we've done them in south dakota. my background in insurance is i was an agent.we dealt with insurance companies. there are things that you have to regulate. you do it best at the state level. we have portability in south dakota now where we have guaranteed renewal ability. those things, through the national social of insurance commissioners has been offering model legislation since 1993. if you call it reform, it should save us some money. i don't think that it does in south dakota, we're gonna put a little bit over 50,000 more people on medicaid. that means, taxpayers will pay the health care costs with basically no co-insurance and no deductibles which most other people have to pay on the medicaid program in south dakota that they don't have to now. almost a 50% increase in the number of people that will be on a government-run insurance plan. >> mike: i'm going to keep both of you guys here. we have to take a break. there's several questions i want to talk about, specifically medicaid. both of have you have done a lot at the state level i hope we have time to

we've done them in south dakota. my background in insurance is i was an agent.we dealt with insurance companies. there are things that you have to regulate. you do it best at the state level. we have portability in south dakota now where we have guaranteed renewal ability. those things, through the national social of insurance commissioners has been offering model legislation since 1993. if you call it reform, it should save us some money. i don't think that it does in south dakota, we're gonna put a little bit over 50,000 more people on medicaid. that means, taxpayers will pay the health care costs with basically no co-insurance and no deductibles which most other people have to pay on the medicaid program in south dakota that they don't have to now. almost a 50% increase in the number of people that will be on a government-run insurance plan. >> mike: i'm going to keep both of you guys here. we have to take a break. there's several questions i want to talk about, specifically medicaid. both of have you have done a lot at the state level i hope we have time to

we've done them in south dakota. my background in insurance is i was an agent.we dealt with insurance companies. there are things that you have to regulate. you do it best at the state level. we have portability in south dakota now where we have guaranteed renewal ability. those things, through the national social of insurance commissioners has been offering model legislation since 1993. if you call it reform, it should save us some money. i don't think that it does in south dakota, we're gonna put a little bit over 50,000 more people on medicaid. that means, taxpayers will pay the health care costs with basically no co-insurance and no deductibles which most other people have to pay on the medicaid program in south dakota that they don't have to now. almost a 50% increase in the number of people that will be on a government-run insurance plan. >> mike: i'm going to keep both of you guys here. we have to take a break. there's several questions i want to talk about, specifically medicaid. both of have you have done a lot at the state level i hope we have time to

let me turn to my friend from south dakota, senator thune. now that we've been debating these issues for the better part of a year, what do the american people think of these liberal washington -- washingtonian, i guess, proposals? and how did we get where we are today? mr. thune: i would say to my friend from utah that he has made a -- over the course of the last year has made many compelling arguments about the substance of this legislation. and just to -- just now described, i think, summarized what some of those are. and i think the reason that the american people have rejected this legislation is they understand the substance of it. as the senator from utah pointed out, it's got tax increases, medicare cuts and premium increases for most americans. they figured that out a long time ago. that's why i think if you look at the public opinion surveys that have been done with regard to the bill itself and to the process by which it has -- we have gotten to where we are, the american people are rejecting it. the reconciliation process, which h

the clerk: the senator from south dakota, mr. thiewrntion proposes an amendment numbered 3338 to amendment numbered 3336. mr. thune: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, as we all know, our economy is sufficing. we have unemployment rate that is currently at 9.7%. furthermore, we've got large portions of the population that are either underemployed or have dropped out of the work force because of limited job prospects. now, where there are a variety of factors that have contributed to this recession, the government's response so far has been largely ineffective, particularly with regard to employment. and i would argue, mr. president, that the best thing that we can do to address the issue of unemployment and having to extend unemployment benefits and cobra and other types of benefits, all of which are considered in this underlying bill, is to get people back to work. that is fundamentally the very best thing

a mix of rain and snow in south dakota, nebraska, and utah. than normal in the northeast. >> sunny in the upper 60s in new york today. baltimore and boston as well. nearly 70 in dallas, new orleans 60s, also across much of the midwest today. 55 in seattle. 73 in sacramento. and 83 down in phoenix, good golfing weather. >> oh, yeah. almost ready for this time of year. >>> well, a university trying to toot its own horn may be getting an "f" in english. >> looks like the university of arizona forgot to hit grammar check before putting up these new billboards in phoenix. the ads read, one of top 100 universities in the world. you can see they left out the word "the top" 100 universities of the world. the university claims the slogan was intentionally written that way -- yeah, right -- to grab attention, much like a newspaper headline where names are sometimes left out. >> despite the explanation that jeremy's having trouble swallowing the school has since changed another billboard to include the missing word. >> that's damage control. >> it's inte

