same as what they were trying to voting machines that it got even worse in two thousand it's called red shift it was always always working to the advantage of the republicans this shift in some states it was i was seven percent same thing in two thousand and two same thing in two thousand for now you know you could build a conspiracy theory around this or not the bottom line is really simple thomas paine laid it out he said the right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which all other rights are protected to take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another and that he has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case in other words voting is the beating heart of democracy why do we have government we have government to administer the commons our air our water our police our schools all these other things these are our commons and how do we run the government we tell it what to do . and we need to be telling it what to do without our voice spain mediated by four corporations one of which is own par

an act up member wore later red shift and these really cute papa gallo shoes. inventing a cover story to explain her nose ring, she told the guests that her father had served in india during the nixon administration. [laughter] when d' amato began, they stripped away the costumes to reveal giant buttons proclaiming lesbians for bush. [laughter] and stood up an assortment of posters and fliers. so theatrical protests was part of the package with act up. in terms of really act up's big accomplishments, though, really sort of the light they shed on expedient, you know, testing and approval, approval process for, you know, promising aids drugs was one of the biggest accomplishments. and the very last paragraph of the body of the book, there's a brief sort of conclusion, epilogue after, but the very last sort of paragraph of the body of the book really gets at some of that. plus some of the value of '80s activism, and i'll take q&a after this one. so this is really encompassing a lot of the spirit of the book. many act up activists locate the group's most important

red tape. ♪ time to rest between shifts.t follows yes >>> new rules went into effect today to give air traffic controllers more time to rest between shifts. that follows yesterday's incidents in miami where another controller was caught sleeping on the job. >> reporter: air traffic controllers direct almost 50,000 flights a day over american skies. now their boss says they will be better rested. >> we cannot allow controllers to fall asleep. we're not going to stand by and let that happen. >> reporter: the secretary of transportation say administrators are changing controllers' schedules requiring an extra hour between shifts from 8:00 to 9:00. there should be a minnesota -- -- minimum of nine hours. >> it will prevent controllers from swifting shifts for making three-day weekends. the move comes after air traffic controllers were caught sleeping on the job seven times this year. >> last week a medical flight was unable to communicate with lone controller working early in the morning. the plane landed safely. saturday mornin

we have shifted to the right. wisconsin is a red state, and now it looks like prosser is even outsi

shifting gears, we turn to harley davidson, the weakest performer today among s&p 500 stocks. shares downshifted into the red after the motorcycle maker confirmed it's losing market share to cheaper used bikes. they were down 5.3%, or a loss of more than $2. it's also struggling with some component shortages from a supplier out of japan. and finally, we saw some life in home builders, thanks to that surprise jump in housing starts we told you about earlier. take a look at pultegroup, ryland and k.b. home-- their shares rose more than 3%. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: oil prices notched higher today, closing above $108 a barrel. that brings us to tonight's "word on the street"-- "oil." dan dicker, senior contributor to thestreet.com, says the big beneficiaries of those higher prices are oil refiners. when i spoke to him a short while ago, he explained why. >> well, they're the only sector that benefit franchise a higher oil price because they're the only ones who can take a high oil price and translate it into an even higher gas price they can collect from consumers at the pump. they are the

and the western part of that state, floodwaters shift add bridge off its foundation. to the east in fargo, the red river rose to almost 39 feet over the weekend. that is the fourth highest peak on record. volunteers helped fill more than 2 million sandbags, the river is slowly inching lower but officials warn that flood levels there will remain high for several days. >> boy, it's really something to see what is going on in the rest of the country. especially here with our weather which is relatively mild bill. what are we looking at this evening. >> it is pretty mild. this is the time in the midwest they get their severe weather, we'll see tornadoes and concerns out there as we head into late spring/early summer. but for us the nice stuff. cool out there or mild if you will. the santa clara valley right now 63 in san jose, 59 redwood city. these temperatures cooler than they have been. they are going to warm up a little bit tomorrow but there is no big warm-up in store this week. we'll see some temperatures tomorrow into the mid-60s but we're into sort of a mild weather pattern with a few clouds,

