about 75,000 of those 100,000 jobs are in northeast ohio. the limousines that you drive -- electric with celgard membranes in them sometime soon? >> you know, the answer -- i'm going to be honest with you -- [applause] when i first got secret service protection, i asked, can we make these cars hybrids. and i apologize because secret service said no. the reason is not because secret service are bad guys. it is because the cars that i'm in are like tanks. as you might imagine, there's a little bit extra stuff on there. there is a little reinforcement. so they weigh twice or three times what an ordinary car weighs. so they just couldn't get the performance in terms of acceleration using a hybrid engine. but here's the good news. as part of our overall energy strategy, i have ordered us to triple the federal fleet that is hybrid. and so government purchases an awful lot of cars for all kinds of things. i think -- i'm assuming the biggest car purchaser. maybe herts is -- hertz is bigger, i don't know, but we're big, and we are using our purchasin

about 75 of those 1000 jobs are in northeast ohio. a quick question, if reggie is not on the plan, could i get a ride to the airport? >> let's go. the question, the limousines that you drive, electric, sometime soon? [laughter] >> i will be honest with you. when i first got secret service protection, i asked, can we make these cars hybrids. and, i apologize, because secret service said no. the reason is not because they are bad guys, it is because the cars that i and then, they are like tanks. as you might imagine, there is a little bit of extra stuff on there. they are reinforced. they weigh twice or three times what an ordinary car ways. they could not get the performance in terms of acceleration using a hybrid engine. but, here is the good news. as a part of our overall energy strategy, i have ordered us to triple the federal fleet that is hybrid. so, government purchases an awful lot of cars for all kinds of things, -- i am assuming we are the biggest car purchaser. we are big. we are using our purchasing power to help encourage t

ohio valley. it's a nice morning around the northwest and southwest. and the northeastng at cloudy skies. later today, scattered showers will be developing across the northern and central plains. more showers and thunderstorms will be scattered across the northeast and ohio valley. the southeast has a dry and pleasantly mild day. >>> in sports, some first round nba playoff series are on the brink of ending. cleveland's lebron james had 37 points as the cavaliers dominated the bulls in chicago 121-98. the cavs lead the series 3-1 and could wrap it up on tuesday. >>> utah it's carlos would you zer had 31 points and held off the nuggets 117-106. the jazz are up 3-1. game five is on wednesday in denver. >>> san antonio's george hill scored 29 and the spurs held off the maverickss for a 92-9 victory. the spurs have a 3-1 lead and could eliminate dallas tuesday night. >>> in miami, dwyane wade sent set a franchise playoff record with 46 points in a 101-92 win over boston. the heat avoided elimination, but boston could take the series with a win tuesday at home. >>> in basebal

today, whbc is as diverse a station as the citizens of the northeast ohio.ives the facts in their programming and gets to the heart of who we are. fans can listen to their favorite teams and turn down the trigs and listen to their play-by play-. it has maintained that standard for 85 years. congratulations. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: i focused on four ten events, we needed to approve, affordability, access, quality and choice. the bill did not fulfill those requirements. it gives me no pleasure to show you the the report from medicaid and medicare services agrees with me. affordability, in 2011, the initial $5 billion in federal funding will be exhausted resulting in premium increases to sustain the program. access, the report projected the cuts would drive about 15% of hospitals and other providers into the red jeopardizing access t

banks that inflicted much of the pain on all of us -- you in south texas and my neighbors in northeast ohio- is i think a bit far afield. host: emma in ohio -- and this is a tweet. gee, she knows what she is talking about. i don't know the answer. these are people who get medicare that are eligible for medicare and medicaid and -- at the same time. they are not required depending on their income to pay as much of their premium as a bit more affluent medicare beneficiaries. i don't know the situation exactly am always talking about, but i do know these teirs i not always there -- not to those a little higher income and not those of the lowest. i will look at it and we will pursue that. host: another ohio-centric tweet -- guest: i think the construction will help the state, if they aren't using in state union well-paid labor pared -- if they are using in state union well- paid labor. i don't know if it brings as much wealth and jobs as proponents say it did. i think the jury is still out. because you need more police protection, you need more safety forces when you have casinos because all of

so the mission to improve the lives of the families in northeast ohio who i serve continues, but it is worth noting that the council of economic advisers has reported that the recovery act created or saved as many as 2.4 million jobs and up to ,000 in jobs. and for me, jobs, jobs, jobs is what i am most interested in delivering to the american people and facilitating opportunity for them to go to work and be able to raise their family and have the kind of life that makes this country so very great. so i know we are just getting started in our discussion. i look forward to talking more about the tax benefits and the other things that were in this bill. and all of the other pieces along the way that we are putting into place for the near term and to generate a sustainable growth that we need in both our economy and in the job market out there, because far too many people are unfortunately still hurting. mr. garamendi: i want to come back to you in a few moments and pick up on something that stimulate stimulated the american economy and we'll let people be curious about what it was that c

