all unfunded mandates." this will cost $7 million or more for our state in the next five years. my own estimate is it will increase taxes, college tuitions, the cost to be released from prison. gov. barbara? -- g

states don't have this money. in fact we are already cutting our budget. 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 stat

state prison in rural thompson, illinois. the plan is to transfer up to 100 guantanamo terror suspects to the thompson correctional center 150 miles west of chicago along the mississippi river. illinois was officially notified in a letter from the secretaries of state, defense and homeland security plus the attorney general and director of national intelligence. after a briefing at the white house, governor pat quinn and senator dick durbin told reporters why they enthusiastically back the move. >> this is a great opportunity. our state unemployment numbers, the most recent ones, were 11%. in some parts of the state like northwestern illinois, even higher. people are desperate for good jobs. this jobs we're talking about here are some of the best . over 3,000 new employees in this area, half of them from local people. >> warner: but the senate's top republican mitch mcconnell said the plan would make illinois a target for terrorists. >> gitmo-north is something the american people are clearly opposed to. it is outrageous to suggest that this is a good sort of federal government jobs program. >> warner: he also noted that current law bars bringing to u.s. shores any lo

her antiracist development then grew further through her work in the southern states through north carolina to mississippi, photographing sharecroppers. for the french security she made more photographs of people of color, approximately one third of her total output than any other photographer until gordon parks joined the staff at the very, very and. this fact about her extensive photography is not well known because she did not own or control any of this photography and was all the property of the federal government. she was supposed to send a raw underdeveloped film to washington. they in turn distributed free of charge the media and they decided what to distribute. and they distributed what they considered acceptable to the mainstream. a few years later, when she tried once again to do something that she controlled, she defied not only the u.s. government and unanimous public opinion but also deprive the organized left to which many of her friends belonged in her risky photographic opposition to the internment of japanese americans which i don't have time to go into now, that will just let you know if

earmarks are from republican senators thad cochran and roger wicker of mississippi, at a cost of $8 million for improvements to four rural stateairports. 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.

if you live in texas or mississippi or california or in fact 38 or 40 of the 50 states it just doesn't happen. there is no -- there might as well -- you might as well be disenfranchised in the presidential election, and it's wrong that grass-roots politics should not be worth doing in all those parts of the country. if this national popular vote plan goes through, and it has been adopted, by i guess five states now so far been quietly kind of under the radar, if it reaches its goal of 270 and we do have either the next election or reelection after that a real popular vote, presidential election this would really energized american politics in an extraordinary way and trickled down to all levels of political involvement, and it will reduce the power of money. right now money is a huge determinant of elections and that is partly -- that's not because well, this would not change the amount of money candidates and campaigns would raise. right now they are raising every dollar they can and that is what they would continue to do under this plan. but one to think you can put a cap on is a cit

mississippi, texas, and alabama. god knows why they picked those three states. who couldn't get a decent job or health insurance so they joined the military because that's all we offered them. now, i'm not bragging or complaining. this is my 16th trip to cover this war. okay? i spend months in the field with these youngsters. that's not the description of the youngsters -- somehow magically these near do wells and misfits don't show up in the units i've covered, and i've only covered 45 units in this war. that book out there, not one of those photographs is staged, not one of those inches of hundreds of miles of footage that i've shot were set up, it's all the real thing. >> this was a portion of a booktv program. you can view the entire program and many other booktv programs online. go to booktv.org, type the name of the author or book into the search area in the upper left-hand corner of the page. select the watch link. now you can view the entire program. you might also explore the recently on booktv box or the featured video box to find recent and featured p

mississippi's taxpayers $1.3 billion. the generosity of this congress would be to tell the legislators or the taxpayers of my state of mississippi, congratulations, we get more coverage, and, by the way, you have to pay an additional 1.3 billion, necessarily requiring mississippi to raise taxes in order to continue vital programs such as education and public safety. as has been pointed out, our state governments don't have painting press. they have to -- a printing press. they have to balance the budget and make the numbers come out at the end of every year. we're putting a new burden, if we pass this legislation unamended, it's going to be a tremendous burden on -- on our governors. now one other thing there's been mention of the governor of tennessee who is a two-term, respected democrat, who knows a little something about health care. i think the actual quote last summer from governor phil bretterson was that he feared congress would bestow the mother of all unfunded mandates on the state of tennessee. i have here in my hand and we don't have time because we have so many people who want to speak, i have 13 quotes, not from re

