could come from anywhere. >> i have a question on behalf of the south carolina of media -- south carolina carolina, ordinary folks? you are talking that this is on behalf of south carolina. what message will the south carolina media give your people? why are you doing this and what benefit will this be for south carolina? >> the benefit the effort will have is that it will save the people of south carolina money. we will not be called upon to bear our own burden for the extension of medicare -- medicaid but also the cost that is associated with nebraska. we believe it is unconstitutional and for that reason, in south carolina, we can barely keep the lights on with the budget cuts we have had. to have this imposed on us, speaking constioón&ly, not only the burden that we would bear under the bill if it becomes law but also bearing the share of nebraska is something that should be challenged. i have not calculated the amount but there have been various calculations. our budget and south carolina is so tight right now that we simply cannot handle any more. mandates. >> what would they say of

we now have virtual schools and classrooms that allows someone in the rural south carolina to get educational expertise from a different chorus of carolina and i know that rex and chip once again worked hard on that one and showed leadership moving that through. we passed a statewide school bill fellows the first of its kind in the nation and i don't believe we would have gotten that through our friend the other choices that now, and education without a larger debate on full-scale choice in education but what i know where are you, west, would you be recognized for that one? [applause] i would say whether in the additional 2.7 billion that is gone to education above and beyond the level of funding but can at this administration starting in 2003 or the education and economic development act that offers a tech program for students our physical fitness programs offered as a result of health and fitness act or even in full-scale choice in the early childhood education i know the darrell jackson and mike and a long list of others deserve credit for the work here that is making a difference in the m

a different corner of south carolina.rger debate on full-scale choice in education. westies deserves credit for advancing that bill. wes, would you be recognized on that one? [applause] i would say, whether in the additional $2.7 billion that has gone to education above and beyond the level of bonding that came with this administration in 2003 or with the education and economic the the attack that offers a tech prep program for students, or in fitness programs offered as a result of self carolina health, or even in full-scale choice, i know that darrell jackson and a long list of others deserve credit for work here that is making a difference in the minds of students and thereby real difference in people's lives. would you give them a round of applause as well for their work? [applause] i finally said i would watch out for the taxpayer. i have always believed that money was a close proxy for freedom. freedom, at the end of the day, is what the american political system was designed to perpetuate. it is economic freedom th

of south carolina. >> i agree don't think the wall street problem is with [inaudible] it was with the campaign contribution kickbacks that were done after they were hired. >> there were not in a campaign contribution kickbacks. >> "the wall street journal" saw this differently. one other question -- >> we dennett -- i know you do but there were attorneys who gave money to my campaigns, and the attorneys representing the defendant, ely, gave an equal amount of money to my campaigns. a judge ruled on that question and ruled that there was no ethical violation at all and ely brought up in the case before we had the 45 million-dollar. stopguard the other attorney generals signed on -- to keep referencing the letters, is there a letter today and then -- is there in a letter today or was it the same that he's been talking about? >> is there in a letter today? >> you've been a reference in a letter during your comments -- >> no, there's no new letter. >> my question is are the 3415 interregional signed the let

what is it about south carolina that -- >> what in particular do you mean? >> what, every once in a while -- when i've studied aspects of the civil war, i do present myself as an authority on the civil war, i'm more interested in the women of that period, but i often find out that there's -- even today, there is that something in south carolina that's different. >> well, if you remember, john c. calhoun, who is really the great articulator of state's rights theory, the nullification controversy, and he sets the scene for south carolina being first in state's rights, it also remained among the original colonies that became state, it remained the one in which slavery was critically important. if i start sounding like a professor, i apologize. but virginia and maryland had moved to some -- maryland to a great extent, away from producing tobacco and were producing wheat. well, tobacco requires a lot of labor, but wheat, and i hope i'm not offending anyone from a wheat state, kansas, but wheat, you plant it, you stand there and you watch it while it grows and so

mine was on a case where south carolina was suing north carolina over the water.hey were stealing our water, drinking too much of it, and the court accepted that as the 138th case in its original jurisdiction, which is a very big deal. that is not a case that has a trial. that is in an original jurisdiction. now, however, if an individual sues the federal government, or if an individual sues an officer of the government, that is someone who would be involved in providing these benefits or implementing the program, that could be done in and a u.s. district court, and probably the same for the state of south carolina or any other state suing someone, some officer, some federal officer, in their official capacity, not their individual capacity, who would be involved in implementing this program. it could be done in any district court in the united states. again, i emphasized by individual or by ice -- bought a stake. it is not unusual for attorneys general to join together on issues. this is the first time we have had one like this since i have been and attorney gene