and you will find delays from south dakota avenue toward west virginia, montana. and off the green way, this is the stretch inbound of the dulles toll road. two separate accidents tieing up the left side of the road. crash number one at hunter mill road and the second toward the exit for route 7. both accidented on the -- accidents on the left side of the highway. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> the d.c. council poised to take action against marion barry. >> they will meet today to discuss the contract controversy surrounding the former mayor. sarah simmons is live outside of the council building. >> reporter: there is every indication that the council would make a vote today that would come about 3:00, whenever they finish up the regular council meeting. what they are expected to do is possibly vote on whether or not to sensor him and take away committee chairmanship and the washington post saying it would refer public corruption allegations to the u.s. attorney's office. now barry apologized last week saying he used poor judgment in getting a

and a number of states, most prominently delaware and south dakota, took advantage of that supreme court ruling to pass laws that said, basically, charge whatever interest rates you want to, come here, set up your business in delaware, set up your business in south dakota, and we'll leave you alone. and that was basically the end of usery laws. because it meant that, you know, whatever your state wanted to yoim pose, whatever -- impose, whatever protections your state wanted to have -- if you look at your credit card statement, you'll probably find it is based in south dakota or delaware or a handful of other places could now charge whatever interest rates it wanted to. there has not been for a will he long time any significant effort at the federal level to improse interest rate caps. that, in theory, could still happen. but the ability of states to do it has been fundamentally undermined. host: because of the legislation. turning to the cars and people wh host: how would this up that someone like a car dealer making alone on site? guest: when they are providing the financing, should th

i'm going to be comoderating this with my colleague from south dakota, governor rounds. and we have a new nga policy on egalitarian approaches to panels. you'll see there are no biographical sketches in the booklet because we're all experiments here and we're working hard to implement healthcare reform in our states and so we've dispensed with all of the detailed introductions. but we're honored to have the executive director of the national governors association, and the secretary of the california of human services agency and the executive director of the colorado healthcare policy and financing agency and the director of the maine. that's maine with an e. we're glad you're here and we might start, mike to have our panelists offer some thoughts on implementation of healthcare reform. and we can -- who would like to go first? ray? >> sure. well, i think one of the things we found out when we helped states on implementing the recovery package is that you have very, very little money. and second of all, actually the state capacity, just the number of senior people and peo

carolina, nebraska, texas, michigan, utah, our neighbors to the north, pennsylvania, alabama, south dakota, louisiana, idaho, washington and colorado, they all claim that the bill is unconstitutional because of its mandate requiring most americans to buy insurance. so we're going to chase you to our opinion bank which is open now. you can drop your 2 cents in, on our website we're asking the question do you think the health care bill will help you? so far 21% of you said yes. and 79% said no. it's still not too late to vote in our pole. just go right now to abc2news.com and look on the right side of the home page. >>> and the passage of the health care reform bill was bitter sweet for one lawmaker. congressman at kennedy paid a advice at this time his late father senator ted kennedy's grave yesterday and left a note and said dad, the unfinished business is done. senator kennedy was a huge advocate for health care reform but died before the bill was passed. >>> a pit bull named phoenix tried but could not survive before being set on fire. the twin brothers accused of doing such a rotten thi

first interstate has 72 branches in montana, wyoming and south dakota. its initial price was $14.50 per share. the i.p.o. market wasn't without disappointment. a greek shipping company postponed indefinitely its share offering citing market conditions. and that's the market focus. >> tom: the stock market rally has room to run. even as it sits close to 18 month highs. so says tonight's market monitor guest. mark leibovit is the chief market strategist at vrtrader.com and he joins us from phoenix. mark, welcome back to "nightly business report". >> thanks for having me. nice to meet you, tom, on the air. >> tom: nice to meet you as well. so more room to run. how much more room to run after the 18-month highs? >> well, the trend is your friend, as they say, and until we get a clear reversal pattern, and my technique using volume reversal in the volume preceding price, and get indication of important selling in the market, you let the market work for you. we have targets that still say this market could go higher, but you know, the bottom line is is the tre

