former nebraska governor, bob kerry, who also served two terms in the senate for nebraska, returned to nebraska today from what has been his home in new york, to announce that he will run for senate in nebraska once again. democratic party officials have been urging, begging kerry to run, believing he is the only democrat with a chance of holding on to the nebraska senate seat now held by retiring democrat, ben nelson. after republican moderate olympia snowe of maine announced yesterday she will not seek re-election to the senate, the chances of the democrats picking up that maine senate seat have increased substantially. senator patty murray, the share of the democratic senatorial campaign committee, told me how valuable bob kerry's candidacy is to her strategy of increasing the democratic majority in the senate. >> he's exactly the kind of person that we need here in the senate today, who really understands how to work across the aisle, who comes with deep convictions, who's willing to fight for what he loves and what he cares about in this nation. but understands the art of compromi

to the kansas-nebraska act to be held in bloomington may 29th. this gathering is remembered as the time and place that the republican party was officially established in illinois. on july 2nd at the republican convention for the third congressional district the delegates chose owen lovejoy as their candidate but only by a slim margin. lincoln expressed great disappointment that his friend, leonard sweet, had not received the party's nod. many republicans found lovejoy's radical abolitionist position too risky. some of them even considered voting for an alternate candidate, but over that summer, lincoln became convinced that lovejoy's popularity within his part of the state would make it unwise for the party not to back him, and they did decide to fully back him, and when the general election was held, lovejoy was overwhelmingly elected, he defeated democratic candidate barry osgood. lovejoy, now 46 was as radical as any anti-slavery man ever elected to congress. slaveholders considered his name anathema. in 1856, although democrat james buchanan

nebraska was playing oklahoma years ago, we used to have these big knockout, dragout games. the game was in lincoln, the abc announcer went over and interviewed one of our running backs he was sitting there and he had his football helmet, a nebraska football helmet is just white, with the letter "n." if the "n" on your helmet didn't s stand for nebraska what would it stand for he thought, he said knowledge. that one follows you everywhere you go. i just changed some things to perfectly what i saw in the program, i don't know if this speech is going to work perfectly. let me hang some thoughts on you that we have found from our polling. and maybe they'll give you some ideas for the really important discussions that you're boeing to have. a good question -- i have had kind of the same job for my whole life. the founder of the company was more academic. anyway, he had a thing, he was real interested in democracy, he had a line where he said, democracy is about the will of the people, somebody should go out and find out what that will is? if you don't know what the will is when

. >> nebraska and you turn on tv at 5:00 a.m. you will see a farm show where the farm chemicals are saying, this is the one that gets nematods and our competitor doesn't get nenatods. they take each other on because they are real product differences. and we really have to work hard to find them meaningful, product differences. >> right behind you. >> hi, i'm in germany's daily newspaper. somebody aerearlier said that president obama is in a pretty decision right now, known for mostly positive campaigns but yourself said that negative ads do work. so i was wondering do you have any advice for his campaign, how should he react going forward? >> i was asked in 2008 by hillary clinton and barack obama and chris dodd's campaign to work from those campaigns. so i thought about this a lot. i didn't do it but i have thought about this a lot. and i think if obama is in a good enough position that he can do some things that lift up america the way "morning in america" did foray agaireagan. i think that can help him be more effective if he

senator johanns, you were a mayor in lincoln, nebraska, before you were the governor of nebraska, now a senator from nebraska, and you understand that one of the fundamental responsibilities of a mayor, of a governor, of a senator, is to make sure we honor the constitution and we limit the power of government at the local, the state, and the federal level to intrude into the lives of our citizens. that's exactly -- that is exactly what our founding foundation were -- founding fathers were striving to do in the constitution, the concept of checks and balances. we have a legislative branch and a judicial branch and an executive branch because that creates checks and balances on the respective powers of each branch. why? to protect our citizens. to limit the reach of government. we have a bicameral congress, a house and a senate, to make it harder to pass laws, not easier. to make it harder to pass laws. again, to protect the people of this country. we have the 10th amendment that reserves powers to the state not expressly provided to the federal government, again, to limit the power of

by that time the passage of the kansas nebraska act had nullified the act. it had opened up to the possibility of eventually becoming slave states. the kansas nebraska act as many of you know was negotiated through congress by illinois senator steven douglas. the effect of the kansas-nebraska act seriously effected the political coalitions across the united states. people who are moving towards a new party struggled with what name they might call this party, fusion party, people's party, independents and antinebraska were considered. the republican party became the most prominent. antislavery, northern democrats, some of whom called themselves free democrats, former supporters of the liberty party and free soil party along with a good number of know nothing loyalists helped establish the republican party. many of these people were part of what was then called the antinebraska movement and thus northern democrats came to be known as antinebraska democrats. in 1856 a group of illinois antinebraska newspaper editors called for a convention of people opposed to

