. >> governor schweitzer, move on over to montana. the latest per capita, personal income shows your state ranks 38 out of all 50 states and $35,000. that's a big improvement. where does the middle class agenda rank for you right now? >> well, in montana we lead the nation in percent of our population who work for an employer where ten or fewer employees. we really are the small business capital of america. and so, these people who are starting new businesses, who are investing all of their sweat equity back in, who are increasing the number of employees from three to five, that's what's going to get montana and the rest of this country moving. but during the last six years we built the largest budget surpluses in the history of montana. all six of my budgets have been with the largest budget surpluses in history. in 2008, instead of sort of demagoguing state employees i negotiated with them not to increase their salary. they reason had salary increase now for three years. when people retired, we didn't replace them. we found ways of

in april, lawmakers passed a full repeal of the law, but governor brian schweitzer vetoed it. >> brown one-hour documentary, "clearing the smoke: the science of cannabis," is airing on many public television stations this summer. you can also watch it online. you'll find a link to montana pbs on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. >> suarez: again, the major developments of the day: an earthquake jarred much of the u.s. east coast. it had a magnitude of 5.8, one of the strongest ever recorded in the region, but there were no serious injuries and no major damage. libyan rebels stormed and seized moammar gadhafi's compound in tripoli after hours of heavy fighting. the dictator's whereabouts remained a mystery. and wall street shot back up-- the dow jones industrial average gained more than 320 points. there's more on rare east coast earthquakes on our web site. kwame holman has the details. >> holman: we have a seismic map from the u.s. geological survey, and a tool that calculates the intensity of the quake by zip code. that's on the rundown blog. and our global health unit examines ethical

i am hoping that if he decides to run, he will seriously consider china push governor schweitzer as his running mate. he has such a resume, and i wish you would look into them. even though he is a sitting governor, i hope the people would let him go. also, i am and independent. do you think there is a possibility for 2012 to let us in the primaries? give me a good reason for that. they have never answered that for me. guest: personally, i think all primaries should be open. i think it would change the dynamics. i do not know why we do not do it that way. i think it would be a great thing to do. with regard to ron reagan, i love a good, strong liberal, let me tell you. i do not think he wants to run for president, is the answer to your question. i also think that unfortunately, the reality is people come to washington with ideally the best of intentions, and unfortunately, compromise means you do not get everything that you want. even if ron reagan was president, i think you would still see more compromise then you would probably want to see ultimately. >> this time last week, we were ta

i am hoping that if he decides to run, he will seriously consider china push governor schweitzer as his running mate. he has such a resume, and i wish you would look into them. even though he is a sitting governor, i hope the people would let him go. also, i am and independent. do you think there is a possibility for 2012 to let us in the primaries? give me a good reason for that. they have never answered that for me. guest: personally, i think all primaries should be open. i think it would change the dynamics. i do not know why we do not do it that way. i think it would be a great thing to do. with regard to ron reagan, i love a good, strong liberal, let me tell you. i do not think he wants to run for president, is the answer to your question. i also think that unfortunately, the reality is people come to washington with ideally the best of intentions, and unfortunately, compromise means you do not get everything that you want. even if ron reagan was president, i think you would still see more compromise then you would probably want to see ultimately. >> this time last week, we were ta