>> well, in my case, the monies that flowed to the state did, in fact, replace state -- state funds. obviously, and i would argue that my argument and the state of connecticut did too little to respond beyond using those funds. having said that, there is no doubt that we would have fewer teachers in our school system today if we had not received those funds. and that we would have continued a process long under way in connecticut of shifting the burden to local communities, who rely almost exclusively in our state on property taxes to survive. it's one of the reasons that balancing a $3.5 billion deficit, which was structural in nature, because all of the surplus funds from past years were being used as well as hour money was being used to displace state expenditures that i had to take a different kind of approach to balancing that budget. >> what i would say, unfortunately in my view too much of those dollars were used for replacement dollars for operating government. as a practical matter we faced $1.5 billion deficit when i came because they weren't there and we cut the deficit. w

of our state. before i begin, i know i speak for all of illinois in wishing our senator mark kirk a speedy recovery. [ applause ] we're all pulling for you, mark. and i know i speak for all of illinois and all of america in thanking our service members in every branch of service who have volunteered to protect our democracy. we're here today because of everything that our service members have done for us. we are especially proud of our service members in the illinois national guard. in the early morning last december 18th, a convoy of the illinois national guard's 116th transportation company led by their commander, captain michael barton crossed the desert into iraq. the unit made 73 dangerous trips between kuwait and iraq. they drove nearly 4 million miles. the convoy was one of the very last to leave iraq. the war was over. and today, captain barton's wife, kelly and their daughter, m myly is with us. thank you, kelly. thank you myly. thank you captain barton and thank you to the members of the

state i.d. data bases with their voter registration databases and ensure that voter who is may not have the ids that are recognized are noticed that need has now -- has now come about and that they have an opportunity to do that. let me also just address two other points, one is, i think that our elections by and large have improved. i think they have improved procedurally, with the rules, but also with an increase or an improvement in the machine and technologies that we use to run our elections. i think there's also been improvement in participation rates and certainly over the last half century or so, a significant improvement in participation rates. and certainly we want those trends to continue. nonpartisan groups have found, as this is a nonpartisan group, have found that many of the laws being advanced or passed in many of your states are either unnecessary to secure the elections, or as i mentioned earlier, will have a greater impact on some voters, lesser on others, an overwhelming impa

agaibegin some people say it's d for the united states but i don't think it's bad for the united states. i don't see any reason why the rising influence of brazil or turkey or india is in any way temporary to american interests. >> charlie: is the rise of the arab spring in the arab world good for the united states? >> i think on the balance -- >> charlie: and for the world and the people of the arab world. >> this is a classic it's too soon to answer this question. i don't know what the arab spring will lead to. what's interesting is in the best of all words let's say egypt really is a democracy we're going to have this very mixed picture. there are ways in which it's going to be set backs for the united states strategically. popularly governed egypt is not going to be as close an ally and is war on terror, on other issues as, you know, as the stalwart are lubaric was. my view nevertheless because our transcending interest is in a certain kind of world order we benefit nevertheless even if we pay a price in some short term interest. one example like that i think of is the philippines i

state. in october, as we surveyed the colors of his field, i said you know, dad, you have been a very good steward of this land, it's in so much better condition than it was when you bought it. i wonder how will our children and grandchildren view our steward ship? will we leave the state and the world in better condition than when we found it. the answer is for us to decide. i am hopeful because i believe in minnesota, i believe in minnesotans, and fortunately our state is now showing signs of a long-awaited and much needed economic recovery. even better, minnesota has regained its custom position maintaining other states' economic growth after lagging behind for much of the decade. minnesota's latest unemployment rate was 5.7%. well the country has regained less than half of the jobs lost during the great recession, minnesota has regained all of its lost employment. the number of employed minnesotans today is at an all-time high. minnesota' minnesota's% increase in 2007 was almost 5 times

