they have a few larger businesses in nevada. the people who get hit hardest under this bill are small businesses. you heard the senator from maine, senator collins, point out the impacts on small businesses. the ironic thing about that is a lot of small businesses that you would want to encourage to offer health insurance to their employees will be discouraged from doing so under this bill. and, in fact, what most of them are probably going to do is pay the $750 penalty and then just push everybody off into the government plan. and the assumption that's being made in here is the government plan that, you know, it will grow over time obviously. i think 5 million people will lose their private insurance, according to c.b.o. my guess is@@ á@@@@ the whole purpose of this exercise, at least the minds of most americans is let's drive the cost curve down. i heard my colleagues get up and talk about the plan that is going to decrease costs in this country. the blue represents the cougher. that is what will happen if we do nothing. ironi

they have a few larger businesses in nevada. the people who get hit hardest under this bill are small businesses. you heard the senator from maine, senator collins, point out the impacts on small businesses. the ironic thing about that is a lot of small businesses that you would want to encourage to offer health insurance to their employees will be discouraged from doing so under this bill. and, in fact, what most of them are probably going to do is pay the $750 penalty and then just push everybody off into the government plan. and the assumption that's being made in here is the government plan that, you know, it will grow over time obviously. i think 5 million people will lose their private insurance, according to c.b.o. my guess is that number is going to be much, much higher because i think what's going to happen is small businesses who are impacted the most by these tax increases are going to find themselves less and less able to provide health insurance coverage to their employees. the other thing i want to point out, in ec

i see the senator from nevada taking his be i imagine the same thing and nevada so the premiums a boeing upon the 85% of the people that have insurance that they like but we in the senate tomorrow night will vote on a bill that the people of america said to like it. seniors do not like it the most because they're concerned. they note that those are going to be hundreds of billions in cuts in medicare and it could start a whole new program it will cost more or for those who don't have insurance make it harder or if they go to an emergency room, that bill will be higher because of what i believe it is irresponsible legislation. that will be a huge weight on our economy with 10.2% unemployment but i see the senator from nevada has a similar copy next to him and he might want to chime in what he is seeing and what he is hearing from hospitals and providers. >> the pieces of legislation we put them on our desk to show the american people exactly what we're dealing with. we only have just totally doing through these films and already we found major problems with the legislation. what we will t

chairman. >> the gentlelady from nevada. >> thank you mr. chairman. i would like to thank and applaud and incorporates by reference the eloquent statements of the ranking member ileana ros-lehtinen. i believe her comments were spot on. i'm opposed to lifting the travel restrictions to cuba unless and until castro passmore cuba at the least reforms its behavior and that the very most changes its regime and i am a little baffled by mr. flake's comments. i don't think anybody here was acting like a travel agent but if i could capitalize on what ileana said, if you have a great desire to go somewhere, let me suggest you don't go to florida you come to las vegas instead of cuba. >> the gentlelady, the leader of the tourism caucus has expired. [laughter] the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence is recognized for one minute. >> thank you mr. chairman. i find myself in one of the rare moments where i disagree with my colleague from arizonan. we are usually pressed hard against the railing on the right together, but on this one we will agree to disagree. but i do

they work in nevada at air force bases. the guys in afghanistan just launched and recovered the drones. they're responsible for operations in certain small areas around the base. it is like a 24-hour operation. these contractors that are constantly dragging drove up to the air strip, watching it from the control trailers, and they sort of pass them off to the guys in las vegas. they will fly around and return control of the drone. >> did you get a chance to see the imagery? >> it is like a tv camera. they have a high fidelity radar that takes impressive snapshots of terrain. in the morning, you take one snapshot. you come back in the evening and taken other. if you compare them and see differences, you might have spotted a road-side bomb. the color change detection. you can spot where it has been buried. they send in the ground teams. >> you were with several units in different places. what sense did you get from soldiers, airmen, about multiple deployments to afghanistan. >> most of the frontline infantry guys are often te

