desde ciudad de panamá.xicano nij rmijares promover su nuevo disco y le salió al paso a los que aseguran que fue planeado y muy frío el beso que le dio en público a su esposa lucero para desmentir el rumor que está separado y a punto del divorcio, escuchemos. >> la verdad que son 13 años que cumplimos ahora en enero y pues cada año nos sacan un chisme. ahora ha duradomas el tema y no pasa nada y no se subió para desmentir nada. y porque quería estar con su marido ahí y los niños y estamos a gusto. cosa que obviamente le agradezco que se haya tirado ahí para cantar conmigo. >> bueno el rumor viene circulando desde finales del año pasado y sostienen que es falso. >> después de un reces de 7 años regresa a la música el ex integrante del grupo. y lo hace por la puerta grande. Él está lanzando u nuevo disco de música tropical y pegó un tema en promoción y necesitaba tiempo para él y su familia y vuelve convertido en un@@xxmpactoh@unio >> y anoche en méxico. el canal y la gran fiesta. el pegajoso en méxico. como p

we end up in the driving rain of panama city, 25,000 people at a time of 100,000. we pull up and tracy byrd is the country western singer saying he's the only guy who strive. he's undercover on the stage. just as the bus pulls up in mccain and bush get out, the cloud parts, the sun begins to set in the gulf of mexico and the two men emerge on the stage, a fantastic moment. and we ended up the next day in phoenix and at the end of the day i possibly gave mccain by theodore roosevelt cufflinks because he's such a tr bus. >> host: karl rove, which he used that picture if of you with the opposition? >> guest: i don't think that ultimately helped them. i think you made them look petty and small. it was easy and simple to do, but it made them -- i mean, people did not think john mccain was george w. bush. if he wanted to say republicans there were other ways of doing it. in politics you can do things that if you win the campaign everybody thinks were useful and effective but in reality they weren't. i frankly think barack obama's inspiring rhetoric, not red states, blue

mericanos y del caribe,por el futbol guatemala con panama empataron 0-0, visita derroto 1-0 a honduras este rtido "se demostro quhay material humano en el salvador para sr trabajando para seguir proteciando la seleccion". "yo te digo, no hemos ganado nada, creo que vamos a poner los pies sobre la tierra y a trabajar toda esta semana porque este triunfo nos va servir de mucho, pero no se ha ganado nada y alla en el salvador los vamos a esperar" para maÑana en argentina se viene el clasico nacional entre boca jrs y river plate, partido que se suspendio el domingo anterior por la lluvia, en bolivia este fin de semana tambien hay clasico, the strongest contra bolivar,

it's located in the panama canal which is undergoing a major expansion.wo new commreks are being added. the project will deepen navigation channels. once again, ships twice the size of the canal can currently carry will be handled and able to pass through. the cost of the project is more than $5 million and expected to be completed by 2047. 14, tell you will be required to move the vessels. in terms of costs in grain will actually be much lower to get that grain into your market. >> certainly, we know that we're exporting over half the soy beans we raise, many of half go into china, so the canal ends up being very important, everything going through the gulf of mexico goes through that canal to china. i feel very good after seeing the canal and the way it's run and the leadership of the people running the canal that we can feel very good about this market in the future. >> a group of farmers and journalists got a first hand look this past week. they're part of the frontier study tour at top producer magazine and the united soy bean board. now they've move

at the end of the day, the driving rain and panama city utley tom of 100,000. tracy bird is a country western singer saying he is the only guy who is dr. no he is undercover on the stage and just as the bus pulls up and missed cain and bush get out big clouds part, the rain stops in the sun begins to set and these two men emerge on the stage. it was a fantastic moment. we ended up the next day in phoenix and at the end of the day i impulsively gave mccain might theodore roosevelt cufflinks. >> host: karl rove would you have used that picture if you are the opposition? >> guest: i don't think ultimately it helps them. i think it made them look petty and small. it was easy and simple to do, but it made them-- people did not think john mccain was george w. bush. if you wanted to sort of say republicans there were other ways of doing it but i thought it was, in politics you can do things that if you win the campaign everybody thinks you were useful and effective but there were other things that drove it and i frankly think a rock obama inspiring rhetoric, his relen

so we then flew into panama city. actually pensacola, where he had done his training and we went to a stadium facility that held about 10,000 people and was packed to the gills with people and when they announced mccain there was a sea of malaise and a discombobulated mccain. it was a wild scene and this is where the two of them take off their jackets and bush raises his arms, became joint and raised the arms of the president realizes mccain because of his war injuries can't raise his arms above here. he is waiting and mccain is so overcome and tries to say something to the president and this is the famous foot of the democrats used in 2008 were mccain looks like he has his had buried in push's shoulder. we can pay the rest of the day and it is extraordinary. this is bush country, the panhandle of florida. and the more sheets were sacrificed and turned in to campaign signs that day than ever seen. and children lined the roads and mobs blocked the highway at seaside and stopping, literally physically stopping the busca

