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susan collins is live with the devastation and cleanen efforts left behind. >> reporter: hi. the broken trees and damaged roofs was decided that yes this was caused by tornadoes. tornadotornadoes ripped up barns and wreaked havoc in this county. >> the serious damage on the house was where the pine tree apparently tore touch back foundation. >> reporter: bob had to respond to the devastation at his sister's home. she was shocked to find her home was struck by flying trees while they were on vacation in carolina. >> they turned on the tv and saw their house had damage. >> reporter: the national weather service examed the house today and determines determines the line of destruction determines a tornado passed through. it's clear they were rip add part or pulled from the ground with great force by the roots. >> you can see the lower they break off. >> reporter: a howard county family had two cars wrecked. one car had a windshield smashed by a tree. another car was crushed in the driveway with one daughter inside it. >> we are thankful everybody is safe. >> reporter: with all th

the clunker program got better when california democratic senator dieian feinstein and maine's susan collins announced the mileage improvements are better than skeptics expected and leaders of both parties want to keep the program. all the democrats in the senate will come here tomorrow and look for ways to do that in a meeting with president obama. bret: more on this with the panel. wendell goler live on the north lawn. general motors says 6,000 blue collar workers have taken the latest round of early retirement and buyout offers. that still leaves the company short of its goal, meaning more layoffs are likely. g.m. wants to cut 7,400 more workers by the end of the year. spending on home construction rose by 3/4 of a point. it is the second increase in three months. manufacturing activity declined at the slowest rate since last august. production is at its highest level in more than two years, and tftion a big day on wall street. the dow jumped almost 115 points. the s&p rose 15 and change and the nasdaq picked up just over 3o republican turned democratic senator arlen specter says august i

olympia snow or susan collins. maybe even chuck grassley. that's a grimmer. >> it is a glimmer. i was with chuck grassley in four town squares yesterday. the fringe didn't take over. they were, in fact, pointed but they were not hostile. people got up and said, we'll put you out if you support this but it wasn't in some crazy, yelling manner. i think by and large, we can assume that most of the town hall meetings are fine. people are upset. people are looking at major things. i think what's interesting now is that as we are now looking and i'm sure you have gotten this in your e-mails as well, at what i think is a shift in how the democrats are approaching this. it used to be, this is the fringe. these are crazy people, the t bag people, the birthers. most of the town hall meetings are just fine. i think what they have seen is they have moved more against it than for it. >> the white house, it is becoming more assertive. >> they are. david axlerod sent out a six-page e-mail refuting a lot of what they called myths about health care. >> and asking recipients to keep forwarding it

final seconds yet, so i think they ought to try to hold out, and if not grassley, then olympia, or susan collinshe senator from iowa has made it very clear that he will are not support anything that has any language every a government program or a public option how's the president going to navigate around that? >> remember, you heard robert gibbs talk about getting some of the out of the finance committee that would progress the process. the idea is, you just keep the shark moving so that it doesn't drown. whatever comes out of the finance committee is probably will be what the senate bill looks like, but, you know, these deals are done behind closed doors when the senators and house members and white house meet to hash out the final deal. that was always what president obama wanted down before the august recess that we didn't see this kind of mayhem we're seeing. they'll have to do it in september. first they need something through the senate. >> karen, i thought the president did an excellent job in portsmouth, new hampshire, debuvged all the right-wing bullet points and even made it very clea

two key senators, democrat dianne feinstein and republican susan collins, are both opposed -- well, they did oppose passing more money to pay for the program. now, they have changed their position and will support that extension. but the program is still facing stiff opposition. brianna keilar has our report. >> reporter: christopher sherrisome and mary lafleur were going to wait until next year to get rid of their 1998 nissan pathfinder, which gets 15 miles per gallon. then they qualified for as 3500 rebate toward a new car under the government's cash for clunkers program. >> we just don't want to miss that, to miss this program. >> reporter: that sentiment is fuelling a boom at neil cooperman's toyota dealership outside new york city. >> the sales have picked up at least 50 to 75%. >> reporter: but the buying frenzy could be short lived. >> the bill is passed without objection to motion, reconsidered later on the table much. >> reporter: the house of representatives passed a $2 billion extension of the program before adjourning for august recess last friday but it's uncertain if the se

dine an feinstein and susan collins of maine had opposed this additional funding, but they've changed their mind. others say the incentive is too limited. >> if you do create some incentives, people will buy things. instead of targeting one industry, we had talked about several months ago instead of the stimulus spending plan just give across the board tax cuts to businesses and to workers so they can go out and decide what to buy. it's not fair to borrow this money and charge it to people who aren't buying cars so that few can buy cars. >> car companies and dealers say the cash for clunkers program is helping their bottom line. >>> with so many people taking advantage of the trade-in deal, what happens to the clunkers many of you are turning in? jason carroll has the answer. >> reporter: major automakers reporting a boost in sales, thanks to the government's cash for clunkers program, consumers giving thanks, too. >> you know, we have $4,500 for this vehicle. >> we're rehappy for it. >> reporter: official numbers not in yet, but already tens of thousands of owners have dumped their o