wind warnings, gusts of 65 miles per hour in reno, back toward the sierra nevada.ies in yellow. shorter period of wind but you'll see about 45, maybe 50-mile-per-hour gusts there. what about the east coast? traveling in towards the beltway, pretty good for you today. mostly sun country skies in washington, your high about 60. little bit of a breeze, not that bad. but feeling like mid to late november. perfect conditions. more on that, rob, in a bit. >> pretty. the leaves are hanging on. >> they're trying to. >>> did you know that today marks the 40th anniversary of the famous american indian takeover of alcatraz. in 1971, native americans from tribes across the country occupied the prison for 19 months to demand equal rights. >> it was very, very festive in the first few months because we were so excited about taking a piece of ground for the indian people. >> well, the occupation led to changes such as the creation of indian studies programs and native american museums. >>> you think you know the news? well, i do. i know that you know what i mean because you watch

nevada against north carolina. the tar heels, the national champions. they're battling back this year. but they are 5-1. that is a program that just reloads. they already have some of the top classes coming in. >> marques: local bigs down there. the twins out of mater dei high school. >> steve: nebraska has had two points in the last six minutes. usc has scored six in that stretch. >> marques: usc is a team that prides in the number of potents they've held below 40%. nebraska, in that regard, the past two years, 18th and 22nd nationally. points allowed. so, both teams can be stingy when it comes time to score. we talked about keeping the trojans out of the paint. trojans been in the paint about ten times so far in the first half. nebraska wants to limit that number to under 25. six points or fewer in transition. doc sadler thought that would be tough to do. i think nebraska has done a nice job on that. >> steve: jones with the pull-up. he hits. jones. 29-0. >> marques: the nickname bear. bear jones. and anything he gives them in terms of scoring in the

a melee ensued and tyson was ultimately barred from fighting in nevada. as a football player, o.j. simpson left defenders in the dust. >> it has been our great privilege to watch o.j. simpson run for 2,000 yards. >> but in 1994, it wasn't linebackers nor nose tackles that were after him. >> los angeles police department right now is actively searching for mr. simpson. >> mr. simpson is a fugitive of justice right now. >> o.j. was wanted in connection with the murder of his ex-wife and another man. >> highway patrol. >> yes, i think i just saw o.j. simpson on the 5 freeway. he's heading north. >> simpson and his friend al cowlings had been spotted in a white suv and they finally made contact with police. >> everything we're going through. so all we ask, he's got a gun to his head. >> what's your name? >> my name is a.c. you know who i am [ bleep ] damn it. >> okay. >> people watched in awe as the slow speed chase moved through los angeles. the pursuit finally ended at o.j.'s home in brentwood. simpson surrendered and was taken into custody. thus ending ten hours of drama that had un

primary for arizona, nevada, extraordinarily important for california as well.addition we are the largest project proponent i should say, overseer i guess of the water projects in the state of california including the california water, central valley project that brings one-third of the water supply from northern california down through the delta and serves the coastal south 20 million americans that live in los angeles terse and diego so we are deeply involved as a water provider. we are also deeply involved in the environmental consequences of the water use and seeing the interface between the use of water and environment and let me give a few examples. among other things we are a bit of a federation at the department of interior. not only are we in major water supply year but also have environmental stewardship responsibilities under the endangered species act for example and when there isn't enough water available for the environment because we are supplying a or helping to supply it we have to bear the implications of that. we are seeing it this year in spa

fully 85% of the state of nevada is interior department managed.the western states in general are interior department managed. and our water projects are focused on the west primarily. our department really had its hay day 100 years ago as efforts were made to attract americans to the west, and to make the great desert bloom. so we are quite acutely interested in what is happening climatewise in the west. and it's dramatic. we are seeing advantage temperatures rising. that's increasing of van ration, and potentially the severity of droughts. we're seeing a greater proportion of precipitation falling in the mountains as rain, rather than reducing the winter snow pack which is our biggest that we rely on if you will. we're seeing low temperatures rising and snow back melting earlier. these trends are producinger -- producing the earlier runoff. they are affecting all of our assumptions about how we are going to deliver water to the millions of americans in the west. and at the same time, i should say, the western united states has accounted for 50% o