a mix of rain and snow in south dakota, nebraska and utah. >>> 50s in salt lake city today. boise and seattle, as well. 73 in sacramento. 83 in phoenix. 60s across much of the northwest. the northeast is warmer than parts of florida today, with boston, new york and baltimore just shy of 70 degrees. >>> when we come back, the fed chairman stands his ground when it comes to regulating the nation's banks. >>> and keeping your family pet safer. that's the idea behind some new safer. that's the idea behind some new pest control product labelood. >>> welcome back. it is time, now, for a check of market activity, starting overseas. tokyo's nikkei average fell nearly 1% today. hong kong's hang seng is lower. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow starts the day at its highest level of the year, after climbing 47 points yesterday. the nasdaq added 11 points. >>> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke was on capitol hill yesterday, defending the fed's turf. bernanke warned lawmakers that a proposal limiting the fed's oversight powers is a bad idea. >> we are quite co

the clerk: the senator south dakota, mr. thune, for himself and others, proposes an amendment numbered 3640. mr. thune: madamresident, i ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. baucus: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from montana. mr. baucus: might i ask the senator from south dakota, if he might identify his two amendmentfor thesake of -- his s for the sake of clarity. thune is there a number on those two amendments? the presiding officer: 3639 and 3640. mr. thune: 3639 and 3640. one dealing with student loans shall the other dealing with striking the class act from the underlying bill. mr. baucus: i thank the senator. thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: thank you, madam chairwoman. ild i would like to -- in speaking to both of these amendments today, i would like to make a couple of observations about the reconciliation bill that's before the senate and of course it does make amendmen

those are issues that we've based in south dakota for years. we created the first doctor's assistance program in the nation. we could not get the primary care doctors to stay here anymore. >> there's been a nursing shortage as well. we have to be careful about the personnel across the board, but this is a good suggestion. howard is exactly right. not only are you're going into primary care, but we have fewer going to medical scare -- medical schools in general. we have to pray -- pay our primary care doctors more. [unintelligible] we believe and we've shown that in the long run it will save money if we can pay money for preventive care, for screening, for early detection of disease, for chronic care, and it is not immediate, but are medicare waiver is 4.5 years old now and we're seeing real change in utilization by medicare patients. we also a couple years ago, when we adjusted medicare rates, we increase the more for primary- care doctors than others. i think that that can work because it is working. >> we all know that the health- care issue

. >> in crop watch, we head first to southwest south dakota a grower there says he started planting spring wheat midweek. it's wet, but they're mudding through it. in nebraska a-producer says his fields are drying out nicely and he's getting early field work under way. planting should be on schedule if it stays like this he adds. a wisconsin grower says he's been rung his chisel plow on some of his slope fields. they're dry enough, but his flatlands are too wet. when "u.s. farm report" returns, al steps in to talk markets with adam shisle -- andy schissler and brian dougherty. it begins in just 2:00. please, stay with us. >>> helexgt herbicide, glyphosate with residual control that stays in your field all season long so you don't have to. more recently, sophisticated computer techniques perfected by google and other information companies are rewriting business plans one of the buzz words of the day is >>> "u.s. farm report" round table marketing this week, our guest andy schissler and brian dougherty from stuart-peterson. brian, i know you were look at what the markets were doing on this f

and a number of states, most prominently delaware and south dakota, took advantage of that supreme court ruling to pass laws that said, basically, charge whatever interest rates you want to, come here, set up your business in delaware, set up your business in south dakota, and we'll leave you alone. and that was basically the end of usery laws. because it meant that, you know, whatever your state wanted to yoim pose, whatever -- impose, whatever protections your state wanted to have -- if you look at your credit card statement, you'll probably find it is based in south dakota or delaware or a handful of other places could now charge whatever interest rates it wanted to. there has not been for a will he long time any significant effort at the federal level to improse interest rate caps. that, in theory, could still happen. but the ability of states to do it has been fundamentally undermined. host: because of the legislation. turning to the cars and people who make car loans. how would it affect the car dealer who had the ability to make a loan on site rather than go to a bank? guest: this

another reason for me to go to south dakota or montana or wyoming. >> you got some announcement you are>> they got other problems. >> get a big raise and i'll got a second home out there. >> maybe not. >> thank you for the question. if you have a question you want answered, and thank you, tucker for the answer. go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. can you so get this, upload your video questions now. we may play some of those live here on fox 5 morning news. i can't wait. that will be very cool. >> that will be fun. >> very good. >> a little steve perry for you. >> tucker is getting his journey on. >> i'm just saying to all of you, be glad he is just lip syncing. >> we learned that. >> i learned the hard way. the crew in sky fox with us this morning and we're checking out the ride off the inner loop as you work your way out towards 66 and continued up towards route 7. that is where, unfortunately, we do find an accident now. if you are traveling on the inner loop coming from annandale and merrifield headed up towards tyson's. i've got one lane to the left getting by the accid

