to find out more visit omaha chamber.org. speaking with robert in more the third about his book they always said i was very a wide go, coming to grips with rates in america. i will start off with, who said that you would always make a white coat, and why did they say that? >> i think that was more of an internal feeling on my part. i grew up in a very passing time period during the 1960s. i was one of the few african-american fans, perhaps the only african-american family to ride the wave of millions of of why to left urban america at the time to go to the suburbs. at the same time many african-american for coming off the land of rural america and going to the cities. so i thought very unique, i felt caught in between. i think two groups almost like two sides and it was a time period that was pre-multiculturalism, and so i felt internally that perhaps i was destined to marry someone who was white. rather than african-american. >> one of the first part of your book is you have a couple different sections, the first one called

the two men appeared together today at the omaha chamber of commerce annual meeting. >> suzanne: president obama is optimistic about completing one of his short-term goals: passing a bill designed to accelerate job creation. but the 362-page measure is still in draft form, and it includes only a few new provisions for creating jobs. namely, a $10 billion plan that exempts companies from paying the employer's share of social security payroll taxes for new workers hired this year. today, the president acknowledged that the legislation may not be ideal, but he says, it could be a good first step. >> we're seeing an increase in temporary workers, but they haven't yet taken on that full- time worker. and so providing some additional impetus to them, right as the economy is moving in a positive direction, i think can end up yielding some good results. >> suzanne: senate majority leader harry reid hopes to pass the bill by the end of the week, despite the slowdowns caused by snowstorms in the nation's capitol. >> tom: royal phillips electronics is a world leader in health care equipment, like cat

plus the oracle of omaha speaks tomorrow and now you can get a piece of the paragon of investing, should you buy into buffett's baby bs? all that and more when a special dose of the haff time report continues. >>> welcome back to "the fast money halftime report," when it's cold like it is today, people heat their houses and that typically fuels demand for gas and gives a bid to the commodity trade and a curious thing has happened, despite it, nat gas has not gotten its seasonal bounce. dennis, should we be concerned here? >> you shouldn't be concerned, melissa. there's a lot of natural gas out there that we have found that we will find, that is in storage, despite the fact that it's been a very cold winter, we still have more than adequate supplies. i think that this is not a good place to be. if you're going to own nat gas, try to own the nat gas trust. that's the only place to be. don't own the nat gas futures and don't bet bullishly upon it. >> on the equity side, oil producers have been betting on nat gas. >> much better to have the exposure to oil. the drilling has changed the suppl

. >>> it took just seconds to bring down an omaha bridge that had crossed the missouri river since the 1930s. the veterans memorial bridge was demolished this week and chunks of it fell into the river and were fished out by cranes on barges. a new $88 million bridge is going in its place. the new one should be ready by june just in time for the college world series in omaha. >>> on the last weekend of olympic competition the usa men's bobsled team made history. joe carter has more on the record-setting day. >> good morning, susan. the four-men team called their bobsled the night train but during the day they wrote into the history books. finished in first place ending a 62-year gold meded drought. the last time they won gold, 1948. no other national olympic team has endured such a long wait between winning medals. the men's victory means the united states clinched the record for overall medals won at the winter games. >>> this week should go down as the most thrilling week ever for olympian billy demong. then just hours after the race he popped the question to his girlfriend, she said

. >> before that, first of all, i am delighted to be here in omaha. this nablus is just like washington. i have been a longtime friend and admirer and he has been a pillar of strength for me during the credit crisis. warren was referring to something in the book. i was not a model of maturity when i was a senior at dartmouth college. we were at the boston pops and when he was not very impressed when i made by program into a paper plane and assailed it. did you hit him? >> no. [laughter] but she gave me another chance. >> host: did you go home early? [laughter] >> guest: she went home early part but fortunately you got a second chance. >> tell us, hanus says i am a tough guy. but a wrestler in high school but when the president asks them to become secretary of treasury and hanks initial reaction was not to do with but he decided to do it. he had one big worry it is interesting to make a grown man grumbles. >> he is talking about my mom. i am quite close to my mother, a strong woman and very engaged a and interested in politics, policy, and she was not