the jobs that we do in panama city are the exact jobs that the federal government plans to take over in direct lending. in addition to that, on behalf of all the sallie mae employees which are 8500 employees at sallie mae and employees across the entire country, there will be a significant impact if this legislation passes. >> reporter: well, let's start with the jobs issue. you are talking about the employees that would be hit by direct lending. but part of this would keep you in the process, right, because you would be involved with processing loans? >> we would not be doing the loan originations. we are one of four department of education servicers. so we would certainly service the loans, post disbursement after direct lending. but frankly again we are one of four. and so there's just not significant enough volume there to prevent job losses at salal-- sallie mae or for that matter at other institutions in the country. >> reporter: what about the job loss potential here in. >> well, i always say on this particular point that the student loan program has one singular purpose, and

well, it was -- policing began -- the problem first developed in panama in the early 1900s, and u.s. soldiers were policing the construction of the panama canal, and the army always had programs, world war ii i've done some research on this, there were policing in place. actually what shifted with vietnam was that the army at a certain point. the army had a zero-tolerance approach, if you were found with it you were gone and it was really frowned upon and users were harshly dealt with and what happened in vietnam is so many people were using it, more on the casual bases, for policing, they -- it created all kinds of logistical problems. and they didn't want to dismiss hundreds of soldiers and that is when they shifted towards putting in treatment policies. and nixon systemized that approach and put in the golden flow system and raisieagan shif back and that was a down period for the u.s. military and reputation of the military after vietnam was very, very low. and reagan tried to revive, because, you know, once vietnam ended, those programs kind of waned, but, reagan revived pretty h

it's in the driving range of panama. we pull up. in a driving rain, tracy bird is is the country western singing saying he's the only guy on the stage. just as the bus pulls up and mccain and bush get out, the clouds part, the rain stops, the sun comes in the gulf of mexico. and these two men emerge on the stage. it was really one the fantastic moment. and we have the next day compulsively from mccain. >> you had the picture if you were the opposition. >> guest: i think -- i don't think ultimately it helped them. i think it easy to implement. but it made them -- i mean people did not think mccain was george w. bush. if you wanted to say there were other ways of doing it. if you can do things, if you win the campaign, everybody thinks we're useful and effective. but in a rally they weren't. there were other things that drove it. i think barack obama inspiring rhetoric, not red states and blue states but the united states. his postpartisanship, bipartisan, i think those were far more effective than him saying john mccain is george bus

about 700 of those are in the district that i happen to represent, employed by sally mae, located in panama city, florida. i have worked hard and diligently since those reconciliation constructions to find a compromise that would be acceptable to chairman miller and the other leaders. so far, i've been unsuccessful to bring that in for landing. mr. chairman, sally mae has indicated it will cut it's payroll by about 30% should the direct lending reconciliation constructions being enal acted. i'm supporting in stabilizing the industry and supporting

i personally remember the situation when president carter sent the panama canal treaties to the senate. robert byrd was the majority leader at the time. and those treaties were opposed by two-thirds of the american public in every poll that i saw. and senator byrd's job was to get two-thirds of the united states senate to vote to ratify them. he did it. he did it by reaching out to the minority leader, senator baker. he did it by basically traveling to panama and preclearing the amendments that would allow those treaties to be ratified with the panamanian government. hard-working majority leaders who know how to play the game can operate very successfully in the united states senate under its rules, whether they were the old rules before 1975 or the new rules after 1975. i hear the comments on holds. i'd like to point out what a hold is. it's a letter. it's a letter directed to the leader of your party saying that you have a certain range of options with regard to something that may come up. those letters are very valuable to the leaders. they keep calendars in which all of those holds

climate because some insurance companies are making it easier and allowing benefits in places like panamasta rica, brazil, malaysia, big business. >> if health care passes, you need to see if there are any publically-trade publically-traded medical -- what's the word? >> spit it out. it's only a ten-minute seg male. >> medical tourism businesses that are publically traded because i predict that will be a huge stock to own. we are all going to be searching. >> hopefully i don't have to rely on, you know, making holiday plans overseas to get a vacation. i don't know. we have good medical attention here in the state. we have a lot of questions coming your way. i'm still dying to know some of the things we could live without. >> these are great. >> we'll tackle all of that right after this. and now cheer presents "brighten bay" episode five: "sandy sees the light." (gasps) are you an angel? (laughing) no, i'm doctor dan. but your clothes, they're so bright. (chuckling) i use cheer. there's nothing worse than dingy clothes. now that she's seen the light, will sandy choose cheer? surprisingly b

