. >> reporter: john thomasian of the national governor's association says schools need to guide students into fields with open jobs. >> i do think they need to do a better job of being aware of what's needed in the area, in the region, and in helping students see what their options are. >> reporter: states like tennessee, indiana, washington, and ohio are pushing universities to do just that. they've all passed laws to give state colleges money if they graduate students in degrees with high demand. in ohio, that means majors like science, technology, engineering and math; in tennessee, it means nursing or health care. georgetown university professor terrence reynolds says majors in science and math might pay off, but the liberal arts are just as valuable. >> all those sorts of skills-- writing well, thinking well, being creative, imaginative-- those are all skills for the marketplace. the issue seems to be not what you majored in, but that you got a good degree and that you're a quality person with talents. >> reporter: thomasian says that may be true, but thinks it's realistic to tailor

guns and sadly these deadly budget cuts may be just the beginning a new survey by the national governors association shows that at least half of the states in our nation plan to make huge cuts in education and public services to fill massive budget gaps thanks to thirty years of reaganomics these governors mostly republicans but not all subscribe to this insane idea that we can cut our way to prosperity but history shows us that they're wrong and it's really very very simple after world war two our debt as a percentage of g.d.p. was over one hundred twenty percent it was one hundred twenty six percent of gross g.d.p. it's much higher than it is right now at thirty three ninety three percent. dwight eisenhower this is a republican presidency that dropped and well harry truman as well that dropped a good chunk of this debt did not anything to do away with this debt how do we do it with the debt we grew our way out of this right eisenhower spent like crazy every returning g.i. from world war two and my dad was part of that generation he went to college for free he got a statement to go to college he wa

we've seen the national governors association, western governor association have a very different take on what these inflows from chinese firms mean for their states and districts. a much more positive attitude of readiness to focus on the benefits and ask for more specific explanations. if somebody thinks there's a national security threat, derek doesn't, but others do including some on the hill, and the governors are starting to show show me what the threat is and why our system is not adequate to address it because it's not clear to me what that would be. i think we're going to see a more balanced discourse in other words as more local interests which are cognizant of the job effects, the local tax base effects, make sure their voices are in the mix and saying, hey, this worked out well for us locally. >> i had an answer. i mostly agree with dan and the thrust of your question, carr irk e. there is this possibility. i get questions almost every day from a local delegation going to china. do you have anything to tell me the state officials. that's something and it's starting to happe

governor when she was chosen to be the next secretary. she was already recognized as a national leader in home and security and immigration. she was the first woman to chair in the national governors' association her collaboration with international allies and her longtime focus on the state and federal level that the secretary has earned the trust of people across the country and world. on behalf of the law school, i am pleased to welcome janet napolitano for her talk entitled strength, security, and shared responsibility. preventing attacks the decade and the 9/11. welcome. >> it is a pleasure to be back here at n.y.u. to talk about where we stand and to talk about some of the issues confronting homeland's security almost 10 years after the attacks of 9/11. thank you, dean, for that introduction. thank you, michael, for allowing me to come back. thank you for being here this evening. since the beginning of this year, i have been speaking across the country at various universities and colleges about homeland's security. it is a new and ever-evolving field. it is one that covers a range of topics. if you look at the department of home and security as it was created by congress, its responsibil

2008 he came to washington for one of the governors association's meetings and he met with various commentators and he obviously has been thinking about the national stage for quite a while and he saw this as potentially a weak field and he has a distinctive message, he thinks. and if he doesn't win this time and lays the groundwork for 2016. it i think he his taking a shot of it. host: "the new york times" points out a conversation david axelrod had with john huntsman it when -- in january when there was speculation he would leave the administration as a republican to run for president. he was also asked over the weekend by cnn. >> i think he is a very bright full one person. it was a little surprising because when we were in shanghai we got a chance to talk -- and this was in the fall of 2009 -- he was very effusive about what the president was doing, and its origin on health care and on the whole range of issues. he was a little quizzical about what was going on in his own party and he got a strong sense he was going to wait until 2016 for the storm to blow over. obviously circumstances change. so i was surprised when he emerged as a candidate.

governor rick perry. tennessee rep marsha blackburn and rnc chairman reince preibus. next, a discussion on the future of media and telecommunications from the national cable and tele-communications association's annual cable show which took place last week in chicago. this is one hour. ♪ >> this is a big crowd. they are all excited back there. we brought the cable guys and the content guys in. before we get started, i want to say how lucky we all are that the cable industry has this new leader, michael powell. he is unmatched in his ability and expertise to distill everything that matters to the cable industry. let's hear it for michael powell. [applause] the cable guys are excited to show you what the big issues are. we put this together in an interesting way. three cable, three content, less in our panelists. >> first, the chairman and ceo of time warner inc., jeff hukas. [applause] next, the chairman and ceo of time warner cable, glenn britt. deputy chairman and ceo of news corp., chase perry. [applause] the president and ceo of viacom inc., philippe dauman. the president of cox communications, pat esser and of president comcast communications, neil smit. [applause] >> he is a distributor

governor is here. [applause] the congressman is here. [applause] bobby shilling is here. the mayor of riverdale is here. [applause] the chairwoman of the national associationf manufacturers is here. [applause] the ceo of alcoa is here. [applause] vice president and general manager of davenport is here. [applause] an old friend of mine who actually drove me around a couple of times while i was traveling around iowa this year. -- is here. [applause] you know, i know you have been seeing a lot of politicians around lately. something tells me that you may see a few more before february is over. iowa, you and i go along way back. those of you were coming over from illinois, we go even longer back. we have some history together. together, we will make some more history for years to come. that is why i am so glad to be here at alcoa. all of you are showing the future we can build here in eastern iowa and all across the country. almost every airplane in the world's has some kind of alcoa product and it. think about that. every airplane and the world, you guys have something to do with. [applause] in fact, it turns out that you were responsible for the wings on the