it's a cold front dropping down into a stationary front in nevada. the clouds there california, nevada, lower parts of oregon and idaho. there's another storm towards the north dropping in by tomorrow afternoon. the rain is in blue, the white is snow cover. i think we're going to start seeing this mount up, especially northern parts of oregon and parts of montana as well. the purple areas, that's about a foot of snow. mainly above 5,000 feet elevation. another winter round coming in tomorrow. it's something we'll be following over the next few days. the east coast, if you're traveling, it's going to be around around, charlotte a and raleigh. heavy at times. the yellows, the greens, the heaviest rain. the red is very heavy rainfall. it's stretching into towards eastern north carolina, so the flash flood watches are up there. those are the areas in green. i think we'll see about five to six inches of rain today through the next couple of days. it is going to be a tough one and the radar picture pretty much ends in northern jersey. the capitol looking n

look at the rain and snow across the sir ra nevada. look at the middle of the country, the midwest through kansas, a lot of clouds through here wrapping around that upper level low. not moving very fast at all. taking you live to chicago, here's what it looks like on michigan avenue. it's wet. you have about a two-mile visibility at midway. we will see delays because of that. the high today, 50 and rain. feels like november. more in about a half hour. >> you want to be inside. thanks. >>> over to wall street. the investors are looking to see how the housing sector is doing to see in turn how the economy is doing. susan lisovicz is at the new york stock exchange. well, we're down right now, so hope that's not an indication. >> yeah, housing starts were down, too. plunged nearly 11% in october. builders may have been waiting to see if congress would extend the first time buyer tax credit, which they did earlier this month and that could boost building in the future. let me tell you about a looming candy war. hershey and ferreira consider

they can expect something in the mail after a nevada judge approved this big settlement. walmart is going to be paying between $65 million and $85 million, and this will settle up allegations that it didn't let workers take breaks, that it manipulated time cards to cut their pay. lawyers for the workers say this is real money. it could be anywhere from $150 to $1,000 a person. it will take a few months for the money to get to them, but this covered 39 lawsuits in multiple states. so that's a lot of people who may be in the past felt like they were cheated who will be getting some kind of compensation. >>> in washington, a lot of the news coming out, the senate hammering out a bill for up to 20 more weeks of jobless benefits, millions of people out of work who could use help and will get relief through the holidays. the bill in the works, it also new includes that first-time home buyer tax credit. they're going to extend that through june. that's why a lot of republicans supported this bill. the whole thing will likely cost about $20 billion, but a lot of lawmakers want to

harry reid senator of nevada is not going to let that happen. they are not even going to green light an opportunity, you know, coming up a storage space for nuclear energy. so there's that. even if that was green lit, then you have to start actually getting all these nuclear plants online, which is going to take another, i don't know what, 10, 15, 20 years. by that point the global warming problem is going to be, you know, at a very -- far more advanced stage. so i don't think it makes sense for political reasons. i don't think it makes sense from a cost standpoint. and i also just personally feel very weird and uneasy about the idea of, you know, having radioactive waste underground, you know, that will essentially be toxic for, you know, ealternate. -- eternity. it stays radioactive for we don't know how long. thousands and hundreds of thousands of years. so going -- you know, putting the united states as a huge population onto a very heavy, heavy nuclear, you know, energy system would produce such a mountain of very, very dangerous waste that

around dining room tables in nevada and across the nation, families are agonizing over what to sacrifice questioning whether to fill a prescription or go without it and hope for the best. employers are wondering whether they can afford to provide health care to their employees. they're asking how their businesses can survive while health care costs grow faster than ever. americans need health insurance reform. debate is constant between television commentators, the editorial pages of great newspapers and magazines, but, mr. president, the only place where silence is even considered is here in the united states senate. now, tonight, finally we have the opportunity to bring this debate where it belongs. we finally have the opportunity to bring this great deliberation to this great deliberative body. that and nothing more is what tonight's vote does. a yes vote says to america, i know this issue is important to your family and to our country and the senate should at the very least talk about it. let's be real transparent. beyond all the hype and hyperbole and the hyperventilation, that and