wind advisories have been issued here from parts of south dakota all the way into texas where the winds be gusting at times. pushing 50 miles per hour. look at this into the dallas-ft. worth area. we are looking at 22, 23 miles per hour sustained. we do have some delays at the airport. about 30 minutes to arrive there because of it. tomorrow, our storm system pushes toward the eastern seaboard with the threat of severe weather toward the southeast. if you have travel plans coming back somewhere maybe sunday night, you're going to start to have some of those problems. fredericka? >> thanks, jacqui. >>> it was supposed to be a safe solution to the scourge of the nuclear age. a place to store radio active waste. why after making a $10 billion hole in the ground is the government calling it quits? compare a well equipped lexus es, to a well-equipped buick lacrosse. get inside each. and see what you find. if perfection is what you pursue, this just might change your course. meet the new class of world class. the twenty-ten lacrosse, from buick. may the best car win. @   w w w w w wúw  

i'm going to, i don't know, south dakota. >> well, there will be fewer people there, you're right. >> true. >> all right. let's take a look at what is going on out there as far as our satellite-radar composite goes. it is a fine start to the day. we've got mostly clear skies and once that sun starts coming up, you will see some slowdowns for folks headed towards the east. get ready to that a little bit later on this morning. more clouds as you head to the north and east driving up the new jersey turnpike up towards new york city and into new england. some cloud cover and some precipitation in new england. temperatures around our region, not bad. take a look. here in the district we're at 49 degrees. it is also 49 at dulles airport, at patuxent naval air station and in winchester, virginia. baltimore is at 46 degrees at this hour. your forecast for today is rather simple and not too bad. it will be rather breezy. i do want to make you aware of that. winds gusting up to about 20 miles per hour or so. lots of sunshine and a warmer day. we'll add about 10 degrees to yesterday's high so we

those states include washington, idaho, utah, colorado, south dakota, nebraska, michigan, texas, louisianaylvania, south carolina, and florida. virginia's attorney general is filing a separate suit against the health care bill. their main objections to the bill are that the requirement that most americans purchase insurance and the expansion of medicaid. for more let me bring in attorney general mark shirtlif of utah, one of the states that has filed a suit against the health care bill. what's the issue here? what do you really take issue with? is it the mandate? >> well, it is. it's that individual mandate that requires every american to for the first time in history of america to buy a product or face a penalty for it. i've been listening to your program. i'll be one elected official who absolutely condemns hate speech and vandalism and the rhetoric. what we're doing going to court is the antithesis of that. if we have a legal agreement the court should resolve it. >> i have no problem with that. you being the number one law enforcement official in the judiciary, in the justice system in

you have it in michigan, north dakota and south dakota.s is a widespread movement to take a serious look at this law. people just don't like very much. you have some inflamed passions and people looking at ways that they can get at it. i think that's what you're seeing. if this had been a broad bipartisan bill like medicare and social security, you wouldn't have this kind of situation. >> all right. they're going to show up along the river, armed, i hope they're not dangerous, restore the constitution rally. john feehery, what do you think of this? >> i read -- i read that website that you sent me, ed. i took a look at these folks. there's also a counterrallily the gun owners of america and national rifle association. i don't know anything about this group. i think it's kind of a self-deputized group of constitutionalists i guess. they're going to come armed and do this thing. i think, you know, when we highlight them on tv shows like this it gives them a little bit more oomph out there. i don't take them that seriously frankly. >> okay. j

first interstate operates in montana, wyoming, and south dakota. those are solid areas.ow employment. unemployment. it's got $5.8 billion in deposits, 4.5 billion in loans, 72 branches in what i regard as the most solvent area of the country. when i used to run my hedge fund, i had a proclivity for bank stocks, something i learned from reading the great investment books by peter lynch, who is perhaps the most successful mutual fund manager of all time. lynch always contended that if you could buy a bank at book value, you're basically buying it for the cash it has on its balance sheet. so you were getting a steal. now, book value's a little more suspect these days from when lynch ruled the roost because there are so many bad loans on the books of so many banks and there's so much dilution, some people feel that book values for all banks right now are overstated. but still i think that this bank, because it has a stated $16 book value, stated, not tangible, stated, can make sense to buy even if it opens at the high end of what is supposed to be a $14 to $16 range when it

