we should be n saying, "well, that all we can do.we'vgot arbitrary limits set by congressionalotions of what's responsle." 're just not doing enough. i'm much more artened at $170 billion tn some of the numbers i've hrd earlier th afternoon which may or may not ve been right. it's not nearly bienough. >> woouff: if you had to put a price tag on whayou think e government should do, what would it be? >> as said before i think we've chb enough. we ought to wait and seehat happens. i just don't think tt the case for rusng forward in a crisis situation with a lot more moneyight now is quite justified. i think we can wait a litt while, a couple months. >>oodruff: bruce bartlett, paul kgman, gentlemen, thank you both. >> lehrer:inally tonight, tchwork nation, our on-air a online collaboraon with the chriian science monitor. this week, ray suarez is reporting on howhe recession is aecting different types of communities across t united states. tonight, he reports from wha the patchwork nationroject calls a "campus ancareer center" the college

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most people would do whate did, which is n good, but wt else are you going to do? >> mark? >> the mysteryo mis the pocy of escalatn any evacuati at the same time. it ds seem a little bit from column a and a little bit from colu b. i do nothink it winstrong enthusiasm on ther side. i really look at it as trying to recycle the faed bush policy. accoing to separate testimony by both general jim jones, the national security viser, and then general david praeus, in public words, there are fewer than 100 al qaeda operatives in afghanistan today. those are the people who attaed this country it remains mystery. >> charles? i thinkt was a reasonable policy that decided to announ, but i thoug the speech was awful. the policy ielf is problematic because all ous are skeptical aboutll to the success in this kindf war. but i trustespite my own skepticism, the judgment and honor ofenerals petraeus and chrystal, who think there is a chance o success knowi that it will cost american lives. th speech, however, was tru astonishing. as many have observed, notust me, but some on theeft and cent

>>n wall street bnanke's words helped dampen enthusiasm for another rally. the dow jones industrial average gainedust one pont to close at0,390. the nasda fell more than 4 points to close at 2189. >> president oa confirmed president obama confirmed e overnment's bank rescue program, t tarp, will cost muchess than expected. it was widely repoed the obama administration ans to slash the $700 billion price tagby $200 billion. but the president opped short of saying whher he'll direct the unused fundto stimulate job owth. he plans to addss that issue ina speech tomorrow. the u.s. supme court today sctinized a major law on corporate fraud. thsarbanes-oxley statute was enacted in 2002, after the enron, world-com another accountingcandals. thessue before the court today was wheer an oversight board crted by the law violates the constitution's paration of pows. u.s. cancer rates arealling. the naonal institutes of health, the cters for disease control and others repted the findin today. diagnosefor all kinds of cancer fell an average onearly 1% a year om 1999 to 200

>> the te for dramatic change beginsoday. >> reporter: this n doesn't think . washington's mor, adrian fenty hireher. >> the person who says tt they're gointo come in, shake things up, change the system challenge the status quo, at's exactly what i wan because i don't want to beayor of the >> reporr: rhee wasted no time getting started. weeks before t first day of scol, she discovered thousands of textbooks and splies - not in cssrooms where they belonged, but gathering dustn a warehouse. she got them delivered t schools in time for openinday, and then went after the causof the problem, t district's centl office, long criticized for its inefficiency. rhee asked the city counl to pass a law giving hethe power to fircentral office employees at will. >> for cldren at the classroom level. >> reporter: but pushback againsrhee's proposal was immediate. at city uncil hearings, five labor unions spoke ainst the plan. >> i come before you as an vocate for the more than 4,000 teachers thawe have in d.c. public schools. >> reporter: even thou achers would not be affected