but the downturn in florida, california, nevada, those states are so great that it is pulling the rest of the housing market with it. because you have a lot of banks that have a lot of exposure in those areas and they are tightening lending standards across the country, making it harder for other people to get homes. causing a drag on jobs. they are having to lay off people because they have had so many losses because of those states and it causes a drag on the overall economy as well. host: last week a report on new- home sales up a bit. guest: you have to be careful on those numbers because of a lot of that is driven by artificial demand being driven by the treasury department. the treasury department has a first-time home buyer tax credit of $8,000, and they just expanded it to more buyers starting december 1. a lot of that demand has been driven by that. a lot is being driven by the fact that the federal reserve is keeping interest rates so low. a lot of economists are very worried about what is going to happen when the batteries serve and treasury departments start pulling back so

i know he is passionate about his state of nevada, and that is his number one love after family.ink #2 is the united states senate and the ability to lead and get things done, and i want to thank him. i want to thank senator baucus for his incredible leadership in the finance committee, senator dodd for his leadership and stewardship in bringing in the health committee through with their legislation, senator harkin, senator biden and senator bennett. i want to say that there have been two years of working on health care that i appreciate, and their efforts together to work on health care. i want to thank centers no -- senator snowe. her courageous vote in the finance committee is something we desperately appreciate. she will continue to provide input, and i am hopeful she will be with us on the final vote, because your input and her knowledge have been extremely important in this process. i also want to thank the memory of a very important center named ted kennedy, who i know is here in spirit, mr. president. 40 years of dedication to this cause. finally, i want to thank presiden

they were dead air force bases in nevada. -- they work at air force bases in nevada.responsible for operations in certain small areas. usually around air base. what happens is it is like a 24 hour operation. there are air force skies and contractors who are constantly dragging them out to the air strip and launching them with a remote-controlled and then they pass them off to the guys in las vegas. the guys in las vegas flight around for a day or so and return control to the guide in kandahar. but then they will look for enemy activity. >> did you get a chance to look at the imagery? >> yes. they have a high-fidelity radar. it takes snapshots of terrain. what you do is in the morning you take one snapshot. you come back in the evening and take another and you compare them. you see differences. you might have spotted a roadside bomb. the taliban come in and did. when you are not looking, but if you have the snapshots you compare them and they call it change detection. that is a lot of what they do. they revisit areas to take these radar snapshot. they send in ground te

. >> steve: javale mcgahee in his second season from nevada where he played two years, had 122 blocks there in just two years >> steve: here is wade against nick young using the screen and the wizards are called for a kick. otherwise, they would have a turnover. >> steve: fans, stay connected throughout the holiday with the wizards holiday pack which includes two wizards home games and a gilbert arenas replica jersey. call (202)661-5050 or call the wizards to purchase. mcgee with another block, turns around to find the ball and can't save it in. that's his second block of the quarter. >> phil: and i don't think he played too many yet. he is long but he is quick and agile. he can recover and he avoids the foul, nearly runs that ball down. >> steve: this should leave two minutes for javale ha mcgee. wade will take the three-point short, way short. blatche can't hang on to it. wizards will get the ball back an andray is in for the first time >> phil: you have to make wade show you the jumper. way short >> steve: butler inside, has an offensive foul. very similar to the former play where

high pressure dominating across lower parts of arizona and nevada as well.rea of low pressure, it's a weak one, enough to get showers going for areas like chicago and later today, areas like new york and philadelphia. what about the world series tonight? philadelphia? looks pretty good. got the low clouds all morning, but i don't think it's going to be a washout. the only game to watch, 90-minute delay, not going to happen today. full details coming up in about an hour. >>> politics makes strange bedfellows. why a defiant republican is now supporting a former democratic rival. >>> plus, elton john in the hospital and he's fighting two illnesses. >>> specialist shane story gets a shoutout from his mama. he's in afghanistan and was home for a few days last month for the birth of his son. this is dana. >> good morning, afghanistan. this salute goes out to my son, specialist shane story. son, your family and friends miss you tons and i know that the beer industry misses your money. we're so proud of your service for our country. the pride we have for you tempers