new york, texas and florida but montana and south dakota they got about 1200 better resident.ribution of a color-blind system, black and latino people didn't do so well. >> what should the president do now. >> a jobs bill now, unemployment of black people 16.5, rest of the nation 9.7%. nothing wrong with targeting those communities. not as a black man. every president before president obama dealt with the issue of race. he can't get a pass in dealing specifically with an african-american crisis because he's a black man. >> from my perspective, if you don't have a vote you figure out a way to make a vote, then everything will rise. president obama was elected as president of the united states, not just black america. yes, the unemployment rate is 10%, african-american community 16%, a little lower, maybe 15% in the latino community. if the president only targets hispanics, latinos, people that elected him most definitely will risk making sure he does not get re-elected in 2012. if he fixes the education system, if they deal with the education system the way they tried to deal w

the best senator from the state of nevada or south dakota or mississippi.at you have to do to lead this country as well as you can do it, for as long as the people of your state give you that chance. that's what harry reid is doing. >> what do you think? he's going to lose, isn't he? >> i don't think so. i think harry reid can turn this around. i really do. once health care passes. you know, and people start focusing on the opposition, he's as strong a competitor. he's never -- he lost one election. and i have to tell you. he's a resilient, political leader. >> you have a real headline. >> predicting that harry reid -- >> in the short run, democrats will lose seats in november. in the long run, when people discover there is no death panel, there's not going to cut basic medicare. next year, it will be the same. they're cutting the subsidy for medicare. >> less health care. more taxes. more fees. more government intervention. that's what they're going to experience. >> and there you have it. we're out of time. thank you very much. george will, trent lott, to

jason altmire, stephanie from south dakota. these are people who voted no. deficit hawks, but not quite the blue dogs. >> here's the question. you know the old terrible kinard against john kerry, which is i voted for it before i voted for it, i voted for it before i voted against it, if you're a democrat and a house member and you voted against it the first time, and now you decide you're going to vote for it, can't your opponents trash you and say, oh, he was against it before he was for it. and run that at him? >> unless you're somebody like dennis kucinich. >> one of the people on the left. the people on the left have more to run on. >> how about in the middle? somebody from a red state? isn't that a tough one for you? >> i don't think so. >> you say what you don't think so? >> the thing is, i think it would have to be one of the four from the left. i don't think anybody from the right. >> nobody from the right will change and vote for this? >> no, no. >> we just saw a poll in bobby >> bright's district. montgomery, alabama. here's somebody who voted agai

we want to make sure we are counted as people in south dakota. are you familiar with the rv lifestyle and how would you answer my question? guest: great question. thanks for calling in. it is a great way to educate us all the effort we go through to do this. starting on march 19 and going through april 12, we are visiting rv parks. hopefully you have gotten a visitor. we actually provide forms. you are counted in that park. let me tell you why. also in your mind you are a sioux falls resident -- following the guidance of the founding fathers, which account people where they usually live or where they are around the april 1. for those living this life style, and there are a lot of them, we will actually go out and attempt enumeration right there. the fact that your wife reached out and got a form is great. having you counted in sioux falls is problematic, the way we do the census. host: i never thought of our be as a lifestyle. guest: it is amazing. i looked at a lot of complicated living situations. this is fascinating. if you look at google eart

cornyn: i would say to the senator from south dakota, you explained it very clearly.ed to cast a career-ending vote the because your -- the people in your district hate this bill, yet you're following speaker pelosi's instructions to vote for it and define the wishes -- wishes of your constituents. can you imagine doing it in a context where there's so little certainty as to the outcome because of this reconciliation process and the byrd rule and the points of order that we're talked about. you put that also in a larger context, you mentioned deeming the bill passed, i think that's clearly unconstitutional. you have ever heard of a bill becoming law that wasn't passed by the house and passed by the senate. there have been legal scholars twho have written this is cleary unconstitutional. there will be perhaps months, maybe years of litigation, possibly going to the united states supreme court charging this bizarre alice in wonderland procedure charging deeming the bill passed. can you imagine such a thing? mr. gregg: to take an important policy legislation, dealing wit

connecticut hospital, the frontier funding provision provided in new medicare money for montana, south dakota, north dakota, and wyoming, a provision allowing for certain residents in libby, montana. mr. president, i do not argue whether these are worthwhile or needed projects. i do argue the method in which they were inserted in this legislation. the one for tennessee being as recently as yesterday or the day before. it is a lg process. -- it is the wrong process. the presidgfficerthe senator from montana. mr. baucus: mr. president, i think it's important to recognize this amendment for what it is. it's basically a political stunt at the expense of lots of victimized people. one is the victims of hurricane katrina, the other victims of asbestos in libby, montana, the expense of rural americans, an attempt to derail the bill, force the hots house to have to vote again. therefore, it would force the senate to probably have to go through another vote aa mavment go back and forth. makes no sense whatsoever. let's not forget the underlying legislation which passed recently, signed by the presiden