that is not panama. this is the mid-atlantic region. years in new england. yours florida down here. and here's this day here. and here is the south sea coming in from the west. is not an overly common map, this one. [laughter] >> but it is, it is based on an earlier map, 1529. and this theory that there might be a passage to the south sea through the landmass in the mid atlantic region, had been around for a least half a century before the sponsor of the roanoke colony. there was a more commonwealth place map and that might be here in sebastian munsters look, which again shows this isthmus here. this is the mid-atlantic region. is there a route through to the south sea, to the pacific? that's one thing we should look at. there a also looking for the northwest passage by the way. but here's another way through the landmass. the second thing that the english are looking for is gold or silver or copper. and this is an image from theodore, america 1590. in indians panning for gold in the appellations. so this is appellation mountains. it's actually we will see in a moment a bit further

how come you have people in ecuador, in bangladesh, in panama.last time i checked panama wasn't suffering from a major internal conflict. in paraguay -- could you explain that, please. >> first of all, let's talk about the staffing of afghanistan. >> no, actually i'd like -- >> i will come to your question. but it's important to understand. i think you're setting up a false dichotomy. if we had a civilian response core fully built with the civilian uplift i think it's been safe to say we've been asked to provide a number of civilians going into afghanistan but since we did not because the civilian uplift began a year ago and we'd only had funding at that point for less than six months, we did not have serious resources. as a consequence, when they were staffing for afghanistan they used the same model they used for iraq. and that same model involved bringing in contractors. using some civilians who are currently in the u.s. government but also bringing in contractors. it's that simple. now, i'll answer your question regarding what are we doing wi

i personally remember the situation when president carter sent the panama canal treaties to the senate robert byrd was the majority leader at the time. and those treaties were opposed by two-thirds of the american public in every poll that i saw. and senator byrd's job was to get two-thirds of the united states senate to vote to ratify them. he did it. he did it by reaching out to the minority leader, senator baker. he did it by basically traveling to panama and preclearing the amendments that would allow those treaties to be ratified with the panamanian government. hard-working majority leaders who know how to play the game can operate very successfully in the united states senate under its rules, whether they were the old rules before 1975 or the new rules after 1975. i hear the comments on holds. i'd like to point out what a hold is. it's a letter. it's a letter directed to the leader of your party saying that you have a certain range of options with regard to something that may come up. those letters are very valuable to the leaders. they keep calendars in which all of those holds

how come you have people in ecuador, in bangladesh, in panama. last time i checked panama wasn't suffering from a major internal conflict. in paraguay -- could you explain that, please. >> first of all, let's talk about the staffing of afghanistan. >> no, actually i'd like -- >> i will come to your question. but it's important to understand. i think you're setting up a false dichotomy.@@@@z&z& help with the ongoing conflict situations and, two, to help prevent the appearance of ongoing conflict situations. there are in each country we've been stability questions which we've helped address. but point of fact, until we have a substantial -- until we have a substantial civilian response corps, you say you're not in afghanistan in a major way is a false argument. >> wait a minute here. you're saying that you have made -- not you but the state department has made a choice that with limited civilian response corps resources, the man or woman on the margin goes to panama and the contractor goes to afghanistan? is that what you're telling me? >> i'm tell

i know our ambassador in panama is concerned about the increased traffic through the isthmus there.hat is your focus? i assume there is coordination. what is the focus and what is the plan going forward to combat this narcotics trafficking? do you have any concerns that with the projection of influence of iran in the region, the idea that we know that hezbollah and hamas have set up shop in the region, that there could be a combination between those groups and the narcotics traffickers? >> senator, if i could start with that. from a destabilizing standpoint, the biggest concern i have in the region is illicit crack. i think it is growing as a regional issue throat, and spreading to other parts of the region. brazil is now the second-largest cocaine user in the world. it is the criminal elements of that -- the illicit trafficking that is my biggest concern. what we are looking to do -- our national intelligence community is taking the opportunity to look at illicit trafficking as a regional enterprise, not just what is affecting an individual country. we have the opportunity to under

colombia and panama are both g.s.p. fartherers in. the practical effect is that their goods are coming into the united states for the most part duty free. lost on many of our friends is the reality in the case of our g.s.p. partners, these free trade agreements are almost singularly about our ability to access those markets. we understand the concerns and are working as smartly as we can to try to address in a responsible way so we can move forward. >> two of the president's frayed nominees are being held up in the senate. what is the impact of not having those two staff members in place? >> march madness is absolutely my favorite time of the year. i love it. i live for this. but none of you would want to coach a basketball team in which three, four of your star players are told they have to sit out of the game for no reason. they are grades are fine. they don't have an injury. they haven't violated any rules. but because of the unique wonders of our senate parliamentary procedures, we don't have an ambassador in geneva. although he h

