i'm judy woodruff in tampa, florida, where tomorrow-- in our own town hall meeting-- area residents question president obama's economic adviser, christina romer and former senator mel martinez, among others, about the role of government. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see you on-line. and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: every business day, bank of america lends nearly $3 billion to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses in every corner of

. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff in tampa, florida. it's tax day, and some people here are angry about how their tax dollars are being spent. we'll explore what's behind that anger. and what citizens here think the role of government should be. >> who does a better job of creating jobs? the public sector or the private sector. >> you look at almost all the questions that are asked and the first question posed to any of us, whether it's local, state, or federal is now what is government going to do? >> woodruff: we'll have our own town meeting with white house advisor christina romer. plus, former u.s. senator mel martinez, former congressman jim davis, tampa mayor pam iorio and hills pwro *eg county commissioner mark sharpe. >> lehrer: then, jeffrey brown examines president obama's plans to revamp the space program. and simon marks reports from london on british politics-- american style-- with their first televised debate. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >>

. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill, in tampa, florida, where we've come for a weeklong look at what americans think about their government. tonight's topic: the economic downturn hits home. first, paul solman reports on florida's real estate crisis, the high cost of foreclosure. >> reporter: do you feel bad? >> absolutely. i cried every night. how can i not pay these people sfwhak this is my home. it's hard. >> reporter: but finally you had no choice. >> no. it's been hard. >> ifill: then, we look at how the sluggish economy is costing individuals their american dreams, and what they want the government to do about it. >> lehrer: plus, ray suarez looks at poland two days after the plane crash that killed 96 people, including the president and other top government officials. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 million in peopl

we talk to an eighth grader from tampa, florida. thank you for joining us. you chose do to your dock you pentry on hunger in the united states. why did you choose that topic. caller: the only thing you really need to survive is food. a lot of people aren't getting as much as they should. >> how has hunger affected tampa? >> the number of people go together food banks is just a lot. >> how has the situation changed over the past few years. with the unemployment rate, sometimes people have to choose between food and healthcare and telephone service. and they can't afford food that is healthy. the soup kitchen i went to on christmas day was packed when i went there. >> you interviewed many people. >> two or three people i interviewed. >> tell me about the people who rely on those services for food? >> a lot of people who are food stamp beneficialries. the other 50% are people who should be receiving food stamps what ways do you think people could help and volunteer for people who are hungry out there? >> a lot of times, they receive things at christmas time. ma

host: next up, tampa florida, our line of independence. caller: thanks for taking my call. referring to the deceptive issue of labels, i agree with you. one thing i am concerned about is the issue that the biotech industry has lobbied the government's regarding labeling food that may have genetic engineering components to it. there is an article. it compares the effective corn varieties on the mental health. it showed that there are significant animal health problems as they lifted human cell types as well and found significant problems. the original human steady -- remember the steady years ago. every animal study that has been done around the world as well as the human steady shows inflammation. the industry along with every administration since reagan has completely supported the prevention of people seeing whether or not they are purchasing something with this ingredient in it. guest: i think you have taken a couple of studies out of context. tryptophan, that was the problem with talent was sold. it was not a genetic lee -- genetically engineered food. look at the data,

. >> reporter: another, much larger recipient of federal money in the tampa area is the hillsborough county school district. florida received $5.7 billion from the federal government for education last year-- $278 million of it directed to this county. at schools like west tampa elementary, that money has provided students with free or low-cost meals paid for reading and writing coaches and bought laptops for a portable computer lab. superintendent mary ellen elia says federal dollars have also kept teachers in the classroom. >> we are over 10% unemployment in this county. and in this school district, we're the largest employer in this county and we have not laid off one person. and the reality is that the funding that we receive from the federal government has really been very instrumental in allow us to do that. >> reporter: after the schools, the next largest employer in hillsborough county is macdill air force base, one of 17 military installations in the state of florida. it has an operating budget of $284 million, and pays out $1 billion in salaries to more than 12,000 employees. colonel larry martin is comma