on behalf of the south carolina. the local media there, i they going to get out your message, do your people? >> i'm sorry? >> why are you doing this? what benefit is this going to be, south carolina citizen. >> well, the benefit, the effort will have is it will save the people of south carolina money. that is, we will not be called upon to bear our own burden for the extension of medicare, medicaid, but also the costs that are associated with nebraska. we believe it's unconstitutional, and for that reason, as i say in south carolina, we can barely keep the lights on now with a budget cuts that we've had, and to have this imposed on us is again, speaking constitutionally, not only the burden that we would bear under the bill if it becomes law, but also bearing the share of nebraska is something that should be challenged. [inaudible] >> i have not calculate the amount, but there have been various calculations. our budget in south carolina is so tight right now that we simply -- we can't -- we can't handle anymore mand

happened against connection connection -- south carolina.kes a spectacular one-handed catch and never used the left hand at all and went on to score a 37-yard touchdown. that catch alone earns the huskies moore our geico 15 minutes of fame. eat that, pizza boys, looks delicious. >>> and that is all the time we have. also, a big thanks goes out to my producer. keeping warm on the west coast. we hope to see you tomorrow morning bright and early. thank you for joining us.

those turnovers really kept south carolina in the ballgame.na was able to take advantage of, because downey could get anywhere on the court that he wanted to. broke down that kentucky defense. and the gamecocks were all over the offensive backboards. they got 20 in the game. whenever south carolina needed points or a big play, downey was there to produce for his club. >> whit: they say on tuesday it was a texting game. where you text your friends and say are you watching what this kid is doing at kentucky right now? 30 points in the game for downey. he got anything he wanted in the last five minutes of the game. when he plays a conference opponet opponent, his eyes wide up a little bit. gamecocks games thus far and downey's scoring average by conference comp jumps by almost 13 points a game and much of that beyond the arc. he's a 10% better free-throw shooter against the s.e.c. than against non-conference opposition. so kentucky loses. florida won four in a row after 0-2 start in the s.e.c. and now the east is very interesting. heading to febr

. >> that is was south carolina senator jim dimint preceded by janet that poll tan no, the director of homeland security. this was a very near miss. aside from the fact nobody spot add guy who paid $3,000 cash for one way ticket to detroit, carried no luggage and walked into an airport with explosives in his underpants, aside from that we have a major lapse in our intelligence eight years after 9/11. evan how did that happen? >> inconceivable after all this money spent, the national terror center couldn't connect the dots. i mean, most americans are used to google and twitter. and myriad of i was to connect the dots. isn't there any program that connects the dots for the federal government? >> good question. colby. >> this is really hard. i've worked in em bass says and i've had walk ins to talk to give us information. in this case you have a very prominent nigerian, chairman of the first bank into the american embassy, speaking with the c.i.a. representative and the state department representative and telling them about his son becoming radicalized and living in yemen. at that point t

yukon dominated south carolina. college basketball, the loyola greyhound's made national news when they stunned indiana at assembly hall of wheat and a half ago. back at home for the first time since that incredible win, they are trying to stay on track going for their fourth straight win hosting writeryder. harvey scored seven straight points at one point. then robert gets into the action. loyola wins 68-66. shaq came out of the cold for this game. this is in warm-up. lebron did everything, and we get slam dunk. get that shot out of here. 94-86. go back to new year's eve now. everyone wants to be at a party where the band brings the house down. how about bringing the glass down? three diamonds for everyone in attendance. 296 pounds, and they call him tiny. the game was delayed almost an hour before they could resume play. play. dealer: you know, volkswagen takes care of the scheduled maintenance at no cost. and during the sign then drive event, you can get a cc, jetta, or top safety rated tiguan for practically jus

we now have virtual schools and classrooms that allows someone in the rural south carolina to get educational expertise from a different chorus of carolina and i know that rex and chip once again worked hard on that one and showed leadership moving that through. we passed a statewide school bill fellows the first of its kind in the nation and i don't believe we would have gotten that through our friend the other choices that now, and education without a larger debate on full-scale choice in education but what i know where are you, west, would you be recognized for that one? [applause] i would say whether in the additional 2.7 billion that is gone to education above and beyond the level of funding but can at this administration starting in 2003 or the education and economic development act that offers a tech program for students our physical fitness programs offered as a result of health and fitness act or even in full-scale choice in the early childhood education i know the darrell jackson and mike and a long list of others deserve credit for the work here that is making a difference in the m