people were identified by the state as members of racial groups and then the state acted and was to diminish their political participation. i've written that when it comes to section two cases, if race no longer has an important meaning in people's lives, if 50 years from now we reach that kind of assimilationist nirvana in which if you ask somebody to describe somebody else, their race would never come up, then the voting rights act will have nothing to say about that race because at that point there won't be racially polarized voting and there won't be restrictions on people's ability to elect preferred candidates because of race, just as for example right now, left-handedness versus right-handedness play no, sir role in the process. people don't have distinctive needs that they feel the political process ought to be responding to, so in the long run, if race stops meaning what it has meant in american history for the last 400 years, the veetiveet i voting rights act will kind of, i ate to quote karl marx especially on television but the withering of the state, there will be the withering

state. i cut the taxes 19 times. i have turned a budget shortfall into a surplus. i know how government can kill job, and yes, i know how it can help create jobs, and i stand ready to lead our party to victory and our nation back to prosperity. we will get the job done. this is a critical time in america. it is our time for choosing. and this time, we have to get the choice right. i have said it before and i firmly believe it that this campaign is about saving the so soul of america. this election comes down the two very different visions of america. it is a choice can of becoming a nation of and by washington or remaining a nation of and by a free people, and a choice between an entitlement society and a land of opportunity. a choice between squandering america's promise and restoring that promise for future generations. if you want to make this election about restoring american greatness then i hope you will join us. if you believe that the disappointments of the past few years are the det

funding equity is a problem in many states. there are districts in which we spend $25,000 on each student. even more. there are extreme cases. there are other states in which a lot less gets spent. and i even -- and even within states our schools are financed through a mixture of local property taxes and state legislatively approved allocations as well as a little bit of federal aid. you get huge differences between some districts in poor areas and affluent districts in the suburbs and in places that are doing better economically. so that's not healthy for the country either. the country's out there that are doing better than we are on the tests that we're able to measure, countries progress in education, generally try to mitigate the differences between poor areas and wealthy areas. there's no reason why a kid that's growing up in a poor area of appalachia should get a less effective education or why that person's teacher should only earn a third as much as the teachers in a wealthy suburb of cleveland. so i agree in concept.

that is after he championed the state state's anti-i am grant law. he was the first lawmaker ever recalled from office. he was the powerful guy in the state. he wasn't replaced by granola eating sympathizer, he was replace bid a normal republican. his district was disgusted by russell pierce but they are a republican-leaning district. the guy they put in it's slis a average conservative. after that pretty stunning rebuke from the voters, how did the arizona gop respond? they gave russ sell pierce the number two job in the party state-wide. arizona republicans do not seem to be getting the message even when the message is delivered by theiown voters. the establishment message tomorrow at the last minute that is arizona republicans should vote for mitt romney so says jan brewer. the politics in michigan are are more fascinating. when you look from outside michigan, at what is going on in the state of michigan right now, there is a huge elephant in the room, right? there is an obvious huge deal. there is the return of the american auto industry, which h

one critical state, battleground state, ohio.'s where tom foreman is tonight, in columbus, ohio, with a group of undecided republican voters. they have been watching and listening to all of the candidates make speeches and giving us their instant reactions. we have been playing them at the bottom of the screen. what was the reaction to governor romney talking tonight? >> anderson, this is one of the most fascinating ones to watch, how the groups respond to it. i want you to look at how these people responded when mitt romney was speaking, specifically, specifically when he went after president obama with one of his own lines, listen to this and watch the lines grow. >> he thinks he deserves a second term. he says, we can't wait, to which i say, oh, yes we can. >> huge, huge support for that when he said -- when he attacked the yes we can line. let me talk to somebody here. did you like that line, the notion of him saying that, and if so, why? >> yes, i thought mitt finally got the difference between himself and obama, and i think