today we talked to ben burchell an eighth-grader at independent day school in tampa florida. then, how's it going tod? >> good good >> thank you for joining us at c-span. he chose to do your documentary on hunger in the united states. why did you choose that topic? >> normally they always tell you that the three things you need our are food, shelter and clothing. but really the only thing you scientifically need to survive his food. and a lot of people are getting as much as they should. >> out of hunger affected your community at all in tampa? >> well, luckily i don't live in a neighborhood directly affected by hunger, but as the city there's been a huge impact on the number of people that has risen a lot. >> how is the situation changed over the past few years. >> with the unemployment risk another forcing people to spend less on food because they have to choose chewing food or health care or telephone service. so not only can they afford less food, they can't afford food that is healthy because they are food that's not as healthy as usually the cheapest. and also as a ment

today we talked to an eighth grader in tampa, florida. then, how is it going? >> good. >> thank you for joining us. you showed us your documentary on honker. why did you pick that topic? >> they always tell you that the things we need our food, shelter, and clothing. really, the only thing we really scientifically need is food. >> how has hogger affected your community in tampa? -- how has hunger affected you? >> in my city, there are a number of people enrolled to receive food. >> how is the situation changed over the past few years? >> with the unemployment rate, people are spending less on food as they have to choose between food and other things. they cannot afford food -- food that is healthy because food that is not as healthy is usually the cheapest. also, as i mentioned, the soup kitchens used have and the seats. >> you interview volunteers at the food bank. what did you learn? >> two of the three i interviewed were volunteer coordinators. there was one volunteer that i spoke to who knew the owner of the food bank very well. they also rely on food stamp

today we talk to an eighth grader at independent day school in tampa, florida. how is it going today? >> good. >> thank you for joining us at c-span. you chose to do your document on hunger in the united states. why did you choose that topic? >> normally they always tell you you need food, shelter and clothing, but really the only thing he scientifically need to survive is food and people are getting as much as they should. >> how has hunger affected your commute at all and have a? >> i don't live in a neighborhood directly affected by hunger, but it has a huge impact on a number of people involved in food banks. >> how is the situation changed over the past few years because with unemployment rates, people spend less on food because they have to choose between food or health bone. so not only, they can't afford food but they can't afford food that is healthy. there is food that is not as healthy that is the cheapest. and although as i mentioned before, the soup kitchens on christmas day were packed when i left there. there were a lot of empty seats before. >> y

today we talk to an 8th grader at independent day school in tampa, florida. ben, how's it going trade? >> good. >> thank you for joining us at c-span. you choice to do your documentary on hunger in the united states. why? >> well, normally they tell you the three things we need are food, shelter, and clothing, really the only thing you scientifically need to survive is food. a lot of people aren't getting as much as they should. >> how has hunger affected your community at all in tampa? >> well, i don't live in an neighborhood directly affected by hunger, as a city there's been a huge impact in the number of people going to the food banks has just risen a lot. >> how has the situation changed over the past few years? >> with the unemployment rates, they are forcing people to spend less on food. they have to choose between food, health care, or telephone service. not only less food, but they can't afford food that's healthy. because the food that's not as healthy is usually the cheapest. and also as i mentioned before, the soup kitchens on christmas day was pa

." >> reporter: just outside tampa, florida, i found the story of an odd couple. wonderful, inspiring odd couple. the house actually belongs to a sweetheart of a man named rick heady. rick is a foster parent of sorts. his foster kid just happens to be 81 and gruff as all get out. what did you do in the marine corps? >> kill people. >> reporter: oh, okay. but you survived to live another day. >> to kill again. >> reporter: yeah. well, you're a lovely, lovely man. (laughter) >> oh bull [no audio]. >> reporter: he's actually pretty wonderful once you get to know him. charles dowling served in korea and vietnam, later became a drill sergeant putting in close to 30 years with the marines. until recently, he was living in a nursing home, destined for hospice. but then, this total stranger came forward and offered to take him in. >> you're done. get some sleep. i'm not going to let our veterans-- our veterans-- be forgotten. >> reporter: that's a belief shared by all these people who are part of a new veterans affairs program called the medical foster home program. it pa

