we also have an agreement to consider the pearson and martinez nominations and we could debate on those tomorrow afternoon. so if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate stands adjourned until i guess i scott peterson and the supreme landfill tax governing board and cheery of the direct marketing association. >> host: one of the policy debates have been in washington and state capitals around the united states is the issue of internet sales tax. that is our topic this week on "the communicators." we're joined by scott peterson of extreme plan sales tax governing board. he's the executive are. and jerry cerasale of the direct marketing association can is senior vice president for government affairs. gentlemen, thank you "the communicators." mr. peterson, tell us first would streamline sales tax governing board is and what is your position on the issue of taxing sales on the internet. just do it is a nonprofit association of aids. all the members are state governments themselves who have two

these are the trees on the north side of mcallister between pearson and steiner. unfortunately, i do not know how to give you the full view at once, but they are really quite tall. on this part of this block of mcallister street, between the bus stop at the top and the corner at pearce, there are countries. the proposal is to remove seven of them. it really will have a dramatic effect. the trees have many habitat -- have been a habitat for migratory birds including the black and white heron who has been there for the last few years. one year, he had a female in the tree with him. the trees serve as a habitat not only for the night heron, but for the robins and other songbirds. here is another shot. it is not such a great photo. and then one more. the reason i have this one up is because you can kind of see where the trees stop, and you really do get the effect of what it is going to look like when they take out that whole row of trees moving down the block their. -- there. we really think this is a needlessly aggressive proposal. it is not consistent withe

these are the trees on the north side of mcallister between pearson and steiner. unfortunately, i do not know how to give you the full view at once, but they are really quite tall. on this part of this block of mcallister street, between the bus stop at the top and the corner at pearce, there are countries. the proposal is to remove seven of them. it really will have a dramatic effect.

crossover pause pearson got the run into paul. 1. >> lindsay: -- 100-99.hat was just enough time for the celts. to kevin garnett for the win, celts won their ninth straight, 102-101. >>> straight taking on the net. dallas up 15 at the break. marion made an appearance in the fourth. mavs won it, 102-89. >>> college basketball, downtown upset by temple. george, number ten. moore scored a career high 30. georgetown lost their first of the season, 68-65. >>> ohio state's jared sullinger had a game to remember. he scored 40 against iupui. the cougars had no answer for sullinger down low. he also had 13 boards. second ranked ohio state, a perfect 7-0 after a 75-64 win. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a terrific weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> "early today" sports is brought to you by just for men mustache and beards. keep your edge. >>> a new deal for howard stern. but who's telling the truth? did he get the same money or is sirius/xm giving him less? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, 'tis the seas

and cricket angolan batsman cameron pearson is urging his team to forget about their dismal performance in the third ashes test in perth as they prepare for their next encounter with australia in melbourne that kicks off on sunday angle and allowed the aussies out play them comprehensively last time out but are now looking for revenge and with the series now tied at a record ninety one thousand spectators are expected on the opening day could be potentially around four hundred thousand people watching the five days of cricket is that so exciting i mean i've played a little bit and i get goosebumps thinking about it everybody in the team including the management of the show and the australians are really looking forward to what should be a great week's cricket if the sun shines and that's it for now you can always check our website our team dot com slash sports for more stories and results coming up shortly as the weather stay with us. for the. face to face with. a life. that's never a. cosco . i think of it every day. from. a long time. i was. i was ashamed. i was ashamed that i had bee

for more on news before the bell let's turn to hampton pearson who is live in washington, d.c. good morning, hampton. >> reporter: good morning, scott. as a matter of fact, futures are lower this morning, continuing monday's downward trend. stocks dropped as worries about europe's debt crisis, which has shifted from ireland to portugal and spain, and whether they'll need a bailout. those overshadowed strong holiday results from this weekend. but europe mixed at this hour. we get data today on home prices, manufacturing and consumer confidence. ben bernanke talks about the economy this afternoon. the dow losing 39 points on monday to close at 11,052. the nasdaq off 9 to 2525. the congressional budget office is saying the t.a.r.p. bailout will now cost taxpayers a mere $25 billion. that's much lower than the obama administration's estimate of less than $50 billion, which was criticized as too rosie when it was released back in september. the cbo says with bailed-out companies returning to help the government will spend less on aid to aig and automakers like general motors. scott,

