mayor scott smith joins us -- host: mayor scott smith joins us from washington, d.c. i want to begin with this headline from "the new york times," conference of mayors stressed the need of new grounds for stimulus money. are you looking for another round of stimulus money? guest: i think any city would like to have it there is the mill is money available, pointed their way. mares are the same regardless of party. if there is going to be stimulus, we believe the cities of the best place to put that stimulus money to work. host: how much money has mesa, arizona, received thus far from the first round of stimulus funds? guest: directly and indirectly we actually put in to play a little over $70 million in the city on a variety of projects from a variety of sources. host: how many jobs have been created or saved? guest: that is one thing that is sort of hard to tell. we actually haven't done any talent on the exact job count. we are more interested on a types of projects. we do know when you are building things and you have programs that are funded, that there aren't save

scott smith mayor of mesa, arizona. thank you for your visit. and we have a bidding war now so you can out hooken looper. -- hickenlooper. i can outcook hickenlooper any day. i believe mesa is the first one to apply under small start of what i with a small extension that comes to downtown and we're ecstatic -- >> congratulations on that. >> we think we met it. otherwise we're going to blow it off the starts with the new standards so thank you very much. one question i'd like to ask about is -- you've talked a lot about mpos and about some reformation that might need to come from mpos and i think one of the things that's come out through the stimulus and how the dollars have flowed is it's accentuated maybe some flaws but some deficiencies in that cities are not being able to make the type of decisions and the flow of funds directly to cities is certainly been affected by the mpo system as we have now. what kind of specific ideas or proposals would you have to reform mpos in how cities can become more directly involved in those decisions? >> i me

>> scott smith from mesa, arizona. thank you for your visit. come to mesa. i can out cook him any day. we are especially grateful in mesa for the changes you referred to in a small start because of our very successful 21-mile light rail in the phoenix area. and mesa, i believe, is the first city to apply for a small start under light rail for an extension that will come into downtown. we are ecstatic about it. >> congratulations. the >> thank you very much. one question i would like to ask is, you have talked a have talkednpo's can kasam reformation that might have to come through -- you have talked a lot about npo's and some reformation that might have to come through them. there are some flaws, can't -- inconsistencies that have been affected by the npo system as we have it now. what would you recommend to reform npo's? >> i like the approach that a lot of these other big cities have taken where they have reached out to cities all over the region to work together and to use the npo's to develop a system that you have to have to develop light rail or transi

our guests are scott smith, and michael nutter.ou can call in with your questions about the supreme court decision today on campaign finance regulations steve hoersting and hamin -- jamin raskin. and will be joined by "new york times" writer jason depurle. to discuss poverty and unemployment. "washington journal," is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this weekend on " communicators'," and former senator and now the head of the national association of broadcasters, gordon smith, on expanding the broadband system and what it could mean for broadcasters. saturday at 6:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> health care was the main topic at nancy pelosi's weekly conference today. she reflected on the election of scott brown. after, we will hear from john boehner, house minority leader. this is one-half hour. >> good morning. here we are. back again in this room. it looks like we need a bigger room. many of you have asked questions about where we go from here. let me congratulate senator brown from massachusetts. the new senator.

our guests are scott smith, and michael nutter. you can call in with your questions about the supreme court decision today on campaign finance regulations steve hoersting and hamin -- jamin raskin. and will be joined by "new york times" writer jason depurle. >> each year, the washington center brings thousands of students to washington d.c. to experience the workings of our government first hand. this weekend, they will discuss politics, government, and their futures. >> health care was the main topic of house speaker nancy pelosi's weekly briefing. she comments on senator scott brown and his effect on health care legislation. after speaker pelosi, we'll hear from house minority leader john beohener. -- noehner. -- boehner. this is half an hour. >> in the morning. it looks like we need a bigger room. many of you have asked questions about where we go from here. let me congratulate senator brown from massachusetts. while this is also the massachusetts election, there were 58 senators. it has not diminished [unintelligible] health ca

