and as states have experienced revenue shortfalls, that's one of the first areas they cut. in my home state of illinois, we've cut funding for student assistance or early intervention programs because the state is always going to see their mission first as taking care of the sickest of the sick. but it's a vitally important component and so we need to have that for that early intervention and those kinds of programs can and are successful. i think, you know, you've hit on something that i think every single state...i was just listening to a radio show yesterday and they were talking about the dire circumstances, budgetary circumstances that many of the states...under that particular outlook, fran, what really should families be looking to? in other words, if in fact they don't have student assistance programs, if in fact the treatment system is going to be affected by budgetary constraints, what can we tell our audience to do under those circumstances? first and foremost, look to see if you have one of those community coalitions near you, because the federal government, we're putting a lot of money and

lone holdout, a juror who is retired from her job working on minority health issues for the state of illinois. she dug in her heels saying what she heard in the infamous tapes was not a smoking gun. >> for some people it was clear that he wanted this or that and to her it was... i think her big argument was it was a political deal. >> reporter: the prosecution can take heart that most votes on the 24 counts were guilty. >> especially when the jury was strongly in favor of conviction, 10-2, 11-1, i think overwhelmingly the prosecution convicts on the second time around. >> reporter: defense lawyers are already arguing that another prosecution would be a waste of taxpayer money. >> why are we spending $25 to $30 million on a retrial when you couldn't prove it the first time? >> that strategy is to get in there and cause doubt. >> reporter: they're already fighting the next case. >> oh, absolutely. >> reporter: having this case drag out is the last thing the white house wanted. white house chief of staff rahm emanuel, a foreman chicago congressman, could be called to testify, and republicans wil

there are good programs at other places have tried, the state of illinois, in particular. >> thank you you have given us a lot of food for thought. commissioners, and this concludes the >> thank you, director. thank you penlists and speakers for your testimony. at this stage, we will at the end, if you have questions carb i know one or two might have a question. i will do it after public comment. if i may, i would like at this stage to see if there is anybody in the audience who would like to talk. i have some speaker cards. i will read out your names. i believe, director, two minutes? >> that would be your call. >> i would like to hold our comments to two minutes as our time is restricted here. if you would line up at the mike here. we have arch bishop richardson, amos lynne, natia, and lupe. thank you. as you are speaking, you can take the mike here, this microphone here. are director? >> i am sorry [inaudible] >> great. if you would pay attention over here, you will get your time pointer from this gentleman over here. when you see 30 seconds, there will be a bill. you can go ahead.

there are parts of the state where unemployment is coming down. given the surrounding state of illinois, michigan, and ohio, indiana is a bright spot. if you take a look comparatively, the rest of the midwest is hit by problems of declining fuel production, auto production, are reproduction, a good number of things of this sort. >> you mentioned pakistan. this has been a signature for you.argu your name is attached to the bill that provides billions and billions of dollars to pakistan for medium and long-term development. i am just wondering, two days ago, last week when this heirs, some of that money from your bill, $50 million was moved from this development work to emergency flood assistance. is that something that you support, and how concerned are you about the situation with the floods in pakistan and the potential effect on the political stability of the country? >> i do support that money going there. i would say that the bill is some times debated in pakistan, with many pakistanis thinking it is great news, that it is a five-year plan. having said that, the question is what sor

of the state in which unemployment is coming down. so it's not a situation of gloom. and gin the surrounding states of illinois, michigan, ohio, indiana is a bright spot. if you take a look comparatively at the industrial midwest hit by problems of decline in steel production, auto production, rv production, a good number of things of this sort. >> senator, one of the things you mentioned just in answer a little while ago is pakistan. this has been somewhat of a signature project for you, along with senator kerry and representative burman, your name is attached to the bill which provides billions and billions of dollars to pakistan for long-term medium and long-term development. and i'm just wondering, the other day, two days ago, what would be last week when this airs, some of that money from your bill, $50 million, was moved from this development work to emergency flood assistance. is that something that you support? and how concerned are you about the situation with the floods in pakistan and the potential effect on the political stability in the country? >> gin the emergency, i do support that money going