know more state of the state speeches with maryland governor martin o'malley. his address is 33 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you all very, very much. let me begin by thanking god for the goodness of maryland, for her natural beauty, for the goodness of her people, for the hope that we see in the eyes of each of our children. let me also begin by thanking the men and women of maryland who serve in our country's armed forces. [ applause ] >> i also at the outset want to thank the parents and the loved ones of our fallen heroes for the sacrifice that they have made and that they continue to endure. thank you, governor glendening and governor hughes for your continued service on behalf of the people of maryland. thank you, president miller and, and speaker xwush for so annually and effective live leading your respective chambers through these very challenging and difficult years of recess n recession. [ applause ] -- through these challenging years of recession and now jobs recovery. thank you attorney general gansler, thank you treasurer kopp, controller

it's a state by state decision. >> it's a state by state decision. and would -- in this case, woule by state law when it comes to imminent domain? >> yes. >> so they would have to live by whatever the state law is relative to imminent domain? >> that's correct. >> and when these pipelines are laid in this case my understanding is that it will be fairly deep in the ground, is that correct? >> i think for stretches of it. i'm not sure if all of it is undergroungd. >> but that which is underground, oftentimes you can still conduct your agriculture activity above it? >> absolutely, yes. >> and does -- tell me how the pipeline safety law would inter inte intersect. >> for this particular pipeline -- can you get closer? >> the pipeline safety laws continue to apply for this particular pipeline as contemplated under the final environmental impact statement. there are 57 special conditions that heighten the standard for this pipeline as opposed to most oil pipelines in the country. >> and so i mean ways just hearing about the potential for these leaks and al

different the united states. mexico needs your help, in order to stop the violence we are suffering. the best way to do that is stopping the flow of weapons toward mexico. no more weapons to mexico. >> greta: former u.n. ambassador john boll top joins us -- john bolton joins us. good evening. >> good to be here. >> greta: it's an interesting billboard. your thoughts on it? >> it gets mark for creativity. this is calderon continuing the argument he made for years that the obama administration agrees with. and just simply isn't true. which is that the guns that are destabilizing mexican civil society come primarily from the united states. they do not. they come from mexican police and army and a lot of places. >> greta: the nra rained all over my parade about this. when we were down in mexico and arizona, we met with the atf and they showed us a stack of guns that we found. what they told sus guns were coming from china and reason -- region of belgium. they were being laundered through the united states. they were

i prohibited out of state couples from coming to our state to get married and went home.ht hard to prevent massachusetts from becoming the las vegas of gay marriage. when impress dent, i will fight for an an amendment to our constitution that defines marriage as a relationship between a man and woman. >> as frank rich points out in his new piece, mitt romney racing the speaker of massachusetts become the las vegas of gay marriage, was only days after mr. romney accepted an endorsement from donald trump that paragon of traditional marriage while in actual las vegas. how do you explain zillionires in new york state politics, the same people bank rolling with more money the most ard -- a piece written by frank rich for new york magazine not just about the mystery of pro gay rights conservatives, but also about pro gay rights democrats not behaving very pro-gay rights at all. frank rich joins us here next for the interview, we will be right back. spark card from capital one. spark cash gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. it's hard for my crew to keep

and it does state specifically petroleum pipelines. it's stated in the statute. and so there is a specific process that is spelled out, as i mentioned, through state statute. and those things -- those things are important. i have two points that i want to make to mr. rush's points. one is the reason why there's this kind of catch all is that if you have one land owner that, you know, has aligned themselves with the nrdc and then you have one land owner that can stop at 1,700 mile pipeline and i think that's really what the basis of this amendment is. but also what it does is it it makes nebraska law that's been vetted, has been adopted by the state legislature that the people are behind saying we're irrelevant or nonapplicable here. and that's what this really does here. and so the other part of this is they are duly compensated. there is due process of law in this process. they have to be compensated at market prices. so all the rights done here. i want to come back and say that this is what you're doing is saying that we're going to block state law. we're going

