nebraska has not. many states spend beyond their means. nebraska did not. we controlled our spending. because of the tough choices we have made, nebraska is receiving national attention. according to forbes, nebraska is one of the top 10 states for business. business week written nebraska is one of the top 10 states for struggling americans, were they can find us a fresh start. main street.com greg nebraska for the number one state for prosperity in their happiness -- ranked nebraska for the number one state for prosperity in their happiness index. cnn money just published their ranking of the top 10 best places to live in america for jobs. three of the top eight places for jobs in america are in one state -- nebraska. they are platte county, madison county. there is more good news. the latest u.s. census bureau estimated that nebraska's population growth in 2009 compared to the national growth rate was our best performance in nearly 50 years. nebraska is and the move in typical nebraska fashion, making deliberate, discipline, steady, and responsible growth

he only got it for nebraska. he did not ask for nebraska to be singled out. responsible for an address to getting a but he did not ask that nebraska's only get it. do you always say again? >> no, you said earlier that he did not ask for nebraska but he is taking credit for it. >> that's correct. the associated press in california issued a report showing that governor schwarzenegger himself engaged in the exact same activity at the state level that he is complaining about the federal level. are you aware of that? would you file a similar suit against the governor of california if he was doing the same thing? >> oh, a pesky questions. [laughter] our focus is on the state of south carolina and this bill as written when it left the senate, imposes a burden, a fiscal burden on the people of south carolina for the benefit of another state. does the breast only that was accepted. the other -- it was nebraska that was only excepted, that is what we think is unconstitutional. i want to be sure we have this straight because you seem to be interested. he said he did not

so he was responsible for nebraska getting it but he did not asked nebraska only get. you want me to say it again? >> you changed your statement earlier when you said he didn't ask for it and now you're saying he didn't ask for nebraska only to get it should -- >> that's right. he did ask for nebraska only. sprick after governor schwarzenegger's comments on the press on sunday, the associated press and california issued a report showing governor schwarzenegger himself engaged in the very exact same activities of the state level he was complaining about at the federal level. i wanted to know if you were aware of that and if you know and would file similar suits in california against the governor if he was doing the same kind of trading that's happening in washington. >> a pesky questions. [laughter] >> no, our focus is on the state of south carolina and this bill as written when i left the senate it poses a fiscal burden for the people of south carolina for the benefit of another state and was nebraska only the was accepted. the other states bear the burden of their own

but he did not ask for nebraska to be singled out, so he was responsible for nebraska getting it, butid not ask that were brought -- that nebraska only get it. do you want me to say it again? >> earlier, you say that he did not ask for it, and now, you are saying he did not ask for nebraska only to get it. after governor schwarzenegger made the comments, a report is issued showing that governor schwarzenegger himself engaged in this very exacts a activity at the state level that he was complaining about at the federal level. i just want to know if you are aware of that and if he would file a similar suit in california against the governor if you saw it happening there. >> a pesky questions. no, our focus is on the state of south carolina, and this bill, as written, imposes a burden, a fiscal burden, on the people of south carolina for the benefit of another state, and it is nebraska only that was accepted. the other states bear a burden for their own people and then the board and for nebraska, as well. that is what we think it's unconstitutional. your other question, i want to be sure

nebraska's progress. so that is something that is clearly within the authority of an attorney general to question, and that's why we questioned that. why did this group go after this, instead of focus on others? i think it's because this is the -- was the most heralded and egregious example of what -- i won't speak for the others, but i speak for myself as a culture of corruption and excess, that has taken deep root in washington. it is a serious threat, it is a very serious problem, and sometimes the states need to rein washington in hand that's what we're attempting to do. >> ok. >> yes, sir. >> warren richie, christian science monitor. can you talk a little bit more about the legal side of this. is this provision illegal or is it unconstitutional, or is it both and if it's unconstitutional, what specifically in the constitution tells congress how it can go about getting agreement on legislation? >> well, there is nothing that says how to go about getting agreement on legislation in the constitution, bu

in nebraska.t gets worse, because all states are going to be required, by this new legislation to expand their medicaid system by billions of dollars in texas alone, we'll have to increase our spending by about 20 billion dollars. here's the kicker, only nebraskans will not have to pay more for this expansion to to make it worse the citizens of the other 49 states are gonna be obligated to foot the bill for the expansion of the medicaid system in nebraska. >> sean: you use particularly harsh language, which i agree with. you call it uniquely contempt able and a corrupt bargain. you say basically this was added to purchase the vote of a single senator. you're an attorney general, your a lawyer, i'm not. that sounds to me that is almost criminal, is it? >> well, it is the worst-case of vote buying that i've ever witnessed and i've never seen anyone say they've seen a worst-case of the vote buying. we are not here to engage in allegations about the vote buying being illegal unto itself we believe thi

