the first thing to note is that it is coming from the ethics commission, a non-partisan body putting this forward as a proposal with no apparent vested interest. second, it sets a higher bar for serious candidates while still being reasonable in terms of the of mouth of money they have to raise before they are matched. third, it gives a chance for candidates who are not serious to get out without penalty. the most important point would be that clearly, ranked choice of voting works better with fewer candidates. there's a good chance we will be keeping ranked choice of voting, so let's have at work as well as possible. i urge you to vote yes on this proposal and urge your colleagues to the same at the full board. thank you. >> i am here on behalf of california common cause. yesterday's cut we e-mail letter detailing our support of these commission measures, which i hope you have received. promoting and preserving public financing is a priority as allows candidates to focus on constituents and represents a safeguard against a special- interest takeover. the ethics commission proposal w

. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the same. [chanting] >> we have the right to vote. >> whether you are marching for a cause or voting in the next election, make your voice heard. thank you for watching. >> this is one of the museum's longest art interest groups. it was founded by art lovers who wanted the museum to reflect new directions in

. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote andve their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the same. [chanting] >> we have the right to vote. >>

. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote andve their voice heard. >> the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage is taking place throughout the state. bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collectio

even though he voted for over two biilion dollars of "what i cannttll you ed is s: non-partisan congressionale oil and natural gas more expensive for u.s. consumers and llkely increase foreign dependdnce."obama sayss "one analysii shows that every time gas goes up by a peeny, these ompanies usually pocket another $200 million dollars in quarterlyyprofitss meanwhile, thess companies pay a lower tax rateethan most otthr companies on their investmenns."the oil industry sharply disputes thht -- effective tax rate of 41 percent on their profits. &pseveral democrats sided with the industry over the presiddntt-- and stopped the bill by joining forces with most senate republicans. mcconnell says..."somehow ttee sst up some kkid of a political win for them, which frankly i don't understand. i mean, i can'ttimagine anybody giving them any high-fives for not lowerinn gas prices."the preeiddnt's spokesman fired back there's no magic wand -- and charged again republicans areebeenn dishonestcarnny says :"an election year so is to go out and promise if only you were leeted or only your plan was passee that

-- >> they've got other problems too. >> they have non-partisan news on tv in britain, but they have really partisan papers and the telegraph is the most right wing of all papers. >> the corruption is overpowering, would you say the same about the financial times? >> whatever you think about the financial times, i think saying liberals have decided that climate gate was real was an overstatement. it sort of matters more than what conservative papers in england think about it, right? >> the appropriate thing you may not have remembered, rachel, i asked the question of lisa jackson. by the way, you and lisa jackson and barbara boxer are my three favorite liberals, i enjoy watching you very much. lisa even has a picture of my 20 kids and grandkids hanging on her wall. she and i get along fine. i said i have a feeling as soon as i get out of town, you're going to have an endangerment finding so you can regulate the very thing you could not pass legislatively, that's cap and trade. she kind of smiled, and i said when this happens, what science are you going to use, she said, of course, th

sam nunn is co-chairman and officer of the initiative, a non partisan the global threats from nuclearwhich he was instrumental in founding. he served as thesenator of geor from 1972 to 1996. now he is retired from the law firm king & spalding. senator nunn served as chairman of the arms committee and permanent subcommittee on investigations. he also served on the intelligence and small business committees. senator nunn's legislative achievements include the non-luger productive program which provides assistance which secures destroying biological weapons. senator nunntt tech, emery university and emery law school where he graduated with honors in 1962. we are delighted to welcome the lovely colleen nunn who is with us this evening as well. secretary schultz, secretary perry and senator nunn have all been involved in the making of a documentary film, together with ploushers fund, and it's called the nuclear tipping point which profiles their efforts to reduce nuclear weapons and is available on the stanford program on international and cross-cultural education at spice.stanford.edu. we

that's according to our media partner california watch, non-partisan project center for investigative reporting. they have been pouring through data to determine where much of the extra equipment has gone. >> u.s. military requires a lot of equipment obviously to conduct operation over seas. but when military operations in iraq wound did you know last local police departments were among the biggest beneficiary of the troop draw down. concord police got the 300,000 dollar armored personnel carrier for free. >> we are going to be using that inform our s.w.a.t. team. >>reporter: in the early 90's congress passed legislation that allowed excess military equipment to be transferred to local police departments when it noise longer needed. since 1997 concord police have received more than 5 26,000 dollars in military surplus. one of the reasons we do it is because of the budget craze we have had really in the exist it allows to us get goods and materials we normally wouldn't be able to get l for essentially free. >> 2011 was record bricking year in terms of state police agencies participatin

that's according to our media partner california watch, non-partisan project center for investigative reporting. they have been pouring through data to determine where much of the extra equipment has gone. >> u.s. military requires a lot of equipment obviously to conduct operation over seas. but when military operations in iraq wound did you know last year, local police departments were among the biggest beneficiary of the troop draw down. concord police got the 300,000 dollar armored personnel carrier for free. >> we are going to be using that inform our s.w.a.t. team. >>reporter: in the early 90's congress passed legislation that allowed excess military equipment to be transferred to local police departments when it noise longer needed. since 1997 concord police have received more than 5 26,000 dollars in military surplus. one of the reasons we do it is because of the budget craze we have had really in the exist it allows to us get goods and materials we normally wouldn't be able to get l for essentially free. >> 2011 was record bricking year in terms of state police agencies partic

