north carolina should lead. one of the things i mentioned in my video series, and people should go to the website. there is a gentleman who works for a company, and jim started his career in the oil business. he was then in the nuclear business, and now, he is in alternative energy, and because north carolina was forward thinking about an alternative energy standards, we should have won for the country, and this country is able to turn hog waste into electricity. talk about a win-win for north carolina, turning hog waste into electricity. 3 megawatts this year. 30 employees now. it could go to 720. the ideas came out a research labs right here. private capital coming together with a good tax structure. north carolina is poised to eat. we have to make sure we take with this and run with it. -- north carolina is poised to lead. that is our future. >> any rebuttal? very good. coming up, my fellow journalists ask questions, and the candidates will have a final chance to earn your vote during a closing statement. you

miller of north carolina. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1448, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. miller, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina. mr. miller: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. miller: mr. chairman, this bill is the right idea. we will not have a strong recovery until small businesses can again get ordinary loans to expand and hire new workers. but this bill leaves out an important industry. in past recessions the first industry to suffer from the recession and the first industry to come out of it was residential construction. home building. there is a reason that housing starts and building permits are leading economic indicators. home building will not lead us out of this recession no matter what we do. too much of the foolishness that led to the financial crisis was connected to housing. there are some markets that are hopelessly overb

, that's -- in kinston, north carolina. they dropped the g they didn't want to be another kingston, north carolina. they voted by referendum the will of the people, the numbers, it's generally memorized but maybe not specifically accurate, 70% to 30% they voted to end the% partisan local lechee in kinston, next, and no longer label the candidate with an r or d by their name. because kinston is a covered district controlled by the voting rights act if they're going to move a voting booth 10 feet down the hallway, they have to get the permission of the justice department under federal law. under the justice department, loretta king is the one who speaks for the justice depprtment, for eric holder she issued a letter that can selled the election results for kinston, north carolina, and declared that they would have partisan elections in the city council in kinston, north carolina, because african-americans wouldn't know who to vote for if they didn't have a d beside their name. mr. speaker, that is fact. that's the letter that

he is on the normal main street in north carolina. he needs to get over the confidence curdle he is facing, to get folks back on his payroll. he is having a hard time with the banks. i think it is important that we pass financial regulatory reform, create a new framework for the banking industry, and help begin lending again. it is a very important as i talk to small business owners. we also bolster the role of community colleges and incubate new businesses from our research triangle institutions, how our universities -- extend research and development into a manufacturing taa credit. provide new tools to help stimulate innovation and make sure small business owners can grow their payrolls and at the end of the day, private sector job growth drives the economy. >> thank you. any rebuttals on the subject? let's move on. the projected deficit for the current federal deficit -- $1.30 trillion. just below the record of $1.40 trillion from a year ago. here is of your asking what you would do to eliminate the federal -- here is of you were

the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina. ms. foxx: on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays have been requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 8 and 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by a five-minute vote -- by five-minute votes on adopting house resolution 1468, if ordered, suspend the rules with regard to house concurrent resolution 285, and suspend the rules and agreeing to house resolution 1465, if ordered. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or coercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are

i like to be the senator from north carolina. >> mr. cunningham, your expression on offshore drilling? >> it raises the question of what our energy future is going to look like, how we balance our priorities and make sure that we protect north carolina's unique nature. we have a wonderful travel and tourism -- our beaches are a splendid destination. that is an important part of the economy. as we think about protecting our environment, there's not enough oil or natural gas off of north carolina's coast to be a meaningful part of an energy solution for america. that is why in this campaign i talked about tax credits and tax favored status for big oil companies. it is why in this campaign we talked about the over $400,000 that senator byrd has taken from the oil companies, or even today he is defending bp, defending what is happening in the call. i want to make sure we look over the horizon and empower the federal government to build alternative forms of energy -- that is the future. that is what needs the federal government support. >> i