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not in nebraska. >> shannon: okay, if you're not ready to move to nebraska, can you give us a hint what are the top states that are doing well in this particular economy? >> well, texas by far and away is doing the best. of the cities, of the top 25 cities in terms of job growth, seven of the top 25 are in texas and last month, texas created the most jobs of any state followed by ohio and georgia. >> shannon: and also, i see arizona and iowa are on your top five list, so those are good spots and very diverse if people are looking for different climates and opportunities. what are the five states you should avoid that aren't doing so well with the job creation at this point? >> well, florida had a very bad month last month and they've had a fairly high unemployment rate. michigan tops the list of high unemployment rate and no job growth. so they've been doing badly all year and there's not much prospects for a turn around there as well. california, high unemployment, pennsylvania, new jersey, lower unemployment, but both last month lost jobs, so, not a good trend although their unemploym

madam president, back home in nebraska, when i've talked to nebraska citizens about this, i say to them, you know, if i had come out during my campaign and suggested that the president of the united states would literally over a weekend have the ability to buy general motors without any kind of congressional approval, no one -- no one -- would have believed me, and yet that's exactly what happened. number two, there was a plan called cash for clunkers and we all know about that plan. number three, the house-passed second stimulus, $150 billion in tarp to fund more unrelated spending. let me just give you a few examples. $800 million for amtrak. $65 million for housing vouchers. $500 million for summer youth employment. $300 million for a college work-study program. number four, the doc fix. a quarter of a trillion dollars of that were would never be paid back, an immediate loss to the taxpayer. number five, off-budget highway funding. and i could go on and on. the list just doesn't end. the projects being funded out of this now new slush fund just don't seem to have an ending point. now

, so that nebraska never has to pay any extra money and we -- >> to expand the medicare. >> and then have to pay 3, 4 billion extra. >> you said the president should rethink health care reform. >> absolutely. that's not health care reform. to go and to put that extra burden, billions of dollars on other states, especially on california. just because we're the best state in the world, the most diverse economy. and everyone wants to come to california is no reason to beat up on california. and to always ask for more money from california. i think it's time for the federal government to go and take care of us. >> is that how you think about health care reform, something that ultimately would beat up on california? >> yes, it is. right now, i cannot imagine why we would have like i said, for instance, our senators and congressional people how they would vote for something like that where they are representing nebraska and not us. and by the way, as i said in my state of the state, that's the biggest rip-off, i mean, that is against the law to buy a vote. >> talking about senator nelson.

for example, the nebraska piece of it. they would want to see equity among states and more fairness. that the policy should not be made on the basis of one senator but of one country. there has always been unrest in our caucus about the excise tax on cadillac benefits. just to name a few. and the present form without any change, i did not think it is possible to pass the senate bill and the house. there is some part of our caucus where we recognize health care must be done. let us take some pieces of it and go for it. others are saying let's just get it done and move on. everybody recognizes that something needs to happen. >> does that mean the senate bill in the current form will not pass? >> i do not see the votes for it. members have been very clear in our caucus about the fact that they did not like it before it had other provisions that are unpalatable to them. there is a recognition that there0 is the foundation and that bill that is important. in those areas of agreement that we have will have to be advanced whether

here is another unfunded mandate that comes to the state and nebraska, the people in nebraska don't have to pay for that. the people of texas do, the people of ohio do, the people of california do, the people of maine do. and this is something that should not be there. when the sun shines on this, this will not happen. that's why it is extremely important for the sun to shine on this process. and you mentioned a moment ago, when you peel the onion back and i have read the house bill and not read the senate bill, if you look at the aarp, there will be an insurance exchangeon this insurance exchange if a company trades on there and this is a private company, the c.e.o. will be limited to a $500,000 salary that is tax deductible. that's fine. if you pay more than that, you have to pay corporate taxes of 35%, plus ordinary income taxes of 39%. so the government will get anything over $500,000, 3/4's of it, except if you are the c.e.o. of aarp. he makes $1 million a year. and that's their business. but they are exempted from this bill. they aren't included in bill. and guess what happened to

started by a guy from nebraska. facebook.started by a guy from florida who went to harvard and dropped out. >> reporter: and not just because america is a rich country with more time to think and create. think also... he also credits what's been a nurturing environment. >> in this country failure is less stigma niced than in other countries. if i start a business and it fails, i don't shame my entire family. in fact, the bankruptcy code in this country affords me, quote, a fresh start. what the american experience offers when it comes to imagination is that we're a melting pot of so many different types of people. >> reporter: walter isaacson runs the aspen institute, a think tank in washington and has written biographies of two creative geniuses: albert einstein and benjamin franklin. >> you see at the founding of our republic you've seen that great industrial revolution where people were inventing the telephone, the telegraph, the light bulb and everything else, the phone owegraph. you've seen the push that came because of