and i might, you know, mention the fact that for the state of illinois, that meant that we were going to be able to save the jobs of over 5,000 teachers, that we were going to be able to allow some of our school districts not to increase class size. so that was a very meaningful piece of legislation that the president signed immediately that afternoon after it had been passed. it passed in the senate and then we got called back so we could vote on it, and of course, it passed in the house and it gets rid of some of the loopholes where companies will actually exist offshore. they will, you know, indicate that, you know, our company is in different islands. our company is someplace outside the united states of america to escape paying taxes. and i agreed with the president that something had to be done about that. and something was done about it last week when we passed the jobs bill. not enough. not everything that we need to do about it, but we will continue to pursue that until we can make sure to the best of our ability that those companies do not receive the benefits of being ameri

so that's one scenario what happens when you turn the tables see lately in a number of states including maryland illinois florida and ohio there are cases where civilians have been arrested and then put on trial for videotaping on duty police officers which in this day and age of enhanced survey islands is you must submit a little bit ironic so what happens cops justify arresting civilian citizens for surveillance and why are we the citizens letting it go so far or reason magazines radley balko is joining me from tennessee to discuss it now bradley thanks for being here first of all but you know you and i have discussed this before but your new piece in it you spoke to a number of law enforcement officials so i'm dying to know after speaking to these people what's their reasoning as to why they think it's ok for them to arrest people who want to film them. well really there is i talked to two prosecutors who are actually pursuing felony charges against people who are recording police and then i also talked to the head of return for eternal order please which is the largest police union in the country and

in the state of illinois, where i'm from, all the state representatives said they will not vote for a increase, which we desperately needed to pay our debt, because they will not get elected. that is not representing the people. that just shows you. you know, right now, four people working are supporting 10 people who are either on welfare benefits, retirement, or social security. with the debt that we are charging right now to the u.s., they do not understand that 20 years from now, when all these boomer generation retirees -- you will have two people supporting 15 people. host: where do you get that figure? caller: it is easy to calculate. take the birth rate compared to 20 years ago and divide that by the number of children being born today, on average, and also, if you look at 20 years ago, there were 30 percent of the people being supported by welfare or social security. the people paying taxes was 57% 25 years ago. today, over 60% of the people do not pay taxes. that is easy to calculate. host: we will leave it there. front page of "the chicago tribune" has a story about desert

government is terrible at this kind of thing so we take for instance candy texas right lot of states of candy texas illinois colorado but they wind up with these stupid little circumstances where for instance or hershey bars tax because it's all chocolate put it to expire isn't because there's flour and it this kind of thing and again you know so to taxes i think when we're talking about a few cents on a can we're not talking about discouraging people from drinking soda we're not talking about discouraging people from eating candy we're talking about drumming up money for the government and every. but he is out of money right now the federal government is out of money state governments are out of money so they're looking under the couch cushions for change and they're finding it in so it's access to the government ok here's another issue there is not the same access to produce to healthy food in poor communities in inner cities for example a study showed that in california the number of grocery stores was three point six per one hundred thousand residents and east in south l.a. compared with twelve point fo

certainly a state like wisconsin or my home state of illinois can tell a lot of stories about how badlyit manufacturing was, particularly in the midwest. there is some that suggest this decline is inevitable, but i do not see it that way. i know neither do you. yes, times are tough, but we have been through tough times before, and if we have made it through because we are resilience. americans are resilience. we do not give in to pessimism, we fight for the future. we work to shape our own destiny as a country. that is what we have been trying to do since i took office. we have been fighting on all fronts. inch by inch, but by the book, mile by mile to get this country moving forward again and going after every single job we can create right here in united states of america. we are investing in 21st century infrastructure. roads, bridges, faster internet access, high-speed railroads, projects that will lead to hundreds of thousands of private-sector jobs, but will also lay the groundwork so that our kids and grandkids can keep prospering. we'll cut taxes for small businesses that hire u

