city. and what our citizens want the city to be for their children.e in this together. you are a part of the process. the city must be a place, as margaret mead said, where groups of women and men are seeking and developing the high as things that they know. i know that houston is a city of open arms and warm hearts. after hurricane katrina, the entire world knew that as well. thank you for opening ourselves to those in need. [applause] we are a city of opportunity and a city of optimism. we have a sense of partnering and a respect for our differences. houston is a city built on dreams. but our dreams are always power by hard work, guided by common sense, and inspired by creativity. i spoke of election night of is being an historic election. my election made news around the world. people in houston were not surprised that they had elected the first gay mayorÑi of a major american city. we have a tradition of electing a mayor is not for who they are, but for what they believe we can do as a city. [applause] but i do want to speak just briefly to those

citizens to develop the next engines that will fuel our city and our region for decades to come. while the challenges we face are unprecedented, so too are the opportunities. we will make sure functions like the process in the city is not a force of frustration but a source of growth. i promise sanka met today that in my first year of office, we will completely reform the city's permitting process once and for all. [applause] it will be more efficient and easy to use. by embracing business and giving business the opportunity to embrace the back we will take responsibility to continue the legacy of our past. as we strive to create the new health the environment where entrepreneurs can flourish, we must take responsibility to solve some of the unfilled challenges of our past, one of which is the city's pension crisis. friends, that has been provided-- the work provided by every worker is worthy of merit and deserving of appreciation. [applause] you have worked in our offices, repair their streets, kept the city moving in made atlantic great but the stark reality to

our past. one of which is the city's pension crisis. ends, that has been provided, the work that has been provided by every worker is worthy of merit and deserving of appreciation. $1 of $5 is our pension fund is going to the pension system and we must work to get three through these tough times. we must face this challenge head-on, being mindful of the responsibility to taxpayers who fund that system. but make no mistake, we will face this challenge and we will get through it together as a team. the next area of responsibility we must embrace is the responsibility of our present. we know that the times in which we live and the economic hardships that we face have created for many of our citizens a sense of hopelessness. and when people are without resources to make ends meet, when the flames of their frustration are fanned by a strong wind of hopelessness, these individuals may turn desperate and some even turn to crime. please know that this city will not simply be tough on crime. we're going to be smart on crime. while i will be -- [a

next engines that will fuel our city. le the challenges we face are unprecedented, so too are the opportunities. rather a source of growth. i promise and commit today that in my first year of office, we will completely reform the city permitting office once and for all. by embracing business, we will continue every work yr is worthy of merit and appreciation. you are kept the city moving and made atlanta great. but the stark reality today is that one out of every five of our dollars is going to the pension system. we must work as a team to get through these tough times. we need to face this challenge head on being mindful of the responsibility of taxpayers to fund this system. we will get through it together as a team. we know that the times in which we live and the hardships we face have created for many of our citizens a sense of hopelessness. when people are without resources to make things meet when the flames of their legislation may be fanned will become desperate. please know, we are going to be smart on crime. [app

-- is a major issue in our city. about 24% of our population is living below the poverty line. our staff -- part of our staff is primarily focused on these issues and how we coordinate, the money we get through the community services block grant. we want to reduce and take poverty down as far as possible, and get into human capital, investment in our people, in our city. is why we are so focused on public safety in our city, because of a great city is a safe city. the two years i have been in office, we have reduced homicides by 23%, in every major category of crime, down in our city notwithstanding this recession. host: jason deparle, "new york times," wrote this recently, "living on nothing but food stamps -- one in 50 americans are living on food stamps with no other income." what is the reason? guest: the main reason is the recession, high unemployment and foreclosure rates. another reason has to do with other elements over the past decade or so. access to cash welfare has diminished greatly. two parts of the city

and we love transportation in our city. interstate 30 dead-ends into interstate 40 into north little rock. and we fund our parks just to give you an example, we fund our parks department with what -- what we call hamburger tax which is prepared food tax and the highest grossing restaurant in our city -- and we've got our olive gardens and red lobsters and all sorts of -- the chains. but the one that funds most per seat is known as iron skillet. and that's at a truck stop in galloway which is a great operation. and it sure helps us out. we also have union pacific railroad as our largest private employer. a little over 2,000 jobs work out of our city with union pacific. and we kind of grew up as a railroad town in arkansas. so i say that -- we love our roadways. we love our waterways. we're on the mcklennan-kerr project. transportation is a large industry in our state. in fact, we're happy to say -- at least we are that caterpillar is going to be opening a brand-new road grater facility in north little lock i know their home h

