[applause] i know how sacramento works.know how it should work i have the preparation and know-how and independence to challenge the status quo and general legislators should work together. i put california burst and the democratic party second. i will do it again as i have done it before. [applause] it is not enough to look in the morning and decide that it is time to be governor of california. [applause] we tried to bat. it did not work. offering platitudes and promises will not fix the budget or bring us food or breast jobs. to fix anything, to get anything done, we need a profound change the way our government operates whether it is on a campaign or in state government. it is time for an agenda of humility, living within our means and a decent measure of self discipline. his time for the politicians to grow up and face the fact that we are in a park crisis. the world has changed since our financial system hit the wall and all has collapsed. the only way forward now must be built on honesty, frugality, and innovation. [a

i know how sacramento works and how it should work.the preparation, the know-how, and the independence to challenge the status quo and get our legislators to work together as californians first and as members of of political party said it. i did that as governor, i did it as mayor, and god willing, i will do it again. it is not enough for some rich person to decide, hey, it's time to be governor of california. we tried that. it did not work. platitudes and promises will not balance our budget or fix our schools are creating the jobs. to fix anything or get anything done, we need a profound change in the way our government operates, whether in campaign or state government, it is time for the agenda of humility, living within our means, and that they sent the measure of self principle. it is time for politicians to grow up and face the fact that we are in a crisis. the world has changed. our financial system hit the wall. the only way forward must be built on honesty, frugality, and innovation. the by honesty, this is what i mean. i'm go

. >> larry: sacramento, hello?ramento, go ahead. >> caller: yeah, i'm tired of all this arguing back and forth about who didn't do what and whose point, it is too much politics. and i would look ike to know exactly, what are the options on getting this leak stopped. what can they come up with rather than saying it is the president's fault, it's the president's fault, it's the president's fault. thank you. >> larry: we don't have any experts. i don't think there is anyone who know house to stop it. >> that's the point. i am asking what dana means. is the president supposed to be aquaman? >> wasn't he marketed on being the messiah. no, no, no. >> the president responded with help from around the world. he refused it too. >> the dutch and norwegians offered premiere experts. >> they took their help. >> no they did not, stephanie. >> they did not. they turned it down. >> they offered it two to three days afterwards. just because you say they did. if the doesn't mean it happened. they offered it. awe thought would have

[applause] jerry brown and the rest of the sacramento politicians cannot make that dream come true.ill not save our state, but you can. this is a fight we must win. together we will not lead california down. [applause] join me in this fight, and together we will build a new california. >> let's ago, met!. g! go, meg! >> thank you for your hard work and your friendship. god bless you, and god bless california. ♪ >> here is a look at mega wittman's and jerry brown's andst -- meg wittman's jerry broon's campaignnads since thee won their primaries. >> i think often politicians forget about that, becauss they do not see it every day. i see it every day. i think raising taxes in california is absolutely the wrong thing to do. california needs to lead the nation again, and i think we can do it. ♪ >> jjrry brown is pledging thatt he will not raise taxes unless there is a referendum to force him to raise taxes. >> i guess i do not have enough graced to applauded jerry brown when he says he will not be one it to tax americans. this is what he did when he was governor. he talked about cutting

to bring common sense back to sacramento.eers and applause] i am a big believer in the power of many. none of us -- what we can do together, none of us can do alone. and field goal we can end sacramento's war on job creation and make california a great place to start and grow a small business. >> and a great education for our students. [cheers and applause] it will not be easy, will it? i will tell you this. i am putting my heart and soul into this campaign. [cheers and applause] this gal is on a mission. [cheers and applause] and i am all in. audience: thank you, meg! thank you, meg! thank you, meg! thank you, meg! >> if you give me the honor of being your next governor, the special interests and the public employee unions won't stand a chance because i will owe my office to no one but you. [cheers and applause] here is the really good news. i don't owe anyone anything. [cheers and applause] now, my opponent cannot say that, can he? audience: no! he >> he has aligned nearly ever special interest group against us. that means

of her ties to goldman sachs and also demonstrate after arnold schwarzenegger that she can make sacramento work as an outsider and not somebody with a lot of experience. this is going to be a wonderful and interesting race and as you say, one that's going to break all records for spending. >> woodruff: it's often said california may be the toughest state in the country to govern. amy, all the way across the country to south carolina, everybody was talking about the that race. nikki haley just barely missed getting 50%. she's got a runoff, but she's now considered to be the favorite. what's the lesson here? >> i wish-- well, one is , can you actually run a gubernatorial race where a candidate agrees to take a lie detector test? that, to me, was one of my favorite parts here. i think the lesson is this is a great case where the anti-establishment candidate was able to still keep that mantle even as she was being attacked. in fact, the more she was attacked, the more she grew in stature because what i think she was able to tap into was a frustration along south carolina voters that they'd bec

