so we're making progress, mt. holly, but at the end of the day, it doesn't matter how much natural gas or flex fuel or electric vehicles you have, if there's no place to charge them up or fill them up. so that's why i'm announcing today a program that will put our communities on the cutting edge of what clean energy can do. to cities and towns all across the country, what we're going to say is, if you make a commitment to buy more advanced vehicles for your community, whether they run on electricity or biofuels or natural gas, we'll help you cut through the red tape and build fueling stations nearby. and we'll offer tax breaks to family who is buy these cars, companies that buy alternative fuel trucks, like the ones that are made right here in mt. holly. so we're going to give communities across the country more of an incentive to make the shift to more energy-efficient cars. in fact, when i was up in new hampshire, in nashua, they had already converted all their dump trucks, they were in the process, because of this pr

hello, mt. holly. >> hello! >> thank you, juan, for that introduction! did not know he was a preacher. he must be at least a deacon. i'll start, welllll. he was starting to get the spirit up here. i'm going to take juan on the road to introduce me everywhere. can i hear an amen? >> amen! >> amen. i want to thank you mark hernandez, ricky mcdowell, and mark dohm for hosting us and being such great tour guides. thank you so much, guys. give them a big round of applause. we've got a few outstanding north caroli north carolinans in the house. you've got your governor, bev perdue is here. your mayor, brian huff and anthony fox are here. two outstanding congressmen, mel watt and heath shuler are here. thank you all for being here. it is good to be in north carolina. anthony fox pointed out that i decided to wear a tie that could be a tar heel, but it's got a little duke color in there too. i didn't want to get in trouble with anybody, so i was hedging my bets. this is -- i always tell people, i am one of the best advertisers for north carolina. i love this sta

he will be talking about the economy and jobs at a daimler truck manufacturing plant in mt. holly near charlotte. we will have live coverage at 12:45 eastern here on c-span3. google's executive chair eric schmidt outlines his vision tonight at the 29th annual press foundation awards dinner. among the journalists receiving awards, chris wallace of the fox news and iwatchnews.org. you can see live coverage tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span2. this weekend there are two ways to watch the tucson festival of books on book tv, live on c-span2 and live on booktv.org. jeffrey rosen on the history of the supreme court and at 3:00, panels on forensic science, politics at 4:30, and mexico's drug wars at 6:00. sunday panels continue starting at 1:00 eastern with the environment, the great depression at 2:30, the american west at 4:00, and at 5:30 studying the brain, and diana on bernie madoff at 7:00. and on the weekend, look for coverage streaming live at booktv.org, sunday starting at 2:30. exclusively online. tucson festival of books, live this weekend on c-span2 and booktv.org. >>> this is

the president is going to be in mt. holly, north carolina, today visiting a daimler truck plant. he'll be talking about the resurgence of manufacturing in this country, a bright spot in the economy. he'll be talking about a surge in foreign investment in this country, another bright spot. and more incentives for americans to go ahead and buy some electric vehicles. as you know, the chevy volt, the president actually test drove one of those. sales lagging far behind. the president will double down on that, try to expand a tax credit, get more people into those cars, thomas. >> thank you, sir. just a programming note, the president expected to speak at 12:45 eastern. we'll have live coverage right here on msnbc. >>> sir, we're not prejudice toward homosexuals. >> you just don't to want see them serve in the armed forces? >> no, i don't. >> that's what i think, too. i also think the military wasn't designed to be an instrument of social chak. >> yes, sir. >> probably with that, is that's what they were saying about me 50 years ago. blacks shouldn't serve with whites, it would disrup

don loatthian is at mt. hollyom now. dan, i think he's going to talk about fuel efficiency standards and everybody's focused on the price of gas. do they think this is a winning issue for voters paying close attention? >> reporter: well, yeah. the timing of this message, obviously, is because of the challenging energy climate that you see out there. as you pointed out, you have high prices at the pumps. there's the constantly volatile oil market. and heavy dependence on foreign oil. the president will be pushing green cars and trucks as well. the message he'll have here today, some of it we have heard before. he'll also be proposing $1 billion for more than a dozen communities across the country to provide some of the infrastructure for these energy-efficient vehicles, such as charging stations for electric vehicles. in addition to that, the president also wants to provide more money or incentive for consumers to buy these electric vehicles. as you know f you buy an electric vehicle, you can get a $7,500 tax credi

. >> president obama yesterday visited a truck plant in mt. holly, north carolina.ees there, juan smith, it turns out, introduced the president -- wasn't he great? turns out mr. smith is the associate pastor of his church in gastonia, north carolina. he stole the show. >> oh. >> it is with much humility and a great honor that i stand here before you today to introduce our speaker for the hour. he is a man that really needs no introduction because of the great work he is doing here in our country and abroad. there's no better place to talk about our energy future than right here on this factory floor. so without further hesitation, i would like for all of us to stand to welcome our president of the united states of america barack obama. >> thank you, juan, for that introduction. i did not know he was a preacher. he must be at least a deacon. he was starting to get the spirit up here. i am going to take juan on the road to introduce me everywhere. can i hear an amen? >> amen. >> amen. >> how about that? >> that's connecting. that's number one. but the guy was great. >