uconn would beat south carolina 20-7. keith tkachuk takes one for the team during the game against chicago. tkachuk actually takes the puck off his face. the goal would count but his team would go on to lose. and finally, i can't say that i've ever heard of this -- kraft foods, the mac and cheese company, is dropping $75,000 to be the official sponsor when the old texas stadium is demolished. they're calling it a cheddar explosion. the stadium is expected to be turned into rubble this spring, and while there's nothing cheesy about that. that's a look at sports, i'm joe collins. >>> an oil well fire is proving to be difficult for firefighters to put out. it broke out yesterday near luling, texas south of austin. the fire isn't threatening homes, it reportedly started in oil tanks and spread. just when firefighters thought they had it under under control yesterday, it flared up again. firefighters are using specialized engines designed to fight petro chemical fires. there are no reports of injuries. >>> now because of that

and barack obama ran a good campaign in the south carolina.nference taken by many was the notion that obama was another jesse jackson and clinton was trying to smear the obama campaign as a black campaign. everybody knows the black candidate never wins 3-1/2 to be a candidate who happens to be black to win. mobile month it the script and became the phenomenon. >> host: is he the only african-american been to be elected president? the only one on the scene to be elected? >> guest: i think so. in a search tin context the leapfrogged over certain people. >> host: he was considering running for the senate? what is interesting is 2000 and 2004 back-to-back they gave these bright up-and-coming african american men the keynote address. the first person was berber jordon but then back-to-back 2000 and los angeles and it was a convention barack obama could not attend. he could not again or even get credentials. by 2004 it changed and he gave an extraordinary speech that catapulted him merely to the senate because he was not a senator but then to the wh

and barack obama has run a good campaign in south carolina so the inference was that or at least the inference taken by many was the notion that obama was another jesse jackson and that clinton was trying to sort of smear the obama campaign as the black tim kaine because everybody knows in the united states and american history the black candidate never wins. you have to be a candidate who happens to be black to win. and obama flopped the script and became this phenomena. host dorcy the only african-american elected to the president? is he the only on the scene who could have gotten elected president? >> guest: i think so. in a certain -- in a certain context we could say he leapfrogged over certain people like harold ford jr. was considered an of and comer. cresco who was considering running for the senate race. >> guest: what is interesting about the party is that in 2000 and in 2004, back-to-back they gave these bright up-and-coming african-american man the keynote address. the first black person to do a keynote address was barbara jordan 1976 but back to back in 2000 and los an

and barack obama has run a good campaign in south carolina. the inference taken by many was, the notion that obama was another jesse jackson and that clinton was trying to sort of this mirror the obama campaign. everybody knows the black candidate never wins. you have to be a candidate who happens to be black to win. obama really flipped the script and became this phenomenon. >> host: is he the only african american to get elected president? is he the only person on the scene who could have gotten elected president? >> guest: i think so. in a certain context we can say he leapfrogged over certain people. somebody like gerald ford jr. was considered an up and-comer. >> host: who is considering running for. >> guest: senate. in 2000 and 2004 back-to-back they gave these bright up-and-coming african american men the keynote address him. the first black person to do a keynote address was barbara jordan in 1976. but in back-to-back in 2000 in los angeles, and this is a convention that barack obama could not attend. >> host: i was there. >> guest: h

the thing is if your say john spratt in south carolina. think john spratt should be the face of the democratic party in south carolina. not nancy pelosi. you know, hispanic or theica th political figures in terms of household names. i think if she did fewer press-conferences and stuck to where her strengths were, i think there her party would be better off. just as republican party was not helped by having a tom delay as most visible member of the house even if he was at no time speaker, i think that was true. democrats are better off if speaker pelosi is not quite as visible as she is. so i think the caller is not all wrong. host: last fall you talked about a primary in new york and match up with rudy guiliani. what's happening in that raise in new york? guest: well looks like senator is in good shape to me. the democrats problem is on the govern nor ship there's a lot of turmoil there. will governor patterson seek re-election. the two senate seats run but we don't see these as high priorities for the republicans. they have lots of opport

south halftime report. kansas over texas tech. the big home op open for kansas. north carolina won 12 straight against georgia tech and lose by two. pittsburgh over louisville, 82-77. robinson with 26. syracuse and west virginia. both in the top ten. first such meeting in morgan town in 50 years. andy rautins with the steal, pass to johnson for the bucket. syracuse up by 7. ten seconds left in the first half. four-point game. bryant with a triple. makes athone-point margin. second half, a one-point game. triche with a three, part of a 9-nothing syracuse run. he had 16. syracuse led 46-42. closing moments, one more opportunity. the three is good. 72-71. free-throws for the orange. that rattles out. one more opportunity. west virginia losing at home 72-71. when we come back, a look ahead to the second half as kentucky takes on auburn today in the late game on the sec network. more to come at the break. >> whit: carter blackburn and bob wenzel will rejoin us in a second as kentucky takes on auburn trying to remain unbeaten on the season. up 39-26 at the break. a v fr creiry. fe is

