the united nations serves nation states, not the other way around. nciple is central to the legitimacy and the ultimate survival of the united nations. it is a principle that must be protected. like senator helms, we believe that sovereignty is critical. it is also at risk. to many want america to surrender of sovereignty. too few understand that to it was certification -- traded to serve its members and not the other way around prayed too few understand that we defend american sovereignty because we value the u.s. constitution. that guarantees american rights. for over 25 years, we have turned the spotlight on the united nations to expose its waste, fraud, and abuse and to demand better of it. we worked closely with allies on the hill and senator helms was the best -- was the best of them. the list of what the united nations does poorly is unfortunately far longer than what it does well. this is a point that ambassador john bolten makes. we have a copy of this book right here. if you would like to read any of the essays in this book, just go to the h

finally woke up to the harsh reality of what it had always been is an act of violence against the nation state, which it is, much what the israelis have been dealing with with their own problems. we know for a fact, those of us who have been around intelligence communities, know that this same body of people want to get their hands on two or three w.m.d. capability, and do that simultaneously in hour communities, killing 200,000 people per. now, 9-11, the horror of what we witnessed, the means certainly is terrorism. a potential w.m.d. strike in america that would collapse our economic system and drive down the trust and confidence in national institutions an therefore make the united states mute with their objective, that in my judgment is all about war. >> ok. general mcmaster. >> i would just like to make a couple quick points. first of all, i think prior to 9-11, we saw the gravest threat to our national security as emerging from the most industrialized nations and when we perceived that threat, we could see those industrialized nations mobil eye and we could in turn respond to that. i thi

senate rejected -- i hope the senate rejects it. >> the house and senate occasionally pass legislation to hold united states contributions to the united nations when their actions are objectionable. inevitably, the state department comes back and says that these are its treaty obligations, that we are beholden to provide that money. i would like to know your thoughts on withholding. is it useful? and is it an obligation that the u.s. is bound to patel? >> i do not think there is any question that holding -- that withholding contributions to the system has been effective in getting some small reforms. i think the problem is that it has not been effective enough. the argument that we are required to pay what has been assessed by the majority of the united nations, i think, is an argument that ultimately means that we have agreed to an international taxation. i do not think that is what we agreed to when ratifying the charter. i do not think that is really what the whole mechanism for funding of the united nations was really intended to do. the right now, under the helms- biden legislation, we pay 22% of the contributions for most united nations

the united states. so, madam speaker, we have the technology, we have the capability, we need the moral will as a nation to secure the border of the united states. that is the responsibility of the federal government and the federal government should take some lessons from the guy that captured this grasshopper and make sure that the southern border of the united states is protected from people who come here without permission. we can do it, let's have the moral will. let's send the national guard if necessary to the border to protect the dignity of the nation. because that's the job of the federal government. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair recognizes mr. defazio from oregon. mr. jones from north carolina. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? without objection. mr. burton: let me just -- i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. let me just say that, mr. poe from texas, my good friend who just spoke, he added a little bitive levity but it was very important, the point that he was making, in that we have the ability in this c

fundamental disagreements among leading progressive reformers over the critical issue of the role of the national state, the role of national administrative power in the united states in regulating the economy and society. foreign-policy was hardly mentioned in the 1912 election but no sooner had wilson been elected than this to you of course would improve. nevertheless there was one party doctrine they get a fine progressive. its advocacy of the role of the people and sensing pure democracy was the glue that held together the movement he sought to lead roosevelt made the cause of popular rule the centerpiece of his insurgent presidential campaign. this program itself is was highly controversial, especially calling for popular referenda for important decisions but tr's campaign was even more controversial than the progressive platform. a champion and unvarnished majoritarianism. toward the end of september, he announced in a speech in phoenix, arizona as he put it, that he would go even further than the progressive party platform in promoting the recall of public officials. he would apply the recall to

under her leadership, arizona created one of the first state homeland security agencies in the nation and opened the first state kate -- counterterrorism center. janet napolitano was also the first woman to chair the national governors' association, where she was a driving force behind the creation of the public safety task force and homeland to charity advisers' counsel. it is no wonder then that president obama selected the governor napolitano to be this nation's third secretary of the department of homeland security. secretary napolitano is passionate about the safety and to carry all u.s. citizens and she is a staunch defender of justice for all. i have been fortunate to work with her during her service, both as governor and as homeland to carry -- homeland secretary. i would add, from personal experience, she is a pretty cool person. i am pleased that she is with us today. please help me welcome secretary of plant security janet napolitano. -- homeland security janet napolitano. [applause] thank you, governor. good morning. i am humbled to be here this morning to mark the solemn