and we've got out of south dakota in the presidential elections.rently we are in florida, and my wife picked up the census form, but we noted that they are marketed. we want to make sure that we are counted as two people in sioux falls, s.d. how would you answer my question? guest: great question, first of all. thanks for calling in. it is a great way to educate us all, the efforts we go to to do this. starting on march 19 and going to about april 12, we are actually visiting rv parkes- brier hopefully you have gotten a visitor, if you stay at -- we're actually visiting rv parks. hopefully you of that and a visitor. you are counted in that park. although in your mind your eight sioux falls resident, following the guidance of the founding fathers, we can people where they usually live -- townspeople with the usually live, or where they are around the april 1 period. those living this life style, and are a lot of them -- i have visited several frv parks over the last few months -- the fact that your wife went out and got a for his great. but have you

we begin in south dakota where the red river is set to surge for the second year in a row. unload a million sandbags. >> further east in new jersey, people are already paddling out. they have as much as five feet of water in their homes. many people had to be rescued by boat or in some cays by construction vehicles. all of this comes as forecasters are issuing an urgent message to millions of people this morning to get ready and be prepared for potentially historic flooding in your community. now, parts of 35 different states could be in danger this spring. rob marciano is live in atlanta with more on why this is happening this year. hi, rob. >>> hi, kiran, hi, john. set up east of the colorado rockies certainly lending itself to spring flooding. we're already seeing it. the storm system that rolled across the northeast didn't help the situation and the cold pack in the upper midwest not helping the situation for the folks around fargo. last year they had what they considered to be a hundred-year flood. this year they may have the same flood just one year later. >> reporter

prison inmates in south dakota have been filling sandbags to keep flood waters at bay. some of the homes in the northeastern part of the state are surrounded by so much water the national guard will have to use rafts to help out. >>> and the snow is already melting across colorado a day after a spring storm buried much of the state. 9 inches of heavy, welt snow fell in denver. up to 2 feet on the suburbs. the storm knocked out power to thousands and forced the number of schools to close. airline 38s and cancelations frustrated thousands of passengers. >>> and now here is a look at your weather. it is wet across the east. rain and thunderstorms from chicago to nashville and new orleans, moving later into atlanta and buffalo. snow in oklahoma and north texas. rain from northern california to seattle. and snow in the cascades. it's also windy from las vegas to salt lake city. >> 50s in the pacific northwest today. 60 in albuquerque. 81 in phoenix. indianapolis climbs to 54. kansas city 56. dallas 62. and mostly 60s from new england all the way down to atlanta. >>> in case

connecticut hospital, the frontier funding provision provided new medicare money for montana, south dakota, north dakota, and wyoming, and the provision, the special provision for libby, montana. now, i know again that people will stand and defend each one of these provisions. they are provisions that were not allowed or provided to every other state in america. that's what makes them a special deal. that's what makes americans think that the way we do business around here is not in their interests. it makes americans believe that we are cutting these deals in order to secure votes. and whenever these deals are cut, then the residents of other states are the ones who foot the bill. so i hope that my colleagues will consider this amendment, remove all of these remaining provisions, and i cannot assure my colleagues nor my constituents that we have found them all, but at least it's a step in the right direction. a senator: will the senator yield for a question? mr. mccain: i would be glad to. mr. gregg: it seems to me that what the senator is trying to do is get back to what the other side c

attorneys general from south dakota to south carolina say it's unconstitutional because congress is mandating that people buy health insurance. legal experts say the lawsuit has little chance of succeeding because under the constitution federal laws trump state laws. >>> senator ted kennedy spent decades fighting for health care reform, and he was not forgotten when the overhaul was finally signed into law. kennedy's youngest son, patrick, left this note by his grave at arlingt arlington national cemetery. "dad, the unfinished business is done." kennedy died of cancer in august. president obama credited the late senator's work in yesterday's bill signing. we've received hundreds of e-mails from you asking what the health care reforms will mean. well, in less than ten minutes we're going to get some answers from cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. then next hour we'll answer more of your questions. we're going to be joined by a doctor and a lawyer about the changes that you can expect to see. >>> first, our vice president was just in israel, then israel's prime minister got the s