of illinois taxpayers. he helped say that company and those jobs. that is the kind of person you want in the united states senate -- somebody who does not forget why they are in this and who they are fighting for. we need fighters like him in a washington -- like alexi in washington. i do not know if you notice, but we have a lot of work to do. the last few years have been incredibly challenging for the united states. 18 months ago, when i took office, after nearly a decade of economic policies that gave us sluggish job growth, falling incomes, a record deficit, culminating in the worst recession of our lifetime, the worst recession since the great depression -- that month that i was sworn in, january, 2009, we lost 750,000 jobs. in that month alone. in total, we lost 8 million jobs during that recession. now, we did not get to that point by accident. we got to that global after nearly 10 years of an economic agenda in washington that was pretty straightforward. it basically said, we will cut taxes for the wealthiest americans -- folks who do not need it and are not even asking for it. we will cut rules f

of us. >> larry: how did you get involved and interested in the farming thing? >> i was doing some shows at the illinois statei were sitting there, and it was kind of like an annual ritual, i'd come in and do the fair, he'd come on the bus, we'd have a bowl of chili, drink a beer and talk about things. this particular year we started talking about the farmers. i'd heard from my friends in texas about how the farmers weren't doing that good. and i grew up on a farm, and i knew they didn't ever do really great, but i heard it was worse than usual. they weren't getting any money. they were going out of business at an alarming rate. i started checking it out. sure enough. at one time, we had over 8 million small family farmers and now we're less than 2 million. that's not right. >> larry: it's the big companies. >> the big corporate farmers are taking over. that's not good for the food, not good for the land, not good for you and me. >> larry: how do you react -- what do you think about obama? >> i think he's a good man. yeah. i like him. i know his intentions are good, and he probably thought he could have -- wa

of illinois. we have 67 bullying prevention programs none of which are working in the united states. i want you to comment on your plan of supporting real research to evaluate 67 programs in 42 states with legislation. can you comment on that? >> i don't want to legislate that. i think 67 programs is a lot. i think that is probably 64 to many. we need to see the ones that are making a difference and take the rest away. the research team is consistent. we have to deal with what is dramatically leading to better student achievement. let's a scale up the good practices. for parental engagement, there are probably 167,000 programs. let's give some programs a chance to shine. we can share ideas here. good ideas always, a local level. we can do a much letter -- a much better job. >> i am a professor of criminal justice in massachusetts. we have a great momentum in massachusetts with the new law and we are excited. i would like to get college students into the high schools, public and private, to do some of this work because i think we have a unique momentum on the same car as drunken drivi

of "usa today" has a story about the immigration law. states are rethinking similar immigration bills. arizona ruling gives lawmakers pause. the front page of "usa today." illinois, caelian, independent line. -- celia. caller: congratulations on becoming a mommy. back to the issue at hand -- i met two independents, so i know who i will vote for but i am really stuck because -- i am basically just a voting for people who support my best interest at hand. i and unemployed. who will keep me with (the benefits and to like a job? who will keep me in my house? republicans just filibuster. i know small businesses who are going to lose their businesses soon because they can't get a loan. regardless of party, vote for who is in your best interest. host: can i ask you about the politics of the unemployed benefits -- and unemployment benefits? do you know others who are unemployed and you think that made you more in tune with this november election? caller: no, i have been doing things politically since i was a child. but i am seeing more because i have more time. i am not distracted by all of the things i used to be distracted by. so i can look at voting records. i can lo

. >> reporter: illinois state representative karen may blames the lack of oversight. >> i thought they were doing a good job but i'm very disappointed about this. >> reporter: the park commissioners here publicly apologized for the compensation package-- which some of them approved-- and any negative impact they may have had on the community here. but the list goes on. in irving, texas, the manager gets $428,000 a year, more than president of the united states and considerably more than counterparts in much larger dallas or fort worth. >> i don't think he's worth that money. >> reporter: and the consequences... >> every dollar being spent on exorbitant salaries is not being used for programs that might benefit taxpayers. >> reporter: and in tough economic times, that's no day at the beach. dean reynolds, cbs news, highland park, illinois. >> couric: in health news, new clues to the mystery of alzheimer's. more than five million americans already have the disease, nearly half a million new cases are expected this year. tonight, dr. jon lapook has the results of a new study, including ne