in tampa, florida -- this will be perfect for you. an unstoppable monkey on the loose. >> perched up in a pine tree is a rogue monkey in the tampa bay area with no intension of getting caught. more than a dozen police officers, wild life officers and trappers chasing the monkey. >> i've personally shot drugs in this animal a good dozen times and for whatever reason, it doesn't seem to affect him. >> i don't know. it's crazy! i don't know. >> jimmy: i think -- he might have been shot with one of the darts. i like to see every news story end with that guy. but the unstoppable monkey is no joke. in fact, at least one news station in tampa is providing regular updates as, i guess, as a service to their viewers. >> now it's time for your update on monkey watch '10, the illusive monkey of tampa bay was spotted in southeastern st. petersburg yesterday. >> this is a picture courtesy of renee. he sa she said she thought it was a stray dog. >> jimmy: that may be the greatest thing i've ever seen. we need a monkey watch in l.a. anyone that's rea

in tampa florida, the hillsborough county school district is taking a different approach. it was selected as one of four districts to receive a grant from the bill and melinda gates the invasion of $100 million over seven years. bill gates spoke about the changes needed to the egypt -- educational system at the 2009 ncsl conference in philadelphia. >> you'd think we should identify the top teachers. we should award them. we should retain them. we should make sure other teachers learn from them. >> regarding the grades of the hillsborough county school district, becky phillips the education director said it is all about the importance of teaching. it is the seven-year experiment to get the best teachers possible in the classroom. our ultimate goal is to dramatically increase student achievement, raise graduation rates, and to insure college and career readiness. the way to do this is to ensure our teachers are inspired and have the support they need. local administrators i spoke with feel that better teaching of the teachers is key to success. >> what the first things we do

. >> outside of tampa florida, the biggest market for the rubber band bracements are -- bracelets are in new york, atlanta, and connecticut. >>> the first american idol is receiving flak after being featured on a tobacco ad. one of kelly clarkson's sponsors has a tobacco company in japan. >>> a release for the son of enter entertainer marie osmond. it showed he had no drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of his death. he reportedly suffered from depression after bad school grades and girlfriend problems. >>> coming up, our exclusive interview with sean king's alleged latin lover. did she cheat on larry for revenge? >> did larry know about the alleged affair? >> yes, he did. >> in fact, hector pen ate, in this exclusive et exclusive, said that in the beginning, larry seemed to encourage his alleged affair with shawn. >> he said, i see it. i know her situation. i know your age. i'm not a jealous man. all he did was encourage for us to be together. >> reporter: he says the affair began as revenge on her part, when she told him that larry was having an affair with her sister shannon

the jonathan hunt is on assignment with one story, live in tampa, florida. you spoke to a mother whose son committed suicide after bullying. >> yes, debby's son jeffrey was bullied from age 13. it was the same sort we've seen in the phoebe prince case and so many others, on line, name calling, verbal assaults. rumors. by june 28, 2005, jeffly couldn't take it anymore. debby johnston kissed him good night and 9:00 a.m. the next morning, she went looking for him in his bedroom. >> we opened the door, and we looked. we opened it wide and looked in the other direction toward his closet and saw him hanging. and joey screamed. and he ran over and lifted him down. i remember just hovering above. i could hear someone screaming no, over and over again and it was like i was looking down on it. and i didn't realize it was me screaming. william ran in and joe just snatched him up and ran downstairs and called 911. i stayed with jeff. i stayed with jeff until the paramedics and police came but he was already gone. >> for two years debby johnston released her son was bein

the city with the lowest business cost is tampa, florida.or more news, click on cbs money watch.com. in new york, i'm farnoosh torabi. >>> and we're following breaking news from downtown. let's go to captain mike perry to find out what it's all g. -- about. >> reporter: we have university of maryland police, and baltimore city fire at the university of maryland hospital campus. now, this is at the corner of grain and lombard street. apparently a fire department hazmat crew is on the scene. we know very little of why they're here. other than to investigate some sort of leak inside the hospital property. there are about 5 pieces of fire apparatus, currently on lombard street. this is going to be west of green street. you see fire perm, meeting at this time. we have not learned of any evacuations at the university of maryland hospital campus at this point. but well there is plenty of activity here. and as we continue to investigate this, hopefully we'll get some further information. but as i stated, south green street is closed. south of baltim