they thought they had a deal with the folks in nebraska. it fell through. obama vetoed the pipeline and said to find another route. i have no doubt that the pipeline will go through. it may not go through nebraska, but it will go through some ma -- somewhere. >> it does not go here, it will go to china. >> that is like it is such an absurd decision, so obviously a political one, cave to his left. the hypocrisy of the president when he says our strategy is all of the above -- does he really imagine americans are so stupid -- all of the above except canadian oil on a platter, except oil off the florida gulf coast, except at the drilling in the arctic, except the national petroleum reserve set aside by harding in 1923? his answer, algae. oh, yes, algae is the oil of the future, and all the swimming pools in america -- all you have to do is fire pool men around america and algae will grow like crazy and we will have $1 gasoline. >> i would like to lift this a little bit above the absurd. let's go back to the pipeline. as a matter of fact, they do not have any s

by the way, to do it well, you got to have the university of nebraska help. you can't just have some lowell state department do it. it doesn't work at all. it's kind of like magic pulling it off. but gallup has a big name. dave is -- he told me he's a popular governor. he told me he is very, very popular. that's what he told me. we have a popular governor. so people -- then those -- because the people in that 25% are real -- there are some real hot shots in there and they only want to be a part of something that's exciting. so you got to put together something exciting and then they join it. dave really shows up. i really show up. our cfo, coo, president of the university really shows up. it is a very special thing. that's what they need, not capital. >> thank you for all your information. >> by the way, she's from oklahoma. >> yes. i think we probably have eaten up the rest of that year so -- we appreciate you coming today. i was intrigued by your statistics talking about the 6 million businesses and how many of them were actually looking to expand or not ex

and he was also a former nebraska governor. and, finally, the smithsonian institution plans a four-day festival with nasa to offer the space shuttle discovery. national space museum announcing plans for more than 25 special exhibits, programs and activities to highlight the history of the space shuttle program and the future of space exploration. discovery is scheduled to leave kennedy space center in florida on the back of a jet on april 17th, fly over parts of the washington area. the smithsonian is planning spot the shuttle gathering at various locations. the formal ceremony planned for april 19th at the museum's center next to dulles airport where it's going to be displayed. back in a minute with more washington today. >> get regular updates about what's on c-span radio with twitter. quick information about hearings, speeches and debates from capitol hill, the administration and the campaign trail, including which events are live. and links to help you listen. go to twitter.com/cspanradio and click follow. there are also tw

the choice, new york liberal or nebraska conservative john bruning. >> at worst nebraska and maine senateo to demming in november. at least kerrey's entrance and snowe's exit force republicans to spend more money than planned in states they had counted on to put together a senate majority. >>> all in all, while the political world was watching the presidential campaign in michigan and arizona, senate republicans were having a very bad week. up next, the fight for the senate with cnn's senior congressional correspondent dana bash and cnn contributor ron brownstein. delicious sugar-free vitafusion fiber gummies have more fiber than other leading brands. they're the better way to enjoy your fiber. >>> joining me now, ron brownstein, cnn senior political analyst, and dana bash, cnn senior congressional correspondent. george will, conservative, republican, but quite outspoken, had this to say in a column this week. "mitt romney and rick santorum are conservatives although of strikingly different stripes. neither, however, seems likely to be elected. conservatives this year should have as their

the governor in nebraska and legislators in nebraska had a problem with the pipe line going through the aqua fur. >> chris: the governor is on record start the pipe line, we will wrap it around the sand hills area. go ahead. we are not holding it up. president obama is. >> guest: the company said they will submit a new pipe line route and ought to be reviewed >> chris: it was reviewed for three years. >> guest: people in nebraska are concerned about the water issue. >> chris: they are fine with it of going ahead and said it will be fixed. >> guest: the companies said wait. we'll put through an entire route from canada down to oklahoma and that will be reviewed. listen, the republicans play games with this. even though there are concerns in nebraska. forget and play politics. the american people say who do you trust on your energy future? someone who believes to do everything in a safe and responsible way in oil and gas and also believe in diversifying new forms of energy. this used to be a bipartisan idea. sadly republicans running for president is knocking it. it isy a dangerous thing.