tracy smith leading all scorers with 14. scott wood hit two threes early but then wasn't heard from much the rest of the half. javier gonzalez with five points. brandon evans leading unc greensboro with eight. kyle randall with six points. sidney lowe talking to his team. trying to find the magic that they had early in the first half because they sure lost it in the last five or six minutes as unc greensboro made a great comeback. >> mike g.: and i love the energy that korey van dussen brought out there. i thought that was a big spark for them. defensively their zone was very active. nc state had a lot of problems with it. >> mike h.: we'll remind you for unc greensboro, two key players, mikko koivisto and pete brown are not available tonight. give uncg even more credit for what they've done hanging close here with nc state. spartans with just two wins on this season and nine losses. and, again, this is their fifth acc team that they have played. they'll play six in all. they play maryland on sunday. >> mike g.: what they should h

smith, outstanding junior. fourth in the acc in scoring and rebounding. flanked by gonzalez and williams. scottwood, the freshman, and the senior, dennis horner fills the other forward position. when we come back, we've got today's tipoff. these clubs played a great one in gainesville a year ago today, won by florida by two. the rematch, in raleigh is next, on acc sunday night hoops. [ male announcer ] the lexus december to remember sales event. now through january 4th. ♪ special lease offers now available on the 2010 rx 350. ♪ >> bob: welcome back to raleigh, everybody, as we get set for the start of the florida/nc state game. the gators have been introduced and now the wolf pack being introduced to this crowd here at the rbc center. the last time the gators played here was in the 2004 ncaa tournament. a first round loss to manhattan. a gator ball club that opened its s.e.c. conference play in nashville against vanderbilt in the coming weeks. for the wolf pack of nc state, they have already gone 1-0 against an s.e.c. opponent. they knocked off auburn in daytona beach. and the wolf pack have an

scott wood, his second. >> larry: interesting to see how this is going to develop in the second half. if macklin can contest smithhings differently on offense. >> bob: walker to macklin. fumbles it away. wolf pack knock it free. shot clock continues to run, down to eight. werner back out to walker. inside to macklin, and he scores it! >> larry: three buckets in the second half already for macklin. >> bob: and that gives him ten for the game, and a foul on florida. he's on erving walker in the back court. >> larry: partial standing ovation for the referees. >> bob: macklin overall, larry, is 5 for 6 from the field. four rebounds to go with ten points, and he's florida's leading scorer. boynton, their high man coming in, two buckets. 33-31, florida. >> larry: macklin is starting to come around. transfer from georgetown, starting to get some more playing time. >> bob: and back to the zone goes florida. horner. gets the -- oh, i thought he had the shooter's bounce. that was halfway in the pipe and out. mack lip. feeling good about himself. throws this one wide. rebound to the wolf pack. >> larry: re-evaluate that fee

scott? caller: good morning, mr. smith. guest: good morning. caller: my name is scot owen and i represent the -- in north carolina. i have brief comment and question for you. and i appreciate your advocacy on what of the charter school movement. we really appreciate it. guest: yours as well. caller: thank you, sir. senator good all called and we've worked with him to help press our position for charter schools but what we're coming up against in the state of n.c. texas the state poured education implemented new policies that are requireing a greater than 66% performance two consecutive years in a row. toward the charter school movement. and what we're trying to get their attention is that we have a lot of charter schools. we are a minority-based charter cool to school. so we're very diverse in our population. but these new standards that go into effect are going to cause come of our brother and sister cheater schools that aren't performing to well, on and on and on and on and on and on and on -- >> they are going to be replaced into a tradition

retaining danny smith, safeties coach steve jackson and kirk alvadati. not returning stan hickson. john polerm exposm scottor the latest around the league here is russ naylor with charlie. >> i'm joined by former redskins general manager. charlie as we approach championship sunday in the nfl, give me your key to the nfc game. what is going down between the vikings and saints? >> i'm going to watch, last week minnesota had the edge with the crowd notice. new orleans has the edge with the crowd noise. how is that going to affect brett farve? greg williams will come with pressure. can farve read that defense? not panic and make the plays. >> the jets shut down phillip rivers in that offensive attack with san diego. do they have a chance to do it with the colts? >> to me a fascinating chess match. rex ryan. what does he try to do on defense seven tries to get a man free. does it better than anyone in the nfl. payton manning wants five guys out. does he keep the fifth guy in the block? lead the blitz? it will be a chess match all day. >> will rex ryan stay one ahead of norm turner last weekend. but norv is not