. >> lehrer: now, we wrap up a week of reports from tampa, florida, where we went to spotlight what americans think the role of government should be. that debate generated a politics of anger that led to an unexpectedly competitive republican primary race for a u.s. senate seat. judy woodruff reports. >> reporter: on tax day all across the country, members of the tea party movement gathered to rally and protest, including here in downtown tampa. >> let's fight to take back our country! ( cheers and applause ) >> reporter: it's anger like this that has helped fuel the rise of an upstart young candidate for the senate in the fourth most populous state in the country, setting off a pitched battle inside the republican party. the son of cuban immigrants, 38- year-old marco rubio was not well known when he announced his candidacy last year. he had served in the florida state house, rising to speaker, but few thought he had a chance against the popular governor charlie crist. >> francine, give me a hug. >> reporter: out of the public eye, though, things looked different. with the primary open only

tampa, florida is our next caller, jerry on the independent line.ler: good morning, one of the things i hate to hear the most, thank you for your service, we just don't have a position for you at this time. you get tired of hearing that, i put in seven years back in the 60's and 70's. i heard interesting statistics, about 33% of americans have served in the military and 31% of the homeless are veterans. maybe you can respond to that. guest: sir, thank you for your comments. and i agree, that's a comment we can't stand to hear as well. and it goes back to the education of our employers and the commitment of our nation's employers and the current administration to the veterans. it's ridiculous that these people return from fighting a war and get turned away from jobs and end up homeless. one of my director of our organization has walked those footsteps. i have an army sergeant that broke her back saving her soldiers and came back and couldn't find a job. she is getting a degree, but she was living in her car. and she's fantastic, and it happens to vet

host: tampa, florida. susan. caller: i have a quick question.i think it is philosophical, so bear with me. i have worked for the federal government for the last few years as a school teacher. i am trying to understand the need of this right now. i added it up on paper, my salary as a schoolteacher, a public servant. after 36 years of teaching, $60,000 a year. i multiplied by federal income- tax taken out on an annual basis. if i am not mistaken, it came out to $450,000. i am a firm believer in the robin hood syndrome. take from the rich and give to the poor. did did it is like a governmental -- it is like a governmental slush fund. i am on board with the. where did all of this money go? guest: a loss of it went to first-time home buyers this year. -- a lot of it went to first- time home buyers this year. some went to afghanistan. there is waste everywhere in federal government. i was on a program in nyc the other day. one asked me if it is true that a family of four would make elf -- would pay no federal income tax with a certain salary. it is s

tampa, florida is our next caller, jerry on the independent line.er: good morning, one of the things i hate to hear the most, thank you for your service, we just don't have a position for you at this time. you get tired of hearing that, i put in seven years back in the 60's and 70's. i heard interesting statistics, about 33% of americans have served in the military and 31% of the homeless are veterans. maybe you can respond to that. guest: sir, thank you for your comments. and i agree, that's a comment we can't stand to hear as well. and it goes back to the education of our employers and the commitment of our nation's employers and the current administration to the veterans. it's ridiculous that these people return from fighting a war and get turned away from jobs and end up homeless. one of my director of our organization has walked those footsteps. i have an army sergeant that broke her back saving her soldiers and came back and couldn't find a job. she is getting a degree, but she was living in her car. and she's fantastic, and it happens to vete

today, we are speaking with second prize winner nicholas lavoy, and eighth grader in tampa, florida. why do you believe education is a challenge our country is facing? >> over the past years we have let ourselves continue to slip in our international rankings. >> why did you use a quotation from nelson mandela in your documentary? that because i believe education is the most powerful weapon in the world. it is the best way to move up in the world. >> what is the oecd? >> the organization for economic cooperation and development. it brings together the governments of different countries to sustained economic growth, boost employment, raise living standards, and help grow world trade. >> what is pisa? >> there is program for international student assessment. it is meant to provide countries with an accurate data about their education systems. >> how have the americans have ranked in pisa testing? >> american students have ranked average on the testing. every year it has been given, including 2003 and 2006. >> what does this mean? >> it means you need to work harder on improving our sco