listen to this. 31 below in aberdeen, south dakota, and 31 below in grand island, nebraska. >>> the freezing temps even moved to the sunshine state, prompting a run on space heaters. >> i bought four but i think i'm going to go in and get some more. >> business is booming for florida stores that sell space heaters. but the cold snap isn't so good for tourism or orange crops. temperatures will reach into the mid 40s today across parts of central florida. but factor in the windchill and it feels more like the low 30s. >>> authorities in new jersey say they've identified and arrested the man who touched off the newark airport security scare. he was taken into custody from his home last night. authorities say he ducked under a security rope on sunday to walk his girlfriend to her plane. when it was reported to security, the terminal was shut down. thousands of passengers had to be rescreened and thousands more trapped on arriving planes. last night jiang was charged with defiant trespass and released. new jersey senator frank lautenberg says his arrest sends a clear message. >> we're pleased tha

. >>> in central nebraska pretty rough. livestock farmers are battling against windchills of 30 below or more. struck to tractors are getting stuck. there is nowhere for the cattle to go. that means farmers must brave the cold to feed them so the animals will survive. >> we've been plowing out this morning. took three hours to get a tractor down the road to get us into these barnes to take care of our livestock. we're farmers and that's what we do. >> the farmers are feeding their cattle hay every day, something they don't normally do until march. >>> fruit growers in florida are having a rough time. they're keeping nervous watch over their already hard-hit crops. a hard freeze warning is in effect throughout much of this morning. under those conditions, temperature sensitive veg taif could suffer widespread damage. they've been spraying their crops with protective layers of ice to try to keep the fruit safe. >>> the amazing thing about this brutal winter weather is how widespread it is, how many people it's affecting acros

for example, nebraska has 6.5 of 15 model laws. i explained, if they have some of the law, we give them partial credit. we add up the numbers and that is how we get to a number like 6.5. in the case of nebraska, is that their booster seat law only covers up to age 5, instead of 87. that is why they get half credit for that. do we have any questions? from? -- from reporters? >> our question is for john cullerton. with states that have limited budgets, how do you try to enforce -- how do you encourage enforcement when there is? >>? they said the state spent an enormous amount of money on medicaid. many of the people in these crashes, if they're not on medicaid when they are first injured, go on medicaid. we save money by passing these laws. in terms of enforcement, i think it's fair to say that a lot of these are still in force. when judy talks about secondary enforcement, that puts in the mind of the driver -- i can get away with not wearing a seatbelt because they will not stop me. that is why we have seen, in the states that have

for example, the nebraska piece of it, and so what they would want to see fixed is that there be equity among states, more fairness and that policy should not be made on the basis of one senator but on the basis of one country, to name one example. barras aires binnun reston arcot this about the excise tax on so-called cadillac benefits, and so you know just to name a few, so in its present form without any change, i don't think it is possible to pass the senate bill in the house. there is some part of our caucus who would say let's just take these pieces. we recognize health care has to be done, health care has to be done. let's take some pieces of it and there are others who say let's just get it done in move on. but everybody recognizes that something needs to be done. >> does that mean the senate bill in its present form you will not pass? >> i don't see the votes for it at this time. no, the members set been very clear in our caucus about the fact that they didn't like it before it had the nebraska provision in some of the other provisions that are unpalatable to them but there is

states like nebraska distribute benefits without mailing checks, saving millions.rency of progress, because progress is what it brings the world. visa. currency of progress. >> it has been a cold, long week as we welcome in 2010, the first full week -- work and school week. you'll notice a huge differee in terms of wind chill. it will feel a lot better than it did today. wednesday and thursday, dry, but thursday night and into friday we will see the updated potential for a wintry scenario. >> have a great night. potential for a wintry scenario. >> have a great night.