(b) section 2104(n) of such act (42 u.s.c. 1397dd(n)) is amended- (i) in paragraph (2)- (i) in subparagraph (a)(ii)- (aa) by striking "2012" and inserting "2014"; and (bb) by striking "2013" and inserting "2015"; (ii) in subparagraph (b)- (aa) by striking "2012" and inserting "2014"; and (bb) by striking "2013" and inserting "2015"; and (ii) in paragraph (3)(a), by striking "or a semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2013" and inserting "fiscal year 2013, fiscal year 2014, or a semi-annual allotment period for fiscal year 2015". (c) section 2105(g)(4) of such act (42 u.s.c. 1397ee(g)(4)) is amended- (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking "2013" and inserting "2015"; and (ii) in subparagraph (a), by striking "2013" and inserting "2015". (d) section 2110(b) of such act (42 u.s.c. 1397jj(b)) is amended- (i) in paragraph (2)(b), by inserting "except as provided in paragraph (6)," before "a child"; and (ii) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(6) exceptions to exclusion of children of employees of a public agency in the state. "(a) in general. a child shall not be consid

and in those clues we n find medicines to eat many, manyuman diseases.we he no choice but to eserve the living world becae our health and our lives dend on it. >>poken like the advocate ic schivian has long been anis now once again. tryingo facilitate the ascentive man withhe help the age old world around us which has bn perimenting with the moculing of life for a lo longer than we have. >> lehrer:nd finally tonight the analysis of shields and brooks. syndicated columni mark shields annew york times columnist david brooks. david,ow do you read the politics of the penhagen climate change summit. >> first thing, i was ruck by how tough obamaas, he gothere, there was an insument from e chinese. he gavan 8 minute speech calling out the chinese r reallyot having integrity, not being trtworthy. not wantg to verify. so i was truck by the ugh continues. which he has not shown, now at the endf the day as we hearalready i guess they didn't get too mh. i'm a long-term pessimm about this iss. i think it is very unlikel that any count is going to make, or at least e

president, mey christmas, happy n year. thank you >> thank you, six, to you as well.nk you. >> woodruff: still to co on the "newshou tonight: the reisal killings that have shocked mexico; the olence that has derailed somalia d the investment strategies of great comper. but now, for the oth news of the day, here'hari sreenivasan in our newoom. hari. sreenivasan: president obama's plan to close thprison at guantanamo bay, ca has run to new delays. he new york times" and other reported todayhe site for terror detainees may n close until 2011, at the eliest. it could be april before congress approves money buy a state prison in illiis. and it wl take more months to upgrade the ison. the president originallyanted guantanamo closewithin his first year in office the u.s. anti-drug effort afghanistan is failing. that verdict came toy from the state dertment's inspector general. his report said the near $2 billion program suffs from po oversight and rampant corruption among afgha official also today, there was word british ldier died tuesday in helmand province, in aoadside bo

we started here,n tucson's comfortable suburban commuty. affluent east side, a comfortable subuan community. gale elementary scho has an excellent reputationveteran teachers, high performing studt body and a commitment to the arts. in the cafeteria everything looks rmal, except that paula gorey is the school principal, forced into kitchen dutyshe says, cause of budget cuts. how does that feel to beumber 50? >> trible. when y're 50th in the nation in per-pupil spending,here's a loof things that you cut out of education >> reporter: principalodfrey says she lost $140,000 this year. at did you lose? >> we lost... lost our office manager. we were able to keepur attendance registr, but the difference between keeng the office managerr the attendance registrar, that's exactly e amount we neededor orchestra. >> reporter: meet galenew office manager. >> now, all of the dies that i do the payroll. do all the requisitions. i do all of the arrangg for substitutes. >> reporter: enrlment is up, over 400 stunts attend kindgarten through fifth grade, but f

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s n said he was confident there will reement by week's end. >> i confident that there will a deal inopenhagen, a dea at meets the needs of all th counies in addressing climate ange, a deal which will be corehensive, actionable and fairnd also binding. >> reporter: and in washingt, a ite house spokesman said president ama hopes his presen will help lead to a deal, so long it's verifiable >> brown: and once aga today, i had the chance to talkith ray copenhagen. we spoke a short te ago. >> lehrer: r, the issues you list as part of the current deadlock, the taets, the aid, the verification, doesny of them stand out as the most important or are they somew all ed together? >> suarez: on th day of the conference, certainly one the most contentious sues are the st advanced economies those counies have set a goal for themselves of limiti future emissions to that which wod cause less than two degrees re global heating up, but the poorescountries in the world respond, "sure, that's fine a global average, but we allow the temperature go up another two degrees celsius, rghly six degrees hrenheit