to the nation state. broader boundaries of the central nervous system so america start to empathize because of the extended family and the french started to empathize with the french and so on. actually, and with the we can see evolving trajectory from blood ties to religious ties, national associations. is it a big leap forward to unimagined in the next generation we can lead to the biosphere? i don't think it is that big of a leap or if we can get there. there is a paradox in history which forces me to pause here. you might not like this paradox. my sense is that when new energy consuming civilizations come together with new communications they do bring a lot of people together heightened cosmopolitan nature of life and extend a but they no doubt about it. to extend the central nervous system but there is a bill. more entropy of to this point* the more complex energy civilizations were created extended of the the at the expense of greater use of energy. we can see it right now we live in the most complex

the citizens. they are gone. would i support a state guard to help the national guard? of course. >> earlier, you seem to be framing it as something to curtail the powers of the federal government. how would an armed state guard of volunteers, i suppose, prevent federal laws from infringing on state's rights. >> my comments on overreaching, i believe that with all my heart. congress is so out of control now, they are reaching into the state of oklahoma causing economic havoc with the bail outs, stimulus schemes, all of these things caused a devastating effect on the citizens of this state economically. those things can be corrected utilizing the rule of law standing on constitutional principals. we have had a lack of leadership in this state. as governor, my sworn duty will be to protect the citizens of this state and hold congress at bay with the constitution. >> so just -- >> the military is used to fight wars. >> just so i'm clear on your position because earlier in the day, there were a lot of concern about comments you made or may have been misinterpreted. just so i

the united nations serves nation state, not the other way around. united nations. we believe sovereignty is critical. toomey surrender to national organizations or international courts, few understand it was created to service members rather than the other way around. too few understand, the u.s. constitution. not the un or any of its courts. we turned a spotlight on the united nations that exposes waste, fraud and abuse and to demand better of it. we are closely with allies on the hill and senator helms was the best of them to make you effective at promoting security, prosperity and freedom around the world. this is a point our good friend john bolton makes in the forward to the most recent book called conundrum and a copy of it right here. if you would like to read john's forward go to the heritage website. ladies and gentlemen, few people have worked as hard as john bolton to protect america from those who wish to do harm. we could not be more pleased to have him give the first helms lecture. today john is a senior fellow at the american enterpri

post 9/11, i think we woke up to the harsh reality is an act of violence against a nation state, which it is, much from the israeli have been dealing with their own problem. we know for a fact, those of us who have been around the intelligence community know that the same body of people want to get their hands on two or three wmd capability and do that almost simultaneous in our cities, killing somewhere in the neighborhood 200 people per. now 9/11, the horror of what we witnessed, the means of terrorism and potential wmd strike in america that could collapse our economic system and drive down trust and confidence in the national institution and make the united states move with their objective, that in my judgment is all about war. >> okay. general mcmaster. >> i'd like to make a couple question points. prior to 9/11 we saw the security emerging from the most industrialized nations. when we saw that threat, we saw them mobilize. we could respond to that. i think now what bruce has mentioned, weapons of mass effect, the ability of terrorist organization to do something fundamentally dif

the comment about the nation state, i am on record as saying there is maybe a 50% chance that the unitedtates would exist as a nation by the middle of this century. what i am really saying is that what has happened to the nation's states, they had exclusivity, they had a monopoly until about the 1950's. they have lost the monopoly, and out of the chaos and renegotiation is coming a new world in which the new center of gravity of international governments is the city state. that unit -- ag unit of life and economic and governance, if it is large enough to have a global impact. take silicon valley, which is small enough that everybody in it knows where they belong. that is the secret. much of what professor diamonds that is not controversial. we do have many of these problems. the question becomes, how should we respond? roger, you talked about the perspective of rethinking capitalism. can you give us a sense of where you thinking is, and how it might connect with overcoming some of the issues that were brought up? >> i concur that is really important for every human to know where they fit

as the most popular state in the group of 14 sovereign nations, the community sees the rebuilding of haiti as a priority issue for all caribbean states. therefore, the entire capacity of caricom has been placed at the disposal of haiti as they seek to strengthen their own national capacity. with regard to the rebuilding and strengthening other technical capacity, caricom believes it can make a tremendous difference and can bring to bear in the areas of human resource development and institutional capacity building. the community stands ready to make available its capacity in administrative reform, in education and training, including vocational training and certification, in engineering and construction for earthquake and hurricane resistance, in providing solutions to low and middle income populations, in agriculture, tourism, research, and development. this meeting of donor groups is absolutely essential in defining the way forward in the hopes that rebuilding will be achieved. it provides an excellent opportunity for the international community to put into practice some of the prin