half of our city uses the city water system. i think our projections right now is we'll hold our taxes flat another year. most of the mayors i talked to tell me that we think we might be able to get through this year. next year and the year beyond is when people are concerned. it has to be tough to make not that promise but a pledge or a prediction. do you think that things will get better or worse before they get better? >> i think they -- we're going to have one more year after this 2011-2012 where we're going to have still tight bel tightening. tough times, even though the economy is stabilizing and we're seeing somewhat of a positive uptick, still going take two more years before we can really sift through all this and begin to see more jobs coming into play and real estate market, housing, more housing sales. but for us, at least in alexandria, nochb us ever like to talk about raising taxes. the manager, city manager is putting together a budget based on revenue based sources and other cuts in reductions in programs and serv

. -- where the greatest good can be done to create jobs in our city. >> questions? [inaudible] >> i don't think it was upset. it was disappointing they chose not to come to our annual meeting. our relationship with the white house has always been good. people make different choices. but we need to continue to work for the good of the people of america that we all serve together. >> go ahead. >> that was so long ago, nobody remembers that. we just came out of the white house. we just came out of the white house. we had an hour meeting with the president, vice president, a couple of cabinet secretaries, and we are in the middle of our conference. i think it is great that we have this great relationship with president obama and his administration and we are moving forward. >> we had the first lady with us and nine cabinet members, the secretary of the treasury, and dr. summers, and the president and vice-president. we have a good relationship, thank you. >> i have been mayor 34 years, and we have had many private relationships with some administrations, but it has never

. >> we know that this is a tough time in our city and a time of transition. as a member of the delegation and senior member of the delegation, we pledge absolute support to the mayor in the next several weeks and years. >> reporter: this as the council president prepares for her new position. beating with the fire chief. >> what is your biggest challenge? >> right now, it is the budget. that is the focus that i have right now. >> reporter: in addition to the budget, she cites public safety as a priority. >> we have to protect our core private. public safety and other -- priority. public safety and other public issues. >> reporter: stephanie rawlings- blake will assume the mayor position after sheila dixon resigned on january 4th. >> i pledge to make it a smooth transition. we will get through it. >> reporter: in addition to the vote of confidence, stephanie rawlings-blake took home an award for excellence. jessica kartalija, wjz 13 news. >> thank you. it is unclear if stephanie rawlings-blake will fill her staff openings with members of dixon's staff. >>> let

cities. they say, for instance, our firefighters have to be the second highest paid in the state. so if somebody up north -- some city council up north decides to increase the pay of their firefighters, then you have to increase the pay of your firefighters. and it's just this ratcheting-up effect. one of the funniest ones i see are the public employees say well, our city -- we're in the -- we're below average in our pay for public employees. we're below 50%. well, 50% -- half the cities are always going to be below average, right? so this constant ratcheting up -- so they push their pay above average and somebody else falls below average and they say, you know, we're a great city. we shouldn't be below average. and then they -- it's just this ratcheting it up and it never -- i don't see this happening in the private sector. sometimes the ratcheting steams to go the other way. i like to use an example -- here we're in orange county in the city of fullerton, just to give you an idea how these things -- how these happen. a council of five members, three republicans, two democrats. tw

citizens to develop the next engines that will fuel our city and our region for decades to come. and while the challenges that we face are unpress precedented, so do are the opportunities. we will make sure functions like the permitting process in this city is not a source of frustration, but rather a source of growth. i promise and commit today that in any first year of office, we will completely reform the permitting process once and for all. it will be -- [applause] >> it will be more efficient and easy to use. by embracing business and giving business the opportunity to embrace it back, we will take responsibility to continue the legacy of our past. as we strive to create that new healthy environment, where entrepreneurs can flourish, we must take responsibility to solve some of the unfilled challenges of our past. one of which is the city's pension crisis. friends, that has been provided, the work that has been provided by every worker is worthy of merit and deserving of a appreciation. [applause] >> you have worked in our offices, repaired our streets, kept

our mayor to be. >> reporter: praise for city council president and future mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. she, along with senator barbara mikulski and fred bealefeld were honored at a breakfast at martins west. >> we know that this is a tough time in our city and a time of transition, but as both a member of the delegation and the senior member of the delegation, we pledge absolute support. the mayor and the next several weeks and years coming ahead. >> reporter: this as the council president prepares for her new position, meeting this week with commissioner beale field and fire chief black. what do you foresee is your biggest problem in backing mayer? >> the budget. >> reporter: she also cites public safety as a priority. >> public safety and other city services. in order to do that, we need to get the budget under control. >> reporter: rawlings-blake will assume the job as mayor after current mayor sheila dixon resigns february 4th. >> i pledge as mayor dixon pledges to make it a smooth transition. i met with many agency heads, and we'll get through this. >> reporter: in addition to the