moment in history, a brief time, the epicenter of the political world in the united states was the river between mississippina. bob and i talked about that. is leader boehner here? i'm sure they have more work to do, better than what they did yesterday. [laughter] i don't know if bob dole is here and elizabeth, but thank you to my colleagues for being here. and elizabeth? thank you for being there. dianne feinstein, chris dodd, i appreciate you. my colleagues from mississippi, i did not know they had to be white hair -- and had have white-haired be a senator from mississippi. [laughter] 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 broke

her antiracist development then grew further through her work in the southern states through north carolina to mississippi, photographing sharecroppers. for the french security she made more photographs of people of color, approximately one third of her total output than any other photographer until gordon parks joined the staff at the very, very and. this fact about her extensive photography is not well known because she did not own or control any of this photography and was all the property of the federal government. she was supposed to send a raw underdeveloped film to washington. they in turn distributed free of charge the media and they decided what to distribute. and they distributed what they considered acceptable to the mainstream. a few years later, when she tried once again to do something that she controlled, she defied not only the u.s. government and unanimous public opinion but also deprive the organized left to which many of her friends belonged in her risky photographic opposition to the internment of japanese americans which i don't have time to go into now, that will just let you know if

it was a show that was so out of the box and so revolutionary that it was barred in the state of mississippi year, 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 green grouches and tall yellow canaries all living on the street together. this was really revolutionary television. today, some 40 years later, we have one more emmys than any show in television history -- we have won more emmys. we have just launched our 40th season on pbs, which is a remarkable partnership that is now in its fifth decade, where we have been really able to teach generations of children who have grown up and our parents themselves through the muppets and sesame street. we have been able to connect to parents and kids around dual learning. that is why we put things on the show like the internal segment we had last year called a " desperate houseplants." we had a spoof on mad men who were juxtaposed against saddam and an angry man and happy man. my friend, and head of nasa, we were chatting and they are going to be ex

states. there will now be another terrorist target in the heartland of america. an obvious one, at that, right near the mississippi river. the f.b.i. director has already stated his concerns about the radicalization of other prisoners that could happen by moving terrorists here. there's also the danger of detainees communicating with terrorists on the outside. that's happened in the past, a danger that would undoubtedly increase with the additional legal rights detainees will enjoy once they are moved into the u.s. and then there's the danger that the detainees could sue their way to freedom. that the detainees could sue their way to freedom. before the first detainee has even set foot in the united states, their lawyers stand ready to challenge in court the administration's decision to incarcerate detainees indefinitely in the u.s. by purposefully moving detainees here, the administration is making it easier for the detainees and their lawyers to succeed in doing so. the supreme court has repeatedly held that foreign nationals have more rights if they are present on u.s. soil than if they are not. we've already s

like the democratic republic of congo, which is the size of western europe or the united states east of the mississippir darfur, the size of texas. it is now so stretched that it is arguably falling short. he doesn't have the helicopters the need for mobility in places like darfur or congo. it doesn't, hasn't reached its full mandated strength in each of these cases because there are almost no were peacekeepers to be tapped in to join. so there are steps that have been taken but there's much more that needs to be done. we have made, i have made as ambassadors strengthening the u.n.'s one of my priorities. and then on the peace building side which has evolved the new mechanisms and structures like the peace building commission, which will, for its five-year review in 2010, there are new mechanisms to try to consolidate peace through diplomacy, through security sector reform in, promoting and enhancing the rule of law, having accountability for atrocities. and these things are in a sense that they are very important and they are manifest from randy to places like guinea-bissau. he talked about the human

america's largest, wealthiest and most heavily populated state with 20% of the american population. 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. h