are rebuilding a nation state in afghanistan -- are we building a nation state in afghanistan? >> the afghan nation is too doesn't years old. we are not building a nation. -- the afghan nation is 2000 years old. we are not building a nation. the fact is that, despite the fact that afghans live as refugees in neighboring countries, the sense of nationhood has become much stronger. i can tell you from personal experience, when we were drafting the new constitution of afghanistan, many ideas were debated. one idea was to have this system. people from the countryside were very much against it. there were so adamant to make sure that we have a strong, unified government. i know that state institutions that delivered services art week -- are weak. we do not have a strong army like in pakistan to keep the country together. we have not had a state for many years. afghanistan might have disintegrated even before it the taliban came into power parity -- into power. on the countryside, there is a lot of talk about empowering local communities. power is held by it bill legitimate sources, narcoti

. >> host: barbara, where the 400 troops from the united nations in the united states. >> caller: look at -- another thing is you have every president -- >> host: no, no. barbara, the united nations troops, where are they stationed in the united states? >>>> caller: they are all across. training exercise missions. all across the country. you have the training. >> host: have they been dispatched? >> caller: work issue with the federal government. >> host: mark potok, anything to what black bra had to say? >> the whole idea of united nations and troops are being prepared, this is a part of the idea they are going to help impose marshal law and so on. the caller referred to something that came out of mississippi fusion center, this is the state, local troop that worry about domestic terrorism and so on. the report actually, most people like the caller have never read the report. what the report was very similar to the dhs, department of homeland security report that was leaked last spring. it was assessing the kind of resumption of the radical light. it had a couple of statements in it th

>> oh, heaven's no. >> reporter: in some ways, this race reflects more about the state of the nation than the state of arkansas. while republican john mccain won arkansas by 20 points in 2008, this state elects plenty of democrats, including, of course, bill clinton, and two current u.s. senators. so who it sends to the u.s. senate this year-- a liberal, a conservative democrat or a republican-- could reflect the mood of the electorate beyond the arkansas river. ( cheers ) emotions are running high in the race. supporters of each candidate tried to grab attention before a recent televised debate in little rock between halter, lincoln, and the third democratic candidate, conservative businessman d.c. morrison. morrison paints himself as anti- washington, anti-liberal, and a democrat by birth. >> i'm not happy with either political party. i'm an american first, an arkansan, i'm a member of several hunting clubs, a christian, a father. and then way down the list, i'm a democrat. >> reporter: morrison could get enough votes-- polls show about 10%-- to force a runoff in the primary between

teachers higher salaries, more money in the classrooms, higher standards, so that we can compete internationally and in addition to being a top ten state in the nation be a top ten state in the world. it's as simple as that. >> congressman, what do you think? >> thank you, ed, for allowing me to appear. i think it's very interesting when just about every single teacher in the state of florida is opposed to this bill and the only people really in support of it are either politicians or policymakers, it really shows this is a very bad bill. i tell you, i believe personally that teachers know much better how to educate our kids than politicians do. and my good friend from the chamber mentioned florida is one of the top ten in the nation. it is. we were ranked as number eight in large part because the teachers of florida were ranked number fourth in the entire nation. to me, that shows me if already we have some of the greatest teachers in the nation, then why should we try to fix a system that is not whether they're two grades below or above grade level every child regardless of their situation can learn. this bill is about rewarding good teachers with

in fact, that's all we hear about in the national media. the state's budget shortfall, its pension woes, and all its cities going broke. california's become a beggar, a mendacious mendicant in need of medicine. but we can't take that. it doesn't help us, doesn't make us money. there's another story here, one that's happening under the radar of the big national papers and news networks that are focused only on the difficulties of the state municipal governments. and that's because they're good copy. look, i used to be a reporter in california and covering the finances of the government has always been a great story. but we need to make money and we've got to piece together from looking at local and california papers and realtors and businessmen what the real story is with the eighth largest economy in the world. and i think that it is turning around. and i don't want you to let the national headlines about how bad the local government or state government is doing to fool you out of some great opportunities. my secret? local papers. they're much closer t

nation colliding with its past. poland is and has been a true friend and ally of the united states. our two nations recently celebrated 90 years of diplomatic relations. the contributions of polish americans to the united states are numerous. from the families who lost loved ones in the plane crash, to the nation of poland and to chicago's own shaken polish-american community, this loss will be felt around the world for years to come. we will stand with our friends as they find the resilience to emerge stronger, as they have before, following this unimaginable tragedy. i look forward to poland's ke re-covery and re-emergence as a country that can and will overcome. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? >> to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. ros-lehtinen: i'm delighted to wish a happy birthday to my good friend tom oosterhuis. this thursday night, the 15th, he will be surrounded by many community activists from the keys to celebrate. tom will be t