however the guy on site was all for it but then we got a call from sacramento st., no way, those bugsill mutate and if the world. they gathered all of that crap up and put it into the toxic wastes dumped in kern county. mark -- i listen to mark would have been today and he said that the epa has all but rules against any microbiology remediation, even though louisiana state university professor says that nature will take care of this in time. our process would excel or it that whole cleanup and they desperately needed. not that i could provide it anymore but i simply know how to do it. except a find out that the epa -- the epa is totally against any biological remediation. >> we have a lot of oil expertise. maybe it is not offshore, on ways to clean it up. this is an unbelievable problem. and it is a tough situation. we should learn from it. so of their ways to clean it up, i will make sure that it will pass on to the correct authorities. let's go right over here. >> i'm going to bring up something that i brought up three years ago factor for the july meeting that you had and that is,

the mortgage crisis, in particular, continues to impact many in sacramento. sadly, after more than two years millions of homeowners continue to face foreclosure. those that have not have seen the value of their homes plummet. i have been to foreclosure workshops. i've seen the hardships and looks of desperation. i've heard from a constituent who held a traditional 30-year mortgage, but after repeated attempts from her lenders she was convinced to refinance her mortgage to a lower adjustable rate, and now that mortgage has reset and she is now facing foreclosure. i have heard from many constituents who applied for a loan modification but never even got a call back. i've heard from many others who say they were denied a loan modification under the making home affordable program, but their lender never even gave them a reason why. these are just a few of the many stories that i and i'm sure many of you have heard. madam speaker, no one is looking for a bailout. but families need real assistance and real reform. it's clear that the mortgage industry, after repeat

first call comes from sacramento california. republican line. caller: thank you c-span and hello, mark. my main question is throughout all of this. what's going to happen to the result of this? there's a lot of democratization or this going on all around the world and i mean, how do you think it's going to be influenced guy latest situation. >> well speak about the internet when it comes to terrorism. guest: internet is major when you talk about terrorism and violent extremism and the ideology. what you have on the internet is largely a global community or sense of a global community. some call it the virtual face where extremist. the american newmanic can get on and not only attracted a he responsibility but convince them it's a good cause to join. saw in the last internet feed talking to american muslims to fight the oppressive american government and the internet in some ways is a vehicle for radical ideal logs and communities of interest to feed on the narrative and the self and also to feed a sense of emotional attachment to the narrative.

again, this is one of these party sacramento versus conservative activist primaries. that is very interesting although endorsements don't necessarily mean anything. i hate to keep referring to sarah palin laying her hands on candidates and giving them her blessing. but in this case branstad trying to fight the in picture that he is not kevin of it enough it might bolster him. host: we have had the senior political analyst from c.q. watch us through the evening. we will bring you the results here tonight deep into prime time. maybe until 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning with the west coast races. we will have speeches live and taped from winning and losing candidates tonight. we will take another short time-out then talk about china and its economic conditions, its relationship with the u.s. economically. our guest will be from the peterson institute. meantime, some news from c-span radio. >> it is 8:35. in the headlines two more american troops were killed in afghanistan today. pushing the losses in that country to 23 in over a week. the latest deaths as insurgents step up

sacramento, arnold, on the republican line. caller: hi. my comment is yes, the states -- the federal government should help states because of the state's help the federal government paying taxes as well. i think we should all just try to hang in there and get out of this by helping each other. host: iowa. joe on the democratic line. caller: how are you doing, man? host: doing well. caller: you know what is hurting the country the worst? we are paying 30% of our paycheck. and that does not include health care, which is another 8% of our paychecks. even the people who are working are giving up such a large portion to our government. if our government would back off and become what it was supposed to be originally, where its decentralized portion will take care of civil defense and let the states do their own business, i think everybody would be better. host: independent line in georgia. what do you think? caller: good morning. the states that did not have an income tax are the state better off financially. if you noticed, california, into th