and he can't be a senator from south carolina. south carolina republicans are different than massachusetts republicans. it will be fascinating to watch his first trip to d.c. tomorrow. >> larry: the president said he doesn't want anything concrete to happen until he is seated. was the brown camp surprised at that? >> they think the president is correctly reading the results. part of what independent voters are saying, remember, for all he said on the economy and health care and iraq and afghanistan, president obama, his promise was i'm going to make washington get alone. we are going to be grown-ups and talk to each other and get things done. voters don't like party politics. it's just the democrats on health care. just the obama and pelosi and rooid working on things. the calculation the president has made f he try to do anything that voters view as partisan shenanigans right now, we will be punished for it. >> larry: john do the democrating court out fighting or disspirited in. >> they are disspirited now. people don't like big

that includes a win over south carolina in overtime. broomfield wide. shot clock rung down. white can't hit it. look at broomfield, the offensive boards. mason had great possession -- position there and it will be north carolina's ball. it looked like it went off the tar heels. nonetheless, north carolina's ball. 9.8 seconds to go here in the first half. >> robin: this is an important defensive stance if clemson can hold here. they can go into the locker room feeling pretty good. >> mike: shegog over mason. big bucket for chay shegog as the first half draws to a close. smith all the way and bryelle smith fouled with 0.2 seconds left. chay shegog will pick up her first and priiel smith will go to the free-throw line. >> robin: bryelle smith had a head of steam. she wasn't stopping for anyone down there. shegog, i think she felt like she was in position to take the chargers. hard to see from our angle. too many bodies in the way. >> mike: smith had two solid games last year against north carolina. but in the last two games for the tigers against georgia tech and florida state,

they say south carolina government is corrupt from the lowest to highest. of course we know it is corrupt at the highest level. thank you for letting me express myself. host: the governor of south carolina gave a state of the state last night and later on we will talk more about that. to the massachusetts fallout, of the "the washington post" has a story. democrats pledged to shift focus from economy to jobs. officials and strategist found little common ground and the specifics on their response. senator robert menendez, chairman of democratic senatorial campaign committee helping to oversee martha coakley's losing bid is that the key in the next months is to make sure we find a way to engage independent voters. let us hear -- listen to the senate's democratic leaders. let us hear what harry reid had to say. >> we are not going to rush into anything. as we have heard, we are going to wait until a new senator arrives before we do anything on health care. remember, the bill that we passed in the senate is good for a year. there are many things we can do it mo

best political theater, south carolina's republican governor. rk sanford was reported missing over the summer. his staff said he was backpacking. in reality, he was having a tryst with a lady. okay, worst political theater, pat. >> another south carolinaen, congressman, joe wilson, yelling you lie at president of the united states during a joint session of congress. bad theater. >> is that carolinian? >> yes. no french kings there. >> the worst political theater. the august town hall meetings masquerading as the real america, when they were taken over by a minority of a minority, yelling and shouting a ab centis. >> and they were racist? >> oh, come on. that is absurd. >> monica. >> that was his best political theater, worst political theater? what political theater? i lost my train of thought. >> this was, yes, this was when the white house passed out those white lab coats to the doctors to use them as props to suggest that all doctors support obama care, when 80% oppose it. >> the whole story was exposed. the white house was passing out the whi

republican jim demint of south carolina and democrat claire mccaskill of missouri. >>> then our american dispatch from salt lake city, utah, where the mayor's attempt to liberalize liquor laws is getting local pushback. >>> he says the attempted terror attack is fresh evidence that al qaeda is figuring us out. the last word from michael scheuer, former chief of the cia's osama bin laden unit. this is the "state of the union" report for sunday, january 3rd, 2010. >>> we begin today with the latest on the failed christmas day bomb plot. joining us now, man reporting directly to president obama about what went wrong, and how to fix it. john brennan, welcome to "state of the union." before we get to that christmas day bomb plot, there's breaking news this morning we need to talk about. hours ago the u.s. embassy in yemen closed in response from threats to al qaeda. you've been briefed by general petraeus and others and general petraeus was, of course, just in yemen. is there an imminent threat o all americans there? >> i spoke to our ambassador in yemen both this morning as well as last nigh