he's getting pressure in nebraska. he cut a last minute deal. there's a little pork barrel in the senate bill for nebraska. they don't have to play the increased medicaid costs. a lot of nebraskans are saying, we don't want that. it mikes us look greedy. >> what rush limbaugh was say g i ing was great, except for the 47 million people that don't have health care. the political costs of this hill are obvious. the approval rating of the president. there have been a lot of costs to get to this point. it's further than any president as ever gotten. to be at this point and not get to the finish line would be unimaginable. there's no margin for error. the 60 people voting for the bill will almost certainly be the 60 voting for it next time around. in the house, people could be moving in and out of voting. >> it's not a universal bill. when the began, 87% of the american people will be covered by health insurance. if this passes. 92% of people will be covered. >> we have to leave it there on health care and the coming battle. "the roundtable" will cont

temperatures and, listen to this, 31 below in aberdeen, south dakota and 21 below in grand island, nebraska. >>> the freezing temps have even moved to the sunshine state, prompting a run on space heaters. >> i doubt four but i think i'm going to go in and get some more. >> business is booming for florida stores that sell space heaters but the cold snap isn't so good for tourism or orange crops. temperatures will reach into the mid-40s today across parts of central florida. but factor in the windchill and it feels more like the low 30s. >>> police in ohio are looking for two teenage girls who are on the run after they allegedly robbed a bank. police say the teen girls walked into the bank on tuesday, suggested they had a weapon and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. authorities report that the suspects were described as two girls, one 14 to 16 years old. and the other possibly as young as 12. police are asking for your help, for help from the public to track them down. >>> authorities in new jersey say they've identified and arrested the man who touched off the newark airport secur

with members of congress all evening and now we are joined by another republican, this one from nebraska terry to things in a speech you agreed with? >> i appreciate as a fiscal conservative that he actually talked about jobs, job creation in the private sector, helping small businesses. he talked about the budget freeze. those are all-- and earmark reform. those are all things as a fiscal conservative i appreciate analogist what to see more than words. i want to see action on those but i will be hopeful. on ayn g he is right on. we need to tap all of our energy resources and become independent, so those are two things that i appreciated him sing to my. >> and on the opposite call on? >> i thought there were few things in that speech. first of all i did not like this golding. there were some shots and there didn't think were necessary at a time when we really do need to come together. it did sound like kean wants to dig his heels and on health care. i think there can be bipartisan reform on health care, elimination of the free existing exclusions, bringing down the overall costs, but it

there is no debt in nebraska. we pay our bills. since arriving here, though, i begin to realize that this government tries to be all things to all people, every day, all day. the u.s. government simply cannot continue on that path. you see, we really believe back home that less government is better government. now, many of my colleagues would probably come to the floor and stand up and disagree with that. they may believe that literally you've got to spend your way out of these problems. you've got to spend your way to wealth. but there's nothing in our heritage that would lead me to the conclusion that that's the right approach. even if you disagree, we can have a respectful debate. i'm hard pressed to find anyone, though, who can argue with the reality of the numbers. i used to tell my cabinet when i was governor when we were dealing with tough budget issues, look, folks, this isn't magic. it's math. and the numbers don't lie. the numbers tell us that the nation's fiscal course is not sustain afpblt -- sustainable. by the end of

they are arizona, virginia, vt., pennsylvania, ohio, and nebraska. in order of ranking, the states in the worst category having fewer than half of these 15 basic laws are south dakota with only three of the laws, arizona, north dakota, wyoming, va., vt., pennsylvania, ohio, and nebraska. as i said earlier, it does not make sense in this area we have virginia, which is a red state, bordered by the district, which is our top area in the green category and maryland with a green rating, when all the thousands of people every day across between those dates, yet there are not covered by the same important traffic safety laws. in ohio, the governor included a primarily -- a primary enforcement seat belt law this year. in a conference on the budget bill, it was stripped out. as a result, hyatt dropped to the red category. we're hopeful the government -- the governor will try again to get a high primary enforcement seat belt law. the report clearly raises the question of what can we do to accelerate adoption of traffic safety law. timing is everything in the

from stealing beer to using it as a disguise, a robbery suspect in nebraska gets crafty, wearing an empty beer box on his hand. he demands cash, but settles for nine packs of cigarettes. kansas cops say this guy not only took a grocery store money, but stole a kiz on the way out, holding a knife to the clerk's throat he plants one on her. >>> a close shave in washington state as a toyota camry comes flying into a building, narrowly missing a little girl. the car wound up going airborne, coming inches within a girl. >>> a man drives his car through a set of doors, but forgets to put the vehicle in park. he dashes around the store, looking for a $300 sex toy. his license plate was visible. >>> all across the country, an assault on atm's. in california, they took the whole machine and in texas, a truck is used to pull and bash it and perhaps the most memorable caught-on-tape moment of 2009 came in the beginning of the year as u.s. airway flight 1549 splashlanded into new york's hudson river. all of its 150 passengers and five crews were safely rescued. the landing of the airport was quickly