discusses the actions you take to the 2008 economic collapse haired this event was part of the greater omaha chamber of commerce is 2010 annual meeting. [applause] >> first of all, i want to thank you for coming. you have honored us. i should declare right of the bat that i'm a friend of hanks. i have been so for some years. i admired him before he took the job and i admire him a lot more after the jump you start by secretary of the treasury. the name of this book is "on the brink." and that's exactly where we were in september and october of 2008. and at that time, our economy, our financial world went into cardiac arrest. and we had four people in the operating room that we were very fortunate that the country to have in place. we had hank, we had been burning the, we have tim geiger and shoot a bear head of the fdic. i know a lot of people in finance and a lot of people in business. i know people in government. and i can't think of for that would have done a better job of getting us through that. not kind of fashionable to look back and look at one little aspect or another of what was hap

this event was part of the greater omaha chamber of commerce 2010 annual meeting. to find out more, this it omahachamber.org. >>> we are at west virginia university in morgantown west virginia with john temple, author of the last warrior the fight to save death row inmates. ken rose and said boe jones. >> to man about the same age and they both live in north carolina. boe jones was a farm hand from the plan county north carolina who was convicted of murder and 1993 for a murder that occurred in 1987 and he was sentenced to death and spent i believe 13 years on death row. ken rose is the lawyer, who in 1997 took on his case shortly before boe was scheduled to be executed and he has represented boe ever since and i spent four and a half years following that case. >> what got you interested in this case? have you always been interested in the law? >> my wife is a lawyer but it's not a field life studied. all i was drawn to the idea of writing about lawyers who exclusively represent death row inmates because i thought i just wanted to know why someone would do that. it

. >> 30s from omaha to detroit. 24 in the twin cities. 37 in new york. 55 in atlanta. 75 in miami. 40s in boise, salt lake city, colorado springs. sacramento is 55. that ice falling off buildings is scary. i remember signs in chicago and new york saying, watch out for falling ice. freaky. >> sad that it happened twice in the same place, too. >>> a beloved pet is finally back home with his family after a harrowing ordeal in california. >> nearly two weeks ago, spiky the german shepherd, the one plucked from the l.a. river in that dramatic rescue captured on came camera. his owners never saw the television coverage. they had no idea where spiky was. >> but they were reunited yeerday thanks to their granddaughter, who saw the rescue on the internet. wasn't the dog being called baltic? >> different dog. they must have been living under a rock, this thing was everywhere. we all saw it. we'll be right back with more "world news now." whoo! awake again? >>> welcome back to "world news now." toyota is facing more pressure this morning. >> the japanese government says it has received over a doz

paper. >> it wouldn't be omaha.es moines maybe. >> i was concerned about something else. i didn't give you the proper respect. would you please respect. -- repeat it? >> no. >> the des moines register. >> we do have a good relationship. >> we do. >> but it occurs sometimes in this question of -- i think you have 70,000 employees. you have, you know, responsibility over an enormous array of things. i don't know how many letters i write you. but i often find that it's a good thing -- and so does my staff, simply to call either you in my case or in their case some of your staff people. because letters -- letters can actually be very inefficient and they take a much longer time to get over to you and then get back to you. and they have to go through a process and sometimes they're put in general language. sometimes just a phone call. and as you indicated, staffs being in staffs is of what i find is the best way to try and work problems out. i'm just saying that for whatever it's worth. isn't it true that healthcare is t

i went back to the midwest and i usually fly into omaha, omaha, of course, is a central metropolitan area for the state of nebraska. and as i went in i did a whole number of meetings around on both sides of the river, nebraska and the iowa side, did a lot of meetings around there and took phone calls in on a telephone -- on a call-in radio show and this was the day before the agreement was made for the corn husband er kickback. the senator from nebraska was the lynch pin that could put together and hold together the entire health care package. up or down. if the senator from nebraska decides to pull the the pin the whole thing would have fallen apart. and so on the day before we were talking and people calling in and they understood that the nebraska senator held the future of this socialized medicine bill in his hand and they didn't know what was going to happen. in the middle of the night some kind of an agreement got made, there were accommodations that got made and there was an announcement that harry reid had 60 votes and he could break the filibuster in the senate and they coul