including: >> reporter: i'm susan collins in howard county. a prisoner >>> welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning. i'm jessica kartalija. >> i'm tim williams. it's the bottom of the hour. temperatures approaching 70 degrees area-wide. temperatures on route to a day time high around 90 degrees. looking at a start in the mid-60 degree range. we're around 68 at the airport. we'll look for 89 degrees down to the mid-60s tonight. look at the tropics ahead in a few moments. >> thank you, but first we want to update the breaking news out of afghanistan. a suicide car bomb killed seven people overnight in kabul. more than 1100 pounds of explosives were inside the car. the attack comes just five days before the country gears up for its second ever presidential election. the taliban are warning citizens not to vote and are even threatening to attack voting sites. >>> investigators say a crash involving michael phelps was caused by another driver. phelps will have to appear before a judge though for a license penalty. >>> baltimore orioles crui

clunker's program including california democratic senator dianne feinstein and maine republican susan collinseighed in and may have tipped the scales in favor of extending the program. >> there were a number of us that wanted the most fuel efficient program. i think what you have heard here today is this program has done much better than we ever believed it would in terms of fuel efficiency. let's go with it. >> there is less agreement about where the $2 billion will come from but lawmakers think they can reprogram some stimulus money that wasn't scheduled to be spent until next year. shepard? shepard: wendell goler live tonight at the white house. brand new auto sales figures show that cash for clunkers program has met its main goal of luring car shoppers back into the delearships. look at the numbers here. if you are wondering what that funny looking green thing is in the background there, that's an up arrow. we haven't seen one of those next to the ford symbol for almost two years. its u.s. sales up 2.3% in july. compared with the same month last year. it's all about cash for clunkers. chr

issue of freedom, i just came back from a trip with lindsey graham and joe lieberman and senator susan collins to yemen, afghanistan, iraq, and i can tell you, we have the freest and most wonderful nation in the world. [applause] i believe we will protect your freedom. the second part of your question was that -- >> [inaudible] >> yes. what you are referring to, my friends, is that some years ago, we adopted a budget process, and when you start talking about this, my eyes glaze over, but basically, there's an arcane mechanism that you can by 51 votes pass certain provisions because of the budget process. we keep hearing that democrats want to use this, what was intended for budgetary reasons, to reform health care using that mechanism. it is called "reconciliation." i am very worried about that. i fall all along they could not ram it through and get 60 votes, they will try part of it through the 51-vote process. i am unalterably opposed to that. it would be a drastic change in the way that the united states senate does business, and i hope if you see that coming, you would not allow that to ha

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they will need olympia snowe and maybe susan collins. >> at least one. >> and so -- and they're goingeed those moderate democrats some of whom are getting unenthusiastic like joe lieberman. the idea that this is going to be rammed through with all the things the democrats want, it's unrealistic and unted kennedy. >> i'll give you my premise. i'll tell what you i think and then say do you agree or not. i think the keys are within the democratic party. they need to have a meeting and write a bill. if they can get 60 they will get somebody from massachusetts appointed in the next couple weeks. that's going to happen. they will get 60 democratic senators. the question is can they get the 60 democratic votes. that's the key to me. if they can do that, they will have a bill. it'ses a simple as that. 60 democrats will make this happen. will they get them? >> i think they will, but they will have to tell the liberals particularly on the house side, this idea of drawing a line in the sand, this idea of a public option or not is not going to work. if they can't get it, if the system doesn't all

here's what susan collin said off her blag after meog. >> she said she left that meeting with no doubt that he will ask for more troops. and there are a number of options circulated. medium risk, 25,000 more, high risk, 45,000 more. senator john mccain out this morning saying he is worried that that has been made public because he thinks there is political pressure and that at best then you will split the difference and give 25,000 more troops. pressure? >> i think it is serious. and it is deteriorating. i've said that over the last couple years. that taliban insurgency has gotten better, more sophisticated and tactics, just in my recent visits out there and talking with our troops, certainly indicate that. >> you have no doubt he'll ask for more troops? >> actually, we're not at a point yet where he's made any decisions about asking for additional troops. thinks gui his guidance is assess where you are and then tell us what you need. and when we'll get to that point. and i -- i want to -- i guess assure you or reassure you that he hasn't asked for any additional troops to this point i

