the social security reform that paul brian put together, the actuary of social security look back and say if we do this the social security system will be solvent. it is a great reform not just because it will make the system solvent but because it will allow people to have personal requirement accounts that they themselves alone that at the end of their working life they will buy an annuity with it will pay them the same benefit of social security that is not controlled by the government and anything that is left over they can either spend at their will or pass on to their children, actually increasing the wealth of future generations and the independent future generation rather than decreasing it so i'm all for paul ryan. >> i've been watching the hearings -- i've been watching the elena kagan hearings unfold in one amazing moment happens in an exchange between senator coburn and elena kagan where they talked about the government's power to tell you to by your fruits and vegetables and i thought her book in relation to that and thought you might have a few comments to make. >> this

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paul first called me, i really wasn't interested. i said no. we had a good gig going. we were growing. we were making money. not a lot, but we were paying our bills. >> that's brian campbell, the founder of rivermen. the paul he's referring to paul bucklehrer a former financial guy who spent his weekends as a river guide for class six. a few years ago paul saw an opportunity to change his job, lifestyle and become the ceo of a new or sort of new company. >> first thing i realized in this industry, they were very profitable at one time and because of overcapacity, price cutting and decline in revenue due to users, that they weren't nearly as profitable and that to make this work, i was going to have to do, merge at least two, if not three, together. >> and that's how the idea for the lancing, west virginia, based adventures on the gorge was born. paul approached all three company owners, everyone involved sensed that the deal wouldn't be a simple one. >> i did see some challenges because we were competitors, for sure. and you know, that relationship, we had to work on. >> but soon enough paul was able to convince them that the key to their collective survival was

brian? >> all right, we know you'll be watching. paul wagner. >>> the edge on virginia. governor mcdonough wants to hire national revisers to revise his bid to sell a state- owned liquor monopoly. it was shut down. the governor contends selling off the state's 76-year-old government liquor business will generate up to $500 million that ismon he would devote to transportation. >>> president obama's commission unveiled a whole host of ideas to tax payers and other. tom fitzgerald talked with people who say they have been hit hard enough. >> reporter: this bipartisan commission on the debt, they came up with their plans and if you want to know where they going to find $4 trillion, look at the reflection. >> it's like a cancer. >> reporter: they say this is serious. >> this country's out of mean. >> reporter: it's going to take hard choices. >> i think we have to be straight with the american impeachment -- people. >> reporter: and it's going to hurt. >> we left no oxes ungored. >> reporter: one of the ideas is to get rid of the tax deduction with many. would you be comforta

i'm brian bolter, we're going to start the news edge here. paultwist here, the judge has permission to investigate the city attorneys that are litigating the case. >> that is right, brian. since early october, john facciola, the magistrate judge in the case, has called as many witnesses into the crime in own -- into the courtroom. testimony that has razed new questions about the

thank you, paul, for the good work. let's bring in brianstory for us. what are you picking up, brian? >> well, this issue raises broader concerns about the safety of the cruise. even as passengers gave first-hand accounts of what is going on aboard the stranded vessel. >> reporter: a couple of days ago they were enjoying lavish buffets and now it is spam and pop tarts airlifted from the navy. some passengers don't have water and the carnivale ship splendor is not so splendid. >> well, a lot of people are throwing up, and they have a lot of bags hanging in the corridors, vomit bags and the toilets are getting full, and the plumbing is -- all of those things are not so great. >> reporter: contacted by cnn, officials at the carnivale cruise lines say that the plumbing on the disabled ship is fine, and that the doctor on board reports very few people are getting sick. but the massive vessel is without the main power and passengers don't have hot water or hot food. the splendor with nearly 4500 passengers and crew aboard was stranded after an en