of the party. guest: mitch daniels and chris christie. chris christie has just been extraordinary. to go into new jersey, the state outside of perhaps california or illinoisat has been the most mis-governor did recent years and has the most powerful public sector political complex, and to go in and balance the budget when he has and has been able to bring trenton to heal and the teachers' union, extremely powerful, to heal, in six months, is just an extraordinary accomplishment. mitch daniels, also extremely impressive. circumstances much less dire. he did not take office in the midst of a budgetary crisis, but also, like christie, have build a constituency for a limited government conservative than -- conservatism. has slimmed down the budget. and daniels tells his people all the time, we have one goal -- we want to increase the net the pole -- disposable income of the hoosiers in here in indiana. i would get some complaints now. i did see the movie. that is going to be the goal of government. i think that is a very good -- i think republicans nationally can take that admonition to heart. host: karl rove rights in today's "wall street journal." echo in t

of helmet hair, former illinois governor, rod blagojevich is a relatively happy man today. a jury in chicago convicted him on 1 of the 24 counts against him. transporting illegally silky hair across statedistrict attorney says they will try him again. blagojevich says he will appeal the charge that they got him on. it was the same crime as martha stewart. he'll probably do somewhere between lindsay lohan and li'l wayne. so -- can you imagine rod blagojevich in a prison jump suit? he would look like a traffic cone with a koosh ball on top of it. >> of course, now, the world is wondering how this will impact the elections come november. >> uh-huh. >> ha lot of republicans looking at that. saying it could be a sign of things to come. >> with a retrial in the works now. we'll see where it goes. it will be interesting for sure. >> and he's given us a lot of laughs from the late-night comingics, to say the least. >>> that's maets making news on

. >>> in illinois it's that time of the year when hundreds of people flock to the state fair to get a look at this. the giant butter cow. over 1,000 pounds of butter was used to sculpt this cow displayed in a refrigerated glass case. the butter sculpture is a mainstay at the annual fair, but the artist always keeps the crowd guessing as to what scenery will surround the cow. >>> and powerful forces are colliding in orlando at the world's largest "star wars" convention. storm troopers, jeddi, even r2d2 were there along with thousands of fans to celebrate the 30th anniversary of "the empire strikes back." the event, which runs through sunday, will feature "star wars" creator george lucas. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc's meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. good morning to you, bill. i saw you watching that video, r 2 d 2. i know you go every year. >> i don't go every year. i've never been. but i do love the movies. i'm a sucker, when they put them on on the weekends, they do a trilogy, all three, i find myself five hours lat

of as much as $13 billion. how did you close the gap between where the governor is in states like illinois and or the secretary treasury is, and he is talking about the beginnings of a recovery guest:. the first bailout was significant but not linked to lending, not willing to reinvestment. of the ship is celebrating. mealses don't have three a day in america. families do not have jobs yet. we have a crisis over and over again of the anti-social reaction. i wish geithner would come to places in chicago where we have a whole streets of boarded-up houses and children are afraid to go to school because of rampant violence. host: what can he do? guest: those banks that misled people close on people, they should have some responsibility to reinvest and to fix those houses and get people back in those houses. people are paying. they cannot pay the adjusted rates. the could stabilize their families. targeted jobs and job-training. often the close apprenticeship programs. health care. recreation. that is a comprehensive plan. host: our guest is the rev. jesse jackson for the next 30 minutes. our first call comes from

of things crossing fingers isn't going to be enough. in three states in america it is illegal to film the police illinois maryland and massachusetts now we discuss numerous cases at length here on the show but tonight we bring you a news story a story out of new york where despite the fact that filming the police is illegal one policeman decided to threaten a man with not only jail time but also physical abuse take a look. for what he's going to be used you can get abused in jail to come into a gym and i'm going to tell you i don't get abuse and guys in jail are going to rape you. so why do police in america think that this is acceptable behavior are they turning the people against them well joining me is lad type word mixed media artist and glass bead collector with glasses collective excuse me vlad thank you so much for joining me now tell me this first you actually make a hobby of going out and recording police on video why do you do it well. we're going to support i think it is a chance to do is to keep. but i think what the police are doing a lot of things happening there has to deal with this is a joke in particular but i think it'