they work at air force base in nevada. the guys in afghanistan just launched and recovered them.hey're also responsible for some small areas around the air base. what happens is that this is a 24 operation. the people are constantly tracking them out to the air strip, launching them, and then they pass them off to the guys and las vegas. the guys in las vegas, they will fly around for a day or so and then they will return control to the people in afghanistan. then they will get to keep the drum for like an hour -- drone like that for an hour. >> is the image that good? >> they are very good. the radar will take pictures of the terrain. in the morning, you take one snapshot. you come back in the evening, you take another. you compare them. if you see differences. , he might have spotted a bomb. the taliban will come in, they will. when you're not looking. if you have those two snapshots, you can spot brit has been very apparent that is a lot of what they do. -- you can spot and it has been very apparent that something has changed. >> what is the experience about the multiple deplo

away from there, south further, light snow across the sierra nevada range. and upper level low stacked vertically on top of the surchs low. all the way down to the deep southeast. rain is in there for chicago. probably get air traffic delays out of that. tell you all about that in about 20 minutes. richard? >> a good size, midwest to the east? >> huge storm. getting here tomorrow. >> slow mover. >>> you really may not want a lego of your eggo, you'll be hard-pressed to find these frozen delights. well into next year. plus, it may be president obama's most memorable closed door meeting during his asia trip. what his half brother said about their reunion in china. >>> new this morning, two people in ski masks broke into a store last night and held several hostages. the sheriff's office says she used dogs but have not found the suspects. in this local media report a 16-year-old girl was hurt when shoved to the ground. police dragged her out on a blanket, as you see there yshgs brace yourselves for a waffle shortage. ain't joking here. kellogg's says eggos will

meanwhile joshua from nevada wrote this is a complete double standard. i don't understand why their conferences don't invoke or show more support to punish the players. keep those thoughts coming. >>> the tampa bay bucs sporting their hideous throwback jerseys from the '70s got their first win of the season beating green bay. here is the irony. when they wore these uniforms from '76 to '96, they stunk. 18 losing seasons, they were a laughing stock so they bring them back and get their first win of 2009. >>> a washington player is still steaming after a sideline skirmish in the redskins-falcons game. the falcons head coach, mike smith, got into it with him after this play. he claims mike smith told him i'm going to kick your butt. smith said he was trying to restore order. >>> this was a mess for jimmie johns johnson. he wrecked here in the dickie's 500. he's going for an unprecedented fourth straight title. this was in the third lap of the he would come back and finish 38th. he's still in first place in the standings. kyle busch was dominating the race b

getting some snow in sierra nevada. next 48 hours you can see the snow come on in. purple shaded colors around montana, that's about a foot, maybe a foot and a half of snow over the next two days. you're starting to get more of that coming through. the big story, of course, that big low pressure center off the coast of the carolinas. high wind warnings are the areas shaded in red. winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. the areas shaded in yellow, those are advisory areas. see the rain across the outer banks. go up farther in towards norfolk and virginia beach area, winds sustained at about 34 miles per hour with heavy rain. take you live to norfolk. here's that tower cam. it is going to be rocking. you're going to see the streets that are flooded. this is the way it's going to be. this is from w.a.v.y. you'll have the cloesal flooding along with inland flooding because of four to five inches of rain today. again, a wind advisory for norfolk. winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. >> it's really great when you show us those tower cams, bob. >> it gives you a sense. >> it r

nevada authorities say that the men showed what they said was a federal warrant and then demanded money the bank manager when he refused to turn over cash. the men were arrested when they left the bank, so there. >>> it is 35 minutes past the hour. there's a storm system that has a little spring and a little winter and some where in between. hi, bob. >> good morning, robin. that's the one right around kansas city. the latest observation, 34 degrees, light snow but it's a little impact for your morning commute. this weather brought to you by ups. so let me show you what i'm talking about. you have the upper level low still sitting right over missouri. remember this is a main power system that's really generating all the rain at the surface but it's only going to sit here a couple more days so it's a slow mover, no doubt about it. look at kansas city, all the white is all snow, the blue is all rain. it's mixing in and out with you but you still have a winter weather advisory until 8:00 this morning central time. so all of kc and the surrounding areas because of the snow on the road. a lit