in short, we are going to help our cities and regions do more of what they do best. you know, ohio consistently ranks among the top three states in average revenue per minority firm. and we are proud that we are the home of opportunity. i am pleased to announce today a new partnership with the cleveland-based nonprofit group jumpstart. our pilot project in 21 northeast ohio counties will assist high potential minority owned firms in developing business plans for sustained growth and in accessing angel investors and venture capital. [applause] >> i believe in ohio, i believe in ohio because ohio agriculture is so important not only to our economy, but to our way of life. but we should do a better job of getting ohio grown and raised foods onto the dinner tables of ohio families. because ohioans spend about warty $3 billion every year on food, but only 3 percent of that spending goes to products from ohio farms. moreover, too many ohioans live in neighborhoods where fresh produce is hard to find or impossible to afford. today i am announcing the ohio neighborhood harve

>> that, to me, is one of the key issues in our city.have thousands of people coming home every year and 60% to 65% go back to prison. which in itself is bad that we are paying $50,000 to incarcerate them, not to mention the cost of courts and police and so forth. people forget that in order to go back to prison there committing crimes, which have powerful impact on the boards and committees and hearts of people. we set up an array of programs. we have been working at this for 3.5 years since i've been mayor. we're trying to set up a network of programs so people can easily plug in when they come home. our programs range from pro bono legal services that we provide, all the way to the father of a program that we have credit because we saw that the kids most likely to go to prison are the children of incarcerated adults. we went out and found a model in philadelphia that we like and have innovated upon it. it is one of my favorites in our city because it not only has an amazing rate of getting people reemployed, but it has the citizen rat

in truth, we rarely notice the smooth working of our city. how much of this city goes right every day? we miss the smaller invisible events. like two water department crew who worked through a cold february night to repair a sewage leak. the nurse at one of our clinics that worked a double shift because they were short staffed. and then that worked that double shift three days in a row. the park employee who rescues a dog from the drainage kluver in a middle of a thunderstorm and not thoroughly soaked and ant bitten in the doing. probably along with the dog. but those are everyday acts for our city employees. thousands of small acts that most people never hear of. so to the unsung heros of the city work force i want you to know this. the citizens of houston are on your side. we're in this together. [cheers and applause] >> every speech by every mayor will discussion the economic downturn. in many cities services has been cut back, employees have been furloughs or laid off, the quality of life in many cities was not what it was four years ago.

but those are everyday acts for our city employees. thousands of small acts most people never hear of. so to the unsung heroes of the city workforce, i want you to know this the citizens of houston are on your side. we are in this together. [applause] a free speech by every mayor in this country these days will discuss the economic downturn. in many cities services have been cut back, employees have been furloughed or laid off, the quality-of-life in many cities isn't what it was four years ago. we will not let that happen to the city of houston.

mayor of norville rock arkansas and this is my 22nd year of office and we love transportation in our city interstate 30 dent and in -- dead ends. we fund our parks department and what we call hamburger tax, prepared food tax. and the highest grossing restaurants in our city -- and we got all of gardens, red lobsters, all sorts of chains but percy, the highest grossing is known as the iron skillet, and it is at a truck stop in galloway which is a great operation and it sure helps us out. we also have a union pacific railroad as our largest private employer, a little over 2000

we are joining our cities and the insurance federation on a bill that gives more flexibility to cleanup buildings damaged beyond repair by fire by allowing the cities to place a lien on the fire insurance policies. like most states, west virginia is facing a dramatically increasing prison population we cannot simply sustain. last year i established the commission on prison overcrowding to provide recommendations on how we can address this problem. the state supreme court has also studied this issue. and an interim report of its commission reached many of the same conclusions we did. over the years, we've done a good job of locking criminals up. but a poor job of rehabilitating nonviolent offenders and helping them become productive citizens. we're always going to be tough on crime. but we must adopt a different approach or we will have an insurmountable problem. tonight i'm introducing a bill that will streamline our parole system and use our prisons to keep those violent offenders where they belong, locked up. this accelerated parole system has been tested in other states and is one