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n. the plus frustration was clear, unhappiness easy to see. tonight they deal with dustin penner. a gusher for the oilers. he's tough, but let's not go overboard on comcast sportsnet. saturday night in the great white north for all of you to see, this evening the capitols come slip slide national league and they welcome to one of the finest frozen ponds in the world. it's great to see you again. i'm joe beninati. when we left you in vancouver, the power play was taming blame from yours truly. i wasn't want only one complaining. >> we just didn't generate anything. we didn't get it set up or do what we were supposed to do. i might have had a bad battle plan when i drew that power play up today. i mean i will have to go back and do some different such. such. >> craig laughlin is in with me. i'm sure the manup unit spoiled us. >> it really has. let them down last night, registering one shot with four opportunities joe, but when you look at the numbers, man have they spoiled us in a big way.

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ÑÑÑéÑço'- >> i am absolutely confident that if the american people know what is in this bill andsenate knows what's in this bill that this is going to pass. >> work on the senate health care bill continues. follow every minute of the debate from the senate floor with late nights and possibly another weekend session, live on c-span 2, the only network to cover the entire debate with no commercials or commentary. get updates from the reporters and editors of the congressional roll-call group. also get the iphone app. >> conn independent senator joe lieberman yesterday defended his opportunity -- his opposition to health care legislation. the measure was reportedly part of a compromise worked out between conservative and liberal democrats. senator lieberman is joined by a maine republican susan collins. this is 10 minutes. >> have you been moved by anything the democrats have proposed? >> this looks like it ronald reagan moment. >> have you been moved towards voting by anything the senator reid has proposed? >> as i said last night, we are having constructive discussions3 . it is no

or advisory recommendations"; and (b) by inserting "or produce the public report under subsection (n)" after "this section"; and (5) by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(n) annual public report.- "(1) in general.-not later than july 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the board shall produce a public report containing standardized information on system-wide health care costs, patient access to care, utilization, and quality-of-care that allows for comparison by region, types of services, types of providers, and both private payers and the program under this title. "(2) requirements. each report produced pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include information with respect to the following areas: "(a) the quality and costs of care for the population at the most local level determined practical by the board (with quality and costs compared to national benchmarks and reflecting rates of change, taking into account quality measures described in section 1890(b)(7)(b)). "(b) beneficiary and consumer access to care, patient and caregiver experience of care, and the cost-sharing or

but what we have n does not work is not work. we've got a couple more people, and 've got to improve the coveragef those to do itnd we've got to control the cts and i think ththird one is the ughest. >> lehre do you think the moderates will end up buying this? >> ihink the more that people likus talk about it , -- --. lehrer: tell them what it is. >> you kw, i think you can make a case that iis a step ay from the public option that was celebrated. you know, it ces down to, jim, how pple want to make theiown judgement about it. i do think that the final analysis that probably se form of trigger is easier to sell but u know, right now aryou trying to get 60 votes. >> yeah, still assume they will get to those . from my reading ofhe moderates i don't thk you e the firm opposition to withstand all the pressure you would take but there h en this shift in public opinion overhe last week tw d quite negative it i mean the cnn poll which is ybe a little advanced had i think 61% opposition and the support was only 30. that is a little higbu

n. oilers with the 1-0 advantage over your caps. make the comeback, nicklas backstrom is likely to help when you look back at the 2006 draft picks. >> craig: head of the class. 196. n. staal and peter who was a surprise on that list. he's putting up nice point in the national hockey league. >> joe: 200th game for backstrom. he has never missed a game in the nhl. >> craig: another goalie that went achl to the nhl, devan dubnyk. >> joe: a former first round pick in the '04 draft. the one in which ovechkin went number one overall. putting it back on the other side of the table. didn't get it out. penn leaving it -- penner leaving it on the wall for us. 22 years of age. 5th year pro. >> craig: former first round pick for the blue jackets that has the goal scoring producer the teams wanted him to b. >> joe: nine goals. turning 23 on new year's day. five minutes to go in the second period. the oilers putting on pressure now. gagner, back handing it high. that was out of position. michal neuvirth back to the post. needing to get it out for