they work in nevada at air force bases. the guys in afghanistan just launched and recovered the drones. they're responsible for operations in certain small areas around the base. it is like a 24-hour operation. these contractors that are constantly dragging drove up to the air strip, watching it from the control trailers, and they sort of pass them off to the guys in las vegas. they will fly around and return drawn to the guys -- return the drcontrol fo the drone -- of the drone. >> did you get a chance to see the imagery? >> it is like a tv camera. they have a high fidelity radar that takes impressive snapshots of terrain. in the morning, you take one snapshot. you come back in the evening and taken other. if you compare them in to see differences -- and see differences, you might have spotted a road-side bomb. the color change detection. you can spot where it has been buried. they send in the ground teams. >> you were with several units in different places. what sense did you get from soldiers, airmen, about multiple depl

this is something for the hundreds of thousands of walmart workers are going to get checks after a nevada judge approved a big settlement. walmart will pay between $65 and $85 million to settle allegations it didn't let workers take their breaks and manipulated timecards to cut their pay. lawyers forth wo the workers sas real money from $150 to $1,000 a person. it could take a few months. this suit covered 39 lawsuits in multiple states. >>> meanwhile, in washington, i tell you, so many of the business headlines are coming from washington these days. >> why is that? you're right. >> they're in charge. the senate is a large step closer to hammering out this bill for up to 20 more weeks of jobless benefits. that could help millions of out of work americans get through the holidays. now, to attract republican support, it's also going to extend the first time home buyer tax credit that $8,000 tax credit. that will run through june under this new bill. it does cost a lot, about $20 billion. as you can imagine, a lot of lawmakers want to get this bill passed before friday. that's when we are go

but the important thing about her addition issue is important to the state of nevada, and she standsto-face with our founding fathers. i think that is wonderful. really tells me that all of us have the same right to responsibility to guide our nation as the founding fathers did. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> tonight, c-span2 includes three nights of original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. if you like additional information of the supreme court, the white house, or the u.s. capitol, visit our website at c-span.org and you will find links to public information and history of the three buildings as well as the institutions they house. that is that c-span.org. >> american icons, original documentaries from c-span, now available on dvd. the unique journey through the iconic homes of the three branches of american government current cd exquisite detail of the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. it go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours and r

but the important thing about her addition issue is important to the state of nevada, and she standsace-to-face with our founding fathers. i think that is wonderful. really tells me that all of us have the same right to responsibility to guide our nation as the founding fathers did. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> tonight, c-span2 includes three nights of original documentaries on the iconic homes of the three branches of american government. if you like additional information of the supreme court, the white house, or the u.s. capitol, visit our website at c-span.org and you will find links to public information and history of the three buildings as well as the institutions they house. that is that c-span.org. >> american icons, original documentaries from c-span, now available on dvd. the unique journey through the iconic homes of the three branches of american government current cd exquisite detail of the supreme court through the eyes of the justices. it go beyond the velvet ropes of public tours a

he has an exciting brand of basketball that he played at nevada.ows what he has and the work that he's up against. matt: it's got to be tough as a coach because most people, as he says, has a hard time of getting his arms around a one, two, three year project but that's exactly what he has to do. you talk about a guy who has success, you have to be patient when you come in a situation and you know your margin of error is very slim and your chances of winning once you get into the conference are pretty slim, too. litterial: it's going to be tough for him. he's used to winning and not going to experience a lot of that this year, you know, at least it looks that way. they may turn him around but he's got to do an excellent job especially when he gets his players in here. he has a chance to, you know, recoup some very talented guys this next year, too, and georgia is filled with talent and i know mark fox is known as a good recruiter. matt: stephenson and d.j. cunningham on the backside. d.j. cunningham out of ohio getting his first two of the game. li

peters just referred to who was beaten up a few weeks ago by state security agents and nevada while on her way ironically enough to an antiviolence demonstration. for those of you who don't know her, yoani has a track record of telling the truth. she title her dissertation dictatorships in latin american literature. since it was taken as a veiled criticism of the castro regime she was denied an academic career. now she earns a living in the tourist industry and blogs for free. time magazine named her one of the most influential people in the world. the spaniards have awarded her the equivalent of the pulitzer prize and last month she was awarded the maria more kavanagh price, the oldest of four international journalism from columbia university school of journalism school. she has never been allowed to leave cuba to collect her awards. she wrote an essay for this hearing and i just -- it's part of the record and i would like just to read a few excerpts. over the course of several decades, and i am quoting now, cuban exiles and tourists have brought part of the information that has serve