cities can get that money out the door and provide jobs. 80% of our country's population lives in the city. and upper end of 80% of the country's gdp is created there. it only makes sense that you send the money where it economic activity takes place. host: what was the reaction from the president to your idea? guest: president obama is a tremendous leader. not only can he give you information but he is a great listener. i think he will transfer that message to all the cabinet secretaries and others in the administration. he is mindful that working shoulder to shoulder with america's mayors, that he will reach his goal of saving or creating 3,000,002 -- 3 million to 4 million jobs. he knows that cities are where the action is. he reaffirmed his commitment to the mayors of america in our conversation and exchange. i could not have been more excited to know that the president really does care. host: what kind of jobs have been created in philadelphia? guest: [laughter] we're going to be here for a little bit. everybody, take a seat, if you have a seat. [laughter] can everybody please gi

city. we need everybody to jump on board with that. >> very cool in deed. listen our time is running short. we have to run. i will tell you this when i see you in the sound byte, we will see you maybe once or twice a year in person but i see this very rossty and it is very comforting. don't change. >> i mean that sincerely. >> the sign of a good leader. >> we would headache hand but you know. don and marty,. >> wow. i will tell you what. we will take a break, and come back to our still to come. how about that right now? >> doing the tease right now. >> still to come on our morning edition. >> as the police commissioner explains his hopes for 2010, the department is trying to solve the first homicide of the year. that story is coming up. >>> newark international locked down for hours after an unknown man slips past the security check point. >> >> this is mark viviano with the ravens in oakland where the second straight playoff appearance. >>> sharon gibala here, if you are about to head out we have the first delay of the morning a live look at eight it after the break,

in short, we're going to help our cities and regions to more of what they do best. you know, ohio consistently ranks among the top three states in average revenue per minority. and we are proud of that we're the home of opportunity. i am pleased to announce today a new partnership with the cleveland based nonprofit group of a jump-start. our private project in 20 east ohio counties will assist high potential minority-owned firms in developing business plans for sustained growth and in accessing investors and venture capital. [applause] i believe in ohio, i believe in ohio because ohio agriculture is so important not only to our economy but to our way of life. but we should do a better job of getting ohios boom and raise of food on to the dinner table so high and families. because ohioans spend about $43 billion every year on food but only 3 percent of that spending goes to products from ohio farms. moreover, too many ohioans live in neighborhoods where fresh produce is hard to find or impossible to afford a. today i am announcing the ohio neighborhood articles, the

somebody that comes to the united states with a bomb to blow up an airplane in one of our cities, should be treated like a wartime criminal. that may be an academic dispute for people. if you treat him as a criminal justice defendant, you cannot question him. and he sounds like someone you can crack easily. it soundsed like he wanted to talk and we cut it off. >> larry: what do you think of the president's strong statement yesterday of security measures and tightening them up? >> the president needs to make a major correction in the wait he is dealing with terrorism. he is mishandling the situation. first of all this is ten days too late. this something you react to immediately. not after your vacation. the president of the united states, wr when there is a potential massive attack on the country, should have been on top of it immediately. we should have had a response ready. we are in the age of terrorism. we don't need ten days to respond. all that does, i believe, is convince our enemies we are not ready. that we are pondering too much and thinking too much. so, you know, there is --

blowing kisses -- >> to our city. >> reporter: joining in the oath. >> i rudolph giuliani. >> reporter: you know, it's one thing when your kids steal a show, but how about when it's a couple of koalas? and we do mean a couple. tennis star andy roddick was talking to reporters at an australian koala sanctuary. >> because we were fighting about a 35-mile-an-hour cross-wind. >> reporter: who cares about the tennis court? you can watch koalas

. >> we know that this is a tough time in our city. a time of transition. but as a member of the delegation and the senior member of the delegation, we pledge absolute support to the mayor in the next several weeks and years coming ahead. >> reporter: this as the council president prepares for her new position. meeting this week with commissioner bealfeld. >> what do you foresee as your biggest challenge upon becoming mayor? >> right now, it is the budget. that's the focus i have right now. >> in addition to the budget, she cites public safety as a priority. >> we have to protect our core priorities, public safety and other city services. but in order to do that, we need to get the budget under control. >> rawlings blake will assume the job as mayor after current mayor sheila dixon resigns february 4th. >>> i pledge -- mayor dixon pledges to make it a smooth transition. i've met with many agency heads. we're going to get through this. >> it is unclear whether rawlings blake will fill her staff openings with current members of dixon's staff. stay with wjz fo