i personally remember the situation when president carter sent the panama canal treaties to the senate robert byrd was the majority leader at the time. and those treaties were opposed by two-thirds of the american public in every poll that i saw. and senator byrd's job was to get two-thirds of the united states senate to vote to ratify them. he did it. he did it by reaching out to the minority leader, senator baker. he did it by basically traveling to panama and preclearing the amendments that would allow those treaties to be ratified with the panamanian government. hard-working majority leaders who know how to play the game can operate very successfully in the united states senate under its rules, whether they were the old rules before 1975 or the new rules after 1975. i hear the comments on holds. i'd like to point out what a hold is. it's a letter. it's a letter directed to the leader of your party saying that you have a certain range of options with regard to something that may come up. those letters are very valuable to the leaders. they keep calendars in which all of those holds

low around the panama city, florida, stretching over to the east. cloud cover getting to tennessee and kentucky. look at the northeast, dry, going to be clear finally beginning to clear out for you which is going to feel nice. temperatures in the mid-60s for nyc. rain heavy through mississippi and alabama, heavy showers around the panama city area like i said. mobile getting covered up with decent rain. live to atlanta trying to get in or out of the city we will catch a couple of delays. clouds are in place already a couple of passing showers, poor visibility. temperatures into the mid-50s. back to the maps with rain not quite in towards tampa. it will get there later on this afternoon, stretches toward orlando. miami getting the rain as well. flood concerns for areas in the upper midwest. video coming out of fargo, flood warnings for you, the red river continues to rise. sandbagging going on right now. the river appears that it will crest sometime on sunday night into early monday morning, below the record flood stage last year of 40 feet, should b

colombia, panama and south korea. we would create advantages for ourselves. in colombia and panama, the goods from those two countries come into our market, duty free. and we pay as much as 35% duty. that's a tax on our entrepreneurs that sell into that market. the majority of entrepreneurs that sell into latin american markets are small and medium-sized businesses. they're the backbone of our job creation so we talk about jobs, jobs, jobs. we tugt move on those. south korea's not only strategic from a national security point of view, it is about our ninth largest trading partner. and while we're sitting on the curb, the rest of the world is entering into free trade agreements with south korea. europe is negotiated one. india's negotiated one. the asean plus three negotiated one. where's the united states? to make it simple for americans. that mean that is products all of those countries have better opportunity, more competitive than our products because we suffer from the impediments we have not been willing to negotiate down and that we have to change. we a

bosnia, iraq, panama. are crises, the intelligence community has been called on to understand a society, the issues, the country, the region. decisions were made as to whether we should use military or diplomatic tools. once a decision is made that the united states will act, the intelligence community was called on for a fine detailed intelligence. to stabilize troubled societies and establish long-term arrangements to put the country's back on their feet. the second hinge point, about the same time the cold war was ending, has been the information revolution. in the 1980's, the first intermission networks began to be deployed in a serious way. it is not surprising that an information revolution would shake business intelligence to its core. intelligence is about collecting sharing and using information. networks changed our access to information and to one another. they totally changed how we do business. building and using data sources, sharing audio and video files so we can work lover to lee and more

hasn't been able to move forward relatively, panama and colombia both of which would give u.s. tremendous advantage because panel and columbia, and duty free we have to pay the duty going into panama, important but very small scale of things of economies. you can't just say we want to double exports without access to those markets where we want to sell goods and services without a tax code that supports us or makes us competitive around the world. something we don't have right now. >> host: a quick thing that call or commented on, the figures of the obama administration has come in the taken over the government has taken over 30% of u.s. businesses. is that accurate? >> guest: i think it is smaller than that. clearly through the tour program they supported a substantial section of the financial sector. remember some of those didn't need that support and paid it back right away and most all of payback. obviously there has been significant investment by the government to the automotive industry barely general motors and chrysler that hopefully will get turned around but i don't t

we are looking at three pending trade agreements with colombia, panama, and south korea.question. i support, in general, the idea that we should have free and open trade, and also the idea that it has to work both ways. when we open our markets to companies in other countries, and to other countries. we want to make sure that we have access to their markets. we want intellectual property agreements that make sure we have a level playing field, to the extent that is possible, in which our companies can compete. and so it does work both ways. >> we are such an open economy in the united states. panama and colombia have 1-way trade. we have obstacles from we try to have two-way trade. in every other case, it has worked beautifully for us. we have doubled or tripled our exports. we turned a trade deficit into a trade surplus. we even have a manufacturing surplus with our nafta countries. unrelated to exports, but related to your view of going forward -- i noticed in your testimony -- your gdp growth percentages are higher than the blue-chip this year, but lower next year, and