the housing market has started to pick up, which is good news for us and good news for north carolina and south carolina. we are pleased to see there are some signs that things are beginning to get better. >> listening to the open session yesterday, one of the demographics that seemed to be happening was many more multigenerational families that are being established. people may be living differently as a result of this economy for some time. how are you planning for that? >> i think that we are listening to our customers, understanding the needs they have for products and services. customers' lives are more complicated and busy than ever. our products and services need to help them simplify. we need to beeable to respond with products and services that meet their needs. we do that. we are doing that all the time, staying in touch with the needs of our customers. >> as the housing structure changes, there may be new opportunities for business. >> absolutely. >> looking at the growth in broadband, which has been incredible in the last quarter, what the sea in three to five years? video

mchenry, north carolina. ms. ros-lehtinen, florida. ms. foxx, north carolina. mr. fortenberry, nebraska. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the majority leader. ms. kaptur: madam speaker, i thank you very much and ask unanimous consent to insert extraneous materials into the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. kaptur: thank you. madam speaker, tonight i want to devote extra time to talking about the proposed financial reform bill the conference committee report being worked on at that moment that is likely to come before the house later in the week. i wanted to put the discussion tonight in a broader context in hopes that my colleagues will listen and consider the bill to be brought before us. let me begin with this% statement. bankers hold a very privileged position in our society because, in fact, they hold the awesome power to create money. their use of that power can advance our society or their use of that power can harm us greatly. w

i don't know if north carolina is one of them. but people who have had luck in their job search have cast a wide net, applied to a lot of places, and it is possible to move even if it is a difficult situation. host: are there some parts of the u.s. that are doing better than others? guest: yes. but there are no parts that have been scared from the recession. the dakotas stand out, or the unemployment rate is shockingly low -- where the unemployment rate is shockingly low. host: are their vast migration is going on right now? unfortunately, i am old enough to remember -- grew up in the midwest in the 1970's, and so many people moved south -- texas, florida, some of the sun belt states, for manufacturing opportunities. guest: things are really is slowing. over the past decade, people moved all over the country, migration trends are huge, and now people are just staying put. they don't know where else to go, don't know where to find jobs, and it costs money. host: indiana. mike is unemployed there. caller: my and employment benefits

the chair: without objection, the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. mr. etheridge: i thank you, madam chair. i thank mr. cuellar for offering this amendment to make sure that creating jobs where they are needed most is the focus of this piece of legislation. as a former small business man myself, i call on the house to pass this piece of legislation. small businesses form the backbone of our economy, increase the jobs we need to continue our recovery. far too many are having ddfficulty getting the credit they need to grow and expand. today we have the opportunity to make -- to do more than just praise small businesses and lament the credit crunch. we have a bill that frees up $30 billion directly for small businesses across our opportunities that are responsible for job growth in our country. business leaders in smithfield, and folks across my district in north carolina have said that what they need most is to expand credit. and have shared their support of this initiative with me. today we have an opportunity to provide real help to our main street busin

places like north carolina, mecklenburg, n.c. when from 70% of births being -- went from 70% of births being white in the 1990's to less than 40% now. you are seeing huge shifts within one generation. that is where you see some of these tensions. where the growth has been rapid. in general, as you mentioned, this country has for a long time been a country of immigrants with the foreign-born population has become well integrated. i think it where we are really seeing the difference is how widespread it has become. like i said, the demographic shift, no one is surprised by it. what is becoming surprising is how widespread it has become. host: in "the wall street journal" they talk about mecklenburg, n.c. as you were speaking of it. there is a statue of mahatma condi -- john d. -- ghandi. "in 1997 the 0.3% of the county is white, to date is 54.6% and the young as whites are a minority amongst their peers -- youngest whites are a minority amongst their peers." guest: places like charrotte, atlanta, miami, places with real economic gr

jerry in north carolina. caller: i got up this morning and was very distressed to see that bob byrd has passed away. i was born and raised in west virginia and i left in 1980. it is amazing what he actually did for the state. a lot of people call it pork but it was in no way pork. a previous caller said he built a road to nowhere. if you have ever been to west virginia, all roads go nowhere. it is a very still unconnected stage with a lot of tourism, and the reds that he helped build -- roads that he helped to build and improve brought a lot of people in that state. i still get really upset, and i'm still connected to the state, with family and friends .ack theire it really amazes me what is it really amazes me what is considered to be pork , what he brought to the state considered pork, is just so basic he brought some must stop the to the state in the last 20 years. -- he brought so much stuff to the state in the last 20 years. host: lancaster, republican, david. caller: i wanted to give my condolences to t

i yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble, ranking member of the judiciary subcommittee on the courts and distinguished veteran of the korean war. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for as much time as he might consume. mr. coble: madam speaker, i too want to express thanks to the gentleman from american samoa and the gentleman from arkansas for having very ably managed this resolution. and i am pleased indeed today to be on the house floor with my friend from new york and my friend from texas, i want to be sure he was still there, hadn't left. i rise in support of h.j.res. 86, madam speaker, and while there's little i can add to enhance the merit of this resolution, i'd like to remind everyone that technically speaking the korean conflict has not ended. the recent actions by north korea against south korea and the chinese should not be taken lightly. south korea is our true ally on the korean peninsula. although i have no solution for the growing threat of north korea, at this poin

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i believe in traversing north carolina, inviting folks into the dialogue. i like to make sure we are putting out information to all sorts of media about how to stay connected and be informed. it is paramount that those in washington get back home, connect with folks, actively invite them into the political process. and it would be a particular charge, a special challenge to make sure we are connecting with folks all over this great state. >> elaine marshall, how would you stay connected? >> you know what, that is a great question for me, because i absolutely love retail campaigning. that has been written up many times over. i get my energy from sitting down at coffee shops and breakfast places and talking to people. i will be home. i will be out. i have friends and all 100 counties to listen to. folks that know how to get a hold of me to get the proper -pfeedback. we will be doing newsletters' and social networking, in particular, where folks can have input. we have things that can happen nowadays for good or bad and great communication tools. i am committe

it is how we can bring jobs and growth to north carolina. ere are 4 billion cubic feet of natural gas off of south carolina. the national petroleum institute says it could be to lend it $50 million of royalties. that is money we can use as we see fit. i imposed we use 70% for infrastructure and poll but charges. couple that with nuclear energy, we have a tremendous tax base for that of the structure. >> until we get our 73 done, the grand strand will never reach its full potential. it is almost impossible to get in or out. that is primarily a federal responsibility. there is another exaaple of washington not doing what it should be doing. what i would do as your customer is working as hard as i could with their congressional delegation. you have to work with people to see that it is funded. we are sending the money up there and we are not getting it back. we need to be sure we get the money back. that will open up our economic engine. you can get to those places. greenhill has become an economic engine because of the enlightened leadership an

host: we will leave it there and go to wayne in north carolina. good morning.aller: good morning, greta. the caller from maryland has got it all wrong. what president obama is doing is trying to further his agenda. bp, yes, they should be responsible, but government should not seize their assets. corporate control of the country, it could bankrupt the country. president obama is using this incident like he uses every incident, to further his agenda, whiih is more government control, more taxes. that is the government that he seems -- that is the direction he seems to be going. he did not give specific. i do not think that he can get specific. he is a politician, not a leader. this man does not have the answers. host: on capitol hill yesterday many oil executives from different companies were testifying before the committee. they came under fire from democratic members that said that their plans for addressing an oil spill were carbon copies of that of bp. oil executives were doing their best to distance themselves from bp. the ceo of bp is in town, he will be u

host: debra from north carolina. general mcchrystal released a statement after the announcement yesterday. here is what he said -- back for your telephone calls. the next phone caller is from upper marlboro, maryland. democrat. caller: thank you for c-span but i'm just so impressed with our president. this sophomoric moved that this general made -- you know, i was in the military. i have flashbacks of being in bars and all of this macho talk and everything. but it really, it really shocked me that that kind of discourse went on between a four-star general and his staff. and apparently being so naive that they didn't think that this reporter was going to run this story, of all magazines, rolling stone. it shows such sophomoric thinking, if i could use that term. but one thing -- we have the right man at the right time in the right job with president obama. he walks softly but he carries a very big stick. and people are realizing what he truly is. he is not flashy. he is not shooting from the hip or his gut or looking