[applause] [applause] [applause] >> oregon governor john kitzhaber delivered his state of the state address at the portland city club wary discussed reforms happening in the state's health care and education system. following his remarks the governor took questions from the audience. this is 55 minutes. remarks, the governor took questions from the audience. this is 55 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much for that warm introduction. if i might. i would like to take a moment at the beginning and ask you to join me in acknowledging our friend gail and the tremendous contribution she has made to the city club and our state. she is obviously not able to be here with us today. if anyone is listening and would like to say thank you for you have given to the state of oregon. [applause] when i was working on my remarks last night at home apparently i was talking out loud and my son apparently overheard me and wandered in, taking the unit on shakespeare and had a quote i think you should put in your speech. so here it is. it is not in th

at the history of our state we were the first state to pass workers' compensation laws. the first state to enact unemployment insurance benefits and in one thousand nine hundred fifty nine the first state to grant collective bargaining rights to public employees so it's a state with a rich history of. respecting. workers rights of understanding how important it is that you be safe at work things that labor has argued for over the years you've watched what's happened in the state of wisconsin over the last year since the last election voters in wisconsin are standing up and speaking out about these actions to repeal decades worth of progress in just a matter of weeks and they're really particularly upset because they feel like they were deceived in the course of the election we didn't know any of this was coming and so people are as i said speaking out taking action i've seen that all over the state what do you think about the the the we just saw this primary down from the republican primary. newt gingrich two to one in south carolina that wasn't enough and so in florida

they ain't seen nothing yet. 2012 is the year that we're going to make the empire state the empire state once again. and we're going to make the dreams of this state a reality. thank you, and god bless you. [ cheers and applause ] [ applause ] >>> the nations governors are headed to washington d.c. this weekend to attend the winter meeting of the governors association. our coverage begins saturday at 10:00. we will show you a discussion on growing state economies and we will hear from the economic development and commerce committees. sunday, our coverage starts at 9:30 a.m. eastern with a look at education and early childhood issues. we will talk about hunger and the changing role of the national guard. we will wrap up on monday at 9:00 eastern with the closing session with dave heineman. the winter meetings on saturday, sunday and monday on c-span. >>> join us later from american history tv. the focus is george washington and his lasting impact on american life. historian richard norton smith lectures from washington's home in virginia. american history tv gets under way tonight at 8:00

there wasn't a single elected republican state or county official anywhere in the state of texas. and the way some of the vote counts were done in texas is truly bizarre and spectacular is the only way to describe it. without going into the details. i would suggest that probably more votes were stolen in texas than in illinois in reality. well, in 1968, richard nixon copied kennedy's 1960 formula to run in the primaries, to show popularity by winning primaries to build party organizations, by winning in primaries and to use television advertising in order to massage the electorate and win the election. the bigger budget and the bigger staff really mattered. the -- yeah -- well, that's good because i'm at the end. as nixon hinted in a letter just before -- well, anyway, so the 1960 election was a big disappointment, of course, to nixon. and indeed, republican party officials were really angry with him because they believed that the underlying fundamentals of the economy and the peace and prosperity eisenhower eight years and so forth should have given nixon the victory. and, of cou

what are you hearing are people's concerns around the state? >> i'm all over the state. that's part of the fun of doing this. you get out and you're in salem and lots of different places. people want to talk about economic issues. that's what is principly in front of them. they don't like what washington is doing. this issue has now heated up suddenly around trying to deny women access to basic health care coverage and what i'm suddenly seeing is lots of people are coming for example to our website, elizabeth warren.com and they are saying wait a minute i need to pay attention. there's an even bigger threat here. senator brown wants to roll back the clock. he wants to go back to a time when a handful of men decided what kind of access to health care coverage women were going to get. he wants to roll back to a time when it's the employer who gets to pick and choose who is going to have health care coverage and what kind of coverage they're going to have. and folks around here really don't like that. and so there's a lot of activity around this really in the last 48 hours.