panama, colombia, giving the uw !)r 30% of businesses? guest: no, that's not true. they supported a substantial sector of the business sector and the ones who got stimulus money paid back. there was significant investment by the government. the automobile money will hopefully get turned around but i don't think 30% -- i don't think it is close to $8 trillion of the economy. we did not spend anything like that. caller: good morning. business would not exist in this country if we did not have government, if there were no rules and regulations and oversight. corporations exist for the bottom line. they would wind up eating their own. that is pre but what we have seen -- that is pretty much what we have seen with the creation of monopolies. as far as our tax codes, people can read and write about us having the highest corporate tax rate at 35% but the truth is that i am one of the few paying that 35%. corporations take their profits and send it to a six story building in the cayman islands and a pay virtually nothing of th

we built the panama canal and gave it back to them when europe in 1979.hear the talk about dealt, i wonder where the folks were back then. where were they then? it seems they have back slidden in the majority. in 1981, we had 55 republicans in the senate and 45 democrats. in 1995, we had a majority in both the house and senate. republicans. in essence, through that period of time, 18 of those controlled by the party today saying debt matters. it did then, too. we had a thousand% increase in national debt and we haven't built a single infrastructure or repaired what we had in this country. when you said a moment ago that 750,000 jobs lost in the first quarter of last year, that's 2.25 million people. and last quarter of 2008, and 650,000 first quarter. that's 1.950 million people. in those 6 months we saw dramatic losses of jobs, in this country, if we had not lost souls, a 6.5% unemployment rate today. we have stopped the bleeding. we have put a turn yet on and seeing a rebound sog we're not continually cutting the throats of the american people. and so,

i personally remember the situation when president carter sent the panama canal treaties to the senateobert byrd was the majority leader at the time. and those treaties were opposed by two-thirds of the american public in every poll that i saw. and senator byrd's job was to get two-thirds of the united states senate to vote to ratify it. he did it. he did it by reaching out to the minority leader, senator baker. he did it by basically traveling to panama and preclearing the amendments that would allow those treaties to be ratified with the panamanian government. hard-working majority leaders who know how to play the game can operate very successfully in the united states senate under its rules, whether they were the old rules before 1975 or the new rules after 1975. i hear the comments on holds. i'd like to point out what a hold is. it's a letter. it's a letter directed to the leader of your party saying that you have a certain range of options with regard to something that may come up. those letters are very valuable to the leaders. they keep calendars in which all of those holds are

next to the major part of the port of jacksonville, which is going to significantly expand once the panama canal is widened and the super tankers, or in this case superships that have these cargo containers on them are able to come from asia through the panama canal to the east coast of the united states, the port of jacksonville will significant lip expand, and this -- significantly expand, and this particular location called the tally rand part of the port of jacksonville will be able to expand by 31 acres raoeupbt -- right on the saint john's river right next to the port of jacksonville. highly desirable real estate, a lost which you can't even dare go through the fence and walk on the land because of the potential toxic exposure. and remember, this is just one of 1,200 sites across america that need to be cleaned up. is it any reason that people should be able to now clearly understand why we need, under the theory that the polluter pays, to reinstitute the original agreement struck in 1980 for the trust fund to be filled by the fee associated with these toxic substances, and, therefor

the details of the incident are these, a panama flag cargo ship off the coast of somalia was attackedrates. the pirates were armed with guns and rpgs. on a second pass against the ship, one of the pirates was hit and killed by an armed security guard on the ship that was being targeted by the pirates. the pirates, though, tough guys, a spanish navy ship in the area responded, they fired, too, against the pirates, this time warning shots. the pirates didn't stop. finally they were nabbed, six pirates and one corpse taken into custody by the spanish navy. the pirate boat's full of holes, a lot of fighting going on from both sides. uni ware -- unaware if anyone was hit on the panamanian ship. jon: there are some implications here, aren't there? >> reporter: yeah. there's a big debate going on in sort of the piracy security community whether it's a good thing or not to have private security guards on these ships. one expert told me it was deeply worrying, what happened this week. the international navies are piling on pressure, the pirates are taking on more extreme measures in the last s