canadian border down past nebraska, down to oklahoma.iven that, why did the president delay the project past the november election? >> first of all, the southern part of the pipeline is pretty important. >> chris: but the president doesn't have that much to do with it. >> there are some permits the corps of engineers and other that have to be done.tothers there is a glut of oil this that part of the country and we need to get that oil to the market. that pipeline is very important. let's be clear the governor of nebraska, republican governor, republican legislators in alaska people throughout the state had a problem with the pipeline route going through an aquifer and they raised objections, the. >> chris: the governor is on record saying we will start it and route it around the sand hills area, go ahead, we are not holding this up, president obama is. >> the company itself has said they will be submitting a new pipeline route. ought to be reviewed and expeditiously. >> it was reviewed for three years. >> and issues raced with the water

another tornado was reported in nebraska. it damaged at least two homes but no injuries were reported. tornado warnings were up in central ohio sunday when cameras caught this, a bolt of lightning striking near downtown columbus. today severe thunderstorms are in the forecast for an area extending from south texas to the northeast. the threat of tornadoes is greatest in central texas, oklahoma, kansas and nebraska. the system could also trigger flash floods. in colorado, high winds fueled a wildfire that scorched more than 80 square miles and destroyed two homings. the fire forced all 300 residents of the town to evacuate. they've now been given the all clear to return home. firefighters from more than a dozen local departments spent the night trying to gain the upper hand on the flames. meanwhile, mid-march feels like may from the northern plains to the southeast. temperature could hit record highs in minneapolis, detroit, indianapolis, atlanta, and even burlington, vermont, where the mercury could reach the upper 60s. and i

extreme weather alert, tornado touching down in nebraska one hour ago, and mother nature is just getting started. there's snow in arizona. what? the latest on the wild weather in just seconds. >> wait a minute, spring starts tomorrow. meanwhile, mitt romney has 20 more reasons to smile this morning after winning the island of puerto rico, their primary. rick santorum says tomorrow is another day. >> if we're able to come out of illinois with a huge or surprise win, i guarantee you, i guarantee you we will win this nomination. >> but did rick santorum forget about the deal he made with romney's campaign? it could cost him the state. details straight ahead. >> all right.

those beef products in nebraska -- or beef products is the name of the company, it's in nebraska, and's nothing gross about the product. opened its doors to several politicians to prove it. the meat company has been forced to close several plants because of the controversy. governor brownback said if it had a better name maybe they could reopen. >> part of the campaign problem is it's gotten a catchy name. i hope, dude, it's beef, catches on. >> they say a better name might be lean finely textured beef. from your toilet paper. t it's time to talk about clean. feeling clean is so important. i use quilted northern. quilted northern soft & strong. stronger than the leading rippled brand. for a confident clean. you take those little steps of prevention. so if you suffer from heartburn 2 or more days a week, why use temporary treatments when you can prevent the acid that's causing it -- with prevacid 24hr. frequent heartburn sufferers can't control acid from rising up and causing pain, but with one pill prevacid 24hr works at the source to prevent the acid that causes frequent heartburn fo

. >>> well, at least two powerful tornadoes touched down in nebraska last night. the twisters hit near north platte in lincoln county in the southwest part of the state. at least two people were injured as the tornados tore roofs off buildings, knocked down trees and brought down power lines. nbc's meteorologist bill karins is going to have much more on all of this. that's coming up in just a moment. >>> but first, the good news, spring doesn't official ly arrive until early tuesday morning, but across the country it already feels like spring, even summer in some places. the warm spell has been smashing records for high temperatures in a lot of spots. nbc's frances kuo reports. >> reporter: before daybreak sunday, the typically cool late winter georgia marathon heated up. temperatures in atlanta soared into the 70s. runners elsewhere experiencing the same surprise. in new york, temperatures more typical of june than mid-march. the windy city better described as balmy, five 80-degree days in a row. all records. 35 degrees above average. >> it's pretty unusual to ha

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mary's men's basketball team boarding a plane this morning bound for omaha, nebraska. they get ready to take on the first game of the tournament against purdue friday. st. mary's grabbed the number seven seed in the midwest bracket and they fly out of oakland airport at 9:00.

he has been away from nebraska for a while. but he is independent. he is smart, and an outstanding senator. >> let me go back to campaign 2012. do you think rick santorum can win the april 24th primary in pennsylvania? >> it's an open question. the last time he ran in pennsylvania, he got beaten very badly, 59-41. the people who knew him handed down that verdict. that's what the jury said. in the presidential issue, there is a lot of local pride. my hunch is that it won't be sufficient, that he will not win. the republican establishment is against him, not that that's necessarily significant. but the elected officials would be worried if he was on the ticket, he would hurt the race for state attorney general. and the people who are running for house of representatives. so my hunch is that he will not win. but the local pride could turn that around. >> all right, joan, an independent in california. good morning, joan. >> caller: good morning. good morning, senator. >> good morning. >> caller: i have to praise you for a second. i'm a member of the park