from 13 states threatening to sue because they are going to be burdened with the cost of one state, nebraskand that doesn't seem fair to them. >> it doesn't seem fair to me either. i think that is going to get struck down in the final bill when the house and senate reconcile. thement is whether there should be legal challenges to the idea of requiring individuals to pay for health8zw care. anybody who thinks there is a valid legal challenge is being shameful, desperate and hypocritical. icyc can't say that strongly enough. there's every g believe that congress has the ability to tax and spend to provide for the general welfare of which health care is one. certainly, this will survive any constitutional challenge and for all those people who talk about frivolous lawsuits they ought to let this go. it is sour grips for having the bill become -- sour grapes for having the built become law. >> it is state budgets. medicaid is federal and state funded. one state doesn't have to pay? they have a good point. >> absolutely christian is a very smart man we disagree on this point. i believe there's a

the deal they got in nebraska is the federal government will pick up the tab for that expansion. here in california the governor is saying i've got a $20 billion shortfall and i've got to do this? he said the president should rethink how he's doing it. >> david, thanks very much. >>> now let's head over to nora o'donnell at the news desk for a check of the other headlines. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with bank bonuses on wall street now expected to be bigger and more controversial than ever. "the new york times" reports goldman sachs is expected to pay employees an average of almost $600,000, saying last year was one of its most profitable. employees at jpmorgan chase will see an average of $450,000. many executives are bracing for more scrutiny of pay from washington as well as officials who demanded the banks disclose details about their bonus payments. >>> three of the seven cia workers killed by a suicide bomber in afghanistan have been laid to rest. hundreds turned out for services in massachusetts, ohio and washington state saturday. the cia workers were killed in a

remains in the middle of the country with negative temperatures really covering much of the dakotas, nebraska, iowa, all the way down now into areas of northern portions of illinois. so, as far as the windchill goes, still negative 3 in chicago, st. louis at minus 10. the bitter cold is all with us during the day today. high temperature only 8 in kansas city today. still a lot of snow and ice out there on the ground. very difficult to travel. we've been very cold ever since new year's eve. many locations are still waiting in the midwest to hit 32 degrees. the story tonight will be the cold in florida with freeze warnings all the way down into southern florida. we should have record lows from miami all the way down into key west. temperature tonight as low as mid-30s in florida. so, today you notice the temperatures are cold everywhere. here's your little sneak peek, alex, a nicer day come monday. i know it's back to work and school, but at least the warm-up will begin. >> yeah, sure will appreciate that. bill karins, thanks. for more on the arctic blast, head to weather.com. there you're goin

they are arizonan virginia vermont pennsylvania ohio and nebraska. in order of ranking, the state's and the worst category having fewer than half of these 15 phasic laws ars south dakota, has only three of the laws, arizona, north dakota, wyoming va vermont pennsylvanians ohio and nebraska, and as i said earlier, in the interview it doesn't make sense in this area where you have virginia which is now red state bordered by the district which is our top area, district of columbia in our green category in maryland with a green rating when all of the thousands of people every day to cross between those states and yet they are not covered by the same important traffic safety laws. in ohio governor ted strickland included a primary enforcement seatbelt law and his budget bill this year, and in the conference on the budget bill it was stripped down as a result of that ohio dropped to the read category and we are hopeful that governor strickland will try again to get ohio the primary enforcement seatbelt lauper cow the report clearly raises the question of w

emerged from the station irate and 18 hours late after numerous delays, including snow drifts in nebraska hampered a cross-country trip. >> we're on this train eight hours sitting in the yard waiting on the snow blower to come. that was the train from hell. that was a nightmare. >> reporter: similar frustration affected the not-so-friendly skies as hundreds of flights were cancer yelled since thursday. back on the ground in milwaukee, residents had their hands and shovels full cleaning up from a storm system that dumped a record ten inches of snow on some neighborhoods. what might have been a nuisance for homeowners is good, quick business for work crews. >> we do anywhere from 10 to 20 houses when it snows. this driveway right here behind us, it took me about five minutes to do, you know, with the proper equipment. >> reporter: now, here in atlanta, it's not the snow that you see behind me that we need removed, it's the ice underneath it. this is a real problem here in atlanta. you saw all those accidents yesterday. fortunately, today they've got most of this ice out of the way, but the

states like nebraska distribute benefits without mailing checks, saving millions. digital currency became the currency of progress, because progress is what it brings the world. visa. currency of progress. a lecture on physics in california ...is watched in milwaukee. an american soldier overseas ...keeps up with his classes back home. a father helps his daughter find the name of saturn's largest moon. education's about opportunity and broadband's become the great equalizer. learning, at the speed of light. made possible by continuing private investment and innovation, making the internet faster, smarter and safer. broadband is working for america. >> as president, i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and people, and when the system fails, it is my responsibility. >> the president accepts responsibility for the intelligence failure of the christmas day bombing plot as the white house releases a report on the event. security officials did like the would-be bomber, but only after he was already airborne to detroit. colby, i am no expert on airline sec