fly southwest's new nonstops from bwi airport to panama city beach starting at $99 one-way.this is how we do it in florida. >> oh. >> see that? >> my home state represented with all this enthusiasm. most of these people are -- all of them, actually -- i see them with their cards, are from lakeland, florida. vacationing in an unfortunately chilly new york city. but at least the rain has stopped for you today. so, our fingers crossed. >> they're representing florida, but also new york yankee baseball, if you notice over there, as well. >> yes. >> we've got all the bases covered, if you will. >> so to speak. welcome back, i'm maggie rodriguez with jeff glor. harry is off this morning. >> and if the coffee doesn't wake you up, the crowds will here. coming up, country superstar gretchen wilson is here. she's going to be performing her new hit single called "work hard, play harder." and singing the song that put her on the charts. redneck woman. >> and the record amount of rain that we've seen this spring is causing a huge number of basements to flood. so we have diy's matt blasha

nell roots, panama city, florida. started a food drive for haiti, the earthquake victims.ill chase away the blues. johnny carson. here's johnny! from godfrey, illinois. 100 years old today. drove cancer patients to the hospital for treatment for over 14 years and believes the key to being 100 is flirting. with his wife. you old devil you! lester, beautiful lester scherfenburg. a world war ii veteran. 100 years old. nominated by the minnesota local news association for his volunteer work in habitat for humanity. a man who still keeps busy. beautiful anna mahramas. canonsburg, pennsylvania. went on to her first date -- the first date she ever had was with perry como. grace beckett, carlsbad, california. 00 years o 100 years old. retired math teacher. that's all. now we toast ann. >> hey, dear, always toasting you, willard. thank you so much. by the way, there is a story we forgot to tell you about. paul proposed to sherry last night at the top of the rock and she said yes! how exciting is that? >>> also coming up, the options when you don't like the parents of your kids' fri

colombia and panama are both g.s.p. fartherers in. the practical effect is that their goods are coming into the united states for the most part duty free. lost on many of our friends is the reality in the case of our g.s.p. partners, these free trade agreements are almost singularly about our ability to access those markets. we understand the concerns and are working as smartly as we can to try to address in a responsible way so we can move forward. >> two of the president's frayed nominees are being held up in the senate. what is the impact of not having those two staff members in place? >> march madness is absolutely my favorite time of the year. i love it. i live for this. but none of you would want to coach a basketball team in which three, four of your star players are told they have to sit out of the game for no reason. they are grades are fine. they don't have an injury. they haven't violated any rules. but because of the unique wonders of our senate parliamentary procedures, we don't have an ambassador in geneva. although he h

colombia and panama are both g.s.p. fartherers in. the practical effect is that their goods are coming into the united states for the most part duty free. lost on many of our friends is the reality in the case of our g.s.p. partners, these free trade agreements are almost singularly about our ability to access those markets. we understand the concerns and are working as smartly as we can to try to address in a responsible way so we can move forward. >> two of the president's frayed nominees are being held up in the senate. what is the impact of not having those two staff members in place? >> march madness is absolutely my favorite time of the year. i love it. i live for this. but none of you would want to coach a basketball team in which three, four of your star players are told they have to sit out of the game for no reason. they are grades are fine. they don't have an injury. they haven't violated any rules. but because of the unique wonders of our senate parliamentary procedures, we don't have an ambassador in geneva. although he h

bosnia, iraq, panama. for many areas in which there are crises, the intelligence community has been called on to understand a society, the issues, the country, the region. decisions were made as to whether we should use military or diplomatic tools. once a decision is made that the united states will act, the intelligence community was called on for a fine detailed intelligence. to stabilize troubled societies and establish long-term arrangements to put the country's back on their feet. the second hinge point, about the same time the cold war was ending, has been the information revolution. in the 1980's, the first intermission networks began to be deployed in a serious way. it is not surprising that an information revolution would shake business intelligence to its core. intelligence is about collecting sharing and using information. networks changed our access to information and to one another. they totally changed how we do business. building and using data sources, sharing audio and video files so we c

and argentina, brazil, canada, chile, the dominican republic, mexico and panama. on friday by japanese counterpart of transport minister when an eye and asked which would join with our counterparts with the asia-pacific region in tokyo this weekend two continue building this international consensus. make no mistake, we are engaged in aggressive effort to strengthen the international aviation system against terrorists who are constantly seeking ways to exploit caps and port security measures. and general harding is precisely the kind of leader we need as we move forward in these efforts. his national security expertise is working in the community and years of combat to the the private efforts to bolster security and insure the safety of the nation's transportation systems. and i'm with adding as a retired u.s. army major-general hwang, also adds another distinguished veteran to the senior ranks of the department of, as security. let me close by saying this, with that tsa administrator is some of the most important until the hosts in the obama administration and the