sent to forty eight different states corporation has just a few requirements the state has to agree to to maximize insure excuse me to insure maximize profitability one being that the prison has to be able to hold a lot of prisoners minimum a thousand beds to be exact and another being the state has to guarantee a minimum of a ninety percent occupancy rate over the term of the contract which is twenty years that shouldn't be much of a problems and c.c.a. working with alec has been successful in passing several stricter drug laws that lead to more and more americans being thrown into prison for longer and longer times just last year ohio's old state own palais curie correctional facility to c.c.a. for seventy two million dollars according to a report by policy matters of ohio that state will actually that sale it's going to actually cost ohio taxpayers eleven million dollars more over the next twenty years than it would have had the state simply kept ownership of the prison so here we have corporations making huge profits buying up the commons forcing taxpayers to then guarantee and sub

but states should test each student each year. without yearly testing, we don't know who is falling behind and who needs help. without yearly testing, too often we don't find failure until it is too late to fix. consider what some parents face under the current system in some states. child may pass the third grade reading test. she gets in the eighth grade and fails the eighth grade test. the parents say who do i hold accountable? what happened? my child was successful in the third and here he or she is in the eighth, what went wrong? how come? where did the system let me down? too much precious time has lapsed in this case for us to achieve what we want. every child being able to learn. testing every child every year is the way to stop the cycle. we must care enough to ask how our children are doing. we must have the data to know how poor and minority children are doing. to see if we are closing the achievement gap in america. annual measurement is of special concern of mine. it is crucial. crucial part of a solid reform package.

a year ago the committee met to examine the state of the workforce. it was our first hearing of the 112th congress and reflected our commitment to make job creation in america competitiveness top priorities. much has happened since we met in january 2011. unemployment was 9.1%. nearly 14 million workers were unemployed. now 1 million fewer workers are unemployed. the number of long-term unemployed, out of work 27 weeks or more, has declined from 6.2 million to 5.6 million. these facts may demonstrate modest progress, but far too many americans continue to face significant hardship in this tough economy. the number of americans participating in the labor force is at its lowest level in 28 years. more than 8 million individuals are working part-time because full-time jobs are unavailable and 1 million discouraged workers have abandoned their job search entirely. we've experienced the weakest recovery since the great depression. the recovery of the 1980s led to 18 straight months of growth greater than 5%. yet our own recovery over the last 2 1/2 years h

our amendment states that the central valley project and state water project shall be operated in a manner that meets all obligations under state and federal law with operational constraints based on the best available science. more than 750 plant and animal species depend upon the delta for their survival. many of these then support important industries such as fishermen, hunters, recreational industries and farmers that promote local and state economies, we've seen what happens when science is ignored in environmental procedures are gutted for the saying of politics. in 2008 and 2009, salmon fisheries were forced to close because of low flows in the rivers. this resulted in the loss of over half a billion dollars. and nearly 5,000 jobs. the same number that the proponents of the bill claim that their bill would create. it would prevent the best available science in the bay and delta by permanently limiting agencies from acting on new scientific information developed since 1984. this alone ignores the last 15 years of the best available science. i urge a yes vote on this amendment and a n

we did. >> and the cost to the state? >> i don't believe there ultimately is a cost to the state. the idea that people are going to abuse a program simply because it exists really is not supported by the data. >> thank you. thank you very governor snyder do you agree that the -- the federal government plays a major role in helping improve the economy? do the feds not help the auto industry in michigan? >> well, the auto industry was a union circumstance and that was successful, and i was asked that earlier. so i appreciate the question. what i would say is that one of the things holding back our economy very clearly, talking to any michigan employer, is the challenge of dealing with the federal deficit here. and that is an issue that needs to be resolved because as a former businessperson myself, the number one thing you want from government is certainty and confidence that you know what you're dealing with. and if you don't know what the rules are, you're not going to take undue risk. and this is a risk sitting out there

a lot of states, not every state. that support prisons that are outside the prison's budget. >> on average, i think i saw a figure in one of the stories that came out after your report did. the annual average taxpayer cost in states where you looked at the cost of prisons is about 31,000 to the taxpayer. does that surprise you? >> right. >> it didn't surprise me a lot. i've been looking in this field for a long time so i know it's expensive. $31,000 is an average figure. there's a great deal of state variation. you have states in the south like louisiana or kentucky that are, you know, if the area of half that cost. you will have a lot of states in the northeast, new york, maine, connecticut, that are significantly more than that cost. wherever they are, there are very expensive proposition to use. >> you looked at the reason why this is making headlines is about there are costs that are not being calculated by the state. what are some of those costs in. >> well, the big ones, again, i think it's important to remember