of the party. guest: mitch daniels and chris christie. chris christie has just been extraordinary. to go into new jersey, the state outside of perhaps california or illinois, that has been the most mis-governor did recent years and has the most powerful public sector political complex, and to go in and balance the budget when he has and has been able to bring trenton to heal and the teachers' union, extremely powerful, to heal, in six months, is just an extraordinary accomplishment. mitch daniels, also extremely impressive. circumstances much less dire. he did not take office in the midst of a budgetary crisis, but also, like christie, have build a constituency for a limited government conservative than -- conservatism. has slimmed down the budget. and daniels tells his people all the time, we have one goal -- we want to increase the net the pole -- disposable income of the hoosiers in here in indiana. i would get some complaints now. i did see the movie. that is going to be the goal of government. i think that is a very good -- i think republicans nationally can take that admonition to heart. host: karl rove rights in today's "wall street journal." echo

of as much as $13 billion. how did you close the gap between where the governor is in states like illinois and or the secretary of the treasury is, and he is talking about the beginnings of a recovery guest:. the first bailout was significant but notinked to lending, not wling to reinvestment. of the ship is celebrating. mealses don't have three a day in america. families do not have jobs yet. we have a crisis over and over again of the anti-social reaction i wish geithner would come to places in chicago where we have a whole streets of boarded-up houses and children are afraid to go to school because of rampant violence. host: what can he do? guest: those banks that misled people close on people, they should have some responsibility to reinvest and to fix those houses and get people back in those houses. people are paying. they cannot pay the adjusted rates. the could stabilize their families. targeted jobs and job-training. often the close apprenticeship programs. health care. recreation. that is a comprehensive plan. host: our guest is the rev. jesse jackson for the next 30 minutes. our first call comes from

of helmet hair, former illinois governor rod blagojevich is a relatively happy man. he was convicted on only one of the 24 counts against him. transporting illegally silky hair across state the judge declared a mistrial on the other more serious charges. the district attorney says they are going to try him again. blagojevich said he is going to appeal the change they got him on. it was the same crime as martha stewart. he will probably do between lindsay lohan and little wayne, so -- can you imagine rod blagojevich in a prison jump suit? he would look like a traffic cone with a kush ball on top of it. today on the bbc, the british news channel, the anchors were tossing to their weather man. this is hard to follow because they only speak english. but watch the weather guy who thought he was offcamera. >> now, we'll have the weather forecast in a minute, and of course, 100% accurate, all the detail you could want. you're preparing for it, so, i'm not entirely -- well, then -- >> jimmy: whoops. let's look at that again in slow motion. watch his face here -- like a poker player. not to be outdone here in the united states on "inside e kwigs dts last night, this question was

of illinois. i can't imagine there was any higher up than barack obama who had just been elected president of the united states. why didn't you give evidence on him? >> well, i'm going to have something to say maybe later on about that in terms of maybe possibly more specifics but let me say this. i'm not going to lie about people or do things to people what they've done to me, because i'm being squeezed and pressured by the powerful federal prosecutor looking for a political trophy. i'm not going to sell people out or make things up and do to others what has been done to me. this is bigger than me. this is a system that doesn't have check and balance on prosecutors. this guy want after scooter libby and they ultimately got conviction on perjury or false statements or whatever the case is. it's like there is a playbook here and it's like getting the guy close to the real power so maybe if they get him they can get the next guy. >> chris: wait a minute. >> if they were given a chance to be heard then people will see this for what it is. >> chris: as you point out, there was a hung jury on 23 of the counts. you

you have states like new york, new jersey, california, illinois that are in crisis mode over their state personnel public pension costs. estimates of pension fund underfunding on the state level can reach up to $3 trillion today. in california alone, the public pension funds are