>>gary: came to tomorrow night and then the series shifts to los angeles for three and for next tuesday and thursday. the boston red their first baseman adrienne left san diego and today its official and a seven year contract worth $154 million. the contract is the second-largest in team history behind the 160 million to the red sox gave manny ramirez. who buys a ticket to seep adrian console display, is terrific but as far as the drawing card i don't know. as an all-star baseball player his nickname was nails. today nails is in jail. it the former philadelphia phillies, lanny has been charged with grand theft a day after he was charged with several bankruptcy crime. he was arrested on suspicion of trying to buy a stolen car, facing five years in federal prison for embezzling from the bankruptcy estate. he allegedly condo $400,000 worth of items from the $31 million mansion that he lived and despite only 50,000 in assets. a year- and-a-half ago they did a story on hbo, they do these great investigative pieces. here is money in a wayne gretzky former state and southern california. i guess it at that time, i guess it

probably the stronger cell here, no yellows and red but around union city, 880 you can pick out at least some rain showers to talk about and we will shift the maps up to the bay for san francisco and oakland. very spotty, nothing to extreme and a bit a breeze with winds from 15 to 25 miles an hour and up in the north bay as we take a look, still a little bit of coverage for santa rosa. remember yesterday we had significant thunderstorms producing widespread hail for parts of the north bay, east bay and reports down to gilroy. here is the look at the satellite and radar. quite a bit of activity on this, over the past 12 hours and the system as a whole is centered near san luis ob isp o. the bulk of the shower moves out as well. storm moves out, showers on the decrease, this weekend will be dry with partly sunny skies, a cold front will approach mainly the north coast of california, northwest eastern coast right around eureka. that could generate a few extra high clouds, we will call it the increasing clouds for the second half of the weekend. here is the forecast model showing you the rain coverage and the rain showers and snow showers u

important to note a headline from june 24, 1999, from the washington post that red, quote, in three cases high court shifts power to the states. of course in over a decade since then we've seen case after case at the supreme court, bill after bill in this house, that have furthered that trend. this afternoon i want to talk about the center of conservatism. the center of the constitution. the legal basis by which republicans and some democrats stake out their antifederal government agenda. mr. speaker, there are two central issues that have dominated this country from its beginning. the first is the relationship between the federal government and the states, that question has been with us since the writing of our constitution in philadelphia in 1787, through the supreme court's first major decision in 1793, chisholm vs. georgia, during the antebellum period of 1800's through the 1860's, through the civil war and post bell umfirst and second reconstruction periods and it remains active and very much a part of our discourse today. the second issue that has plagued the u.s. is race. it is a central dilemma in

shifts and fatigue are a challenge. >> they stay awake by trying to maybe read a book that's interesting, or going to get five cups of coffee, drinking a red bull, you know, a couple monsters. just the simple little mind game you can play, cross word or something like that helps you keep awake. >> reporter: no controller has yet been fired in this as the investigations continue but public confidence in air safety has been undermined. and somebody clearly will pay a price. katie? >> couric: bob orr in washington. bob, thanks a lot. in other news tonight, it's the best sign that the country's employment picture is improving, the help-wanted sign. and it's springing up in bigger numbers. the government reported today that 38 states gained jobs in march led by texas with more than 37,000. and the unemployment rate fell in 34 states, the largest number to see a decline in nine months. just today, mcdonald's put out help-wanted signs all across the country and anthony mason reports people lined up for a chance to get their foot in the door. supersized hiring spree. >> reporter: call it a supersized hiring spree. across its 14,000 restaurants, mc

red territory, states like georgia and texas. those states are changing so rapidly, demographics are shifting so rapidly, they are now on the tableey have the potential to be swing states. if not in 2012, then by 2016, 2020, they could be on the table. host: tom is from pittsburgh. welcome. caller: i need some clarification in reference to what our fine congress and president has done in the past five weeks. we had a continuing resolution that came out and it's both and they cut $10 billion. the second resolution to both of the cupp $14 billion. in this budget they we're finalize this week, $30 billion. that is a total of $262 billion cut, or did they simply add them up and come up with $30 billion? guest: as i understand it, the $30.5 billion in cuts are new. sometimes you will hear the number of 78.5, somewhere around $70 billion in cuts. that is because those additional moneys are from accounts that the president wanted to grow department. that would not agree to, so some people are counting that as a cut. those are new cut through the end of this fiscal year, ending in september. when that comes up, we will be talking about a