the creation of almost perfect political ghettos resulting, some say n a generation ofÑi politiciansto have the experience of reaching to those on the other side of the aisle. >> by error i left that out and it's going to get worse after the next redistricting. >> frances? >> i think it is easy to exaggerate the role of redistricting in reducing party polarization. it has increased just as much in the senate as in the house and there is no redistricting in the senated. it has larger forces of what's happening. >> i would argue it's increased in the senate because member of the house have become senator. >> in terms of a slightly contrary push on this and -- >> that is why we're all here. >> in terms of the grinch, mcchrystal said in afghanistan you have to start from somewhere in here and a lot of what's going on in the discussions of partisanship and american politics, bill is a good indiana farm boy who believes in america and apple pie and so washington has been traumatic for him. >> or washington has been trau matic for him, but take the situation as it is and we have more partis

n tsenator we have taken a yumber of steps on the issue. 'd comwould be happy to supply eou with a more complete comple comeing 14 your staff but in ir traularly those that come by air tracking them as they theybeen in now being able to measure if they have oeft. we're also working. spec?w you do that specifically? cumentause we have better a hr documentation than we did before. other programs that we're g help using help us. there are mechanisms in are giv pare giving us better control in the environment to is coming in and who needs needs to be leaving which ing thos leaves open the question of measuring those who are coming and not leading >> her leaving. >> how would you know, today how many are the being what% and if you do know, what% >>'t thinkly leaving? >> i don't think we can say with precision, what percentage the some holders stay over but i think we can say that the issue of the heace is one of the most difficult top very programs. la >> i know. we have talked about it. but to be candid with you, there still is not a way to kno

i saw it firsthand n 1997 and '98 when i worked as a nonpartisan fellow in hillary clinton's office. today more than 14 million americans don't vice president health ints. and that will be the question while we are working, the senate vote on health care, a very important night, i want to bring in david gergen. good night, i guess, early morning to you. thanks for joining us. you and i have had a lot of opportunity talk about this in the past. you just watched that piece. let me ask you broadly as we get into this, when it comes to this sort of thing, is something better than nothing? this obviously is a very different bill than what a lot of people were expecting a year or 14 months ago. >> a remarkable night in washington. you find people in washington are deeply divided on that very question and so is the country. passing some sort of health care reform and not allowing the status quo to remain, opinion has started to move south on health care reform so that now in some polls, you find the majority of americans it's better to do nothing than to going back to world war ii, only two

the bill was n a ban on the use ofhe machines. they sd they couldn't use it as a primary screeng but use it osecondary screening. this cason the 25th. this guy was a pter child of who should of gone thrgh the sendary screing. absoluly the machines could be deployedation wide, inteationally. we have reason to use them, absolute use them. 99% of of ericans you don't have to use on every peon. govenorperson. >> bard on the administrion. would you vote for it day. >> i vot for the amendment and legislation that didass, an authoration not an apprriation. since the time we have had t vote in the ngress i've leard a lot more about what maines we're talking about, the very expensive machis. i think we can find a wato protect peoples privacy ther by putting another observein the room, number one. having gender orieated machinery, and obviously destroying themage afterwards. whatever we ne to do to protect american citizs is very criticalgwen. i uld revisit this particular amendment. i think it was offed in good faith and i have ery reason

why did the federal reserve say i g n two made that decision?laughter] in my paper, i have tried to respond to [unintelligible] >> could you repeat that question? [laughter] [applause] >> i thought you bet he was some kind of plant, right? [laughter] governor bremer, the federal reserve and the treasury in consultation, we spoke to the president and congress whenever possible, attempted to avoid the systemic collapse of our financial markets, our financial system. we were extremely concerned that the collapse of these large firms in a disorderly way would have very adverse affect on the broader economy and the broader global economy. the evidence is baldwin brothers is that we were right, that the collapse of these firms is very destructive -- the evidence is, with lehman brothers, is that we were right, the collapse of these firms is very destructive. the reason we did not save lehman brothers was but a conscious choice. given the limited powers that we had, the only power we had was the lending authority against collateral, which were unable a