. >>> for other business news this morning, let's turn to hampton pearson who's live at cnbc headquartersreporter: good morning, scott. as a matter of fact, futures are flat this morning. stocks climbed higher tuesday with the dow hitting a two-year high. financials leading the way after another big deal, td bank buying chrysler financial. that's sparking hope more takeovers will be on the way. europe is a touch lower. we do get data later this morning on existing home sales and the final report on third quarter gdp which could show the economy grew more over the summer than we first thought. the dow rose 55 points to close at 11,5 trae and the nasdaq added 18. the house has passed a food safety bill which could lead to the biggest overhaul in 70 years. the measure now goes to president obama to sign into law. it would increase inspections and allow the fda and regulators to recall tainted food. pressure has mounted following several outbreaks involving lettuce, spinach and eggs. food borne illnesses sicken 48 million people each year. >>> there are just three days until christmas and man

.  >>> our facebook fan of the day today is tamika pearson and she says she is stillghing at tony and tucker's halloween skit. if you missed it, we have it posted on myfoxdc.com. just click on mornings. find us on facebook by searching fox5 morning news and then post a comment under tamika's photo. if you are night fan, become one. our goal is to have 10,000 by the end of the year. >>> a new restaurant just open ped up in one of london's upscale neighborhood but this one is for the dogs. >> this is culled lily's kitchen. your dog can come in, sit down and enjoy an organic meal and the best part is it is free. the owner opened up shop for six weeks only to promote her brand of organic dog food. she says business is great. >> i guess has long -- as long as the dog are getting along and nobody is fighting over food. >>> we'll take a look at the forecast when we come back. lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world.

hampton pearson, thank you so much. >>> it's not winter yet.t you can't tell with much of the country. a bitter cold front is making its way across the midwest and up and down the east coast. even in florida, which rarely sees freezing temps, farmers are scrambling to save the crops, the fruits and vegetables we all enjoy. the big question, how much longer will this last? we have team coverage across the continue. mi first off for you in atlanta, the midwest where areas are taking a pounding from snowstorms pushing through. with blizzard like conditions. take a look at the northwest. indiana, can you see anything there? they have strong winds with gusts up to 30 miles per hour causing near whiteout conditions. and there's a similar scene in michigan. indiana, where john yang is freezing it out there. >> we're here in the frozen shores of lake michigan, and michigan city, indiana, and when i say frozen shores, i mean it. this is a piece of sand mixed with water. that's frozen solid, a piece of frozen beach. this whole beach is coated with ice. a

. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap.ocks trimming loss after a late-day decline clue to infinish slightly lower. the dow jones industrials falling 19 points, s & p 500 losing 6. the nasdaq slipping 10 points. >>> again today, we are looking a at stronger dollar offsetting some positive economic news. industrial output up .4 in november. we have also got a new survey showing americans have finished only half their christmas shopping so far. that's good news for retailers. and the bond market is rebounding strongly after some big declines last week. >>> in stocks, bp shares are lower after the obama administration sued the company for violation of environmental laws. gm finished slightly lower after buying back more than $2 billion in preferred stock from the federal government. home builders slipped as loan applications stall on a sizable hike in mortgage rate. but microsoft moved higher. its video game device looking like the must-have gift of the holiday season that is first for business worldwide. now back to "hardball

. >>> i'm hampton pearson. here's a look at how stocks are doing today. so far, not much movement. right now up about 4 points. the s&p down about 3 1/2. the nasdaq down a little over 6 points. wall street has been enjoying the return of the santa claus rally in this last five-day trading week before christmas. that is it from cnbc. thomas, back to you. >> hampton, thank you, sir. >>> so a group of america's top ceos traveled to washington today for a meeting with president obama. topic one was jobs and how to create more of them to help get the economy moving once again. valerie jarrett is senior advisor and assist tonight the president for intergovernmental affairs. she joins me now live from the white house. valerie, it's great to see you. >> thank you, thomas. >> the president has spent years hammering wall street during the midterms. heap was painted as being antibusiness. so explain to all of us that are watching this, was this meeting designed to mend certain fences with america's big business icons? >> no, the design was very simple, to grow our economy and to make sure tha