the initiatives using three state housing agencies pump hundreds of millions and to affordable housing projects and a program designed to slow the wave of housing foreclosures beginning to sweep across new york and the nation of state economic development became the focus of more than announcements l it began several programs that confronted the reality of the emigrant population legal and undocumented. these and other programs that assisted were important to eliot a second-generation american he interested the new york economic vitality have always benefited from the constant influx of immigrants most like eliot's grandparents and illegals like my own mother. the legislature out of town eliot seemed to settle down a bit and despite all that has happened eliot seem stoically committed and at peace right after labor day eliot made a television appearance as a guest commentator along with john mcenroe his old rival on the tennis courts. in my estimation it was the best tv appearance he ever made his exuded poise confidence and command while chatting about his sport that he loved and played an and the recent battle with the legislature the hopeful image i took away from the appearance was of two men who conqu

russia has accused the united nations -- states of conniving with afghanistan's drug producers by refusing to destroy opium crops. last year, they reversed their policy of the eradicating opium. opium production has risen by nearly 50 times and russians have become huge consumers. it is estimated at 2.5 million russians are heroin addicts. it is predicted to that 30,000 will die this year. some of the scenes in the report are disturbing. >> in the siberian city, they are bringing out the dead. igor was only 20. two days ago, he was found slumped in a stairwell with a needle in his arm. now, he is being taken home to his parents. unemployment, and decay, and alcoholism. the average man here will be lucky to get to 60. now a new scourged sweeping the city -- where one. -- heroin. this is one of the worst drug neighborhoods in the city. we have been told that this area wilhas one of the worst drug us. we will watch the door. it does not take long. others are easy to spot. some are not. above, the lookout keeps watch. over the next hour, a stream of people come and go. my local guide says most

values again the numbers i think everyone agrees on about a 30% decline in home values across the nation. some statesay the numbers are much higher. we see the decline and with farm and income like 20% as well across the nation. now all of this wasn't caused by one particular event or set of circumstances. there was a variety of circumstances the combination and expansion of which brought us to the brink of financial collapse and disaster so i described the legislation first at the too big to fail. senator shelby and i have been working on that and have a long discussion agreeing on principles of what need to be done and my hope is the first part of next week the staff will work over the weekend to take the principles on which we have reached some agreement and then do a delicate job of writing the language that reflects the principles and ideas and i want to thank him and his staff as well as my own for the work they've engaged in those conversations to try to get to the point where we've reached the level of comfort that we have done we said we are going to do and that is in the two big to fail. no

the border area. others will be brought in from across the state as-needed. and, yes, the state foots the bill. >> national guard, you know, we are paying for that this is -- i am commander and chief of the national guard. and, yes, they get a lot of federal funds. but this will cost the state. but we will do that when it means protecting our people. >> parts of new england are still under water tonight after the weekend's record rainfall. from new jersey to rhode island people are cleaning up. streets have turned into rivers. forcing official to say close roads. sometimes even schools. residents say they just want all of this water to go away. we will fortunately dealing with nothing like that here. we have nothing but amazing blue skies and more to come. and meteorologist jessica starr joins us with a look at tomorrow's forecast. jessica? >> hi jen. it was gorgeous today. temperatures were in the low 70s. 73 degrees was the actual high temperature. 13 degrees above normal. and no precipitation in sight. a lot of blue skies and sunshine out there. on the skycam right now. downtown inner harbour. checking

the state republican party reminded him today's improved job news had a broader and not so happy context, in,'s unemployment rate is 11.2% up from 9.2% when mr. obama took office and though the nation added 162,000 jobs in march, the tarheel state lost more than 90,000 jobs during the obama presidency. he toured a company that makes components for lithium batteries and is adding 300 jobs, due to stimulus financing, an example of private sector job growth, fueled by tax dollars. >> president barack obama: today is an encouraging day we learned the economy actually produce aid substantial number of jobs instead of losing a substantial number of jobs. [applause]. >> reporter: the president said march's job gains, the biggest in three years signal the economy began to turn the corner and also the first time, monthly private sector job growth topped 100,000 and out-paced government jobs gains and even so the federal government added 48,000 jobs, all temporary hires to conduct the census and most economists predicted gains of 200,000 and somewhat encouraged, the white house economist said the labor market remains, severely distressed . >> to get numbers like we see now is a major, major