paul wagner has been blogging about the case. you can coke that on myfoxdc.com. >>> a guilty plea in the murder of a popular principal. brian betts was found dead in his home. brian saunders pleaded guilty and he will spend 40 years in prison. saunders has admitted he talked to betts online planning to rob him. he says the shooting was an accident. >>> three more people and in court yesterday including police officer sinisa simic. the judge ordered him held in jill until his trial. chun chen was put under house arrest and released to his wife. >>> you can count on fox 5 for complete coverage of the corruption probe in prince george's county. >>> wal-mart is coming to the district. the nation's largest retailer will open four stores. they will be open by late 2012. the stores will bring in 400 construction jobs and 1200 permanent jobs. >>> new this morning, another push to allow gays to serve openly in the military plus a verdict in two deadly bombings of u.s. embassies. >>> it is being called a major milestone for general motors and the entire u.s. auto industry and you can be a part of it. we'll tell you what is about it u

brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> thank you. >>> police in florida are looking for the driver who hit a young man from baltimore county saturday night. 21-year-old jared paul jones of towson is a student at the university of miami and remains hospitalized with severe injuries tonight. it happened in coral gables, florida, not far from the campus. roosevelt leftwich has more. >> reporter: jared paul jones is in a coma, in critical condition of a a trauma center in coral gables. witnesses say the elderly driver hit the teen saturday evening as he crossed the street near the campus. they said the driver got out, looked at the victim and drove away. police say they got a partial plate number from witnesses and description of the car but have very few leads in the case. jim jones is a junior chemistry major at miami and graduate of loch raven high school. his mother told reporters her son is an eagle scout, trained lifeguard, all around good guy. she pleads for the driver of the car who hit her son to come forward. >> he's critically ill and we would just ask, if you were the person that may have struck him please come forward, let us know. if you were in the a

brian: that will be very interesting. >> steve: let's talk a little about incoming class on the senate side. rand paul> rand paul is the one to watch, i think. i don't know if you saw him on one of the other networks. >> brian: i did. >> he was impresssive. he's not someone who is easily rattled. throwing questions at him one after the other. he was very specific in his answers. when he didn't know something, he said, look, i'm just get to go the senate. i'll answer the afghanistan question in a month or so when i do get into the briefings on that. but he's very, very strong in dealing with the media, public at large. i think he's going to be a force to be reckoned with. i know he's not everybody's cup of tea, but i'm telling you, watch him. watch the new senator from south dakota. watch chris christie. these people are all -- they're new faces and it's about time. we needed them. >> steve: cup of tea. i get it, tea party. >> exactly. >> steve: let's talk a little bit about in politico, that left leaning blog trying to get as many eyeballs to the huffington post, they've got this article about some co

brian dubie, 48%. for maine, three-way race. the republican paul lepage, 30% so far. it looks about 98% of precincts reporting. go to our website, c-span.org. you can find a result constantly being updated, courtesy of the associated press. host: carrie budoff brown from the political this morning. clyburn will stay and democratic leadership. how well the democratic leadership play that? guest: it appears as any lawyer, the majority leader, will be minority leader and clyburn is the whip, so it does not seem like there is much change and the lineup. host: bredesen nancy pelosi go? -- where does now is to blows ago? guest: she has not said much in the last few meet -- weeks. i am really fascinated. about what she has to say when she speaks beyond a statement or a rally. i think most expect her to retire at some point -- host: during this term? guest: that is what people speculate. heard aides -- her aides have not mention anything. it is tough to -- and sending a message to voters not to have the same democrat leader, might be something they are looking for. host: from

. >> brian, for example, where you work at the "new york times", are the standards clear for you as a working journalist? are they clear for someone that our audience would know, paul drug man, for example on the opinn page, who as our audience knows has another job as a princeton economist. >> right. one of the first things you receive when you walk into the times as an employee is this, i wouldn't call it a thick book of rules, but it's a significant publication, dozens of pains in length, that spells out the ethics policies both for journalists here and for columnists and commentators like the columnists that appear on the op ed pains. in both instances donations like the one that olberman made are not allowed pretty much under any circumstances. that makes it pretty clear. but i think the tension with keith olbermanes that he's a different kind of journalist, he's an opinion journalist in a way that resembles the partisan press of 100 years ago in america. he's a person who is an anchor, he has news values, seems to present a news cast. but from a clearly liberal point of view. i think what he's saying with these donations is that the rules haven't caught up, t