street banks who have inflicted much of this pain on all of us you in texas and my neighbors in northeast ohio i think it's a bad idea. host: from emma in ohio, for 10 years ohio's elderly have had a punitive otter -- a punitive poverty level for medicaid. can it be raised to 133%? guest: years are not sure what she is talking about. some people are eligible for medicaid and medicare at the same time. they do not have to pay as much for their premium as more affluent beneficiaries. i do not know the situation exactly that she is talking about, but i do know that those tears are not always there. -- those tiers are not always fair. host: here is another e-mail from ohio. how do you think the new casinos will help or hurt the state? guest: i think if they are using in-state, union, well-paid labour i do not know if it will bring as much wealth and jobs as proponents said it would, the jury is still out because you need more police protection, you need more safety forces because of all that surrounds casinos so i do not know what is going to happen. i am hopeful that it will bring us closer to pr

later today, scattered showers will be popping up across much of the ohio valley and central plains. the northeastnd southeast are mainly dry. while much of the west will have a milder day. temperatures will be in the 60s and 70s and scattered showers are likely over the northern and central rockies. >>> in sports, a wild one for the yankees and as in oakland and a game the as won't forget. a three run homer off cc sabathia. in the sixth, he grounded for a triple play, the first since 1968. the as won it 4-2. >>> in the national league, the pirates took a drubbing from the visiting brewers. milwaukee won it 20-0. it was the pirates worst defeat in their 120 year history. >>> now to the nba playoffs and a pair of upsets. oklahoma city's kevin durant took on the l.a. lakers' kobe bryant winding up with 29 points and 19 rebounds on the night. and the thunder won it 101-96. their first ever home playoff victory. >>> in chicago, derrick rose scored 31 points including a nifty give and go in the first quarter and the bulls went on to beat lebron james and the heavily favored cavaliers 108-106. >>> final

cool winds really building from the north and northeast, the frontal boundary is staling, the next system across the northern plains, great lakes and ohio valley. it will arrive here on tuesday, and even though we have high pressure billing in, and a nice start to the work week, chainings on the way through tonight and tomorrow, this is actually a good thing, if you are like me and allergies, you will feel the benefit of tomorrow. it will be chilly through the midday, showers build in during the afternoon hours and it can be at thier bansover rain, on into the mountains into the afternoon hours, we expect that rain to buildup during the late afternoon, and evening tomorrow, and take us through tomorrow night, leftover clouds and cool wind on wednesday morning and we will break this pattern through wednesday afternoon, the benefit of the rain in march and all of the show over the winter and the heat we had last week really causing the explosion of pollen, we will try to take that out of air for tomorrow, today, one more rough day, sunshine breezy and 70 in downtown, we cool back a little bit, 67 west minister, hopping toward the eastern

now, later today, parts of the northeast can expect a few spring kells. it will be sun any from the ohio valley and mid-atlantic states southward to the gulf coast. showers will be scattered across the western high plains. and it will be cold and snowy around the northern rockies. >>> in sports, with the playoffs starting next week, miami had to pull out a close win in the nba. the heat got the go ahead basket in the closing seconds against philadelphia and miami held on for the victory 107-105 as they battle for fifth place in the eastern conference. >>> atlanta's joe johnson scored 31 points against milwaukee as the hawks beat the bucks 104-96. the two teams could meet in a first round playoff series starting monday. >>> in baseball, they went extra innings in cleveland. nelson cruz smashed a two run homer in the tenth against the indians. and texas beat cleveland 4-2. cruz is tied for the major league lead in home runs with five. >>> and in the tenth inning, cincinnati's scott roland singled to drive in the winning run and the reds held on to beat the marlinss 6-5. both teams have won

northeast, the midwest. but the heaviest rain and flooding from maine to maryland. mostly showers from the ohio valley, missouri and minnesota. widely scattered showers in texas and some snow in the central rockies with rain in the pacific northwest. >> low 60s from fargo from the twin cities and detroit. 50 in boston, 56 in new york, and design in atlanta. >>> still ahead on this morning, a breakthrough on the fight of one aggressive form of cancer. the first vaccine. >>> then, left to die. another troubling case of extreme suffering and no one stopping to help. >>> and nasty to nice. if aliens visited earth, what would they be like? a new warning for all of us. thanks to the new venture card from capital one, we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned a ski trip twice as fast. we get double miles every time we use our card. ( thuds ) i'll take this. ( crashing ) double miles add up quick. and all of those. so we brought the whole gang. one adult, one goat please. it's hard to beat double miles. everyone knows two is better than one. introducing the venture card from capital one... wi