of the border. like from rockford, illinois, which, along with chicago, has become a heroin hub in the midwest. police there say the drug comes directly from mexico. a state crime lab map of cases by county shows heroin on the move. but one county, made up of small cities and large tracks of farmland, is taking a direct hit by virtue of place. rock county has recently been included in the federally designated high-intensity drug trafficking area along with dane and milwaukee counties. marv wopack is a county supervisor and on the human services board in rock county. he's also a drug counselor, himself 30 years sober. he knows adam from local support group meetings. >> we need to get-- put money where it's going to do the best and locking them up isn't where it's at. >> reporter: especially not with the squeeze on government budgets. in 2006 in rock county, there were calls to build a new jail to house inmates, many of them drug abusers whose numbers push the jail to 30% over cast. today , the jail is undercast and required only a remodel. >> good morning, this is a session of rock county drug court. >> reporter: because, instead, the county started a drug

over a period of 36 years, i did a pretty good job not only for the eighth district of illinois, but for the entire stateat dan, ed, or anybody else got our share of our appropriation and i will say this much, they weren't afraid to ask, because they knew that that was my sentiment. i had people come into my office saying through the lobbyists, i played golf with you yesterday. why wouldn't you tell me. why wouldn't they tell you about getting this lobby in. they said that's how things are done. i said, you don't know about me. it's pork and i guess you've got to -- you've got to put a stop to the spending. but you've got to condition the people in your constituency, maybe in the country that, you know, there's going to be a little vinegar that you've got to swallow in order for this democracy to come in. what do you say? >> i say thank you very much. an evening to remember. [applause] thank you very much >> that was an interview from december 2005. the former illinois congressman died earlier this week at the age of 82. he served from 1959 until 1995, and was chairman of the ways and means committee for

of that storm. you could see there was either some damage at the white house. heat wave continues. 18 states now under heat advisories including iowa, illinois, texas feels like 115f courses on everyone's mind when will the heat end? in kansas city it ends on sunday. same in chicago. the humidity dissipates, dallas and memphis, you'll still be oppressively hot >> thanks so much. this weather report has been brought to you by orkin. elizabeth, back to you. >> marysol, thanks so much. >>> coming up next, from killer heat waves to fire, to those devastating floods in pakistan and iowa, why all the severe weather? is it global warming? [ male announcer ] for frequent heartburn relief, nothing beats prevacid®24hr. just one pill helps keep you heartburn free for a full 24 hours. prevent the acid that causes frequent heartburn with prevacid®24hr, all day, all night. nothing works better. 11a. hd 3. [ female announcer ] moms always want to give 100%. and they can without even trying. caprisun 100% juice is a full serving of fruit and no added sugar. so your kids get 100% goodness in the pouch they love. caprisun 100% juice. i can respect that. so your kids get 100% goodn

and the lion share of how this is paid for is foreign tax cuts that we're eliminating. did you have a follow-up on that? >> if a state like illinois still has $670 million of education stimulus money that it's been allotted that it hasn't spent, why doesn't it use that money before you give it more? >> a lot of these -- what we did was we looked at what was the most responsible way to repurpose some of the stimulus money? in this specific case there was an opportunity to pay for part of what we're doing with that money. now, the vast majority of the stimulus has already been spent. it's either out the door or it's allocated to specific project or it's going to go out in the form of a tax cut that people are going to get in their paycheck. we don't think that we should turn any of that around. we can't take one job creation program and eliminate it and create it at the expense of another that we're eliminating. we need to build on the progress that we're making. so, in this case we think that we found the right formula to do this in the most fiscally responsible way. >> wait a minute. >> the figures of illinois still has $670 milli

you have states like new york, new jersey, california, illinois that are in crisis mode over their state personnel public pension costs. estimates of pension fund underfunding on the state level can reach up to $3 trillion today. in california alone, the public pension funds are underfunded by 535 billion dollars. that is billion with a b. to put things in perspective that is greater than the gross domestic product of poland or saudi arabia. that is $35,000 for every household in the state. teachers funds are estimated at, teachers pension funds are estimated at being underfunded i almost a trillion dollars. $933 billion. the city of cleveland, cleveland alone to fully fund their pension plan it would cost more than busing kids to school or paying for their textbooks for a year. in milwaukee, the union blocked fully funding the pension cuts-- fully funding their pensions. in milwaukee they were seeing a 48 million-dollar deficit in their school funding. the cities simply sought to make the teachers have co-pays like everyone else and benefits. small expenses, taking a few pension cuts. the teachers union balked. they said no. as a