>> i am with the national assembly of state arts agencies. when you talk about the need for cultures to understand each other globally, i thought here is clearly an area of common interest between the state department and the neh. when you talked about the need to educate young people in a reflective capacity, i thought here is an opportunity for a partnership with the department of education. i have seen sometimes these kinds of partnerships institutionalized in the national endowment for the arts, like the arts education partnership that spanned administrations. i wonder where you see long-term strategic partnerships either within the federal government or with public interest groups? >> we do work with other agencies. the three we have historically worked the most with, in terms of dollar interrelationships, or the library of congress, the museum of library services, and the national science foundation. we have also done projects with the department of education. we certainly work with the department of state. state is not a great reservoir

state creating jobs. second best economy during the recession. moody's says one of 11 states coming out of the nationalcession. [ inaudible ] we've been lower than the southern and national unemployment rate every month for the entire recession because we cut spending applying conservative principles. >> sean: this is interesting. you cut taxes, you cut spending. the same principles ronald reagan applied when he was president of the united states. quote reagan a lot. i quote ray dan a lot. i think -- i quote reagan a lot. i think he's the greatest person we've had. on the national level we have a president doing the opposite. how bad do you think barack obama is in terms of his governing in this country? >> last time we did -- you were right. i said he campaigned he had wonderful rhetoric about bringing us together about the change we were waiting for. he has ed -- i -- he has governed even more far to the left you saw the health care bill. last time i was with you on air you pointed this out, you saw this during the campaign. i didn't vote for him. but the reality is, he's been more to the left, more

the chesapeake bay, largely due to the protection efforts that we have undertaken there of federal commitment, a state and regional commitment to improving the nation's largest estuary which happens to be a great partner for my state of maryland. so in the past year we have seen that because of the commitment of the administration and many in the congress and lawmakers, the chesapeake bay, our nation's largest estuary, has actually made great strides. it's highlighted by the return of the blue crab. the highest levels in 17 years. the return has a positive economic impact for all sectors. fishermen experience larger catches. the price of the crab will decrease for a family restaurant. tourism will expand. and the bay is now healthier than it's been in many years. we have a lot of work to do. so what does that mean in terms of the clean estuaries act? it means in fact that if we pay the same attention to all of our nation's estuaries in the way we have with the chesapeake bay we can also see improvement. for those of us who don't live near a estuary, every time we flush, every time we drive, every time we have an impact, drop a piece of trash on the g

those truth-seeking freedom fighting forces in our society that would show the degree to which the nation state not almighty. that's a very, very important fact that people need to know. because if you're up against what seems to be a goliath-like entity, that david can still triumph in times. >> but, sister, in fact, not everybody believes that mumia is innocent. this is what political struggle is all about. the important thing is that those who believe they stand as a great and egregious injustice will step up to the plate metaphysically speaking because this is not something that is resolved by some enlightened person freeing prisoners at discretion. that's not the way the structure is constructed. this requires struggle. small forms of struggle like this one. larger forms of struggle like combating the inequalities in the justice system. and his case is standing and living evidence that fighting for reform in a society can take you to death row. >> but the question about our dear president is a significant one in this sense. that all of us know that he could not engage in that kind of polit

the organization claims the day violates the separation of church and state. the national of prayer was established by congress in 1952. we'll keep an eye on the story. tea partiers who have suffered through media smackdowns are getting the last laugh. that's later in the grapevine. we will tell you why this could effect your upcoming overseas flight. and president obama tries to convince americans that the space program is not going up in smoke. rc >> bret: the senate passed a bill to restore unemployment benefits if for people out of work for a couple of months. james rosen is following this story as well as disappointing jobs numbers and joins me live. >> good evening. the number of americans filing their first claims for jobless benefits grew by 24,000 last week. to 484,000. this is as the senate voted minutes ago to approve an emergency extension of those benefits. >> already this month, over 200,000 americans have lost their benefits. another 30,000 lose it every day until we pass extension. >> reporter: the republicans warned against saddling future generations with

the court now. >> we'll wait until final arguments. >> bill: you made a good point. it pains me. we were all surprised they didn't get that many signatures in the state of california, the nation's largestte. i'm not reading anything into it. i'm just reporting it. real quick, macho or sensitive? >> macho. what are you hanging around with them for. did we get that out? in a moment the great america news quiz, sarah palin and ronald mcdonald all in the quiz, next. >> bill: the great american news quiz, starring martha, seen at 9:00 in the morning with hammer. and deucy is doing good know what, cheryl is representing a person from illinois. now, ready for this? >> i'm a little nervous. >> bill: here is the first question for the great american news quiz. jesse waters caught you up with al gore after 11 years after i was trying to get him on the show. here is how it went down. >> mr. vice president, why won't you come on the show. it will be fun. there are two sides to this story? >>ly consider it. >> all right great. while we have you here, what is your reaction to the fact that the arctic ice is increasing. >> not doing an interview right now. [ laughter ] >> bill: we're not going to lau