host: woody, tampa, florida, on with john challenger, national economic outlook is our topic.caller: yes, mr. challenger. very interesting discussion. your previous callers brought up the thought of bringing manufacturing back to america. i would like to say that i'm kind of glad to see the economy is growing 3.2%. that means i'm going to sell more guitars this year. i decided when i started the company that -- this was back in 2006 -- we were not going to have any problems in in the supply chain, wouldn't have problem with quality control. every piece of wood is crafted by hand by fine american craftsmen. we don't play around with any of the stuff from across the ocean. my question to you is like this. as we start running out of oil on this planet and it starts becoming much, much support expensive for companies in china and taiwan to send big giant container vehicles over here full of plastic crap that we buy here for a really cheap price, isn't that going to add a whole bunch of costs to them sending it offense here and -- host: mr. challenger? . guest: if they find they ar

tampa, florida, you are up next. you are on the air. >> caller: good morning. i just have a question. here in florida for the senate race charlie crist and robio. it is 8.2 million. now, florida is supposedly broke. to pay our unemployment benefits we are having to get the money from the feds. why does it cost so much, and are we really as broke as they are saying? i will get off the phone, and you can answer the question. thank you very much. >> guest: well, states have to balance their budgets. states are, from what i can tell, really as broke as their saying. the federal government does not have to balance its budget. it is more than broke. it is in debt, running deficits of a trillion-and-a-half every year, running a national debt of 12.5 trillion. that is headed just on autopilot to beyond 20 trillion or more of the course of this decade. yes, we are broke. next question, if we are that broke who is it that is bankrolling his elections? where is that money coming from? that is the political system we have where people with contributions to make, people with

host: tampa, florida. susan. caller: i have a quick question.ar with me. i have worked for the federal government for the last few years as a school teacher. i am trying to understand the need of this right now. i added it up on paper, my salary as a schoolteacher, a public servant. after 36 years of teaching, $60,000 a year. i multiplied by federal income- tax taken out on an annual basis. if i am not

florida. o's on the road in tampa. o's up 2-1. evan longoria, two on, two out facing jeremy guthrie. two runs come around to score. longoria finished 2-4. rays beat the o's 4-3. it was business as usual for the wizards. another loss in orlando. this one 27 points to the magic. 55th win of the season. wizards 54th loss of the year. four games left in the most miserable season since, i don't know, last year? vince carter all smiles. first quarter, carter getting the ball. let me give it inside to d-12. howard, 17 points, 10 rebounds in the game. wizards more active on defense. wizards get the turnover. sean livingston to mike miller gets the layup to go. miller scored 16 points for the wizards. it was all magic in the second half. final seconds. check out jason williams with the ball. pulls up. hits the three-pointer. watch him very closely here on the inbounds. gets it again. looking like reggie miller, remember? williams had eight points in the game, scored six right there in three seconds. orlando wins big 121-94. >> oh, my. >> that wasn't good. >> thanks. >>> coming up, firefighter

all of this happened on a delta airlines flight found for florida. tampa rays broadcaster, kevin kennedy among a group of eight subduing the man, stanley sheffield. a complaint saying he sprayed the first class cabin with a water bottle before going for the cabin door and at one point telling the flight attendant get behind me, satan. the fbi says it does not believe the incident was related to terrorism. >> a second navy seal cleared of wrongdoing, jonathan keefe accused of failing to protect an iraqi prisoner and now a third seal is ready to go on trial. malini, tell us about the acquittal of the second seal. >> hi, rake. pay officer john keefe was found not guilty, and court martial at camp victory in iraq, among three seals that were charged. the man claims he was beaten and in custody and accused of master minding a 2004 contract attack on contractors in fallujah, their bodies were burned and hung from a bridge, rick. >> the third seal, the trial is set to get underway. what can you tell us about that. >> matthew mccabe, he goes on trial next month in