hopes this press conference was a joint press conference with the republican senator from maine susan collins that there could be a breakthrough announced and a deal in the senate which would indicate they're going to get the extra money. does not appear that happened. let's bring in phil now who has been spending his day at a ford dealership. we thought we'd get news of a deal. i guess it's hard to read anything into the fact that we haven't. how do you see it going from here? >> reporter: listen, everybody in washington says the same thing, which is ultimately they expect cash for clunkers to be extended by another $2 billion. the interesting thing is that transportation secretary lahood said earlier today according to wire reports it has to happen by tomorrow night or else this program runs out of money. now, it may be extended a little longer, a couple more days. one way or another something needs to be worked out in the next couple days in order for dealers to continue to write through on these contracts because if you have not signed a deal by the time the money runs out they can't writ

now, yesterday democrat dianne feinstein and republican susan collins said they will support extending the program. opponents say that cash for clunkers program is poorly managed. supporters say it's a big succe success. >> if it ain't broke, don't fix it. it's working in every way. it's working as a stimulus, it's working to help families, it's working to improve mileage. what we need to do here is not put on the brakes but step on the gas, keep the program going. >> the government should not be in the used car business, and this is just a great example of how badly the government manages things. >> the white house says the cash for clunkers program has helped more than a quarter million people trade in their new gas guzzlers. >> exactly what our neighbors did. they came over and said, yeah, we bought two new cars. you have to get over and get this done. >> our problem is we are low on cars. we're the lowest we were in three years. >> the cash for clunkers program is intended to run through november. even if it gets an extra $2 billion, it will probably only last through september. >>

here is susan collins of maine. >> if we go to five-day delivery and we close 1000 post offices, it seemsme you are providing the service. i have a lot of reservations about that. >> i just spoke to a democratic senator chairing the panel, and his spokesperson said ending saturday delivery is something they may consider. i have yet to hear someone who say they will support it. bill: is so relevant to each and every one of us. in one way or the other -- another, we all use the postal service. megyn: a rock legend air lifted to the hospital after falling off the stage. steven tyler taking a spill after the sturgis motorcycle rally in florida. he was dancing around after the sound system failed. of course, this video is not from the concert. he fell onto a couple of fans, but was able to get up, however, the cancel -- the concert was canceled halfway through the show. it is not clear how serious his injuries are. bill: have the seen him in concert? at the age of 61, he moves. he takes that microphone stand and does things with it -- you would have to be a gymnast. megyn: you know what he lov

dianne feinstein and susan collins are asking the department of transportation for a report on exactly what vehicles are being traded in and bought. the ceo of auto nation told cnn money that demand is tilting in favor of foreign carmakers, yet cash for cluvgers was designed to put more fuel-efficient vehicles on the road and boost the u.s. auto industry. bill tucker, k cnn, new york. >>> it ran all kinds of stories on how the recession has forced people out of their homes. this week we saw just a tiny ray of hope in this new report from reality track showing foreclosures are easing in some of the worst hit areas of the country. for example, foreclosures are down in new york, boston, cleveland, even detroit. all four cities are downdigits. but not out of the woods yet. aathe lot of areas still in trouble cities provo, utah, boise, idaho, eugene, oregon, and salem, oregon. increases on the cities unemployment is to be blamed. what if you find yourself hitting a hard financial spot? what if your situation is so dire it demands foreclosure on your home? that's a reality for thousands of p

here's what susan collins wrote on her blog about general mcchrystal.ng. she says after his assessment, quote, it seems however pretty clear that he will be asking for more troops. some say maybe 20,000 more. a key question in the next few weeks. some nato allies set in a modest number of troops during the elections to prevent violence. the administration wants those nato allies to leave those troops for six or eight months. the question is can it convince them. right now it appears the answer will be no. >> the elections very historic yesterday, the second presidential election. millions of people showed up in defiance of the taliban threats, al qaeda threats. hamid karzai, the president, seeking re-election. does the administration, based on everything you're hearing, have a favorite? would they like to see him get re-elected? dr. abdullah abdullah, someone else? there are about 20 candidates running. >> the administration says it has no preference. they believe corruption is ram pan with ma ha hamid karzai. senator corker talked about benchmarks beca

democrats dianne feinstein and republican susan collins have dropped their opposition. last week wbl the two said they would vote no unless higher standards were put in place. and meet the new boss, same as the old boss, donald trump and daughter, ivanka have fought off a rival bid from bondholders to regain control of casino trump casinos. the company filed for bankruptcy a third time back in fed. trump and beal bank plan to take the bank private. >>> anz has agreed to pay $516 million to help pay for rbs's asian units. the deal gives anz access to 54 branches across asia with $3.2 billion in loanes and $.billion worth of deposits. a fl z plans to generates benefits from them since 2012. >> we expect tack sigz to be on a cash basis earnings per share are created from 2011. and we feel that is very achievable. in terms of the multiple to book, we're very pleas pleased with that multiple. i think it reflects market conditions which are changed considerably over the last few months, indeed, over the last year. >> well, anz closed up 0.6%. in sydney of australia, this is h

