. >> senator ford, the myrtle beach area is trying to maintain its reputation as a family resort and great destination for family vacations. do you think the video poker which is the basis of your economic development plan and other forms of gaming help or hurt that effort? >> mind you, you can use that same argument against a that brought in a lot of revenue. you got rid of poker. when poker was alive and well in south carolina, thousands of jobs, billions of dollars went into south carolina. then you got rid of it and now we have been suffering ever since. everybody is in line for revenue. we have different universities and technical schools. if it was not for me, there would not be an education lottery. i have heard the same argument, that this would bring destruction. it will not permit that money -- [unintelligible] because of gaming, we were able to support education that we would not have been able to do. >> we differ on this aspect of the program. i think we need to look at tourism which is part of the question that was asked as a part of economic development strategy in sout

myrtle beach is subsidized so much of the state.e take so much money from them and did not send much back. we have to send that back to one of the crown jewels. revenue.ngs in some much that money has to come back. i would look at all kinds of things. we hire a new architect whenever we build a new school. and why not build template drawings and use it again? you save $500,000 for every school building. costs would come down 30% on every building. that can be passed on to the i- 73 corridor. we know we will have a lack of funding next year. >> i-73. >> i said earlier, the number one project needs to be eye-73. it is more than an economic engine. it is a safety route. imagine if a hurricane hits during the middle of peak season. we have to be sure we can keep citizens safe and secure. when we talk about securing funding, i am excited about the energy project. it is how we can bring jobs and growth to north carolina. there are 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas off of south carolina. the national petroleum institute says it could be

myrtle beach is subsidized so ch of the state. we take so much money from them and did not send much back. we have to send that back to one of the crown jewels. revee.rings in some much that money has to come back. i would look at all kinds of things. hire a new architect whenever we build a new school. and why not build template drawings and use it again? you save $500,000 for every school building. costs would come down 30% on every building. that can be passed on to the i- 73 corridor. we know we will have a lack of funding next year. >> i-73. >> i said earlier, the number one project needs to be eye-73. it is more than an economic engine. it is a safety route. imagine if a hurricane hits during the middle of peak season. we have to be sure we can keep citizens safe and secure. when we talk about securing funding, i am excited about the energy project. it is how we can bring jobs and growth to north carolina. there are 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas off of south carolina. the national petroleum institute says it could be t

i grew up in charleston adjacent to the beautiful beaches of charleston just south of myrtle beach, the grand strand. so, i know how important our beaches -- beach is, hospitality. i also know the environment and the marsh is very important. i grew up in the marshes of south carolina. the oil has a catastrophic effect on the fiddler crabs, on the small life there. it just breaks your heart. host: any reconsideration of drilling policy? guest: not reconsideration but certainly, i believe there should be a cut off valve on any drilling facility, whether it be in the ocean, or on the ground, on land. there must be a failsafe cut of system with a valve. this is not rocket science. we know -- in fact, i working with people promoting a cut off system for homes that would have sensors where, if there is an unusual discharge of water, the water intake of a home or government or apartment building, it would automatically cut off through a cut off valve. i know the technology is there. so, before any well should be approved, it must have a cut off system. but we need to be drilling. we cannot con

myrtle beach, darlington, parris island, buford, charleston -- is somewhat about economics.hink obama needs to show the backbone. with all of your guest has said, you still have these disrespectful calls -- i think mcchrystal shows that, too. host: let's get a response. guest: that is part of what he is hearing and maybe also from his military team. that is in play here. do you look week if you let someone like this criticize the whole civilian team and not pay the price for that. that ways into this. other things way into it as well -- that weighs into this and other things weigh into it as well. fired -- they fired mckiernan quite abruptly. he served honorably in afghanistan. secretary gates has lopped off the heads of more generous than anyone i have seen. the air force -- he is not shy about ffring. it is possible we will learn today that he will be fired. it's also possible that president obama will say that the war effort is the primary focus. how does firing him affect the war effort? if it is better for the war effort, i could see president obama saying to use it as

the greater myrtle beach area is trying to maintain its reputation as a destination for family vacations. do you think video poker which is the focus of your economic development plan and other forms of gaming help or hurt that effort? >> you used that argument against me with casino gaming that brought a lot of revenue and now you got rid of poker, you and the supreme court. one poker was alive and well, it was second. thousands of jobs, billions of dollars flowing to south carolina. it got rid of it and now we have been suffering. everyone in line for revenues. the different universities and schools and if it were not for her robert ford, -- robert ford, there would not be in education lottery. i heard the same argument then. it will bring all this destruction. it did not. that money is going to give scholarships and medical university gets 10. because of the gaming, we were able to do something for education. we would not have the money to do that. that is my priority. >> we differ on this aspect of his program. i do think that we need to look at tourism which is part of the question

myrtle beach, south carolina. donna on the independent line. caller: disappointed at our governorship, actually the republican nominee will be nikki haley. we went through two years of nightmare with mark sanford and here we have nikki haley who is now accused of having several affairs during her marriage. i'm just afraid that if she is elected our governor, we will have at least four more years of mark sanford-like administration. the fact that she was supported by sara palin who i am very afraid of this woman because she is the neocon darling. anyway, south carolina is blood sport what comes to politics but i'm really disappointed that nikki haley is going to be probably our next governor. host: amy walter, she faces a runoff june 22. she got 49% of the vote. not enough to beat out her republican challengers. as this view were noted and john mercurio noted earlier, this is a republican state in a republican year and it is likely she will win. or whoever wins that republican primary will then when the general election. host: -- guest: there is

myrtle beach, south carolina fred on the republican line. caller: good morning. sir, if there was a -- if there was a truth it would have already blown a gasket. what about the dutch? they offered ships and the united states turned them down. guest: first, i won't take any offense but i will say i'm being very truthful here. the dutch offered dredgers. it's kind of ironic that they didn't often them to the coast guard or responder. they offered them via the press. and the dutch for years have been trying to access the u.s. market in dredging. there are american dredgers standing by with similar capabilities. who would offer their services through the proper channels through the coast guard, through the responders. if the american dredging fleet can't handle it, i say bring in the dutch. we used to say in this country, this is a difficult situation. we need to send in the marines. now it appears, this is a difficult situation. we need to bring in the foreigners. that's just wrong. host: are you still on the line? caller: i am. host: what's your response? caller: i