he can't be, say, a senator from south carolina. south carolina republicans are different from massachusetts republicans. he sounded very independent. it will be fascinating to watch. his first trip to d.c. tomorrow, a few weeks before he's officially the senator. >> larry: the president said he doesn't want anything concrete to happen until he's seated. was the brown camp surprised at that? >> a bit surprised, but they think the president is correctly reading the results last night. that independent voters don't like what they see in washington. part of what they're saying -- remember, for all he said on the economy, health care, iraq, afghanistan, president obama, as candidate obama his fundamental promise was we'll make washington get around, won't be so partisan, get things done. voters don't like what they see right now. party plolitics. just the democrat on health care. just the obama and pelosi and reid working on things. the calculation the president has made an the brown campaign would say it's right, if we try to do anythi

. ♪ >> larry: joining us now from columbia, south carolina, john moylan who served as south carolinasenior adviser for senator john edwards' 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns. here's the statement john edwards issued today. "i am quinn's father. i will do everything in my power to provide her with the love and support she deserves. i've been able to spend time with her during the past year and trusted future efforts to show her the love and affection she deserved can be done privately and in peace. it was wrong for me ever to deny she was my daughter and hopefully one day when she understands she'll forgive me. i have been providing financial support for quinn and have reached an agreement with her mother to continue providing support in the future. for all those that are disappointed and hurt, these words will never be enough but i am truly sorry." john, are the words enough for you? >> you know, larry, i think there are a lot of us who feel tremendous disappointment over what's happened. there's certainly those, elizabeth, the family and others who have been hurt. you know, i th

uconn 20, south carolina 7 in the papa johns.com bowl. elsewhere to canada, the international bowl.n illinois against south that and jim lervette is under investigation. 208 for mike ford untouched. south florida beats northern illinois 23-3. mean time, the cotton bowl in texas where mississippi and oklahoma state duked it out. when a bruising return on this fumble recovery by ole miss. >>> women's hoops locally. coppin state hosting morgan state. you are about to see good defense right here. morgan number one carin adams blocked by manly. later, watch manly, who wasn't denied. coppin drops a third straight. 61-50 the final score. carin adams in the meac opener for both squads. >>> on the men's side, loyola hosting ryder. watch 'em beat the first half buzzer. greyhounds beat indiana on the road several weeks ago winning their fourth straight, barely 68-66 over ryder. one other local score to tell you about, georgia state beat elton. that's sports. raiders luckily will lose by 10 if the ravens want to get in the playoffs tomorrow. >> keep the penalties down too. >> 4:00 on jz. >>> ,,

and he's from south carolina so you love him. vikings win with a 8-8 record after starting the season with 5-0. they'll miss the postseason for the first time in five years. minnesota waits for the endf the dallas/philly game to find their playoff standing. here are some plays of the day. houston, the texans hosting the patriots. this is something the patriots did not want to see. tom brady to wes welker. welker untouched here, basically, goes down and it looks like a serious knee injury. he would be carted off the field. less than two minutes to go in the game and ariane foster scoots in for a three-yard touchdown one and the texans win 34-27 and cinchheir first winning season ever at 9-7 so it will be very interesting to see how the last games play off. the redskins winning

forecasters predicted snow and ice tomorrow, from south carolina to louisiana.ers in florida sprayed a protective coating of ice on millions of dollars worth of strawberry and citrus crops. a citrus growers group said it appeared damage would not be crippling. the deep freeze is expected to last through the weekend. the winter blast helped send the price of oil climbing again. it topped $83 a barrel in new york trading, for the first time since the fall of 2008. but the stock market was relatively quiet. the dow jones industrial average gained more than a point to close above 10,573. the nasdaq fell more than 7 points to close at 2301. the mayor of baltimore agreed to resign today, as part of a deal with prosecutors. sheila dixon was convicted last month of mis-using $500 in gift cards, when she was city council president. the cards had been intended for needy families. dixon's resignation is effective as of february 4. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's we

host: let's go to joe in south carolina. caller: your republican callers are constantly blaming the democrats, but one of the court purposes of the republicans was expanding housing to low-income people, causing the meltdown and fannie mae and freddie mac to go under. low-quality standards with taxpayers bailing out. for them to stand up there and act like they had no fall in the meltdown, it blows my mind. for democrats to forget so easily, chris dodd, barney frank, it was republicans as well, but do not just put it all on the gop. i get tired of hearing that. host: what was your take away from the meeting between the republicans on friday and the president. do you think it brought them closer together? caller: i think that it is nice to see them talking, but obama cannot make deals with them. 25% of the population got him elected. he cannot do tort reform because of his alliance with trial lawyers in his party. i do not think that he can work with republicans, they're just not in sync with each other on simple ways of view