a live picture from our city camera shows a lot of ice alongside the banks of the potomac river.p in mind, that ice is not thick enough to support any real amount of weight, so don't go out on the ice on any of the local ponds or lakes, because it is way too thin. temperatures right now. we've dropped to 16 degrees at nashville airport. 15 degrees in fairfax and prince george's county. 14 degrees in montgomery county, maryland. it is a cold start. windchills are just at or slightly below zero now. minus 1 in washington, minus 5 in northern virginia, right at the zero mark across much of suburban maryland. partly sunny, windy, and cold today. windchills will stay in the teens. high temperatures will get up to 25 to 30 degrees, but a northwest wind at nearly 30 miles an hour will continue to blow all day long today. so windy and cold today. cold tomorrow, but not as much wind and maybe a flurry late monday night, early tuesday morning. eun? >> thank you, chuck. coming up on news 4 today at 9:00, you think the hol >>> we are back on this sunday morning, january 3rd, 2010. it is bitt

tribunal, somebody who comes to the united states with a bomb to blow up an airplane in one of our cities should be treated as a war time criminal, not like a domestic criminal. and that may be an academic dispute for some people, but here's the difference. if you treat him as a criminal justice defendant, you cannot question him in the same way as you can question him if he's an enemy combatant. and we want to know, i'd like to know everything he knows. i'd like us to have the benefit -- and he sounds like somebody that you could crack pretty easily. sounded like he wanted to talk, and we cut it off. >> larry: what did you make of the president's strong statement yesterday about security measures and the like and tightening them up? >> i think the president has to make a major correction in the way he's dealing with terrorism. i think he has mishandled this situation. first of all, it was ten days too late. i mean, this is something you react to immediately, not ten days later after your vacation. president of the united states, when there is a potential massive attack on this country, w

because they brought great prosperity to our city. which just let me as interesting.culturally, the idea that you would almost sort of venerate the people who left, that what your area accelerated was leaving. certainly in the '80s and 90s, this was the real kind of engine of growth. i promise i won't be as a long winded in answering the next question. >> one of the things that struck me the book was -- [inaudible] >> how concentrated the immigration was, each wave, you can sort of trace an enormous amount of the chinese have ended up in the united states to to very small parts of china. and i'm curious, just why that is? why it's been traditionally so concentrated in a few places. >> well, i think that there are -- okay, i'm going to be long winded. i think there are two reasons for the. one is, one i don't think it's not distinct chinese at all, which is the demographers called his chain of migration. one brings 10, 10 bring 100. and the idea would basically be in many cultures people coming from in different parts of the world, a pioneer comes, they find a new plac

we are embracing these opportunities, we are embracing the future of this region, and our little city has taken a leadership role for this. >>khazanah nasional is malaysias huge investment holding company with a 25 billion dollar portfolio covering over 50 major companies. it was also the driving force behind the vast iskandar special economic zone in southern malaysia. the md of khazanah, azman mokhtar was previously head of research for both ubs and sbs in malaysia. with such a wealth of knowledge to tap into we sat down with him inkuala lumpur and began by asking how malaysia was positioned to emerge from the current economic crisis >>mokhtar: i think we were fairly resilient, i would say, and certainly the numbers are, again, panning out, atthe macro level in malaysia. i think the recession is a short and relatively shallow recession in that sense. and i think the government in the 2010 budget that was just announced a few months ago, very clearly has taken the bull by the horns of making quite bold measures in terms of fiscal discipline but at the same time its a difficult time t

. >> look at how hard it is to fire a teacher in schools manifestly failing in our big cities. >> quentin doesn't that concern you? >> i don't see a problem with the policemen nationwide or the firemen nationwide. i think they do a great job, and they are unionized. and in this case it is happening in the context of the bombing attempt over detroit. that had nothing do with the tsa. the weakness is in our intelligence system. the president was right. we had a break down of communication and cooperation. probably with the cia and this national intelligence service. it has nothing do with the tsa. >> quickly a great point. it happened outside of the country. steve. >> sure we're not talking about the breakdown in detroit. we're talking about future unionization and what it will do to the flexibility and technology needed to keep or airports safe. we need an overhaul on policy. focused on what gets on a plane instead of the -- keeping bad people off of planes, bad things planes and treat passengers the same. >> we want the lapses that -- don't want the lapses in amsterdam to happen in the st