jones of north carolina. ms. kaptur of ohio. mr. moran of kansas. fro what reason does the gentleman rise? >> permission to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. herger: mr. speaker, i rise to israel's right to self-defense and express my outrage over the knee-jerk, international condemnation of our strong ally following the recent flotilla incident. the activists ignored warning from israeli forces to turn away from gaza and disregarded invitations to offload supplies elsewhere. worst of raleigh, they placed israeli forces in grave dangerer by brutally attacking them. many countries immediately condemned israel. their reaction sharply contrasts with their failure to denounce the hostile behavior of iran and north korea. i applaud the obama administration for avoiding this double standard. the united states must always stand against the unfair treatment of an important ally. the speaker pro tempore: mr. defazio of oregon. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009,

we have over 13% unemployment in western north carolina. the people across this nation have about 10% unemployment nationally. people are hurting. small businesses in my district are worried about access to credit. families are worried about being able to keep their credit card, keep their checking account, and keep the financial products they know and like. unfortunately this bill, this legislation restricts credit and makes credit less available and tighter going forward. and makes it harder for small business that is are struggling to meet payroll, much less create jobs. to make ends meet. now, the new taxpayer bureaucracy this legislation creates will intervene in the financial affairs of every single american. and not for the better. the results will be fewer loans for people to buy a car, purchase a home, go to college, or start a small business. and to make matters worse, and the kicker with this bill, is that it won't prevent the next crisis, and it doesn't even address the root causes of the last crisis. certainly we are in favor o

host: next up, north carolina. al on our line for republicans.ou're on the washington journal with retired lieutenant general russell honore. caller: good morning, first, i would like to thank you for your service to our country. i'm a marine veteran myself. the question is, why hasn't the spill been contained? i heard the president saying we're doing everything we can. i heard them say they're ordering skimmer boats and booms. there's open spill response teams at every major installation up and down the east coast, west coast, great lakes that are just sitting idle. skimmer boats, cherry point, north carolina has a skimmer boat, two barges, recovery barges with bladder tanks in them. the smaller boats, they've got boom, qualified people, these themes are already osha quality. they could send theems teams down to coast, train the people, get their qualifications, and then order the booms and order replacement barges, order the skimmers to replace those that were sent down instead of waiting six to eight weeks for a skimmer to come to the gulf coa

foxx from north carolina. under the speaker's announced policy of january 6, 2009, the gentleman from utah, mr. bishop, is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. mr. bishop: thank you very much, madam speaker. i come to the floor today during the specific time to talk about issues that are taking place on the borders of the united states. the issues i talk about are issues that impact both the northern border and the southern border as well, but we have had quite a bit of hype in the media lately about things that are taking place on the southern border. so i would like to try to focus my attention primarily on what is happening between the border between the united states and mexico. i also want to try and narrow the focus of the discussion tonight in some particular way. because i'm not talking about everybody who is coming through the border both legally and illegally, i'm talking about certain kinds of bad guys that are doing great harm to this particular country. let me talk abo

john conyers of michigan, congressman samuel johnson of texas, and congressman howard coble of north carolina. my apologies if i may have left out other members, but it certainly was not intentional, madam speaker, and i also want to thank them as well. congressman rangel fought in the korean war from 1950 to 1952 as a member of the 503 battalion all-black artillery unit in the second infantry division. late november, 1950, his unit en

for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. butterfield: madam speaker, as we work to resolve our nation's fiscal crisis, we must have bipartisan cooperation to best find ways to balance economic recovery and job creation with long-term deficit reduction. americans clearly understand the danger of debt and the need for a serious long-term plan. what they don't understand is sound bites and political rhetoric and so, too, my republican colleagues, as you come to the well today, put your ideas on the table. it doesn't help to demagogue this issue. the fact is and it remains president obama inherited an $11 trillion debt on day one, and we are trying to recover. the american people need your constructive ideas. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. herger: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. t