this is nebraska. this is progress. visa. currency of progress. >> although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest ceiling this time, thanks to you it's got about 18 million cracks in it. [cheers] >> the next vice-president of the united states, governor sarah palin! >> according to a recent u.s.a. today gallup pole, hillary clinton and sarah palin just about tide as the most admired american woman, president obama most admired man. mark, biggest political story in the decade? >> biggest political story in the decade is the united states losing our optimism and our confidence. i mean, we went into this decade with the biggest surplus in the nation's history. we'll come out of it with the biggest deficit in the nation's history. we went into it upbeat, we go out of it bogged down in two wars and being urged into a third by some people. you know, it's been been a decade that can't be over quick enough. >> biggest political bonehead play of the decade? anybody have a nominee? >> yes, i do. and it's not a funny one. it'

we speak and there's a chance that jim zorn is being relean kwished of his duties somewhere over nebraska. but his monday regular press conference scheduled for 12:25 at redskins parked. i would be shocked in the redskins make zorn answer all of the end-of-the year questions before they fire him. that would be cruel and unusual punishment. he'll be out in the next 24 hours and mike shannihan appears to be his replacement. the skins finished like they started, with another loss. there's jim zorn and defensive coordinator, greg blache. blache could be on his way out as well. the skins led and then billy bollock hits mike toll vert. and afterwards zorn was asks if he expects to be fired. >> i have no indication of that and i would not even comment on that until, you know, it's -- there's a lot of things imsure, out there as far as stories and there already has been. i get that. but i'm working on our team meeting. i'm working on our off-season schedule and until i'm -- until it's told that on any other effort, i'm getting ready. >> zorn handling it pretty well. no indication of that, at leas

my reinventions to the young generation -- that's like 16, 15 years old -- is when i'm in, like nebraskand a kid that's 16 and says ♪ if i was president, i'd get elected on friday, assassinated on saturday ♪ i'm like where the hell did you learn that song? so i was like, okay, what if i listened to a record company at a time that's like, listen, it has to be the radio. jay z is doing this, 50 cent is doing this, follow this. the kid would have never had the record. that's the part i don't take for granted. of i always study the young generation. i always want to know what the culture is, what are they learning? as a teacher, i have to be able to spit it back to them in a way where you're not preaching. you know what i'm saying? >> i want to go back to what you've done in your homeland. i have traveled to haiti a couple times, doing the queue with cedris and aristeed's return. >> you've been in it. you can talk to me then. >> i want to get a sense of where you want all of your efforts to culminate. what do you want it to be at the end of the day? >> i think that that question can't be ans

for example, nebraska has 6.5 of 15 model laws.s i explained, if they have some of the law, we give them partial credit. we add up the numbers and that is how we get to a number like 6.5. in the case of nebraska, is that their booster seat law only covers up to age 5, instead of 87. that is why they get half credit for that. do we have any questions? from? -- from reporters? >> our question is for john cullerton. with states that have limited budgets, how do you try to enforce -- how do you encourage enforcement when there is? >>? they said the state spent an enormous amount of money on medicaid. many of the people in these crashes, if they're not on medicaid when they are first injured, go on medicaid. we save money by passing these laws. in terms of enforcement, i think it's fair to say that a lot of these are still in force. when judy talks about secondary enforcement, that puts in the mind of the driver -- i can get away with not wearing a seatbelt because they will not stop me. that is why we have seen, in the states that have

so we sent out signs to the young man who came out of the university of nebraska come university of nebraska press to jump on the idea and never got off of it and gave us the opportunity to do a lot of things. and then we just stood back and watch. it was fantastic not like somebody came in and said turn this idea on its head. first of all, we would not have gone for its but secondly it was never anything like that. we think the university of buffalo forgiving s.c. opportunity with uncrowned queens.com we could not have done that without them. it has been extraordinary coming together. but one important thing to look at is the stories that people have told us come mainly the women of how they came to this to be teeing new and it hearing your stories is another story about the story. when we went to the bookstore in harlem to have all the sisters from new york to come and bring their mothers, fathers and lovers and husbands and children and grandmothers and standing up and signing books with us and telling us that how their lives were changed and run by there comes a to me and said she is ali