indiana has a aaa credit rating for the first time ever, saving millions in interest costs for our cities, schools and universities. we will be using a carefully built reserves to get us through this next year and a half. in the reserves most of the state had have long since disappeared. they have slashed, sometimes virtually halted, the construction and repair of state roads. in michigan, they are grinding asphalt roads back into gravel, as though to regress by a sentry. but here, we are building for indiana's future at a rate twice the previous all time record. all over indiana, the dreams of decades are becoming real. the hoosier heartland quarter, the fort to port highway, u.s. 31 from south bend, i 69, and hundreds of others, all at full speed, under budget,hedule, take our very eyes. [applause] >> after growing education spending five years in a role, but a total of 12%, we were recently, reluctantly forced to trim it by some $0.03 on the dollar. but all across the country, education spending has been reduced by vastly more. by twice as much in places like washington, nebraska, conn

in our city, in seventh grade, 70% of our black boys aren't reading at grade level and can't produceath at grade level. i'm really talking about throwing a lifeline out to all we can. to me, it's not a policy debate. i'm talking about the role of educationing these kids. that's what i support. host: randall here on the dracks line. you are on now. good morning. caller: this is worth waiting for. overall, i like what he's saying. i don't like the way city council tries to force these things on us. our education system in the district has a good example. instead of trying to reply kate what has been around 20 years, he cose to send money out to a private entity. the other thing is to parents. no matter what programs you are with, you are throwing money away. i don't know how you can rally all those parents to be involved with your children. this plan was put together by the federal city council when tried to pub lizz ice private schools and it was rejected. i don't like these people reaching back into the government to push the policies that they want parents overall do not want. i pre

their success has benefited our city tremendously. and with the first playoff game kicking off this saturday, i want to give constituents a chance to honor them. today, julian writes, the reason we are proud of the saints, the reason we rally behind them has less to do with the school board and more to do with the hearts, soul and fire of the city. your average new orleanian seems so opposite of one another. there are those who have always called new orleans home and some who came for only a few years and fell in love. watching the saints help us escape from rebuilding yet reminds us of why we came home. the saints are an exact reflection of us, our city, our home and that's why the saints are my home team. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? mr. butterfield: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. butterfield: madam speaker, the american people continue to struggle

all of the old flagship stations in most of our major cities. >> are you more popular at certain timesyear? >> yes. summer is never a good time for talk radio because people go on vacation. the spring book and the fall book around mid september to mid december and the spring but is probably april to june. if you had tried to get me during another time, i would have blown you off in a heartbeat. >> you have names for them. why do you do this? >> this is from my personal file, but it relates to personal policy. mrs. fred said she had to go to detroit. she decided she would go out and fly back the same day. i would like to report that in the course of one day and one round trip flight, she exposed the flaws of airport security. she is going through security at reagan. because it is a one day trip, she knew she would not be able to eat so she brought some food with her, some of which was a container of applesauce. the airport's security guys stop her and asked what this was and she said it is applesauce. they said i would be the judge of that and took a bite and said that it was applesauce

king was all that went on in our cities, and it was a constant reminder, even after the flames burntut -- it took 15 years to get a bill. it took 15 years for these buildings to be rebuilt, for the boards to be taken off. it was a long struggle. what we are doing today, talking to you, it may seem like a memory, but it was a long, hard fight. let me back up. there have been some names thrown out today, and i do not know if you know them, but i want you to take their names with you. when you talk about david abernathy, the right hand man of dr. king -- just focus on these names. when you hear about karen mitchell, the former congressman from maryland -- did he pass recently? look up perrin mitchell. i am in the district of columbia. i do not know how many of you live here, go to school here, but when dr. scott talked about the states that supported the king holiday, as well as the district, we were one of the first areas to create the holiday. reverend fauntroy was one of our first leaders. i am sure you have heard congresswoman eleanor holmes norton. so because of all that, that is w

terrorists have targeted our cities and our citizens and they must be met with unwaivering resolve. i well remember visiting the hotels in in 2005, walking through the wreckage, visiting the innocent children, men and women who had been targeted at weddings. i will never forget what i saw there. i will never forget what i have seen elsewhere. and the united states, jordan and our partners around the world stand shoulder to shoulder in this fight. we also share a commitment to seeking a comprehensive peace in the middle east based on a two-state solution. we are working with the israelis, the palestinian authority, jordan and the arab states to take the steps needed to launch negotiations as soon as possible and without pre-conditions. the united states believes through good faith negotiations, the parties can mutually agree on an outcome, which ends a conflict and reconciles the palestinian goal of an independent and viable state based on the 1967 lines with agreed swaps and the israeli goal of a jewish state with secure and recognized borders that reflect subsequent developments an