host: raleigh, north carolina, is next. republican line. does the candidates gender affects your vote? caller: good morning to you, to the rest of your listeners. thank you for taking my call. gender, nor race or ethnicity has any effect on my vote. i look totally -- which all americans should -- we are supposed to be americans now, totally inclusive. they should look at the qualifications and also their train of thought that what they think government and this country should be. perfect example. you've got sarah palin, who is a free-market economist, limited government, personal responsibility, personal rights, who is a woman. and you have barack obama, a large government, government knows best, collective rights, redistribution of wealth. if you look at those two sets of ideology and also value sets, you would see that one is looking over the individual and the other is looking for government does best for the individual. so i always look at what their party positions and ideology are versus what their gender or race or ethnicity. that is

i am from north carolina. i was in the state senate before i came here.n i was in the state senate probably four years ago, i was told we couldn't sustain the employee health program in north carolina needed to dd something about it. instead of change it. hoping they will take over the legislation at north carolina and will use what you've developed as a model. but you may have detected that what the bill did that passed here last year. you didn't make that a theme in your talk. but i assumed that you have noticed that. >> yes, ma'am. >> i just talked, i just answered a letter this morning from somebody who was writing about the f.s.a.'s and how important, how concerned they are about the loss of their overthe counter drugs. you might want to say something more about that. >> about the likely limit takes right. where disadvantage you could say, severely by this. they're convinced there will be a big squeeze out leading to less choice. of both smaller companies and or brokers generally. . and i ask them is that necessarily bad? they said you would have to

hepparently was not aware that my north carolina coli, brad ller, d i started to believe some years ago that the housing and mortgage lending markets were headed for a meltdown. it was 2004 when we first introduced our first anti predatory ing bill to counteract growing problem of high cost lending. in each term of congress since 2004, we have reintroduced our bill. the hous passed some version of our bill on at lea two occasions in an effort to make the mortgage process simpler, faer, and more transpaaent, and align incentives on behalf of borrowers. aot of the provisions of our original predatory lending will are included in the health reform bill, andome of these provisions are included in the senate bill. the coerence should commit to final legislaon that makes it clear that predatory lending will not be tolerated and that pon. citizens who aspire to achieve the american dream of home ownership must not be duped and preyed upon. second rarding transparency, it is clear that there is -- there needs to be much more sunshine and transparency in the derivatives market. the idea that mos

host: charles is joining us from charlotte, north carolina. caller: good morning. as far as the balance of trade is concerned, if we subtract what we pay each of those two countries for oil, what is the balance of trade? host: todd tucker? guest: i don't know the exact answer, but he makes a good point. a large part of that is energy. our two nafta partners are one of two of the most important sources of energy for the u.s. we should think of that the next time we think of picking a trade fight or reopening nafta for negotiation. i think it would be a huge mistake. it is one thing that the trade act todd mentioned would do, putting all these trade agreements on the table. host: this year says the problem is that there are so many fewer good paying blue-collar jobs. guest: that is right. when he said that the loss of 5 million jobs had only to do with union workers is pretty offensive to people. this is promoting the wrong kind of discussion. we should be talking about creating and austrian industries of the future, greeting bring jobs here at home. the problem with

host: charles is joining us fromharlotte, north carolina. caller: good morning. as far as the balance of trade is concerned, if we subtract what we pay each of those two countries for oil, what is the balance of trade? host: todd tucker? guest: i don't know the exact answer, but he makes a good point. a large part of that is energy. our two nafta partners are one of two of the most important sources of energy for the u.s. we should think of that the next time we think of picking a trade fight or reopening nafta for negotiatio i think iwould be a huge mistake. it is one thing it would jeopardize u.s. exports and access to global energy. host: the problems that there are few work blue-collar jobs because it became cheaper to produce a lower-tech items outside of the u.s.. >guest: that is right. i'd think it is pretty offensive have lost those jobs. and think this is promoting the wrong kind of discussion. what we should talk about is how we will create and fosters the industries of the future. how we will create clean jobs here at home. anchorages policy makers to