we have shifted to the right. wisconsin is a red state, and now it looks like prosser is even outside the margin of our weekend. we verified that governor walker is for real, that these are new times in wisconsin. i think there are new times in this country. and again, it's a battle of whether we want a country of more makers or more takers, and i think that we are proving that in wisconsin spent wisconsin is a red state. will you guarantee that your nominee next year will carry wisconsin? >> guest: will i guarantee? i think we will win wisconsin. i think we will do very well there. it will be a battleground state, and i think -- it's a red state. i will give you your guarantee. >> isn't a purple state more accurate? >> guest: i think a purple state can go read. as long as people are focused in on economic issues in wisconsin which they are, people are fiscal conservatives in wisconsin like i think they are in most places around the country and i think we went on those issues and those of issues governor walker is talking about. >>

red territory, states like georgia and texas. those states are changing so rapidly, demographics are shifting so rapidly, they are now on the table. they have the potential to be swing states. if not in 2012, then by 2016, 2020, they could be on the table. host: tom is from pittsburgh. welcome. caller: i need some clarification in reference to what our fine congress and president has done in the past five weeks. we had a continuing resolution that came out and it's both and they cut $10 billion. the second resolution to both of the cupp $14 billion. in this budget they we're finalize this week, $30 billion. that is a total of $262 billion cut, or did they simply add them up and come up with $30 billion? guest: as i understand it, the $30.5 billion in cuts are new. sometimes you will hear the number of 78.5, somewhere around $70 billion in cuts. that is because those additional moneys are from accounts that the president wanted to grow department. that would not agree to, so some people are counting that as a cut. those are new cut through the end of this fiscal year, ending in september. when that comes up, we will be talking abo

shift of car pool are helping that wounded warrior in your neighborhood. you do not have to know military families. thanks to great organizations like blue star families in the partnerships with the american red, every american can write a letter to military families and let them know they will be volunteering in their own community. they will tell you -- sometimes it is the smallest thing. it is the simple things that make the -- we're creating a new website. joiningforces.gov, where americans can come together to find out how they can take action in their communities. because every american can do something. that includes me and jill. beginning tomorrow, we are hitting the road. yes, a road trip. [laughter] i think jill is going to drive. we're going to be traveling across the country, visiting families and communities and nonprofits and businesses that support this families of -- every day. at each stop, we will be encouraging them to ask this simple question -- how can i give back to a family that has given me some much. that is the question. i'm excited about this campaign. i know jill is, too. this is not a short-term effort. our military families deserve our respect and support, no mat

shift costs to the seniors and poor who are not equipped to handle the burden. guest: these are different approaches, no question. but the current approaches are not working. we have red ink as far as the eye can see and we also did not have great care. in medicaid, many beneficiaries cannot see a primary care physician -- the end up in emergency rooms four times the normal rate. some can't see specialists. that is simply a broken program veered we have to try another approach. medicare, many seniors still -- in many ways the way it is structured produces a lot of ways. fee-for-service, doctors get paid for doing things but not make sure they are well. the ryan approach arts have the alternative strategies that both make the dollars and up and gives us an opportunity to provide better care. it is something we have to consider seriously. host: what was your reaction to president obama's speech last week? guest: i was disappointed really for three reasons. the first is, it is not really much of a plan. if you look inside, he says go for another commission out of members of congress. we have seen a lot of commissions. he said use the affordable care act more extent -- bu

shift costs to the seniors and poor who are not equipped to handle the burden. guest: these are different approaches, no question. but the current approaches are not working. we have red ink as far as the eye can see and we also did not have great care. in medicaid, many beneficiaries cannot see a primary care physician -- the end up in emergency rooms four times the normal rate. some can't see specialists. that is simply a broken program veered we have to try another approach. medicare, many seniors still -- in many ways the way it is structured produces a lot of ways. fee-for-service, doctors get paid for doing things but not make sure they are well. the ryan approach arts have the alternative strategies that both make the dollars and up and gives us an opportunity to provide better care. it is something we have to consider seriously. host: what was your reaction to president obama's speech last week? guest: i was disappointed really for three reasons. the first is, it is not really much of a plan. if you look inside, he says go for another commission out of members of congress. we have seen a lot of commissions. he said use the affordable care act more extent -- bu