levy and dam construction in the plains states have stopped the natural flow of river, the positing sediments that build up marshes and estuaries. farming from illinoise create a noxious gas down the mississippi river. it creates a dead zone in the gulf that is anr( astounding 770 square miles, larger than the size of the state of connecticut. most damaging, though, are the oil companies 10,000 miles of canals and pipelines that snake through the marshes and bring oil and gas to the offshore refineries and bring energy to all the people in this country. the dredging for pipelines and canals allows salt water from the gulf'>ñ to flood and boys in the wetlands. := they can see the land that has disappeared. islands vanish. rows of trees are submerged. homes and to our communities. it seems to have happened so quickly, but really, it was generations in the making. the bp catastrophe has accelerated the destruction and quá awareness of howuction and close to the brink we really are. x÷t÷thomas picayune coastal exp, bob marshall, said that with 200 million gallons of oil in the gulf, "arco's is like a cancer patient that has come down with -- our coast

of a very different background than where you came from. it is hugely important. some schools are doing a phenomenal job and others have a long way to go. at illinois state university, there -- a started to have their students come and live in one of our hispanic communities, stay indoors for six months. it was absolute cockerel immersion. -- living in communities had been fully engaged. that is what areas where schools can do a much better job of hands-on, tactical experience. we have to do a much better job of mentoring with this is tough work. we are asking more teachers now than ever before with less resources. great preparation is a big piece of it, but ongoing support and entering is hugely important. the dividends for students is absolutely huge. we want to get a lot better as we move forward. >> thank you for your commitment today. it was excellent. i want ask about parents. we talk to a lot of the parents who are concerned about their child being bullied. what provisions might there be -- i understand supporting use in schools, but parents are concerned. we saw ms. walker where her son committed suicide. how we provide information to families ab

of united states. as the state's eleanor -- senator in illinois, he worked to change laws in that state. they used funds to drive campaign cars, not just for your campaign, but just to drive around. somebody in the u.s. senate passed ethics reform in 2007. he has instituted here some of the toughest rules on closing the revolving door and ensuring that the people of this country know each and every month who comes in to meet with people and who they meet with. >> to clarify the earlier question on top kill vs static kill, yesterday, admiral palin said there was the possibility that there was more harm than good -- admiral allen said there was the possibility that there was more harm than good in trying to complete the relief well. are you implying that you will go ahead with the relief well? >> the powers vested in me are not the same as those of the national incident command. i will let them make the final announcement on that. i think what admiral allen might have -- i did not see what he said specifically. there has been, and i said this earlier, at the to the big points along the way

of state have reports of election fraud. every election there are plenty of reports of that. host: gerald on the democratic line in greenville, north carolina. you're next. caller: yes, the caller from illinoisidn't understand why the democrats weren't being a party of no, but during that time every time there was an issue that the democrats disagreed with, they were branded as unpatriotic. that was just my comment. host: tom on the republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. there are perfectly good life lessons here when it comes to what has happened to the democrat party. all they do is demonize, criticize, and play the blame. after two years of president obama, the best they have is blaming bush. we are not bush. demonize the tea party. demonize anybody that disagrees with them. they are the party of inaction. all they know how to do is take money from the people and that doesn't create jobs. that creates more debt. host: tom, we got your point. yesterday the house approved that state aid bill, $26 billion for states. do you suspect that that spending along with the stimulus and other things become an issue in the general elections? >> democrats, i remember previous cycle, the i