california, nevada, florida. the places where we've really seen home prices plum e. why is the fraud concentrated there? >> well, interestingly enough, it turns out because fraud oftentimes leads to foreclosure, they were leading in mortgage fraud cases during the boom. now those houses are leading in foreclosu foreclosure. that's where the fraud is happening today because that, again, is where the market opportunity is. >> ann, if i have a vacant house in my neighborhood, so i be worried? are scammers coming in to take advantage of us? >> potentially. there's a lot of things to be worried about when you have vacant houses, especially if there's a lot of vacant houses or more than one. the department of justice and criminologies will tell you they're magnets for property crimes and are responsible or associated with violent crimes against persons as well. >> wow. >> in some cases and some cities there are organized movements to put spotters in these homes f. no one is providing gas or electricity to heat the home, you have a higher risk of fire. so we see a lot of ar

pew center the most trouble states, besides california, are arizona, florida, illinois, michigan, nevadanew jersey, oregon, rhode island and wisconsin. those states represent a one-third of the country's occupation and economic output and their problems could affect the rover of the entire nation. back to you, chuck. >> all right, boy, california is really in a world of hurt, aren't they? >> reporter: oh, indeed. >> steph neerk good to see you. >>> you think that you know the news, prove it. test your knowledge with the "cnn challenge." with you pick your favorite anchor, how about robin meade from hln's "morning express." so play right now. >>> a former stripper and a former priest battle it out. not church in a court of law. >>> a jury in little rock, arkansas, has just found curtis vance guilty of capital murder in the beating death of a tv news anchor. vance was charged with brutally beating ann presley at her home about a year ago. presley died five days after the attack. the panel must now decide whether vance should be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison. the jury als

and it suggested that the senate majority leader harry reid of nevada, who relied only on members alignedh his party to bring the bill to the floor, may yet have to sway one or more republicans to his side in order to get the bill adopted. we have about eight or nine minutes. more of your comments on the senate vote yesterday. essentially a procedural vote. the health care debate will begin on monday, november 30, and continue into december. senator reid hopes to have a vote in the senate before christmas, which then brings the final vote may be in january. we'll go to a viewer in tallahassee, florida. you're on c-span. caller: in reference to the mandates. 2,097 pages. number two, the mandates will fine you, which is totally different. if you're working with an insurance company, you can badger them, you can sue them, you can take them to court. this is the federal government. you're at their mercy and they can do whatever you want. i also don't understand why women in this country would actually give the federal government the right to tell them what they can and cannot do with their ch

around dining room tables in nevada and across the nation, families are agonizing over what to sacrifice next to buy health insurance. they're questioning whether to fill a prescription or go without it and hope for the best. employers are wondering whether they can afford to provide health care to their employees. they're asking how their businesses can survive while health care costs grow faster than ever. americans need health insurance reform. debate is constant between television commentators, the editorial pages of great newspapers and magazines, but, mr. president, the only place where silence is even considered is here in the united states senate. now, tonight, finally we have the opportunity to bring this debate where it belongs. we finally have the opportunity to bring this great deliberation to this great deliberative body. that and nothing more is what tonight's vote does. a yes vote says to america, i know this issue is important to your family and to our country and the senate should at the very least talk about it. let's be real transparent. beyond all the hype and hyperbo

the crisis, particularly residential real estate, and in places like georgia, florida, california, nevada, they have just -- it has been very difficult to weather that without having a significance number of banks fail. so that will continue. one aside i would like to mention about the stress test which i think has not gotten much attention is that i think if you look back on what the stress test did, it made certain assumptions that what -- in a stressful scenario, when you had very high assumed losses against different asset classes and lower than normally net revenues, would the banks have enough capital in reserves to absorb those loan losses? it was a two-year stress period for 2009 and 2010. if you think about it, we are now three/eighths of the way through. we have gone through three quarters of that period. if you take the losses and amortize them, it is fair to say that the banks have raised the capital and reserves necessary to deal with those stressful losses in an adverse scenario. but what we have been actually seen are losses that have been considerably lower than what we wo