we talked to susan collins from the postal delivery service, and here is what she has to say. >> itsscenes like this will only cost the postal -- it seems like this will only cause the postal service to lose more customers. so i am asking a lot of questions about that proposal. >> and they say that cutting service is a last resort. but i was told that they already aggressively slashed costs over the last fiscal year, including eliminating 1400 supervisory and management positions, offering early retirement to under 50,000 workers, cutting hours, and instituting a hiring freeze. jane: when will we figure out if our neighborhood office is being dropped? >> well, no final decisions until september 30. it also has to be approved by congress. the biggest factor here is the recession and all of the volume they have lost, especially advertising mail, a junk mail. apparently, that pays the bills. jon: a effective immediately, the marine corps is banning social networking sites like facebook and my space from their computer systems, fearing that they could expose confidential information. the

he also has sway over census republicans in the senate, such as susan collins and olympia snowe from maine. he has good relations with both of them. it's possible he could persuade them to oppose this bill. >> what are the prospects for approval in the senate? >> i now is hard to say. dianne feinstein is a very influential voice. basically she agreed to the classic -- cash for clunkers program in the first place on the condition that any extension to the program or follow up would raise the gas mileage standards even further. when congress first pass the bill, she had a competing measure that higher gas mileage standards. she was persuaded to support the first bill if the extension or to boost standards. the house bill does not appear to do that, so she will be a tough one to persuade. without her support, it will be tougher to get this done. >> is it too early to consider the overall impact of this program? >> no, it has been a wild success for auto dealers. they sold 200 pit to thousand vehicles because of this program in the first -- they sold 250,000 vehicles in the first week. w

susan collins a rapinging member that oversees postal issues. >> it strikes me as short-sighted for the postal service first response to be to cut back service to its customers. the postal service has essentially come up with three ideas to deal with this crisis, one is to go to five-day a week delivery rather than six. now we're hearing a second idea to potentially close 1,000 post offices across the country. >> and again, the third idea has to do with retiree health benefits, the way they pay for those. the postal service takes issue with the idea that this is a first response. i got off the fope with a spokesperson who says they've already done numerous cost cutting issues and cut operating costs and work hours and says it's the recession and it's really what's hitting them hard here, megyn. megyn: and now people are sitting at home wondering if their local post office will be gone. thank you. bill: really going to have an impact on the consumer who relied on the post office on the corner decade after decade. megyn: when you live in a smaller town where i you grew up in del mar you k

john mccain, joseph lieberman, and susan collins went to libya a week ago to discuss the possibilityring non- lethal defense equipment. they have issued a statement. they have issued a statement. in terms of what the agreed family members are going to do, yes, they are going to be meeting, they will have a conference call, to be specific about what their next move should be. they're talking about joining a protest outside of the united nations when colonel khadafy makes a historic visit there next month. jamie: you saw that video. trace: they tried to play it down. he raised his hand, like he was the champion of a prize fight. it clearly said to the u.s., "you know what? we will do what we want." we ask you if the release was directing to do on the grounds of compassion. here are the results. 95% of you said it was the wrong thing to do, and the comments we got on the fox news website, you have got to look at these things, because we cannot say a lot of them here. outstanding, overwhelming opinions on this one. log on to and see what your fellow americans have said. jamie: she cannot

dianne feinstein and susan collins say they will support the extension and you may be wondering what is happening to the clunkers that people are getting cash for. jason carroll explains. >> reporter: major automakers reporting a boost in sales, thanks to the government's cash for clunkers program, consumers giving thanks, too. >> i got $4,500 for this vehicle. >> reporter: official numbers not in yet, but already tens of thousands of owners have dumped their old cars for new ones. what happens to the old ones? a fluid put into the engines at the dealerships make them unusable. what's next? >> this is the next step. >> reporter: most end up at salvage yards like this one. >> definitely helped our business out. >> reporter: dan took us on a step-by-step process of declunking the clunker. step one, evaluation. >> these cars came in right from the dealership in teterboro right over the bridge. >> this is an example of some of the clunkers for cash that you're getting. these three. >> basically on this. normally if it wasn't a clinker's car, i could save the doors the airbags, sell them.

ellos son mel martÍnez, lindsay graham, susan collins, richard lugar, christopher bond y george greg.tas se cree que esto agvarÁ el distanciamiento de estos votantes que es el de mayor crecimiento en el paÍs. el partido ha estado perdiendo apoyo entre hispanos en parte por su oposiciÓn con el tema atorio. el aÑo pasado solamente el 31% de los hispanos votÓ por el senador john mccain para presidente, y eso que es de un estado con una gran poblaciÓn hispana como arizona. por cierto, Éste tambiÉn se lo opondrÁ a la elecciÓn de sotomayor. el partido estÁ alejando definitivamente a los hispanos convirtiÉndose solamente en un partido de hombres anglosajones blancos. neida. >> bueno, a seguir escuchando durante todo el dÍa esas discusios en el pleno del senado y atentos a esa confirmaciÓn de sonia sotomayor a la corte suprema de justicia. gracias, lourdes, por tu informaciÓn en vivo desde washington d.c., mÁs adelante continuamos contigo. tambiÉn a washington el senado votarÁ sobre la adjudicaciÓn de mÁs dinero al programa "cash for trunkers". si el programa aprueba $2 mil millones, el progr