our first call for the two guests, linda "silent spring" and paul driessen collagen in omaha nebraska. please go ahead. >> caller: i remember when i was a kid and we used to play outside going up and down the streets trucks were spraying and when you look at the life expectancy we have right now it's kind of amazing you could draw the conclusion that was dangerous, and also how many deaths do you think can be attributed to ms. carson for not using ddt? >> host: we will start with paul driessen dividend linda lear. >> guest: excellent points and a good question. i have seen all kind of numbers in terms of the deaths attributable to not having ddt available or talking mostly about malaria in the context of disease that affects 300 to 500 million people in here causes permanent brain damage and makes people unable to work for perhaps three, four, five weeks at a time. it is a disease that leads people permanently brain damaged. so, it is something you want to get rid of as quickly as you can and the lack of ddt mosul much as an insecticide but as a repellent to keep mosquitoes out of hom

think people that you wouldn't normally hear complaining about president obama, like the "oracle of omahawall street when in fact aig was not per se wall street, they were in fact and insurance company that was at the heart of it. fannie mae and freddie mac, not wall street, controlled by congress, was at the heart of this clams. so, one -- collapse and one of our challenges is we talk about the t.a.r.p. of bailing out troubled assets and that did not include, general motors, did not include chrysler, and certainly would not anticipate to include money the fed had already loaned to aig. but, that is what we're learning, after the fact, when you write a $700 billion blank check bad things will happen with your money. bill: and, barosky is basically saying that t.a.r.p. didn't work. he said, it managed to sort of stave off an immediate crisis. but there are billions and hundreds of billions that did not work, did not achieve their goal. >> he's right on two fronts, one is, what we call the moral hazard. are the banks more likely to make their loans today, really thinking about the impact or

requesting funding for design in 2011 are an outpatient clinic in california and a replacement facility in omahamajor construction budget also includes an expansion at our los angeles, california, location. it is also worth noting that in major constructions there are additional line items that are funded that includes advanced planning activities, security, resident engineer staff, land acquisitions for national cemeteries and variety of other functions and activities. so with that, that ends the presentation over the slides. again, you have supplemental slides in your package that you can take away for reference. now we will go into the question and answer portion of our presentation today. i believe our first question is coming from rick maze. >> i would like to ask a goldy locks question about -- goldilocks about whether the budget is too big or too small. we're already hearing from some democrats in congress. that the budget isn't frozen and nothing is guaranteed and they are going come back and try a cut in. can you give us some ideas. is this the smallest budget that you could do? are the

>> omaha. >> des moines. >> i was concerned about something else, i didn't give you the proper respect -- would you please repeat it? >> i got the wrong. >> the des moines register. >> and that was the point. i was saying that he and i have a good relationship. >> we do have a good relationship. >> but it also occurs to me that sometimes in this question of i thank you have 70,000 employees, with you have responsibility over an enormous rate of things and i don't know how many letters i write to but i often find that it's a good thing and so does my staff's sometimes simply to call either you in my case law or in their case so of your staff because letters can be very inefficient. number one, they take a much longer time to get over to you and then get back to you and have to go through a process and sometimes are put in general language, sometimes just a phone call and as you indicated the staff being in touch with staff is what i find the best way to try and work problems out. i'm just saying that. for whatever is worth. isn't it true if that times -- is it true that health care is t

host: omaha, nebraska. john on the independent line.ve you, c- span? i am independent but i was there was a fourth category because i am interested in that tea party thing -- the democrats and republicans have both spent us into oblivion and i am getting fed up. i am a truck driver. i see the need for the new bridges and roads. i see it every day. the roads are going down, down, down. we do need that. that is why up to like a c. host: rita on the democratic line. are you there? caller: i got through. it is an a. i'm from dayton, ohio, and i see what we are getting from the stimulus funds. we are getting our bridges replaced that were falling down. we are also going to get a train that goes all the way from cleveland, ohio, down to cincinnati -- yes, to cincinnati with about five stops which is going to make us have a larger job market. in my source is c-span. i don't want anything that a neighbor or any newspaper editorial or any teabags people tell me that has been at the chewed over that they are thinking about. i watch all from c-spa