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he's probably not an easy fit in nebraska more than ten years since he left so they are taking earlycalling him a "tax-and-spend liberal who was involved in back room deal making" and one of his opponents quickly fired off this ad. >> kerrey voted for billions in earmarks. brunning says ee limb them and cut spending. the choice, new york liberal or nebraska conservative john bruning. >> at worst they go to seats in november. at least kerrey's entrance and snowe's exit force republicans to spend more money than planned in states they had counted on to put together a senate majority. >>> all in all, while the political world was watching the presidential campaign in michigan and arizona, senate republicans were having a very bad week. up next, the fight for the senate with cnn's senior congress ale correspondent dana bash and cnn contributor ron brownstein. they're all like, "hey, brother, doesn't it bother you that no one notices you?" and i'm like, "doesn't it bother you you're not reliable?" and they say, "shut up!" and i'm like, "you shut up." in business, it's all about reliabilit

opened its meat plant in sioux city nebraska for the first time the tour was part of an effort by theo counter consumer activists who have successfully campaigned to ban the beef filler for most supermarkets fast-food establishments and school lunches governors from texas kansas south dakota iowa and nebraska were hard hats and ate hamburgers texas gov. rick perry is now encouraging people to stop using the term "pink slime" unroasted coffee beans may be the key to a quick weight-loss a new study found that a small group of overweight young adults lost an average of about 18 lbs. after reading a small dose of green coffee bean extract participants take the extract every day for 22 weeks they also had a low-fat diet and exercise to researchers suspect a substance found in the unroasted coffee beans may be behind the fat burning time for the lunch break ... jennifer kim is a 2012 san paolo greenough almost famous winner. this was the 10th anniversary for the san pellegrino competition ... >>is intense it's a different kind of challenge it's different from working in the kitchen but it p

washington state, california and nebraska all had b-minuses. georgia, one of eight states graded "f," came in last. >>> still in new jersey, the son of former congressman donald paine, the late donald paine, plans to run for his father's seat in the house. donald paine jr. is the president of the newark, new jersey, city council. telling the associated press he felt an obligation to continue the legacy of his father. his father died in office on march 6th after serving more than two decades in that spot. >>> and french president nicolas sarkozy says authorities are raising the terrorism alert to its highest level across a swath of southern france where a gunman opened fire at a jewish school before fleeing. the attack in toulouse killed three children and a rabbi. the worst ever school shooting in france. one of the weapons used was the same used to kill three paratroopers in two different attacks in the toulouse region last week. at the state department here in washington, d.c., spokeswoman victoria nuland had this. >> we were shocked and sadd

gifters in nebraska. in is the area that could see twisters, texas, omarska, west virginia, kansas, and that will advance eastward giving us showers and storms. for the afternoon, though, pretty nice fairfax county. sunshine from time to time. a few showers expected. 70 to 75 degrees. so you might want to pack the umbrella for today. then shower chance continues. 6 to 66 degrees. not too bad. your four-day forecast, mild to tart the week. almost hot by wednesday and thursday. up to 80 degrees for the high temperature. so it's at the beginning of the week where we've got the chance for showers, as well as friday and then again on sunday. if you're looking ahead to the weekend. >>> seeing a disabled vehicle. luckily just in your left shoulder lane. traveling 66 eastbound at nutley street. and chopper 4 is live over i-66, jammed at the bypass. delays continue right around route 50. that's where you'll see the bulk of your delays. it is stop and go for you, but more stop as you make your way passing the bypas

washington state, california and nebraska all had b minuses. georgia, one of eight states graded f, came in last. >>> still in new jersey, the son of former congressman donald paine, the late donald paine, plans to run for his father's seat in the house. donald paine jr. is the president of the newark, new jersey, city council. telling the associated press he felt an obligation to continue the legacy

guest: it is hard to come back to nebraska. you could commence in the york as hillary clinton and bobby kennedy did but for bobperry to come back to nebraska from greenwich village, that will be a tough battle. it looks like angus king will win in maine. i don't think nebraska will vote for that kind of candidate. host: thank you both for being with us. >> monday on "washington journal," ken blackwell joins us to talk about social issues and their impact on the 2012 presidential campaign. also william golston discusses a proposal for ending gridlock and reducing polarization pin congress. france's mccarthy on funding for disaster relief and the president's 2013 budget proposal for fema. "washington journal" airs at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. coming up, q&a with walter williams. economics professor, columnist, and substitute host for rush limbaugh. then we will take you to london for this week's prime minister's questions, and after that a campaign event with mitt romney in rockford, illinois. the c-span networks will show sev

guest: it is hard to come back to nebraska. york as hillary clinton and bobby kennedy did but for bobperry to come back to nebraska from greenwich village, that will be a tough battle. it looks like angus king will win in maine. i don't think nebraska will vote for that kind of candidate. host: thank you both for being with us. >> tomorrow on "washington journal" the chairman of the republican national committee previews of illinois and the issues are in the campaign. william gallstone talks about the efforts to produce constructive conversation in congress. and then an analyst with the congressional research service examines the funding for use for major disasters or emergencies. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span.