they had made a contribution to a state supreme court candidate in mississippi back in 2004, and there candidate had not been thoroughly vetted. the jackson clarion ledger reported that he had run a racist campaign. and i think that when that was disclosed, merck, instead of sort of retreating into itself, said, you know what, there was a problem, we need to do more thorough vetting, we really need greater transparency and overseist our political spending, so i think they recognized that it really served the company better to be more open and adopt the policies and procedures to achieve that. so they've been a real leader. microsoft has been a leader. you have other companies that are doing this. aetna, you know, i think it shows that when companies want to change, they can step up to the plate and do it. host: "usa today" political cartoon with a comment on the money being spent and the snow that fell in washington during this senate debate from today's today tofmente as we go to san antonio. our republican line, this is michael. good morning. caller: good morning, gentlemen t. seems

and says that if states do not do so, the secretary of health and human services will establish the exchanges for them. how thoughtful. but as the supreme court said in furke vs. mississippi in 1982, quote -- "this court has never sanctioned explicitly a federal command to the states to promulgate and enforce laws and regulations." the supreme court reaffirmed a decade later in new york vs. united states that, quote -- "the framers explicitly chose a constitution that confers upon congress the power to regulate individuals, not states." in that case, the court struck down federal legislation that would press state officials into administering a federal program, and more recently in prince v. united states, the supreme court stated, quote -- "we have held, however, that state legislatures are not subject to federal direction." and yet, this legislation does what these cases said congress may not do. it commands states to pass laws. it regulates states in their capacity as states, and it attempts to make states subject to federal direction. well, let me return to the principles with which i begin. liberty requires limits on government power. those limits come primarily from

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. witbut i view it for more mar-reaching -- far-reaching change.

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

they had made a contribution to a state supreme court candidate in mississippi back in 2004, and theres -- that candidate had not been thoroughly vetted. the jackson clarion ledger reported that he had run a racist campaign. and i think that when that was disclosed, merck, instead of sort of retreating into itself, said, you know what, there was a problem, we need to do more thorough vetting, we really need greater transparency and overseist our political spending, so i think they recognized that it really served the company better to be more open and adopt the policies and procedures to achieve that. so they've been a real leader. microsoft has been a leader. yo' host: from today's "usa today," as we go to san antonio and the republican line. caller: it seems hypocritical to me that the corporations want the same status of joe public, but if i give a $200 or $3 to a candidate, -- $300 to a candidate -- as far as the money we give to corporations with the tarp and all that, can that be used for political campaigns, or was that specifically supposed to be used -- to we have accountabili

in the state of maine, 123 deaths each year. in mississippi, a 518 deaths. in missouri, 714 deaths, in nebraska, 216 deaths. in nevada 450 deaths, in new hampshire 132 deaths. in north carolina, 1,423 deaths. in oklahoma, -- sorry in ohio, 1,279 deaths. in oklahoma, 550 deaths. in south carolina, 693 deaths. in south dakota, 88 deaths. in tennessee, 883 deaths. in the state of texas, 5,857 deaths each year for lack of health coverage. in utah, 342 deaths. in wyoming, 69 deaths. and on it goes. for those senators who have shown some reluctance or lack of interest in health care reform, i'm going to provide your names right now to go with your states. in alabama, i'm talking about jeff sessions, i'm talking about richard shelby. in alaska, lisa mruczkowski. in arizona, jon kyl and john mccain. in connecticut, joseph lieberman. in florida, george lemieux. in georgia, saxby chambliss and johnny isaacson. in idaho, mike crapo and james rich. in iowa, chuck grassley. in kansas, sam brownback and pat roberts. in kentucky, jim bunning and mitch mcconnell. in louisia

drugs into the united states has been offered on our side as well as a lautenberg amendment which has some history in the senate. 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 sup