, as a technology state, as an education state, and the best state in the world to live and do business. we welcome you, governor snyder. >> thank you, mr. wallberg. you know, as we do a lot of that go blue, go red -- yeah. i don't know, maybe it's the education committee. we can't stop ourselves. it's my pleasure to introduce our secretary witness, co-panelist rick snyder. he was sworn into office as the 48th governor -- i'm sorry. we just introduced that guy. >> i think i did that well, didn't i, chairman? >> actually, you did it extremely well. i'm not sure about the go blue thing. but very, very well. governor dan maloy, let's get the right guy, took office as the 88th governor of connecticut on january 5th, 2011. he worked as a prosecutor in brooklyn, new york. serving four years as assistant district attorney in 1995 governor maloy was elected and served 14 years as mayor of stanford, connecticut. now that was a real job. no question about it. governor maloy received his undergraduate and law degrees from boston college. welcome to you both. before i recognize each of you to provi

but all eyes aren't only on those two states but the wing states. who is winning in the swing states? according to the latest gallop poll, mitt romney is leading obama by two points. but the news gets worse when he gets paired with santorum. so should the president be worried? abc news editor rick klein joins us. good evening, rick. before we get to the swing policy, i'm curious, in fact it's on the front page of the detroit newspaper thatten rick santorum is asking democrats to cross the line tomorrow and vote for him. >> that's right. he's joining liberal democrats who are saying the exact same thing,. any voter can vote if they want. and and the romney campaign is critical of the late maneuvering t can swing a couple points t won't determine wane or the other the way the race swings bust if it's a close election it could be the crossover voters. democrats that either like santorum or don't like romney. it could make a difference tomorrow. >> what difference does it make than obviously the delegates to romney? is this an important state to him bec

my home state. but it's my home here in new york city. >> thru go. >> now you are a new yorker. >> three-way. >> martha has not been shy about telling the world her home state is the great state of new jersey. >> you bech a. but she's looking at michigan to figure out how romney won. as we are a week out tmay tell us the trends in terms of groups of voters. >> let's break down how mitt romney did this in michigan tonight. it's truly a broad story. he won with women, seniors, college graduate, high-income voters. republicans, moderates, conserve thifs -- conservatives, those who are worry abouted about the economy and who want to beat barack obama. seniors were a quarter of the voters, almost half went to mitt romney. catholics backed romney. the mormon, over santorum, the catholic who, has been very outspoken about his catholic faith, especially in the later terms of this race. women favored mitt romney by 5. beating obama in the fall is their number-1 issue and romney is their guy with 61% of that

it also gives states the option of identifying additional low performing schools in their states. and i think that states are to be commended. now whether or not we get into a debate about whether or not some states are different than the other, i happen to believe that states ought to have some flexibility in that arena, as i also believe local school districts should. when our state told us last year that we had four low performing high schools, that they labeled drop-out factories, well, quite frankly we had three or four other high schools that had -- we had some input, we may have decided perhaps needed more attention than two of the ones on the list. they were identified by one narrow definer. and so how you intertwine all that local flexibility and the state flexibility i think is important. it's often more difficult to do than it is -- than to say that we ought to do it. >> now i'm going to skip over one, two, three. i know both mr. hess and mr. schnur have to leave. it's 11:30. i will go to those two and then come back to the three. so mr. schnur and mr. hess. >> thank yo

but the critical state will be the 63 delegates on the map in the state of ohio. this is our economic landscape map here. the deeper the red, the tougher trouble you have had over the past four years or so. if you are in green, well, you are doing all right. you have a surplus of jobs since barack obama has taken the white house. but here in ohio with the republican governor, john caseic, who breaks continuously by getting more companies and jobs to the buckeye state, the unemployment is down to 8.1% which is slightly below the national average. but jobs and the economy, taxes, deficit spending will be a priority in ohio as we go threw seven days from now. back to you guys as we look toward super tuesday in a week. >> no one can work that board like bill. >> he's almost as at home there as he is in old senate, his native cities, where the candidates are going to be very soon. i think they will have a lot of skyline chili. >> that would be my native state and home state but i guess it's my home here in new york city. >> now you are a new yorker. >> a three way one.