the senator from south dakota and the senator from kentucky both seek to cut back the recovery act. i believe these efforts are mistaken and let me tell you why on issues relating to the budget and the economy, we turn to the nonpartisan congressional budget office for the straight story. they are the neutral referees. and the c.b.o. says that the recovery act is working. that's why it would be a mistake to cut back on the recovery act. last month the c.b.o. issued its report on the effects of the recovery act in the fourth quarter and in that report this is what c.b.o. said -- quote -- "c.b.o. estimates that in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2009, the recovery act added between one million and 2.1 million to the number of workers it employed in the united states. it and -- and it increased the number of equivalent jobs by between 1.4 million and 3 million." that's what the c.b.o. said. they say that the recovery act saved between one million and three million jobs. that's real job creation. that means the recovery act is working. and that's why we need to defeat efforts like t

nebraska, texas, utah, louisiana, alabama, michigan, colorado, pennsylvania, washington, idaho, and south dakota. let me just read you one of the salient points in the lawsuit, number two -- the act represents an unprecedented encroachment on the liberty of individuals living in the plaintiffs' respective states by mandating that all citizens and legal residents of the united states have qualifying health care coverage or have a tax penalty. there's the salient part -- the constitution nowhere authorizes the united states to mandate either directly or under threat of penalty that all citizens and legal residents have qualified health care coverage. by imposing a mandate, the act exceeds the power of the united states under article i of the constitution and violates the 10th amendment of the constitution. the 10th amendment fight against health care saying the constitution does not allow the federal government to impose either mandatory health care or a tax or a penalty if they don't get it. joining me to talk about the legal fight, state's rights and the constitution is rene landers, a health an

attorneys general from south carolina, nebraska, texas, michigan, utah, pennsylvania, alabama, south dakotall our republicans accept james caldwell of louisiana who is a democrat. some states are considering separate lawsuits and still others may join the multistate suit. the u.s. senate needs at 2:15 p.m. to begin work on companion legislation to the health care bill signed into law today. it contains a number of changes to the law. many added to get democratic support in the house. senate democratic leader harry reid says he has the votes to pass it in his chamber, but republicans plan to offer a number of amendments to slow change, what's called the reconciliation bill. we will have live coverage when the senate gavels. president obama will be traveling this week to explain the health care law. on thursday he will visit iowa city, iowa, where, as a presidential candidate, he announced his health care plan in may 2007. the american israel public affairs committee is holding its annual policy conference in washington, d.c., this week. among the speakers yesterday was colonel richard kemp,

plenty of hugs for these heroes as well, a huge welcome home for national guard members in yankton, south dakotahe governor came out to cheer their return, the troops, just wrapped a year-long security mission in kuwait. welcome home to them. >>> we have breaking news just coming in, barbara bush, the former first lady, has now been discharged from the hospital. according to all accounts, she was alert, she was in good spirits, and the doctors say she should return to normal activity after two days of testing. the very latest on that, plus president obama getting on the drilling bandwagon. so how his new push to expand off shore drilling will sit with his supporters. it's a fair and balanced debate, coming up. ♪ we love getting our outback dirty. becaus seems like the dirtier it gets, the more it shines. the subaru outback®. motor trend's 2010 sport/utility of the year®. the subaru outback®. assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at little or no cost to you. imagine... one scooter or power chair that could improve

>> two governors, mike rounds from south dakota and edwin dell from pennsylvania.king about it from a state's perspective. no one is discussing how it affects the state. we have a coffee clatch, starbucks focus group, town hall as part of the show. >> neil: all right, thank you, governor. good to see you. >> thank you. >> neil: we're hearing from congressman stupak's office all the intrigue, why was it postponed is a scheduling issue, we're told. scheduling issue. all right. it was well telegraphed as 11:00 a.m., on everyone's schedule. but now scheduling issue. we'll keep track of it. meantime, keeping track of the tea party rally. they started early and got the crowds there now. molly henneberg is in the thick of it all. what can you tell us? >> reporter: hi, neil. the rally was supposed to start at noon. people are still arriving now. they got here early, and they have speakers warming up the crowd now, but mainly it will get underway at noon. this is a coalition around 60 or more tea party groups and their affiliates gathering here outside the capitol. you hear