that could walk over to orrin hatch's office and talk to him and could talk to olympia snow and susan collinsand ask the question, what do you need? how do we get from where we are to where we need to be? i need your vote. ted kennedy is not there anymore. president obama. we've got dylan ratigan on the other side of president barack obama remembering ted kennedy. >> i had the honor to call teddy a colleague, a counselor, and a friend. and even though we have known this day a was coming for some time now, we waited it with no small amount of dread. since teddy's diagnosis last year, we've seen the courage with which he battled his illness and while these months, no doubt, have been difficult for him, they also led him here from people from every corner in our nation and from around the world just how much he meant to all of us. despite a he has given us the opportunity we were denied when his brothers john and robert were taken from us. the blessing of time to say thank you and good-bye. the outpouring of love, gratitude, and fond memories to which we've all bourn witness is a testament to wh

you have olympia snowe and susan collins as the lone remaining senators from the northeast.ave won the bet is retiring at the end of next year. -- you have one that is retiring at the end of next year. there is legitimate concern in washington among party leaders that the party is becoming more regionalized and they need to expand their base. i think that is a debate that is going on with the party. host: next up is plainview, n.y., on our line for republicans. caller: i had several comments to make. host: go ahead. caller: i listen to you most weekends when i can. i get up at 6:00 a.m. i have been following the health-care debate, mostly. you mentioned before that we cannot have a debate. most of the new channels that i watch, there are no facts and figures regarding what the bills are. we generally herar platitudes ad general information about what will be changed but where are the facts and figures? anxiety is created when people fear an unpleasant event that they cannot control. one of the reasons they have this anxiety is because they do not know what is coming. they fe

republicans that may be relevant by the end are the two senators from maine, olympia snowe and susan collinsf the republicans in this health care debate are irrelevant. >> i think the blue dogs, obama really let them get out of control quickly. i think he could have done a better job with that i have to say. in the end if he gets something, we will probably look back and say, he did get something for health care. has he tried. it may not be everything we want. perhaps liberals will end up trying to torpedo that at least could get incremental health. >> circumstances in which he is trying to make this happen. >> we may look back and say it's only the way he set up for reform that made him in a sense look at failure. if he had done incremental approach he would have been able to achieve disaggregated successes. >> not just in health care. but pat buchanan, overall, the last six months, burned political capital with a stimulus package that was unfocused. he could have made it bipartisan. i know that offends people but that's just the raflt it. history would show that's the reality. cap and trad

. >> on healthcare, and you said that senator snowe was on that, and susan collins. >> know, you've got the right one -- or wrong one. the senator from wyoming, senator grassley, iowa, and senator snowe from maine. >> i live in maine and maryland both. my first question to you is, are you going to put into the bill the ability to buy insurance between states? [applause] my insurance as a self-employed person required me to move to maryland, it went to $2,300 a month. the same exact policy for the same exact sharon's -- insurance company is $789. are you going to require the insurance companies in health care reform to have interstate purchase of insurance? [applause] >> good question. >> and i have a second question. >> let me give you an answer to that. here is the balancing that we have to deal with. health insurance has generally been regulated by the states, not the federal government. i think that there is a strong preference to include the states as the primary regulator, rather than the federal government being the primary regulator. that presents challenges for a state such as m

. >> on healthcare, and you said that senator snowe was on that, and susan collins. >> know, you've got the right one -- or wrong one. the senator from wyoming, senator grassley, iowa, and senator snowe from maine. >> i live in maine and maryland both. my first question to you is, are you going to put into the bill the ability to buy insurance between states? [applause] my insurance as a self-employed person required me to move to maryland, it went to $2,300 a month. the same exact policy for the same exact sharon's -- insurance company is $789. are you going to require the insurance companies in health care reform to have interstate purchase of insurance? [applause] >> good question. >> and i have a second question. >> let me give you an answer to that. here is the balancing that we have to deal with. health insurance has generally been regulated by the states, not the federal government. i think that there is a strong preference to include the states as the primary regulator, rather than the federal government being the primary regulator. that presents challenges for a state such as m

again some of the key senators including dianne feinstein, but also chuck schumer of new york and susan collins maine saying they believe there is sufficient support to provide the extra money, but senate riders had -- leaders had not agreed on how and when to provide the vote. >> guest: i'm sure that the industry is lobbying very hard with lawmakers to make sure that -- well, you know, it's already passed congress, so it's really up to the senate at this point. so we have until friday until they recess to have some sort of resolution here. >> host: with all of the changes that have taken place with gm shutting down many of its dealerships, ford the only domestic automaker that did not go through bankruptcy and chrysler going through its own transition, where do you see the domestic awe toe industry five years from now? >> guest: i'm particularly concerned about the 3400 dealerships that are slated to be closed at this time between gm and chrysler. there's 169,652 direct jobs affected by that. the best customer domestic automakers could possibly have is someone driving their products right now,