. >> we have nineñr members and w have -- we have, an individual from omaha who is with the li]ar unione the ren for that question is i wanted to know, financial side how many financial side individuals was in this. and the next question i have for you sirçó jms, is is iee you mentioned you were against what was going to be happening today, and you didn't say anything about the role and the accountability of the federal bank and -- and another quick question. >> and hey, bruce. we're running out of time and we'll leave it right there, thanks for calling in though. >> in the first part of your question. there was, there are three bankers on our board of directors. . . our bank has -- the board of governors has oversight of the bank. the congress of the united states can change the structure as is being discussed in one dimension right now if it should decide to do so, so there is a great deal of accountability of the federal reserve banks to its board to have directors, that is those people who live in that region to the board of governors, those]ió people in washington and to the cong

we are requesting funding for designed in 2011 are a plantain alameda and replacement facility in omahalvania, and the second in washington. the major construction budget also includes an expansion at arak los angeles, calif., -- our los angeles, california location. there are additional line items including improved facilities security, resident engineer staff, planned acquisitions for a national cemeteries, and a variety of other functions and activities, so that ends the presentation of slides. you have a supplemental slides you can take away for reference, and now we will go into the question and answer portion of our presentation today, and i believe our first question is coming from rick of "army times." >> i have a question of whether the budget is too big, too small, or just right, because this building there is more that needs to be done, and we are already -- they still think there is more that needs to be done, and we are already hearing nothing is guaranteed and they are going to try to come back and cut it, so can you give us some idea of where you are at in terms of is thi

we have an individual from omaha who is with the labor unions, an individual from kansas city that is, and a banker from ashland, neb., and a banker from kansas. it is a very diverse, both in geography and professions. host: why do you ask the question? caller: the reason for the question is i wanted to know if someone from the financial side, how many financial side individuals were in there. the next question i have for you, sir, is that you had mentioned you are against what was going to be happening today, but you did not say anything about the role and the accountability of the federal bank. and another quick question -- host: we are running out of time. we will leave it right there. thanks for calling in, though. guest: the first part of your question, there are three bankers on our board of directors, and they are very important to us because they have insight into what is going on in the banking industry and they are very helpful to us. they are separated from supervisory activities. i think that is important for you to know as well. as far as accountability goes, the board of

the omaha area is blessed with thousands of successful and talented african-americans, and today i'd like to recognize four individuals, frank, phyllis, dr. clinksdale. frank hayes is a c.p.a. who owns his own business. he is also a founding member and the first president of the 100 black men organization which is dedicated to improving the lives of youth. since 1967, phyllis hicks has run the stepping drill team and continues to be a volunteer and chief founder of this group. she has helped youth overcome many obstacles. and dr. clinksdale has planned, produced and directed more than 200 theatrical productions including a performance to the prelude of the tuss key gee airmen. -- tuskegee airmen. and in 1975 highlighted a successful african-americans who are leading the way in business was featured in "ebony" magazine. i yield back the balance of my time. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without obje

. >> it would not be omaha. >> maybe des moines. >> was concerned about something else i did not give you the proper respect. will you please repeat it? >> no. because i got it wrong. [laughter] >> it was said the mine register. [laughter] he and i have a good relationship. but it also occurs to me i think you have 70,000 employees, and the nervous array of things i often find it is good to sometimes simply called either you or some of the staff people because letters can be very inefficient. they take them much longer time to get back to you then they have to go through a process and sometimes put in general language or sometimes just a phone call an hour as you indicated staff being in touch with a staff is the best way to work the problems out. i am just saying that. for whatever it is worth. isn't it true that health care is the single greatest economic engine in the united states economy in terms of growth of jobs. >> it is inaccurate statement. >> over the past two years, there have been 631,000 new jobs simply in the health care sector. did just in the last month, a 22,000 new