so we sent out really signed to a young man who came out of the university of nebraska, university ofebraska press who really jumped on the idea, never got off of it, gave us an opportunity to do a lot of things. and then sort of stood back and watched, and that's fantastic. and so, it wasn't like somebody came in and said, turned this idea on its head, this is how it has to look. and was it anything like that. first of all, we would have gone for. secondly, there was never a thing like that so we thanked him. we think the university of buffalo that gave us an opportunity before our own offices with uncrowned queens.com. and we could have done that without him. so it's been an extraordinarily, you know, coming together. so there are a number of different things that we will do but barbara's right, one of the things that's important is to take a look at, and that is that the stories that people have told us, namely the women about how they came to this, and meeting you and hearing your stories here, is another story about the story. when we went to the bookstore in harlem and you just

the so-called cornhuskers kickback, which makes taxpayers and students all over america pay for nebraska'smedicaid so nebraskans won't have to raise their taxes and tuition. i can guarantee you that any senator who's sentenced to go home and serve as governor, except perhaps in nebraska, would not vote for this health care bill. the second recent big blow to states and to public higher education has been the stimulus package which was hailed as bailing states out but instead will soon be pushing them over the financial cliff. this is how the democratic lieutenant governor of new york explained it in a "wall street journal" article on january 8. he said, "states, instead of cutting spending in transportation, education, health care have been forced to keep most of their expenditures at previous levels and use federal funds only to supplement. the net result is this," says lieutenant governor avick. "the federal stimulus has led states to increase overall spending in these core areas which, in effect, has only raised the height of the cliff from which state spending will fall if stimulus fun

that was before, i think, the nebraska sweetheart deal was made. so i'd be curious to know what portion of paying for nebraska do the pennsylvania taxpayers have to make up? because every other taxpayer in america is going to have to make up for what these sweetheart deals that are made. i thank the gentleman and i yield back at this point. mr. neugebauer: i thank the gentleman. one of the things the gentleman brought up is the american taxpayers didn't get the benefit. 30 years as a health care professional. as you know in congress we have, particularly on our side, we have a number of physicians that have worked in health care, have dealt with medicaid, dealt with medicare, have seen the private payment system, all of these systems bring a huge amount of knowledge to this process but unfortunately the american people didn't get the benefit -- to benefit from their knowledge, your knowledge. quite honestly it's a shame because, as you said, you have 660,000 customers, and every member of congress has about 660,000 that are looking to them for us t

nebraska break from the cold? but it is not as windy but is bitter cold. -- any break from the cold? >> the wind makes temperatures feel five or 10here's the windc. it feels like 11 in warrenton. it fills like 11 downtown. is there real bitter day today. a wind advisory, wind chill advisory for the far west. you will still feel it around here. temperatures will be in the low 30's but it will feel like single digits and teams. maybe a passing snow shower. nothing major. but to not be a surprise. >> it is not good for the commute. an accident 270 southbound right at the plane provide for 495. it is right in the center of the screen. two to the right line up to access the beltway it from the legion bridge career right there in the middle of the highway is were we have this record expect delays as far as shady grove road and beyond. we take you live to virginia city get the volume of traffic growing on 395. you will slow to a wreck of the prince william parkway in the right lane. the next flight is at springfield to g

i do not see where in the constitution if permits the center of nebraska and the citizens of nebraskao get a better deal with medicaid then [unintelligible] [applause] there are lots of problems here. you have focused on the biggest. >> if they did not think it could be federally challenge, why even bother? if they plan to take it to the supreme court, why even do it? >> thank you. that is a fair question. >> good afternoon, mike. i am jennifer. on a personal note, thank you for your professional nomination for my daughter to attend the military academy. i have never been able to thank you in person. >> thank you for your edge towardollar a corner daughter. >> she is great. i have been a respiratory therapist for 25 years. as we talk about health care reform, medicare also needs to be looked at. we talk about the medicare cuts. a lot of people do not understand that when the medicare bills were written decades ago, many of the health care opportunities that we currently have are not even a part of medicare. they are costing patients hundreds of millions of dollars. they're costing the

nebraska, you want more aid to help for payments of medicaid, we're going to do that.f course, it gets other states upset, and that's an issue now that probably has to be resolved. >> thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> our coverage of american university's annual campaign management institute continues with sarah simmons, a strategy director for the mccain campaign. she talks about absentee and early voting. this portion is just over 50 minutes. >> okay. alright. hello. hello, everyone. welcome back to american university's campaign management institute. we are very excited to talk about absentee and early votes which wouldn't be very exciting except for our speakers. this is sarah simmons who served the john mccain presidency campaign. arnold schwarzenegger campaign which i know you will talk about, she is a graduate of american university and a personal friend of mine which shows that bipartisanship can exist in washington d.c.. let them have it. >> thanks for having