i've worked every single state.e been out to washington and we're going to go there again and we've been to idaho, to north dakota and you know, been to ohio, and i think ohio is going to be a good state for us. we were in tennessee yesterday, felt good about the state of it tennessee. been to oklahoma, another super tuesday state and looking at those states and where we stand now and a chance to finish very well in those three states and maybe pick up a caucus in washington, idaho. >> and georgia is potentially one we can finish hopefully a strong second there and maybe ahead of governor romney, which again, would be a good sign for us. >> you have a shot to win tuesday night, do you think? >> you know, look, michigan-- >> i have a shot, sure, i have a shot to win. i don't think we have to win here, i don't think we have to win in arizona. these are states tailor made for mitt romney and these three days, but if we run well and you know, finish both these races, where it looks like it's a two person race, i think t

sponsors of terrorism that's the definition of a state sponsored terrorism some state that funds and trains and a terrorist group and it's the united states of us could make a i have a list of terrorist terrorist organizations and here is our primary claim state of israel and the associating with its ascended this group to do terrorist attacks on the any and seven blowing things up and sharing scientists who are civilians and said that mr hubbard is the america that everyone seems that is in the world is justified based on the need to stop terrorism and here is the united states' closest ally and good human clear to them and many of the leading neighborhoods of rational to and from that assume money from those terrorist groups i think are going on its behalf to root cause. most of the live shows just how and where you do the cards of the crews in the. now i want to talk about public opinion public perception here too you know it's interesting because our intelligence agencies are telling us the iran is the number one terror threat to the united states but just on small scale attacks

effort in the state of california? >> this is a great time to work on the issue of the death penalty. every day we get closer and closer to ending the death penalty in california and across the country and indeed, across the world. several states have into the death penalty in the last four years. most recently, the state of illinois into the death penalty in march of this year. [applause] we are now at the time when 16 states, puerto rico and the district of columbia do not have the death penalty. many more states are addressing this issue, connecticut and montana, colorado, kansas, these are all states that have had bills in their legislature to into the death penalty that have moved through least one house in some cases, both houses. connecticut passed a bill a couple of years ago to end the death penalty that was vetoed by the then republican governor who is no longer in office. this is for states in four years and we expect more on the way. >> this deserves applause. >> we're making progress in california. the sta

it at the state level it says and the states that have signed on to say we're not going to apportion our electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular as you get to the part of the popular vote in our state we're going to apportion our electoral college votes to the winner of the national popular vote no matter what happens inside our state and you can be for or against that plan but the notion that it's unconstitutional is preposterous the constitution says that each state is allowed to decide how to question their about their own electoral college votes now in a sense to me as you know if you are running to be the president the united states' right to be in charge of the executive branch that's the highest position that we have in this country so why wouldn't it be you know why wouldn't everybody get a say why would certain votes count more than other votes but they also bring up that there's constantly this argument that's made over not democracy this is a republic. and that also is an argument for all of the national popular vote but here's the thing a republic me

or united states playing on this issue. for me it's so you say that it's really interesting because of the same situation i was doing our duty stations with the united states when we deliver a clean you'll start treaty also with russia and russia for four or four decades has been living without an immediate threat to security but there are of course some potential threats well what about putin doesn't mention any specific potential threats to russian security doesn't mention enemy well he says something about nato and the united states where it's more of like well let's be cautious yes are there any potential threats to the russian security and security of the country according to the russian military doctrine has to go through a lot seen what you mention at least use of it i just would like to mention one it seems to me it will be enough of the. it seems to me that the most important threat it's the nexus between terrorism and weapons of mass destruction related materials it's a very dangerous material school would be in t