panama, colombia, giving the u.s.y want to double exports without access into the markets or a tax code that supports being competitive around the world. host: since the obama administration has arrived, we have a 30% takeover called in to that caller. -- takeover according to that caller. is that true? guest: know, to the support was payback for the way, and while there has obviously been significant investment by the government in the automotive industry, that will get turned around, that would be seven trillion dollars in the economy. host: jean, democratic line, go ahead. caller: business would not exist in this country if we did not have government. corporations, they exist for the bottom line. they would wind up eating their own. which is pretty much what we have seen in the course of the last 30 years with mergers and acquisitions, creations of monopolies. as far as our tax code go, people rant and rave about having the highest rates, but the truth of it is that i am the only one paying that 35%, and others lik

international city -- civil aviation systems, and between the united states, brazil, chile, mexico, and panamaon friday, my japanese counterpart and i announced we will joint book -- joined with our counterparts in the asia- pacific region in tokyo to continue building this international consensus. make no mistake. we are engaged in an aggressive effort to strengthen the international aviation system against terrorists who are constantly seeking ways to exploit gaps. general harding is precisely the kind of leader we need as we move forward in these efforts. his national security expertise, his work in the international community, and his years of work in the unites states army will be a valuable addition in efforts to bolster security and insure the safety of the nation's transportation systems. as a retired u.s. army major general, bob also has another -- also adds another distinguished veteran to the ranks of the department of homeland security. let me close by saying this -- the tsa administrator is the most important unfilled post in the obama administration. the president and i both beli

it's a free trade agreement that has been signed with panama and colombia, but hasn't been approved by the u.s. congress. those are pending. and so snares disappointment that the economic agenda isn't moving fast enough. host: the secretary of state also visited chile after their earthquake. what kind of promises or extension were made down there? guest:ly can, the secretary distributed phones and other equipment that the chileans need. this is another devastating setback for chile, and chile is a close ally of united states, has been historically with the free trade agreement. very, very close ties. chile has been a good performer in latin america, both economically and politically. i think it was important that she made the stop, although it was very brief, to express solidarity with chile, and the outgoing president was somebody that the president knows well and has greatly respected. there's going to be a new government coming in in chile on thursday, so there is this transition in the midst of this very, very difficult crisis that the country is dealing with. host: michael shifter

passing the colombia, panama and other free trade agreements would accomplish that, increasing trade exports by 1% and creating an estimated 250,000 jobs. these free trade agreements put american workers on a fair footing with workers in those countries, instead of alienating our global trading partners through programs such as buy american. many goods produced in other countries have no tariff at all when sold to the u.s. the president's goal is ambitious. surpassing these free trade agreements is an important first step to restoring american competitiveness in global markets. the last time the u.s. doubled its exports, it took nearly 10 years. final implementation of the north american free trade agreement, nine bilateral agreements and the successful conclusion of the uraguay round. since 1984, louisiana has increased its exports to nafta countries by 200%. as a result, thousands of work verse job stability but we can do much more. trade creates good-paying jobs for millions of americans and leveling the playing field abroad increases our opportunities. truly supporting american w

and between the united states and argentina, brazil, canada, chile, dominican republic, mexico and panama. on friday, my japanese counterpart transport minister seiji behar and i announced will join with our counterparts in the asia-pacific region in tokyo this week to continue building this international consensus. make no mistake, we are engaged in an aggressive effort to strengthen the international aviation system against terrorists who are currently seeking ways to exploit gap and port security measures. and general harding is precisely the kind of leader we need as we move forward in this effort. his national security expertise is working in the international community and years of service in the united states army will be an invaluable addition to the departments efforts to bolster security and ensure the safety of the nation's transportation systems. and i might add that as a retired u.s. army major general, bob also has another distinguished veteran to the senior ranks of the department of homeland security. let me close by saying this, the tsa administrator is among the most imp

european union and to the united states and argentina, brazil, canada, dominican republic, mexico and panamariday my japanese counterpart transport ministers and all i announced we will join our counterparts from the region in tokyo to continue building this international consensus. make no mistakes we are engaged in aggressive efforts to strengthen the international aviation system against terrorists constantly seeking ways to exploit gaps and thwart security measures and general harding is the kind of leader we need as we move forward in these efforts. his national security expertise and work in the international community and years of service in the united states army will be an invaluable added addition to the department's efforts to bolster security and the safety systems. i might add as a retired journal he adds a senior rank of the department of homeland security. let me close by saying the tsa administrator is among the most important on filled post in the obama administration. the president and i both believe general harding has the experience and perspective to make a difference ca