i think that the nuclear weapons are a vital part of america's national security armaments. i think that if the united states were subject to a dirty bomb attack, we should reserve the right to use nuclear weapons to protect the country. secondly, if israel were attacked, we should reserve the right as well. we have a longstanding policy of not giving up the right to use nuclear weapons. obama's policy is a radical departure. i disagree with your attitude about the cold war. the cold war was a legitimate defense against a tyrannical power and i do not understand why you do not have a belief that the united states was doing the right thing. guest: on the first question, but i do not think that there is any reason to retain a role for nuclear weapons to potentially respond to chemical or biological weapons threats. they are not nearly on the order of magnitude of the threat posed by nuclear weapons. what does this say to the rest of the world that the united states, the most dominant conventional power the world has ever seen, will use a new killer weapons to protect national security against biological weapon

its own state court system, the responsibility of the state government. -- has its own state park system, the responsibility of the state government. they are not the responsibility of the national system. our units are chosen because of their national significance. and we actually assist the states in this century, last century, in establishing a state park system, feeling that the needs to be a broader distribution of parks in general. the american public loves the parks and frankly in many cases don't care who manages them. they just want it well taken care of. there really needs to be, and there is, and it is the great thing about this country, that we have a sort of a variety of parks, from the top lot to the city park to the community park, the regional park, the state park, the national park. national parks are places you go perhaps on the weekend or on vacation. but i always ask where you go after dinner, where to go if you just have a few hours. those parts are in many ways just as essential as the national parks, because we need those kinds of spaces. i just drove past dupont circle this weekend and was completely loaded with folks here in washington, d.c., enjoying th

the best. there will be a state dinner -- and heads of state dinner on april 12. there will be to plenary sessions on the 13th focusing on both national measures and international cooperation. more importantly, this is a big opportunity. not since 1949 has there been such a big gathering of heads of state. as andrew mentioned, this is an opportunity to discuss sanctions on iran, other pressing bilateral issues, and of course some of the nuclear nonproliferation issues, just one month before the conference. on substance, it is a little tricky. one question i get is, what is nuclear security? what will this include? not everyone agrees on which material poses the biggest threat or how big the threat is. one of the functions of this conference will be to gain greater agreement. let's start with a couple of facts and then i will leave a lot of time for questions. since 1993, there have been more than 1600 illicit nuclear- trapping incidents reported to the i e a e to the iaea. not all of them have involved weapons-usable material. it demonstrates that there is a market out there. there is interest in trafficking in this material. this sum

the nation are watching arizona. is she right? are there efforts or would you be intending to push this approach in other states? >> there have been over 1,000 immigration related measures according to the national council state legislatures introduced just this year in the 2010 session. there were 1500 estimated in '09, 1500 in '08. this is not something that came out of a vacuum. the senator has been working on this with the citizens of the state since the passage of prop 200 in 2004. every time this issue has been put to the electorate down there it has passed by majoritys in the 60s to 70%. this is clearly, you know, the will and the intention of the voters in that state. and it is something that has been developed in legal terms in an incremental fashion over the past fair or six years and the courts have upheld it. >> and congressman that was the fear that you heard president obama talk about today, that other states would begin to take action. >> i couldn't agree more with that fear. but you know, the majority rule. and i understand that. i understand that concept and that is the concept of democracy. but

our foreign policy for the last 15, 20 years has been very much not in the economic or national security interests of the united states. and so i hope that in our effort to all get together in a nonpartisan way that doesn't mean democrats and republicans get together to embrace a consensus and to snuff out voices calling for any radical change of any part of our foreign policy. i think that missile defense has become a partisan issue. the one thing that's missing from that debate is an understanding that probably not with regard to russia but with regard to iran or north korea the most likely delivery system is that they would smuggle the weapon. this would give them applausible deniabilty, this would mean that they would not have to rely on technology which might only be 50/50 or 60/40 as whether their missile reached anywhere near the target let alone hit the precise target. smuggling a weapon can get you to the exact intersection that you want that weapon to be at. and it's not hard to smuggle a weapon into the united states. you could smuggle one inside a bail of marijuana. so while there is this partisan fixation

correspondent anita vogel is tracking your taxes from los angeles. >> reporter: cities and states across the nationin the red and desperate to raise some cash. that means raising taxes. everything from candy and soda to blueberries is being targeted. in washington state, they really want to soak joe six pack for posing a tripling of the beer tax. even if they're not calling it taxes, the local government is likely hard at work, taking more money out of your pocket. >> looking for ways to avoid being called a tax raiser. so one way to do that is not raise taxes. another way to do that is just to call things non-taxes, to call them fees. >> in kentucky, they're proposing additional fees on golf and hot air balloon rides. other states are charging extra for visits to the hair salon and the bowling alley. >> they had a big commission on tax policy and pretty much everybody agreed that the sales tax space was too narrow in the new economy. then the question is should it go heavily on services? >> reporter: the federal government is getting in on the action with a tanning salon tax in the new healthcare