that senator jim demint, who is the head of the senate steering committee is posing his own-- south carolina. own candidate in opposition, in california come up with a candidate conservative businessman named chuck debore who he's running against carle fee or rina. in florida o'rubio, against charlie crist. the democrats will say this means that the republican party is once again tearing each other up. i think it's good competition, if at the end of the day the winners of those primaries are supported by the republican voters. >> and you'll have interesting trends in 2009. the two governorships in virginia and new jersey going republican. >> right. >> and you had some democrats in vulnerable districts announcing they're not going to run. you had a party switch, conservative democrat switching to the republican party. so, it will be interesting to see if the republican can continue this momentum going forward in the mid terms. >> go ahead, steve. >> can i raise a point about sort of what the democrats do now. assuming they have got their health care bill pretty much passed, now the democrats

that was one explanation for the disappearance of south carolina governor mark sanford who was actuallyargentina to see his mistress. >> married men can go missing for about eight minutes before they need a very, very good excuse, i.e., coming home. once you pass the four-hour mark you are very, very missing as a husband. >> you can imagine that call. his staff, you know, how was the hike? oh, it was so good. oh, i hiked twice. i haven't hiked twice since college. amazing. >> so were his repeated attempts to explain himself. >> each time he opened his mouth it just made it worse. he made his wife even madder. >> but absolutely the worst drive into the rough, tiger woods. his late-night car crash was just the beginning of a hard road of revelations. best crime news, the surprising rescue of jaycee dugard 18 years after she was kidnapped. worst? there are too many to choose from. shootings, robberies, fires

>> i come from a red stayed -- south carolina. it is a beautiful place with plenty of challenges, but let me give you an example of the reality of the world we live in. it is a global economy, but if you have axd manufacturing job, your real fear is that your job is going to be a bizarre by the local economy, so trying to find ways to translate rational trade policies in a global economy with people facing the downside of the world in which will live- in, what i try to do is let folks know the truth as i see and, that i cannot build a wall around south carolina when it comes to the influence of china or india, but i think the chinese are manipulating their currencies. say maybe a dozen commodities because they have certain advantages, but i think politicians the to translate to people the realities of the global economy but not intellectually it -- emotionally, so i try to talk about the world will live-in in real terms but let folks know that free trade is part of a global economy, that so is fair trade, and they seem to trust me

and he said look at south carolina.robably the only state in the country in which african-americans are proportionately represented in the state legislature. he said look at the record and see who you want to criticize the political practices that are covered in this book. host: so you are saying that that is covered and the background? guest: yes. for example, redistricting. i was there when we redistricted. it was terrible. redistricting is one of the most awful events or experiences that a politician can go through. and those of us who are the more progressive members of the legislature met with the black representatives and we knew the -- what the judges and courts had ordered, and we redrafted the lines and it worked. it is not a solution. it is not a perfect solution. i am not saying things are perfect. when you look at some things like that, alabama is about 25% black, and we have 25% of the legislature is black. that's a tribute, i think, to pligs, black and white, of the southern states. host: florida, good mor

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know, you would expect kentucky is such a thing asa trapame is ging to south carolina becauseho tugh know that vanderlt wl be comingo their place and at that point, dave, more thaln ikely they will be the number e team in the nation. >> tennessee and kentuy a leading the pack ight ow. they a tve capabityil to take firstplac an epecially if they can get the wins off the road games in the upcm week. >> and don'tfgt the florida gators. they picked up a big win >> and the vanderbilt mmores score it up for the first timeince '65, '66. i'm dave baker. ming up xnet,the rarbcks take the kentucky wildcat the peng has be an exclsiue presentation of espn regionial televion, the worldwide learnc legiate sports. booker in the sec netwky studio. >> patrick patterson and uc hat game nextn ohect. twora ktucky numbertwo in the cuny,tr probably wi be number one if they can beat arkansas today o thesc twk.or whit waonts bary boeokr we await that game. a big wi fo vaderbilt. a ninegame winning streak. moreimporttly, a 23-10 un vandy was down at home on ther home foor and now a contender really id play w