but it's just one that really is non-partisan. this is national security and the director of the fbi told senator collins and me that cyberattack and his opinion is soon going to supplant terrorism in the country's most serious threat to homeland security and that's saying a lot, and we are behind. >> have you had any conversations with your republicans in the house? >> we have had conversations at the staff level as senator lieberman pointed out, there was the task force that the speaker put forth that has a lot of recommendations that parallel those that are in our bill. now in the and who knows exactly what the house will come out with but there is clearly a recognition based on this task force you can't ignore the it critical infrastructure and to really tackle the problem of cybersecurity. that would be leaving the job undone, and i have to say our committee has looked at this thoroughly. we have had ten hearings. we devoted a great deal of time soliciting and put the private sector from our colleagues from other committees f

. >> alec is pushing a conservative agenda but says it's non-partisan. are you a member? joined to get the password to find out the legislation. i went to the conference, i was a lonely guy i didn't get invited to the parties. they wine and dine you and ultimately they get a lot of people bringing back these really bad special interest bills. >> do they allow democrats to even be on the committees where the legislation is defendanted? >> in fact, i sat through one of the committees task force on fiscal policy. i would never get put on there it's all conservatives. half the community is legislators, half special interest you. need a majority vote of each half. the corporations vote on the legislation they write and the legislators are a bit player. it is so formed by the corporations that it's almost ridiculous. >> i'm saying, representative, thank you for joining us to help us expos this terrible stuff. >> up next, big money is having a huge a influence on this election cycle. not just alec, but who's giving it, what do they get for it? your answers are right here in the

you have an unusual bipartisan agreement or non-partisan agreement as secretary schultz sometimes says. really put this back into discussion and gave it a credibility that it previously had not had. at least not for many years. president obama has essentially made the nuclear agenda of these gentlemen the nuclear agenda of the obama administration. so, i'm interested to know and i think people here -- >> it is important to point out that during the campaign, both senator obama and senator mccain, candidates, endorsed our issue. it wasn't an issue in the campaign. >> i think people would be interested to know two things. what do you all plan to do in coming months to keep your initiative moving? and secondly, what can people like those who have come out this evening to hear about this and think about it, what can they do to deal with these issues and reduce the threats that we face? let me start this with senator nunn. >> on the question of what the public can do, i think we have a couple of film out that i think -- you can get them on our web site. last best chance is the film about nu

. >> the main thing is that politics is politics and federal reserve is non-partisan. we want to make the right decision without political pressure. >> reporter: the quiet resolve of a man who grew up the son of a drug store owner from a south carolina town, played the saxophone, won the spelling bee, managed to get into harvard, becoming the most powerful man in american finance. he's also an historian of the gret depression, even showing me a $10,000 bill from 1934 on the wall. he's giving history seminars at george washington university. >> you can make sense of it all if you look at the history. >> reporter: when you were man of the year, you said you were the most powerful nerd in america. did you take offense at that? >> i'm proud of my nerd-dom. the world needs more nerds. nerds help create jobs and advance science and i hope make economic policy. but that remains to be seen. >> and he refused to say if he would accept continuing on after his term expires in 2014. stillhead on "world news," before you get in the apparently seat again, watch this. the new video t

the economic club of new york is the nation's leading non-partisan forum for economic policy. more than 1,000 speakers have appeared before this club in more than a century. establishing a strong tradition of excellence and importance. this tradition has been supported by the contributions from 158 members of the club's centennial society. their names are listed in the program and i thank you. tonight, we are pleased to welcome back to the club treasury secretary timothy geithner. secretary geithner last spoke to the club in june of 2008 when he was the club trustee and more importantly he was president of federal reserve bank of new york. secretary geithner was sworn in as the 75th secretary of the united states treasury on june 26th, 2009. he previously had served in the treasury department under three administrations. before coming to the federal reserve, he was at the imf. earlier in his career, he worked for kissinger associates. secretary geithner graduated from dartmouth college and from the johns hopkins school advance of national studies. we're pleased to have secreta

the non-partisan tax policy center ran the numbers and says the president's plan would raise taxes on the top 1% of earners by an average of $94,000. the analysis also shows the top third of taxpayers would pay more, but for most, the increase would be small. this is only if current tax policies like the so-called "bush tax cut" and the payroll tax cut are made permanent. the bottom line-- the tax center says raising taxes on the rich will do little to pay down the deficit. >> if you look at the entire budget, it's basically stabilizing the debt over the next decade at a very high level, and it leaves untouched the big drivers of the increased debt in the future, so it really isn't addressing the long-run budget problem. the best that can be said about it is it's keeping things from getting worse. >> susie: the president's budget needs approval by congress to be passed into law, but experts agree it probably won't happen in this election year. >> tom: the tax man is waiting. federal taxes are due april 17, a couple of days later than usual, but that's less than a month away. all next