tampa, where we're taking the pulse of floridians about government. there's been a lot of talk lately about where tax dollars go and what they buy. tonight, follow the federal money trail in florida. >> lehrer: then, we'll have excerpts from today's tough questions for attorney general eric holder about handling

florida. a gwen ivel discussion about a boom gone bust. betty ann bowser looks at how the health-care system is working or not for some tampa bay residents. nd the impact of the recently enacted federal overhaul. some people in florida are angry over how their taxes are being spent. i will track the federal money trail here. on thursday i will moderate a town hall meeting on the role of government. and we will wrap up the week with a report on the political anger that is fueling the senate campaign of republican marco rubio whose leading the more moderate governor charlie crist. coverage continues here on-line, including more about the politics of the state. it's changing economy and demographics. a profile of some tampa bay tea party members. and a round table on thursday on the future of u.s. space exploration. when president obama comes to florida to moderate and host a space summit. we'll also update our patchwork nation site. so that you can access data on foreclosures, on federal spending per capita, and much more. >> holman: that's all coming next week on the newshour and on our website, newshour.pbs.org. jeff. >> brown: and that's

kevin kennedy who now works as a baseball tv analyst for the tampa bay rays was on a flight from southern california to floridas cabin and started spraying a water bottle, tried to open the cabin door and then threatened to blow up the airplane. kennedy said he unbuckled his belt and took him out, along with seven other guys. they said they made the choice without even talking to each other. the plane was diverted to albuquerque, where the passenger, duane sheffield, was taken into federal custody on the ground. >>> steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger is not the most popular person in pittsburgh today. his name was taken down and replaced with nfl hall of famer maria lemieux's. a zoo spokesperson said visitors had expressed concerns about roethlisberger's name on the elephant display. big ben has been suspended six games in the upcoming nfl season for misconduct. the commissioner says he could increase the time if more misconduct surfaces. >>> if you need inspiration, just look to professional golfer ken green. he returned to the sport yesterday for the first time since losing his leg in a car crash that k

florida. a few things. first and foremost, the light rail program goes from tampa to orlando. okay. let's just get this straight. if you're going to be communing to tampa to orlando every day, generally it's -- first of all, it's not long island to new york city. it's not that same kind of population. florida is florida. it's not -- it's totally different demographic from traveling from orlando to new york. that's pretty much a straight line. and the majority of the people that are going to be -- that are going to be working to orlando, going to tampa or orlando they will have a house or a condo where they will stay but the most important part of this is that no light rail system in history has ever paid itself off. the new york subway systems have come the closest. no viable light rail system has ever paid itself off. i live in atlanta, georgia. we have this system, it's absolute insanity. i know people who go on there. my dad, for example, goes on there every day. but the majority of people commuting from metro atlanta to atlanta do not use light rail partially because we're ameri

orioles y de que manera de vista en la florida, carl crawford impulsÓ dos carreras al pegar un sencillo con la casa llena en la novena entrada, y los rays de tampaon la temporada con el pie derecho al vencer 4-3 a los orioles de baltimore. adam jones, luke scott y matt wieters pegaron vuelacercas para los orioles, que no pudieron embolsarse el partido por falta de hits oportunos con corredores en posiciÓn de anotar. mientras tanto, esta noche aca en el estadio nacional, la novena de washington recibe a los filis de filadelfia en el segundo partido de la serie, jason marquis abrira por los nacionales y cole hamel por los files, partido ogramado para las 7.05 de la noche por la liga de campeoenes de la concacaf, cruz azul goleo 5-0 a pumas y clasifico a la final, tenemos imagenes y reacciones. "si, me parece que solo en el primer tiempo nos falto un poco mas de posicion de pelota pero el equipo estaba mas o menos bien aceptable ehh ya en el segundo tiempo nos descuidamos un poquito ehhh el balon parado y me parece que alli se definio un poco mas el partido". "por alli el tu equenl guo poco, un poco tipoprecmotos s caon q tuvimos y eso hiz