california, nevada, florida, the places where we really have seen home prices plummet. why is the fraud concentrated there? >> well, interestingly enough, it turns out that because fraud oftentimes leads to foreclosure, these were states that were leading in mortgage fraud cases during the boom. now those houses are leading in foreclosure. that's where the fraud is happening today. in these states with the high level of foesh closure. that's where the opportunity is. >> if i have a vacant house, should i be worried? are there going to be scammers coming in to take advantage of us? >> potentially. there's a lot of things to be worried about if you have vacant houses, especially if there's a lot or more than one. the department of criminologists will tell you that vacant houses are magnets for property crimes and are associated with an increase in violent crimes against persons as well. in some cases and in some cities there are organized movements to put squatters in these homes. they may or may not have utility services. if there's no one providing electricity or gas to

. >> the gentlelady from nevada. >> thank you mr. chairman. i would like to thank and applaud and incorporates by reference the eloquent statements of the ranking member ileana ros-lehtinen. i believe her comments were spot on. i'm opposed to lifting the travel restrictions to cuba unless and until castro passmore cuba at the least reforms its behavior and that the very most changes its regime and i am a little baffled by mr. flake's comments. i don't think anybody here was acting like a travel agent but if i could capitalize on what ileana said, if you have a great desire to go somewhere, let me suggest you don't go to florida you come to las vegas instead of cuba. >> the gentlelady, the leader of the tourism caucus has expired. [laughter] the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence is recognized for one minute. >> thank you mr. chairman. i find myself in one of the rare moments where i disagree with my colleague from arizonan. we are usually pressed hard against the railing on the right together, but on this one we will agree to disagree. but i do

bi-furcated and they steer the drones, most of those guys are in las vegas, working at air force bases in nevada. and the guys in afghanistan launch and recovery the drones, and they are responsible for drone operations in small areas, usually around the air base. it's like a 24-hour operation, these guys are constantly dragging drones to the airstrip. launching them from their control trailers with a remote control, and pass them off to the guys in las vegas. and they will fly around for a day or so, and return drone control to the guys. and they get to keep the drones for an hour, and fly around canaihar. >> and the imageries are that good? >> yeah, they have video cameras that looks like a tv camera and have high radar that takes snapshots of terrain. and in the morning you take one shot, and then in the evening and compare them. if you have seen an area that is chopped up, then you might have spotted a roadside bomb, and you can spot where it's buried. that's what they do, revisit the areas and take the snapshots and then assemble teams to disable them. >> in your month there, what sense did

i know he's passionate about his state of nevada, but that's -- and that's his number-one love afterber two is the united states senate and the ability to lead and get things dofnlt and i want to thank him. i want to thank senator baucus for his incredible leadership in the finance committee, senator dodd for his leadership and stewardship in bringing the health committee through with their legislation, senator harkin, senator wyden and senator bennett, who was on the floor -- wir we are not agreeinn the movement forward on this bill, but i want to say that there have been two years of working on health care that i appreciate and their efforts together to work on -- to work on health care. i want to thank senator snowe. i don't know she's going to be with us this evening, but her courageous vote in the finance committee is something we desperately appreciate. i know that she's going to continue to provide input and i'm hopeful that she will be with us on the final vote because her input and her knowledge has been extremely important in this process. i also want to thank the memory of

. >> the gentlelady from nevada. >> thank you mr. chairman. would like to thank and applaud and incorporates by reference the eloquent statements of the ranking member ileana ros-lehtinen. i believe her comments were spot on. i'm opposed to lifting the travel restrictions to cuba unless and until castro passmore cuba at the least reforms its behavior and that the very most changes its regime and i am a little baffled by mr. flake's comments. i don't think anybody here was acting like a travel agent but if i could capitalize on what ileana said, if you have a great desire to go somewhere, let me suggest you don't go to florida you come to las vegas instead of cuba. >> the gentlelady, the leader of the tourism caucus has expired. [laughter] the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence is recognized for one minute. >> thank you mr. chairman. i find myself in one of the rare moments where i disagree with my colleague from arizonan. we are usually pressed hard against the railing on the right together, but on this one we will agree to disagree. but i do s