we get a lame duck session that would actually approve the pending trade agreements with colombia, panamad south korea, which would add a lot to economic growth. thank you. >> oh, lord -- >> and you've got about 30 seconds to answer it. i shouldn't have let jim give the last question. >> let me just say, if republicans took over the house and i know there are a lot of sort of young rising stars on the republican side. but i would be very surprised if they took the speakership, the gavel away from john boehner. he was the field commander. and, you know, i'm not sure he'd be there forever, but i couldn't imagine they would take it away from him, you know, if they were victorious. if democrats were to lose their majority, my guess is that nancy pelosi probably would head on back to california or wherever before too long. i don't think she'd want to hang out as minority leader to be perfectly honest. and there's just a whole cadre of rising stars. i think you'd be looking for generational change. >> the brightest of all bright lights is paul ryan in my opinion. he's a very likable guy, intrig

congress needs to support long delayed trade pacts with colombia, panama and south korea, which willccess to oversea markets for florida businesses. while these agreements are stalling here in washington, our competitors are cutting their own deals, to open more markets for their exporters. the european union, for example, has concluded an agreement with south korea, similar to the one that's been languishing here in washington, d.c. hundreds of thousands of people are employed in the trade industry. in my home state of florida, we exported more than $47 billion in goods last year. south florida is a gateway to latin america, and it's a huge hub with trade with colombia, which has already produced thousands of jobs in key industries such as the flower importing industry. trade is a crucial part of our economic recovery and an ideal opportunity for democrats and republicans to work together on an important issue. it's so important to my home state of florida which brings me to another national issue that is crucial to my state, to florida, and that's a complete and accurate sense us c

we get a lame duck session that would actually approve the pending trade agreements with colombia, panamad south korea, which would add a lot to economic growth. thank you. >> oh, lord -- >> and you've got about 30 seconds to answer it. i shouldn't have let jim give the last question. >> let me just say, if republicans took over the house and i know there are a lot of sort of young rising stars on the republican side. but i would be very surprised if they took the speakership, the gavel away from john boehner. he was the field commander. and, you know, i'm not sure he'd be there forever, but i couldn't imagine they would take it away from him, you know, if they were victorious. if democrats were to lose their majority, my guess is that nancy pelosi probably would head on back to california or wherever before too long. i don't think she'd want to hang out as minority leader to be perfectly honest. and there's just a whole cadre of rising stars. i think you'd be looking for generational change. >> the brightest of all bright lights is paul ryan in my opinion. he's a very likable guy, intrig

united states and the european union and between the united states and argentina, chile, mexico, and panama. on friday, my japanese counterpart, transport minister and i announced that we will join with our counterparts from the asia/pacific region to continue building the international consensus. make no mistake, we are encouraged in an effort to strengthen the system against terrorist who are constantly seeking ways to exploit gaps and thwart security measures. general harding is precisely the kind of leader that we need. his national security expertise, his work in the international community and years of service in the united states army will be an valuable added edition to the departments effort to bolster security and ensure the safety of the nation's transportation systems. i may add as a retired u.s. army major general, bob also adds another distinguished veteran to the senior ranks of the department of homeland security. let me close by saying this, the tsa administrator is among the most important unfilled post in the obama administration. the president and i both believe that gen

i know that our ambassador in panama is concerned about the increased traffic in the isthmus there. what is your focus? i know there is coordination between the two of you. what is your focus and what is your plan to combat the snorkel trafficking? and what is your projection of the influence -- combat the narco-trafficking? and what is your projection of the influence of iran? and what is the connection uc between those groups and the drug trafficking? >> the concern i have in the region is illicit trafficking. it has grown as an issue and is spreading throughout. brazil is now the second-largest cocaine user in the world. it is the criminal elements of that and the illicit traffic it which are my biggest concern. the national intelligence committee is taking an opportunity to look at illicit trafficking as a regional enterprise, not just what is affecting individual countries. we had the opportunity to understand that the enterprise as an enterprise and to try to push on all sides of the balloon rather than just on one part of that balloon to see if we can start squeezing that bal

we end up in the driving rain of panama city, 25,000 people at a time of 100,000.ull up and tracy byrd is the country western singer saying he's the only guy who strive. he's undercover on the stage. just as the bus pulls up in mccain and bush get out, the cloud parts, the sun begins to set in the gulf of mexico and the two men emerge on the stage, a fantastic moment. and we ended up the next day in phoenix and at the end of the day i possibly gave mccain by theodore roosevelt cufflinks because he's such a tr bus. >> host: karl rove, which he used that picture if of you with the opposition? >> guest: i don't think that ultimately helped them. i think you made them look petty and small. it was easy and simple to do, but it made them -- i mean, people did not think john mccain was george w. bush. if