the affected operation of schools. services are provided within through nsb's member state associations school boards in partnership with other national organizations such as the national association of state boards of education, the alliance for healthier generation and action for healthy kids. nab is wants to prevent obesity through web based services educational programming and publications. a summary of our efforts is provided as an appendix to our statement. without question, local school districts believe that child nutrition is vitally important to fostering a healthy and positive environment for children to achieve their full potential. healthy students learn better. children eat nutritious foods are healthier, perform better in school and learn behaviors that will keep them healthier throughout their life sometimes. -- life times. school boards are importance in the ensuring children have access to healthy and nutritious food and many have already taken steps at the local and state level to improve nutrition and healthy eating. one such example is the state of delaware where a public/private partnership of education and healt

on several boards, including the capital hospice foundation and the lawyers committee of the national city and state courts, and the supreme court historical society. he knew i would get that in somewhere. he is the director of the administrative office of the united states courts. just so there is no confusion, the man immediately to my left is justice breyer, the man in the middle is the moderator, and a man on the far left is justice scalia. [laughter] why did you laugh? >> i cannot see them, and that means they cannot see me. i was (over there -- conferring over there so we can move the show up to the bench. [laughter] [applause] >> lest you mistakenly assigned responsibility for the seating arrangement, let me tell you that my wife said to me nobody would be able to see them. i said to the person running the show, and nobody is going to be able to see them. she said, yes they will. jennifer, you lose. [laughter] >> i'm going to sit in my regular seats. >> this is where the chief justice usually sets. -- sits. >> pitch and introductions done. up sabers, gentlemen, being. -- begin. >> thank you a

. >> reporter: rhode island, the nation's smallest state, will require a massive cleanup. a federal disaster zone, 9700 people have already applied for help from fema. on friday, the secretary of homeland security got an aerial tour and pledged the government's full support. >> we are going to have to dig in our heels, work our way out and really bring rhode island back to where it was before this flood event occurred. >> reporter: on perkins avenue, rather than wait for help, neighbors are helng one another. in between the pumping and sweeping and shoveling, there are moments of sadness and silence. as these families come to terms with what to do once the water is gone. >> there's no doubt in my mind that we're not going to be okay. we're going to be okay. >> damage estimates have already soared into the hundreds of millions of dollars statewide. forecasters predict the pawtuxet river, blamed for much of that flooding, will fall below flood stage tomorrow evening. >>> through the southeast, thousands of other families are facing the daunting prospect of gutting and rebuild

the united states. let me give you a couple of examples. it's not a national election. the elections takes place in states. of these first-time voters, the 15 million, 750,000-plus in ohio, increase that participation rate by 10% from, you know, the mid 30's to something to 10%, that's 70 or more votes. there's a governor race in ohio. to put 70,000 votes out there that wouldn't normally be in a midterm election would be good good. colorado. an additional 40,000-plus votes in a state where we have an important senate race, an important governor's race could be huge in terms of producing wins for our team. texas. 1.3 million. 1.3 million first timers in texas. 130,000 additional votes if we do our work right. so that could be huge in texas. we have a very important governor's race, probably the best chance we have to win the governorship of texas for a very long time. and so this is going to be kind of our sweet spot at the d.n.c. taking those first-time voters for 2008, using the virtues of the personal -- the personal contact that our o.f.a. and our local activists and

to the controversy over the immigration enforcement bill that passed in the state legislature in the state of arizona. it would be one of the toughest, as i mentioned, in the nation giving state and local police broad powers to among other things check an individual's immigration papers if they reasonably pequot they are in the country illegally. it has sparked protests which resulted in arrest. with us republican senator who supported the measure which is now awaiting the governor's signature. thank you for joining us. let us hear your argument for people out there say aing, come on, this is too much. what is your best way to convince them this is the right thing for arizona? >> i'll give you the best argument. an arizona judge just convicted a serial child rapist that raped 12 and 13-year-old girls to 165 years in prison. he had been deported three times and had numerous encounters with law enforcement officers. just two weeks ago we had an innocent arizona rancher and his dog murdered by someone who had crossed into this country illegally, killed him and then walked back across the border into mexico. mr. gutierrez talked about a civil rights issue. i don't kn