the democrats went to olympia snowe and her fellow maine republican, susan collins, as well as arlen who was still republican than. they try to cut a deal. that is another way that a senator can wield influence if the margin is so close that their boat is key. -- that there vote is -- their vote is key. caller: good morning. i have a couple of comments. on the question of clout, we have a dairy business and can i get any senators or congressman to help. we do not done enough i think to their campaigns to be recognized by them. a question on insurance, we are small business and must provide our own interests which costs us $1,200 as a family of four. i do not hear anything about small businesses and their costs. we do have one employee. that is more insurance. i do not think we really have any voice in the senate or congress. guest: the issue of small businesses has been a big part of the debate, mostly focused on if it is mandated, and how to do that with a small business. there has been a concern there. many moderate democrats from rural districts -- there has been a lot of talk abo

guest: the person that is out in front is diane feinstein, a democrat in california and she an susan collins of maine sent a letter saying we need more data about what is coming into this plan and what is being sold, the environmental benefits, the costs attached to it and until we see the data we can't support it. senator feinstein has said in the past she had a promise from senate leadership that no more money would go to this program unless there were tougher fuel economy standards brought into it. because the house has left for a month and the senate will leave at the end of the week, there is no room to change the bill that the house passed, but simply here is $2 billion in the program. the people who oppose this, if they are going to try to fight this bill, don't have to win the battle. they just have to delay it a week until the senate leads and then the senate leadership has to decide is it worth staying around to get it done. host: ohio, mary on our independent line. caller: good morning. i have concerns regarding this, and i'm just wondering that if we had just let everything just

. >> on healthcare, and you said that senator snowe was on that, and susan collins. >> know, you've got the right one -- or wrong one. the senator from wyoming, senator grassley, iowa, and senator snowe from maine. >> i live in maine and maryland both. my first question to you is, are you going to put into the bill the ability to buy insurance between states? [applause] my insurance as a self-employed person required me to move to maryland, it went to $2,300 a month. the same exact policy for the same exact sharon's -- insurance company is $789. are you going to require the insurance companies in health care reform to have interstate purchase of insurance? [applause] >> good question. >> and i have a second question. >> let me give you an answer to that. here is the balancing that we have to deal with. health insurance has generally been regulated by the states, not the federal government. i think that there is a strong preference to include the states as the primary regulator, rather than the federal government being the primary regulator. that presents challenges for a state such as m

democrat dianne feinstein and republican susan collins are announcing as we speak that they will supportbama administration showed consumers are trending toward higher fuel-economy vehicles than the law requires. christopher and mary were going to wait until next year to get rid of their 1998 nissan pathfinder, which gets 15 mile per gallon. then they qualified for a $3,500 rebate toward a new car under the government's cash for clunkers program. >> we just don't want to miss that, to miss this program. >> reporter: that sentiment is fuelling a boom at neil cooperman's toyota dealership outside new york city. >> the sales have picked up at least 50%, 75%. >> reporter: but it could be short lived p. >> massed without objection. >> reporter: the house of representatives passed a $2 billion expansion of the program before adjourning for august recess last friday, but it's uncertain if the senate can do the same before it leaves at the end of this week. many republicans oppose cash for clunkers. >> the government should not be in the used car business, and this is just a great example of how

the republicans were senator lamar alexander of tennessee, chris bond of missouri, susan collins of maine. judd greg of new hampshire, senator richard lugar of indiana. editorial pages on all this, "the baltimore sun" calls it a wise validation. the senate confirmation of judge sotomayor is a welcome decision, but her overheated opponents now have some explaining to do of their own." that is "the baltimore sun," and the "wall street journal" editorial put it this way." "and undulate -- she nonetheless becomes the first hispanic justice. we can not help but contrast her treatment with the way democrats neared and filibustered appellate court nominee miguel estrada in 2001. he might otherwise have become the first hispanic justice in george w. bush's second term. but judge sotomayor's confirmation is a rifle source of pride to the port reading community. we wish her good judgment." annandale, virginia, back to this question on language -- " war on terrorism" being dropped. caller: first of all, i would like to say that if the first to go colors were a professor and a writer, i will eat my h

i can see him going to olympia snowe or susan collins you are the vote. >> we talk about this every morning on the show. the one thing ted kennedy understood and any great legislator understands is that you don't go around speaking in generalities. you go to owe llympia snowe. if you think you can pick off a republican and you ask a question. a very simple question. what do you need? i need you. i will do what it takes to get you onboard. what do you need? i need the 60th vote. that's how it works. while we can't speak for ted kennedy here, we talk about it. mike barnicle and i know how ted kennedy operated. he would go on the floor and he was a liberal's liberal. he was just a hero to liberals for years. but if a friend came to him, a conservative friend, and says i really need this, he wouldn't beat his chest, you know, away from me! he would say, okay, let me think through this. you know what? i'm going to call orrin hatch. i'll tell you what, orrin will be behind you. i have some other friends. i'm going to line them up for you. because ted kennedy understood that was part of the deal.