. >> steve: to south carolina who played great at home. james watson with his fourth foul.he ball goes out of bounds to the huskies. >> miles: overton has changed the tempo. last possession down, moore mads the second free throw, he puts it up and goes coast to coast before the defense can get set and gets to the foul line. >> steve: it will be washington basketball, new shot clock at 35. watson with four fouls coming out. they've made the adjustments. isaiah thomas suddenly has gotten hot with back to back threes. >> miles: great baseline screen by bryan-amaning. >> steve: this is why they're so tough it at home. crowd gets in to this, georg energyizes the team. a held ball situation. time-out. wow, i didn't think he had possession. i thought it was a held ball. but time-out called by washington with the huskies opening up a 13 point lead. former husky watching and having a little ice cream. >> miles: i love watching him play. and i remember seeing him as a junior, he could have come out, but he said i love college basketball so much, he had a blast and you worked with a l

. >> mike: he's getting great players out of this state, out of south carolina, he's recruiting georgiawell. >> tim: stitt gets them both. the lead is back to 12. >> mike: talk about that fre free-throw shooting. >> tim: singler, a runner the lane. >> mike: so tough for a right-handed player to go left like that. >> tim: booker on the dribble drive. it's 51-40. here comes the pressure for clemson after the made bucket. scheyer. beating miles plumlee. >> mike: that was almost an afterthought. he was going try to kick it cross court. plumlee, with his athleticism, bailed him out, going up to get the lob. >> tim: johnson, booker, potter, grant, and stitt on the floor for the tigers. booker working pick and roll. that's a nice feed. oh, beautifully done. but he didn't finish. >> mike: that's the second time singler has gotten up and bothered the shot. booker might have been better served to come down with that one. >> tim: it was as if trevor got greedy that time. >> mike: trying to make a statement with a dunk. >> tim: what is that old saying about just making the simple play from time to

vanderbilt and south carolina unbeaten in the conference at 2-0.her lsu or florida by the end of the night is going to be 0-3 to start off play in the southeastern conference. coming up, some of you join the crew where scotty hopson, will take on number three and the number ten. and -- 23 and number ten. arkansas takes on arkansas on the other network. tip-off is minutes away. back with more after this. >> whit: back on sec tip-off with football news and notes. ed to granson, 11-year nfl veteran with nine years of college experience is the new coordinator at georgia. most recently the dallasboys defensive line. two more players declaring for the draft. mcclain says he's ready, as is jackson who has been told he could be a second round pick. one more, how about tim tebow? his first endorsement, well, kind of. he will appear in a 0-second comer maoist rebel commercial -- 30-second commercial in the super bowl. it's a theme of celebrate family, celebrate life. the late game on the sec network, 4:00 eastern, 3:00 central time is kentucky against auburn

senior from georgetown, south carolina. >> bob: we see now after the play, where kentucky choose to get the ball out. as much ball handling in the game as possible! you don't want the guys who are weak free-throw shooters handling the basketball. when you have a guy like wall, he can dominate the ball and keep it the entire 35 seconds if he wanted to. >> carter: traffic on bledsoe. near half court. loose ball. bledsoe fights for it. auburn gets it. reed, finally picks it up. strong to the cup. bumped! reed is going to the line! [ cheering ] >> bob: great defense by auburn. as soon as the ball was given up by wall, they were going to trap the first receiver. right here. bledsoe, against the ten second line. everybody on the floor. great hustle right here by sullivan. reed gets to go to the free-throw line. >> carter: dewayne reed had two shots. [ cheering ] >> bob: teammates don't have are to foul. -- don't have to foul. >> carter: an auburn team that's 0-2 in the sec. eight losses on the year, including to ucf, troy, sam houston state. >> bob: that is ancient history now, my friend. the

a host of good morning, spartanburg, south carolina -- host: good morning, spartanburg, south carolinacaller: the main question of that for the gentleman is, he has not brought up the fact that the darfur incident, of the things going on today are all religious problems and throughout the muslim world is all a religious problem. a muslims are killing questions at an alarming rate and north africa and he fails to mention that. and the united states government fails to look at it as a religious war. i would also like to bring up the fact that the united states government just allowed in to pull free movement throughout our country -- interpol free movement throughout our country, the main goal is to take bush and tony blair and try them as war criminals for the iran-iraq war. thank you. guest: well, actually the north- south problem in sudan is between christians and muslimss but the darfur is between muslims. in terms of terrorism, sudan does pose a threat, it does pose a problem. it has been on our list for a very long time. right now i think what we are going to see is potentially a s

senator jim demint of south carolina asked the nominee a question about wlosht he favored the unionizationees, notwithstanding their role in the national security infrastructure and the gentleman didn't answer the question. senator demint put a hold on the nomination and frankly still waiting if for the answer. but it's clear it's not the nominee, here. this is the president of the united states who will probably tell the nominee you'll agree to unionization of the employees when you get confirmed. again, using the crisis, harry reid said the only way to keep americans safe in the air traffic system is nominate the guy and confirm him right away. >> right. without a federal background. michael, you scared the daylight out of thus morning on radio when you said al-qaeda might actually be channel stuffing. stuffing hour security forces with false information in order to clog the channels of intelligence. could that be? >> yeah, the president really clogged up the system last night. he's now chasing down every lead that comes in, and judge, the number of leads that come in each week to the c.