at college in february of 47 muhlenberg pennsylvania i entered as a second nebraskas of more premed major and his first black student. i lost my football scholarship by which i got into muhlenberg a couple months later due to an injury. in july of 1948 so 18 months after i arrived to muhlenberg was at aberdeen proving ground as the army reserve for active duty for training. earning some money between semesters because money was not the plentiful and i was there when president truman issued his executive order 9981 on the 26 that july. officially declaring equality of treatment and opportunity for all personnel. theoretically ending segregation and military forces. by the way there is a copy of that executive order in this book. the alberta and commander proving ground commander held a post white officer call who read the order to the entire assemblage and then said this as long as he or the commander there will be no change. officer plug number one, officer culp number two. in co club number one and number two. swimming pool number one, swimming pool number two. i'm assuming you do know t

bargain compared to omaha, nebraska where the wind chill is at 21 below zero. satellite review.t of snow across portions of eastern kentucky and west virginia and down across florida yesterday sleet pellets were reported at disney world. yeah. that's a bad sign for your winter vacation. the polar plunge is on. the cold air all the way down to the florida keys. even cuba will have near record low temperatures overnight tonight into tomorrow morning. right now temperatures around our area, teens and low 20s with nd chills in the single digits. it's a bundle up morning for certain. high pressure out across the middle part of the country will be moving our way. that will take that north wind away by later on this afternoon and evening. one more cold start coming up for tomorrow morning. wake up temperatures tomorrow morning in the teens after a high in the low to mid-30s. tomorrow 36 degrees one increasingly cloudy skies and late monday night into the early morning hours of tuesday morning there will be a chance of a little light snow north and west of town and flurries in and aroun

. >> up next, nebraska, nevada, california, louisiana. five days coast-to-coast with griff jen keupbls. day number five he's live from arkansas. >>> trouble in paradise for angelina jolie. she just got dumped what is going on? we'll tell you. so many arthritis pain relievers -- i just want fewer pills and relief that lasts all day. take 2 extra strength tylenol every 4 to 6 hours?!? taking 8 pills a day... and if i take it for 10 days -- that's 80 pills. just 2 aleve can last all day. perfect. choose aleve and you can be taking four times... fewer pills than extra strength tylenol. just 2 aleve have the strength to relieve arthritis pain all day. ok. oomph. i'm a mommy. i love kids! i'm responsible, loving, nurturing. ahhh! yea whooo! no no no no no! don't touch that. [squeak squeak] stop, stop! ahhhhh! whoa! being a parent's a lot of work. where's mommy? here i am! sid: [laugh] ha ha, no, stop, stop. . >> greta: day number five and griff jenkins has been coast-to-coast this week talking health care. right now he's live in little rock, ar

a robbery suspect in nebraska gets crafty wearing an empty beer box on his head.demands cash but settles for nine packs of cigarettes. guy not only took a grocery store's money but stole a kiss on the way out. holding a knife to the clerk's threat he leans in and plops one on here. comes into a building. >> glenn: narrowly missing a girl and coming within inches of the 6-year-old. >>> a sex toy smash and grab in the buckeye state. a man drives his car through a set of doors but forgetgets ifo put the vehicle in park. he dashes around the store, looking following a $300 sex toy. one problem, his license plate was visible. all across the country an assault on atms. in california they took the whole machine and in texas a truck is used to pull and bash it. perhaps the most memorable caught on tape moment of 2009 came in the beginning of the year as u.s. airways flight 1549 splash landed into new york's hudson river. all of its 150 passengers and five crews were safely rescued. the landing of the airplane by pilot chesley sullenberger was quickly proclaimed the miracl

. >> up next, nebraska, nevada, california, louisiana. five days coast-to-coast with griff jen keupbls. day number five he's live from arkansas. >>> trouble in paradise for angelina jolie. she just got dumped what is going on? we'll tell you.  ok. oomph. i'm a mommy. i love kids! i'm responsible, loving, nurturing. oooph. momma's coming, baby! [panting, grunts] ah! ah! ahhhh! all: mamma! [baby dinosaurs laugh] sid: [laughs] ha ha, no, stop, stop. . >> greta: day number five and griff jenkins has been coast-to-coast this week talking health care. right now he's live in little rock, arkansas. griff? >> reporter: hey greta. according to new rasmussen poll numbers here opposition to the health care bill is higher than national averages. an example, 74% of arkansas voters think this bill will lead to a higher federal budget deficit as opposed to 60% nationally. we sat down with democrat congressman snyder and he thinks this bill is good for arkansas. congressman, how is the health care bilk received here in arkansas? >> we've got a robust di