host: north carolina, on the republican line. good morning. caller: hi. the fellow before me kind of the same way, i'm a registered republican but i don't care any more. i'm voting for the person. i don't care what the party. this whole thing with the oil spill has been political spin from day one, and i'm sick of it. everybody telling a different story. it's absolutely no integrity in journalism any more. it's just thrown out the window. you get a couple stories and they run and you get a couple other stories and they run. and i like seeing both sides of thing, yes. but i want to see the truth. host: let's talk about facts a little bit. how many u.s. vessels are in the gulf responding right now to the oil spill? guest: thousands. literally thousands. i believe there are between two,000 to three thou vessel of opportunity skimmers and i think there are 2,000 more vessels willing to be converted from shrimpers, pleasure boats to skimmers. and that's -- i think the total number is about 5,000 if you can combine government and contractors. host: you said tha

virginia, north carolina, florida, colorado, indiana that collectively at up to 100 electoral votes.f we did not -- if we had not expend of the electorate especially with young voters, we would not have won ttose states. you can look at it clearly. the voter registration in each of those states and how much money we put into it and how much attention we put into it was so critical. in virginia, which dramatically expend of the electorate with new voters. if we would not have worked to bring in those new voters to get them registered and inspire them and turn them out, all three, we would not have one virginia or the nine other states adding up to 100 electoral votes. we won with 365. if we would not have done that in those 10 states, we would have come up with 265 and you need to hundred 70 to win the presidency. i don't think you can look at 2008 in virginia and 2009 in virginia and compare apples to 9$(lc@&c+ i think they are two different races and two different strategies to win. ours was very different than the governor's race. >> massachusetts 2009 was not a normal race by any

and then a debate between the senate candidates for the north carolina democratic primary. and then for the south carolina republican primary. the record talks about her recent articles about renewable arthur -- renewable energy sources. arthur brooks looks at their role of government in the fee

georgia in north carolina. caller: two questions. i understand there are 18 intelligence agencies in the government. why are there so many and doesn't that create some redundancies? i also understand there are an enormous amount of consulting firms in washington, d.c. that do nothing but consult for the federal government. is this necessary? guest: on your first point, 18 intelligence agencies, of course, some of them are relatively small capabilities within each government department. sort of like an in-house intelligence capability. the department of state has 300 people it needs basically to digest the intelligence and tailor the material for state department principles. i would submit to you that any intelligence community, there are really five major agencies. if you took those five, it would account for 90% of the personnel in the intelligence community. and that is not an unmanageable number. as to contractors, a lot of it is a question of the government needs personnel. congress limits us to a certain number of full-time peop

>> i was in north carolina, so we do not live in the same state and -- >> larry: oh. >> yeah.e had talked monday night and had i guess a spat but nothing that anyone was hanging up on one another or anything and, you know, i didn't hear from him the next day and i thought, well, that's weird. maybe he was really bothered by what had happened and, you know, maybe cooler heads will prevail on wednesday. so that was kind of what had happened without me noticing, yeah. >> larry: how many hours did it take you to decide to try to amputate your arm, yon? >> well, i spent about 12 hours i would say screaming as loud as i possibly could to try to alert my neighbors as to my predicament. after not having much success and concluding that being in a basement with basically no windows that the yelling was not going to do any good and that my only way to escape may be to amputate my own arm with the -- >> larry: by doing what? how did you amputate it? >> well, as it happened the drawer that i keep the saw blades for my various power tools was just within reach and i was able to secure them

. >> for those of you watching on c-span, the grand strand is the north coastal area of south carolina, stretching from north little beats down to georgetown. >> our next question comes from the voice of the loder project. considering the oil disaster, what would you do to produce a production of great energy in south carolina, such as wind turbines off the coast? >> i have been involved in this over the last few years. it is a large part by platform. what we have done this year, i sponsored legislation in the past but focuses on rehabilitating the energy in inefficient homes. there is a greatly to job creation. it will create 4000 jobs and this allows our countries and co-ops to loan dollars to renovate their homes. saving energy costs while creating over 4000 jobs in the near term and hopefully 8000 ayalon term in our area. secondly, i want to mention the possibility of biofuel in the rural areas. a tremendous job creator in areas that do not have job creation. the third quarter for area that we have potential is in offshore wind. this is an example of failed leadership. north clack