jim pearson, and maybe the best thing i can do is building on those two talks to lean against a little bit. i agree with the talks and i agree with the sentiment and with rogers' talk as well and the sentiment that anmates this meeting but maybe the best thing i can do is lean against it rather than simply reinforce what we most people in this room are probably inclined to believe. so i will make two points. the first point really follows i'd say from the talk but maybe it's -- i'll put it in a simpler way. the wisdom of the founders cannot be reduced to limited government. and it's a mistake to reduce it in that way. and it's a mistake to simply read the founders as -- it's poncht to take those parts that are most important to take, to lean against current trends. so i don't quarrel in any way with an emphasis on limited government in an era and moment when the government is ballooning and expanding and one of the most worrisome things about it is the sense of inlimittability of the government and the sense of the , sort of there's never enough in terms of the welfare state. so i'm ve

communicators," with the holiday season in full swing a discussion of the internet sales tax with scott pearsonf the streamline tales -- sales tax board and jerry cersale from the direct marketing association. >> discussion now on the wikileaks release of classified state department document. we will hear from a panel of former u.s. government officials. the heritage foundation here in washington is the host of this event. it is about an hour and half. >> good afternoon on the first wonderful snow we day in washington, d.c., and radio personalities are probably already hearing it is time to abandon cars now. we do welcome everyone to our auditorium and especially those joining us on our heritage.org website and those doing us on a future occasion on the c-span network. if we would ask everyone in the house to check that sell phones have been turned off as a courtesy to presenters and those recording the session and we will post the program later today on our website for everyone's future reference. our internet viewers are always welcome to e-mail us with questions during the program or comment

brown: she was selected by a commit of 17 appointees from senator voinovich and me and judge pearson is -- was -- was chosen unanimously by this group, submitted to the president by -- i submitted her name to the president, the president nominated her. she was voted out of committee in february of this year out of the judiciary committee. i will be thrilled to move forward on that and discuss that tomorrow. also calendar 813, william martinez, debate be limited to 60 minutes, equally divided and controlled between senators leahy and sessions or designees. upon the use or yielding back of all time the senate proceed to vote on the confirmation of the nomination of the order listed. prior to the second vote there be two minutes of debate, the second vote be limited to 10 minutes. upon the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, the president be immediately notified of the senate's action and the senate resume legislative business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. brown: mr. president, as if in executive legislation, i ask unanimous consent that on

. >> very briefly, jim pearson is right in one regard that seems to me very important about these publicsector unions that we're speaking of. they will be reformed by bankruptcy. so they will not be reformed by reform. they will be reformed by bankruptcy. that's too proximate for it to be stopped. i hope on other levels reform by bankruptcy will be stalled by us or will get there before the bankruptcy gets there. i just want to say two things. i very much admire jim's paper, and it's an important concept when you have an economic theory behind state, as we seem to have in the modern day. but the cansian state in the united states was born before kane published the theory. we had our own homegrown system all over the place from the time of william jennings bryant and the trouble on the farms and the idea that you pump money in. there isn't enough money. it had to do with the great gold standard battle. and what's very funny is two of them were called castings and foster. you imagine people who are simultaneously genius and also quirky, like "the wizard of oz" to be discredited. fostering

the next panel is jim pearson and and and the party. i can build on those two. . . >> i am very much on board the agenda. on the other hand, people should read the federalist papers there's a tension sometimes that rises up. there's a healthy tension. it is a tension that the federalist discusses and recognizes. claims the constitution resolves. one of the striking things i have been pretending to help. i've read these a few times. one of the striking things how hard headed the office is to the intention of the good republican government that a lot of the politics are about balancing tendencies that go in different directions trying with the aspect. there's no perfect way to do this. they've tried work these things out some of the rules might point in a certain direction. deviations are necessary or required because of some differences the complexity and wisdom is worth stressing at the scompevents most simple mind the tea party statement taken out of mind. the truth is, the tea party activists must not understand they wanted limited an