. >> gerald lee, he felt the n. >> with the ball, the foul. lee kind of had a step on him but chris had to put a hand out. that's two wick ones on chris here in the second half. he's going to have to come out. josh benson comes into the game. another struggle of a night so far for chris. in bounds, kicks, it will be old dominion ball. here come marquel de lancey into the game for od u. referee is going to check something out real quick, talking with the scorer's table. they reset that shot clock? i think they did. that's joe di maio on the left. >> that's ann myers, hall of fame beauty women's players. they are still trying to figure out what exactly is going on over there. >> derek: while they were street the game clock, five seconds had expired off the game clock. we'll reset >> mike: old dominion missed consecutive threes. they trailed by three. in bounds, out of bounds. it's going to be off marcus johnson. old dominion will keep it. in bounds, it comes to gerald lee. he will set it up for de lancey. he gets it back now. one on one with jos

i've always honored jackie ro n robinson and know all about him, and i figured, you know what? i would rather -- i'm more of a private person and would celebrate his occasion within my heart. that was it. >> larry: how does a 22-year-old say no to the president of the united states? >> that's just me. it's not that i'm saying no to the president of the united states. i'm saying no to the way he he approached it. >> larry: did you tell him the reason? did you say why didn't you call saturday? >> i just did a press conference, and i was walking out signing a bunch of autographs and here he was on the phone. >> larry: did you know you'd take some shots for that? >> i take shots for everything i do. >> larry: other than interesting, there has to be some emotional conflict to read yourself knocked at this age? >> oh, god. i've been knocked for a lot of different reasons all my life, and i guess this is no exception. but, you know, i know what i did, and i'm going to stick with it. i honor mr. robinson in my heart. i always will. >> larry: we'll be back with more of tiger woods. we'l

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make one final comment -- i know you -- thank you for many things you have done for autism and four n i h and for many of the other issues you deal with. i would like to send a personal thank-you for giving us ellen marie who will join hhs reset very soon. this was a lot to give up but for those of us that hs, ellen murray is a delightful gift. thank you, sir. >> thank you very much. >> i am pleased to join you at this hearing to thank our witnesses who have come to share with us their experiences and thoughts about what we can do to more effectively deal with the challenge of autism. we have had hearings before. it is important for us to continue our efforts to stay up- to-date. we need to join forces with the victims and their families to help make sure we tramp and do not let the victims and their families down. we want to support the cause. thank you for being here to leave it off. >> thank you. >> thank you for your leadership. i am looking at the list of people on the committee. our interest is in research and finding causes b, which hopefully will lead to prevention and cure it

n agreement here.erstand whether they're supporters of radicalism will understand the wave has exceeded, maybe not won aware but a 10-year campaign to defeat the united states. i think what that means for security is very large. that doesn't solve the question or is perfect i correct question. can we go everywhere? no. we can help through a lot of other means. we probably neglected that. >> can i add a little bit. first of all, scenario ron painted of withdrawal abruptly is - would be among other things one of the great recruiting posters for young extremists or young people who tend towards extremism any way on the young muslims so, yes it would weak energy our security by making a lot more people anxious to get at us i think. secondly and the reason i think you asked me here is about pakistan and a drupt withdrawal from pakistan will turn them in a different direction. (p' i go into that further if people want. but i think pakistan right now is a questionable ally any way. it's teatoring on the edge

and what would happen if the states are driving this planning process even on n interconnection wide basis is that they take into consideration state policies and use delivered prices as mentioned in the last panel as the basis for comparing different resources. that's a straight forward way to make sure the competition is fair. >> i'll ask you what i hope is the restoric cal question. is that a fair characterization of the proposal made? absolutely, i think the legislation you propose addressing these regional issues. this would only be able to step in if states couldn't reach a plan. >> could you address the concern from the gentleman from massachusetts about the west being crowded out, if you will. i think a stronger step would be to have federal institution on the loading orders i think within the context of what is doable, the approach is about as strong as it could be. i think your legislation reflects that as well. >> do you support the authority to modify any trangs mission plans established through the resources? >> i would not. >> nor would i. >> no, sir. no. >> i think if