he joins us now from charlotte, north carolina. thank you, both, for being with us. amy walter, to you first, and focusing on south carolina. an african american being nominated fair congressional seat, an indian american woman for governor. so was this about race, gender, or about the tea party movement that was endorsing both of them? >> well, i think there are a lot of things going on here, and it's never as simple as it seems on paper. i mean, in some ways, tim scott, the man who now is more than likely to come to congress. he is in a very republican district. he was essentially part of the establishment, a sitting statement legislator. he was very well liked by the folks in the republican establishment, the business community. he got support both from conservatives on the social end of the spectrum, as well as conservatives on the fiscal end. nikki haley, of course, started off as the total underdog, which she mentions in the setup peegs, and yet, in the end, she also got the support from folks mitt romney, the current first lady, as well as sarah palin. but i th

captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> thursday, three democrats face off in north carolina force the state governor. -- for the state governor. they will participate in an hour-long debate hosted by wbtw. that begins its 7:00 p.m. eastern. nbooktv continues today with a look at politics. john hill on political centralism and the role of government in our lives. we have a tufts university professor. that is on c-span 2. on this morning's "washington journal," it represented a from the center for american progress will discuss the bp oil spill. after that, a new york university press up -- professor. later, an update on a tax package that congress has been working on. "washington journal" each morning on c-span. later on c-span 2, warren buffett testifies before the financial crisis inquiry. he will talk about the reliability of credit rating agencies. live coverage begins at 8:30 eastern. attorney general are colder confirmed -- attorney-general eric holder confirmed there has been criminal activity in the oil spill. this is about 10 minutes. >> the president reiterated that

from his organization's annual meeting in charlotte, north carolina, this is 35 minutes. [laughter] [applause] >> are you ready to speak out for freedom? do you want to make a difference for the future of your country? it is great to be back here in charlotte with some of the most active, energized nra members and gun owners anywhere in the united states of america. with your help and support you have achieved what a lot of other people wish they could do for their causes that they believe in. my right to keep and bear arms -- as we sit here this morning, it is stronger and more relevant and more widely exercised, and it is growing stronger every year, thanks to everyone of you and folks just like you all over our great country. the right to carry. firearms preemption. every aspe

your administration's chief critics has said about this, that's lindsey graham the senator from north carolina. he said this is a dysfunctional relationship that's happening now among all the top leaders. what do you say to him? >> you're talking about--. >> ifill: talk about in the wake of mcchrystal's firing-- >> you're talking about in the afghan government? >> ifill: in our government, managing the afghan war. >> well, i have great respect for lindsey graham. i've worked closely with him, and as you know, he serves every year in afghanistan, but i really don't know where he's coming from on this. i've worked in every democratic administration since the kennedy administration, and i know dysfunctionality when i see it. we have really good civilian military relations in this government. my counter-part, until yesterday was david petraeus, when he got confirmed for another job. we have the clofs relationship we've ever had with a senior military official and i'm proud to have worked so closely with him, and i think we're now sending our top military command tort most difficult area. as far as

. >> ifill: born in north carolina in 1917, byrd's career tracked the complicated history of a region and a nation. once an active member of the ku klux klan he led a 14-hour 13-minute filibuster against what became the 1964 civil rights act. he later apologized, writing in his 2005 memoir that his ties to the klan in particular emerged throughout my life to haunt and embarrass me. and has taught me in a very graphic way what one major mistake can do to one's life, career and reputation. a history professor at west virginia wesleyan college. >> he realized he could not become a power player in the democratic leadership unless he stepped aside those. so we see in '67 and '68 when byrd is ready to reach for the party leadership a reorientation. since then decades of trying to rebuild that bridge to minorities. >> ifill: byrd's longevity earned him the informal title dean of the senate. he for two decades he served as chairman of the powerful appropriations committee. his political rivals eventually became his allies and his allies inevitably became his friends. >> i don't think any sena