many of our cities in rural areas are coping with these problems, and they are obviously issues that we need to address, the administration is working to address. but we have a way to go. and all of us need to do what we can. >> this is actually the perfect closing question, because many of us in this room stand committed to do a great deal at home and around the world. i think this is inspirational. thank you so much. >> this discussion took place at the new york city bar association in new york city. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] . . . helsinki created pressure and then you had statesmen on both sides that were able to take advantage of that pressure and opening. the other case that i personally was a little involved in as a student at berkeley was south africa. there were demonstrations at berkeley about divesting from south africa, getting the university's investments out of south africa and companies that were investing in south africa. just last weekend, i taught my daughter the song that we sang

all of the old flagship stations in most of our major cities.icago. >> are you more popular at certain times of the year? >> yes. summer is never a good time for talk radio because people go on vacation. the spring book and the fall book around mid september to mid december and the spring but is probably april to june. that has everything to do with advertising rates. >> you're talking to us in a slow period. >>if you had tried to get me during another time, i would have blown you off in a heartbeat. >> you have names for them. why do you do this? for your family. >> this is from my personal file, but it relates to personal -- public policy. mrs. fred said she had to go to detroit. her grandmother is and hospice. she decided she would go out and fly back the same day. i would like to report that in the course of one day and one round trip flight, she exposed the flaws of airport security. she arrested a potential domestic terrorist attack. she is going through security at reagan. because it is a one day trip, she knew she would not be able to ea

it's post-season time for the ravens and the city is fired up. our it was a season for the ravens in which thing did not come easily. it came down to the end and need to win over the raiders. two players came through in the clincher. >> four minutes to go first half. sfwlt ravens appeared to be cruising through the first half. 77 yards for a touchdown. 14-3 ravens, oakland looked like a push over. the raiders respond with ten straight points. charty frey to zach miller for a second quarter touchdown. though pulled within one point. the baltimore defense rose up with two turnovers. russell picked off. returned the interception 28 yards, the first of two oakland turnovers in the second half. ravens had a third touchdown with that one. the ravens win to clinch a spot 21-13 the final. >> last year we had to win our has couple of games, so this is nothing new to us. we can't our poise. the player stayed together, the coaches stayed together. it all worked out for us. >> the most important thing is we feel like we have a team, a team that will be toff beat

find some really abysmal health care of with lack of access and poor communities right within our own cities and neighborhoods. and that stark contrast is a major problem we are struggling with. i would say the second major problem we are struggling with is that the pieces don't for a-- fit together for any of us. the thing we are struggling with the health reform, we have focused a lot on the insurance hassles and the insurance organization that we have missed the point that the deepest struggle is with complexity. drugs, 4000 medical and surgical procedures. try to deploy it city by city, optimally, in the right time and my place for people. -- and right place for people. host: is there a big fix that is possible? guest: coverage, providing insurance to the white population of people who are missing dead, 45 million -- wide population of people who are missing it, 45 million, we have been battling over a period is a public coverage, a private coverage? which ever way, there actually is a solution. when it comes to quality and cost, this is more a management problem. you never fix it all at

to create pt economic and power house that is one of the state's most important institutions and our city's largest employer. denny concluded his career serving as director of the portland housing authority, dealing with the problems of homelessness, special needs and low income housing and community revite lization. portland won national awards for its innovation, cost-effective delivery and the capstone of his career was the columbia village a successful hope 6 housing project, making a deteriorated world war ii vintage housing project into a point of pride. denny west was a gifted straightor. in agency after agency, so important to our community, he played a critical role, often as the go-to guy who perhaps didn't have the title but made things work. with the housing authority of portland, he was the guy in charge and the results are a testament of his vision, administrative skill, sensitivity and compassion. over these last 40 years, the half dozen agencies provided the infrastructure that drive the national recognition all of which blended to make portland a unique community. while his

can find some really abysmal healthcare with lack of access in poor communities right within our own cities and neighborhoods. and that stark contrast is a major problem that we're struggling with. i'd say the second major problem we're struggling with is that the pieces don't fit together for any of us. the thing we're struggling with in health reform -- we have focused a lot on the insurance hassles and the insurance organization. but we missed the point that the deepest struggle here is with the complexity. science has given us 13,000 diagnosis that we've identified the problems the human body can sustain. 13,000 ways the human body can fail. for it we came out the last century with 6,000 drugs, 4,000 medical and surgical procedures and we're trying to deploy it city by city optimally in the right time and right place for people and we're having a hard time. >> host: is there a big fix for people? >> guest: this is the stark change of problems of cost and quality. coverage providing insurance to the wide population of people who are missing it at 45 million, we had solutions on the shelf