. >> let me say before i do that first of all, i am delighted to be here in omaha. with this note is just like washington parker hannifin a longtime fan and admirer of warrants and he is just a pillar of strength for me during the credit crisis. warren is referring to something in the book. when i was a senior at dartmouth college, the first date with when day -- wendy weir at the boston pops and she was not impressed when i made by program into a paper plane and the sale did. >> host: did you hit him? [laughter] >> no. she gave me another chance. >> host: didn't she go home early? >> she went home early. >> fortunately he got a second chance. >> he says in the book i am a tough guy but also it is i the and it was tackled. when he was asked to become treasury and he decided to do it. his one big worry? >> warren is talking about my mom. i am quite close to my mother, a strong woman and varying gauged and interested in politics, policy, she was not an admirer of george bush and very unhappy with the four is very interested in women's issues. there is a paramount of s

our first call for the two guests, linda "silent spring" and paul driessen collagen in omaha nebraska. please go ahead. >> caller: i remember when i was a kid and we used to play outside going up and down the streets trucks were spraying and when you look at the life expectancy we have right now it's kind of amazing you could draw the conclusion that was dangerous, and also how many deaths do you think can be attributed to ms. carson for not using ddt? >> host: we will start with paul driessen dividend linda lear. >> guest: excellent points and a good question. i have seen all kind of numbers in terms of the deaths attributable to not having ddt available or talking mostly about malaria in the context of disease that affects 300 to 500 million people in here causes permanent brain damage and makes people unable to work for perhaps three, four, five weeks at a time. it is a disease that leads people permanently brain damaged. so, it is something you want to get rid of as quickly as you can and the lack of ddt mosul much as an insecticide but as a repellent to keep mosquitoes out of hom

one is in alameda california and a replacement facility in omaha, nebraska. for the vha in major construction. for the national cemetery administration, the request fully funds grave site expansion at two national cemeteries. the first in indiantown, pennsylvania. and in at the houma, washington. and there's a explanation at our los angeles, california, location. it's also worth noting in major construction there are additional line items that i have funded that includes advanced planning activities, improved facility security, resident engineer staff, land acquisitions for national cemeteries and a variety of other functions and activities. so with that, that ends the presentation. of the slides. again you have supplemental slides in your package that you can take away for reference. and now we will go in to the question and answer portion of our presentation today. and i believe our first question is coming from rick mays of army times. rick? >> i'd like to ask a goldie locks kind of question whether the budget too big, too small or just about right. becaus

we have an individual from omaha who is with the labor unions, an individual from kansas city that is a food processor, we have a bookseller from oklahoma, a rancher from wyoming, a banker from denver, and a banker from ashland, neb., and a banker from kansas. it is a very diverse, both in geography and professions. host: why do you ask the question? caller: the reason for the question is i wanted to know if someone from the financial side, how many financial side individuals were in there. the next question i have for you, sir, is that you had mentioned you are against what was going to be happening today, but you did not say anything about the role and the accountability of the federal bank. and another quick question -- host: we are running out of time. we will leave it right there. thanks for calling in, though. guest: the first part of your question, there are three bankers on our board of directors, and they are very important to us because they have insight into what is going on in the banking industry and they are very helpful to us. they are separated from supervisory activit

we have an individual from omaha who is from the labor unions. processor. we have a bookseller from oklahoma. we have a rancher from wyoming. we have a banker from denver and a banker from nebraska and a banker from kansas. so it is a diverse -- it is perverse in geography and professions that are part -- it is diverse in geography and professions. guest: i wanted to know if someone from the financial side -- how many financial side individuals were in there. the next question that i have for you is -- you mentioned that you are against what is going to be happening today. but you did not say anything about the role and the accountability of the federal bank. another quick question -- host: we are running out of time. we are going to leave it right there. thanks for calling in, though. guest: there are three bankers on our board of directors, and may have important insights into what is going on in the banking insight, and that is very important to us. they are separate from our supervisory activities. they are not informed on that. that is impor

senator grassley to is my dear friend and who s and some good things in his election years in the omaha paper and? >> it would not be on top. des moines maybe. >> i was concerned about something else, i didn't give you the proper respect, would you please repeated. >> no,. >> de des moines register. >> that was the point. i was just saying that he and i have a good relationship. >> we do have a good relationships iraq but it occurs to me that sometimes in this question of i thank you have 70,000 employees were will come ninth one you have a responsibility over an enormous array of things, i don't know how many letters i write you but i often find simply to call either you in my case with were in their case some of your staff people because letters can actually be very efficient. and get back to end go through a process of been sometimes put in general language. sometimes a phone call as you indicated staff been in touch with staff is what i line is the best way to try and work problems out. i am just saying that. for whatever it is worth. is it true that health care is the single and th