what things need to be different for a customer in new york city versus in charlotte, north carolina. it's exciting to up the thi about finding the right model for serving customers in that diverse geography. >> how public do you expect to be? >> how public do i expect to be? well, you know, i don't know. i imagine i'll be a bit more public than i have been in the past but my -- >> you're in one of the biggest markets in the country. >> my passion is really operations. i love working with a team of people, responding to the needs of customers and developing and introducing products that make customers' lives simple and easy. that's realy my focus. >> thank you very much for talking to us. >> thank you. >> you'll see more of these interviews over the next few months, but if you want to watch this program again or any of our past "communicators" programs, go to our website at c-span.org. >> coming up on "america and the courts," former attorney general john ashcroft on the rights of terror suspects. later, president opaw ma's nomination of -- president obama's nomination of james clappe

host: i appreciate the call from north carolina.uest: you can do without generals, but not without sergeants in the military. i appreciate your service. to the point you raised, and the were a lot of them. and i agree, you have to have an objective. you have to have the means and then you have to know when you have one and have an exit strategy. bear in mind that 9/11 happened and we felt we had to go and do something. we went in there with maybe not all of those pieces in place at the moment. i will also a great dearant youk that iraq was a sideshow. we are paying a price for that now. finally, what the military calls stability operations, i think we know because of the errors in thiraq, where there was no plan, i think we know we have to do that. i think that is why general petraeus' plan in afghanistan calls for this. we have agricultural department to come into the area's once they're cleared by the military and establish civil government to the best of our ability. i think we have learned our lesson there. i appreciate your ser

here's charleston, south carolina, next up, charleston -- excuse me, fayetteville, north carolina.publican line, alex, go ahead. >> you said -- >> i said fayetteville, north carolina, is that you, alex. >> i thought you said republican. >> well, go ahead with your comment, alex. >> didn't state it. anyway, i was commenting on the effort done on the oil spill. it's good but is it efficient enough and is it -- it is not capped yet or what's going on? >> well, it's a little bit offtopic. we're talking about the health care meeting with president obama. thad allen, you can watch that online in our video library at c-span.org. here's orlando, florida. magda. >> i'm magda from orlando, florida. i was watching the health care, and what i don't understand is the american people, they don't realize, we had a dumb president who killed my son in 2003 and 2004 and this health care, how can you be so smart and at the same time attack a president who is so decent, who doesn't lie to the people? i believe in him. i went to the library. i went right through it for the health care, the doughnut hol

winston-salem, north carolina. good morning, phillip.aller: i was calling in about unemployment benefits. is there a way -- [unintelligible] is there a way that it would seize totally? guest: congress and is eager to show that they are helping families that have been hurt by this economic crisis. obviously, we cannot speak to individual situations come individual eligibility, but there is resolved in congress to extend the benefits that have been created. host: pennsylvania. kneel on the republican line. caller: good morning. i want to know from your desk, is there a -- guest, is there provision in the new tax law that will give a benefit to those who bring on natural gas reserves, to be used in automobiles, for energy? we have a huge deposit, not just under us, but throughout the country. it is clean, probably cleaner than oil to drill for. it would be of great benefit to the country if we could do that and stop sending drilling jobs to other countries. guest: there is nothing in this bill that addresses natural gas fuels, vehicles, aut

in 2004 and 2005, two of my north carolina colleagues moved to regulate subprime mortgages by statute because the fed would not use the authority. we were frustrated because the republican house leadership told the financial services committee not to do it. in 2007, when the democrats came back to maturity, which passed a bill in the house to regulate subprime mortgages. it was after we did that that mr. bernanke finally decided that it was time to use the authority. for all theetalk we have heard here, 12 years of republican rule, there was zero legislation for fannie mae and freddie mac. in two years of democratic rule, the bill was passed. finally, i want to introduce into the record an article in "the new york times" in which paul volcker says of that "sweeping financial reform before congress would make the united states a model for the world. the united states will go from less to the head of the line if this legislation is passed. i am glad that there could be international acceptance to the basic principle. i have the impression that it is on a very good side pat. -- syed path