north to get into late summer months, toward the great lakes, upper ohio valley, midwest, and into the mid atlantic and the northeastso, hasn't been a whole bunch of tornadoes this year, but this is getting to be the season. all right, the next three days, here we go. we are going to finish the week strong. 70 tomorrow. 70 on friday. there is a chance for showers tomorrow afternoon, but the bulk of the day will be fine and 68 on saturday with more rain and showers. that hasn't changed. tonight, showers ending early, partial clearing, cool. winds northwesterly at 10. let me show you live doppler. most of the activity is east of town. so it's a little bit of activity up 270 and southeastern sections of montgomery county. by and large, most of the activity, i-95 and it is pushing away from us. showers will end during the evening, still going to be a wet commute. back to the computer we go. we'll talk about temperatures tomorrow morning, 40s and 50s, but mostly sunny skies. the winds light and by afternoon, we are looking at a very nice day, partly cloudy, breezy and pleasant. a couple showers are possible, but it can b

northeast winds at 14. light rain is reported and the bigger picture. this is what is coming through us. a little energy back through ohiond pennsylvania. that's why we can't rule out and say this will be out of here in a few hours. might get a stragglers of a shower but the afternoon will hold the heart of the rain here between now and let's say 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. here's the seven-day forecast, 50s today with the rain showers off and on. pretty numerous through 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. better tomorrow, 60. thursday and friday, 70s with showers by friday afternoon and evening. that will usher in more cool air for the weekend but should be a dry weekend with highs around 60. that's weather. stick around. j.c. is in the kitchen when 9 news now returns. hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> we want to remind you we are getting started monday through friday a little earlier. so you can see howard, andrea and anry ji for 9 news now beginning at 4:25. tune us in, okay? all right. i love hamburgers. today one of

northeast. trying to sneak into the i-9 acorridor. knoll having a great deal of success. cleveland, ohio, seeing heavy rain right now as is pittsburgh. but maybe some sprinkles across the northeast. the real action is out west with this big trough against the low elevation -- high elevation snow. and winds gusting over 50 miles per hour in parts of utah yesterday. they will rip across the front range today. but east of the mississippi, for the most part, we're not looking all that bad. temperatures will once again be right around where they should be for this time of year, almost 80 degrees expected in atlanta. all right, guys, we'll see new about 30 minutes. no spanking from the news center. >> you take care of that rear. >> i'm icing it down. >> thanks, rob. >>> still to come on the most news in the morning, conan o'brien is returning to television. we're going to tell you all about the deal that's going to bring him back to late night cable. you can say a lot more on cable. a we don't go lower than $130.ts a room tonight for 65 dollars. big deal, persuade him. okay. $65 for tonight. y

in the ohio valley, high will be pushing into the northeast. it won't happen fast. it will slowly.- advance slowly. 53 at noon, and 64 at 6:00 p.m. after hatching a hig reaching af 69 degrees. with the showers we could have imbedded thunderstorms once again this afternoon. we do want to see what is happening on the roadways with candace dold. she is here with the traffic edge, candace, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, steve. it's going to be a tricky rush hour for many people in baltimore. while we're talking about utility work in the heart of downtown baltimore. we will show you what the area looks like. this is light street at lombard street. you can see cars are getting by but i can tell you it's getting busier. this utility work does block two right lanes there. you will want to use fayette as the alternt route. farther up, there's trouble due to the wicked weather that came in last night. flooding on the southbound lanes, we can show you what that region looks like. it's approaching cold spring lane. this is from earlier this morning but it's exactly what you will find

ohio, currently, it is 60 degrees. yippie. another great day temperature wise. a lot of 50's from the big northeaste cooler in the northern plains right now. but things are going to warm up later on today in chicago, room temperature. 72. about the same for cleveland. and new york city should top out out at the airport at 76 degrees. 80's, upper 80's from the mid atlantic back through dixieland and through portions of the lower mississippi valley later on today. it should be 80 in new orleans and san antonio and 80's as well in the central plains. in augusta, i believe, temperatures will be in the 80's as well, brian. >> we've been talking about this story all morning and so are you. the eyes of the world will be firmly fixed on tiger woods today as he faces the media at golf's most prestigious tournament, the first of the majors. joining us live from augusta, georgia, justin gray. first off, tell me right now, what did you see of tiger and the so-called 90 security guards that are surrounding him? >> yeah. brian, we haven't counted 90 but one of our producers here did kind of bump into tiger by ac

ohio valley and tennessee valley going through the mississippi valley and missouri valley. only thing missing is the big valley. heath jarrett says fire in the barn. dry in the northeastof florida at this time but there's fog and that's a problem for the shuttle. current readings right now in atlanta, they have 58. 50's and 60's through the gulf coast states. we have some 30's around chicagoland area. some 40's in portions of new england. meanwhile, today's daytime highs, montana will wind up with 81. phoenix, 89. you should expect that. should be 74 today in raleigh and 75 in the big easy. now it's time for some news about the sports. >> there are butterfingers everywhere in this studio. we'll meet stridex pads tomorrow. steelers quarterback ben rothlisburger did violate the league's personal conduct policy but have not decided when he'll announce his punishment. in an interview on another network, goodell says despite not being charged with a crime, his actions reflect poorly on himself and the league. these are two incidents two years in a row. joe madden tends to be old school, he likes to wear his favorite hoodie to stay warm on cold april nights at the ballpark