you have olympia snowe and susan collins as the lone remaining senators from the northeast.u have won the bet is retiring at the end of next year. -- you have one that is retiring at the end of next year. there is legitimate concern in washington among party leaders that the party is becoming more regionalized and they need to expand their base. i think that is a debate that is going on with the party. host: next up is plainview, n.y., on our line for republicans. caller: i had several comments to make. host: go ahead. caller: i listen to you most weekends when i can. i get up at 6:00 a.m. i have been following the health-care debate, mostly. you mentioned before that we cannot have a debate. most of the new channels that i watch, there are no facts and figures regarding what the bills are. we generally herar platitudes ad general information about what will be changed but where are the facts and figures? anxiety is created when people fear an unpleasant event that they cannot control. one of the reasons they have this anxiety is because they do not know what is coming. they

but folks on the hill like dianne feinstein and susan collins want more information from the transportationhey want to know how the first billion dollars has been spent and what types of vehicles have been purchased. the want to know whether people are really making a significant gas mileage upgrade to their vehicle and that is hard to say. there has been a flurry of purchases in the past week and no one has analyzed the data. >> your article mentions who will be challenged in this. it will be leading the charge? >> that would be senator john mccain. his upper -- his opposition is significant because he has a history of working across the aisle with democrats. he has good relationships with others. he could possibly persuade them to approve this bill. dianne feinstein is a very influential voice. she agreed to the cash for clunkers program in the first place on the condition that any follow-up would raise the gas mileage standards even further. when congress first pass this bill, she had a measure that would increase gas mileage measures. she was persuaded to support that first bill if the

the democrat went to snowe and susan collins as well as specter who was spill republican. what can we do? that's another way senator can wield influence. if their vote is key, nay can come in and say i'd like this in exchange for my vote. >> all right. let's go to my next call on the republican line. >> good morning. thank you for taking my call. i have a couple of comments. one of the clout questions, we have an area of business in outwater. we cannot get our senators nor or congressmen to seem to help. we don't have -- i think donate enough to their campaigns to be recognized by them. and question on the insurance, we're a small business. and we have to provide our own insurance which cost a family of four $1200. i don't hear anything on small business and their cost. and we do have an employee, so that would be more insurance we would have to purchase. i don't think we really have any voice in the senate or the congress. so thank you very much. >> the issue of small businesses has been a fairly big part of health care debate. mostly if you are going to mandate employees

. >> susan denser from health affairs. dr. collins, congratulations. i want to ask you if you've composed a song for your first day of work. >> that was considered and rejected by those who had better judgment than i. i was considering it and they thought it would be undignified. but at some future point -- >> we'll he still wait for that. two quick questions. one is as you know, some of the research advocacy groups are targeting a $40 billion a year an you'll appropriation for nih has a goal to work for in the next several years and i wonder if you resonate with that particular number, and secondly, you mentioned earlier the words peer review and innovation in the same sentence. of course, there are many in the research field who believe that, particularly in eras of straight funding, the study groups that review many of the ro1 proposals frankly aren't innovative and take the path of least resistance and there just simply isn't enough money to go around so i'm wondering about your particular ideas of addressing that concern. >> sure. two great questi

collins. >>> there is another good sign from wall street. susan lisovicz at the new york stock exchange. seen a lot of good signs from wall street since march. what's going on, susan? >> you know, in march, rick, we began at the beginning of a terrific rally on the sense that things were not getting worse. increasingly that things are getting better. and the confirmation from the federal reserve came yesterday. the fed basically issuing its most optimistic statement in a year. but you know, since we've been talking a lot about health care, rick, let me just use the u.s. economy as a patient. the patient may be out of icu, out of intensive care, but the u.s. economy -- the u.s. economy and the patient is not healthy yet. and we have some signs of it even though we're expecting a rally at the open, we're still seeing signs that the u.s. economy is sick. we have continuing jobless claims dip last week to 6.2 million people is still very, very high. and new jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week. retail sales, meanwhile, unexpectedly fell last month. auto sales benefitted from cash for c