of our state. but before i begin, i know i speak for all of illinois inrise to wishing our senator mark kirk a [cheers an would you please stand. [cheers and applause] give to my family, thank you for all the support that you have given me in standing by my side every day for the last three years. the military herald this evening, thank you for your alsl courageous service to our great state and our great country.ajor i would also like to recognize . and thank major mark stevens. major stevens, please stand. [applause] to wait next month, major stevens will be leaving on translating his soldiersm to kuwait abortive operation enduring freedom for the third time. in the middle east supporting our great country. not only is major mark stevens the commander of the net, but he is also the marketing manager on a company. major stevens is a true citizen soldier. major combat thank you. thank you for your service. thank you fire leadership. we wish you and your union card speed. [applause]being i would als

that is the state of play.ost: this comment from twitter -- guest: it was a huge missed opportunity, in my view. a plan that no one could find the warts in. it did not get 100% of the votes from both sides of the aisle, but it got elected representatives on both sides considering a serious fix. host: would it have passed? guest: we will mono. the reality is that unless a president takes the leadership, you do not get these big changes. only a president can say to the members of his party -- go to the other party -- and say that i will not sign this unless it is in there. in the absence of white house leadership, we drift. host: regina, republican line, pennsylvania. caller: the previous caller said someone does not like obama because of color or something. no one looks at the spending that went on. we have a presidential candidate named dr. ron paul. he is a congressman that went back to stop the debt limits from being raised in the campaign, in order to do what he has been doing for years. he has been going af

>> as i travel around the state, and virginia is a big state. talk to people in all different regions, they don't talk to me about these issues when i talk to them what's on their mind and what we need to fix in washington. the economy, the budget, and we need to have people who know how to find common ground and work together. the divisive issues are not only issues that people care about, but people don't want to see the issues that push us apart. they want to be focused to come together as as a commonwealth and a country to solve the problems we have to solve. >> in arizona, rick santorum took heat on a number of issues and your opponent supported the bush administration on a number of issues, especially issues running up the deficit. i'm curious if you think the citizens of virginia would have amnesia about how that deficit was established. >> they're not going to have amnesia during this campaign because i'm talking about it at every point along the way, jennifer. what i'm saying is this. when i was governor i had to reduce the state budget

native state -- native state.utheastern area, what he's talking about, near detroit, i want to key in on this, on four counties, north of detroit is oakland county, a lot of votes in this county, romney won it over mccain by 20 points, four years ago. but to the east is mccomb county, a lot of votes in it county as well, romney, similar outcome, 20 points over mccain, but this is a county where you find the reaganand if santorum is to win he has to do well in places like mccomb county. agreed in. >> absolutely right. you point out oakland county, which is the biggest probe of republican votes in the state. there were some 140,000 votes in the 2008 election. it's divided in half basically by interstate 75. go on the west side, those are more upscale, where romney was born, like bloomfield hill, but towards mccomb county you have santorum, blue collar type votees, the way he threatens romney is by going into his break basket, suburban detroit, and places like sterling heights, where the economic affection and staunc

in the united states. this past november having lost twice in colorado, the people that want to ban bitter control and abortion decided to take their case to a friendlier environment. maybe colorado was too liberal for them, even in a year like 2010. they put it on the ballot in mississippi. good move. doesn't get any redder than that, right? mississippi also rejected it by double digits by a 16-point margin in november. since then every republican running for president has taken up the losing side of that argument. the anti-abortion, anti-birth control position that couldn't even win in mississippi. every republican running for president has adopted that as their national platform. and that is the remarkable and relevant context for understanding this current furor over whether or not contraceptives have to be covered on american health insurance plans. 28 states already require health insurance plans to cover contraceptives. eight states require health insurance to cover contraceptives without exemptions