the highest percentage of claims reject south dakota medicare. over other insurance companies. and having practiced medicine for 25 years, i have fought with medicare and i have fought with insurance companies all on behalf of patients. and when you're fighting with an insurance company, you can always actually appeal, appeal that if they reject it. very hard to fight with washington. this health care bill that we have now been debating in the senate and is now before the house is one that the american people say don't make me live under this. don't cut my medicare. don't raise my taxes, and don't interfere with my relationship with my doctor and don't make it tougher for me to get care and don't lessen the quality of that >> senator corker expressed disappointment with the decision, citing an insult issues with the legislation he talked to repel locals -- to reporters for about 35 minutes. are you ready? thank you for coming out. i appreciate it. yesterday was one of the more bizarre days by experience. i began today villanellas on the 5 yard line. i knew that tensions would e

to, in effect, unfreeze the municipal bond market that had been frozen in oregon, illinois, in south dakota, across the country. in some cases these bonds are going to make the difference to whether the infrastructure projects come to fruition or not. in other cases they're going to lower the costs of the projects and allow the community to reinvest the savings in other projects. by any scenario the bill america bonds program helps local government, local businesses, and those who rely on them for jobs and dependable infrastructure. my view is that's exactly what the american people are looking for from their elected officials: something that works, something that's common sense, something that's bipartisan, something with a proven track record. that is, in fact, the bill america bonds program. now, let me close with one last point, mr. president. there have been discussions and we've been in consultation with chairman baucus and the senate finance staff on this about financial institutions and whether the fees they are charging are appropriate for the issuance of build america bonds. first

in south dakota the unemployment rate is at 4.16, montana is 6.6. do not know what it is in utah, but there the federal government has taken over 85% of the land in utah to where the natural resources are completely taken away. i was wondering, what is a correlation between unemployment and each state is taxed? host: we will get a reply. guest: i have not looked at the statistics closely, but i think they are lower in thendustrial parts of the northeast. the extent of tax policy affecting unemployment and the economy is something that we have researched extensively. states that have a flat, low tax system, they do better in the short-term animal long-term. some of the states that you mentioned follow more in that rubric that others. host: here is the front page of "the philadelphia inquirer." chris christie, "seeking a property tax curve, pushing the rebate program. -- program." in terms of property taxes, with value going down, how much more of this will we see? >> it will be difficult. many localities depend very much on the property tax. you alwa

and we've got out of south dakota in the presidential elections. currently we are in florida, and my wife picked up the census form, but we noted that they are marketed. we want to make sure that we are counted as two people in sioux falls, s.d. how would you answer my question? guest: great question, first of all. thanks for calling in. it is a great way to educate us all, the efforts we go to to do this. starting on march 19 and going to about april 12, we are actually visiting rv parkes- brier hopefully you have gotten a visitor, if you stay at -- we're actually visiting rv parks. hopefully you of that and a visitor. you are counted in that park. although in your mind your eight sioux falls resident, following the guidance of the founding fathers, we can people where they usually live -- townspeople with the usually live, or where they are around the april 1 period. those living this life style, and are a lot of them -- i have visited several frv parks over the last few months -- the fact that your wife went out and got a for his great. but have

the highest percentage of claims reject south dakota medicare. over other insurance companies. and having practiced medicine for 25 years, i have fought with medicare and i have fought with insurance companies all on behalf of patients. and when you're fighting with an insurance company, you can always actually appeal, appeal that if they reject it. very hard to fight with washington. this health care bill that we have now been debating in the senate and is now before the house is one that the american people say don't make me live under this. don't cut my medicare. don't raise my taxes, and don't interfere with my relationship with my doctor and don't make it tougher for me to get care and don't lessen the quality of tha] >> he met with white house officials. they are expecting to hear how the office discuss the plan. we talked with the reporter covering the issue and asked about the relationship between house and senate democrat. >> the house democrats are stuck having to pass the senate bill. they do not like a lot of things in the senate bill. they are afraid that if they p

the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, i have an amendment that i introduced yesterday filed at the desk. i have some modifications to that amendment at the desk. and i would ask unanimous consent that the amendment be so modified. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the amendment is so modified. mr. thune: i would also like to ask unanimous consent, mr. president, that senators bennet and roberts be added as cosponsors. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. thune: mr. president, yesterday one of my colleagues criticized me for trying to retkreubgt unspent stimulus -- redirect unspent stimulus funding for tax relief to pay for small businesses. i, like many people, have my doubts about some of these estimates, but i can guarantee you this much: that none of these jobs have been created or saved by the unspent funds. there's a lot of money in the stimulus bill yet to be spent. according to recovery.org, the administration's web site, about 38% of the money, the stimulus money app