indiana has a aaa credit rating for the first time ever, saving millions in interest cost for our cities, schools and universities. we will be using our carefully built reserves to get us through this next year and a half. any reserves most other states had long since have disappeared the have slashed, sometimes virtually halted the construction and repair of state roads. in michigan they are grinding asphalt roads back into gravel as though to regress by a century. but here we are building for indianans future at a rate twice the previous all-time record. all over indiana the dreams of decades are becoming real. the hoosier heartland corridor, the fork to highway, u.s. 31 from south bend, 69 and hundreds of others all at full speed, under budget ahead of schedule, taking shape before our very eyes. [applause] after growing education spending five years in a row by a total of 12%, we were recently reluctantly forced to trim debt by some 3 cents on the dollar. but all across the country, education spending has been reduced by a vastly more. by twice as much in places like washington, nebr

indiana has a triple-a credit rating for the first time ever, saving millions in interest costs for our citiesschools, and universities. we will be using our carefully built reserves to get us through this next year and a half. any reserves most other states have long-since disappeared. they have slashed, sometimes virtually halted the construction and repair of state roads. in michigan, they are grinding as fault roads into -- asfault roads into gravel as though to regress back a century. today all over indiana the dreams of decades are becoming real. the hoosier heartland corridor, i-69, and hundreds of others, all at full speed, under budget, ahead of schedule, taking shape before our very eyes. [applause] after growing education 12 years in a row, we were recently forced to trim it by some 3 cents on the dollar. but all across the country, education spending as been reduced by vastly more, by twice as much in places like washington, nebraska, connecticut. by three times as much in mississippi, utah. four times as much in minnesota and south carolina. six times as much in alabama. around ou

sweeping sands and majestic pine trees, of rolling farmlands and bounteous lakes, protector of our sprawling citiesldlife. we turn to you today and ask you to bless this great state of new jersey. held our residents to be healthy, fruitful, and prosperous, and to rest in the knowledge that their safety is a priority for those who lead them. we ask you to bless this new administration and all of the state's leaders. help them to be united in purpose and remember to seek the common good with integrity and generosity. we ask you to bless this wonderful family, mary pat, andrew, sarah and, patrick, and bridget. help them to remain strong in the bonds of faith and love which they share, and we ask you to bless this man, our new governor, chris christie, and this woman, the lieutenant governor kim guadagno. we pray that you will fill them with the vision to government promised, the wisdom to government justice, the humility to government honesty, and the compassion to govern with a true servants heart. we asked this in the name of your son, jesus christ, who is the lord and our savior, but now and foreve

mistake to fold christmas into the by and large collective pargening contracts we see in most of our big cities. so i want to china to look at ways for expressing our family and get the kind of development is just say that. never equipped when -- that's one of the zates a lot of people think would do well in race to the top, because you do so well with that, and the date has a very good glorn, be able. the way we held out with the schools and full filled parents on waiting lists. >> the way we're describing them is a non-sectarian public school which operates with read the. . an example, one. >> well, one kind of freedom but they could also use to time differently in the day, because they are not constrained by these rigid rules. if, next, a teacher needs to spend time with your friend! . that stretched the ocean? of autonomy as a real ingredients to get through the carter dealership. they have to be resources almost and they oversee their team by a school board like any other district? >> well, the concept of a curtain authorizer coth make the chief. a -- the first oversize of the school. whic

see >>> an update to our breaking news story out of north baltimore. a city officer is injured in a crash involving four other vehicles. this is a live look at scene. the crash occurred around 8:00 tonight. police say the officer crashed into a subway restaurant. that is not the please cruiser. over to the left, you can see clearly that mruz cruiser went into the subway restaurant. no word on why this happened. apparently he suffered leg injuries. as we pan to the left, you will see an suv that flipped. this is the result of that accident. obviously, an investigation is on-going. we're going to have much more tomorrow on fox 45 morning news. meantime, four other people were rushed to sinai hospital, with nonlife-threatening injuries. again, more on this story tomorrow on fox 45 morning news. >>> a kissing bandit, a close-call crash and a major splash landing in the hudson. there were some spectacular moments caught on tape in 2009. jonathan hunt reports on the year of surveillance. >>reporter: a shootout at an ohio bar leaves patrons ducking for cover underne