states have acted under this crisis. most of them, not all of them, have acted very actively. true in michigan, illinoistrue throughout this country. we are in this together. we are in this together. it is not as if people think that we should have -- we have been worried about the unemployed. we have had trouble fitting and unemployment compensation bill through. finally the country votes and says look, you have millions of people, 2.5 million people losing benefits. fired every four seconds and enough of the country said to republicans in the senate that we would finally get the bill. host: do you see room for states to go it alone? is there going to be a point where they have to do more of this? guest: look, if the states were not acting, we would have thrown the ball back to them completely. it is interesting, again, i listened to some of the republicans. why were they doing this? they wrote a letter saying that they needed some help to take action on their own to help a bit. the danger in this town is that things have become so polarized and so politicized that everyone is working for the advantage

of states and she's selling an awful lot of books. sarah palin this weekend looked like she was having a great time doing what she's doing. goes back to another quote, paul simon, the senator from illinois, said "in politics, sometimes when you win, you lose, and sometimes when you lose, you win." right now, sarah palin, at least for her own political interests, is looking like a big winner. >> all right. joe scarborough. we're simulcasting msnbc and nbc. thanks for lending me your viewers, joe. >> thank you so much! the extra 10 million's really going to put you over the top. this show could really be something one day. i root for you guys. >> good seeing you, joe. say hi to mika. take care. >> all right. thank you so much. >> that was fun. we've got to check the rest of the morning's top stories, however. we have carl quintanilla from cnbc subbing for me this morning. good morning. >> good to see you. good morning, everybody. >>> a huge relief effort is under way this morning in pakistan following flooding that has killed more than 1,100 people. more than 28,000 others have been trapped by floodwaters. the u.s. began delivering aid to the region on sunday. >>> a dramatic rescue in chi

of reach visit, predated the new york mosque controversy. the imam is on a three-day trip to the middle east paid for by the state department. chicago, illinois. andy on independent line. talking about the last combat brigade leaving iraq. go ahead. caller: i recently thought i heard that this means combat operations have ended in iraq. but i thought president bush said that several years ago, that combat operations have ended, and maybe another caller can answer the question, what does it mean. what do people mean when they say combat operations had ended? host: what does it mean to you? caller: [laughter] it does not mean a whole lot. i think it is something politicians say to make people happy. that is what it means to me. host: ok. new orleans. independent line. are you with us? caller: i am going to comment on a caller just now. after -- just about every war, left troops behind. and they still have them behind. but the reason why i called is to say that all rivalry should stop against the president'. the right wing's saying -- i think the man is doing a great job and as far as the tea bag ers -- host: happening in washington, that two ev

illinois, indiana and michigan. it is good for the entire community is good for the city. good for the state. ford is also committed to selling more ofround world. (applause) including the export the manufacture right here, we had a seven to 90 countries. (applause) so to date, the sports those efforts of my administration is announcing a two under and $50 million export, import bank loan guarantee for ford. (applause) (cheering) (applause) what this does is this helps for the export this will help ford escort more than 200,000 cars, trucks overseas. and that means more production and more manufacturing jobs right here in the united states of america. a >> you are listening to president barack obama re now delivering comments at a ford assembly plant there in chicago talking about how the bailout plan for the domestic auto industry is now reaping their roots words of what a year later and how we're approaching exports around the world for ford trucks, gm vehicles chrysler vehicles as well. he's on the campaign trail stumping for local candidates in chicago we will follow islam as we have to take a quick nnouncer ] jobs leaving. a bud

of the united states senate right now. only three of them can be replaced by special elections in november. delaware, west virginia and illinois. in colorado, florida and new york, even -- it florida he is not even running for re-election but in colorado and new york even if the incumbents michael ben death and chris -- bennett and gillibrand lose they will be able to vote for this so we call on both of them, if they lose to, resign immediately the people have rejected to say i will step aside and allow the people's elected senator to take office to decide on these consequential policy changes. for michael bennett's case, an appointed senator there is a precedent. the last time an appointed senator ran for his own six-year term and lost was david karnes in 1988 in nebraska and he allowed bob kerry to be seated on election day. that is the the right thick to do and we urge michael bennett if he loses he ought to resign and not vote on a lame duck session. i think we have an opportunity, i talked about it earlier, we have an opportunity to appeal to moderate members of both parties that cheating the process, ov overturning a nat