we'll watch florida closely, especially if they get sunshine today, from tampa, orlando, daytona beachs to go through your area today. we'll also see stormy weather up and down the east coast. the slight risk area in the yellow. yesterday we had the white color painted on this. there's three different ranges, yellow is slight, and medium is high. yesterday that was a high risk and the forecast did come true, unfortunately. >> bill karins, thank you. >>> as for the latest updates on the southeast weather system, to track the forecast where you are, head to weather.com. >>> iceland's two major airports are shut down for the second day in a row. even though iceland is home to the volcano that put air traffic on hold for europe, that country had not really been affected by the ash because the winds has been carrying the debris clouds away from iceland south to europe. but a change of wind direction forced authorities to close the air space friday. other european flight schedules are for the most part back to normal. >>> a new deadly strain of an airborne fungus has emerged in oregon. the c

tampa bay rays. we're going go back down to st. petersburg florida.dave trembley. >> dave, a tough loss, but what a well played game. your thoughts on how your team fell behind but nearly able to pull it out in the 9th inning. >> well, the story for us was the way guthrie pitched. that's guthrie of 2008. he pitched a great came. located, aggressive with his pitches. he continues to go out there and we'll win a lot of games. >> i've lost my voice, and you lost a game, but garza was pretty special. it was one of the better, for a young guy, only 26, without run support, but it seemed to me he actually got better as the game progressed. >> garza pitched a good game. he had power the whole time, but guthrie, i thought he really guilty in the rhythm, kept the ball down. had a nice game plan going in, and he was strong at the end. >> dave, matt wieters started off strong. with young players in all your years in development, these close gapes, do you learn more by having to navigate your way through the games. >> i thought wieters, along with the other guys,

florida. first of all, the light rail program goes from tampa to orlando. let's get this straight if you're going to be communing from tampa to orlando every day generally it's not like long island to new york city, it's not the same kind of population. florida is florida. it's not -- it is a different demographic fancher and from long island to new york. when you travel from tampa to orlando that is pretty much a straight line and the majority of people for going to be working in orlando every day going from tampa to orlando they will have a house or condo or something in orlando where they can stay. there will not be travelling every day but the most important part is no blight rail in history has paid itself off. the new york subway system has come the closest but no voluble system has ever paid itself off. i live in a limit to georgia. we have the system. it's absolute insanity. i know people who go on there, my dad exceed was on their everyday but the majority of people commuting from metro atlanta to a land do not use it partially because we are ameri

florida. first and foremost, it goes goes from tampa to orlando if you commute every day generally it is not likeg island to new york city it is not that same kind of population. florida it is totally different demographics if you travel from tampa to orlando that is a straight line and the majority people working in orlando every day they will have a house or at or a condo where they can stay there will not travel every day but the most important part is no light rail been history has ever paid itself off by live in atlanta georgia we have a system that is absolute insanity her people go on their my dad goes on every day but the majority of people commuting from metro atlanta do not use that partially because we like to use cars we do not want to climb onto little trains and travel every day to work. logistically americans, and a lot of cases it is better to travel by car. the light rail system going down the center of the highway from tampa to orlando they say it will create an easier way to get to work to want to create a better way to get to work? creates more lanes of traffic and of the jobs

wondering what you have heard about the official reaction from state officials in florida, and specifically, the tampa bay area. guest: for a long this time, offshore drilling has been kind of the third rail, but when you don't touch. it unifies opposition to it, both parties, because of the concern about what a single spill might do to the tourism industry here, tainting the beaches. but that summer we had for dollar gasoline, for dollar a gallon gasoline, certainly changed the lot of minds and the economy has opened up a lot more people to the possibility of allowing drilling closer to shore. our governor charlie crist, particularly when john mccain came out in favor of offshore drilling said very famously, well, ok, if it could be made environmentally safe, i'm for it. probably the florida officials who has been the staunchest opponents of offshore drilling, senator bill nelson, said in reference to the president's proposal, well, he thinks he is ok with it. they are staking out positions that are more open to this proposal than any we have seen so far. host: if the president's plan enacted, would