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jn n eól@÷xe/h@l&nfrúq]nm2 and c.j. williams sophomore from fayetteville down with the rebound.gain. there's the feed to smith from gonzalez. >> mike g.: gonzalez made that play by the dribble drive penetration. stywall had to step up. tracy smith had an easy opportunity. >> mike h.: largest lead of the game for nc state. at 16-6. tracy smith and scott wood each have six points here to lead nc state out ho this early lead. >> mike g.: mike dement talking defense to his team right now. javy gonzalez really had an easy advance up the floor off the dribble. you've got to calm him down somehow, keep him out of the lane area. >> mike h.: unc greensboro just 2 of 9 on the season. they are 1-1 in southern conference play. they beat sanford handily 73-40 on december 5th. and then lost to college of charleston. javy gonzalez getting a break right now. well deserved. three new players in for nc state. e q 3 farnold degand is on the floor. julius mays out there as well. this is mays with the basketball. >> mike g.: another unforced error for the spartans that time. p?@$r'47 747 7474? ?s,47

let's look around the n.nusual series of events for ron artest, he fell down his stairs after -- he had a concussion after fa >> steve: this is the first meeting between these two teams this year. washington looks for its third consecutive win. we had a terrific time last night at flip saunders home. he opened it up for the entire team, the broadcasters, trainers, equipment guys, it was fun. 11 rebounds for this minnesota team on the offensive glass that lead to eight second chance points. >> phil: washington was able to keep them at a lower shooting percentage around 35%. but they are to shore that up in the second half, their defensive rebounds maybe get a few second chance baskets of their own. >> steve: wizards shot 42.5%. it kills you when the other team is shooting so poorly and somehow they lead the game. they have to crash the boards some way or another. >> phil: absolutely. you have washington going on a nice run and minnesota answered it. that's a nice play there with butler faking everybody. blatch

man n at penn state is yet to make his data sets public. why not? what's he hiding? why is he and these e-mails talking about deleting things? why are they saying that we're going to subvert the freedom of information act? if they're so certain they're right, make it open and transparent. and when you talk about thousands of scientists, most of those are not original creator thinkers. they're implementers, they're facilitators. there are only maybe 50 to 100 in the world that are at the top tier and more and more it's appearing that they've engaged in either a conscious effort to with hold the truth from the world, or maybe they're just deciding without real quiesing it that they've become so ideologically committed that they've lost track of the true scientific method. i don't know. but it's something that really does need to be investigated. and i don't make any apologies for trying to get that investigation started. >> bringing this back to capitol hill for a moment, congressman. have you spoken to any members of the house who voted for the climate bill when it ca

we have borne thisÑi burden not because we seek to impose our will,Ñ.es left to take your phone calls and reactions to the president's nobel peace prize acceptance speech. there are a number of stories to call your attention to. the first, on health care, " senate democrats satisfied with khiel." -- with deal." above that is the story of the so-called anti party movement for political spectrum apolitical surge. -- for political, a political surge. alongside of that -- along side of that, mortgage agency's growth gives fuel to risky lenders. this is about jenny mae. -- ginny mae. and then finally, one other story. pakistan arrest five northern virginia man, probe's possible jihadist ties. five young men from northern virginia have been arrested in pakistan at the home of a man linked to a radical jihadist group. pakistani authorities are questioning them about possible links to terrorism. back to your phone calls and the president of the nobel peace prize. york city, -josh, democrats line. caller: i am prouli of this president. it was ançwi interesting c

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and more than 43% of texas doctors have seen their liability premiums cut in half n. my home state of nevada, limitedations on economic damages with medical liability reforms have helped to stabilize the medical liability climate which was severely in crisis just a few years ago. the independent nevada doctors insurance exchange to keep rates -- they followed a 20% deincrease in 2007 and rates stayed steady in 2008. after years and years of increasing dramatically, in mississippi, in 2004, they created a hard $500,000 limit on noneconomic damages. and since that law took affect, the number of medical malpractice lawsuits -- get this number -- has decreased 0% in the state 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 co

and that is what is going to help revolutionize primary n america, anonize primary important step forwardmuch. >> senate will come back in for a key vote on monday morning. live coverage of the senate on c-span 2. >> president barack obama spoke with reporters at the white house not long before senator ben nelson to speak of the health care legislation.ç the president's remarks are about five minutes. >> hello. good afternoon everybody, you know that i am from chicago, so let me first say that when the place i left is covered with snow, i finally feel like home. i am sorry to drag you out in this weather, but i want to speak briefly about the significant progress we have made on two challenges facing the american people. the health care and our dependence on fossil fuels. with health care it now appears that the people will have the vote that secures for them to have health care insurance and affordable options for those who do not. i want to thank senator reid and every senator that has been working around the clock that made this happen. there is still work to be done, but today is a m