my conversations with the highest ranking african-american in congress, tim clyburn from south carolina feel good about people -- out to me. i have apologized to the president. i apologize to everyone within the sound of my voice that i could use a better choice of words. i will continue to do my work with the african-american community. as a very young man in the state of nevada, i was one of the leaders of the civil-rights movement in nevada. the governor and i worked hard to work out the consent to allow integration in the gaming community of nevada. moving forward, i am very aware of the fact that the first african-american to serve on the federal court in the state of nevada was a direct result of the work i did. i got a call last night, it was late, i was surprised, from secretary ken salazar. he told me to make sure that you tell everybody you have been more diverse in the united states senate than anyone else put together. that is where we are and i will move forward and get health care done the next couple of weeks. >> you apologized to president barack obama and black leaders.

the thing is if your say john spratt in south carolina.i think john spratt should be the face of the democratic party in south carolina. not nancy pelosi. you know, hispanic or theica th political figures in terms of household names. i think if she did fewer press-conferences and stuck to where her strengths were, i think there her party would be better off. just as republican party was not helped by having a tom delay as most visible member of the house even if he was at no time speaker, i think that was true. democrats are better off if speaker pelosi is not quite as visible as she is. so i think the caller is not all wrong. host: last fall you talked about a primary in new york and match up with rudy guiliani. what's happening in that raise in new york? guest: well looks like senator is in good shape to me. the democrats problem is on the govern nor ship there's a lot of turmoil there. will governor patterson seek re-election. the two senate seats run but we don't see these as high priorities for the republicans. they have lots of oppor

state of south carolina trimmed 30% from the library budget. the state of florida trimmed 24%.this is felt everywhere. julie? >> casey stegall, thank you very much. >>> demolition gone awry. no that is not the leaning tower of p piza. crews in lasu created a new sight-seeing attraction. when demolition explosives left part of the building leaning to one side. according to the report, blast broke the 20-story building in two parts as planned but we're told one side crashed to the ground sideways. instead of collapsing into itself. that was the first near miss. then the other stopped midfall at precarious slant. no one was hurt and the leaning tower has since been successfully demolished. now more on what you might call a new year's miracle, that story ahead. maybe he didn't have a number for a cab. asked friends to give him a lift. for whatever reason, this guy here with lovely face paint decided to call 911 to get a ride to a bar. 911. i need a lift. the outrageous story he told the operator next. [ female announcer ] there's sick... and then there's the flu. and when you have

going to tampa, charleston, south carolina, sold out everywhere. >> right. don't forget virginia. do you believe you could have your part down by then? >> yes, i'm going to try. what's the announcement? >> it's going to be carried in movie theaters. >> really? >> yes. 500 movie theaters all across the country. >> saturday january 30. >> what a memory. i just said that only once. >> how professional. >> that is incredible. >> in smaller venues we can't get to around the country, we're going to have movie theaters that show us live. norfolk, virginia, we're going to do what we do, which is striking. but we're going to send katie couric free tickets to one of the theaters to see us. >> really? >> she's going to love that. >> she's going to be the one in chelsea, new york, all by herself. >> love these guys. glenn beck, everybody. happy new year. >> once again if you want information about the movie theater deal, go to bold fresh tour.com. the dumbest things of the week up next. joy behar and kathy griffin, quite a pair. right back with them. uuuuuuuuuuu >>> the dumbest things of the

led by south carolina, they claim to be doing only what they and the other side done in 1776. to oppose them might bring on the war and buchanan had no stomach for this. lincoln knew that the time had come when the only way to save the union was to go to war. but could he say so and retain the support of the people who had voted for him? for abolitionists, slavery was a sin and the slaveholders thinners. but they're leading spokesperson william lloyd garrison was no friend of the union. he said, the constitution was a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. during the fort sumter crisis, garrison said, all union saving up for hours simply idiotic. it is not by chance that one of lincoln's best speeches was delivered on a battlefield on the occasion of dedicating a cemetery for those who thought, died, and were buried there. we remember. lincoln says that the brave men, living and dead who struggled on this ground, this battlefield had consecrated its better than he or anyone else could. their cause was great and noble. we also remember lincoln saying that their work wa