state like it is or it will be passed by the senate when it comes out of conference. bart still back said he would stay. i appreciate that. >> i appreciate the senator from mississippi bringing this important issue to our attention. i would like to pick up on what dr. russell mentioned about the kennedy family. it is well-known heart that i had a very close relationship developed over the years with senator ted kennedy and that we worked together on a variety of issues. there is a great irony in the constant on the other side of the aisle, references to senator kennedy will always began legislation by getting bipartisan -- by getting members on the other side of the aisle committed to working together, whether it be on immigration reform, health care reform, on one of the great achievements of achievements of president bush ii, no child left behind. . the major reasons why he had such an impressive legislative record. so how did the other side do it? without a bit of serious negotiation, without trying -- really bringing anybody on board before moving forward. no one. which ends up now with a 60-40 vote, which is a pure partisan vote, outcome, when there has never b

states senate to go run for president. he said ted kennedy doesn't run the world when he did. well, trent lott came in, senator lott from mississippi, became the majority leader. he vowed the same thing. hwithin months senator kennedy was doing the same thing, pushing for the rise in the -- in the -- in the minimum wage as senator lott aseeded to him, we got the minimum wage passed. and at a rally where he was celebrating the rise of the minimum wage, which wasn't up to par, he was in the victory moment and he turned to congressman george miller and he said -- to george miller he said i'm introducing a bill to raise the minimum wage. and george miller said, what do you mean? we haven't even let the dust settle. he said, we've got to move on this. well, that's what's going to happen with this bill. we all know there are things that we're going to have to watch, there are things that we're going to have to improve, there are things in it that -- to pass the opportunity to talk about all of the things that i talked about and listed would be an enormous, enormous mistake. e and medicaid were created, they've evolved and improved over t

states have race. florida, south carolina, north carolina, louisiana, alabama, mississippi, -- >> georgia.ot. >> georgia. virginia does not. arkansas does not. tennessee. that's probably it. there are other pieces of information that we add on. telephone numbers are probably the highest individually priced item and the most problematic. how many people here do not have a landline? you are now seeing how problematic it is. i can't reach you on your cell phone. now that's coming. how we use that is still up to some debate. but basically, when i do the phone match to voter file, i'm getting white pages listed landlines. therefore, most of you people are not going to be on it. you're not going to be in my phone program. i better hope i get you by mail. i have to tell you one the big challenges these days is how do we reach the 18 to 35 year old. how do you reach you? you don't watch commercial television. i can't get you on the phone. you don't read your mail. you are never at home where i can walk to you. so if i don't get you on a social network or maybe mtv or something. it's hard. i have s

mississippi. more than a quarter of the population of new mexico can't get health insurance. and in the great state of texas, almost 27% of the population has no health coverage. mr. president, these numbers speak for themselves. we need to expand coverage to include more of these people. a recent study conducted by harvard university shows that the uninsured are almost twice as likely to die in a hospital as similar patients who do have insurance. this human cost is unacceptable, and the financial cost is just too much to bear. while my friends on the other side seek to delay and to derail health care reform at this crucial juncture, this bill seeks to save the health of our citizens, to save thei the livef americans and to save money in the way coverage is offered and delivered. by extending to these -- coverage to these individuals and increasing access to preventive care, we can catch illnesses before they become serious. that's why i'm proud to support the provision like the amendment offered by my colleague from the great state of maryland, senator mikulski. this measure would guarantee women

states and other powers notably china. the talks boil down to the u.s. and chinese premier hammering out a pact that both could live with. our next caller, george from mississippias nothing signed and any agreement that is not signed does not have the power to back up anything. and one other statement i would btokççstates ç has four enemies, iran, north ç korea, çórussia and china. the first three d8can and will attack ççc8c'the united st because we are completely weakened.çç a big mistake going the last day of ççthe meeting xdand okbargç conference t(between china and three other nations. they got mad at him, china is our biggest predator, we are more to china than anyone else. and because of that slap in the face, china can immediately call for repayment of all of our loans or çokthey x@çcan st lending us money, and then the united states is completely gone. the u.s. does not have the respect çokthat it had previou. obama thought he had power and could walk in, çand walk in at the çlast and save everyone w3 the knight in shining armor.ç but we do not çhave that powerç anymore. no, copenhagen is not going to make any difference because ther