wondering what you have heard about the official reaction from state officials in florida, and specifically, the tampaay area. guest: for a long this time, offshore drilling has been kind of the third rail, but when you don't touch. it unifies opposition to it, both parties, because of the concern about what a single spill might do to the tourism industry here, tainting the beaches. but that summer we had for dollar gasoline, for dollar a gallon gasoline, certainly changed the lot of minds and the economy has opened up a lo@@@@er ok, if it can be made environmentally safe, then i'm for it. probably the florida official who has been the staunchest opponent of offshore drilling, bill mitchell, has said in reference to the president's proposal, he thinks he is ok with it. they are staking out positions that are more open to this proposal than any we've seen so far. >> if the president's plan, if enacted would affect the tampa bay area specifically how and when? >> what is currently in place is a provision that senator nelson helped to push forward in 2006 that keeps drilling more than 250 miles away from

tampa, fla., becky, your up next. caller: here in florida for the senate race, charlie crist and rubio, it is $8.2 million. florida is supposedly broke and to pay unemployment benefits we are having to get the money from the feds. why does it cost so much and are we as relief -- really as broke as wethey are saying? guest: states have to balance their budgets and states are, from what i can tell, really has broken as they're saying. the federal government -- with the islesboro as they are saying. the federal government does not have to -- really has broken as they are saying. the federal government does not have to balance its budget. yes, we are broke. if we are that brokaw, who is it that is bankrolling these elections -- if we are that broke, who was bankrolling these elections? could that be spent better on unemployment benefits? sure, but people with money are not being asked by the government, please handed over to the treasury so we can spend more on unemployment. -- handed over to the treasury's the weekends been more on unemployment

tampa bay rays. we'll go back to florida where amber is standing by with brian matusz. >> you knew you would have a little bit of jitters. towards the 3rd inning what happened in there? >> i came out really nervous today. it felt like the debut all over again. i was able to work well with matt today. i got out of my graph -- my groove a little bit: it threw me off completely. i'm happy with the the way i battled and was able to stick with it. i was able to grind through it and get through the inning. in the 5th i was able to feel comfort and will relax. that's huge for me knowing i was aable to settle down and make adjustments. >> there was personal establishments you have when you realize if you get into a jam like that again you can get out of it? >> definitely. that's what i'm taking out of it. i minimized the damage for the most part. i'm really going to remember that and take the positives from today's game. >> brian matusz with his first win this season, sixth overall. opening day tomorrow. >> it's going to be interesting. look at wells, four home runs already. he's going to have to pitch around thi

peters berg, florida game three of the three game series. tampa bay has won the first two games. this is brought to you by your local ford dealers. visit mid atlantic ford dealers.com to learn more. brine maddox makes his first start of the season. he won the last three starts before being shut down. 3.94 e.r.a. in his rookie year. hello everybody. welcome to our masn studio. luke scott had 25 home runs last year. he's hit one this season. orioles hit three home runs in the first game they plays against the rays. do you think they'll have home run hitters to reach beyond that? >> i think that will be town to look at this year. we have enough experience with a couple of veteran guys. markakis can definitely hit over 20 home runs, jones will hit closer to 40. i think before it's over reimold will hit more than any of them. i think he'll be the first to reach 40 loam runs. look at matt wieters, yes definitely there's no way he won't hit. if he stays healthy he'll hit 20 this we're. look at luke scott already, he's got the track record. atkins, if he gets on track, gets the momentum

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florida using the constitution as a theme to send the message to members of congress. so who is behind this latest craze? well, small business owners emil and kevin and they join us from tampan. >> good morning. i see the patriotism goes to the tie this morning. i like that. >> yes, ma'am. >> so let's start with you because you have a long storied history of being patriotic. you went to the u.s. naval academy. you're a former vietnam veteran. why this now? why is it so important to put up these billboards heralding the constitution? >> well, we've all been concerned about what was going on and the young man who was responsible for putting up the one on interstate 75 actually is a fellow member of the united states naval academy and i knew him and he told me he was going to do this and then we decided we were going to do the same thing. >> kevin, you got in on it. interesting back story for you, too, you were born in new zealand and you decided to come to this country. i find it intriguing that the company that wasn't born here is incredibly patriotic about the u.s. constitution. >> i feel very patriotic even though i wasn't born here. i've been elected to office for six yea