meg whitman said career politicians in washington and sacramento be worn because you now face your worst nightmare, two businesswomen from the real world who are able to create jobs, balanced budgets, and get things done. next is a call from scranton, pennsylvania. thomas, democrat's line. caller: good morning. i think it should be on the issues and not agenda. gail collins had a common -- -- column today. host: what did you think? caller: i heard somebody talking about. this country is run by money. i want working people to run for office. the mailman, the truck driver, the milkman. i want the firefighter. even police officer. i don't want these rich people. it is not big government, big corporations running the country. my father told me years ago a starving dog will eat so much and then he will stop because he knows if he eats any more he will throw it all up but the rich never get enough. never get enough. this is what happens in the gulf coast. the oil companies never get enough. a starving dog knows more, to stop eating. but they are taking the money. this country is going downhill

it sacramento, chad on the republican line. you are on. go ahead. sorry, we are goingo move along. knoxville, tennessee, linda, democrats line. caller: am i on? good morning. general mcchrystal committed suicide by president. a variation of the well understood phenomenon of suicide by cop. people do it when they have gotten themselves into an impossible situation, they need to get out and they cannot pull the trigger so they for someone in authority -- for someone in authority. i think mcchrystal sold this strategy in afghanistan to obama's team when they came in. they were desperate to find a way to solve this unholy mess. now mcchrystal figured out he will not be able to make it work, at least not in 18 months he has less to do it. and he needed i get out of blame for a card. he used "rolling stone" to do it and commit suicide by president. host: knoxville, tennessee. linda on our democrats line. "the new york times" they move forward to general petraeus's leadership. new mission for petreaus -- make his own plan work. they write from kabul -- of course, just recently, he had the

. >> i know that in sacramento, you have no worries.laughter] >> in public education, that is an easy one for the governor and the state. the biggest problem we have is changing current state law that makes seniority the only thing that can be considered in laos, assignments, and transfers of teachers. we cannot, by law, allow locally elected school boards and their superintendents, negotiating with their local teachers union, to consider the effectiveness of teachers and principals and the needs of their schools. it disproportionately impacts are high party schools where most of our brown and black children are being educated, or not being educated, as the case may be. because of budget cuts, a giant spotlight has been put on what this policy yields. the aclu filed a lawsuit a few months ago. they named three middle schools for 75% of their teachers got pink slips. they compared it to a few other schools in that same school district where zero teachers got pink slips. the seniority only approach means some teachers who want to be in th

again, this is one of these party sacramento versus conservative activist primaries. that is very interesting although endorsements don't necearily mean anything. i hate to keep referring to sarah palin laying her hands on candidates and giving them her blessing. butn this case >> it is the busiest election day of the year so far for congressional and gubernatorial elections. with 12 states holding primaries or runoffs today. here in california, democratic senator barbara boxer will learn who her republican opponent will be. california has a republican primary in the race to succeed term limited republican governor around schwarzenegger. we'll have live coverage tonight of key races starting at about 9:00 eastern on the c-span networks. back on capitol hill, the u.s. senate has gaveled in for the day. they will come back shortly from their party lunches. they continue work on that package of expiring benefits and tax breaks. live coverage of the senate is on c-span2. the house comes in with some five pieces of legislation this afternoon, votes at 6:00, including one h

however the guy on site was all for it but then we got a call from sacramento st., no way, those bugs will mutate and if the world. they gathered all of that crap up and put it into the toxic wastes dumped in kern county. mark -- i listen to mark would have been today and he said that the epa has all but rules agait any microbiology remediation, even though louisiana state university professor says that nature will take care of this in time. our process would excel or it that whole cleanup and they desperately needed. not that i could provide it anymore but i simply know how to do it. except a find out that the epa -- the epa is totally against any biological remediation. >> we have a lot of oil expertise. maybe it is not offshore, on ways to clean it up. this is an unbelievable problem. and it is a tough situation. we should learn from it. so of their ways to clean it up, i will make sure that it will pass on to the correct authorities. let's go right over here. >> i'm going to bring up something that i brought up three years ago factor for the july meeting that you had and that is,

her husband, both of who were there, her survivors include another survivor, a son, a sister of sacramento 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. paula hawkins was truly an inspiration to members of congress and to women everywhere. therefore i urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this measure and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the district of columbia reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from florida, mr. mica. mr. mica: thank you so much, mr. speaker. and sorry to change committee representatives on you there. i'm pleased to yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's recognized. mr. mica: thank you, mr. speaker. and also, very pleased that ms. norton, the gentlelady from the district of columbia, is here today. she chairs one of the important subcommittees of government reform and oversight. it's been my honor to serve on that committee for some 18 years and i think most of that time she has been here and done a great job in representing the citizens of the district of colum