. >> susan from health affairs. dr. collins, congratulations are want to ask if you have composed a song for your first day of work. >> that was considered and rejected by those who had better judgment than all right. i was considering it and they thought it would be undignified but at a future point. >> we will still wait for that. two quick questions one else you know some of the research and advocacy groups are now targeting authority billion dollar a year annual appropriation for in i.c.h. to work the next several years and i wonder if you resonate with that particular number and then secondly, you mentioned earlier the words. review and innovation in the same sentence. of course there are many in the research field to believe particularly in the era of st funding the study groups that review many of the ro1 proposals frankly are not innovative and take the least of the path of least resistance approving the the most familiar science as opposed to innovative science because there simply isn't enough money to go around so i

principal jeffrey collins and the portsmouth students, faculty, and staff, thank you, our hosts for today. your own outstanding governor, john lynch is here. and his wonderful wife, dr. susan lynch is here, the first lady of new hampshire. your united states senator, doing a great job, genie shaheen is here. the governor of the great state of maine and we are glad he's here in new hampshire today, john baldacci is here. two of my favorite people, they are just taking congress by storm, outstanding work, paul hoets, carol shaporter. give them a big round of applause. and we've got your own mayor, tom freeney is here. where's tom? where is he. there he is. now, i want to thank, more than anybody, lori, for that introduction and for sharing her story with the rest of us. thank you, lori. lori's story is the same kind of story that i've read in letters and i've heard in town hall meetings just like this one for the past five years. in fact, some of you where in those town hall meetings, as i was traveling all throughout new hampshire. it's the story of hard-working americans who are held hostage by health insurance companies that deny them coverage or drop their coverage or ch

collins and deportment high- school students. thank you. our host for the day. your own outstanding governor, john lynch. and his wonderful wife, dr. susan lynch, the first lady of new hampshire. your u.s. senator doing a great job, and ginnie sheen. [applause] the governor of the great state of maine, and we are glad he is here today. [applause] two of my favorite people, they are just taking congress by storm, paul hogues, cheryl kaye- porter. [applause] and we have your own mayor, tom farrini. [applause] now, i want to thank, more than anyone, laura, for the introduction. and for sharing her story for the rest that -- with the rest of us. thank you. her story is the same kind of story i have read in letters and heard in town hall meetings just like this one for the past five years. in fact, some of you were in thethose meetings. their stories of americans held hostage by health insurance companies who either drop their coverage or charge fees they cannot afford, for care that they desperately need. i believe is wrong. it is bankrupting families and businesses and that is why we are going to pass health insurance reform in 2009. [appla

and we are listening to susan cohen whose daughter, then 20 years old, died aboard pan am back in 1988. it is the top of the hour, everybody. i'm don lemon today in for heidi collinsllowing breaking news. one of the men believed to be responsible for that pan am 1303 bombing was released just moments ago and he is close to the airport to the plane on which he is going to go home to tripoli. the announcement came early this morning. >> i, too, understand the grief that has been felt. that has been running with us since 12th september 1988 and on the basis of how we would deal and on the beliefs we have as a people. i know that some will disagree and others will accept it and that is my decision. >> again, that was the announcement this morning by the scottish government, scottish justice secretary kenny mccaskill making that announcement saying they not only have to take the law and justice into account when they are ruling on someone's guilt or innocence or what is going to happen to them, but they also have to take in compassion, as well. certainly the way their system has been set up. we were talking to susan cohen here whose daughter was killed aboard that plan

collins and the portsmouth students and faculty and staff. thank you. our host for today. your own outstanding governor, john lynch, is here. and his wonderful wife, dr. susan lyne ch, is here. your united states senator doing a great job, jeanne shaheen, is here. the governor of the great state of maine, and we are glad he's here in new hampshire today, john baldacci, is here. two of my favorite people, they are just taking congress by storm, outstanding work -- paul hods, carol shea porter. give them a big round of applause. and we've got your own mayor, tommer tom ferrine is here. where is tom? there he is. now, i want to thank, more than anybody, laurie, for that introduction and for sharing her story with the rest of us. thank you, laurie. yeah, laurie's story is the same kind of story that i've read in letters, that i've heard in town hall meetings just like this one for the past five years. in fact, some of you were in that -- in those town hall meetings as i was traveling all throughout new hampshire. it's the story of hardworking americans who are held hostage by health insurance companies that deny them coverage or drop their coverage or charge fe

collins and the staff here at the school. [applause] he is our host for the day. your outstanding governor, john lynch is here. [applause] and his wonderful wife, susanlynch is here, the first lady of new hampshire. [applause] your united states senator, doing a great job, judy shaheen is here. [applause] the governor of the great state of maine and we are glad he is here in new hampshire today, john baldacci is here. [applause] two of my favorite people, they are just taking congress by storm, outstanding work, paul hodes, carol shea porter, [applause] give them a big round of applause] we also have your own mayor, tom parini is here. where is he? there he is. [applause] now, i want to thank, more than anybody, laurie for the introduction and sharing the story with the rest of us. thank you, laurie. [applause] her story is the same kind of story that i have read letters, i have heard in town hall meetings just like this one for the past five years. in fact, some of you were in those town hall meetings as i was traveling throughout new hampshire. it is the story of hard-working americans who are held hostage by health insurance companies that deny th