declared its independence and established the nation founded on the principles of justice, freedom and peace. these are not unlike those on which the united states was built and these beliefs spurred a resilient relationship between israel and the u.s., a friendship of six decades which remains strong today. the united states was the first nation to recognize israel and with that recognition came a promise, a promise to help ensure israel's security, a promise to stand behind the only democracy in the middle east and a proposal his to always uphold israel's right to exist on. this anniversary, let us celebrate as the old israeli song goes, the people of israel lives and may they have the land of israel to call home today, tomorrow and always. thank you, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thompson: request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. inscribed on the jefferson memorial is a quotation from jefferson that reads in part, no man shall be required to relengthish religious ministry or suffer on account of his opinions or belief but all

iranian photojournalist recently moved to the united states after the government refused to renew his press pass. the national press club young members committee and reporters without borders are the hosts of this event. it's about 50 minutes. >> thank you for joining us tonight. this is the inaugural event of the truth teller series. i am more than happy to have the our guest speaking to us tonight -- our guest speaking ato us tonight. we are the only age demographic based committee at the club representing everyone from the ages of 18 to 35, including our students members. anyone who is in journalism school is more than welcome to join. and thank you for coming. this is a more than exciting event. i am happy to be organizing this, it is something i have wanted to see done since i was in journalism school. thank you. to introduce our guest i. >> we hope we can raise awareness where press freedom is threatened. you might know it now but iran is at a very bad point at its history. reporters are fleeing the country. some of them are afraid that some friends or the families have been found by the government. the

the history of our state, our nation, and our world. ears following the bombing, oklahoma educators and the state department of education curriculum specialists, community leaders, and others began working with the national museum staff to develop lesson plans. the lesson plans have been developed and refined throughout the years. others from elementary school to high school will continue to develop those lessons and to make certain that there a priority -- that they are a priority every school year. we have shared materials with them. as chairman of the state board of education, i was proud earlier this year when we began the rulemaking process to officially add these events to the core curriculum content to the state curriculum. and to relevant past standards for academic students were added to the courses, oklahoma history, u.s. history, and world history. on april 6, i was honored to join the national staff and legislative co-authors, ron justice, governor henry for his signing for house bill 2750 approving the requirement for all st

i mean, nobody else in the world -- no other nation state in the world which is an officially recognized or unofficially recognized nuclear weapons state is particularly enthusiastic about it. because the united states enjoys -- particularly for the russians. here's the rub. for the russians, their concern is that the combination of their eroding the -- the tremendous eroding of their traditional weapons forces plus, the deteriorating numbers on offensive forces. plus the u.s. conventional weapons development in which there are weapons which is close or near nuclear capabilities plus, the development of missile defenses -- all of that from the russian standpoint and the russians are not alone in this see this as potentially making the world safe for american military intervention whenever we want. and that's a core tension. and challenge, you know, for the agenda. and it's pretty easy to understand. when, you know, we are spending 55% of the world expenditures on global arms and telling the rest of the world that, you know, we should be moving very, very aggressively down in their nuclea

the united states senate to achieve ratification for this important treaty later this year. finally, this day demonstrates the determination of the united states and russia and, the two nations holding over 90% of the world's nuclear weapons, to pursue responsible global leadership. together we are keeping our commitments under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, which must be the foundation for global nonproliferation. the new start treaty is an important first step forward, it is just one step on a longer journey. as i said last year, this treaty will set the stage for further cuts. going forward, we hope to pursue discussions with russia on reducing our strategic and tactical weapons, including non- deployed weapons. if president medvedev and i have agreed to expand discussions on missile defense. this will include regular exchanges of information about our threat assessments as well as the completion of a joint assessment of emerging ballistic missiles. if these assessments are completed -- at their completed, i laforce to launch an a dialogue about missile defense cooperation. but nuclear weapons are not simply an issue for the u.s. and russia. they threaten the common

the line. no other nation states in the world, which is officially or unofficially recognized as a nuclear weaponsate is particularly enthusiastic about it because the u.s. enjoys -- particularly for the russians. here's the rub. for the russians, they are concerned that the combination of the erosion of the traditional weapons force plus the deteriorating numbers of offensive forces, plus the u.s. conventional weapons development in which are close to nuclear capability, plus the development of missile defenses, all of this -- and the russians are not alone in this -- is seen as making america save for world military intervention whenever we want. that is a core attention and challenge for the agenda. -- tension and challenge for the agenda. it is pretty easy to understand when we are spending 55% of world expenditures on a global arms and telling the rest of the world that we should be moving aggressively down in its nuclear weapons, which is asymmetric -- which is an asymmetric sponsor. it is a pretty tough nut to crack. on the karzai comments, wow, sometimes with friends like that, who needs e